词汇book3 unit1

Unit 1Festivals around the world

1. beauty n

1. [U]美；美麗：

the beauty of the sunset/of poetry/of his singing 落日╱詩作╱他的歌聲之美

a woman of great beauty 大美人

beauty products/ treatment (= intended to make a person more beautiful) 美容產品；美容

2. [C] 美人；美好的東西：She had been a beauty in her day. 她年輕時是個美人。

3. [C]極好的榜樣；典型的例子：That last goal was a beauty! 最後進的一球真絕

4. [C]好處；優點advantage ：

One of the beauties of living here is that it's so peaceful. 在這裏生活的好處之一是安寧。

Idm beauty is in the eye of the 'beholder 情人眼裏出西施；對美的判別因人而異beauty is only skin-'deep 美貌不過一張皮；貌美不如心靈美

2. harvest n

1. [C, U]收穫季節；收割；收穫：harvest time 收穫季節

Farmers are extremely busy during the harvest. 農民在收穫季節裏十分忙碌。

2.[C]收成；收穫量：the grain harvest 穀物的收成

a good/ bad harvest 豐收；歉收

The appeal produced a rich harvest of blankets, medicines and clothing.

呼籲的成果頗豐，收到了大批毛毯、藥物和衣服

V [V VN]收割（莊稼）；捕獵（動物、魚）

[VN] (medical 醫) 採集（人體的細胞或組織，以供醫學實驗等）：

3. starve v

1 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr] （使人或动物）挨饿, 饿死

Thousands of cattle are starving. 成千上万的牛正在挨饿.

starve to death 饿死

She's starving herself to try to lose weight. 她正在用节食的办法减轻体重.

What's for dinner? I'm starving! 晚饭吃什麽? 我饿极了!

2 [Ipr, Tn.pr usu passive 通常用於被动语态]

~ for sth; ~ sb of sth使某人）得不到某事物而受苦或渴望获得某事物; 缺乏

children starving for/starved of affection渴望受人疼爱的孩子

Industry is being starved of technical expertise. 工业界技术力量匮乏.

4 (phr v) starve sb into sth/doing sth force sb to do sth by not allowing him to get food 使某人挨饿以迫其做某事

starved into surrender/surrendering 饿得只好投降.

starve sb out (of sth)将某人饿得从隐藏处出来

It took 8 days to starve them out (of the building). 用了8天时间才把他们饿得（从那座建筑物里）出来了.

4. origin n

1 [C, U]起点; 开端; 来源

the origins of life on earth 地球上生命的起源

words of Latin origin 拉丁语源的词

he origins of the custom are unknown. 该风俗起源不详.

2 [C esp pl 尤作复数] 血统; 背景; 出身

He never forgot his humble origins. 他从未忘记过自己出身卑微.

5. religious adj

1 [attrib 作定语] of religion 宗教的; 宗教上的

religious worship, belief, faith 宗教礼拜、信仰

a religious service 宗教仪式.

2 (of a person) believing in and practising a religion; devout （指人）笃信宗教的, 虔诚的.

3. (fig 比喻) scrupulous or conscientious 审慎的; 认真的

pay religious attention to detail 对细节一丝不苟

be religious in one's observance of protocol 十分讲究礼节.

6. trick n

1.詭計；花招；騙局；把戲：

They had to think of a trick to get past the guards. 他們只好想出個計謀騙過崗哨。

The kids are always playing tricks on their teacher. 孩子們經常耍些花招戲弄老師。

2. 引起錯覺（或記憶紊亂）的事物：

One of the problems of old age is that your memory can start to play tricks on you.

老年人的問題之一是記憶可能紊亂起來。

Was there somebody standing there or was it a trick of the light ?

是真的有人站在那兒還是光線引起的錯覺？

3. [usually sing.] 技巧；訣竅；竅門：

The trick is to pick the animal up by the back of its neck.

竅門在於抓住動物的後脖頸把它提起來。

He used the old trick of attacking in order to defend himself. 他採用了以攻為守的老招數。Idm a bag/ box of 'tricks一套措施；全部法宝

be up to your (old) 'tricks 故技重演；耍老花招

do the 'trick奏效；起作用；達到目的：

I don't know what it was that did the trick, but I am definitely feeling much better.

我不知道是什麼起的作用，但是我確實覺得好多了。

every trick in the 'book無所不用；渾身解數：

He'll try every trick in the book to stop you from winning. 他將使盡渾身解數阻止你取勝。trick or 'treat 是請吃糖，還是想遭殃

vt [VN]欺騙；欺詐：I'd been tricked and I felt stupid. 我被人騙了，覺得自己真傻。He managed to trick his way past the security guards. 他想方設法騙過保安員走了。

trick sb 'into sth/into doing sth誘使某人做某事：

He tricked me into lending him £100. 他騙我借給了他100 英鎊。