Unit 2 词汇详解课件-2022-2023学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）选择性必修第三册

1 astronaut n 宇航员 2 gravity n 重力；地球引力；严重性（=seriousness/severity） 严肃；庄严 astronomer 天文学家； astronomy 天文学 （behave with gravity 表现出应有的严肃性） Newton’s law of gravity 牛顿的万有引力定律 →grave adj. 重大的，严重的；严肃的；庄严的 n. 坟墓；墓穴；死亡；抑音符 3 absence n.缺乏，不存在；缺席 in the absence of… 在缺乏…的情况下 in/during one’s absence在某人不在的时候 absence from work 缺勤 (OPP: presence at...) Love was totally absent from his childhood.他的童年完全没有爱 In the absence of a lawyer, he was advised to keep silent. 在律师不在的情况下，他被建议保持沉默。 The decision was made in my absence. →absent a. be absent from…缺席，不在 absent-minded a.心不在焉的  6 ceiling n. 天花板;上限 The rooms were spacious, with tall windows and high ceilings. 房间很宽敞，且窗户和屋顶都很高。 The company passed an agreement to put a ceiling on salaries. 公司通过一项规定工资上限的协议。 4 float v. 漂浮 5 cupboard n. 壁柜；橱柜；衣柜 a skeleton in the cupboard 令人难堪的秘密 7 bother vt.使烦恼，使担心；打扰；花费时间精力（做某事） vi.花费时间精力（做某事） n. 麻烦，困难 bother sb with/about sth Sb cannot be bothered to do sth 某人嫌麻烦偷懒不做某事 bother to do sth//bother doing sth 花时间做某事 It really bothered me that he'd forgotten my birthday. The grass needs cutting but I can't be bothered to do it today. 草得剪一剪了, 但我今天却懒得去做. bothersome adj. 令人烦恼的 8 occupy 占用，使用；居住；占领，侵占；使忙于 occupy sb/oneself in doing sth/ with sth 使某人忙于做某事 be occupied with sth/in doing sth The most important thing is to keep yourself occupied. 最重要的是让自己有事做。 The area is under occupation. 该地区已被占领。 →occupied a.使用中的(vacant)；忙于某事的；被侵占的 →occupation n. 职业，工作；占领，占据；占用，使用 9 mission n. 任务 10 evaluate v. 评估=assess evaluation n. =assessment 11 creature n. 动物；人 12 mosquito n. 蚊子 （pl. mosquitos/mosquitoes） 13 microscope n. 显微镜 (micro- 微，小 macro- 大，宏观)  The government may need to revise its policy in the light of this report.  政府可能需要根据这份报告改变其政策。 In the light of this information it is now possible to identify a number of key issues. cast/shed/threw light on... 使...更清楚些 (shed