牛津高中英语模块七第二单元词汇讲解1

M7 Unit2 Fit for life

I. Words in the wordlist

1.recipe:[cn.] 处方; 烹饪法;制作法,诀窍成功的诀窍：

I’d like to have your recipe for cookies.

译：

He thinks the only success lies in hard work.

他认为成功的唯一诀窍是勤奋.

2.open up: v.打开，展开,开发/adj.开着的

open up a medicine cupboard 打开一个药柜

对…开放：

The port will be opened to the foreign ships next month.

译：

这个图书馆已经开了3年了。

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3.probability: n.

①（句型）很有可能…

He worked too late last night. There is a possibility that he will be late today.

译：

Is there any probability of our getting there in time.

译：

It is possible for us to finish the job ahead of time.

译：

类似句型：

②There is no doubt that…

③There is no need for sb to do sth. / that …

④It’s no use doing sth

4.acid: adj. ( more acid, most acid) 酸的;刻薄的

have an acid taste 有酸味 / 酸雨/ an acid comment

5.trial: n. 试验考验;审讯,审判

We must put the machine to trial. We must give the machine a tria l.

译：

He couldn’t stand the trial. 译：

a public trial 公审 a trial flight 试飞 a trial match 预赛

on trial 试验性的尝试错误(的做事方法) 6.standardize:vt. 使标准化 n. standard

生活标准：；标准药片：；

为某人设立高标准.：

7.thin: vt./vi使变薄，变稀，使淡(过去式/过去分词：；进行

式： )

You can thin down this paint with water.

译：

adv. 薄的，稀疏地Cut the bread thinner

adj. 瘦的稀少的She looks thinner than before. He has thin hair.

译：

8.block: vt.①妨碍，阻塞阻止某人做某事：

The crowed blocked the street.译：

Her father blocked her plan to study abroad.译：

②n. 木块石块；街区路障：

an office block 办公大楼

③a block of 一块一块石头：

The post office is two blocks away. 邮局在前面两条街的地方。

Road (block), we had to take another way.

The person whose blood vessels (block) should be sen t to hospital at once.

9.length: n. 长度，长

①a length (depth) of+ 数词长度，深度---

a length of 10 meters 长10米 a depth of 100meters深100米

a length of rope 一根绳子一段布：

It’s 1000 kilometers long/deep=It’s1000 meters .

②at length最后，充分详细地

③at full length 伸展全身

④in length长度上

When he came back, he told me the story .

He lay on the grass.

10.contemporary: adj. 当代的，同时代的

▲be contemporary with 与某人同时期的

contemporary literature 当代文学 contemporary inventions

Tom Jack.

汤姆和杰克是同时代的人。

▲n. 同时代（时期）的人或物，同龄人

He and I were contemporaries at school.译：

11.note: vt. ①发现注意到②记下，对---下注释

Please note that the book must be returned within a week.

译：

He noted the importance of the problem in his lecture.

译：

The policeman down every word I said.

警察记下了我所说的每一个字。

③n. 笔记，短信；注释便条等

▲make reference to notes