[ 例句] I had to go and cheer her up-She looked so glum.
ounce4 [ auns] n.盎司
[ 例句] Ther e are 16 ounces in one pound.
overdo [..uv....du..] n.把.做得过分
[ 例句] Rumors of mas s starvation has been overdone ，the situation is in fact not tha t bad.
pastime6 [..p....staim] n.娱乐，消遣
[ 同义] hobby
[ 反义] business ，work
[ 辨析] pastime；hobby
pastime 在不工作时进行的、愉快的、不难做的活动；hobby 长期以来，为兴趣、享受而经常做的事情。
[ 例句] Sunbathing was not a popular pastime until the second half of this century.
patriotism [..p .. t ri..tiz..m] n.爱国主义，爱国心，爱国精神
[ 例句] A wave of euphoric pat riotism seems to have swept the count ry.
peanut6 [..pi..n..t ] n.花生
[ 例句] The kids a re eating peanut but ter sandwiches.
popcorn [..p..pk....n] n.玉米花
[ 例句] At the film，we got some popcorn and an ice cr eam each.
quotation4 [ kw..u..tei..n ] n.①引语，引文②报价
[ 同义] cost ，estima te
[ 辨析] cost；estima te；quotation
cost 尤其是用于商业，指计算某人计划的全部花费；estimate 表明一项工作要费多少钱的声明、文件；quotation 关于一项工作要花多少钱的书面精确报价。
[ 例句] I’d like to include a quotation from Shakespear e.
raid4 [ reid] v.①劫掠，袭击②查抄
[ 同义] plunde r ，at tack ，invade ，storm，search ，scour ，comb
[ 辨析] attack；invade；storm；raid；search；scour；
comb；raid
attack 使用武力试图伤害或打败某人；invade 运用武力进入某个国家，目的是控制它；storm 通过攻入内部来突袭某个严密防卫的城市或建筑，并控制它；raid 小股士兵快速袭击敌方的城镇、营房，目的是造成破坏，然后离开；search 在某个地方寻找某人、某物；scour 在某个区域、文件中非常彻底、仔细地寻找某个对你很重要的东西，而且很难找得到；comb 非常仔细地检查一大片区域，尤其是横穿这片区域，来寻找很难找得到的某人或某物；r aid 警察突然搜查某个房屋或俱乐部来寻找罪犯或非法货品。
[ 例句] The post office was raided late last night.
roast4 [ r..ust ] n.烤肉
v.烤，烘
[ 例句] 1 ) We had an enormous roast for Sunday lunch.
2 ) Roast the lamb carefully to that it is nicely browned but not burnt.
sausage [..s..sid..；(US) ..s....sid..] n.香肠
[ 例句] Sausages are usually made form pork or beef.
spinach [..spinid..；(US) ..spinit..] n.菠菜
[ 例句] Eating spinach is supposed to make you st rong.
taco [..t .. k..u] n.墨西哥煎玉米卷
tub6 [ t..b ] n.①食物的桶，塑料杯，纸杯② (AmE) 洗脸盆
[ 例句] 1 ) Do you want your ice cr eam in a tub or cone?
2 ) It’s good to sink into a hot tub at the end of a ha rd day’s work.
worldwide4 [..w....ldwaid] adv.在全世界
ad j.世界范围内
[ 例句] French cheeses ar e famous worldwide.
account for 对.作出满意的解释
[ 例句]“How do you account for the dent in the car ?”
calm (somebody) down (使) 安静，(使) 平静
[ 例句] He had been provided with drugs to calm him down.
cheer (somebody) up (使) 高兴起来，(使) 振作起来
[ 例句] He r friends tr ied to chee r her up.
fall for 倾心于.；被.迷上
[ 例句] Richa rd fell for he r the moment he set eyes on he r.
go down 被记录下来
[ 例句] Everything you say will go down in our r ecords.
go under (商行等) 倒闭，垮掉
[ 例句] Scores of firms will go under because ther e isn’t the money to help them.
look forwards to (欣然) 期望，期待
[ 例句] I’m looking forwards to seeing you soon.
stop off (在路途中) 中途逗留
[ 例句] She had to stop off at the supe rmarket on he r way back to pick up the children.
wash down (借助水等) 吞服(食物或药物)
[ 例句] Have a glass of water ，it helps to wash down the food.
Passage Ⅱ The Eulogy
词汇精解
anguish [........wi..] n.痛苦
[ 同义] worry ，anxiety ，concern ，st ress ，st rain
[ 反义] happiness
[ 考点] an anguish a t sth.对.的痛苦
in great / one’s anguish 痛苦地
[ 例句] His anguish at the outcome of the court case was very clear.
applause [....pl....z ] 鼓掌，喝彩
beloved4 [ bi..l..vid] adj.所钟爱的
[ 同义] admired ，adored ，dear ，favorite，loved ，t reasured
[ 例句] She was forced to leave her beloved Paris and r eturned to London.
boundless [..baundlis] adj.无限的，巨大的
[ 同义] limitles s，infinite
[ 反义] limited ，rest ricted
[ 辨析] limitles s；boundless；infinite
limitles s 某物的数量因为太大而显得没有界限；
boundles s 尤其是用在文学中意为没有界限；infinite 某物因为看不到它的界线而显得没有界限。
[ 例句] A man stares at the boundles s sky and his mind is set free.
canonize [..k .. n..naiz ] v.(尤指罗马天主教) 把(死者) 封为圣人
[ 例句] Joan of Are was canonized in 1920.
childlike [..t..aildlaik] ad j.天真的，孩子般的
[ 同义] innocent ，naive ，simple
[ 例句] All her life she had a childlike t rust in other people.
compassion [ k..m..p ....n] 同情，怜悯
[ 同义] sympathy ，pity
[ 反义] c ruelty ，indifference
[ 考点] with compassion 同情地，怜悯地
show compas sion for/ towa rds sth 同情，怜悯.
