fourth day.pptVIP

Fourth Day New Words New Words tame ?[teim] ? adj. 驯服的, 柔顺的, 乏味的 vt. 驯养, 使 ... 驯服 She is too tame. ? 她太柔顺了。 convention ?[k?nven??n] n. 大会, 协定, 惯例, 公约 We are scornful of the forces of convention. ? 我们藐视习惯势力。 New Words delegate ?[deligit] ? n. 代表 vt. 派 ... 为代表, 委派 Babbitt was an official delegate. 巴比特是一名正式代表。 species ?[spi:?i:z] ?n. ?种类; 形式; 种; 人类(pl unchanged 复数不变) The giant panda has become an endangered species. 大熊猫已成了一种濒临灭绝的动物。 New Words unanimous ? [jun?nim?s] ? adj. 全体一致的;一致同意的;无异议的People were unanimous in support of the peace effort. 人们一致支持为和平所作的努力。 denounce [dinauns] vt. 指责,谴责[(+as)]At the meeting people denounced him as a traitor. 在会上,人们谴责他为叛徒。 New Words subservience ?[s?bs?:vi?ns]n. 有用, 从属, 奉承 They pretend a certain subservience, 他们假装在伺候人, guile ?[gail] ? n. 狡猾, 狡诈 He persuaded her to sign the document by guile. ? 他用欺骗手段说服她在文件上签字。 New Words seduction [sid?k??n]n. 教唆;诱惑 the art of seduction 诱惑之术 superciliousness [,su:p?‘sili?snis] n. 傲慢 Using guile and seduction they managed to get humans to feed them thus preserving their superciliousness without going hungry. 利用欺骗和诱惑,它们设法让人类喂养它们,所以,既不挨饿又保持了目中无人的派头。 New Words hostile [h?stail]adj.怀敌意的;不友善的[(+to)]He is hostile to reform. 他对变革持敌对态度。 superfluous [sjup?:flu?s] adj. 过剩的;多余的,不必要的He had already been told, so our comments were superfluous. 他已被告知,所以我们的评论是多余的 New Words encumbrance ?[ink?mbr?ns] n. 妨碍物, 累赘 Now I should be an encumbrance. 现在我成为累赘了。 indulgence ?[ind?ld??ns] n. 沉溺, 放纵, 嗜好 Sweets are my only indulgence. ? 甜食是我唯一的嗜好。 New Words parakeet ? ? [p?r?ki:t] ? n. any of various types of small long-tailed parrot 长尾鹦鹉 New Words squid ?[skw?d] n. ?鱿鱼,乌贼; 多筒反潜鱼雷; 钓乌贼用钓钩 New Words appeal ?[?pi:l] v. 求助, 诉请, 呼吁, 有吸引力 appeal作不及物动词时，后面常接to，而appeal to常表示不同意思。例：appeal to the court (向法院上诉)， appeal to history (弓|证历史)， appeal to the public (向大众呼吁)， appeal to patrioti