Unit 10 Profits of Praise--词汇讲解.pptVIP

Unit 10 Profits of Praise Vocabulary 1.profit n. advantage or good obtained from sth.; money gained in business Your mother did that for your profit. What’s the profit of doing that thing? Unlike nonprofit organizations, we do everything for a profit. They made a lot profits by selling illegal disks. 他们出售非法光碟，大量获利。 vt. The new bus route profits those who do not have cars. Too much complaint will profit you nothing. It will profit you to absorb as much knowledge as possible while at university. vi. I profited a lot by / from the trip abroad. （从…获得好处） The company profited from having designed the widely applicable computer software. What did you profit from that deal? profit benefit 两词都可当“好处”解释。 profit用作“利润”时，只能用单数。 make a profit 赚钱 benefit 特指政府救济金 unemployment benefit失业救济金 sick benefit 疾病津贴 death benefit 死亡恤金 long-term benefit 长期受益; 长远利益 mutual benefit 互惠, 互利 survivor benefit 遗属抚恤金 interest （1）利息 capital and interest 本金和利息 （2）利益，好处，裨益（复数） He always seeks his own interest. 2. exhausting : adj. making you feel extremely tired: The exhausting day really made me completely exhausted. It had been an exhausting day. The experiment is very time-consuming and exhausting. 这项实验既费时又费力. exhaust: v. 1) tire out 使筋疲力尽 A full days teaching exhausts me. Hed exhausted himself carrying all the boxes upstairs. 2) use up completely 用完，用尽 We are in danger of exhausting the worlds oil supply. Having exhausted all other possibilities, I asked Jan to look after the baby. My patience is exhausted. 我忍无可忍了。 We’ve exhausted this subject (= finished this conversation): let’s go on to the next. (n.) (1) exhaust pipe/ tail pipe 排气管 (2) （排气管排出的）废弃 exhaustion (n.) She ran and ran until she dropped from exhaustion. 她跑呀跑，直到累得跌倒在地为止。 3. weary: adj. very tired or bored She found Rachel in the kitchen, looking old and weary. She sat down with a weary sigh. He was weary of the constant battle between