新编英语教程6 课前单词翻译

Unit Two

1. cool one’s heels --- be forced to wait; be kept waiting 久等；空等

2. attest to ---- testify to ; serve as an evidence to affirm/ to be proof of 证实；证明

3. apocalyptic --- foreboding imminent disaster or final doom 天示预兆的灾难或劫数

4. proconsul ---- an administrator in a colony usually with wide powers 殖民地总督

5. ruminate ---- go over in the mind repeatedly and often slowly 沉思默想；反复思考；

6. nattering ---- chattering; hence, noisy 喋喋不休的；喧闹的

7. echelon --- rank, level 等级

8. fortify ---- encourage; support；strengthen 支持; 加强

9. reappraisal ---- re-evaluation 重新估计/评价

10. academe --- / kedi:m/ the academic community; academics 学术界；学术团体

11. shrink ---- psychoanalyst or psychiatrist 精神病医生；精神分析家

12. subliminal ---- existing or functioning outside the area of conscious awareness 潜意识的

13. truism --- an undoubted or self-evident truth 自明之理

14. mellow and marinate ---- to mellow is to become ripe or fully developed, and to marinate is to steep (meat, fish ) in a savory sauce to enrich its flavor; here, ripen and mature 使成熟

Unit Three

1. tangible --- substantially real; material 实质的；物质的

2. custom ---- business patronage; regular support given to a tradesman by those who buy his

goods 惠顾；顾客

3. impregnable ---- unassailable, unattackable; sturdy 坚不可摧的；攻不破的

4. credit ---- trust in a person’s ability and intention to pay at a later time for goods, etc. supplied

5. dash ---- vigor in style and action 锐气；干劲

6. flair ---- ingenuity and vitality 机智；天才；独创力

7. invulnerability ---- freedom from harm or attack 不会受伤害；无懈可击

8. composition ---- arrangement into proper proportion or relation and especially into artistic

form 布局

9. illusory ---- deceptive 虚幻的；产生错觉的

10. preclude ---- make impossible 阻止；排除

Unit Six

1. assumption ---- something taken for granted; supposition 假定而未经证实的事

2. crave for ---- long for; desire eagerly

3. humdrum ---- lacking variety; dull 乏味的；平凡的；单调的

4. immerse ---- involve deeply; absorb 陷于；沉迷于

5. transmute ---- change; transform 改进

6. physical pressure ---- irritation; annoyance; affliction 生理的压力

7. vexation ---- illnesses; discomforts 苦恼；烦恼

8. seminal ---- having possibilities of future development; highly original and influencing the

development of future events 导致大发展的

9. inordinate ---- excessive 无节制的；过度的

10. compatible with ---- able to exist together 能共存的，相容的

11. thrive on ---- enjoy and do well as a result of 兴盛；成功；长得健壮

12. stave off ---- keep off; prevent in time 避开；延缓

Unit Seven

1. lamely ---- weakly, unsatisfactorily 弱地；不满地

2. paradoxical ---- seemingly self-contradictory; incongruous; puzzling 自相矛盾的；似非而可能是的

3. seductive ---- attractive; charming 吸引人的；富有魅力的

4. pedagogical ---- teaching 教学法的；教师的

5. wary ---- heedful; careful 谨慎的；小心翼翼的；注意的；留心的

6. on the defensive ---- prepared for disapproval or attack 进行防御；采取守势

7. demeaning overtones ---- implications of humiliation 贬低

8. vestiges ---- traces that have once existed but exist no more 遗迹；残余

9. to the detriment of ---- to the harm of 损害；伤害

10. throes ---- a condition of agonizing struggle or effort; upheaval 艰苦的奋斗；动乱

11. narcissism ---- excessive admiration of oneself 自我陶醉；自恋

12. obligation ---- duty; social requirement that compels one to follow a certain course of action

13. fretful ---- irritable; complaining 烦恼的；烦躁的

14. pass muster ---- be accepted as satisfactory 及格；符合要求

15. depreciation ---- a disparaging or a belittling act or instance 藐视；贬低

16. censure ---- an expression of blame or disapproval 指责；非难

17. preen ---- adorn or trim (oneself) carefully 打扮；把自己打扮漂亮

18. interminable ---- endless 漫无止境的；没完没了的冗长不堪的

Unit Eight

1. multitudinous ---- very numerous, existing in great numbers 众多的；大量的

2. lust ---- overwhelming desire or craving

3. orgy ---- excessive indulgence in any activity; wild festivity 胡闹欢乐的活动

4. pitch ---- point, level, degree

5. texture ---- quality; structure of a substance 质地

6. deliberate fasting ---- eating little or no food on purpose 故意少吃或不吃

7. bludgeon ---- force somebody into (doing something); beat 迫使某人做某事；打击

8. blow-out ---- (slang) a large, usually lavish, meal 丰盛的一餐

9. indulgence ---- great satisfaction; gratification of desires 满足

10. homage ---- honor or respect; reverence paid 尊敬

11. gorge ---- stuff/fill oneself completely with food 饱食

12. impotence ---- powerlessness; ineffectualness 无能为力；无能；无力

Unit Nine

1. take liberties with –-- misinterpret; distort; violate; treat freely 曲解；违反；违背；随意对待

2. blithely --- heedlessly; without thought or regard 掉以轻心地；轻率地

3. dereliction --- deliberate neglect; negligence 玩忽职守

4. exempt from --- not subject to an obligation 不受责任约束； 免除

5. flurry --- profusion; abundance; great quantity 丰富；大量

6. ordinance --- authoritative law; command 法令；条例

7. flagrant --- shameless; notorious 厚颜无耻的；臭名昭著的

8. festering scandal --- tormenting disgrace 折磨人的丑行

9. statutes --- laws

10. public nuisance --- something offensive or annoying to the community, especially

in violation of others’ legal rights 损害公众的行为

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