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15. clench : close tightly 紧紧抓住。
如: He clenched the cigar in his teeth. 他用牙齿紧紧夹住香烟。
He clenched his fists in frustrations. 他沮丧地紧握拳头。
with clenched teeth 咬紧牙关。
16. a. desists: to cease, such as from some action 停止。
如; The company was forced to desist from false advertising. 公司被迫停止虚假广告。
They desisted from evil ways. 他们停止为非作歹。
b. “ should + 不定式完成体” 在这里所表示的是一种非真实情况, 表达了作者一种遗憾的感情色彩。
如: I should have come earlier. 我本该早点来。
He should have taken my advice. 他本应接受我的建议。
17. a. neglect=negligence 疏忽
neglect : pay no attention or too little attention to 不(够)重视,注意。
如; You shouldn't neglect your health. 你不应该忽视自己的健康。
Benign neglect 善意的疏忽;total neglect 完全疏忽;parental neglect 养子不教。
b. case : the actual state of things 情况。
如; If that's the case, you'd better give it up. 如果情况确实如此, 你最好放弃。
18. go at assault ; begin or proceed vigorously 攻击,开始,进发。
如; The tow cocks are going at each other. 两个公鸡互相争斗。
The students tend to go at their studies before the examination .学生一般会在考试前才开始学习。
19. beyond reason 没有理由。 beyond : outside the limits of ……超出……范围。
如: beyond human power 超出人力所能为;beyond human endurance 让人无法忍受;
beyond description 难以形容。
20. overpower : 1) overcome (someone or something ) by superior force 压倒,制服
2) affect or impress deeply or powerfully 使……无法忍受。
be overpowered by heat (grief) 炎热(悲痛)难忍。
自考“高级英语”笔记(4)
Lesson Four:Die as u choose
1. dodge : avoid , evade or elude 逃避。
如; He was accused of dodging his taxes. 他被指控逃税。
You shouldn't dodge your responsibilities. 你不能回避责任
move aside suddenly突然闪开。
如: I dodged out of the way when he threw a chair at me. 他将椅子向我扔来的时候,我急忙闪开。
2. condemn: express an unfavorable judgment or opinion of 谴责。
如: We condemned empty talk instead of hard work.我们谴责只说空话不务实的行为。
3. to come to light : to be discovered or revealed 暴露。
如; On investigation some new facts came to light. 一经调查,一些新的事实就被暴露了。
It has now come to light that he was financially backed by some interest group.
人们刚刚得知,他受到了某个利益集团的经济支持。
4. languish : 1) become feeble ;droop ; lose liveliness or the will to do things凋萎,有气无力。
如; languish from the heat /in prison/ in his dull job 由于天气炎热/坐牢/工作乏味而萎靡不振。
2) suffer from a feeling of longing 苦思。
如; languish for some kind words/her love 苦苦期盼一些安慰的话语/她的爱。
5. Moral: the moral teaching or practical lesson continued in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
寓意。 如; There is a moral to the story. 这个故事有个寓意。
6. bizarre : unusual in appearance, style , or characters 外貌,风格或性格怪异。
如; a bizarre coincidence一次奇怪的巧合;his bizarre behavior 他怪异的行为。
7. at her own request 根据她本人的要求。
另如: He wrote this book at the request of his…… 他根据……的要求写了那本书。
8. vote on : 就……进行表决。
如: Let's vote on this issue, since we can't agree. 既然我们不能达成一致意见,就来投票表决吧。