自考综合英语二 上册 16课单词学习（Oxford） 单词 词性 中文解释 character in book / play / movie
n. (文学作品等的)人物、角色 [C]a person or an animal in a book, play or film/movie: a major / minor character in the book ◆ cartoon characters ◆ Clint Eastwood's character is the most sympathetic in the movie. promising showing signs of being good or successful: He was voted the most promising newcomer for his adj. 有希望的，有前途的
part in the movie. promising results.
◆ The weather doesn't look very promising. ◆ The research produced promisingly adverb: The day began promisingly with bright sunshine. abundant (formal) existing in large quantities; more than enough adj. 很多的，丰富的 Synonym: PLENTIFULFish are abundant in the lake.
◆ We have abundant evidence to prove his guilt. minimum noun(plural minima ) n. [C, usually sing.]极少量的，最小的
should be kept to a minimum. (abbreviation min.) the smallest or lowest amount that is possible, required or recorded: costs absolute minimum, you should spend two hours in the evening studying. ◆ The class needs a minimum of six students to continue. ◆ As an to a minimum of 10 degrees.
◆ Temperatures will fall room had a minimum of furniture. [sing.]an extremely small amount: He passed the exams with the minimum of effort. ◆ The Antonym: MAXIMUM taste flavour
n. 品味 them when you put them in your mouth: a salty / bitter / sweet taste [C, U]the particular quality that different foods and drinks have that allows you to recognize olives. taste. ◆ This dish has an unusual combination of tastes and textures. ◆◆ I don't like the taste of The soup has very little sense
them in your mouth: I've lost my sense of taste. [U]the sense you have that allows you to recognize different foods and drinks when you put small quantity
Just have a taste of this cheese. [C, usually sing.]a small quantity of food or drink that you try in order to see what it is like: short experience
◆ Do you want a taste? know it, this incident was a taste of things to come. [sing.]a short experience of sth: This was my first taste of live theatre. ◆ Although we didn't ability to choose well
appropriate: He has very good taste in music. [U]a person's ability to choose things that people recognize as being of good quality or was furnished with taste. ◆ They've got more money than taste. ◆ The room what you like
She has very expensive tastes in clothes. [C, U]~ (for sth) what a person likes or prefers: That trip gave me a taste for foreign travel. Modern art is not to everyone's taste. ◆ There are trips to suit all tastes. ◆ The colour and style is a matter of personal taste. ◆◆ worriedly adv. 焦急地 ，焦虑地 ~ (about sb/sth) ~ (by sth)
~ (that ...) thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen and therefore feeling unhappy and afraid: Don't look so worried! ◆ I'm not worried about her-she can take care of herself. ◆ Doctors are worried about the possible spread of the disease. ◆ We're not too worried by these
results. worried sick (= extremely worried). ◆ The police are worried that the man may be armed. ◆ I was worried you wouldn't come. ◆ Where have you been? I've been
◆ Try not to get worried. ◆ She gave me a worried look.
worriedly adverb: He glanced worriedly at his father. robe n. 睡袍
a long loose outer piece of clothing, especially one worn as a sign of rank or office at a special ceremony: coronation robes ◆ cardinals in scarlet robes pace vt. & vi. 慢慢走；步行测量angry: to walk up and down in a small area many times, especially because you are feeling nervous or
restlessly. [V, +adv./prep.] She paced up and down outside the room. ◆ [VN] Ted paced the floor buzzer an electrical device that produces a BUZZING sound as a signal: Put your fingers on the buzzer n. 蜂音器
and be ready to answer. cook a person who cooks food or whose job is cooking: John is a very good cook (= he cooks well). n. 厨师
Who was the cook (= who cooked the food)? ◆ She was employed as a cook in a hotel. ◆ light vt. 点燃Help Note:verb(lit, lit )
Lighted is also used for the past tense and past participle, especially in front of nouns.) start to burn
the letter and watched it burn. [VN]to make sth start to burn: She lit a candle. ◆ Steve took out a cigarette and lit it. ◆ The candles were lit. ◆ I put a lighted match to wink an act of winking, especially as a signal to sb: He gave her a knowing wink. n. 瞬间
homey (also homy) n. 亲爱的 (especially AmE adjective) pleasant and comfortable, like home: The hotel had a nice, homey atmosphere.
