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Unit 10

predict [prɪ'dɪkt]

【考法】 VERB If you predict an event, you say that it will happen. 预言;预测;预告

【举例】 The latest opinion polls are predicting a very close contest.

最近的民意测验预测竞争将会非常激烈。

victim ['vɪktɪm]

【考法】 N-COUNT A victim is someone who has been hurt or killed. 受害者;遇害者;遇难者

【举例】 Not all the victims survived.

并非所有受害者都得以幸存。

department [dɪ'pɑːtmənt]

【考法】 N-COUNT A department is one of the sections in an organization such as a government,business, or university. A department is also one of the sections in a large shop. (政府的)部,司,局,处;(企业的)部门,科;(大学的)系,所;(大型商店的)货品区

【举例】 the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare

美国卫生、教育和福利部

possibility [ˌpɒsɪ'bɪlɪti]

【考法】 N-COUNT If you say there is a possibility that something is the case or that something will happen, you mean that it might be the case or it might happen. 可能性;可能

【举例】 We were not in the least worried about the possibility that sweets could rot the teeth.

我们以前完全不担心吃糖果有可能会蛀牙。

universal [ˌjuːnɪ'vɜːsəl]

【考法1】 ADJ Something that is universal relates to everyone in the world or everyone in a particular group or society. 普遍的;全体的

【举例1】 The insurance industry has produced its own proposals for universal health care.

保险业提出了自己的全民医疗保健方案。

【考法2】 ADJ Something that is universal affects or relates to every part of the world or the universe. 宇宙的;全世界的

【举例2】 universal diseases

全球性的疾病

chemist ['kemɪst]

【考法】 N-COUNT A chemist is a person who does research connected with chemistry or who studies chemistry. 化学家

【举例】 She worked as a research chemist .

她曾经是化学研究员。

direction [daɪ'rekʃən]

【考法1】 N-VAR A direction is the general line that someone or something is moving or pointing in. 方向;方位

【举例1】 St Andrews was ten miles in the opposite direction .

圣安德鲁斯在相反方向上10英里处。

【考法2】 N-PLURAL Directions are instructions that tell you what to do, how to do something,or how to get somewhere. 指示;说明;指路

【举例2】 I should know by now not to throw away the directions until we've finished cooking.

现在我知道了不该在饭没做完之前就扔掉烹饪说明。

abroad [ə'brɔːd]

【考法】 ADV If you go abroad, you go to a foreign country, usually one which is separated from the country where you live by an ocean or a sea. 到国外;在国外

【举例】 I would love to go abroad this year, perhaps to the South of France.

我今年很想出国,可能是去法国南部。

burn [bɜːn]

【考法】 VERB If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there. 着火;燃烧

【举例】 Fires were burning out of control in the center of the city.

市中心的火势失去了控制。

subjective [səb'dʒektɪv]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED Something that is subjective is based on personal opinions and feelings rather than on facts. 主观的;非客观的

【举例】 We know that taste in art is a subjective matter.

我们知道艺术品位因人而异。

predator ['predətə]

【考法】 N-COUNT A predator is an animal that kills and eats other animals. 捕食性动物

countryside ['kʌntrisaɪd]

【考法】 N-UNCOUNT The countryside is land which is away from towns and cities. 乡村;农村

【举例】 I've always loved the English countryside .

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