新编大学实用英语教程第4册Unit 5

Unit 5 Vocabulary

1.client:

当事人，客户；委托人；客户端

短语：client representative客户代理人；客户代理

例句：

She urged the jury to think about her client as they made their decision. 她催促陪审团在做决定时，考虑一下她的当事人。And he went on to say that his client is the "second victim" of the crime.接着，他说他的当事人是罪案的第二受害人。

衍生：

clientele: 客户，诉讼委托人

2.endeavor（等于endeavour）

n. 努力；尽力

vi. 努力；尽力

vt. 努力；尽力~ to do sth. 尽力做某事

辨析：

attempt,try,endeavour,strive

这些动词均含有“试图，努力，力图”之意。

attempt较正式用词，侧重已经开始，且希望完成，但常隐含着不一定有预期的结果。

try普通用词，可与attempt换用，但强调努力或尝试，后跟to do

表示努力或争取；后跟doing表示尝试。

endeavour正式用词，指尽最大努力、认真地克服困难去做某事。strive和endeavour一样，表示付出巨大努力，但strive侧重劳累与紧张，而不强调努力的结果。

3.territorial

n. territory n. 领土，领域；范围；地域；版图[复数territories]

4.lump 块状，瘤

bump 肿块

plump 丰满的

hump 驼背，驼峰

5.swallow

vt. 吞下，咽下：The naughty boy swallowed a pen.

You should chew your food well before you swallow it.

你应该先细嚼食物后，才吞下去。

淹没，吞灭：A serious flood swallowed the city.

忍受：The young mother swallowed all the hardship to raise her children.

n. 燕子One swallow doesn’t make a summer. 孤燕不成夏。

4. addictive: 上瘾的

addictive behaviour成瘾行为

addictive personality成瘾个性；毒瘾性格；成瘾人格

衍生：

addict 使上瘾

be addicted to: 对……上瘾

Sometimes, we choose to be addicted to TV series or games to kill time.

有些时候，我们选择电视连续剧或游戏来打发时间。

It’s a pity that many young people are addicted to alcohol and tobacco.

很遗憾，现在很多年轻人沉溺烟酒。

addiction n. 上瘾，沉溺；癖嗜

nicotine addiction尼古丁成瘾

addiction research成瘾性研究

an addiction to: 对……上瘾

It's time for the United States to take real steps to end our addiction to oil.

NPR: Transcript: Obama's Speech at AIPAC

表示“放弃”的说法

Abandon:强调“完全、永远地遗弃”, 尤其是指遗弃以前感兴趣或负有责任的人或物.(绝对的决定性地舍弃)。

eg.Now the crew had to abandon the sinking ship.

She abandoned her child.

Desert:强调“违背誓言、命令、责任、义务等”。

eg.The soldier deserted his country and helped the enemy.

He deserted his wife and two children.

Forsake:指“遗弃某人以前所爱的人或物”, 强调“断绝情感上的依恋”,抛弃（庄重用语）。

eg.She pleaded with her husband not to forsake her.

He has forsaken those bad habits.

Give up:舍弃，一般用语（表没有希望而舍弃）。

eg.He gave up his sear on the bus to an old lady.

Quit:强调“突然或不意地弃去”, 常指“停止”。

eg.She quitted her job.

Relinquish:放弃（常指不愿意地放弃）。

eg.The enemy relinquished their positions.

He was forced to relinquish control of the company.

Renounce:放弃（较正式用语，“声明放弃”的意思）。eg.He renounced his claim to the property.