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Lesson 15
第15課
terrific
a. 極妙的；極大的
In the newly-completed movie theater we saw a terrific film by Zhang Ziyi.
在新落成的電影院我們看了一部由章子怡主演的極妙的電影。
petition
n. 請愿書，訴狀 v. 請愿
The villagers all signed a petition asking for a hospital to be built.
村民們都在請愿書上簽名要求建一所醫(yī)院。
Catholic
a. 天主教的；(c-)普遍的n. 天主教徒
Most non-Christians find it hard to understand why a Catholic isn't a Protestant.
非基督徒很難理解天主教徒與新教徒有什么不同。
rectify
vt. 糾正，修復
I want to rectify my error before it was too late.
趁還來得及我想糾正我的錯誤。
plaster
n. 灰漿；石膏；膏藥 vt. 在…上抹灰泥
When we went to see him, Malcolm's right leg was in plaster—from a car collision.
我們去探望馬爾科姆的時候，他的右腿還包著石膏。那是撞車造成的。
vein
n. 靜脈，血管；葉脈，礦脈；紋理；方式
Along the edge of the mountain there is a rich vein of silver.
沿著山脈的邊上，有豐富的銀礦脈。
straightforward
a. 徑直的；正直的；易懂的
They took a straightforward route to the beach and you didn't avoid detours.
別人去海邊取直道，而你卻走了彎路。
plateau
n. 高原；（上升后的）穩(wěn)定時期（或狀態(tài)）
As a rule, one makes rapid progress at the beginning and then it reaches a plateau.
通常，一個人開始的時候進步神速，之后就進入平穩(wěn)時期。
savage
a. 殘暴的；野蠻的 n. 野蠻人 vt. （狗等）亂咬；激烈抨擊
Is a civilized man who kills his fellows with guns less savage than a primitive man killing animals with bows and arrows?
難道用槍射殺同類的現(xiàn)代人不是比用弓箭捕殺動物的原始人更野蠻嗎？
timid
a. 羞怯的，膽小的
You are every inch as timid as a mouse. Just speak up!
你真是十足地膽小如鼠。有什么想說的大聲說出來吧！
captive
a. 被俘獲的 n. 俘虜
Lying in my hospital bed, I was a captive audience to these uninteresting old stories.
躺在醫(yī)院里的病床上，我只好聽那些乏味的舊故事。
warfare
n. 戰(zhàn)爭（狀態(tài)）；沖突
Under certain conditions, guerrilla warfare works better to the overall victory than trench warfare.
在某些條件下，對于戰(zhàn)爭全局的勝利來說，游擊戰(zhàn)比陣地戰(zhàn)更有效。
ample
a. 足夠的；寬敞的
Saudi Arabia once claimed that it would guarantee ample supply of oil with low prices.
沙特阿拉伯曾經(jīng)聲稱會保證世界原油供應充足，而且油價低廉。
brisk
a. 輕快的；興隆的；寒冷而清新的
Britney Spears speaks in a brisk tone, drawing everyone's attention.
布蘭妮·斯皮爾斯講話聲調輕快，引人注目。
bronze
n. 青銅；古銅色；青銅（藝術）制品，銅牌
King David's statue was made of bronze and it attracted many sculptors.
大衛(wèi)王的塑像是用青銅鑄造的，吸引了許多雕塑家。
biography
n. 傳記
A biographer tends to flatter the person he intends to write about in his biography.
傳記作者常常在傳記中美化主人公。
commend
vt. 表揚；推薦
We should commend good people and good deeds.
我們應當表揚好人好事。
deem
vt. 認為
Murdock deemed it was time for a change, so he quit the Time Warner Corporation.
默多克覺得是時候換換環(huán)境了，于是辭職離開了時代華納公司。
doom
vt. 注定 n. 厄運
In many science fictions, the doom day of human beings comes after the whole world has been controlled by robots.
