21世纪大学英语读写教程 第4册 Unit3单词.docVIP

Unit 3 smallpox n. 天花a highly contagious disease causing spots which leave marks on the skin impasse n. 僵局；死胡同a position from which progress is impossible; deadlock tactics n. 战术；策略a method or process of carrying out a scheme or achieving some end dairymaid n. 牛奶场女工a girl or woman who works in a dairy dairy n. 1. 牛奶场；奶品场place where milk is kept and milk products are made 2. 乳品店shop where milk, butter, etc. are sold cowpox n. 牛痘a disease of cows,of which the virus was formerly used in vaccination against smallpox vaccination n. 接种疫苗 scourge n. 苦难的根源；灾难；祸害thing or person that causes great trouble or misfortune tense a. 紧张焦虑的nervous and anxious and unable to relax stress n. 紧张；压力；造成紧张的因素great worry caused by a difficult situation, or sth. which causes this condition dead end n. 僵局；死巷，死胡同a point beyond which progress or achievement is impossible; a street or passage closed at one end vainly ad. 枉然地；徒劳地uselessly; in vain vain a. 1. 自视甚高的；自负的having too high an opinion of ones looks, abilities, etc.; conceited 2. 无用的，无益的，无效的；徒劳的useless or futile erase vt. 擦掉；抹去rub out; remove all traces of lateral a. 横向的；侧面的；向侧面的of, at, towards, or from the side or sides laterally ad. 横向地；侧面地；旁边地in a lateral direction, sideways lateral thinking横向思维，水平思考 going n. 1. 地面状况the condition of the ground for walking, driving or riding 2. 进行情况；进展condition of progress aggressive a. 1. 咄咄逼人的；有进取精神的 2. 好斗的；好争吵的 framework n. 1. 参照标准；准则；观点set of principles or ideas used as a basis for ones judgement, decisions, etc. 2. 框架，结构structure giving shape and support vertical a. 纵向的；垂直的straight up and down; at right angles to a horizontal plane vertically ad. 垂直地in a vertical direction sequential a. 相继的；连续的of, forming, or following in (a) sequence flaw n. 瑕疵；缺点a defect; fault; error structure n. 结构；建筑物；构造物sth. built; anything composed of parts arranged together; way in which sth. is put together, organized, built, etc. utmost a. 极度的；极高的greatest; highest significance n. 重要性；意义，含义importance; me