【升華】新概念英語單詞:Lesson 56　Our neighbour, the river 河流，我們的鄰居

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Lesson 56 Our neighbour, the river 河流，我們的鄰居

boundary [?baund?ri] n. 界線，邊界

pump [p?mp] v. 用泵抽

【派】pumpkin 南瓜

【搭】pump out 抽空

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A: We'd better pump the floodwater out of the cellars.

B: But we don't have any instrument now.

A：我們最好盡快把水從地窖里抽出來。

B：但這會兒我們沒有工具啊。

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overtake [??uv??teik] v. （壞天氣，麻煩等）突然降臨

backwater [?b?kw??t?] n. 回水河汊

predecessor [?pri?dises?] n. 前任

【例】My present secretary is more capable than her predecessor.

　　　我現(xiàn)在的秘書比她的前任更能干。

meadow [?med?u] n. 草地，草場

crown [kraun] v. 給……戴花環(huán)

holly [?h?li] n. 一種冬青植物

wreath [ri?θ] n. 花環(huán)

【擴】garland 花環(huán)

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A: I ordered a wreath from the florist.

B: Who do you want to send it to?

A：我從花店定購了一個花環(huán)。

B：你想送給誰??？

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occurrence [??k?r?ns] n. 偶發(fā)事件

proportion [pr??p????n] n. 部分

【派】proportional 成比例的

【擴】part 部分　　section 部分

【搭】out of proportion to 與……不成比例

【例】A large proportion of the streets were sewered.

　　　大部分街道都鋪有下水道。

site [sait] v. 使位于

spell [spel] v. 招致，帶來

【擴】incur 招致，惹起

【搭】spell losses 造成損失　　spell trouble 招來麻煩

【例】He can do nothing except spelling troubles.

　　　他除了會招來麻煩，什么也做不了。

stall [st??l] n. 牲口棚

attic [??tik] n. 頂樓

sweeping [?swi?pi?] adj. 范圍廣大的

【派】sweepingly 大規(guī)模地，徹底地

【搭】get a sweeping view 一覽無余　　sweeping victory 全勝

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A: Our team won a sweeping victory in the match last week.

B: Congratulations! I hope you will win in the finals, too.

A：我們球隊在上周的比賽中大獲全勝。

B：恭喜，我希望你們在決賽中也同樣獲勝。

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critical [?kritik?l] adj. 危急的

juncture [?d???kt??] n. 時刻，關(guān)頭

【搭】at this juncture 就在這個關(guān)頭

【例】At this critical juncture he lost his head and made a serious mistake.

　　　在這關(guān)鍵時刻，他頭腦發(fā)昏，犯了嚴(yán)重錯誤。

raft [rɑ?ft] n. 木筏

foundations [faun?dei??nz] n. 地基

【擴】groundwork 基礎(chǔ)，根基

【例】The house is unsafe since the foundations were undermined by earthquake.

　　　這座房子不安全，因為地基已被地震破壞。

stout [staut] adj. 牢固的

【擴】firm 堅固的，結(jié)實的

【搭】a stout pair of shoes 一雙結(jié)實的鞋子

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A: I never expected that he had such a stout makeup.

B: He often goes to the gym to do exercise.

A：我真沒想到，他竟然有這么強壯的體格。

B：他經(jīng)常去健身房鍛煉。

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submerge [s?b?m??d?] v. 浸沒

grapple [?ɡr?p?l] v. 抓住

【搭】grapple with 與……格斗

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A: He did all he could to grapple with the enemy.

B: He is brave at any time.

A：他奮力與敵人拼殺。

B：他任何時候都那么勇敢。

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