笃学奖-Topic7-A10440-甘比精读

1.Defile  to make something less pure and good, especially by showing no respect

玷污;污染;弄脏;纵列行进;

n.峡谷,隘路;

I felt defiled by the filth.我觉得这些脏话玷污了我。

同义contaminate, degrade

2. 1.Outpost前哨;警戒部队;前哨基地;边区村落;

a group of buildings in a place far from cities or towns, usually established as a military camp or a place for trade

You'd better get petrol here where we're going is the last outpost of civilization.

3. Homage敬意;效忠;顺从

something you do to show respect for someone or something you think is important

I had a theoretical reverence and homage for beauty, elegance, gallantry, fascination.

我对于美、文雅、勇敢、魅力,抱有一种理论上的崇敬。

Mary came to pay homage to the dead man.

4.Exodus离去,退出;古代以色列人出埃及;

5. glean捡拾落穗;

 to collect grain that has been left behind after the crops have been cut

to find out information slowly and with difficulty

glean sth from sb/sth

Additional information was gleaned from other sources.

glean a few bits of information from overhearing various conversations从旁边听到的谈话中搜集点滴信息

6. Sift筛分;精选;撒;审查;似glean

It's hard to sift out the truth from the lies in this case.

7. In the heyday of

Someone's heyday is the time when they are most powerful, successful, or popular.

Steam railways had their heyday in the 19th century.19世纪是蒸汽机车的全盛时期.

She was a great singer in her heyday.

8 .Reach the climax

a thrilling climax to the game

The festival reaches its climax with the traditional boat-burning ceremony.

9. Dogmatic

(disapproving) being certain that your beliefs are right and that others should accept them, without paying attention to evidence or other opinions自以为是的;教条的;武断的

a dogmatic approach

There is a danger of becoming too dogmatic about teaching methods.

在教学方法上存在着过分教条主义的危险。

10.Havoc   

play havoc with  造成严重破坏

Rioters caused havoc in the centre of the town.

Drug addiction soon played havoc with his career...

The weather played havoc with airline schedules..

11. dwarf

If one person or thing is dwarfed by another, the second is so much bigger than the first that it makes them look very small.

His figure is dwarfed by the huge red McDonald's sign...

The US air travel market dwarfs that of Britain.

与美国航空旅行市场比起来,英国的航空旅行市场相形见绌。

41.Peremptorily

(formal) in a way that allows no discussion or refusal专横地;霸道地;不容商量地

She peremptorily rejected the request.


42.Scrupulously

~ (in sth/in doing sth) careful to be honest and do what is right审慎正直的;恪守道德规范的

He was scrupulous in all his business dealings.

You must be scrupulous about hygiene when you're preparing a baby's feed.

给婴儿准备食物时,对卫生丝毫马虎不得。  反译

scrupulous attention to detail体察入微

46.Precede在…之前发生或出现,先于

the years preceding the war

His resignation was preceded by weeks of speculation.

She preceded me in the job.她是我这工作的前任。

46.Prodigious  very large or great in a surprising or impressive way

prodigious amounts/quantities of sth

Some galaxies seem to release prodigious amounts of energy.

the artist's prodigious output

58. Despoil    plunder

~ sth (of sth) (literary) to steal sth valuable from a place; to make a place less attractive by damaging or destroying it抢劫;掠夺;蹂躏;破坏

...a landscape despoiled by coal-mining and heavy industry.遭到煤矿开采和重工业破坏的景观

59.Granary粮仓,谷仓

The granaries containing last year's harvest are nearly empty.

贮存去年收割的粮食的谷仓几乎空了。

(英国指面包)全麦的In Britain, Granary bread contains whole grains of wheat.





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