新视野大学英语第三版unit1单词解释

Section A

Text A Toward a brighter future for all

Words and phrase

1. achievement: n. something very good and difficult that you have succeeded in doing:

e.g. An Olympic silver medal is a remarkable achievement for one so young.

2. triumph: n being successful or victorious 成功,胜利

e.g. shouts of triumph

great achievement or success 成功

one of the triumphs of modern science

v. ~ (over sb/sth): be successful or victorious

e.g. triumph over one's difficulties 战胜困难.

3. pledge v ~ sth (to sb/sth) (fml ) promise solemnly to give (support,etc);

give (one's word, honour, etc) as a pledge 保证给予（支持等）;

以（誓言﹑名誉等）作担保:

e.g. pledge loyalty to the king 发誓效忠国王

be pledged to keeping a secret 誓守秘密.

~ sb/oneself (to sth/to do sth): promise solemnly that sb/one will do sth or support a cause,

etc保证某人[自己]做某事或支持某事业等

e.g. The Government has pledged itself to send aid to the famine victims. 政府已承

诺赈济饥民.

leave (sth) with sb as a pledge: 典当（某物）

e.g. He's pledged his mother's wedding ring.

(fml ) drink to the health of (sb); toast (sb) 为（某人）的

健康祝酒; 向（某人）祝酒:

e.g. pledge the bride （新娘）and bridegroom（新郎）

4. rewarding adj giving you satisfaction, pleasure, or profit 值得的；有意义的；有回报

的

e.g. Our journey to the orphanage (孤儿院) was a very

rewarding experience.

Antonym: unrewarding

Synonym: satisfying

5. as...as possible as + adj / adv +as ; as + adj + n + as 尽力做某事的意思

e.g. We have to run as fast as possible.

Can you say it as loudly as possible?

I hope you’ll stay as long as possible.

We need as many apples as possible.

You must come back as soon as possible.

6. remind v

~ sb to do sth: inform (sb) of a fact or tell (sb) to do sth he may have forgotten 提醒:

e.g. Do I have to remind you yet again?

Remind me to answer that letter.

~ sb of sb/sth cause sb to remember or be newly aware of sb/sth 使某人回想起或意识到某人[某事物]:

e.g He reminds me of his brother.

This song reminds me of France.

reminder n sth. that makes you notice, remember, or think about sth. 起提醒作用的东西

e.g. The cold served as a reminder that winter wasn’t quite finished.

The waiters were clearing the tables, which served as a reminder that it was

time to leave.

7. pose v

(a) [I, Ipr] ~ (for sb) sit or stand in a particular position in order to be painted, drawn or

photographed 摆好姿势（以便画像或拍照）:

e.g. He had to pose wearing a laurel wreath. 他得摆好戴着月桂花冠的姿势. *

(b) [Tn] put (sb) in a particular position in order to paint, draw or photograph him 使（某

人）摆好姿势（以便画像或拍照）:

e.g. The artist posed his model carefully. 那位画家仔细摆好模特儿的姿势.

(c) (derog 贬) behave in an unnatural or affected way in order to impress people 装腔作势:

e.g. Stop posing and tell us what you really think. 别装蒜啦, 告诉我们你的真实想法吧.

pose n

1) position in which a person poses or is posed (pose 1b) （为画像或拍照而摆的）姿势,

姿态: