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Unit 8 1. adultery / ??d?lt?r?; ?ˋd?lt?r?/ n [U] voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and sb who is not that persons husband or wife 通奸: commit adultery 犯通奸. adulterer / ??d?lt?r? r ; ?ˋd?lt?r?/ fem 阴性作 adulteress / ??d?lt?r?s; ?ˋd?lt?r?s/ n person who commits adultery 通奸者.adulterous / ??d?lt?r?s; ?ˋd?lt?r?s/ adj of or involving adultery 通奸的: have an adulterous affair with sb 与某人有奸情. n. extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations 通奸，通奸行为例句: adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce 2. centrifugal / sen?tr?fjugl, also ?sentr??fju?gl; s?nˋtr?fjuɡl/adj a moving away from the centre or axis 离心的. b of or using centrifugal force 离心力的; 用离心力的.# cen,trifugal `force force that appears to cause an object travelling round a centre to fly outwards and away from its circular path 离心力. n. 离心机；转筒 adj. 1 tending to move away from a center 离心的例: centrifugal force 2 tending away from centralization, as of authority 分裂的例: the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress 3 conveying information to the muscles from the CNS【生理学】输出的，传出的；离心的 3. wanderlust / ?w?nd?l?st; ˋwɑnd??l?st/ n [U] strong desire to travel 想去漫游的强烈愿望. n. very strong or irresistible impulse to travel 流浪癖；漫游癖；旅游热 例：This phenomenon, sometimes called wanderlust.这种现象，有时叫做流浪癖。 4. consummation [,k’ns?mei’?n] n. 1 the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse 2 the act of bringing to completion or fruition 圆满成功Death is a great consummation, a consummating experience. It is a development from life. 死是伟大的终结,终极的旅程,它是生命的延续。 The bold and brilliant dream which excited the founder of this nation still awaits its consummation. 开国先贤所追求的勇敢明智的理想仍有待完成。 They had a definite beginning far back in savagery, and a logical progress, but can have no final consummation. 它们在遥远的蒙昧阶段都曾有一个明确的起点,它们都有合乎逻辑的发展,但是它们不可能有最后的终结。 5. regression [riɡre’?n] n. 1 an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely 退化 2 p