感顿市安乐阳光实验学校Unit 1 Breaking records
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Section 3: Words and expressions from Unit 1 Breaking records
approximate
adj. (abbr. approx) almost correct or accurate, but not completely so: an approximate number / total / cost The cost given is only approximate. U the figures as an approximate guide in your calculations. 移动搜索
conventional
上级主管部门adj.
1. (often disapproving) tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general; normal and ordinary, and perhaps not very interesting: conventional behaviour / morality She’s very conventional in her views. 2. [usually before noun] following what is traditional or the way sth has been done for a long time: conventional methods / approaches It’s not a hotel, in the conventional n, but rather a whole village turned into a hotel. 3. [usually before noun] (especially of weapons) not nuclear: conventional forces / weapons A conventional war would still cau unacceptable devastation. a conventional power station (= using oil or coal as fuel, rather than nuclear power)
laughter
noun [U] the act or sound of laughing: to roar with laughter tears/gales / peals / shrieks of laughter to burst / dissolve into laughter a hou full of laughter (= with a happy atmosphere) He gave a snort of derisive laughter.非常造句
reality
noun (pl. -ies)
1. [U] the true situation and the problems that actually exist in life, in contrast to how you would like life to be: She refus to face reality. You’re out of touch with reality. The reality is that there is not enough money to pay for this project. They emed to have the perfect marriage but the reality was very different. 2. [C] a thing that is actually experienced or en, in contrast to what people might imagine: the harsh realities of life This decision reflects the realities of the political situation. The paperless office is still far from being a reality. Will time travel ever become a reality?
adjustment
noun [C, U]
1. a small change made to sth in order to correct or improve it: I’ve made a few adjustments to the design. Some adjustment of the lens may be necessary.2. a change in the way a person behaves or thinks: She went through a period of emotional adjustment after her marriage broke up.
tough
adj. (tougher, toughest)
DIFFICULT
1. having or causing problems or difficulties: a tough childhood It was a tough decision to make. She’s been having a tough time of it (= a lot of problems) lately. He faces the toughest test of his leadership so far. It can be tough trying to juggle a career and a family.
STRICT / FIRM
2. ~ (on / with sb/sth) demanding that particular rules be obeyed and showing a lack of sympathy for any problems or suffering that this may cau: Don’t be too tough on him—he was only trying to help. It’s about time teachers started to get tough with bullies. The school takes a tough line on (= punishes verely) cheating. Local traders are calling for tougher action against vandals.
STRONG
3. strong enough to deal successfully with difficult conditions or situations: a tough breed of cattle He’s not tough enough for a career in sales. She’s a tough cookie / customer (= sb who knows what they want and is not easily influenced by other people).
4. (of a person) physically strong and likely to be violent: You think you’re so tough, don’t you? He plays the tough guy in the movie.
MEAT
5. difficult to cut or chew
NOT EASILY DAMAGED
6. not easily cut, broken, torn, etc.: 前滚翻a tough pair of shoes The reptile’s skin is tough and scaly.
UNFORTUNATE
7 ~ (on sb) (informal) unfortunate for sb in a way that ems unfair: It was tough on her b
eing dropped from the team like that. (ironic) ‘I can’t get it finished in time.’ ‘Tough!’ (= I don’t feel sorry about it.)
extreme
adj.
1. [usually before noun] very great in degree: We are working under extreme pressure at the moment. people living in extreme poverty I’m having extreme difficulty in not losing my temper with her. The heat in the dert was extreme.2.压铸 not ordinary or usual; rious or vere: Children will be removed from their parents only in extreme circumstances. Don’t go doing anything extreme like leaving the country. It was the most extreme example of cruelty to animals I had ever en. extreme weather conditions 3. (of people, political organizations, opinions, etc.) far from what most people consider to be normal, reasonable or acceptable: extreme left-wing / right-wing views an extreme nationalist organization Their ideas are too extreme for me. 4. [only before noun] as far as possible from the centre, the beginning or in the direction mentioned: 跟厨师学炒菜Kerry is in the extreme west of Ireland. She sat on the extreme edge of her at. politicians on the extreme left of the party
noun
1. a feeling, situation, way of behaving, etc. that is as different as possible from another o
r is opposite to it: extremes of love and hate He ud to be very shy, but now he’s gone to the opposite extreme (= changed from one extreme kind of behaviour to another). 2. the greatest or highest degree of sth: extremes of cold, wind or rain the climatic extremes of the mountains
go, etc. to extremes | take sth to extremes to act or be forced to act in a way that is far from normal or reasonable: It’s embarrassing the extremes he’ll go to in order to impress his boss. Taken to extremes, this kind of behaviour can be dangerous. In the jungle they were driven to extremes in order to survive.
in the extreme (formal) to a great degree: 大麦茶有6大功效The journey would be dangerous in the extreme.
unfit
adj.
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