【升華】新概念英語單詞:Lesson 58 A spot of bother 一點(diǎn)兒小麻煩
Lesson 58 A spot of bother 一點(diǎn)兒小麻煩
lift [lift] n. 電梯
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A: Is there a lift here?
B: Yes, there is one in that corner.
A：你們這兒有電梯嗎？
B：有，在那邊的拐角處。
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monstrous [?m?nstr?s] adj. 極大的，可怕的
negligence [?neɡlid??ns] n. 粗心大意
【擴(kuò)】carelessness 粗心 inattention 疏忽
【搭】a piece of negligence g 一次疏忽
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A: He was sharply reprimanded for his negligence.
B: I think he will be more careful in the future.
A：他因玩忽職守而受到嚴(yán)厲的訓(xùn)斥。
B：我想以后他會更小心的。
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prudent [?pru?d?nt] adj. 謹(jǐn)慎的
【擴(kuò)】prudential 謹(jǐn)慎的 canny 謹(jǐn)慎的
【例】We must always remain modest and prudent.
我們要永遠(yuǎn)保持謙虛謹(jǐn)慎。
composure [k?m?p?u??] n. 鎮(zhèn)靜，沉著
【擴(kuò)】calm 鎮(zhèn)靜 composure 鎮(zhèn)靜
【搭】regain composure 恢復(fù)鎮(zhèn)靜
【例】He was obviously very shocked, but he soon regained his composure soon.
顯然他很震驚，但很快就恢復(fù)了鎮(zhèn)靜。
intruder [in?tru?d?] n. 入侵者
lurk [l??k] v. 潛藏
【派】lurker 潛伏者
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A: I don't know what lurks in his mind.
B: I think nobody knows that.
A：我不知道他心里藏著什么。
B：我想沒有人知道。
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hinder [?hind?] v. 妨礙
fingerprint [?fi?ɡ??print] n. 指紋
【擴(kuò)】finger mark 指紋
【搭】leave one's fingerprint 留下指紋
【例】When the police found his fingerprint he knew that he would be in trouble.
警方發(fā)現(xiàn)了他的指紋后，他知道自己要有麻煩了。
chaos [?kei?s] n. 混亂，無秩序
【擴(kuò)】confusion 混亂
【搭】in chaos 處在一片混亂的狀態(tài)之中
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A: The failure of electricity supplies made the city in chaos.
B: People can hardly live a comfortable life without electricity today.
A：停電使得城市一片混亂。
B：在當(dāng)今社會，沒有電，人們很難過得舒服。
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inconceivable [?ink?n?si?v?b?l] adj. 不可思議的
【擴(kuò)】miraculous 不可思議的 unimaginable 意想不到的
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A: That event was inconceivable to us.
B: But we have to face it now.
A：那事件是我們所想象不到的。
B：但我們現(xiàn)在必須面對它。
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veritable [?verit?b?l] adj. 真正的，地地道道的
magpie [?m?ɡpai] n. 喜歡收藏物品的人
toss [t?s] v. 扔
discard [di?skɑ?d] v. 丟棄
【擴(kuò)】reject 丟棄
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A: It's a bad manner to discard your things everywhere.
B: Sorry, I will correct it.
A：把東西扔得到處都是是一個不好的習(xí)慣。
B：對不起，我會改的。
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constable [?k?nst?b?l] n. 警察
ransack [?r?ns?k] v. 洗劫
balcony [?b?lk?ni] n. 陽臺
【擴(kuò)】veranda 陽臺
【例】The prospect from the balcony is breathtaking.
從陽臺上看去景色美極了。
fussy [?f?si] adj. 大驚小怪的，小題大做的
【擴(kuò)】spoffish 大驚小怪的，小題大做的
【搭】fussy eater 挑食的人
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A: I suppose I'm just a little too fussy!
B: No, you did it well.
A：我想我有點(diǎn)過于小題大做了！
B：不，你做得很好。
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