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现代大学英语精读2单词

现代大学英语精读2

Unit1

Accomplishmentn.theactoffinishingsth.completelyandsuccessfully;achievementAcquirev.togain;togetforoneselfbyone'sownwork

Arrogantlyadv.behavinginaproudandself-importantway

Artn.art,music,theatre,literature,etc.whenyouthinkofthemasagroup（统称）艺术;fine~美术

Aspirinn.阿司匹林（解热镇痛药）

Assumev.totakeasafact;tosupposeAvailableadj.abletobeusedoreasilyfound

Averagev.tocalculatetheaverageofsth.;~out其平均数为Beanpolen.（infml）averytallandthinperson

Bulln.amalecow

Certifyv.tostatethatsth.istrueorcorrect,esp.aftersomekindoftestCivilizedadj.educatedandrefined;havinganadvancedculture

Clientn.apersonwhopaysforhelporadvicefromapersonororganizationContainv.tohavesth.Insideoraspartofit

Continuityn.thestateofbeingcontinuous

Cyaniden.氰化物

Democraticadj.basedontheideathateveryoneshouldhaveequalrightsandshouldbeinvolvedinmakingimportantdecisions民主的

Disastern.asuddeneventsuchasaflood,storm,oraccidentwhichcausesgreatdamageor

suffering.Here:

acompletefailure

Drugstoren.（AmE）ashopwhichsellsmedicine（andavarietyofotherthings）Employv.（here）tospendtimedoingsth.

Enrollv.toofficiallyarrangetojoinaschooloruniversityEssencen.themostimportantqualityorfeatureofsth.;in~本质上

Expertisen.skillinaparticularfield

Exposev.toenablesb.toseeorexperiencenewthingsorlearnaboutnewbeliefs,ideas,etc.Facultyn.（AmE）alltheteachersofauniversityorcollege

Fragmentn.asmallpieceofsth.

Generatev.toproduce

Grindv.tocrushintosmallpiecesorpowderbypressingbetweenhardsurfacesHipn.thefleshypartofeithersideofthehumanbodyabovethelegsHumanityn.thequalitiesofbeinghuman

Implicitlyadv.inanimpliedway含蓄地

Incompetence

n.

lackoftheskillorabilitytodoyourjoborataskasitshouldbedone无能

Inevitable

adj.

certaintohappenandimpossibletoavoid

Intellect

n.

powerofthought思维能力

Invent

v.

toproduceordesignsth.thathasnotexistedbefore

Literal

adj.

inthebasicmeaningofaword

Maintain

v.

tocontinuetohaveasbefore

Neanderthal

n.

anearlytypeofhumanbeingwholivedinEuropeduringtheStoneAge

Nevertheless

adv.

inspiteofthat;yet

Peculiar

adj.

belongingonlytoaparticularperson;special;odd

Penetrating

adj.

showingtheabilitytounderstandthingsclearlyanddeeply

Pest

n.

（infml）anannoyingperson

Pharmacy

n.

ashopwheremedicinesarepreparedandsold.Here:

thestudyofpreparingdrugs

ormedicines

Philosophyn.thestudyofthenatureandmeaningofexistence,reality,etc哲.学

Physicistn.ascientistwhostudiesphysics物理学家

Pilln.asmallsolidpieceofmedicinethatyouswallowwhole;~grinding药剂碾磨

Presidev.tolead;tobeincharge;~over主持

Professionaladj.relatingtotheworkthatapersondoesforanoccupation,esp.workthatrequiresspecialtraining

Pursuitn.theactoftryingtoachievesth.inadeterminedway

push-buttonadj.usingcomputersorelectronicequipmentratherthantraditionalmethodsqualifiedadj.havingsuitableknowledgeorexperienceforaparticularjob

raisev.（AmE）tocareforachildoryounganimaluntilitisabletotakecareofitselfrearv.tocareforapersonorananimaluntiltheyarefullygrown

resourcesn.possessionsintheformofwealth,property,skills,etc.thatyouhave资源savagen.anuncivilizedhumanbeing

scrolln.Here:

acertificateofanacademicdegree

semestern.oneofthetwoperiodsintowhichtheyearisdividedinAmericanhighschoolsanduniversities（=terminBrE）

sensitiveadj.abletounderstandorappreciateart,musicorliteratureshudderv.toshakeuncontrollablyforamoment

skilln.particularabilityortypeofability

specializev.tolimitallormostofone'sstudytoparticularsubjectsspecialist专家

speciesn.（infml）atype;asort

specimenn.（here）apersonwhoisunusualinsomewayandhasaqualityofaparticularkindspiritualadj.relatedtoyourspiritratherthantoyourbodyormind

storev.tokeep

Confederate

adj.

belongingtoapoliticalunionofstates;theConfederatearmy

美国内战时期的南方军队

Consist

v.

~of:

tobeformedfromthethingsorpeoplementioned由⋯⋯组成

Constantly

adv.

（AmE）allthetime;repeatedly始终;一直地

Convenience

n.

theconditionofbeingsuitabletoone'sneedsandeasytoreach

stuck

adj.

notknowingwhattodoinaparticularsituation;be~for因为⋯⋯而不知所措

suffice

v.

tobeenough

unaided

adj.

withouthelpfromanyoneoranything独立的

Creditn.~card:

asmallplasticcardthatyoucanusetobuygoodsorservicesandpayforthemlater信用卡

Current

adj.

（AmE）ofthepresenttime;~events时事

Defer

v.

todelayuntilalaterdate

Diet

n.

alimitedrangeandamountoffoodyoueatwhenyouwanttogetthinner

Digest

n.

ashortpieceofwritingthatgivesthemostimportantfactsfromabook,report,etc.

