词语讲解

1.broil: (1)（动）烤.cook or be cooked by direct contact with fire
Flames flared as he broiled the meat at fire in the backyard.
当他在后院烤火时，火焰闪耀。

(2)（动）争斗.fight; quarrel
When I was left, two women were quarreling noisily; when I returned an hour later, they were still broiling.
我离开时，两个妇人吵得很大声；一个钟头后我回来时，她们还在争吵。

2.desolate: (1)（形）荒废的.not lived in; deserted; ruined
A few desolate houses stood in the former mining town.
在早期的采矿小镇，立着些荒废的房屋。

(2)（形）孤独的.unhappy; miserable; lonely
She has led a desolate life since her husband’s death.
自从她的丈夫死后，她就过着孤独的生活。

3.gamble:（动）赌博 play games of chance for more money; bet; risk
A reckless young man gambled his fortune on a turn of cards in one night.
一个卤莽的年轻人一晚玩纸牌就输尽了所有的财产。

4.improve:（动）改进 make better; increase the value or usefulness of
I’ll improve the shape of the handle so that it is easier to use.
我将改进这把手的形状，使它用起来更方便。

5.incense: (1)（动）激怒.make very angry; fill with rage
The official was incensed at the lack of respect shown to him.
这位将军因为没有受到尊敬而大感愤怒。

(2).（名）香 substance producing a sweet smell when burning
Incense is burnt in some religious services.
香在一些宗教仪式中所燃烧。

6.marine: （形）海的of the sea; formed in the sea
Many kinds of marine life are found in this ocean.
这海中有许多种类的海底生物。

7.nourish:（动）滋养 give food to; help to grow; support
There are hundreds of children in the slums who need to be nourished.
在贫民区有数以百计的小孩需要得到营养。

8.phase: （名）阶段a stage of development
The old man overcame the critical phase of his illness.
老人克服了生命中最痛苦的阶段。

9.spur:（名）马刺；激励 an instrument fitted to a rider’s heel to prick a horse to make it run faster
The horse leaped over the fence at the touch of the spur.
马一碰到马刺便跳跃过篱笆了。

10.thaw: (1)（动）溶解.melt; become liquid or soft
Expose to the warm air, the frozen meat thawed rapidly.
冷冻肉经曝露在温暖的空气中，解冻的很快。

(2)（动）变温和.become more friendly; become less stiff
At first the visitors were shy, but after drinking a glass of wine they thawed.
最初访客们感到不大自然，但一巡酒后，他们便自然了。

练习及答案

1. He offers before you and whole burnt offerings on your altar. （他们要把香焚在你面前，把全牲的燔祭献在你的坛上。）
2. South American women use the fruit to teir skin and hair. （南美洲的妇女都用这种水果来滋养她们的皮肤和头发。）
3. These travelers had expected it was a desirable travel, but now they lost their ways in the desert. （这些旅游者原本以为这是次称心的旅游，但现在他们在荒凉的沙漠里迷了路。）
4. The spring caused the river to deluge the region. （春天冰雪融化，使河水泛滥淹没了那地区。）
答案：1. incense 2. nourish 3. desolate 4. thaw