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Unit3

□lumpy □squash □worldly □lotion

□tendril □ravage □inkblot □maturity

□ventilate □persona □strand □insidious

lumpy [ˈlʌmpi]

【考法】 ADJ Something that is lumpy contains lumps or is covered with lumps. 多结块的;起疙瘩的

【例句】 When the rice isn’t cooked properly it goes lumpy and gooey.

米饭没煮好会结块,而且软黏黏的。

squash [skwɔʃ]

【考法】 VERB If someone or something is squashed, they are pressed or crushed with such force that they be come injured or lose their shape. 压扁;压坏;压碎

【例句】 Robert was lucky to escape with just a broken foot after being squashed against a fence by a car.

罗伯特很幸运,他被一辆轿车挤压到一排栅栏上后只是一只脚骨折。

worldly [ˈwɜːldli]

【考法】 ADJ Worldly is used to describe things relating to the ordinary activities of life, rather than to spiritual things. 尘世的;世俗的;现实的

【例句】 I think it is time you woke up and focused your thoughts on more worldly matters.

我认为是该你清醒过来把思想集中到更为现实的问题上的时候了。

lotion [ˈloʊʃn]

【考法】 NOUN A lotion is a liquid that you use to clean, improve, or protect your skin or hair. 护肤液;洁肤乳;发乳

【例句】 Moisten the cloth before applying the lotion.

在涂抹洗液之前先把布弄湿。

tendril [ˈtɛndrəl]

【考法】 NOUN Tendrils are thin stems which grow on some plants so that they can attach themselves to sup ports such as walls or other plants. (攀援植物的)卷须,蔓

【例句】 The morning glory climbs the trunk with its tendril.

牵牛花用卷须攀着树干。

ravage [ˈrævɪdʒ]

【考法】 VERB A town, country, or economy that has been ravaged is one that has been damaged so much that it is almost completely destroyed. 毁坏;摧毁;搞垮

【例句】 For two decades the country has been ravaged by civil war and foreign intervention.

20年来,这个国家一直被内战外侵所蹂躏。

inkblot [ˈɪŋkblɑt]

【考法】 NOUN an abstract patch of ink, one of ten commonly used in the Rorschach test 墨迹

【例句】 These “diagnoses”are part of a personality test, the Rorschach Inkblot test.

以上的一些诊断分析来源于性格测试方法罗夏墨迹。

maturity [məˈtʃʊrəti]

【考法】 NOUN Maturity is the state of being fully developed or adult. 成熟;长大成人

【例句】 Humans experience a delayed maturity; we arrive at all stages of life later than other mammals.

人类发育较缓——在生命的各个阶段,我们都晚于其他哺乳动物。

ventilate [ˈvɛntˌlet]

【考法】 VERB If you ventilate a room or building, you allow fresh air to get into it. 使(房间或建筑)通风;使空气流通

【例句】 Ventilate the room properly when paint stripping.

当油漆开始剥落时,要给房间适当通风。

persona [pəˈsoʊnə]

【考法】 NOUN Someone’s persona is the aspect of their character or nature that they present to other people,perhaps in contrast to their real character or nature. 表象人格;伪装;假象

【例句】 .the contradictions between her private life and the public persona.

她私生活和公众形象间的冲突

strand [strænd]

【考法】 NOUN A strand of something such as hair, wire, or thread is a single thin piece of it. (头发、电线或纱线等的)股,缕

【例句】 She tried to blow a gray strand of hair from her eyes.

她竭力想把眼前的一缕白发吹开。

insidious [ɪnˈsɪdiəs]

【考法】 ADJ Something that is insidious is unpleasant or dangerous and develops gradually without being no ticed. 隐伏的;潜在的;不知不觉间加剧的

【例句】 The changes are insidious, and will not produce a noticeable effect for 15 to 20 years.

变化是悄然发生的,15到20年间不会产生明显影响。 CwdC83ZM21TZwbWy70xKKT5rBz2q5PR+RpW5LJn4YsgRv1pqYq+O7bN/1dM9ci0/

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