大学体验英语综合教程课堂辅导Book 3Unit 2-passage a-词汇充电

1 angle

n. the space between two lines or surfaces that meet or cross each other角,角度;观点,看法:Consider all angles of the question. 考虑这问题的各个方面。| These two lines form a right angle. 这两条线成一直角。| The two roads lie at an angle of about 45 degrees.这两条路交叉成45度角。| The reporter wrote the story from the political angle. 记者从政治角度写了这篇报道。

vt. fish with line and hook; try and obtain sth by hinting钓鱼;使用暗示手段以期获得某事物: He angled with an artificial fly. 他用假蝇钓鱼。| She angled for a good name. 她沽名钓誉。 【联想】angled adj. 成角度的;angling n. 钓鱼;angler n. 垂钓者;acute angle 锐角;obtuse

angle 钝角;right angle 直角

【短语】at a different angle从不同角度| at an angle倾斜地, 成一定角度| from various

angles从各种不同角度| get a new angle on sth.[口]用新的观点来看问题| make an angle of... with 与……成……角|meet at right angles相交成直角| cross at right angles相交成直角| take the angle测角度| angle for( 使用手段) 谋取; ( 通过间接途径) 谋取; ( 使用手腕) 追求

2 apparently

adv. obviously, clearly 明显的: Apparently, you have done a lot of work. 很明显你们已经做

了很多工作。|Apparently sensitive to criticism, the bull forgot all about the matador and charged at the drunk.公牛对挑衅显然很敏感, 它全然不顾斗牛士, 却向醉汉冲去。| Apparently she was trying her best to save her child from severe illness. 很明显, 她在尽力设法挽救她那重病的孩子。

【联想】appear v. 出现,显露;看起来像;apparent adj. 显然的;表面上的| 形近词

implement v. 贯彻、执行;supplement n. 补充

【考题】________ she was trying her best to save her child from severe illness.

A. Appearly B. Apparently C. Appealingly D. Appellant

【详解】答案B。题意为:很明显,她在尽力设法挽救她那重病的孩子。无appearly 一

词;appealingly 动人地,有吸引力地;appellant 上诉的。

3 atom

n. the smallest part of an element that can exist chemically 原子:A molecule of water is made up of two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen. 一个水分子是由两个氢原子和一个氧原子构成的

【联想】atomic adj. 原子的;nucleus n. 原子核;nuclear adj. 原子核的

【短语】smash ... to atoms 把……砸[炸]得粉碎/ not an atom of 一点也没有, 丝毫没有 4 condense

v. to reduce in size:A long story may be condensed into a few sentences.一个长篇故事可缩写成几句话。|Steam is condensed to water when it touches a cold surface. 水蒸气触及冷的表面即凝结成水。

【联想】利用词中词巧辨同义词:dense 浓缩→ condense 浓缩| press 压 → compress

压缩| tract 拉 → contract收缩

【考题】A long story may be ___________ into a few sentences.

A. shortened B. condensed C. contracted D. abbreviated

【详解】答案:B。句意:一个长篇故事缩写成几句话。四个选项都有“缩短”之意。shorten

使变短;abbreviate

缩写,尤指字母的缩写形式;contract 浓缩;condense 精简,浓缩。

5 convince

v. to make someone completely certain about something使确信,使相信:He convinced me that I should study law. 他劝我应该学法律。| It took many hours to convince the court of his guilt. 花费了许多个小时法庭才相信他有罪。

【联想】convinced adj. 确信的,信服的;convincing adj. 令人信服的;convincingly adv.

有说服力地

【考题】The secret agent concealed her real mission, therefore many local people were

______ into thinking that she was a good person. A. betrayed B. driven C. deceived D. convinced

【详解】答案:C。句意:这个特工隐藏了她的真实身份,因此许多当地人被她欺骗了,

认为她是一个好人。betray v. 背叛;drive v. 驱动,驱赶;convince v. 使信服;deceive v. 欺骗。

【短语】be convinced of确信, 承认| be convinced that确信, 承认| convince sb. of

使某人承认, 使某人信服| convince oneself of 充分弄明白[清楚]

6 create

v. to bring something new into existence 创造:God created man. [宗]上帝创造了人。 【联想】派生词 creation n.创造; creative adj. 有创造性的

【考题】We have ___________ a beautiful new house from an old ruin.

