高级英语(新编英语教程6)单元词汇Unit1-7.docVIP

高级英语(新编英语教程6)单元的课文词汇Unit 1 Two World to Avoid, Two to Remember 1.insight: the capacity to gain an accurate and deep instinctive understanding of a situation. 洞察力。 2.checkered tablecloth: tablecloth that has a pattern consisting of alternating squares of different colours. The British spelling of checkered is chequered．有方格图案的桌布。 3.chew the cud: think reflectively。反复思考。 4.gnome: (in legends) a little old man who lives underground and guards the earth’s treasures 土地神；a small ugly person 侏儒。 5.melancholy: (adj.) sad，gloomy，depressed.忧郁地。 6.berate: scold or criticize angrily严责。 7.a perverse streak: an obstinate quality。固执。 8.ruefully: regretfully。悔恨地。 9.drag: (slang) a boring thing；nuisance。令人厌烦的东西 10.immortality: never-ending life or endless fame。不朽, 不朽的声名 Unit 2 The Fine Art of Putting Things Off 1.cool one’s heels：be forced to wait; be kept waiting。空等。 2.attest to：testify to; serve as an evidence to affirm／to be proof of。证实， 证明。 3.apocalyptic：foreboding imminent disaster or final doom 。启示录的。 4.proconsul：an administrator in a colony usually with wide powers。地方总督。 5.ruminate：go over in the mind repeatedly and often slowly。沉思，反刍。 6.nattering：chattering；hence, noisy。唠叨，瞎扯。 7.echelon：rank, 1evel。排成梯队。 8.fortify ：encourage；support。设防于，使坚强。 9.reappraisal ：re-evaluation。重新估计，评价。 10.academe：the academic community; academics。研究院。 11.shrink：psychoanalyst or psychiatrist。收缩，缩短。 12.subliminal：existing or functioning outside the area of conscious awareness。 潜意识的。 13.truism：an undoubted or self-evident truth。真实性。 14.mellow and marinate：to mellow is to become ripe or fully developed, and to marinate is to steep (meat, fish) in a savory sauce to enrich its flavour；here, ripen and mature。使……醇香，浸泡。 Unit 3 Wall and Barriers 1. tangible：substantially real; material。切实的。确凿的。 2. custom：business patronage; regular support given to a tradesman by those who buy his goods。商业赞助。 3. impregnable：unassailable, unattackable; sturdy。无法攻取的，攻不破的。 4. credit：trust in a person’s ability and