新视野大学英语读写教程词汇 第四册 Unit 2a

　　|<1>ankle    |n.    |[C] the part which connects the foot to the leg |踝；踝关节

　　| |   | |I fell over and twisted my ankle. |我摔倒了，扭伤了脚踝

　　| |   | |He hurt his right ankle while competing in the broad jump. |他跳远比赛时伤了右踝

　　|     |<2>comic    |a.  |causing laughter; funny |喜剧的；滑稽的

　　| |   | |The speech is rich in comic sensitivity. |这演讲很富有喜剧性。

　　| |   | |The book handles the delicate subject with a light comic touch. |这本书用一种轻松、喜剧的笔法处理这棘手的问题。

　　|    |          |n.  |[C] a comedian |喜剧演员

　　| |   | |Before she became a film actor, she was a comic. |她在成为电影演员前是一名喜剧演员。

　　|   |<3>rag      |n.   |1. (usu. pl.) old torn clothes |破旧的衣服

　　| |   | |The poor child was dressed in rags. |那可怜的孩子衣衫褴褛。

　　| |   | |Standing before him were men, women, and small children, some dressed in rags. |站在他面前的有男人、妇女和儿童，有些人穿得破破烂烂。

　　|    |          |    |2. [C, U] a torn piece of old cloth |破布；碎布

　　| |   | |I keep these rags for cleaning the car. |我把这些破布留着擦车用。

　　| |   | |I used a piece of rag to dust the furniture. |我用一块抹布擦拭家具上的灰尘。

　　|@  |<4>applause  |n.  |[U] the sound made by people applauding a performance, speech, etc. |鼓掌；掌声

　　| |   | |His speech met with loud applause. |他的讲话赢得了热烈的掌声。

　　| |   | |The President was welcomed at the airport with loud applause. |总统在机场受到了热烈的鼓掌欢迎。

　　|   |<5>comedy  |n.  |[C, U] a film, play, etc. that is intended to entertain people or make them laugh |喜剧

　　| |   | |A lot of Shakespeare's plays are comedies. |莎士比亚的许多戏剧是喜剧。

　　| |   | |His latest film is described as a "romantic comedy". |他最新的一部电影被描绘为一部“浪漫的喜剧”。

　　|    |<6>scout     |n.    |1. [C] sb. whose job is to look for people with particular skills, esp. in sport or entertainment |物色新秀者；星探

　　| |   | |He was spotted by a scout at the age of 13. |他在13岁那年就被猎头给盯上了。

　　| |   | |The scout spotted him when he was playing for his school football team. |猎头在他为校足球队踢球时就盯上了他。

　　|    |          |     |2. [C] a soldier sent out to get information about the enemy |侦察兵

　　| |   | |The scout reported that there was trouble on the road ahead. |侦察员报告说前面路上有麻烦。

　　| |   | |He sent four scouts ahead to take a look at the bridge. |他派了四名侦察兵到前面去察看那座大桥的情况。

　　|    |<7>crude    |a.　  |1. rude and offensive |粗鲁的；粗俗的

　　| |   | |upset some of the guests. |他很担心儿子粗鲁的言语可能会使一些客人不高兴。

　　| |   | |He made a crude joke at the meeting. |他在会上说了一个粗俗的笑话。

　　|    |          |     |2. simple and not skillfully done or made |粗制的；粗陋的

　　| |   | |crude furniture |粗制家具

　　| |   | |He showed us a crude sketch of the building. |他给我们看了一张那建筑物粗略的草图。

　　|    |          |    |3. in the natural state; not reined |天然的；未加工的

　　| |   | |crude rubber |天然橡胶

　　| |   | |It is reported that a thousand tons of crude oil has spilled into the sea. |据报道有一千吨原油溢入大海。

　　|   |<8>clap      |v.  |applaud |鼓掌；拍手

　　| |   | |The audience clapped and cheered when she appeared. |当她出现时，观众鼓掌欢呼了起来。

　　| |   | |The audience clapped his performance. |观众为他的表演鼓掌。

　　| |   | |The audience clapped in time to the music. |观众和着乐曲的节奏拍手。

　　|    |<9>revolt  |vi.   |refuse to accept sb.'s authority or obey rules, laws, etc. |反抗；不服从

　　| |   | |The people revolted against the military government. |人民反抗军政府。

　　| |   | |The people in the north have revolted against the foreign rule and established their own government. |北方的人们为反对外国统治而造反，并建立了自己的政府。

