基礎(chǔ)單詞2
Leeson 1
第三部分
horn 號(hào)；角
The?driver?blew/sounded?(informal?honked) her horn.
The?bull?lowered?its?horns and?charged?straight?at him.
individual 獨(dú)立人；獨(dú)立的
Every individual has?rights?which must never be taken away.
If nothing?else, the?school?will?turn?her into an individual.
Each individual?table?is?finished?by?hand.
We?deal?with each?case?on an individual?basis.
interval 間隔
There will be two 20-minute intervals during the?opera.
We?see?each other?at?regular?intervals?- usually about?once?a?month.
The?plants?should be?spaced?at?six-inch?intervals.
liberal 自由的；開(kāi)明的
Her?parents?were?far?more liberal than mine.
He was very liberal?with?the?wine.
a liberal?interpretation?of the?law??對(duì)法律的籠統(tǒng)解釋（not exact）
He's a good?old-fashioned?liberal.
magnificent 壯麗的；棒的
a magnificent?view??壯麗的景色
a magnificent?piece?of writing??文筆出眾的杰作
mental 心理上的
The?family?has a?history?of mental?disorder.
A?doctor?was?asked?about the mental?state?of the?prisoner.
momentary 時(shí)刻的；片刻的
a momentary?hesitation?片刻的猶豫
neutral 中立的
If there's an?argument?between my?daughter?and her?mother, it's?important?that I?remain?neutral.
The?peace?conference?would have to be?held?in a neutral?country.
The?final?will, of?course, be?played?at a neutral?ground.決賽當(dāng)然會(huì)在中立場(chǎng)地舉行。
Kelly?wants?dark?red?walls, but I'd like a more neutral?colour?like?cream.
凱莉想把墻弄成暗紅色，而我更喜歡乳白之類的中性色。
omit 沒(méi)提；疏忽；遺漏
She omitted?to?mention?that she would be away next?week.
她未提自己下星期不在這里的事。
The Prince's?tour?conveniently?omitted the most?deprived?areas?of the?city.
親王的巡查為避開(kāi)麻煩，沒(méi)有去該市最貧困的地區(qū)。
第四部分
peacock 孔雀
a man is who is very?proud?of his?appearance?and gives a lot of?attention?to his?clothes?and the way he?dresses?注重儀表和衣飾的男子，虛榮驕傲的男子
pioneer?先驅(qū)，先鋒，創(chuàng)始人
one of the pioneers?of?modern?science?現(xiàn)代科學(xué)的先驅(qū)之一
The pioneers west?across?North?America,?cutting?down?forests?and?planting?new?crops.
拓荒者們穿過(guò)北美洲到西部去，砍伐樹(shù)木，種植新的農(nóng)作物。
It was?universities?that pioneered these new?industries.?是大學(xué)開(kāi)創(chuàng)了這些新興產(chǎn)業(yè)
pray?禱告，祈禱
Let us pray?for?the?victims?of this?terrible?disaster.
讓我們?yōu)檫@次可怕災(zāi)難的受害者祈禱吧。
ou must pray?(=?ask?for)?God's?forgiveness?for what you have done.
你必須祈求上帝寬恕你的所作所為。
We're praying?for?good?weather?for tomorrow's?game.?我們祈禱明天的比賽有個(gè)好天氣。
And where have you been, pray?tell??請(qǐng)告訴我你去哪兒了？（語(yǔ)氣強(qiáng)；逼迫感）
pronounce?發(fā)（音），讀（音）
How do you pronounce?your?surname??你的姓怎么念？
Sade, pronounced shah-day, is a?singer.Sade，讀作 Shah-day，是一位歌手。
He was taken to the?hospital?where he was pronounced?dead?on?arrival.他被送往醫(yī)院，到了醫(yī)院就被宣布已死亡。
The?government?pronounced?that?they are no?longer?a?nuclear?state.該政府宣布其不再是核國(guó)家。
pronounce on/upon?sth?to give a?judgment?or?opinion?about something?發(fā)表對(duì)…的看法
I'd?rather?not go?pronouncing?on a?subject?that I?know?so little about.我不想對(duì)一個(gè)我知之甚少的話題作任何評(píng)論。
race 競(jìng)速比賽；人種；民族
Let's?have?a?swimming?race.讓我們比一比看誰(shuí)游得快。
