综英4期末复习.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 13 综英期末复习 Unit2.carve out: establish or create sth. through painstaking effort eg Years of failures and setbacks have taught him and carved out a career for him. infuse: v. fill or cause to be filled with sth.eg; Her novels are infused with sadness. Collocations: infuse … into/with: fill ... with ... He infused eagerness into the men. His speech infused the men with eagerness. keep to oneself: remain private; avoid meeting other people. She doesn’t go out much; she likes to keep to herself. lament: v. express regret or disappointment over sth. considered unsatisfactory, unreasonable, or unfair Synonym: bemoan Derivations:lamentable:a. very disappointing, regrettable lamentation: n. (formal) an expression of great sadness or disappointment stake a claim to: make a claim to stake: v. be assertive in defining and defending a position or policy He staked a claim to the land where he’d found the gold. be proportional to:eg The output should be proportional to the input. proportion: n. the relationship of one thing to another in size, amount, etc. eg.The room is very long in proportion to (= relative to) its width. attribute … to …: believe sth. to be the result of eg. Jim attributes his success to hard work. tread on (sb.’s toes): offend or annoy sb., esp. by getting involved in sth. that is their responsibility eg.Would I be treading on her toes if I talk directly to her supervisor? plow into: eg. The van’s brakes failed, and it plowed into a crowd of people. breathe down sb.’s neck: (informal) watch closely what sb. is doing in a way that makes them feel anxious and/or annoyed eg.I can’t work properly with you breathing down my neck. 1) annoyance n. → annoy v. → annoying a. 2) intuitive a. → intuitively ad. → intuition n. 3) relentless a. → relentlessly ad. → relent v. 4) proliferation n. → proliferate v 5) lament v. → lamentable a. → lamentably ad. 6) expand v. → expansion n. → expansive a. 7) routinely a. → routine n. . 8) shrink