　　|    |<10>heel   |n.  |1. [C] the raised part of a shoe underneath the back of the foot |鞋跟

　　| |   | |There is a hole in the heel of one of your socks. |你的一只袜子的后跟破了一个洞。

　　| |   | |She wore brown leather shoes with pointed toes and high heels. |她穿了一双尖头高跟的棕色皮鞋。

　　|    |          |    |2. [C] the back part of the foot |脚后跟

　　| |   | |I got a sore heel. |我一只脚后跟痛。

　　| |   | |One of his heels had got blistered on the walk. |步行时他一只脚后跟起泡了。

　　|    |<11>moustache  |n.   |[C] (also mustache) hair growing on a man's upper lip |小胡子

　　| |   | |His grey hair and moustache were neatly trimmed. |他灰白的头发和八字须修剪得很整洁。

　　| |   | |He had moustache. |他留着小胡子。

　　|@   |<12>coarse   |a.  |1. rude and offensive |粗鲁的；粗俗的

　　| |   | |He's never made any coarse joke. |他从来不开粗俗的玩笑。

　　| |   | |He was a coarse man whose manner made him unpopular with some people. |他举止粗鲁，因而不受一些人的欢迎。

　　|    |          |    |2. rough and not smooth |粗糙的

　　| |   | |coarse cloth |粗布

　　| |   | |The sand was so coarse that it was quite painful to walk on. |沙子非常粗糙，走在上面很痛。

　　|   |<13>nationality|n.  |1. [C, U] the legal status of belonging to a particular country |国籍

　　| |   | |Fill in your name, address and nationality on the form. |在表上填写你的姓名、地址和国籍。

　　| |   | |He's applied for Chinese nationality. |他已申请了中国国籍。

　　|    |              |    |2. [C] a large group of people with the same race, language, culture, etc.  |民族

　　| |   | |There are many minority nationalities in China. |中国有很多少数民族。

　　| |   | |At this school they have pupils of 20 different nationalities. |这所学校有来自20个不同民族的学生。

　　|@  |<14>postpone |vt.   |delay sth. to a later date or time |推迟，延迟

　　| |   | |They decided to postpone their holiday until the autumn. |他们决定将假期推迟到秋天。

　　| |   | |We've had to postpone going to France because Tom's got an interview for a job that week. |我们已不得不延期去法国，因为汤姆那周有个求职面试。

　　|    |<15>nonsense|n.  |1. [U] speech or writing that has no meaning or cannot be understood |无意义的话或文字

　　| |   | |She left out three words when she copied the sentence and the result was nonsense. |她抄这个句子时漏了三个词，结果使得这句话毫无意义。

　　| |   | |Most of the translation he did was complete nonsense. |他翻译的东西绝大部分都完全是不成意思的话语。

　　|    |          |    |2. [U] ideas, opinions, statements, etc. that are untrue or stupid |荒谬的想法、观点、说法

　　| |   | |Don't talk nonsense! |不要胡说八道！

　　| |   | |He wrote a lot of nonsense. |他写了一大堆废话。

　　|    |<16>doubtful|a.   |1. probably not true or not likely to happen |难以预料的，未定的

　　| |   | |It is doubtful whether they ever reached the summit before they died. |他们不大可能在去世前登上山顶。

　　| |   | |It was doubtful that the money would ever be found again. |钱是否能失而复得，实在令人怀疑。

　　|    |          |    |2. having doubts about sth. |有疑问的，感到怀疑的

　　| |   | |She looked rather doubtful. |她看上去很疑惑。

　　| |   | |I feel doubtful about whether to go or not. |去还是不去我拿不定主意。

　　|@   |<17>immense  |a.  |extremely large in size or degree |巨大的；无限的

　　| |   | |an immense amount of time |大量的时间

　　| |   | |immense importance |非常重要

　　| |   | |The square is dominated by an immense statue of the President. |一尊总统的巨大塑像高耸在广场上。

　　|   |<18>　<em>immensely</em> |ad. |to a very great extent; extremely |非常，很

　　| |   | |He is immensely interested in paintings. |他对绘画非常感兴趣。

　　|@  |<19>extraordinary  |a.  |very unusual or surprising |不寻常的；令人惊奇的

　　| |   | |extraordinary weather |反常的天气

　　| |   | |extraordinary beauty |出众的美丽

　　| |   | |He told the extraordinary story of his escape. |他讲述了他那不寻常的逃跑经历。

　　|   |<20>rouse   |vt.   |produce a particular feeling or attitude |激起；激发

　　| |   | |Her remarks roused his anger. |她的一些话引起了他的愤怒。

　　| |   | |What first roused your suspicions? |最初是什么引起你的怀疑的？

　　| |   | |The speaker attempted to rouse the crowd with a cry for action. |演讲者试图通过呼吁行动来激奋人群。

