Unit 4 重点应掌握词汇
I Academic word list (AWL) 1. accommodate 2. alter
3. ambiguous 4. consensus 5. distortion 6. domestic 7. identity 8. inhibit 9. intense 10. mediate 11. norm 12. project 13. erroneous 14. intervention
II Discuss the words’ meaning
1. outrage: to make sb shocked or angry
2. perpetrator: a person who commits a crime or does sth wrong or evil
3. marital: connected with marriage or with the relationship between a husband and wife 4. project: transfer an emotion or desire to another person, especially unconsciously 5. tirade: a long angry speech criticizing sb or sth
6. recrimination: accusations made by two people or two groups of people about each other’s behavior
7. intoxicate: cause to lose control of one’s behavior because of alcohol drink or a drug 8. enmeshment: a bad situation involved that is not easy to escape from
9. disengagement: the action of releasing from an attachment or connection; separation 10. norm: a situation or a pattern of behavior that is usual or expected
11. symptom: a change in one’s body or mind that shows that he is not healthy 12. instigate: cause sth bad to happen 13. imbibe: to drink sth especially alcohol
14. ambiguous: not having one obvious meaning, confusing
15. mediate: intervene in a dispute between two groups of people in order to bring about
agreement
16. harbor: to keep feelings or thoughts, especially negative ones in one’s mind for a long time 17. intimidate: to frighten or threaten sb in order to make them do what one wants 18. pent- up: (of feelings , energy, etc.) that cannot be expressed or released
19. accommodate : to change one’s behavior in order to deal with a new situation better
20. distortion: the changing of the meaning or purpose of sth into sth. that one disapproves of 21. milieu: social environment one lives in 22. laceration: a bad cut on the skin
15. motive 16. notion
17. perspective 18. utilize 19. perceive 20. cite
21. conceptualization 22. diminish 23. discretion 24. empirical 25. erosion 26. statistics 27. epidemic 28. proportion
23. syndrome: a set of physical conditions that show one has a particular disease or medical
problem
24. irritability: bad tempter; a tendency to be easily annoyed 25. illusory: not real, although seeming to be
26. property: a quality or characteristics that sth has
27. abstinent: refraining from an activity or from the consumption of sth, especially alcohol 28. divergent : tending to differ
29. cognitive: connected with mental processess of understanding 30. disparity: a notable difference
31. intervention: getting involved in order to influence a situation in some way 32. cumulative: increasing in quantity, degree, or force by successive additions 33. erosion: the gradual destruction or removal of power, rights, etc. 34. domineer: assert one’s will over another in an arrogant way
35. empirical: based on experiments or experience rather than ideas or theories
36. feminist: a person who supports the belief that women should have the same rights and
opportunities as men
37. synonymous: having the same or nearly same meaning 38. statistics: a collection of information shown in numbers
39. stereotype: a fixed idea or image that many people have of a particular type of person or
thing, but which is often not true in reality 40. veracity: the quality of being true