赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit41

 　　reliable

　　a.可信赖的

　　The weather forecast is not always reliable, so you'd better carry an umbrella with you just in case.

　　天气预报并不总是可靠，因此你最好带把伞以防万一。

　　furniture

　　n.家具（集合名词,不可数）

　　This piece of furniture I bought last week is said to have a long history.

　　我上星期买的这件家具据说历史悠久。

　　suitable

　　a.适当的

　　It's not suitable for you to wear jeans and sneakers on a formal occasion.

　　在正式场合穿牛仔裤跟球鞋很不适当。

　　Mary has a good command of English, so she is suitable for the teaching job.

　　玛丽的英文造诣不错，因此很适合这份教书的工作。

　　holy

　　a.神圣的

　　Nothing is holy for Paul; he only believes in money.

　　对保罗来说,没什么是神圣的；他眼里只有钱。

　　found

　　vt.建立；创办

　　The United Nations was founded in 1945.

　　联合国创立于公元1945年。

　　We held a cocktail¹ party yesterday in celebration or the 20th anniversary of our company's founding.

　　我们昨天举行了鸡尾洒会庄祝公司创立20周年。

　　founder²

　　n.创立者

　　The founder of this charitable organization is a young entrepreneur.

　　该慈善机构的创办人是一位年轻的实业家。

　　dodge³

　　vt.闪躲,回避（拳头、子弹、问题等）

　　Tom tried to hit me when I called him names, but I dodged⁴ the blow.

　　我骂汤姆时，他想打我，但我闪开了他的攻击。

　　The singer dodged questions about his relationship with the famous actress.

　　该歌手回避关于他跟那位知名女演员关系的问题。

　　survival

　　n.幸存；生存

　　The boy needs immediate⁵ medical treatment if he is to have any chance of survival.

　　如果想有任何活命机会，这个小男孩需要立即进行医疗。

　　Global warming is threatening the survival of wildlife.

　　全球升温正威胁野生动物的生存。

　　survivor⁶

　　n.生还者

　　No survivors⁷ were found in this airplane crash.

　　这起空难无任何生还者。

1 cocktail   

n.鸡尾酒；餐前开胃小吃；混合物

参考例句：

• We invited some foreign friends for a cocktail party.我们邀请了一些外国朋友参加鸡尾酒会。
• At a cocktail party in Hollywood,I was introduced to Charlie Chaplin.在好莱坞的一次鸡尾酒会上，人家把我介绍给查理·卓别林。

2 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

3 dodge   

v.闪开，躲开，避开；n.妙计，诡计

参考例句：

• A dodge behind a tree kept her from being run over.她向树后一闪，才没被车从身上辗过。
• The dodge was coopered by the police.诡计被警察粉碎了。

4 dodged   

v.闪躲( dodge的过去式和过去分词 )；回避

参考例句：

• He dodged cleverly when she threw her sabot at him. 她用木底鞋砸向他时，他机敏地闪开了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He dodged the book that I threw at him. 他躲开了我扔向他的书。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

6 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

7 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者