新概念英語單詞第3冊(cè)Lesson56:0ur neighbour the river河流我的家鄉(xiāng)

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boundary ['baʊnd(ə)rɪ] 界線,邊界
    pump [pʌmp] 用泵抽
    【派生詞】pumpkin南瓜
    【單詞搭配】pump out抽空
    【單詞例句】
    A: We'd better pump the floodwater out of the cellars.
    A:我們盡快把水從地窖里拙出來。
    B: But we don't have any instrument now.
    B:但這會(huì)兒我們沒有工具啊。
    overtake [əʊvə'teɪk] 壞天氣,麻煩突然降臨
    backwater ['bækwɔːtə] 回水河汊
    predecessor ['priːdɪsesə] n.前任
    【單詞例句】
    My present secretary is more capable than her predecessor.
    我現(xiàn)在的秘書比她的前任更能干。
    meadow ['medəʊ] 草地,草場(chǎng)
    crown [kraʊn] v給……戴花環(huán)
    holly ['hɒlɪ] 一種冬青植物
    wreath [riːθ] 花環(huán)
    【單詞擴(kuò)充】garland花環(huán)
    【單詞例句】
    A:I ordered a wreath from the flonst.
    A:我從花店定購了一個(gè)花環(huán)。
    B: Who do you want to send it to?
    B:你想送給誰啊?
    occurrence [ə'kʌr(ə)ns] 偶發(fā)事件
    proportion[prə'pɔːʃ(ə)n] 部分
    【派生詞】proportional成比例的
    【單詞擴(kuò)充】part部分 section部分
    【單詞搭配】out of proportion to 與……不成比例
    【單詞例句】
    A large proportion of the streets were sewered.
    大部分街道都鋪有下水道。
    site [saɪt] v.使位于
    spell [spel] v.招致,帶來
    【單詞擴(kuò)充】incur招致,惹起
    【單詞搭配】spell losses造成損失 spell trouble招來麻煩
    【單詞例句】
    He can do nothing except spelling troubles,
    他除了會(huì)招來麻煩,什么也做不了。
    stall [stɔːl] 牲口棚
    attic ['ætɪk] 頂樓
    sweeping ['swiːpɪŋ] adj.范圍廣大的
    【派生詞】 sweepingly大規(guī)模地,徹底地
    【單詞搭配】get a sweeping view 一覽無余 sweeping victory全勝
    【單詞例句】
    A: Our team won a sweeping victory in the match last week.
    A:我們球隊(duì)在上周的比賽中大獲全勝。
    B: Congratulations!I hope you will win in the finals, too.
    B:恭喜,我希望你們?cè)跊Q賽中也同樣獲勝。
    critical ['krɪtɪk(ə)l] adj.危急的
    juncture ['dʒʌŋ(k)tʃə] 時(shí)刻,關(guān)頭
    【單詞搭配】at this juncture就在這個(gè)關(guān)頭
    【單詞例句】
    At this critical juncture he lost his head and made a serious mistake.
    在這關(guān)鍵時(shí)刻,他頭腦發(fā)昏,犯了嚴(yán)重錯(cuò)誤。
    raft [rɑːft] 木筏
    foundations [faun'deiʃənz] 地基
    【單詞擴(kuò)充】groundwork基礎(chǔ),根基
    【單詞例句】
    The house is unsafe since the foundations were undermined by earthquake.
    這座房子不安全,因?yàn)榈鼗驯坏卣鹌茐摹?BR>    stout [staʊt] dj.牢固的
    【單詞擴(kuò)充】frm堅(jiān)固的,結(jié)實(shí)的
    【單詞搭配】a stout pair of shoes一雙結(jié)實(shí)的鞋子
    【單詞例句】
    A: I never expected that he had such a stout makeup.
    A:我真沒想到,他竟然有這么強(qiáng)壯的體格。
    B:He often goes to the gym to do exercise.
    B:他經(jīng)常去健身房鍛煉。
    submerge v.浸沒
    grapple ['græp(ə)l] 抓住
    【單詞搭配】grapple with與……格斗
    【單詞例句】
    A: He did all he could to grapple with the enemy.
    A:他奮力與敵人拼殺。
    B: He is brave at any time.
    B:他任何時(shí)候都那么勇敢。