lovable
可爱的
a lovable eccentric
一个可爱的怪人。
The girl is simply lovable.
这女孩真是可爱。
One of the lovable things he did was to reacue a little injured dog from the fire.
他做的一件很可爱的事就是从火星把一只受伤的小狗救出来。
eccentric
古怪人
True eccentrics never deliberately set out to draw attention to themselves.
真正的怪人从不意引人注意。
He is an eccentric in the true sense of the word but he resents being so called.
他是个真正的怪人，可是不爱听人家这样叫他。
Griffin is the neighborhood eccentric.
格里芬是这一带出名的怪人。
disregard
不顾，漠视
They disregard social conventions without being conscious
他们不理会传统礼规，
that they are doing anything extraordinary.
但并没有意识到自已在做什么出格的事情。
For a moment she was quite uncertain
她一时间拿不定主意，
whether she should obey the request or disregard it.
究竟是听从吩咐呢还是置之不理。
Duty,affection,everything was disregarded.
责任、情义，一切的一切，都被置之脑后。
convention
传统习俗，风俗
Here was a man who truly did not care what other people thought of him,
这个人根本不在乎别人怎么看他，
and so convention had no hold on him.
所以传统对他没有任何约束。
The old boy was explosive;he must have smashed up a lot of conventions in his days.
这位老兄是个炸药筒，当年一定把好多陈规陋俗打了个粉碎。
conscious
感觉到的，意识到的
I was consious that I had made a mistake.
我意识到自已犯了一个错误。
Absorbed,he was conscious neither of time nor space.
他专心致志，全然忘了时间，也忘了空间。
invariably
总是，经常地
This invariably wins them them the love and respect of others,
这一点总能为他们赢得别人的喜爱与尊敬，
for the add color to the dul routine of everyday life.
因为他们为千篇一律的生活增添了色彩。
The moon invariably displays the same face to the earth.
月亮永远是用相同的一面向着地球。
Mrs.Castel was invariably standing there on the porch waiting for her son.
卡斯尔夫人总是站在门廊上等儿子。
routine
常规，惯例
I continued to follow my old weekly routine.
我还继续过每周老一套的生活方式。
Such reports had been routine for eighteen months.
18个月以来这种报告翻过来覆去地老是那一套。
shrewd
精明的，机敏的
He was a shrewd and wealthy businessman,
他是个精明富有的商人，
but most people in the town hardly knew anything about this side of his life.
但镇上大部分人对他生活中的这一方面几乎一无所知。
Banjo is no great reasoner where affection enters,
班桌动感情的时候的确没什么头脑，平时有够精明的。
but shrewd enough without it.
He was essentially a shrewd commanding officer.
他本质上是一位机敏的指挥官。
eccentricity
怪癖
He was known to us all as Dickie
大家都管他叫迪基，
and his eccentricity had become legendary long before hd died.
在他去世前很久，他的怪癖就已经成了传奇了。
She developed a few harmless eccentricities .
她养成了一些无伤大雅的怪癖。
This is an innatte eccentricity of human nature.
这是人性固有的怪癖。
legendary
传奇般的
Billy Willy is a legendary figure in the field and everyone prides on seeing him,
比利.威利是这一行的传奇人物，就是看他一眼大家都会觉得荣幸，
let alone speaking with him.
更别提是和他说话了。
His legendary escape from prison would never be forgotten.
他传奇般的越狱永远不会被忘记。
snob
势利小人
Dickie disliked snobs intensely.
迪基对势利鬼深恶痛绝。
No one who knew Gerald would connect him with a snob.
认识盖罗尔德的人都知道他不是趋炎附势的人。
She had no renowned ancestors and thought people who had were snobs.
她没有显赫的祖先，于是以有的人必定势利。
intensely
强烈地
In other words,his disposition was vey similar to that of a pig-intensely selfish.
换句话说，他的性恪就猪的一样--极端自私。
The baby's hair is intensely black.
婴儿的头发乌黑的。
bedraggled
拖泥带水的
He wanted to buy a $300 watch for his wife,
他想为妻子买一块300英磅的手表，
but he was in such a bedraggled condition that an assistant refused to serve him.
但店员见他浑身泥水的样子，竟不肯接待他。
Do you want to see your own sister in such a bedraggled condition?
