内容正文:
Words and expressions
Unit 1 :Across the globe
上教版
选必三
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biology
n. the scientific study of the life and structure of plants and animals
生物学
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biology [baɪˈɒlədʒi]
词根:bi(o) = life 生命,生物
单词:biology = bio + logy
解析:logy n.= branch of science 表学科
= the science of life in all 与生物有关的学科
释义:生物学
举个例子:Zoology and botany are main divisions of biology.
例子释义:动物学和植物学是生物学的两门主要分科
拓展:
bi(o)和anim都是生命的词根,前者是希腊词根,后者是拉丁词根,这就是英语的一大特点,专业的词汇基本都是外来语派生出来的,尤其是科学类的名词中比较常见,要注意区分。其中logy也是科学类别中非常常见的尾缀。
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angle
n. the direction that something is leaning or pointing in
角度; 斜角
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angle
①v. 使…形成角度,调整…的角度
He angled his chair so that he could sit and watch her.
他斜移了椅子,以便坐着观察她。
②n.斜角,角度
We had to do the scene over and over again, from different angles...
我们不得不翻来覆去地从不同的角度拍这个场面。
③观点;立场;角度
We need a new angle for our next advertising campaign.
我们需要从一个新的角度去展开下一次广告活动。
④v. 垂钓;钓鱼
Let’s go angling.
我们去钓鱼吧。
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minority
n. the smaller part of a group; less than half of the people or things in a large group
少数;少数人;少数派
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minority
音标:英 [maɪˈnɒrəti] 美 [maɪˈnɔːrəti]
释义:n. 少数民族;少数;少数派;少数人;少数群体;未成年
例句:
Minority cultures within the United States often raised issues of cross-cultural conflict.
美国的少数民族文化经常引发跨文化冲突问题。
The government seems not to be troubled by its inconsistent policies on minority rights
政府好像并不觉得其在少数民族权利问题上政策的前后不一有什么不妥。
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remote
ad. far away from places where other people live
远的;俯的
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remote /rɪˈmot/
adj. 遥远的;偏僻的;疏远的 n. 远程
Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas.
滑坡阻隔了许多边远地区的村子。
Slabs of rock had slipped sideways in the remote past and formed this hole.
在遥远的过去,大块的岩石向旁边滑落,形成了这个洞。
This government depends on the wishes of a few who are remote from the people.
这个政府按照那几个疏远群众之人的意愿行事。
I use sunscreen whenever there is even a remote possibility that I will be in the sun.
我无论什么时候都用防晒霜,哪怕是只有一点点晒到太阳的可能。
She looked so beautiful, and at the same time so remote.
她看上去如此漂亮,但同时又那么孤傲。
He flipped through the channels with the remote.
他用遥控器快速浏览了各个频道。
比较级:remoter 最高级:remotes