【升華】新概念英語(yǔ)單詞:Lesson 58　A spot of bother 一點(diǎn)兒小麻煩

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Lesson 58 A spot of bother 一點(diǎn)兒小麻煩

lift [lift] n. 電梯

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A: Is there a lift here?

B: Yes, there is one in that corner.

A：你們這兒有電梯嗎？

B：有，在那邊的拐角處。

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monstrous [?m?nstr?s] adj. 極大的，可怕的

negligence [?neɡlid??ns] n. 粗心大意

【擴(kuò)】carelessness 粗心　　inattention 疏忽

【搭】a piece of negligence g 一次疏忽

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A: He was sharply reprimanded for his negligence.

B: I think he will be more careful in the future.

A：他因玩忽職守而受到嚴(yán)厲的訓(xùn)斥。

B：我想以后他會(huì)更小心的。

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prudent [?pru?d?nt] adj. 謹(jǐn)慎的

【擴(kuò)】prudential 謹(jǐn)慎的　　canny 謹(jǐn)慎的

【例】We must always remain modest and prudent.

　　　我們要永遠(yuǎn)保持謙虛謹(jǐn)慎。

composure [k?m?p?u??] n. 鎮(zhèn)靜，沉著

【擴(kuò)】calm 鎮(zhèn)靜　　composure 鎮(zhèn)靜

【搭】regain composure 恢復(fù)鎮(zhèn)靜

【例】He was obviously very shocked, but he soon regained his composure soon.

　　　顯然他很震驚，但很快就恢復(fù)了鎮(zhèn)靜。

intruder [in?tru?d?] n. 入侵者

lurk [l??k] v. 潛藏

【派】lurker 潛伏者

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A: I don't know what lurks in his mind.

B: I think nobody knows that.

A：我不知道他心里藏著什么。

B：我想沒(méi)有人知道。

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hinder [?hind?] v. 妨礙

fingerprint [?fi?ɡ??print] n. 指紋

【擴(kuò)】finger mark 指紋

【搭】leave one's fingerprint 留下指紋

【例】When the police found his fingerprint he knew that he would be in trouble.

　　　警方發(fā)現(xiàn)了他的指紋后，他知道自己要有麻煩了。

chaos [?kei?s] n. 混亂，無(wú)秩序

【擴(kuò)】confusion 混亂

【搭】in chaos 處在一片混亂的狀態(tài)之中

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A: The failure of electricity supplies made the city in chaos.

B: People can hardly live a comfortable life without electricity today.

A：停電使得城市一片混亂。

B：在當(dāng)今社會(huì)，沒(méi)有電，人們很難過(guò)得舒服。

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inconceivable [?ink?n?si?v?b?l] adj. 不可思議的

【擴(kuò)】miraculous 不可思議的　　unimaginable 意想不到的

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A: That event was inconceivable to us.

B: But we have to face it now.

A：那事件是我們所想象不到的。

B：但我們現(xiàn)在必須面對(duì)它。

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veritable [?verit?b?l] adj. 真正的，地地道道的

magpie [?m?ɡpai] n. 喜歡收藏物品的人

toss [t?s] v. 扔

discard [di?skɑ?d] v. 丟棄

【擴(kuò)】reject 丟棄

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A: It's a bad manner to discard your things everywhere.

B: Sorry, I will correct it.

A：把東西扔得到處都是是一個(gè)不好的習(xí)慣。

B：對(duì)不起，我會(huì)改的。

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constable [?k?nst?b?l] n. 警察

ransack [?r?ns?k] v. 洗劫

balcony [?b?lk?ni] n. 陽(yáng)臺(tái)

【擴(kuò)】veranda 陽(yáng)臺(tái)

【例】The prospect from the balcony is breathtaking.

　　　從陽(yáng)臺(tái)上看去景色美極了。

fussy [?f?si] adj. 大驚小怪的，小題大做的

【擴(kuò)】spoffish 大驚小怪的，小題大做的

【搭】fussy eater 挑食的人

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A: I suppose I'm just a little too fussy!

B: No, you did it well.

A：我想我有點(diǎn)過(guò)于小題大做了！

B：不，你做得很好。

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