Lesson Four
1. dodge : avoid , evade or elude 逃避。
如;
He was accused of dodging his taxes . 他被指控逃税。
You shouldn‘t dodge your responsibilities. 你不能回避责认。
move aside suddenly突然闪开。
如:
I dodged out of the way when he threw a chair at me . 他将椅子向我扔来的时候,我急忙闪开。
2. condemn: express an unfavorable judgement or opinion of 谴责。
如:
We condemned empty talk instead of hard work.我们谴责只说空话不务实的行为。
3. to come to light : to be discovered or revealed 暴露。
如;
On investigation some new facts came to light . 一经调查,一些新的事实就被暴露了。
It has now come to light that he was financially backed by some interest group.
人们刚刚得知,他受到了某个利益集团的经济支持。
4. languish : 1) become feeble ;droop ; lose liveliness or the will to do things凋萎,有气无力。
如;
languish from the heat /in prison/ in his dull job 由于天气炎热/坐牢/工作乏味而萎靡不振。
2) suffer from a feeling of longing 苦思。
如;
languish for some kind words/her love 苦苦期盼一些安慰的话语/她的爱。
5. moral : the moral teaching or practical lesson continued in a fable , tale , experience,etc.
寓意。
如;
There is a moral to the story . 这个故事有个寓意。
6. bizarre : unusual in appearance, style , or characters 外貌,风格或性格怪异。
如;
a bizarre coincidence一次奇怪的巧合;his bizrre behavior 他怪异的行为。
7. at her own request 根据她本人的要求。
另如:
He wrote this book at the request of his…… 他根据……的要求写了那本书。
8. vote on : 就……进行表决。
如:
Let‘s vote on this issue , since we can’t agree . 既然我们不能达成一致意见,就来投票表决吧。
9. inprivate : not publicly , secretly 私下。
如:
Such a thing is best discussed in private . 这种事情最好私下讨论。
He can be very rube in private, though he is usually polite in public . 他私下可能很粗鲁,但在大众
面前通常彬彬有礼。
10. taboo adj. 忌讳的,禁止的。
如:
This topic is taboo on the campus . 校园里忌讳讨论这个话题。
11. A. prolong : cause sth. to continue longer 延长。
如:
I have to prolong my stay here for another three days . 我必须继续在这里呆三天时间。
You should not have prolonged the ceremony . 你本不该延长仪式的时间。
B. throes : agony 痛苦。
如;
in death throes 处于临终痛苦。
12. hold out : continue to last 坚持,挺住。
如:
Can you hold out much longer ? 你能再坚持一段时间吗?
13. administer to apple as a remedy 施用。
如:
administer laws 执行法律。
The doctor administered some me medicine to the girl . 医生给女孩施用了一些药。
14. comply with : act in accordance with wishes , requirements or conditions 遵守(意愿,要求或条
件等)。
如;
You ought to comply with the rules /the demands/ the law/ the requests.
你应该遵守规章/命令/法律/要求。
15. pose danger 造成危险。
pose : cause sth. to exist 导致产生。
另如:
pose problems 引起问题。
16. by contrast 相比之下。
By contrast , his brother is quite easygoing . 相比之下,他的兄弟比较好相处。
17. usher in : herald 预报,宣告。
如;
usher in a new age of prosperity 宣告新的繁荣时期的到来。
The rising sun ushered in a new day . 太阳的升起宣告新的一天开始了。
The cuckoo ushered in Spring. 布谷鸟宣布春天到来。