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英语课

Lesson 40

hoax 1

骗局,戏弄

Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke;the hoax.

大学生擅长一种特殊的恶作剧——戏弄人。

The bomb threat turned out to be a hoax.

炸弹的恐吓原来是个骗局。

I can see through whatever hoax he chooses to stage.

他不管玩什么鬼把戏我都能看穿。

deception 2

欺骗,骗局

Inviting 3 the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire

请消防队来扑灭一场子虚乌有的大火是一种低级骗局,

is a crude form of deception which no self-fespecting student would ever indulge in.

有自尊心的大学生决不沉溺其中。

"All warfare 4 is based on deception"

“兵不厌诈”。

wrote the Chinese analyst 5 Sun Tzu around 500 B,C.

公元前5世纪左右,中国的军事分析家孙子写道:

The company spread false information as a deception to mislead investors 6.

公司散布假信息,借以制造假相,误导投资者。

self-respecting

自重的

No self-respecting actor would appear in a pornographic film.

自重的演员绝不会出演色情电影的。

No self-respecting gourmet 7 would go to a fastfood restaurant.

自重的演员决不肯光顾快餐店的。

indulge

使沉迷

Bozo indulged in the most high-flown speculations 8.

博佐沉入了最最不切实际的幻想中。

pneumatic

气动的

When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university,

最近有个学生看见两个工人在大学校门外用风钻干活,

he immediately telephoned the police

马上打电话报告警察,

and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen

说有两个学生装扮成工人,

were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill.

正在用风钻破坏路面。

The pneumatic boat can hold five people at the very most.

这条气垫船最多只能坐五个人。

Stilwell promised his brother a pneumtic gun on his birthday.

史迪威在他弟弟过生日的时候应许给他一支气枪。

drill



The prisoner turned his toothbrush into a convenient drill.

囚犯把牙刷改成了一把方便钻。

silly

无意义的,无聊的

He added that a student had dressed up as a policeman

他还说有人学生经常装扮成警察

and was playing all sorts of silly jokes on people.

在别人身上搞些无聊的恶作剧。

Never have I heard such a silly story.

我从来没人听到过这么无聊的故事。

In truth,such criticism is often silly.

事实上,这种批评往往很无聊。

advance

预先的,事先获得的

Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information.

警察与工人都对那个学生事先通报的情况表示感谢。

It is a popular show.so advance,so advance booking is essential.

这演出很火,所以必须提前订票。

We sent advance copies of the new book to all the papers.

我们在新书发行之前给报社都送去了样书。

archway

拱形门楼

The student hid in an archway nearby

那学生躲在附近一座拱形门楼里,

where he could watch and hear everything that went on.

在那儿什么都看得见,什么都听得着。

The visitors walked under the archway and into the palace.

参观者穿过门楼,走进宫殿。

The old man stumbled near the archway.

老人在拱形楼附近趔趄了一下。

remonstrate 9

规劝,告诫

Shortly afterwards,

一会儿工夫,

four more policemen arrived and remonstrated 10 with the workmen.

又来了四个警察,规劝工人离开。

She opend her mouth as if to remonstrate.

她张了张嘴,仿佛是想劝两句。

Mrs.Percy had remonstrated with him about it.

这件事珀西夫人劝过他的。

ironically

讽刺地

At this,the police pointed 11 out ironically

听了这话,警察讥讽地说,

that this would hardly be necessary as the men were already under arrest.

这大可不必,因为他们已经被逮捕了。

My son knows how to waste his time without any help from you,

不劳您费心,我儿子知道怎么浪费时间。”

'said Mr.Nye ironically.

奈先生讽刺地说:“

Irony 12 is not necessarily said ironically.

讽刺的话未必要有讽刺的口吻来说。

permission

许可

Permission was granted and a policeman accompanied him to a pay phone.

他的要求被许可了,一个警察陪他找了个投币电话。

He asked permission of the monitor to leave.

他请求班长准许他离开。

Joe took the document without permission.

乔未经许可拿走了文件。

grant

同意,准予

There shall be no peace until you grant the terms.

你一天不答应条件,就一天得不到安宁。

A good goverment,in his opinion,

在他看来,一个好政府会

will grant freedom of speech to its citizens

赋予公民言论自由,

and will not attempt to control their opinions and thoughts.

