Lesson NineAppetite

Lesson Nine Appetite By Laurie Lee 1 Keenness ki nis Appetite is the keenness of living being eager to live keen ki n adj someone who is keen is very interested in sth or is eager to do it 热中的 渴望的 热切的 be keen on sth sb Daniel s very keen on tennis keen to do sth She s out of hospital and keen to get back to work 2 Longing l i n singular U a strong feeling of wanting sth or someone 渴望 盼望 e g an expression of heartfelt longing 殷切期待的表情 a longing for peace adj only before noun wanting something very much 渴望的 盼 望的 a longing glance 渴望的一瞥 3 Treat It means giving a child money to go to the shop to buy something treating a child to sth in the shop 4 Orgy d i n a wild party with a lot of eating drinking and sexual activity 纵欲的 狂欢宴会 纵酒宴乐 In this article an orgy is larger than a treat It means the child is given money to buy lots of things an orgy of a short time spent doing too much of an activity in a way that is not sensible or controlled 短时间内 无节制的 活动 e g an orgy of shopping adj orgiastic 无节制的 狂欢的 纵欲的 5 Pitch pit singular U the strength of your feelings or opinions about sth 感情 意见的 程度 强度 E g Disagreement reached such a pitch that we thought a fight would break out 分歧达到如此程度 以致于我们认为会爆发一场打斗 The greatest pitch of happiness was not in actually eating a toffee but in gazing at it beforehand 幸福的最大程度不是去吃一颗太妃糖而 是在吃之前盯着它看的那种渴望的心情 v a to throw sth with a lot of force often aiming carefully 投 扔 抛 掷 Pitch sth over into through etc e g Fran screwed up the letter and pitched it into the fire 弗兰把信 纸揉成一团 扔进火中 b to fall suddenly and heavily in a particular direction or to make someone or something fall in this way 使 突然重重地跌倒 E g pitch forward backward over etc Jim pitched forward as the train jerked to a halt 6 toffee t fi 太妃糖 e g can t do sth for toffee BrE informal to be very bad at doing sth 根本干不了某事 完全无法胜任某事 He can t sing for toffee 7 Imperceptibly Imperceptible imp sept bl adj an imperceptibly change movement etc is difficult to see or notice because it is very small 变 化 动作等由于极微小而 难以察觉的 e g an imperceptible change of speed adv imperceptibly 8 Diminish di mini v to become or make sth become smaller or less important 使 减少 使 减小 The party s share of the electorate has diminished steadily 这个政党 拥有的选民数量正持续下降 Diminish sth These drugs diminish blood flow to the brain to deliberately make someone or something appear less important or valuable than they really are 削弱 贬低 重要性 价值 Don t let him diminish your achievements 别让他贬低你的成就 9 Gross gr us adj behavior that is gross is extremely rude and completely unacceptable 行为 极端粗鲁的 完全不能接受的 e g the gross act of eating a gross amount of money is the total amount before any tax or costs have been taken away 扣去税或之前 总的 毛的 gross net weight 10 Inexhaustible inig z st bl adj existing in such large amounts that it can never be finished or used up 无穷无尽的 用不完的 a man of inexhaustible energy an inexhaustible supply of firewood 11 Treasure house 宝库 12 Texture tekst C a meal larger than you normally have It literally means such a great amount of eating and drinking that it so to speak causes one s stomache to burst to blow out C a sudden bursting or a tyre 轮胎突然爆裂 e g A blow out at this speed could be really dangerous 21 multitudinous m lti tu din s adj very many 大量的 众多的 language in all its multitudinous forms 形式多种多样的语言 22 lust n U for a very strong desire to have sth usually power or money 强烈的欲望 通常指对权力或金钱的欲望 e g hard faced men driven by a lust for gain 利欲熏心 厚颜无耻的人 v to want sth very much especially that