赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit24

 　　threat

　　n.威胁,恐吓；恶兆，兆头

　　Poverty is a threat to society.

　　贫困对社会是一种威胁。

　　Global warming is posing a threat to human survival.

　　全球升温对人类的生存正构成威胁。

　　The dark clouds are a threat of a heavy rain.

　　这些乌云是大雨将至的前兆。

　　threaten

　　vt.威胁…；有……的前兆

　　Todd threatened his wife with divorce.

　　陶德以离婚威胁他老婆。

　　These clouds threaten rain.

　　这些云是下雨的前兆。

　　conversation

　　n.(两人以上的）对话

　　You can strike up a conversation with people by talking about the weather.

　　你可以从谈论天气与人打开话题。

　　dialogue

　　n.(两人的）对话

　　Simply reading the dialogue is not enough. You should act it out.

　　你可以从谈论天气与人打开话题。

　　typical

　　a.典型的；特有的

　　It was a typical summer morning.

　　那是个典型的夏日早晨。

　　This weather is typical of the Mediterranean¹ climate.

　　这种天气是典型的地中海型气候。

　　chain

　　n.链子；连锁店 vt.用铁链锁住

　　Bill wears a gold chain around his neck.

　　比尔的脖子上挂了条金链子。

　　The ice cream parlor² around the corner is part of a 10-location chain in this city.

　　转角附近的那家冰淇淋店是本市某个有10家店面的连锁店其中的一家。

　　Jim is a chain smoker³. He smokes one cigarette right after another.

　　吉姆是个瘾君子。他烟一根接着一根抽。

　　The dog is chained to the tree.

　　狗被用链子拴在那棵树。

　　heaven

　　n.天堂（不与 the 并用)

　　Good people will go to heaven after they die.

　　好人死后会到天堂去。

　　Heaven's vengeance⁴ is slow but sure.

　　天网恢恢，疏而不漏。——谚语

　　paradise

　　n.天堂（=heaven)；乐园

　　They say Singapore is a shopping paradise.

　　据说新加坡是个购物天堂。

　　hell

　　n.地狱（不与the并用）

　　Bad people go to hell after they die.

　　坏人死后会下地狱。

1 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

2 parlor   

n.店铺，营业室；会客室，客厅

参考例句：

• She was lying on a small settee in the parlor.她躺在客厅的一张小长椅上。
• Is there a pizza parlor in the neighborhood?附近有没有比萨店？

3 smoker   

n.吸烟者，吸烟车厢，吸烟室

参考例句：

• His wife dislikes him to be a smoker.他妻子不喜欢他当烟民。
• He is a moderate smoker.他是一个有节制的烟民。

4 vengeance   

n.报复，报仇，复仇

参考例句：

• He swore vengeance against the men who murdered his father.他发誓要向那些杀害他父亲的人报仇。
• For years he brooded vengeance.多年来他一直在盘算报仇。