而不会试图控制他们的意见和想法。

Lesson 41

Lesson 41

illusion

幻想,错觉

Even he still lives under the illusion

就连他也仍然存有幻觉,

that country life is some how superior to town life.

好像乡村生活就是比城市生活优越。

This idyllic 13 pastoral scene is only part of the picture.

这一次他彻底不抱幻想了。

I suppose it's about time you cast away your illusions.

我想该是你丢掉幻想的时候了。

pastral

田园的

This idyllic pastoral scene is only part of the picture.

但这种田园诗般的乡村风光只不过是一个侧面而已。

This is a collection of pastoral poems.

这是一本田园诗集。

breed

培育,教养

City born and city bred,

我生在城市,长在城市,

I have always regarded the cuntry as something you look at through a train window,

总觉得农村只是个平时隔着火车窗户看看,

or something you occasionally visit during the holiday.

放假进偶尔去玩玩的地方。

He had much difficulty in breeding tropical plants in his garden.

他费了很大的劲在花园里培育热带植物。

What's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh.

(谚语)本性总是要表现出来的。

rapture 14

欣喜

Most of my friends live in the city,

我大多数朋友都住在城市,

yet they always go into raptures 15 at the mere 16 mention of the country.

可只要一提起乡村,马上就会眉飞色舞。

I have read The story of the stone a thousand times,

石头记》我读了一千遍,

every time with new raptures.

读一遍,欢喜一遍。

The young folks were in raptures.

年轻人个个欣喜若狂。

extol 17

赞美、颂扬

Though they extol the virtues 18 of the peaceful life,

尽管他们交口称赞乡村生活的种种优点,

only one of them has ever gone to live in the country

但只有一个当真去农村住过,

and he was back in town within six months.

而且不到六个月就回来了。

It is the humor of many people to extol the virtures of their forefathers 19.

很多人天生喜欢夸祖宗的美德。

superior

优越的

In devotion woman is sublimely 20 superior to man.

女人远比男人有奉献精神。

cockcrow

鸡叫

Nothing can be compared,he maintains,with the first cockcrow,

他坚持认为,乡村的晨景——

the twittering of birds at dawn,

雄鸡初唱,鸟儿啼啭,

the sight of the rising sun glinting on the trees and pastures.

旭日东升照彻树木和原野——是无与伦比的。

He mistook the cockcrow for birdsong.

他把鸡啼错当鸟鸣了。

The alarm sounds like the cockcrow.

这个闹钟的铃像鸡叫。

twitter

(鸟)吱吱叫,嘁嘁喳喳地叫

The birds were hopping 21 and twittering among the bushes.

小鸟在树丛中跳来跳去,叽叽喳喳。

glint

次烁

The tall Gothic windows glinted in the sinking sun.

高大的哥特式窗户在夕阳的照耀下闪闪发光。

Leo's eyes glinted with delight.

列奥的眼睛高兴得闪闪发光。

pasture

牧场

The people lead a quiet life among the green pastures and the still waters.

人们在青青的牧场和幽静的流水中过着平静的生活。

idyllic

田园诗的

This idyllic pastoral scene is only part of the picture.

但这种田园诗般的乡村风光只不过是一个侧面而已。

He placed the chaacters of his novel in an idyllic valley.

他把小说中的人物安置在一个诗情画意的山谷里。

virtually

几乎,差不多

My friend fails to mention the long and friendless winter evenings

我的朋友没有提到在电视机前捱过的那些漫长寂寞的冬夜

in front of the TV-virtually the only form of entertainment.

——在那儿,看电视几乎是惟一的娱乐了。

He did virtually a little of everything during that time.

那段日子他差不多什么都干过一点。

These two theories described virtually all physical phenomena 22 that had been studied then.

这两个理论几乎描述了所有的当时已经研究过的物理现象。

dubious 23

可疑的,怀疑的

Why people are prepared to tolerate a four-hour journey each day

为了乡间这些靠不得的好处,人们居然甘愿

for the dubious privilege of living in the country is beyond me.

每天在路上奔波了4个小时,我实在无法理解这是为什么。

The police raided the club and arrested several dubious characters.

警察袭击了俱乐部并且逮捕了几个可疑的人。

The 'savings'advertising delivers to consumers are similarly dubious.

