最近英文課在讀Night的關係,所以做了點功課,也有看英文版的Night的同仁,或許以下資訊會對你有點幫助噢: )ˇ
←Elie Wiesel在書中正值15歲的年齡
或是想學英文~想看英文讀本的也可以來看看...目前只整理了第一章的單字XDD"因為只讀到第一章 目前~
這本書的基本設定:
• Setting
• Character List
• Conflict
• Short Plot Summary (Synopsis)
• Mood
• Themes
• Background Information - Biography
• Historical Background
Overall Analyses
• Character Analysis
• Plot Structure Analysis
• Themes-Theme Analysis
• The Meaning of the Title
故事第一章的重點整理:http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmNight11.asp
第一章的單字學習:
Night
by Elie Wiesel
-Chapter 1(P.1~P.20)
●initiation
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1. 開始,創始;開始實施 the initiation of another program 開始另一計劃的實施
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2. 入會,加入;入會儀式 initiation into a fraternity 加入兄弟會
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3. 傳授,啟蒙,入門
●divine
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2. 神授的,天賜的 People used to believe in the divine right of kings. 過去人們相信君權神授。
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3. 敬神的;神聖的
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4. 非凡的,天才的
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5. 【口】極好的 The concert we attended last night was simply divine. 我們昨晚聽的音樂會真是棒極了。
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1. 占卜;預言;(憑直覺)推測 How can you divine the truth by mere guesswork? 你僅憑猜測怎麼能發現真相? He claimed that he could divine the future. 他聲稱能預卜未來。
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2. 用占卜勘探(礦等)
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3. 占卜;預言;(憑直覺)發現
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4. 使用占卜勘探礦(或水)
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1. 神學家;牧師
●essence
●conviction
●eternity
●conviction
●cattle
●heave
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1. (用力)舉起,拉起,提起 They heaved their luggage into the car. 他們把行李抬到車上。
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2. 使鼓起,使起伏
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3. 【口】投擲 The pitcher heaved the ball. 投手把球擲了出去。
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4. (費力地)發出(嘆息等) He heaved a sigh of relief when he found his wallet. 他找到錢包時鬆了一口氣。
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5. 絞起,拉起,捲起(纜繩等)
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6. 嘔吐
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7. (用力)舉起,拉;捲,絞 They heaved at the heavy box, but could not lift it. 他們想搬動那只很重的箱子,但抬不起來。
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8. 鼓起,(有節奏地)起伏,升降 The ground heaved from earthquake. 地面因地震而隆起。
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9. 喘息
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10. 嘔吐 He got seasick and heaved up. 他因暈船嘔吐了。
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11. (過去式和過去分詞為 hove )(船)行駛
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1. 舉起,拉起 With one more heave, we got the box onto the shelf. 我們再使把勁,就把箱子抬到架子上了。
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2. 投擲
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3. 鼓起;(有節奏的)起伏
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4. 一陣嘔吐
●eternity
●deportee
●expel
●calmness
●reassurance
●frontier
●lorry
●slaughter
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1. (食用牲口的)屠宰 We raise cattle for slaughter. 我們養牛供屠宰。
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2. (以人為對象的)(大)屠殺 Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress. 以進步的名義進行大規模的屠殺。
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3. 【口】慘敗;消滅
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1. 宰殺,屠宰 There is a campaign against those hunters who mercilessly slaughter baby seals. 一場反對那些殘酷屠殺小海豹的獵手的運動正在展開。
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2. 殺戮,屠殺 Millions were slaughtered in the war. 戰爭中數百萬人遭到屠殺。
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3. 【口】使慘敗;消滅 The Liberals were slaughtered. 自由黨人遭到慘敗。
●miraculously
●dusk
●bombardment
●devote
●betrothal
●gigantic
●stride
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1. 邁大步走 He strode out of the room. 他大步走出房間。
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2. 跨,越 He strode across several rain puddles on his way home. 他在回家的路上跨過了好幾個雨水坑。
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3. 大踏步走過 He strode the halls of the building, looking for the exit. 他在大樓的過道裡大步走著,尋找出口。
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4. 跨過,越過
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5. 跨坐(或立)在
