自考高级英语下Lesson 13 Selected Snobberies

• disfigure: to spoil the appearance that something naturally has • Probably there has never been anybody who is snobbish about diseases which destroy the looks and are incurable.
Lesson 13
Selected Snobberies
Snob, snobbery, snobbish
• snob: someone who thinks they are better than people from a lower social class – used to show disapproval势 利小人；自命不凡的人 Stop being such a snob.
– Everyone should do their bit for the environment.
To the tune of
• used to emphasize how large an amount or number is达 ... 之多； 共计
– Canada is funding the program to the tune of $30 million.
• Snobbery: behavior or attitudes which show that you think you are better than other people, because you belong to a higher social class or know much more than they do势利 • Snobbish a. behaving in a way that shows you think you are better than other people because you are from a higher social class or know more than they do势利的； 自命不凡的 Her family seems snobbish.
– an obedient child
Reiterate & retell
• reiterate: to repeat a statement or opinion in order to make your meaning as clear as possible SYN restate重申
– Let me reiterate the most important points.
– There’s a danger of becoming complacent if you win a few games.
• the complacent poeticizings of these adolescents must seem as exasperating as they are profoundly pathetic：these teenage TB patients feel so satisfied with themselves that they romanticize their illness. They are so ignorant that people feel both very sorry for and annoyed at them.
• Credible：deserving or able to be believed or trusted → incredible可信的
– credible explanation/story/account etc
do one’s bit
• do one’s bit: (informal) to do a fair share of the work, effort etc that is needed to achieve something good or important做自 己份内的事, 尽自己的一份力量
tempt
• tempt: to make someone want to have or do something, even though they know they really should not诱惑,怂恿
• be tempted to do something
– I’m tempted to buy that dress.
• whose claim to distinction: their demand that they are different and should be respected
• temper: to soften or tone down
Problematical & questionable
• the final stages of the consumptive fading： the last stages of TB when the patient is weakening and dying
ingenuous
• an ingenuous person is simple, trusting, and honest, especially because they have not had much experience of life天真的，单 纯的
– Foreign firms have made little headway in the US market.
Creditable & credible
• Creditable：deserving praise or approval 值得赞扬的
– The team produced a creditable performance.
Docile & obedient
• Docile：quiet and easily controlled容易控 制的；温顺的
– Labradors are gentle, docile dogs.
• Obedient：always doing what you are told to do, or what the law, a rule etc says you must do OPP disobedient服从的；顺从
• Retell：to tell a story again, often in a different way or in a different language
Each hierarchy culminates in its own particular Pope
• Each group of people has its most highly esteemed snobbery. • “Pope” here indicates he highest posΒιβλιοθήκη Baiduible position in a hierarchy.
• adolescent consumption-snobs: teenagers who suffer from TB and feel superior because of it
• to fade away in the flower of youth: to die gradually when young
Complacent
• pleased with a situation, especially something you have achieved, so that you stop trying to improve or change things – used to show disapproval满足的；自满的； 得意的
– You can’t brand all football supporters as hooligans.
make headway
• to make progress towards achieving something – used especially when this is difficult取得进展 • make headway towards/in/with etc
• reasonable：fair and sensible合理的；通 情达理的；公平适度的
brand
• Brand：to describe someone or something as a very bad type of person or thing, often unfairly • brand somebody (as) something给 ... 加 上 ... 的污名
– A large photograph of the children had pride of place on the sitting room wall.
• hitherto：up to this time
Judicious & reasonable
• Judicious：done in a sensible and careful way SYN wise明智的；贤明的；审慎的 a judicious choice
• Problematical: involving problems and difficult to deal with成问题的
– The reforms could turn out to be highly problematic.
• questionable: not likely to be true or correct可疑的；可置疑的
– The statistics are highly questionable.
• In so far as: 到 ... 的程度； 在 ... 范围内
have/take pride of place
• if something has or takes pride of place, it is put in the best place for people to see because it is the thing you are most proud of 摆在最显眼的位置