书城外语《新编大学英语①》词汇突破记忆
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第12章 Unit T hree Culture(3)

intend + 不定式完成式本想.

[ 例句] 1 ) The tr ip was intended as a show of force.

2 ) I intended these flowers for your mother.

lettuce [..letis ] n.莴苣,生菜

likewise* [..laikwaiz] adv.同样地

napkin* [..n .. pkin] n.餐巾

olive* [....liv] n.橄榄

original * [....r id....n..l] adj.① 最初的;原始的② 原文的③ 有创造性的

[ 反义] ① first,initial② prima ry ③ cr eative,imaginative,inventive

[ 考点] a highly original writer 一位非常富于独创性的作家

an original idea 新颖的见解

an original document 文件的原件

[ 例句] 1 ) He was a brilliant and original writer.

2 ) She won an award for the most original idea.

3 ) She can read Shakespeare in the original.

overstay [....uv....stei] v.呆得超过某期限

peculiar* [ pi..kju..li..] ad j.① 奇怪的;古怪的② 特有的;独具的

[ 同义] ①odd,st range②distinctive,par ticular

[ 反义] ①common,usual②gene ral

prompt* [ pr..mpt ] adj.及时的,迅速的

[ 同义] immediate,quick,ready

[ 反义] slow

[ 考点] be propmt in doing 迅速做.

prompt cash payment 即期付款

[ 例句] 1 ) He is always prompt in answering lette rs.

2 ) Prompt payment of bills is greatly apprecia ted.

saucer [..s....s..] n.茶托

sensi tive* [..sensitiv] adj.敏感的;灵敏的

[ 同义] keen

[ 考点] be sensitive on the subject of 对.问题敏感be sensitive to 对.敏感

[ 例句] 1 ) Some plants are so sensitive to pollution that

they can only survive in a perfectly clean environment.

2) He is very sensitive on the subject of religion.

sex [ seks] n.①性别② (总称) 男人;女人③性行为

[ 同义] ①gender

[ 考点] the male/female sex 男/女性;雄/雌性

a tt raction between two sexes 异性之间的吸引

[ 例句] 1 ) The re are members of both sexes in the team.

2 ) Att raction between the sexes is quite usual.

silverware [..silv..w....] n.金属餐具

spill * [ spil ] v.① (使) 溢出;(使) 泼出②涌出③泄露

[ 同义] ①pour②ove rflow③disclose

[ 考点] spill a secr et 泄露秘密

spill out/over 泼出,涌出

[ 例句] 1) The crowd spilt over from the church into the str eets.

2) The milk has spilt over the table.

thoroughly * [......r..li ] adv.完全地

thoughtful [........tful] ad j.①沉思的;思考的② 有创见的③ 体

贴的;关心的

[ 同义] ③considera te

apt to do sth.易于做某事

[ 例句] Some of the staff a re apt to arrive late on Mondays.

break up ①解散,散去②破裂③终止

[ 例句] 1 ) The meeting broke up in gr eat confusion.

2 ) When does your school break up?

follow the/someone’s lead/example

[ 例句] I don’t want you to follow my lead and rush into ma rriage.

under way ①在前进中;在进行中②在航行中

[ 例句] Plans ar e unde r way for a link road.

Passage Ⅱ Chinese and American Culture

词汇精解

adult [.... d..lt ] ad j.①已成年的②成熟的

[ 同义] ①grown-up②matur e,ripe

[ 考点] completely/emotionally/intellectually adult 完全/

感情上/智力上成熟的

be adult in behavior 性格成熟

an adult film 供成人观看的影片

[ 例句] 1 ) A greedy man isn’t a completely adult per son.

2 ) The girl is adult in behavior.

affect ion* [....fek....n] n.喜爱;钟爱之情

[ 同义] love,attentions

[ 反义] hate

[ 考点] demonst rate one’s affection 表示爱意

fix one’s affections on sb.倾心于某人

motherly/undying/mutual affection 母亲般的/永恒的/相互的爱

be held in deep affection 被深深地爱着

[ 例句] 1 ) She demonst rated he r gr eat affection for him.

2 ) Unhappily,she fixed her affection on the wrong per son.

alike [....laik ] adv.相同地

ad j.①相同的②相像的;一样的

[ 同义] ad j.②r esembling,simila r

[ 考点] be alike in appea rance 相貌相像的

look alike 长得像

be alike to sb.某人一点儿也不懂

[ 例句] 1 ) He looks alike his fa the r.

2 ) All music is alike to him.

apart* [....p....t ] adv.①相隔,相距②拆开③区别

[ 考点] apar t from 除.外,要不是

fall apa rt 倒塌,崩溃

joking apa rt 言归正传

know/tell apar t 区分开

[ 例句] 1) Joking apa rt,we must do something about that hole.

2) The two boys ar e twins and so much alike that only their mother knows them apar t.

brief* [ br..i f] n.概要;摘录

ad j.简洁的;简短的

[ 同义] ad j.shor t,concise,abst ract

[ 考点] give sb.a brief int roduction 对某人作简要介绍in brief 简单地说

hold a/no brief for 为.辩护,支持/不支持

[ 例句] 1 ) I hold no brief for severe punishment,but we must get the child to obey somehow.

