words and expressions?
1. appraise: v
a. ?If you appraise something or someone, you consider them carefully and form an opinion about them. 評(píng)價(jià)
eg.?This prompted many employers to appraise their selection and recruitment policies.
這促使很多雇主評(píng)價(jià)其人才選聘政策埃儿。
b. .V-T When experts appraise something, they decide how much money it is worth. 估價(jià)
eg. His estate is now appraised at a figure near $1,000,000.
reappraise: v 重新評(píng)估
2. carapace : n
a.N-COUNT A carapace is the protective shell on the back of some animals such as tortoises or crabs. (龜券腔、蟹等的)甲殼
b.?N-COUNT You can refer to an attitude that someone has in order to protect themselves as their carapace. 保護(hù)殼
eg.?The arrogance became his protective carapace.
3. admonition: n??An admonition is a warning or criticism about someone's behaviour. 警告
eg.?She ignored the admonitions of her mother.
4. throng:?
a. n a large crowd of people. 一大群人
eg.?An official pushed through the throng.
b. to be or go somewhere in very large numbers:
eg.The crowds thronged into the stadium.
The narrow streets were thronged with summer visitors.
5. hegemon :?n ?a leader, country, or group that is very strong and powerful and therefore able to control others:霸權(quán)主義者/國(guó)際
Could the United States lose out to another global hegemon, China?
6. step up:?
a. to take action when there is a need or opportunity for it:
eg. Investors have to step up and assume more responsibility for their assets.
b. If you step up something, you increase it or increase its intensity. 增加
eg. He urged donors to step up their efforts to send aid to Somali
7. flesh sth out : to add more details or information to something:充實(shí) (故事或計(jì)劃等)
eg. These plans need to be fleshed out with some more figures.
8. in the realm of??: 在.....領(lǐng)域
eg . In the realm of research, finding out what you don't know is almost as important as knowing what you do. ?
9. wont:
a. formal： as is someone's wont :?in the way that someone usually does: 習(xí)慣做法
eg. She arrived an hour late, as is her wont.
b. adj be wont to do sth :?to often do something:
The previous city council was wont to overspend.
10. mnemonics：n. 記憶術(shù)
11.mouthpiece?
a.?N-COUNT The mouthpiece of a telephone is the part that you speak into. (電話的) 話筒
eg.?He shouted into the mouthpiece.
b.?N-COUNT The mouthpiece of a musical instrument or other device is the part that you put into your mouth. (樂(lè)器的) 吹口; (器具的) 銜口
eg.?He showed him how to blow into the ivory mouthpiece.
c.?N-COUNT The mouthpiece of an organization or person is someone who informs other people of the opinions and policies of that organization or person. 代言人
eg.?Their mouthpiece is the vice president.
12. bolster:?
a. V-T If you bolster something such as someone's confidence or courage, you increase it. 增強(qiáng)
eg.?Hopes of an early cut in interest rates bolstered confidence.
b. V-T If someone tries to bolster their position in a situation, they try to strengthen it. 鞏固
eg. The country is free to adopt policies to bolster its economy.
c. a long firm cylinder-shaped pillow：長(zhǎng)枕頭
13. broach:?
a.?V-T When you broach a subject, especially a sensitive one, you mention it in order to start a discussion on it. 提出
eg.?Eventually I broached the subject of her early life.
b.V to cause (a sailing vessel) to swerve sharply and dangerously or (of a sailing vessel) to swerve sharply and dangerously in a following sea, so as to be broadside to the waves 使(帆船)突然劇烈轉(zhuǎn)向
14. disavow: V-T If you disavow something, you say that you are not connected with it or responsible for it. 拒絕對(duì)...承擔(dān)責(zé)任
eg.?Dr. Samuels immediately disavowed the newspaper stoey.?
15. eschew:V-T ?deliberately avoid doing it or becoming involved in it. 避免
eg. Although he appeared to enjoy a jet-setting life, he eschewed publicity and avoided night clubs.
16. come within a whisker of (doing) sth:?If you come within a whisker of doing something, you almost do it or it almost happens to you:
eg. Twice now she had come within a whisker of death.
17. revisionist: adj/ n ?If you describe a person or their views as revisionist, you mean that they reject traditionally held beliefs about a particular historical event or events. (對(duì)歷史事件)持修正主義論的
eg.?...the revisionist interpretation of the French Revolution.
18. dismantal :v
a.?V-T If you dismantle a machine or structure, you carefully separate it into its different parts. 拆除
eg.?He asked for immediate help from the United States to dismantle the warheads.
b.?V-T To dismantle an organization or system means to cause it to stop functioning by gradually reducing its power or purpose. 逐步廢除
eg. Public services of all kinds are being dismantled.
19. template: n.
a. ?If one thing is a template for something else, the second thing is based on the first thing. 樣板
eg.?The template for Adair's novel is not somebody else's fiction, but fact.
b. A template is a thin piece of metal or plastic which is cut into a particular shape. It is used to help you cut wood, paper, metal, or other materials accurately, or to reproduce the same shape many times. (用于切割木材邢疙、紙忆首、金屬等的) 模板
eg.?Trace around your template and transfer the design onto a sheet of card.
c. N-COUNT In computing, a template is a model of a document that you can use as a guide when creating a document of your own. (計(jì)算機(jī)中用于創(chuàng)建文檔的) 模板
eg.?Open any of the layout templates, insert your text, make any other changes, and print.
20 . lingua franca：?a language or way of communicating which is used between people who do not speak one another's native language. (講不同母語(yǔ)的人之間的)通用語(yǔ)
eg. English is rapidly becoming the lingua franca of Asia.