广告给消费者带来了所谓“省钱”同样令人怀疑。

misery 24

苦难

They could be saved so much misery and epense

如果他们老老实实住在城市

if they chose to live in the city where they rightly belong.

可以省去诸多不便和花销。

His death puts an end to her misery.

他的死结束了她的苦难。

acquaintance

熟人

Some of my acquaintances in the country

我在农村的熟人里有些每年进城看一两回戏,

come up to town once.or twice a year to visit the theatre as a special treat.

他们把这当成特别的享受。

I met an old acquaintance quite unexpectedly in a fasfood restaurant.

我在一有快餐店里很意外地遇见了一个熟人。

treat

难得的乐事,享受

He never took more than two slices of bread and butter to eat in the pit,

他在井下最多吃两片黄油面包,因此有个苹果

so an apple or an orange was a treat to him.

或者橘子对他来说是件难得的高兴事。

I would let the clever ones learn Latin as an honor and Greek as a treat.

我要让那些聪明的孩子学拉丁文和希腊文,拉丁文作为荣誉,希腊文作为奖赏。

dweller 25

居住者

The city dwellers 26 never experiences anxieties of this sort.

这种焦虑城里人是无从体会的。

Both city and town dwellers should pay tax.

城镇居民都要纳税。

Cave dwellers live mainly on berries.

住在岩洞里的人主要以浆果为生。

stagger

摇晃,蹒跚

Country people run wild when they go shopping in the city

家住乡村的人每次进城都疯狂购物,

and stagger home loaded with as many of the exotic items as they can carry.

大包小包里塞满了新巧玩意儿,回家时连走路都摇摇晃晃的。

The drunkard staggered on.

醉汉蹒跚地往前走。

exotic

异乎寻常的,外来的

Most of us will never experence that exotic pleasure.

我们大多数人是不会享受到这种奇趣的。

glow

白热光,光辉

There is something comforting

寒冷潮湿的冬夜里广告灯箱发出暖暖的光,

about the warm glow shed by advertisements on cold wet winter nights.

颇人抚慰人的作用。

In the dark he saw a wonderful yellowish green glow.

黑暗中,他看见奇妙的黄绿色光芒。

descend 27

下落,降临

Few things could be more impressive than the peace that descends 28 on deserted 29 city streets as weekends

周末,当成千上万进城上班的人回到他们的乡间寓所之后,

when the thousands that travel to work everyday

空旷的城市笼罩着一种宁静的气氛,

are tucked away in their homes in the country.

没有什么能比这一刻更令人难忘了。

Independence had descended 30 like a hurricane on the unprrepared country.

独立像飓风一样突然降临到这个还没有做好准备的国家。

Something frightful 31 was about to descend on him.

可怕的灾祸就要降临到他头上了。

tuck

缩进,隐藏

Our house is tucked away among the trees.

我们的房子掩映在林中。

obstinately 32

固执地,顽固地

It has always been a mystery to me

城里人对这些明明地很赏爱的,

why city dwellers,who appreciate all these things,

为什么偏偏要执拗地装出一副喜欢住在乡村的样子,

obstinately pretend that they would prefer to live in the country.

这对我一直是一个谜。

He obstinately believed somehow he could make things right.

他固执地认为他总归有办法把事情摆平。

Obstinately he clung to his choice.

他固执地持他的选择。

Lesson 42

Lesson 42

caveman

(远古)洞穴人

modern caveman

现代穴居人。

The bones of caveman were discovered in this very cave.

原始穴居人的骨头就是在这个山洞里发现的。

Boxing can only be discussed in the context of a caveman's sport.

拳击只能在原始人的运动这个意义上加以讨论。

pot-holing

洞穴探险,洞穴探险运动

Cave exploration,or pot-holing,as it has come to be known,is a relatively 33 new sport.

洞穴勘察——或洞穴勘探是一项比较新的体育运动。

He recently took an interest in pot-holing.

他最近对洞穴探险发生了兴趣。

If you have any difficulty,go to my friends in the pot-holing club.

假如你遇到困难,可以去找我那些洞穴探险俱乐部的朋友。

solitude 34

孤独,寂寞

Perhaps it is the desire for solitude

也许人们是被独处的渴望

or the chance of making an unexpected discovery

或者获得意外发现的机会

that lures 36 people down to the depths of the earth.

