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1. f lood /f lʌd/ n. 洪水
搭配 in f lood(河流)泛滥;(陆地)一片
汪洋
例句 Many rivers in the past were in flood in
China. 过去中国的很多河流在泛滥。
2. lightning /laɪtnɪŋ/ n. 闪电 (light·ning)
构成 light (光;光亮) + -ning
例句1 Lightning lit up the night sky. 闪电照亮
了夜空。
例句2 Lightning never strikes twice in the
same place. [谚]倒霉的事不可能在同一人身上
重复发生 / 事不过二。
搭配 like lightning 闪电似的;飞快地 as
quick as lightning 快如闪电地;转瞬间
例句 As quick as lightning, she moves on the
tennis court. 她在网球场上移动得疾如闪电。
3. column /kɒləm/ n. 柱状物;柱状体 (col·umn)
例句1 The roof is supported by four huge stone
columns. 房顶由四根巨大的石柱支撑着。
例句2 For the sake of simplicity, the column
chart has been used. 为简单起见,(我们)使
用了柱状图。
4. experience /ɪkspɪəriəns/ vt. 经历 (ex·pe·ri·ence)
例句1 It was the first time I had experienced
short days and long nights. 这是我第一次经历短
暂的白天和漫长的夜晚。
例句2 He’s a man who has experienced suffering.
他是一个吃过苦的人。
拓 展 e x p e r i e n c e n . 经验;体验;经历;
阅历 by / from experience 凭经验;从经验
中 have experience in (doing) sth. 对(做)某
事有经验
例句 The best way to learn is to learn by experience.
学习的最佳方法就是从经验中学习。
联想 experienced adj. 有经验的;老练的
【注 意】 experience 可作名词,表示“经验;体
验”时,为不可数名词;表示“经历;阅历”
时,通常为可数名词。
5. cause /kɔ:z/ vt. 引起;导致
例句 His absence caused me much trouble. 他
的缺席给我带来了许多麻烦。
6. current /kʌrənt/ n. 海流;潮流 (cur·rent)
例句 Each wave threw him down and the
current kept pulling him back into the sea. 每一
次波浪都把他推倒,而海流不断把他冲回到海
中去。
搭配 go with the current 随波逐流;顺应潮
流 against the current 逆流(而行)
例句 We must try to go with the current of the
times. 我们必须尽量顺应时代潮流。
拓 展 current adj. 现在的;现行的
7. furniture /fɜ:nɪt ʃ ə/ n. 家具 (fur·ni·ture)
例句 This old French table is a very valuable
piece of furniture. 这张古老的法式餐桌是件很
珍贵的家具。
【注 意】 furniture为集合名词,没有复数形式;
表示“一件家具”要用a piece of furniture。
8. bury /beri/ vt. 埋葬 (bur·y)
搭配 bury sb. alive 活埋某人 bury sb. + 介词
+ 地点 安葬某人在某地
例句1 The miners were buried alive when the
tunnel fell down. 隧道塌方时,矿工被活埋了。
例句2 He was buried in the churchyard of St
必备单词
Module 3 The Violence of Nature
词汇一本通1-106.indd 61 2016/1