新概念英語第三冊(美音版)Illusions of Pastoral peace

◆illusion n. 幻想，錯覺
under illusion that / under the impression that
I am under the impression that you are honest.
We live under the illusion.
I am under the impression that he will help me every day.
under no illusion that
We live under no illusion that country life is beautiful.
have illusion about / have no illusion about

delusion 幻覺，（精神病人）
Eg: He is under the delusion that somebody will kill him tomorrow.
He lives under the delusion that he will be killed sometime.
vision 憧景
Eg: I live under the vision that I have a bright future.
illusioned adj.充滿幻想的
Eg: The world of children is illusioned.
illusionary adj. 錯覺的，幻覺的
Eg: Don’t believe in him. What he said is illusionary picture.
illusive adj. 虛假的，不可靠的
Eg: What he described was illusive. Don’t depend on him any more.
imaginary
imaging
Eg: I can’t imagine building Great Wall.
imaginary 虛構(gòu)的
Eg: The story is imaginary, Don’t be taken in

imaginary
The story is imaginary. Don’t be taken in.
imaginative 富有想像力的
Children are more imaginative than adults.
unimaginative 缺乏想像力的
imaginable 能想像得出的，（須放在被修飾詞之后）
This is the idea / way imaginable.
imaginary / imaginative / imaginable / unimaginatice
We are imaginative
illusionary / imaginary 虛構(gòu)的

◆pastoral adj. 田園的
◆breed v. 培育
vt. breed / bred / bred
breed / raise / bring up / rear
raise /breed pets
raise / breed dogs.
Do you raise dogs?
educate
As a mother, you must breed good manners into your child.
rear 撫養(yǎng)，
I must rear the child because I have the duty.
He rears / breeds / raises two dogs.
grow / plant tree
cause / lead / result in / give rise to
War breeds misery and ruin. 戰(zhàn)爭導(dǎo)致毀滅和悲慘。
Your carelessness bred the accident
breed in and in 近親結(jié)婚，同種繁殖
breed out and out 非近親結(jié)婚，異種繁殖
breed / raise / bring up / cause

◆rapture n. 欣喜
great joy / delight
At the news, they are in raptures.
At the news, they are great delighted.
in raptures(about/ over sth. ) (對……) 欣喜若狂
I am in raptures about the new book.
go into raptures(over/ about/ at sth. ) (對……)感到非常的高興！
He went into raptures when he heard the good news.
joy / happiness
We have a good time and we are full of happiness.
delight 高興，喜悅，程度強于joy, 但不如rapture，也不如rapture那么正式，
I feel delighted == I am in raptures
ecstasy 入迷；狂喜
He is in ecstasy.
enchant v enchantment 入迷，
He was enchanted in thoughts.
elation 興高采烈；得意洋洋
He has got the feeling of elation.
bliss 極樂；無尚的幸福
Nothing in the world can make you happier than bliss.
A sound sleep is my bliss
glee 歡樂，高興，歡心 （詩歌中）

rapture / in raptures / go into raptures / joy / happiness / delight / ecstasy
/ enchantment / elation / bliss / glee

◆◆◆extol v. 贊美，頌揚
vt. praise
I can’t find a good word to praise you / your ability.
I want to extol the virtues of human beings.

compliment v. & n. 恭維
Do you often compliment ...?
exalt 贊揚，歌頌，吹捧
You disgust me. why do you extol such a stupid person.
laud 贊美
I want to do nothing but laud you.
What do you want to laud me?
I want to laud your beauty, ability and your wealth.

extol / praise / compliment / exalt / laud
◆superior adj. 優(yōu)越的
better than the average
無比較級和最高級
be superior to 比…優(yōu)越
In my opinion, town life is superior to country life.
interior
be interior to 比…低，不如…
Country life is superior to city life
superior / interior
senior
senior high school
junior
The word is basic
junior high school
senior /junior
posterior / prior 后于/ 先于
This work is prior to that one.
of no confidence / importance / significance
It should be inferior to that one.