你愿意看见你的亲妹妹弄得这么一身泥，一身水的吗？
Miss Thompson's door was open,and they saw her in a bedraggled dressing -gone,
汤姆小姐们的开着，他们看见她穿着一件邋里邋遢的睡衣在煎锅炒菜。
cooking something in a frying-pan.
dump
把..砰的一声抛下
As it was extremely heavy,he dumped it on the counter.
布袋很沉，他重重地往柜台上一扔。
The workman dumped his box on top of some others and turned back.
工人把箱子往堆上重重一扔，又往回走。
Waste is dumped into the lake.
废物倾泻到湖里。
apologetic
道歉
Recognizing who the customer was,
经理认出这位顾客，
the manager was most apologetic and reprimanded the assistant severely.
一再道歉，还严厉地训斥了店员。
The smile was awkward,almost apologetic.
笑容很尴尬，还带着点道歉的意思。
He made a little apologetic gesture.
他做了道歉的手势。
regrimand
训斥
In other days she would have been forced at least to reprimand him severely.
要是换一天，她怎么也得狠狠训他一顿。
Cooper reprimanded his daughter for driving too fast and getting a speeding ticket.
库珀责备女儿开车太快，以致收到超速转户罚单。
stage
暗中策划
It took him four years to stage this elaborate joke n
他花了四年时间精心策划这个恶作剧，
simply to prove that critics do not always know
what they are talking about.
只是想证明评论家有时并不了解他们所谈论的事情。
The father staged an accident to collect insurance for his only son.
父亲策划了一次事故，以便于独子筹到保险金 。
Is it worth while to stage such a vigorous drive for the new aid bill?
有必要为这个新授外法案这么大张旗鼓地宣传吗？
elaborate
周密的
Do you suppose it's all an elaborate scheme to trap the say?
你认为这是他们为抓住那个间谍精心设下的圈套吗？
They felt that the plan of the kidnapping was too elaborate to be the work of a boy.
他们觉得绑架计划太周密了，小孩绝对想不出。
Lesson 32
salvage
救助，营救
The salvage operation had been a complete failure.
打捞工作彻底失败了。
A Russian salvage company has located a German wreck.
一家俄国的打捞公司发现了一条德国沉船。
The salvage continued day and night
在遇难的船撞上布满瞧石的海岸后，
after the wrecked ship had pounded on the rocky coast.
营救工作昼夜不停地进行着。
Barents
巴伦支
The small ship,Elkor,which had been searching the Barents Sea for weeks,
小船“埃尔科号”在巴伦支海搜寻了几个星期之后，
was on its way home.
正在返航途中。
sunken
沉没的
The captain knew that another attempt would be made later,
船长知道日后还会有再作尝试，
for the sunken ship he was trying to find
因为他试图寻找的沉船上载有一批珍贵的金条。
had been carrying a precious cargo of gold bullion.
You don't mean to tell me he went to search the sunken treasure alone?
你该不会是说他一个去找那些沉没的珍宝了吧？
I prefer to let the sunken ship sleep in the sea.
我愿意让沉船在海里继续沉睡。
cargo
货物
Cargo is carried on ships,airplanes,and trucks.
大宗货物由船只，飞机和卡车装运。
bullion
金条，银条
The bank keeps bullion locked in its cellars.
银行在地下室存放金条。
Large quantities of bullion are stored in the castle.
城堡里藏有大量金条。
scour
彻底搜索
The sea bed was scoured with powerful nets
他们用结实的网把海底彻底搜索了一遍。
and there was tremendous excitement on board
捞上来上只箱子，甲板上的人们激动不已。
when a chest was raised from the bottom.
Rewards had been offered,the city had been scoured but no Coral was found.
赏金悬过了，全城也都搜过了，可是珊瑚踪迹全无。
The next morning Archer scoured the town in vain for yellow roses.
第二天早上，阿切尔找遍了全城也没找到黄攻瑰。
chest
大箱子
It remains to be seen whether my lost chests will come to light.
我那些箱子能不能找回来还是问题 。
She wouls deny that there had ever been a chest in the room.
她会一口咬定，房间里压根儿就没有什么箱子。
contents
所装的东西
Though the crew were at first under the impression that the lost ship had been found,
船员们开始以为沉船找到了，
the contents of the chest proved them wrong.
但箱里的东西证明他们弄错了。
He guessed the contents before opening the parcel.
