sound [saund]

sound的基本解释

adj.

健全的, 可靠的, 合理的, 健康的

• I bought this sound house for a song.
• 我以低价买了这所完好无损的房子。

• I acted on her sound advice.
• 我按她的忠告去做了。

adv.

彻底地, 充分地

vt.

使发声, 宣告, 听诊, 测...深, 试探

• They are sounding the river.
• 他们在测量河道的深度。

vi.

发出声音, 回响, 测深, 听起来, 试探

• The trumpet sounded for battle.
• 战斗的号角吹响了。

n.

声音, 吵闹, 海峡, 语音, 听力范围, 探条, 噪音

• We camped within sound of the sea.
• 我们在听得见海涛声的地方露营。

sound的同义词

adj. solid · hearty · rational · secure · healthy · substantial · reasonable · wholesome · safe · sensible · sane · correct · strong · firm · logical · right · stable

v. voice · pronounce · utter

sound的反义词

adj. unsound · faulty · unreasonable · unhealthy

n. silence · quiet(n.)

与sound相关的情景对话

衣食住行/Bikes-(自行车)

A:

Hey, Jim. I didn’t know you biked to work.

嘿，吉姆。我可不知道你骑自行车上班。

B:

Yeah, it helps keep me fit and helps the environment, too.

是这样。他可以帮助我保持体形，同时也有利于环境。

A:

One less car on the road means less pollution.

马路上车少也意味着污染更少。

B:

Right. Since my work is near a park, it’s a really nice ride, too.

是呀。我上班的地方挨着公园，骑车是件很惬意的事情。

A:

How far is it?

有多远。

B:

Oh, about 10 miles. It takes me about an hour.

哦，大概10英里。花大概1个小时。

A:

That doesn’t sound too bad. I wish I could do it, but I work in the city. So I take the train.

那还不至于太糟糕。我希望我也可以这样，可是我在市区上班，所以坐火车去。

B:

You’re doing your part for the environment by using public transportation, too.

使用公交车也算是为环境尽了一点你自己的力量。

A:

True. Well, see you tomorrow.

这倒是。好了，明天见。

B:

See you.

再见。

休闲娱乐/Receipts and Warranties-(收据和质量保证)

A:

Can I help you, sir?

有什么可以为您效劳的，先生？

B:

Yes, what sort of warranty comes with this stereo?

好的，这种音响有哪种质量保证？

A:

Well, our store offers a 90-Day return policy and the manufacturer offers a one-year warranty on any factory defects.

哦，我们商店提供90天的退货保证。生产商则会提供为期1年的质量保证，如果是生产厂家造成的责任的话。

B:

What conditions are there on the store policy?

退货保证有何具体条款？

A:

We’ll give you your money back as long as the stereo is returned in the original packaging and with a receipt.

如果有收据，而且音响以初始包装退还的话，我们会将您的钱给与退还。

B:

O.K. How do I get the manufacturer’s warranty?

好的，那么如何得到生产厂家的质量保证呢？

A:

Just send in the warranty card with a copy of your receipt.

只要把质量保证卡和收据的复印件寄过去就好了。

B:

All right, those sound good. I’ll take it.

好的，很不错。我买下了。

A:

Very well, I can ring you up over here, sir.

很好，先生，请在这儿付款。

校园生活/Easy and Difficult-(易学的和难学的语言)

A:

People always say that Chinese and English are very hard to learn. Sometimes I wish I were learning French or Japanese. Maybe they'd be easier.

人们常说汉语和英语是很难学的。有的时候我想要是我学法语或日语就好了。 也许这两种语言容易些。

B:

Maybe, but maybe not too. It all depends on what language you already speak.

可能，不过也可能不太容易。这要看你原来是说什么语言的。

A:

Why should that be? What diffrence does it make?

为什么呢？这有什么关系？

B:

Well, languages are more or less equally difficult.Most of the things one language says must be said by every language in some way.

哦，语言大体上都是同样地难学。一种语言中所说的绝大部分东西，在别的语言中差不多都有。

A:

You mean I could learn Chinese easily?

你的意思是说我学汉语会很容易？

B:

No, because your native language is Spanish. But Italian might be easy. It has a lot of words that are similar to words in Spanish. Even the sound systems are more similar than that of Chinese is to Spanish. How difficult a language is to learn depends mostly on how much it resembles your own language.

不，因为你的母语是西班牙语。所以意大利语可能容易些。它有很多词同西班牙语相似。连它的语音体系也比汉语更接近西班牙语。一种语言是否难学，主要看它在多大程度上同自己的语言相近。