英语选修8单词.doc讲解 (2)

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anymeans不择手段bymeansof……办法;借助……byallmeans!:usedtomean„ofcourse‟
人教课标版Book8单元词汇讲解whenpolitelyallowingsomeonetodosomethingoragreeingwithasuggestion当然可以bynomeans/not
byanymeans:notatall决不,一点都不eg:Itisbynomeanscertainthatthegamewilltakeplace.比赛是Unit1
1.illustratevt.tomakethemeaningofsthclearerbygivingexamples[举例]说明,阐明Letme否会举行完全不能肯定。ameanstoanend:sththatyoudoonlytoachievearesult,notbecauseyouwantgiveanexampletoillustratethepoint.让我举个例子来说明这一点。Sheillustratedherdiscussionwithtodoitorbecauseitisimportant达到目的的手段。diagrams.她用图表来说明她的论述。tobeanexamplewhichshowsthatsthistrueorthatafactexists[5.majorityn.mostpeopleorthings大多数[单数,复数动词](≠minorityThemajorityofbeinthe为例证]说明[事实]illustratethat/howeg:Thefollowingexamplesillustratehowthisoperatesinpractice.majority占多数多数票winahugemajority下面几个例子说明这实际上是如何操作的。toputpicturesinabook,articleetc[书籍、文章等]作插图5.makealife习惯于新的生活方式、工作等2.distinctadj.清晰的;明显的;明确的somethingthatisdistinctcanclearlybeseen,heard,smelled7.despiteprep.(=inspiteof尽管;不管Despitealloureffortstosavetheschool,theauthoritiesetc清晰的,清楚的,明显的clearlydifferentorbelongingtoadifferenttype明显不同的,截然不同的,decidedtocloseit.despitethefact(thateg:Hestilllovesher,despitethefactthatshelefthim.
8.hardshipn.[C,U]sththatmakesyourlifedifficultorunpleasant,esp.alackofmoney,orthe不同种类的twoentirelydistinctlanguages两种完全不同的语言distincttypes\groupsetc[+form]
Thelearningneedsofthetwogroupsarequitedistinctfromeachother.这两个组的学习需求相互之间完conditionofhavingadifficultlife艰苦,贫困causehardshipforsbsufferhardship
benohardship:tonotbedifficultorunpleasanteg:Itwasnogreathardshipforhimtogiveup全不同。[onlybeforenoun]adistinctpossibility,feeling,qualityetcdefinitelyexistsandcannotbe
smoking.ignored[可能性、感觉、特征等]确实存在的,不容忽视的eg:Igotthedistinctimpressionhewastryingto
makemeangry.我确定他是想惹我生气。Thereisadistinctpossibilitythatthiswilleventuallybeneeded.9.electvt.选择;决定做某事electtodosth:choosetodosth正式】选择做某事选举[oftenpassive]这东西最后的确有可能用得到。adistinctlackofenthusiasm显而易见的缺乏热情杰出的Weareelectsbtosthelectsb(aspresident/leader/mayoretcfortunatethatsomanypeopleofdistinctionandtalentarepresent.10.percentagen.百分比;百分率ahigh/small/lowpercentage如果跟在apercentageof后面的名distinctionn.[C,U]acleardifferenceorseparationbetweentwosimilarthings差别;区分eg:This词是复数,动词也用复数形式Onlyasmallpercentageofpeopleareinterestedinpolitics.percent只和数wouldleadtoaclear/sharpdistinctionbetweenmanagementandtheworkforce.make/drawa字连用(20percent,8percent,如果想表达和整体的关系,要用percentage(Ahighpercentageofthedistinctioneg:TheActmakesnodistinctionbetweenchildrenandadults.(=Ittreatsthemasiftheywerepopulationwasilliterate.人口中有很高比例是文盲。
