【anchor】 - AEAS备考词汇

anchor

UK:  ['æŋkə(r)]

US:  ['æŋkər]

第三人称单数：anchors  现在分词：anchoring  过去式：anchored  

n.

1.锚状针骨

2.挂锚;锚状物

3.〔电信〕电枢;衔铁;铰钉;〔机〕固定器;支撑点;紧急制动器

4.〔比喻〕依靠

5.连接点

6.固着器

7.桩,支架

8.最后接力者

9.〔美俚〕(卡车的)紧急煞车器

10.【体育】一队运动员中最后参加比赛的人;殿后的人〔如接力赛中跑最后一棒的人〕

v.

1.抛锚泊(船)

2.锚定

3.抛锚

4.停泊;固定

5.把…固定住

6.固定,立足于

7.使稳固;使固定;系着

8.侧重

9.吸引住

10.粘连

1 . Becky Anne Wingfield: The candidate uses quarters in the little folds at the bottom of her drapes, a kind of anchor to keep them straight.
贝基-安妮-温菲尔德：候选人用她的帷帘底部小褶皱的地方放着些硬币，一种检验他们的品行是否无暇的端正的东西。

2 . I certainly hope that the three refinements will continue to anchor expectation firmly. This seems to have been the case for the past year.
过去一年，三项优化措施似乎已能稳住市场预期，我当然希望这情况会继续下去。

3 . The Prime Minister has led us steadfastly, and with admirable fortitude, as our national anchor in a time of crisis.
首相作为这次危机中的“国家之锚”，以其令人钦佩的刚毅，坚定地引导着我们。

4 . Yandry pulled up the anchor, slid one of the long poles off the cabin roof, and pushed them off.
杨恩德里升起锚，从舱顶拖下一根长杆然后起航了。

5 . he had been a valet , and a hospital orderly , and a cook , and for many years was a table steward on the anchor line.
他当过侍仆，当过医院里的看护，当过厨师，还在“锚线”号船上餐厅里当过多年的侍者。