新标准大学英语UNIT 5-1 words.doc

UNIT 5-1 WORDS asunder literary分开地 be torn/split/rent etc asunder: to be torn violently apart or destroyed: a nation torn asunder by internal conflicts resume1 formal 1 [transitive] to start doing something again after stopping or being interrupted（短暂停顿之后）重新开始，继续: She hopes to resume work after the baby is born. The rebels have resumed hostilities against government troops. resume doing something He will resume training as soon as the injury is better. 2 [intransitive] if an activity or process resumes, it starts again after a pause（短暂停顿之后）重新开始，继续: Peace talks will resume tomorrow. 3 resume your seat/place/position：to go back to the seat, place, or position where you were before: 重回，重返 Will the delegates please resume their seats? contradict 1 [intransitive and transitive] to disagree with something, especially by saying that the opposite is true: 反驳，否认 Deborah opened her mouth to contradict, but closed it again. Dad just cant bear to be contradicted. The article flatly contradicts their claims. 2 [transitive] if one statement, story etc contradicts another, the facts in it are different so that both statements cannot be true: 与…相矛盾；与…抵触 The witness statements contradict each other and the facts remain unclear. 3 contradict yourself: to say something that is the opposite of what you said before: Within five minutes he had contradicted himself twice. doze [intransitive] to sleep lightly for a short time: Grandad was dozing in his chair. —doze noun [singular] doze off phrasal verb:to go to sleep, especially when you did not intend to [=?drop off, nod off]: I must have dozed off. trickle1 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] 1 if liquid trickles somewhere, it flows slowly in drops or in a thin stream 滴；淌 trickle down/into/out The tears trickled down her cheeks. 2 if people, vehicles, goods etc trickle somewhere, they move there slowly in small groups or amounts trickle in/into/away The first few fans started to trickle into the stadium. tr