新视野大学英语读写教程词汇 第一册 unit06 b

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||<1>acquaintance|n.|[C] a person that one knows but who is not a close friend |相识的人；熟人

||  ||They are only acquaintances. |他们只是泛泛之交。

||  ||He heard about the job through an acquaintance. |他通过一个熟人打听到这份工作。

|@★|<2>addicted |a.|liking to do sth. so much that one does not want to stop |上瘾的；入迷的

||  ||He was an addicted traveler. |他是个旅行迷。

||  ||I tried to give up smoking several times before I realized I was addicted. |我努力戒了几次烟，才知道自己上瘾了。

|@|<3>devote      |vt.|give a lot of time, energy, etc. to sth. |致力于；献身于

||  ||I don't think we should devote any more time to this question. |我认为不应该在这个问题上再花时间了。

||  ||He wanted to devote his energies to writing for films. |他想把所有的精力都用来写电影剧本。

||<4>vice-||(used in compounds) next in importance to the rank mentioned |副的

||  ||vice-chairman |副主席

||  ||the vice-captain of the football team |足球队副队长

|@|<5>conceive    |vt.|form an idea of; imagine |构想出，设想

||  ||I tried to conceive the design of a new type of plane. |我试图构想出一种新型飞机的图样。

||  ||I can hardly conceive what it is like here in winter. |我很难想象这里冬天是什么样。

||<6>　<em>conceivably</em> |ad.    |imaginably; believably |可想象地；可以相信地

||  ||The work could conceivably be done within a week. |这份工作一周应该能完成。

||  ||Conceivably, interest rates could rise very high indeed. |可以想象，利息率的确可能增加得很高。

|@|<7>retire|vi.|stop working at one's job, profession, etc., usually because of age |退休

||  ||He retired 3 from professional tennis when he was still a young man. |他年轻时就退出了职业网球赛。

||  ||He was forced to retire early because of poor health. |他身体不好，只好早早退休。

|@|<8>spot  |n.|1. [C] a position |职位，地位

||  ||He should have been removed from his spot at the top of the rankings. |本来应该把他从高级职位上撤下来的。

||  ||He moved up from the second spot to become the manager of the company. |他从公司的副经理升为经理。

|| ||2. [C] a small mark on sth., esp. one that is made by a liquid |污渍，斑痕

||  ||There is a spot of milk on the floor. |地板上有奶渍。

||  ||It is difficult to clean the spots of ink on the wall. |墙上的墨渍很难清洗。

||  ||3. [C] a particular place |地点，场所

||  ||This is our favorite holiday spot. |这是我们最喜爱的度假地点。

||  ||She agreed to meet him at the same spot the next evening. |她答应第二天晚上在老地方见他。

|@|<9>afford |vt.|(usu. used with can, could, able to) able to spend, give, do, etc. |有能力做；承担得起

||  ||We can't afford a washing machine. |我们买不起洗衣机。

||  ||We can't afford to wait any longer or we'll miss the plane. |我们不能再等了，否则就赶不上飞机了。

||<10>executive |n.|[C] a person who has an important position in a business |主管；行政领导

||  ||a marketing 4 executive |销售主管

||  ||She's a senior executive in a computer company. |她在一家计算机公司担任高级行政主管。

|||a.|concerned with managing and making decisions, esp. within a company |执行的；行政的

||  ||an executive committee|执行委员会

||  ||Chief Executive Officer (CEO) |首席执行官

|@|<11>divide     |vt.|separate and give out or share |分配；分享；分用

||  ||He divides his time between working and looking after the children. |他把时间分别用在工作和照顾孩子上。

||  ||The book is divided into six sections. |这本书分为六个部分。

|@|<12>admire     |vt.|have a feeling of great respect for sb. or sth. |敬佩；钦佩

||  ||I've always admired her for being such a wonderful mother. |她是个了不起的母亲，我一直很钦佩她。

||  ||He was much admired for his work on medieval literature. |他因为对中世纪文学的论述而深受仰慕。

|@|<13>ignore |vt.|take no notice of; refuse to pay attention to |忽视，不理睬

||  ||He ignored his doctor's advice about drinking and smoking less. |医生叫他少喝酒，少抽烟，可他就是不听。

||  ||It was very stupid of you to ignore your mother's advice. |你不听母亲的劝告，真是愚笨。

||<14>survivor   |n.|[C] a person who continues to live after an accident, war, etc. |尚活着的人；幸存者

||  ||He is one of the survivors 5 from the earthquake. |他是地震的幸存者之一。

||  ||Survivors of the accident were rushed to the nearest hospital. |事故的幸存者被送到最近的医院。

|@|<15>accurate |a. |exactly correct |准确的，精确的

||  ||Her report of what happened was accurate in every detail. |她对所发生的事情的报道，每一个细节都很准确。