Kieran and Andrew are in a race?for?promotion.基蘭和安德魯為得到升職的機(jī)會(huì)而展開(kāi)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。
Three?newspapers?are?involved?in a race?to?publish?the?story.三家報(bào)紙都爭(zhēng)相發(fā)表這篇報(bào)道。
Finishing this?project?by?December?is going to be a race?against?time/the?clock?(= an?attempt?to?finish?fast?within a?time?limit).要在12月之前完成這個(gè)工程，那就得分秒必爭(zhēng)。
He often has?a?day?at?the races.他經(jīng)常抽出一天時(shí)間去看賽馬會(huì)。
He raced down the?street.他在街上飛奔。
The?summer?seems?to have raced?by?(=?passed?very?quickly).夏天好像轉(zhuǎn)眼就過(guò)去了。
sb's?heart/mind/pulse races?（某人）的心臟狂跳不已／腦筋急速轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)／脈搏狂跳
She was?hot?and?sweaty?and had a?racing?heart.她熱得汗流浹背，心怦怦狂跳。A?glimpse?of his?bare?torso?set my?pulse?racing.我瞥了一眼他赤裸的軀干，頓時(shí)感到血脈賁張。
People of many different races were?living?side?by?side.許多不同種族的人生活在一起。
Discrimination on?grounds?of race will not be?tolerated.不能容忍種族歧視。
The British are an?island?race.英國(guó)人是個(gè)島國(guó)民族。
play the race card?打種族牌（指在競(jìng)選中力求獲勝而發(fā)表帶有種族偏見(jiàn)的言論）
relative?親戚，親屬；相比較而言的；比較的
I don't have many?blood?relatives?(=?people?related?to me by?birth?rather?than by?marriage).我沒(méi)有幾個(gè)有血緣關(guān)系的親戚。
All her?close/distant?relatives came to the?wedding.她所有的近親／遠(yuǎn)親都來(lái)參加她的婚禮了。
We?weighed?up the relative?advantages?of?driving?there or going by?train.我們權(quán)衡了一下，看看開(kāi)車去那兒和乘火車去哪種方式更有利。
Since I got a?job, I've been?living?in relative?comfort?(= more?comfort?than before).自從我有了工作，日子過(guò)得就相對(duì)舒適一些了。
relative to?按…的比例；與…相應(yīng)
The?amount?of?petrol?a?car?uses is relative to?its?speed.汽車耗油量和其行駛速度是成比例的。
Are these?documents?relative to the?discussion?這些文件和我們討論的問(wèn)題有關(guān)嗎？
resort?度假勝地;旅游勝地；訴諸；憑借；采用
a?tourist?resort旅游勝地
a?holiday?resort度假勝地
a?seaside/beach?resort海濱／海灘度假勝地
a?ski?resort滑雪勝地
Rimini is a?thriving?holiday?resort on the?east?coast?of Italy.
He got?hold?of the?money?legally, without resort?to?violence.他沒(méi)有采取暴力手段，而是通過(guò)合法途徑拿到了這筆錢。
be your last resort?是最后的求助對(duì)象；是最后的出路；是最后的辦法
You have to?help?me - you're my last resort.你一定要幫我——你是我最后的希望了。
rub?擦；摩擦；搓；揉搓
She?yawned?and rubbed her?eyes?sleepily.她打著哈欠睡意朦朧地揉著眼睛。
He rubbed?(at)?the?stain?on his?trousers?and made it?worse.他去擦褲子上的污漬，結(jié)果越擦越臟。
We rubbed some?polish?into?the?surface?of the?wood.我們?cè)谀绢^表面刷了一些亮光漆。
First rub the?baking?tray?well?with?butter.先用黃油仔細(xì)涂擦烤盤。
Alice rubbed the?blackboard?clean?for the?teacher.艾麗斯替老師擦干凈黑板。
Your?cat?keeps?on rubbing itself (up)?against?my?leg.你的貓老是在我的腿上蹭來(lái)蹭去。
She was rubbing her?hands?(together)?at the?thought?of?winning.想到會(huì)獲勝，她高興得直搓手。
My new?shoes?are rubbing (against/on?my?toe) and now I've got?blisters.我的新鞋磨腳（趾），都起泡了。
These?marks?will never rub?off?(= be?cleaned?off).這些痕跡永遠(yuǎn)都擦不掉了。
rub?sb's?nose in it??揭（某人）的瘡疤;不斷提起（某人）以前的過(guò)失
Sue?failed?her?exam, so just to rub her?nose?in it, I put my?certificate?up on the?wall.蘇考試沒(méi)有及格，所以我把自己的證書(shū)貼在墻上，就是為了讓她難堪。
