新视野大学英语读写教程词汇 第四册 Unit 10b

　　|■    |<1>upbeat    |a.    |positive and making you feel that good things will happen |愉快的；积极向上的
||   ||He doesn't have the sort of upbeat good humor¹ he needs to compete for jobs. |他不具备那种争取工作所需的乐观心态。
||   ||Scientists remain upbeat about the information that will be gathered. |科学家们对要收集到的信息保持乐观。
|@★    |<2>bless     |vt.  |ask God to protect sb. or sth. |祈求上帝保佑
||   ||May God bless you and keep you safe from harm. |愿上帝保佑你，使你平安不受伤害。
||   ||The priest² blessed the ship before it left port. |船出港前，牧师祈求上帝保佑这船。
<TITLE>Phrases³ and Expressions</TITLE>
||<3>hold out for sth. |not accept anything less than you have asked for |坚持要求
||   |The workers are holding out for a 20% pay rise. |那些工人坚持要求涨20％的工资。
||   |The strikers hold out for better pay and conditions. |罢工工人拒绝妥协，坚决要求提高工资并改善工作条件。
||<4>shy away from|avoid (doing) sth. because of dislike, fear, or lack of conidence |回避；避开
||   |All the others were talking and laughing happily while she shied away from being the centre of attention. |所有其他的人都在谈笑风生，而她却避免成为注意的中心。
||   |I've always shied away from close friendships. |我一向避免和别人建立太密切的关系。
||<5>show up |1. be easy to see or notice |显露；显现
||   |Use a light color that will show up on a dark background. |使用一种在深色背景下能显出来的淡颜色。
||   |Do her wrinkles⁴ show up in the photograph? |她的皱纹在照片上显现出来了吗？
| |             |2. appear; arrive, often after a delay⁵ |出现；露面
||   |When he eventually did show up, it was obvious to all that he had changed his original idea. |当他最终出现时，所有的人都清楚他已经改变了他最初的想法。
||   |Real changes will show up only in the next 10 or 20 years, and they will change people's lifestyles. |只有在10年或20年以后才会出现真正的变化，这些变化会改变人们的生活方式。
||<6>on sight  |as soon as you see sb. or sth. |一看见...
||   |He seemed to have hated her on sight, yet he knew nothing about her. |他好像一见到她就已不喜欢她，然而他对她一无所知。
||   |She was surprised to find that they had recognized each other on sight. |她很惊奇地发现他们一见面就相互认出了对方。
||<7>be about to do sth. |be on the point of doing sth. |将要做某事
||   |I'm not about to say sorry to him after the way he's behaved. |他这么做，我是决不会向他道歉的。
||   |I could not believe that such a simple mistake was about to have such dire⁶ consequences. |我不能相信这样一个简单的错误将会造成这样可怕的后果。
||<8>thanks to |because of |幸亏；由于
||   |Thanks to his help we were able to survive this terrible disaster in the end. |由于他的帮助我们最终能够在这场可怕的灾难中幸免于难。
||   |It was all a great success—thanks to a lot of hard work. |由于尽心竭力，这才获得了巨大的成功。
||<9>at irst glance |when irst looking at sth. |乍一看
||   |At first glance, the pictures don't look good, but on closer examination⁷ you will find they're not bad at all. |乍一看，这些画画得不怎么好，但是再仔细看看，你就会发现它们画得相当不错。
||   |This may not, at first glance, be a major factor⁸ but in fact it is a crucial⁹ element¹⁰ in weight control. |乍一看，这也许不是一个重要的因素，但实际上，它是控制体重的一个关键要素。
||<10>be blessed with |have a special ability, quality, etc. |具有；享有
||   |She is blessed with immense¹¹ talent and boundless¹² energy. |她才智非凡，精力无限。
||   |We must accept that children may well be brighter than us and blessed with a potential far beyond our own. |我们必须承认孩子们也许比我们聪明得多，具有远超过我们自己的一种潜力。
<TITLE>Proper Names</TITLE>
||<11>Jerome Kagan | |杰罗姆·凯根（人名）

1 humor   

n.(humour)幽默，诙谐

参考例句：

• He is distinguished for his sense of humor.他以其幽默感著称。
• American humor is founded largely on hyperbole.美式幽默主要以夸张为基础。

2 priest   

n.神父，牧师，司铎，司祭，领导者，神甫；vt.使成为神职人员

参考例句：

• He confessed to a priest that he had sinned.他向神父忏悔他犯了罪。
• The priest visited all the old people in the parish.牧师探望了教区里的所有老人。

3 phrases   

n.短语( phrase的名词复数 )；成语；说法；乐句

参考例句：

• Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语，真叫人腻烦。
• Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话，令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 wrinkles   

n.（尤指皮肤上的）皱纹( wrinkle的名词复数 )；皱褶；有用的建议；妙计v.使起皱纹( wrinkle的第三人称单数 )；（尤指皮肤）起皱纹

参考例句：

• There were fine wrinkles around her eyes. 她眼角上出现了鱼尾纹。
• His face was lined with wrinkles. 他的脸上都是皱纹。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 delay   

v./ n.拖延，延误，延迟，延期；耽搁

参考例句：

• The strike caused a great delay in the delivery of the mail.这次罢工严重地延误了邮件的投递。
• I couldn't judge whether the delay was good or bad.我不能断定这样延迟是好还是坏。

6 dire   

adj.可怕的，悲惨的，阴惨的，极端的

参考例句：

• There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
• We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。

7 examination   

n.考试，考查，试题；检查，调查

参考例句：

• Teachers always judge their students on the final examination.老师常根据期末考试来评价他们的学生。
• He put up a good show in the final examination.他在期末考试中表现得不错。

8 factor   

n.因素；要素；因子；因数；系数

参考例句：

• Her previous experience in social work is a plus factor.她先前在社会工作方面的经验是一个有利因素。
• Poor organization was certainly a contributory factor to the crisis.组织不善肯定是导致危机的因素之一。

9 crucial   

adj.极重要的，决定性的，关键性的

参考例句：

• It's a crucial decision.这是一个极其重要的决定。
• The foreign market was increasingly crucial.国外市场越来越重要了。

10 element   

n.元素；组成部分，成分；零件，元件

参考例句：

• Justice is an important element of good government.公正是仁政的要素。
• Carbon is an element,while carbon dioxide is a compound.碳是一种(化学)元素，而二氧化碳则是一种化合物。

11 immense   

adj.巨大的；极好的

参考例句：

• They made an immense improvement in English.在英语方面他们取得了巨大的进步。
• The expense of living is immense.生活费用很庞大。

12 boundless   

adj.无限的；无边无际的；巨大的

参考例句：

• The boundless woods were sleeping in the deep repose of nature.无边无际的森林在大自然静寂的怀抱中酣睡着。
• His gratitude and devotion to the Party was boundless.他对党无限感激、无限忠诚。