自考“高級英語”筆記(6)

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Lesson Six: a good chance
    1. keep in touch with : contact 保持聯(lián)系。
    如; Let's keep in touch .讓我們保持聯(lián)系吧。
    Keep in close touch with me. 與我保持密切聯(lián)系。
    2. (be) in for : certain to undergo 不能避免。
    如: The naughty boy is in for a beating. 淘氣的男孩免不了要挨打。
    We are in for a rainy season. 我們不可避免要遭遇雨季。
    It looks as if we're in for stormy weather. 看那樣子,似乎我們一定會遇到暴風(fēng)雨。
    3. reference : a mention , allusion 提及。
    如: The court made numerous references to him as a witness. 法院經(jīng)常傳他去做證人。
    4. in good spirits : 情緒很好。
    spirits : [plural] mood with regard to great happiness or great sadness 情緒。
    如: I hope you will be in better spirits when we meet again. 我希望我們下次見面時你情緒會好些。
    He is so depressed that I wonder who could lift his spirits.
    他非常沮喪,我不知他能否振作起來。
    5. embitter: make bitter and angry 使……怨恨。
    如; Being scolded without good reasons embittered him.
    讓人無端指責(zé),他感到一腔怨氣。
    en-, em(在b,p前) 加在名詞或形容詞上轉(zhuǎn)成動詞。
    另如:
    enable (使能夠) ; enamor 引起……的愛;
    encase 將……裝入箱中;enchant 施以魔法,使著迷。
    embody 具體體現(xiàn); empower 授權(quán); emotionally 使成紫色。
    6. agitate : to disturb or excite emotionally 使不安,使興奮。
    如: His fiery speech agitated the crowd. 他的激情演講讓聽眾大為興奮。
    He was explaining the situation in an agitated manner. 他興奮地說明著當(dāng)時的情形。
    Agitate oneself over …… 為……獨(dú)自焦慮。
    如: Don't agitate yourself over such a thing. 不要為這種事焦慮。
    7. know of his whereabouts 知道他的下落。
    a) know of : have heard about 聽說過,知道(有……)。
    如: Do you know of any cinema in this neighborhood
    你知道這小區(qū)里有電*嗎
    I know of a shop where you can get things like this.
    我知道有一家商店,你可以買到這樣的東西。
    I don't know him, but I know of him.
    我不認(rèn)識他,但知道有這個人。
    b) whereabouts : the place where a person or thing is 下落,去向。
    如: I'm still in the dark about his whereabouts.
    我仍然不知道他的下落。
    8. inch : move by small degrees 緩慢行進(jìn)。
    如: The children inched through the traffic.
    孩子們在擁擠的交通中緩慢前進(jìn)。
    I inched my way through the narrow space been the trucks.
    9. tentative : a) of the nature of an experiment 試驗(yàn)性的;
    b) unsure , not definite , hesitant 猶豫。
    a tentative arrangement 臨時安排/a tentative offer 試驗(yàn)性建議
    10. scoff at : mock at ; jeer at : 嘲笑,嘲弄。
    如: You should not scoff at others' belief. 你不能嘲笑別人的信仰。
    11. end up : reach a final state or condition 最后(有了某種結(jié)局),最后。
    如: If you drive so rashly, you will end up in hospital.
    如果你這么魯莽開車,最終會住進(jìn)醫(yī)院的。
    He ended up tired and broke. 他最后累垮了,破產(chǎn)了。
    12. associate with : keep company with 與……陪伴。
    如: He didn't allow his daughter to associate with anyone who smoked or drank.
    他不讓他女兒與任何抽煙或喝酒的人為伍。
    Whitman always associated with the working masses.
    惠特曼總是和工人階級在一起。