新视野4U1NEWWORDS概要.ppt

UNIT ONE NEW WORDS BY Yao Shisi 1. worship vt. feel love and admiration for (sb/sth), esp to such an extent that one cannot see his/its faults; idolize 爱慕, 崇拜（某人[某事物]）（尤指达到看不到缺点的地步）: She worshipped him and refused to listen to his critics. 她很崇拜他, 听不进别人对他的批评. worship success 仰望成功 2. idle 1) (a) doing or having no work; not employed 闲散的; 不工作的或没有工作的: Many people were idle during the depression. 在那萧条时期, 很多人都无事可做. (b) not active or in use 闲置的: The factory machines lay idle during the workers strike. 在工人罢工期间, 工厂的机器都闲置着. 2) (of time) not spent in doing sth （指时间）空闲的: We spent many idle hours just sitting in the sun. 我们在太阳地里呆呆坐了好几个钟头. 3) (of people) avoiding work; lazy （指人）无所事事的, 懒散的, 懒惰的: an idle, useless student 懒散﹑ 不成器的学生. Idle ＆lazy 1) 无事可做，因而“闲散，悠闲”，英语称之为idle，一般不含责备之意。 2）不愿做事，因而“懒惰”，英语称之为lazy，常含应受责备之意。 3. sustain 1) bear (weight) without breaking or falling: support 承受住（重量）; 支承; 支撑: Will this shelf sustain the weight of all these books? 这个书架承受得住这些书的重量吗? 2) (a) keep (sb/sth) alive or in existence 维持（某人[某物]）的生命或存在: You should eat good sustaining food, ie food that gives strength. 你应该吃些能增强体力的食物. (b) keep (a sound, an effort, etc) going; maintain 使（声音﹑ 努力等）持续下去; 保持: The books weakness is the authors inability to sustain an argument. 该书的缺点在於作者未能把论证展开. Translation 1. 沿海的村民以渔业为主。 2. 问题是这种一时冲动的行为很难持续下去。 Keys 1. The villagers along the seacoast are sustained by the fishing trade. The problem is that such an impulse is hard to sustain. 4. minute 1) very small in size or amount 极小的; 极少的: minute particles of gold dust 金沙中的微粒 water containing minute quantities of lead 含有微量铅的水. 2) very detailed; accurate or precise 极详细的; 准确的; 精确的: a minute description, inquiry, examination, inspection, etc 详细的描述﹑ 调查﹑ 检查﹑ 视察等 The detective studied the fingerprints in the minutest detail. 那侦探仔仔细细地研究了各个指纹. minutely adv. 仔细地，周密地，持续得 minuteness n [U].仔细，细微 5. discount / ?d?skaunt; ˋd?ska?nt/ n [U, C] amount of money taken off the cost of sth 从某物的价格中扣去的数目; 折扣: We