thesame.这条法令对待儿童和成年人没有区别。[U]thequalityofbeingexcellentandimportant杰出,11.keepupkeepsthup:tocontinuedoingsth继续下去,坚持下去eg:Idon‟tthinkIcankeepthisup卓著Wearefortunatethatsomanypeopleofdistinctionandtalentarepresent.anylonger.我觉得我再也无法坚持下去了。Keepupthegoodwork!继续好好干下去吧!ifasituation3.liveonifsthliveson,itcontinuestoexist继续存在着eg:Shelivedonuntil1832,whenshediedkeepsup,itcontinueswithoutstoppingorchanging[情况]持续,保持eg:Howlongcantheeconomicboomaged85.Alice‟smemorywillliveon.爱丽丝会一直留在大家的记忆里。liveonsth:tohaveaparticularkeepup?togoasquicklyassbelse跟上,并驾齐驱eg:Ihadtowalkfasttokeepupwithhim.toamountofmoneytobuyfoodandothernecessarythings依靠某物生活eg:Idon‟tknowhowtheymanagemanagetodoasmuchaswellasotherpeople跟上,保持同步(≠fallbehindeg:Jack‟shavingtroubletoliveon33aweek.liveonsth:toeatalotofaparticulartypeoffood主要吃某种食物eg:Hekeepingupwiththerestoftheclass.杰克很难跟上班里的其他同学。keepupwiththeJoneses与他人攀practicallylivesonfishandchips!他几乎以吃炸鱼和薯条为主!tocontinuetoreadandlearnaboutaparticularsubject,sothatyoualwaysknowaboutthemostrecentlivethrough:toexperiencedifficultordangerousconditions经历[艰难或险境]thegenerationthatlivedfacts,productsetc跟上,了解eg:Employeesneedtokeepupwiththelatesttechnicaldevelopment.员工需throughtheSecondWorldWar要跟上最新的技术发展。keepsthup:tomakesthcontinueatitspresentleveloramount,insteadoflettingliveupto:ifsthorsblivesuptoaparticularstandard,orpromise,theydoaswellastheywereexpectedto,itdecrease继续保持或维持某事物eg:keepupthepressureonsb继续施加压力ifoneprocesskeepsupdowhattheypromisedetc符合[标准];不负[盛名];履行[诺言]eg:Thefilmhascertainlyliveduptomywithanother,itincreasesatthesamespeedandbythesameamount跟上,与同步eg:Foodproductionisexpectations.这部电影绝对没有辜负我的期望。Thebreathtakinglybeautifulscenerycertainlyliveduptonotkeepingupwithpopulationgrowth.粮食产量未能跟上人口的增长速度。tocontinuetopracticeaexpectations.skillsothatyoudonotloseit[不断练习以]保持某事物eg:IusedtospeakFrench,butIhaven‟tkeptitup.livewith:toacceptadifficultsituationthatislikelytocontinueforalongtime忍受,容忍[可能为时长我以前会说法语,但是现在已经荒废了。IhopeI‟mnotkeepingyouup.不让某人睡觉。keepupwith久的困难局面](=putupwith,tolerateeg:Youhavetolearntolivewithstress.你得学会承受压力。Hehastowriteto,telephone,ormeetafriendregularly,sothatyoudonotforgeteachother[朋友]保持联系livedwithhisillnessformostofhislife.他大半辈子都在忍受病痛。ifsthliveswithyou,youkeepkeepyourspirits/strength/moralup保持高昂的情绪/体力/士气等rememberingitorthinkingaboutit留在记忆里Thatepisodehaslivedwithmeallymylife.那段经历伴随12.boomn.p[单数]aquickincreaseofbusinessactivity[生意]繁荣,兴旺,激增eg:Theboomhas了我一生。createdjobopportunities.asuddenboominthehousingmarket房产市场的突然兴旺theeconomic
boomadeeploudsoundthatyoucanhearforseveralsecondsafteritbegins,esp.thesoundofanexplosion4.meansn.awayofdoingorachievingsth手段;方法;工具meansoftransport交通工具means
ofcommunication通讯工具meansofexpression表达方式ameansofdoigsth做某事的方法useoralargegun隆隆声vi.[usuallyinprogressive]ifbusiness,trade,oraparticularareaisbooming,itsi

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increasingandbeingverysuccessful[商业、贸易等]繁荣,迅速发展eg:Tourismontheislandhasboomed.该岛的旅游业迅速发展。用洪亮而低沉的声音说;隆隆作响booming:aboomingeconomy
13.racialadj.人种的(racialorigin种族背景;种族的(racialdiscrimination/prejudice/hatred/attack/abuse/harmony/tensionracially:araciallymixedareaTheattackwasraciallymotivated.这次袭击事件是出于种族原因。14.crossingn.横渡;横越;十字路口;人行横道crossroads:十字路口atimewhensomeonehastomakeveryimportantdecisionswhichwillaffecttheirfuture[人生作出重大决定的]关键时期,转折点atacrossroadseg:Hewasatacrossroadsinhiscareer.
