人教版高中英语必修2 Unit 2词汇1.pptVIP

ancient=belonging to a period of history that is thousands of years in the past;=very old, having existed for a very long timeancient history/ civilization古代历史、文明the ancients 古代人 predict—prediction---predictive或者predictable adj. 可预言的 可预知的---unpredictable 2.compete=try to be more successful or better than sb else who is trying to do the same as you =to take part in a contest or a game compete with / against sb for sth eg. Small companies cannot compete in the face of cheap foreign imports. compete in sth 参加比赛 competition =a situation where people or organizations compete with each