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1. (一)大步,闊步;步幅;步姿 I crossed the street in ten strides. 我十大步走到街那邊。
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2. 進展,進步 Great strides have been made in medical research. 醫學研究取得了很大的進展。
●exterminate
●scatter
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1. 使消散;使分散;使潰散 The sun soon scattered the clouds. 太陽不久驅散了雲層。
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2. 撒;撒於...上;散佈 He scattered his clothes all over the floor. 他把衣服扔了一地。(或:扔得滿地都是。)
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3. 散播;撒播
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4. 【物】【軍】散射
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5. 消散;分散;潰散 The crowd scattered when the police charged. 當警察衝過來時,人群便散開了。
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6. 零落地出現
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7. (砲火等)散射
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1. 消散;分散;潰散
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2. 散播;撒播
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3. (砲火等)散射面
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4. 零星散佈的東西;稀疏;少量
●weary
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2. 厭倦的,厭煩的 She grew weary of staying home. 老待在家中,她感到厭煩了。
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3. 使人疲倦的;使人厭煩的 It was a long, weary journey. 那是一個漫長的,令人疲憊不堪的旅程。
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4. 乏味的,無聊的 Some programs on television have degenerated into weary repetitions of each other. 某些電視節目愈來愈糟,沈悶乏味,相互雷同。
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1. 使疲倦 The long journey wearied us. 長途旅行使我們疲憊不堪。
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2. 使厭煩 He wearied me to death. 他把我煩死了。
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3. 疲倦
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4. 厭煩
●obtain
●permit
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1. 允許,許可,准許 They permitted her to leave. 他們允許她離開。 I don't think they would permit this. 我想他們不會准許這事。
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2. (不用被動式,常用物做主詞)允許,容許 These stores do not permit sales of alcoholic beverages. 這些商店不准出售含酒精飲料。
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3. 允許,容許 I will write another novel if my eyes permit. 如果我的視力許可,我還要再寫一本小說。 We'll discuss both questions if time permits. 如果時間允許,我們將把兩個問題都討論一下。
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1. 許可證,執照 Have you got a permit to fish in this lake? 你有在這個湖裡釣魚的許可證嗎?
●optimism
●liquidate
●incident
●revive
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1. 甦醒;復甦 The half-drowned swimmer has revived. 淹得半死的游泳者已經甦醒了。
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2. 恢復精力,復元;恢復生機 The crops revived in the rain. 莊稼在雨中重又生機盎然。
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3. 復興;重新流行 The fine arts revived during the Renaissance. 在文藝復興時期美術復興了。
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4. 再生效
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5. 【化】還原
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6. 使甦醒;使復甦 A little whisky may revive him. 喝點威士忌酒也許能使他甦醒。
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7. 使恢復精力,使復元;使恢復生機 Hot coffee revived the cold, tired man. 熱咖啡使這個又冷又累的人恢復了精力。
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8. 使復興;使重新流行 The Prime Minister promised to revive the economy. 首相承諾振興經濟。
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9. 使再生效
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10. 回想起 The picture revived memories of his childhood. 這張照片使他回憶起他的童年時代。
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11. 重演(戲劇等) Some of the old plays we had seen years before were revived on the stage. 我們多年前看過的舊戲中有幾齣重又上演了。
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12. 【化】使還原
●anguish
●emblem
●billet
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1. 向軍人提供住宿處的書面命令 The townspeople received billets ordering them to lodge the regiment overnight. 鎮民接到命令,要為一團官兵提供一夜住宿。
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2. (軍營以外的)士兵住宿處 The old mansion served as the soldiers' billet for a week. 士兵在那所古宅裡住了一個星期。
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3. 給海員指定的睡舖
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4. 職位,工作,地位 He landed a lucrative billet with a publishing house. 他在一家出版社裡謀到一個報酬很高的職位。
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5. 【古】短簡,便條
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6. 作燃料用的小木條
