高级英语复习笔记及讲解9
Lesson Ten
The Tenth Man
1. making his first entry …… 第一次进入。
另如：make a triumpohant entry 凯旋进入；have free entry 可以自由进入。
2. abrupt ： subben or unexpected 突然。
如：an abrupt departure 突然离开。
3. sullen ： showing irritation or anger by a gloomy silence 愠怒的。
4. indifferent ： without interest or concern 漠不关心，不在乎。
如： He seems indifferent to worldly success . 他似乎不在乎名利。
5. draw or cast lots ： to settle a question by the use of lots 抽签。
6. be bound to do sth.
bound ： certain ， sure 肯定。
如：We are bound to secceed . 我们肯定会成功。
7. refasten ： re + fasten
fasten ： to attach firmly or securely in place or to something else 系牢，牢牢固定，绑住。
如：Please fasten your seat belt . 请系牢你的安全带。
fasten a boat to the quay 把船系于码头。
8. may as well ： used to express an opinion about a reason for doing or not doing the action of the given verb 还是做……的好；不妨……
如： If that‘s the case ， you may as well have a try .如果情况果真如此，你不妨试试看。
Now that you‘re here ， you may as well make yourself useful . 既然你在这里，你还是可以派上用场的。
9. mock ： fun of 嘲笑。
如：His writings mocked the follies of the age . 他的著作嘲笑了那个时代的愚蠢。
The naught boy mocked his queer accent . 淘汰的男孩嘲笑他奇怪的口音。
His irresponsibilty mocked my trust in him . 他的不负责任嘲弄了我对他的信任。
10. nag at ： be a constant source of unease or irritation to 使苦恼不己。
如：The debt nagged at his conscience . 债务让他的良心痛苦不己。
11. narrow ： limit ， or restrict 限制。
如：The detectives narrowed the search to just three suspects . 侦探将调查对象限制到三个嫌犯。
decrease 缩小。
如：The gap between the rich and the poor should be narrowed . 贫富的差距应该缩小。
12. consent ： to permit ， approve ， or agree 同意，批准。
如：My father didn‘t consent to our agreement at first . 我父亲最初不同意我们结婚。
We consented to a temporany agreement . 我们达成临时协议。
by common consent 经一致同意。
13. implore ： beg urgently ； beseech 恳求。
如： I implored your forgiveness . 我恳求你宽恕我。
She implored him for mercy . 她恳求他宽容她。
We implored him to stay on . 我们恳求他再呆下去。
14. sum up ： 总结。
如： We summed up merits and demerits of the scheme . 我们总结了这个计划的优缺点。
Could you sum up the main points of the lesson ？ 你能否总结本课的要点？
