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stimulate vt. make sb. or sth. more active 刺激；激励；激发 Praise can stimulate students to further efforts. 表扬能激励学生进一步努力。 The book was trying to stimulate discussion of the problem of global warming. 这书试图激起人们对全球变暖问题的讨论。 temper n. [sing., U] a particular emotional state or mood 心情；脾气 I found it hard to keep my temper with so many things going wrong. 这么多事情都变得一团糟，使我很难不发脾气。 even-tempered a. having a calm good temper; not easily become angry 性情平和的；不易激动的 even/mild/sweet hot/quick/short moody good bad/ill -tempered 性情温和的 脾气急躁的 喜怒无常的 好脾气的 坏脾气的 priority n. 1. [C] sth. important that must be done first 优先处理的事 The management did not seem to consider office safety to be a priority. 管理部门似乎并不认为办公室安全是需要优先考虑的问题。 2. [U] the right to be given attention first 优先权；重要性 The badly wounded have/take priority for medicine over others. self-worth n. [U] 个人的内在价值；自尊 Without work, a man can lose the precious sense of self-worth. 人要是失去了工作，也就可能失去宝贵的自尊。 troublesome a. causing trouble or anxiety 令人烦恼的；麻烦的 Her knee has been troublesome for quite a while. 她的膝盖已经不舒服很长时间了。 n. + some = a. liking to/causing or producing quarrelsome好争吵的 burdensome成为负担的 tiresome烦人的 lonesome孤单的 deadline n. [C] a time by which sth. must be done or completed 最后期限 Theres no way I can meet that deadline. 我无论如何也没法在最后期限前完成。 flee v. (fled, fled) leave somewhere very quickly in order to escape from danger 逃跑；逃避；逃脱 Everyone fled (from) the building when the fire alarm sounded. 当火警响起时，人人都从大楼里逃出来。 * NEW WORDS Unit 7 overwhelm vt. 1. affect sb.s emotions in a powerful way 使受不了；使不知所措 I was quite overwhelmed by all the flowers and letters of support I received. 我收到的所有鲜花和支持信件使我激动不已。 2. defeat 击败 They were overwhelmed by the enemy. 他们被敌军击败了。 spin v. (cause to) turn around very quickly （使）旋转 I feel faint and the room is spinning. 我感到昏昏沉沉，觉得房间在旋转。 Our washing machine spins the clothes quite fast. 我们的洗衣机使衣服快速转动。 n. [C] an act of turning around quickly 旋转 title vt. give a name to a book, article, etc. 给.