MBA昆虫特工队阅读笔记4

1. disability plural disabilities
a. a physical or mental condition that makes it difficult for someone to use a part of their body properly, or to learn normally 残疾；障碍
e.g. Public places are becoming more accessible to people with disabilities.
learning/physical/mental etc disability
children with severe learning disabilities
b．when you have a physical or mental disability:
learning to cope with disability
2.guidance
a. help and advice that is given to someone about their work, education, or personal life 指导
guidance on/about
e.g. I went to a counselor for guidance on my career.
under somebody's expert guidance
e.g. I was looking forward to working under her expert guidance. parental/spiritual etc guidance
e.g. Children need moral guidance.
b. the process of directing a missile while it is flying through the air 引导
e.g. a missile with a sophisticated electronic guidance system
3. nerve
a. nerves[plural] 神经紧张（复数）
calm/steady one’s nerves
e.g. Sean drank a large glass of brandy to calm his nerves.
be a bundle/bag of nerves (=be extremely worried or frightened)
e.g. I remember you were a bundle of nerves (乱作一团)on your wedding day.
e.g. exam nerves
b. [可数]nerves are parts inside your body which look like threads and carry messages between the brain and other parts of the body 神经
c. [不可数] courage and confidence in a dangerous, difficult, or frightening situation 胆量
the nerve to do something
e.g. Not many people have the nerve to stand up and speak in front of a large audience.
lose your nerve (=suddenly become very nervous so that you cannot do what you intended to do)
e.g. Jensen would've won if he hadn't lost his nerve.
d. get on somebody's nerves令人脑怒
e.g. She's always moaning. It really gets on my nerves.
e. [singular] spoken if you say someone has a nerve, you mean that they have done something unsuitable or impolite, without seeming to be embarrassed about behaving in this way 鲁莽；冒失；厚脸皮
e.g. He's got a nerve asking for more money.
'She didn't say sorry or anything.' ' What a nerve!'
have the nerve to do something
e.g. She lets me do all the work, and then she has the nerve to criticize my cooking.
4. propose
a. the proposed budget cuts
e.g. In his speech he proposed that the UN should set up an emergency centre for the environment.
propose doing something提议做
e.g. The report also proposes extending the motorway.
b. to formally suggest a course of action at a meeting and ask people to vote on it
propose a motion/amendment/resolution提出动议/修正案/决议
e.g. The resolution was proposed by the chairman of the International Committee.
propose somebody for something 提名
Mr Leesom proposed Mrs Banks for the position of Treasurer (=he suggested formally that she should be the treasurer).
c. propose to do something
e.g. How does he propose to deal with the situation?
d. to ask someone to marry you, especially in a formal way
propose to sb. 求婚
e.g. Shaun proposed to me only six months after we met.
e.g. propose a toast (to somebody)举杯敬酒
e.g. I'd like to propose a toast to the bride and groom.
我提议为新娘和新郎干杯。