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②If you are going to charge people a fee, you ought to at least have the decency to tell them in advance.
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【用】decency作“礼仪，行为，准则”讲时要用复数形式，另外词组have the decency to do sth. 的意思是“为了体面或礼貌而做某事”。
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dishono(u)r［disˈɔnə］n. 不名誉，丢脸（的人、事）vt. 使受耻辱，使丢脸；拒绝承兑（支票）
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【例】①You’ve become a dishonor to your family by causing so much trouble.
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②Our company was dishonored by the manager’s fraudulent actions to the customers.
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spew［spjuː］v. （使）喷出；呕吐
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【例】Some people like to use the Internet to spew racial and religious hatred.
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evanescent［ˌiːvəˈnesənt］adj. 迅速消失的，不久就淡忘的
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【记】词根记忆：e + van（空） + escent（开始…的）→刚开始就空了→迅速消失的
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【例】We all know that talks is evanescent but writing leaves footprints.
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smother［ˈsmʌðə］vt. 使窒息，闷死；覆盖，笼罩；忍住，抑制
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【例】①A woman who tried to smother a baby boy three times is jailed for life.
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②The streets of the resort were clotted with cars and smothered in the smell of fried food and suntan lotion.
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tedium［ˈtiːdiəm］n. 厌倦，乏味
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【例】It was the busy work and the tedium of your life that made you mournful.
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digress［daiˈgres］vi. 离题
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【记】词根记忆：di（离开） + gress（走）→走开了→离题
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【例】During the lecture, the professor often digressed to give the history behind each theory.
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chime［tʃaim］n. 钟声 v. 发出钟声，奏出和谐的音调；符合，协调，一致
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【例】①The clock of the temple chimed at midnight and we greet the new year.
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②chime in with sth. 与…一致 We are glad to know that our plan chime in with yours.
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【用】词组chime in with sth. 是“符合某事，适合某事；与某事一致”的意思。
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heterogeneous［ˌhetərəuˈdʒiːnjəs］adj. 由不同种类组成的，成分混杂的
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【记】词根记忆：hetero（异） + gene（产生） + ous→产生相异的→成分混杂的
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【例】①In those days the pre-industrial city in America functioned as a complex and varied organizing element in American life, not as a simple, heterogeneous and sturdy union. （2002听力）
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