高级英语lessonAtripforMrsTaylor单词课后翻译

L e s s o n 1 Do yourself up: to make yourself look neat and attractive:

Sue spent ages doing herself up.

Do up:

1 to fasten something, or to be fastened in a particular way

Do up your coat or you’ll get cold.

a skirt which does up at the back

2 to repair an old building or car, or to improve its appearance:

They did up an old cottage in the Scottish Highlands.

3 to decorate something in a particular way:

The apartment was done up in English style.

4to wrap something in paper

Weigh:verb

1 to consider something carefully so that you can make a decision about it:

It is my job to weigh the evidence.

weigh something against something:

We have to weigh the benefits of the scheme against the costs.

2 to influence someone’s opinion and the decision that they make:

Weigh against

This unfortunate experience will weigh heavily against further

investment in the area.

Weigh in somebody/something’s favor

These facts will weigh in your favor.

Weigh with

Her evidence weighed strongly with the judge.

3 weigh your words to think very carefully about what you say because you do

not want to say the wrong thing:

He was weighing his words carefully.

Be weighed down with something: if a problem weighs you down, it makes

you feel worried and upset

Be weighed down by/with something

He felt weighed down by his responsibilities.

The whole family was weighed down with grief.

Prompt:

1 to make someone decide to do something

What prompted you to buy that suit?

News of the scandal prompted a Senate investigation.

2 to remind an actor of the next words in a speech

His job is to prompt the actors when they forget their lines.

Most of the children knew their lines so the director didn’t need to prompt very much.

hustle and bustle: busy and noisy activity

I was tired of the hustle and bustle of New York.

Life was terribly hectic in the city, she thought, all hustle and bustle.

The people in the cities seem always tired and exhausted for all the hustle and bustle around them.

Take/seek refuge in: gain shelter or protection from someone or something During the frequent air-raids, people took refuge in their cellars.

During the storm, tourists huddled in darkened hotels and hundreds of locals

sought refuge in emergency shelters overnight.

Cooped up: having to stay for a period of time in a place that is too small: It isn’t good for you to be cooped up in the house all day.

Sinking: (情绪低落;心情沉闷) the unpleasant feeling that you get when you suddenly

realize that something bad is going to happen:

I had a sinking feeling inside as I realized I was going to fail yet again.

With a sinking at heart, Katherine rearranged the items in her satchel. Stock:

1 a supply of a particular type of thing that a shop has available to sell:

We have a huge stock of quality carpets on sale.

out of stock/in stock (=unavailable or available in a particular shop)

I'm sorry, that swimsuit is completely out of stock in your size.

2 take stock of something: to think carefully about the things that have

happened in a situation in order to decide what to do next: While in hospital, Jeremy took stock of his life.

He paused outside the doors, taking stock of his men, careful not to give any sign of his thoughts.

He walked back inside and took stock of the situation.

Play hooky/truant: to stay away from school without permission

A boy playing hooky in Texas is not a criminal who is put away for study. Harness: verb

1 to control and use the natural force or power of something:

We can harness the power of the wind to generate electricity.

2 to fasten two animals together, or to fasten an animal to something using a harness

3 to put a harness on a horse

Harness:noun

1 a set of leather bands used to control a horse or to attach it to a vehicle it is pulling

2 a set of bands used to hold someone in a place or to stop them from falling

3 in harness British English doing your usual work:

I felt glad to be back in harness.

4 in harness (with somebody)British English working closely with another

person or group

Override: verb

1 to use your power or authority to change someone else's decision: