自考高级英语Lesson Ten The Tenth Man.ppt

And a sense of grievance nagged at his mind when the tenth man had drawn。。。 grievance n. a report or cause for complaint 抱怨，牢骚 She has a very real grievance against the hospital, since the operation which ruined her health. 她对医院有满腹牢骚，因为手术毁了她的健康。 nag at be a constant source of unease or irritation to 不断地挑剔,恼人，使苦恼不己 The debt nagged at his conscience. 债务让他的良心痛苦不己。 His wife nagged at him all day long. 他妻子整天唠唠叨叨责备他. The noise kept nagging at me. 噪音使我很恼火. 。。。he held out the slip of paper and they all watched him with compassionate curiosity. compassionate adj. showing or feeling compassion 显示同情心的，感觉怜悯的 Were compassionate for the refugees. 我们对难民表示同情。 compassion n. pity 同情，怜悯 We gave the money to the beggar out of compassion . 我们出于同情给乞丐一些钱。 narrow limit ， or restrict 限制 The detectives narrowed the search to just three suspects. 侦探将调查对象限制到三个嫌犯。decrease 缩小 The gap between the rich and the poor should be narrowed. 贫富的差距应该缩小。 I never consented to the draw. consent to : give agreement or permission 同意,允许 Her parents didnt consent to the marriage. 她的父母不在同意这桩婚事. Every one consented to the advice. 每个人都同意此建议. We consented to a temporary agreement. 我们达成临时协议。 by common consent 经一致同意。 implore ： beg urgently ； beseech 恳求 I implored your forgiveness. 我恳求你宽恕我。 She implored him for mercy. 她恳求他宽容她。 We implored him to stay on. 我们恳求他再呆下去。 。。。sums up a nation‘s character forever。。。 sum up : express briefly , form a judgment 总结 At the end of the class , the teacher summed up the key points . 快下课时,老师把重点进行了总结. He summed up the situation here quickly. 他很快就认清了这里的形势. 。。。Who happens to share the table with him. happen to : chance , have the fortune 碰巧 I happened to meet him in the street yesterday. 昨天我碰巧在街上遇到他. She happened to go shopping when I visited her. 我去看她时碰巧她去买东西了. They had no means of comparison and assumed ... who happens to share the table with him. 这句话可以分为一个主句和一个比较状语从句两部分。主句中had no means of comparison 和assumed that...是并列关系。状语从句的主语为traveler, stepping off th