Hdt_U5 Vocabulary 综英单元词汇.doc

Unit 5 Friends for Life Section One: Detailed Reading 1. endearment n. 1) the act of endearing 2) an expression of affection, such as a caress a couple whose kindness invites endearment from their friends Derivation: endear vt. endearing adj. Practice: Translate the following sentences into English: 1) 善良的老奶奶受到所有人的喜爱。 The kind granny enjoys the endearment from everybody. 2) 父母的钟爱一直鼓励着他。 The endearment from his parents is always encouraging him. 2. transient adj. 1) passing with time; transitory the transient beauty of youth 2) remaining in a place briefly We stayed at the inn as transient guests. Derivation: transiently adv. transience n. Practice: Translate the following sentences into English: 1) 这家工厂从不雇用临时工。 This factory never hires transient laborers. 2) 人生如朝露。 Life is transient. . … so many people remain single in their thirties. … so many people single into their thirties. ……好多人到了三十岁仍然是单身。 desperately adv. desperate adj. 1) feeling that you have no hope and are ready to do anything to change the bad situation you are in The doctors made one last desperate attempt/effort to save the boy’s life. Desperate measures are needed to deal with the growing drug problem. They made a desperate plea for help. 2) willing to be violent, and therefore dangerous the desperate look of hunger a desperate criminal Derivation: desperation n. Practice： Translate the following sentences into English: 1) 农民们拼命抢救自己的财物。 The peasants try desperately to save their property. 2) 战士们仍旧做着殊死搏斗。 The soldiers still kept fighting desperately. 3) 他因失败而铤而走险。 His failure made him desperate. 4) 那个在沙漠中迷失了方向的人极度渴望得到水。 The man lost in the desert was desperate for water. 5. rank v. to have a position higher or lower than others, or to be considered to have such a position A captain ranks (= has a position) above a lieutenant. My entry was ranked third in the flower show. She ranked the bottles in order of size along the shelf. Comparison: rank; classify rank: to give a particul