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Unit 2

ecstasy

rue

kettle

drawl

tantalize

sibling

rook

interdict

convoy

pretext

unlettered

bounteous

ecstasy ['ɛkstəsi]

【考法】 N-VAR Ecstasy is a feeling of very great happiness. 狂喜;极乐

【例句】 a state of almost religious ecstasy

近乎宗教狂喜的状态

rue [ru]

【考法】 VERB If you rue something that you have done, you are sorry that you did it, because it has had unpleasant results. 对……感到后悔;懊悔

【例句】 Tavare was probably ruing his decision.

塔瓦雷可能正在为自己作出的决定感到后悔。

kettle [ 'ket(ə)l]

【考法】 N-COUNT A kettle is a covered container that you use for boiling water. It has a handle, and a spout for the water to come out of. 水壶

【例句】 I'll put the kettle on and make us some tea.

我去烧壶水给大家沏茶。

drawl [drɔl]

【考法】 VERB If someone drawls, they speak slowly and not very clearly, with long vowel sounds. 拉长调子说; 慢吞吞

【例句】 “I guess you guys don't mind if I smoke?”he drawled .

“伙计们,我想你们不介意我抽烟吧?”他拉长音调说。

tantalize ['tæntəˌlaɪz]

【考法】 VERB If someone or something tantalizes you, they make you feel hopeful and excited about getting what you want, usually before disappointing you by not letting you have what they appeared to offer. 使 (某人)想要却得不到(某物);逗引;挑逗;撩拨

【例句】 The boy would come into the room and tantalize the dog with his feed.

那个男孩到房间里拿狗食逗弄狗。

sibling ['sɪblɪŋ]

【考法】 N-COUNT Your siblings are your brothers and sisters. 兄弟姐妹

【例句】 His siblings are mostly in their early twenties.

他的兄弟姐妹大多二十出头。

rook [rʊk]

【考法】 N-COUNT A rook is a large black bird. Rooks are members of the crow family. 秃鼻乌鸦

【例句】 So he begins here: Rooks live in a crowd and are mainly vegetarian; Crow may be either another name for rook, especially when seen alone, or it may mean the solitary Carrion crow.

所以他开头这样写道:秃鼻乌鸦过着群居的生活,它们大部分是素食者;单独看的时候,乌鸦也能做秃鼻乌鸦的别名,或者秃鼻乌鸦就是指独居的吃腐肉的乌鸦。

interdict ['ɪntərdɪkt]

【考法】 VERB If an armed force interdicts something or someone, they stop them and prevent them from moving. If they interdict a route, they block it or cut it off. 封锁;阻断

【例句】 Troops could be ferried in to interdict drug shipments.

可以把军队渡运过来阻截毒品的装运。

convoy ['kɑnvɔɪ]

【考法】 VERB To convoy goods or people somewhere means to move them there in a convoy. 护送;护卫;为 ……护航

【例句】 He ordered the combined fleet to convoy troops to Naples.

他命令联合舰队将军队护送到那不勒斯。

pretext ['priˌtɛkst]

【考法】 N-COUNT A pretext is a reason which you pretend has caused you to do something. 借口;托词

【例句】 They wanted a pretext for subduing the region by force.

他们想找借口用武力征服这个地区。

unlettered [ˌʌn'letərd]

【考法】 ADJ uneducated; illiterate 未受过教育的

【例句】 There is not among them an esquire, except for the unlettered magistrate.

他们当中除了那个目不识丁的执事,没有一个乡绅。

bounteous ['baʊntiəs]

【考法】 ADJ giving freely; generous 乐善好施的;慷慨的

【例句】 We are grateful to you for your bounteous gifts.

对您给予的丰厚礼物,我们不胜感激。 /EqAokiCs8g4iMGZs354TpF92TyM8oBom/EvZFqUcg4meM0MEivtQo7aBuqmc1WK

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