综合英语二重点词汇

Lesson One Twelve Things I Wish They Taught at School

well: adv. quite, rather

The work is well done.

这件工作干得很好。

It's well past midnight, I think it's time

you went home.

早过了午夜，我想你该回家了。

above/below average

高于或低于一般标准或水平

Your monthly salary is well above average.

你每月的工资大大超出了平均水平。

yet: at this point in time

I would be …..if I had learned

虚拟语气，主句表示现在，从句表示过去

I would not be so sleepy if I had slept well last night.

back then: back in my high school days

what really matters: what is important matter is used as a verb-----

eg: Does it matter much whether he will not pass the exams?

他能否通过考试是否很重要？

In some respects

在某些方面；

in respect of

就某方面

Louisiana Purchase

路易斯安那购置

some：about; approximately

Some 35 students have taken the advanced course.

worth teaching---be worth doing

值得做

deficiencies：不足，缺乏，缺少

This disease is caused by Vitamin D deficiency.

since：从那以后（与完成时态连用）

He left home in 1980 and has not been heard of since.

他于1980年离家，此后便音信全无。

more……than+n

与其说------不如说

For me, music is more a way of life than an interest.

对我来说，音乐与其说是一种爱好，还不如说是一种生活方式。

matter, n. （讨论、考虑的）问题

a matter of principle

原则问题

a matter of time

时间问题

a matter of opinion

看法问题

a matter of life and death

生死攸关问题

Socrates

苏格拉底：古希腊哲学家。

of the greatest of human joys: "the+ 形容词最高级+名词"的用法：

the most beautiful of the places

最美的地方

the greatest of scientists

最伟大的科学家

the best of my friends

我最要好的朋友

and it is：learning is still one of the greatest of human joys today. make sure：to do sth. in order to be sure that sth. else happens

eg: We'll do our best to make sure that everything is ready before the sportsmeet.

我们将努力保证在运动会前把一切准备就绪。

It hardly matters what: 句型"it +否定词+ matter(s) + wh-"eg:

It doesn't matter how you do it as long as you finish it on time.

你如何做并不重要，但只要按时完成。

as long as：so long as: （表示条件）只要

You will succeed as long as you work hard.

context:上下文;背景

We will be able to understand why this event happened if we see it in its historical context.

如果我们能够从该事件的历史背景来考虑，就能理解事件为何发生。

Be/get trapped: to be in a bad situation someone from escaping from dangerous place

陷于，被困于

More than 50 miners got trapped in the pit following yesterday's explosion.

50 多名矿工在昨天的爆炸发生后被困在矿井中。

get trapped: (fig.)to get so deeply involved that one finds it hard to be interested in anything else They got trapped when they were doing the experiment.

他们全身心地投入到实验中去。

all grown up---fully grown up

我们完全长大成人之后，才发现很遗憾，大部分我们一辈子也发现不了。

all—副词，完全地a gateway to----通向------途径；获得-------手段

A good education can be a gateway to success.

良好的教育是获得成功的手段。

The Suez Canal is a gateway to Europe from East Asia.

苏伊士运河是从亚洲通向欧洲的通道。

confine ….to

把------限制在---之内

They managed to confine Sars to a certain area.

他们设法将"非典"控制在一定的范围。

prospect：something that you expect or know is going to happen

预料会发生的事

He doesn't like the prospect of having to live alone.

他将不得不独居，这事他可不喜欢。

become deadened to sth.

对-----变得麻木

He has become deadened to failures, for he has experienced so many.

他对失败已经麻木了，因为他经历了许多失败。

deaden sb. to sth.

使------对-----麻木

Greed has deadened him to what other people are suffering.

贪婪使他对别人的痛苦麻木不仁。

lead to ：to result in; to bring about