赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit116

　　blanket

　　n.毯子 vt.覆盖

　　The mother wrapped the baby in a blanket.

　　这位母亲把婴儿裹在毯子里。

　　In winter, our roof is blanketed in snow.=In winter, our roof is covered in snow.

　　在冬天的时候，我们的屋顶都会被霄覆盖。

　　quilt

　　n.被子

　　Cover yourself with a quilt or you'll catch a cold.

　　盖上被子，不然你会感冒。

　　disturb

　　vt. vi.打扰，使烦恼

　　Don't disturb Dad while he is at work.

　　老爸工作时不要打扰他。

　　The sign reads, "Please Do Not Disturb."

　　牌子上写着“请勿打扰”。

　　disturbing

　　a.令人不安的

　　Please note the following program contains language that may be disturbing to some viewers.

　　请注意，以下节目可能包含令某些观众感到不安的言语。

　　He speaks over five languages.

　　他会讲超过五种不同的语言。

　　Do not use disturbing language.

　　不要使用令人不安的语言。

　　aspirin¹

　　n.阿斯匹林

　　Do you have some aspirin? My head is killing² me.

　　你有没有阿斯匹林？我的头快痛死了。

　　predict

　　vt.预测

　　Dad predicted that I would win the contest, and he was right.

　　老爸预测我会贏得这次的比赛，结果他是对的。

　　forecast

　　vt. n.预测，预报

　　The weatherman forecast rain for the rest of the week.

　　气象员预测，本周结束前还会有雨。

　　According to the weather forecast, we are going to have snowstorms tomorrow.

　　根据气象预测，明天会有暴风雪。

　　cease

　　vt. vi.停止

　　Since her son died, she has never ceased to regret her neglect of him.=Since her son died, she has never ceased regretting her neglect of him.

　　自从她的儿子死后，她一直懊悔她对他的疏忽。

　　ceasefire

　　n.停战，停火

　　Both sides called a temporary ceasefire during the peace talks.

　　在和平谈判中，双方要求暂时停火。

　　opera

　　n.歌剧（可数或不可数均可）

　　I enjoy listening to opera, but I don't really understand it.

　　我喜爱听歌剧，但实在是不太懂。

1 aspirin   

n.阿司匹林

参考例句：

• The aspirin seems to quiet the headache.阿司匹林似乎使头痛减轻了。
• She went into a chemist's and bought some aspirin.她进了一家药店，买了些阿司匹林。

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。