现代大学英语3unit1yourcollegelife词汇精讲.pdfVIP

Unit 1 Your College Life adulthood n.+hood: a particular state, or period in someones life childhood (=the period when you are a child) fatherhood (=the state of being a father) affirm : to state publicly that something is true I dare affirm that the tomato will be very expensive. We gave them an opportunity to express their feelings, to affirm themselves. approve (1) to think that someone or something is good, right, or suitable He seemed to approve of my choice. I don ’t approve of children wearing makeup. Exercise: 他不同意我今年离校。 (2) to give official agreement or permission to something These chemicals were only approved for use in animal foods. (transitive often passive) approval n. antonym: disapproval word-formation: (1) 否定前缀 : (2) 名词后缀 ~al: attitudinal adj. attitude n.: attitude to/towards sth; positive/negative attitude His attitude towards women really scares me. a positive attitude to life ethical : connected with beliefs and principles about what is right and wrong ethical standards 道德 / 伦理标准 ethic: a general principle or belief that affects the way people behave 道德体系，行为准则，伦理 work ethic 工作守则 ethics: a set of principles that people use to decide what is right and what is wrong medical ethics 医德 professional ethics 职业道德 functional functional furniture/buildings functionalism a fully functional hospital a functional disorder function: n./v. He functioned as ambassador. The hospital functioned normally. contribute v. contribution n. They say they would like to contribute more to charity, but moneyis tight this year. Medical negligence was said to have contributed to her death. He contributes regularly to the sports magazine. He is a regular contributor to the magazine. counsel v./n She has spent five years counselling rape victims. (to counsel