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7. 木棒;木棍
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8. 【冶】鋼坯;坯料
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9. 短金屬條
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10. 【建】錯齒式粉刷線腳
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11. (馬鞍)皮帶的扣環部分
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1. 分配(士兵等)住宿地 The captain billeted his soldiers on old Mrs. Smith. 那上尉分派士兵住在史密斯老太太的房子裡。
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2. 把提供住宿處的命令送交
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3. 委派,任命
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4. 投宿;駐紮
●rejoice
●verdict
●bustle
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1. 鬧哄哄地忙亂;奔忙 I sat watching housewives bustle in and out of the supermarket. 我坐著觀看家庭主婦們匆匆地進出超級市場。
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2. 充滿 The city is bustling with life. 城裡車水馬龍,生氣勃勃。
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3. 催促;使忙碌 Seeing her husband still reading the morning paper, she bustled him off to work. 看到丈夫還在看晨報,她便催他快去上班。
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1. 忙亂,喧囂 She soon got used to the hustle and bustle of city life. 她不久就習慣城市生活的喧鬧繁忙。
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2. (舊時用以鼓起女裙後部的)腰墊,裙撐
●provoke
●feast
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1. 盛宴,筵席 We prepared a feast for the wedding. 我們為婚禮準備了盛宴。
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2. (感官等方面的)享受,賞心樂事
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3. (宗教上的)祭日,節日 Christmas is an important feast for Christians. 耶誕節是基督徒的重要節日。
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1. 盛宴款待 He feasted his friends. 他設宴款待朋友。
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2. 使(感官等)得到享受 We feasted our eyes on the mountain scene. 我們盡情欣賞山景。
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3. 參加宴會,盡情地吃 The poor starve and the rich feast. 窮人挨餓,富人吃喝。
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4. 享受
●arrest
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1. 逮捕;拘留 He was arrested on a charge of murder. 他因謀殺罪被捕。
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2. 阻止,制止 The newly developed drug has arrested the spread of the disease. 這種新藥遏止了疾病的蔓延。 The medicine will arrest the infection in his leg. 這個藥會防止他的腿發炎。
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3. 吸引 The title of the essay arrested my attention. 那篇文章的題目吸引了我的注意。
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1. 逮捕;拘留 The robber was shot dead resisting arrest. 強盜因拒捕而被擊斃。
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2. 阻止,遏止
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3. 制動器
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4. 抓住;奪取
●cellar
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2. 酒窖;藏酒 Our neighbor keeps a good cellar. 我們的鄰居藏有大量好酒。
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3. 【美】【口】最低點;(體育比賽的)最後一名 The revitalized team came from the cellar to win the pennant. 該隊重整旗鼓,從最後一名一躍而贏得冠軍獎旗。 That TV station was in the ratings cellar. 那家電視臺的收視率最低。
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1. 把...藏入地窖(或酒窖)
●decree
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1. 法令,政令,命令 He is to be the new ambassador to Japan by decree of the government. 他受政府之命將擔任駐日本的新大使。
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2. 教令,赦令
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3. 判決,裁定 The court granted her a decree of divorce. 法庭同意判她離婚。
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4. 天意,天命
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1. 頒佈;命令 The minister decreed that there should be a full investigation. 這位部長命令要作詳細調查。
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2. 判決,裁定 The committee decreed the movie unsuitable for children. 委員會裁定這部影片為兒童不宜片。
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3. 注定
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4. 頒佈命令
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5. 決定;注定
●flat
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1. 平的,平坦的 Of course, no one now believes that the earth is flat. 當然如今無人相信地球是平的。
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2. (容器等)淺的
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3. 平伏的,平臥的 My book is flat on the table. 我的書平攤在桌子上。
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4. (輪胎)洩了氣的 Our car had a flat tire. 我們那輛汽車有一隻輪胎漏了氣。
