compact【正式】國與國之間的協(xié)定罕袋; 粉餅盒翻诉;袖珍照相機 ?緊密的诡渴、密集的
eg. A compact was negotiated between the company and the union.
The bushes grew in a compact mass.
enigma?(mystery)
eg. The neighbors regarded him as something of an enigma.
conglomerate ?大型企業(yè)聯(lián)合集團
fit ?n. 感情的沖動贸呢、一時的發(fā)作(of)
eg. He quit his job in a fit of drunken depression. 他酒后一時消沉辭了職。
have/throw a fit 大發(fā)脾氣
eg. If you mother find this ,she will have a fit.
reticent?寡言的乔询,不愿多談的(+about)
eg. She’s strangely reticent about her son.?
be penned up / in??被約束,被束縛
eg. Oliver felt restless and penned in. At last, he deccided to give it up.
plumage〔鳥的〕全身羽毛韵洋,羽衣
indignationn.〔因感覺受辱或受到不公平待遇而產(chǎn)生的〕憤慨竿刁,義憤,憤怒?with / in indignation
eg. To his indignation, Charles found that his name was not on the list.
gay ?【過時】 快樂的搪缨,興奮的?eg. She felt excited and quite gay. 她感到興奮而快活食拜。
with gay abandon任意地,縱情地勉吻,放縱地
swarm with sb/sth?擠滿〔移動的人群或動物〕
eg. The museum was swarming with tourists.?
prototype?n 〔新型汽車﹑機器等的〕原型监婶,雛形(of / for)
eg. The scientists have developed a working prototype of the new car.
confide ?v . 吐露〔自己的隱私〕...confide to sb that... (confide in sb. )
eg. He confided to his friends that he didn’t have much hope for his marriage.
be stationed at?v.[usually passive 一般用被動態(tài) ]部署〔某人〕于;安置;使駐扎
eg. I was stationed overseas at the time.
irrepressible ?adj? ?開朗樂觀的惑惶;充滿精力的
eg. When I was studying at the university, I met an irrepressible optimist. After that, we bcame colleages.
look askance (at sb / sth)〔以鄙視的眼光〕(對某人/某物)側(cè)目煮盼,瞟視
eg. A waiter looked askance at Ellis’s jeans.
hubbub ?n ?人群的〕喧鬧聲,嘈雜聲
eg. I woke up by the hubbub from the market.?
dart?v. ?猛沖带污,飛跑?eg. Jill?darted forward?and pulled him away from the fire.
dart of guilt / panic / pain etc?突然的一陣內(nèi)疚/驚慌/疼痛等
eg.It sent a dart of terror through her. 那使她感到一陣恐懼僵控。
Summary
本周閱讀內(nèi)容主要為卷一,講述蘇東坡的出生地(眉山)鱼冀、家庭概況以及兩次入京报破,以及初入仕途的一些經(jīng)歷。
之前讀過林語堂《吾國與吾民》千绪,也是讀著有些吃力充易,字詞的問題反而是其次,可能還是語言文化功底的問題荸型,很多漢文化的東西盹靴,用英文表達時,在信息轉(zhuǎn)換時存在理解上問題瑞妇。 還是那句話:多讀稿静,多思。注意主題閱讀式和精讀相結(jié)合辕狰。