新视野大学英语四册书单词汇总及例句.docVIP

1lethal |a. |able to kill people or destroy things |致命的；杀伤性的 Plastic bags may be lethal when swallowed in mistake for food by children. |儿童误把塑料袋当食物吞下可能会致命。 His business tactics can be lethal to small companies. |他做生意的策略对小公司可以具有杀伤性。 2disable |vt. |make sb. unable to use their body properly |使丧失能力；使伤残 He is a soldier disabled by leg wounds. |他是位腿部受伤致残的士兵。 He cant work because he was disabled in the war. |他不能工作，因为他过去在战争中致残了。 3　emknife-resistant/em |a. not being easily damaged or affected by a knife |防刀划的；防刀割的 This kind of material proves to be knife-resistant. |这种材料证明是防刀划的。 To protect themselves, these men all wore knife-resistant gloves. |这些男子为了保护自己都戴着防刀割的手套。4crop up |appear or happen suddenly or unexpectedly |突然发生；突然出现 If certain criticisms have cropped up consistently, you must decide either to correct these problems or to try something new. |如果某些批评一直在出现，你就必须决定是纠正这些问题，还是尝试一些新的东西。 It was true that a major problem had just cropped up which demanded immediate attention. |确实，一个需要引起立即注意的重要问题突然发生了。 5up to scratchgood enough for a particular standard |达标；合格；足够好 Much work was needed to bring them up to scratch and these young men worked hard to get ready for an opening to the public in June. |要使它们达到标准还要做很多工作。为6月份向公众开放做好准备，这些年轻人干得很努力。 The couple told the housing officials that the three-bedroom flat simply was not up to scratch for their needs. |这对夫妇告诉管理住房的官员们这套三居室的套房根本没有达到他们的要求。 6be on the wrong end ofsuffer the bad effects of sth. |承担...的不利后果 Companies that violate this law can find themselves on the wrong end of lawsuits. |违反该法的公司会发现自己必须承担面临法律诉讼的不利后果。 Gibson Keddie finds himself on the wrong end of a tongue lashing, but he knows nothing about how it happens. |吉布森·凯迪遭到了痛斥，可是他压根儿不知道这是怎么发生的。 7law and order |a situation in which people obey the law and behave in a peaceful way |法治；治安 He has used force every time in the past in an effort to portray himself as defender of both law and order. |过去他每次都使用武力，力图把自己描绘成是法律和秩序的捍卫者。 Our policies on law and order and