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5. (啤酒等)走了氣的;走了味的
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6. 單調的,無聊的 After the excitement was over, she felt flat. 令人興奮的事過後,她感到平淡無味。
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7. (拒絕等)斷然的 He gave me a flat refusal. 他斷然拒絕了我。
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8. 【音】降音的;降半音的
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9. (色彩)單調的,同樣的
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10. (費用,價格等)均一的,一律的 We pay a flat rate for every telephone call. 我們打電話每次付相同的費用。
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11. (電池)電力不足的,電用完的
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12. (市場等)蕭條的
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1. 平直地,仰臥地 Lie down flat and breathe deeply. 平躺下,作深呼吸。
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2. 【音】以降調(呈現地)
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3. 恰恰,正好
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4. 斷然地
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5. 無利息地
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1. 平面,平坦部分 I hit the table with the flat of my hand. 我用手掌擊桌。
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2. 沼地;淺灘 We dug clams in the flats at low tide. 退潮時我們在淺灘挖蛤蜊。
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3. 洩了氣的的輪胎
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4. 【音】降半音;降半音符號
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5. 【俚】傻子
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6. 平底鞋
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7. (樓房的)一層
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8. 【英】(在同一層樓上的)(一套)公寓房間
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9. 【英】公寓大樓
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1. 使變平
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2. 使降半音
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3. 變平 The bank flatted off for the last ten miles. 河堤最後十英里漸趨平坦。
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4. 降半音
●barb
●wire
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1. 金屬線,金屬絲 steel wire 鋼絲
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2. 電纜,電線;電話線 His wire is busy just now. 他的電話線此刻沒有空。
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3. (樂器的)金屬弦線
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4. 金屬絲製品;金屬絲網
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5. 【口】電報 I sent a wire to my mother this morning. 今天上午我給母親打了電話。
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1. 用金屬絲縛(或聯接,加固等) He wired the basket to the bicycle. 他用金屬絲把籃子綁在腳踏車上。
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2. 給...裝電線
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3. 用電報發送,拍電報給 He wired us that he would come by plane. 他打電報告訴我們他搭飛機來。
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4. 拍電報
●hostile
●stoke
●illusion
●anecdote
●expound
●summon
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1. 召喚;傳喚;請求;要求 He was summoned to appear in court as a witness. 他被傳喚出庭作證。 He came downstairs and summoned her to his study. 他下樓將她叫到書房去。
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2. 召集 They had to summon a second conference and change the previous decision. 他們不得不召集第二次會議,改變以前的決定。
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3. 使出,喚起,鼓起(勇氣),振作(精神) He summoned up his courage and proposed to her. 他鼓起勇氣向她求婚。
●extraordinary
●council
●premonition
●avid
●commonplace
●haggard
●drain
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1. 排出(液體);使流出 Ditches were dug to drain water from the swamp. 挖渠排掉沼澤的水。
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2. 排掉(土地,容器等的)水;曬乾
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3. 喝乾 He drained a bottle of beer. 他喝光一瓶啤酒。
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4. 耗盡 The civil war drained the country of its manpower and wealth. 內戰耗盡了國家的人力和財富。
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5. (水等)流掉,漸漸枯竭 Luckily the water drained away in time. 幸好水及時排掉了。
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6. (土地)排水;(衣服等)滴乾 Put the raincoat on the balustrade to drain. 把雨衣放在欄杆上去滴乾。
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1. 排水管 The bathtub drain needs repairing. 浴盆的排水管需要修理。
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2. 排水設備
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3. 排水,流出
