Vocabulary
Structure
Key Words andExpressions
flag down
挥手[打信号]使（车辆或驾驶者）停下cause(a vehicle or its driver) to stop by waving at the driver
A police flagged down the car when he saw it speeding警察示意超速的车停下。
Let’s flag down a cab, it’sstarting to rain.叫辆出租车吧，天要下雨了。
rob
V. 抢劫;抢夺;打劫If someone is robbed, they have money or property stolen from them.
Mrs Yacoub was robbed of her £3,000 designer watch at her West Londonhome...
雅各布夫人那块价值3,000英镑的名牌手表在西伦敦的家中被人抢走了。
夺走;剥夺If someone is robbed of something that they deserve, have, or need, it is taken away from them.
When Miles Davis died,jazz was robbed of its most distinctive voice...
随着迈尔斯·戴维斯的去世，爵士乐界失去了其最与众不同的声音。
CF: rob and steal.
If someone robs someone ora place, they take something, often violently, from that person or place without asking and without intending to give it back.
rob表示抢劫某人或某地：
They planned to rob an old widow（他们打算抢劫一位老寡妇）
They joined forces to rob a factory（他们联手抢劫了一家工厂）。
You can also say that someone robs you ofsomething when referring to what has been taken. rob也可以表示从某人身上抢走某物：
The two men were robbed of more than £700（这两个男人被抢走了700多英镑）。
If someone steals something,for example, money or a car, they take it without asking and without intending to give it back. steal表示偷窃：
My car was stolen on Friday evening（星期五晚上我的汽车被偷了）。注意不能说steal someone。
addict
N 吸毒成瘾者；瘾君子An addict is someone who takes harmful drugs and cannot stop taking them.
He's only 24 years old and a drug addict.他只有24岁，却是个瘾君子。
N 对…入迷的人;…迷If you say that someone is an addict, you mean that they like a particular activity very much and spend as much time doing it as they can.
She is a TV addictand watches as much as she can.她是个电视迷，看起电视来没完没了。
risk
N风险;危险If there is a risk ofsomething unpleasant, thereis a possibility that it will happen.
Obesity is a major risk factor in many diseases.肥胖是引发多种疾病的重要因素。
N 有风险的事If something that you do is a risk, it might have unpleasant orundesirable results.
This was one risk that paid off. 这是一个成功的冒险。
冒险行为;威胁;隐患;危险的人If you say that something or someone is a risk, you mean they are likely to cause harm.
He was not seen as a risk to national security. 人们不认为他是威胁国家安全的危险分子。
V 冒着（失去生命等）的危险If you risk your life or something else important, you behave in away that might result in it being lost or harmed.
He risked his life to save a drowning child from the river.他冒着生命危险去帮助一个落水的孩子。
When young students start smoking for fun,they don’t realize that they are risking their health.当年轻学生开始学着抽烟取乐时，他们并没有意识到是这拿健康冒险。
stranded
adj. 处于困境的
They remain stranded in freezing weatherand rapidly worsening condition.他们仍然被困者，天气严寒，情况迅速恶化
bother
V. 操心；费力；麻烦If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother withit, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it isunnecessary or because you are too lazy.
Lots of people don't bother to go througha marriage ceremony these days...如今很多人不再费心思举行婚礼。
V（使）烦恼；（使）担忧；（使）不安 If something bothers you, or if you bother about it, it worries, annoys, or upsets you.
It bothered me that boys weren't interested in me...男孩子们对我不感兴趣令我很烦恼。
wonder
V. 感到疑惑;纳闷儿;想弄明白If you wonder about something, you think about it, either becauseit interests you and you want to know more about it, or because you are worriedor suspicious about it.
I wondered what that noise was... 我纳闷儿那是什么声音。
depend on
1. V. 取决(于);有赖(于) If you say that onething depends on another, you mean that the first thing will be affected ordetermined by the second.
How much it costs depends upon how much you buy. 价钱取决于你买多买少。
rely
V. 依赖;依靠If you rely on someoneor something, you need them and depend on them in order to live or workproperly.
They relied heavily on the advice oftheir professional advisers...他们非常依赖职业咨询师提供的建议。
journey
V.旅行If you journey somewhere, you travel there.
She has journeyed on horseback throughAfrica and Turkey.她骑马游历了非洲和土耳其。
shelter
v. 为(受到警察或其他人追捕的人)提供避难所;窝藏;庇护If you shelter someone,usually someone who is being hunted by police or other people, you provide themwith a place to stay or live.
A neighbor sheltered the boy for seven days.一个邻居收留了这个男孩在他家藏了 7 天。
intrigue
V. (尤指奇怪的事物)迷住，激起…的好奇心If something, especially something strange, intrigues you, itinterests you and you want to know more about it.
The novelty of the situation intrigued him. 周围环境的独具一格令他着迷。
display
V. 展示;展览;陈列If you display something that you want people to see, you put it ina particular place, so that people can see it easily.
