大学英语精读unit5单词讲解

formally

adv. 1（穿着、言语、行为等）适合正式场合地；正规地;庄重地；

例句：“How do you do?”she said formally.

2正式地；合乎规矩地,相当与officially

例句They are now formally separated and they will continue to lead their own lives.

3（学校教育或培训）正规地；

4方式上地；做法上地；形式上地；

5（花园、建筑物、房间）整齐地；布置井然地

反义词informally 不拘礼节地

Frantic

1紧张忙乱的；手忙脚乱的

a frantic dash/search/struggle不顾一切的猛冲；疯狂的搜查/斗争

frantic applause 狂热的掌声

例句：Things are frantic in the office now.现在办公室忙作一团

2（由于恐惧或担心）无法控制感情的，发疯似的

例句The children are driving me frantic. adv frantically

helpless

1无自理能力的，不能自立的，无助的，徒劳的

例句The worst part is being helpless to change anything

helpless state 孤立无助的境地

helpless from 因…而无助

2 无法抑制的，与with 连用

The audience was helpless with laughter .

N helplessness

Index

N 1 索引；

Subject index

Look it up in the index

2指数；指标

consumer price index消费(品)价格指数

price index 物价指数

The dow Jones index fell 15 points this morning.

V 1 将……编入索引中

All persons and places mentioned are carefully indexed.

2 将（工资等）与物价水平等）挂钩，使…….指数化

Interrupt

V 1 插嘴，打扰，打岔

Interrupt sb with sth

The noise interrupted us in our conversation.

2 使暂停，使中断

The game was interrupted by rain.

3 阻断，遮挡（连续线条，平面，景色等）

Issue

N 1 重用议题，争论的问题

a key/sensitive issue 关键、敏感的问题

2问题，忧虑

She has an issue about food.

短语：make an issue of it 小题大做，大做文章

3 报刊，刊物

The article appeared in issue 25.

4邮票，钱币，股份