诱惑使着来到地底深处的。

I often have the curious feeling of solitude and multitudel.

我常常有一种古怪的又冷清又热闹的感觉。

The solitude of the sea made him keenly sensitive to every sight.sound and touch.

寂寥的大海使他对每种景致、声音触觉都异常敏感。

lure 35

引诱,诱惑

Perter was lured 37 into playing billiards 38 with a fellow soldier.

彼得被一个战友引诱着玩起了台球。

The thief lured him to the doorway 39 and his accomplice 40 hit him on the head.

小偷把他引到了门洞里,他的同伙在他的头上重重一击。

pot-holer

洞穴探险者

It is impossible to give a satifactory explanation for a pot-holer's motives 41.

要想对洞穴探险者的动机做出满意的解释是不可能的。

Do you happen to know any first-class pot-holers?

你认不认识第一流的洞穴探险者?

Curiosity alone cannot make a pot-holer.

仅有好奇心是不能成就一个洞穴探险者的。

ramber

漫步者;散步者

Exploring really deep caves is not a task for the sunday afternoon rambler.

探索很深的洞穴可不是礼拜天下午随兴漫步的人能够胜任的。

Few people can afford to be ramblers.

很少有人做得起漫游者。

Yoyo loves ramblers,himself being one of the chiefest.

悠悠喜欢优游自在的人,他自已就是个中的中坚。

undertaking 42

任务,工作

Such undertakings 43 require the precise planning and foresight 44 of military operations.

这种活动需要军事行动的周密部署和预见能力。

Myrtle is not one to waste time in any undertaking.

默特尔是一个不会任何工作浪费时间的人。

This is a difficult but glorious undertaking.

这是一项光荣艰巨的任务。

foresight

预见;深谋远虑

Fortunately we had the foresight to bring some canned food.

幸好,我们有先见之明,带了几个缺罐头。

Bright is always boasting about his foresight.There he goes again!

布赖特老是吹嘘他的先见之明,喏,那不是又来了!

foretell 45

预言

Precautions of this sort are necessary,

这样的准备是必要的,

for it is impossible to foretell the exact nature of the difficulties

因为无法预见洞穴探险者

which will confront the pot-holer.

将会遇到什么性质的困难。

The religious leader foretold 46 the arrival of an age of peace.

这位宗教领袖预言一个和平时代将会到来。

Is life still worth living if everything can be foretold?

假如每件事情都能被预见的话,人生还有什么意思呢?

Grenoble

格里诺布尔

The deepest known cave in the world is the Gouffre Berger near Grenoble.

已知的最深的洞穴是格里诺布尔附近的高弗。伯杰洞。

chasm 47

断层,裂口,陷坑

This immense chasm has been formed by an underground stream

这个幽深的洞穴起初是岩石上的一道罅隙,被地下泉水不断冲刷

which has tunneled a course through a flaw in the rocks.

直至趟成了一条通道,这才逐渐形成的。

A great chasm appeared on the ground after the earthquake.

地震后,地上出现了一条在裂缝。

The couple failed to bridge the chasm between them.

这对夫妇未能跨越他们之 间的鸿沟。

flaw

裂缝,缺陷,瑕疵

There was a flaw in his argument.

他的论点有个漏洞。

This type of success was almost without flaw,as he saw it.

在他看来,这种成功简直是无懈可击的。

distinguished 48

杰出的,著名的

The cave might never have been discovered

若不是法国著名洞穴探险家伯杰

had not the entrance been spotted 49 by the distinguished French potholer,Berger.

由于偶然的机会发现了洞口的话,这个洞也许永远不会为人所知。

These distinguished individuals came and went,singly as a rule.

这些名人照例是独来独往。

Everest

珠穆朗玛峰

Since its discovery,it has become a sort of pot-holer's Everest(Qomolangma).

自从这个洞被发现后,它就成了洞穴探险者的珠穆朗玛峰。

Qomolangma,whose European name is Everest,is the highest point on the earth.

珠穆朗玛峰,欧洲人称它埃佛勒斯峰,是地球的最高点。

Qomolangma,(Everest) was first conquered in 1953.