slight vt. 蔑视（某人），轻视，怠慢because she hadn't been invited.
verb[VN][usually passive]to treat sb rudely or without respect; to insult sb: She felt slighted
slighting adjective [only before noun]: slighting remarks / references old-timer n. （口）老资格的人；老手
for a long time: The jazz club always has a good mixture of old-timers and new faces. a person who has been connected with a club or an organization, or who has lived in a place, complimentary extremely complimentary about his work. ~ (about sth) expressing admiration, praise, etc: a complimentary remark adj 夸奖的，赞美的
◆ She was afterthought [usually sing.]n. 后来添加的东西；后来想到的事物
They only invited Jack and Sarah as an afterthought. a thing that is thought of, said or added later, and is often not carefully planned: dial (-ll-, He dialled the number and waited. AmE -l-) to use a telephone by turning the dial or pushing buttons to call a number: vi. 拔号
◆ Dial 0033 for France. [also V] [VN] oversight n. 疏忽，失察
didn't mean to leave her name off the list; it was an oversight. [C, U]the fact of making a mistake because you forget to do sth or you do not notice sth: I human error and oversight. ◆ You can never entirely eliminate overlook verb[VN]
vt. 忽视 Synonym: MISSto fail to see or notice sth He seems to have overlooked one important fact.
◆ In my hurry to finish the exam I had
overlooked part of one of the questions.
offence. to see sth wrong or bad but decide to ignore it: We could not afford to overlook such a serious ◆ He's so friendly people are prepared to overlook his faults. interview n. 面试
a particular job, or for a course of study at a college, university, etc: a job interview ~ (for a job, etc.) a formal meeting at which sb is asked questions to see if they are suitable for for (an) interview ◆ He has an interview next week for the manager's job. ◆ to be called humility [U]n. Her first defeat was an early lesson in humility. the quality of not thinking that you are better than other people; the quality of being humble: 谦卑，谦逊
◆ an act of genuine humility outfit n. was wearing an expensive new outfit. [C]a set of clothes that you wear together（为某一目的所需要的）服装
that you wear for fun in order to look like the type of person mentioned) ◆ a wedding outfit , especially for a particular occasion or purpose: She ◆ a cowboy / Superman outfit (= one stunning adj. 令人吃惊的
stunningly adverb: stunningly beautiful extremely surprising or shocking: He suffered a stunning defeat in the election. ◆ a stunningly simple idea sleeve a part of a piece of clothing that covers all or part of your arm: a dress with short / long sleeves n. 袖子
◆ Dan rolled up his sleeves and washed his hands. cocktail and fruit juice. It can also be made without alcohol: a cocktail bar / cabinet / lounge [C]a drink usually made from a mixture of one or more SPIRITS (= strong alcoholic drinks) n. 鸡尾酒会
[C, U]a dish of small pieces of food, usually served cold: a prawn cocktail ◆cocktail of drugs [C]a mixture of different substances, usually ones that do not mix together well: a lethal fruit cocktail practically Synonym: VIRTUALLY(especially spoken) almost; very nearly adv. 实际上 practically empty / impossible
practically finished now. practically no difference between the two options. ◆ With that crack in it, the vase is worth practically nothing. ◆ I meet famous people practically every day. ◆ My essay is ◆ There's sounds like a good idea, but I don't think it will work practically. in a realistic or sensible way; in real situations: Practically speaking, we can't afford it. ALMOST
◆ It Compare:THEORETICALLY infant son (formal or technical) a baby or very young child: a nursery for infants under two n. 幼儿，婴儿
◆prodigy (= a child with unusual ability).
