现代大学英语3Unit2HowReadingChangedMyLife词汇精讲.docxVIP

Unit 2 How Reading Changed My Life abate to gradually become less serious or extreme; to make sth less strong The storm showed no signs of abating. Steps are to be taken to abate pollution. abatement noun [U] akimbo (with) arms akimbo: with your hands on your hips and your elbows sticking out careerism Pursuit of professional advancement as ones chief or sole aim careerist: someone who considers their career to be more important to them than anything else coax to gently persuade someone to do something coax someone into/out of (doing) something = gently try to persuade them to do it She coaxe