1953年人类首次登上了珠穆朗玛峰 。

wade 50

涉水

They had to edge their way along this,

他们不得不侧着身子往前走,

sometimes wading 51 across the shallow streams,or swimming across deep pools.

有进绕过浅溪,有时游过深潭。

I'm not going to wade in such weather.

这种天气我可不愿意趟水。

The dusk fell before we waded 52 ashore 53.

我们涉水上岸之前天色就已经暗了。

waterfall

瀑布

Suddenly they came to a waterfall

突然,他们来到

which dropped into an underground lake at the bottom of the cave.

一道瀑布前注入洞穴一处地下湖里。

Niagara Falls is a huge waterfall that lies on the Niagara River.

尼亚加拉大瀑布是尼亚加拉河上的一条大瀑布。

gear

一套用具

They plunged 54 into the lake,

他们跳进湖里,

and after loading their gear on an inflatable rubber dinghy,

把各种器具装上一只充气橡皮艇,

let the current carry them to the other side.

听任水流将他们往对岸。

The camers kept all their gear in footlockers.

野营的人把所有的用品都放在床脚箱里。

They loaded their gear into the van.

他们把工具装进运货车。

inflatable

可充气的

inflatable raft

充气救生筏

inflatable life-jacket

充气救生衣

ruuble

碎瓦,瓦块

At the end of the lake,they came to huge piles of rubble 55

在湖的尽头,

which had been washed up by the water.

他们见到大堆大堆被湖水冲上岸的碎石。

The little statue was made of rubble.

这座小塑像是用碎石拼合起来的。

The city had been turned into rubble in the raid.

整座城市被炸成瓦砾。

insistent 56

连续的,不断的

In this part of the cave,they could hear an insistent booming sound

在这儿,他们可以听见一种连续不断的轰鸣声。

which they found was caused by a small waterspout

后来他们发现这是山洞顶部一个小孔里

shooting down into a pool from the roof of the cave.

喷出来的水柱跌落到水潭中发出的声音。

The inssistent flowing of the fountain seemed to be the symbol of the passing of time.

喷泉不停地流着,仿佛是时光流逝的象征。

The baby's insistent cries almost broke his heart.

孩子不停的哭叫,差点没有把他心疼死。

boom

轰响

The thunder boomed.

雷声隆隆隆。

waterspout

强大的水柱

The word"waterspout' often refers to the tornado 57 that occurs over a water surface.

Waterspout这个词是通常用来指从海上刮过的龙卷风。

A colorful waterspout shot from the mouth of the elcetronic dragon

一道五颜六色的水柱从电龙嘴里喷出来,

and the children clapped.

孩子们鼓起掌来。

cleft 58

裂隙,开口

Squeezing through a cleft in the rocks,

洞穴探险者从岩石缝里挤过去,

the pot-holers arrived at an enormoous cavern 59,the size of a huge concert hall.

来到一个巨大的洞里,其大小和一个音乐厅差不多。

In the cleft of a great oak-tree he saw the piece of white gold that he was seeking.

在一棵老橡树的裂缝里,他看到了他在寻找的那块白金。

cavern

大洞穴

We stood i the cavern and shined a flashlinght on its high ceiling.

我们站在大山洞里,用手电照在高高的顶上。

stalagmite

石笋

After switching on powerful arc lights,

他们打开强力弧光灯,

they saw great stalagmites-some of them over forty feet high-

看见一棵棵巨大的石笋,

rising up like tree-trunks to meet the stalactites suspended from the roof.

与洞庭顶悬挂的钟乳石相接。

A stalagmite appears like an inverted 60 stalactite,

石笋像倒生的钟乳石,

rising from the floor of a carvern.

从岩洞底部向上长。

stalactite

钟乳石

Not every stalatite has a complementary stalagmite.

不是每根钟乳石都有互生的石笋。

limestone 61

石灰石

Round about,piles of limestone glistened 63 in all the colors of the rainbow.

周围是一堆堆石灰石,象彩虹一样闪闪发光。

There are four principal types of limestones 64.

石灰石有四种主要类型。

glisten 62

闪烁

After a moment she looked up with a slow smile,her eyes glistening 65 with tears.

过了一会儿她抬起头来慢慢一笑,眼里闪着泪光。

eerie 66

引起恐惧的,可怕的

In the eerie silence of the cavern,the only sound that could be heard

洞里有一种可怕的寂静,

was made by water whcih dripped continuously from the high dome 67 above them.