15.polen.地极;电极;磁极[两种观点、观念或意见]截然相反的两级之一。Wehaveenormouswealthatonepole,andpovertyandmiseryattheother.我们一方面有着巨大的财富,另一方面又存在着贫穷和困苦。WashingtonandBeijingareatoppositepolesonthisissue.在这个问题上华盛顿和北京看法完全不同。
16.occurvi.tohappen发生;出现occurto:ifanideaorthoughtoccurstoyou,itsuddenlycomesintoyourmind[主意或想法突然]浮现于脑中;被想起;被想到Itoccurstosbtodostheg:Isupposeitdidn‟toccurtoyoutophonethepolice?我想你根本就没想到打电话报警吧?Itoccurstosb(thateg:Ithadneveroccurredtohimthathemightbefallinginlovewithher.他从未想到自己可能会爱上她。
17.indicatevt.[T]toshowthataparticularsituationexists,orthatsthislikelytobetrue表明,显示Researchindicatesthatover81%ofteachersaredissatisfiedwiththeirsalary.tosayordosthtomakeyourwishes,intentionsetcclear[说或做某事]表明[意向等]ProfessorTomhasindicatedhisintentiontoretireattheendofnextyear.Pleaseindicateyourpreferenceonthebookingform.请在订单上写明你的偏好。todirectsb‟sattentiontosthorsb,forexamplebypointing指示,指出“That‟sher,”saidToby,indicatingagirlontheothersideoftheroom.(show的用法比indicate频率更高
18.backtoback背靠背happeningimmediatelyoneaftertheother连续地,一个接一个地acoupleofbacktobackwinsfortheteambeonyourback:卧病在床;(生意、国家、经济等不景气,疲弱19.luggagen.行李(=baggage不可数名词20.apparentadj.easytonotice显而易见的;明白的=obviousitisapparent(thateg:Itsoonbecameapparentthatwehadamajorproblem.不就看出来,我们有了大麻烦。itisapparenttosbthat…eg:Itwasapparenttoeveryonethathewasseriouslyill.所有人都明白,他病得很厉害。表明上的apparentlyadv.显然地;显而易见地21.braken.闸;刹车;制动器actasabrakeonsth:tomakesthdevelopmoreslowly,bemoredifficulttodo,orhappenless对某事物起抑制作用,遏制某事物eg:Inevitably,insufficientfundingactsasabrakeonmedicalresearch.putthebrakesonsth:tostopsththatishappeningeg:Thehighlevelofdebtputabrakeoneconomicrecovery.vi.&vt.刹(车);用制动器减速
22.slipvi.滑动;滑行;滑跤n.滑动;滑倒togosomewhere,withoutattractingotherpeople‟sattention溜走,悄悄地走悄悄地放在…eg:Aletterhadbeenslippedunderhisdoor.iftimeslipsaway,pastetcitpassesquickly飞逝,过得飞快slipyourmind/memory:ifsthslipsyourmind,youforgetit被遗忘,被忘记eg:Imeanttobuysomemilk,butitcompletelyslippedmymind.ferryn.渡船;渡口vt.摆渡;渡运ferrysb/sth(fromsthtosth
23.teamupwith:tojoinwithsbinordertoworkonsth合作,[与某人]结成一队eg:Youcanteamupwithoneotherclassmemberifyouwant.

