新版新视野大学英语第一册Unit8SectionB单词和例句分析解析

新视野大学英语读写教程（第二版）第一册单词表

Unit 8 Section B

Ways of Increasing Creativity

New Words

<1>

creativity n.

[U] the ability to create new ideas or things

创造力

A good teacher can encourage students' creativity.

好老师能够激发学生的创造力。

This exercise can encourage creativity in the use of language.

这类练习可以激发运用语言的创

造力。

<2>chill

v.

make or become cold

（使）

变冷；冷藏

The freezing weather chilled me to the bone.

寒冷的天气使我感到冰冷刺骨。

I put some beer in the icebox to chill.

我放了些啤酒到冰箱里冷藏。

n.

[sing.] a feeling of coldness

寒冷；寒意

The sound of his boots precedes him and he brings a rush of morning chill in.

随着靴子声他进了

屋

,

带进一阵清晨的寒气。

Please, turn on the heater to rid us of this chill.

请把暖气打开

,

帮我们赶走寒气。

<3>dip

vt.

put sth. into a liquid and lift it out again

蘸，浸

She dipped her hand in the sea to find out how cold it was.

她把手放入海水中

,

想感觉一下它

有多凉。

The painter dipped his brush into the paint.

画家拿画笔蘸颜料。

<4>applaud

v.

express good opinion or favor by clapping one's hands

拍手，喝彩；称赞

Everyone applauded when the play ended.

演出结束时

,

大家都热烈鼓掌。

They have been applauded for their decision to close the small paint factory.

他们决定关闭这座

小印染厂，得到了大家的赞扬。

<5>remark

vt.

say sth., esp. about sth. one has just noticed

评论；谈论

He remarked that we shouldn't be late again.

他说我们不应该再迟到了。

As he often remarked, one is never too old to learn.

正如他一向所说的那样

,

一个人要活到老

学到老。

n.

[C] a comment

评论；谈论

It's impolite to make remarks on others' personal affairs.

对别人的私事说三道四是不礼貌的。

I didn't agree with his closing remarks.

我对他的闭幕词不太赞同。

<6>decade

n.

[C] a period of ten years

十年

The habit accompanied him for decades.

这个习惯伴随了他数十年。

Prices have risen continuously during the past decade.

在过去的

10

<7>convince

vt.

make sb. feel certain that sth. is true

使确信，使信服

You don't have to convince me you're right.

你不必说服我相信你是对的。

It took many hours to convince the judge of his guilt.

花费了许多小时法官才相信他有罪。

<8>capacity

n.

1. [C, U] one's ability to do sth.

才能，能力

This book is within the capacity of young readers.

这本书年轻读者可以读懂。

They have improved their organization and fighting capacity.

他们提高了组织能力和战斗力。

2. [sing.] the ability to hold or contain sth.

容量，容积

This room has a seating capacity of 100 people.

这个房间可坐

100

人。

The university decided to increase the capacity of the lecture hall.

学校决定扩大演讲厅的容纳

力。

<9>impulse

n.

[C] a sudden wish to do sth.

冲动；刺激

a man of impulse

易冲动的人

She bought the dress on impulse.

她一时冲动买了这件衣服。

<10>potential

n.

[U] qualities that exist and can be developed

潜力，潜能

She shows potential as a teacher.

她表现出当教师的潜在能力。

He reached his full potential as a composer.

作为一名作曲家，他已充分发挥了自己的潜能。

a.

likely to happen or become so, although not actually existing at present

潜在的

The hole in the road is a potential danger.

路上的坑是个潜在的危险。

Education develops potential abilities.

教育能开发人的潜能。

<11>reservoir n.

1. [C] a large amount of sth. that is available and has not yet been used

贮藏，

蓄积

Colleges are a reservoir of talents for companies.

大学是公司的人才储备库。

She found she had a reservoir of unexpected strength.

她发现自己身上蓄积了意想不到的力量。

2. [C]

水库

If it rains heavily, the reservoir will overflow.

如果下大雨，水库里的水就会溢出来。

<12>concrete

a.

definite and specific

具体的

He supported his idea with concrete examples.

他用具体例子来说明他的观点。

Have you any concrete plans about how to deal with these difficulties?

对怎样解决这 些困难

,

你

有没有什么具体的计划

?

<13>capture

vt.

1. catch sb. or sth.

捕获，捕捉

The criminal was captured when trying to escape from the city.

罪犯在企图逃离这座城市时被

捕获。

In his traveling report, he tried to capture the beauty of the Great Waterfalls.

他努力在他的游记

中记录下大瀑布的壮美。

2. seize; occupy

夺得；占领

The army fought its way down and captured many enemy camps.

