2021年1月23日发(作者：obeis)
Unit 1
1.I had arranged for them to meet each other at the pub but the young man never turned up.
我安排他们在小酒吧见面，但那个小伙子一直都没有来。
（
turn up
）

cannot tell merely from appearance whether things will turn out unfavorable to us or not.
你无法仅凭表象判断形势是否会变得对我们不利。
（
tell from appearance
）

soldier, who stood in the gap in every battle, gained the highest honors of the country.
那个士兵每次打仗都冲锋在前，从而赢得了国家最高的荣誉。
（
stand in the gap
）

chairman spoke so forcefully that the rest of the committee yielded to his opinions.
主席讲话很有说服力，委员会其他成员都听从他的意见。
（
yield to
）

are well-to-do now, but along the way they had their ups and downs.
他们现在生活富裕了，但也曾经历坎坷。
（
ups and downs
）

are two questions to which I will address myself in this lecture.
这次演讲我将说明两个问题。
（
address oneself to
）

are planning a big Christmas party in your honour.
我们正筹划为你举办一次盛大的圣诞聚会。
（
in somebody
’
s honour
）

g that tune threw my mind back to my childhood.
听到那个曲子，我回想起了儿童时代。
（
throw one
’
s mind back
）



Unit 2
pigeon was wedged in the fork of a branch but fell off after a while.
那只鸽子被卡在树杈里，不一会儿就跌落下来。
（
wedge sth. / sb. in
）

payment that the motorist will have to make will be proportional to the amount of damage he has done to
the other person’s car.

驾车人该付多少钱需要根据他对别人车子造成损坏的程度而定。
（
be proportional to
）

can only enter the cave by inching through a narrow tunnel on your stomach.
你只有伏在地上慢慢爬过一条狭长的地道才能进入山洞。
（
inc h
）

stammered some apology as she sidled towards the door.
她一面结结巴巴地说着道歉的话，一面羞怯地朝 门口走去。
（
sidle
）

took pains to explain to me that I was being dismissed no
t because I didn’t do my work well but because
the company could not pay my wages.
他尽力向我解 释说不是因为我的工作不好而解雇我，而是因为公司支付不了我的工资。
（
take pains to
）

enlistment of young soldiers infused new hope and morale into the army.
年轻士兵的入伍给军队带来了新的希望并鼓舞了士气。
（
infuse into
）

the older boys stake a claim to the lawn, no other boys dare go on it.
一旦大一些的男孩子们声称草坪属于他们，别的孩子就不敢去玩了。
（
stake a claim to
）

man following her made her uneasy and she couldn’t help quickening her steps.

跟在她身后的人让她心神不安，她不由得加快了脚步。
（
make sb. uneasy
）



Unit 3
the past 15years,doctors have tried to treat this disease with anticancer drugs, equivalent of a hammer, to
beat down the body’s defense forces.

1 5
年来，
医生们一直用抗癌药治疗这种疾病，
这些药就像大锤一样打垮患者体内的防御 力量。
（
equivalent
of
）

’s no denying that smoking is addictive. And once you are addicted to it, it’s very difficult to get rid of the
habit.
无可否认，香烟会使人上瘾。而一旦你上了瘾，就很难戒除这个 习惯了。
（
addict
）

a Japanese-made video game, players can simulate the experience of AIDS from HIV infection until death.
在日本人生产的一种 电子游戏中，玩游戏的人可以模拟艾滋病患者从染上艾滋病毒直到死亡的经历。
（
simula te
）

4.I’m sure he was in earnest when he said that you could use this money to continue your study of music.

我肯定，他说你可以用这笔钱继续学习音乐是认真的。
（
in earnest
）

can only increase production at the expense of quality, which could ruin the c
ompany’s reputation.

我们只能以牺牲质量为代价来提高生产效率，但这可能会损害公司的声誉。
（
at the expense of
）

explorers were confronted with an insurmountable valley.
探险者遇到了几乎难以逾越的峡谷。
（
confront with
）

7.A
teacher
if
foreign
language
should
posses
at
the
very
last
a
graduate
degree
from
a
certified
education
university or institute if he is to teach in high school.
一名 外语教师如果要在中学任教，他最起码要持有正规教育院校颁发的学位证书。
（
at the very last
）

8.I soon perceived that I couldn’t make him change his mind.

我很快觉察到我无法使他改变想法。
（
perceive
）



Unit 4
cattle were branded with the letter C.
他们的牛都打上了字母
C
的烙印。
（
be branded with
）

the season Brooks has really come into his own as a goal scorer.
本赛季
Brooks
真正发挥了一个得分手（
goal scorer
）的作用。
（
come into one
’
s own
）

economic crisis is hanging over that country.
一场经济危机正在威胁着那个国家。
（
hang over
）

is the man who really gives the order, but he always remains in the background.
他是真正发号施令的任务，但他总是躲在幕后。
（
in the background
）

dispatching the messager, what is left for us to do is nothing but to wait.
排除信使后，我们所能做的就只有等待了。
（
dispatch
）

just
have to call and he’s here in a flash.

你只要一叫，他马上就到。
（
in a flash
）

have lived in the shadow of war for totally seventeen years.
他们在战争的阴霾下整整生活了
17
年。
（
in the shadow of
）

are the last seven Northeast Tigers

in existence. If human beings failed to protect them, the tigers of
this species would face extinction.
这些事现存的 最后
7
头东北虎，如果人类不加以保护的话，这一群种的老虎将濒临灭亡。
（
in existence
）



Unit 5
remarks border on rudeness.
你的批评近于粗暴。
（
border on
）

unemployed person counts as deserving government help.
失业人员都应该得到政府的帮助。
（
count as
）

the whole I am quite satisfied with the experiment.
总的来说，我对这项实验是相当满意的。
（
on the whole
）

4.A person’s appearance makes a difference in how others judge him.

一个人的外表会影响别人对他的看法。
（
make a difference
）

ising tends to portray women in very traditional roles.
广告倾向于把妇女描绘成非常传统的角色。
（
portray
）

inherited a considerable wealth, the twin sisters were eager to show off their jewelry.
刚刚继承了一大笔遗产的孪生姐妹急不可耐地炫耀她们的珠宝首饰。
（
show off
）

interest has once again shifted focus to the changes in the urban

environment.
公共关注的中心再次转移到了城市环境的变化问题。
（
shift focus
）

contrast, even the most modern aircraft looks clumsy and slow.
相比之下，甚至最新式的飞机也显得笨拙和缓慢。
（
in contrast
）



Unit 6
hall resonated with the music of the trumpet solo.