胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇156添加文本
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：胡敏托福词汇记单词
LESSON 156 A DYED-IN-THE-WOOL NONCONFORMIST
Alastair Greaves was a man of highly nontraditional and nonconformist views. He did not even pay nominal 1 regard to society’s norms. What was normal to others most of the time was nothing but bother to him. Frankly 2, he considered himself to be a notch 3 above the rest, and he was notable, if not to say notorious, for his aloofness 4, to say the very least. Even when he was sick, he would disdain 5 his doctor’s advice, preferring instead of rely on some nostrum 6 his grandmother had told him about, which he considered both healthful and nourishing.
Nonetheless, there were people who liked him, perhaps because they admired his sense of freedom. A group of them got together one day and decide to nominate him for some high civic 7 office. When they approached him and requested him to be their nominee 8, he curtly 9 rejected their offer: “I have no intention of ever becoming some kind of notable, and notably 10 not in this city.
At that time, Alastair had already decided 11 to get away from it all and lead a nomadic 12 life. He was filled motto. He was sure he would find plenty of nourishment 13 in the fields and forests, nourish himself on the goodness of berries and wild honey, in other words. He was fond of notating himself as a latter-day Jean-Jacques Rousseau, preferring to live in Mother Nature’s arms, working on a new notation 14 of an oratorio 15 he had written, to dwelling 16 in a civilized 17 place with hot and cold running water.
WORDS:
nomadic adj. 游牧的，流浪的
nominal adj. 名义上的，有名无实的
nominate vt. 提名；任命
nominee n. 被提名的人，被任命者
nonconformist adj. 不遵照传统生活的人
nonetheless adv. 虽然如此，但是
nontraditional adv. 不遵照传统生活的，反传统的
norm n. 标准
normal adj. 正常的；标准的
nostalgia 18 n. 思家的，怀旧
nostrum n.秘方药，万灵丹
notable adj. 著名的，显要的
notably adv. 显著地，特别地
notate vt. 以符号表示，把…写成记号
notation n.符号
notch n. 刻痕；水平；等级
nourish vt. 养育，滋养
nourishing adj. 有营养的，滋养的
nourishment n. 营养品
- The king was only the nominal head of the state. 国王只是这个国家名义上的元首。
- The charge of the box lunch was nominal.午餐盒饭收费很少。
- To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
- Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。
- The peanuts they grow are top-notch.他们种的花生是拔尖的。
- He cut a notch in the stick with a sharp knife.他用利刃在棒上刻了一个凹痕。
- Why should I have treated him with such sharp aloofness? 但我为什么要给人一些严厉，一些端庄呢？ 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
- He had an air of haughty aloofness. 他有一种高傲的神情。 来自辞典例句
- Some people disdain labour.有些人轻视劳动。
- A great man should disdain flatterers.伟大的人物应鄙视献媚者。
- He told the patient that he had a nostrum.他告诉病人他有秘方。
- Photography studio provide you with a few small nostrum you must use.为您提供一些小妙策你一定用的着。
- I feel it is my civic duty to vote.我认为投票选举是我作为公民的义务。
- The civic leaders helped to forward the project.市政府领导者协助促进工程的进展。
- His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
- Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。
- He nodded curtly and walked away. 他匆忙点了一下头就走了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The request was curtly refused. 这个请求被毫不客气地拒绝了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Many students were absent,notably the monitor.许多学生缺席，特别是连班长也没来。
- A notably short,silver-haired man,he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.他个子明显较为矮小，一头银发，每周都会和他的员工一起打几次篮球。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- This tribe still live a nomadic life.这个民族仍然过着游牧生活。
- The plowing culture and the nomadic culture are two traditional principal cultures in China.农耕文化与游牧文化是我国传统的两大主体文化。
- Lack of proper nourishment reduces their power to resist disease.营养不良降低了他们抵抗疾病的能力。
- He ventured that plants draw part of their nourishment from the air.他大胆提出植物从空气中吸收部分养分的观点。
- Music has a special system of notation.音乐有一套特殊的标记法。
- We shall find it convenient to adopt the following notation.采用下面的记号是方便的。
- It's the world's most popular oratorio.这是世界上最流行的清唱剧。
- The Glee Club decided to present an oratorio during their recital.高兴俱乐部的决定提出的清唱剧在其演奏。
- Those two men are dwelling with us.那两个人跟我们住在一起。
- He occupies a three-story dwelling place on the Park Street.他在派克街上有一幢3层楼的寓所。
- Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society. 文明社会憎恶种族主义。
- rising crime in our so-called civilized societies 在我们所谓文明社会中日益增多的犯罪行为