部队长驱直入

,

攻下许多敌军

军营。

The town was captured after a siege lasting ten days.

小镇被围

10

天后沦陷了。

<14>

fleeting

a.

passing quickly; not lasting long

飞逝的；短暂的

the fleeting hours

飞逝的时光

Youth is so fleeting.

青春是如此的短暂。

<15>carriage

n.

[C]

四轮马车

The queen rode in a decorated carriage pulled by four white horses.

女王乘一辆由四匹白马 拉着

的华丽马车。

The passenger wagons were not going into town for another half hour, so I hired a carriage and

went in myself.

半小时内没有客车进城

,

我只能雇一辆马车

,

自己前往。

<16>scarcely

ad.

1. only a moment ago

仅仅；才

The meeting had scarcely begun when it was interrupted.

会议刚开始就被打断了。

Scarcely had he arrived home when it began to rain.

他一回到家就开始下雨了。

2. almost not; hardly

几乎不

He scarcely goes to cinema.

他几乎不去看电影。

I scarcely knew what to do next.

我简直不知道下一步该做什么。

<17>awake

v.

(awoke, awoken) wake up or make sb. wake up

（使）醒来；唤醒

A loud noise awoke me in the middle of the night.

夜半时分

,

一声巨响将我惊醒。

He awoke to find himself alone in the room.

他醒来时发现房内只有他自己。

<18>recall

v.

bring back to memory; remember

回想，回忆起

David recalled an incident that took place in his hometown some 12 years before.

戴维回想起大

约

12

年前发生在自己家乡的一桩事情。< /p>

I recall that on at least one occasion I saw him taking money from the office.

我想起至少有一次

我看见他从办公室里拿走钱 。

<19>fortunately ad.

by good chance; luckily

幸运地

Fortunately, the train was on time.

幸好火车按时到达。

Fortunately, this has not happened.

幸运的是，这一情况并没有发生。

<20>sketch

v.

make a quick or simple drawing or painting

勾画，绘草图

He sketched the cat.

他给猫画了个速写。

He grabbed a piece of paper and quickly sketched the bird before it flew away.

他抓起一张纸，

赶

在那只鸟飞走前把它画了下来。

<21>fertile

a.

1. (of a person's mind) inventive; full of new ideas

（思想、创意等）

丰富

的

He is a child with a fertile imagination.

他是个有丰富的想象力的孩子。

Ideas appear one after another in her fertile mind.

她想象力丰富，头脑里想法层出不穷。

2. (of land) able to produce good crops

（土地）肥沃的，富饶的

The land is fertile of wheat.

这片土地盛产小麦。

A large area of desert was reclaimed to return to fertile soil in the northwest.

西北地区有一大片

< br>沙漠经过改良变成了肥沃的土地。

<22>advantage

n.

[C, U] a good quality or condition

优势；有利条件

She has an obvious advantage because of her fluent English.

她说一口流利的英语，所以有明显

的优势。

His teaching experience gives him an advantage over other applicants.

他的教学经历使他比别

的求职者有优势。

<23>productive

a.

1. achieving a lot

有收益的，富有成效的

Talks to end the strike had not been very productive.

旨在结束罢工的谈判没有取得什么成果。

I spent a productive hour in the library.

我在图书馆的一个小时很有收获。

2. producing or able to produce goods or crops, esp. in large quantities

多产的

a productive writer

多产作家

They have found ways to make more productive use of agricultural land.

他们找到了使农业用

地更多产的方法。

<24>disturb

vt.

interrupt sb. or make sb. worried or upset

打扰；妨碍；

使烦恼

He told his secretary that he was not to be disturbed.

他吩咐秘书不要让人打搅他。

Don't disturb him when he is reading.

他看书时别打扰他。

<25>

undisturbed a.

not being disturbed

未受打扰

(

或妨碍

)

的

The author went up into the mountains where he could finish writing his novel undisturbed.

作者

住进了山区，那里他可以不受干扰地写完小说。

Local homeowners are soundly asleep in the early morning, undisturbed by the loud frogs.

当地

的房主人清晨沉睡，未受蛙鸣的打搅。

<26>associate n.

[C] a partner or colleague

合作人；同事

business associates

商业合作伙伴

The police caught the thief and his associates.

警察抓住了那个小偷和他的同伙。

<27>invent

vt.

make or produce a new thing or idea for the first time

发明，创造

He invented an electronic instrument that gives an alarm when an intruder comes in.

他发明的电

子仪器能在有人闯入时发出警报声。

I began to invent reasons for staying away from work.

我开始为自己旷工编造理由。

<28>

inventor n.

[C] a person who invents sth.

发明者，发明家

Alexander Graham Bell is the inventor of the telephone.