赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit25

 　　remind

　　vt.提醒；使想起

　　The lullaby reminds me of my childhood.

　　这首摇篮曲使我想起我的童年。

　　Please remind me to call Jason at seven.

　　请提醒我7点时打电话给杰森。

　　inner

　　a.内部的；内心的

　　Beauty is only skin deep. It is inner beauty that counts.

　　美貌是肤浅的。重要的是内在美。

　　They believe the religious faith can bring them inner peace.

　　他们相信这个宗教信仰能带给他们内心的平静。

　　One figure in the dictator's inner circle was executed this morning.

　　该独裁者身边的核心人士其中一位今晨遭到处决了。

　　outer

　　a.外在的；外面的

　　Some people believe that there are intelligent beings like mankind in outer space.

　　有些人相信，在外太空像人类一样会有智慧型生物。

　　internal

　　a.内部的

　　These inspectors¹ decided² to examine the corpse's internal organs.

　　这些探员决定开验这具尸体的内脏。

　　external

　　a.外部的

　　This ointment³ is for external use only.

　　这种软膏只可外用。

　　empty

　　a.空的 vt.使变空 vi.注入（大海）

　　The gambler returned home from the casino empty-handed as usual.

　　这个赌徒和往常一样两手空空地从赌场回来。

　　I was shocked to find that my room was emptied by burglars.

　　我看到窃贼把房间洗劫一空,吓了一跳。

　　The Mississippi River empties into the Gulf⁴ of Mexico.

　　密西西比河注入墨西哥湾。

　　hollow

　　a.中空的

　　Bamboo is light because it is hollow.

　　竹子因为是中空的所以很轻。

　　vacant

　　a.空缺的，未被占用的

　　We'll keep this position vacant until you come back.

　　我们会把这个职位空着直到你会来为止。

　　pilot

　　n.飞行员，舵手，向导 vt. 驾驶（飞机）

　　Brian is a licensed⁵ pilot and owns his own plane.

　　布莱恩是位有执照的飞行驾驶，而且还有一架私人飞机。

　　I can drive a car and pilot a plane.

　　我会开车也会开飞机。

　　slave

　　n.奴隶（与介词 to 并用）

　　Peter is a slave to his work and often works himself to exhaustion⁶.

　　彼得是工作的奴隶，常工作到筋疲力尽。

　　I feel sorry for John because he is a slave to money.=I feel sorry for John because he is enslaved by money.

　　我为约翰感到难过，因为他是金钱的奴隶。

1 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 ointment   

n.药膏，油膏，软膏

参考例句：

• Your foot will feel better after the application of this ointment.敷用这药膏后，你的脚会感到舒服些。
• This herbal ointment will help to close up your wound quickly.这种中草药膏会帮助你的伤口很快愈合。

4 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

5 licensed   

adj.得到许可的v.许可，颁发执照(license的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• The new drug has not yet been licensed in the US. 这种新药尚未在美国获得许可。
• Is that gun licensed? 那支枪有持枪执照吗？

6 exhaustion   

n.耗尽枯竭，疲惫，筋疲力尽，竭尽，详尽无遗的论述

参考例句：

• She slept the sleep of exhaustion.她因疲劳而酣睡。
• His exhaustion was obvious when he fell asleep standing.他站着睡着了，显然是太累了。