EnglishKeyWords-2003版.doc

大二下英语重点单词

1. Abdicate: resign from being king, emperor, etc. 退位
2. Absolve: free from guilt, blame or responsibility 赦免（某人）的罪；免除（某人）的责任
3. In accordance with: in agreement or harmony with 与……一致；依照、依据
4. (all) of a piece: the same in all parts; (entirely) consistent 浑然一体的；完全一致的
5. Amount to （数量）大约
6. Advance 前进；retreat 撤退；pursue 追击
7. As I see it: in my opinion 在我看来
8. At odds with: in conflict with; disagreeing or quarrelling with 与……相冲突、不一致、争吵
9. Automate: (usu passive) use machines to do work previously done by people 使自动化
10. Automation: the use of machines instead of people to do a job or industrial process 自动化（技术）
11. Be/go (all) to pieces: lose one’s emotional mental composure; fall apart 崩溃；垮掉
12. Beneficial: producing results that bring advantages 有益的
13. Bleak: cold and miserable; depressing 寒冷刺骨的；凄凉的
14. Blizkrieg: 闪电战
15. Blurt: utter abruptly and thoughtlessly 不假思索地冲口说出
16. Bring about: cause 导致
17. Bring to a halt: stop completely 使停止
18. Casualty: a person who is killed or injured in war or in an accident 伤亡人数；死伤者
19. Clipping 剪报
20. Clip: cut (a piece) from sth. Larger or whole 剪下
21. Come across: to meet, find, or discover someone or something by accident or by chance 偶遇；偶然发现
22. Convert: to change or make something change from one form, system or purpose to a different one 转变；转化
23. Correlate: bring (sth.) into a mutural relationship (with another) 使（与…）相互关联
24. Count on: to depend on or be certain of someone or something 指的上；靠得住
25. Courteously: in a polite manner 彬彬有礼地
26. On the decline 下降
27. Decoration 装饰品，装饰
28. Designate: select and set aside for a duty, an office, or a purpose 选定，指派
29. Devastating: causing great destruction 毁灭性的
30. Be doomed to: be fated to 命定；注定
31. Down and out: very poor, with nowhere to live and no job 穷困潦倒
32. Downright: thoroughly, absolutely 完全，彻底
33. Dynamism: energy and determination to succees 精力
34. Economic recovery 经济复苏
35. Eliminate: remove (sb. / sth.) that is not wanted or needed; get rid of 消除；消灭；排除
36. Endeavor: an effort or attempt to do sth. 努力，尽力 try to do sth. 努力
37. Ethnocentic: based on the idea that your own race, nation, group etc is better than any other 种族（国家，集团）优越感的
38. Exploitation: a situation in which someone treats someone else unfairly in order to get money or an advantage for themselves 剥削，利用
39. Fatality: a death caused by accident or in war, etc. （事故或战争等造成的）死亡
40. Filthy: extremely or unpleasantly dirty 非常肮脏的，污秽的
41. Follow up: take additional steps to further (a previous action) 采取进一步行动
42. Get/be stuck in (sth.): be unable to move or to be moved 停留；被阻塞
43. Give way to 让位
44. Grill: question intensely; cook under or over direct heat 盘问；烧烤
45. Grossly: extremely 十足；严重地
46. Heroic: having the characteristics of a hero; very brave 英雄的，英勇的
47. Hispanic: from or connected with a country where Spanish or Portuguese is spoken 与西班牙人/语有关的
48. Hypnotic: of or producing hypnosis or a similar condition 催眠的；有催眠作用的
49. In the air 空气中，在空中；悬而未决
50. On the air 在广播中
51. Incidentally: be the way 顺便提起地，附带地
52. Incorporate: make (sth.) part of a whole 将……包括进去
53. Interior decoration 内部装修
54. Intricate: very complicated 复杂的，错综的
55. Launch: start; send (sth.) on its course 开始；发射
56. Limp: walk with difficulty, esp. when one foot or leg is hurt 一瘸一拐地走
57. Lucrative: producing much money; profitable 生利的，赚钱的
58. Mentality: a particular kind of attitude or way of thinking, especially one that you think is wrong or stupid （尤指被视为错误或愚蠢的）心态
59. Mental power
60. Mentor: a wise and trusted guide and advisor 良师益友，导师，顾问
61. Monotonous: dull and never changing or varying; constant and boring 单调的；一成不变的
62. Paralyse: to make someone lose the ability to move part or all of their body, or to feel anything in it 使瘫痪；使麻痹
63. Playback: a recording of something that you play as soon as it is made, so that you can study it carefully; replay （录音、录像的）重放，回放
64. Play up 夸大；大肆渲染
65. Be poised to do: be ready to take action at any moment 做好准备随时（做……）
66. Precede: happen before sth. Or come before sth./sb. In order 在……之前；先于
67. Precedent: something of the same type that has happened or existed before 先例，前例
68. Inprecedent: never happening before 史无前例的
69. Premonition: a strange and unexplainable feeling that something, especially something unpleasant, is going to happen （对不祥事情的）预感，预兆
70. Press on/ahead with sth. : continue doing sth. In a determined way （不顾困难）继续进行
71. Pry into: to try to find out details about private life in an impolite way 窥探；打听，探听
72. Reckon: count; consider; think 计算；认为
73. Revolutionize: a completely change the way people think or do things, especially because of a new idea or invention 使彻底变革
74. Set about: begin (a task); start (doing sth.) 开始；着手
75. Stagnant: does not move or flow and often smells bad; not changing, devepoling, or making progress; inactive 不流动的；停滞不前的；不发展的
76. Sport: exhibit; display 展示，显示
77. Start up: get going or set in motion; start 发动，启动；开始
78. Take a crack at: try to do sth. 尝试
79. Take its/ a toll: cause damage, injuries or deaths 造成损失（伤亡等）
80. Take on: employ 雇佣
81. Truce: an agreement to stop fighting 停战
82. Turn (sth.) into a reality （使）成为现实
83. Unequaled: superior to all others 无比的
84. Work out: to calculate an answer, amount, price, or value; understand 解决，算出；理解