今天要学的词组是chill

Chill就是寒冷、冷淡或扫兴。Chill这个词常常被用来形容天气。

如冷飕飕的夜晚,a chill night。

但,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. 南北韩的关系忽然冷却。

Chill也可以用在平时生活。两个邻居由于吵架而关系冷淡, There was a chill between the two feuding neighbors.

一个工程师的项目失败减少了他被提高的前景, The failed project chilled the engineer's chances for a promotion.

裁减薪资的消息大大减少了工人的热情, The news of reducing pay chilled the workers' enthusiasm.

今天学的词组是chill.

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