内容正文:
Words and expressions
Unit 1 :Decisions
上教版
选必二
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vocation
n. a type of wrork that one thinks is suitable for oneself
( 适合自己的)工作,职业
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Nursing is not just a job ─ it's a vocation.
护理不仅仅是一项工作,而且还是一种职业。
Her vocation is her work as an actress
她的职业就是当演员。
His deformity totally disabled him from following his vocation.
他的残疾使他完全失去了从事他的职业的能力。
He chose teaching as his vocation.
他选择教书作为自己的职业。
She struggled for years to find her true vocation.
她多年来一直在苦苦找寻真正适合自己的职业。
She found her true vocation as a nurse.
她发现当护士是她理想的职业。
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She believes that she has found her true vocation in life.
她相信自己找到了真正适合自己的生活方式。
He believed that to be a writer was his true vocation.
他认为当作家是他真正的使命。
It could well be that he has a real vocation.
很可能他是找到了自己真正的使命。
He saw his vocation as one of prayer and apostolic work.
他认为从事祷告和门徒的工作是他的使命。
Trades union leadership in those days was less a career than a vocation.
那时候的工会领导与其说是一份职业,倒不如说是一种使命。
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Diana was a young mission school teacher convinced of her vocation to provide support for her schoolgirl pupils.
黛安娜是教会学校的一名年轻老师,她深信帮助学校的女学生是她的使命。
She is a doctor with a strong sense of vocation.
她是一位具有强烈使命感的医生。
You missed your vocation ─ you should have been an actor.
你干错行了,你本该当演员。
The girl missed her vocation-she should have been an actress.
那姑娘入错行了,她本该当演员。
She has no vocation for teaching.
她不是当老师的料。
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gain
v.to obtain something,especially something that you need 获得:取得
n. Increase 增加
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gain
(1)vt. 获得;赢得;得到
(2)vt.& vi. 获利 , 增加;( 钟表) 走得快
(3)vt. 抵达;到达
(4)n.[U] 获益;盈利;[C] 利润;好处
She gained high grades in English and maths.
她的英语和数学得了高分。
The clock gained 5 minutes.
这表快五分钟。
She gained 10kg in weight.
她的体重增加了10千克。
We cut a path through the forest and gained the river next day.
我们穿过森林中的小路 , 翌日来到河边 。
No pains ,no gains.
( 谚) 不劳无获 。
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Impress
v. ta make somebody feel admiration
使钦偑:使敬仰;给---留下深刻的好印象
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impress
构 词 im(里面)+press(压)
vt.给…..深刻的印象;铭记;印,压印
impression n.印象,感想;印记,压痕
impressive a.给人印象深刻的,感人的
impression of(about) 对….的印象
impression on 给……留下的印象
make an impr