Lesson 1 ;
alert
alert
Sirens sounded the alert for an air raid. ;空襲報警的警笛響起來.
Nuclear-armed bombers were put on the alert during the crisis. ;核武裝轟炸機在危機期間 進入高度警備
狀態(tài).
arbitrary
The diet imposes overall calorie limits,but daily menus are arbitrary. ;食譜規(guī)定了總的熱量限 制,但
每天的菜單可據喜 好自定.
behalf
Mother Teresa's efforts on behalf of Calutta's poor ;德蘭修女為加爾各答 窮人所做的一切努力
eventually brought her the Nobel Peace Prize. ;最終為她贏得了諾貝爾和 平獎.
bulk
The great bulk of necessary work can never be anything but painful. ;大量必須做的工作真令人 痛苦.
Safety considerations bulked large during the development of the new spacecraft. ;在建造新的宇宙飛
船時, 安全考慮占了很大比重.
chip
chip
"Fish and chips"is a typical English food. ;“炸魚土豆條”是典型的 英國食品.
The paint has chipped off where the table touches the wall. ;桌子接觸墻壁的地方漆皮 已剝落.
collapse
The enterprose collapsed through lack of support. ;該企業(yè)因無力支持而 倒閉.
competition
Because there is so much unemployment,the competition for jobs is very fierce. ;由于失業(yè)人員眾多,求
職 的競爭十分激烈.
Five candidate cities including Beijing ;共有包括北京在內的五個 城市
participated in the competition to host the 28th Olympic Games. ;參加了爭奪第28屆奧 運會主辦權的角
逐.
decline
The arts of
因此而衰落.
The price of mobile telephones has declined sharply. ;手機的價格下降得非常 厲害.
The
的帝國.
develop
develop
A good teacher is surely an instructor ;一個好老師一定
who can develop the capabilities of each student. ;是一個能激發(fā)每個學生 潛能的導師.
Juliet Wu's ambition ;吳士宏的抱負
is to develop a national corporation into a worldwide business. ;是要把一個國內企業(yè)擴 展成世界性的
企業(yè).
elaborate
I just want the facts in brief;you don't need to elaborate. ;我只想簡單了解事實, 你不必作詳細說明.
I don't want elaborate lace pattern on my dress,just make it simple. ;我不想裙子上有復雜精美 的花邊
圖案,簡簡單單 就行.
excite
Strong coffee excites your nerves. ;濃咖啡刺激神經, 使人興奮.
Emperor Qinshihuang's cruelty excited a rising of the people. ;秦始皇的殘暴引起了人民 的反抗.
fatal
The city of Tangshan has such a new look that it hardly reminds ;唐山市如今面貌一新, 幾乎讓人想不起
people of the fatal earthquake that eccured over 30 years ago. ;30多年前的毀滅性的 地震.
formal
Business letters are usually formal, ;商業(yè)信件通常都是講究格 式的,
but we write in a informal way to family members or friends. ;但我們給家人或朋友寫 信就比較隨便了.
gaze
In those boring letures,many students just sat gazing into the classroom window. ;在那些沉悶的課堂
教學 中,許多學生知識呆呆地 望著窗外.
guard
guard
Be on your guard against pickpockets. ;謹防扒手.
Tooth paste with fluorine can effectively guard against tooth decay. ;含氟牙膏能有效防止 蛀牙.
hostile
It was very strange ;很奇怪,
how hostile she was to all the beautiful girls approaching her husband. ;她對所有接近丈夫的漂亮 女
孩都心存敵意.
indentical
My opinion are not always identical with my parents's. ;我的意見并不總是和父母 的意見相同.
All eggs look similar, but no two eggs are identical, ;所有雞蛋看上去相似, 但沒有兩只雞蛋是完全 相
同的
Leonardo da Vinci's teacher once said to him. ;達芬奇的老師曾經告訴 他說,
inferior
No inferior products should be allowed to pass. ;決不能讓任何次品漏網.
In the past,women were regarded as inferior to men. ;過去,人們認為女人不如 男人.
launch
launch
The first artifical satellite was launched by the former Soviet Union, ;前蘇聯發(fā)射了第一顆人 造衛(wèi)星
,
which shocked the
mechanism
The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body. ;骨骼和肌肉是人體的組成 機體.
The shell of my watch is transparent and the mechanisms inside can be seen. ;我的手表外殼是透明的,
可以看見里面的機械 裝置.
match
match
The prince and princess in the fairy tales ;童話中的王子與公主
are always perfectly matched(=were always a perfect match). ;永遠都是天造地設的 一對.
The White Swan Hotel in
是無與倫比的.
These shoes do not match;one is large and the other is small. ;這雙鞋不相配,一只大, 一只小.
negative
negative
He was suspicious of having taken dopes,but his urine test was negative. ;他被懷疑服用了興奮劑, 但
他的尿樣檢測卻是呈陰 性的.
Two negative makes a positive. ;負負得正.
obligation
To pay taxes is an obligation of every citizen. ;納稅是每一個公民的 義務.
panic
The Asian Financial crisis caused panic selling of securities. ;亞洲金融危機引起了債券 的恐慌拋售.
peer
To lessen peer(group) pressure,many schools require their students to wear uniforms. ;為減少來自同
齡群體的壓 力,許多學校要求學生們 穿校服.
