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【用】at the discretion of的意思是“听凭处置”,但在句子中应看上下文来翻译或理解。
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⑤They’ve asked for more discretion in picking students by giving more weight to such screening tools as essay writing or interviews.(2008)
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numb[nʌm]adj. 失去知觉的,麻木的;惊呆的,发愣的 vt. 使麻木;使惊呆,使发愣
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【例】①I back up against a window, numb and weary.
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②We numb the body and the mind.
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【用】numb若与with连用,表示“冻僵”的意思。
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callow[ˈkæləu]adj. 年幼的,未成熟的;无经验的
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【例】George was laughed by his colleagues as a callow youth.
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intricacy[ˈintrikəsi]n. 错综复杂;错综复杂的事物
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【记】词根记忆:in + tric(复杂) + acy→错综复杂
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【例】①Mary was too tired to explore the intricacy of human relationships in the works.
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②This paper argues that the Beowulf poet develops an intricacy in his poem that is unusual to Old English literature.
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myriad[ˈmiriəd]n. / adj. 无数(的),极大数量(的)
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【记】一部老影片:《万劫情鸳》Lovers in a Myriad Perils
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【例】There were a myriad of complicated machines in the huge lab.
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light[lait]n. 光线;灯火;(眼中的)闪光;眼光,见解 vt. 点燃,开始燃烧;照亮 adj. 轻的;少量的;轻快的,轻松的;光线充足的,明亮的;浅色的
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【例】①Invariably, a light comment or joke is made and my friend’s easy laughter appears like sunshine in the conversation.
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②in the light of 鉴于 The board of directors must make decision immediately in the light of the situation.
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③throw light on 阐明 Professor Lee threw light on the complicated question on the class.
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【用】make light of意思是“轻视,视…为微不足道的”。
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【派】lighter(n. 打火机);lightning(n. 闪电 adj. 闪电式的)
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whoop[huːp]n. /vi. 大叫,欢呼,高喊
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【例】①The raider whooped loudly and fired a barrage of bullets into the escape hatch.
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②After College Entrance Exam they were whooping it up all night long.
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obsessive[əbˈsesiv]adj. 妄想的 n. 有妄想的人
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