自考高級英語下冊lesson5

1、 Trifle n.瑣事，小事Something of small importance Do not waste your money on trifles. Trifler n.吊兒郎當?shù)娜薕ne 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. 被拋棄的 The abandoned house was torn

2、down. 2)given up to bad ways; profligate 無約束的；恣意放蕩的；寡廉鮮恥的 Is he so abandoned as if feel no shame at such an accusation? 難道他壞到竟對這種指控不知羞恥的程度嗎？bundled up1）dress sb. in warm clothes Its pretty cold outside. Youd better bundle up well.外面很冷，你最好穿曖和點。2）make into a bundle or bundles 捆扎 We bundled everything

3、up.我們把每件東西都捆扎起來了 business I am talking about business. = I am serious. I mean business. My private life is none of your business. Business as usual. 照常營業(yè) I am sick of the whole business. = affairs Business is business. 公事公辦 Lets get down to business. 開始干正事，言歸正轉(zhuǎn) go about ones business忙于自己的事 business

4、card 名片 business hours 辦公時間，營業(yè)時間 adj. businesslike 按部就班的按部就班的,有條不紊的有條不紊的,認真的認真的 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.別指望他能幫助我們，他已經(jīng)非常忙了。 Go over這里意思為“查看，搜查”。 E.g. The police went over his room several times, but found nothing. 警察把他的房間搜查了好幾遍，但什么也沒發(fā)現(xiàn)。 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這里意思為這里意思為“回回避（回答）避（回答）”。 make excuses and try to avoid 閃避，敷衍閃避，敷衍 E.g. Despite all attempts to put him off, the question persisted until he got a satisfactory answer.不

7、管別人怎樣試圖回避不管別人怎樣試圖回避他的問題，這個提問者一直堅持到得到一個滿他的問題，這個提問者一直堅持到得到一個滿意的答案。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，把編成辮；編織 pleat n./v. a shirt with pleats in the front pleated curtainsHer hair was pleated in a queue. 她的頭發(fā)編成了一條辮子And kind of done up. do up有多種含義與用法，如有多種含義與用法，如“收拾，打扮，捆扎收拾，打扮，捆扎等等”，這里則表示，這里則表示“累壞了，非常疲倦累壞了，非常疲倦”的意的意思。思。E.g. They did up the

9、 house before the tenants moved in.房客搬近來前，他們收房客搬近來前，他們收拾了房子。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參加晚會。漂亮亮地去參加晚會。Please do up the parcel and post it.請捆扎好請捆扎好包裹，然后郵寄出去。包裹，然后郵寄出去。He was quite done up after the long journey.長途旅行之后，他非常疲倦。長途旅行之后，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“她看上去有點遲鈍”。 這里like的用法有點像后詞綴，-like可以作為后綴與名詞構(gòu)成合成形容詞或副詞，表示“像一樣的（地）”。 E.g. childlike孩子般天真的；godlike如神的，神圣的；和下文的businesslike公務(wù)的，有條理的。 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 (有時用had rather)意思為

11、“寧愿”，后面可跟不帶to的不定式，從句中用虛擬語氣。 E.g. Id rather not go out tonight.我寧愿今晚不出去。 Id rather you told me the truth.我寧愿你對我講實話。 Go into這里意思為這里意思為“細談，討論細談，討論”。 E.g. We havent had enough time to go into the details.我們沒有時間談詳細情況。 twitch n./v. 痙攣，抽搐，抽動 Her face twitched with pain. When I stood up to her, her right ch

12、eek would begin to twitch. 每當我直面她時，她的右臉頰就會開始抽動。 He developed a nervous twitch and began to blink constantly. 他患上了一種神經(jīng)痙攣病，開始不停地眨眼睛。 notify： (vt.) give notice of; report 通知;報告 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. 發(fā)現(xiàn)傳染病必須立即向衛(wèi)生部門報告。 vt. Strangle ：Squeeze the throat of掐死，勒死，絞死，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.他用尼龍長筒襪勒死了受害者 The governments policies are slowly strangling the economy.政府的這些政策正在慢慢扼殺經(jīng)濟的發(fā)展。 n. st

14、rangler壓制者；扼殺者壓制者；扼殺者 Stranglehold n.勒頸，壓制，束縛 A wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponents windpipe The new tariffs關(guān)稅 have put a stranglehold on our trade with them. put in a telephone: fix“安裝”。E.g. We cant move into the house until theyve put the heating in.只有等他們裝完暖氣，我們才能搬進這

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 勇氣，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.對婦女的殷勤 His gallantry made him an ideal escor

17、t.他獻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“盡管盡管”雖然。雖然。 E.g. For all his wealth, he was unhappy.盡管他有萬貫家產(chǎn)，但他并不幸福。 He is a poor musician for all his training.盡管接受了訓練，他還是個蹩腳的音樂家。 Not m

18、uch of a housekeeper, would you say, ladies? 這是一個省略句，原句應(yīng)為Would you say that she is not much of a housekeeper, ladies? be not much of意思為“不是很好的”。E.g. He is not much of a linguist.他不是個了不起的語言學家。 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. 四處打探調(diào)查 snoop into sth. 打聽閑事 n. snooper a government snoope

20、r 政府的秘密調(diào)查員 It is impolite to snoop about others privacy. Snooper n.打聽者，窺視者 A secret listener to private conversations Snoopy adj.愛打聽的，愛管閑事的Offensively curious or inquisitive She was fired because she was snoopy. shove v. 推擠撞 push shove sth. out of place Deputy n. 1.代理人，代表2. (政府官員的)副手，副職，助理 His broth

21、er was acting as his deputy in America. 他的兄弟充當他在美洲的代理人。 Jack Lang, Frances minister for culture, and his deputy, Catherine Tasca. 法國文化部長杰克朗和他的副手凱瑟琳塔斯卡。 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 漆得光凈明亮 2. 美國口語打扮，裝扮；修飾(up): to slick oneself

22、 up打扮起來 to slick the room up把房間裝飾一番 slick up: tidy up, clean up Slick up為口語化表達，意思為“使整潔，使漂亮”。 slick adj. 1. 光滑的；有光澤的 2. 圓滑的，油滑的；口齒伶俐的 The roads are slick with wet mud. close adj. miserly, mean 吝嗇的 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 不與不與人交往人交往 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，他大部分時間都不跟別人來往。 此外這一短語還有“不告訴別人”的意思。 E.g. He kept the news to himself.他沒把這個消息告訴任何人。詞語辨析 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(調(diào)查, 窺探) 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