Unit 3

□ contextual

□ tile

□ freshman

□ cabinet

□ restriction

□ align

□ adolescent

□ conscience

□ imagery

□ oppress

□ preconception

□ polytechnic

contextual [kən'tɛkstʃuəl, kɑn-]

【考法】 ADJ A contextual issue or account relates to the context of something. 上下文的；与上下文有关的；与语境有关的

【例句】The writer builds up a clever contextual picture of upper class life.

作者巧妙地构筑了一幅上流社会生活的背景图画。

tile [taɪl]

【考法】 N-VAR Tiles are flat, square pieces of baked clay, carpet, cork, or other substance, which are fixed as a covering onto a floor or wall. 瓷砖；墙砖；地砖

【例句】Amy’s shoes squeaked on the tiles as she walked down the corridor.

埃米走过走廊时，鞋子踩在地砖上嘎吱作响。

freshman ['frɛʃmən]

【考法】 N-COUNT In America, a freshman is a student who is in his or her first year at university or college. （美国大学）一年级新生

【例句】Faith was one of the few people in the class willing to befriend a new freshman.

费思是班里愿意与新来的一年级新生交朋友的少数人之一。

cabinet ['kæbənɪt]

【考法】 N-COUNT A cabinet is a cupboard used for storing things such as medicine or alcoholic drinks or for displaying decorative things in. 储藏柜；陈列柜

【例句】The star of my medicine cabinet is the humble aspirin.

我家药柜里的压箱宝要算是那不起眼的阿司匹林。

restriction [rɪ'strɪkʃən]

【考法】 N-COUNT You can refer to anything that limits what you can do as a restriction. （对行动的）限定，约束，限制因素

【例句】His parents are trying to make up to him for the restrictions of urban living.

他的父母正试图弥补他在城市生活的局限。

align [ə'laɪn]

【考法】 VERB If you align something, you place it in a certain position in relation to something else, usually parallel to it. 使成一直线；对准；校直

【例句】A tripod will be useful to align and steady the camera.

三脚架有助于调准和稳定相机。

adolescent [ˌædə'lesnt]

【考法】 ADJ Adolescent is used to describe young people who are no longer children but who have not yet become adults. It also refers to their behaviour. 青少年的；青春期的

【例句】It is important that an adolescent boy should have an adult in whom he can confide.

关键是，青春期的男孩身边应该有一个可以交心的成年人。

conscience ['kɑnʃəns]

【考法】 PHRASE in good/all conscience 凭良心；出于公道

【例句】She could not, in good conscience, back out on her deal with him.

凭良心，她不能背弃与他达成的协议。

imagery ['ɪmɪdʒəri]

【考法】 N-UNCOUNT You can refer to the descriptions in something such as a poem or song, and the pictures they create in your mind, as its imagery. 意象；形象化描述

【例句】.the nature imagery of the ballad.

民歌中的自然意象

oppress [ə'prɛs]

【考法】 VERB To oppress people means to treat them cruelly, or to prevent them from having the same opportunities, freedom, and benefits as others. 压迫；压制

【例句】These people often are oppressed by the governments of the countries they find themselves in.

这些人经常受到所在国政府的压迫。

preconception [ˌprikən'sɛpʃən]

【考法】 N-COUNT Your preconceptions about something are beliefs formed about it before you have enough information or experience. 事先形成的看法；先入之见；成见

【例句】Did you have any preconceptions about the sort of people who did computing?

你对从事计算机工作的人有什么成见吗？

polytechnic [ˌpɑlɪ'tɛknɪk]

【考法】 N-VAR In Britain, a polytechnic was a college where you could go after leaving school in order to study academic subjects up to degree level, or to train for particular jobs. In 1992, all the polytechnics in Britain became universities. （在英国 1992 年后改为大学的）工艺专科学院，理工专科学院

【例句】He was studying a course in drama at Manchester Polytechnic.

他正在曼彻斯特理工学院学习一门戏剧课。 LN16eQ7qBCq2j9x1kFV/0zdIB6pjwE4ZWwTwixjEekxEAWA87JG5bROsNYTL4UE5