UnitSentences.pptVIP

Unit 2 Sentences nceonline glossary online corpus: http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/ Sth. Sb. XX Sth. ? something Sb. ? somebody Avoid using “xx”. summer vacation vacation =/= vocation desert dessert X There are people work there. X It is a teacher stands there. 1. takeout [c] = takeaway (Bri. E) takeout n. / adj. buzz(vi) with Sbs head/mind is buzzing (with sth): cannt stop thinking about sth. 4. discomfort usually n. He is aware of the general discomfort his presence has caused. Expecting a handshake, Jenny was discomfited by his kiss. 7. lade, laded, laden laden: vt. 装载(lade的过去分词) adj. 1) 满载的，负载的；受压迫的 I came home laden with cardboard boxes... The following summer the peach tree was laden with fruit... ...heavily-laden mules. 2) 充满…的；饱受…的 Were so laden with guilt... Many of their heavy industries are laden with debt. 10. What struck/strikes sb. most was/is not ... It is 逗号不能连接两个完整的句子。 X What strikes me most is not..., it is ... 11. desperate 1) (因绝望而）孤注一掷的，铤而走险的，拼命的 Desperate with anxiety, Bob and Hans searched the whole house... He made a desperate attempt to hijack a plane. 他铤而走险，企图劫持一架飞机。 2) 极需要的;渴望的 (for sth. / to do sth. ) Theyd been married nearly four years and June was desperate to start a family... be ~ for money/affection 3) A desperate situation is very difficult, serious, or dangerous. ~ poverty a ~ storm The poor old man lived in ~ circumstances. 18. nicety to a nicety 精确地；细致入微地 The character of the hero is depicted to a nicety. 21. destined (adj.) [not before noun表语形容词] be ~ for sth. / to do sth. 1. She seemed destined for a long and successful career. We were destined never to meet again. 2. a flight destined for Cairo（travelling towards a particular place） 定语形容词:命中注定的 3. destined lover/profession et. [literary 文] 23. much less / still less: much less / still less: formal certainly not They did not intent even to tell the authorities about the experiments, still less seek