大学英语词汇学习讲义Unit7答案

17. debris
• She was hit by flying debris from the blast.
18. explosive
• the gas is highly explosive • The old man had an explosive temper.
19. convoy
• The typhoon left the city in great chaos.
7.revenge
• Terrorists bombed the police station in revenge for the arrests.
8. commentator
• The reviewer is chief economics commentator of the Financial Times.
27. perish
• Hundreds of people perished when the ship went down.
28. memorial
• This memorial commemorates those who died in the war.
29. in/within the space of
22. fanatic
• I have been a basketball fanatic all my life.
ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ3. bring down
• The government hopes these measures will help to bring down inflation.
24. grief
Keys to Vocabulary Handouts
1. mood
• in a good mood • a mood of growing political despair
2. illusion
• an illusion of greater space
3. shatter
• shattered his illusions about city life
4. blot
• the most serious blot on his reputation • blotted her driving record
5. plunge
• In the recession, the company’s profits plunged 60%.
6. chaos
31. haunt
• I’m haunted with these thoughts.
32. revisit
• Yesterday I revisited the haunts of my school days.
33. pick at
• Peter could only pick at his meal, forcing down a mouthful or two.
9. tragic
• She passed out when she heard the tragic news.
10. denounce
• publicly denounced
11. dusk
• By dusk we had arrived.
12. think back (on/to/over)
• share their common joys and griefs
25. revolve
• The restaurant slowly revolves, giving excellent views of the city.
26. mourn
• I mourn for what might have been.
34. sting
• Bees do not normally sting without being provoked.
35. hijack
• The airliner was hijacked by a group of terrorists.
36. void
• Suddenly the street was void of people.
14. wreckage
• Firemen managed to pull some survivors from the wreckage.
15. pluck
• Please don’t pluck the flowers.
16. reminder
• serves as a reminder that investing is a form of gambling
• These photos made me think back on/to/over my school-days。
13. aftermath
• All the achievement and aftermath are the outcome of the whole effort we devoted before.
• The same kind of accident happened three times in (within) the space of time.
30. step into/fill sb.’s shoes
• It will be hard to find someone to fill Pete’s shoes.
• We drove in convoy.
20. ally
• without its allies’ approval • She felt she wanted an ally so badly.
21. accomplice
• He is the principal accomplice in the robbery.