牛津高中英语模块2单词讲解.ppt

Rare 1 稀有的；罕见的 a rare disease 2 珍贵的 a rare book/stamp/coin 3 半熟的；半生的 Discourage sb from doing sth. 阻拦；阻止；使灰心 His parents discouraged him from being an actor. Don't be discouraged by the first failure. Discouraged 灰心丧气的（不作定语） Discouraging 令 人灰心丧气的 ～ experience/result/response 令人沮丧的经历 / 结果 / 反 应 discouragingly Discouragement 泄气；阻拦；挫折 An atmosphere of discouragement 沮丧的气氛 The discouragement of parade 阻止游行 Despite (In spite of) all these discouragements, she refused to give up. 尽管有那么多的挫折，她还是不气 馁 Devote 1 献身；致力于；专心 Devote oneself to sth. (doing sth.) Devote sth to sth 把 …. 用于 I could devote two hours to the work. Devoted 挚爱的；忠诚的；全心全意的 They are devoted to their children. A devoted friend/son/fan Devotion 1 挚爱；关爱 His devotion to his wife and family is touching. 2 奉献；忠诚；专心 Her devotion to duty/the job ? Curse 咒骂；念咒语诅咒 ? curse sb.sth.=curse sb.for sth. She cursed her bad luck. ? He cursed himself for his stupidity. ? Curse loudly 大声咒骂 ? Be cursed with sth. 不断因 … 而遭殃。 ? She seems cursed with bad luck. ? 骂人的话 C ；咒语；祸端，祸水，祸根 under a curse 受人诅咒而遭殃 ? Noise is a curse of modern city life. ? Put a curse on sb ? Curious adj. 好奇的，渴望的 ? Curiously 好奇地 with curiosity curiosity 好奇心，求知欲 ? satisfy one's curiosity ? Be curious about sth./to do sth. ? 对某事好奇 ? From /Out of curiosity 出于好奇 ? Arouse one's curiosity 激起某人的好奇心 ? Explore/Exploration/explorer 勘探；考察；探 索；探究；探察 ? The exploration of space/oil exploration ? The city is best explored on foot. ? Explore the temperature of the water with your hand ? Explore the land to the south of the river ? Explore the problems with the left-behind children ? Exploratory 探索的；探究的；勘探的；探测的 ? Set sail (for) 起航 sail 帆；乘船航行 the age of sail/ ? Be set in 以 … 背景 /set about doing sth. 着手 做 /set an example to 为 .. 树立榜样 /set aside 存储；放在一边 Set fire to sth/set sth on fire 放火烧 …/set foot in/on 进入到某处，涉足 /set free 释放 /set off 动身，出发；引起；使 爆炸 /se