自考高级英语下册lesson5

1、 Trifle n.琐事，小事Something of small importance Do not waste your money on trifles. Trifler n.吊儿郎当的人One who behaves lightly or not seriously trifling adj.微小的，不足取的not worth considering It s a trifling matter. Dont make such a fuss. Abandoned: adj. 1)deserted, desolate. 被抛弃的 The abandoned house was torn

2、down. 2)given up to bad ways; profligate 无约束的；恣意放荡的；寡廉鲜耻的 Is he so abandoned as if feel no shame at such an accusation? 难道他坏到竟对这种指控不知羞耻的程度吗？bundled up1）dress sb. in warm clothes Its pretty cold outside. Youd better bundle up well.外面很冷，你最好穿暧和点。2）make into a bundle or bundles 捆扎 We bundled everything

3、up.我们把每件东西都捆扎起來了 business I am talking about business. = I am serious. I mean business. My private life is none of your business. Business as usual. 照常营业 I am sick of the whole business. = affairs Business is business. 公事公办 Lets get down to business. 开始干正事，言归正转 go about ones business忙于自己的事 business

4、card 名片 business hours 办公时间，营业时间 adj. businesslike 按部就班的按部就班的,有条不紊的有条不紊的,认真的认真的 systematic, efficient Negotiations are conducted in a businesslike manner. have ones hands full: be busy with/ be fully occupied忙于做事 David always has his hands full with the work, so he seldom goes shopping with his wife

5、. My daughter always has her hands full with her study. Dont expect him to help us, he has his hands full already.别指望他能帮助我们，他已经非常忙了。 Go over这里意思为“查看，搜查”。 E.g. The police went over his room several times, but found nothing. 警察把他的房间搜查了好几遍，但什么也没发现。 a party telephone / line a telephone line shared by tw

6、o or more houses, offices, etc. . 共有的；共有的；共同的共同的 I spoke to Wright about it once before and he put me off, put somebody off: put off这里意思为这里意思为“回回避（回答）避（回答）”。 make excuses and try to avoid 闪避，敷衍闪避，敷衍 E.g. Despite all attempts to put him off, the question persisted until he got a satisfactory answer.不

7、管别人怎样试图回避不管别人怎样试图回避他的问题，这个提问者一直坚持到得到一个满他的问题，这个提问者一直坚持到得到一个满意的答案。意的答案。 He tried to put me off with vague promises.that I didnt know as (that) what his wife wanted made much difference to John.It shows that even the neighbor knows that John Wright doesnt pay attention to his wifes needs, that he decid

8、es things in the family and that the wife has no say.pleat 把打褶，把编成辫；编织 pleat n./v. a shirt with pleats in the front pleated curtainsHer hair was pleated in a queue. 她的头发编成了一条辫子And kind of done up. do up有多种含义与用法，如有多种含义与用法，如“收拾，打扮，捆扎收拾，打扮，捆扎等等”，这里则表示，这里则表示“累坏了，非常疲倦累坏了，非常疲倦”的意的意思。思。E.g. They did up the

9、 house before the tenants moved in.房客搬近来前，他们收房客搬近来前，他们收拾了房子。拾了房子。She did herself up for the party.她打扮得漂她打扮得漂漂亮亮地去参加晚会。漂亮亮地去参加晚会。Please do up the parcel and post it.请捆扎好请捆扎好包裹，然后邮寄出去。包裹，然后邮寄出去。He was quite done up after the long journey.长途旅行之后，他非常疲倦。长途旅行之后，他非常疲倦。 “No,” she says, kind of dull like. 句中

10、kind of dull like即She looked kind of dull。意思是“她看上去有点迟钝”。 这里like的用法有点像后词缀，-like可以作为后缀与名词构成合成形容词或副词，表示“像一样的（地）”。 E.g. childlike孩子般天真的；godlike如神的，神圣的；和下文的businesslike公务的，有条理的。 I think Id rather have you go into that upstairs, where you can point it all out. 句中Id rather即I would rather (有时用had rather)意思为

11、“宁愿”，后面可跟不带to的不定式，从句中用虚拟语气。 E.g. Id rather not go out tonight.我宁愿今晚不出去。 Id rather you told me the truth.我宁愿你对我讲实话。 Go into这里意思为这里意思为“细谈，讨论细谈，讨论”。 E.g. We havent had enough time to go into the details.我们没有时间谈详细情况。 twitch n./v. 痉挛，抽搐，抽动 Her face twitched with pain. When I stood up to her, her right ch

12、eek would begin to twitch. 每当我直面她时，她的右脸颊就会开始抽动。 He developed a nervous twitch and began to blink constantly. 他患上了一种神经痉挛病，开始不停地眨眼睛。 notify： (vt.) give notice of; report 通知;报告 Our teacher notified us that there would be a test on Monday. Any infectious disease must be notified at once to the Health Mi

13、nistry. 发现传染病必须立即向卫生部门报告。 vt. Strangle ：Squeeze the throat of掐死，勒死，绞死，掐死，使窒息,限制，阻止 He strangled her with her own scarf. This stiff collar is strangling me. He strangled his victim with a nylon stocking.他用尼龙长筒袜勒死了受害者 The governments policies are slowly strangling the economy.政府的这些政策正在慢慢扼杀经济的发展。 n. st

