Lesson15
第15課
Part 1
第一部分
allot
v. 分配 同: allocate
The profits from the candy sale have been allotted equally to the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts.
銷售糖果的所得已公平地分配給男女童子軍.
banner
n. 旗幟 同: flag
The banners of many countries fly outside of the headquarters of the United Nations.
許多國家的國旗飄揚(yáng)在聯(lián)合國總部的外面。
cliff
n. 懸崖 同: blutt
Standing at the edge of the cliff, she could see the waves below.
她站在懸崖的邊緣,可以看到下面的波濤。
crook
v. 鉤 同: bend
I crooked my leg around the branch to keep from falling.
我用腳鉤住樹枝以免跌落。
ensue
v. 隨之而起 同: follow
In his anger he hit the man, and a fight ensued.
他在憤怒之下打了那人,一場爭斗將隨之而起。
gap
n. 缺口 同: opening
The cows ran away through a gap in the fence.
母牛從籬笆的缺口處逃跑了.
hoard
n. 貯藏 同: stock v. 囤積
They have a hoard of food in the basement.
地下室里有他們貯藏的食物.
When sugar, coffee, and other foods were scarce, many people hoarded them.
當(dāng)糖、咖啡和其他食物缺乏時,許多人便囤積它們。
marsh
n. 沼澤 同: swamp
It is not easy to cross the marsh on foot, we'd better go round it.
想徒步穿越沼澤是不容易的,我們最好繞道走。
moan
n. 呻吟聲 同: groan v. 呻吟
From time to time, during the night, there was a moan of pain from the sick man.
夜晚有時候會傳來病人痛苦的呻吟聲。
The sick child moaned a little, and then tell asleep.
這個生病的孩子呻吟了一會便睡著了。
notorious
adj. 惡名昭彰的 同: infamous
The notorious thief was finally caught and put to prison for his many crimes.
惡名昭彰的小偷終于被捕了,且因許多項(xiàng)罪行而坐牢。
sermon
n. 說教 同: preach
After the guests left, father gave a sermon on table manners to the children.
客人離開后,孩子們聽父親講了一大篇關(guān)于餐桌禮儀的教訓(xùn)。
site
n. 位置 同: location
The big house on the hill has one of the best sites in town.
山丘上的那幢大房子處在城里最好的位置之一。
suppress
v. 鎮(zhèn)壓 同: subdue
The police suppressed the riot by firing over the heads of the crowd.
警察在群眾頭頂上開槍,以鎮(zhèn)壓暴動。
Part 2
第二部分
agony
n. 痛苦 同: joy
He has suffered agonies from his broken arm
他一直為斷臂所苦。
desolate
adj. 孤獨(dú)的 反: cozy
I was very desolate when my mother died last year.
母親去年過世時,我非常孤獨(dú)。
everlasting
adj. 永久的 反: transient
We do not want to be involved in any war, we wish for everlasting peace.
我們不希望被卷入戰(zhàn)爭,我們期待永久的和平。
excess
n. 超過 反: deficiency
Passengers must pay for excess baggage on an airplane.
飛機(jī)乘客必須為超過限量的行李付錢。
gross
adj. 總體的 反: net
The gross weight of the sack of flour is more than the net weight of the flour alone.
面粉袋的總重量超過了面粉的凈重量。
idiot
n. 白癡 反: genius
He is intelligent, but sometimes he behaves like an idiot.
他很聰明,但有時舉止像個白癡。
infinite
adj. 無限的, 極大的 反: finite
Teaching little children usually requires infinite patience.
教小孩通常需要極大的耐心。
integrate
v. 綜合 反: disintegrate
The committee will try to integrate the different ideas into one uniform plan.
委員會將試著綜合不同的意見,以達(dá)成一致的計(jì)劃。
liable
adj. 1. 有責(zé)任的 反: irresponsible 2.易于……的
He stated that he was not liable for his wife's debts.
他陳述說他沒有責(zé)任為妻子償還債款。
You are liable to catch a cold if you go out without an overcoat.
如果你外出時沒穿大衣,就容易感冒。
miscellaneous
adj. 各種的 反: sole
The boy had a miscellaneous collection of stamps, stones, and many other things.
這男孩收集了各種郵票、石頭和許多其他的東西。
revenue
n. 歲入 反: expenditure
The government got much revenue from taxes last year.
政府去年通過稅收獲得了大量歲入。
trifling
adj. 微小的 反: important
The friends treated their quarrel as only a trifling matter.
朋友們視彼此間的爭吵為無關(guān)緊要之事。