新视野大学英语读写教程词汇 第二册 Unit 3b

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||<1>　<em>mother-in-law</em> |n.    |[C] the mother of one's husband or wife |岳母；婆婆

||||Her mother-in-law helps her to take care of her child and she is grateful. |她婆婆帮她照料小孩，她很感激。

||<2>brilliant|a.|1. very good; very clever or skilled |出色的；聪颖的

||||"Did you like the film?" "I thought it was brilliant." |“你喜欢这部电影吗？” “我觉得它太出色了。”

||||She's got a brilliant sense of humor. |她极富有幽默感。

||||2. full of light; shining, or bright in color |明亮的；光亮的

||||The rooms were all painted brilliant white. |所有的房间被粉刷成明亮的白色。

||||He flashed a brilliant smile at me. |他冲我灿烂一笑。

|@|<3>arrange|v.|plan the details of a future event |准备；安排

||||I've arranged that one of my classmates will meet you at the airport. |我已作了安排，由我的一位同学将去机场接你。

||||Please arrange for a taxi to collect us after the meeting. |请安排一辆出租车在会议结束后来接我们。

|||vt.|put a group of people or things in a particular position or order |排列；布置

||||arrange flowers |插花

||||The teacher arranged the students in groups according to their interest. |老师按兴趣将学生分组。

||<4>eve|n.|[C] the day or evening before a certain event |前夕；前一天

||||Mr. Hurd was speaking to Arab reporters in London on the eve of his visits to Jordan and Saudi Arabia. |赫德先生在访问约旦和沙特阿拉伯前夕，向在伦敦的阿拉伯记者们发表了讲话。

||||Are you doing anything exciting on New Year's Eve? |除夕之夜你有什么有意思的安排吗？

||<5>cube|vt.|cut food into cube-shaped pieces |切成方块

||||cube the potatoes |把土豆切成丁状

||||You'd better cube the meat. |你最好把肉切成小方块儿。

|||n.|[C] a solid object with six square sides |立方体

||||Cut the meat into small cubes. |把肉切成小方块

||||The ice cubes in the bottom of her glass made a ringing sound as she drank. |喝酒时，她杯子底部的冰块叮当作响。

|★|<6>garlic|n.|[U] |蒜，大蒜

||||garlic bread |蒜味面包

||||a garlic press |榨蒜汁机

||<7>slice|vt.|cut into thin flat pieces |切成薄片

||||Could you slice me a very thin piece of cake? |你能为我切一片很薄的蛋糕吗？

||||He sliced the top off his finger while he was cutting vegetables. |他切蔬菜时不小心削了手指尖。

|||n.|[C] a flat thin piece of food that has been cut from a large piece |片

||||a slice of bread |一片面包

||||Would you like another slice of beef? |你还要一片牛肉吗？

||<8>ingredient|n.|1. [C] one of the foods that is used to make a particular dish |（食品的）成分，配料

||||The list of ingredients included 500g of sugar and 200ml of cream. |配料单上列出的成份包括500克糖和200毫升奶油。

||||Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. |把所有配料在碗里搅拌好。

||||2. [C] a quality one needs to achieve sth. |因素；要素

||||the ingredients of one's character |构成某人性格的种种要素

||||Trust is a key ingredient in a successful marriage. |信任是成功婚姻的关键要素。

||<9>chop|vt.|cut sth. into small pieces |切；剁碎

||||Mac would help his mother chop some firewood before she made the meals. |母亲做饭前，马克总要帮母亲劈点木柴。

||||Spread some chopped onions over the fish before it's served. |上菜之前，先在鱼上撒点剁碎的洋葱。

||<10>purple|a.| |紫色的

||||a purple flower |紫色的花朵

||||He went purple with anger. |他气得脸色发紫。

|||n.|[U] |紫色

||||She wore a dress of dark purple. |她穿了一件深紫色的连衣裙。

||||The evening sky was full of purples and reds. |傍晚的天空全是一片紫红。

|@|<11>concerning|prep.|about or relating to sb. or sth. |关于

||||a letter concerning your complaints |一封与你的投诉有关的信

||||If you have any information concerning the recent event at the station, please contact the police. |如果你了解任何与最近车站所发生的事情有关的情况，请与警方联系。

||<12>toe|n.|[C] |脚趾

||||It looks like you've broken your toe. |看上去你好像是摔断了脚趾头。

||||If you can feel your toes at the end of the shoe you probably need the next size up. |如果你感到脚趾头顶着了鞋子，你可能需要换一双大一号的鞋。

