全新版大学英语单词详解book2unit2

Unit 2 Values

Text A A Life Full of Riches

1. (L. 2) confront: vt.

1) (of a problem, difficulty, etc.) face (sb.) threateningly

* The difficulties that confront us seem insuperable.

* A major difficulty that confronts international students is how best to judge the quality of

a program in a foreign university.

2) (of a person) face and deal with (a problem, difficulty, etc.)

军人必须面对危险和死亡。

(=A soldier has to confront danger and death.)

* Astronauts have to confront the unknown.

be confronted with: be brought face to face

(=The prisoner was confronted with his accusers.)

* conclusions that can be confronted with experience

2. (L. 3) donation: n. money or goods given for a good cause

* The hospital receives a good deal of money in donations.

他们对慈善事业慷慨捐助。

(=They made a generous donation to charity.)

Collocation:

a blood donation 献血

make/give a donation 捐赠

promise a donation 允诺捐助

3. (L. 5) confusion: n. a state of uncertainty about what sth. means, etc.

* The enemy retreated in great confusion.

他们的突然到来打乱了我们的计划。

(=Their unexpected arrival threw our plan into confusion.)

Collocation:

covered with confusion 非常慌张

in confusion 乱七八糟，处于混乱状态

throw into confusion 使狼狈，使慌乱

.: 该词的动词为confuse，confusing意思是“令人困惑、迷惑的”，confused意思是“糊涂的、混杂的”。

4. (L. 5) curiosity: n. a strong desire to know about sth.

* Just to satisfy my curiosity, how much did you pay for your car

(=We burned with curiosity over what was in the box.)

Collocation:

from/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

Curiosity killed a cat. 好奇伤身。

5. (L. 7) stammer: v. speak with a tendency to repeat rapidly the same sound or syllable

* It’s cruel to make fun of people who stammer.

他结结巴巴地道了谢。

(=He stammered his thanks.)

6. (L. 10) deny: vt.

1) say that sth. is not true

* There is no denying the fact that Japan began to invade China as early as the early 1930’s.

2) refuse to admit or accept

(=He denied knowing anything about their plans.)

7. (L. 10) fill out: add information such as your name and address in (a form or document)

* It took me quite a while to fill out the questionnaire.

请把附表填好。

(=Please fill out the attached blank.)

8. (L. 11) fall into: belong to (a particular group of things that have similar qualities)

理事会成员们意见相左，分成自由和保守两个阵营

(=The council members disagreed, falling into liberal and conservative camps.)

* All whales fall into two groups, those with teeth and those without.

9. (L. 13) nothing more than: only, just

(=Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.)

这只不过是个杜撰的故事而已。

(=It is nothing more than a made-up story.)

10. (L. 19) attain: vt. succeed in achieving, esp. after a lot of effort

我决心不惜任何代价达到目的。

(=I’m determined to attain my purpose at any cost.)

* She attained her ambition of becoming a pilot.

Collocation:

attain one’s goal达到目的

attain the age of 有…岁了

attain the top of a moutain 到达山顶