惟一可以听见的声响是高高的圆顶上不间断的滴水声。

That old house is an eerie place even in the day.

那栋老屋即使在白天也有一种神秘可怖的气氛。

dome

穹窿,圆顶

The dome on the concert hall is painted golden.

音乐厅的圆顶漆成金色。

 



1 hoax
v.欺骗,哄骗,愚弄;n.愚弄人,恶作剧
  • They were the victims of a cruel hoax.他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者。
  • They hoax him out of his money.他们骗去他的钱。
2 deception
n.欺骗,欺诈;骗局,诡计
  • He admitted conspiring to obtain property by deception.他承认曾与人合谋骗取财产。
  • He was jailed for two years for fraud and deception.他因为诈骗和欺诈入狱服刑两年。
3 inviting
adj.诱人的,引人注目的
  • An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
  • The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人,使人感到亲切温馨。
4 warfare
n.战争(状态);斗争;冲突
  • He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
  • Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。
5 analyst
n.分析家,化验员;心理分析学家
  • What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务?
  • The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
6 investors
n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 )
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
7 gourmet
n.食物品尝家;adj.出于美食家之手的
  • What does a gourmet writer do? 美食评论家做什么?
  • A gourmet like him always eats in expensive restaurants.像他这样的美食家总是到豪华的餐馆用餐。
8 speculations
n.投机买卖( speculation的名词复数 );思考;投机活动;推断
  • Your speculations were all quite close to the truth. 你的揣测都很接近于事实。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • This possibility gives rise to interesting speculations. 这种可能性引起了有趣的推测。 来自《用法词典》
9 remonstrate
v.抗议,规劝
  • He remonstrated with the referee.他向裁判抗议。
  • I jumped in the car and went to remonstrate.我跳进汽车去提出抗议。
10 remonstrated
v.抗议( remonstrate的过去式和过去分词 );告诫
  • They remonstrated with the official about the decision. 他们就这一决定向这位官员提出了抗议。
  • We remonstrated against the ill-treatment of prisoners of war. 我们对虐待战俘之事提出抗议。 来自辞典例句
11 pointed
adj.尖的,直截了当的
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
12 irony
n.反语,冷嘲;具有讽刺意味的事,嘲弄
  • She said to him with slight irony.她略带嘲讽地对他说。
  • In her voice we could sense a certain tinge of irony.从她的声音里我们可以感到某种讥讽的意味。
13 idyllic
adj.质朴宜人的,田园风光的
  • These scenes had an idyllic air.这种情景多少有点田园气氛。
  • Many people living in big cities yearn for an idyllic country life.现在的很多都市人向往那种田园化的生活。
14 rapture
n.狂喜;全神贯注;着迷;v.使狂喜
  • His speech was received with rapture by his supporters.他的演说受到支持者们的热烈欢迎。
  • In the midst of his rapture,he was interrupted by his father.他正欢天喜地,被他父亲打断了。
15 raptures
极度欢喜( rapture的名词复数 )
  • Her heart melted away in secret raptures. 她暗自高兴得心花怒放。
  • The mere thought of his bride moves Pinkerton to raptures. 一想起新娘,平克顿不禁心花怒放。
16 mere
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
  • That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
  • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
17 extol
v.赞美,颂扬
  • We of the younger generation extol the wisdom of the great leader and educator.我们年轻一代崇拜那位伟大的引路人和教育家的智慧。
  • Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever and ever. 我要天天称颂你,也要永永远远赞美你的名。
18 virtues
美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处
  • Doctors often extol the virtues of eating less fat. 医生常常宣扬少吃脂肪的好处。
  • She delivered a homily on the virtues of family life. 她进行了一场家庭生活美德方面的说教。
19 forefathers
n.祖先,先人;祖先,祖宗( forefather的名词复数 );列祖列宗;前人
  • They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left. 它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • All of us bristled at the lawyer's speech insulting our forefathers. 听到那个律师在讲演中污蔑我们的祖先,大家都气得怒发冲冠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
20 sublimely
高尚地,卓越地
  • In devotion woman is sublimely superior to man. 怜悯是女子胜过男子的德性之一。
  • She was sublimely unaware of how foolish she looked. 她根本不知道她的样子多愚蠢。
21 hopping
n.现象
  • 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。
22 dubious
adj.怀疑的,无把握的;有问题的,靠不住的
  • What he said yesterday was dubious.他昨天说的话很含糊。
  • He uses some dubious shifts to get money.他用一些可疑的手段去赚钱。
23 misery
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦
  • Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
