书城外语《新编大学英语①》词汇突破记忆
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第27章 Unit Seven Emotions and Health (3)

outpouring [..autp....ri..] n.(强烈感情的) 流露

pitch* [ pit..] n.音调

[ 同义] tone

prevention* [ pr i..ven....n] n.预防,防止

[ 同义] avoidance,obstacle,bar

[ 考点] effect prevention 实行预防

accident prevention 事故预防

fire pr evention 防火

[ 例句] Prevention is bette r than cure.

program* [..pr..u..r .. m] n.①方案,规划,计划②程序③

大纲,纲要v.为.编制程序

[ 同义] n.①design,plan ②procedure ③out line v.arrange,schedule

quotient [..kw..u....nt ] n.商数

recruit* [ ri..kru..t ] v.招募(新兵),招收(新成员)

[ 同义] enroll,enlist

[ 考点] recruit for 为.征募人员

recruit new membe rs into the pa rty 吸收新党员

[ 例句] Can’t you r ecruit more membe rs into the music society ?

recurrent [ ri..k..r..nt ] ad j.经常发生的,周期的

[ 同义] fr equent,pe riodic,repeated

refine* [ r i..fain] v.改进,使变得完善

[ 同义] pur ify,improve,polish

[ 反义] coar sen

[ 考点] refine (up) on 使更完善

refine one’s speech 使某人的谈吐高雅

[ 例句] The author is planning to refine upon his work of five year s ago.

religion* [ r i..lid....n] n.宗教

substantial * [ s..b..st .. n....l] adj.可观的;重大的

[ 同义] consider able,impor tant,significant

suspicion* [ s....spi....n] n.怀疑,疑心

[ 同义] doubt,dist rust

[ 反义] belief,trust

[ 考点] a rouse (cause/create ) suspicion 引起怀疑

cast (throw) suspicion on 对.产生怀疑

above (beyond) suspicion 无可怀疑的

unde r suspicion 受到怀疑的

[ 例句] He felt that he was pos sibly under suspicion.

[ 辨析] suspicion;dist rust;doubt 这三个词均有表示“怀疑”的意思。suspicion 指足够证据或毫无根据地猜想或相信某人有罪或有错,或某事是错的;dist rust 多指对人的不信任,也可以指对罪行或错误的怀疑;doubt 指不能确信而产生的怀疑。

threaten* [..ret..n] v.①威胁,恐吓②预示.的凶兆

[ 同义] ①endanger

[ 考点] thr eaten sb.with sth.用.来恐吓某人

thr eaten to do sth.威胁做某事

[ 例句] The terrorists threatened to blow up the plane if their demands wer e not met.

tighten* [..tait..n] v.绷紧,拉紧

[ 同义] tense,str etch

[ 反义] loosen,relax

toxic * [..t..ksik] ad j.有害的,有毒的

[ 同义] deadly,ha rmful,poisonous

[ 反义] ha rmless,nontoxic

trigger* [..t ri....] v.引发,激发

[ 同义] cause,star t,gene rate,produce

unseen* [..n..si..n] ad j.未见过的

[ 同义] hidden,unnoticed

[ 反义] noticeable

victim* [..viktim] n.受害者,牺牲品

[ 同义] suffer er,pr ey

[ 考点] fall victim to 成为.的受害者

[ 例句] Thousands of t rees have fallen victim to this disease.

virtue* [..v....tju..] n.①美德②优点,长处

[ 同义] ①goodness,moral ②advantage,me rit

[ 反义] ②disadvantage,weakness

[ 考点] a person of high (grea t ) vi rtue 道德高尚的人by vir tue of 凭借,由于

[ 例句] He was promoted by virtue of his ability.

wisdom* [..wizd..m] n.智慧

[ 同义] intelligence

[ 反义] stupidity,folly

add to 增加,增进

[ 例句] The news added to our happiness.

be about to 正要

[ 例句] He is about to answer the question.

carry on 继续进行

[ 例句] Yeste rday they carr ied on a discus sion about the project.

in a hurry 匆忙

[ 例句] He was in a grea t hurry to star t.

range from.to (范围) 从.到.

[ 例句] The tempe ratur e in this area r anges from five degrees below zero to thir ty seven degrees.

Passage Ⅱ How to Live to Be 100

词汇精解

accumulate* [....kju..mjuleit ] v.聚集,堆积

[ 同义] gather,collect

[ 反义] dispe rse

adopt* [....d..pt ] v.①采取,采纳②收养

[ 同义] ①accept

[ 反义] ①abandon,reject

[ 考点] adopt a more open policy 采取一种更为开放的政策

adopt a child 收养孩子

[ 例句] As they had no children of their own,they adopted an orphan.

alarm* [....l....m] n.①警报,警报器②惊恐,惊慌

[ 同义] ②panic,fright,horror

[ 反义] ②relief

[ 考点] an air raid ala rm 空袭警报

sound/give/raise the alarm 发警报

take/feel alarm at 因.而惊慌

[ 例句] I raised the ala rm as soon as I saw the smoke.

allotment* [....l..tm..nt ] n.份额,分配

[ 同义] share,pa rt

[ 考点] extend time allotment 延长规定(做某事) 的时间

a limited allotment of free holidays 有限的自由假日

[ 例句] The allotment of profits was made on Monday.

arise* [....raiz ] vi.①出现②由.而产生、造成、引起

[ 同义] ①occur,appea r ②origina te,de rive

[ 考点] los ses a rising from the new taxes 由新征税所造成的亏损

[ 例句] Accidents a rise from careless nes s.