◆ She was seriously ill as an infant. ◆ the infant mortality rate ◆ Mozart was an infant their infant Help Note:In AmE infant is only used for a baby, especially a very young one.
infant school (in British and Australian education) a child at school between the ages of four and seven: an ◆ infant teachers ◆ I've known her since we were in the infants (= at infant school). damn exclamation, adjective, verb, adverb, noun
int. 该死 show that they are annoyed, disappointed, etc: Oh damn! I forgot he was coming. exclamation(also old-fashioned dammit damn it) (informal) a swear word that people use to depressed very sad and without hope: She felt very depressed about the future. adj. 抑郁的，沮丧的
landmark n. 里程碑
ceasefire was seen as a major landmark in the fight against terrorism. ~ (in sth) an event, a discovery, an invention, etc. that marks an important stage in sth: The ruling in the courts ◆ a landmark decision / humble adj. 谦卑的
adjective(humbler )
learn from your mistakes. showing you do not think that you are as important as other people: Be humble enough to
See also◆ my humble tribute to this great man way that is not sincere or not very serious: In my humble opinion, you were in the wrong. (ironic or humorous) used to suggest that you are not as important as other people, but in a HUMILITY humble apologies. I did not understand. ◆ My crash(=gatecrash) vt. & vi. gatecrash[VN](informal) = GATECRASH （未经邀请或无票）擅自参加，擅自出席 (also informal crash)
[VN, V] verb
gatecrasher noun to go to a party or social event without being invited prominent campaign. important or well known: a prominent leader / politician adj. 杰出的，卓越的
◆◆ He played a prominent part in the Synonym: NOTICEABLEeasily seen
She was prominent in the fashion industry. The church tower was a prominent feature in the landscape.
position on the front page.
◆ The story was given a prominent prominently adverb: The photographs were prominently displayed on her desk. sticking out from sth: a prominent nose ◆ prominent cheekbones / teeth
family relationships feature prominently in her novels. ◆ Problems of pull physical force
n. 费力 earth's gravitational pull [sing.]the ~ (of sth) a strong physical force that makes sth move in a particular direction: the ◆ The tides depend on the pull of the moon. horrify (horrifies, horrifying, horrified, horrified) to make sb feel extremely shocked, disgusted or vt. （口）使惊讶；使惊吓
frightened
Synonym: APPAL[VN]he had killed someone. The whole country was horrified by the killings.
◆ [VN to inf] It horrified her to think that horrified adjective: He was horrified when he discovered the conditions in which they lived. [also VN that]
gazed at him in horrified disbelief. ◆ She maid n. 女仆
housework. (often in compounds) a female servant in a house or hotel: There is a maid to do the ◆ The maid was changing the sheets when we got back to our room. tray n. 托盘，盘子
especially food: He brought her breakfast in bed on a tray. a flat piece of wood, metal or plastic with raised edges, used for carrying or holding things, a tea tray
◆ She came in with a tray of drinks. ◆ tray (= for planting seeds in) (especially BrE) (often in compounds) a shallow plastic box, used for various purposes: a seed ◆ a cat's litter tray superiority noun[U] n. 优越性，优势 ~ (to / over sth/sb) the state or quality of being better~ (in sth)
than others: the superiority of this operating system ships / planes than the enemy)
◆, more skilful, more powerful, greater to have naval / air superiority (= more , etc. superiority
behaviour that shows that you think you are better than other people: an air / a sense of Antonym: INFERIORITY
canyon a deep valley with steep sides of rock: the Grand Canyon in Arizona n. 峡谷
near-royalty n. 皇亲 mama (also mamma)
n. （口）母亲，妈妈 (See alsoAmE or old-fashioned, BrE) mother MUMMY
MUMMY nounwailed. (BrE(plural mummies)
) (AmEa body of a human being or an animal that has been mummified: an Egyptian mummy ◆ It hurts, Mummy! mommy, momma) (informal) a child's word for a mother: 'I want my mummy!' he ◆ Mummy and Daddy will be back soon.
gee int. 哎呀impressed or annoyed: Gee, what a great idea! exclamation(especially AmE) a word that some people use to show that they are surprised,
appeal vi. 对The design has to appeal to all ages and social groups. [V]~ (to sb) to attract or interest sb: The prospect of a long wait in the rain did not appeal. ……有吸引力
◆ sarcasm [U]n. or to make fun of them: 'That will be useful,' she snapped with heavy sarcasm (= she really a way of using words that are the opposite of what you mean in order to be unpleasant to sb 讽刺是，挖苦，嘲笑
thought it would not be useful at all). ◆ a hint / touch / trace of sarcasm in his voice yah int. 唷（表示嘲笑、轻蔑、不耐烦等） folks I'd like a job working with old folk or kids. (also folks especially in n. AmE) [pl.]（复）人们 (informal) people in general: ordinary working-class folk
◆ come from)
◆ the folks back home (= from the place where you are we going to do today?
