新视野大学英语第二册unit1单词

<1>budget

v. （为...）作出安排

1.She has learned how to budget her time carefully. |她已学会了怎么精心安排自己的时间。

2.The government has budgeted 10 million dollars for education spending. |政府在预算中拨款一千万美元作为教育经费。

vi.制定预算

As a student, you have to learn how to budget. |作为学生，你得学会如何制定开支计划。

n. |[C]预算

1.It is important to balance one's budget. |使收支平衡十分重要。

2.They are preparing the company's advertising budget for 2007. |他们正在制定公司2007年的广告预算。

<2>charge

v. 向...收费，要价

1.We do not charge for delivery. |我们免费送货上门。

2.The doctor charged us 400 dollars for a five-minute examination. 医生做一次5分钟的检查要了我们400美元。

<3>acute

a. 敏感的；敏锐的

1.Dogs have an acute sense of smell. |狗有灵敏的嗅觉。

2.The critical professional requires unusually acute observation. |评论家需要非常敏锐的观察力。

2.严重的

1.The president suffered acute embarrassment from this news. |这一新闻使总统十分难堪。

2.He felt acute pain on his back. |他感到背部很疼。

<4>hourglass

n. |[C] |（计时用的）沙漏

The use of the hourglass dates back to almost two thousand years ago in China. 沙漏的使用在中国可追溯到差不多2千年前。

<5>restless

a. 烦躁的；不安静的

1.After one month in the job, he felt restless and decided to leave. |这工作他干了一个月就感到厌倦，于是决定不干了。

2.The children grew restless with the long wait. |等的时间一长，孩子们就逐渐躁动不安起来。

<6>restlessly

ad. 烦躁地；不安静地

1.She walked back and forth restlessly in her room. |她焦躁不安地在房间里走来走去。

2.He moved about restlessly, lighting a cigarette. |他焦躁不安地走来走去，点燃了一支烟。

<7>elbow

vt.用肘推（或撞）人

1.He elbowed me out of the way. |他用肘把我推开了。

2.She elbowed her way forward. |她用胳膊肘推挤着向前走。

n. 肘

1.He sat with his elbows on the table. |他坐着，双肘架在桌上。

2.His arm was wrapped from the elbow to the fingers. |他的胳膊从肘部一直包扎到手指。

<8>abrupt

a.粗鲁的，无礼的

1.The manager was offended by his abrupt reply. |经理被他的粗鲁的回答激怒了。

2.The head teacher is very abrupt with parents. |主任老师对家长们的态

度很粗鲁。

2.突然的，意外的

1.The road is full of many abrupt turns. |这条路有许多急转弯。

2.His abrupt departure surprised everyone. |他突然离去，使大家都很吃惊。

<9>opening

a. 开始的

1.He left after the opening speech of the debate. |辩论会的开场白之后他就走了。

2.The queen attended the opening night of the theatre. |女王观看了这家剧院的首夜演出。

n. 1. [C]开业典礼；落成典礼

1.the opening of a new highway |一条新公路的通车典礼

2．Many attended the opening of the new sports center. |很多人参加了新体育中心的落成典礼。

[C] 空缺职位

1.There are few openings in publishing for new graduates. |出版行业能为新毕业的大学生提供的空缺职位极少。

2.I'm trying to apply for an opening in an advertising firm. |我正在申请广告公司的一个空缺职位。

<10>ritual

a. 例行的；惯常的

1.Every day the work begins with the ritual greetings. |每天的工作以例行的问候开始。

2.They made ritual apology and left. |他们做了程式化的道歉，然后就离开了。

n.惯例

1.Wives make a ritual of their household duties. |家庭主妇每天都是一成不变地操持家务。

2.I've wound up the clock so many times that it has become a ritual. |我经常给钟上发条，以致这已成了我的习惯。

<11>interaction

n. 交流

1.The interaction of the two groups produced many good ideas. |两个组通过相互交流提出了许多不错的见解。

