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词汇精讲
Unit 2
Wildlife Protection
Kirsty
poster n.海报
put up a poster张贴海报 make/design a poster 制作海报
post n. 邮件 帖子博文
vt. 张贴;发文;邮递;
2. illegal adj.不合法的;非法的 legal adj. 合法的
illegally adv. 不合法地 legally adv. 合法地
illegal parking违章停车
illegal hunting非法狩猎
eg: It’s illegal to drive (drive) through a red light.
3. hunt vt. 打猎;追捕
go hunting 去打猎; over-hunting 过度猎杀 hunt the animals 猎取动物
vt. 搜寻
hunt sp. for sth. = search sp. for sth.为寻找……搜索某地
vi. 搜寻
hunt for/look for/ search for/ be in search of寻找
hunt for a job 找工作
n. 搜寻
be on the hunt for 正在寻找;在寻求中eg: He has been hunting for a job. 他一直在找工作。
衍生词:hunter n.猎人
4. immediately adv.立刻= at once// right now// right away 立刻;马上
immediate adj. 立刻的;立即的 an immediate effect 立竿见影的效果
immediately/instantly/directly 直接引导时间状语表示“一...就”=as soon as
eg: They came to help me immediately they heard I was in trouble.他们一听到我有麻烦就来帮助我。
5. species n.物种 *(单复数同形:species, means, deer, sheep,fish )
eg: This species of plant is (be) dying out.
6. shark n.鲨鱼;
fin n.(鱼的)鳍 shark’s fin 鱼翅
eg: A fish uses its fins to balance and move itself. 鱼用鳍来平衡和驱动身体。
People use shark’s fins to make shark fin soup!人们用鲨鱼的鱼鳍用来做鱼翅汤。
alarm vt.使惊恐;使担心
n.恐慌;警报;警报器
a fire alarm防火警报器
give/raise/ring/sound the alarm敲警钟;吹警报号
in alarm惊恐地(常作状语) He jumped up in alarm. 他惊慌地跳起来了。
alarming adj.(事)惊人的;使惊恐的
alarmed adj(人)惊恐的
be alarmed at/by ...对……感到惊慌或害怕
be alarmed to do sth.对做某事感到惊恐
on earth “究竟,到底”
eg: Why on earth would he want to go to such a place?
他到底为什么想去那么个地方?
on earth“究竟,到底”,放在疑问词 what,how,why,where,who 等之后表示强调,用于询问令人惊讶或生气的事。
on the earth 在地球上
9. die out 灭亡;逐渐消失
eg: How did the dinosaurs die out?
die away (声音/光线等) 逐渐消失或停止
die of死于(内因)
die from 死于(外因)
be dying for 渴求...;很想要...
be dying to do sth. 迫切想做某事;极想做某事
die off 相继死去
die down (风)减弱;(声音)降低
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