Unit 1

□ monarchy

□ solely

□ gable

□ cloak

□ bully

□ marking

□ untrustworthy

□ belie

□ vector

□ lumber

□ forge

□ archbishop

monarchy ['mɑnərki]

【考法】 N-VAR A monarchy is a system in which a country has a monarch. 君主政体；君主制

【例句】In a few years we may no longer have a monarchy.

几年后，君主政体可能将不复存在。

solely ['soʊlli]

【考法】 ADV If something involves solely one thing, it involves only this thing and no others. 只；仅仅；完全

【例句】Too often we make decisions based solely upon what we see in the magazines.

太多的时候，我们仅仅根据在杂志上面所看到的东西就作出了决定。

gable ['ɡebl]

【考法】 N-COUNT A gable is the triangular part at the top of the end wall of a building, between the two sloping sides of the roof. 山墙

【例句】The gable room was putting its arms around her ... enclosing her ... enveloping her.

这个小小的山墙上的房间温柔地拥抱了她，回忆包围并淹没了她。

cloak [kloʊk]

【考法】 N-COUNT A cloak is a long, loose, sleeveless piece of clothing which people used to wear over their other clothes when they went out. 斗篷；披风

【例句】The snow covered up the fields with a white cloak.

积雪给田野盖上了一件白色的外衣。

bully ['bʊli]

【考法1】N-COUNT A bully is someone who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten other people. 恃强凌弱者；恶霸

【例句1】I fell victim to the office bully.

我成了这个办公室霸王欺侮的对象。

【考法2】VERB If someone bullies you, they use their strength or power to hurt or frighten you. 欺负；恐吓；欺凌

【例句2】I wasn’t going to let him bully me.

我可不打算任由他欺负。

marking ['mɑrkɪŋ]

【考法】 N-COUNT Markings are coloured lines, shapes, or patterns on the surface of something, which help to identify it. 标识；标志；斑纹

【例句】A plane with Danish markings was overflying his vessel.

一架带有丹麦标记的飞机从他的船上空飞过。

untrustworthy [ʌn'trʌstwɜːði]

【考法】 ADJ -GRADED If you say that someone is untrustworthy, you think they are unreliable and cannot be trusted. 不可信的；不可靠的

【例句】I think he is shallow, vain and untrustworthy.

我觉得他为人浅薄，好虚荣，靠不住。

belie [bɪ'laɪ]

【考法】 VERB If one thing belies another, it hides the true situation and so creates a false idea or image of someone or something. 掩饰；遮掩

【例句】Her looks belie her 50 years.

她看上去不像50岁。

vector ['vɛktə]

【考法1】N-COUNT A vector is a variable quantity, such as force, that has size and direction. 矢量；向量

【例句1】This makes it a vector.

它构成一个矢量。

【考法2】N-COUNT A vector is an insect or other organism that causes a disease by carrying a germ or parasite from one person or animal to another. （传播疾病的）媒介昆虫，带菌生物

lumber ['lʌmbə]

【考法】 N-UNCOUNT Lumber consists of trees and large pieces of wood that have been roughly cut up. 木材；方材

【例句】It was made of soft lumber, spruce by the look of it.

其制作材料是软木，看起来像是云杉。

forge [fɔrdʒ]

【考法】 VERB to shape (metal) by heating and hammering 锻造（金属）

【例句】To forge a blade takes great skill.

锻造刀刃需要很高超的技巧。

archbishop [ˌɑrtʃ'bɪʃəp]

【考法】 N-COUNT ; N-TITLE In the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican Churches, an archbishop is a bishop of the highest rank, who is in charge of all the bishops and priests in a particular country or region. （天主教、东正教和英国国教的）大主教，主教长

【例句】.the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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