New words and expression 生词和短语 Insure v.投保 =make a contract that promises to pay a sum of money in case of accident,damage,loss,etc. Insure sb/sth against给某人或某物保险,以防万一 —Employer must insuer their employees against accident. Insurance n.保险 Insurance company 保险公司 同意词: assure v.向……保证,使确信,它的宾语一定是人 --I assure you that I’ll bring your happiness. ensure:保证,确保,宾语可以是物 --Hard work can ensure our success. guarantee:担保 --I can guarantee the watch for ten months. recover ① vi.使得到补偿,弥补=make up for ,compensate for ② vt,康复 recover from --Nothing can recover our health. 同义词: regain:经过努力而获得什么 --regain one's courage 重新获得勇气 recover our courage 恢复勇气 --He regained/recovered his enthusiasm. restore 恢复(健康,原状)vt --He has been restored. --He has recoverd.不及物 heal vt.治愈(创伤,伤口) --His wound has healed. admittedly adv.公认地=we are admitting that inevitably 不可避免地 --Admittedly he is a great person. purchase vt.买(比buy要正式,主要用于书面语,还可以是名词) --Can you purchase freedom with money? --Yesterday I bought a tie,that look terrible. purchase money 买进价格 purchasing power购买力 not worth a day’s purchase.危在旦夕 --His life is not worth a day’s purchase. annual a.一年一度的 teenager n.(13至19岁)的青少年 capsize vi.(船)翻 --The ship capsized because of the rough wave. shiver v.打颤,发抖=tremble 整体的颤抖用shiver,部分的用tremble --His hands are trembling. --His trembling voive betrayed his secret. --He is shivering with cold. shudder 因为寒冷害怕等因素导致的全身抖动,可替换shiver Haul v.拖曳=pull with effort our force强调用力拉 --They pauled the boat up the beach. 同义词: pull应用范围最广,连续不断的拉 drag 拖拉,强调二者有摩擦力 --The stone was so heavy that I had to drag it into the room. --After a day’s hard work,I dragged myself home. drag oneself to 拖着疲惫的身躯去 tug 飞快地拖拉,强调幅度大,动作快 --Look,a thief tug the bicycle. tow 借助外力拖拉较大较重的物体 --They towed the huge stone with a truck/lorry. agonizing a.精神紧张的,提心吊胆的 agonize v.使精神紧张,使极度痛苦 ---This frustration agonized him. agonized 感到提心吊胆的 agony n.=great pain极度痛苦,常用介词in 在英文中需注意意境,如 ---At the news he is an agony of joy.听到这个消息,他感到极度的高兴。 perch vi.位于(高处)be on the hige position perch on 栖息 ---A brid perched on the branch of the tree of the moment. ---The little village perches among the hills. knock sb off his perch 打败,击败 ---I knocked him off his perch yesterday. knock sb off his perch 打败,击败 ---I knocked him off his perch yesterday. come off one’s perch 不再骄傲自大 ---Put your pride in your pocket.不要妄自尊大 ---After his failure,he came off his perch. 同义词: stand v.高高地矗立 Look,a great tree stands on the mountain. locate ,situate是正式用语,vt. be located/situated+介词=lie ☆precariously adv.危险地,不稳固地 precarious adj. =unsafe,not firm,not steady :强调不安全,不稳定,不稳固 ---An actor's life would be too precarious for me.演员的生活很不稳定。 同义词: dangerous:强调很危险 ---Playing with matches is dangerous. hazardous 碰运气的,冒险的,具变幻莫测之义 ---Climbing the high mountain is hazardous. adventruous:爱冒险的,胆子很大的 ---Are you adventurous? perilous :语义程度比dangerous要高得多,强调被伤害或被伤害或被杀害的危险 ---It is perilous to do so.这样做会丢命的! overbalance v.失去平衡 clamp n.夹钳,夹板 vertically adv.垂直地-- vertical adj. 反义词:horizontally平行地--horizontal adj.平等的 ---I draw a line horizontally,and I draw another line vertically. torrent n.激流,洪流 rebound v 弹回 ---The ball is rebounded. |