赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit109

 　　chamber¹

　　n.房间；会议厅

　　The princess retired² to her chamber after the ball.

　　舞会完毕后，公主回到她的房间。

　　Mr. Evans left the council chamber shortly after the meeting started.

　　伊凡斯先生在大会开始后没多久就离开会议厅了。

　　sympathy

　　n.慰问，同情；同感，共鸣

　　My teacher wrote me a letter of sympathy after my father passed away.

　　我父亲过世后，老师便写了一封慰问信给我。

　　I have no sympathy for someone so rude.

　　我一点也不同情那么无礼的家伙。

　　sympathetic

　　a.同情的，怜悯的

　　The rich man is not sympathetic to the poor.=The rich man doesn't sympathize with the poor.=The rich man has no sympathy for the poor.

　　这个有钱人对穷困的人没有同情心。

　　absorb

　　vt.吸收；理解

　　Sponges are used to absorb liquids.

　　海绵可用来吸收液体。

　　I couldn't absorb everything I read.

　　所有读过的东西我并非都能吸收。

　　I was so absorbed in my work that I didn't hear you calling me.=I was so buried in my work that I didn't hear you calling me.

　　我太投入工作，因此没听到你在叫我。

　　attach

　　vt.系住；连接（与介词to并用)

　　Tom attached the string to his kite.

　　汤姆把绳子绑在风筝上。

　　Don't attach too much importance to what that guy said.

　　别把那家伙所说的话看得太重要。

　　The little boy was very much attached to his mother.

　　小男孩黏着妈妈不放。

　　He finds himself attached to the girl he met yesterday.

　　他发现自己爱上了他昨天见到的那位女孩子。

　　attachment³

　　n.附件，爱慕

　　This vacuum cleaner comes with various cleaning attachments⁴.

　　这个真空吸尘器附有各种清洁配件。

　　Maternal⁵ love nurtures⁶ a child's attachment to his or her mother.

　　母爱可孕育孩子对母亲的依恋。

　　deserve

　　vt.应得

　　Those who make more money deserve to pay higher taxes.

　　钱赚得较多的人理当付较多的税。

　　Such a hardworking man really deserves a raise.

　　这么努力工作的人值得加薪。

　　spiritual

　　a.精神上的；心灵上的

　　I enjoy listening to music because it can fill up my spiritual emptiness.

　　我喜欢听音乐，因为音乐能填补我心灵的空虚。

　　The man was in spiritual torment⁷ after the incident.

　　事件发生后，这名男子心灵上很痛苦。

　　definite

　　a.明确的，肯定的

　　The politician failed to give definite answers to many questions the press raised.

　　对于媒体提出的诸多问题，该政治人物均未给予明确答复。

　　definitely

　　adv.绝对，非常

　　You're definitely right. I totally agree with you.

　　你说的非常对。我完全同意你。

1 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

2 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

3 attachment   

n.附属物，附件；依恋；依附

参考例句：

• She has a great attachment to her sister.她十分依恋她的姐姐。
• She's on attachment to the Ministry of Defense.她现在隶属于国防部。

4 attachments   

n.（用电子邮件发送的）附件( attachment的名词复数 )；附着；连接；附属物

参考例句：

• The vacuum cleaner has four different attachments. 吸尘器有四个不同的附件。
• It's an electric drill with a range of different attachments. 这是一个带有各种配件的电钻。

5 maternal   

adj.母亲的，母亲般的，母系的，母方的

参考例句：

• He is my maternal uncle.他是我舅舅。
• The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。

6 nurtures   

教养，培育( nurture的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Art nurtures the soul and culture cultivates the mind. 艺术滋润心灵，文化陶冶情操。
• Who first loves and nurtures us and takes care of every need. 是谁先爱上我们，哺育我们，对我们无微不至。

7 torment   

n.折磨；令人痛苦的东西(人)；vt.折磨；纠缠

参考例句：

• He has never suffered the torment of rejection.他从未经受过遭人拒绝的痛苦。
• Now nothing aggravates me more than when people torment each other.没有什么东西比人们的互相折磨更使我愤怒。