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精品新人教版选修9高中英语unit2sailingtheoceans词汇讲解

Unit2Sailingtheoceans

TeachingResources

Section3:

WordsandexpressionsfromUnit2

Sailingtheoceans

mercy

noun（pl.-ies）

1.[U]akindorforgivingattitudetowardssbthatyouhavethepowertoharmorrighttopunishhumanity:

toask/beg/pleadformercyTheyshowednomercytotheirhostages.Godhavemercyonus.Thetroopsareonamercymission（=ajourneytohelppeople）inthewarzone.2.[C,usuallysing.]（informal）aneventorasituationtobegratefulfor,usuallybecauseitstopssthunpleasant:

It’samercyshewasn’tseriouslyhurt.Hisdeathwasamercy（=becausehewasingreatpain.

atthemercyofsb/sthnotabletostopsb/sthharmingyoubecausetheyhavepowerorcontroloveryou:

I’mnotgoingtoputmyselfatthemercyofthebank.Wewereatthemercyoftheweather.

leavesb/sthtothemercy/merciesofsb/sthtoleavesb/sthinasituationthatmaycausethemtosufferortobetreatedbadly:

privatizedcompanieslefttothemercyofmarketforces（humorous）I’llleaveyoutothetendermerciesoftheseladies!

throwyourselfonsb’smercy（formal）toputyourselfinasituationwhereyoumustrelyonsbtobekindtoyouandnotharmorpunishyou

longside

prep.

1.nexttooratthesideofsth:

Apolicecarpulledupalongsideus.alifeboatmooredalongsidetheyachtMuchofthelandalongsidetheriverisbelowsealevel.2.togetherwithoratthesametimeassth/sb:

Traditionalbeliefsstillflourishalongsideamodernurbanlifestyle.

exploration

noun[C,U]

1.theactoftravellingthroughaplaceinordertofindoutaboutitorlookforsthinit:

theexplorationofspaceoilexploration（=searchingforoilintheground）2.anexaminationofsthinordertofindoutaboutit:

thebook’sexplorationsofthehumanmind

accelerate

verb

1.tohappenortomakesthhappenfasterorearlierthanexpected:

[v]Inflationcontinuestoaccelerate.[vn]Exposuretothesuncanacceleratetheageingprocess.2.[v]（ofavehicleorperson）tostarttogofaster:

Therunnersacceleratedsmoothlyaroundthebend.Thecaracceleratedtoovertakeme.

secure

adj.

HAPPY/CONFIDENT

1.feelinghappyandconfidentaboutyourselforaparticularsituation:

Atlasttheywereabletofeelsecureaboutthefuture.Shefinishedthematch,secureintheknowledgethatshewasthroughtothenextround.

CERTAIN/SAFE

2.likelytocontinueorbesuccessfulforalongtime;safe:

asecurejob/incomeIt’snotaverysecurewaytomakealiving.Thefutureofthecompanylookssecure.

3.~（against/fromsth）thatcannotbeaffectedorharmedbysth:

Informationmustbestoredsothatitissecurefromaccidentaldeletion.

BUILDING/DOOR/ROOM

4.guardedand/ormadestrongersothatitisdifficultforpeopletoenterorleave:

Checkthatallwindowsanddoorshavebeenmadeassecureaspossible.asecureunitforchildoffendersThebuildingissecureagainstintruders.

FIRM

5.notlikelytomove,falldown,etc.;stable:

Theaerialdoesn’tlookverysecuretome.Itwasdifficulttomaintainasecurefootholdontheice.（figurative）Ourrelationshipwasnowonamoresecurefooting.

verb

GETSTH

1.~sth（forsb/sth）|~sbsth（formal）toobtainorachievesth,especiallywhenthismeansusingalotofeffort:

[vn]tosecureacontract/dealTheteammanagedtosecureaplaceinthefinals.Shesecured2.000votes.Thedelegationhassecuredthepromiseofaceasefire.[vn,vnn]Hesecuredaplaceforhimselfatlawschool.Hesecuredhimselfaplaceatlawschool.

FASTENFIRMLY

2.[vn]~sth（tosth）toattachorfastensthfirmly:

Shesecuredtheropefirmlytothebackofthecar.Thetablesonboardweresecuredfirmlytothefloor.

PROTECTFROMHARM

3.[vn]~sth（againststh）toprotectsthsothatitissafeanddifficulttoattackordamage:

tosecureapropertyagainstintrudersThewindowsweresecuredwithlocksandbars.（figurative）asavingsplanthatwillsecureyourchild’sfuture

ALOAN

4.[vn]tolegallyagreetogivesbpropertyorgoodsthatareworththesameamountasthemoneythatyouhaveborrowedfromthem,ifyouareunabletopaythemoneyback:

aloansecuredonthehouse

random

adj.[usuallybeforenoun]done,chosen,etc.withoutsbdecidinginadvancewhatisgoingtohappen,orwithoutanyregularpattern:

therandomkillingofinnocentpeoplearandomsample/selection（=inwhicheachthinghasanequalchanceofbeingchosen）Theinformationisprocessedinarandomorder.

noun

atrandomwithoutdecidinginadvancewhatisgoingtohappen,orwithoutanyregularpattern:

Sheopenedthebookatrandom（=notatanyparticularpage）andstartedreading.Theterroristsfiredintothecrowdatrandom.Nameswerechosenatrandomfromalist.

awkward

adj.

1.makingyoufeelembarrassed:

Therewasanawkwardsilence.Ifeltawkwardb