Unit 9

□ snob

□ foolhardy

□ visage

□ sizeable

□ advert

□ spire

□ beret

□ salve

□ stench

□ craven

□ topple

□ jibe

snob [snɑb]

【考法】 N-COUNT If you call someone a snob, you disapprove of them because they admire upper-class people and have a low opinion of lower-class people. 势利小人

【例句】 Going to a private school had made her a snob .

上私立学校后，她变得很势利。

foolhardy ['fulhɑrdi]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED If you describe behavior as foolhardy, you disapprove of it because it is extremely risky. 有勇无谋的；蛮干的

【例句】 When he tested an early vaccine on himself, some described the act as foolhardy .

当他在自己身上试验还处在初级阶段的疫苗时，有些人说他的行为是蛮干。

visage ['vɪzɪdʒ]

【考法】 N-COUNT Someone's visage is their face. 脸；面容

【例句】 his milky-white innocent visage

他白嫩无邪的面孔

sizable ['saɪzəbəl]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED Sizable means fairly large. 相当大的；颇大的

【例句】 Harry inherited the house and a sizable chunk of land.

哈里继承了这座房子以及相当大的一片土地。

advert ['ædvɜrt]

【考法】 N-COUNT An advert is an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about something such as a product, event, or job. 广告

【例句】 I saw an advert for a job with a large engineering company.

我看见一家大型工程公司的招聘广告。

spire [spaɪr]

【考法】 N-COUNT The spire of a building such as a church is the tall pointed structure on the top. （教堂等建筑 物顶部的）尖塔，尖顶

【例句】 You may be one of those guys who thinks there's nothing cooler than a superhero brooding on a rooftop or cathedral spire .

也许你跟别的有些人一样觉得某个超级英雄盘踞在楼顶或者大教堂的尖顶上沉思的场面最酷不过了。

beret [bə'reɪ]

【考法】 N-COUNT A beret is a circular, flat hat that is made of soft material and has no brim. 贝雷帽（一种扁 圆的无沿软帽）

【例句】 she wore her beret at an angle.

她歪戴贝雷帽。

salve [sæv, sɑv]

【考法】 VERB If you do something to salve your conscience, you do it in order to feel less guilty. 安慰（良心）； 减轻（内疚感）

【例句】 I give myself treats and justify them to salve my conscience.

我常犒劳自己一番，然后找个说辞让自己良心稍安。

stench [stɛntʃ]

【考法】 N-COUNT A stench is a strong and very unpleasant smell. 臭味；恶臭

【例句】 The stench of burning rubber was overpowering.

烧焦的橡胶臭气熏天。

craven ['krevən]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED Someone who is craven is very cowardly. 胆小的；懦弱的

【例句】 They condemned the deal as a craven surrender.

他们谴责这笔交易为毫无志气的投降行为。

topple ['tɑpl]

【考法】 VERB To topple a government or leader, especially one that is not elected by the people, means to cause them to lose power. 推翻；颠覆

【例句】 the revolution which toppled the regime

推翻该政权的革命

jibe [dʒaɪb]

【考法】 N-COUNT A jibe is a rude or insulting remark about someone that is intended to make them look foolish. 嘲讽；嘲弄；讥讽

【例句】 a cheap jibe about his loss of hair

对他脱发的恶意讥讽 uq8ua21E0YVLCpHIBq+sggg4Thy/73+9l2U4BSgLKDkJUivj8KKelwcec83b8vH9