Lesson 5
第五課
Part 1
第一部分
v.預(yù)期同:expect
Mother anticipated my hunger and baked cookies for me.
媽媽預(yù)料到我會餓,而為我做了些餅。
aspire
v.渴望同:desire
In his childhood, he aspired to become a great general.
在童年時代,他渴望成為一位偉大的將軍。
attorney
n.律師同:lawyer
The court appointed an attorney for the accused man.
法庭為被告指定一位律師。
counsel
1. n.忠告同:advice 2. v.勸告
They refused to listen to the old man's counsel.
他們拒絕聽從那老人的忠告。
They counseled against travelling at night in such a dangerous country.
他們勸告說勿在此危險的國家夜游。
falter
v.l.動搖,膽怯同:hesitate 2.蹣跚而行
The soldiers faltered for a moment as their captain fell.
當(dāng)他們連長倒下時,士兵的信心動搖了一會兒。
The sick man faltered for few steps, and then fell down.
病人蹣跚地走了一兩步,然后就跌倒了。
ghastly
adj.可怕的同:ghostlike
After a sleepless night, she looked very ghastly.
經(jīng)過一個無眠的夜晚,她看起來非常可怕。
gratitude
n.感激同:thankfulness
She showed me her gratitude by inviting me to dinner.
她借邀請我吃晚飯,來表達她對我的謝意。
plume
n.羽毛同:feather
The rooster lost one of his plumes in the fight with the cat.
雄雞在這次與貓的戰(zhàn)斗中掉了一支羽毛。
promote
v. 1.升遷同:advance 2.促進
The young army officer was promoted to captain.
這名年輕的陸軍軍官晉升為連長。
An understanding of the culture of other countries may promote peace.
對其他國家文化的了解可以增進和平。
shudder
v.戰(zhàn)栗同:shrive
She shuddered at the sight of the dead body.
看到尸體使她戰(zhàn)栗。
swamp
n.沼澤同:marsh
The land is useless for growing crops; it's mainly swamp.
這塊土地?zé)o法生長作物,他主要是沼澤地。
terrific
adj.1.可怕的同:awful 2.極好的
The terrific storm destroyed most of the houses in the city.
可怕的暴風(fēng)雪毀掉了城里大部分房子。
It was such a terrific party that I didn't feel like going back home.
這宴會太好了,以至于我都不想回家了。
villain
n.惡棍同:rogue
The villain was caught by the police and brought to trial.
這惡棍被警方逮捕并交付審判。
Part 2
第二部分
absent-minded
adj.心不在焉的反:attentive
The absent-minded man put salt in his coffee and sugar on his egg.
那名心不在焉的男子把鹽放在咖啡里,而把糖加入蛋中。
acute
adj.敏感的反:dull
A dog has a very acute sense of smell.
狗有靈敏的嗅覺。
entry
n. 1.入口反:exit 2.進入
Leave the boxes in the entry and we will carry them up later.
將箱子放在入口處,稍后我們會將它們拿上來。
His sudden entry startled all of us.
他的突然進入震驚了我們。
immigrate
v.遷入反:emigrate
During the 1800's many thousands of people from Europe immigrated into the United States to make a new home.
在十八世紀,數(shù)以千計的人們離開歐洲而移入美國建立家園。
intensify
v.加強反:weaken
My first failure only intensified my desire to succeed.
我的初次失敗只更加強了我成功的信念。
invariable
adj.不變的反:inconstant
After dinner it was his invariable habit to take a nap for a while.
晚餐后小睡片刻是他不變的習(xí)慣。
latitude
n.緯度反:longitude
One degree of latitude on the earth's surface equals almost 70 miles.
地表上的緯度一度相當(dāng)將近七十英里。
secondhand
adj.用過的,舊的反:new
The books in the secondhand bookstore are very cheap.
舊書店的書非常便宜。
specify
v.詳盡陳述反:outline
Please specify when you will be at home tomorrow.
請確切說明你明天何時會在家。
trivial
adj.不重要的反:important
Your composition has only a few trivial mistakes.
你的作文只有一些小錯誤。
vulgar
adj.粗俗的反:noble
She is a very vulgar woman to shout like that at the top of her voice.
用她最大的聲音吼叫,她真是個粗俗的婦人。