专业硕士英语unit1.pptVIP

AsthecurrentinsulthasitText-relatedinformation“thecurrentinsult”referstothesayingthatifyouopenyourmindtoomuchyourbrainwillfallout.rather— Moreaccurately;moreexactly更确切地说— Usedtoexpressanoppositeopinion恰恰相反；而是Examples:She’llgotoLondononThursday,orrather,shewillifshehasto.她将于周四去伦敦，更确切地说，如果她不得不去的话。He’smysister’sfriendreally,ratherthanmine.确切地说，他是我妹妹的朋友，而不是我的。Examples:Theendingofthewarisnotacauseforcelebration,butratherforregretthatiteverhappened.战争的结束并没有什么好庆祝的，恰恰相反，人们倒是应该为战争的爆发而感到痛惜。No,I’mnottired.Rathertheoppositeinfact.不，不累。恰恰相反，我感觉精力还很充沛。presuppose[?pri?s??p??z]vt.— torequireasapreconditionofpossibilityorcoherence以…为先决条件Examples:Investigativejournalismpresupposessomelevelofinvestigation.调查报道要以一定程度的调查为前提。Allthispresupposesthathe’llgetthejobhewants.所有这些都要以他能如愿找到工作为前提。eclipse[??kl?ps]vt.— tomakeanotherpersonorthingseemmuchlessimportant,goodorfamous掩没…的重要性（或优点、声誉等）；超越，凌驾…之上Examples:Theeconomyhaseclipsedallotherissuesduringthiselectioncampaign.这次大选期间，经济问题成为压倒一切的重大议题。Thestateoftheeconomyhaseclipsedtheenvironmentasthemainissue.经济状况超过环境问题而成为主要问题。commonsense— thebasiclevelofpracticalknowledgeandjudgmentthatweallneedtohelpusliveinareasonableandsafeway常识Examples:Notdrivingtoofastisjustamatterofcommonsense.开车不要太快只是个常识问题。Windsurfingisperfectlysafeaslongasyouhave/usesomecommonsense.只要具备/运用些常识，帆板冲浪运动非常安全。pretense[pr??tens]n.— (US)(=pretence)awayofbehavingthatisintendedtodeceivepeople虚假，虚伪；假装Examples:Shemadeabsolutelynopretenseofbeinginterested.她毫不掩饰自己丝毫不感兴趣。Theykeptupapretenseofnormalityaslongastheycould.他们尽可能地继续装作一切正常。Thearmyhasgivenupanypretenseofneutralityinthewar.军队已放弃了在战争中的中立伪装。demonic[d??m?n?k]adj.— wildandevil恶魔的，恶魔似的attendto— todealwithbusinessorpersonalmatters处理Examples:Ialwa