【升華】新概念英語單詞:Lesson 56 Our neighbour, the river 河流，我們的鄰居
Lesson 56 Our neighbour, the river 河流，我們的鄰居
boundary [?baund?ri] n. 界線，邊界
pump [p?mp] v. 用泵抽
【派】pumpkin 南瓜
【搭】pump out 抽空
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A: We'd better pump the floodwater out of the cellars.
B: But we don't have any instrument now.
A：我們最好盡快把水從地窖里抽出來。
B：但這會(huì)兒我們沒有工具啊。
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overtake [??uv??teik] v. （壞天氣，麻煩等）突然降臨
backwater [?b?kw??t?] n. 回水河汊
predecessor [?pri?dises?] n. 前任
【例】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 [?med?u] n. 草地，草場
crown [kraun] v. 給……戴花環(huán)
holly [?h?li] n. 一種冬青植物
wreath [ri?θ] n. 花環(huán)
【擴(kuò)】garland 花環(huán)
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A: I ordered a wreath from the florist.
B: Who do you want to send it to?
A：我從花店定購了一個(gè)花環(huán)。
B：你想送給誰??？
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occurrence [??k?r?ns] n. 偶發(fā)事件
proportion [pr??p????n] n. 部分
【派】proportional 成比例的
【擴(kuò)】part 部分 section 部分
【搭】out of proportion to 與……不成比例
【例】A large proportion of the streets were sewered.
大部分街道都鋪有下水道。
site [sait] v. 使位于
spell [spel] v. 招致，帶來
【擴(kuò)】incur 招致，惹起
【搭】spell losses 造成損失 spell trouble 招來麻煩
【例】He can do nothing except spelling troubles.
他除了會(huì)招來麻煩，什么也做不了。
stall [st??l] n. 牲口棚
attic [??tik] n. 頂樓
sweeping [?swi?pi?] adj. 范圍廣大的
【派】sweepingly 大規(guī)模地，徹底地
【搭】get a sweeping view 一覽無余 sweeping victory 全勝
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A: Our team won a sweeping victory in the match last week.
B: Congratulations! I hope you will win in the finals, too.
A：我們球隊(duì)在上周的比賽中大獲全勝。
B：恭喜，我希望你們在決賽中也同樣獲勝。
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critical [?kritik?l] adj. 危急的
juncture [?d???kt??] n. 時(shí)刻，關(guān)頭
【搭】at this juncture 就在這個(gè)關(guān)頭
【例】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 [rɑ?ft] n. 木筏
foundations [faun?dei??nz] n. 地基
【擴(kuò)】groundwork 基礎(chǔ)，根基
【例】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?
stout [staut] adj. 牢固的
【擴(kuò)】firm 堅(jiān)固的，結(jié)實(shí)的
【搭】a stout pair of shoes 一雙結(jié)實(shí)的鞋子
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A: I never expected that he had such a stout makeup.
B: He often goes to the gym to do exercise.
A：我真沒想到，他竟然有這么強(qiáng)壯的體格。
B：他經(jīng)常去健身房鍛煉。
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submerge [s?b?m??d?] v. 浸沒
grapple [?ɡr?p?l] v. 抓住
【搭】grapple with 與……格斗
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A: He did all he could to grapple with the enemy.
B: He is brave at any time.
A：他奮力與敵人拼殺。
B：他任何時(shí)候都那么勇敢。
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