高考英语熟词僻义生义详解+例句

cry 哭；叫

Ø（紧急的）呼吁；恳求an urgent appeal or entreaty

Ø需求；公众舆论，呼声a demand or opinion expressed by many people

•fund-raisers have issued a cry for help.资金筹集者已发出了求助的呼吁。

•peace became the popular cry.和平已成为公众的呼声。

•fund-raisers have issued a cry for help.

•peac e became the popular cry.

nose 鼻子

Ø调查；窥探；打听

Ø <喻>觉察力

•She's always nosing into my business.她总是打探我的事。

•He has a nose for a good script.他对好剧本有辨别能力。

一个停车空位。

obtain 获得

Ø通用；流行；合乎习俗；得到公认

•the price of silver fell to that obtaining elsewhere in the ancien t world.白银价格跌到了公元476年西罗马帝国灭之前地中海沿岸及近东地区其他各地通常的价位。

pass 及格；经过；通过

Ø超过（某个具体数量）

Ø阶段；步骤

•The number of unemployed has passed the two million mark for the first time. 失业人数首次突破两百万大关。

•In the first pass all the addresses are loaded into the database. 第一步，所有地址均输入数据库。

rail 铁轨

Ø（强烈或反复地）抱怨；责骂

•he railed at human fickleness.他怒叱人性之无常。

satisfy 令人满意

Ø使确信，使信服

Ø符合，达到（条件、义务或要求）

•Jackson tried to satisfy me of his innocence. 杰克逊试图让我相信他是清白的。

•the whole team is working flat out to satisfy demand 整个小组正竭尽全力达到要求。

abrupt 突然的

Ø简慢的；唐突无礼的

•you were rather abrupt with that young man.你对那个年轻人过于生硬了。

fault 错误；缺点

Ø找…的缺点，挑剔，指责

Ø（地壳岩层的）断层

•The judge cannot be faulted on his decision. 这位法官的判决无可指责。

•a fault line 断层线

government 政府

Ø治理，管理，统治

Ø政体，体制

•the importance of g ood government in developing countries 治国有道在发展中国家

的重要性

•recent cutbacks in government are making subsidies less available.最近的体制简化使得补贴更难得到。

grasp 抓住

Ø理解，领会（尤指复杂的事情或观点）

•At that time, we did not fully grasp the significance of what had happened. 当时，我们没有完全明白所发生之事的重要性。

heavy 沉重的

Ø很多的，大量的；程度大的；严重的

Ø难懂的；难办的

Ø <非正式>重要人物，要员an important person

•Heavy rain has caused flooding in many areas. 大雨在很多地区造成水灾。

•I found his latest novel a bit heavy going . 我认为他最新的小说有点难懂。

•music business heavies.音乐界的重要人物。

inch 英寸；身高

Ø（量，距离）少许，一点

•I had no intention of budging an inch.我一点也不想让步。

league 联盟

Ø品级；优秀品质的等次；能力（或才学等的）水平；档次

•the two men were not in the same league他们俩不是同一档次的人

favour 喜爱

Ø有利于，有助于to provide suitable conditions for something to happen

Ø支持，赞同support, approval, or agreement for something such as a plan, idea, or system

Ø优惠；偏袒t o treat someone much better than someone else, in a way that is not fair

•The current economy does not favour the development of small businesses. 当前的经济对小企业的发展不利。

•In Sweden and other countries, nuclear power has lost favor . 在瑞典等国家，核能已不受欢迎。

•a tax cut that favours rich people 偏向有钱人的减税

•The current economy does not favour the development of small businesses.

•In Sweden and other countries, nuclear power has lost favor .

•a tax cu t that favours rich people