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Part One 句法词汇
1. strip
n.
a relatively long narrow piece of something
# he felt a flat strip of muscle
v.
(1) take off or remove
# strip a wall of its wallpaper
Synonyms: dismantle
Type of:remove, take, take away, withdraw
(2) ~ sb of sth to take away property or honours from sb, as a punishment 剥夺；褫夺
# He was disgraced and stripped of his title. 他名誉扫地，被取消了头衔。
strip sth↔a'way
1 to remove a layer from sth 剥去；剥下；揭去
# First, you need to strip away all the old plaster. 首先，你得把原来的灰泥全部刮掉。
2 to remove anything that is not true or necessary 揭去，揭穿，清除（虚假或不必要的东西）
# The movie aims to strip away the lies surrounding Kennedy's life.这部电影旨在揭穿有关肯尼迪生平的种种谎言。
2. marvel
~ (at sth) to be very surprised or impressed by sth 感到惊奇；大为赞叹
# Everyone marvelled at his courage. 人人对他的勇气都惊叹不已。
3. recall
[U] the ability to remember sth that you have learned or sth that has happened in the past 记忆力；记性
# She has amazing powers of recall. 她有惊人的记忆力。
to have instant recall (= to be able to remember sth immediately) 有快速记忆的能力
to have total recall (= to be able to remember all the details of sth) 记得所有细节
4. hamper
v.
prevent the progress or free movement of
# Any injunction striking down parts of its pretrial release system would hamper these ongoing reforms, county lawyers argued.
Synonyms:cramp, halter, strangle
n.
(1)a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
Synonyms:bond, shackle, trammel
(2)a basket usually with a cover
a picnic hamper 野餐篮
5. I lost the conviction that lights would always turn green for me.
6. apprehension
Apprehension is fear or anxiety about something – you might feel apprehension about an upcoming test. Apprehension is also the capture of a criminal, when they get apprehended, or caught. It can mean “understand an idea” too.
(1)= anxiety, alarm, concern, dread, fear, foreboding, suspicion, trepidation, worry
# There is growing apprehension that fighting will begin again.人们愈来愈担心会重开战火。
He watched the election results with some apprehension. 他不无忧虑地观察选举结果。
(2)逮捕，拘押 = arrest, capture, catching, seizure, taking
7. dismal fact
dismal= gloomy, bleak, cheerless, dark, depressing, discouraging, dreary, forlorn, sombre, wretched
Dismal comes from the Latin dies mali which means "bad days." There is a hopelessness implied in the word. If you fell on the way to school and cut your knee, it would be bad, but not dismal. If you fell into a giant mud puddle and had to wear dirty, crusty clothes until you got home, it might make the school day seem pretty dismal.
# dismal conditions/ surroundings/ weather 悲惨的状况；凄凉的环境；阴沉的天气
# Their recent attempt to increase sales has been a dismal failure. 他们最近努力提高销售量，全是白费劲。
8. with fresh footage spliced in for every screening
9. counting up the sins of commission and omission
comission
the act of committing a crime
The word commission has several very different meanings, but in its most basic meaning, commission is the act of passing a responsibility to someone else. If you receive a government commission, that means you have been assigned a task by the government.Another common meaning of commission is the amount of money an employee earns when they sell something: In addition to his salary, he gets a 1% commission on each sale. A commission is also an order for someone to do something and get paid: The artist received a commission for a new painting to hang in the building lobby. And a commission is a high-ranking position in the armed forces, or a special committee that controls or investigates something.
omission v. omit
leaving out or passing over something
= exclusion, failure, lack, neglect, oversight
Omissions can be purposeful or a result of neglect.
# Everyone was surprised at her omission from the squad.她未列入该编组使大家感到惊讶。
10. sloth 树懒；懒惰
a disinclination(reluctance) to work or exert yourself
If you lounge around in your bathrobe watching TV and ordering out for pizza, you'll get called a sloth.Sloth has meant "lazy person" or "laziness" for a long time. In the Catholic Churchslothwas categorized as one of the seven deadly sins.
11. guise VS disguise
No doubt you’ve noticed the similarity between guise and disguise. Both involve the art of deception: it’s the methods that differ.Guise is about trying on new attitudes and mannerisms, such as speaking and acting in the guise of a native in a place where you are actually a tourist. Disguise involves hiding your real identity, disappearing in the new role.
# Owens said he did not want President Trump to deflect an investigation under the guise of respecting son’s sacrifice.
disguise
A disguise is something you put on so no one recognizes you. Most of the time we think of a disguise as something you wear, but you can also disguise your feelings.
# She disguised herself as a boy. 她女扮男装。
# It was a thinly disguised attack on the President. 明眼人一下就能看出这是在攻击总统。
# The star travelled in disguise. 这位明星化了装去旅行。
12. liaison
a channel for communication between groups
# We work in close liaison with the police.我们与警方密切配合。
liasion officer 联络人
13. call forth
to produce a particular reaction 引起；使产生
# His speech called forth an angry response. 他的发言引起了一阵愤怒。
14. At the mercy ofthose we cannot but hold in contempt.
# Politicians seem to be generally held in contempt by ordinary people.一般百姓似乎普遍看不起从政者。
15. despise
= look down on, abhor, detest, loathe, revile, scorn
16. consort
v.厮混
# He is known to have consorted with prostitutes.
n. （统治者的）配偶 一组（古乐器）；一组（演奏几世纪前音乐的乐师）
17. compulsion
n.
(1) 强迫，强制
# You are under no compulsion to pay immediately.没有人强迫你立刻付款。
There are no compulsions on students to attend classes.没有强求学生上课。
(2)（尤指做不道德、愚蠢或危险事的）强烈欲望，冲动
# He felt a great compulsion to tell her everything.
他感到一阵强烈的冲动，想要把一切都告诉她。
18. ludicrous
a. unreasonable; that you cannot take seriously
a ludicrous suggestion 荒谬的建议
19. arouses such disproportionate guilt
= unequal, excessive, inordinate, out of proportion, unbalanced, uneven, unreasonable
# The area contains a disproportionate number of young middle-class families.
此地年轻的中产阶级家庭特别多。
20. specter
(1)幽灵; 鬼怪
(2) 缠绕心头的恐惧; 凶兆
# the terrible specter of nuclear war 萦绕心头的对核战争的恐惧