现代大学英语精读2_lesson_12.pptVIP

Lesson 12  Confessions of a Miseducated Man;Words and Expressions; anthropology n. anthropologist n. anthropological n. anthropologic n. ; compression n. compress [k?mpres] vt. 1. 压紧；压缩；压榨： Wood cuttings and sawdust can be compressed into boards. 木头的碎渣和锯末可以压成木板。 2. 把…打成包，压捆： Cotton has been compressed into bales. 棉花已捆压成包。 n. 1. 【医学】压布，敷布 2. [美国英语](棉花等的)打包机；压缩机;confess [k?nfes] vt. 1. 承认，供认，坦白： Now, I must confess that Im at my wits end. 2. (向上帝或神甫)忏悔；(神甫)听取…的忏悔；为…办告解： The Father confessed the criminal.神甫听了罪犯的忏悔。 3. 表白(信仰)，宣称对…的信奉 vi. 1. 承认错误(或罪行)，认罪，供认(常与 to 连用)： I confess to having heard about it.我承认曾听说过这件事。 2. (向神甫)忏悔；(神甫)听取忏悔： He confessed to the priest before he died. 他死前向神甫作了忏悔 ;occupy;4. 担任(职务)；处于(某种地位)： to occupy the position of manager 担任经理职务 No man could occupy his place in French literature. 没有人能够取代他在法国文学中的地位。 5. 租赁；租住；居于： Have you occupied this flat? 你已租下这套公寓了吗? vi. 占有；占领 ;persist vi. 1. 坚持；固持；坚持不懈；始终： He persisted in denying his knowledge of the matter. 他始终否认知道这事。 2. 重(复)申(说)；主张；追问；坚称： 3. 持续；持久；存留： On the tops of some mountains snow persists throughout the year. 在有些山顶上，雪终年留存。;precarious adj. （情势等）不稳定，不确定，不保险 The museum is in financially precarious position. 2. 摇摇欲坠的，不稳固的 That ladder looks very precarious. ～ly adv. ～ness n. ;refined ;scarcely adv. 1. 几乎不，简直不；简直没有 (hardly) I can scarcely believe it. 2. 决不；肯定不是，肯定没有： to be scarcely the time to do something 不是做某事的适当时间 3. 大概不，也许不： You can scarcely have chosen better. 恐怕你找不到更好的了。 4. 刚刚，才： He has scarcely gone for Tianjin. 他刚走，去天津了。;vary vt. 使不同；改变，变更；修改： I can vary the speed at will. 我可以随意改变速度。 2. 使有变化；使多样化： to vary ones style of writing 使写作的风格有所变化 3. 【音乐】变奏;vi. 变化；有不同，相异： People vary very much in their ideas. 人们的意见大不相同。 2. 相应变化，随着其他变化而变化： The demand varies with the season. 需求随季节而变化。 3. 违背；偏离(常与from 连用)： to vary from the norm 违背准则 4. 【生物学】变异