新编大学英语5Unit1-6课文语言点整理

《新编大学英语5》1－6单元语言点整理

英语教育学院薛媛680361

2011-12-16

Unit 1

1. agent (Line 2) n.[C] a means of …手段，途径

1) a person who acts for or represents another，代理人

e.g. Please contact our agent in Spain for further information.

travel agent 旅行社经纪人

real estate agent 地产经纪人

agency.

e.g. an employment agency

2) a person or thing that produces a particular effect or change 产生某种效果的

人力或物质

a chemical agent, oxidizing agents

化学制剂，氧化剂

a cleaning agent除垢剂

a FBI (secret) agent (= a spy) 密探

2. subject (Line3, para.1)

A. n. [C]

1) a person who lives in or who

has the right to live in a

particular country, especially a

country with a king or queen:

臣民，公民

E.g. She is Italian by birth and a British subject by marriage.

2) 主题，对象，科目

Eg. a. What did he say on the subject of age?

b. His appearance was the subject for some critical comments.

3) subject for sth. 引起某种情感或行为的人或物

a subject for pity, ridicule, jealousy

B. subject (adj.)

subject to sth./sb.:

1) obliged to obey sth./sb.; under the authority o sth./sb. 服从，受支配

E.g. a. Everyone is subject to the law.

b. The arrangements are subject to change at short notice.

c. All such gatherings are subject to the laws on political meetings.

d. His hiring is subject to your approval.

2) often having, suffering or undergoing sth.; liable to sth.. 常患或常遭

受某事物；倾向某事物

E.g. Are you subject to colds?

The plan is subject to alteration. 计划可能有变。

3. lend ~~ to (line. 23, Para. 3)

lend：~ sth. (to sth.)

= contribute or add sth. to sth. 提供或增添某物

E.g. lend one’s services 提供服务

lend the occasion a little glamour

给这一场合增添一点光彩

E.g. His presence lent dignity to the occasion.

有他出席这一场合就更形庄严.

4. attain (Line 25, Para. 3) (formal.)

to reach or succeed in getting something; to

achieve:

eg. a. He has attained the highest grade in his music exams.

b. We need to identify the best ways of attaining our objectives / goals.

c. India attained independence in 1947, after decades of struggle.

p.s. attainable (adj.) (formal.)

possible to achieve:

E.g. We must ensure that we do not set ourselves goals that are not attainable.

5. the apple of one’s eye. (slang.) someone’s most loved person. 掌上明珠

E.g. His 2-year-old daughter is the apple of her eye.

其他与水果相关的俚语:

top banana 大老板

E.g. Who‘s your top banana? 谁是你们的老板？

the Big Apple N. Y. City

E.g. The little girl is from the Big Apple. 这个女孩来自于纽约城。

a lemon 没有价值的商品

E.g. That car is a lemon. 那辆小汽车不值钱。

Bean

豆，豆型果实(slang.) 人的头部，或少量(复数)

Bean Brain 白痴

E.g. I don't know beans about the stock market.

beans about something

对某事物一无所知

Pea 豌豆

like two peas in a pod 一模一样

Grape 葡萄

sour grapes 酸葡萄(当某人发现自己达不到或得不到某事物后而对这种事物的否定，贬低。)

E.g. The losers' scorn for the award is pure sour grapes.

Potato 土豆

couch potato 习惯懒散的人，终日赖在沙发上的人