|@|<13>anticipate|vt.|think that sth. will happen and be ready for it |预料；预计

||||Do you anticipate meeting any trouble? |你预料会遇到什么困难吗？

||||I anticipate great pleasure from my visit to Paris. |我想我的巴黎之行会很愉快。

|@|<14>criticism|n.|[C, U] the words not in favor of sb. or sth. |批评；指责

||||He can't take criticism; he just stops listening and starts shouting. |他接受不了别人的批评；对别人的批评不但不听，还大声嚷嚷。

||||I have a few criticisms to make about your speech. |对你的讲话我有些不同的看法。

||<15>curl|n.|[C] |卷发；卷曲物

||||Her hair fell in curls over her shoulders. |她的头发卷曲着一直垂到肩上。

||||Curls of smoke were rising from the chimney. |缕缕青烟从烟囱中升起。

||<16>curly|a.|having lots of curls |卷曲的

||||curly leaves |卷曲的叶子

||||My hair is by nature curly and thick. |我的头发天生又卷又密。

||<17>splash|n.|[C] |有色斑点

||||Add a red scarf to give a splash of color. |加条红围巾，添点亮色。

||||The little girl in her flowery dress provides the only splash of color in the picture. |穿着花裙子的小女孩给照片增添了唯一的一点色彩。

|&|<18>freckle|n.|[C] |雀斑；斑点

||||He has red hair, green eyes and a face full of freckles 1. |他长着红头发、绿眼睛和一张满是雀斑的脸。

||||The light from the sun causes freckles to darken and new ones to appear. |太阳光会使雀斑颜色变深并长出新的雀斑来。

||<19>compact|a.|1. small, but solid and strong |结实的

||||a compact body |结实的身体

||||a compact build |结实的身材

||||2. packed together closely and neatly 2 |紧凑的

||||compact disc (CD) |激光唱片

||||What a compact office! How did you fit so much into so little space? |多紧凑的办公室啊！你们是如何把这么多东西放进这么小的房间的？

||<20>　<em>compactly</em> |ad. |in a compact manner |结实地；密实地

||||The car was compactly built. |这辆车造得精巧牢固。

||||He packed all his camping equipment compactly into one bag. |他把所有的宿营用品都严严实实地塞在一只包里。

||<21>　<em>forgettable　<em>|a.|that can be forgotten easily |容易被忘记的

||||He's an ordinary man and easily forgettable. |这是个普通男人，容易被人忘记。

||||It's a forgettable movie; it's hard to believe that people are swarming 3 into cinemas to see it. |这时一部看了就忘的电影，很难想象人们还蜂拥进电影院去看。

||<22>bubble|vi.|form thin balls of air or gas in liquid |冒泡

||||Is the water bubbling yet? |水烧开了吗？

||||We could hear the soup beginning to bubble. |我们能听见汤开始冒泡的声音。

|||n.|[C] a ball of air |气泡；泡沫

||||As water begins to boil, bubbles rise ever faster to the surface. |水开始沸腾时，气泡会更快地升向水面。

||||Rosie was out in the garden blowing bubbles. |罗西在花园里吹泡泡玩。

||<23>bump|n.|1. [C] an area of skin that is raised because one has hit it on sth. |肿块；突起

||||goose bumps |鸡皮疙瘩

||||Her bicycle hit a bump in the road and threw her off. |她的自行车撞上了路中的突起处，把她摔了下来。

||||2. [C] a blow or hit |碰撞；猛撞

||||She got a bump on her head when she fell down, but luckily she wasn't hurt. |她摔倒时头被撞了一下，所幸没有受伤。

||||We heard a bump from the next room. |我们听见从隔壁房间传来东西碰撞的声音。

|||v.|hit with force, esp. accidentally |碰撞

||||She bumped into his dinner table, knocking the food onto his lap. |她碰上了他的餐桌, 把食物撞翻到了他的腿上。

||||We bumped into Kate as we were rushing around the corner.  |我们在匆忙跑过转角处时与凯特撞个满怀。

|@|<24>compel|vt.|make sb. do sth.; force |强迫，迫使

||||We cannot compel you to do it, but we think you should. |我们不能强迫你做这件事，可是我们认为你应该做。

||||The rain compelled us to stay indoors. |大雨迫使我们呆在屋里。

|@|<25>behalf|n.|[U] (on sb.'s ~ or <em>on</em> ~ of sb.) instead of sb., or as their representative |代表某人；代替某人

||||On behalf of my husband and myself I thank you. |我代表我的丈夫和我本人向您表示感谢。

||||Ken is not present, so I shall accept the prize on his behalf. |肯没出席，所以我将代表他领奖。

