(单词翻译:单击)
Word List 8-6
1.squander V.浪费,挥霍
【例】The typical working man would collect Iiis wages on Friday evening and then, it was widely believed, having given his wife her“housekeeping”,would go out and squander the rest on beer and betting.
工作的男人一般在周五晚上领到工资,人们普遍认为,在将维持家用的生治费交给妻子之后,他就会外出将剩下的钱挥霍在啤酒与赌博上。( 2006)
2.summon vt.召唤,传唤,召集;鼓起(勇气、力量等)
【记】词根记忆:sum(在…下面)+mon(警告)--给下面的人发出警告--传唤
【例】Alone, we should be helpless to injure the Ruler of Oz, but with the aid of the evil powers we can summon we shall easily succeed.
仅凭我们自己无力伤到奥兹国的统治者,但依靠我们能够召唤的邪恶力量就可以轻松取胜。
Bellamy summoned all her nerve to keep calm in case of emergency.
在紧急关头,贝拉米鼓起所有勇气让自己保持镇定。
【派】summons(n.传票 v.用传票传唤)
3.rely vi.信任,信赖;依赖,依靠
【例】We can't just reLy on natural ability. We need study and practice.
我们不能只依靠自己的天分,而是需要学习和实践。
【用】rely通常和介词on搭配使用,意思是“信赖…,依靠…,指望…”;
【派】reliabili哆[n.可靠(性),可信(性)];reliance(n.依靠;信任)
4.narrate v.叙述,描述
【例】The professor narrated the process of the experiment in detail.
教授详细地描述了这个实验的过程。
【派】narration(n.叙述,讲述);narrative(adj.叙述的;叙事体的 n.叙述,记事;叙述手法);narrator(n.叙述者,讲述者)
5.redeem vt.赎回,挽回;挽救,恢复
【记】联想记忆:re(重新)+deem(认为)--重新审视自己的过错--挽救
【例】Tony redeemed himself by doing what he promised to do.
托尼通过履行承诺挽回了声誉。
6.pledge n.誓言,誓约;保证物,信物 vt.保证;抵押
【例】Tom asked me to accept this gift as a pledge of our friendship.
汤姆让我接受这个作为我们友谊象征的礼物。
7.block n.大块;一排房屋,街区;障碍物 vt.阻塞,拦阻,封锁
【记】联想记忆:b+lock(锁)--家家户户都上锁的地方--街区
【例】A Pennsylvania Railroad worker had started a fire at a warehouse and the fire had spread several blocks, causing widespread damage.
一名宾夕法尼亚的铁路工人点燃了一间货仓,大火蔓延了几个街区,造成大面积的破坏。(1998)
【派】blockade(n.封锁,堵塞,堵断;堵塞物,障碍物)
8.react v.反应:反抗,反对;起化学反应
【记】联想记忆:re(相反+act(行动)--反应
【例】Will the people ever react against this dictator?
有朝一日人民会起来反抗这个独裁者吗?
Iron can react with water and air to produce rust.
铁与水和空气起化学反应后生锈。
【用】react表示“反应”的时候,常常与to连用,而表示“反抗,反对”的时候,要与against连用。
【派】reaction(n.反应;反动;(化学、物理)反应;反作用];reac-tionary(adj.反动的n.反动分子);reactor(n.反应装置;反应堆;反应物)