新视野第一册uint 3 Text A 词汇

Lean:

1.VERB（身体）倾斜，倾侧When you lean in a particular direction, you bend your body in that direction.

He leaned forward to give her a kiss...

他前倾吻了她一下。

She leant forward to hear what the little girl said.

2. 倚，靠be against a wall or other surface

Lean against/on

If you lean on or against someone or something, you rest against them so that they partly support your weight. If you lean an object on or against something, you place the object so that it is partly supported by that thing.

She likes to lean against a tree in the park, reading a book.

lean on: to depend on for support and encouragement

e.g. 我们有困难时总寻求父母的支持。

We always lean on our parents when we are in trouble.

3. adj.（壮健而）清瘦的If you describe someone as lean, you mean that they are thin but look strong and healthy.

Like most athletes, she was lean and muscular. (muscle 肌肉)

跟大部分运动员一样，她身形清瘦，肌肉结实。

More than

1. more than后面跟名词，意为“不只是，不仅仅是”。例如：

（1）Kate was more than a teacher. She also did what she could to take care of her pupils.

2. more than与数词连用，意思是“多于，大于，超过”。例如：

（1）I have known him for more than twenty years. 我认识他已超过二十年了。

3. more than与形容词和分词连用，表示“非常、十分”。例如：

（1）They were more than happy to see us come back from the expedition. 看到我们远征而归，他们异常高兴。

4. more than和含有情态动词的句子连用，有否定意义，表示“是……难以……”或“超过了……所能”之义。例如：

（1）The beauty of the mountainous country is more than I can describe. 我难以描述那个山村的美丽。

balance

1.U. mental or emotional calm

Her friend’s death disturbed the balance of her mind. 朋友的离世打乱了她内心的平静。2. U. a state in which all weights and forces are evenly spread, so as not to fall

词组：n. keep balance, off balance（失去平衡）, sense of balance

3. vt. (cause to) be even and keep in balance

You must learn to balance when you learn to ride a bicyle.

4. vt. consider in relation to sth. else; compare

e.g. We balanced the profit and loss to see what had been gained.

You have to balance the advantages of telecommuting (远程办公) against its

disadvantages before you decide to work at home

Cripple

1.N-COUNT瘸子；残疾人A person with a physical disability or a serious permanent injury is

sometimes referred to as a cripple .

She has gone from being a healthy, fit, and sporty young woman to being a cripple.

她从一个健康、强壮、爱好运动的年轻女性变成了一个跛子。

2.VERB使残疾；使成为跛子make somebody unable to move or walk properly.

Mr Easton was seriously crippled in an accident and had to leave his job...

伊斯顿先生在一次事故中重度伤残，不得不离职。

表示残疾的英文单词：

Maimed 受伤的，残废的

disabled

paralyzed 麻痹，瘫痪

handicapped

1. adjust v. to become or make suited (to new conditions)

e.g. My eyes haven’t adjusted to the darkness in the room yet

He adjusted himself quickly to the heat of the country.

adjust oneself to sth.

我很快就适应了没有父母的大学生活。

I quickly adjusted to college life without parental protection.

n. adjustment

2. cling v. (clung, clung)

1) to hold sb./sth. Tightly

2) to continue to believe or do sth.

e.g. They cling to one another for support.

. She still clings to the idea that he son is alive.

3. amaze vt. Surprise sb. greatly

amaze to do sth.

amaze at sth.

amaze that….

amaze by

e.g. We are amazed to hear that she passed the test without much difficulty.

The visiting foreigners were amazed by the great changes in the last decade in China.

4 subject vt. to cause to experience sth. unpleasant.

e.g. He was subject to severe torture.

The scientists subjected the product to a number of severe tests.

5. stress

n. pressure; emphasis

useful expression: place/ lay/ put stress/emphasis on

under stress = under pressure

v. give particular importance to