高級(jí)英語第二冊(cè)第四課Vocabulary 4

詞匯(Vocabulary)

inaugural(adj.):ofaninauguration就職(典禮)的signify(v.):beasignorindicationof；mean表明；意味almighty

(adj.):havingunlimitedpower；all-powerful;omnipotent有無限權(quán)力的；全能的forebear(n.):anancester;forefather;ascendant祖先，祖宗prescribe(v.):setdownasaruleordirection；order；ordain；direct;laydown命令；指示；規(guī)定，訂立generosity(n.):thequalityofbeinggenerous慷慨；寬宏大量heir(n.):personwhoappearstogetsometraitfromapredecessororseemstocarryoninhistradition繼承者；后嗣foe(n.):enemy；opponent,rival,adversary敵人undoing(n.):theactofbringingtoruin，disgrace，ordestruction毀滅；破壞asunder

(adv.):intopartsorpieces分成碎片；分散prey(n.):apersonorthingthatfallsvictimtosomeoneorsomething犧牲品；掠奪品subversion(n.):asubvertingorbeingsubverted．ruin顛覆(活動(dòng))；破壞sovereign(adj.):independentofallothers獨(dú)立自主的outpace(v.):surpass；exceed在速度上超過；勝過invective(n.):aviolentverbalattack．strongcriticism，insults,curses,etc.;vituperation抨擊；辱罵，謾罵shield(n.):anypersonorthingthatguards，protects，ordefends;protection保護(hù)人；防護(hù)物；保護(hù)writ(n.):aformallegaldocumentorderingorprohibitingsomeaction命令；律令；文書；傳票adversary(n.):apersonwhoopposesorfightsagainstanother;opponent；enemy對(duì)手，反對(duì)者；敵手，敵方anew(adv.):again重新，再unleash(v.):releasefromorasfromaleash(解開皮帶以)釋放engulf(v.):swallowup；overwhelm吞沒，淹沒，壓倒civility(n.):politeness．esp.inamerelyformalway禮貌，客氣belabor(v.):talkaboutatunnecessarylength嘮嘮叨叨地反復(fù)講formulate(v.):puttogetherandexpress(atheory．plan,etc.)asystematicway系統(tǒng)地闡述(或提出)(理論、計(jì)劃等)tap(v.):drawupon；makeuseof開發(fā)、發(fā)掘heed(v.):paycloseattentionto；takecarefulnoticeof注意,留神，留心beachhead(n.):apositionestablishedbyinvadingtroopsonanenemyshore；apositiongainedasasecarestartingpointforanyaction；foothold灘頭堡，登陸場(chǎng)；立足點(diǎn)endeavor(n.):anearnestattemptoreffort努力，盡力testimony(n.):anyformofevidence，indication.etc.；proof證明，證據(jù)embattle(v.):[常用于被動(dòng)語態(tài)]prepare，array，orsetinlineforbattle使準(zhǔn)備戰(zhàn)斗，使嚴(yán)陣以待tribulation(n.):greatmiseryordistress,asfromoppression；deepsorrow苦難；困苦；憂傷forge(v.):moveforwardsteadily，asifagainstdifficulties;form；produce(似乎迎著困難)穩(wěn)步前進(jìn)；形成；結(jié)成alliance(n.):acloseassociationforacommonobjectiveasofnations，politicalparties，etc．聯(lián)盟，聯(lián)合，同盟短語(Expressions)

atissue:indispute；tobedecided；atvariance；indisagreement意見不一致例：Whatisatissueistheextenttowhichexamresultsreflectastudent’sability.意見的分歧之處在于考試對(duì)于學(xué)生能力的影響程度。atodds:indisagreement；quarrelling；antagonistic意見不一致，有爭(zhēng)執(zhí)例:Hewasatoddswithhiscolleagues．他與同事意見不合。castoff:todiscard；abandon；disown丟棄，擺脫例：Ahavenoftranquilitywhereyoucancastoffthestrainsands