新视野大学英语第二册unit1单词

<1>budget

v. （为...）作出安排

1.She has learned how to budget her time carefully. |她已学会了怎么精心安排自己的时间。

2.The government has budgeted 10 million dollars for education spending. |政府在预算中拨款一千万美元作为教育经费。

vi.制定预算

As a student, you have to learn how to budget. |作为学生，你得学会如何制定开支计划。

n. |[C]预算

1.It is important to balance one's budget. |使收支平衡十分重要。

2.They are preparing the company's advertising budget for 2007. |他们正在制定公司2007年的广告预算。

<2>charge

v. 向...收费，要价

1.We do not charge for delivery. |我们免费送货上门。

2.The doctor charged us 400 dollars for a five-minute examination. 医生做一次5分钟的检查要了我们400美元。

<3>acute

a. 敏感的；敏锐的

1.Dogs have an acute sense of smell. |狗有灵敏的嗅觉。

2.The critical professional requires unusually acute observation. |评论家需要非常敏锐的观察力。

2.严重的

1.The president suffered acute embarrassment from this news. |这一新闻使总统十分难堪。

2.He felt acute pain on his back. |他感到背部很疼。

<4>hourglass

n. |[C] |（计时用的）沙漏

The use of the hourglass dates back to almost two thousand years ago in China. 沙漏的使用在中国可追溯到差不多2千年前。

<5>restless

a. 烦躁的；不安静的

1.After one month in the job, he felt restless and decided to leave. |这工作他干了一个月就感到厌倦，于是决定不干了。

2.The children grew restless with the long wait. |等的时间一长，孩子们就

逐渐躁动不安起来。

<6> restlessly

ad. 烦躁地；不安静地

1.She walked back and forth restlessly in her room. |她焦躁不安地在房间里走来走去。

2.He moved about restlessly, lighting a cigarette. |他焦躁不安地走来走去，点燃了一支烟。

<7>elbow

vt.用肘推（或撞）人

1.He elbowed me out of the way. |他用肘把我推开了。

2.She elbowed her way forward. |她用胳膊肘推挤着向前走。

n. 肘

1.He sat with his elbows on the table. |他坐着，双肘架在桌上。

2.His arm was wrapped from the elbow to the fingers. |他的胳膊从肘部一直包扎到手指。

<8>abrupt

a.粗鲁的，无礼的

1.The manager was offended by his abrupt reply. |经理被他的粗鲁的回答激怒了。

2.The head teacher is very abrupt with parents. |主任老师对家长们的态度很粗鲁。

2.突然的，意外的

1.The road is full of many abrupt turns. |这条路有许多急转弯。

2.His abrupt departure surprised everyone. |他突然离去，使大家都很吃惊。

<9>opening

a. 开始的

1.He left after the opening speech of the debate. |辩论会的开场白之后他就走了。

2.The queen attended the opening night of the theatre. |女王观看了这家剧院的首夜演出。

n. 1. [C]开业典礼；落成典礼

1.the opening of a new highway |一条新公路的通车典礼

2．Many attended the opening of the new sports center. |很多人参加了新体育中心的落成典礼。

[C] 空缺职位

1.There are few openings in publishing for new graduates. |出版行业能为

新毕业的大学生提供的空缺职位极少。

2.I'm trying to apply for an opening in an advertising firm. |我正在申请广告公司的一个空缺职位。

<10>ritual

a. 例行的；惯常的

1.Every day the work begins with the ritual greetings. |每天的工作以例行的问候开始。

2.They made ritual apology and left. |他们做了程式化的道歉，然后就离开了。

n.惯例

1.Wives make a ritual of their household duties. |家庭主妇每天都是一成不变地操持家务。

2.I've wound up the clock so many times that it has become a ritual. |我经常给钟上发条，以致这已成了我的习惯。

<11>interaction

n. 交流

1.The interaction of the two groups produced many good ideas. |两个组通过相互交流提出了许多不错的见解。