还没打开包裹，他就猜到了里面是什么了。
What are the contents of the care which weighs several hundred kilograms?
这只箱子有好几百斤重，里面装的是什么呀？
belongings
所有物
The chest contained the personal belongings of a seaman,Alan Fielding.
木箱里装着水手艾伦.菲尔丁的私人物品。
Parents should respect their children for their personal belongings.
家长应尊重孩子的个人物品。
There were,however,two of his belongings
有两件东西他怎么也不肯放手，
that even Trina could induce him to part with.
连屈丽娜也劝不动他。
item
物件
Nothing of value was found,but the numerous items which brought to the surface
没发现什么值钱的东西，
proved to be of great interest.
不过打捞上来的东西还是引起了大家的兴趣。
Shopping malls have a wide choce of items for sale.
大商场里有很多种商品可以选购。
Tell clare to unpack the items later.
让克莱尔待会儿再把东西拿出来。
cruiser
巡洋舰
From a heavy gun that was raised,
the captain realized that the ship must have been a cruiser.
船长根据捞起的一门大泡判定那艘船是巡洋舰。
A cruiser is smaller than a battleship but larger than a destroyer.
巡洋舰比战列舰小，比驱逐舰大。
find
找到的物品
The most valuable find of all was the ship's log look,
打捞到地东西里最宝贵的是船上的航海日志，
part of which it was still possible to read.
其中有一部分仍然清晰呆辩。
The most interesting find of all was a prehistoric toy.
最有趣的发现是一件原始玩具。
However,those finds were limited to jaw parts and loose teeth.
然而，这些发现物只是部分颌骨和一些零散的牙齿。
log book
航海日志
Give me a fix and put it in the log book.
给我测一下方位，再记到航海日志里去。
piece
拼成整体，串
From this the captain was able to piece together
all the information that had come to light.
船长据此得以所有已知的事实拼合起来。
Mrs.Dada pieced together small patches of cloth and made a pyjamas for the doll.
达达太太把碎布头拼在一起，给娃娃做了一套睡衣。
It is up to you to piece together the chain of events.
要靠你把事件串起来了。
convoy
护航
The Karen had been sailing in a convoy to Russia
卡伦号当年在为其他船只护航驶往俄国途中
when she was torpedoed by an enemy submarine.
突然遭到敌方潜水艇鱼雷的袭击。
What should he find but a military convoy ?
除了一支军事护航队以外，他还能发现什么？
The students wolunteered to set up a convoy for the deer.
孩子们自发组成护卫队，护送小鹿。
torpedo
用鱼雷攻击
On the very first day of the war,the U-30 torpedoed the steamer,costing 28 lives.
战争爆发当天，U-30号潜艇击沉了轮船，28人丧生。
Submarines torpedoed many ships during World War II.
二战中潜艇用鱼雷击中了许多船只。
submarine
潜水艇
Submarines are already being powered by atomic energy.
潜水艇现在已经由原子能驱动了。
The submarine is naval vessel capable of operating underwater
潜水艇是一种能够长时间在水下活动的军舰。
for sustained periods of time.
naval
海军的
This was later confirmed by a naval officer
这一说法在“埃尔科号”
at the Ministry of Defence after the Elkor had returned home.
返航后得到国防部一位海军官员的证实。
I naval gavp uo training those two men as naval officers.
我一直对这两个人没有放弃希望，一直还想把他们培养成真正的海军军官。
He is a big naval hero.
他是个海军大英雄。
ministry
部，内阁
He works in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
他在外交部工作。
Lesson 33
prelude
序幕，前奏
The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes.
这时电话铃响了，这预示着一串意想不到的灾难要降临了。
The resolution was a prelude to more drastic actions.
这次决议只是更激烈的步骤的前奏。
The orchestra played a short prelude before the ballet began.
管弦乐队在芭蕾舞开始之前演奏了一段很短的前奏曲。
unforeseen
意想不到的
Many contractors will overestimate the costs
很多承包商将把造价估高，
in order to hedge against unforeseen problems
以防在施工期间可能发生的不可预见的问题。
that may arise durning construction.
He knew clearly that,unless some unforeseen aid should arrive,
他清楚地知道，大难要临头了，
he was heading straight toward a disaster.
除非有什么意外的援助。
series
系列
There follweed a series of crashing explosions.
