大学英语精读第三册第二单元讲义.docVIP

Unit 2 Book 3 I. Words and Expressions 1. hold on: continue in spite of difficulties *Despite all the hardships, he held on to his pursuit of further study abroad. 在经济衰退时期我们要把业务坚持下去。(=We should hold on to our business during the recession.) 2. defy: vt. (1) to make impossible or unsuccessful *This problem defied solution. 此问题无法解决。 那个恐怖的场景难以描述。(=That horrible scene defied any description.) (2) to refuse to obey (=They defied their parents and got married.) 这些无视法律的罪犯终于得到了惩罚。(=These criminals who had defied the law were eventually punished.) Collocations: defy the authority反抗权威defy the gover