硕士英语单词

硕士英语单词
Unit7
1. Develop/have a chip on one‟s shoulder
(因感到自己的过去或背景等使人产生偏见而）怀恨，不满，对抗；怀有恶劣的情绪
马丁的老板严厉地批评了他，他因此而怀恨在心。

Martin has a chip on his shoulder now as he was severely criticized by his boss.
2. carp about/at 抱怨；挑剔；吹毛求疵
她总是抱怨她丈夫，最后她丈夫离开了她。

She was always carping at her husband, and at last her husband left her.
3.Run-in 争辩，争吵，冲突，口角
目击者称大约有五户人家从那个公寓中心搬了出来以避免同那个粗鲁的经理之间的口角。

Witnesses say about 5 families moved out of the apartment center to avoid a run-in with the rude manager.
4.embody 表现，象征，具体表现
她假设有这么一个新的经济体系，既体现了民主理想也体现了市场理想。

She postulates a new economic system that embodies both democratic and market ideals.
5.agonize vi. 感到极度痛苦，苦恼，苦闷Vt. 使。

极度苦恼，痛苦
我绝不会把你的秘密说出去而让我所钟爱的人遭受痛苦的。

I will not let your secret out to agonize the man I love.
6.obsolete过时
新的计算机系统使得数据处理的老方法过时了。

New computer systems have made old methods of data processing obsolete.
7.tangle 纠结，争论，争吵
别同Peter打架，他个头比你大。

Don‟t tangle with Peter; he is bigger than you.
This is not the first time he‟s tangled with the Gas Board over excessive charges.
8.Mano a mano一对一地
是时候面对面地解决这些了。

It‟s time to settle this mano a mano.
9.peer凝视，窥视
她努力地朝雾中望去，想要找到正确的路。

She peered through the mist, trying to find the right path. 10.archly淘气地，顽皮地，狡猾地
玛丽的哥哥狡猾地对她说：“我知道你在隐瞒些什么。

…
Mary‟s brother said to her archly, “I kno w that you are hiding something.
11.Inundate v. 泛滥，淹没，布满，压倒
我们得到了大量的帮助。

We have been inundated with offers of help.
12.grueling
新兵要接受为期一周艰苦的耐力测试。

The recruits were put through a week of grueling endurance test.
13.whiz快速移动，嗖地掠过
当她飞快地沿着这条路向商店跑去的时候，她滑了一跤，摔倒了地上。

She was whizzing down the road to the shop when she slipped and fell.
14.rail极力地抱怨，挑剔
他抱怨他妻子太过奢侈。

He railed at his wife about her extravagance.
15.Pine 渴望，思念
当她在国外念书时，很想念自己的祖国。

She pined for her native land while she studied abroad.
16.scoff 嘲弄，讥笑
今天的年轻人总是对老人给的建议不屑一顾。

Nowadays young people often scoff at advice given by their elders.
17.self-made
靠自己努力而成功的,白手起家的
我们都相信林肯是靠自己的努力而成功的。

We all believe that Lincoln was a self-made man. 18. ride the wave 乘。

之势，得益于某事
他们乘胜追击，一举击败了敌人。

They rode the wave and defeated the enemy.
19.toy with不认真考虑；玩弄
我确实曾动过定居法国的念头。

I did briefly toy with the idea of living in France.
20.unfazed不受烦扰的，不担忧的
来自全世界各地的抗议者在西雅图抗议全球化，一点也不担心可能会被捕。

In Seattle the protesters, who came from all over the world to fight against globalization, were unfazed by the prospect of arrest.
21.squelch 压制；镇压；使不再出声
限制言论自由对秘鲁来说将是一场真正的灾难。

Squelching freedom of expression would be a real catastrophe for Peru.
22.round off圆满完成，结束
他圆满完成了他在商学院的三年学习。

He rounded off his education with three years of business college.
23.bounce off the walls
他的航班再一次被推迟了,
他因再无耐心来等待他的航班的起飞而变得狂躁不安.
He was bouncing off the walls with impatience for the takeoff of his flight, which was announced as delayed again.
24.Snarl咆哮，厉声地说
我不习惯被别人吼，改改你讲话的语气。

I‟m not used to being snarled at—change your tone!
25.footloose自由自在的，行动无拘无束的
我很嫉妒那些这些年来可以无拘无束，随心所欲的女人们，而我一直都在带孩子。

