新编英语教程6 Unit 7 Beauty

Unit 7

1.

Lame (l.2) (Note 1): weak; unsatisfactory

站不住脚的；差劲的，蹩脚的

E.g.:

a lame excuse

站不住脚的借口

lame counterfeits of the original

原件的拙劣复制品

Sleeping too long is a lame excuse for being late.

睡过了头不能成为迟到的充足理由。

lame duck

无能者

lame-brain

[

美俚

]

笨蛋

,

傻瓜

lame as a tree

极跛的

lamely: feebly, weakly, unsatisfactorily

2.

paradoxical (l.5): seemingly self-contradictory; incongruous; puzzling

paradox

(n.):

a

seemingly

contradictory

statement

that

may

nonetheless

be

true

似是而非的评论；看起来自相矛盾但可能正确的说法

E.g.:

It

is

a

paradox

that

racial

discrimination

and

protection

of

human

rights

should coexist in the same country.

3.

seductive (l.6) (Note 6): attractive; charming; captivating

a seductive smile

诱人的微笑

a seductive offer

有吸引力的提议

※

Use seductive very carefully. When seductive is used to describe a woman, the

word has a derogatory connotation.

4.

pedagogical (l.7): teaching

pedagogy

教学法；教育学

5.

wary (l.10): heedful; careful; cautious; distrustful; guarded; suspicious

谨慎的，小心翼翼的；警惕的

E.g.:

Having been taken in several times by street pedlars, he is now very wary of

them.

6.

facility

(l.11) (Note 9):

quality

which

makes learning or

doing

things easy or

simple; absence of difficulty or effort

熟练，灵巧；技巧，技能；流畅

E.g.:

play the piano with facility

技巧娴熟地弹钢琴

facility of style

流畅的文体

7.

set / turn adrift (l.15): leave (someone or a boat) to float on the water

, without

direction

使（船）漂流；使漂泊着没有着落；撇弃

…

于不顾

E.g.:

The sailors, after quarrelling with their captain, set him adrift on the ocean

in an open boat.

8.

lose prestige (l.16): lose significance, lose prominence

9.

on the defensive (l.19)(Note 15): prepared for disapproval or attack; acting in

a way that is intended to protect oneself

防御立场；被动

E.g. We took a defensive attitude in the negotiation.

我们在谈判时取守势。

defensive war

保卫战

,

自卫战

defensive works

防御工事

Ant.

on the offensive

10.

demean (l.22): (formal) lower in the opinion of oneself or others

降低

…

的身份；有辱

…