新概念英语第四册笔记-完整版(10)

New words and expressions professional n. 职业的 cultivate vt. 培养 hobby n. 业余爱好 eccentricity n. 怪癖 cast a fly 垂钓

diplomatic service 外交部门 govern vt. 治理 adequacy n. 适当 grave a. 严重的 sufficiently ad. 充分地

inadequately ad. 不充分地 disbelieve vt. 不相信 devoted a. 热心的 excessive a. 过分的

incurable a. 不可救药的 neotism n. 裙带关系 discount vt. 看轻 mystic a. 神秘的 entity n. 存在，本质 narrowness n. 狭隘 quality n. 品质 estate n. 社会阶层 realm n. 王国 realism n. 现实主义 adjust vt. 使适应 privilege n. 特权 relevant a. 有关的 difference n. 差异

1.professional n. 职业的 通常略写为prof [反]amateur [辨异]profession, occupation, job profession "专业"，强调

highly skilled/highly educated, such as lawyer, doctor, IT engineer, architect

occupation: normal and general,everybody can have an occupation job不仅指工作，还可以表示干活，例如家务活。 You did a good job.

[注意]technical/vocational school 职业学校 vocation 职业 2.cultivate vt. 培养 [同]nurture, develop, foster cultivate a hobby/habit

He is well cultivated/educated/bred/trained. 他很有教养。 3.hobby n. 业余爱好

[辨异]mania, hobby, pastime, diversion mania 颠狂，狂热，癖好 hobby n. 业余爱好 pastime 消遣

diversion 消遣，指转移注意力，换换脑筋。 4.eccentricity n. 怪癖 [同]odd eccentric 古怪的，怪癖的 concentric 同轴的，同心的 [辨异]eccentric, outlandish, grotesque eccentric 古怪的，怪癖的

outlandish异国风味的,奇异的,古怪的

outlandish clothes奇装异服 You are oddball.你太怪异不合群了grotesque 怪诞的，艺术、美术、文学中的怪诞派、怪异的作品5.cast a fly 垂钓[同]go fishing, on the fishing trip(悠闲垂钓) cast a net 撒网，为了生存捕鱼 lure 诱饵 v. 引诱 6.diplomatic service 外交部门 airline service航空公司 travel service/agency 旅行社 diplomacy 外交 diplomat 外交官

He is a diplomat. 他是一个左右逢源的人。 He is a philosopher. 他是一个夸夸其谈的人。 7.govern vt. 治理

government/governing body 政府 governor 州长 governess 女家教

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benevolent government 仁政 benevolent a. 慈善的 8.adequacy n. 适当 [同]sufficient [反]inadequate He often doubts his adequacy as a father.

=He often doubts whether he is adequate as a father. 他常常怀疑他是不是够格做父亲。 [辨异]deficient, sparse, meager deficient没有足够的，缺乏的 sparse 稀少

meager 贫乏的,不充分的,不足的 suffice vi 足够 vt.使满足 The food is meager for winter. 9.grave a. 严重的 n. 坟墓 [同]solemn, serious, severe

have one foot in the grave 来日不多了

grave situation 严峻的形势 gravity 地球引力，严重 10.disbelieve vt. 不相信 dis- 多做动词的反义词 disappear 消失 disbelieve 不相信 11.devoted a. 热心的 [同]committed, dedicated devote v.

devote oneself to sth be devoted to sth

[注意]to后面一定要用名词或动名词 He devoted himself to researches.

He is devoted to researches. 他致力于研究。 She is devoted to her children. 她太溺爱孩子了。

这里，devoted相当于spoil, pamper 12.excessive a. 过分的 [同]immoderate [反]moderate Excessive studying bores/tires me. 过多的学习使我厌倦/疲惫不堪。

Excessive smoking harms/does harm to the health. 过度吸烟有害健康。

Excessive smoking is dangerous. extreme 极端的

13.incurable a. 不可救药的 cure 治疗

cure sb 为某人治病 cure sb of 治某人的……病 curable 可治疗的

to breathe one's last 奄奄一息 He is beyond cure/remedy. 他不行了/不可救了。

引申为他不可救药了。=He is rotten to the core. People heat him to death. 人们都恨死他了。 I'm hungry to death. 我都快饿死了。

[注意]不能说成I starve to death. 14.nepotism n. 裙带关系

It means giving of favors to his relatives/relations by a person/man in the high position or promoting the people closest to him

backdoor "后门" 15.discount vt. 看轻 count 数

I count on him. 我看重/器重他。 discount 打折 以物做宾语 I discount what he sales.

contempt/belittle/look down on 以人做宾语 16.mystic a. 神秘的,带有宗教色彩 mysterious则不带宗教色彩 occult 神秘的，玄妙的 supernatural 超自然的 metaphysical 形而上学的 Garden of Eden 伊甸园 nether world 阴间 heavenly world 天堂 17.narrowness n. 狭隘

He is narrow-minded. 他心胸狭窄。

He is narrow-sighted/shortsighted. 他目光短浅。 narrow escape 九死一生 18.quality n. 品质

He is a man of quality. 他是一个高尚的人。 a lady of quality 贵妇 19.estate n. 社会阶层，房地产

class, hierarchy, stratification 都有阶层的意思。 real estate 不动产 personal estate 动产 estate agent 房地产商 20.realm n. 王国(抽象概念) kingdom 具体概念 mental realm 思想境界 literature realm 文学界 flim/movie realm 电影界 [辨异]estate, domaln, sphere estate 社会阶层 domain n. 领域 domain name 域名

sphere 球，球形，球体，球面，范围，领域 realism n. 现实主义 realistic 现实主义的性格

realist 现实主义者[反]idealist理想主义者 21.adjust vt. 使适应

adjust oneself to new environment be adjust to

He is well adjusted. 他好相处。 22.privilege n. 特权，英国英语常用 有特权的人，例如

mp(member of parliament)议员 privileged class 特权阶层 underprivileged class 弱势阶层

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privileged car/cab 专车 23.relevant a. 有关的 be relevant to 和… 24.difference n. 差异 make no difference 没关系

It makes no difference wheather you come or not. make difference 关系重大

different from（英式英语）=different than (美式英语) Notes on the text

1.A gentleman is, rather than does.

绅士不是通过行为做到的。这里的意思是绅士是与生俱来的，是骨子里的东西。

2.in a professional way=professional

3.be allowed：绅士这一阶层受社会的约束，不是随便什么都可以做的。 practise:从事

practise law= to be a lawyer practise medicine= to be a doctor vocation: 职业

=to offer help and aid, for example, priest, doctor, nurse

He is allowed to cultivate hobbies, even eccentricities, but must not practise a vocation.

这句话的意思是：绅士是绝对不能脱离他的阶层，不 …… 此处隐藏：4740字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……