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Unit Three The and the 1. bring home sth. (to sb.) [explicit sth. in an emphatic way]使某人了解(证明, 使确信) e.g. The point is brought home in yesterday’s detailed reports. 他苍白的脸色使我了解到他有多么难受。 The sight of his pale face brought home to me how ill he really was. An awful thought has just struck/ stricken me. 我的脑海里闪过一个可怕的念头。 strike sb [(of a thought or an idea) to come into sb ’s mind suddenly] 突然想到，一下子想到 2.giddiness n. [an impulsive scatterbrained manner ] 轻率 他警告他们, 不要让胜利冲昏头脑。 He warned them against giddiness from success. n. [a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall ] 眼花 Her symptoms include nausea and giddiness. 3. ascribe sth. to sth. [(fml) to consider that sth is caused by a particular thing or person] 把…归因于，认 为…是由于 He ascribed his failure to bad luck. = He attributed his failure to bad luck. attribute sth to sth 把…归因于，认为…是由 于 她把成功归结于努力工作和些许运气。 She attributes her success to hard work and a little luck. These famous words are ascribed /attributed to President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, “… that government of the people, by the people, and for the people should not perish from the earth.” [to say or believe that sb is responsible for doing sth] 认为 是…所为 ~sth to sb 4. perversity n. [behavior that people think is wrong, unacceptable or unreasonable] 任性， 乖僻, 刚愎 He refused to attend out of sheer perversity. per (thoroughly 完全的) +vers (to turn 旋转) =perverse (执拗的，任性的) -vert, vers- to turn 旋转，转移，转向 adverse 不利的，有害的 controversial 争论的 conversation 对话