赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit32

 　　creature

　　n.生物

　　Humans are creatures of habit.

　　人类是惯性动物。

　　creator

　　n.创造者

　　Walt Disney was the creator of Mickey Mouse.

　　华德迪士尼是创造米老鼠的人。

　　media

　　n.媒体（复数）

　　The political party accused the media of biased¹ attitudes.

　　该政党指控媒体的态度偏颇。

　　extreme

　　a.极度的 n.极端

　　You should handle the problem with extreme caution².

　　你应极为谨慎地来处理这个问题。

　　Work and play are both important. But in either case, do not go to extremes.

　　工作和玩乐都很重要,但两样都不能过头。

　　extremely

　　adv.极端地；非常地

　　I was extremely happy upon hearing the good news.

　　我一听到这个好消息便髙兴得不得了。

　　Street violence is an extremely common problem in big cities.

　　在各大城市,街头暴力是非常普遍的问题。

　　switch

　　n.(电源）开关 vt.扳动开关

　　It was pitch-dark in the basement, and I couldn't find the light switch.

　　地下室里一片漆黑，我根本找不到电灯开关。

　　Switch on the light, please. I can't see anything in here.

　　麻烦你开个灯。我在里面什么都看不到。

　　plenty

　　pron.充分（与 of 并用）

　　There are plenty of activities to do on the beach during the summertime.

　　夏天在海滩可做很多的活动。

　　accident

　　n.意外（尤指车祸）

　　David's back was seriously injured in a car accident.

　　大卫在一场车祸中背部受到重伤。

　　accidental³

　　a.意外的；突发的

　　I’m sorry, but the mistake was completely accidental.

　　很抱歉，这个错误完全是无心之过。

　　Police are investigating the accidental death of the millionaire.

　　警方正在调查这位百万富翁暴毙的原因。

　　wagon⁴

　　n.运货马车

　　Tom plans to journey across America in a covered wagon.

　　汤姆计划要驾着遮篷马车周游美国。

1 biased   

a.有偏见的

参考例句：

• a school biased towards music and art 一所偏重音乐和艺术的学校
• The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。

2 caution   

n.小心，谨慎，警告；vt.告诫，警告

参考例句：

• You should exercise extreme caution when driving in fog.在雾中开车要极为小心。
• There is no need for such caution.不必如此小心谨慎。

3 accidental   

adj.偶然的；意外的；无意中的

参考例句：

• It was an accidental meeting.这完全是一次偶然的相会。
• Our meeting in New York was quite accidental.我们在纽约的会见完全是偶然的。

4 wagon   

n.四轮马车，手推车，面包车；无盖运货列车

参考例句：

• We have to fork the hay into the wagon.我们得把干草用叉子挑进马车里去。
• The muddy road bemired the wagon.马车陷入了泥泞的道路。