大学预科词汇 2

1. 大学预科词汇2 赵剑峰

2. Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. • 与其诅咒黑暗，不如燃起蜡烛。 • better to…than to…与其说…不如说 • It is better to do well than to say well. • 与其夸夸其谈，不如埋头苦干。 • Better reduce the price than allow a discount. • 与其给折扣，不如减价。 • Better wear out than rust out. • 与其锈掉不如用坏;与其闲死,不如忙死。

3. He is not so much a scholar as businessman. • 与其说他是个学者，不如说他是个商人。 • He is more a businessman than a scholar. • He is less a scholar than a businessman. • He is a businessman rather than a scholar.

4. curse • curse • swear • curse and swear • spell • curve

5. Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. • 三种简单却极其强力的情感主宰着我的生活：对爱的渴望，对知识的追求，对人类痛苦的难以承受的怜悯之心

6. passion • passion • compassion • passionate; compassionate • emotion • feelings • affection • mood (in the mood for doing/to do) • 热情 • enthusiastic/enthusiasm

7. overwhelm • Our team overwhelmed the visitors by 40 points. • be overwhelmed with grief, sorrow, despair • an overwhelming urge to smoke • There will be no difficulty in the world that they cannot overcome.

8. govern • govern统治，治理，管辖公共事务 • control控制，支配 • dominate支配 • administrate经营，掌管 • manipulate 操纵

9. 渴望 • long for • desire • be anxious about/for • aspire after/aspire to do

10. unbearable • bear • stand • endure • tolerate • put up with/fed up with

11. Mankind • man • mankind • human • human being • human race • humanity

12. There’s nothing more beautiful than a smile that struggles through tears. • 世上最美的，莫过于从泪水中挣脱出来的那个微笑。

13. I can’t agree with you more. • He couldn’t have done better. • Nothing is sadder than to part forever./Nothing is happier than to contract a new acquaintance. • 乐莫乐兮新相知. 悲莫悲兮生别离。 • No invention has received more praise and abuse than Internet

14. 一个成熟称得上真爱的恋情， 必须经过四个阶段：共存(codependent) ，反依赖(counter-dependent) ，独立(independent) ，共生(interdependent）。 • co- 共同；一起；联合 • cooperate • collide • co-worker • co-star

15. counter-反，回击，对等 • counter-attraction反引力 • counter terrorist • counterpart • Counterclockwise • counterfeit • Contra- • Contradict • Contrast • contrary

16. in- 否定 • immense • infinite • illogical, illegal • irrelevant, irregular • immorally; immortal

17. Inter-相互 • International • Interface • Interdisciplinary • Intersection • Interrupt • Interfere • Intervene干预

18. Men are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ. • 人们的承诺往往不相上下，只有行动才能显出差异。

19. alike开头的形容词也叫表语形容词。即通常做表语。放在连系动词后面。alike开头的形容词也叫表语形容词。即通常做表语。放在连系动词后面。 • alone, afraid, shamed, aware, afloat, asleep, awake, alive, alert… • a-开头的形容词也可以作定语，但是一定要放在所修饰的词后面，即后置定语。 • the baby asleep is very cute. • the soldiers alive showed great courage.

20. promise • 诺言 • break a promise • carry out a promise • fulfill a promise • give/make a promise • keep a promise • Promise little, but do much. • 近义词：assure, swear, vow, pledge • There is a promise of better weather tomorrow. • scholarship for young musicians of promise.

21. 强调句型 • I saw him on the street last night. • It was I that/who saw him on the street. • It was him that/who I saw on the street last night. • It was on the street that I saw him last night. • It was last night that I saw him on the street. • He does work hard. • This is the very/just book that I’m looking for. • What on earth are you doing. • You alone can help me. • What a life!(这过的什么日子呀) • Only in this way can we work out the problem.

22. differ • There is a difference of ten degrees in temperature between the day and the night. • be different from • be distinct from • be diverse from • The rain didn't make much difference to the game. • One false step will make a great difference失之毫厘谬以千里。 • indifferent冷漠的

23. confer a medal on him授予 • The speaker or writer implies things, the listener or reader infers things. • Offer • I prefer bananas to apples. • refer to the dictionary • suffer from • transfer the boy to another school

24. To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals--this alone is worth the struggle. • 坚信过，尝试过，为自己确定的理想努力过——就不枉此番奋斗！ • 努力做某事 • try to do • strive to do • make the effort/make joint efforts/make every effort to do • endeavor to

25. ideal • establish high ideals • When a person has the ambition, ideal, faith, he can do anything. • Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing. • The ideal of life is just to live ideally.生活的理想，就是为了理想地生活。 • idealism materialism • idealism realism

26. worth • The apples are worth 10 yuan.这些苹果值十块钱。 • 10 yuan’sworth of apples十块钱的苹果 • 这事值得考虑 • The matter is worth consideration. • The matter is worthy of consideration. • 这本书值得一读。 • The book is worth reading. • The book is worthy of being read/to be read. • a worthy life有价值的人生 • a worthwhile experiment值得做的实验