||<26>　<em>heatedly</em>|ad.|with strong, excited, and often angry feelings |热烈地；激烈地

||||We used to stay up all night, drinking wine and arguing heatedly about politics. |我们常常彻夜不眠，一边喝酒，一边热烈地谈论政治。

||||She heatedly stormed into the room to confront her husband's lover. |她怒冲冲地冲进房间去质问丈夫的情人。

|@|<27>innocent|a.|1. done or said without intending to harm or offend anyone |无恶意的

||||It was an innocent question. Why get so worked up about it?  |这个问题毫无冒犯之意，你为什么要这么激动？

||||It was an innocent remark; I didn't mean to hurt his feelings.  |这话没有恶意；我并没有想伤害他的感情。

||||2. not guilty of a crime |无罪的；无辜的

||||A man should be supposed innocent of crime until he is found guilty. |一个人在被证明有罪之前应被认为是无罪的。

||||They have put an innocent man in prison. |他们把一个无辜的人投进了监狱。

||<28>innocently|ad.|in an innocent manner |无恶意地

||||"Have I done anything wrong?" she asked innocently. |“我做错什么了吗？” 她一脸无辜地问道。

||||He made the criticism innocently. |他作出这样的批评并无恶意。

||<29>dialect|n.|[C, U] a special form of language which is peculiar 4 to a certain region or social group |方言，土语

||||A rich variety of dialects still exist throughout the country. |全国各地仍然存在着各种各样的方言。

||||The novel was written in northern dialect. |这部小说是以北方方言写成的。

|&|<30>pox|n.|[U] |痘，痘疮

||||chicken-pox |水痘

||||smallpox |天花

|@|<31>criticize|vt.|(BrE criticise) |

||||1. point out the mistakes of sb. or sth. |批评；批判

||||She was criticized by name for her lack of leadership. |她因领导不力而受到了点名批评。

||||The report strongly criticizes the police for failing to deal with this problem. |报道对警方未能解决这个问题进行了强烈指责。

||||2. form and express a judgment 5 on a work of art, literature, etc. |评论

||||He taught students how to criticize the films. |他教学生如何进行电影评论。

||||We're a group of artists who meet to discuss things and criticize each other's work. |我们是一群聚在一起讨论问题、评论相互作品的艺术家。

||<32>clue|n.|[C] information that helps sb. understand the reasons why sth. happens |线索；提示

||||Police are still looking for clues in their search for the missing girl. |警方仍在寻找线索以便找到失踪的女孩。

||||I'm never going to guess the answer if you don't give me a clue. |如果你不给我一点提示，我绝对猜不到答案。

||<33>　<em>salty</em>|a.|tasting of or containing salt |咸的；盐的

||||He cut two thick slices of bread and spread yellow, salty butter over each one. |他切了两片面包，涂上了黄色的咸味奶油。

||||Don't feed your friends salty biscuits, because they don't like them. |不要给你朋友吃盐味饼干，他们不喜欢。

||<34>cue|n.|[C] a signal for sb. to do sth. |暗示；信号

||||They started washing up, so that was our cue to leave the party. |他们开始洗刷碗碟，这就暗示我们该离开晚会了。

||||The rise in interest rates may be a cue for the cooling down of the stock market. |利息上涨可能暗示着股市将要冷却下来。

||<35>proclaim|vt.|say publicly that sth. is true or exists |宣布；声称

||||The ringing bells proclaimed the birth of the prince. |响亮的钟声宣告了王子的诞生。

||||A national holiday was proclaimed. |宣布了一个国定假日。

||<36>diplomatic|a.|1. skillful in dealing 6 with people |有交际手段的；圆滑的

||||Ask him nicely; be diplomatic. |好好问他，要注意方式。

||||They have to be more diplomatic in public speeches. |他们在公开讲话时必须更加谨慎。

||||2. relating to the work of diplomats 7 |外交的

||||The two leaders have been involved in lengthy 8 diplomatic discussions. |两位领导人陷入了旷日持久的外交谈判中。

||||Britain threatened to break off diplomatic relations. |英国威胁说要断绝外交关系。

|&|<37>soy|n.|[U] |大豆

||||soy milk |豆奶

||<38>sauce|n.|[U]|调味汁，佐料

||||What sauces go best with fish? |烧鱼用什么佐料最好？

||<39>　<em>soy sauce</em> | ||酱油

||<40>china|n. |[U] |瓷器

||||a china vase |瓷花瓶

||||The best china was only taken out when guests came to dinner. |最好的陶瓷餐具只在有客人来吃饭时才拿出来。

