新概念3词汇 13-15
时间：2018-11-27 作者：英语课 分类：新概念英语词汇随身听手册3
costume
化装服
She intended to dress up as a ghost
and as she had made her costume the night before,
她打算装扮鬼的模样，化装服头天晚上就做好了，
she was impatient to try it on.
这会儿她急于穿上试试。
We went to a Halloween party where everyone wore ancient costume.
我们去参加一个万圣节化装舞会，人人都身着古装。
A pair of stage sisters did a pantomime in costume.
一对舞台姐妹演了一出化装的哑剧。
consist
由.. 组成
Though the costume consisted only of a sheet,it was very effective.
尽管化装服仅由一个被单制成，效果却非常理想。
The family consisted of Harris,his wife,and two kids.
这个家庭由哈理斯夫妇和两个孩子组成。
Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen.
水由氢和氧组成。
sheet
被单
Ligeia prepared a fine plastic sheet for the picnic.
莉吉为野餐准备了一条结实的塑料单。
The patient was lying upon a low bed covered with a soft woolen 1 sheet.
病人躺在一张矮床上，身上盖着柔软的羊毛被单。
effective
有明显效果的，人作用的
The new drug is very effective and relieves pain instantly.
这种新药疗效很好，能很快被减轻痛苦。
The new agricultural policy has been effective in increasing output.
新的农业政策有效地增加了产量。
comfortable
舒服的，惬意的
She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.
她想看看穿起来是不是很舒服。
The old tramp taught the newcomer how to make himself comfortable om a park bench.
老流浪汉教新来的流浪汉在公园的长椅上怎么躺着舒服。
It is comfortable to live in a country where it is so simple to make people happy.
在一个这样简简单单就能取悦于人的国度生活到是满惬意的。
storeroom
储存室
Not wanting to frighten the poor man,
理查兹夫人不想吓唬这个可怜的人，
Mrs.Richards quickly hid in the small storeroom under the stairs.
便赶紧躲到了楼梯下的小储藏室里。
The physics department keeps its laboratory supplies in a storeroom.
物理系把实验用品存放在一个储藏室里。
Without a word he led way into a narrow corridor,
他一言不发地领着我们走进上一条窄窄的走廊，
at the end of which stood a storeroom.
尽头是一间储藏室。
electricity
电；（喻）极为兴奋
Mrs.Richards realized that it must be the man form the Electricity Board
who had come to read the metre.
理查兹夫人这才想到一定是供电局来人查电表了。
Electricity appeared to its early investigators 2 as an extraordinary phenomena 3.
在早期研究者看来，电似乎是一种极为奇异的现象。
There was electricity in the air at the big rock concert.
大型摇滚音乐会的气氛热烈得好像通了电一样。
metre
电表
A parking metrre shows how much time a car can stay in a parking area.
汽车停放计时器显示汽车能在停车场里停留多久。
Camera light metres can be used if their limitations are understood.
了解了照想机测光表的局限性，就可以使用了。
pace
一步
The man let out a cry and jumped back several paces.
那人大叫一声，惊退了好几步。
He quickened his pace and switched to new topics.
他加快了脚步，找了些新话题说着。
She carefully measured the distance,took five paces.
她小心地量了距离，走了五步。
flee
逃走；消逝
When Mrs.Richards walked towards him,he fled,slamming the door behind him.
理查兹夫人朝他走去，只见他拨腿就跑，砰地一声撞上了门。
Afraid of being scolded,the rascal 4 fled immediately after breakfast.
小家伙害怕挨骂，吃过早饭就溜走了。
In the lives of mortals,the best days are the first to flec.
在凡人的生命中，最好的时光是最先消逝的。
slam
砰地一声关上（门）
He furiously slammed the door in the visitor's face.
他盛怒之下把门重重一摔，把客人关在了门外。
At least there was no slammed door,no blank refusal.
