新标准大学英语4生词

Unit1

Active reading1

Fraught

1.be fraught with=be full with +problems/risks

The voyage was promised to be full of dangers.

2.worrying

It’s a fraught day.

Clutch

Slump

1.垂头弯腰的坐着

Spend the night slump in front of television

2.decline suddenly

grunt 嘟囔声

He gave a grunt to show his disapproval

Revert 恢复到原来的方式

Revert to the old eating habit

Recount叙述

He recounted his adventures to us.

Cop

Comprehensive综合学校

proceed

upcoming

heal

transition 转变

It’s not a smooth transition from high school to university. Saddle

Advocate拥护者

I’m a strong advocate of garbage classification.

Aerial

Aerial attack /aerial photographs

Corpse尸体

Look on旁观

I looked on in silence as the murder occurred.

Fork out不情愿地话费

I have to fork out 200 yuan to have my mobile phone repaired. Turn down

In the same boat处于同样糟糕的境地

Right now, all of us, rich or poor, are all in the same boat.

Pull pints做酒吧侍应

I pay for myself/support myself by pulling pints at a nightclub. Come full circle回到原点

It’s a waste of time. You will come full circle.

Take a soft/hard line with sb /on sth采取温和/强硬的态度

The government took a hard line on the strike.

If nothing else至少

Her work is always neat and tidy ,if nothing else.

Strike the right note说/做到点子上了

He struck the right note by praising their work.

By all means

Talk through

Go for sb/sth同样适用

The boys are expected to behave themselves, and the same goes for the girls.

打那以后他整个夏天都在“躲”。他能够轻松复述《交通警察》中的若干片段，他白天看电视的时间太多，已经到了影响健康的地步。跟朋友谈自己漫无目标的日子时，他才发现他们的处境和自己的并没有两样。其中一位朋友在父母的逼迫下去超市摆货，其余的都是白天9 点到5 点“无所事事”，晚上去酒吧喝酒打发时间。要么，干脆就在酒吧工作？这样还可以挣些酒钱。“我不想在酒吧工作，我上的是综合性中学，我拼命读书才考上了一所好大学。到了大学，我又埋头苦读，才得到一个好学位。可现在我却跟那些没上过大学的朋友处在同一个水平线上，他们整天给客人倒酒，干无聊的活。我觉得自己好像兜了一圈，又回到了原来的起点。

“父母的主要任务就是支持他们，如果他们教导孩子该如何做就会引起矛盾，”她说。“如果有熟人，一定要找他们想办法。但很多父母心太软了。必须限制孩子的零花钱，要求他们交房租，或分担日常生活或养宠物的花销。父母要过正常的生活，不要让孩子随便用你们的银行卡或者榨干你们的情感能量。”

Episodes stack

Active reading2

Inland内陆的inland towns 内地：mainland

Deduct扣除

Nothing will be deducted from your pay without your consent. Loan

Landlord

Dropout辍学者C

Gamble赌博

He won’t gamble his future on such matters.

Fortunately

Belongings

Client顾客

Demanding费时费力的/要求高的

Teaching is a demanding profession.

Crust面包皮

Highlight

1.

2.最精彩的部分

The highlight of the journey

Sympathize with

Stool凳子（大便）

Odds可能性

The odds of sth is very small

Investor

Exceed

Repay

1.repay the loan

2.repay your kindness

honesty

if you ask me=I think

sth is not all it’s cracked up to be某物不如吹捧的那么好The book is not all it’s cracked up to be.

Bang on不停的唠叨

She’s still banging on about her new neighbours.

Out of blue出乎意料地/突然

He showed up at the wedding out of blue.

At this rate照这样下去

At this rate the factory will be closed down one day.

Let alone

Have sb’s eye on sth看中

She has her eye on the diamond.

Bow towards/to the inevitable听天由命

He finally bowed to the inevitable and resigned.

Pack up

By name