接着是一阵轰隆隆的爆炸声。
Then,suddenly,an incredible series of pictures appeared.
突然出现了一组令人难以置信的画面。
catastrophe
大祸，灾难
The company lost its biggest customer and that was a catastrophe for its future.
公司失去了最大的客户，这对它的未来可谓是一大灾难。
crockery
陶器，瓦器
You hang up hurriedly and attend to baby,crockery,etc.
你急急忙忙挂上电话，赶去照顾孩子和陶器。
He glanced at the crockery on the shelf and suddenly an idea dawned on him.
他扫了一眼架子上的陶器，突然想出个主意。
She has a weakness for crockery.
她非常喜欢陶器。
suburb
郊区
Things can go wrong on a big scale,
就象许多人最近在悉尼郊区帕拉玛他所发现的那样，
as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta,a suburb of Sydney.
有时乱子出会连锁发生。
One daym,while returning from the suburbs one of the tires of my bicycle was punctured.
有一天从郊区回来的路上我的车胎被扎破了。
Many people have moved away from the center of cities to the suburbs.
许多人离开城市挪到郊区去住。
collide
猛撞
During the rush hour one evening two cars collided and both drivers began to argue.
一天傍晚交通最拥挤时，两辆汽车撞到一起，两个司机吵了起来。
Two ships collided on the sea.
两艘船在海上相撞。
They collided with each other in the narrow corridor.
他们在狭窄的走廊上撞了个满怀。
learner
初学者
The woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a learner.
紧跟期后的一辆车上的司机碰巧是个初学者。
The letter L on the back of a car generally stands for'learner'.
汽车后部的L字母通常代表“初学者”。
Don't be so severe on him;he is a new learner.
别对他那么严，他才刚开始学。
panic
惊慌，恐惧
She suddenly got into a panic and stopped her car.
她惊恐之下突然把车刹住。
Once or twice I experienced a moment of fear and it was fear bordering on panic.
有一两次我感到恐惧，恐惧到了惊谎失措的地步。
The few soldiers there withdrew in panic.
驻守在那里的几个士兵仓皇地撤走了。
windscreen
挡风玻璃
As she was thrown forward,the cake went right through the windscreen
他住前一冲，蛋糕从挡风玻璃飞了出去，
and landed on the road.
掉在马路上。
My daughter painted a scarlet bear on the windscreen of our car.
我女儿在我们的挡风玻璃上画了一只鲜红的小熊。
Somehow I am always a little amused and touched
不知道为什么，每次看到挡风玻璃上的刮雨器忙碌地刮雨时，
to see the wiper working busily to wipe the rain from the windscreen.
我就觉得又好笑又感动。
alongside
在..旁边，与...并排
Seeing a cake flying through the air,
一辆卡车正好从后面开到那辆汽车边上，
a lorry driver who was drawing up alongside the car,pulled up all of a sudden.
司机看见一块蛋糕从天而降，猛地把车刹住。
Nancy shut the door alongside her,then went around to the driver's seat.
南茜把她身旁的那扇门关上，然后走到司机座那边。
He walked alongside Jack until they came to the main street.
他在杰克身边走着，一直走到大街上。
slide
滑
The lorry was loaded with empty beer bottles
卡车上装载着空啤酒瓶，
and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on to the road.
结果成百瓶子从卡车后面滚到马路上。
The leopard slid along the sides of the cage toward their pedestals.
豹子轻快地沿着兽笼的边缘走向坐架。
Workers slide boxes across the room.
工人们把箱子从房间一头滑到另一头。
stray
迷失的，离群的
Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion,
只有两条野狗从这一片混乱中得到了好处，
for they greedily devoured what was left of the cake.
他们贪婪地吞掉了剩下的蛋糕。
The Dead Sea scrolls were found by a shepherd pursuing a stray goat into a cave.
《死海经卷》是一个牧羊人到山洞寻找一只离群的山羊时发现的。
The kind lady's house was always open to stray animals.
那位好心的太太永远为那些失群的动物敞开大门。
devour
狼吞虎咽地吃
I devoured my bread and drank my coffee,
我狼吞虎咽地吃下了面包，喝下了咖啡，
but I should have been glad of as much more-I was still hungry.
可是如果再来这么一份，我还是很高兴---我还饿。
She devoured the books he brought from home.
她贪婪地阅读着从他家拿来的书。
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