I‟m jealous of those footloose women who have been following their hearts all these years I‟ve been raising children.
26.Tap 开发，利用
这个国家有着很多还未被开发的丰富的资源。

The country has many rich resources that have not been tapped.
27.mull仔细考虑
我可以打包票说你在看完这本书之后很久都仍然会去思索其中的一些理念
I can promise you that you will be mulling over some of these ideas long after you‟ve finished the book. 28.chat up与。

搭讪，闲谈
她朝他直走过去并试图跟他搭讪。

She went straight over and tried to chat him up.
29.jaded精疲力竭的，厌倦的
即便是最疲劳的游客都会对圣彼得堡的美丽留下深刻的印象。

The beauty of St. Petersburg will impress even the most jaded tourist.
30.peter out 逐渐减弱；消失；耗尽；使筋疲力尽在他被推翻并逃离这个国家之后，他的影响力减弱了。

His influence petered out after he was overthrown and fled the country.
31.muted ①(声音)减弱的，变得轻柔的②(尤指感情的表达)缓和的；温和的；含糊不清的，表达不明确的
他们轻声说话。

They spoke in a muted voice.
Unit8 9硕士英语单词
unit8
1. 这是一个紧急任务，你必须在规定的时间内完成。

This is an urgent task and you must do it within the given time.
2. 他们认为他不再有能力管理公司。

They deemed that he was no longer capable of managing the company.
3. 人们想当然地认为男人比女人要更强大，因为他们已经将男人为中心的文化内在化了。

People take it for granted that men should be more powerful than women because they have internalized the male-centered culture.
4. inclination
我无意追随我母亲的脚步进入会计业。

I have no inclination to follow my mother into accountancy.
5. custody 监护权，监管
母亲获得了孩子们的监护权。

The mother got the custody of the children.
6. Inhibit阻止，抑制
记录会议的内容可能会阻止人们表达他们真正的观点。

Recording the meeting may inhibit people from expressing their real views.
7. 失恋者寻求安慰时, 要这样想：人生何处无芳草。

The failed lovers can find comfort in thinking that there is nowhere in life barren of fragrant grass.
8. 艺术家追求成名，如同狗自逐其尾，一旦追到手，除了继续追逐不知还能做些什么。

An artist who seeks fame is like a dog chasing his own tail who, when he captures it, does not know what else to do but to continue chasing it.
9. Sb. who do sth. be like sb. else doing sth. else who, when / once …, …做某事的人如同他人做······，一
旦······，就······
热衷于网络游戏的青少年，如同一个吸毒的，一旦成瘾，除了继续寻求刺激不知还能做什么。

A teenager who is hot on online games is like one taking drugs who, once addicted to it, does not know what else to do but to continue seeking thrill from it.
10. “…” is advice frequently given by sb. to sb. else who do sth. “······”是某人常常给做某事的人提出的建议。

用于表述“人在特定情况下常提的建议”。

对一名正努力追求成功并刚刚崭露头角的艺术家，其亲朋常常会建议“正经的饭碗不能丢！”他们的担心不无道理。

“Don‟t quit your day job!”is advice frequently given by understandably pessimistic family members and friends to a budding artist who is trying hard to succeed.
11. “少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲！”是老人们常常给缺乏上进心的年轻人提出的建议。

“Idleness in youth spells regret in old age!” is advice frequently given by the old to those who show a lack of the desire to advance.
12. When one becomes bored (with sth./ sb.), sth. or sb. begin to show a lack of continuity in … and it becomes difficult to do sth. else. 若人（对某事/人）感到厌烦，某事／人就难以继续保持······，也就难以······用于表述“事物的因果关系”。

若表演者、画家或作家感到厌烦，他们的作品就难以继续保持以前的吸引力，也就难以保持公众的注意力。

When the performer, painter or writer becomes bored, their work begins to show a lack of continuity in its appeal and it becomes difficult to sustain the attention of the public.
13. 若你始终坚持道德规范，诱惑会失去其原有吸引力，也就难在你身上起作用。

When you remain true to your moral norms, temptation begins to show a lack of continuity in its appeal and it becomes difficult to exert any effect on you.
14. Sb. who do attempt to do sth. by doing sth. else, run a risk of ... 某人为了做某事，会······，但这将冒······的危险。

