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Unit7 1. Develop/have a chip on ones shoulder (因感到自己的过去或背景等使人产生偏见而）怀恨，不满，对抗；怀有恶劣的情绪 马丁的老板严厉地批评了他，他因此而怀恨在心。 Martin has a chip on his shoulder now as he was severely criticized by his boss. 2. carp about/at 抱怨；挑剔；吹毛求疵 她总是抱怨她丈夫，最后她丈夫离开了她。 She was always carping at her husband, and at last her husband left her. 3. Run-in 争辩，争吵，冲突，口角 目击者称大约有五户人家从那个公寓中心搬了出来以避免同那个粗鲁的经理之间的口角。 Witnesses say about 5 families moved out of the apartment center to avoid a run-in with the rude manager. 4. embody 表现，象征，具体表现 她假设有这么一个新的经济体系，既体现了民主理想也体现了市场理想。 She postulates a new economic system that embodies both democratic and market ideals. 5.agonize vi. 感到极度痛苦，苦恼，苦闷 Vt. 使...极度苦恼，痛苦 我绝不会把你的秘密说出去而让我所钟爱的人遭受痛苦的。 I will not let your secret out to agonize the man I love. 6. obsolete过时 新的计算机系统使得数据处理的老方法过时了。 New computer systems have made old methods of data processing obsolete. 7.tangle 纠结，争论，争吵 别同Peter打架，他个头比你大。 Don’t tangle with Peter; he is bigger than you. 8.mano a mano一对一地 是时候面对面地解决这些了。It’s time to settle this mano a mano. 9.peer凝视，窥视 她努力地朝雾中望去，想要找到正确的路。 She peered through the mist, trying to find the right path. 10. archly淘气地，顽皮地，狡猾地 玛丽的哥哥狡猾地对她说：“我知道你在隐瞒些什么。‘ Mary’s brother said to her archly, “I know that you are hiding something. 11. inundate v. 泛滥，淹没，布满，压倒 我们得到了大量的帮助。We have been inundated with offers of help. 12. grueling 新兵要接受为期一周艰苦的耐力测试。 The recruits were put through a week of grueling endurance test. 13.whiz快速移动，嗖地掠过 当她飞快地沿着这条路向商店跑去的时候，她滑了一跤，摔倒了地上。 She was whizzing down the road to the shop when she slipped and fell. 14. rail极力地抱怨，挑剔 他抱怨他妻子太过奢侈。He railed at his wife about her extravagance. 15. pine 渴望，思念 当她在国外念书时，很想念自己的祖国。 She pined for her native land while she studied abroad. 16. scoff 嘲弄，讥笑 今天的年轻人总是对老人给的建议不屑一顾。 Nowadays young people often scoff at advice given by their elders. 17. self-made靠自己努力而成功的,白手起家的 我们都相信林肯是靠自己的努力而成功的。 We all believe that Lincoln was a self-made man. 18. ride the wave 乘。。。之势，得益于某事 他们乘胜追击，一举击败了敌人。They rode the wave and defeated the enemy. 19. toy with不认真考虑；玩弄 我确实曾