《1_英语泛读教程3___unit_1text生词注释与例句》.doc

英语泛读教程3（第3版）Unit 1 Text :The Art of Creative Thinking Words and phrases: sphere n. an area or range of interest or activity; a round shape in space; ball-shaped mass; solid figure all points of which are equally distant from a center. (兴趣或活动的)范围，领域，界限；球，球形（体） e.g. A well-known personality in the sphere of broadcasting.广播界的著名人物 近义词：circle: a group of people connected in an informal way by common interests. [具有共同兴趣或利益的人形成的]圈子，…界, 社会集团 She has a large circle of friends.她交际范围很广。 In political circles there is talk of war.政界人士在谈论战争。 distinguished. adj: having excellent quality or great fame and respect. 卓越的，著名的，受人尊敬的 a distinguished politician 一个卓越的政治家 distinguish, verb, to see, hear, or notice as being separate, or distinct; recognize clearly, to recognize differences; to behave or perform well. 辨认出，看（听）清楚；使具有特色，使有别于…；表现突出。 Small children can’t distinguish right from wrong. 小孩子不能明辨是非。 She distinguished herself in the debate. 她在辩论中表现（口才）出众。 Elephants are distinguished by their long trunks. 大象因其长鼻子而有别于其它动物。 exhaustive，adj, through; including all cases or possibilities. 彻底的，包揽无遗的。 After an exhaustive search the missing document was found. 经过彻底的搜寻，意识的文件找到了。 比较： exhausted; exhausting; exhaustive constituent，n, any of the parts that make up a whole; a voter, member of a constituency.成分，构成部分，要素；选区的一个选民。 The constituents of gunpowder/cement 火药/水泥的成分 SYN: COMPONENT：one of the parts that together make a whole machine or system. 成分，组成部分，零部件 The components/component parts of a camera.照相机的部件 Revenues from oil are the biggest single component in the country’s income. 来源于石油的收益是这个国家中收入中最高的一项。 bestow，（on，upon） (formal ) to give ，(正式)给予，赠予，授予。 Several gifts were bestowed on the royal visitors. 有好几样礼物赠给皇室宾客。 canvas：strong, rough cloth used for tents, sails, bags, etc. (a piece of this used for ) an oil painting.帆布；（画在帆布上的）油画，画布. We spent the night under canvas.(in a tent)我们是在帆布帐篷里过夜的 The artist showed me her canvases. 那位画家给我看了她的油画。 [形近词] canvass, v. 游说，拉选票；调查（民意）征求（意见） invisible： that ca