新通用大学英语综合教程2（第2册）U1课后答案及课件（第一单元unit01），高等教育出版社知识介绍.ppt

incompetent incompetent adj. not having the ability or skill to do your job properly 不称职的，不胜任的 ● He is an incompetent English teacher. ● The Prime Minister is incompetent to govern the country. victim victim n. someone who has been attacked, robbed, or murdered 受害者，牺牲者 ● You are a victim of your own scheming. ● Arthur became the victim of a cruel hoax. ◆pushy ◆pushy adj. so determined to succeed and to get what you want that you behave in a way that seems rude 咄咄逼人的 ● I’m quite offended by his pushy manner. ● It is impolite to be pushy while driving. abuse abuse n. rude or offensive things that someone says to someone else; the use of something in a way that it should not be used 谩骂，辱骂；滥用 ● Many children suffer from racial abuse at school. ● A self-monitoring tax system is clearly open to abuse. ★revenge ★revenge n. something you do in order to punish someone who has harmed or offended you 报复 ● He took revenge on his employers by setting fire to the factory. ● The murder was an act of revenge for the earlier killings. ◆manoeuvre ◆manoeuver n. a skillful or careful movement that you make 熟练的动作 ● Old as he is, he surprised us by his swift manoeuver. ● He showed his rudeness by his revenge manoeuver. proportion proportion n. the correct relationship between the size, shape or position of something 相称，成比例 ● The rewards you get in this job are in direct proportion to the effort you put in. ● The porch is out of proportion with the rest of the house. abolish abolish v. the act of doing away with or the state of being done away with 废除，取消 ● Slavery was abolished in the US in the 19th century. ● They are debating on the abolition of the death penalty. exclude exclude v. to deliberately not include something, especially a particular group of people or things 不包括，排除在外 ● The judges decided to exclude evidence which had been unfairly attained. ● At this stage we cannot entirely exclude the possibility of staff cuts. ◆reproof ◆reproof n. blame or d