The exhibition gives local artists anopportunity to display their works of creation.展览使当地艺术家们有机会展示他们自创作品。
v. 展现;展示If you display something, you show it to people.
She displayed her wound to the twelvegentlemen of the jury...她给陪审团的 12 位男士看了她的伤口。
v. 显示，显露，表现(特性或情感) If you display a characteristic, quality, or emotion, you behavein a way which shows that you have it.
He has displayed remarkable courage inhis efforts to reform the party.在政党改革中，他表现出了非凡的勇气。
mouth
v. 不出声地说;用口型默示If you mouth something, you form words with your lips withoutmaking any sound.
'It's for you,' he mouthed.他用口型示意：“这是给你的。”
watch out for
密切注意;戒备;提防 If you watch for something or watch out for it, you pay attention so that you notice it, either because you do not want to miss it or because you want to avoid it.
We'll be watching for any developments...我们会密切注意事情的任何进展。
vague
adj. （文字或言语）含糊的，不明确的，不清楚的 If something written or spoken is vague, it does not explain or express things clearly.
The description was pretty vague.描述相当模糊。
adj. （记忆或想法）模糊的，不清晰的If you have a vague memory or idea of something, the memory or idea is not clear.
Waite's memory of that first meeting was vague.韦特对第一次见面的记忆很模糊。
drop
v. 中途放下（某人）;中途卸下（某物）If you drop or drop off someone or something somewhere, you takethem somewhere and leave them there, usually in a car or other vehicle.
He dropped me outside the hotel...他把我送到了酒店。
pick up
（通常指开车）接载，取走 When you pickup someone or something that is waiting to be collected, you go to the placewhere they are and take them away, often in a car.
I’ll pick you up at the station when thetrain arrives.火车到达时，我在车站接你。
pull over
把（车）停靠在路边drive to the side of the road and stop one’s car
The policeman signaled to him to pullover to see if he was drunk-driving.警察示意他把车停靠路边检查是否酒驾。
capacity
N 能力;才能 Your capacity for something is your ability to do it, or the amount of it that you are able to do.
Our capacity for giving care, love andattention is limited...我们能够给予的关怀、关爱和关注是有限的。
stamp
v. 盖(章);打(戳记) If you stamp a mark or word on an object, you press the mark orword onto the object using a stamp or other device.
Please wait here in line to have yourpassport stamped.请排队等待护照盖章。
style
N 行为方式;作风;风格The style of something is the general way in which it is done or presented, which often shows the attitudes of the people involved.
Our children's different needs andlearning styles created many problems...孩子们不同的需求和学习方式给我们带来了许多问题。
grateful
adj. 感激的；表示感谢的 If you are grateful for something that someone has given you or done for you, you have warm, friendly feelings towards them and wish to thank them.
I should like to extend my grateful thanks to all the volunteers.我想对所有的志愿者致以衷心的谢意。
I am extremely grateful to all the teachers for their help. 我想对所有的帮助过我的老师致以衷心的谢意。
scold
V.训斥;责骂 If you scold someone, you speak angrily to them because they have done something wrong.
If he finds out, he'll scold me...如果他知道了，肯定会责骂我的。
bunch
N 一伙，一群（人）A bunch of people is a group of people who share one or more characteristics or who are doing something together.
The people that I work with are a great bunch..我的同事是很棒的一群人。。
一束（花）A bunch of flowers
一串（香蕉或葡萄）A bunch of bananas or grapes
一串（钥匙）A bunch of keys
expose
V.使暴露于（险境）;使遭受（危险或不快）If someone is exposed to something dangerous or unpleasant, they are put in a situation in which it might affect them.
A wise mother never exposes her childrento the slightest possibility of danger.明智的母亲决不会让她的孩子置身于一丁点儿危险之中。
V. 使受…的影响(或熏陶);使接触 If someone is exposed to an idea or feeling, usually a new one,they are given experience of it, or introduced to it.
...local people who've not been exposed to glimpses of Western life before...过去丝毫未曾见识过西方生活的当地人
have…in mind
考虑;打算 If you have something in mind, you are considering it as an intention to do something.
Camping in summer is just what I have in mind now.我现在只想去夏日野营。
attentive
adj.注意的；专心的；留意的 If you are attentive, you are paying close attention to what is being said or done.
The vast majority of the attentiveaudience applauded these sentiments...大多数聚精会神听讲的观众都对这些观点表示赞赏。
renew
V.重新开始;更新 If you renew an activity, you begin it again.
He believes the peace talks will be renewed soon. 他相信和平谈判不久将会重新开始。
V.使（受到损毁或丢失后)重获新生 You can say that something is renewed when it grows again or is replaced after it has been destroyed or lost.
Cells are being constantly renewed. 细胞不断再生。
help out
帮助…做事;借钱给… If you help someone out, you vie help (to sb.) at a time of need or by lending them some money.
I help her out when she became ill.我在她生病时帮着做些工作。