英语听力：新概念英语第四册单词MP3 Lesson 17
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：新概念英语第四册单词MP3
英语课
abandon n. 放任，纵情
Antipodes n. 新西兰和澳大利亚（英）
bequeath v. 把...传给
burrow 1 v. 挖、掘
carrier n. 带菌者
confine n. 范围
devastation 2 n. 破坏，劫掠
domesticate 3 v. 驯养
drastically ad. 大幅度地
enterprising adj. 有事业心的
epidemic 4 n. 流行病
exterminate 5 v. 消灭
fatal a. 致命的
get rid of 摆脱，去掉
infect v. 传染
ironically adv. 具有讽刺意味地
let loose 放出
mosquito n. 蚊虫
multiply vi. 繁殖，乘（成倍）
myxomatosis n. 多发性粘液瘤
overrun v. 蔓延，泛滥
pest n. 害虫，有害动物
pestilence 6 n. 瘟疫
promiscuous 7 adj. 杂乱的
Settlement n. 新拓居地
settler n. 移居者
susceptible 8 adj. 易受感染的
virus n. 病毒
1 burrow
vt.挖掘(洞穴)；钻进；vi.挖洞；翻寻；n.地洞
- Earthworms burrow deep into the subsoil.蚯蚓深深地钻进底土。
- The dog had chased a rabbit into its burrow.狗把兔子追进了洞穴。
2 devastation
n.毁坏；荒废；极度震惊或悲伤
- The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
- There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 domesticate
vt.驯养；使归化，使专注于家务
- Many thousand years ago people learned how to domesticate animals.数千年以前人们就学会了饲养动物。
- If you domesticate this raccoon,it will have trouble living in the wild.如果你驯养这只浣熊，它生活在野外将会有困难。
4 epidemic
n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的
- That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
- The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。
5 exterminate
v.扑灭，消灭，根绝
- Some people exterminate garden insects by spraying poison on the plants.有些人在植物上喷撒毒剂以杀死花园内的昆虫。
- Woodpeckers can exterminate insect pests hiding in trees.啄木鸟能消灭躲在树里的害虫。
6 pestilence
n.瘟疫
- They were crazed by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter.他们因那年严冬的饥饿与瘟疫而折磨得发狂。
- A pestilence was raging in that area. 瘟疫正在那一地区流行。
7 promiscuous
adj.杂乱的，随便的
- They were taking a promiscuous stroll when it began to rain.他们正在那漫无目的地散步，突然下起雨来。
- Alec know that she was promiscuous and superficial.亚历克知道她是乱七八糟和浅薄的。
8 susceptible
adj.过敏的，敏感的；易动感情的，易受感动的
- Children are more susceptible than adults.孩子比成人易受感动。
- We are all susceptible to advertising.我们都易受广告的影响。