Unit 5 A delicate world
dramatic adj
1 巨大而突然的，急剧的
dramatic change/shift/improvement
✧Computers have brought dramatic changes to the workplace.电脑给职场带来了巨大的变化。
dramatic increa/ri/fall/drop/reduction etc
✧Universities have suffered a dramatic drop in student numbers.大学里学生的数量急剧减少
dramatic effect/results
✧A rious accident can have a dramatic effect on your family’s finances.markup是什么意思一次严重的以外事
故可能会突然给家庭经济情况带来巨大的影响。
2 激动人心的；给人深刻印象的
✧A superb goal by Owen earned United a dramatic victory yesterday.昨天欧文的一个超级入球联队赢得了激动人心的胜利。
✧Some of the most dramatic events in American history happened here.美国历史上一些最震撼人心的事件发生在这里。
✧the dramatic scenery of the Grand Canyon大峡谷的壮丽景致
new style
3 表演的；戏剧的
✧the amateur dramatic societythe cabin in the woods业余剧团
✧the dramatic arts戏剧艺术
4 引人注目的，给人深刻印象的
✧She needed a stunning dress to help her make a dramatic entrance.她需要一件能让她在登场时大出风头的惊艳礼服。
✧Tristan threw up his hands in a dramatic gesture.特里斯坦夸张地把双手向上一甩。
dramatically ad
1 大幅地；显著地；急剧地
increa/ri/fall/drop dramatically
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✧Output has incread dramatically.产量已大幅度提高。
✧Three years on, Jack’s life has dramatically changed.三年之后，杰克的生活发生了巨大的变化。
2 日文歌词夸张做作地；戏剧性地
✧She leaned forward dramatically.她夸张地把身体往前倾。
heritage n
1 （文化）遗产；传统
✧the importance of prerving the national heritage 保护民族遗产的重要性
✧beautiful old buildings which are part of our heritage 属于我们遗产一部分的漂亮古建筑
cultural/architectural/literary etc heritage
✧the cultural heritage of Italy意大利的文化遗产
2 (of) mixed/multiple heritage （父母）不同种族的
appetite n
1 胃口，食欲
✧Her husband always had a huge appetite. 她丈夫向来胃口极大。
✧Symptoms include tiredness and loss of appetite. 症状包括疲倦和食欲不振。
2 欲望；喜爱
appetite for
✧She has an amazing appetite for knowledge.她求知欲极强。
✧People em to have an insatiable appetite (=always wanting more of something) for news of any kind.人们好像对任何一种新闻都有无穷的兴。
multiply v (multiplied, multiplying, multiplies)
1 乘，乘以
✧Children will learn to multiply in the cond grade. 儿童会在二年级学习乘法。
multiply something by something
✧ Multiply the total by 12.把总数乘以12.
2 （使）大大增加，（使）倍增
✧The amount of information available has multiplied. 可获得的信息大大增加了。
✧Smoking multiplies the risk of heart attacks and other health problems.吸烟大大增加了患心脏病和其他疾病的危险。
3 繁殖
✧Bacteria multiply quickly in warm food. 细菌在温热的食物里繁殖得很快。
conrvation n
1 （动植物、森林等的）保护
✧wildlife conrvation 野生生物保护
✧a local conrvation group 当地的一个环境保护团体
conrvation of
✧conrvation of the countryside 乡村的保护
南京环球雅思
weightwatchers
2 保存；保护；节约
✧energy conrvation 能源的节约
conrvation of
✧the conrvation of resources through recycling 通过循环使用保护资源
decrea v
（使）变小，（使）减少
✧The number of people who have the dia has decread significantly in recent years.近年来，患这种病的人明显减少。
✧They want to decrea their reliance on oil. 他们想减少对石油的依赖。
decrea by
✧Average hou prices decread by 13% last year. 去年房屋均价下降13%。
decrea to
✧By 1881, the population of Ireland had decread to 5.2 million.wheneverwherever到1881年，爱尔兰的人口减少到了520万。
decrea from
✧The North’s share of the world’s energy consumption is expected to decrea from 70% to 60%.北半球发达国家所占的世界能源消耗比例有望从70%下降到60%。
decrea in
✧ Attacks of asthma decrea in frequency through early adult life.成年早期，哮喘的发病频率会降低。
trap n
1 （捕捉动物的）夹子，罗网，陷阱
✧The only way to catch mice is to t a trap. 抓老鼠的唯一办法就是放置捕鼠器。
✧He stepped into a bear trap covered in snow.他踩到了埋在雪里的一个捕熊夹。
2 圈套，陷阱；诡计
lay/t a trap (for somebody)
✧Police had t a trap for hooligans at the match.警方在那场比赛中给闹事者设了圈套。
fall/walk into a trap
✧Mr Smith has walked straight into a trap laid by the Tories.史密斯先生直接落入了保守党不舍得圈套。
3 牢笼；困境
✧Amanda felt that marriage was a trap.阿曼达觉得婚姻是个牢笼。
debt/unemployment etc trap
✧people caught in the unemployment trap陷入视野困境中的人们
4 fall into/avoid the trap of doing something 落入/避开做某事的陷阱
5 keep your trap shut 闭上你的嘴
6 shut your trap!闭上你的嘴
v (trapped, trapping)
1 困住；使陷于危险中
✧Twenty miners were trapped underground.20名矿工被困在地下。
✧The building collapd, trapping dozens of people in the rubble.楼房倒塌，很多人被困在了瓦砾下面。
erus✧rainy daysThere’s no way out! We’re trapped!出不去！我们被困住了！
2 be/feel trapped 陷于困境/感觉被困住
✧Julia felt trapped in her role wife and mother. 茱莉娅觉得自己被为人妻母的角色束缚住
了。
3 把…困住（以便抓捕），迫使进入
✧The police trapped the terrorists at a roadblock.警察在设有路障的地方堵住了恐怖分子。
4 使陷入圈套，使中计
trap somebody into (doing) something
✧I was trapped into signing a confession.我被骗签了一份供词。
5 夹住，卡住
✧Mind you don’t trap your fingers in the door.小心别让门加了手指头。
