Unit 4

□ willpower

□ mare

□ melancholy

□ heinous

□ fulminate

□ rout

□ amicable

□ diaphanous

□ ubiquitous

□ drape

□ plaintive

□ jubilee

willpower ['wɪlˌpaʊɚ]

【考法】 N-UNCOUNT Willpower is a very strong determination to do something. 意志力；毅力

【例句】 I know I've got the willpower to do it.

我知道我有毅力做这事儿。

mare [mer]

【考法】 N-COUNT A mare is an adult female horse. 母马

【例句】 Breed a strong mare with a fast stallion and hope for a Derby winner.

使一匹强壮的母马与一匹疾驰的公马交配育种，并希望育成德比马赛的优胜马。

melancholy ['melənkɑli]

【考法】 N-UNCOUNT Melancholy is an intense feeling of sadness which lasts for a long time and which strongly affects your behavior and attitudes. （习惯性或气质上的）忧郁，忧伤

【例句】 I was deeply aware of his melancholy as he stood among the mourners.

当他站在致哀的人群中时，我深深地体会到了他的忧伤。

heinous ['henəs]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED If you describe something such as a crime as heinous, you mean that it is extremely evil or horrible. 十恶不赦的；令人发指的

【例句】 Her life has been permanently blighted by his heinous crime.

他犯下的滔天罪行给她的生活蒙上了永久的阴影。

fulminate ['fʊlməˌnet, 'fʌl-]

【考法】 VERB If you fulminate against someone or something, you criticize them angrily. 强烈谴责；怒斥

【例句】 They all fulminated against the new curriculum.

他们都对新课表表示强烈不满。

rout [raʊt]

【考法】 VERB If an army, sports team, or other group routs its opponents, it defeats them completely and easily. 击溃；大败；彻底打败

【例句】 the Battle of Hastings at which the Norman army routed the English opposition

诺曼军队彻底击溃英格兰军队的黑斯廷斯战役

amicable ['æmɪkəbəl]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED When people have an amicable relationship, they are pleasant to each other and solve their problems without quarrelling. （关系）友好的，和睦的

【例句】 The meeting ended on reasonably amicable terms.

会议在较为友好的气氛中结束了。

diaphanous [daɪ'æfənəs]

【考法】 ADJ Diaphanous cloth is very thin and almost transparent. （布料）轻薄透明的，薄如蝉翼的

【例句】 a diaphanous dress of pale gold

浅金色的薄纱裙装

ubiquitous [ju'bɪkwɪtəs]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED If you describe something or someone as ubiquitous, you mean that they seem to be everywhere. 无所不在的；随处可见的

【例句】 Sugar is ubiquitous in the diet.

糖在这种饮食里随处可见。

drape [drep]

【考法】 VERB If you drape a piece of cloth somewhere, you place it there so that it hangs down in a casual and graceful way. 将（织物）悬挂；披

【例句】 Natasha took the coat and draped it over her shoulders.

娜塔莎拿起外套披在肩上。

plaintive ['plentɪv]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED A plaintive sound or voice sounds sad. 悲伤的；哀怨的

【例句】 They lay on the firm sands, listening to the plaintive cry of the seagulls.

他们躺在硬实的沙地上，听着海鸥的哀鸣。

jubilee ['dʒubəˌli, ˌdʒubə'li]

【考法】 N-COUNT A jubilee is a special anniversary of an event, especially the 25th or 50th anniversary. （尤指 25周年或50周年的）周年纪念，周年庆典

【例句】 Queen Victoria's jubilee

维多利亚女王执政50周年庆典 7KUuHG3KdX2bNoDI/N/PD9cUNjykcg5HtN7tcuG15J0khkh9qmT89WYXYJHNsYh4