Unit 3

□ spice

□ garrulous

□ mango

□ anguish

□ gaudy

□ renegade

□ satiate

□ off-key

□ confucian

□ travail

□ insurgent

□ assail

spice [spaɪs]

【考法】 N-MASS A spice is a part of a plant, or a powder made from that part, which you put in food to give it flavor. Cinnamon, ginger, and paprika are spices. 香料，佐料，调料，调味品（如肉桂、姜、辣椒粉等）

【例句】 herbs and spices

香草和香料

garrulous ['ɡærələs, 'ɡærjə-]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED If you describe someone as garrulous, you mean that they talk a great deal, especially about unimportant things. （尤指在琐事上）饶舌的，喋喋不休的，絮絮叨叨的

【例句】 a garrulous old woman

喋喋不休的老妇人

mango ['mæŋgoʊ]

【考法】 N-VAR A mango is a large sweet yellowish fruit which grows on a tree in hot countries. 芒果

【例句】 Peel, stone and dice the mango .

将芒果削皮、去核、切丁。

anguish ['æŋɡwɪʃ]

【考法】 N-UNCOUNT Anguish is great mental suffering or physical pain. （精神上的）悲痛；（身体上的） 剧痛

【例句】 A cry of anguish burst from her lips.

她突然痛苦地大叫了一声。

gaudy ['ɡɔdi]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED If something is gaudy, it is very brightly-colored and showy. 花哨的；俗艳的

【例句】 her gaudy orange-and-purple floral hat

她那顶饰有花卉的橙紫相间的花哨帽子

renegade ['rɛnɪˌɡed]

【考法】 ADJ Renegade is used to describe a member of a group or profession who behaves in a way that is opposed to the normal behavior or beliefs of that group or profession. 离经叛道的；叛逆的；变节的

【例句】 Three men were shot dead by a renegade policeman.

3名男子被一个变节警察开枪打死。

satiate ['seʃiˌet]

【考法】 VERB If something such as food or pleasure satiates you, you have all that you need or all that you want of it, often so much that you become tired ofit. 使满足；使充分享受；使过饱；使腻烦

【例句】 The dinner was enough to satiate the gourmets.

晚餐足以让这些美食家们大饱口福。

off-key ['ɔf'ki, 'ɑf-]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED When music is off-key, it is not in tune. （音乐）走调的，不和谐的，不协调的

【例句】 wailing, off-key vocals and strangled guitars

悲戚走调的歌声与哽咽的吉他声

confucian [kən'fju:ʃən]

【考法】 ADJ Confucian means relating to Confucianism. 儒家的

【例句】 The government played a major role in promoting Confucian philosophy.

该政府在推行儒家哲学上担当了一个重要角色。

travail [trə'vel, 'trævˌel]

【考法】 N-VAR You can refer to unpleasant hard work or difficult problems as travail. 艰苦劳动；难题

【例句】 He did whatever he could to ease their travail .

他为减轻他们的辛劳做了力所能及的一切。

insurgent [ɪn'sɜrdʒənt]

【考法】 N-COUNT Insurgents are people who are fighting against the government or army of their own country. 起义者；暴动者；叛乱者

【例句】 By early yesterday, the insurgents had taken control of the country's main military air base.

到昨天清晨为止，叛乱者已经控制了该国的主要空军基地。

assail [ə'sel]

【考法】 VERB If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly. 猛烈抨击；强烈指责；暴力攻击

【例句】 The opposition's newspapers assail the government each day.

反对党的报纸每天都对政府进行猛烈抨击。 icFQglbhqvZHvxlyTfjY5CKjxao8iCUszEQ+MT8hZo2P+IfDKSkrELScq7w9jRdT