高级英语第14课单词和翻译.docVIP

第14课 关于希特勒入侵苏联的讲话 词汇(Vocabulary) Conviction (n.): a fixed or strong belief 坚定的看法和信念 Synonym: belief horde ( n.) :a large moving crowd or throng 一群 人群（有时贬义） enlist (v.): win the support of , get help or service of, obtain 谋取…赞助，获得…支持 e.g. I have enlisted the co-operation of most my colleagues in my campaign 我在这一活动中得到了大多数同事的支持. croquet ( n.) :an outdoor game，which the players use mallets to drive a wooden ball through a series of hoops placed in the ground 槌球游戏(一种用木槌击木球钻小圈的游戏) revert (v.): to return to (a topic in talk or thought)回到（原话题或思路） 例句： The conversation kept reverting to the subject of money. 谈话的主题总是离不开钱。 arch: main, most important 主要的，首要的 e.g. The arch foe is the Chicago Bull. 他们的主要对手是芝加哥公牛队。 regime (n.): method or system of government 政体，政权制度 luncheon ( n.) :a lunch esp. a formal lunch with others 午餐 午宴 午餐(聚)会 Nazi (adj. n.) :designating of or characteristic of the German fascist political party(German National Socialist Party) founded in 1919 and abolished in 1945 德国国社党的 纳粹党的 纳粹党党员 纳粹分子 indistinguishable ( adj. ) : that cannot be distinguished as being different or separate 不能区别的 不能辨别的 难区分的 devoid ( adj.) :completely without empty or destitute(of)完全没有的 缺乏的(后接 of) e.g. This novel is devoid of wit and inventiveness. 这是一部缺乏创意和情趣的小说。 excel ( v ) :be better or greater than or superior to(another or others)优于 胜过 ferocious ( adj.) :fierce savage violently cruel 凶猛的 残忍的 凶恶的 unsay ( v ) :take back or retract(what has been said)取消(前言) 收回(前言) folly ( n.) :foolishness any foolish action or belief 愚笨 愚蠢 愚蠢的行为(或思想等) e.g. The old man regretted the follies of his youth. 那个老人为年轻时所做的蠢事而后悔。 threshold ( n.) :doors till entrance or beginning point of sth 门槛 人口 开端 till ( v.) :work(1and)in raising crops as by plowing fertilizing etc cultivate；prepare and use land for growing crops 耕种 耕耘 耕作 immemorial (adj. ) : extending back beyond memory or record ancient 无法追忆的 无文字记载的 古老的 e.g. The Chinese have been worshipping their ancestors since tim