2.If there was more interaction between the two, their problems would be solved. |如果双方有更多的沟通，他们的问题会得到解决。

. [C, U] 相互作用；相互影响

1.the interaction of two medicines |两种药之间的相互作用

2.The interaction between different police forces would improve the rate of solving crimes. |警方相互合作可以提高破案率。

<12>convention

n. [C, U]习俗；惯例

1.By convention, the leader is always a man. 按照惯例，领导总是由男性担任。

2.Wearing a coat and tie is an accepted convention on such an occasion. |在那种场合，穿外套系领带是约定俗成的穿着要求。

[C]会议；大会

1.They hold the annual convention in July.他们每年7月召开年度会议。

2.The convention decided on a new rule. |大会就一项新规定作出决议。

<13>leisure

|n. 空闲，闲暇

1.We've been working all week without a moment's leisure. |我们已整整干了一周，无一刻闲暇。

2.He has some leisure from his studies. |他在学习之余有些空闲时间。[U]悠闲，安逸

1.A life of easy leisure makes a man less adventurous. |安逸的生活会使人变得不思进取。

2.After she retired, she lived in leisure at home. |她退休后闲居在家。

<14>leisurely

a. 从容的；不匆忙的

1.walk at a leisurely pace |迈着从容的步伐行进

2.Her walked at a more leisurely pace. |他慢悠悠地走着。

<15>assess

vt.评价，评估

1.They assessed the value of the house at $600,000. |他们估算这幢房子值60万美元。

2.They say they can assess intelligence from these tests. |他们声称通过这些测试能对智力进行评估。

<16>surroundings

n. 周围的事物；环境

1.pleasant surroundings |令人愉快的环境

2.The new surroundings made the children very happy. |新的环境让孩子们很开心。

<17>probe

v. 调查；探究

1.The matter must be probed to the bottom. |这件事必须彻底调查。

2.She tried to probe his mind to find out what he was thinking. |她试图探究他的心思，以便知道他在想些什么。

n. 探针（医生检查伤口用的钝头细长工具）

The doctor lost the probe during the operation. |手术过程中，医生弄丢了探针。

<18>social

a.1 社会的

Governments have made efforts to improve women's social and economic status. 政府已作出努力以提高妇女的社会地位和经济地位。

Not least important, marriage is a great social stabilizer of men. |很重要的是，婚姻是促使男子稳定的一大社会因素。

2.社交的

She often attends social gatherings. |她常出席社交聚会。

His reasons for calling were purely social. |他来访的原因纯粹是为了社交。

<19>socially

ad. 与社会(或社交) 相关地

We have known each other socially for a long time. |我们相交已久。For socially ambitious couples this is a problem. |对社交上雄心勃勃的夫妇来说，这是一个问题。

<20>tick

vi. （钟、表等）滴答响

The old clock ticked noisily. 那口老钟的滴答声很响。

My watch doesn't tick because it's electronic. |我的表不滴嗒作响，因为它是电子表。

n. （钟、表的）滴答声

The continual tick of the clock got on my nerves. |钟不断地作响，令我心烦。

The ticks seem to be coming from that bag over there. |滴答声似乎是从那边的袋子里发出的。

<21>consequently

|ad. 因此，所以

My car broke down and consequently I was late. |我的汽车半路上出了毛病，所以来晚了。

I spent most of my money in the first week and consequently had very little to spend on food during the last few days of the holidays. |我在假期第一周就用掉了大部分钱，因此最后几天几乎没什么钱买吃的了。

