综英词汇

第一单元：（一班）

Retarded

Adj. 智障的

e.g. Her sister works in a school for the retarded and handicapped

她的姐姐在一所弱智和残疾人学校工作。

Elaborate

Adj. 精致的 复杂的

e.g. Her elaborate hairstyle, to her disappointment, just amused us.

令她失望的是, 她复杂的发型只让我们感到好笑

Alluring

Adj. 诱人的，值得期待的

e.g. The prospect of a fresh start is certainly alluring.

一个全新的开始,其前景当然是诱人的.

Customized:

Adj. 客户指定的，定制的（产品）

eg. Besides those items above, we also produce customized products requested by clients.

除了以上规格, 我们还可根据客户的要求定做.

Swell:

Adj. 极好的, 了不起的, 非常棒的

e.g. I've had a swell time.

我过得极为开心。

Cumbersome

Adj. 大而笨重的; 难以携带的

e.g. Although the machine looks cumbersome, it is actually easy to use.

尽管这台机器看上去很笨重，操作起来却很容易。

Clog

v. 阻塞， 堵塞

e.g. The traffic clogged the Thames bridges.

往来的车辆把泰晤士河上的桥都堵死了。

Traumatizing

Adj. 精神受创伤的

e.g. It would have subjected possible refugees to lengthy stays in camps, which could

be traumatizing.

它将要求可能的难民在拘留中心呆的更长，造成很大的精神伤害。

Comeback

1. n. 复出

e.g. 1. Sixties singing star Petula Clark is making a comeback.

60年代的歌星佩图拉·克拉克要复出了。

2. The city made a splendid comeback.

这个城市恢复了旧时的风采。

2. n. 再度流行

e.g. 1. Tight fitting T-shirts are making a comeback.

紧身短袖圆领T恤衫再度流行起来。

2. 超短裙又开始流行了。

Miniskirts are starting a comeback.

3. n. 反驳

e.g. 1. He made a witty comeback to the insult.

他对别人的侮辱给予一个机智的反驳。

2. John can always think of a good comeback whenever someone teases him.

每当有人消遣他时，约翰总是能想出巧妙的反击。

Compress

1. v.压缩，精简

e.g. 1. It is impossible to compress the story of the First World War into a few pages.

把第一次世界大战的事缩写成几页是不可能的。

2. Compress this clay into a small ball.

把这块粘土压缩成一个小球。

2. n. 止血敷布

e.g. 3. How often shall I change a compress?

我应多长时间换一次止血布？

4. A cold compress can alleviate your pain.

冷敷能帮你减轻疼痛。

Vista

n. 景色，展望

e.g. 1. From my bedroom window I looked out on a crowded vista of hills and rooftops.

我从自己卧室的窗口向外眺望远处密集的山峦和屋顶。

2. Standing here, one faces a magnificent vista.

站在这里，宏伟壮丽的景色尽收眼底。

Call up

1． v. 打电话

eg: But inevitably, someone will call up and want to hire me.

但是无法避免，有人会打电话说想请我做事。

2． n.召集

eg: The Marines say the call-up is primarily due to a shortage of volunteers for duty in Iraq and

Afghanistan.

海军陆战队称此次征兆主要是由于志愿去伊拉克和阿富汗服兵役的人非常短缺。

3． v. 使…想起

eg: Instead, they call up the past as they need it.

相反的，他们回想过去因为他们需要它。

Bulky

(adj.) 庞大的；体积大的；笨重的

eg: a. Bulky clothes tend to hinder movement.

肥大的衣服常常碍手碍脚。

b. The climber took some food from the bulky pack on his back.

登山者从背后大包裹里拿出一些食物。

Access

1. n.通道，入口

e.g. A way of entering or leaving eg: There is no access to the street through that door.

穿过那个门没有通向大街的路。

2. vt.接近[取得]…的方法[权利等]; 存取(计算机文件)

eg: a. The inquiry was denied access to intelligence sources.

调查组被拒绝给予情报来源。

b. Access to this information is severely restricted.

这一信息的使用受到极严格的限制。

Press release

n. 新闻稿

e.g. The government had put out a press release naming the men.

政府已经发布了新闻稿，宣布这些人的任命。

Bombard with

v. 连珠炮似的质问（或批评）；使大量面对

e.g. The media bombards all of us with images of violence and drugs and sex...

媒体上关于暴力、毒品和性的画面充斥着我们的视线。

Promotional

Adj. 推广的 宣传的

e.g. You can use the logo in all your promotional material.

你们可以将这个标志用在所有的宣传材料中。

Toss:

n. 投掷；摇荡；投掷的距离；掷币赌胜负

vt. 投掷；使…不安；突然抬起；使…上下摇动；与…掷币打赌

vi. 辗转；被乱扔；颠簸；掷钱币决定某事

eg. It would be better to decide it on the toss of a coin.

最好用抛硬币的方式来对此事做决定。

Upheaval:

n. 剧变；隆起；举起

eg. Algeria has been going through political upheaval for the past two month

在过去的两个月里，阿尔及利亚一直经历着政治动乱。

Purported:

adj. 声称的; 假定的; 传闻的

eg.Recent papers published in the journal Judgement and Decision Making also failed to find the

purported benefit for unconscious thought.

两个最近刊登在《判断和决策》的杂志也没有发现传说中无意识思考的益处。

Elude

vt.

1.(迅速、机敏、巧妙地)逃避，躲避，回避，规避，闪避，逃脱：

e.g. The fox eluded the hunters by turning back quickly.

狐狸急转身逃脱了猎人的追逐。

2.避开(别人耳目)；避开(责任、困难、查问、危险等)：

to elude observation 避人耳目

3.不为…所记得(或注意、理解等)；使困惑；把…难倒：

Her name eludes me.

她的名字我记不起来了。

Corollary

n. 推论

e.g. One corollary of this general principle is that services should not be stateful.

此总体原则的一个推论就是，服务不应为有状态型的。

Offset

v. 补偿

e.g. In basketball, he offsets his small size by his cleverness and speed.

他打篮球时的灵巧和速度弥补了他身材的矮小。

Frivolous

Adj. 轻浮的 草率的

e.g. I just decided I was a bit too frivolous to be a doctor...

我刚刚决定说自己有点过于轻率，不适合做医生。