Unit5单词

Unit 5 book 5definite:adj. clear; that can’t be doubted我们要求给一个确切的答复。

We demand a definite answer.It’s definite that he’ll come.Collocation：a definite success 绝对的成功definite period of time 确切的时间CF:definite & definitive这两个词均有“明确的”、“确定的”的意思。

definite表示某事界限分明,以至于就其意义或范围不会产生任何疑问、误解。

例如：The doctor is quite definite about the patient having developed a lung cancer. 医生非常肯定病人是患了肺癌。

The chairman asked the speaker to be more definite in his statements. 主席让发言的人把话说得更明确些。

definitive表示某事确定、明确无误，常含“决定性的”、“最后的意思”。

例如：This is a definitive judicial decision by the Supreme Court. 这是最高法院的最终判决。

She has written a definitive biography of Byron. 她写了一本很具权威性的拜伦传。

wrinkle:vt. tighten the skin of the face into lines or foldsHe woman was fifty, but looked sixty. Her cheeks were sunken and her skin was wrinkled and yellow.他闻到怪味儿皱起了鼻子。

He wrinkled (up) his nose at the bad smell.The skin on her cheeks and around her eyes was beginning to wrinkle.My dress wrinkles easily.Other usages: wrinkled her nose in disdain. 皱鼻子以示不屑Wrinkly adj. She now have a wrinkly face. 满脸皱纹in accordance with: in agreement or harmony withStudents will be criticized or punished if their behavior is not in accordance with school regulations.根据你的命令，我把房子卖掉了。

I sold the house, in accordance with your orders. Collocation：in accordance with the principle of consultation on an equal footing 根据平等协商的原则spicy:adj. exciting, esp. because of being slightly indecent; containing or tasting like spice 在一些地方报纸上你可以读到有关电影明星的下流故事。

You can often read spicy stories about film stars in the local newspapers.People from Sichuan province like to eat spicy food.instinct:n. a tendency that one is born with to behave in a certain way without reasoning or training相信你的直觉，你认为对的就去做。

Trust your instincts and do what you think is right.It is the mother’s instinct to protect her children.He always knew what time it was, as if by instinct.（出于本能）I knew by instinct that he had come to deliver bad news.Birds learn to fly by instinct.Other usages: act on instinct凭直觉行动have an instinct for 生来就有...的本能, 生性爱好instinct with充满着...; 受...的鼓舞c.f. instinctive adj. An instinctive behaviorclap:v.strike (the inner surface of one’s hands) togetherThe teacher clapped her hands to attract the class’s att ention.The audience clapped enthusiastically as the singer stepped on to the stage.sip: v. drink (sth.), taking a very small amount each timeShe sipped politely at her drink.他把玻璃杯内饮料呷干。

He sipped the glass dry.He lifted the water bottle to his lips and sipped.Pattern: sip sth. at/from (sth.)in a way: to a certain extent but not entirelyI agree with you in a way, but there are still some areas on which I can’t see eye to eye with you.The work is well done in a way.stroke: vt. pass the hand gently over (a surface), usu. several timesAt the sight of her husband getting off the train, the woman walked forward and embraced him and gently stroked his white hair.I reached out and stroked the baby’s cheek tenderly.n. 1.any of a series of repeated movements一击（板球cricket;高尔夫球golf），一划（游泳或划船rowing）,一笔画，报时钟的敲击声Breast stroke/back stroke 蛙泳；仰泳A fast/slow stroke in rowing 划船快划/慢划Thin/thick stroke 细/粗笔画Kill a man with one stroke of a sword 挥剑一击杀死某人20 strokes of a lash 鞭打20下at the stroke of midnight.午夜钟声a stroke of lightning. 一个闪电I saw a chance of solving all my problems at a stroke. by a troke of good luckHe drove in a nail with one stroke of the hammer.2. single successful or effective action or occurrence; blowHe won a car in the lottery last week. That’s his first stroke of good luck.3．中风shave:vt. cut or scrape thin slices from the surface of; vi. cut (hair) off one’s face, etc. witha razorIn the Qing dynasty men shaved the front of the head and wore the hair at the back tied in a queue or pigtail.He washed and shaved, then hurried out of the house.transparent:adj. allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be seen clearly The cup is made of transparent colored plastic.Her silk dress was almost transparent.go broke: have no money; go bankrupt许多跨国公司在经济危机期间都破产了，更不用说小企业了。

Many multinational companies went broke during the financial crisis, not to speak of small businesses.He invested all his money in stocks; unfortunately he made one wrong choice after another and finally went broke.c.f. go for broke 全力以赴; 孤注一掷go broke 破产clean/dead/stone/stony broke身无分文, 一文不名[USA] flat broke flat-broke 身无分文, 一文不名stick to: refuse to abandon or change (sth.)The mother asked her son just to tell the cops what he saw and stick to his story.The old man stuck to jogging every morning although he was eighty years old. Collocation：stick to one’s word 遵守诺言stick to the point 紧扣要点commit: vt. do (sth. illegal or wrong)It is illegal to commit violations of the copyright.The man was suspected of committing murder.drive at: be trying to say我不知道你到底什么意思。