  • He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。
24 dweller
n.居住者,住客
  • Both city and town dweller should pay tax.城镇居民都需要纳税。
  • The city dweller never experiences anxieties of this sort.城市居民从未经历过这种担忧。
25 dwellers
n.居民,居住者( dweller的名词复数 )
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes. 城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They have transformed themselves into permanent city dwellers. 他们已成为永久的城市居民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
26 descend
vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降
  • I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。
  • We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。
27 descends
v.下来( descend的第三人称单数 );下去;下降;下斜
  • This festival descends from a religious rite. 这个节日起源于宗教仪式。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The path descends steeply to the village. 小路陡直而下直到村子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
28 deserted
adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的
  • The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
  • The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers.敌人头目众叛亲离。
29 descended
a.为...后裔的,出身于...的
  • A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
  • The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
30 frightful
adj.可怕的;讨厌的
  • How frightful to have a husband who snores!有一个发鼾声的丈夫多讨厌啊!
  • We're having frightful weather these days.这几天天气坏极了。
31 obstinately
ad.固执地,顽固地
  • He obstinately asserted that he had done the right thing. 他硬说他做得对。
  • Unemployment figures are remaining obstinately high. 失业数字仍然顽固地居高不下。
32 relatively
adv.比较...地,相对地
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
33 solitude
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方
  • People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
  • They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。
34 lure
n.吸引人的东西,诱惑物;vt.引诱,吸引
  • Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
  • He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。
35 lures
吸引力,魅力(lure的复数形式)
  • He left home because of the lures of life in the city. 他离家是由于都市生活的诱惑。
  • Perhaps it is the desire for solitude or the chance of making an unexpected discovery that lures men down to the depths of the earth. 可能正是寻觅幽静的去处,或者找个猎奇的机会的欲望引诱着人们进入地球的深处。
36 lured
吸引,引诱(lure的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • The child was lured into a car but managed to escape. 那小孩被诱骗上了车,但又设法逃掉了。
  • Lured by the lust of gold,the pioneers pushed onward. 开拓者在黄金的诱惑下,继续奋力向前。
37 billiards
n.台球
  • John used to divert himself with billiards.约翰过去总打台球自娱。
  • Billiards isn't popular in here.这里不流行台球。
38 doorway
n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径
  • They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
  • Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。
39 accomplice
n.从犯,帮凶,同谋
  • She was her husband's accomplice in murdering a rich old man.她是她丈夫谋杀一个老富翁的帮凶。
  • He is suspected as an accomplice of the murder.他涉嫌为这次凶杀案的同谋。
40 motives
n.动机,目的( motive的名词复数 )
  • to impeach sb's motives 怀疑某人的动机
  • His motives are unclear. 他的用意不明。
41 undertaking
n.保证,许诺,事业
  • He gave her an undertaking that he would pay the money back with in a year.他向她做了一年内还钱的保证。
  • He is too timid to venture upon an undertaking.他太胆小,不敢从事任何事业。
42 undertakings
企业( undertaking的名词复数 ); 保证; 殡仪业; 任务
  • The principle of diligence and frugality applies to all undertakings. 勤俭节约的原则适用于一切事业。
  • Such undertakings require the precise planning and foresight of military operations. 此举要求军事上战役中所需要的准确布置和预见。
43 foresight
n.先见之明,深谋远虑
  • The failure is the result of our lack of foresight.这次失败是由于我们缺乏远虑而造成的。
  • It required a statesman's foresight and sagacity to make the decision.作出这个决定需要政治家的远见卓识。
44 foretell
v.预言,预告,预示
  • Willow trees breaking out into buds foretell the coming of spring.柳枝绽青报春来。
  • The outcome of the war is hard to foretell.战争胜负难以预卜。
45 foretold
v.预言,预示( foretell的过去式和过去分词 )