在許多科幻小說中，世界被機器人控制了以后，人類的末日就到了。
racket
n. 喧嚷：敲詐：（網(wǎng)球等的）球拍
The boys are making a hell of a racket downstairs. Tell them to be quiet.
樓下的男孩子們太吵了。要他們安靜點。
endeavo(u)r
vt./n. 努力，嘗試
Sweden has failed in its endeavor to rank among the world powers in table tennis.
瑞典力圖在世界乒乓球強國中占有一席之地，但是失敗了。
drought
n. 干旱，旱災
When a drought wrecks havoc in Africa, millions of people are compelled to run for life.
非洲旱災肆虐的時候，數(shù)百萬人被迫流離失所。
feminine
a. 女性的；女子氣的
Michael Jackson has a feminine face after the face-lifting.
整容后，邁克爾·杰克遜有著一張女性化的臉。
reap
vt. 收割；獲得
They are just shameless—we invented the idea and they reaped its profit.
他們真是寡廉鮮恥：主意是我們想出來的，好處卻被他們占了。
shabby
a. 破舊的；衣衫襤褸的；卑鄙的
Cinderella looks rather shabby in that shabby old dress.
灰姑娘穿著那件破舊的裙子顯得很寒酸。
endow
vt. 捐贈；賦予
Great musicians like Mozart and Beethoven certainly were endowed with musical talent.
像莫扎特、貝多芬那樣的偉大音樂家確實具有音樂天賦。
heritage
n. 遺產，傳統(tǒng)
Every generation has the duty to pass down heritage of knowledge from the past.
每一代人都有責任把過去繼承的知識傳下去。
imperative
a. 必要的，極重要的；命令的 n. 必要的事，必須完成的事；祈使語氣
It is absolutely imperative that the whole international community should work together to stop polluting the earth.
國際社會共同行動，制止環(huán)境污染是極為必要的。
lame
a. 跛的，瘸的；站不住腳的，蹩腳的
Sleeping late is a lame excuse for being late.
睡過了頭不能成為遲到的充足理由。
mock
v. 嘲笑，嘲弄；（為了取笑）模仿 a. 模擬的，演習的；假的，假裝的
He made us laugh by mocking the way the teacher spoke.
他模仿老師說話的樣子，把我們逗笑了。
paralyze/-yse
vt. 使癱瘓；使喪失作用；使驚愕
The electricity failure paralyzed the train service.
電力中斷使得列車無法運行。
oath
n. 誓言，誓約；咒罵，詛咒語
George W. Bush took the oath of office as the 43rd President of the United States.
喬治·W.布什宣誓，成為美國第43任總統(tǒng)。
gossip
n. 流言飛語；愛說長道短的人 vi. 傳播流言飛語，說長道短
It is ridiculous that here newspapers are read mainly for their gossip columns.
真滑稽，這里的人們讀報主要是沖著閑話欄目而去。
silicon
n. 硅
formulate
vt. 構想出；系統(tǒng)地闡述
The idea of setting up this corporation was formulated over coffee.
喝咖啡的時候，成立該公司的想法形成了。
sovereign
n. 君主，元首 a. 擁有最高統(tǒng)治權的，至高無上的；具有獨立主權的
The true sovereigns of a country are those who determine its mode of thinking.
國家的真正領袖是那些決定該國思想方式的人。
successor
n. 接替的人或事物，繼任者
J. F. Kennedy Sr. would have blown his top at hearing what his unworthy successor had done.
要是老肯尼迪知道他卑劣的繼任者的所作所為，他一定會氣爆的。
autonomous
a. 自治的；獨立自主的
With your own business you will be autonomous.
有了自己的企業(yè)，你就可以自己掌握了。
bless
vt. （with）使有幸得到；為…祈神賜福
The farmers are blessing propitious winds and rains.
農民們正在祈求風調雨順。
buzz
vi. 發(fā)出嗡嗡聲；（around, about）忙亂；發(fā)出嘈雜的談話聲 n.嗡嗡聲；嘈雜的談話聲
What's all this buzzing about? Can't you discipline yourselves?
