赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit48

 　　spin

　　vt.纺纱；说（故事） vi.旋转

　　The plant has a reputation for spinning fine wool yarn¹.

　　这座工厂织的细致羊毛线相当有名。

　　The sailor spun² a story about his trip to Egypt.

　　这位水手叙述他到埃及的冒险故事。

　　The dancer spun around and around but never fell over.

　　这名舞者不停地转圈，却不会摔倒。

　　romantic

　　a.不切实际的；浪漫的 n.浪漫主义者

　　Many girls have romantic ideas about becoming a model.

　　关于做模特儿，许多女孩都有不切实际的想法。

　　swear

　　vt.发誓 vi.说脏话

　　I swear to God that I didn't take your pen!

　　我对天发誓我没拿你的笔！

　　Don't swear in front of the children.

　　不要在孩子面前说脏话。

　　Mr. Johnson was sworn in as mayor of the city yesterday.

　　强森先生昨天宣誓就任市长。

　　fan

　　n.电扇；迷

　　Turn on the fan. It is so hot in here.

　　把电扇打开。这里面好热。

　　The fans cheered the moment the singer walked onto the stage.

　　那名歌手一走上舞台，歌迷们就开始欢呼。

　　striking

　　a.明显的，醒目的

　　There is a striking difference between John and Peter in terms of personality. The former is extroverted³, whereas the latter is introverted.

　　就个性而言，约翰和彼得很明显不一样。前者外向，后者则内向。

　　parade

　　vi. n.游行

　　Those soldiers were parading in front of the presidential palace.=Those soldiers were on parade in front of the presidential palace.

　　那些士兵正在总统府前列队游行。

　　march

　　vi.前进 n.行军，行进，游行

　　Thousands of demonstrators marched toward City Hall at 2:00 yesterday afternoon.

　　昨天下午两点，数千名示威者往市政府方向前进。

　　The troops were on a long march into the mountains.

　　部队往深山长途行军。

　　kettle

　　n.(煮开水用的大）水壶

　　You call him a fatty, but you're not exactly slim yourself. That's like the pot calling the kettle black.

　　你叫他小胖，但你自己也没多瘦。那不过是五十步笑百步。

　　cigarette

　　n.香烟

　　Please put out your cigarette, sir. This is a non-smoking area.

　　先生，请把香烟熄掉。这里是禁烟区。

　　I got addicted⁴ to cigarettes while I was in college.

　　我念大学时染上烟瘾。

　　tobacco

　　n.烟草

　　The nicotine⁵ in tobacco is an addictive⁶ and harmful substance.

　　烟草内的尼古丁是种会使人上瘾且有害的物质。

1 yarn   

n.纱，纱线，纺线；奇闻漫谈，旅行轶事

参考例句：

• I stopped to have a yarn with him.我停下来跟他聊天。
• The basic structural unit of yarn is the fiber.纤维是纱的基本结构单元。

2 spun   

v.纺，杜撰，急转身

参考例句：

• His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事。
• Her skilful fingers spun the wool out to a fine thread.她那灵巧的手指把羊毛纺成了细毛线。

3 extroverted   

a.性格外向的

参考例句：

• Do you think you are introverted or extroverted? 你认为你性格内向还是外向？
• Are you introverted or extroverted? 你个性内向还是外向？ 来自轻松英语会话---联想2000词(上)

4 addicted   

adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的

参考例句：

• He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
• She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。

5 nicotine   

n.(化)尼古丁，烟碱

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。

6 addictive   

adj.(吸毒等)使成瘾的，成为习惯的

参考例句：

• The problem with video game is that they're addictive.电子游戏机的问题在于它们会使人上瘾。
• Cigarettes are highly addictive.香烟很容易使人上瘾。