高中英语新课标人教版必修四第三单元词汇

unit 3 A taste of English humour

1. up to now(常与现在完成时连用)直到现在

E.g. He has made three mistakes up to now.

拓展：up to now 直到现在Eg:Up to now he's been quiet.

be up to sb 由某人决定up to date = up-to-date adj. 最近的,最新的

be up to sth 胜任up and down 上上下下

What’s up ? 什么事？

2.content adj. 满足的,满意的n 满足

feel/be content with sth. 满足于某事be content to do sth. 愿意做某事

be content that 满足…. be satisfied /pleased with满足…. e.g. She is content _______the job.

She is quite content to stay at home looking after her children.

她待在家里照顾孩子,感到非常满足.

3.badly off

1).贫困的

He is quite badly off recently. 最近他经济上很拮据。

2).缺少的(for) The school is badly off for teachers.

worse off ( 更穷的)( badly off的比较级) well off 富裕的(badly off的反义词)better off (更富的)(well off 的比较级)

联想拓展:

be badly off for sth. 需要(某物)(某物)供应不足worse off 境况更差；更穷困

well off 富裕；处境好(比较级：better off境况更佳)

Eg :His health is worse off than before. 他的身体状况比以前更糟糕了。

Eg: The refugees are badly off for blankets, and even worse off for food. 难民需要毯子, 更需要食物。

Eg: Capitalism can make you well off. 资本主义可以让你变得富裕。

4. entertain v.

(1) 使娱乐，使欢乐

We were all entertained by his humorous stories.

他的幽默故事使我们大家都很开心。

2 ) 款待, 招待.

entertain sb.with sth. 用…使某人快乐

entertain sb. to sth. 用…招待/款待某人

I often entertain friends to dinner on Sundays. 我常在星期天请朋友们吃饭。

联想拓展: entertaining adj. 使人愉快的；有趣的entertainment n. 款待；请客；娱乐；消遣an entertaining story/guest 一个有趣的故事/客人

5. overcome v. 战胜,克服overcame-overcaome

Eg:We should try our best to _________ the difficulty.

He overcame a bad habit. 他克服了一项恶习。

be overcome with / by…被(悲哀、恐怖等)打倒;因为…崩溃/垮掉

She was overcome with / by grief. 她因为悲伤而崩溃了。

6. pick out

a. (从同类当中) 挑出Eg:She picked out a pink dress from all her clothes.

b. (在许多人当中) 辨认出…Eg:Can you pick out your mother in this crowd?

pick up 捡起;改良;进步;增加;获得;收听

7.cut off

1). 切下,割下,剪下

Eg:Her finger was cut off in an accident at the factory.

2).切断(电力/煤气/自来水等),停止…的供给

Eg:Our water supply has been cut off . 我们断水了

cut off the water 断水cut off the supply of electricity 停止供电

3). (在通话中)切断电话

We were cut off in the middle of our telephonge conversation 我们电话打到一半就断线了

4). 使分离,使隔绝

The country once cut itself off from the rest of the world. 这个国家曾一度与外部世界隔绝

The village was cut off by the heavy snow.

联想拓展:

cut down 砍倒；消减，降低cut in 插嘴

cut across 取捷径；走近路cut up 切碎

8.convince v. 使信服

1. convince A of B 使A相信B

Eg:He wants to convince me of his sincerity. 他想使我相信他的诚意。

2. be convinced of sth./that 相信……Eg:I am convinced of his honesty. 我对他的诚实深信不疑。

常用结构：be convinced/sure of sth./that确信；坚信

convince sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事

convince sb. of sth./that 使某人相信……

联想拓展: convincing adj. 有说服力的；令人信服的Eg:This is

a convincing story.

9.direct

(1).vt.导演;指示;指挥;命令

Eg:The film was directed by Zhang Yimou. 这部电影是由张艺谋导演的。

(2 ).指导

Direc sb.to do sth.

He directed the students to answer.

他指导学生回答。