<22>device

n. |1. [C]器械，装置

He made a device to make the door shut by itself. |他制作了一种能使门自动关闭的装置。

A computer is a device for processing information. |计算机是一种处理信息的装置。

2. [C]方法，手段

Her illness is only a device to escape seeing him. 她所谓生病只是回避见他的一种策略。

By various devices he was able to make a huge fortune. |他通过各种手段赚了一大笔钱。

<23>fax

n. |[C] |传真；传真机

I'll send you a fax with the details of the meeting. |我会把会议的细节用传真发给你。

|I'll send you the agreement by fax. |我会把合同用传真发给你。

<24>email

n. |[C, U]电子邮件

Nowadays people send far more emails than letters by post. |现今人们发送的电子邮件远多于信件。

They keep in touch by email. |他们通过电子邮件保持联系。

<25>given

prep. 如果考虑到

Given the uncertainty over my husband's future I was left with little other choice. |鉴于我丈夫前途的不确定性，我别无选择。

Given the circumstances, you've done really well. |考虑到环境因素，你做得已经很出色了。

<26>gathering

n. |[C]集会，聚会

I met him once or twice at family gatherings. |我在家庭聚会上遇到过他一两次。

Soon afterwards, the gathering broke up and the guests took their leave. |不多久，聚会结束，客人告辞。

<27>impersonality

n. 不牵涉个人感情；无人情味

It was a system of impersonality; it made no difference who you were, so long as you could master its rules. |这是一项不牵涉个人感情的制度，只要你掌握规则，你是谁都无关紧要。

<28>electronic

a. 使用电子设备的

This dictionary is available in electronic form. |这部词典有电子版本。I've only now become familiar with the benefits of electronic banking. |我现在才熟悉电子银行的优点。

2.电子的

an electronic address book |电子地址簿

an electronic game |电子游戏

<29>significance

n.重要性；重要意义

Could you explain to me the significance of this part of the agreement? |请把合同中这部分的含义给我解释一下好吗？

Few people realized the significance of the discovery. |几乎没人意识到这一发现的重要性。

<30>conduct

|vt. |进行；实施

conduct an experiment |做实验

We have been conducting a survey of the region. |我们对该地区进行了

调查。

2.传导（电或热）

Copper conducts electricity well. |铜具有良好的导电性能。

He wasn't sure if rubber conducted electricity. |他不能肯定橡胶是否导电。

n.行为，举止

The prisoner was set free early because of good conduct. |那个囚犯因表现好而被提前释放。

|Nobody can stand such shameless conduct. |没有人能容忍如此不知羞耻的行为。

|<31>increasingly

ad. 日益；愈加

Increasingly, people are realizing that our basic problems are not economic ones. 人们逐渐认识到我们的根本问题并不是经济问题。The country became increasingly rich and successful. |这个国家日趋富足昌盛。

<32>conference

n. （正式）会议

The Institute of Accountants is holding its conference in Edinburgh this year. |会计师协会正在爱丁堡举行今年的会议。

She's an organizer of the International Conference on AIDS that the university has every year. |她是大学每年召开的爱滋病国际会议的组织者。

<33>teleconference

n. |[C]远程会议

Holding a teleconference can save time and money. |召开远程会议既省时又省钱。

The technicians were busy preparing for today's teleconference. |技术人员正忙着为今天的远程会议做准备工作。

<34>obtain

|vt. 获得，得到

He always manages to obtain what he wants. |他想要的他总能弄到。Further information can be obtained from our head office. |可以从我们的总部获得更多的资料。

|<35>superb

a. 极好的

The sports center is superb. |这个体育中心是一流的。

The view from my window is superb. |从窗外看去，景色壮丽。

<36>whereas

conj. 然而；但是

He earns $8,000 whereas she gets at least $20,000 every year. |他一年只挣八千美元；而她却至少挣两万美元。

She is hard-working, whereas he is lazy. |她很勤快，而他却懒惰。

<37>postal

a. 邮政的；邮寄的

Domestic postal services will be reviewed this year. |今年将对国内邮政系统进行评估。

<38>efficient

a. 效率高的

a very efficient secretary |办事效率高的秘书

Lighting is now more energy efficient. |现在的照明更节能。

<39>impolite

a. 无礼的，失礼的

It would be impolite to leave in the middle of the meeting. |在会议中途

离开会是失礼的。

She had no wish to appear impolite but there was something about the man that made her so. |她并不想表现出有失礼仪，但那个男子的举止使她不得不如此。

