选修八 Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors Vocabulary.ppt

1. identify vt. 确认, 识别, 鉴别 identify A as B 确认、证明A是B She identified the man as her attacker. identify A with B 认为A与B等同 One can’t identify happiness with wealth. identification n. 鉴定，识别；认同；身份证明 identification card 身份证 identical adj. 同一的；完全相同的 be identical to / with 2. alternative adj. 供选择的, 其他的 The way was blocked, so we had to go by alternative road. n. 可能的选择; 选择对象;替换物 have no alternative but to do sth. 除了做某事别无选择 = have no choice but to do sth. = have nothing to do but do… 除了放弃那个计划, 我别无选择。 I have no alternative but to give up the plan. = I have nothing to do but give up the plan. = I have no choice but to give up the plan. 3. starvation [U] n. 饿死 die of starvation starve vi. / vt. (使)饿死，饿得要死 They were lost in the desert and starved to death. She’s starving herself trying to lose weight. 渴望做某事/获得某物，缺乏 starve to do sth. = starve for sth. = be starved of I ’ ve been starving to see you. The homeless children are starving for love. are starved of 8. sharpen vi. / vt. 使锋利,尖锐;使强烈 The knife needs sharpening. The tone of his letters has sharpened recently. sharp adj. 锋利的, 尖锐的; 急转的, 陡峭; 突然的, 急剧 a sharp turn 急转弯 a sharp increase 急剧增加 10. messy adj. 凌乱的，脏的 mess n. / vt. 杂乱， 弄脏 in a mess 杂乱无章，陷入困境 They left the room in a mess. make a mess of…. 把…弄得一团糟 The accident made a mess of my plan. 11. analysis n.分析 a chemical analysis 化学分析 make/give an analysis of… 分析… We made a careful analysis of the problem. analyze vt.分析 analyst n.分析者 12. ripen vi/vt 使……成熟 The sunshine ripens the apples. ripe adj.成熟的 13. significance n. 意义，意思 What’s the significance of the speech? be of great/major/little significance 意义重大/没有意义 significant adj. 15. be fed up (wi