Unit 10

□ incubate

□ portly

□ syntax

□ indict

□ clobber

□ simile

□ placid

□ enamel

□ damper

□ disturbed

□ fib

□ engender

incubate ['ɪnkjəˌbet, 'ɪŋ-]

【考法】 VERB If you say that plans or ideas incubate, you mean that they develop slowly after a lot of thought or discussion. 酝酿；逐渐发展

【例句】 the fateful decision which had doubtless been incubating in his mind for years

无疑已在他头脑中酝酿了多年的重大决定

portly ['pɔrtli]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED A portly person, especially a man, is rather fat. （尤指男性）肥胖的，过胖的

【例句】 a portly middle-aged man

一个胖胖的中年男人

syntax ['sɪnˌtæks]

【考法】 N-UNCOUNT Syntax is the ways that words can be put together, or are put together, in order to make sentences. 句法规则；句法

【例句】 His grammar and syntax , both in oral and written expression, were much better than the average.

无论口头还是笔头，他的文法和句法都非常出众。

indict [ɪn'daɪt]

【考法】 VERB If someone is indicted for a crime, they are officially charged withit. 控告；告发；起诉

【例句】 He was later indicted on corruption charges.

他后来被指控贪污。

clobber ['klɑbə(r)]

【考法】 VERB If you clobber someone, you hit them. 打；揍

【例句】 Hillary clobbered him with a vase.

希拉里用花瓶打了他。

simile ['sɪməli]

【考法】 N-COUNT A simile is an expression which describes a person or thing as being similar to someone or something else. For example, the sentences “She runs like a deer”and “He's as white as a sheet”contain similes. 明喻

【例句】 In book one alone there are four primary instances of what we can think of as this primary simile dynamic.

仅第一本里就有四个主要的例证，我们可以看作最初的明喻来源的动力。

placid ['plæsɪd]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED A placid person or animal is calm and does not easily become excited, angry, or upset. 平和的；温和的

【例句】 She was a placid child who rarely cried.

她是个性情温和的孩子，很少哭闹。

enamel [ɪ'næməl]

【考法】 N-MASS Enamel is a substance like glass which can be heated and put onto metal, glass, or pottery in order to decorate or protect it. 搪瓷；珐琅；釉

【例句】 a white enamel saucepan on the oil stove

煤油炉上的白色搪瓷炖锅

damper ['dæmpər]

【考法】 N To put a damper on something means to have an effect on it which stops it being as enjoyable or as successful as it should be. 扫兴；抑制

【例句】 The cold weather put a damper on our plans.

寒冷的天气给我们的计划泼了冷水。

disturbed [dɪ'stɜrbd]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED You can say that someone is disturbed when they are very worried or anxious. 心神不 安的；心烦意乱的；烦恼的

【例句】 Doctors were disturbed that less than 30 percent of the patients were women.

医生们焦虑不安，因为患者中有不到30%为女性。

fib [fɪb]

【考法】 N-COUNT A fib is a small, unimportant lie. 小谎；无伤大雅的谎话

【例句】 She told innocent fibs like anyone else.

她也像别人一样，说些无伤大雅的谎话。

engender [ɛn'dʒɛndɚ]

【考法】 VERB If someone or something engenders a particular feeling, atmosphere, or situation, they cause it to occur. 导致，造成（某种感觉、气氛、状况等）

【例句】 It helps engender a sense of common humanity.

这有助于营造一种博爱的感觉。 GcVvbMPWVyKpkkov9I/PWqEl3AH2WaIoT24aRtyA9cTxmL2CJAQIh+BdptCgLBhU