自考“英语(一)”笔记 三十九
本课主要单词
1.attitude n. 姿势,姿态;态度,看法
1)The plane was in a nose-down attitude. (飞机处于俯冲姿态。)
2)They decided to take an attitude of wait and see to/toward the new policy. (他们决定对新政策采取观望态度。)
3)We should adopt a correct attitude about tests. (对考试我们应抱正确的态度。)
2.environment n. 环境,周围状况,自然环境
1)A child can easily adjust to changes in the environment. (孩子很容易适应环境的变化。)
2)They promised to provide us a good environment for work and rest.
(他们许诺为我们提供良好的工作或休息环境。)
3)Science offers us total mastery over environment and over our destiny.
(科学赋予我们控制环境掌握命运的能力。)
4)He grew up in an environment of poverty. (他在贫穷的环境中长大。)
environmental adj. 环境的
environmental protection 环境保护
environmental pollution 环境污染
environmental biology 环境生物学,生态学
environmental engineer 环境工程师
3.curiosity n. 好奇(心) curious adj. 好奇的;离奇古怪的
1)He walked to the silent old man out of curiosity. (出于好奇,他向那位沉默寡言的老人走去。)
2)She showed great curiosity about my past. (她对我的过去显示出莫大的好奇。)
3)Children are curious about everything. (儿童对什么都感到好奇。)
4)Not long after they left, a curious thing happened. (他们走后不久,一件古怪的事情发生了。)
4.imagination n. 想像,想像力;幻觉;应变能力 imagine v. 想像;料想
1)He is a writer of rich imagination. (他是一个富有想像力的作家。)
2)No one moved in the bushes, it was only your imagination. (没人在树丛里走动,只是你的幻觉而已。)
3)Due to his lack of imagination, he just didn't know what to do next.
(由于缺少应变能力,他不知道下一步该怎么办。)
4)It is hard to imagine life with electricity. (很难想像没有电,生活会是怎样。)
5)I imagine he will come tomorrow. (我料想他明天会来。)
请注意区别下面三个形容词imaginative,imaginary,imaginable
1)It is an imaginative tale. (这是个虚构的故事。)
2)The teacher is waiting for imaginative answer. (老师正等待着具有丰富想像力的回答。)
3)The equator is an imaginary circle around the earth. (赤道即假想的环绕地球的大圆。)
4)an imaginary enemy (假想敌)
5)They said they would save the patient by every means imaginable.
(他们说他们会用尽一切想得出的方法抢救病人。)
(imaginable 常与最高级形容词或all,every,only等连用,放在被修饰的名词的后面。)
5.apart adv. 分离,分开
1)The two schools are 20 miles apart. (两校相距20英里。)
2)I cannot tell these two things apart. (我无从区分这两件东西。)
3)Apart from what he mentioned just now, there are some other causes for the failure.
(除了他刚才提到的,还有一些其他的失败原因。)
4)He took the machine apart to see what was wrong. (他把机器拆开,看看出了什么毛病。)
6.stimulate v. 刺激,激励
stimulation n. 刺激,激励
1)Praise stimulated the students to make greater efforts. (表扬激励学生作更大的努力。)
2)Exercise stimulates the flow of blood. (锻练促进血液循环。)
3)TV, if properly used, can stimulate a child's imagination. (电视如果使用适当能激发孩子的想像力。)
4)The intention of lowering interest rates is to stimulate the economy and develop industries.
(降低利率的打算是为了刺激经济,发展工业。)
5)Young children needs stimulation. (年幼的孩子需要激励。)
7.regardless adj. 不留心的,不注意的adv. 不顾,不惜
1)He crushed the bloom with regardless tread. (他毫不在意一脚践踏了鲜花。)
2)There may be difficulties but I shall carry on regardless.
(可能会遇到种种困难,但不管怎样,我将继续干下去。)
3)I'm buying the book, regardless of the cost. (不管价钱如何,我都打算买下那本书。)
请注意区别regardless of 和in spite of
1)The plane will take off, regardless of the weather. (不管天气好坏,飞机都将起飞。)
2)The plane took off in spite of the bad weather. (尽管天气不好,飞机还是起飞了。)
8.disagreeable adj. 让人不愉快的,不合心意的;难相处的
disagree v. 不同意;不符;不适宜
1)She is disagreeable towards me. (她对我不友好。)
2)This medicine has a very disagreeable smell. (这药有一股很难闻的气味。)
3)I disagree with you on that point. (在那一点上我跟你意见不同。)
4)The damp weather disagrees with me. (潮湿的天气使我不舒服。)
9.failure n. 失败;变弱
fail v. 失败;变弱;使失望
1)His plans ended in failure. (他的计划以失败告终。)
2)The power failure caused heavy losses. (供电中断造成严重的损失。)
3)His carelessness resulted in his failure of the exam. (他的粗心致使他考试不及格。)
4)I failed in persuading him. (我没能说服他。)
5)His eyesight is failing. (他的视力在衰退。)
6)His courage failed him. (他失去了勇气。)