List 12 | 04/05/2022 | PTE

Question 1

endorse /ɪnˈdɔːs/

Answer 1

endorse /ɪnˈdɔːs/ (endorsing, endorsed, endorses)

1. V-T If you endorse someone or something, you say publicly that you support or approve of them. 公开支持; 赞同
   I can endorse their opinion wholeheartedly.
   我可以全心全意地支持他们的观点。
2. V-T If you endorse a product or company, you appear in advertisements for it. 代言
   The twins endorsed a line of household cleaning products.
   这对双胞胎为一系列的家庭清洁产品代言过。

Question 2

deploy /dɪˈplɔɪ/

Answer 2

deploy /dɪˈplɔɪ/ (deploying, deployed, deploys)

1. V-T To deploy troops or military resources means to organize or position them so that they are ready to be used. 部署

The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.
总统说他无意调遣地面部队。

Question 3

inspiration /ˌɪnspɪˈreɪʃən/

Answer 3

inspiration /ˌɪnspɪˈreɪʃən/

1. N-UNCOUNT Inspiration is a feeling of enthusiasm you get from someone or something, that gives you new and creative ideas. 灵感

My inspiration comes from poets like Baudelaire and Jacques Prévert.
我的灵感来自像波德莱尔和雅克·普莱维尔这样的诗人。

2. N-SING If you describe someone or something good as an inspiration, you mean that they make you or other people want to do or achieve something. 鼓舞人心的人 (或事物) [表赞许]

Powell’s unusual journey to high office is an inspiration to millions.
鲍威尔升任高官的不寻常历程对许多人来说是一种激励。

3. N-SING If something or someone is the inspiration for a particular book, work of art, or action, they are the source of the ideas in it or act as a model for it. 灵感来源; 原始动力

India’s myths and songs are the inspiration for her books.
印度的神话与歌曲是她著书的灵感源泉。

4. N-COUNT If you suddenly have an inspiration, you suddenly think of an idea of what to do or say. (突然想到的) 妙计

She had an inspiration, “Could we take Janice?”
她灵机一动，“我们可以带珍妮斯吗？”