大学英语二讲义

Unit 1 how difficult is English

1. literacy N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词读写能力；识字；有文化Literacy is the ability to read and write.

Many adults have some problems with literacy and numeracy.

很多成年人在读写和计算方面都有困难。

2. fervor n. 热烈,热情

their fervor for the cause 对这一事业的热情

The speech aroused nationalist fervor. 这个演讲喚起了民族主义热情。

3. sacrifice p7

4. invest p8

5. amount p8

6. involve vt. 包含；使参与，牵涉

Running a kitchen involves a great deal of discipline and speed.

料理好厨房需要把一切都安排得规规矩矩，且要讲求速度。

I seem to have involved myself in something I don't understand.

我似乎卷入了一件我并不知情的事情当中。

7. inevitable 不可避免的;无法规避的;必然(发生)的If something is inevitable, it is certain to happen and cannot be prevented or avoided. If the case succeeds, it is inevitable that other trials will follow.

如果该案胜诉,其他审判必然随之而来。

The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.

战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

8. intelligible 可理解的;明白易懂的Something that is intelligible can be understood.

His lecture was readily intelligible to all the students.

他的讲课学生们都能轻松地听懂。

This report would be intelligible only to an expert in computing.

只有计算机运算专家才能看懂这份报告。

9. contribute p9

10. address 向…说话If you address someone or address a remark to them, you say something to them.

The two foreign ministers did not address each other directly when they last met. 这两位外交部长在上次会面时并没有直接的言语交流。

称呼（某人）；给…冠以（某种称呼）If you address someone by a name or a title such as 'sir', you call them that name or title when you talk or write to them.

I heard him address her as darling.我听见他称她为“亲爱的”。

11. violate 违反，违背，违犯（协议、法律或承诺）If someone violates an agreement, law, or promise, they break it.

They went to prison because they violated the law.

他们触犯了法律，因此坐了牢。

They violated the ceasefire agreement. 他们违反了停火协议。

12. by the same token adv. 出于同样原因；由此类推

She must be more reasonable, but by the same token you must try to

understand her. 她得讲点理，可你也得尽量体谅她。

13. hospitable 好客的;殷勤周到的;热情友好的A hospitable person is friendly, generous, and welcoming to guests or people they have just met. The locals are hospitable and welcoming. 当地人热情好客。

He was very hospitable to me when I came to New York.

我来到纽约时，他对我很热情周到。

14. offhandedly 立即地;即席地;未经准备地

She had made these remarks offhandedly. 她即席做了这些评价。

15. have a craving for渴望，渴求

...a craving for sugar. 非常想吃糖

...her craving to be loved. 她渴望被爱

16. devastating 毁灭性的，灾难性的；惊人的，可怕的

It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.

这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。

17. fascinate 使着迷;迷住If something fascinates you, it interests and delights you so much that your thoughts tend to concentrate on it. Politics fascinated Franklin's father. 政治让富兰克林的父亲着迷。She fascinated him, both on and off stage. 不管是台上还是台下的她，都让他着迷。

18. dishearten使沮丧, 使泄气

He's easily disheartened by difficulties.他一遇困难就灰心丧气。

The bad news disheartened him.坏消息使他很泄气。