Unit 9 A Song of Defiance
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1. defiance: [U]
梦到别人死了是什么意思behavior that shows you refu to do what someone tells you to do, especially becau you do not respect them 违抗; 反抗;
His defiance of the law cost him dearly.
蔑视法律使他付出沉重的代价。
.in defiance of sb/sth in spite of sb/sth; ignoring sb/sth
不顾某人[某事物]; 无视某人[某事物]:
act in defiance of orders 违抗命令的行动
She wanted him to stay, but he left in defiance of her wishes.
她要他留下来出尔反尔, 但他并不理会, 还是走了.
2. triumph:
[U] (joy or satisfaction at) being successful or victorious 成功或胜利（的喜悦或满足）:
shouts of triumph 胜利的欢呼声
The winning team returned home in triumph. 获胜的队奏凯而归.
[C]great achievement or success 巨大的成就或成功:
one of the triumphs of modern science 现代科学的一项重大成就
v [I, Ipr] ~ (over sb/sth) be successful or victorious 获得成功或胜利: Common n triumphed in the end. 人的理智终於战胜了一切.
triumph over one's difficulties 战胜困难
3. craft: [通常用於被动语态] make (sth) skilfully, esp by hand
精工制作（某物）（尤指用手工）:
优秀学生个人自述a beautiful hand-crafted silver goblet
美观的手工精制的高脚银杯东伦敦.
4. reality:
1）现实;真实[U]
He is out of touch with reality.
他脱离现实。
2）事实,实际存在的事物[C]
His dream has become a reality.
他的梦想已成为现实。
3）in reality :in actual fact; really 事实上; 实际上:
The hou looks very old, but in reality it's quite new.
这房子看起来很旧, 实际上很新.
5. stuff: fill sth tightly (with sth); cram sth (with sth)
（用某物）塞满某物:
stuff a pillow (with feathers)
（用羽毛）填充枕头
He stuffed the suitca with his clothes.
他把衣服塞满手提箱。
6. overflow: [I, Tn] flow over the edges or limits of (sth)
从（某物）中溢出:
公关策略Your bath is overflowing. 你澡盆里的水都溢出来了.
The river overflowed (its banks). 河水泛滥（溢过堤岸）了.
7. concession：[C]
thing granted or yielded, esp after discussion, an argument, etc
爸爸的肩膀妥协, 让步（尤指经协商或辩论等）:
make concessions to
Employers made concessions to the workers in negotiations.
word自动换行资方在与工人谈判中作出了让步.
8. scarcely:
1)No sooner… than=hardly…when=scarcely…when
He had scarcely sat down when there was a knock at the door.
Scarcely had she entered the room when the phone rang.
她一进屋电话就响了.
2) only just; hardly 仅仅; 几乎不:
There were scarcely a hundred people prent. 出席的不足一百人.
I scarcely know him. 我不大认识他.
9. transport:
[U] (also esp US transportation) transporting or being transported
运送; 运输
road and rail transport
公路及铁路运输
the transport of goods by air 空运货物
[C] ship or aircraft for carrying troops or supplies
（运送部队或补给品的）运输船, 运输机.
v. ~ sth/sb () (to...) take sth/sb from one place to another in a vehicle 运送, 运输（
某物[某人]）:
transport goods by lorry 用卡车运载货物.
10. confess: v. ~ (to sth/doing sth); ~ (sth) (to sb)
1) say or admit, often formally (that one has done wrong, committed a crime, etc)
承认（错误﹑ 罪行等）; 供认; 坦白:
The prisoner refud to confess (his crime).
该犯拒不招供（罪行）.
She finally confesd (to having stolen the money).
她最後招认了（偷了那笔钱）.
He confesd that he had murdered her.
他供认他杀害了她.
2) acknowledge, often reluctantly 承认（常为不情愿地）:
She confesd to (having) a dread of spiders.
她承认她害怕蜘蛛.
He confesd himlf (to be) totally ignorant of their plans.
他承认自己对於他们的计划一无所知.
11. recruit: [I and T]
1) to find new people to work in a company, join an organization, do a job
etc雇用,聘用
Most of the teachers there are recruited from abroad.
那里的大部分教师是从海外雇来的。
We're having difficulty recruiting enough qualified staff.
2) [I and T]
to get people to join the army, navy etc征募(新兵)
= conscript
Most of the men in the village were recruited that day.
12. passion:
[U, C] strong feeling, eg of hate, love or anger
强烈的情感（如恨﹑ 爱﹑ 怒）
She argued with great passion.
她争论时情绪很激动.
[sing] (a) ~ for sth strong liking or enthusiasm for sth 酷爱; 热爱:
a passion for chocolate, detective stories, tennis
很喜欢巧克力﹑ 侦探小说﹑ 网球.
13. handful: [C]
1) an amount that you can hold in your hand 一把,一握
handful of
I drew a handful of coins from my pocket.
我从口袋里摸出一把硬币。
T The boy picked up a handful of stones and started throwing them at us.
2) a very small number of people or things 少数,少量
a handful of
There were only a handful of people there.
14. upt: [not before noun]
unhappy and worried becau something unpleasant or disappointing has happened心烦的, 不高兴的
upt by/about/at/over
She was really upt about the way her father treated her.
upt that
Debbie was upt that he didn't spend more time with her.
15. former:
1)2020一本线 of an earlier period or time 以前的:
the former world champion 前世界冠军
in former times 以前