|@|<41>somehow|ad.|1. in some way; by some means |以某种方法；不知怎么的

||||We must stop him from seeing her somehow. |我们得设法阻止他看到她。

||||It won't be easy, but we'll get across the river somehow. |这将不是件简单的事情，但我们能想办法过河去。

||||2. for a reason that is unknown |由于某种未知的原因

||||Somehow the dog had escaped. |不知为什么，那狗跑了。

||||I always knew I'd get the job, somehow. |说不出什么道理，我总觉得我会得到那份工作。

|@|<42>miserable|a.|very unhappy or uncomfortable |痛苦的；悲惨的

||||They were living in miserable conditions. |他们生活得很悲惨。

||||She's been so miserable since her son died. |自她儿子死后，她一直都那么痛苦。

||<43>　<em>miserably 10</em> |ad.|in a miserable way |痛苦地；悲惨地

||||It's been miserably wet all week. |整个星期都在下雨，真让人受不了。

||||We failed miserably to agree. |很糟糕，我们未能达成一致意见。

|@|<44>modest|a.|1. (of a person) not liking 11 to talk about their abilities, achievements, success, etc. |谦虚的，虚心的

||||The young man is very modest about his success. |这个年轻人对自己的成功表现得很谦虚。

||||Really great men are modest. |真正的伟人都很谦虚。

||||2. not large in amount, size, etc. |适中的，适度的

||||His needs are quite modest. |他的需求一点不过分。

||||There has been a modest development in housing conditions for the poor. |穷人的住房条件有了一些改善。

||<45>　<em>modestly</em>|ad. |in a modest way |谦虚地，虚心地；适中地，适度地

||||"I'd never have won the prize without the help of my two assistants," she said modestly. |她谦逊地说：“如果没有两名助手的帮助，我决不可能获得这个奖。”

||||At just $9, the radio is modestly priced. |只卖9美元，这收音机价格合理。

|&|<46>A-OK|ad.|(colloq.) very good |极好；棒极了

||||Everything is going A-OK thanks to his help. |由于他的帮助，一切都进展得很顺利。

||||James read quite A-OK for his age. |詹姆士就他的年龄来说读得棒极了。

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||<47>come up with |find an answer, a solution, etc. |想出，提出（答案、解决方法等）

|||She came up with a new idea for increasing sales. |她想出了一个增加销售量的新主意。

|||I hope you can come up with a better plan than that. |我希望你能想出一个比这个更好的方案来。

||<48>win over|gain sb.'s support or favor |说服；把...争取过来

|||She's against the idea, but I'm sure I can win her over. |她反对这个主意，但是我确信我能说服她。

|||They've won over a lot of villagers since she's been leader of the party. |自她成为这个党的领导者之后，已经赢得了众多乡村居民的支持。

||<49>from head to toe |over the whole of one's body |从头到脚；浑身上下

|||The children were covered in mud from head to toe. |孩子们浑身上下都是泥。

|||The policeman observed me from head to toe as though I were a thief. |警察上上下下地打量我，似乎我是个小偷。

||<50>on the short/fat/thin, etc. side |slightly short/ fat/thin, etc. |有点矮（胖、瘦等）

|||Your clothes are on the long side for your younger brother. |你弟弟穿你的衣服都有点长了。

|||That girl is tall and beautiful, but she is a bit on the fat side to be a model. |那个女孩儿又高又漂亮，但当模特儿还是稍微胖了点儿。

||<51>think of|have a particular opinion about sb. or sth. |有...看法

|||Mary doesn't think much of Jane's new boyfriend. |玛丽认为简新交的男朋友不怎么样。

|||What do you think of the government's latest action? |你对政府近来采取的措施怎么看？

||<52>put (sb.) to bed |make (sb.) go to bed |安置（某人）睡觉

|||It's time to put the children to bed. |该让孩子们去睡觉了。

|||I always put the children to bed at 7:00 p.m. |我总是在晚上7点让孩子们上床睡觉。

||<53>hit it off|enjoy good relations; like each other |相处得很好；一见如故

|||Do you hit it off with your husband's mother? |你和你婆婆合得来吗？

|||I didn't really hit it off with his friends. |我和他的朋友并不很合得来。

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||<54>Rich       | |里奇 (人名)

||<55>Vincent          | |文森特 (人名)

||<56>Lisa Lum      | |莉萨·卢姆 (人名)

||<57>Shoshana         | |肖莎娜 (人名)