　　|    |<21>script  |n.   |[C] the written form of a speech, play, film, etc. |底稿；讲稿；剧本

　　| |   | |a broadcast/radio script |广播原稿

　　| |   | |a film script |电影剧本

　　|    |<22>pepper   |n.   |1. [U] |胡椒粉；辣椒粉

　　| |   | |Would you please pass the salt and pepper? |能帮我递一下盐和胡椒粉吗？

　　|    |          |    |2. [C] |辣椒

　　| |   | |a red/green pepper |一只红/绿辣椒

　　|    |<23>execute  |vt. |1. do or perform sth., esp. in a planned way |实施；执行；履行

　　| |   | |The plan was good but was poorly executed. |计划很好，但执行得很糟糕。

　　| |   | |Now that we have made the decision, we may execute the scheme as previously agreed. |既然我们已经做了决定，我们就可以实行既定方案了。

　　|    |          |    |2. kill sb. as a legal punishment |将...处死

　　| |   | |She was executed for murder. |她因谋杀罪被处死。

　　| |   | |It now seems certain that the prisoner will be executed tomorrow. |现在看来，犯人明天肯定将被处死。

　　|@   |<24>betray   |vt. |not be loyal to one's country or a person |背叛；出卖

　　| |   | |He was accused of betraying his country during the war. |他被指控在战争中背叛祖国。

　　| |   | |She felt cheated and betrayed. |她感到受骗和被出卖了。

　　|    |<25>collision  |n.  |1. [C, U] a strong disagreement or conlict |冲突

　　| |   | |There was a collision of interest between the two organizations. |这两个组织间存在利益冲突。

　　| |   | |In his work we see the collision of two different traditions. |在他的作品中我们看到了两种传统的冲突。

　　|    |            |    |2.  [C, U] an accident  in which a person or vehicle strikes against another violently |碰撞（事件）

　　| |   | |The cyclist was in collision with a bus. |这位骑自行车的人与一辆公共汽车相撞了。

　　| |   | |Two cars came into collision at the traffic lights. |两辆汽车在红绿灯前撞在一起。

　　|     |<26>sunset   |n.    |[U] the time when the sun goes down and night begins |日落（时分）；黄昏

　　| |   | |After sunset, the sky darkened quickly. |日落后，天色很快暗下来了。

　　| |   | |We sat on the beach watching the sunset. |我们坐在海滩上看日落。

　　|@    |<27>surround |vt.   |be all around sb. or sth. on every side |围绕；包围

　　| |   | |The country's economy is suffering from uncertainty surrounding the new government. |由于对新政府存在不确定因素，这个国家的经济正遭到损失。

　　| |   | |She sat at her desk, surrounded by books and papers. |她坐在书桌前，四周都是书和报纸。

　　|@    |<28>spark    |vt.   |make sth. happen |触发；引起

　　| |   | |This proposal will certainly spark another countrywide debate. |这项提议会在全国范围内引起一场争论。

　　| |   | |His comment sparked off a quarrel between them. |他的话引起他们之间的争吵。

　　|     |<29>Christmas  |n.    |[C, U] |圣诞节

　　| |   | |Christmas Eve |圣诞（前）夜

　　|     |<30>burial   |n.    |[C, U] the act or ceremony of putting a dead body into a grave |埋葬；葬礼

　　| |   | |Among the burial articles they found some evidence. |在埋葬品中他们发现了一些证据。

　　| |   | |They went back to Ireland for their uncle's burial. |他们回爱尔兰参加他们叔叔的葬礼。

　　|@    |<31>clumsy   |a.    |awkward in movement or manner |笨拙的；不灵活的

　　| |   | |be clumsy with one's hands |手指不灵活

　　| |   | |The keyboard is a large and clumsy instrument as far as portable computers are concerned. |就便携式电脑而言，这种键盘又大又笨拙。

　　|     |<32>cop      |n.    |[C] a police oficer |警察

　　| |   | |cops and robbers films |警匪片

　　| |   | |Frank didn't like having the cops know where to find him. |弗兰克不想让警察知道他在哪里。

　　|@    |<33>incident |n.    |[C] sth. that happens, esp. sth. that is unusual |事件

　　| |   | |Strange incidents happened successively. |奇怪的事情接二连三地发生。

　　| |   | |The spy scandal caused a diplomatic incident. |间谍丑闻引起了一起外交事件。

　　|     |<34>memorial |n.    |[C] sth., esp. a stone with writing on it, that is intended to remind people of sb. who has died |纪念物；纪念碑

　　| |   | |a memorial statue to a great statesman |一位伟大政治家的纪念雕像

　　| |   | |The church service is a memorial to those killed in the war. |教堂的礼拜仪式是为纪念死于战争中的人而举行的。

