全新版大学英语单词详解 Book2 Unit5

Unit 5 Overcoming Obstacles

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1.(L. 1) sweat:

1.v. produce sweat

*The white shirts were sweated through.

*He was sweating after working so hard.

2. n. liquid which comes out from the body through the skin to cool it

(=I was covered in sweat after running to catch the bus.)

2.(L. 8) grace: n.

1) quality of being smooth and elegant, esp. in movement or structure

*We admired the grace with which the fashion models walked across the room.

*She danced with a grace that surprised us.

2) kindness; willingness to do what is right

*She had the grace to say that he was right.

*他勉强地承认他错了。

(=He agreed that he was wrong with bad grace.)

3.(L. 10) mere: adj. nothing more than

(=She lost the election by a mere 20 votes.)

光说无济于事。

(=Mere words won’t help.)

4.(L. 10) fantasy: n. (creation of ) imagination

*The story is a fantasy.

*He lives in a world of fantasy.

CF: fantasy, fancy & imagination

fantasy 通常指无限制的，不受意志支配的，完全脱离现实的空想。例如：*An amusement park full of figures from fairy tales may be called Fantasy

Land. 一个游乐园，如果充满了神话故事中的人物塑雕，则堪称虚幻境

界。

fancy 强调凭空想象客观世界不存在之事物，这种凭空想象并非完全脱离现实，只是离现实较远。例如：

*Her mind went where fancy took it. 他总是不着边际地胡思乱想。imagination 是个常用词，最少有贬义，它所表示的想象或想象力可以指对过去的事物的重新构想；也可以指对不存在或不能存在之事物的构想。例如：

*Does she have the imagination to figure out what happened? 她真的富有

想象力，能够推想出发生的事情吗？

*These plans reveal a complete failure of imagination. 这些计划显得毫无

想象力。

5.(L.13) numerous: adj. very many

*He has a numerous acquaintance among politicians.

*During the Depression, numerous people wandered from town to town looking for work.

6.(L. 15) passion: n. strong feeling, esp. of love

(=The poet expressed his burning passion for the woman he loved.)

他特别喜欢吃冰淇淋。

(=He has a passion for ice cream.)

7.(L. 15) detail: n. small, particular fact or item

*Everything in her story is correct down to the smallest detail.

不要遗漏一点细节。

(=Don’t omit a single detail.)

Collocation:

go/enter into details 详细说明

in detail 详细地

8.(L. 16) recur: vi.

1) come or happen again

*If the pain recurs, take this medicine.

你知道循环小数吗？

(=Do you know the recurring decimals?)

2) (of ideas, events etc.)come back

*My first meeting with her often recurs to my memory.

*Thoughts of home and family recurred to the lonely traveler.

3) go back (to sth.) in words or thought

*Let us recur to what you said yesterday.

*Do you mind if I may recur to your idea

9.(L. 21) coincide: v.

1) (of ideas, opinions, etc.) to be in agreement

*His tastes and habits coincide with those of his wife.

*The judges did not coincide in opinion.

2) happen at the same time of during the same period of time

*They could not go to the theatre together because his free time never coincided

with hers.

(=The art exhibition coincides with the 50th anniversary of his death.)

10.(L. 24) core: n.

1) most important or central part of anything

*The core of the problem is their objection to educational reform.