||  ||I think your assessment 6 of the current economic situation is pretty accurate. |我认为你对当今经济状况的评估是非常准确的。

||<16>　<em>accurately 7</em> |ad.   |exactly and correctly |准确地，精确地

||  ||Losses were accurately reported in the newspaper. |报纸准确地报道了损失。

||  ||It's impossible to predict the weather accurately. |不可能准确地预测天气。

|@|<17>survive    |vt.|live longer than sb. else |比...活得长

||  ||She survived her husband by five years. |丈夫死后，她又活了5年。

||  ||She was survived by her husband. |她丈夫比她活得长。

|||v.|continue to live after an accident, war, etc. |活下来，幸存

||  ||More than a hundred people were killed in the crash and only five passengers survived. |坠机事故中100多人死亡，只有五人幸存。

||  ||Only 12 of the 140 passengers survived. |140名旅客中只有12位幸免于难。

||<18>beloved|a.     |very much loved by sb. |所深爱的

||  ||She said her beloved daughter was her pride. |她说她的爱女令她骄傲。

||  ||He's always talking about his beloved computer. |他老是谈到他心爱的计算机。

|@|<19>manufacture|vt.|use machines to make goods in large quantities |（大量）生产，制造

||  ||The local factory manufactures high-quality furniture. |这家当地工厂生产高级家具。

||  ||He works for a small company manufacturing aluminum 8 products. |他在一家生产铝制品的小公司工作。

||<20>neighborhood|n.|[C] (BrE neighbourhood) a particular part of a town and the people who live there |社区；街坊邻居

||          ||a quiet neighborhood |一个安静的社区

||          ||They live in a very wealthy neighborhood. |他们居住在一个非常富裕的社区。

|@|<21>odd |a.|1. not regular or fixed 9 |临时的；不固定的

||  ||He does odd jobs for me from time to time. |他有时给我干点零活。

||  ||We should find a couple of odd hands for the farm. |我们应该为农场雇几个临时工。

||||2. strange; unusual |奇怪的，异常的

||  ||There was something odd about him. |他有点怪。

||  ||It's a bit odd that she didn't phone to say she couldn't come. |她没有打电话说她不能来，这事有点怪。

||<22>widow |n.|[C] a woman whose husband has died |寡妇

||  ||The widow was left with two children. |这寡妇带着两个孩子。

||  ||The widow was robbed last month. |上个月这位寡妇受到抢劫。

|■|<23>deceased  |n.  |(the ~) sb. who has died |死者，已故者

||  ||Many friends of the deceased were present at the funeral. |死者的很多朋友都出席了葬礼。

||  ||The deceased left a large sum of money to his children. |死者给他的孩子留下了一大笔钱。

|@|<24>replace    |vt.|1. take the place of |取代，代替

||  ||George has replaced Edward as captain of the team. |乔治接替爱德华当了队长。

||  ||Lectures have replaced the old tutorial system. |讲座代替了旧的辅导制度。

||        ||2. change sb. or sth. for another |更换，替换

||  ||You'll have to replace those old tires with new ones. |你得用新轮胎更换那些旧的。

||  ||They replaced the permanent staff with part-timers. |他们用临时工替换了长期工。

|@|<25>bear       |vt.|(bore, borne) bravely accept or deal with an unpleasant situation; endure |忍受；经受

||        ||There's nothing we can do about it, so we'll just have to bear it. |我们对此无能为力，因此只好忍受下去。

||        ||I'm not sure how much longer I can bear the pain. |我不知道还能忍受疼痛多久。

|■|<26>straighten|v.|make or become straight |（使）变直

||  ||The road straightens up at the bottom of the hill. |那条路到了山脚就变直了。

||  ||Gradually straighten your legs until you are standing 10 upright. |慢慢伸直你的腿，直到你站直。

|@|<27>finance |n.|1. (~s) the money one has and the way one spends it |资金；财务状况

||  ||His finances were in bad condition. |他的经济状况不好。

||  ||She refused to answer questions about her personal finances. |她拒绝回答有关个人经济方面的问题。

||||2. [U] the management of money |财政；金融

||  ||finance minister |财政部长

||  ||He is an expert in finance. |他是财务专家。

|@|<28>stock      |n. |1. [C] a share in the capital of a company |股份；股

||  ||stock exchange (= stock market) |证券交易所；股票交易所

||  ||the trading of stocks |股票交易

||        | |2. [C, U] the supply of things that a shop has for sale |存货，库存

||  ||We regret to inform you that the materials you ordered are out of stock. |很遗憾，你们定的材料已没有库存了。

||  ||The shop has a large stock of Christmas gifts. |那家商店备有大量圣诞礼物。

|@|<29>option     |n. |1. [C] the right to buy or sell sth. in the future |买卖某物的权利

