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U4 Blaspheme v 咒骂，亵渎 He was at first blasphemed and later applauded by the critics Blasphemy n 不敬的言行，亵渎神明 Blasphemous adj 不敬的，亵渎神明的 Epitome n 1典型，典范2缩影 He is the epitome of a modern young man Epitomize/ise v 成为…的典型 The fighting qualities of the team are epitomized by the captain Overshadow v 1比…更重要，支配 “Was it fun?” became the question overshadowed all other questions 2掩盖，遮蔽 The garden is overshadowed by tall trees 3使失色，相形见绌 He is always overshadowed by his elder sister Swill v 1大口喝，痛饮 He does nothing but swill beer all day 2冲洗，刷 swill sth away/down/out Swill the yard down 3摇动，摇晃swill around/round He swilled his brandy gently round his glass Scan v 1细看，审视 I scanned the street for people I knew 2，浏览，翻阅 I scanned through the paper 3扫描 All luggage has to be scanned at the airport Fetish n 迷恋 Make a fetish of She has a fetish about cleanliness Fetishist n 迷恋者 Flunk vt 失败，不及格 Flunk vi 1不及格，不通过flunk in The teacher flunked John in English 2被迫退学 flunk out Ben flunked out of college Revere v 尊敬 Be revered as He is revered as a national hero Reverence n Superficial adj 粗略的，肤浅的，外表的 The book shows a superficial understanding of the history She is so superficial！ Superficially adv Superficiality n Insurance n 保险，保险业，保费 Insure v 投保 The painting is insured for $1 million Insured adj 投保的，被保险的 Be insured to do/against sth The car is insured against theft Insurer n 承保人，保险公司 flatter v 奉承，使高兴 Are you trying to flatter me? flatter sb on/about sth在某方面奉承某人 She flattered her husband about his cooking flatter oneself自以为是，自鸣得意 Step up To increase the rate，level， amount，etc. of sth Police have stepped up their search for the missing girl Step up to sb/sth To come forward The runners stepped up to the line Pay sb back for sth =get back at sb To punish sb because they have you or sb else suffer I will pay him back for getting me into trouble Pay sb back/pay sth back to sb =repay To return money you have borrowed from sb He’ll never be able to pay back the