你們在嗡嗡地說什么？安靜點不行嗎？
commonwealth
n. (the C-)英聯(lián)邦；聯(lián)邦，聯(lián)合體
The former USSR republics formed by themselves the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
前蘇聯(lián)共和國自發(fā)組成了"獨立國家聯(lián)合體（獨聯(lián)體）"。
carve
vt. 切；雕刻
The talented artist carved an interesting decoration from this piece of tree root.
天才的藝術家把這塊樹根雕成一件有趣的裝飾品。
denounce
vt. 譴責，指責；告發(fā)
The president's speech denounced the killing of hostages by the terrorists.
總統(tǒng)的講話譴責了恐怖分子殺害人質的暴行。
disturbance
n. 打擾；混亂；心神不安
The noise of cars passing along the road is a continual disturbance to our quiet home.
馬路上的車輛聲不斷擾亂我們家中的安寧。
ecology
n. 生態(tài)；生態(tài)學
When the ecology of a region is disturbed, it takes years to return to normal.
如果一個地方的生態(tài)被破壞，往往要多年才能恢復正常。
generalize
v. 概括，歸納，推斷
Knowledge is generalized experience.
知識是經(jīng)驗的總結。
incorporate
vt. 包含；把…合并
The three largest Japanese banks incorporated into the world's largest banking group.
日本最大的三家銀行合并，組建了全球最大的金融集團。
flank
n. 肋，肋腹；側翼，翼側 vt. 位于…的側面
During the march, we were attacked on our left flank, but they got no advantages.
行軍途中，敵人向我們的左翼發(fā)起了進攻，但是他們沒有占到便宜。
foul
a. 難聞的；糟透了的；污濁的；下流的；（天氣）惡劣的；邪惡的 vt. （比賽中）對…犯規(guī)；弄臟，污染 n. 犯規(guī)
It's a foul night tonight; it's pouring with rain, with thundering and lightning.
今夜大雨傾盆，電閃雷鳴，天氣壞極了。
hinge
n. 鉸鏈 v. 裝上鉸鏈
The lid of the suitcase had a broken hinge, so it doesn't open easily.
手提箱箱蓋的鉸鏈壞了，因此不容易打開。
legend
n. 傳說，傳奇故事；傳奇人物
Robin Hood was a well-known figure in English legends.
羅賓漢是英國傳奇故事中的著名人物。
masterpiece
n. 杰作
The famous French writer Dumas Sr. once wrote that Dumas Jr. was his masterpiece.
法國大文豪大仲馬曾經(jīng)寫道，他的兒子小仲馬是他的杰作。
monopoly
n. 壟斷；壟斷商品
The influence of mass media has made new technical terms no longer the monopoly of the specialist.
大眾傳媒的影響已使新的技術術語不再為專家們所壟斷。
nominal
a. 名義上的，有名無實的；（費用等）很少的；名詞性的
In constitutional monarchy, the king and the queen are only nominal. The country is ruled by the prime minister and the cabinet.
在君主立憲制中，國王和王后只是象征性的，國家由首相和內閣統(tǒng)治。
opaque
a. 不透明的，不透光的；難理解的，晦澀的
The jargon in his talk was opaque to me.
他談話中使用的行話讓我一頭霧水。
plague
n. 瘟疫；災難 vt. 使痛苦
The incidence of cholera in the camps has reached plague proportions.
營中霍亂流行已釀成瘟疫之災。
reckless
a. 魯莽的
I never think it's advisable for ordinary people to possess guns: they might be reckless under certain conditions.
我從來認為普通人擁有槍支是不好的，因為在某些情況下他們會不考慮后果。
recite
v. 背誦，朗誦；列舉，一一說出
Don't encourage him, or he will recite the whole family history!
你可別鼓勵他，要不他會把他的家族史和盤托出！
pave
vt. 鋪（路），鋪筑
This agreement is expected to pave the way for a lasting peace between the two countries.