　　<TITLE>Phrases and Expressions</TITLE>

　　||<35>cut down   |reduce the size of sth. such as clothing, writing, etc. |改小；缩短

　　| |   |We need to cut the article down to 1,000 words. |我们需要把文章缩短到1,000字。

　　| |   |They want me to cut down my article so that it'll all fit onto one page. |他们要求我把文章缩短，这样能正好放在一页上。

　　||<36>for good|for ever |永久地

　　| |   |This time she's leaving for good. |这一次她将是永远地离开了。

　　| |   |The days of happiness had gone for good. |那些快乐的时光已经永远地过去了。

　　||<37>trip up|1. cause sb. fall by putting the foot in front of them when they are moving |绊，绊倒

　　| |   |Be careful you don't trip up on the step. |小心不要在台阶上绊倒。

　　| |   |He was tripped up by a passer-by. |他被一个过路的人绊倒了

　　||          |2. make a mistake, or force sb to make a mistake by tricking them |（使）出错

　　| |   |The witness was tripped up by his own lies. |这个证人因自己的谎言而出了错。

　　| |   |The hard math problem tripped up most of the students. |那道很难的数学题难倒了大部分学生。

　　||<38>make up  |invent a story, etc. in order to deceive sb. |虚构，捏造，编造

　　| |   |He made up some excuse about his daughter being sick. |他编造了借口，说他女儿生病了。

　　| |   |I told the kids a story, making it up as I went along. |我一边给孩子们讲故事，一边随着情节的发展编故事。

　　||<39>come down in the world|become poorer or less successful than used to be |落魄，潦倒；失势

　　| |   |He was once wealthy, but now he has come down in the world. |他过去很富有，但如今已经落魄了。

　　| |   |He has come down in the world since he started gambling. |他自开始赌博以来就变得穷困潦倒了。

　　||<40>to a degree |partly |有些；在某种程度上

　　| |   |I agree with you to a degree. |我一定程度上同意你的看法。

　　| |   |Most pop music is influenced, to a greater or lesser degree, by the blues. |大多数流行音乐都多少受到布鲁斯的影响。

　　||<41>go along|advance; move further with sth. |进行；前进

　　| |   |You may have difficulty with this book at first, but you'll find it much easier as you go along. |开始时你或许会觉得这本书难读，但过些时候你便会觉得容易得多。

　　| |   |Things are going along nicely. |事情进展很顺利。

　　||<42>find one's way into |arrive or get somewhere |到达；进入

　　| |   |Computers have found their way into most ordinary families. |计算机已经进入大部分普通家庭。

　　| |   |He eventually found his way into acting. |他终于进入了演艺界。

　　<TITLE>Proper Names</TITLE>

　　||<43>Charlie Chaplin | |查理·卓别林（1889-1977，英国电影艺术家、喜剧大师，1913年移居美国）

　　||<44>Dickens | |狄更斯（Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, 英国作家）

　　||<45>the Tramp | |电影《流浪汉》中的人物

　　||<46>Mack Sennett  | |麦克·塞纳特（1880-1960，美国电影演员、导演、制片人，创办启斯东电影公司，导演和监制大量喜剧短片，发现培养了卓别林等优秀演员）

　　||<47>　<em>Modern Times</em> | |《摩登时代》（电影名）

　　||<48>　<em>The Pawnbroker</em> | |《当铺老板》（电影名）

　　||<49>　<em>The Gold Rush</em> | |《淘金记》（电影名）

　　||<50>Monsieur Verdoux | |凡尔杜先生（同名电影中的主人公）

　　||<51>Oona O'Neill | |沃娜·奥尼尔 （人名）

　　||<52>Keystone Cops | |启斯东警察（1914-1920年间由美国启斯东影片公司拍的喜剧默片中经常出现的一队愚蠢而无能的警察）