书城外语《新编大学英语①》词汇突破记忆
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第21章 Unit Five Money (3)

in proportion 成比例;恰如其分地

[ 例句] The length and height of the room a re in proportion. rise to one’s feet 站起来

[ 例句] The old man rose unsteadily to his feet to reply the speech of welcome.settle down 习惯.;安定下来

[ 例句] He soon settled down in his new school.so much so that 到这样的程度以至

[ 例句] I was scared,so much so that I couldn ’t say a word.turn out ①把.赶出去②证明(是)

[ 例句] The old man turned his own son out of the house.

Passage Ⅱ A Letter to God

词汇精解

amiable [..eimi..bl ] ad j.亲切的

bean* [ bi..n] n.豆

brow* [ brau] n.眉头

bunch* [ b..nt..] n.一束/捆/伙

[ 同义] cluster,gang

[ 考点] a bunch of 一群/束/串

[ 例句] We picked quite a big bunch of flowe rs.

career* [ k....r i..] n.①职业②生涯

[ 同义] ①vocation②work

[ 考点] enter upon/begin/star t/launch career 开始. 的生涯

[ 例句] He star ted a new car ee r with much inter est.

centavo [ sen..t....v..u] n.分(辅币单位)

charity* [..t.... r..ti] n.①慈善②施舍物

[ 同义] ①vi rtue②gift

[ 考点] out of cha rity 出于恻隐之心

rega rd sb. ’s fault with charity 宽恕某人的过错

charity for the needy 对穷人的施舍

[ 例句] She ca red for the orphans out of char ity.

comment* [..k..ment ] v.①评论②注解

[ 同义] ①remark②explain

[ 考点] comment on/upon/about 评论

[ 例句] The ministe r refused to comment publicly on these claims.

confidence* [..k..nfid..ns] n.①信心②信任

[ 同义] ①self reliance②faith,t rust

[ 反义] ①self doubt②distrust

[ 考点] place/have confidence in s b.信任某人in confidence 私下的(地)

[ 例句] I have lit tle/much confidence in what she said.

conscience* [..k..n....ns] n.良心,是非感

[ 考点] in (all ) conscience 凭良心说on s b. ’s conscience 引起某人内疚的

[ 例句] A ma tter has been on my conscience for a long time.

contentment* [ k..n..tentm..nt ] n.满足

[ 同义] content

[ 反义] discontent

[ 考点] find/seek contentment in 在.得到满足

[ 例句] He found contentment in r eading books.

convince* [k..n..vins] v.使确信

[ 同义] assur e

[ 考点] convince sb.of/that 使某人确信

[ 例句] We finally convinced him of his mistakes.

corral [k....r....l ] n.畜栏

correspondence* [..k..r i..s p..nd..ns ] n.①通信②一致

[ 同义] ①communication②accord

[ 考点] be in correspondence with (sb.about sth .) 与某人就某事进行通信联系;与.一致

[ 例句] His account of the accident was not in corr espondence with the driver’s.

crest [ krest ] n.顶,顶部

daybreak [..deibreik ] n.黎明

deny* [di..nai] v.①拒绝②否认

[ 同义] ①refuse,r eject ②disaffirm

[ 反义] ①accept ②admit,affirm

[ 考点] Ther e is no denying that .很明显,不可否认deny doing/that 否认做(是) deny sb.sth.拒绝给予

[ 例句] 1 ) Do you deny having stolen the bike?

2 ) He denies nothing to his children.

dot* [d..t ] v.点缀n.小点

[ 考点] a dot of 一点儿.

on the dot 准时地

to the/a dot 完全,全部

be dot ted with 用.点缀

[ 例句] 1 ) She’ll be here on the dot.