人們期待這個協(xié)議將為兩國間的持久和平鋪平道路。
preach
vt. 宣講；竭力鼓吹 vi. 布道，說教
You have faith in him? He is just a tiger preaching benevolence.
你居然相信他？他就像一只鼓吹仁道的老虎一樣。
setback
n. 挫折，倒退，失敗
The team suffered a major setback when their best player was injured.
最優(yōu)秀的隊員受了傷，使得這支隊伍的實力大打折扣。
simultaneous
a. 同時發(fā)生的
There was a simultaneous broadcast of the concert of the world's three most renowned tenors on TV and radio.
全球最著名的三位男高音歌唱家參加的那場音樂會由電視和無線電臺同時播送。
apt
a. 易于，有（做某事的）傾向；適宜的；聰明的
The former world heavyweight boxing champion, Tyson, is apt to get irritable.
世界前重量級拳擊冠軍泰森很愛發(fā)怒。
blunt
a. 鈍的；率直的，直言不諱的 vt. 使遲鈍；使鈍
Too much alcohol made the young driver's senses blunt.
過量飲酒使得那個年輕司機感覺遲鈍。
sculpture
n. 雕刻；雕刻作品
Pygmalion liked his sculpture so much that he couldn't but love her.
皮格馬利翁是如此喜歡他的雕塑作品以至于身不由己地愛上了她。
weary
a. 疲勞的；令人厭倦的 vi. （of）厭煩，不耐煩
Weary of his prototyped roles in the motion picture, Ricky Martin decided to try something different.
瑞奇·馬丁厭倦了在影片中的固定角色，決心嘗試不同的角色。
unify
vt. 統(tǒng)一；使一致
In my opinion, Abraham Lincoln was honored mostly in the U.S. because he unified the country.
在我看來，美國人敬重林肯，主要是因為他統(tǒng)一了美國。
verge
n. 邊緣 vi. （on）接近
Don't blame her; she is on the verge of tears.
別再責備她了；她都要哭了。
tenant
n. 房客，佃戶
Tenants of apartments often try to find partners to share it to pay less rent.
公寓套房的租戶常常試圖找到合住者以少付些房租。
trench
n. 溝，溝渠
The soldiers are opening trenches to prepare for yet another, more violent attack from the enemy troops.
士兵們正在挖戰(zhàn)壕，準備應對敵軍再一次更猛烈的攻擊。
certify
vt. 證明；發(fā)證書給
This butter is certified Grade A and is certainly of the best quality.
這種黃油被驗證為A級，當然是質量最好的。
brutal
a. 殘忍的；冷酷的，難以忍受的
Those four white Los Angeles policemen gave the black suspect brutal treatment and killed him.
那四個洛杉磯白人警察野蠻拷打那個黑人嫌疑人，使其斃命。
burial
n. 葬，掩埋，葬禮
In view of her popularity, Diana's burial was a worldwide event.
由于戴安娜深受人們喜愛，她的葬禮令全球矚目。
climax
n. 高潮，最令人興奮（或感興趣）的部分
The opening ceremony of Asian Games reached the climax when the cauldron was lit.
亞運圣火被點燃，至此，亞運會開幕式達到高潮。
cordial
a. 熱情友好的
default
n. 違約，拖欠；棄權；缺省 vi.拖欠
He lost the chance to win champion by default.
他因棄權而失去了獲得冠軍的機會。
crisp
a. 脆的，（果蔬等）鮮脆的；挺括的；（天氣）清新的；簡明扼要的 n. (pl.)油炸土豆片
Bake until the pastry is golden and crisp.
把油酥糕點烤至金黃酥脆。
diploma
n. 畢業(yè)證書
electrician
n. 電工，電氣技師
It looks as though you've blown a fuse; send for an electrician as soon as possible.
看樣子你把保險絲燒了，盡快找個電工來。
enclosure
n. 四周有籬笆的場地，圍場；（信中的）附件
There's a special enclosure where you can look at the horses before the race starts.
這里有一處特備的圍場，在比賽前你可以先看看馬。
