高级英语第一册lesson6-Blackmail-课文详解2-detail-study、背景知识、文章结构及修辞学习
高级英语第一册lesson6 Blackmail 课文详解2 detail study、背景知识、文章结构及修辞学习
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高级英语第一册lesson6 Blackmail 课文详解2 detail study、背景知识、文章结构及修辞学习
2007年01月01日 星期一 下午 11:48
96. bulbous: shaped like a bulb, swelling and disgustingly fat and round
bulbous dome / no
97. peremptorily: (fml) showing an expectation of being obeyed at once and without question, impolitely and unfriendly, commanding, insisting obedience
98. rivet: metal pin for fasten plates.
to hold or fasten with or as if with rivets
cf: glare, stare, fix
innet
99. feature: any of the noticeable parts of the face
a man with Oriental features汽车机油常识
Her mouth is her worst feature / best feature, like a cherry.
100. t in a mould:
communicate是什么意思When you take a picture, you t your body, your countenance ...in a certain way. That is to t in a mould.
(A lame one-eyed king taking a picture)
mould (Am.E) = mould (Br.E): character, distinctive nature, a person's character, nature, etc., considered as having been shaped by family type, education, training, experience, etc.
Be cast in a mould of a particular kind means to have the characteristics, attitudes, behaviour or lifestyle that are typical of that kind of person
be made / cast in mould of
He is made in his father's mould. (He has the same personality and character as his father's)
101. imperious: in tenly compelling, marked by arrogant assurance, dominating. This word is related to imperial.
The whole ntence can be paraphrad as follows:
Her handsome high-cheekboned features were t in a way which shows her imperial character.
102. respite: a short period of pau or rest, during a time of great effort pain, or trouble, a time of relief (as from labour, suffering or war) or delay (as before ntencing or executing).
The patient said he never had any respite from the pain.
Sentence sb. to death with 2-years' respite.
103. bore: make a hole in
This machine can bore through solid rock.
104. swallow: to take back, to keep from expressing or showing, to accept without questioning, protest or rentment
to swallow one's words: take back what was said
105. sullen: silently bad-tempered, unforgiving, dark, gloomyactive sync
look sullen, to wear a sullen look
106. comply: act according to a demand, order, rule
to comply with the law / regulations
107. vacillation: hesitation, uncertainty, waver, continuous changing of one's opinions
This word implies prolonged hesitation resulting from one's inability to reach a decision
He vacillates between accepting & not accepting.
meer
The earthquake caud the entire hou vacillate.
108. dally: to waste time or be slow
coccoDon't dally or we'll be late.
dally over one's work
109. bulge: to swell out as a result of the pressure from within
110. bead: small ball of glass or other material with a hole through it for a string worn with other others on a thread, esp. round the neck for ornament.
She is wearing a string of green beads.
背景知识
Background information
Title of the novel: Hotel
Setting:
The story happened in a hotel named St. Gregory /'greg ri/ in New Orleans, Louisiana which is in the south of US.
Main character of the novel:
六级吧Peter McDermott, assistant general manager
Main characters in this part of the novel:pron是什么意思
Ogilvie: chief hou officer
the Duke of Croydon: newly appointed British ambassador to the United States
the Duchess of Croydon: wife of the Duke
a prostitute called lady friend by Ogilvie
Plot:
Gregory was now at the brink of bankruptcy, but Peter McDermott is trying every means he could to save it.
