【升華】新概念英語(yǔ)單詞:Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness? 是本能還是機(jī)智?
Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness? 是本能還是機(jī)智？
insect [?insekt] n. 昆蟲
wage [weid?] v. 進(jìn)行（斗爭(zhēng)）
contaminate [k?n?t?mineit] v. 弄臟
【派】contamination 污染
【擴(kuò)】smear 弄臟
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A: The river was contaminated with waste from the factory.
B: How could those people do that?
A：這條河流被從工廠流出的廢物所污染。
B：那些人怎么能這么做？
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provocation [?pr?v??kei??n] n. 惹怒
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A: She sometimes angers without provocation.
B: I also think she has bad temper.
A：她有時(shí)無(wú)緣無(wú)故就生氣。
B：我也認(rèn)為她脾氣不好。
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spider [?spaid?] n. 蜘蛛
wasp [w?sp] n. 黃蜂
moth [m?θ] n. 飛蛾
ant [?nt] n. 螞蟻
revulsion [ri?v?l??n] n. 厭惡
【擴(kuò)】loathness 厭惡
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A: He had a revulsion against his neighbor.
B: Didn't they get along with each other well?
A：他對(duì)鄰居非常反感。
B：他們相處得不好嗎？
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horde [h??d] n. 群
uncanny [?n?k?ni] adj. 神秘的，不可思議的
erase [i?reiz] v. 擦，抹去
【派】eraser 橡皮
【搭】erase the information 刪除信息
erase the blackboard 擦黑板
【例】We must erase the handwriting.
我們得擦掉這些筆跡。
praying mantis [?preii? ?m?ntis] 螳螂
entranced [en?trɑ?nst] adj. 出神的，著迷的
【擴(kuò)】preoccupied 出神的 rapt 著迷的
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A: They were entranced with the performance.
B: It's really a wonderful show.
A：他們完全被演出吸引住了。
B：那確實(shí)是一場(chǎng)很棒的演出。
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beetle [?bi?tl] n. 甲蟲
sheltered [??elt?d] adj. 傷不著的，無(wú)危險(xiǎn)的
luscious [?l???s] adj. 甘美的
【擴(kuò)】nectarous 甘美的
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A: I can't stop eating the luscious peaches.
B: Let me have a taste, too.
A：這桃子太甘美了，我吃得停不下來(lái)了。
B：我也嘗嘗。
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cluster [?kl?st?] n. 一簇，一群
aphid [?eifid] n. 蚜蟲
underside [??nd?said] n. 底面，下側(cè)
【構(gòu)】under（在……下的）＋side（面）＝underside（下側(cè)，底面）
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A: It's hard for me to clean the underside of the case.
B: Leave it to me. You can do other things now.
A：清理這個(gè)箱子的底面對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)很難。
B：留給我吧，你去做別的事情。
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colony [?k?l?ni] n. 一群
sticky [?stiki] adj. 粘的
scurry [?sk?ri] v. 小步跑
swarm [sw??m] v. 聚集
【搭】swarm with 充滿著 swarm into 蜂擁而入
【例】The students swarmed out of the classroom.
學(xué)生們蜂擁著跑出了教室。
ingenuity [?ind?i?nju?iti] n. 機(jī)靈
