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必修三unit2 单词详解
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1. staff /stɑ f/ n. 全体职工;管理人员
medical staff 全体医务人员
teaching staff 全体教师
2. slide /sla d/ n. 投影片;降低;滑行;山崩
vi. & vt. 滑行;逐渐陷入 (21) slid, slid
on the slide 在滑板上;日益恶化
landslide 山体滑坡
slide down 滑下,往下滑;塌陷;下滑音
slide into 不知不觉陷入;不知不觉地沾染上
【经典例句】
The economy is on the slide (= getting worse) . 经济日益衰退。
The industry has slid into decline. 这个行业已成衰退之势。
3. fund /f nd/ n. 资金;基金
a disaster relief fund 赈灾专款
the International Monetary Fund (IMF) 国际货币基金组织
vt.为…提供资金;拨款给
该机场正由一建筑集团私家资助。
这个项目因缺乏资金已经撤销。
The project has been cancelled because of lack of funds.
The airport is being privately funded by a construction group.
4. flood n. 洪水;大批;大量
a flood of complaints 大量投诉
vi. & vt. 泛滥;淹没;大量涌入
flood in/into 涌入,大量地涌到
be flooded with 充满了···
全国各地的电话像潮水般打来。
Telephone calls came flooding in from all over the country.
5. document n. 文件,公文;(计算机中的)文档 →documentary adj. 记录的;文件的;记实的 n. 纪录片
6. otherwise adv. 否则,不然;除此 以外, 在其他方面;
把窗户关好,不然屋子里就太冷
Shut the window. Otherwise it'll get too cold in here.
我父母借钱给我。否则,我可付不起这次旅费。
My parents lent me the money. Otherwise, I couldn’t
have afforded the trip.
我觉得身心俱疲
I was feeling really ill, mentally and otherwise.
若无特殊说明,所有照片均出自该作者。
All photographs are by the author unless otherwise stated.
【语境串记】 In high school, I became curious about the computer.
To explore my curiosity, I built my first website, which attracted
many children of my age, who often asked me some questions
about the computer curiously.
7. curious adj. 好奇的,求知欲强的对……感到好奇 be curious about
→adv. curiously 奇怪地,好奇地 n. curiosity 好奇心满足某人的好奇心
meet/satisfy one’s curiosity 出于好奇 out of curiosity
8. erupt vi. & vt.(火山)爆发;突然 发生
eruption n. 爆发,喷发;火山灰
这座火山1980年喷发,摧毁了华盛顿州的大片地区。
The volcano erupted in 1980, devastating a large area of Washington state.
9. unearth vt. 使出土,挖掘,发掘;
unearth buried treasures 挖掘地下埋藏的珍宝
unearth cultural relics 发掘文物
unearth a secret 发现一个秘密
Researchers have unearthed documents from the 1600s.
研究人员已发现了17世纪的文件。
10. destination n. 目的地,终点
课文原句:Since 1748, Pompeii has been systematically unearthed. Today it is an international tourist destination.
Ellis Island has become one of America's most popular tourist destinations.
埃利斯岛已经成为美国最受欢迎的游览地之一。
11. bar n. 酒吧;吧台;条,块;栏 杆;障碍 vt. 封;阻挡;阻止
a coffee bar 咖啡馆
a bar of chocolate/soap 一条巧克力╱肥皂
bar sb (from sth/from doing sth) 禁止,阻止(某人做某事)
【同义词】当bar作动词时,意思同ban, prevent, prohibit等。
The players are barred from drinking alcohol the night
before a match. 运动员在比赛前夜不得饮酒。
12. import n. 进口产品,输入的产品; 输入
vt. 进口,引进
export n. 出口产品,输出的产品; 出口,输出
vt. 出口,输出
port n. 港口,避风港;港口城市
课文原句:Trading ships bringing imports to the city or carrying exports overseas, along with golden pleasure boats for the rich, were crowded together in the glassy water of the port.
import from 从…输入;从…进口
export (sth) (to sb) 出口;输出
a ban on the export of live cattle 禁止活牛出口
import raw materials 进口原材料
90% of the engines are exported to Europe.
90%的发动机都出口到欧洲。
13. dawn n. 黎明,破晓;开端,萌芽 vi. 开始;开始清楚
课文原句: The awful night rolled slowly away, and the dawn greyly broke on THE LAST DAY OF POMPEII!
at dawn 拂晓;天一亮
the dawn of civilization/time/history 文明╱时代╱历史的开端
dawn on 使开始理解;使渐渐明白
sth dawn on sb
It dawned on sb that
Suddenly, it dawned on sb that they couldn’t possibly have meet before.