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4. 消耗,負擔 The cost of his children's education was a great drain on his money. 他孩子的教育費用造成他極大的負擔。
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5. (財富等的)不斷外流,逐漸流光 What he has spent is a drain on the savings of his parents. 他所花費的會耗盡他父母的積蓄。
●dreg
●apparently
●sake
●infinite
●tenderness
●edict
●revoke
●germ
●weariness
●molten
●vein
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1. 靜脈,血管 Just over each temple there were little blue veins. 就在兩鬢太陽穴上面顯露著青色的細小靜脈。
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2. 【植】葉脈
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3. 【動】翅脈
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4. 【地】礦脈 After years of prospecting, they struck gold veins. 經過多年勘探之後,他們找到了金礦礦脈。
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5. (木,石等的)紋理,條紋
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6. 裂縫
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7. 氣質;傾向;才幹 He had no comedy vein in his youth. 他年輕時沒有演喜劇的才幹。
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8. 特色,格調 There is a vein of melancholy in his character. 他的性格有點憂鬱。
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9. 心情,心境 I am not in the vein for jokes. 我沒有心思開玩笑。
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1. 使有脈絡(或條紋);使呈脈絡狀 The window was veined with cracks. 那窗戶佈滿了道道裂紋。
●limb
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1. 肢;臂;腳;翼 He stood up and stretched his limbs. 他站起來,伸了伸胳膊和腿。
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2. 大樹枝,主枝 He cut the dead limbs off the tree. 他將樹上的枯枝砍去。
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3. (建築物等的)突出部,延伸部分
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4. 分支;執行者,代理人 A policeman is a limb of the law. 警察是執法人員。
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5. 【天】(日,月的)邊緣
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6. 【數】刻度圈,分度弧
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7. 【植】葉邊
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1. 肢解;給...截肢
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2. 從(砍倒的樹上)截去樹枝 The tree was felled and limbed. 樹被砍倒并截去枝條。
●phylactery
●truncheon
●butts
●indiscriminately
●bundle
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1. 捆,卷,束;包裹 My uncle sent me a large bundle on my birthday. 我生日時叔父給我寄來一個大包裹。
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2. 【口】大堆,大批,大量 Dad found a bundle of spelling mistakes in my composition. 爸爸在我作文裡找出一大堆拼寫錯誤。
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3. 【解】神經束,肌肉束
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4. 【植】維管束
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5. 【俚】一大筆錢
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1. 捆;把...紮成一包 He bundled the back numbers. 他把舊雜誌紮成一梱。
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2. 把...亂堆亂塞 She bundled all the clothes into that bag. 她把衣服全都塞進那隻包裡。
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3. 匆匆送走(或趕走) The injured girl was bundled off to hospital. 那個受傷的女孩被匆匆送到醫院。
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4. 匆忙離去,匆匆移動 She bundled away. 她匆匆離去。
●torment
●pavement
●envy
●cringing
●fast
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1. 快的;迅速的;速度快的 He is a fast reader. 他讀書速度很快。
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2. 完成得快的 He did a fast job. 他很快就幹完了。
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3. 牢的;緊的;穩固的 He kept a fast hold on the rope. 他緊緊抓牢繩子。
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4. (鐘,錶)偏快的,快...(時間)的 My watch is three minutes fast. 我的錶快三分鐘。
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5. 【攝】(軟片)易於迅速曝光的;(快門)快速的
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6. 允許(或易於)快速行進的 A fast highway is being built. 一條高速公路正在修建。
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7. 【舊】放蕩的 He led a fast life. 他過著放蕩的生活。
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8. 不褪色的 They developed a fast dye. 他們研製了一種不褪色的染料。
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9. 可靠的;忠實的 They are fast friends. 他們是摯友。
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1. 快,迅速 Don't drive so fast. 別開得這麼快。
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2. 緊緊地,牢固地 Hold fast to this rope, and I will pull you up. 抓緊繩子,我把你拉上來。
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3. 快於標準時間
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4. 【舊】靠近著,接近著
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1. 禁食;齋戒
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1. 禁食;齋戒
