赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit98

 　　distinct

　　a.清楚的；不同的，独特的

　　She has very distinct handwriting.

　　她的字迹非常清晰。

　　Taiwanese is a dialect (which is) completely distinct from Mandarin¹.

　　台语是完全不同于国语的一种方言。

　　exception

　　n.例外，除外

　　There is no rule without exceptions.

　　所有规则皆有例外。

　　Most boys like football, but my son is an exception.

　　大部分男孩都喜欢足球，但我儿子却是个例外。

　　With the exception of his ill temper, John is quite a nice person.=Except for his ill temper, John is quite a nice person.

　　约翰除了脾气坏之外，为人倒是挺不错的。

　　occupy

　　vi.拥有；占据；使忙碌（=busy)

　　Mr. White occupies an important position in the government.

　　怀特先生在政府里身居要职。

　　The building occupies an entire block.

　　这栋建筑占据了一整个街区。

　　Those workers were occupied with building a new road.=Those workers were busy building a new road.

　　那些工人正忙着建造一条新路。

　　occupation

　　n.职业；占领

　　I'm a teacher by occupation.

　　我是一名老师。

　　My ideal occupation is teaching at an elementary school because being with little children makes me feel young.

　　我理想的职业是在小学教书，因为跟小朋友在一起让我有年轻的感觉。

　　The occupation of the country by the enemy lasted six years.

　　敌人占领该国达6年之久。

　　explanation

　　n.说明，解释

　　The teacher gave a satisfactory explanation of the process.

　　这位老师把这程序作了令人满意的说明。

　　initial

　　a.初期的 n.(姓名的）第一个字母

　　Paul's initial effort was a failure, but he kept trying and finally succeeded.

　　保罗最初的努力失败了，但他继续尝试最后终于成功。

　　The picture was signed with the initials which stood for James Brown.

　　这幅画落款的姓名缩写是，代表詹姆士·布朗。

　　initially²

　　adv.开始时，最初（=in the beginning)

　　Initially, the boy was nice to the girl, but eventually he left her.

　　刚开始男孩子对女孩子蛮好的，但后来却离开她。

　　estimate

　　vt.估计 n.估计

　　Please give me a rough estimate of how much time you'll need to complete the project.

　　请预估一下您需要多长时间来完成这项工程。

　　It is estimated that 20,000 people will participate in the demonstration³.=An estimated 20,000 people will participate in the demonstration.

　　估计将有2万人参与这次的示威游行。

　　relative

　　a.有关联的；相对的；相当的 n.亲戚

　　These facts are relative to the case.

　　这些事实和本案有关。

　　We must weigh the relative advan tages of buying a house and renting an apartment before making a final decision.

　　我们必须衡量买房子和租公寓的相对利益再做最后的决定。

　　The couple live in relative luxury.

　　这对夫妻生活相当奢华。

　　Jack⁴ finds Amy's relatives hard to get along with.

　　杰克发现阿美的亲戚不太容易相处。

　　relatively⁵

　　adv.相当地

　　This washing machine is relatively easy to operate.

　　这台洗衣机相当容易操作。

1 Mandarin   

n.中国官话，国语，满清官吏；adj.华丽辞藻的

参考例句：

• Just over one billion people speak Mandarin as their native tongue.大约有十亿以上的人口以华语为母语。
• Mandarin will be the new official language of the European Union.普通话会变成欧盟新的官方语言。

2 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

3 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

4 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

5 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。