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Unit 1

education [ˌedʒʊ'keɪʃən]

【考法1】 N-VAR Education involves teaching people various subjects, usually at a school or college, or being taught. (通常指学校)教育;培养;训练

【举例1】 They're cutting funds for education .

他们正在削减教育经费。

【考法2】 N-UNCOUNT Education of a particular kind involves teaching the public about a particular issue. (针对某一问题的公众)教育

【举例2】 better health education

更好的健康教育

occupation [ˌɒkjʊ'peɪʃən]

【考法1】 N-COUNT Your occupation is your job or profession. 职业;工作

【举例1】 I suppose I was looking for an occupation which was going to be an adventure.

我想我在找的是一份具有冒险性的工作。

【考法2】 N-UNCOUNT The occupation of a country happens when it is entered and controlled by a foreign army. 占领;占据;侵占

【举例2】 Prii had become fluent in German during the Wehrmacht's occupation of Estonia in 1942.

在1942年德军侵占爱沙尼亚期间,普里学得了一口流利的德语。

release [rɪ'liːs]

【考法1】 VERB If a person or animal is released from somewhere where they have been locked up or looked after, they are set free or allowed to go. 释放;放出

【举例1】 He was released from custody the next day.

第二天他被从拘留所里放了出来。

【考法2】 VERB If someone or something releases you from a duty, task, or feeling, they free you from it. 使免除;使免于

【举例2】 Divorce releases both the husband and wife from all marital obligations to each other.

离婚解除了夫妻双方相互之间所有的婚姻义务。

【考法3】 VERB If you release someone or something, you stop holding them. 放手;放开;释放

【举例3】 He stopped and faced her, releasing her wrist.

他停下来面对着她,放开了她的手腕。

ago [ə'gəʊ]

【考法】 ADV You use ago when you are referring to past time. For example, if something happened one year ago, it is one year since it happened. If it happened a long time ago,it is a long time since it happened. 以前

【举例】 He was killed a few days ago in a skiing accident.

几天前他在一场滑雪事故中丧生。

focus ['fəʊkəs]

【考法1】 V-ERG If you focuson a particular topic or if your attention is focused on it, you concentrate on it and think about it, discuss it, or deal with it, rather than dealing with other topics. 集中(注意力);关注

【举例1】 The research effort has focused on tracing the effects of growing levels of five compounds.

研究重点追踪了5种化合物含量上升的影响。

【考法2】 N-COUNT The focus of something is the main topic or main thing that it is concerned with. 主题;重点;焦点

【举例2】 The UN's role in promoting peace is increasingly the focus of international attention.

联合国在促进和平方面的作用越来越受到国际社会的关注。

entire [ɪn'taɪə]

【考法】 ADJ You use entire when you want to emphasize that you are referring to the whole of something, for example, the whole of a place, time, or population. 全部的;整个的

【举例】 He had spent his entire life in China as a doctor.

他一生都在中国当医生。

liberate ['lɪbəreɪt]

【考法1】 VERB To liberate a place or the people in it means to free them from the political or military control of another country, area, or group of people. 解放

【举例1】 They planned to march on and liberate the city.

他们计划继续挺进,解放该城市。

【考法2】 VERB To liberate someone from something means to help them escape from it or overcome it, and lead a better way of life. 使解脱;使脱离;解救

【举例2】 He asked how committed the leadership was to liberating its people from poverty.

他问领导层有多大决心要让人民脱贫。

approach [ə'prəʊtʃ]

【考法】 N-COUNT An approach to a place is a road, path, or other route that leads to it. 路径;途径;道路

【举例】 The path serves as an approach to the boat house.

这条小路通往船屋。

experiment [ɪk'spɛrɪmənt]

【考法1】 N-VAR An experiment is a scientific test which is done in order to discover what happens to something in particular conditions. 实验

【举例1】 The astronauts are conducting a series of experiments to learn more about how the body adapts to weightlessness.

那些宇航员正在进行一系列实验,以更多地了解身体如何适应失重状态。

【考法2】 VERB If you experiment with something or experiment on it, you do a scientific test on it in order to discover what happens to it in particular conditions. (用……)做实验

【举例2】 In 1857 Mendel started experimenting with peas in his monastery garden.1857年,孟德尔开始在修道院的菜园里用豌豆做实验。

decline [dɪ'klaɪn]

【考法1】 VERB If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength. 下降;减少;衰退;衰落

【举例1】 The number of staff has declined from 217,000 to 114,000.

员工人数从21.7万减少到了11.4万。

【考法2】 VERB If you decline something or decline to do something, you politely refuse to accept it or do it. 婉拒;谢绝

【举例2】 He declined their invitation.

他谢绝了他们的邀请。

strangely ['streɪndʒli]

【考法】 ADV You use strangely to emphasize that what you are saying is surprising. (表示强调)奇怪地,异常地,不可思议地

【举例】 Strangely , the race didn't start until 8.15pm.很奇怪,赛跑直到晚上8点15分才开始。

outbreak ['aʊtbreɪk]

【考法】 N-COUNT If there is an outbreak of something unpleasant, such as violence or a disease, it suddenly starts to happen. (暴力活动、疾病等的)爆发,突然发生

【举例】 The four-day festival ended a day early after an outbreak of violence involving hundreds of youths.一场有数百名年轻人卷入的暴力活动发生后,为期4天的节庆活动被迫提前一天结束。 u1kYl4LcmwG1BHt0PmOKA6jlW6ZK2hQ6vQHw2r6ykeZniCfZWBBL7FLmTj/mNUq1

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