14、rangler压制者；扼杀者压制者；扼杀者 Stranglehold n.勒颈，压制，束缚 A wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponents windpipe The new tariffs关税 have put a stranglehold on our trade with them. put in a telephone: fix“安装”。E.g. We cant move into the house until theyve put the heating in.只有等他们装完暖气，我们才能搬进这

15、所房子。Well, can you beat the women! Held for murder and worrying about her preserves.Can you beat that? Have you ever seen or heard anything as surprising as that?The sheriff was very much surprised at Mrs. Wrights worry about her preserves. To him, since she was arrested for murder, she should worry

16、about her own life, not such unimportant things as preserves. n. gallantry 勇气，殷勤 1）bravery :勇敢：英勇 He displayed great gallantry in trying to save a boy from drowning. He won a medal for gallantry. 2) elaborate politeness or amorous act or speech to a woman.对妇女的殷勤 His gallantry made him an ideal escor

17、t.他献殷勤而成了一名理想的陪同。 He won many hearts by his gallantry. Adj. gallant勇敢的，殷勤的 And yet, for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies? 句子中for all的意思是的意思是“尽管尽管”虽然。虽然。 E.g. For all his wealth, he was unhappy.尽管他有万贯家产，但他并不幸福。 He is a poor musician for all his training.尽管接受了训练，他还是个蹩脚的音乐家。 Not m

18、uch of a housekeeper, would you say, ladies? 这是一个省略句，原句应为Would you say that she is not much of a housekeeper, ladies? be not much of意思为“不是很好的”。E.g. He is not much of a linguist.他不是个了不起的语言学家。 I want to get the lay of things I want to find out the layout of things upstairs, the arrangements of things

19、upstairs keep an eye out/open for sth./sb.: look out for sth./ watch for sth. closely 留心，注意 I have lost my ringcould you keep an eye out for it when you clean the house? Would you please keep an eye on my lugguage. v. snoop about/around sth. 四处打探调查 snoop into sth. 打听闲事 n. snooper a government snoope

20、r 政府的秘密调查员 It is impolite to snoop about others privacy. Snooper n.打听者，窥视者 A secret listener to private conversations Snoopy adj.爱打听的，爱管闲事的Offensively curious or inquisitive She was fired because she was snoopy. shove v. 推挤撞 push shove sth. out of place Deputy n. 1.代理人，代表2. (政府官员的)副手，副职，助理 His broth

21、er was acting as his deputy in America. 他的兄弟充当他在美洲的代理人。 Jack Lang, Frances minister for culture, and his deputy, Catherine Tasca. 法国文化部长杰克朗和他的副手凯瑟琳塔斯卡。 adj. 副的；代理的 slick vt. 1. 使平滑，使光滑，使光亮： to slick the plank with a plane 用刨子刨光木板 to be slicked by painting 漆得光净明亮 2. 美国口语打扮，装扮；修饰(up): to slick oneself

22、 up打扮起来 to slick the room up把房间装饰一番 slick up: tidy up, clean up Slick up为口语化表达，意思为“使整洁，使漂亮”。 slick adj. 1. 光滑的；有光泽的 2. 圆滑的，油滑的；口齿伶俐的 The roads are slick with wet mud. close adj. miserly, mean 吝啬的 I think maybe thats why she kept so much to herself. I think maybe thats why she avoided meeting other p

23、eople. keep to oneself: avoid meeting people 不与不与人交往人交往 Sally has kept to herself since her husband died. Nobody knows much about him. He keeps to himself most of the time.大家都不太了解他，他大部分时间都不跟别人来往。 此外这一短语还有“不告诉别人”的意思。 E.g. He kept the news to himself.他没把这个消息告诉任何人。词语辨析 1. She took the skirt out of the

24、suitcase and found it terribly (pleated, wrinkled). Pleated: a pleated skirt, dress etc has a lot of flat narrow folds Wrinkled: skin or cloth that is wrinkled has small lines or folds in it 2. The owner of the house came back and discovered that his house had been broken into during his absence. He

25、 (snooped around, checked) to see if anything valuable had been stolen. snoop around: to try to find out about someones private affairs by secretly looking in their house, examining their possessions etc(调查, 窥探) 3. Since their father lost his job, their mother was hard up and always bought them (sha

26、bby, cheap) clothes. Shabby: shabby clothes, places, or objects are untidy and in bad condition because they have been used for a long time Cheap: not at all expensive, or lower in price than you expected 4. He needed the money, so he said he didnt (care for, mind) the long working hours as long as

27、he was well paid. Care for: to look after someone who is not able to look after themselves; to do things that keep something in good condition Mind: usually in questions and negatives to feel annoyed or upset about something 5. He lost interests in the debate, merely sitting there totally (unconcerned, unbent). Unconcerned: not worried about something because you think it does not affect you Unbend: to relax and start behaving in a less formal way 6. While you are in the bookstore, please (keep an eye for, look at) dictionary that I