27. They're both convinced that a sudden passion joined them. Such certainty is beautiful but uncertainty is more beautiful still. • 他们彼此深信是瞬间迸发的热情让他们相遇。这样的确定是美丽的，但变幻无常更为美丽。——辛波丝卡《一见钟情》

28. convince • convince使…相信 • convince sb of/that • be convinced = believe • I think… • I believe… • I am convinced that…

29. still • still和比较级连用。 • Tom is tall, but Mary is taller still/still taller. • 静止的；安静的 • still water 死水 • Please keep/stay/hold/sit/stand still while I take your photograph. • the still of the night夜间的寂静 • still waters run deep静水流深 • a quiet or apparently calm person can have strong emotions, much knowledge or wisdom, etc

30. Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated. • 有时候，一个人的失踪，孤独了一个世界。 • sometimes • some time • some times • sometime

31. depopulate • de- away from; undo; down • degrade • destruct • decrease • decode • decay • detract • deforest

32. Every moment wasted looking back keeps us from moving forward. Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been. • 为往事叹息，会阻碍我们前进。生命短暂时间宝贵，沉湎于空想的代价实在太大。

33. forward • -ward向着，朝着 • onward前进 • forward • backward • inward • outward • eastward • toward • homeward • downward • The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward. • 这医院有内科病房和外科病房.

34. back • At the back of his mind was the vague idea that he had met her before. • be glad to see the back of sb/sth=be pleased that one will not see sb/sth again • They say nasty things about him behind his back. • He turned his back on his family when he became famous. • He used his influential friends to help him get into the civil service by the back door. • back and forth来回 • back up支援 备份 • get back at sb向某人复仇

35. back • cut back削减 • hang back犹豫 踌躇 • have back要回 收回 • hold back退缩 阻挡 • keep back阻止 • set back推迟 阻碍 • talk back顶嘴

36. precious • precious • Dear • That shop is too dear for me. • Its prices are too high. • costly • expensive • priceless • valuable • invaluable • worthless • valueless

37. stake • the stake火刑柱， 赌注 • at stake胜败关头，冒风险 • This decision puts our lives at stake. 这麽一决定, 我们的生命就吉凶难卜了

38. Dwell住； • live: to have one’s home • reside居住 • lodge暂住，租住 • board寄宿 • put up暂住 • inhabit居住于，栖息于 • accommodate接纳…留宿 • settle定居 • Let's not dwell on your past mistakes. • 我们不要再细说你过去的错误了.

39. It’s not the ability that comes in! It’s the passion that counts! • 有时能力不是最重要的，最重要的是要有激情。 • Knowledge without common sense counts for little. • count one's chickens (before they are hatched) • count down倒数 • count sb/sth in • count on/depend on/rely on/rest on/lean on/reckon on依赖；指望

40. account • open/close an account 开[结束]户头 • pay money into/draw money out of an account 在一帐户中存[取]钱 • On no account should they reckon examination as the only means of stimulating pupils to pursue knowledge. • in no way , in no case , in no circumstances , in no wise , by no means of • When judging his performance, don't take his age into account. • We delayed our departure on account of the bad weather. • The flight was postponed on account of bad weather.

41. Family--there is nothing more important. They're the ones who show up when we're in trouble, the ones who push us to succeed, the ones who help keep our secrets. • 家人，这世上最珍贵的风景，困难时出现的是他们，助你成功的是他们，严守你秘密的还是他们。--Desperate Housewives介绍语

42. Those who… • Those who are in favor of this opinion are convinced that… • Those who are willing to go with me for the task subscribe here. • Unfortunately, just before you take your first step on the righteous journey to pursue your dreams, people around you, even the ones who deeply care for you, will give you awful advice. • One who devotes himself to society and people will have a lot of enjoyment from the process of dedication. • He who laughs last laughs longest

43. in的用法 • in表示状态和行为方式 • in danger • in flower • in high spirit • in debt • She spoke in grief rather than in anger. • We sat in silence • in的短语 • in a nutshell总之 • in a sense • in terms of • in vain • in view of 考虑到 • in the event of如果发生… • in return • In the dark不知情

44. secret • secret document/marriage/meeting • she secret of success • Leave the country in secret. • Is your brother in the secret? • secret agent • secret service • FBI(Federal Bureau of Investigation ), CIA(Central Intelligence Agency) • secret police

45. The really happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery when on a detour. (——Anonymous) • 真正快乐的人，是即使走弯路时，也能欣赏风景的人。(匿名)

46. scenery • 风景 • scenery自然风光 • landscape风景；风景画 • view • -ery名词后缀 • bravery • bribery行贿受贿 • rivalry竞争对抗 • slavery • machinery机器总称

47. Those who display themselves do not illuminate. Those who justify themselves are not distinguished. Those who make claims are not given credit. Those who seek glory are not leaders. • 自见者不明;自是者不彰;自伐者无功;自矜者不长。---<道德经>

48. display • show展出；陈列 • show off • demonstrate表明；示范；游行 • exhibit展览 • presentation提出；陈述 • indicate暗示

49. justify • just公平的，公正的 • justice • unjust injustice • justify • judge • prejudice(在…前判断) • injure(in=no不法伤害)

50. credit • credit card • No credit is given at this shop, ie Payment must be in cash. • She was given the credit for what I had done.