He peered at the comp- uter screen,wondering what his programming mistake was. ;他仔細地看著計算機
的顯 示屏,想知道他的程序出 了什么錯.
press
press
In the press conference, ;在新聞發(fā)布會上,
the White House spokesman always avoids directly answering questions. ;白宮發(fā)言人總是避免直 接回答
問題.
Time presses.Let's press on with our work. ;時間緊迫.我們加緊工作 吧.
Just press this button,and you'll start the engine. ;只要按一下這個按鈕便可 啟動這臺發(fā)動機了.
The problem of fuel presses for solution. ;這個燃料的問題急待 解決.
rarely
Big Ben in
Only rarely do I eat in restaurants. ;我極少到飯館吃飯.
scandal
The former president of the Philipines took tax money for his own use, ;菲律賓前總統(tǒng)貪污稅款,
it was such a scandal. ;可謂一大丑聞.
thread
You lose the thread of your argument. ;你們的論點有失條理.
You need a needle threader if you can't see clearly to thread a needle. ;如果看不清楚無法穿線, 你需
要一枚穿針器.
Lesson 2 ;
abandon
The heartless man abandoned his disabled wife and ran away with all their money. ;那個沒良心的男人
拋棄了 殘疾的妻子,還帶走了兩 人所有的錢.
Since there was no way to save the ship and its cargo, ;眼見拯救船只和船上貨 物無望,
the captain issued the order to abandon ship. ;船長發(fā)出了棄船令.
acknowledge
Michael Jordan was acknowledged as the best basketball player in the NBA. ;邁克爾.喬丹是公認的前
NBA最佳籃球選手.
We acknowledge receipt of your cable No.123 sent this morning concerning the sample. ;茲確認,我方已
收到你方 關于樣品的123號電傳.
bump
In the dim light I couldn't see clearly and bumped into a tree. ;昏暗中我看不清,一頭撞 在一棵樹上.
circuit
I run two circuits of the track every morning ;我每天早晨沿跑道跑兩圈
in order to pass the 800-meter running test. ;以通過800米考試。
In Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, ;你要是查閱《朗文當代英 語詞典》
you will see CCTV is the abbreviation of "Closed Circuit Television". ;就會發(fā)現CCTV是“閉路 電視”
的縮寫.
complain
Those who are always complaining should turn their attention ;那些天成天牢騷滿腹的 人,應該想想
to figuring out how to make it better. ;如何改變現狀.
You are always complaining about something. ;你總是滿腹牢騷.
conventional
The Russian Defense Minister maintained ;俄羅斯的國防部長堅持 認為
that his country should reduce expenditure on conventional weapons ;俄應削減花在常規(guī)武器上 的開支,
and spend more on strategic weapons. ;而更多地在戰(zhàn)略武器上 投入.
Mother is so conventional in her views. ;媽媽的觀點太保守.
destruction
The hot ash and the lava from the volcano Etna ;來自埃及特納火山的滾燙 的火山灰和熔巖
brought total destruction to the village. ;給那個小村莊帶來徹底 的毀滅.
emergency
Wahid threatened to proclaim a state of emergency if Congress decided to impeach him ;瓦希德威脅說
如果國會 彈劾他,他就宣布緊急 狀態(tài).
The patient was asked to ring the bell in an emergency ;病人在有緊急情況時可以 按鈴,
and the nurses on duty would come straight away. ;然后當班的護士就會立 即前來.
fantasy
Young people often live in a world of fantasy, ;年青人常生活在幻想的 世界里,
and parents always tell them to face the reality. ;而父母親總會告訴他們 要面對現實.
Stop looking for a perfect job--it's just a fantasy. ;別想找到十全十美的工 作了,那簡直是幻想.
function
The function of a chairman at a meeting is to lead and control meetings. ;在會上,主席的職責是引 導
并控制會議.
An old machine won't function properly if you don't oil it regularly. ;舊機器如果不經常加油是 不能
正常運轉的.
heave
heave
The naughty children have just heaved a stone through my window. ;淘氣的孩子們剛剛把一塊 石頭扔進我
的窗戶.
identify
Do you identify beauty with wisdom? ;你認為美貌與智慧能相等 同嗎?
The characters on the rubbings are so blurred that it is difficult to identify. ;拓片上的文字模糊不
清, 難以識別.
jail
Romeo was sentenced to jail for 15 days for starting a fight with his rival. ;因為與情敵發(fā)生沖突,羅
密歐被判15日監(jiān)禁.
Has it ever occurred to you that jails were first invented for debtors? ;你有沒有想過,監(jiān)獄最初 是為
了關押欠債人而發(fā) 明的?
line
line
People lined the streets to see the famous man go past. ;人們站在街道兩旁看那位 著名人士走過.
Line and color are both important in portrait painting. ;線條和色彩在肖像繪畫中 都很重要.
master
master
Who is the master mind behind this plan? ;誰是這個計劃的幕后 決策人?
I do