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24.fascinatingadj.extremelyinteresting迷人的;吸引人的findsb/sthfascinating
25.markout划线标出[某物的形状或位置]Avolleyballcourthadbeenmarkedoutonthegrass.已经在草地上划好了一个排球场。26.takein更多见词组讲义27.anglen.角;角度或立场(看待问题或形势的)eg:We‟reapproachingtheissuefrommanydifferentangles.我们从许多不同的角度来处理这个问题。
28.nowhereadv.无处;到处都无nowheretogo/liveetceg:NowhereisdrugabusemoreofaproblemthanintheUS.没有什么地方吸毒问题比美国更严重。get/gonowhere:tohavenosuccessormakenoprogress没有结果;没有进展Ourinvestigationgotnowhere.Hiscareerisgoingnowhere.getsbnowhere:eg:Anegativeattitudewillgetyounowhere.消极的态度会让你一无所获。benowheretobeseen/found/benowhereinsight哪儿也见不到/找不到outof/fromnowhere:happeningorappearingsuddenlyandwithoutwarning突然发生;突然出现eg:Fromoutofnowhereheasksmetomarryhim.Thecarseemedtocomeoutofnowhere.
29.miserableadj.extremelyunhappy,forexamplebecauseyoufeellonely,cold,orbadlytreated极不愉快的,痛苦的;悲惨的
30.punishmentn.处罚;惩罚imposepunishmentforsthas(apunishment(Iwassenttobedasapunishment.作为惩罚我被打发上床睡觉。
31.justicen.正义;公平bringsbtojustice将某人绳之以法astrongsenseofjustice很强的正义感demandjustice要求公平dojusticetosb/sth/dosb/sthjustice公平对待某人;充分展现某人/某物的最佳素质eg:Thephotodoesn‟tdoherjustice.这张照片没有把她拍好。Nowordscandojusticetotheexperience.没有恰当的词语能够描述清楚这次经历。doyourselfjustice:todosthsuchasatestwellenoughtoshowyourrealability[在考试等中]充分发挥(自己的能力eg:Shepanickedintheexamanddidn‟tdoherselfjustice.她在考试中由于紧张未能充分发挥自己的水平。
32.mournvt.&vi.哀悼;悼念[+for];表示悲痛/遗憾eg:Thetownismourningthelossofitsmostbeautifulbuilding.
33.civiladj.[onlybeforen]relatingtothepeoplewholiveinacountry公民的,国民的civilwar/disturbance/unrest内战/内乱/平民动乱civilrights民事的civilcases民事案件民用的;非军事的33.authorityn.[U]thepoweryouhavebecauseofyourofficialposition权力,当权peopleinpositionsofauthority当权者inauthority主管havetheauthoritytodosth有权做某事[C]anofficialorganizationoragovernmentdepartmentthathasthepowertomakedecisions,andhasparticularresponsibility官方机构,政府部门
34.reform:v.toimproveasystem,law,organizationetcbymakingalotchangestoit,sothatitoperatesinafairerormoreeffectiveway改进;改革[I,T]tochangeyourbehaviorandbecomeabetterperson,ortomakesomeonedothis(使改过自新eg:Greeleysayshe‟sagenuinelyreformedcharacter.格里历说他已经彻底改过自新了。areformedcriminal/gambler一名改过自新的罪犯/赌博Sheexpressedadeterminationtoreform.她表示了改邪归正的决心。
n.areformofthelegalsystem法律制度的改革economic/educationalreformReformsweremadetorevivetheeconomy.为复苏经济而进行了改革。
35.grasp[T]totakeandholdsthorsbverytightly抓住,抓牢graspsbbytheshoulders/arm/wristetctounderstandsth理解;明白;领会eg:Hewasfindingitdifficulttograsptherulesofthegame.他发