[ 辨析] sympathy；pity；compas sion
sympathy 当你为身处不幸境地的人感到伤心并且了解他们的感受时的感情；pity 当你为某人感到伤心，并且无法帮助他们时你的感情；compassion 非常同情那些受苦的人并很想帮助他们。
[ 例句] 1) The government hasn’t shown much compassion towards the suffere rs.
2) “I under stand how difficult it must be for you ，”she said with compassion.
contrive6 [k..n..t raiv] v.设法做到
[ 考点] cont rive to so sth.设法做.
[ 例句] Somehow she cont rived to get ticket for the concer t.
destruction4 [di..st r..k..n] n.破坏，毁坏
[ 同义] demolition
[ 反义] c reation
[ 辨析] dest ruction；demolition
dest ruction 破坏的行为或结果；demolition 由于某建筑物状况很差，或为了建一个新的而有意破坏它。
[ 例句] The war led to widespread death and dest ruction.
downtrodden [..daunt r..dn] ad j.受压迫的，受蹂躏的
[ 例句] Many of the count ry’s downt rodden black majority feel pe rsecuted by the white“justice”.
eulogy [..ju..l..d..i] n.颂词，颂扬
[ 考点] a eulogy to sth.对.的颂扬
[ 例句] This song was eulogy to the joy of t raveling.
extinguish6 [ ik..sti....wi..] v.①压制，压抑②熄灭，扑灭
[ 同义] smothe r
[ 辨析] extinguis h；smothe r
extinguis h 正式用语，尤其用于关于火的警告或报告中，使火、香烟停止燃烧；smothe r 用某物覆盖火而使它熄灭。
[ 例句] Nothing could extinguish his faith in human na - ture.
heritage6 [..he ritid..] n.遗产，继承物
[ 同义] t radition ，folklor e
[ 辨析] t radition；folklor e；heritage
t radition 某个组织、民族长期遵循的习俗和行为；folklore 习俗，故事，歌曲，不是由教育、宗教机构传授，而是在家庭、朋友之间传播，为一特定集团的人们所知；heritage 社会所有人们有权享有的艺术、文学、习俗，并在此国家历史中起重要作用。
[ 例句] We a re very proud of our rich liter ature her itage.
imaginable [ i..m .. d..in..bl ] ad j.可想像的
[ 同义] likely ，pos sible ，thinkable
[ 反义] unimaginable
[ 例句] Using computer graphics，you can c reate any thing imaginable.
immerse6 [ i..m....s] v.①使沉浸于②使浸没在
[ 考点] be imme rsed in/ imme rse oneself in 沉浸于.
[ 例句] 1 ) He immersed himself in his work and tr ied to forget about Julia.
2 ) The shell should be immersed in boiling water for two minutes.
innermost [..in..m..ust ] adj.内心深处的
[ 同义] private ，secret ，personal
[ 辨析] private；secret；personal；innermost
private 只属于某人或某团体或被其所用，不为他人所用；sec ret 只为自己所知所觉，而不对他人说起、显示；personal 只与你有关，只为你强烈感到；innermost 对你很重要，但你不愿向他人谈起。
[ 例句] He’s not the kind of person to r eveal his innermost feelings，even to his closest friends.
instinctive [ in..sti..ktiv] adj.(出于) 天性的，(来自) 直觉的
[ 同义] intuitive
[ 反义] conscious，deliberate
[ 例句] Lisa felt an instinctive dislike for him.
intuition6 [ intju....i..n] n.直觉，直觉力
[ 同义] instinct ，sixth sense
[ 反义] reasoning
[ 辨析] instinct；intuition；sixth sense
instinct 天生具有的知道该做什么或猜测什么会发生的能力，而不用提前告诉或考虑；intuition 不用考虑事实、原因，凭感觉就知道或避开某事的能力；sixth sense 不用看到、听到，就知道某事的神秘力量。
[ 例句] He relied more on intuition than on logic in solving c rimes.
irony6 [..ai..r..ni] n.具有讽刺意味的事；反语
[ 同义] satire
[ 考点] the i rony is that 具有讽刺意味的是be heavy with irony 非常讽刺地
[ 例句] The irony is that some of the poorest count ries have the richest natural resources.
leper [..lep..] n.麻疯病
[ 例句] She claimed tha t the rumor s had made her a social leper.
levelheadedness [..lev..l..hedidnis] n.头脑冷静，清醒
[ 例句] With levelheadedness and determination ，he guided the team to the champion.