rub salt in/into the wound?傷口上撒鹽，雪上加霜（使某一困難局勢(shì)對(duì)某人變得更糟）
Losing was?bad?enough. Watching them?receiving?the?trophy?just?rubbed?salt?into the?wound.落敗已經(jīng)很糟糕了；還要看著他們接受獎(jiǎng)杯，更是在傷口上撒鹽。
rub shoulders (with)?（與某人）接觸;（與某人）交往;（與某人）廝混
She?claims?that she?rubs?shoulders?with?royalty?all the?time.她聲稱她一直和王室成員有交往。
rub?sb?up the wrong way?（無(wú)意間）觸犯（某人），惹惱（某人）
As?soon?as they?met?they?started?to rub each other up the?wrong?way.他們剛一見(jiàn)面就惹得彼此很不高興。
shadow?陰影，影子；黑眼圈；
? ? ? ? ? ? ? 跟蹤者，盯梢者;形影不離的人；（尤指行業(yè)的）學(xué)徒;見(jiàn)習(xí)生
Jamie?followed?his?mother?around all?day?like a shadow.杰米像影子一樣整天跟著他母親。
The?sun?shone?through the?leaves,?casting/throwing?shadows on the?lawn.陽(yáng)光透過(guò)樹(shù)葉，在草地上投下陰影。
cast a shadow over/on?sth?給…蒙上陰影
Her father's?illness?had?cast?a shadow over the?birth?of her?baby.她父親的病給她孩子的出生蒙上了一層陰影。
This?corner?of the?room?is always?in?shadow?(=?slight?darkness).房間的這個(gè)角落總是有些暗。
the shadows?暗處;陰影處；一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)，一絲
Someone?jumped?out of the shadows and?grabbed?my?handbag.有個(gè)人從陰暗處竄出，搶走了我的手提包。
She put on some?make-up?to?cover?the?dark?shadows under her?eyes.她化了點(diǎn)妝來(lái)掩蓋她眼睛下的黑眼圈。
be in/under the shadow of?sth?離（某個(gè)大的建筑物或場(chǎng)所）很近；處在…的陰影中
His?workshop?was in the shadow of the?great?church?of?San?Paolo Maggiore.他的工作坊離圣保羅大教堂很近。
We are all?living?under the shadow of?war.我們都生活在戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的陰影中。
It is a?tragic?story, but there is a shadow of?hope.那是一個(gè)悲劇故事，但仍有一絲希望。
be in/under?sb's?shadow?被（某人的）光彩所遮蓋
She's always been under her sister's shadow.她一直被她姐姐的光彩所遮蓋。
beyond/without a shadow of a doubt?無(wú)疑，毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)
There isn't a shadow?of?doubt?that you've made the?right?decision.毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)，你作出的決定是正確的。
This is without a shadow of a?doubt?the?best?movie?I've?seen?all?year.毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)，這是我整年來(lái)看過(guò)最好的一部電影。
"I?think?we have a shadow on?our?tail,"?muttered?the?detective.“我認(rèn)為有人在跟蹤我們，”偵探低聲說(shuō)。
Ever since he was?able?to?walk, Stephen has been his?older?brother's shadow?(= has?followed?him and?copied?his?actions).自從斯蒂芬會(huì)走路之后，就一直和他哥哥形影不離。
be a shadow of?your?former self?（健康、力量或影響）不如從前
He came?home?from?hospital?cured?of the?disease?but a shadow of his?former?self.他病愈出院回家，但身體已大不如從前。
situation?處境，情況，形勢(shì)；（尤指城鎮(zhèn)、建筑物等的）位置
? ? ? ? ? ? ??工作
the?economic/political?situation經(jīng)濟(jì)／政治形勢(shì)
Her?news?put me?in?a?difficult?situation.她的消息讓我陷入困難的境地。
"Would you get?involved?in a?fight?" "It would?depend?on the?situation."“你會(huì)和別人打架嗎？”“這要看具體情況。”
I'll?worry?about it?if/when/as?the situation?arises?(= if/when/as it?happens).如果這種情況發(fā)生/這種情況發(fā)生時(shí)，我會(huì)擔(dān)憂的。
My?sister?has a good situation?as?a?teacher?in the?local?school.我姐姐有一份好工作，在當(dāng)?shù)貙W(xué)校當(dāng)老師。
The house's situation in the?river?valley?is?perfect.房子在河谷中的位置極佳。
I?thought?he?handled?the situation very well.