现很难弄明白那游戏规则。graspthemeaning/significanceofstheg:Youshouldtrytograspthemeaningofwholesentence.你应该试着理解整句话的意思。graspaconcept/principle/pointeg:Charliegraspedthepointatonce.查理立刻就领会了要点。totakeadvantageofanopportunitywhenithappens抓住(机会eg:Wemustgraspeveryopportunityifwearegoingtosucceed.如果想成功,我们必须抓住每一个机会。
n.[用单数]理解力;领悟力have/getagraspofstheg:Thegovernmenthasnograspoftheirsuffering.政府未能理解他们的痛苦。bebeyondsb‟sgrasp超出某人的理解力eg:Thetaskswerebeyondtheintellectualgraspofmanypupils.这些任务超出了很多小学生的智力范围。theabilitytoachievesth能力with/insn‟sgraspeg:Victorywasnowwithintheirgrasp.胜利现在在他们的掌握之中。bebeyond/outofsb‟sgraspeg:Peacewasnotcompletelybeyondhisgrasp.和平并非完全是他力所不及的事。
36.thoughtfuladj.关切的;体贴的;深思的
37.thankfuladj.gratefulforsth,orpleasedthatsthunpleasantisnolongerhappeningordidnothappen激的;感谢的+foreg:Wearesothankfulforallthesupportwereceived.我们非常感谢所获得的一切帮助。+(thatWecanonlybethankfulthattherewerenotmoredeads.我们只能庆幸没有更多的死亡。bethankfultodosth庆幸thankfully:谢天谢地;万幸地;感激地
38.insertvt.toputsthintosthelse,orintoaholeorspace插入;嵌入toaddsthatapointinadocumentorseries(在文件或丛书中插入,加入eg:
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1.differvi.[I]tobedifferentfromsthelse不同(;有区别+from/+indifferfromsthtostheg:Thetechniquesuseddifferfromcompanytocompany.各家公司使用的技术都不一样。differwidely/significantly/greatly大相径庭eg:Lawsonpollutiondifferwidelyfromonecountrytoanother.todisagreewithsbaboutasubject发生分歧;持不同看法+on/overeg:Expertsdifferonthecausesofthedisease.opinions/viewsdiffereg:Opinionsdifferastothelikelywinnerofthetournament.对于谁会获得锦标赛冠军,人们各持己见。difference:n.
2.exactadj.精确的,准确的[usuallybeforenoun]准确的;精确的确切的(用以强调其唯一性)eg:ItwasameetingsometimeinJune:Ican‟tremembertheexactdate.exactly:usedasareplyforsayingthatyoucompletelyagreewithsomeone(表示赞同)确实如此,正是如此eg:“Ifhe‟dgonetobedearly,hewouldn‟tbesotired.”“Exactly!”notexactly:usedforsayingthatsthisslightlydifferentfromaparticularthing不完全是eg:It‟snotexactlyanovel,moreanextendedshortstory.usedforsayingthatsthsomeonesaysisnotcompletelyright不完全对eg:---Youareleaving,aren‟tyou?---Notexactly,I‟mjustgoingonholiday.不全对,我只是去度假。
twinn.双胞胎之一;孪生儿之一adj.成对的;成双的twinbrother
3.identicaladj.exactlythesame同一的;一模一样的(+to/witheg:ThishouseisidenticaltotheonewhereIlivedasachild.Theboyswereidenticallydressedinblacksuits.男孩们清一色地穿上了黑色礼服。4.commercialadj.[usuallybeforenoun]relatingtobusiness商业的;贸易的商业性的Thedecisionwasmadeonapurelycommercialbasis.这个决定纯粹是从营利的角度作出的。
5.straightforwardadj.notcomplicatedordifficulttounderstand简单的;易懂的It‟safairlystraightforwardoperation.这是个相当简单的手术。clearandhonest诚实的;清楚明了的Justgivemeastraightforwardanswer.给我一个明确的回答就行了。straightforwardly直截了当地

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complicatedadj.difficulttodo,dealwith,orunderstand,especiallybecauseofinvolvingalotofdifferentprocessesoraspects复杂的;难懂的;难办的
