综合英语四 重要词汇及解释

1、综合英语4茄子重要词汇和说明第1单元III1.ups and downs 3360 Martins upbringing shaped his whole life，with so many ups and downs every now and then。曲折，盛衰，哭泣2.go through : at that period，south African was going through a period of unchangeable events as the blacks were fighting for equality3.close an account 3360 the w

2、orld is changing rapidly，our plans must change accordingly . otherwise，we should close an account WWE4.misfortune : Julia has been made to undergo physical and psychological misfortunes for her inability in having children。不幸的是5.put through : she wouldn t want to put them through the suffering of a

3、huge ceremony .经验6.throw one s mind back to : throwing our mind back to 1978，we should not be surprised about some of Mrs . Thatcher s comment7.address oneself to : the famous orator addressed himself to the public to promote his newly-published book which could add to his reput8.yield to : parley y

4、ielded to general pressure from the society and bitterly took the child to a specialist。投降单位21.stake a claim : Ronald s success staked a claim for his place in Germany s world championship team。罗纳德的成功使他在德国世界冠军队中占据了一席之地。公开声明是。证明所有权自己必须拥有2.be proportional to : loss of weight is directly proportional t

5、o the rate at which the disease is progressing.比例；比例。体重减少和病情恶化直接相关。3.attribute.to : women tend to attribute their success to external causes such as assistance from friends.原因.4.sidle up : as I was about to leave the restaurant，a young man sidled up to me and said， may I help you？悄悄走，偷偷地走近旁边5.plow i

6、nto : a young lady and her little son were seriously injured when a car plowed into them on a crossing。碰撞6.tread on : my job is to challenge，but not threaten them。so I must be careful not to tread on their toes。我的工作不是威胁，而是挑战他们。所以我要小心，不要伤害他们的感情。踩，踩7.carve out : not satisfied with the present position

7、 in the company，he is trying to carve out a much greater role for himself。寻找8.breathe down somebody s neck : in contemporary society，most farmers have bank managers breathing down their necks in order to SSO单位31.at the expense of : Edward Stuart became a brilliant scholar，but only at expense of his

8、health.付出代价2.prior to 3360 according to the federal bureau of inspection，A man seen hanging around the area prior to the shooting could have been involved in the shooting could据联邦调查局报道，开枪前看到一个男人在那里，首先，之前.3.give.pause to think:an opposition States man said he hoped the agreement would give them pause

9、 to think about the futility of violence思考4.take advantage of : in order to gain the utmost amount of benefit，this corporation took advantage of the exceptional opportunities of the exceptional opportunities of the exceptional5.be available for : two tennis courts and a swimming pool are available f

10、or the regular members of the club，but the season tickets are one6.in earnest : it presented in satirical terms points made in earnest by Catholic writers，which proved to be a great success。认真地7.for the better : John s mind is always full of fantasies . he dreamed of changing the world for the bette

11、r .好多了8.be confronted withthe corporation was determined to push forward the policy of reform，but the new system was confronted with great difficulties at the start；Unit 41.for good : the Johnsons thought this relative had come just for a short visit，but it seems he is staying for good。长而永久2.lie in

12、: the root of all these events lay in the feudal system that had existed for thousands of years .位于以下位置3.out skirt 3360 this tribe has lingered on the outskirts of civilization for centuries，but slight advances have yet been made。边缘4.brand with : the old man s face is branded with the lines of press

13、ure and exhaustion that have accumulated over the e into one s own : John will come into his own if the firm needs an information technology engineer because he can encode programs for6.once and for all : the two parties have decided to settle the economic disputes between them once and fo

14、r all，in case these matters e into existence : the company actually came into existence in 1945 in the war-demolished city of London with the fund of the commonons8.in the certain respect : in the certain respect，history seems to be impossible to be repeating itself . otherwise，human beiise

15、Unit 51.soldier 3360 from the age of 52 on wards，general jas kson was not engaged in soldiering at all。服兵役，服兵役2.hang together : at the critical moment of presidential election，the candidate urged his supporters to hang together。团结在一起3.pick on : when you have made up your mind，pick on a particular da

16、y when you will not be under much stress。选择4.resiliency : in his research，professor Dane found the resiliency of human beings to fight after they ve been defeated。=；5.show off : he actually enjoys his newly-bought jaguar and has decided to start showing it off .炫耀6.make a difference 3360 it is sad t

17、o see him go because it really will make a difference to the way we conduct our daily affairs。变更7.intimacy : invitation to have dinner together is usually treated as a means of achieving intimacy with another person in eastern culture8.binge : after the death of her only son，she went on occasional drinking binges。爆炸声