赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit133

 　　catholic

　　a.普遍的，广泛的

　　Laura has catholic taste for arts.

　　萝拉对艺术的品味很广。

　　Pope

　　n.(罗马天主教）教皇（大写，之前置the)

　　The Pope delivered an inspiring speech about world peace.

　　教皇做了一场振奋人心的演讲，谈的是世界和平。

　　battery

　　n.电池

　　The battery is dead. It needs to be recharged.

　　这颗电池没电了，它需要充电。

　　curiosity

　　n.好奇

　　Little children are curious about everything they see.

　　小朋友对他们看到的所有东西都感到很好奇。

　　Curiosity killed the cat.

　　好奇心惹来杀身之祸/喻莫管闲事。——谚语

　　Out of curiosity, I asked Denny how he could make so much money.

　　由于好奇心使然，我问丹尼他怎么能赚那么多钱。

　　protein

　　n.蛋白质

　　Meat, milk and cheese are rich in protein.

　　肉类、牛奶及起司含有丰富的蛋白质。

　　Doctors say that diets low in protein are bad for you.

　　医生说蛋白质含量低的饮食对你有害。

　　chorus

　　n.合唱团；（歌曲的）副歌

　　The university chorus is giving a perfomance in the city hall.

　　大学合唱团要在市政听举行表演。

　　The chorus of this song is easy to sing.

　　这首歌曲的副歌很容易唱。

　　endless

　　a.无穷尽的，不断的

　　My younger sister's endless talking really bothers me.

　　我妹妹唠叨个不停让我真的烦死了。

　　countless¹

　　a.数不尽的

　　Countless pilgrims came to hear the guru speak.

　　无数的信徒前来聆听宗师讲道。

　　confess

　　vt. vi.坦承

　　Peter confessed to his mom that he had stolen her money.

　　彼得向他妈妈坦承他偷了她的钱。

　　The suspect confessed to stealing the money.=The suspect admitted (to) stealing the money.=The suspect owned up to stealing the money.

　　这名嫌犯坦承他偷了钱。

　　The suspect refused to confess to the crime.

　　这名嫌犯拒绝认罪。

　　innocence²

　　n.无罪，清白；纯真

　　Catherine pleaded her innocence; however, nobody believed her.

　　凯萨琳为自己的清白辩解，但是没有人相信她。

　　The innocence of children should never be taken advantage of.

　　孩子的纯真不应被拿来利用。

1 countless   

adj.无数的，多得不计其数的

参考例句：

• In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
• I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。

2 innocence   

n.无罪；天真；无害

参考例句：

• There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
• The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。