1. sketch vt 草拟;速写;简略地描述,一般指快速地勾勒或概略地叙述。
eg. Sketch out what you intend to do.
简略的描述一下你打算做什么。
eg. At the meeting he give a sketch of recent happenings. 在会上他简述了最近发生的事件。
2. describe : 侧重描述细节,给读者或听众提供清晰的视觉图像。
3. represent: 指有代表性或象征性地描述或讲述。
eg. There pictures represent Japanese landscapes at all seasons of the year.
这些画描绘日本一年四季的风景。
4. picture: 着重能够栩栩如生地把事务或场景描绘出来。
eg. The artist used red and orange to picture the sunset. 那位画家用红色和橙色画落日。
5. turning point : 转折点;转机
eg. It was a turning point in his career.
这是他事业上的转折点。
6. give up 放弃;抛弃
eg. She doesn't give up easily.
她做任何事情都不轻言放弃。
7. give in: 屈服,让步(和give up 近似)
eg. She 's a brave player, she never givers in. 她是一个勇敢的选手,从不屈服。
8.promising adj. 有希望的;有前途的
eg. The newspapers described her as a promising young singer.
报纸上称她是大有前途的年轻歌手。
eg. The results of the experiments are very promising. 实验的结果充满了希望。
9. sympathetic adj. 同情的;共鸣的;赞同的
eg. She was sympathetic to my ideas.
10. disapprove v. 不赞成
eg. Non-smokers often disapprove of smoking in public.
不吸烟的人往往不赞成别人在公共场合吸烟。
disapproval n. 不赞成
反义词:approve 批准,赞成
eg. Do you approve of her choice?
你赞成她的选择吗?
11. dis —前缀:表示否定意义
12. profession n. 职业
eg. He is a doctor by profession.
他的职业是医生。
professional adj. 职业的,专业的
eg. He i a peofessional journalist.
他是一位专门的新闻从业人员。
13. understandable adj. 可理解的
eg. It is understandable that he is angry.
他生气是可以理解的。
14. in view of 由......看来;考虑到
eg. In view of this , we will start earlier.
考虑到这点,我们将提早开始。
15. as a result of... 作为...... 的结果
eg. The party tonight is beautiful as a result of you. 今天的晚会因为有你而美丽。
16. result in ... 导致,结果是......
17. result from 起因于
eg. Success results from hard work.
成功来自于努力的工作。
eg. His illness resulted from bad food.
他的病是由于吃了变质的食物所致。
18. as a result: 结果......(作状语) 相当于so,therefore,ect.,常用语句首,也可以用于句末,表示因果关系。亦可作插入语。
19. insist v. 坚持;坚决主张;insist 引导的宾语从句中要用虚拟语气,宾语从句常用“(should) + 动词原形”
eg. I insist that she (should) do her work alone. 我坚持要她自己完成工作。
20. instead of ... 代替;而不是......
eg. I gave him advice instead of money.
我给他建议(忠告),而不是钱。
21. spend sometime in doing sth... 做某事花费了一些时间
eg. I spend 1 hour finishing my homework.
我花了一个小时做完了作业。
spend sometime on sth. 花费时间做某事
eg. Mary spent a lot of time on TV.
玛丽花了大量的时间看电视。
22. meet with 碰见,遇见;符合
eg. No matter what difficulty you will meet with, carry out your plan.
不管遇到什么困难,你都要执行计划。
23.severe adj. 严厉的;严重的;严格的
eg. The bad harvest led to severe food shortage.
23. 句型:sb feels it one's duty to do sth. = it's one's duty to do sth.
某人感到自己有责任做某事
eg. I feel it my duty to be a responsible monitor . 我觉得有责任当个负责任的班长。
eg. It is John's duty to clean the classroom today. 约翰今天负责打扫教室。
24. think of as ... 把.......看作是........
eg. He speaks English so well that he is thought of as a native speaker.
他将英语讲得很好,大家以为他是个讲地道英语的人。
25. ambition n. 雄心;抱负
eg. You will achieve your ambition if you work hard. 如果你努力,你的抱负是可以实现。
ambitious adj. 有雄心的,野心勃勃的,有抱负的
eg. Mr.Lin is an ambitious businessman.
林先生是一个有雄心的生意人。
26. quit v. 离开;退出;辞职
27. used to do sth. 过去常常
eg. I used to get up early and take an hour's walk before breakfast.
我过去常常很早起床并在早餐前散步一个小时。
28. get used to doing sth. 习惯于
eg. He is used to eating out all the time.
他已经习惯在外面吃饭了。
29. distract v. 分心;困扰
eg. Sadness distracted him . 悲伤使他极度不安。
distraction n. 分心,困扰,干扰
30. hasty adj. 匆匆的,轻率的,急忙的
haste n. 急速,急忙
eg. The more haste , the less speed.
欲速则不达

31. resign v. 辞职;放弃
resign from 辞职
