Unit 2 A life’s work
1.po v 使摆好姿势，造成，引起，产生，提问 n 姿势
拓展： po for 摆好姿势
po a threat / danger / risk 产生威胁 / 危险
po a question 提出问题
po … to / for 对….产生….
po for a photo 为拍照好姿势
in a dramatic po 摆着夸张的姿势
She rearranged herlf in another po.她重新摆了个姿势。
They po a rious threat to curity.他们对安全构成严重威胁。
He adopted a relaxed po for the camera.他摆了个悠闲的姿势拍照。
This could po a threat to jobs in the coal industry.这可能对煤炭行业的就业造成威胁。
Many women achievers appear to po a threat to their male colleagues.许多女性成功者似乎对她们的男同事造成一种威胁。
2.fashion n时尚
拓展： fashionable adj 时尚的
out of fashion 过时，不流行
in a ….. fashion 以…的方式
He burst onto the fashion scene in the early 1980s.20世纪80年代初他突然在时尚界活跃起来。
Teenagers are very fashion conscious, especially girls.青少年，尤其是女孩，很注重时尚。
She herlf insists she is no slavish follower of fashion.她坚称自己绝不是一个追随时尚的人。
All shades of mauve, lilac, lavender and purple were fashionable.所有紫红色、淡紫粉色、淡紫色和紫色都很流行。信宜玉
abca式的词语
Reprentations of people weren't fashionable in the art world.展示人物在艺术界里并不流行。
While the idea of eating fried incts fills most of us with horror, inct-eating is becoming highly fashionable.虽然吃油炸昆虫的想法让我们大多数人感到恐惧，但吃昆虫正变得越来越流行。
Sometimes what is out of fashion can come back into fashion.有时过时的东西会重新流行起来。
It's high time we incread our supplies of football equipment. Volleyball and tennis are both out of fashion.是时候增加足球器材的供应了，排球和网球都过时了。
关于环保的宣传语Through the past few decades such testing has gone out of fashion and many communities have indeed forbidden it.在过去的几十年里，这种测试已经过时了，许多社区确实已经禁止了它。
3.uncomplicated adj 不复杂的，简单的，单纯的
拓展： complicate v 使复杂
complicated adj 复杂的
Practice keeping your life simple and uncomplicated.尝试着保持生活简单不复杂。
The situation was more complicated than they had at first realized.形势比他们最初意识到的更为复杂。
The plot is so complicated that I really got lost.情节太复杂了，我都看不懂了。
The problem is not as complicated as he imagined.问题没有他所想像的那么复杂。
While intelligent people can often simplify the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.聪明的人往往能把复杂的事情简单化，而傻瓜更有可能把简单的事情复杂化。
I do not wish to complicate the task more than is necessary.我不想使这项任务不必要地复杂化。
4.trial n 试验， 审判，审理
拓展：by trial and error 反复试验
on trial 受审判
judge 法官
jury 陪审团
prisoner 犯人
lawyer 律师
Their trial will shortly begin.他们的审讯很快就要开始。
The trial was postponed indefinitely.审讯无限期延迟。
5.back down 退让，认输
拓展：back off 退后，后退
back away 躲开，向后缩
back ono 背靠
back out 打退堂鼓，食言
back up 证实，验证，支持，备份，车辆排起长队
back 的一词多义： adv 回到原处，在后面，归还 n 背部，后背，背面
v 资助，支持，使后退，在…后面
adj 后面的，后部的
6.the cutting edge of sth. （某事物发展的）尖端，最前沿
拓展： cutting edge 优势，有利方面
四繁体字7.think outside the box 不拘一格地思考，跳出框框思考
8.break new ground 开辟新的领域， 有新的发现
拓展： ground n 话题，知识领域
break短语汇总： break into 破门而入
break up 打碎，分裂，解体 break down 出故障
break in 强行进入，中断 break off 断开，使折断
周末幽默句子break through 突破，作出重大发现
朴子粿
break down 出故障，失败，崩溃
break out 爆发，发生
break away (from) 挣脱，脱离
9.precious adj 珍稀的，贵重的
拓展： precious to 对某人来说珍贵
10.restoration n 修复，整修
拓展：restore v 恢复，修复，归还
解方程计算题restored adj 精神恢复的 （不用于名词前）
11. maximum n 最大量，最大值 adj 最大量的，最大限度的
拓展： up to the maximum of 最多
the absolute maximum 极限
maximum 作形容词时仅用于名词前。
minimum n 最小值 absolute / bare minimum 绝对最小值 / 最低限度
12. polish v 擦亮，擦光 ，润色，磨光 n 擦亮
拓展： polish off 吃完，干完
polish up 擦亮，改善，提高
polish the glass = give the glass a polish 擦亮眼睛
13. prerve v 维护，保护，保存
拓展： conrve v 保护
prerve …. from… = protect …. from…. 保护….免遭
prervation n 保护，维护，维持
prerver n 保护者4的英语
prerve pandas from extinction = conrve panda from extinction 保护熊猫以免灭绝
14. dominate v支配，控制，主宰 ，比…高，俯视
拓展： domination n 控制
dominating adj 主要的
Mere hatred of everything German, instead of the particular ideas which now dominate the Germans is, moreover, very dangerous, becau it blinds tho who indulge in it against a real threat.再者，如果仇恨德国人的一切，而不仇恨如今支配德国人的那种特定观念，那是非常危险的，因为它使那些沉溺之中的人看不到真正的威胁。
'Our nations are two global leaders, driven not to dominate other nations but to build a future of curity and prosperity for all nations,' Obama said following his meeting with Singh.奥巴马会见辛格之后说，我们两国是全球领导者，我们的目标并不是要支配其他国家，而是要为所有国家营造一个安全与繁荣的未来。
Emotional outbursts may be unleashed against tho whom you feel are trying either to dominate you or to create changes that are uptting to your environment.今天可能对某些人有情感的爆发，因为他们不是想要支配你，就是想对你的环境作出令人心烦的改变。