superior / inferior / senior / junior / posterior / prior
be prior to

◆cockcrow n. 雞叫
◆twitter v. （鳥）吱吱叫，喊喊喳喳叫
◆glint v. 閃爍
shine / flash / glitter
flash 表示忽明忽暗的閃光，也可以指反光鏡反出來的光線
Eg: A lighthouse is flashing in the distance.
glim 表示透過某種媒介而透出來的光線，比如透過茫茫大霧的光芒
Eg: Through the fog, we saw a lighthouse glimming.
glint 表示迅速閃爍的微弱的光，比如陽光下閃爍的露水光
Eg: The sun glinted through the leaves.
glisten 潮濕的物體上所反射的光澤，或是柔弱的光輝
Eg: The white snow glistened in all the colors of rainbow.
flicker 表示蠟燭或油燈在即將熄滅時的所發(fā)出的搖曳的光
Eg: On the cold night, I sat in front of the only one candle which was flickering.

flash / glim / glint / glisten / flicher

◆pasture n. 牧場
◆idyllic adj. 田園詩的
He is leading an idyllic life
◆virtually adv. 幾乎；差不多
◆dubious adj. 可疑的，懷疑的
doubtful / uncertain / questionable / suspicious / sceptical
dubious
be dubious about/of 對…懷疑,對…不肯定，主要表示不肯定的，不確定的
doubt / suspect
Eg: I suspect that he stole the car last night. 語氣較肯定的猜疑
I doubt whether he stole the car. 語氣不太肯定

suspicious / doubtful
Cats are suspicious of human beings.
I am not sure about your ability to do so.
I am doubtful of your ability.
I am dubious about your ability.
questionable強調(diào)質(zhì)疑，有問題的，值得爭議的
This is a questionable conclusion / decision.
sceptical 懷疑論的，懷疑的(正式用法)
suspicious
Your idea is sceptical.

dubious / dubious about ( of ) / doubtful / uncertain / suspicious / sceptical / questionable

◆privilege n. 特權(quán)
◆misery n. 苦難
◆acquaintance n. 熟人
◆treat n. 難得的樂事，享受
be one's treat
1.…請客== sb. stand treat
Eg: Let's go to have dinner. It's my treat
treat sb. to
take sb. to dinner
Eg: It’s my pleasure to take you to dinner.
stand treat
I stand treat 我作東。
2. 對待
treat sb. as
I treat him as my best friend.
treat with sb. 跟某人商談
I can’t bring it to a conclusion. I want to treat with you.
treat of sth. / sb. ==speak of
We speak / treat of tramps contemptuously.

2. 榮幸,享受
Eg: Having dinner with you is my treat.
treat sb. to 宴請某人…
Eg: It's my pleasure to treat you to dinner.
treat sb as 按…對待某人
Eg: I treat him as my best friend.
treat with sb. 跟某人商談
Eg I can't bring it to a conclusion. I want to treat with you.
treat of sth./sb. 關(guān)于…，提及到…，＝＝speak of
Eg: We treat of tramps contemptuously.
◆dweller n. 居住者
◆stagger v. 搖晃；蹣跚
◆exotic adj. 尋乎尋常的，外來的
◆glow n. 白熾光
◆descend v. 下落，降臨
Eg: darkness descends very soon because winter is coming.
descend from 從...... 傳下來
Eg: The watch descended from his grandfather.
descend on / upon 突然襲擊，
He visited me suddenly.
He looked me up suddenly.
He called on me suddenly.
Yesterday, my best friend descended on me.

descend to 傳給......
descend from...to

descend / descend from / descend to / descend on / descend upon
drop
I dropped the glass onto the floor.
ascend ant.
The aeroplane is ascending at tremendous speed.

◆tuck v. 縮進(jìn)，隱藏
◆obstinately adv. 固執(zhí)地，頑固地
obstinate adj. 頑固而不易被別人所改變
Eg: If you are an obstinate person, nobody can change your mind.
stubbom 倔強
Eg: He is such a stubborn person that he insists on finishing what he wants to do.
Don’t try to persuade him because he is an obstinate person.
persistent
persist
Eg: If you always follow your friends around, I should say, you are a persist person.
strong minded 頑強的，意志力強
Eg: If you are a strong minded person, you can do everything well.
obstinate / stubborn

as stubborn as mule 像牛一樣倔強(騾子)