文摘

Dots

n.

（pl.）smallroundmarks小点

Excerpt

n.

ashortpieceofwriting,music,film,etc.takenfromalongerwhole

Exit

n.

awayoutofapublicbuildingorvehicle

Explore

v.

totraveltooraroundanareainordertolearnaboutit

Eyewitnessn.apersonwhohasseenacrime,accident,etc.andcandescribeitafterwar目ds击证人

Faxv.totransmit（printedmatteroranimage）byelectronicmeans发传真

Featureless

adj.

uninteresting,withoutnoticeablefeatures

Fix

n.

（imfml）asolutiontoaproblemesp.aneasyortemporaryone;quick~

即时解决方案

Flash

v.

topassveryquickly

Gorgeous

adj.

（infml）verybeautifulorattravtive

Gratification

n.

satisfaction

Gratify

v.

topleaseorsatisfy

Guaranteed

adj.

be~to:

tobecertainto

Herd

n.

agroupofanimalsofonekindwhichlivesandfeedstogether

Iceberg

n.

alargepieceoficefloatinginthesea,mostofwhichisbelowthesurface

Ignore

v.

nottotakenoticeof

Infect

v.

topassonadiseasetosb.;tocorrupt

Interstate

n.

averywideroadforlongdistancebetweenUSstates

Lakeside

n.

theareaaroundtheedgeofalake

Lane

n.

thetwoorthreeparallelareasonamainroadwhicharedividedbypaintedlinesto

keepfastandslowtrafficapart;thefast~快车道

Latest

adj.

themostrecentornewest最新的

Lifestyle

n.

thewayapersonoragroupofpeoplelivesandworks

Lingerv.tostayalittlelongerbecauseyoudonotwanttoleave;~over徘徊于⋯⋯

Miracle

n.

（infml）aneventthatcannotbeexplainedaccordingtothelawsofnature;~diet

Mph

n.

速效减肥食谱

abbr.formilesperhour

Outlet

n.

ashopthroughwhichproductsaresold;here:

（工厂附设的）门市部

Overnight

adv.

duringthenight;（hereinfml）suddenly

Pastoral

adj.

typicalofthesimplepeacefullifeinthecountry田园风光的

Paycheck

n.

asalarycheck

Pennsylvanian.astateoftheeasternUnitedStatas宾夕法尼亚州Polaroidn.atrademark宝丽来（一次成像的照相机）

predigestedadj.（ofinformation）putinasimpleform经过简化、压缩的

qualityadj.ofahighstandard;~time（尤指和孩子一起度过的）宝贵时光;优质时间

rackn.货架;offthe~（AmE）现成的

rearn.~-viewmirror:

amirrorinwhichadrivercanseethetrafficbehind后视镜

reducev.tomakesth.lessorsmallerinsize;be~dto缩小成⋯⋯refreshv.tomakesb.feellesstiredorlesshot

revitalizev.toputnewstrengthandpowerinto

routen.thewayfromoneplacetoanotheronamapsaladn.amixtureofrawvegetablesorfruit

scalen.aninstrumentforweightingpeopleorthings秤

sceneryn.naturalsurroundingsinbeautifulandopencountryscreenn.thesurfaceofacomputerdisplay电脑屏幕

skimv.tomovethrough（life）quickly,hardlytouchingthesurface

slidev.topassbyquietlywithoutbeingnoticed;~by溜过去

speedv.tomakesth.moveorhappenfaster;~outofcontrol疯狂加速到失去控制spicyadj.（food）havingapleasantlystrongtaste辛辣的

stuffv.（infml）tofillacontainerorspacewithsth.;（here）toeatalotoffoodortoomuchfoodsubtleadj.hardlynoticeableunlessyoupaycarefulattention微妙的

superficiallyadv.onthesurface;notdeeplyorthoroughly

supermarketn.alargeshopwhereacustomercanchoosefromalargenumberofdifferentkindsof

foodorothergoods

symbolicallyadv.Relatingto,orexpressedbymeansofsymbols象征性地symphonyn.amusicalworkforalargegroupofinstruments交响乐

themen.ashortsimpletunethatisrepeatedanddevelopedinapieceofmusi乐ctourv.tovisitforpleasure

曲主题

turnpiken.（AmE）alargeroadforfasttraffic,esp.onethatdrivershavetopaytouse收费公路urgen.astrongwishforsth.

VCRn.abbr.forvideocassetterecorder录像机

Versionn.aslightlydifferentformofsth.（book,film,story,etc.）formtheoriginal版本

Wanderv.towalkslowlywithoutapurpose

WestVirginian.astateofthewesternUnitedStates西弗吉尼亚州

Unit6

Abandonv.toleaveaperson,athingorplace,esp.becauseitisimpossibletostaywiththepersonorstayattheplace

Accumulationn.thestateofgettingmoreandmoreofsth.overaperiodoftimeAttachedadj.fullofaffectionforsb./sth.

Attachmentn.astrongfeelingofaffectionforsb./sth.;form~产生感情

Barbed-wireadj.ofwirehavingabarborbarbs带刺铁丝的

Binocularsn.aninstrument,liketwosmalltelescopesfixedtogether,thatmakesobjectsthatarefarawayseemnearerwhenyoulookthroughit双筒望远镜

Blissfuladj.extremelyhappy

Brimv.（ofacup,container,etc.）tobesofullofaliquidthatitflowsovertheedge;~over溢出Bugn.（esp.AmE）anysmallinsect

Carvev.towritesth.onasurfacebycuttingit;~dstone石雕

Castlen.ancient~古城堡

Cathedraln.themainchurchofadistrictofadistrictunderthecareofaBishop（=apriestofhighrank）

Clumsilyadv.oflackingphysi