英语词汇教程Ichapter7-8.doc

Chapter 7AwareHe should have been aware of what his junior officers were doing.例：She was acutely aware of the noise of the city.N-UNCOUNT 意识 awareness例：The 1980s brought an awareness of green issues.Be aware of意识到，知道 become aware of知道；发觉同根词：bewareConstantADJ You use constant to describe something that happens all the time or is always there. 常发生的; 常存在的例：Inflation is a constant threat.ADJ If an amount or level is constant, it stays the same over a particular period of time. (在某时段内) 保持不变的例：The body feels hot and the temperature remains more or less constant at the new elevated level.同根词：distant constancy substance Devour1.V-T If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly. 狼吞虎咽地吃例：A medium-sized dog will devour at least one can of food plus biscuits per day.2.V-T If you devour a book or magazine, for example, you read it quickly and with great enthusiasm. 急切地读例：She began buying and devouring newspapers when she was only 12.同根词：carnivorous granivorous herbivorous insectivorous piscivorous omnivorousDiscoverV-T If you discover something that you did not know about before, you become aware of it or learn of it. 发觉例：She discovered that theyd escaped.V-T If a person or thing is discovered, someone finds them, either by accident or because they have been looking for them. 发现; 找到例：A few days later his badly beaten body was discovered on a roadside outside the city.V-T When someone discovers a new place, substance, scientific fact, or scientific technique, they are the first person to find it or become aware of it. (首次) 发现例：.the first European to discover America.V-T When an actor, musician, or other performer who is not well known is discovered, someone recognizes that they have talent and helps them in their career. 发现 (人才)例：The Beatles were discovered in the early 1960s.词根：discover uncover recoverdiscoverable 发现的；显露的；泄露的discovery 发现，发觉；被发现的事物discoverer 发现者DistressedADJ If someone is distressed, they are upset or worried. 心烦的; 忧虑的例：I feel very alone and distressed about my problem.distressing 使痛苦的；悲伤的；使烦恼的 distressful 苦难重重的；使苦恼的；不幸的同根词：stress stressfulModernADJ Something that is modern is new and involves the latest ideas or equipment. 现代化的例：In many ways, it was a very modern school for its time.ADJ People are sometimes described as modern when they have opinions or ways of behaving that have not yet been accepted by most people in a society. 时髦的例：She is very modern in outlook.同根词：modernist 现代主义的modernized 现代化的modernistic 现代的，现代化的；现代派的，现代主义的Occasion1.N-COUNT An occasion is a time when something happens, or a case of it happening. (某事发生的) 时候; 场景例：I often think fondly of an occasion some years ago in New Orleans.注意：think of：想起，想出，考虑，为谁着想，评价，认为2.N-COUNT An occasion is an important event, ceremony, or celebration. 重大场合例：Taking her with me on official occasions has been a challenge.3.N-COUNT An occasion for doing something is an opportunity for doing it. 机会例：It is an occasion for all the family to celebrate4.PHRASE If you have occasion to do something, you have the opportunity to do it or have a need to do it. 有机会; 有必要例：Over the next few years many people had occasion to reflect on the truth of his warnings.PopularADJ Something that is popular is enjoyed or liked by a lot of people. (物) 广受喜爱的例：Chocolate sauce is always popular with youngsters.ADJ Popular newspapers, television programs, or forms of art are aimed at ordinary people and not at experts or intellectuals. 面向大众的; 通俗的例：one of the classics of modern popular music.pop 流行音乐；汽水；砰然声；枪击popularity 普及，流行；名气；受大众欢迎popularization 通俗化，大众化；普及popularizer 大众化的人；普及读物；普及者；使普及的人Chapter 8AbilityIf you do something to the best of your abilities or to the best of your ability, you do it as well as you can. 尽某人所能例：I take care of them to the best of my abilities.CreateV-T To create something means to cause it to happen or exist. 创造; 引起例：We set business free to create more jobs.V-T When someone creates a new product or process, they invent it or design it. 创造; 设计例：It is really great for a radio producer to create a show like this.DamageV-T To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly. 破坏; 损坏例：He maliciously damaged a car with a baseball bat.N-UNCOUNT Damage is physical harm that is caused to an object. 破坏; 损坏例：The blast had serious effects with quite extensive damage to the house.同根词：damaging， ADJ 有损害性的 例：The weakened currency could have damaging effects for the economy.Dam，damn，condemnFailureN-COUNT If something is a failure, it is not a success. 失败例：The marriage was a failure and they both wanted to be freeN-COUNT If you say that someone is a failure, you mean that they have not succeeded in a particular activity, or that they are unsuccessful at everything they do. 失败者例：Elgar received many honors and much acclaim and yet he often considered himself a failure.N-VAR If there is a failure of something, for example, a machine or part of the body, it goes wrong and stops working or developing properly. 故障例：There were also several accidents mainly caused by engine failures on take-off.N-VAR If there is a failure of a business or bank, it is no longer able to continue operating. 倒闭例：Business failures rose 16% last month.GlanceV-I If you glance at something or someone, you look at them very quickly and then look away again immediately. 瞥例：He glanced at his watch.N-COUNT A glance is a quick look at someone or something. 一瞥例：Trevor and I exchanged a glance.PHRASE If you see something at a glance, you see or recognize it immediately, and without having to think or look carefully. 看(一眼就.)例：One could tell at a glance that she was a compassionate person.PHRASE If you say that something is true or seems to be true at first glance, you mean that it seems to be true when you first see it or think about it, but that your first impression may be wrong. 乍一看例：At first glance, organic farming looks much more expensive for the farmer.GratitudeN-UNCOUNT Gratitude is the state of feeling grateful. 感激例：I wish to express my gratitude to Kathy Davis for her immense practical help.同根词grateful Longitude attitude vicissitude altitude magnitudeIntroduce