Unit 10 The Idiocy of Urban Life
1. civil: a.
(1) 礼貌的 [OPP] uncivil
e.g. His manner was civil, though not particularly friendly.
He’d been careful to be civil to everyone.
The less time I have to spend being civil to him the better!中班生活活动
(2) 公民的
e.g. civil rights芝麻糊: basic rights that all people in a society should have
civil aviation: 民用航空 aviation relating to ordinary people rather than military forces
(3) of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state
e.g. civil war: 内战war between groups in a country
civil rvant/rvice 文职公务员/文职人员
Derivations:
civilize v. rai from a barbaric to a civilized state
e.g. Schools will help to civilize the wild tribes there.
civilly ad. 谦恭地,礼貌地
e.g. She greeted him civilly but with no sign of affection.
2. echo: v. 回音,附和,模仿
(1) [vi.] if a sound echoes, you hear it again becau it was made near something such as a wall or hill
e.g. The sound of an engine echoes back from the thick forest.
从茂密的森里里传来引擎的回声。
Her footsteps echoed in the empty room.
Collocations: echo + through/round
e.g. He could hear eerie nois echoing through the corridors.
他可以听见恐怖的噪音在走廊里回荡。
The gunshot echoed through the forest.
(2) [vi.] if a place echoes, it is filled with sounds that are repeated or are similar to each other
Collocation: echo + with
e.g. The street echoed with the cries of children.
(3) 你最喜欢的一本书>天蝎座和处女座[vt.] to repeat an idea or opinion becau you agree with it
e.g. The article simply echoed the NRA’s arguments against gun control.
(NRA= National Rifle Association)
✧ turning forests into lies: doing propaganda work; printing lies on paper
3. crui: v. 巡航,漫游,乘船游览
(1) [vi. & vt.] to travel in a ship or boat visiting different places, esp. as a holiday/vacation
crui + ad./prep e.g. They cruid down the Nile.
crui + sth e.g. We spent two weeks cruising the Bahamas.
They will be going cruising the Greek islands next week.
an evening spent cruising the River Seine
在塞纳河上巡游的一个夜晚
(2)[vi.] crui + ad./prep. (of a car, plane, etc.) to travel at a steady speed
e.g. a light aircraft cruising at 4000 feet两句话恐怖故事
a cruising speed of 50 miles an hour
crui: n. [C]
a journey by a, visiting different places, especially as a holiday/vacation
e.g. I’d love to go on a round-the-world crui.
a luxury crui ship
4. inhabitant: n. 居民
a person or an animal that lives in a particular place
e.g. the oldest inhabitant of the village
a town of 11,000 inhabitants
Derivations:
inhabited a. 有人居住的 with people or animals living there [OPP] uninhabited
e.g. The island is no longer inhabited.
The building is now inhabited by birds.
The cottage had not been inhabited for a while.
inhabit sth. 居住于… (formal) to live in a particular place
e.g. some of the rare species that inhabit the area
He reflected on what a strange world Stephen and Veronica inhabited.
habitat:栖息地[C & U] the place where a particular type of animal or plant is normally found
e.g. The panda’s natural habitat is the bamboo forest.
The marshes provide a rich habitat for water plants.
the destruction of wildlife habitat
habitation: n. 居住,住所
(1) [U] the act of living in a place
e.g. They looked around for any signs of habitation.
The hous were unfit for human habitation (= not clean or safe enough for people to live in).
(2) [C] (formal) a place where people live
e.g. The road rves the scattered habitation along the coast.
habitant: n. a less common word for ‘inhabitant’
habitable: 可居住的,适宜居住的a. suitable for people to live in [OPP] uninhabitable
e.g. The hou should be habitable by the new year.
habitability: n.违规建房 可居住性
✧ sleek: 真梅花图片a. 光滑的,圆滑的,打扮高贵的,优美豪华的(sleeker, sleekest)
(1) (approving) smooth and shiny [SYN] glossy
e.g. sleek black hair 乌黑光滑的头发
the sleek dark head of a al
(2) (approving) having an elegant smooth shape and being expensive
e.g. a sleek yacht 一艘豪华游艇
the sleek lines of the new car 新款汽车的优美外型
(3) (often disapproving) (of a person) looking rich, and dresd in elegant and expensive clothes
e.g. a sleek and ambitious politician
sleek businessmen
✧ well-groomed: 梳洗整洁的,被小心照料的a. (of a person) looking clean, neat and carefully dresd; with carefully tended hair, clothes, etc.60大寿邀请函