||  ||stock option |优先认股权

||  ||Jones has taken an option on shares in the company. |琼斯已获得那家公司的股份的买卖权。

||        | |2. [C] a choice one can make in a particular situation |选择

||  ||You will have to pay them; you have no option. |你必须付给他们钱，别无选择。

||  ||He has two options: he can have the surgery, or he can give up playing football. |他有两种选择：要么做手术，要么放弃踢足球。

|@|<30>wind       |vt.|(wound, wound) |

||        ||1. (up) cause sb. to become nervous and worried |使紧张；使不安

||  ||He was too wound up to sleep before the interview. |面试前，他非常紧张，无法入睡。

||  ||He was so wound up that almost anything would make him angry. |他神经非常紧张，几乎随便什么事情都会使他发怒。

||        ||2. turn a part of a machine around and around to make it work |上满发条

||  ||Did you remember to wind the clock? |你记得给钟上发条了吗？

||  ||The clock's stopped; you'd better wind it up. |钟停了，你最好上一下发条。

|■|<31>line-up   |n.|[C] a line of people |一排人

||  ||a line-up of children |一排小孩

||  ||a line-up of ticket buyers |一队买票的人

|★|<32>discreet 11  |a.|careful about what one says or does |谨慎的，慎重的

||  ||She was too discreet to mention the argument in front of him. |她处事十分谨慎，不会在他面前说起那次争吵。

||  ||He made a discreet protest. |他的抗议措辞谨慎。

||<33>　<em>discreetly 12</em>|ad.|doing sth. carefully so that people do not notice it |小心地，谨慎地

||  ||He followed the man discreetly into the hotel. |他小心谨慎地跟着那个人进了旅馆。

||  ||We approached the house discreetly. |我们小心翼翼地靠近那房子。

|@|<34>inquiry|n.|[C] (also enquiry) a question sb. asks to get information |询问，打听

||  ||We made some inquiries 13 into her movements. |我们打听了她的活动。

||  ||I don't know who sent the gift, but I'll make some inquiries. |我不知道谁送的礼物，但我会打听打听。

||<35>replacement 14|n.|1. [C] sb. or sth. that replaces another person or thing  |替换的人或物

||  ||She is leaving next month, so we must advertise for a replacement for her. |她下个月离开这里，所以我们必须登广告招聘替换她的人。

||  ||It was difficult to find a replacement for Ted 2. |很难找到谁来替换特德。

||||2. [U] the act of replacing |替换，代替

||  ||The furniture requires replacement. |家具需要更换。

||  ||Our old car is badly in need of replacement. |我们的旧车非常需要更换。

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||<36>die of    |die because of sth. such as an illness |死于

||       |No one could save her and she finally died of the fever. |没人能救她，她最终还是死于发烧。

||       |His mother died of cancer when he was 10 years old.|他10岁时母亲死于癌症。

||<37>care for  |1. look after |看护，照顾

||       |I am glad to see that you are being well cared for. |看到你得到很好的照顾，我很高兴。

||       |He thanked the nurses who had cared for him while he was sick. |他感谢在他生病时护理他的护士。

||       |2. (used in questions and negatives) like|喜欢

||       |I don't really care for tea; I like coffee better. |我并不那么喜欢喝茶，我更喜欢喝咖啡。

||       |Would you care for another drink? |想再喝一杯吗？

||<38>stay up   |not go to bed |熬夜

||       |Please don't stay up for me, I may be back late. |不要熬夜等我，我可能很晚才回来。

||       |Kate stayed up all night by his bedside. |凯特在他床边守了一夜。

||<39>straighten out |deal with a problem or a confused situation|解决（问题）；理清（混乱情况）

||            |I hope the misunderstanding will soon be straightened out.|我希望误解很快就能消除。

||            |There are several financial problems that need to be straightened out quickly.|有几个财务问题需要很快弄清楚。

||<40>and all that   |and so on; and all such things |等等，诸如此类

||            |When I was young, I was crazy about judo 15, karate 16, kungfu, and all that. |我小时候非常喜欢柔道、空手道、功夫之类的东西。

||            |By cereals we mean wheat, oats, barley 17, and all that. |我们说谷类，指的是小麦、燕麦、大麦之类的东西。

||<41>pick out  |recognize sb. or sth. among others |认出

||       |Try to pick me out in this old photograph. |试试能不能在这张老照片中认出我。

||       |I bet you he can pick her out of a crowd of people. |我敢和你打赌，他能在一群人中认出她来。

||<42>ask around|ask in many places or ask a lot of people |到处打听

||       |If you want to know about the dean of the school, ask around. |如果你想了解院长，问问其他人吧。

||       |I'll ask around to see if I can find you a place to stay. |我会打听打听，看能不能给你找个地方住。

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||<43>Phil     | |菲尔（人名）

||<44>Helen    | |海伦（人名）