新世纪高等院校英语专业 综合教程2（何兆熊） Unit1核心词汇

核心词汇

1鞭打 ○2突然摇动○3猛烈打击 n. 鞭子,lash v.○鞭打

【例句】The waves are lashing against the rocks.

波浪冲击着岩石。 The cat lashed her tail. 这只猫急速摇动着尾巴。

He lashed out at the opposition's policies. 他猛烈抨击反对派的政策 He beat the prisoner with a lash. 他用鞭子抽打囚犯。

【搭配】lash out (at, against)攻击，猛击

【近义】flog v.鞭打，严厉批评whip n.鞭子， 车夫v.鞭打, 抽打, 突然移动

【易混】slash v.大量削减, 严历批评, 抽打n.猛砍, (大幅度)削减, 斜线

1嘲弄，嘲笑○2狼吞虎scoff n. 嘲弄的话，嘲笑v.○咽

【例句】He ignored the scoffs of the critics. 他没有理睬那些批评者的嘲笑。

I told them my ideas but they scoffed at them. 我把自己的想法告诉他们，但他们嗤之以鼻。

A hundred years ago people scoffed at the idea

that that man would ever fly.

一百年前人们嘲笑人类有一天会飞上天的想

法。

Who has scoffed all the pastries down? 谁把点心全吃完了？

【派生】scoffer n.嘲笑者 illusion n. 假象，错觉

【例句】He cherished the illusion that she loved him, but he was wrong.

他抱有她爱他的幻觉，但他错了。 A mirage is an optical illusion.

海市蜃楼是一种视错觉.

They were under the illusion that the company was doing well, but in fact it was in serious trouble. 他们误以为该公司生意很好，但实际上它陷于严重的困境之中。

I have no illusion about his ability. 我对他的能力不抱任何幻想。 【搭配】cherish the illusion 抱有幻觉

be under an illusion有错觉，误以为 have no illusion about对?不抱幻想

【辨析】illusion 和delusion。illusion使人们可能有理

由信以为真的事情，但实际上是虚假的； delusion是（可能只有一个人）信以为真的事，但很明显是假的，例如：The patient suffers from the delusion that he is Napoleon.（那个病人患有妄想症，总觉得自己是拿破仑。）

【派生】illusory ( or illusive ) a.产生幻觉的, 幻影的, 错觉的, 虚假的, 不牢靠的

devastate v. 毁坏，蹂躏，使?荒芜

【例句】Our Embassy was devastated by three bombs of NATO.

我们的使馆被北约的三枚炸弹炸毁了。 We were devastated by the news of the wreck. 我们获悉失事的消息感到十分震惊。 She was devastated by his death. 她因他去世而悲痛欲绝。

【派生】devastating a.破坏性的，毁灭性的devastation n.毁坏

1瞥视，匆匆一看○2闪光n.瞥视，一瞥 glance v. ○

【例句】She glanced round the room before she left.

她略微环视了一下房间才离开。

The glasses glanced and twinkled in the

firelight.

杯子在炉火照耀下闪闪发亮。

At first glance, the figures don’t look good, but on closer examination you’ll find they’re not bad at all. 乍一看，这些人像画得不怎么样，但再仔细看

看，你就会发现它们画得还不错。

I could tell at a glance that he’d been crying. 我一看就知道她哭过。

【搭配】at a glance一看就

【辨析】glance和glimpse。glance意指“对某物迅速地看一眼”； glimpse或更通用的catch a glimpse of意指“一瞬间，偶然的一看”例如：I glimpsed/caught a glimpse of the Town Clock as we drove quickly past.（我们开车很快经过那里时，我猛然看到市政厅的时钟。） careen v.左右摇晃地行驶，摇摇摆摆向前冲 【例句】As the bus careened down the hill, the

passengers were thrown roughly from side to side.

当汽车摇晃着从小山坡上疾驶而下时，乘客

们被颠得东倒西歪。

The driver lost control and the car careened down the hill.

因司机失控, 那辆汽车就横冲直撞地冲下山

去.

【易混】career n.事业，职业 v.猛冲，飞奔 ultimate a. 极限的，最?的

【例句】Our ultimate objective is the removal of all nuclear weapons.

我们的最终目标是消除所有核武器。 The ultimate luxury of the trip was flying in

Concorde.

这一行程中最大的享受就是乘坐协和式飞

机。

Their ultimate weapon was the threat of an

all-out strike.

他们最后的杀手锏是威胁举行大罢工。 dilemma n.进退两难的局面，困难的抉择 【例句】Faced with the dilemma, he opted for soldiering on.

面临着进退两难的困境，他决定顽强地坚持

下去。

The bad weather put us in a dilemma. 糟糕的天气使我们进退两难。

The patient needed an operation but there was no