Unit 18 words.pptVIP

2.patent n.专利（权），专利证 His new invention received national patent. 3.creative adj. 创造性的 create vt. creation n.创造, 创作物/品 The creations of the poets creativity n. 4. allow for 顾及，考虑到 We must allow for the train being late. You can’t make it in an hour,you must allow for the heavy traffic. 5. reject vt. 排斥/拒（refuse）；丢掉；抛弃 The congress rejected the act of sending forces.议会否决了出兵议案 We should reject old ideas but not old friends. 6. get stuck 遇到困难，陷进去 I got stuck when I was doing my maths homework. They got/was stuck in the heavy rain for two hours. 7. break away from 摆脱，脱离 The prisoner broke away from the policeman/prison. We won’t allow Taiwan to break away from the mainland our motherland. 8. otherwise adv.要不然，否则 ，在其他方面 Do it right now, ohterwise/or it will be too late. He is noisy, but otherwise a nice boy.在其他方面 He reminded me of what should otherwise have forgotten. 他提醒了我，要不然我会忘了这件事 9. connection n. 联系/结，关系， connection between sth. and sth. connection with/to sth.与…有关联 in connection with sb./sth. 与…有关联，关于 He has connections with those people. connect vt. 连接，把…联系来 ， 接通（电话/源等）(~ with/to) This road connects two cities. Connect the line to/with the TV set. Please ~ me with TsinghuaUniversity. 10. previous adj. 以前的，先的 previous to… 在…之前(before) His previous attempt failed. I have no previous experience of this kind of job. We met him a day previous to Christmas. 11. aware adj. 意识到的，知道的  be aware of 知道，意识到 He was aware that he had drunk too much. I became aware how she might feel. She wasn’t aware of the dander/snake at all. 12. trial n. 试验，审判 trial and error 反复实验， 不断摸索 The trial flight was successful. The man was on trial for killing the old man. 13. palmtop 掌上电脑  desktop 台式电脑  laptop 笔记本电脑 14. dusty adj. 满是微尘的， dust n. 微尘，尘土, 尘埃 dirt n. 污垢, 泥土 dirty adj.肮脏的, 卑鄙的 15. paste vt. =stick 粘贴 Paste the envelope up with some glue. Stick the stamp on the letter. 16. storage