  • She foretold that the man would die soon. 她预言那人快要死了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Must lose one joy, by his life's star foretold. 这样注定:他,为了信守一个盟誓/就非得拿牺牲一个喜悦作代价。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
46 chasm
n.深坑,断层,裂口,大分岐,利害冲突
  • There's a chasm between rich and poor in that society.那社会中存在着贫富差距。
  • A huge chasm gaped before them.他们面前有个巨大的裂痕。
47 distinguished
adj.卓越的,杰出的,著名的
  • Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.大象以其长长的鼻子显示出与其他动物的不同。
  • A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。
48 spotted
adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的
  • The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
  • Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
49 wade
v.跋涉,涉水;n.跋涉
  • We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
  • We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。
50 wading
(从水、泥等)蹚,走过,跋( wade的现在分词 )
  • The man tucked up his trousers for wading. 那人卷起裤子,准备涉水。
  • The children were wading in the sea. 孩子们在海水中走着。
51 waded
(从水、泥等)蹚,走过,跋( wade的过去式和过去分词 )
  • She tucked up her skirt and waded into the river. 她撩起裙子蹚水走进河里。
  • He waded into the water to push the boat out. 他蹚进水里把船推出来。
52 ashore
adv.在(向)岸上,上岸
  • The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前,孩子们就上岸了。
  • He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。
53 plunged
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
  • The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
  • She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳,从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
54 rubble
n.(一堆)碎石,瓦砾
  • After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后,花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
  • After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。
55 insistent
adj.迫切的,坚持的
  • There was an insistent knock on my door.我听到一阵急促的敲门声。
  • He is most insistent on this point.他在这点上很坚持。
56 tornado
n.飓风,龙卷风
  • A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
  • The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
57 cleft
n.裂缝;adj.裂开的
  • I hid the message in a cleft in the rock.我把情报藏在石块的裂缝里。
  • He was cleft from his brother during the war.在战争期间,他与他的哥哥分离。
58 cavern
n.洞穴,大山洞
  • The cavern walls echoed his cries.大山洞的四壁回响着他的喊声。
  • It suddenly began to shower,and we took refuge in the cavern.天突然下起雨来,我们在一个山洞里避雨。
59 inverted
adj.反向的,倒转的v.使倒置,使反转( invert的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Only direct speech should go inside inverted commas. 只有直接引语应放在引号内。
  • Inverted flight is an acrobatic manoeuvre of the plane. 倒飞是飞机的一种特技动作。 来自《简明英汉词典》
60 limestone
n.石灰石
  • Limestone is often used in building construction.石灰岩常用于建筑。
  • Cement is made from limestone.水泥是由石灰石制成的。
61 glisten
vi.(光洁或湿润表面等)闪闪发光,闪闪发亮
  • Dewdrops glisten in the morning sun.露珠在晨光下闪闪发光。
  • His sunken eyes glistened with delight.他凹陷的眼睛闪现出喜悦的光芒。
62 glistened
v.湿物闪耀,闪亮( glisten的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Pearls of dew glistened on the grass. 草地上珠露晶莹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Her eyes glistened with tears. 她的眼里闪着泪花。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
63 limestones
n.石灰岩( limestone的名词复数 )
  • The isotopic signatures of most ancient limestones indicated the same process. 大多数古代石灰岩的同位素特征说明了同样的过程。 来自辞典例句
  • There are four principal types of limestones. 石灰岩有四种主要类型。 来自辞典例句
64 glistening
adj.闪耀的,反光的v.湿物闪耀,闪亮( glisten的现在分词 )
  • Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼里闪着晶莹的泪花。
  • Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼睛中的泪水闪着柔和的光。 来自《用法词典》
65 eerie
adj.怪诞的;奇异的;可怕的;胆怯的
  • It's eerie to walk through a dark wood at night.夜晚在漆黑的森林中行走很是恐怖。
  • I walked down the eerie dark path.我走在那条漆黑恐怖的小路上。
66 dome
n.圆屋顶,拱顶
  • The dome was supported by white marble columns.圆顶由白色大理石柱支撑着。
  • They formed the dome with the tree's branches.他们用树枝搭成圆屋顶。
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two circuit microprocessor
ultrasonic immersion technique
uncouch
virtuall
volume discount
vortex-generator
walu
Wawanesa
xeromas
y-axes
yistai