2 ) The sky was dot ted with sta rs.

drape [ dreip] v.披盖

employee* [..empl......i..] n.雇员

evident* [..evid..nt ] ad j.明显的

[ 同义] clear,obvious,appar ent

[ 反义] uncer tain exclaim* [ ik..skleim] v.惊叫(由于激动、惊奇、痛苦、高兴等)

[ 同义] c ry out,s hout

[ 考点] exclaim at/over 呼喊,惊叫

exclaim in/with delight 欢呼

exclaim against 指责

[ 例句] 1 ) She exclaimed at the beautiful view.

2 ) The newspape rs exclaimed against the

government’s action.

hail * [ heil ] n.冰雹

hailstone [..heilst..un] n.雹块

hailstorm [..heilst....m] n.雹暴

heartily [..h....tili ] adv.尽情地

hillside* [..hilsaid ] n.山坡,小山(山腰)

instruct* [ in..st r..kt ] v.①指导②通知

[ 同义] ①teach②inform

[ 考点] inst ruct sb.in 在.指导

inst ruct sb.about/on 就某事给某人以指示

inst ruct sb.to do 指示某人做某事

[ 例句] 1 ) The captain inst ructed the soldie rs to r etr eat.

2 ) He was inst ructing the soldie rs in how to do the dr ill.

intimately * [..intim..tli ] adv.详尽地

kidney * [..kidni ] n.肾,腰子

lick * [ lik] v.①舔② (波浪) 轻拍

[ 同义] touch

[ 考点] lick off 舔掉

lick up 舔净;(火) 吞噬

[ 例句] 1 ) The children have just licked off the cream and left the jelly.

2 ) The cat licked up the milk from the bowl.

locust [..l..uk..st ] n.蝗虫

oblige* [....blaid..] v.①迫使.做②使感激

[ 同义] ①force,compel②thank

[ 考点] oblige s b.to do 迫使

be obliged to sb.for 因.而感激

[ 例句] We’re much obliged to you for all your help.

pearl * [ p....l ] n.珍珠

peso [..peis..u] n.比索(拉美国家和菲律宾的货币单位)

plague* [ plei..] n.①温疫②令人烦恼的人或事物

[ 考点] a plague of .的灾

plague to sb.成为.的烦恼

[ 例句] London’s fogs used to be a plague to r esidents.

postmaster * [..p..ust..m....st..] n.邮政局长

predict* [ pr i..dikt ] v.①预言②预报

[ 同义] ①foretell,foresee②for ecast

[ 考点] predict that/wh 从句预言.

[ 例句] Is it pos sible to pr edict when one will die?

rainfall [..reinf....l ] n.一场雨

resemble* [ ri..zembl ] v.相像

resolut ion* [..rez....lu......n] n.决定

[ 同义] intention

[ 考点] resolution to do/that 决定做.

[ 例句] My father often makes a r esolution to stop smoking.

resow* [..ri..s..u] v.重新播种

salary * [..s .. l..r i] n.薪水

[ 同义] wage,pay

[ 考点] boost/increase/raise salary 加薪

get/have/receive/take salary 领取薪水

[ 例句] He receives a salary of ■ 2,000 a yea r for his work.

scan* [ sk .. n ] v.细察

signature* [..si..n..t....] n.签名

slight* [ slait ] n.轻视

adj.微小的

[ 反义] ad j.conside rable

[ 考点] not.in the slightest 一点也不,根本不

put a slight on/upon 轻视(人)

[ 例句] You couldn’t offend me in the slightest.

soli tary * [..s..lit..r i] ad j.弧单的

sorrowful * [..s..r..uful] adj.悲伤的

ask for 要求得到

[ 例句] She asked for a dr ink of wate r.

come up wi th 想出;追上

[ 例句] He came up with a new solution to the problem.

for nothing 免费地;白白地

[ 例句] Children unde r 5 can t ravel for nothing.

look on 观看;旁观

[ 例句] Two boys wer e fighting.The rest we re looking on.

st ick to 坚持;粘住

[ 例句] If you stick to the t ruth,you’ve nothing to fea r.