自考高级英语上册Lesson 11

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• Cast up: 计算,把…加起来 • Not able to calculate whether you have more pleasure than pain or have more pain than pleasure in a day’s life.
induce, tempt
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Make for
• 导致;有助于;走向 • He rose from his seat and made for the door. 他起身向门口走去。 • A happy parent makes for a happy child. 幸福的家长造就幸福的孩子。
Five ports of knowledge
• Five senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch, here representing all the senses.
Plunge:使投入, 使插入 ,使陷入
• • • • • plunge a country into war 使一个国家陷入战争 plunge a room into darkness plunge sb. into deep sorrow. no difficulty in plunging their earthly parts into oblivion • No difficulty in forgetting their functions in the world • No difficulty in falling sleep
Saving grace
• A saving grace is a good quality or feature in a person or thing that prevents them from being completely bad or worthless. 可取之处 • 例: Aging's one saving grace is you worry less about what people think. 年迈的 一个可取之处是你不那么担心他人的想法 了。
• • • • • --You should only compare like with like. 只应在同类事务中做比较。 I’ve never seen the like of it. 我从未见过这种事。 Jazz, rock and the like.
Thanks to: owing to, due to
take sth. to heart 为某事耿耿于 怀,为某事忧虑
• • • • Don't take it to heart. 别把它放在心上。 Don't take my criticism to heart. 不要把我的批评放在心上
Torment, abuse
• Torment:n. 痛苦 v. Cause severe suffering to; annoy折磨 • suffer torment(s) from 因...而受苦 • She suffered torment from headache. • Don’t torment yourself by thinking of the past. • Abuse: treat badly; ill-treat 滥用, 虐待, 辱骂 • abuse one's privilege • abuse a child • abuse a friend
Eventful:多事(故)的, 重要的, 重 大的
• an eventful year • 多事之秋, 多事的一年 • an eventful meeting between heads of states • 两国首脑间的重要会晤
There is no comparing notes with them.
• We finished the task ahead of schedule/ in advance thanks to our hard work. • Thanks to the policy of reforming and opening, China’s economy has developed quickly.
Leap: leapt 或 leaped, leaping 跳跃,跳越
• • • • • • The dog leapt over the fence. 狗跳过了围栏。 Leap: 闪过;突然想起 The idea leaped into his mind. 这个想法突然闪过他的脑海。 Those memories and fancies which had been buried deep in one’s mind for ten years will sometimes crop up突然出现 .
Remonstrate with sb., against sth. 抗议,告诫
• We remonstrate against his cruelty to old people. • I remonstrated with him about his rudeness.
Inhuman:非人的, 不近人情的, 非人道的,残忍的,
Serve one’s turn 适用
Vexation n. 苦恼;恼怒;令人烦恼 的事
• Vexation is a feeling of being annoyed, puzzled, and frustrated. 恼火 • 例: He kicked the broken machine in vexation. 他懊恼得踢了这台坏机器一脚。
• • • • • You can not exchange ideas with them. compare notes with 1. (与…)商量,(同…)交换意见;讨论 2. (和…)对笔记 I also need one or two evenings to compare notes with my home company on what we have discussed during the day.
proceed
• If you proceed to do something, you do it, often after doing something else first. (做完某事之后) 接着 (做另一 事) • 例: He proceeded to tell me of my birth. 他接着给我讲 了我的出生。 • If you proceed with a course of action, you continue with it. 继续进行 (某行动) • 例: The group proceeded with a march they knew would lead to bloodshed. 这群人继续进行他们知道会导 致流血事件的一次游行。 • (某事件或活动带来的) 收入 • 例: The proceeds of the concert went to charity. 音乐会 的收入给了慈善机构。
• inhuman treatment • 虐待 • Treatment of prisoners in that jail was considered inhuman.
Fancy 想象
• I think he would come but it's only a fancy of mine. • "我想他会来的,不过这仅是我的设想罢了。"
Refresh: (以食物, 睡眠等)使精 力(记忆)恢复; 使精神振作
• I think I will just refresh myself with a cup of tea. • 喝杯茶提神 • refresh sb.'s memory • 唤起/恢复某人的记忆
Given:约定的;特定的;指定的ຫໍສະໝຸດ Baidu
• 我还需要一、两个晚上,跟我公司就我们白天的 洽谈情况交换一下意见。
No midnight confidence.
• 知心话 • exchange confidences • 互谈心事 • Have confidence in oneself
No casting up the balance of the day’s pleasure and pain.
• Do it within the given time. • At a given time we will all shout “Happy birthday to you”. • Given: 假设的,假使的 • Given good weather, our ship will reach Shanghai Monday evening. • 假如天气好,我们的船将于星期一晚上到达 上海。 • Given that I have five more minutes, I will finish the exam.
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Induce: bring about, cause 招致,引起 illness induced by overwork Too much food induces sleepiness. Induce: persuade or influence sb. to do sth.bring about引诱;诱导,劝诱 We couldn’t induce the old lady to travel by air. Nothing shall induce me to join their club. Tempt: persuade sb to do sth wrong or foolish 诱惑, 引诱, 怂恿 --He was tempted into a life of crime by greed and laziness.
be given to 癖好的;喜爱的; 习惯的
• • • • She is a young girl given to tears. 她是一个爱哭的女孩。 He's given to taking long walks. 他非常喜欢长途散步。
Like: (sing.) (n.) 相似的人或事 务
Dim 微暗的; 朦胧的 模糊的, 看 不清楚
Dim: not bright, not clearly to be seen不亮的 • dim light of a candle • 微弱的烛光 • a dim room • 光线不好的房间 • the dim outline of a building • 房屋的模糊轮廓 • Dark:with no or very little light黑暗的 • It’s getting too dark to take photographs.
Lesson 11 On getting off to sleep
By J.B. Priestley
Contradiction, contrariness
• Contradiction:u. 矛盾,对立 c.对立的事物 • --I found no contradiction between his publicly expressed ideas and his private actions. • --His private actions are in contradiction to/with his publicly expressed ideas. • --A round square is a contradiction in terms 用词矛盾. • Contrariness (u.) (contrary) 相反,对立面, • --Hot and cold are contrariness.
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