Unit One Words and Expressions全新版大学英语一第一单元单词和词组

Unit One Words and Expressions

off and on (or on and off):from time to time; now and again; irregularly - It has been raining on and off for a week. That’s why the clothes feel damp. - As her patient slept soundly during the night, Nurse Betty was able to doze off and on in a bedside chair.

take hold:become established

- The idea of one child has taken hold in many Chinese families.

- 老习惯是很难摆脱的。这就是为什么你要在习惯养成前戒烟。(Old habits die hard. That’s why you should stop smoking before the habit takes hold.) bore:vt. make (sb.) feel tired and lose interest

- The speaker went on and on, and the audience grew bored by his speech.

- Tom Sawyer grew bored with painting

the garden fence, so he thought of a

way to make others paint for him. Collocation:

a crashing bore 讨厌至极的人/事

a frightful bore 讨厌得要命的家伙an insufferable bore 讨厌得令人无法忍受的人

an utter bore 极惹人厌烦的事associate:vt. join or connect together;

connect or bring in the mind

- 我们总是把埃及与金字塔联系起来。(We often associate Egypt with pyramids.)

- I can’t associate this gentle young woman with the radical political essays she has written.

- Jim wished to forget everything

associated with his former life.

turn out:

1) come out or gather as for a meeting, public event, etc.

2) prove to be

3) shut off

4) produce; make

Match the above definitions with the sentences below.

- A large group of protesters have turned out. (1)

- The school has turned out some great scholars. (4)

- Turn out the light before you go to bed. (3)

- The plan turned out a failure. (2)

- We are to turn out 100,000,586 computers next year to meet the market requirements. (4)

- The experiment turned out to be a success. (2)

- Crowds turned out for the procession.

(1)

anticipate: vt. expect (usu. followed by gerund or that-clause)

- The police had anticipated trouble from the soccer fans and were at the ground in large numbers.

- 他们预测到2012年死于艾滋病的人数将增加一倍。(They anticipate that deaths from AIDS will have doubled by 2012.)

N.B. 该动词所接的宾语可以是动名词，不可用不定式代替。

- We anticipate running into problems in carrying out the medical welfare reform.

- We anticipate hearing from you again. tedious:adj. boring and lasting for a

long time

- The movie was so tedious that many viewers left before it was over.

- Laura found George to be tedious and decided not to see him anymore. inspire:vt. fill (sb.) with confidence, eagerness, etc.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speeches inspired people to fight for equal treatment of African Americans.

- The last leaf on the tree that never fell off inspired the dying patient with the will to live on.

Collocation:

inspire sth. in sb .(= inspire sb. with sth.) 使某人产生某种感情；激发某人的某种感情

rigid: adj. (often disapproving) fixed in behavior; based on correct or accepted rules