第14课
关于希特勒入侵苏联的讲话
词汇(Vocabulary)
● Conviction (n.): a fixed or strong belief 坚定的看法和信念陈毅市长
Synonym: belief
● horde ( n.) :a large moving crowd or throng 一群 人群（有时贬义）
● enlist (v.): win the support of , get help or rvice of, obtain 谋取…赞助，获得…支持
e.g. I have enlisted the co-operation of most my colleagues in my campaign 我在这一活动中得到了大多数同事的支持.
● croquet ( n.) :an outdoor game，which the players u mallets to drive a wooden ball through a ries of hoops placed in the ground 槌球游戏(一种用木槌击木球钻小圈的游戏)
● revert (v.): to return to (a topic in talk or thought)回到（原话题或思路）
例句： The conversation kept reverting to the subject of money. 谈话的主题总是离不开钱。
● arch: main, most important 主要的，首要的
e.g. The arch foe is the Chicago Bull. 他们的主要对手是芝加哥公牛队。
● regime (n.): method or system of government 政体，政权制度
● luncheon ( n.) :a lunch esp. a formal lunch with others 午餐 午宴 午餐(聚)会
● Nazi (adj. & n.) :designating of or characteristic of the German fascist political party(German National Socialist Party) founded in 1919 and abolished in 1945 德国国社党的 纳粹党的 纳粹党党员 大冒险游戏惩罚纳粹分子
● indistinguishable ( adj. ) : that cannot be distinguished as being different or parate 不能区别的 不能辨别的 难区分的
● devoid ( adj.) :completely without empty or destitute(of)完全没有的 缺乏的(后接 of)
e.g. This novel is devoid of wit and inventiveness. 这是一部缺乏创意和情趣的小说。
● excel ( v ) :be better or greater than or superior to(another or others)优于 胜过
● ferocious ( adj.) :fierce savage violently cruel 凶猛的 残忍的 凶恶的
● unsay ( v ) :take back or retract(what has been said)取消(前言) 收回(前言)
● folly ( n.) :foolishness any foolish action or belief 愚笨 愚蠢 愚蠢的行为(带春字的四字词语或思想等)
e.g. The old man regretted the follies of his youth. 那个老人为年轻时所做的蠢事而后悔。
● threshold ( n.) :doors till entrance or beginning point of sth 门槛 人口 开端
剑门雄关
● till ( v.) :work(1and)in raising crops as by plowing fertilizing etc cultivate；prepare and u land for growing crops 耕种 耕耘 耕作
● immemorial (adj. ) : extending back beyond memory or record ancient 无法追忆的 无
文字记载的 古老的
e.g. The Chine have been worshipping their ancestors since time immemorial. 中国人自古以来就祭拜祖先。
● wring (v ) : get or extract by force threats persistence etc.; extort 游记的特点强求 榨取 勒索
e.g. They wrung the truth out of her. 他们强迫她说出了真相。
● primordial (adj.) :not derivative fundamental original 根本的 基本的
e.g. The univer was created out of a primordial ball of matter. 宇宙是从一个本来就存在着的球体中产生出来的。
● hideous ( adj.) :horrible to e hear etc very ugly or revolting dreadful 骇人听闻的 非常丑陋的 可怕的
● onslaught ( n.) : a violent, inten attack 猛攻
● clank ( v. ) : make a sharp metallic sound 发当啷声 发铿锵声
e.g. The prisoner’s ankle chains clanked as they walked. 犯人们走路时脚镣叮当作响。
● 制作美食dandify ( v ) :make a look like a dandy dress up 使打扮得像花花公子 给„„穿上 盛装 给„„乔装打扮
● crafty ( adj.) :subtly deceitful cunning artful sly 狡猾的 狡诈的 诡计多端的
● cow ( v. ) :make timid and submissive by filling with fear or awe intimidate 恫吓 吓唬 威胁
e.g. He cowed them with his hard eyes like a tamer among beasts. 他以严厉的眼光吓唬他们，活像兽群中间的驯兽师。
● docile ( adj.) :easy to manage or discipline tractable 易管教的 顺从的 温顺的 驯服的 听话的
synonyms: obedient, tractable, compliant
● brutish ( adj. ) :of or like a brute savage gross 野兽般的 残忍的 白醋泡鸡蛋实验粗野的
● Hun (n.): ud as a disparaging terms for a German, especially a German soldier in World War I. 对德国士的蔑称
● plod ( v. ) :walk 0r move heavily and laboriously trudge 沉重缓慢地走
e.g. We plodded on through the rain for veral hours. 我们在雨中跋涉了几个小时。
● swarm ( n.) :a moving mass crowd or throng(移动的)大群 大堆
● smart (v.): to feel a sharp, stinging pain 感到剧痛，感到伤心
e.g. No creature smarts so little as a fool. 傻瓜是精神上受到折磨最少的人。
● crawl (v.): move forward and slowly 爬行，蠕动
● locust ( n.) :any of various large grasshoppers often traveling in great swarms and destroying nearly all vegetation in areas visited 蝗虫
● smart ( v ) :feel mental distress or irritation as in rentment remor etc 感到痛苦 感到伤心
● prey ( n.) :an animal hunted or killed for food by another animal a person or thing that falls victim to someone or something 被捕食的动物 牺牲者 牺牲品
● villainous ( adj.) :of like or characteristic of a villain evil vicious wicked坏人的 邪恶的 恶棍似的
e.g. Such a villainous band of thieves broke into the store. 这群恶棍一样的小偷闯进了商店。
● cataract ( n.) :any strong flood or rush of water deluge 洪水 急流 大雨
● declare (v.): to make known formally or officially 门第的意思是什么宣布，宣告
synonym: announce, publish, proclaim
● dominion (n.): control, authority to rule 统治， 管辖
