NSEFC 高三冊Unit 3 詞彙詳解

高三冊 Unit 3 輔導材料 詞彙詳釋

fellow

n.[C]

1. 【口】男人;傢伙;人

A fellow must eat.

人總得吃飯。

2. 夥伴;同事

They are my fellows at school.

他們是我的同學。

fellow students 同學，fellow soldiers 戰友

adj.同伴的;同事的;同類的

He recalled his fellow traveller with pleasure.

他愉快地回憶起他的旅伴。

criminal [ ]

a.1. 犯罪的,犯法的

Robbery is a criminal act.

搶劫是犯罪行爲。

crime

DJ: [ ]

n.

1. 罪,罪行[C]

He committed a high crime.

他犯下重大罪行。

2. 犯罪,犯罪活動[U]

3. 違反道德的行爲,罪過[C]

It's a crime to waste food.

浪費食物是一種罪過。

govern[ ]

vt.

1. 統治;管理

Who really governs this country?

誰真正統治着這個國家?

2. 決定,指導,影響

The need for money governs his behavior.

對金錢的需求左右着他的行爲。

3. 控制(感情等)

Govern your temper.

不要發脾氣。

vi.

1. 進行統治,執政,管理

In Britain the sovereign reigns but does not govern.

在英國,君主稱王,但不治理國家。

consequence[ ]

n.

1. 結果,後果，結局；結果

I'm quite willing to accept the consequences.

我完全願意承擔後果。

As a consequence of being in hospital, Shelly decided that she wanted to become a nurse.

由於在醫院的緣故，謝莉決定當一名護士。

2. 重大,重要(性)；價值

He is a man of great consequence. 他是一個很重要的人物。

Is it of any consequence to you?

對你重要嗎？

resemble [ ]

vt.

1. 像,類似 (+in)]

She was not beautiful; she did not resemble her mother.

她不漂亮;她不像她的母親。

She resembles her mother in the way she moves her hands when she talks.

她說話時打手勢的動作像她媽媽。

diverse [ ]

a.

1. 不同的,互異的

John and his brother have diverse interests.

約翰和他兄弟的興趣迥然不同。

2. 多種多樣的;多變化的

The program deals with subjects as diverse as pop music and ancient Greek drama.

這檔節目涉及包括流行音樂、古希臘戲劇在內的各種題材

transform [ ]

vt.[(+into)]

1. 使改變;使改觀;將...改成

The Greggs have transformed their garage into a guest house.

格雷格一家把他們的車庫改成了客房。

She transformed the room by painting it.

她油漆了房間使它爲之一新。

2. 改造;改革;改善

The situation has been greatly transformed.

形勢已經大大好轉。

3. 使變換

A generator transforms mechanical energy into electricity.

發電機將機械能變成電。

immigrate immigrated， immigrating， immigration

vi.遷移;遷入vt. . 使遷移

Britain immigrated many colonists to the New World.

英國把大量殖民者移居到了新大陸

strengthen [ ]

vt. 加強;增強;鞏固

It is necessary to strengthen our competitive ability.

有必要增強我們的競爭能力。

Our enemy has greatly strengthened during the truce talks.

和談期間，敵人力量已大爲增強。

The front army troops were strengthened by a large contingent of students from the military academy.

前線部隊得到了一大批軍事學院學員的增援。

變強

The fence was strengthened with wire.

這堵圍欄用金屬絲加固了。

differ [ ]

vi.

1. 不同,相異[(+from)]

Our tastes differ from each other.

我們的嗜好不同。

2. 意見不同[(+from/with)]

That's where we differ.

那是我們有分歧的地方。

（常與from連用）不同；不像；相異

My brother and I differ in many ways.

我和我兄弟在許多方面都不同。

She differs from me in many ways.

她在許多方面都和我不一樣。

Nylon and silk differ.

尼龍和絲綢不同。

Chinese differs greatly from Japanese in pronunciation.

漢語發音跟日語大不相同。

（常與with連用）不同意；意見相左

We differ from / with them on / about that question.

我們在那個問題上跟他們的意見不同。

They differ with each other as to the precise meaning of this article in the contract.

對於合同中這一條款的確切釋義他們的看法互不一致。

I'm afraid we shall have to differ on this matter.

在這個問題上恐怕我們只好保留不同的意見了。

Jack differed with his father about / on / over the present economic situations at home.

傑克和他的父親在國內經濟形勢的看法上發生意見分歧。

vocabulary [ ]

n.

1. 詞彙;語彙;用詞範圍[C][U]

Wide reading will increase your vocabulary.

博覽羣書會增加你的詞彙量。

concept

n.

概念；觀念；思想

I understand some of the concepts of the theory but I'm not sure about its details.

"我懂得這個理論的一些概念,但對詳細內容可不大清楚。"

break out

逃脫；逃出

to break out of prison

越獄而逃

突然發生

Fire broke out in the kitchen.

廚房突然發生了火災。

It was almost midnight that a fire broke out in the neighbourhood.

昨天快半夜了這兒附近發生了火災。

World War II broke out in 1939.

第二次世界大戰是1939年爆發的。

The fire broke out in the basement.

地下室着了火。

Wars have broken out between the two countries.

兩國之間爆發了戰爭。

break away逃走；逃脫

break down破壞；拆散，（機器）損壞，分解，（身體）垮掉

Our truck broke down outside town.

