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Unit4

□quirk □binder □stern □chauvinism

□callous □dazzle □postmaster □creak

□binoculars □chant □vanguard □slough

quirk [kwɜːk]

【考法】 NOUN A quirk is a habit or aspect of a person’s character which is odd or unusual. 怪癖;古怪的性格

【例句】 Brown was fascinated by people’s quirks and foibles.

布朗对人们的种种怪癖十分着迷。

binder [ˈbaɪndə]

【考法】 NOUN A binder is a hard cover with metal rings inside, which is used to hold loose pieces of paper. 活页夹

【例句】 In this example, we use the binder’s title.

在此示例中,我们使用的是活页夹标题

stern [stɜːn]

【考法】 ADJ Stern words or actions are very severe. (话语或行动)严厉的,严正的

【例句】 Mr. Straw issued a stern warning to those who persist in violence.

斯特劳先生向那些坚持进行暴力活动的人发出了严正警告。

chauvinism [ˈʃoʊvɪnɪzəm]

【考法】 NOUN Chauvinism is a strong, unreasonable belief that your own country is more important and mor ally better than other people’s. 沙文主义;本国至上主义

【例句】 It may also appeal to the latent chauvinism of many ordinary people.

它可能也迎合了许多普通人心中的沙文主义情结。

callous [ˈkæləs]

【考法】 ADJ A callous person or action is very cruel and shows no concern for other people or their feelings. 无情的;冷漠的;狠心的

【例句】 .his callous disregard for human life.

他对人命的漠视

dazzle [ˈdæzəl]

【考法】 VERB If a bright light dazzles you, it makes you unable to see properly for a short time. (强光等)使目眩,使眼花

【例句】 The sun, glinting from the pool, dazzled me.

在太阳的照射下,池面上泛起粼粼波光,让我一时睁不开眼。

postmaster [ˈpoʊstˌmæstə]

【考法】 NOUN A postmaster is a man who is in charge of a local post office. 邮政局长

【例句】 As if from far away, he hears her call to the postmaster to send for the police.

好像是从很远的地方传来的声音,他听见她在让邮政局长打电话叫警察来。

creak [krik]

【考法】 VERB If something creaks, it makes a short, high-pitched sound when it moves. 嘎吱作响

【例句】 The bed-springs creaked.

床垫的弹簧嘎吱作响。

binoculars [bɪˈnɑkjələz]

【考法】 NOUN Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away. 双筒望远镜

【例句】 He stood to his pay of 50 pounds for my binoculars.

他坚持只付50英镑买我的望远镜。

chant [tʃænt]

【考法】 NOUN A chant is a word or group of words that is repeated over and over again. 不断重复的话

【例句】 He was greeted by the chant of “Judas! Judas”.

人们看见他就反复不停地喊:“犹大!犹大!”

vanguard [ˈvængɑːd]

【考法】 NOUN If someone is in the vanguard of something such as a revolution or an area of research, they are involved in the most advanced part of it. You can also refer to the people themselves as the vanguard. (革命或研究的)前沿;先锋,先驱

【例句】 Such thinking puts Kodak in the vanguard of a movement reshaping the computer industry.

这种想法使得柯达走在了改造计算机产业运动的最前沿。

slough [slaʊ]

【考法】 VERB When a plant sloughs its leaves, or an animal such as a snake sloughs its skin, the leaves or skin come off naturally. (植物)落叶;(动物)蜕皮

【例句】 All reptiles have to slough their skin to grow.

所有爬行动物生长过程中都要蜕皮。 hymtte/HwLTv4EXu7k8CgTm3wTgTDjyZGLNW9csrKVH51A8Prj9TIyZQ8jqicyep

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