[ 辨析] a rise;rise;raise;arouse a rise 是不及物动词,表示发生、出现,如Befor e they could star t,a mist (雾) a rose.(在他们开始之前,起雾了。) rise 是不及物动词,表示上升、升起,如The sun rises in the east.(太阳从东方升起。) raise 是及物动词,表示举起,如The little boy can’t raise such a heavy box.(那个小男孩无法举起这么重的箱子。);a rouse 是及物动词,表示引起、唤起,如Their sufferings a roused our sympathy.(他们的痛苦引起了我们的同情。)

athlete* [......li..t ] n.运动员

biological * [ bai....l..d..ik..l ] ad j.生物学的,与生物学有关的

cabinet* [..k .. binit ] n.贮藏柜

category* [..k .. ti....ri ] n.种类,类别;范畴

[ 同义] kind,type,group,class

community * [ k....mju..niti ] n.社会,社区,团体;(生物) 群体;派(别)

[ 同义] neighborhood,society

cosmic * [..k..zmik ] adj.宇宙的

[ 同义] enormous,vast

[ 反义] tiny

daydream* [..deidr i..m] v.做白日梦

diabetes* [ dai....bi..ti..z] n.糖尿病

error* [..er..] n.错误,差错

[ 同义] mistake,fault,slip

[ 反义] correctness

[ 考点] by/through error 错误地

in error 弄错了,错误地

fall into an error 犯错误

lead sb.into error 使某人犯错误

t rial and error 反复试验

[ 例句] You ar e in error about her age.

[ 辨析] e rror;mistake;slip mistake 和error 都是普通用语,往往可通用,但e rror 较正式些,更多指偏离规范或标准的错误,如an e rror in logic (逻辑错误);mistake 则可用于指日常生活中的任何错误,如It was a mistake to trust him.(信任他是个错误。) slip 指小过错,如a slip of the tongue (pen ) (口/笔误)。

essent ial * [ i..sen....l ] adj.①必要的,必不可少的② 本质的,基本的

[ 同义] ①neces sa ry,vital ②fundamental

[ 考点] be es sential to/for 对.来说是必要(需) 的

[ 例句] It is es sential that these application forms be sent back as ea rly as possible.

excessive* [ ik..sesiv] ad j.过量的

[ 同义] ext reme,unneces sa ry

[ 反义] moder ate

expectancy [ ik..s pekt..nsi] n.预料,预计,期待

gene* [ d..i..n] n.基因

heartening [..h....t..ni..] ad j.使人振作的,令人鼓舞的

[ 同义] inspi ring,moving

[ 反义] depressing

intensively * [ in..tensivli] adv.加强地,集中地

jog [ d......] n./v.慢跑

longevity [ l..n..d..ev..ti ] n.长寿,长命

minor* [..main..] ad j.较小的,次要的

[ 同义] seconda ry

[ 反义] major

organization* [........nai..zei....n] n.团体,机构;组织

[ 同义] association,group,society

permanent* [..p....m..n..nt ] a dj.永久的,持久的,固定的

[ 同义] lasting,constant,enduring,persistent

[ 反义] tempora ry,impermanent

poison* [..p..iz..n] n.毒物,毒药

possibility* [ p..s....biliti] n.可能性

[ 同义] likelihood,probability,odds,chances

[ 考点] by any possibility 以任何可能的方法

develop one’s pos sibility 发展自身的潜力

[ 例句] Is there any possibility of his coming immedia tely?

predictor* [ pri..dikt..] n.预言者

[ 同义] forecaste r

productive* [pr....d..ktiv] ad j.富有成效的

[ 同义] c reative,fruitful

[ 反义] unproductive,destructive

quit * [ kwit ] v.①离开,离去,退出②辞职,放弃③停止

[ 同义] ① depar t,exit,leave,withdraw ② r esign ③ cease,stop

[ 考点] quit one’s job 辞职

quit smoking 戒烟

quit oneself of 使自己摆脱

[ 例句] I’ve quitted my job.

remind* [ r i..maind] v.使想起,提醒

[ 考点] remind sb.of/about sth.使某人想起,提醒某人

remind sb.to do sth.提醒某人做某事

[ 例句] You remind me of your father.

senior * [..si..ni..] adj.①年长的,年纪较大的②地位(级别) 较高的,资历较深的n.①年长者② 前辈,资历较深者;上级③ 大学四年级学生

[ 同义] ad j.①elde r ② superior

[ 反义] ad j.①junior

[ 考点] be senior to sb.比某人年长

one’s senior in office 某人的上级

[ 例句] He is thr ee years senior to me.

theorist [....i..rist ] n.理论家

vastly * [..v....stli ] adv.极大地

vigorously* [..vi....r..sli ] adv.用力地,有力地,剧烈地

[ 同义] energetically,forcefully

arise from 因某事产生、造成

[ 例句] Problems ar ise from lack of communication.

fall into 可分为

[ 例句] The lectur e series falls into three pa r ts.

from time to time 不时地,偶尔

[ 例句] From time to time he brings me a present.

go off 爆炸,发出巨响

[ 例句] The bomb went off in a crowded str eet.

remind.of 提醒,使想起

[ 例句] She reminded me of my promise.

take steps to do something 采取措施以达到某目的

[ 例句] I shall take steps to prevent this happening again.

wear out 耗尽,用坏

[ 例句] I wore out two pairs of boots on the walking tour.