综合英语 第四册unit5

1.cosmic:

●very great

This earthquake was a disaster of cosmic scale.

a scandal of cosmic proportions

●relating to the universe

Some people believe that what happens in their lives is influenced by cosmic

forces.

●cosmically adverb

2.affecting: producing strong emotions (of sadness, pity, etc)

a deeply affecting story

●affect verb

We were all deeply affected by her death.

3.pan across: if a film or television camera pans in a particular direction, it moves

in that direction and follows the thing that is being filmed

The camera panned slowly across the crowd.

4.tapestry:

● a large piece of heavy cloth on which colored threads are woven to produce a

picture, pattern etc:

a colorful tapestry depicting a hunting scene

●something that is made up of many different people and things

This was all new to her - part of life's rich tapestry.

5.fragility n.

●fragile adj.

fragile bones

fragile vase

fragile economy

fragile health

fragile beauty

Relations between the two countries are in a fragile state.

6.resiliency n. = resilience: the ability to become strong, happy, or successful again

after a difficult situation or event

the resilience of youth

People showed remarkable resilience during the war.

●resilient adj.

Children are often very resilient.

The company proved remarkably resilient during the recession.

●resiliently adverb

7.connecting tissue = connective tissue: parts of the body such as muscle or fat that

exist between or join organs and other body parts

lung/brain etc tissue

8.drastically

The size of the army was drastically cut.

●drastic adj.

drastic action/measures

drastic cuts in government spending

Drastic changes are needed if environmental catastrophe is to be avoided.

9.shift focus

If it's fear of failure, maybe you need to shift your focus.

They should shift focus to boost sales volume.

10.trendiness

●trendy adj. influenced by the most fashionable styles and ideas

a trendy Bay Area restaurant

11.for once

For once, nobody could accuse them of lacking ambition.

For once in her life, she was too slow.

I wish for once in my life to visit Paris.

12.celluloid

Chaplin's comic genius is preserved on celluloid.

13.sidekick: someone who spends time with or helps another person, especially

when that other person is more important than they are

Batman and his young sidekick Robin.

Mark has been Luke's sidekick since junior high school

He became my occasional sidekick and I began to call him the wonder boy.

In the old cowboy movies I used to see as a boy, all the heroes had a sidekick. 14.atavistic: atavistic feelings are very basic human feelings that people have felt

since humans have existed

Certain atavistic Westerners have promulgated the theory that Chinese women liked their modest position in society.

What Debbie enjoyed to the point of obsession was a video of the Amazonian rainforest. It seemed to stir an atavistic chord in her stout breast.