赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit119

 　　enthusiasm

　　n.热爱，热衷

　　John showed little enthusiasm for jazz.

　　约翰对爵士乐没有什么热忱。

　　Stephen King greeted his readers with great enthusiasm.

　　史帝芬·金热情地和他的读者打招呼。

　　launch

　　vt.发动（活动）；发射（火箭、飞弹）；发表（新书、新作品、新产品）

　　To launch a legal demonstration¹, you must first obtain permission from the local government.

　　想要发起合法游行，你们得先向地方政府申请许可。

　　The space shuttle exploded soon after it was launched.

　　太空梭发射不久后便爆炸了。

　　The troops launched missiles at the battle ground, causing heavy casualties.

　　军队朝战场发射了几枚飞弹，造成严重的伤亡。

　　Emma plans to launch her new novel next year.

　　艾玛计划在明年推出新的小说。

　　inspire

　　vt.鼓舞，激励，启发

　　Lenny's father inspired him to become a writer.

　　蓝尼的父亲激励他要当作家。

　　inspiration

　　n.灵感，启示

　　Nicholas often draws inspiration from art exhibitions.

　　尼可拉斯常从艺术展览汲取灵感。

　　Ordinary scenes are always a writer's best sources of inspiration.

　　平凡的事件总是作家最佳的灵感来源。

　　allowance

　　n.零用钱（=pocket money)

　　Alan's mom gives him a monthly allowance of NT$5,000.

　　艾伦的妈妈一个月给他5千块台币的零用钱。

　　You should make an allowance for Ben's young age before asking him to shoulder such a heavy burden.=You should take Ben's young age into consideration before asking him to shoulder such a heavy burden.

　　你在要求本扛下如此沉重的负担之前，应该要先顾虑到他年纪还小。

　　harmony

　　n.和谐

　　It is very important that people should learn to live in harmony with nature.

　　大家应该学习和大自然和谐相处，这点很重要。

　　harmonious²

　　a.和谐的

　　After Kim and Tom married, they moved to the country and led a harmonious life there.

　　小金和汤姆结婚之后搬到乡下，小俩口在那里过着和谐的生活。

　　fortunate

　　a.幸运的

　　It was fortunate that no one was hurt in the accident.

　　幸好没有人在这起意外当中受伤。

　　fortunately

　　adv.幸运地

　　Fortunately, he found the money he'd lost.

　　很幸运地，他找到他遗失的钱。

　　unfortunate

　　a.不幸的；倒霉的

　　Joanna has devoted³ herself to helping⁴ the unfortunate all her life.

　　乔安娜穷其一生都在致力于帮助不幸的人。

1 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。

2 harmonious   

adj.和睦的，调和的，和谐的，协调的

参考例句：

• Their harmonious relationship resulted in part from their similar goals.他们关系融洽的部分原因是他们有着相似的目标。
• The room was painted in harmonious colors.房间油漆得色彩调和。

3 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。