Unit one 补充词汇供参习

Unit one 补充词汇

1.sense

——意识到She probably sensed that I wasn't telling her the whole story. 她很可能觉察到我没有告诉她全部真相。

——感觉 Suddenly you got this sense that people were drawing themselves away from each other. 突然你有了这样的感觉即人们正在彼此疏远。 have a sense of guilt or relief

——意识; 观念My sense of justice was offended. 我的正义感受到了冒犯。

——理解力; 天赋Her dress sense is appalling. 她的着装品位让人汗颜。

——意义 There's no sense in pretending this doesn't happen.

——意义; 含义A sense of a word or expression

——在某种意义上In a sense, both were right. 在某种意义上，两者都对。

Though his background was modest, it was in no sense deprived. 他的出身背景一般般，但绝算不上穷。——理解Provided you didn't try to make sense of it, it sounded beautiful.

只要你不试图理解，它听起来是美的。

——看来明智It makes sense to look after yourself.

照顾好你自己是明智的。

——说得有理When he speaks, he talks sense.

他言之必有理。

2.raise

站立; 起身He raised himself into a sitting position. 他起身坐了起来。

增加raise the rate or level of something提高raise the standard of something

提出He had been consulted and had raised no objections. 他已经被征询意见，并没有提出异议。

raise the alarm 发警报，引起警觉 salary raise 加薪get a raise 得到加薪

raise oneself 长高，发迹 raise fund 筹集资金 pay raise 加薪；涨薪

raise the temperature 加剧敌对情绪;加剧紧张气氛 raise price 提价

raise the roof v. 喧闹；大声抱怨 raise the bar 更上一层楼 raise doubts 引起怀疑

raise the devil 兴风作浪 raise cain 大吵大闹；引起骚乱 raise question 提问

raise the alarm 发警报，引起警觉 raise a claim 提出要求

3.dark after dark.黄昏后 before dark in the dark about 一无所知People usually draw the curtains once it gets dark. 天一黑，人们通常就会拉上窗帘。

The light went out, and the room was plunged into darkness. 灯灭了，房间陷入了黑暗之中。

4.set loose=set off=set out

5. beat down 打倒；杀价；大雨倾盆而下；强烈地照射下来 beat on 火般照晒

beat back vt. 击退，驶回 beat up adj. 年残破的 v. 暴打抬（价）；惊动；搅拌beat off 击退；打退 beat a time limit beats its wings

Beat the eggs and sugar the thumping beat of rock music

beat on, at, or against something(常指多次或连续地) 重击

6.aid

Calcium may aid in the prevention of colon cancer. 钙可能有助于预防结肠癌。

with the aid of 在…的帮助下 give aid to 给…予帮助 aid in vt. 帮助；帮助（在...给予帮助）legal aid 法律援助 in aid of 用以援助…之用 by the aid of 借助于；通过…的帮助hearing aid n. 助听器 mutual aid 互助

7.pay

pay off还清；得到好结果；取得成功；付清工资解雇 pay for付款；偿还；赔偿；受到惩罚

pay money down首付 pay someone back for doing something报复

e along

There's a barbecue and you're very welcome to come along. 今晚有个烧烤野餐，非常欢迎你一起来something or someone comes along偶然出现; 不期而至

something is coming along在进展

I love the traditions that come along with this season.我喜欢这个季节一同尾随而至的传统。

9.once

all at once 突然 For once就此一次 once in a while 偶尔

We have to resolve this matter once and for all. 我们必须彻底解决这件事情。最终地

10.grasp in someone's grasp from your grasp掌控

They have a good grasp of foreign languages. 他们很好地掌握了各门外语。理解

Peace is now within our grasp. 我们现在和平在望。为某人所能及

11.still still more still further更加

still on 仍在进行 sit still 安静地坐着 stand still 站着不动；静止不动

still less 更不用说；更何况still life 静物；静物写生still water 静水

worse still 更糟糕的是keep still 保持不动hold still 静止不动

still waters run deep 大智若愚 still picture 静止画面 still and all 不过，毕竟；

12.reach reach something够到 reach an agreement or a decision

reach out vt. 伸出 reach for 伸手去拿 hard to reach 难以到达

beyond the reach 力所不及；无法达到；超出…的能力之外 reach the standard 达到…水平或标准

reach up 抬起（手，足等） reach at 到达 reach a consensus 达成共识

upper reach 上游河段 lower reach 下游河段 reach over 越过某人拿某物

reach into 伸手去……拿 reach out for 伸手去拿；急切寻求

global reach 全球性覆盖 reach a conclusion 得出结论；达成一个结论13.nowhere

from nowhere out of nowhere无故突然出现

(在文本、演讲或争论中)任何地方都没有

He nowhere offers concrete historical background to support his arguments.

in the middle of nowhere. 在遥远偏僻处

If you don't work hard, you will wind up nowhere.如果你不努力工作你将毫无成就。

14.truth

I must tell you the truth about this business. 我必须告诉你这桩交易的真相。实情; 真相

There is no truth in this story. 这个故事不具备真实性。真实性

Can you deny the truth of her statement?你能否认她的声明的真实性吗?

15.rest

rests on Such a view rests on a number of incorrect assumptions. 这一观点基于一些错误的假定。rest on(目光) 停留

rests with取决 The final decision rested with the president. 最终决定取决于该总统。

comes to rest停止 put someone's mind at rest or set their mind at rest使某人安心

16. chance

there is a chance of something可能性 have a chance to do something机会

a chance meeting. 偶然的 chance something 冒…险 by chance偶然地; 意外地

by any chance可能Are they by any chance related? 他们可能有关联吗？

stand a chance of有可能 take a chance on sth. 碰运气; 冒险

by any chance adv. 万一 one more chance 再来一次；再一个机会

chance on 偶然发现；巧遇 outside chance 极小的可能性，不大可能的机会

take the chance 碰运气；冒风险 off chance 不容易有的机会；极小的可能性