300_人教版高中英语-选修11

300. ethos

(集体、社团、文化的)气质、道德观、思想或信仰

🎤例句
  • a community in which people lived according to an ethos of sharing and caring (人们本着分享与关爱精神来生活的社区)
🤔同义词
  • temperament, national spirit (民族精神;气质;社会思潮)

301. minefield

布雷区;充满隐伏危险的事物或场合

🎤例句
  • They realized they had wandered into a minefield. (他们意识到自己闯入雷区了。)

  • Choosing the right school can be a bit of a minefield. (要选出合适的学校有时有点困难。)

🤔同义词
  • mining area (布雷区;充满隐伏危险的事物)

302. unwary

无警惕的,易受欺骗的

🎤例句
  • With its quicksands the river usually drowns a few unwary visitors every season. (这条有流沙的河每季都要淹死一些不警觉的游客。)
🤔同义词
  • careless, sloppy (粗心的;不警惕的;不谨慎的)

303. autobiography

自传

🎤例句
  • He published his autobiography last autumn. (他去年秋天出版了他的自传。)
🤔同义词
  • memoir (自传;自传文学)

304. build on

建立于

🎤例句
  • This study builds on earlier work. (这项研究是在以往工作的基础上进行的。)
🤔同义词
  • sponge on, look to sb for sth (依赖,依靠…;建立于;把…建立于…;以…为基础)

305. prosperous

成功的,繁荣的,兴旺的

🤩短语
  • thriving and prosperous (繁荣昌盛)
🎤例句
  • a prosperous landowner (富裕的土地拥有者)
🤔同义词
  • flourishing, booming (繁荣的;兴旺的)

306. to tell you the truth

老实说(插入语)

🎤例句
  • To tell the truth, I fell asleep in the middle of her talk. (说实话,我在她讲话过程中睡着了。)
🤔同义词
  • speak the truth, to be frank (说实话;老实告诉你)

307. tempt

诱惑,引诱

🎤例句
  • We dare not tempt them with weakness. (我们不敢以示弱去诱惑他们。)

  • That must tempt them to say yes to ideas of dubious originality. (这必将诱惑他们对那些值得怀疑的原创专利说“是”。)

  • This is not always true, as two incomes often tempt or require you to spend more, resulting in less savings. (这并不总是正确的,因为两笔收入经常诱惑或需要你花费更多,而导致节省更少。)

🤔同义词
  • attract, produce, cause, operate, occasion (诱惑;引起;冒…的风险;使感兴趣)

308. appendix

附录,附言

🤩短语
  • vermiform appendix (n. 阑尾;蚓突)
🎤例句
  • See Appendix 2.6. (见附录2.6。)
🤔同义词
  • supplement, Appendix Appx ([图情]附录;阑尾;附加物)

309. roundabout

迂回的;委婉的

🤩短语
  • in a roundabout way (以一种转弯抹角的方式)
🎤例句
  • The bus took a very long and roundabout route. (公共汽车路线很长,绕着圈子走。)

  • It was a roundabout way of telling us to leave. (这是转弯抹角地要我们走。)

🤔同义词
  • indirect, derious (迂回的,绕道的;圆滚滚的)