<40>elapse

vi.（时间）过去，逝去

Three years have elapsed since we last met. |自我们上次见面以来，已经过去三年了。

Four years had elapsed since he left college and still he hadn't found a job. |他大学毕业已四年了，却仍未找到工作。

<41>skillful

a. 熟练的；有技巧的

He is skillful at inventing excuses. |他善于编造借口。

Soon they became very skillful in answering such questions. |他们很快变得善于回答这类问题。

<42>skillfulness

n. 熟练；技巧

He was admired by all for his skillfulness. |他技术精湛，赢得众人交口

His performance tonight speaks volumes for his skillfulness. |他今晚的表现充分说明他技巧之熟练。

<43>competent

a. 有能力的；能干的；胜任的

He's not competent to look after young children. |他不太会照管孩子。My secretary is perfectly competent, but she doesn't have much patience.我的秘书完全能够胜任工作，只是耐心不够。

<44>fulfill

vt. 履行；执行

fulfill an obligation |履行义务

|A nurse has many duties to fulfill in caring for the sick. |护士在护理病人时要履行许多职责。

实现；完成

I have fulfilled many of my youthful aims. |我已实现了我年轻时的许多目标。

Visiting Disneyland has fulfilled a boyhood dream. |游玩迪斯尼实现了他儿时的梦想。

<45>capital

n. 资本；资金

Our return on capital has more than doubled since 2000. |2000年以来, 我们的投资收益翻了一番还多。

Since the stock market crash, companies have been trying to raise capital by selling new stock. |股市崩溃以来，不少公司一直在设法通过销售新股筹集资金。

<46>fall behind

落在...后面

She hurt her ankle and fell behind the others. |她的脚踝受伤了，所以落在了其他人后面。

His mother was chatting and didn't notice that he had fallen behind. |他妈妈一直在和别人聊天，都没发现他落在了后面。

<47>result in

导致；造成...的结果

Our efforts resulted in success. |我们的努力取得了成功。

If left untreated, the condition will eventually result in blindness. |这种情况如果不治疗，最终会导致失明。

<48>run out

用完；耗尽

Their supplies soon ran out. |他们的供给很快就用完了。

We must act quickly because time is running out. |时间所剩无几，我们得赶快行动。

2.用完；耗尽

We can see that the manager is running out of his patience. |我们可以看出，经理快没耐心了。

The printer has run out of paper. |打印机的纸用完了。

<49>in a rush in a hurry

匆忙地

I'm in such a rush that I can't stop. |我忙得手脚不闲，停不下来。Everybody is always in a rush to get ready in the mornings. |早上，每个人的准备工作都总是很匆忙的。

|<50>go with

同时发生；伴随

Money does not always go with happiness. |有钱并不一定就幸福。Responsibility goes with becoming a father. |做父亲就得有责任。

<51>work at致力于；从事

I've been working at my essay all day. |我整天都在不停地写文章。

You will have to work at the weak points in your English if you want to pass the examination. |你如果想通过考试，就得在你英语薄弱的环节上下功夫。

<52>in person|doing sth. by oneself |亲身；亲自

The winner will be there in person to collect the prize. |获胜者将亲自去那里领奖。

I had seen her before on TV, but she looked very different when I met her in person. |我以前在电视上见过她，但当面相见，她却看上去很不一样。

<53>due to

because of sth. |由于

His lateness was due to the very heavy traffic on the way. |他迟到是因为路上车辆太多。

His hunger was due to not eating for the entire day. |他整天没吃东西，因此感到饿。

<54>pour into大量投入（精力或金钱等）

They've poured thousands of dollars into developing the business. |他们已投入数千美元开展业务。

A lot of his time was poured into his research. 他的很多时间用在了研究上。