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【记】联想记忆:hood(帽兜) + wink(眨眼)→藏在帽兜里偷偷眨眼→欺骗
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【例】I was hoodwinked into buying a fake painting.
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【用】常见句型为:hoodwink sb. into doing sth.,表“欺骗某人做某事”。
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incessant[inˈsesənt]adj. 不停的,连续的,不断的
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【记】词根记忆:in(表加强) + cess(行走) + ant→一直走→连续的
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【例】Every day, constructional sites blast out an incessant roar of machines and the harsh clang of pile-drivers. (1998)
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devour[diˈvauə]vt. 吞噬,耗尽;狼吞虎咽地吃(光);贪婪地看(听、读等);占据…的全部注意力
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【记】词根记忆:de + vour(=vor,吃)→吞噬
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【例】①Kelvin devoured his lunch in the twinkling of an eye.
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②Lucia was devoured by a terror that gnawed her body as well as her soul.
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【用】固定搭配be devoured by表示“充满(好奇、愤怒等)”。
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harangue[həˈræŋ]n. 慷慨激昂的演说;长篇大论的讲话(文章),演讲 vt. 向…作慷慨激昂的演说;大声训斥
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【记】联想记忆:har(看作hard) + angue(看作argue,辩论)→强硬的辩论→慷慨激昂的演说
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【例】①Children are always tired of the parents’ harangue.
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②The chairman delivered his usual harangue.
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【用】harangue是及物动词,在表示“向…作演说”的时候,后面直接跟名词,如harangue the troops。
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scour[ˈskauə]vt. 彻底搜索(某地)
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【例】The regiments scoured the countryside and put everything to fire and sword.
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unprincipled[ʌnˈprinsəpld]adj. 不道德的;肆无忌惮的;无原则的
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【例】Coffey is totally unprincipled in credit matters; you can’t trust him.
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impasse[imˈpɑːs]n. 绝境,僵局;停顿
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【记】联想记忆:im(不) + pass(通过) + e→此路不通→绝境
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【例】If there can be no agreement, we will be at an impasse.
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【用】常用搭配为reach an impasse,表示“陷入僵局”。
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decompose[ˌdiːkəmˈpəuz]v. (使)变坏,腐烂;分解
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