现代大学英语精读四第四课词汇讲解

1、整理课件Key words and phrases abreast: side by side keep abreast of /with (the time): to make sure that you know all the most recent facts about a subject 与时俱进与时俱进 、紧跟时势、紧跟时势e.g.: even this arrangement did not keep wages abreast of/with the rising living coast. 即使这样的安排也不能使工资水平赶上日益上涨的生活费用。 avert: to prev

2、ent; to avoid; to turn away (esp. danger)e.g.: he swerved sharply to the right and narrowly averted a collision.Compare: avert/prevent/avoidComplimentary n: praising; admiring; flattering 称赞的，问候的Complementary adj. : forming or serving as a complement; completing 互补的confidentially: in a very private

3、or secret wayadj. confidential 机密的；表示信任的；获信任的 expel: to force air, water, etc. out of your body; to make sb. leave school/organization/countrye.g.: Two girls were expelled from school for taking drugs. Olympic athletics expelled for drug-taking. 整理课件herald: messenger (old time); one that gives a sig

4、n or indication of something to come; a harbingere.g. The primrose（报春花）（报春花） is a herald of spring.jubilee: (celebration of) a special anniversary of an event e.g. diamond jubilee 60th anniversary golden jubilee 50th anniversary silver jubilee 25th anniversary Hold a jubilee over 举行庆祝的狂欢Hold a jubil

5、ee to celebrate 举行盛大的活动以庆祝wedding:diamond wedding (60 years)golden wedding (50 years)ruby wedding (40 years)silver wedding (25 years)oversight: the fact of making a mistake because you forget to do sth. or you do not notice sth.; (fml.) the state of being in charge ofe.g. many errors are caused by o

6、versight.personage: a person of distinction, VIPCompare: person/personage/personnel/personality整理课件polish: n. a substance to make a surface smooth and shiny; a high quality of performance with great skille.g. furniture polish, shoe polish She played the cello with the polish of a much older musician

7、.She thought that her husbands family lacked polish.polish: v. to make sth. smooth and shiny by rubbing it with a piece of fabric; to make changes to sth. in order to improve ite.g. He polished his glasses with a handkerchief. polished: adj. shiny as a result of polishing; elegant, refinede.g. polis

8、hed manners, polished performancequarter: an unspecified group of peoplee.g. Support for the plan came from an unexpected quarter. 支持这一计划的是一个/组没想到的人。 The news was greeted with dismay in some quarters. 有一部分人对这条消息感到沮丧。Other Meanings：a quarter to 8, the historic quarter of the city.renounce: v. to stat

9、e officially that you are no longer going to keep a title, position, etc.e.g. to renounce a claim/title/privilege to renounce your citizenship整理课件segregate: to separate (esp. an ethnic group) from the rest of the community 对(少数民族等)等实行种族隔离e.g.: The black people were legally segregated at time.Be segr

10、egated from 与分开n. segregation a. segregatedReprimand: a sharp, angry and official rebuke (criticism) e.g.: He may gently reprimand an official or even suggest to parliament that a law be altered .Receive a reprimand for sth. 因某事受谴责 Give sb. a reprimand for sth. 因某事训斥某人 Squint: to look at sth. with y

11、ou eyes partly shut 眯着眼睛看 e.g.: The sun was so strong that I had to squint at the things.Have a squint at sth.眯着眼睛看；瞟整理课件indulge: to engage in; to take part in, here means to enjoyindulge in sth./indulge oneself with: to allow oneself to have or to do sth. that he likes (沉迷，沉溺于) e.g. I indulged myse

12、lf with a long hot bath. 我尽情享受了一次长时间的热水浴。indulge sth: to satisfy desire, interest, etc.（满足欲望，兴趣等）e.g. The inheritance enabled him to indulge his passion for art. 这笔遗产是他能够尽情投入他热爱的艺术。indulge sb.: to be too generous in allowing sb. to have or to do whatever they like (纵容)e.g. She did not believe in ind

13、ulging the children with presents. 她认为不能惯着孩子们要什么就给什么。Her father had always indulged her every whim. 她的父亲总是对她什么奇怪的愿望都予以满足。整理课件Phrases and Expressionsabout throatbe at each others throats: to be fighting or arguing with each other 打架斗殴，激烈争吵，吵架 cut your own throat :自食恶果，自寻死路 have a frog in ones throat:

14、 to lose your voice or be unable to speak clearly for a short timeforce/thrust/ram sth. down sbs throat :强加于人，强迫接受（观点）about moneyfor all the money in the world: 无论如何for my money:依我看，我觉得put money into sth.: 投资于put your money where your mouth is: 用行动证明自己的话throw good money after bad: 继续花钱打水漂money talks

15、: 财大气就粗，有钱就有势on the money: 正确的，准确的have money to burn: 钱多得花不完money is no object: 钱不是问题整理课件about eyesee sth. out of the corner of your eye: see accidentally an eye for an eye be all eyes: to be watching carefully 目不转睛be up to you eyes in sth.:忙于，埋头干not bat an eye: to show no surprise or embarrassmenth

16、ave an eye for sth.: 对对有鉴赏能力有鉴赏能力Sbs eyes are bigger than their stomach: greedy (表示贪吃) 眼馋肚饱have eyes in the back of your head: aware of everything 眼光敏锐，什么动能观察到in the eyes of the law/world: according to the law/world 从（法律、世人等）的观点看，就而言make eyes at sb./give sb. the eye：向某人送秋波not see eye to eye with sb.

17、 on sth.: disagree with sb.with your eyes open: fully aware of the situation 心中有数with your eyes shut/closed: do sth. easily 轻车熟路under the (watchful) eye of sb.:在某人的监视下整理课件Phrases learning receive/give a reprimand (for sth.): 受到或给予训斥bring sth. to a close:结束，完成feed up to doing sth.:有力气，有精力去做某事out of the corner of ones eye:不直视，窥视be lost in: 沉浸在，忘情于and all: 包括，再加上think to oneself: 心中想，盘算at (ones) ease: 自由自在，轻松，心情舒畅talk out ones heart: 向说说心里话out of nowhere: 突然冒出来，莫名其妙的出现be just round the corner: 行将发生的，在近处fall back: 跌落整理课件Give the America