大学英语第二册重点词汇

Book 2

Unit 1

1. accomplish

Vt.完成（某事）

【例句】① Unless you keep on practicing, you will accomplish nothing.如果你不坚持练习，你将一事无成。

【辨析】accomplish, achieve, fulfill

Accomplish强调成功地做某事；achieve指成就一番事业，如愿以偿；

fulfill侧重于实现，实践。

【近形】accompany

2. attach

vt.系，帖，连接

【例句】① He will attach labels to the luggage. 他将把标签帖到行李上。

【辨析】relate, attach, combine

Relate 表示“把…..和……连接在一起”.，通常与with连用；attach 常与介词to连用;combine的意思是结合，常与with连用。

【派生】attachment

v.帮助

【构词】assist = as+ sist (表示站立，放置)

【例句】①Professor Smith was as sisting his students to prepare their term papers. 史密斯教授正帮着学生们准备学期论文。

【辨析】help; assist, aid

Help侧重于表示借助于别人的帮助；assist则表示陷入麻烦时给予帮助；

aid是一个较正规的词，着重于表示通过帮助问题得以圆满解决，多用于国

际问题的援助。

【派生】assistant助手

【近形】insist坚持, consist组成，构成, exist存在, resist抵抗, persist 坚持, subsist维持。

4. neglect

v.忽视，忽略

【例句】① Mr. David gave too much attention to his business, working long hours and neglecting his wife. 戴维先生过于关注生意情况，工作

时间长而忽视了妻子。。

【辨析】neglect; ignore

Neglect侧重于给予很少重视；而ignore则表示故意不重视。5．relevant

adj.有关的，相关的，切题的 [同] border, frontier

【例句】① In order to finish my term paper, I have to borrow the relevant books from the library. 为了完成我的学期论文，我从图书馆借了

所有相关书籍。

【派生】relevance, irrelevant, irrelevance

6. investigate

v.调查。探究

【例句】①The police are investigating the murder at the moment.此刻警察正在调查这起谋杀案。

【辨析】investigate, probe, explore, research

Investigate强调对细节的密切调查；probe则侧重于彻底调查；explore指对未知的地方或领域进行探索；research通过科学的方法对某个课题或项目进行

深入细致的研究。

7．principal

Adj/n.主要的，首要的；校长

【例句】① His principal goal in life is to become a world-famous pianist.

他生活的首要目标就是要成为世界闻名的钢琴家。

○2Complaints from the students began arriving at the principal’s office.

校长办公室收到学生们源源不断的投诉。

【辨析】principal, principle

前者表示“主要的”，后者表示“原理，原则”

8. apply

v.适用，申请。

【例句】① How many jobs did you apply for?你申请了多少工作了？

○2 The advice given by Professor Lee only applies to some of the middle school students. 李教授的意见仅适用于一部分中学生。

【派生】application申请, applicant申请人

9. promote

v.促进，推进

【例句】① Proper exercise will promote physical and mental h ealth for the old.

适当锻炼会促进老人身心健康。

【派生】promotion

10. superior

adj.优良的；较好的

【例句】①This juice is far superior to the one we had last week.

这种橙汁比我们上周喝得好。

【辨析】superior, inferior

Be superior to (比…..优良；比…..好)； be inferior to (比…..差)

11. not in the least：not at all 一点儿也不

John didn’t seem in the least worried about his study. 约翰似乎对学习毫不关心。

12. on occasion: now and then 有时，间或

I often went to dance, and on occasion, I bought my boyfriend as a partner.

我经常去跳舞，有时我带上男朋友作为我的舞伴。

14. in due course: 在适当时机，最终

Be patient. The boss will promote you in due course.

耐心点，在适当时机，老板回提升你。

15. make up for: compensate for : 补偿，弥补

Her husband bought her a bunch of flowers to make up for quarreling with her the day before.