大学英语词汇

大学英语词汇

大学英语第一册

第一单元

1、off and on 断断续续的，有时

The memory of the days when I spent with her come to my

mind off and on

2、take hold 生根，确立

The dream that I must go to college took hold when I was a

child

3、anticipate 预期，期望

I anticipate a beautiful bicycle

4、excessively 过分地

The teacher is excessively stricted with his students

5、jaw 颔，颚

He had a primly pointed jaw

6、be due 应交的，应付的，到期的

The English homework will be due on Thursday

7、sequence 一连串相关的事物，次序，顺序

This picture recalled me of a sequence of beautiful memories

of my childhood

8、recapture 再现，再次经历

It was a moment I wanted to recapture and hold for myself

9、violate 违背，违反

violate the rules

10、hold back 抑制，克制

hold back her tears

第二单元

1、essence 本质，精髓

The essence of the article is his spirit 2、a body of 一些

I had bulit up a body of customers

3、fall into 陷入，落入，分成，属于，开始

This river falls into the sea

4、comprise 包含，包括，由...组成

The region comprises of 3 districts

5、plunge into 投入，陷入

They plunged into a lively discussion

6、motion 以.....动作示意

He motioned to me to leave

7、available 可利用的，有效的

We should make high education available to more people 8、not much of a 不太好的

I’m not much of a hand at writing

9、reference 提及，谈到，参考，查阅

It had reference to thing about his childhood

10、hang out 闲逛

We often hang out in that street on holiday

第三单元

1、choke 因（激动等）哽的说不出话，堵塞

A two-year child was choked to death to on a jelly

2、pitch 架设，固定，仍，掷，投，跌倒，前颠后簸地摇荡/行驶

The car pitched violently forward

3、peer 仔细看

Bill peered outside at the heat

4、scrape 刮、刮净、刮去、挖空、挪

Scrape all the mud off your boots before you come in

5、do without 没有而设法对付过去

We shall just have to do without

6、put/turn the clock back 倒退，开倒车 No one can put the clock back to an earlier age

7、inquire 询问

He inquired of me about our work

8、suppress 抑制，压制

We can not suppress something new

9、in two minds 三心二意，犹豫不决

At the moment,the public is in two minds about science

10、harness 驾驭，利用

We had better harness our interest to learn something

第四单元

1、relevance 相关，相联

Many students do not see scientific relevance to the world

around them

2、in the form of 呈....形势，以...形状

Scientists tend to express their ideas in the form of equations

3、grasp 掌握，了解

A qualitative grasp of scientific concepts is sufficient

4、put across 解释清楚，使被理解

Books and magazine articles about science help to put across

new developments

5、yield 泄露，产生，提供，让步，屈服

The government refused to yield to the hostage

takers’demand 6、release 释放，解放，放开

He has been released from prison

7、wear down 减小，变少，变弱

The excitement wear down after another news come over

8、turn away 拒绝帮助，不让...进入，离开，转过脸去

He turned away in horror at the sight of the blood

9、compliment 赞扬，赞美的言辞或行为

I complimented him on the work he had done 10、discard 抛弃

Any discarded odds and ends were gathered and taken home

by Tom

第五单元

1、sponsor 为...做保证人，主办，发起，保证人，主办者

Tom was sponsoring him

2、delicate 精致的，纤柔的，微妙的，易受伤害的

a delicate situation

3、motivate 激发...的兴趣，激励

He did not seem motivated though he was bright

4、assure 使确信，使有信心

She assured hin that he can be anything he wanted to be

5、soar 剧增，猛升

Ben soared from the bottom of his class toward the top

6、fulfill 实现，履行，完成

I’m going to fulfill my dream of becoming a doctor

7、thrust 插，挤，推，刺

Pulling a camping knife,Ben thrust at the boy

8、absorb 完全吸引住...注意，吸收

be absorbed in

9、correspond 通信

correspond to 和...一致

10、sustain 支持，使（努力等）持续下去，保持

sustain one’s life

第六单元

1、broaden 使变宽，使扩大

broaden into a smile

2、match up to 与...一样好，比得上

In her mind,no one could match up to him

3、for sure 毫无疑问 Michael is much more handsome than any other man ,that is

for sure 4、relief 轻松，宽慰

It is a relief to find him finally

5、convince 使确信，使信服

be fully convinced of

6、in sb’s interest 为了某人的利益

Animals cooperated when they learn it is in their intersts to

do so

7、go far 帮助很大，很有成效

I do not think it goes far enough

8、pull oneself together

A year went by ,he pulled hinself together

9、take to 喜欢上

Timmy and Kate took to each other at once

10、shed light on阐明，表明

Her work is to shed light on the emotional life of

chimpanzees

大学英语第二册

第一单元

1、attach 系，贴，连接

I attach the importance to independence

2、not in the least 一点也不

Her is not in the least fat

3、initial 最初的，开始的

My initial reaction was to refuse,but I later changed my mind

4、occasion时刻，场合

on occasion

5、frown皱眉

My father was reading the newspapers and frowned on

occasion 6、on one’s own 自己做