当代英美散文名篇选读下册6-9单元单词 加注释

Unit 6 Thinking as a Hobby

norm: convention, standard, rule maroon: put a person ashore on a deserted island, strand 使孤立，被放逐incomprehensible: impossible to understand, unintelligible innocence: naivety

plonk: set down heavily and carelessly musing: meditate, think deeply depravity: corruption, wickedness exalt: elate, inspire

impediment: hindrance, obstacle reel: have a sensation of whirling stagger: totter, move unsteadily bulge: stick out, protrude

detest: dislike very much, loathe pious: devout, having a dutiful reverence for God

proposition: statement in which an opinion or judgement is expressed stamped: force sb. into a hasty action confer: give, grant, present portentous: pompously solemn, pretentious

deficiency: defect, imperfection, weakness

bolster: reinforce, strengthen

beam: smile joyfully

inscrutable: not to be discovered, incomprehensible

mingle: mix, associate

amiability: friendliness

concede: admit the truth of

sordid: dirty, ignoble

irreverent: deficient in respect 不敬的delinquent: guilty of minor crimes gregarious: fond of company

Unit 7 Once More to the Lake hover: remain in the air without moving in any direction

haunt: a place one visits often sprinkled: scattered, dotted

mirage: illusion, dream ingredient: factor

wince: draw back from something unpleasant

undulating: having a curving from or outline

jar: have a harsh or irritating effect apiece: each, for each

persist: last tenaciously

dislodge: force out of a position 驱逐pensively: meditatively, sadly

cultist: devotee

indelible: that cannot be erased or removed

haul: distance to be traveled petulant: unreasonably impatient or irritable

imperceptibly: in a manner that cannot be noticed or felt

desolated: devastate, destroy, ruin perpetuate: make everlasting

lull: a period of quiet or little activity rumble: a deep heavy continuous sound placidity: calm, tranquility reassure: take away fears, set one’s mind at rest

sedative: tranquilizer 镇静剂incessant: constant, ceaseless

soggy: too wet and soft

Unit 8 The Inner Ring

imploringly: in a manner showing earnest pleading

spontaneous: natural, activated without deliberation

devour: filled up with

seniority: length of service compromise: discredit, endanger sandwiched: placed between unscrupulous: not guided by conscience, unprincipled

perverse: willfully doing what is wrong or unreasonable

unawares: by surprise

consorting: have associations with