购买
下载掌阅APP,畅读海量书库
立即打开
畅读海量书库
扫码下载掌阅APP

Unit6

□donor □drudgery □idealistically □eyelid

□grim □blurry □condominium □pyrotechnic

□conflagration □unperturbed □scuppernong □acrid

donor [ˈdoʊnə(r)]

【考法】 NOUN A donor is someone who gives a part of their body or some of their blood to be used by doctors to help a person who is ill. 献血者;器官捐献者

【例句】 Doctors removed the healthy kidney from the donor.

医生从捐献者体内取出健康的肾脏。

drudgery [ˈdrʌdʒəri]

【考法】 NOUN You use drudgery to refer to jobs and tasks which are boring or unpleasant but which must be done. 单调乏味的苦差事;无聊的工作

【例句】 People want to get away from the drudgery of their everyday lives.

人们想摆脱日常生活中单调乏味的工作。

idealistically [aɪˌdɪəˈlɪstɪkli]

【考法】 ADV unrealistically, romantically 理想地;不切实际地

【例句】 Hockney has played creatively and idealistically with a new medium.

霍克尼的确以其具有创造性和理想化的方式来使用一种新型媒介。

eyelid [ˈaɪˌlɪd]

【考法】 NOUN Your eyelids are the two pieces of skin which cover your eyes when they are closed. 眼睑;眼皮

【例句】 You may not know it, but you have a third eyelid.

你可能不知道第三眼睑,但你拥有它。

grim [ɡrɪm]

【考法】 ADJ A situation or piece of information that is grim is unpleasant, depressing, and difficult to accept. 严峻的;令人不快的;让人沮丧的;令人难以接受的

【例句】 They painted a grim picture of growing crime.

他们描绘了犯罪率上升的严峻情形。

blurry [ˈbləɪ]

【考法】 ADJ A blurry shape is one that has an unclear outline. 模糊的;轮廓不清楚的

【例句】 Our peripheral vision is not just a blurry version of our central vision.

我们的周边视觉不仅是我们的中央视觉模糊的版本。

condominium [ˌkɑndəˈmɪnɪəm]

【考法】 NOUN one of the dwelling units in a condominium 共同统治;财产共有权

【例句】 This was how Tyler got into my condominium to blow it up with homemade dynamite.

泰勒就是这么钻进我的公寓,用土炸药把我的房子炸得底朝天。

pyrotechnic [ˌpaɪrəˈtɛknɪk]

【考法】 ADJ of or relating to the craft of making fireworks 烟火的;令人眼花缭乱的

【例句】 The pyrotechnic devices will relay prearranged signals based on their colour and characteristics to sig nal large numbers of troops quickly across a large area.

该烟火装置将根据烟火的颜色和特点传递预先设计的信息,指引大部队快速穿过大面积区域。

conflagration [ˌkɑnfləˈgreɪʃn]

【考法】 NOUN A conflagration is a fire that burns over a large area and destroys property. 大火;大火灾;冲突

【例句】 In the past integration has sometimes gone before conflagration.

在过去,融合有时候就发生在冲突之前。

unperturbed [ˌʌnpəˈtɜbd]

【考法】 ADJ not disturbed or troubled 不受干扰的

【例句】 Unperturbed, you head to the shopping mall with a smile on your face—you’re about to invest some of your hard-earned dollars.

而你却面带微笑、镇定自若地走进购物中心——打算花掉一部分来之不易的血汗钱。

scuppernong [ˈskʌpənɔːŋ]

【考法】 NOUN a sweet American wine, slightly golden, made from a variety of muscadine grape 美国南部产的黄绿色大粒葡萄;斯卡珀农葡萄

【例句】 Meade had not thought to warn her that a woman in her condition should not drink, for it never occurred to him that a decent woman would drink anything stronger than scuppernong wine.

米德大夫没有想到要警告她,女人在怀孕期间不该喝酒,因为他从未想到一个正派女人也会喝比葡萄酒更烈性的酒。

acrid [ˈækrɪd]

【考法】 ADJ An acrid smell or taste is strong and sharp, and usually unpleasant. (气味或味道)辛辣的,苦的,刺激的

【例句】 The room filled with the acrid smell of tobacco.

房间里弥漫着刺鼻的烟草味。 yjDcUJCe/BYPNcr5v+Dx2XgnSoFrvITEGo3IPKykTNZsP6IGQu5Azp+2+6volMML

点击中间区域
呼出菜单
上一章
目录
下一章
×