高中到大学现代大学英语精读1第二版笔记Unit-1-3

Unit 1

1.

elliptical question

省略句

rhetorical question

反义疑问句

2.

superiority complex

自大情结

3.

to make

…

(out) of sb./sth.

e. g.

His father wants to make football star out of him.

4.

convince sb. of sth.

e. g.

①

We utterly(used to emphasize how complete sth. is) failed to convince him.

②

a convincing evidence/argument

5.

fool around

糊弄

6.

rank

n.

①

line of people or things;

②

position or class

军衔，社会地位，职位

7.

Many employeers, for example, will overlook, occasionally inefficiencies from their secretary

provided(

相当于

if,

条件状语从句

) she has a pleasant personality.

8.

Fl ow

---

flew

---

flown

9.

misgiving

顾虑，多用于复数

10.

The Evolution Theory

进化论

11.

Observant

①

careful to obey rules,customs,tradition

②

quick at noticing thing

be observant of

observable

显著的

observatory

观测台

12.

rivalry

—

completion;the act of competing for the same thing

rival

—

rival for /in sth.

—

have no rival/second to nothing

13.

resort to

采取…通常跟不好的，但也有特殊

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14.

Now that I’m 90, I find the exertions of traveling too great.

既然我已年届

90

，出远门已力不从心。

15.

Mediterranean

地中海

Unit 2

1.

at the beginning of +n.

in the beginning

2.

wallet

men

purse

women

money belt

3.

authority

①

powers to given orders and make others obey.

②

person who special knowledge.

E.g. She is an authority on phonetics

(pl.)

掌权之人，当局

the authorities concerned

有关当局

4.

新闻发布会

press

5.

1)more…than

与其…不如

The child was morefrightened than hurt.

2)more than: very;extremely;beyond

That’s more than I can tell.

带有否定意味，简直不

3)no more than

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He is no richer than I am.=He’s as poor as I am.

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I have not taken more than 6 courses this semester.

没有超过六门

※

I have taken no more than 6 courses this semester.

课程多于六门，选得少

A whale is no more a fish than a horse.

鲸鱼和马一样都不是鱼。

6.

account for

导致

be of account

on account of

因为，由于

后面的

sth.

通常

unpleasant ,problem

because of

后面的原因可以是好的，也可以是坏的

take sth. Into account = take aount of sth.

on no account

决不

on all account

总之，无论如何

7.

dismay:

a worried, sad, feeling after you have recievd an unpleasant surprise

诧异，惊愕，

灰心，丧气

，

8.

dismay +at n.

cynicism

愤世嫉俗

dismay+ to

v.

in dismay

to one’s dismay

9.

absolute construction

独立主格结构

10.

Now if you’ll excuse me.

Formula

客套话

11.

Look/Think before you leap.

三思而后行

12.

As to +whether/concerning/about/regarding

as regards

as for

不能放在句中

as to

可用于句中

owing to

不能放在句中

due to

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13.

may…but

后者与前者看似冲突，但二者都对

You may be rich ,but you can’t buy everything.

14.

alternative

①

adj. that can be used to replace

②

n.

二者选一的可供选择的选择

③

adj.

非传统的，另类的

④

alternative medicine

传统医疗，替代疗法

⑤

alternative energy

替代能源

其中③④⑤中的

alternative

可用

alternate

替代

15.

balance :referring to the amount of money one has in one’s bank account

余额

on balance

总的来说

16.

I had my opening./window.

17.

①

move in sth.

——

to live, spend your time, etc. in a particular social group

涉足，

出入，

生活在

（某群体）

She only moves in the best circles.

她只涉足于那些精英圈子。

②

move in for sth.

——

become active in doing sth.

③

Move in on sb./sth.

——

approach sb./sth. ening way.

e.g. The police move in on the terrorists.

警察从四面八方向犯罪分子逼近。

18. to zero in on sb.

(originally)

——

to aim a gun at a target

瞄准

(figuratively)

——

fucos on sb./sth.

18.

Teller

柜台工作人员

19.

shrug

n.

＆

v.

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shrug sth. off/aside

对什么满不在乎，不予理睬

Shrugging off his injury , he played on.

20.

protest

v.

重音在后

n.

重音在后

v.

①

to express opposition or disapproval

②

to say firmly that sth. is true.

通常自己觉得对，别人觉得不对

E.g. He protested his innocence.

他坚持他的无罪。

expression of opposition or disapproval

※

under protest

无奈的，不服气的

e.g. She made an apology to him but only under protest.

※

protestation

n.

郑重的声明，坚决的表示

protester

n.

抗议者，示威者

contradict

与

……相抵触

/

矛盾

21.

Rear

-

mirror

后视镜

22.

intercept

截获（情报）

interchange

轮替

interfuse

弥漫，使混合

interior

内陆的，内部的

23.

interfere

干涉，干预

+in/with

24.

damn well

——

emphasize how sure or determined one is about something

Slang; very informal; not use in polite society

①

adv.=very

emphasize how good/bad sth. is

e.g. You know damn well what I mean.

你明明知道我的意思。

②

adj.(only before noun)

show how angry or annoyed.

③

n.1)not give a damn

——

you don’t care about sth.

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