至少没有把门关死，也没有把话说绝。
Lesson 14
gangster 5(title)
歹徒，强盗
There was a time when the owners of shops and business in Chicago
曾经有一个时期，芝加哥的店主和商行的老板们
had to pay large sums of money to gangsters 6 in return for 'protection'.
不得不付给歹徒大笔的钱以换取“保护”。
The police arrested three gangsters after the shooting in Las Vegas yesterday.
昨天在拉斯维加发生枪击事件后，警方逮捕了三名歹徒。
Be careful.You are dealing 7 with a gangster.
当心哪，你是在和一个强盗打交道。
Chicago
芝加哥
protection
保护
His greatest need is guarantees,protection,security.
他的最大需要是得到保障、保护和安全。
At last she believed that the tulip bed was under the protection of the fairies.
她终于相信，郁金香花圃是受了仙女的保护。
promptly 8
准时，立刻
If the money was not paid promptly,
如果谁交款不准时，
the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop.
歹徒就会捣毁他的商店，让他破产。
He promised to be here promptly at nine o'clock.
他答应9点准时来。
The agency responded to the complaints promptly.
代理处立刻对投诉做出反应。
destroy
毁掉
Certain government officials were authorized 9 to destroy inferior and excessive production.
某些政府官员被授权销毁劣质和过剩的农产品。
No one realized the wrong decision was destroying the company.
当时没人有意识到这个错误的决策会毁掉公司。
remarkable 10
不寻常的，非常的
As long ago as the fourteenth century,
早在14世纪，
an Englishman,Sir John Hawkwood,
英国人约翰.霍克伍德爵士
made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money
就有了项非凡的发现；人们情愿拿出大把的钱，
than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
也不愿毕生家业被强盗毁掉。
All he said and did was remarkable in her eyes.
他的一切言行在她眼里都是了不起的。
Hemingway is a writer of remarkable genius.
海明威是才华横溢的作家。
Florence
佛罗伦萨
band
帮，群
Six hundred years ago,Sir John hawkwood arrived in Italy
600年前，约翰.霍克伍德爵士带着一队士兵来到意大利，
with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence.
在佛罗伦萨附近驻扎下来。
A band of thieves has been robbing the neighborhood.
一伙小偷一直在附近偷盗。
But General de Gaulle had to carry his gallant 11 band of Frenchmen with him.
但是，戴高乐将军必须说服他那群勇敢的法国人衙他一起干。
city-state
（古代）城邦
Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other,
每次意大利城邦之间打仗，
Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes
霍克伍德便把他的士兵雇用给愿出高价的君王。
who were willing to pay the high price he demanded.
The origin of city-states is disputable.
古代城邦的起源是有争议的。
Rome,which began its republican history as a city-states,
罗马共和国，亦即罗马帝国的前身，是以城邦制发端的，
pursued policies of foreign expansion and government centralization
但它后来推行对外扩张和中央集权政策却导致了城邦制作为一种政治形式在古代世界的终结。
that led to the annihilation of the city-state as a political form in the ancient world.
hire
租出，雇给
Will hired a teacher to come weekly
all the way from Toronto to give Vivey piano lessons.
威尔聘请了一位老师每周从老远的多伦多来教蓓基弹琴。
He hired a car for three months.
他租了辆车，用了三个月。
prince
王公，诸侯，贵人
A verse form Psalms 12 knifed into her mind;"put not your trust in princes."
诗篇》里的一句话挤进她的脑海：“不要信任君王。”
He had access to an Arab prince who was going to come up with the big bucks 13.
他有路子找到一位阿拉伯亲王，掏出大把的票子。
Florentine
佛罗伦萨人
When he died at the age of eighty,
他80岁那年死去的时候
the Florentines gave him a state funeral
佛罗伦萨人为他举行了国葬，
and had a picture which was dedicated 14 to the memeory of'
the most valiant 15 soldier and most notable leader,
并为他画像以纪念“骁勇无比的战士，杰出的领袖乔凡尼.阿库托先生。“
Signor Giovanni Haukodue.
funeral
葬礼
The funeral will be held on Friday.
