新概念第二册第四单元单词详解83课

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　　election n. 选举

　　The Democratic Party won the election by a huge majority. 民主党以大多数的优势赢得了选举。

　　实际应用： 国家大选national election

　　区域选举regional election

　　相关表达： elect v.选举

　　select v. 挑选

　　collect v. 收集

　　记忆点拨： e(外，出来)—lect(选)—ion(名词后缀)(选出来)

　　former adj. 从前的

　　I met my former boss in the street.我在街上遇到了我以前的老板。

　　The former president of America, Regan died on 5th, June 2004.美国前总统里根在2004年6月5日去世。

　　相关表达： previous adj.以前的，前面的

　　defeat v. to win a victory over someone in a war, competition, game etc 打败n.败

　　Napoleon’s army was defeated by Soviet Union’s in the World War II.在二战中拿破仑的军队被苏联的军队击败了。

　　Chinese football team defeated American team by two goals to one. 中国足球队以2比1击败美国队。

　　相关表达： beat v. 打败

　　记忆点拨： de(向下)—feat(做)(做坏了)

　　fanatical adj. 狂热的

　　He was fanatical about tidiness. 他非常注意整洁。

　　Their support for European soccer is fanatical.他们对欧洲足球队的支持是狂热的。

　　相关表达： crazy adj.疯狂的, 狂热的

　　The crowd at the game went crazy.看比赛的人群变得狂热起来。

　　记忆点拨： fan(扇子)—atical

　　opponent n. 反对者，对手

　　The lawyer is debating violently with his opponent in court.律师正在法庭上激烈地与对手辩论。

　　词义辨析： adversary n.反对者rival n. 对手

　　opponent指在竞赛，打斗，竞选，游戏或争论中的试图击败对方的对手。

　　adversary暗含难以对付的对手，而且可能产生敌意

　　rival一般指参与竞赛的对手

　　记忆点拨： op(反)—pon(放)—ent(名词后缀)

　　radical adj. 激进的;根本的，根本的

　　实际应用： 党派右翼的激进观点the radical views of the left wing of the party

　　激进的政党、观点、政客radical party/opinion/politician

　　After a radical reform, the social welfare system is functioning smoothly.在一次彻底的改革之后，社会保障系统正在平稳运转。

　　记忆点拨： radi(根)—cal(形容词后缀)

　　progressive adj. supporting new or modern ideas and methods, especially in politics and education进步的

　　实际应用： 进步的政策progressive policies

　　进步的思想、态度progressive ideas/attitudes

　　相关表达： progress n.进步

　　记忆点拨： pro(向前)—gress(走)—ive(形容词后缀)

　　ex- prefix (前缀，用于名词前)前……

　　suspicious adj. 怀疑的thinking that someone might be guilty of doing something wrong or dishonest, without being sure;可疑的making you think that something bad or illegal is happening

　　I am suspicious of his motives of inviting me to dinner.我怀疑他请我吃晚饭的动机。

　　The policeman is suspicious of this parcel-he think it might contain a time bomb.警察 怀疑这个包裹，他觉得里面可能有定时炸弹。

　　I saw a suspicious package at the door.我在门口看到一个可疑的包裹。

　　词义辨析： suspicious可以表示某事可疑的，也可表示“对……感到怀疑的“

　　doubtful (probably not true or not likely to happen)表示很明显的，很强烈的不肯定。

　　It is doubtful whether she will be admitted to graduate school. 她能否考上研究生还不一定。

　　Questionable(not likely to be true or correct)意思是“值得疑问的”questionable dealings不正派的行为

　　记忆点拨： su(下)—spic(看)—ious (形容词后缀)

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