单词超市第四十九期 chill

今天学的词是chill。大Chill就是寒冷、冷淡或扫兴。Chill这个词经常被用来形容天气。如冷飕飕的夜晚，a chill night。但是，chill也可以用在其他个方面。北韩进行地下核试验后，报纸的标题说："North-South Relations Suffer a Sudden Chill." 南北韩的关系突然冷却。

Chill也可以用在日常生活。两个邻居因为吵架而关系冷淡, "There was a chill between the two feuding¹ neighbors." 一个工程师的项目失败降低了他被提升的前景, "The failed project chilled the engineer's chances for a promotion²." 裁减工资的消息大大降低了工人的热情, "The news of reducing pay chilled the workers' enthusiasm." 今天学的词是chill...
 

 

1 feuding   

vi.长期不和（feud的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Riccardo and Cafiero had been feuding so openly that the whole town knew about it. 里卡多和卡菲埃罗一直公开地闹别扭，全城的人都知道此事。 来自辞典例句
• The two families have been feuding with each other for many generations. 这两个家族有好多代的世仇了。 来自互联网

2 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。