我們的卡車在城外拋錨了。

The car broke down halfway to the destination.

汽車在到達目的地的中途拋錨了。

Food is broken down by chemicals.

化學物質引起食物分解。

If you keep working like this, you will break down sooner or later.

這樣幹下去，你遲早會身體垮掉。

break in

闖入；強行進入

The burglar broke in and stole my money.

夜竊賊破門而入,偷了我的錢。

打斷；插嘴

It's her usual habit to break in with some ideas of her own.

他常常打斷別人的話來發表自己的觀點。

Don't break in when the adventurer is telling his own story.

冒險家講他自己的經歷時,別打斷他。

Children shouldn't break in on adults' conversation.

小孩子不要打斷大人們的談話。

The telephone ring broke in on/upon my thoughts.

電話鈴聲打斷了我的思路。

break into

闖入

The thieves broke into the office and stole some money.

小偷闖入辦公室，偷了一些錢。

The bandits broke into the jewelry and stole near all the valuable necklaces.

土匪們闖進了珠寶店盜走了幾乎所有值錢的項鍊。

打斷；插話

突然…起來

to break into song

突然唱起歌來

break through

突破

After the storm the sun broke through the clouds.

風暴過後太陽衝破了雲層。

At last, those physicians and specialists broke through in their fight against heart disease.

那些內科醫生和專家們終於在同心髒病的鬥爭中取得了突破。

The guerrillas soon broke through.

游擊隊很快就突圍了。

break up

分裂

結束；解散

The crowd started to break up when the night fell.

天快黑時人羣開始散開了。

The ice will break up when the warm weather comes.

天氣轉暖,冰層就會破裂。

Their marriage broke up.

他們的婚姻破裂了。

The police broke up the fighting crowd.

警察驅散了打架的人羣。

He may break up under all this pressure.

在這麼大的壓力下他可能會崩潰。

The police broke up the fight among the two black gangs.

警察驅散了兩個黑幫間的毆鬥。

chew [ ]

vt.

1. 嚼,咀嚼,嚼碎

He chews gum.

他嚼口香糖。

2. 深思,細想,熟慮[(+over)]

I'll chew the problem over for a few days.

這個問題我會仔細思考幾天。

He chewed over the problem for several days before making his decision.

他對這個問題詳細考慮了好多天才作出決定。

vi.

1. 咀嚼

He can't chew without his false teeth.

他沒有假牙就嚼不動。

2. 深思,細想[(+on/upon)]

He took my offer after chewing on it.

仔細考慮後他接受了我的提議。

feed[fi:d]vt., vi.

fed [fed], feeding

給吃，喂

Have you fed the animals?

你餵過動物了嗎？

吃：

The horses fed quietly.

馬在靜靜地吃草。

（常與into連用）不斷地放入

to feed the wire into the hole

把鐵絲穿進孔裏

比較：Sheep feed on grass.羊以草爲生。= live on

He feeds his sheep on grass.他用草餵羊（平時是這樣）。

He fed the bone to the dog. 他把那根骨頭餵給那條狗了。

He is feeding the dog with a bone. 他在用一個骨頭喂狗。

She is feeding her baby. 她在給嬰兒餵奶。

注：用on 表平時，泛指。用with表示具體的動作。

entire [ ]

a.

1. 全部的,整個的It took us an entire week to finish painting the home.

它花去了我們整整一星期的時間才把房子粉刷好。

2. 全然的,完全的

I am in entire agreement with you.

我完全同意你。

round up集中，使集合在一起，聚攏

We rounded up some friends to play poker and drink beer.

我們聚集了一些朋友來喝啤酒、打撲克牌。

Round up a few friends to help you.

召集一些朋友來幫你忙。

Round up the sheep. 把羊趕在一起。

outdoors [ ]

ad.

1. 在戶外,在野外,在露天;往戶外

The children played outdoors until it started to rain.

孩子們在戶外玩耍直到天下起雨來。

n.

1. 戶外,野外;戶外生活方式,野外活動[the S][J]

I saw her coming in from the outdoors.

我看到她從室外走進來。

outing 遠足，短途旅遊，尤指愉快的旅行

I think we should postpone the outing.

我認爲我們應該推遲這次郊遊。

We will go to the Great Wall for an outing. 我們講到長城去遠足（旅行）。

roast [ ]

vt.

1. 烤,炙,烘

He roasted a chicken for dinner.

他烤了一隻雞作晚餐。

2. 烤得使變熱(或燙),烘暖

The sun was roasting us.

太陽炙烤着我們。

barrier [ ]

n.[C]

1. 障礙物;路障,柵欄

The police put up barriers to control the crowd.

警察設定障礙物,藉以控制人羣。

2. 障礙,阻礙[(+to)]

They soon overcame the language barrier.

不久他們便克服了語言上的障礙。

pointed [ ]

a.

1. 有尖頭的,尖的

His daughter has a pointed nose.

他女兒長着一個尖鼻子。

2. 尖銳的;深刻的;直截了當的

pointed criticism

尖銳的批評

medium

n.[C]

1. 中間;中庸;適中

There is a medium in all things.

凡事都有中庸之道。

adj.中間的,中等的,適中的

The man is of medium height.

這男人中等個兒。