用于表述“做某事存在的危险性”。

有些艺术家为了不落伍，会对他们的写作、跳舞或唱歌的风格稍加变动，但这将冒极大的失宠的危险。

Artists who do attempt to remain current by making even minute changes to their style of writing, dancing or singing, run a significant risk of losing the audience‟s favor.
15. 有些学生为了调剂学校生活，会偶尔玩一玩网上游戏，但这将冒上瘾的危险。

Some students who do attempt to enliven their school life by playing online games from time to time run a risk of getting addicted to it.
16. Sth./Sb. be/do sth. The same is true of (holds true for) sth./sb. else. 某人／物是／做某事。

这也同样适用于······
用于表述“事物的普遍性”。

同样，像莫奈、雷诺阿、达利这样的画家，希区柯克、费里尼、斯皮尔伯格、陈凯歌或张艺谋这样的电影制作人也是如此。

The same is true of painters like Monet, Renoir, or Dali and moviemakers like Hitchcock, Fellini, Spielberg, Chen Kaige or Zhang Y imou.
17. 生活的艺术是懂得如何少享受而多忍受。

这同样适用于我们的婚姻。

The art of living is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much. The same is true of our marriage. 18. When sth. / sb. be at their worst / best / prime, sb. find that …某事／人处于最糟／好的时侯，某人发现······
用于表述“某人在特定情形下的感悟”。

在最糟糕的时候，他发现没有一个人愿意拿自己的名声冒险来替他说话。

When things were at their worst, he found that no one was willing to risk his or her name in his defense. 19. 在他处于最佳状态时，这个人发现他也能成就先前从未做成的事。

When at his best, the person found that he could get done what he had never before.
20. 为保持真我，他付出的代价是，在最需要崇拜者时，谁也不理他。

His price for remaining true to himself was to be left alone when he needed his fans the most.
21. One‟s price for doing sth. is to do sth. else. 为了做某事，某人所付出的代价是······
用于表述“某人做某事的代价”。

为了赢得名气，她所付出的代价是失去了无拘无束生活的自由。

Her price for gaining fame was to lose the freedom to lead a free and easy life.
22. Sb. find comfort in knowing / thinking that … or in knowing / thinking that … 某人寻求安慰时，会想到······，或······
用于表述“某人自我安慰的方式”。

失败的艺术家寻求安慰时，可以想想许多伟大的艺术家都是过世多年以后才成名，或是他们没有出卖自己。

Failed artists may find comfort in knowing that many great artists never found fame until well after they had passed away or in knowing that they did not sell out.
23. 联邦准备银行提高利率以控制通货膨胀。

The Federal Reserve Bank raised interest rates to keep inflation under control.
24. “人非圣贤孰能无过”的意思就是每个人都可能犯错。

“To err is human” means everyone is prone to make mistakes.
25. come about
我不知道这场争论是怎么发生的.
I don‟t know how this argument has come about.
26. Not to mention
污染对住在城市的每个人的健康都有着负面影响，更不用说对环境的破坏了。

Pollution has a negative effect on the health of everyone living in the city, not to mention the damage to the environment.
27. By contrast
年长一些的女人的生育率降低了，而恰恰相反的是少女妈妈越来越多。

The birth rate for older women has declined, but, by contrast, births to teenage mothers have increased. 28. Attach…to
人们对经济形势的预测过于重视。

People attach too much importance to economic forecasts.
29. Well-being幸福，安康，福利
我们对我们的病人的治疗和康乐负责任。

We are responsible for the care and well-being of all our patients.
30. Meet with disapproval 人们普遍都不赞同他的建议。

His proposals are met with widespread dispproval. 31. role model
牧师的祖父同时还是一个木匠，他是这个地区每个人的模范。

Granddad was a preacher and a carpenter, a role model to everyone in the area.
32. Let … off the hook
我本不准备这么容易就放过她。

I wasn‟t prepared to let her off t he hook that easily.
33. …is still inhibiting women in the traditionally male preserves of…:
…is still preventing women from getting into the fields that are traditionally occupied by men…
34. …the traits helped them to survive and reproduce at a time when subsistence was a full-time job: ...with these traits, they were able to go on to live and have offspring at a time when people were struggling just to maintain life. 儿女, 子孙, 后代, 产物
unit9
1.他答应使他们的生活衣食无忧，但没有做到。