14. volcano n. 火山
课本原文: The crowd looked upwards, and saw, with unspeakable fear, a huge cloud shooting from the top of the volcano.
an extinct volcano (= one that is no longer active) 死火山
volcanic adj. 火山的;猛烈的;易突然发作的; n. 火山岩
volcanic eruption 火山喷发
复数 volcanoes或volcanos!
【经典例句】
An active volcano may erupt at any time. 活火山会随时喷发。
15. take the form of 呈现…的形状;采取… 的形式
课本原文:It took the form of a huge tree: the trunk, blackness, the branches, fire!
in the form of 以…的形式
fill in/out the form 填写表格
【经典例句】
Our next class will take the form of a debate.
我们下一堂课将采用辩论的形式。
16. unbearable adj. 难耐的,无法 忍受的
课本原文:This fire moved and changed in colour with every moment: now it was wildly bright, now of a pale and dying red, and now again it burnt with an unbearable light!
unbearable pain 难以忍受的痛苦
unbearably adv. 不堪忍受地;无法容忍地
【反义词】bearable adj. 可忍受的;承受得住的
【同义词】intolerable adj. 无法忍受的;难耐的
The heat was becoming unbearable. 炎热开始变得难以忍受。
17. beyond adv. 在(或向)较远处; 在另一边
prep. 在(或向)更远处; 超出;晚于;无法;超出…之外
课本原句:
At that moment, they felt the earth shaking beneath their feet; beyond in the distance, they heard the crash of falling roofs.
beyond one’s reach/ability 超越能力范围
beyond doubt 无容置疑,确实地
beyond description (words)/recognition 难以描述/认出来
be beyond sb 使某人无法想象(或理解、做等)
18.distance n. 遥远,久远;距离;差 异;疏远
a short/long distance 短╱长距离
the distance of the earth from the sun 太阳到地球的距离
in the distance 在远处
within walking distance 步行就能到
distant adj. 遥远的,久远的;冷淡的;心不在焉的;远亲的
The bicycle was beyond repair (= is too badly damaged torepair) . 自行车已损坏得无法修理。
The situation is beyond our control. 我们已无法控制这一局面。
19. far and wide 到处,各处 (26)
课文原句:The Laki eruption of 1783 sent poisonous gases far and wide across Europe.
1783年Laki火山喷发,有毒气体蔓延全欧洲。
They searched far and wide for the missing child.
他们四处搜寻失踪的小孩。
Wolves are hunters, and they travel far and wide to locate prey
狼是捕猎者,他们必须走很远的距离来找到猎物的行踪。
20. pattern n. 图案,花样;模式;范例; 模型
Mornings in our house always follow a set pattern.
在我们家,每天上午的生活总是遵循一种固定的模式。
This system sets the pattern for others to follow.
这个系统堪为他人仿效的典范。
21. column n. 柱,圆柱;柱状物;栏; 专栏;队,列
课文原句:
In its forum, the half-finished columns seemed as if just left by the workman's hand.
a column of text 一栏正文
a dictionary with two columns per page 每页有两栏正文的字典
the gossip/financial column 漫谈╱财经专栏
The temple is supported by marble columns.
这座庙宇由大理石柱支撑。
I always read her column in the local paper.
我一直读她在当地报纸上的专栏文章。
22. rescue n. & vt. 救援,营救,抢救
课文原句:Dogs have been very helpful in rescue efforts on land. Due to the effort of well-trained search and rescue dogs, thousands of human lives are saved every year.
rescue sb/sth (from sth/sb) 营救;援救;抢救
come to one’s rescue 营救某人
search and rescue 搜索与营救
rescuer n. 救助者
Tom rescued a child from drowning.
汤姆救起了一名落水儿童。
A major air-sea rescue is under way.
一项重要的海空营救行动正在进行中。
23. sharp adj. 灵敏的;锋利的;急剧的;尖锐的;强烈的
课文原句:Because of their small size and sharp sense of smell, dogs can locate survivors much faster than humans can.
a sharp drop in prices 价格的骤降
a sharp increase in unemployment 失业人数的剧增
sharply adv. 急剧地;锐利地
sharpen vt. 削尖;磨快;使敏捷;加重 vi. 尖锐;变锋利
24. locate vt. 找出…的准确位置;把… 安置在(或建造于)
locate sth 定位。。。~ the missing solider
be located in 位于;坐落于
location n. 地点,位置;定位
25. retire vi. & vt. 退休,退职
课本原文:However, it takes much time and effort to train them. Also, dogs may lose their sensing ability if they work too long.
In that case, they have to retire.
retire from 从……退休
retirement n. 退休,退役
retired adj. 退休的;退役的;幽闭的
retiree n. (美)退休人员;歇业者
She was forced to retire early from teaching because of ill health.
她由于身体不好而被迫早早地从教学岗位上退休。
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