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詞匯提煉：
1. inferior：下級(jí)，屬下
2. command：命令，指揮
3. tone：語(yǔ)氣
4. inquire：打聽(tīng)，詢問(wèn)
5. subordinate：屬下
6. mercenary：唯利是圖的
7. consent：同意，贊成
8. insolence：傲慢，無(wú)禮
9. freeborn：生而自由的
10. submit：屈從，聽(tīng)從
11. humbug：欺騙，謊話
12. bird：女人
13. informality：非正式，不拘禮節(jié)
重點(diǎn)單詞精講：
Inferior
Exp. a person who is not as good as sb else; a person who is lower in rank or status
Eg. We should not despise our intellectual inferiors.
我們不應(yīng)輕視智力不如我們的人。
Eg. We should not despise one's social inferiors.
我們不應(yīng)輕視社會(huì)地位不如自己的人。
Inquire
Usage:~ sth (of sb)
Exp. ask to be told sth by sb 詢問(wèn)
Eg. She inquired of me most politely whether I wished to continue.
她非常有禮貌地問(wèn)我是否想繼續(xù)下去。
Eg. He inquired your name of me.
他向我打聽(tīng)你的名字。
Mercenary
Exp. only interested in making or getting money 只為金錢(qián)的，唯利是圖的
Eg. His actions are entirely mercenary.
他的行為完全是為了錢(qián)。
Eg. She's interested in him for purely mercenary reasons.
她喜歡他，純粹出于錢(qián)的目的。
Eg . It is a mercenary society.
這是個(gè)唯利是圖的社會(huì)。
Consent
Usage:~ (to sth)
Exp. give agreement or permission 同意；允許
Eg. She made the proposal, and I readily consented to it.
她提出了這個(gè)建議, 我欣然同意。
Eg. She won't consent to him staying out late/to his staying out late.
她不允許他呆在外面太晚。
Eg. They finally consented to go with us.
他們終于同意了和我們一塊走。
Freeborn
Exp. not born as a slave 生而自由的
Submit
Usage:~ (to sb/sth)
Exp. accept the control, superior strength, etc (of sb/sth) 屈服或歸順于
Eg. I refuse to submit to the enemy .
我決不屈服。
Eg. In desperation, Mrs. Jones submitted to an operation on her right knee to relieve the pain.
絕望中，瓊斯夫人不得已接受了一次她右膝的手術(shù)以減輕疼痛。
Eg. Should you submit yourself to him?
你應(yīng)該順從他嗎?
Humbug
Exp. dishonest language or behaviour that is intended to deceive people
Eg. I know my words can seem to him nothing but utter humbug.
我知道,我說(shuō)的話在他看來(lái)不過(guò)是徹頭徹尾的慌言。
Eg. That idea is a load of humbug.
那個(gè)意見(jiàn)簡(jiǎn)直是一派胡言。