葬礼星期五举行。
Daphne felt as though she had just come from a funeral.
达夫妮的心情糟得好像刚参加了个葬礼似的。
dedicate
奉献，题献给
The central park in Nanjing is dedicated to Dr.Sun Yet Sung.
南京的中心公园是纪念孙中山先生的。
The poet dedicated his first collection to his neighbor,a plain gardener.
诗人把他的第一部诗集献给了他的邻居，一位平凡的园丁。
memory
纪念
Many university buildings are dedicated in memory of honorable graduates.
许多大学的建筑物是纪念杰出校友的。
On the flyleaf of his thesis is a line:"To the memory of my dear mother."
他论文的扉页上有一句话”纪念我亲爱的妈妈。“
valiant
英勇的
A large reception was held in honor of the valiant explorers.
为勇敢的探险家们举行了一个盛大的招待会。
The firefighter made a valiant effort to save the child from the burning house.
消防员奋勇地从着火的房子里救出孩子。
Lesson 15
appreciate
赏识，感谢
Children always appreciate small gifts of money.
孩子们总事巴不得有人给零花钱。
He has got a lot of work and would appreciate it cooler.
他有不和事情要做，巴不得天气能凉快点。
I appreciate your kind offer but cannot accept it.
你的好意我心领了，可是不能接受。
pocket-money
零用钱
Mum or dad,of course,provide a regular supply of pocket-money.
当然了，爸爸妈妈会定期给零用钱的。
My little niece guards her pocket-money as a queen does her crown jewel.
我的小侄女守护她的零用钱就像王后守护她的王冠珠宝一样当心。
Peter coaxed 16 granny into giving him extra pocket-money.
彼得哄着奶奶再多给他些零用钱。
rattle 17
丁零当啷地响
If fifty penny pieces are not exchanged for sweets,
要是50便士不拿去换糖的话，
they rattle for months inside money-boxes.
它们会在存钱罐里叮当响上好几个月。
--What is that rattling 18 in your pocket?
你兜里丁零当啷的是什么呀？
--An apple,an apple.
苹果，苹果。
--My,it must be made of copper 19.
哇，这只苹果准是铜做的吧。
Inside that massive frame the human being rattled 20 in the corridors like a dry kernel 21.
在这个硕大无比的空壳里，人们像果核一亲在走廊里发出哗啦哗啦的声音。
thrifty 22
节俭的
Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a money-box.
只有特别节俭的孩子能把存钱罐填满。
Everyone calls him tight-fisted,but I see he is just thrifty.
人人说他小气，可我看他不过是俭省。
Memories of hard years made the old woman excessively thrifty.
早年艰苦生活的回忆使这个妇人极度俭省。
nephew
侄子，外甥
My nephew,George,has a money box but it is always empty.
我的外甥乔治有一个存钱罐，可里面老是空空如也。
He brought his nephew up as his own son.
他把侄子当儿子那样抚养长大。
She had a way of speaking about her children
她讲起自已的孩子的口气，
as if they were rather troublesome nephew on a prolonged visit.
仿佛他们是什么住久讨人嫌的外甥似的。
bounce
弹起，跳起
On his way to the sweet shop,
在他去糖果店的路上，
he dropped his fifty and then disappeared down a drain.
50便士掉了，在人行道上蹦了几下，就滚到阴沟里不见了。
The acorn 23 struck Birdsong's nose and bounced off.
像子击中了伯德桑的鼻子，又弹了开去。
The padding was so thick
软垫很厚，
that if you dropped an egg on it from a two-storey building,
就算从二楼丢一个鸡蛋上去，
the egg would still bounce right off without breaking.
鸡蛋也只会跳一下，不会破。
pavement
人行道
The pavement on the road is covered with black tar 24.
这条能马路的人行道上铺的是黑色的柏油。
He is a new salesman and he literally 25 pounds the pavement looking for customers.