He promised to keep their life free from worry about clothing and food, but he has fallen down on the job.
2. 搞科研的人如同正登山的运动员，到达一个顶峰后，发现还有更高的山峰要爬。

Anyone who does science is like an alpinist climbing mountains who, when he gets to one top, will find a new peak for him to reach.
3. 若你对爱情生活感到厌烦，你的恋人就难以继续保持原有的魅力，也就难以迸发出新的爱情火花。

When you become bored with your romantic life, your sweetheart begins to show a lack of continuity in his / her charm and it becomes difficult to burst forth new sparks of romance.
4. single out挑选
那女孩被挑选为学校代表。

The girl was singled out to present the school.
5. In unison一致地，和谐地
管理阶层和工人必须通力协作来同外国公司竞争。

The management and workers must act in unison to compete with foreign businesses.
6. At the forefront (of sth.)
这些组织都活跃在对以色列发动自杀性袭击的前线。

These groups are at the forefront of sponsoring suicide attacks against Israel.
7. whimper悲嗥，呜咽
我说她不能吃冰激凌，她便开始哭起来。

I said she couldn‟t have an ice cream and she started to whimper.
8.morose闷闷不乐的，不快的
你这几天怎么闷闷不乐，什么让你不开心了？Why are you so morose these days—what‟s depressing you?
9. elated 兴高采烈的，得意洋洋的
据报道，王子对女儿的出生欣喜若狂。

The prince was reported to be elated at/by the birth of his new daughter.
10. entail使必须，需要，带来
维修屋顶将会花一大笔钱。

Repairing the roof will entail spending a lot of money.
11. legitimize 使。

合法，给谁以合法地位
政府担心同恐怖分子的对话会使他们的暴行合法化。

The government fears that talking to terrorists might legitimize their violent actions.
12. garner收集，取得，获得
这个政党获得了70%的投票。

The party garnered 70 percent of the votes.
13. droop弯曲或下垂
我看得出你很累，因为你的眼皮都已经开始耷下来了。

I can see you‟re tired because your eyelids have started to droop.
14. revive使恢复，苏醒
当地的人已经决定恢复这个有着几百年历史的传统。

Local people have decided to revive this centuries-old tradition.
15. activate 使活跃，启动，触发
烟触发了自动喷水系统。

The smoke activated the sprinkler system.
16. warrant 使有必要，使恰当
它是一个非常简单的任务，真的没有必要在它上面花很多的时间。

It‟s a relatively simple task that really doesn‟t warrant
a great deal of time being spent on it.
17. bolster给予适当的鼓励和支持她告诉我我有很特别的才能，以此来激起我的自信。

She tried to bolster my confidence by telling me that I had a special talent.
18. copious大量的
她听我说着，并记了大量的笔记。

She listened to me and took copious notes.
19. alternative非传统的，另类的
旧金山在接受这个城市的另类生活方式方面有着很长的历史了。

San Francisco has a long history of accepting the city‟s many alternative lifestyles.
20. entertain抱有，考虑
将军决绝接受失败的可能性。

The general refused to entertain the possibility of defeat.
21. Boil down to等于，归结为
整件事情就可以归结为一个事实，就是你们俩根本不喜欢对方。

The whole matter boils down to the fact that you two don‟t like each other.
22. Out of the blue完全处于意外，突然地
她三十多年前离开的儿子出乎意料地回来了。

Her son, who left her more than thirty years ago, came out of the blue.
23. ascribe 认为。

具有；归结于
我们认为这些政策很重要。

We ascribe great importance to these policies.
24. spur激励
自尊心促使他努力工作。

Pride spurs him to work hard.
4. Human beings have distinguished themselves from other animals, and in doing so ensured their survival, by the ability to observe and understand their environment and then either to adapt to that environment or to control and adapt it to their own needs.
4.人类把自己和其他动物区别开来。

与此同时，人类还具备了观察和了解周围环境的能力。

他们要么适应环境，要么控制环境，或根据自身的需要改造环境。

人类就这样一代代地生存下来。

unit10
1.disclosure 公开，透露
这条新闻的揭露震惊了公众。

The news‟ disclosure shocked the public.
2.embedded嵌入的
这些事实牢牢铭记在他的心中。

These facts lie embedded in his mind.
3.disastrous 灾难性的，悲惨的
化学泄露对野生生物产生了灾难性的作用。

Chemical leaks have had a disastrous effect on wildlife.
e into play 开始起作用，开始活动
在你的工作中, 你的全部才能已起到了作用。