you do not really need 强烈追 求 贪婪 尤指并不真正需要的东西 e g This is the shop for those of you lusting after designer clothes 这家 店是为你们之中那些追求名家设计的服装的人而开的 23 puritanical pjur t nikl adj having extreme attitudes about religion and moral behavior 对宗教和道德行为持极端态度的 清教 徒式的 e g a puritanical father who wouldn t let his children watch television n puritan pju rit n someone who has very strict moral standards and thinks that pleasure is unnecessary or wrong 主张过清教徒式生活 的人 有严格的道德标准 认为享乐没有必要或是错误的 Puritan a member of a Protestant religious group in the 16th and 17th centuries who wanted to make religion simpler 清教徒 16 和 17 世纪 基督教一教派成员 主张简化宗教仪式 24 supreme su pri m adj only before noun the greatest possible 程度 最大的 极度的 e g supreme courage in the face of terrible danger 在极大危险面前 表现出 的高度勇气 supreme effort It required supreme effort to stop myself from giving up 我尽了最大努力才使自己没有半途而废 of supreme importance a matter of supreme importance 最重要的事情 having the highest position of power importance or influence 权力 地位 重要性或影响力 最高的 至高无上的 the supreme power of the King 25 homage h mid singular n something that you do to show respect and honor for an important person 向重要人物表示的 崇敬 致敬 pay homage to sb show respect and honor for someone 向某人致敬 Fasting is an act of homage to the majesty of appetite Fasting is an act of paying high respect to the dignity greatness of appetite 26 majesty m d isti n the quality of being grand dignified or stately a quality most represented by a king or queen 雄伟 壮丽 庄严 崇高 the awesome majesty of the snowcapped Rocky Mountains 白雪覆顶的 落基山脉令人惊叹的壮丽 Your Her His Majesty 陛下 对国王或女王的称呼 27 renew and refresh the two words mean the same to put back to their original attractiveness or splendor Renew to begin to do sth again after a period of rest 休息一段时 间后 重新开始 renew an attack 再次发起进攻 to replace sth that is old or broken with sth new 更新 更换 The window frames will have to be renewed to arrange for a contract membership of a club etc to continue 使 合同期限或会员资格等 续期 renew the car insurance Refresh v to make someone feel less tired or less hot 使恢复精力 使感觉凉爽 He refreshed himself with a glass of beer 他喝了杯啤酒提提神 A shower will refresh you refresh sb s memory to make someone remember sth 使某人想起 唤起某人的记忆 I looked at the map to refresh my memory of the route 我看地图以唤起 自己对这条路线的记忆 28 weariness n Weary adj very tired especially because you ve been doing sth for a long time 尤指因长期做某事而 筋疲力尽的 非常疲劳的 I just feel weary I wish I didn t have to work nights 我感到疲惫不堪 我希望不必挑灯夜战了 29 crouch kraut also crouch down to lower your body close to the ground by bending your knees completely 蹲下 蹲伏 My legs began to ache from crouching for so long 蹲了那么久 我的腿 开始疼了 if an animal crouches it sits as low as possible often because it is frightened or is going to attack something 动物因害怕或准备攻击而 蜷伏 The cat is crouching in the corner 30 gorge g d v gorge yourself on with to eat until you are too full to eat any more 拼命地吃 塞饱 We gorged ourselves on ripe plums 我们大嚼成熟的李子 be gorged with to have eaten so much of sth that you are completely full 肚子塞满 饱食 31 await weit v to wait for sth Several men are awaiting trial for robbery 几个人因抢劫正在等待审判 32 snack 正餐以外的 小吃 点心 snack food 33 impotence imp t ns n Impotent adj unable to take effective action because you do not have enough power strength or control 不能采取有效行动的 无能为力的 Emergency services seem almost impotent in the face of such a disaster the impotence of living opposite the keenness of living 34 divinity di vin ti U the quality or state of being like God or a god 神性 神力 神威 Adj divine di vai