全新版大学英语2 New words in U5.docVIP

New words in unit five 1.sweat: 1) v. excrete perspiration through the pores of the skin ---The white shirts were sweated through. --He was sweating after working so hard. 2) n. liquid which comes out from the body through the skin to cool it ---I was covered in sweat after running to catch the bus. 2. grace: n.1) quality of being smooth and elegant, esp. in movement or structure ---We admired the grace with which the fashion models walked across the room. 2) kindness; willingness to do what is right ---She had the grace to say that he was right. ---他勉强地承认他错了。He agreed that he was wrong with bad grace. 3. mere: adj. nothing more than ---She lost the election by a mere 20 votes. ---光说无济于事。Mere words won’t help. 4. fantasy: n. (creation of ) imagination ---He lives in a world of fantasy. CF: fantasy, fancy imagination fantasy 通常指无限制的，不受意志支配的，完全脱离现实的空想。例如： --An amusement park full of figures from fairy tales may be called Fantasy Land. 一个游乐园，如果充满了神话故事中的人物塑雕，则堪称虚幻境界。 fancy强调凭空想像客观世界不存在之事物，这种凭空想像并非完全脱离现实，只是离现实较远。例如： ---His mind went where fancy took it. 他总是不着边际地胡思乱想。 imagination是个常用词，贬义最少，它所表示的想像或想像力可以指对过去的事物的重新构想；也可以指对不存在或不能存在之事物的构想。例如： ---Does she have the imagination to figure out what happened? 她真的富有想像力，能够推想出发生的事情吗？ ---These plans reveal a complete failure of imagination. 这些计划显得毫无想像力。 5. passion: n. strong feeling, esp. of love ---The poet expressed his burning passion for the woman he loved. ---他特别喜欢吃冰淇淋。He has a passion for ice cream. 6. detail: n. small, particular fact or item ---Everything in her story is correct down to the smallest detail. --不要遗漏一点细节。Don’t omit a single detail. Collocation: go/enter into details详细说明 in detail详细地 7. recur: vi. 1) come or happen again ---If the pain recurs, take this medicine. --你知道循环小数吗？Do you know the recurring decimals? 2) (of ideas, events, etc.) return to one抯 attention or memorya --My first meeting with her often recurs to my memory. ---Thoughts of home and family recurred to the lonely traveler. 3) return in