All your faculties have come into play in your work.
5.give rise to引起，导致，使发生
这种行为可能会引起误解。

Such conduct might give rise to misunderstanding. 6.dispassionately 理智地
我们应该理智地评价他的行为。

We should judge his behavior dispassionately.
7.reverberate回响，反响
他的死不仅震惊了国内，甚至惊动了国外地区。

His death shocked the whole country and reverberated far beyond its boundaries.
8.meddle with 1. 牵涉，干预，干涉2. 与。

打交道
他在班上很不受欢迎，因为他总是干涉别人的事。

He was unpopular among the classmates because he usually meddled in others‟ businesses.
9.crucial
对教育服务来说这将是一个至关重要的决定，因为它为未来设定了标准。

This will be a crucial decision for the education services because it sets the standard for all future years.
10.conjure up使某事物浮现与脑际
即使是20年之后，他的名字仍然能唤起我美好的回忆。

11.Even after 20 years his name conjures up such beautiful memories.
12.dress up 打扮
这个提议只是换汤不换药而已。

The offer was simply an old one dressed up in new terms.
13.titillate搔痒；是兴奋；煽情
科幻小说使小学生们的想象力活跃起来。

Science-fiction novels titillate the fancy of schoolchildren.
14.disseminate 散布，传播
有人把它放到网上之后，它很快就在全世界范围内传播开来。

After someone placed it on the Internet it was quickly disseminated around the world.
e by 得到，获得
在那么多人失业的情况下很难找到工作。

Jobs are hard to come by with so many people out of work.
16.purport 声称，标榜，意图
透露给报纸的文件声称是揭露放射性废料正被非法倾倒到此地一事。

Documents leaked to this newspaper purport to reveal that radioactive waste is being illegally dumped on the site.
17.V ested interest 既得权利
拥有烟草公司的人都有权利来使它合法，因此禁止吸烟是很难的。

It was difficult to ban smoking because the people who owned tobacco companies had a vested interest in keeping it legal.
18.In-house 机构内部的，在机构内部进行的
他们设计了一个内部电脑系统来提高效率。

They designed an in-house computer system to improve efficiency.
19.terminate结束，终结
简的不快乐的婚姻生活以离婚结束了。

Jane‟s unhappy married life terminated in divorce. 20.proscribe正式宣布某事物有危险或被禁止
政府宣布禁止生的水果和蔬菜的进口以保护国内市场。

The government proscribed the importation of raw fruits and vegetables in order to protect the domestic market.
21.cherish 珍惜，珍视，爱护
他们被迫留下他们所有最为珍贵的财产。

They were forced to leave behind all their most cherished possessions.
22.stand by (sb.) 支持，支援，帮助；信守（诺言）一旦你许下诺言，你就得遵守它。

Once you make a promise, you should stand by it. 23.susceptible 易受影响的，易动感情的
有些人比其他人更容易受同辈压力的影响。

Some people are more susceptible to peer pressure than others.
24.censor 删剪（书籍、电影等中被认为犯忌、违反道德或政治上危险的内容）
给媒体的信息都是经过国防部仔细删剪过的。

The information given to the press was carefully censored by the Ministry of Defense.
25.indispensable必不可少的，必须的
对任何想要对英国皇室了解更多的人这本书都是必不可少的。

The book will be indispensable to anyone who wishes to learn more about the British Royal Family.
26.discretion 自主力，判断力
由法庭决定是否准予保释。

Bail is granted at the discretion of the court.
There is no service charge and tipping is at your discretion.
27.appropriate
把什么据为己有，侵吞；占有；拨出（款项）为谁专用
对政府拨出几百万英镑来建一艘新的核潜艇的计划有许多的反对声。

There has been a lot of opposition to the government‟s plans to appropriate millions of pounds for a new submarine.
28.untold数不清的，无数的，无限的
她给我们的机遇造成了不可估量的损害。