2 ) In br ief then,do you two agr ee to join me?

bystander [..bai..st .. nd..] n.旁观者

centimeter * [..senti..mi..t..] n.厘米

character [..k .. rikt..] n.① 品德;品质② 特征;名声③ 人物;角色;身份④气氛

[ 同义] ①natur e,quality②personality,feature③role

[ 考点] in char acter 适合,相称out of cha racte r 不相称,不相符

develop/analyse/change/t rain one’s char acte r 发展/分析/改变/培养某人的性格

[ 例句] 1 ) His behavior was in character with his upbr inging.

2 ) I t’s out of char acte r for small children to sit still for a long time.

3 ) Circumstances can develop one’s cha racter.

communicate* [ k....mju..nikeit ] v.①传达;传递② 交流;连接;

相通③通讯;通话

[ 同义] ①convey,t ransmit②correspond,join

[ 考点] communicate with sb.与某人联系

communicate sth.to s b.把.传递给某人

[ 例句] 1 ) They used carried pigeons to communica te with headquar ter s.

2 ) The radio sta tions communicated the storm wa rning to the islanders.

comparison* [ k..m..p .. ris..n ] n.① 比较;对照② 相似;类似③比喻

[ 同义] ①cont rast②r esemblance,simila rity

[ 反义] ②difference,unlikeness

[ 考点] beyond compar ison 无可比拟地

by compar ison 比较起来

in compar ison with 和.比起来

there is no comparison 没法相比

[ 例句] 1) In compa rison with metals,plastics have both advantages and disadvantages.

2 ) There is no comparison between frozen and fresh food.

confuse* [ k..n..fju..z ] v.① 使混乱;搞乱;混淆② 把. 弄糊涂;使困惑

[ 同义] ①mix② puzzle

[ 反义] cla rify,enlighten

[ 考点] become/get confused 困惑,慌乱

confuse.with 把.混淆起来

be confused about 对.感到困惑

[ 例句] 1 ) If you try to get too many things at a time,you may get confused.

2 ) I always confuse Austr alia with Aust ria.

3 ) I ’m afraid I ’m a little confused about these things.

contact* [..k..nt .. kt ] n.接触,联系

v .(与.) 接触,(与. ) 联系

[ 同义] touch,connection,association

[ 考点] be in/out of contact with 和.取得/脱离联系

bring into/throw in contact with 使接触

come in (to) contact with 接触,碰上

have/lose contact with 和.有/失去联系

make contact with 和.接触

[ 例句] 1 ) Only they had r adio contact with the ai rcraf t.

2 ) While he s peak s,he must be making eye contact with the othe r person.

contentedly [ k..n..tentidli ] adv.心满意足地

convey * [ k..n..vei] v.①运输;运送②传达;表达

[ 同义] ①tr anspor t,carry②expres s,tell

[ 考点] convey sth.to. 把.传达给.

[ 例句] Please convey my best wishes to your parents.

denote* [ di..n..ut ] v.①表示;指示②代表;意味着

[ 同义] ①indicate② signify,mean

encouragement* [ in..k..rid..ment ] n.①鼓励;鼓舞②令人鼓舞的东西

[ 同义] ①support②praise

[ 反义] discouragement

[ 考点] draw/find encouragement in/from 从.获得鼓励

give/offe r/provide encour agement 给予鼓励

[ 例句] 1) That was the first encour agement I had ever r eceived from anyone.

2) You a re expected to provide encouragement to your brothe r.

flock* [fl..k] n.①羊群;一群②大量;众多

v.成群

[ 同义] n.①he rd,crowd②multitude

[ 考点] a flock of 一群

in flocks 成群地

[ 例句] 1 ) A flock of wild geese flew over head.

2 ) Visitors came in flocks to see the monster.

handshake* [..h .. nd..eik] n.握手

henpecked [..henpekt ] adj.惧内的

homosexuality [..h..m..u..seksju.... liti ] n.同性恋

idiom* [..idi..m] n.成语;习惯用语

immodest* [ i..m..dist ] adj.自高自大的

impat ient * [ im..pei....nt ] ad j.不耐烦的;急躁的

[ 同义] intolerant,restles s

[ 反义] patient

[ 考点] be impatient for/to do 急不可耐地想.

be impatient of 对.不耐烦

be impatient with 对.不耐心

[ 例句] 1 ) She is impatient of the delay.

2 ) She is too impa tient with slow students.

inconvenient* [..ink..n..vi..nj..nt ] ad j.不便的

individualist [..indi..vidju..list ] n.个人主义者

insult [ in..s..lt ] v./n.侮辱;凌辱

[ 同义] v.abuse,offend

[ 反义] v.praise,honour

[ 考点] pocket/swallow/take an insult 忍辱

deliber ate ins ult 故意侮辱

public insult 公然侮辱

add insult to injury 落井下石