英语选修7Unit3单词

7—3 New Words

1.a nnual 作定语

happening every year

◆adj. ~ event, meeting, report, visit, show

◆n. book or periodical that is published once a year年刊，年报

2.m igration

migrate from…to…

◆移居move from one place to go to live or work in another

◆迁徙(of animals) go from one place to another with the seasons

The birds migrate to North Africa in winter. migrant adj.流动的，迁徙的作定语

~ workers, ~ birds

migration U

3.w itness

◆vt.目击

~ an accident/ a murder/a quarrel

◆C目击者person who sees an event take

place

~ of/to the accident

eye-witness目击者

◆C证人

◆C/U 证据evidence

give ~ 作证

His ragged clothes were (a) witness to his poverty.

4.a ccommodation

◆U 住处rooms especially for living in suitable /cheap/ temporary /permanent ~

◆(pl.)招待，膳宿accommodations

◆accommodate vt. 供给某人住宿或房间The hotel can ~ up to 500 guests.

give sb accommodation for the night

make accommodation for sb

If you come to my house, I’ll give you accommodation for the night.

5.o pposite

◆ adj. 作定语对面的，相对的

There was a garden on the ~ side of the road. They sat at ~ ends of the table.

In ~ directions

有时放名词的后面The man opposite/The house opposite

◆ be opposite to sb/sth 在…对面，和…相反The house is opposite to mine.

The direction opposite to north is south.

Hot is opposite to cold.

His tastes are completely opposite to hers.

I sat opposite to him.

◆ prep. 在…对面

She sat down opposite him.

The house opposite ours was burnt down.

◆ n. 相反的人或东西the ~

“High” is the opposite of “low”.

◆oppose vt. 反对

oppose sb/sth

be opposed to

6.y ell

◆ vi./vt.

yell at sb

yell out高声喊出~ your name/my number

◆ (由于疼痛，惊恐)发出高叫声

a yell of terror

let out a yell of pain

7.p ause vi /C 停顿，暂停

After a pause, the game continued.

8.t eamwork n.协作，配合

The success is due to the good teamwork.

9.d ive ~ into

diver 跳水者，潜水员

make a beautiful dive into the pool

10.flee-fled-fled

◆vi. The birds fled in all directions.

flee from the burning house

◆vt. (run away from) flee the country

11.drag -gg-拖，拉，扯

pull sth with effort and difficulty

12.meantime adv.

I continued working. Meantime, he went out shopping.

meantime=in the meantime=meanwhile=in the meanwhile

13.urge 催促，促使，主张

◆vt.

urge sth~immediate action

urge sb to do~ her to join them

urge that虚拟

◆C 强烈的愿望，要求

◆urgent adj.紧急的，紧迫的

The call is urgent.

An urgent call/letter

It’s urgent that they should be rescued from the ruin.