他是新上岗的推销员，为了拉客户四处奔走。
stick
卡住；夹住，不能再动
A crowd of people gathered round him
这时在他周围上了许多人，
and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and butter,
一位女士在乔治的胳膊上涂了肥皂和黄油，
but George was firmly stuck.
可是乔治还是被卡得紧紧的。
A motorcycle had become stcuk in the mud.
一辆摩托车陷在泥沼中。
I'm stuck,I'm in a hole.
我可是山穷水尽走投无路了。
brigade
旅，（消防）队
The fire brigade was called
有人打电话叫来消防队，
and two fire fighters freed George using a special type of grease.
两位消防队员使用了一种特殊的润滑剂才使乔治得以解脱。
The king was thinking of sending an armored brigade into Syria.
国王正在考虑派遣一装甲旅前往叙利亚。
The citizens volunteered to set up a brigade to protect the neighborhood.
居民们自发地成立了一支警收卫队。
grease
润滑油
The mechanic put grease on the bike's wheels.
技工给自行车车轮上油。
She uses some grease to take the jade 26 bracelet 27 off her wrist.
她抹了些润滑油把玉镯从手腕上褪了下来。
- She likes to wear woolen socks in winter.冬天她喜欢穿羊毛袜。
- There is one bar of woolen blanket on that bed.那张床上有一条毛毯。
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Ade couldn't relate the phenomena with any theory he knew.艾德无法用他所知道的任何理论来解释这种现象。
- The object of these experiments was to find the connection,if any,between the two phenomena.这些实验的目的就是探索这两种现象之间的联系，如果存在着任何联系的话。
- If he had done otherwise,I should have thought him a rascal.如果他不这样做，我就认为他是个恶棍。
- The rascal was frightened into holding his tongue.这坏蛋吓得不敢往下说了。
- The gangster's friends bought off the police witness.那匪徒的朋友买通了警察方面的证人。
- He is obviously a gangster,but he pretends to be a saint.分明是强盗，却要装圣贤。
- The gangsters offered him a sum equivalent to a whole year's earnings. 歹徒提出要给他一笔相当于他一年收入的钱。
- One of the gangsters was caught by the police. 歹徒之一被警察逮捕。
- This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
- His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
- He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
- She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。
- An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。
- She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
- These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。
- Huang Jiguang's gallant deed is known by all men. 黄继光的英勇事迹尽人皆知。
- These gallant soldiers will protect our country.这些勇敢的士兵会保卫我们的国家的。
- the Book of Psalms 《〈圣经〉诗篇》
- A verse from Psalms knifed into Pug's mind: "put not your trust in princes." 《诗篇》里有一句话闪过帕格的脑海：“不要相信王侯。” 来自辞典例句
- They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
- They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
- His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。
- He had the fame of being very valiant.他的勇敢是出名的。
- Despite valiant efforts by the finance minister,inflation rose to 36%.尽管财政部部长采取了一系列果决措施，通货膨胀率还是涨到了36%。
- She coaxed the horse into coming a little closer. 她哄着那匹马让它再靠近了一点。
- I coaxed my sister into taking me to the theatre. 我用好话哄姐姐带我去看戏。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The baby only shook the rattle and laughed and crowed.孩子只是摇着拨浪鼓，笑着叫着。
- She could hear the rattle of the teacups.她听见茶具叮当响。
- The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
- Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。
- The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
- Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。
- The kernel of his problem is lack of money.他的问题的核心是缺钱。
- The nutshell includes the kernel.果壳裹住果仁。
- Except for smoking and drinking,he is a thrifty man.除了抽烟、喝酒，他是个生活节俭的人。
- She was a thrifty woman and managed to put aside some money every month.她是个很会持家的妇女，每月都设法存些钱。
- The oak is implicit in the acorn.橡树孕育于橡子之中。
- The tree grew from a small acorn.橡树从一粒小橡子生长而来。
- The roof was covered with tar.屋顶涂抹了一层沥青。
- We use tar to make roads.我们用沥青铺路。
- He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
- Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。