新视野大学英语2第二单元单词详解

大学英语,词汇

V. Detailed Study of the Text

1. concern

n. 1) the feeling of worry 担心，担忧

concern + for/ about/ over/ with

concern + that…

There is now considerable concern for their safety. 现在对他们的安全相当担心。

There is growing concern that they may have been killed. 现在越来越担心他们已遭杀害。

2) something that makes sb. worry担心的事，忧虑的事

What are your main concerns as a writer? 你身为作家，对什么最感兴趣？ How much money I earn is none of your concern. 我挣多少钱与你无关。 vt. 1) make sb. worried or upset 使担心、使忧虑

Our losses are beginning to concern me. 我们的损失使我担起心来。

The food crisis is starting to concern African governments. 粮食危机已开始困

扰非洲政府。

2) have to do with or be relevant to 涉及，与 有关系

The news concerns your brother. 这消息与你兄弟有关。

He is assembling evidence concerning a murder. 他在收集一宗谋杀案的证据。 I can’t say the news concerns me a great deal. 我说不上这消息与我有多大关系。

[扩展] be concerned with 牵涉到， 与 有关，参与

The letter is chiefly concerned with export commodities. 这封信主要是关于出口商品的。

He concerns himself with trivia. 他忙于琐事。

Optics is the branch of science concerned with vision, sight and light. 光学是有关视觉、视力和光的一门学科。

be concerned about 关心

People are concerned about the cutbacks in federal welfare programs. 人们关注着联邦福利计划的削减。

as far as... be concerned 关于； 至于； 就 而言

As far as I’m concerned, video game always seems better for killing time. 就我来说，电视游戏似乎总是更能消磨时间。

To whom it may concern (用作正式信件的开头)敬启者

2. click

vi. make a slight sharp sound ( as of a key turning in a lock)发出轻微尖声（像钥匙

在锁中转动的声音）

The door clicked shut. 门咔嗒一声关上了。

click one’s tongue/fingers 使舌头/手指发出咔嗒声

n. short, sharp sound（like that of a key turning in a lock）短而尖的声音（像钥匙

开 锁的声音）

the click of a switch 开关的咔嗒声

He saluted with a click of his heels. 他立正敬礼，鞋后跟发出咔嗒一声。

3. blast

vi. make a loud harsh noise发出响亮刺耳的噪音

The speaker is blasting at full volume. 演讲者正扯着喉咙说话

vt. destroy or break apart (esp. rocks) using explosives 用炸药炸开（尤指石头）

大学英语,词汇

Danger! Blasting in progress! 危险！正在爆破！

The village was blasted by enemy bombs. 村子被敌人炸弹炸毁。

The explosion blasted the door open/down/in. 这爆炸把屋门炸开/炸倒/炸进屋内。

n. an explosion 爆炸

Several passers-by were killed by (the) blast. 数名路人被炸死了。

a bomb blast炸弹的爆炸

[扩展] a blast of 一阵（风），一股（气流）

When the window was opened, a blast of cold air rushed into the room. 窗子一打开，一股冷气冲进屋里来。

blast off ：to take off, as a rocket.发射：发射，如火箭的发射

China’s third manned spacecraft Shenzhou VII blasted off at 9:10 p.m. on Sept. 25th to fulfill its most ambitious and risky mission: spacewalk. 中国第三个载人航天器神舟七号于9月25日晚9点10分成功发射，等待它的是充满雄心壮志也最具危险性的任务：太空行走。

4. forth

ad. out; forward出来，向外

from that day forth 从那天起

The fields give forth an odor of spring. 田野散发出春天的气息。

[扩展] and ( so on and ) so forth等等

They discussed investments, the state of the economy and so forth. 他们讨论了投资和经济状况等问题。

back and forth = from one place to another and back again repeatedly 来回地

ferries sailing back and forth between Dover and Calais往返于多佛尔港和加来港之间的渡船

Someone was pacing back and forth behind the curtain.有人在幕布后踱来踱去。

5. burst (burst-burst-burst)

vi. break violently open or apart, esp. because of pressure from inside; explode爆

炸，胀破；爆破

If you blow that balloon up any more it will burst. 那气球如果再吹就要破了。 Water-pipes often burst in cold weather. 水管在寒冷的天气里经常冻裂。 His bubble has burst. 他的幻想破灭了。

[扩展] burst open (cause sth. to) open suddenly or violently（使某物 ）突然或猛

然打开

The police burst the door open.警察把门撞开。

burst in enter ( a room, etc.) suddenly 突然进入（房间等）

The police burst in (through the door) and arrested the gang. 警察突然闯进（房门）逮捕了那帮人。

burst into, out of, through, etc. sth. move suddenly and forcibly in the specified direction突然而猛力地向某一方向移动

An angry crowd burst through the lines of police and into the street. 愤怒的人群突破了警方的封锁线走到街上。

The oil burst out of the ground. 石油从地下喷发而出。

Then the tears burst out of my eyes, and I could say no more for a good while. 于是我的眼泪夺眶而出，半天说不出话来。

大学英语,词汇

She burst into the room with her usual ebullience, and immediately started talking to everyone. 她像往常一样兴高采烈地冲进了房间，立刻跟大家攀谈起来。

She burst into giggles. 她突然咯咯地傻笑起来。

Suddenly she burst into tears, and hurried out of the room. 一下子，她的眼泪扑簌地落下来，匆匆跑出了房间。

6. horrible

a. 1) causing horror可怕的，令人恐惧的

a horrible nightmare 叫人心惊胆颤的噩梦

They committed many horrible crimes against the people. 他们对人民犯下许多骇人听闻的罪行。

2) very unpleasant 令人极不愉快的

horrible weather, food糟糕的天气、难吃的食物

It tastes horrible. 这味道很不好。

7. stuff

n. unnamed things, belongings, activities, subject-matter, etc.东西、财物、活动、

题材等

Get rid of that stuff in the garage. 把车库里那些没有用的东西处理掉。

The storeroom held the trunks and other household stuff. 储藏室里放着衣箱及其它家用物品。

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