新世纪英语专业_综合教程2_(何兆熊)核心词汇_unit3

核心词汇

stroke n. ○1意外的一桩（幸事、运气或不幸）○2中风○3笔划○4抚摸○5v.抚摸

【例句】In a stroke of luck, a suitable organ donor became available.

运气的话也会有合适的器官捐献者。

Various strokes of misfortune led to his ruin.

遭诸多不幸使他一蹶不振。

The funeral of Mr. Whitelaw, who died of a stroke, will

go ahead as planned today. 怀特劳先生死于中

风，他的葬礼按计划今天举行。

The character“繁”has too many strokes and children

find it very difficult to write. “繁”这个字笔画太

多，孩子们觉得很难写。

Cats like being stroked. 猫喜欢让人抚摸。

collide vi.○1互撞，碰撞○2严重冲突，抵触

【例句】The two planes collided with each other in midair and over 100 people were killed. 两班飞机在空中相撞,

一百多人丧生。

I ran around the corner, and almost collided with Mrs Laurence.

我从拐角跑过去，差点与劳伦斯夫人撞上了。

The President has again collided with Congress over his budget plans.

总统在他的预算计划上又与国会意见冲突了。【派生】collision n.碰撞，互撞；冲突

insist v.○1坚决要求○2坚决认为，宣称

【例句】The victim’s relatives insisted on immediate repayment.

受害者亲属要求立即得到偿还。

The man insisted on helping me find a taxi even though I

told him I didn’t need any help.即便我说了我不需要

帮助，那人还是坚持要帮助我找一辆的士。

My parents insist we (should) report the matter to the

police right away.

我父母坚持要我们立即把此事向警方报告。

The suspect insisted on his innocence.

犯罪嫌疑人坚持说自己是无罪的。

【搭配】insist on one’s idea 坚持自己的观点insist on doing sth. 坚持(要)做某事

insist + that clause 坚持，坚决要求…

【辨析】persist in doing sth. 坚持/持续做某事, 表示持之以恒做某事、固执、不放弃；而insist on doing sth 却

表示坚持一个观点，坚持要做某事。例如：We must

persist in taking the socialist road of Chinese

characteristics. 我们必须坚持继续走中国特色的社

会主义道路。

【派生】insistence n. 坚决要求，坚决主张insistent a. 坚持的，执拗的

guilt n. ○1内疚，悔恨○2罪过，责任，过失○3罪，罪行【例句】Don’t you have any feelings of guilt about leaving David?

你离开大卫不感到内疚吗？

When children behave badly the guilt sometimes lies

with the parents for not caring sufficiently. 孩子行为不

轨责任有时在于父母关心不够。

At the court he made no attempt to deny his guilt.

法庭上他没有想否认自己的罪行。

【搭配】admit / confess one’s quilt 认罪；承认自己的过失或责任

【派生】guilty a.○1感到内疚/惭愧的，自责的○2应（对道德败坏、社会唾弃的行为）负责的○3有罪的，犯罪的

depressed a. sad or gloomy忧伤的，抑郁的，消沉的

【例句】I need something to occupy my mind. I get depressed if I have nothing to do.

我需要事情占据脑子，一没事我就会郁闷。

【派生】depress v. 使感到消沉，使沮丧depressing a.

令人沮丧的，令人消沉的

depression n . 沮丧，愁苦，抑郁，失望情绪

suicidal a.自杀的，有自杀倾向的

【例句】He suffered periods of deep depression, when his mood became suicidal.

他经历了几次严重的抑郁，情绪到了要自杀的状态。

For many years before treatment, Clare had suicidal

tendencies (= behaviour that showed she wanted to kill

herself).

在接受治疗之前的几年里，克莱尔一直有自杀的倾向。

【派生】suicide n.自杀

to commit suicide自杀; suicide bombing attack自杀性炸弹袭击

striking a. very attractive or impressive 引人注目的，显著