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Unit 4

effrontery

ovation

freaky

saloon

gloss

capsize

partisan

overtone

wrangle

figurative

altimeter

ramshackle

effrontery [ɪ'frʌntəri]

【考法】 N-UNCOUNT Effrontery is behavior that is bold, rude, or disrespectful. 厚颜无耻;放肆;粗鲁

【例句】 One could only gasp at the sheer effrontery of the man.

那人十足的厚颜无耻让人们吃惊得无话可说。

ovation [oʊ'veɪʃn]

【考法】 N-COUNT An ovation is a large amount of applause from an audience for a particular performer or speaker. 热烈欢迎;热烈鼓掌

【例句】 They had lost by a wide margin, but their supporters gave them a defiant, loyal ovation .

他们以较大的差距败北,但支持者们还是给予了热烈的掌声,以示对对手的不服和对他们的忠诚。

freaky ['friki]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED If someone or something is freaky, they are very unusual in some way. 极不寻常的; 很怪异的

【例句】 This guy bore a really freaky resemblance to Jones.

这个家伙和琼斯长得惊人地相似。

saloon [sə'lun]

【考法】 N-COUNT The saloon or saloon bar in a pub or hotel is a comfortable bar where the drinks are more expensive than in the other bars. 酒吧雅座;(宾馆的)高级酒廊

【例句】 Of course, saloon proprietors simply incorporated the expense of this “free”lunch into the price of the beverages they sold.

当然,酒吧间的经营者只是把这部分“免费的”午餐的花费算到了他们出售的饮料的价格里面。

gloss [glɔs]

【考法】 N-SING A gloss is a bright shine on the surface of something. 光泽;色泽;光亮

【例句】 Rain produced a black gloss on the asphalt.

雨后的柏油路面显得黑亮黑亮的。

capsize ['kæpsaɪz]

【考法】 V-ERG If you capsize a boat or if it capsizes, it turns upside down in the water. (使)(船)倾覆;(使)(船)翻沉

【例句】 The sea got very rough and the boat capsized .

海上波涛汹涌,小船翻了。

partisan ['pɑrtəzn]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED Someone who is partisan strongly supports a particular person or cause, often without thinking carefully about the matter. (对人或事业)盲目支持的,偏袒的,有倾向性的

【例句】 He is clearly too partisan to be a referee.

他倾向性过于明显,当不了裁判。

overtone ['oʊvərtoʊn]

【考法】 N-COUNT If something has overtones of a particular thing or quality, it suggests that thing or quality but does not openly express it. 弦外之音;言外之意;暗示

【例句】 The strike has taken on overtones of a civil rights campaign.

罢工带上了民权运动的意味。

wrangle ['ræŋɡəl]

【考法】 V-RECIP If you say that someone is wrangling with someone over a question or issue, you mean that they have been arguing angrily for quite a long time aboutit. (长时间)吵架,争吵,争论

【例句】 The two sides have spent most of their time wrangling over procedural problems.

双方大部分时间都在围绕程序问题争论不休。

figurative ['fɪɡjərətɪv]

【考法】 ADJ If you use a word or expression in a figurative sense, you use it with a more abstract or imaginative meaning than its ordinary literal one. 比喻的;借喻的

【例句】 an event that will change your route—in both the literal and figurative sense

一个无论从字面还是比喻意义上来说都将改变你的路线的事件

altimeter [æl'tɪmətər]

【考法】 N-COUNT An altimeter is an instrument in an aircraft that shows the height of the aircraft above the ground. 测高仪;高程计;高度计

【例句】 And that is where the altimeter stayed for most of the 14-hour journey.

在14个小时旅途中的大部分时间里高度计都停留在那个位置。

ramshackle ['ræmˌʃækəl]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED A ramshackle building is badly made or in bad condition, and looks as if it is likely to fall down. (建筑)破烂不堪的,摇摇欲坠的

【例句】 They entered the shop, which was a curious ramshackle building.

他们进了商店,那是幢年久失修的奇特建筑。 DnaSIcQTwiz/JOshJAupZXa6khMc1qEJYVKp6+H8AKN9ddbte5Zm0wpj5i0fWSdw

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