当代英美散文名篇选读 下册 习题 6-9单元课后练习单词和词组.docVIP

Unit 6 Thinking as a Hobby norms: convention, standard, rule marooned：put a person ashore on a deserted island, strand 将（某人）放逐到无法逃脱的地方（如荒岛） /m?ru?n/ incomprehensible: impossible to understand, unintelligible innocence: naivety plonked: set down heavily and carelessly v. （使）发声, （使）沉重地坠落 musing: mediate, think deeply 沉思, 冥想 depravity : corruption, wickedness堕落; 腐化 exalted : elate, inspire impediment: hindrance, obstacle 妨碍﹑ 阻碍某事物进展或活动的人或物 reeled: have a sensation of whirling staggered : totter, move unsteadily bulged: stick out, protrude膨胀，鼓起；塞满 detested : dislike very much, loathe pious: devout, having a dutiful reverence for God proposition: statement in which an opinion or judgment is expressed论点，主张 stampeded: force sb. into a hasty过於匆忙的 action ( ~ sb into sth/doing sthcause sb to rush into rash or unreasonable action 使某人冲动行事或失去理智) conferred：give, grant, present portentous: pompously solemn, pretentious煞有介事的,自命不凡的 deficiencies: defect, imperfection, weakness bolstered: reinforce, strengthen beamed: smile joyfully inscrutable: not to be discovered, incomprehensible不可理解的; 不可知的; 神秘的 mingle : mix, associate 与某物混合; 结合 amiability : friendliness conceded : admit the truth of(不情愿地)承认；让步 sordid: dirty, ignoble自私自利的, 卑污的, 龌龊的(sordidness ) irreverent : deficient缺乏 in respect不尊敬的 delinquent: guilty of minor crimes有过失的, 怠忽的,失职的 gregarious: fond of company爱交际的; 群居的/grige?ri?s/ revered: respect and admire greatly awe : a feeling of respect combined with fear or wonder norm: convention, standard, rule maroon: put a person ashore on a deserted island, strand 使孤立，被放逐 incomprehensible: impossible to understand, unintelligible innocence: naivety plonk: set down heavily and carelessly musing: meditate, think deeply depravity: corruption, wickedness exalt: elate, inspire impediment: hindrance, obstacle reel: have a sensation of whirling stagger: totter, move unsteadily bulge: stick out, protrude detest: dislike very much, loathe pious: devout, having a dutiful reverence for God prop