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大连理工大学网络教育学院
大学英语
4
辅导资料二
主
题
:对
Unit 1
的重点单词和短语的讲解
学习时间<
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:
2010
年
4
月
26
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5
月
2
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内
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NEW WORDS
(
对课文重点单词的解释
)
1.
cash
n. money in coins or notes
现金
e.g. We give
10 percent discount for cash.
(现金付款,我们九折优惠。
)
This is a
dangerous area, so don't carry too much cash on
you.
(这个地区很
危险,所以
你身上不要带太多现金。
)
2.
competitive
a. involving competition or
competitiveness
竞争的
e.g. It's getting very competitive in
the car industry.
(汽车工业方面的竞争日益加
< br>剧。
)
America is a competitive society.
(美国是一个充满竞争的社会。
)
3.
cram
vt. fill
too full; force or press into a small space
把……塞满;
把……塞进
e.g. This box is crammed with Christmas
gifts.
(这个盒子里塞满了圣诞礼物。
)
He crammed as much candy into his
pockets as they would hold.
(他把口袋都
塞满了糖果。
)
4.
deadline
n. fixed limit of time for
finishing a piece of work
最后期限
e.g. What's
the deadline?
(截止到什么时候?)
It's past the deadline for application.
(现在已经过了申请的最后期限了。
)
5.
delivery
n.
delivering (of letters, goods, etc.)
投递;送交
e.g. The
next postal delivery is at 4 o'clock.
(下一次邮递时间是四点钟。
)
6.
echo
vt. say or
do what another person says or does; repeat
附和;重复
e.g. The
room echoed with their happy laughter.
(房间里回荡着他们的欢笑声。
)
His
voice
echoed
in
the
big
empty
hall.
(他的声音
在空荡的大厅里发出回
声。
)
7.
finance
n. money
matters; (used in pl.) money; the management of
funds
财政;
钱财;金融
e.g. He is a well-known expert in
finance.
(他是知名的金融专家。
)
Unless we can get more finance, we'll
have to close the store.
(除
非我们能得
到更多的资金,我们将不得不关闭这家商店。
)
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8.
harm
1) n. damage or wrong
伤害
搭配:
do harm (to sth.)/do sth.
harm
对……造成伤害
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e.g.
If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.
p>
(倘若我们进行干预,
那可
能弊多利少。<
/p>
)
His failures did
his reputation a lot of harm.
< br>(
他屡次失败使他的声誉受到
很大损害。
)
2) vt.
cause harm to; hurt
伤害
e.g. There was a traffic accident in
this street, but no one was harmed.
(这街
上发
生了交通事故,但没有人受伤。
)
9.
inform
vt. tell;
give information to
告知
e.g. Please inform me by
letter of your plans.
(请来信把你的计划告诉我。
)
Could you please inform me how to go
about contacting a lawyer?
(请您告诉
我怎样去联络律师?)
10.
inquire
vt.
ask
询问
搭配:
inquire sth.
of sb.
向某人询问某事
e.g. We inquired the way of a boy.
(我们向一个男孩问路。
)
I inquired of him about their work.
(我向他了解他们的工作情况。
)
11.
leisurely
a.
unhurried
从容的,慢慢的
e.g. The group tours the museum at a
leisurely pace.
(这个旅游团悠闲地参观这个
博物馆。
)
12.
marvelous
a. wonderful;
astonishing
令人惊异的,了不起的,不平常的
e.g. These dogs have a marvelous sense
of smell.
(这些狗有非常敏锐的嗅觉。
)
Their performance was marvelous.
(他们的演出太精彩了。
)
13.
minimum
n. the
smallest possible amount, number, etc.
最低限度的量、数等
e.g.
The class needs a minimum of 6 pupils to continue.
(这个班最低限度要六个学
生才可以继续办下去。
)
Repairing your
car will cost a minimum of 100 dollars.
(修理你的汽车最低限度
要
100
美元
。
)
14.
normally
adv. in the usual
conditions; ordinarily
通常地
e.g. I normally travel by public
transport.
(我出门通常乘坐公共交通工具。
)
I normally get off (work) at 5:30.
(我通常是
5
点
30<
/p>
分下班。
)
15.
odd
a. strange; unusual
古怪的
e.g. It's
very odd that she didn't reply to our letter.
(她没有回我们的信是件很奇怪
的事。
)
16.
pain
vt. cause
pain to
使……痛苦
e.g. She's pained by her son's conduct.
(她对儿子的行为感到痛心。
)
It
pains me to have to tell you that ...
(我以沉痛的心情告诉你……)
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