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Earth First
Developing ideas
smog
拼缀法:smoke + fog
原用以指伦敦曾经被浓烟笼罩的情形
fog
词块:heavy / thick fog
派生词:foggy
severe
severe weather
恶劣天气
severe winter
寒冬
severe pain
剧痛
severe
① 极为恶劣的;十分严重的:
severe weather conditions 恶劣的天气状况
② 严厉的;重的
The courts are becoming more severe on young offenders.
法庭对青少年犯罪者的处罚趋于严厉。
③ 严厉的;苛刻的:
a severe expression 严厉的表情
④艰难的;艰巨的
The marathon is a severe test of stamina.
severely
infection
infect (v 传染) + -tion
lecture
词块:attend / go to a lecture
give / deliver a lecture on / about sth
熟词生义:教训 (give sb a lecture about sth = lecture sb about sth)
permission
permit (v 允许) + -sion
词块:ask (for) permission
without permission
permission to do sth
slide
一词多义:基本义“滑动”;
名词“滑梯”
熟词生义:幻灯片
majority
词族: major adj.主要的
false
amount
“a large / small / ... amount of + 不可数名词”作主语时,谓语动词常用单数形式
“large / small / ... amounts of + 不可数名词”作主语时,谓语动词常用复数形式
e.g.
A large amount of money is spent on tobacco every year.
Small amounts of land were used for keeping animals.
device
a water-saving device 节水装置
stand-by
mode
electricity
词族:electric n. 电
adj.电的;发电的
短语: a waste of electricity 浪费电
electricity supply 电供应
leak
v. ① 泄漏;渗漏:
a leaking pipe 渗漏的管道
② 透漏(秘密信息);走漏:
a leaked document 已泄密的文件
n. ①漏洞;裂缝:
a leak in the roof 屋顶的漏洞
②泄漏出的液体或气体:
a gas leak 煤气泄漏
③(秘密信息的)透露:
a leak to the press about the government plans on tax
有关政府税收计划的消息对新闻界的泄露
appliance
remove
① 移走; 搬走; 去掉:
e.g. Remove the old wallpaper and fill any holes in the walls.
② 清除,除去:
This treatment removes the most stubborn stains.
③ 免职,解雇:
e.g. Congress could remove the President from office.
④ 摘掉; 脱掉:
e.g. He removed his hat and gloves.
remove
remove ... from … 把……从……移开
remove sb. from school 开除; 勒令某人退学
remove one’s doubt/ trouble 消除某人的疑虑/烦恼
plug
take ... into account
把……考虑进去
e.g. He seemed not to take the rising oil prices into account when buying a car