She has done untold damage to our chances.
29.moonshine空谈，妄想；废话
这个党为即将来临的竞选所作的宣言，被大多数专家认为是个空洞的，想入非非的举动
The party's manisfesto for the forthcoming election is regarded by most of the experts as so much moonshine.
30.Rest with 取决于，在于
未来对一个人而言意味着什么，这很大程度上取决于他今天所做的努力。

What the future holds for one will rest most with what effort one makes today.
unit11
1.stumble upon/across/on偶然发现
回家的路上我们偶然发现在岛上有一家不错的餐馆。

We stumbled upon a nice restaurant on the island on our way home.
2.bilious恶心的，想呕吐的；脾气坏的
他是一位脾气乖戾的老先生。

He was a bilious old gentleman.
3.vein风格，方式
其他一些人也以类似的腔调评论。

A number of other people commented in a similar vein.
4.appall 使惊骇，使震惊
关于干旱地区的挨饿的孩子们的新闻报道震惊了全世界。

The news reports of starving children in drought-striken areas appalled the world.
5. akin to类似于
在很多方面它都更像一门艺术而不象一门科学。

It is in many ways more akin to an art rather than a science.
6. omnipresence 无所不在的，遍及各处的
秘密警察的无所不在使得做任何事情而不被政府发现都是不可能的。

The omnipresence of the secret police made it impossible to do anything without the authorities finding out.
7.impoverished 赤贫的，贫困的，耗尽的
他们的目的是通过减免税收和给予其他优惠条件来吸引公司到贫困地区去投资。

Their intention is to lure business into impoverished areas by offering them tax breaks and other favors. 8. reel 踉跄，晕眩，不知所措
拳击手被击得一个踉跄，但他很快就还击了。

The boxer reeled from the force of the blow, but soon he fought back.
urp篡夺，霸占
副总统正试图篡夺总统的权力。

The V ice-President was trying to usurp the President‟s authority.
10.harbor 怀藏在心，持有
玛丽精力充沛且有抱负，希望成为一个世界冠军。

Mary, energetic and ambitious, harbors a wish to be a world champion.
11. shunt转轨，排挤，使退居一边
她希望升职，结果却是被排挤到一边，让路给一个更年轻的人。

She was expecting to be promoted, but ended up
being shunted aside to make way for a younger person.
12.sardonic 嘲笑的，讥讽的
当他解释他为什么从事故现场逃跑的时候，她朝他讥讽地一笑。

She gave him a sardonic smile when he explained why he ran away in the accident.
13. haughty 傲慢的，高傲自大的
人们认为他高傲自大，难以打交道。

People thought of him as being haughty and difficult to talk to .
14.staunch 忠诚的，坚定的
他已经坚定地支持了自由党30多年。

He has been a staunch supporter of the Liberal Party for over thirty years.
15.to all appearances从表面看来，根据观察推断
从表面看来，他们是一对婚姻美满的夫妻。

To all appearances, they were a happily married couple.
16.in line with与。

一致，符合，相似
我们正努力使我们的价格与顾客的期望值一致。

We‟re trying very hard t o keep our prices in line with what our customers expect.
17.quiescent沉默的，不动的，静止的
她计划搬去一个安静的南部海边小镇。

She plans to move to a quiescent southern seaside town.
18.toe the line 顺从，遵循，服从
他们的父亲对他们很严格，他们必须服从命令，特别是教育方面。

Their father is strict with his children and they have to toe the line, particularly in respect of education.
19.be riding the crest of a wave of极其成功，春风得意
中东的航海业目前很成功。

The Middle East‟s sailing industry is currently riding the crest of a wave.
20.divvy up分配，分掉
我们不把赚的钱都分掉。

我们要为困难时期留一点。

We do not divvy up all the money we have earned, we may keep some for a rainy day.
21.wrestle with sth. 深思，斟酌
他斟酌着那个决定好几个星期了，想知道究竟该怎么做。

He wrestled with the decision for several weeks, wondering what he should do.
22. boil down to归结为
整件事可以归结为你们俩并不喜欢对方。

The whole matter boils down to the fact that you two don‟t like each other.
23.prime使准备好，准备
他已经安排好他的朋友们尽量不要给记者任何信息。

He had primed his friends to give the journalists as little information as possible.
24.redolent 有强烈气味的；使人联想或回想起某事物的
厨房里满是洋葱味。

