精读|中东政治历史 Day 2

Part One 笔记补充

1. map of Middle East

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Location of Middle East

2. scarcely 几乎不，好容易才，简直没有

adv.

1 by a small margin

had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open

synonymous： barely, hardly, just, scarce

2 almost not

they scarcely ever used the emergency generator

synonymous： hardly

1 a. 几乎没有…

(

→ hardly【同义字】)

I can ~ hear him.

我几乎听不见他说的话。

There was ~ anything left to eat.

几乎没有剩下什么可吃的东西

b. 一定不…; 不可能…

He is ~ the right person for the job.

他根本不适合担任这工作

2 勉强,好不容易

S~ twenty people were present.

勉强有二十位出席

scarcely ever

很少…

I ~ ever smoke.

我很少抽烟

scarcely﹍when[before]﹍

一 … 就

(cf. hardly

﹍ when[before])

He had ~ begun his speech when the audience began to heckle him.

他一开始演讲,听众就开始 (用难题) 诘问他

hardly: 指接近最低限度，差不多没有多余，强调困难和程度。

scarcely: 指不太充分，不太够，不足，不能令人满意，强调数量。

barely: 指仅仅够，一点不多，强调没有多余。

3. perch

vi. (鸟)飞落, 暂栖, 停留

vt. & vi. (在较高处或物体边缘)坐着; 把…置于较高或危险处

<<不及物动词>>

1 <鸟>停,歇 (在…)

A little bird ~ed on the branch.

一只小鸟停在树枝上

2 (在…) 坐下来

~ on a high stool

在高凳子上坐下来

<<及物动词>>

1 把…放在 (不稳定的 [高的,狭窄的] 地方)

She ~ed her child on the chair.

她把小孩放在椅子上

2 [~ oneself]使自己坐 (在…)

He ~ed himself [was ~ed] on a high stool.

他坐在高凳子上

4. lot

<<名词>>

1 签; 抽签

casting lots 抽签

2 a. 抽签决定

chosen by lot 用抽签来选择

b. 抽签所作的决定

3 中签

4 运气; 命运

5 相关的人; 相关的事物

placating an angry lot of tenants 抚慰一群佃农的愤怒

kids who made a noisy lot 一群吵杂的孩子

6 种类; 类型

That dog is a contented lot. 那只狗是很安份的品种

7 一批

8 a. ((口语)) 大量; 许多

is in a lot of trouble 遇到很多麻烦

made lots of new friends 交了很多新朋友

b. (作为副词时时加上 a 或用复数形)

felt a lot better 觉得好多了

ran lots faster 跑得很快

9 a. 一块地皮

b. 具特殊用途的一块地

a parking lot 停车场

c. 片厂

<<及物动词>>

lotted, lot.ting, lots

1 分配; 分摊

2 划分 (土地)

5. intercourse

n．交往，交流（尤指商务或政府机构等之间交往），性交

～ of commerce 商业往来

commercial intercourse 通商;贸易往来

6. Phoenician 腓尼基人

腓尼基古代地中海东岸的一个地区，其范围接近于如今的黎巴嫩。腓尼基人是闪米特人的一支，乃犹太人的近邻。腓尼基人善于航海与经商，在全盛期曾控制了西地中海的贸易。

Phoenicia was an ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization situated on the western, coastal part of the Fertile Crescent and centered on the coastline of modern Lebanon, Palestine, Israel and Syria. All major Phoenician cities were on the coastline of the Mediterranean, some colonies reaching the Western Mediterranean and eventually the Atlantic. It was an enterprising maritime trading culture and civilization that spread across the Mediterranean from 1500 BC to 300 BC.

map of Phoenicia

7. unintelligible 难以理解的, 不明白的

So financial firms in America must prepare to comply with a law that is partly unintelligible and partly unknowable.

所以美国各大金融公司必须要时刻准备应对一项法律"，而该法律某种程度上既令人难以理解又令人难以琢磨。

8. keen

eager: 侧重于急于成功的迫切心情。

keen: 强调因兴趣强烈或欲望而急于做某事。

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