6.undertakevt.着手;从事;承担toagreetoberesponsibleforajoborprojectanddoit承担;着手做eg:Thecourtwillundertakeaseriousexaminationofthecase.法院将负责对案子作严肃调查。Themostrecentsurveyofrarebirdswasundertakenin1991.topromisetodosth许诺;答应undertaketodosthundertakea(nanalysis/assessment/investigation/project/research/survey/task.undertaking:n.sthdifficultorcomplicatedthatyoudo(困难或复杂的任务,事业Organizingaweddingisamajorundertaking.筹办婚礼是一件大事。apromiseoragreement
7.payoffifsththatyoudopaysoff,itbringsyousomebenefit盈利;得到回报eg:Allthoseweeksofstudyingwillpayoffwhenyoutaketheexam.所有那几周的学习都会在考试的时候见成效。[T]togivesballthemoneyyouhaveborrowedfromthemtobuysth清偿;还清[T]tostopemployingaworkerandgivethemanymoneytheyareowed.付清工资后解雇某人
8.breakthroughn.adiscoveryorachievementthatcomesafteralotofhardwork突破;重大发现9.proceduren.程序;步骤;手续awayofdoingsth,esp.thecorrectorusualway(尤指正确或惯常步骤,手续Theprocedurefordoingthisisexplainedfullyinthisbook.10.nucleusn.核心(如政党的);原子核;中心;细胞核somaticadj.躯体的;肉体的;细胞体的
embryon.胚;胚胎;萌芽时期(Planningisstillinitsembryostages计划仍处在萌芽期。inembryo在酝酿中)
11.castvt.[T]tolookatsomeoneorsomethingasbelongingtoaparticularway看;瞅castalook/glanceeg:Shecastanimpatientlookatmeandstormedoutoftheroom.她很不耐烦地看了我一眼,然后冲出了房间。castaneyeover/castyoureyesovertothrowsborsthsomewhere扔;掷;撒(becastaway:tobeleftonanislandorbeachbecauseyourshiphassunk(因船只沉没被抛弃在岛上,被弃于沙滩上becastdown:tofeelupsetordisappointed沮丧;不愉快castdoubtonsth:tomakesthseemlesscertain,good,orreal对某事产生疑虑castashadowoversth:tomakeasituationseemlesshopefulandmorelikelytoendbadly上投下阴影eg:Lastnight‟skillingscastadarkshadowoverthepeacetalks.昨晚的枪杀案为和谈蒙上了深深地阴影。
12.altogetheradv.usedforemphasizingthatsthhasstoppedorendedcompletely完全地eg:Theserareanimalsmaysoondisappearaltogether.usedforemphasizingthatsthiscompletelyignoredorforgotten全然,完全(用于强调某事物被完全忽略或遗忘eg:Theproblemistooserioustobeignoredaltogether.这个问题太严重,根本无法忽视。usedforemphasizingthatwhatyouaresayingistrueineveryway完全,绝对(用于强调所说的话绝对真实)usedforshowingthatatotalnumberoramountincludeseveryoneoreverything总共;共计eg:Altogether,about50NATOaircrafttookpartintheattack.usedforintroducingasummaryofwhatyouhavejustsaid总之,总而言之eg:Theweatherwasgreatandthepeoplewerefriendly---altogetheraperfecttrip.天气很好,人很友好,总之是一次非常完美的旅行。
不要把altogetheralltogether相混淆,后者意为每个人(或每件事物一起eg:Writedownthenumbersandaddthemalltogether.
13.arbitraryadj.notbasedonanyparticularplanordoneforanyparticularreason任意的;随意的;随心所欲的anarbitrarydecision随意的决定usedaboutactionsthatareconsideredtobeunfair肆意的;专断的;武断的

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