The kitchen was redolent of onions.
The kitchen was redolent of onions.]
25. glamorous 富有魅力的，迷人的
电视上她看起来是那么美丽迷人，在这里她则看起来又老又疲倦。

On television she was so beautiful and glamorous, and here she looked so tired and old.
26. nefarious邪恶的，不道德的
谋杀案发生15天之后，那个万恶的凶手最终被绳之以法。

The nefarious criminal was finally arrested 15 days after the murder was discovered.
27.a slew of 大量的
汤姆有一大堆未付的账单，并最终被捕入狱。

Tom had a slew of unpaid bills and at last he was put in jail.
28.cull挑选，采集
全国性的报纸从全国各地网罗新闻，事实上往往是从全世界。

National newspapers cull their stories from all over the country—often, indeed, from all over the world. 29.deflect（使）偏斜，偏离，转向
没有什么能够阻止我实现我自己的抱负。

Nothing is going to deflect me from achieving my ambitions.
30.s a t u r a t e使饱和，使充满
那种画充斥了市场。

The market has been saturated with paintings like that.
31.swathe裹，缠，覆盖
他躺在医院的病床上，身上缠满了绷带。

He was lying on the hospital bed, swathed in bandages.
32.blindside 攻其不备，偷袭
正当生活很美好的时候，一场致命的疾病袭击了她。

Just when it seemed life was going well, she was blindsided by a devastating illness.
33. ruthless残忍的，残酷无情的
这些人都是残忍的恐怖分子，他们将杀死所有试图阻挡他们的人。

These men are ruthless terrorists and will kill anyone who tries to stop them.
34. dissipate消散，消失
她的笑声驱散了紧张的气氛。

Her laughter soon dissipated the tension in the air.
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1.banal陈旧的，平庸的，乏味的
他的坏习惯之一就是喜欢说些陈词滥调。

Making banal remarks was one of his bad habits.
2.charge使承担(任务等)；使负责；把担子加在…上，嘱托
他外出时托付我好生照顾他的孩子。

He charged me to take good care of his children while he was away.
3.in large measure 在很大程度上
他又一次没有通过期末考试，这在很大程度上都是因为他的懒惰。

He failed again in the final examination, which is in large measure due to his laziness.
4.responsive反应热烈的，积极地
公司必须对顾客的需求做出积极地反应。

Firms have to be responsive to consumer demand. 5.legitimate正统的，合法的，合理的
军队必须把权利归还给合法政府。

The army must give power back to the legitimate government.
6.ascendancy 优势，支配或统治地位
在战斗中我们已占有优势。

We have had ascendancy over the enemy in the battle.
7.oblivious 易忘的，健忘的
她忘我地投入到工作当中。

Absorbed in her work, she was totally oblivious of her surroundings.
8.personalize使个性化，为某人所特制
所有的产品都可按顾客的具体要求而特制
All the products can be personalized to the cl ient‟s exact requirements.
9.tailor专门制作，调整以适应需要，订制
我们可以根据你家庭的情况来订制保险单。

We can tailor the insurance policy according to your family‟s needs.
10.hands-on亲自动手的，躬亲的；实用的
电脑课程包括大量的实际操作训练。

The computer course includes plenty of hands-on training.
11.p u t s t h a t o n e‟s f i n g e r t i p s使某事物易于得到；对某事非常熟悉
不得不承认这个服务中心有多么的棒—你需要的任何东西都可以得到。

Y ou have to admit how wonderful the service center is—it just puts anything you may possibly need at your fingertips.
12.hunt down 成功地找到
侦探们最终成功地抓到了凶手。

Detectives have finally managed to hunt down the killer.
13.range from 在一定范围内变动
估计损失在100万元至500万元之间。

Estimates of the damage range between $ 1 million and $ 5 million.
14.have access to (sth./sb.)
可以获得或使用；接近（或进入）的方法（或权利、机会等）
学生应该读好书。

S tudents should have access to good books.
15.tailor… to …使。

配合；使。

适应
你得量入为出。

Y ou have to tailor your spending to your income. mingle 混合，掺和
他的作品混合了挖苦和悲伤。

His book commingled sarcasm and sadness.
17.downright完全的，十足的
我认为她被对待的方式完全是一种耻辱。

I think the way she‟s been treated is a downright disgrace.
18. formidable艰巨的，难以应付的。