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Part One 句法詞匯
1. strip
n.
a relatively long narrow piece of something
# he felt a flat strip of muscle
v.
(1) take off or remove
# strip a wall of its wallpaper
Synonyms:?dismantle
Type of:remove, take, take away, withdraw
(2)?~ sb of sth to take away property or honours from sb, as a punishment 剝奪；褫奪
# He was disgraced and stripped of his title.?他名譽掃地，被取消了頭銜。
strip sth?a'way
1 ?to remove a layer from sth 剝去；剝下；揭去
# First, you need to strip away all the old plaster.?首先，你得把原來的灰泥全部刮掉。
2 to remove anything that is not true or necessary 揭去，揭穿，清除（虛假或不必要的東西）
# The movie aims to strip away the lies surrounding Kennedy's life.這部電影旨在揭穿有關肯尼迪生平的種種謊言。
2. marvel
~ (at sth) to be very surprised or impressed by sth 感到驚奇；大為贊嘆
# Everyone marvelled at his courage.?人人對他的勇氣都驚嘆不已。
3. recall
[U] the ability to remember sth that you have learned or sth that has happened in the past 記憶力；記性
# She has amazing powers of recall.?她有驚人的記憶力。
to have instant recall (= to be able to remember sth immediately)?有快速記憶的能力
to have total recall (= to be able to remember all the details of sth)?記得所有細節(jié)
4. hamper
v.
prevent the progress or free movement of
# Any injunction striking down parts of its pretrial release system would?hamper?these ongoing reforms, county lawyers argued.
Synonyms:cramp, halter, strangle
n.
(1)a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
Synonyms:bond, shackle, trammel
(2)a basket usually with a cover
a picnic hamper 野餐籃
5. I lost the conviction that lights would always turn green for me.
6. apprehension
Apprehension is fear or anxiety about something – you might feel apprehension about an upcoming test. Apprehension is also the capture of a criminal, when they get apprehended, or caught. It can mean “understand an idea” too.
(1)= anxiety, alarm, concern, dread, fear, foreboding, suspicion, trepidation, worry
?# There is growing apprehension that fighting will begin again.人們愈來愈擔心會重開戰(zhàn)火。
? ?He watched the election results with some apprehension.?他不無憂慮地觀察選舉結果。
(2)逮捕，拘押 = arrest, capture, catching, seizure, taking
7. dismal fact
dismal= gloomy, bleak, cheerless, dark, depressing, discouraging, dreary, forlorn, sombre, wretched
Dismal comes from the Latin dies mali which means "bad days." There is a hopelessness implied in the word. If you fell on the way to school and cut your knee, it would be bad, but not dismal. If you fell into a giant mud puddle and had to wear dirty, crusty clothes until you got home, it might make the school day seem pretty dismal.
# dismal conditions/ surroundings/ weather 悲慘的狀況；凄涼的環(huán)境；陰沉的天氣
# Their recent attempt to increase sales has been a dismal failure. 他們最近努力提高銷售量，全是白費勁。
8. with fresh footage spliced in for every screening
9. counting up the sins of commission and omission
comission
the act of committing a crime
The word commission has several very different meanings, but in its most basic meaning, commission is the act of passing a responsibility to someone else. If you receive a government commission, that means you have been assigned a task by the government.Another common meaning of commission is the amount of money an employee earns when they sell something: In addition to his salary, he gets a 1% commission on each sale. A commission is also an order for someone to do something and get paid: The artist received a commission for a new painting to hang in the building lobby. And a commission is a high-ranking position in the armed forces, or a special committee that controls or investigates something.
omission ? ? ??v. ?omit
leaving out or passing over something
= exclusion, failure, lack, neglect, oversight
Omissions can be purposeful or a result of neglect.
# Everyone was surprised at her omission from the squad.她未列入該編組使大家感到驚訝。
10. sloth 樹懶；懶惰
a disinclination(reluctance) to work or exert yourself
If you lounge around in your bathrobe watching TV and ordering out for pizza, you'll get called a?sloth.Sloth has meant "lazy person" or "laziness" for a long time. In the Catholic Churchslothwas categorized as one of the seven deadly sins.
11. guise VS disguise
No doubt you’ve noticed the similarity between?guise?and?disguise. Both involve the art of deception: it’s the methods that differ.Guise?is about trying on new attitudes and mannerisms, such as speaking and acting in the guise of a native in a place where you are actually a tourist.?Disguise?involves hiding your real identity, disappearing in the new role.
# Owens said he did not want President Trump to deflect an investigation under the?guise?of respecting son’s sacrifice.
disguise ??
?A disguise is something you put on so no one recognizes you. Most of the time we think of a disguise as something you wear, but you can also disguise your feelings.
# She disguised herself as a boy.?她女扮男裝。
# It was a thinly disguised attack on the President.?明眼人一下就能看出這是在攻擊總統(tǒng)。
# The star travelled in disguise.?這位明星化了裝去旅行。
12. liaison
a channel for communication between groups
# We work in close liaison with the police.我們與警方密切配合。
liasion officer 聯(lián)絡人
13. call forth
to produce a particular reaction 引起；使產生
# His speech called forth an angry response.?他的發(fā)言引起了一陣憤怒。
14. At the mercy ofthose we cannot but hold in contempt.?
# Politicians seem to be generally held in contempt by ordinary people.一般百姓似乎普遍看不起從政者。
15. despise
= look down on, abhor, detest, loathe, revile, scorn
16. consort
v.廝混
# He is known to have consorted with prostitutes.
n. （統(tǒng)治者的）配偶 ? ? ??一組（古樂器）；一組（演奏幾世紀前音樂的樂師）
17. compulsion
n.?
(1) 強迫，強制
# You are under no compulsion to pay immediately.沒有人強迫你立刻付款。
There are no compulsions on students to attend classes.沒有強求學生上課。
?(2)（尤指做不道德、愚蠢或危險事的）強烈欲望，沖動
# He felt a great compulsion to tell her everything.
他感到一陣強烈的沖動，想要把一切都告訴她。
18. ludicrous
a. unreasonable; that you cannot take seriously
a ludicrous suggestion?荒謬的建議
19. arouses such disproportionate guilt
= unequal, excessive, inordinate, out of proportion, unbalanced, uneven, unreasonable
# The area contains a disproportionate number of young middle-class families.
此地年輕的中產階級家庭特別多。
20. specter
(1)幽靈; 鬼怪
(2) 纏繞心頭的恐懼; 兇兆
# the terrible specter of nuclear war 縈繞心頭的對核戰(zhàn)爭的恐懼