●hysteria
●infernal
●fair
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2. 尚可的,一般的;相當的 His knowledge of English is fair. 他的英語尚可。
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3. (皮膚)白皙的;(頭髮)金色的;(人)白膚金髮的 She had fair hair and skin. 她有金色的頭發,白皙的皮膚。
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4. (天氣)晴朗的 The weather will be fair today. 今天天氣會很晴朗。
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5. (風向)順的;順利的
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6. 【舊】(婦女)美麗的
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7. (言論,諾言等)說得好聽的,花言巧語的 I trusted his fair promises. 我輕信了他那些花言巧語的允諾。
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8. 【口】十足的,真正的 It's a fair miracle. 這簡直是奇蹟。
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9. (財產等)豐富的
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1. 公平地,公正地 You must play fair. 你必須公平行事。
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2. 正面地,直接地 The ball hit him fair in the head. 球不偏不倚正中他的頭部。
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3. 清楚地
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1. 【舊】女人;美女;情人
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2. 美好的事物
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3. (定期)集市,廟會 He brought his piglets to the fair. 他把小豬帶到集市去賣。
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4. 商品展覽會;博覽會 A book fair is to be held next month. 下個月將舉行書展。
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5. 義賣會
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6. 【英】公共露天遊樂場
●grit
●oppressor
●shutter
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2. 百葉窗;活動遮板 They put wooden shutters on all the windows. 他們在所有窗戶上都安裝了百葉窗。
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3. (相機的)快門;(攝影機的)遮光器 He pressed the shutter when she smiled. 她微笑時,他按下快門。
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4. (風琴等的)開閉器
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1. 為...裝百葉窗(或快門等) We had all the windows shuttered before we left. 我們離開前把所有窗戶的百葉窗都關上了。
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2. 關上...的百葉窗(或快門等)
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3. 關(店);停止(營業) All the stores on the street were shuttered at midnight. 午夜街上所有的商店都關門了。
●compatriot
●disorder
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1. 混亂,無秩序 His room was in disorder. 他房間裡很亂。
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2. 騷亂,動亂 Mounted troops were called out to put an end to the disorder in the streets. 騎兵部隊被召來平息街頭的騷亂。
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3. 不符合司法程序的行為 a disorder in legal proceedings 司法過程中不符合程序的行為
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4. 紊亂,失調;不適,小病 She suffered from a mild stomach disorder. 她患輕度胃病。
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1. 使混亂;擾亂 His face was flushed, and his hair disordered. 他滿臉通紅,頭髮蓬亂。
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2. 使紊亂,使失調;使不適 Too rich a diet will disorder your digestive system. 過分油膩的飲食會使你的消化系統失調。
●litter
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1. 廢棄物,零亂之物 There were piles of litter on the streets. 街上有一堆一堆的廢棄物。
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2. 雜亂 Her room was in such a litter that she was ashamed to ask me in. 她的房間十分雜亂,她不好意思請我進去。
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3. (動物睡窩裡墊的)乾草等物;廄肥
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4. (豬,狗等生下的)一窩(仔畜) A female rat may have five or six litters yearly, and an average of nine per litter. 一隻雌鼠每年可產幼仔五至六窩,平均每窩九隻。
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5. (森林裡的)枯枝落葉層
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6. 轎,輿;擔架
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1. 把...弄得亂七八糟 Don't litter up the floor with scraps of paper. 別往地上亂丟紙屑。
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2. 亂丟(雜物)
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3. 給(牲畜)墊褥草
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4. (多產動物)產(仔)
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5. 使充滿 The fire-place was littered with cigarette butts. 壁爐裡丟滿了煙頭。
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6. 亂扔廢棄物 Please don't litter. 請勿亂扔紙屑雜物。
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7. 產仔
●wretch
●devour
●evacuate
●guerrillas
其它章節簡介
• Section 2
• Section 3
• Section 4
• Section 5
• Section 6
• Section 7
• Section 8
• Section 9
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