(folks) [pl.] (informal) a friendly way of addressing more than one person: Well, folks, what How are your folks? (folks) [pl.] (informal, especially AmE) the members of your family, especially your parents: you folks 各位，大伙（友好、亲热的称呼) dandy adjective(old-fashioned, especially adj. （口）极好AmE) very good
exit vi. 退出，出去exited through her chest. (formal) to go out; to leave a building, stage, vehicle, etc:
[V] The bullet entered her back and lights went on. ◆ We exited via a fire door. ◆ [VN] As the actors exited the stage the respective [only before noun]adj. mentioned: They are each recognized specialists in their respective fields. belonging or relating separately to each of the people or things already 各自的
of men and women in society ◆ the respective roles pressing an object, especially a record, made by using pressure or weight to shape a piece of metal, plastic, n. 压平
etc.; a number of such objects that are made at one time: The initial pressing of the group's album has already sold out. solemn adj. 庄严的，严肃的
expression
(of a person) not happy or smiling; looking very serious: Her face grew solemn. ◆ a solemn solemn and binding promise
done, said, etc. in a very serious and sincere way: a solemn oath / undertaking / vow ◆ a ceremony / ritual
(of a religious ceremony or formal occasion) performed in a serious way: a solemn festival / solemnly adverb: He nodded solemnly. about it. ◆ The choir walked solemnly past. ◆ She solemnly promised not to say a word to anyone occasion occasions. [C]a particular time when sth happens: on this / that occasion n. 场合
◆ I've met him on several They have been seen together on two separate occasions. ◆ I can remember very few occasions when he had to cancel because of ill health. the middle of the night. ◆◆ every meal into a special occasion. [C]a special event, ceremony or celebration: a great / memorable / happy occasion ◆ He used the occasion to announce further tax cuts.
On one occasion, she called me in ◆ Turn concert. on the occasion of his retirement.
◆ Their wedding turned out to be quite an occasion. ◆ They marked the occasion (= celebrated it) with an open-air ◆ He was presented with the watch rejoicing, but she could not feel any real joy. [sing.]~ (for sth / doing sth) a suitable time for sth: It should have been an occasion for if I get a chance). ◆ I'll speak to him about it if the occasion arises (= ~ (of / for sth) (formal) a reason or cause: I've had no occasion to visit him recently. [U, sing.]~ (to do sth)
POSSIBILITY doesn't have much occasion to speak French in her new job. ◆ She mass riots. ◆ I'm willing to go to court over this if the occasion arises (= if it becomes necessary). ◆ Her death was the occasion of awfully very; extremely: I'm awfully sorry about that problem the other day. adv. 非常地
familiar. ◆ I'm not awfully keen on fish. ◆ That name sounds awfully housekeeper a person, usually a woman, whose job is to manage the shopping, cooking, cleaning, etc. in a n. 管家
house or institution democratic adj. 大众的；民主的of a country; connected with this system: a democratic country (of a country, state, system, etc.) controlled by representatives who are elected by the people
◆ a democratic system / election ◆ democratic government / rule / accountability ◆ They are aiming to make the institutions of the EU truly democratic. ◆ Exercise your democratic right to vote.
organization, etc: democratic involvement / participation based on the principle that all members have an equal right to be involved in running an ◆social class: a democratic society / outlook based on the principle that all members of society are equal rather than divided by money or a democratic decision
◆ democratic values / reforms curtain n. 幕；落幕audience was waiting for the curtain to rise (= for the play to begin). [sing.]a piece of thick, heavy fabric that hangs in front of the stage in the theatre: The
applause when the curtain came down (= the play ended). ◆ We left just before the final curtain. ◆ There was tremendous ◆ (figurative) The curtain has fallen on her long and distinguished career (= her career has ended). ◆ (figurative) It's time to face the final curtain (= the end; death).
自考综合英语二 上册 16课单词学习1