A. produced B. created C. made D. generated

【详解】答案:B。句意:在旧废墟上我们已建起一所漂亮的新房子。produce 生产,制

造;create 从无到有的创造;make 制造;generate 生产,在产生。

【辨异】create, compose, design, invent, make, produce 都含“创造”的意思。| (1) create

指“有目的地把原材料制成新产品”;也指“ 创造出原来不存在或与众不同的事物”。| (2) compose 指“ 创作( 诗、画、音乐或文章等)”,如:The poet composed a new poem. 这位诗人创作了一首新诗。| (3) design 指“制作某物之前深思熟虑地构思”,如:It was he that designed the garden. 这个花园是他设计的。| (4) invent 指“通过想象、研究、劳动,创造出前所未有的东西”,尤指“科技上的发明创造”,如: Edison invented the light bulb.爱迪生发明了电灯泡。| (5) make是最常用词,指“用劳动——任何制造、生产、形成或组成”,如:All kinds of precision machine tools are made in this factory. 这家工厂制造各种精密机床。| (6) produce 指“通过劳动加工而生产产品”,尤指“工农业产品”,如:We must produce more food for ourselves and import less. 我们必须增产食品,减少进口。

7 curiosity

n. the desire to know or to learn好奇心: He is full of curiosity.他充满了好奇心。

【联想】curious adj. 好奇的;形变类似:generous adj. 慷慨的→ generosity n. 慷慨 【短语】be on tiptoe with curiosity 充满好奇心| from curiosity (=out of curiosity) 在好奇

心驱使下| in open curiosity公然出头过问与自己无关的事| set sb.’s curiosity agog引起某人的好奇心| C-killed a cat.好奇伤身。

8 detail

n. an unimportant part of something/ a single piece of fact about something细枝末节,琐碎/细节:Give me all the details of the accident — tell me what happened in detail. 给我说说事故发生的详情,详细告诉我发生了什么事。| Not a single detail is to be omitted. 任何细节不得遗漏。| There is too much detail in his speech. 他的讲话太琐碎了。

【联想】[熟]tailor( 裁缝) →[根]tail(=cut 裁,切,分割) →[生]detail;retail 零售

【短语】enter into details 详述, 逐一细说| go into details 详述, 逐一细说| in detail

详细地| detail by detail逐一

9 device

n. ①a piece of equipment intended for a particular purpose装置,设备:These newly-designed devices will appear on the exhibition next month. 这些新设计的器件将在下月的展览会上展出。② means方法,设计:Their proposal was only a device to confuse the opposition. 他们的提议只是迷惑对手的计策。

【考题】The police set a _________ to catch the thieves.

A. plan B. device C. trap D. trick

【详解】答案:C。句意:警方设了一个圈套抓住了小偷。plan n. 计划;device n. 设备;

trick n. 诡计;trapn. 陷阱,圈套。

【短语】leave sb. to his own devices 对某人不闻不问, 听任某人自行其是;让某人自己去

想办法

10 essence

n. the central or most important quality of a thing本质,精髓:He is in essence a reclusive sort.他本质上具有一种隐士的气质| Time is of the essence. 时间就是生命 【考题】The _________ of his religious teaching is love for all humanity.

A. fact B. importance C. essence D. sense

【详解】答案:C。句意:他的宗教讲义的核心是博爱。fact 事实;importance 重要性;

essence 精髓;sense感觉。

【短语】in essence 本质上;大体上;其实 / of the essence 绝对需要的,不可缺少的,

极重要的

11 evidence

n. information that gives a reason for believing something or proves something证据:Can you show me any evidence for your statement? 你能给我看你供词的证据吗?| The police have evidence that the killer was an old woman.警察有证据证明, 凶手是个老年妇女。 【联想】evident adj. 明显的,明白的 【辨异】(1) evidence“证据”,即证明某事正确的凭据,一般表示抽象意义。如:Running

away was evidence of his guilt. 逃跑是他有罪的证据。| (2) proof“证据,证明”,一般指实物证据。如:Give me some proof of what you say. 给我提供一些你所说的证据。| (3) witness“见证”,多作“证人,目击者”来讲。如:He was called as a witness at the trial. 在法庭上他被称作目击证人。

12 evident

adj. obvious to the eye or mind; clear明显的,清楚的: The applause made it evident the play

was a hit.掌声显然表明该剧是成功的。| It’s evident that you are tired. 显然你累了。 【考题】It is __________ that they have no experience in his work.

A. obvious B. evident C. evocative D. evolutionary

【详解】答案:B。句意:很明显,他们做这项工作没有经验。obvious 一目了然,无

需证明;evident 根据某些迹象或事实加以一定的推理后而显而易见;evocative 引起……记忆的,唤起……感情的;evolutionary 进化的,演变的。

【辨异】evident, obvious, apparent 意思都含“明显的”| (1) evident 多用于推理及

抽象的事, 指“明显的”,如:It’s evident that the plan is impracticable. 很明显这计划是不能实现的。| (2) obvious 指“容易知道或发现, 无须解释或

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