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costume
化裝服
She intended to dress up as a ghost
and as she had made her costume the night before,
她打算裝扮鬼的模樣，化裝服頭天晚上就做好了，
she was impatient to try it on.
這會兒她急于穿上試試。
We went to a Halloween party where everyone wore ancient costume.
我們?nèi)⒓右粋€萬圣節(jié)化裝舞會，人人都身著古裝。
A pair of stage sisters did a pantomime in costume.
一對舞臺姐妹演了一出化裝的啞劇。
consist
由.. 組成
Though the costume consisted only of a sheet,it was very effective.
盡管化裝服僅由一個被單制成，效果卻非常理想。
The family consisted of Harris,his wife,and two kids.
這個家庭由哈理斯夫婦和兩個孩子組成。
Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen.
水由氫和氧組成。
sheet
被單
Ligeia prepared a fine plastic sheet for the picnic.
莉吉為野餐準(zhǔn)備了一條結(jié)實的塑料單。
The patient was lying upon a low bed covered with a soft woolen sheet.
病人躺在一張矮床上，身上蓋著柔軟的羊毛被單。
effective
有明顯效果的，人作用的
The new drug is very effective and relieves pain instantly.
這種新藥療效很好，能很快被減輕痛苦。
The new agricultural policy has been effective in increasing output.
新的農(nóng)業(yè)政策有效地增加了產(chǎn)量。
comfortable
舒服的，愜意的
She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.
她想看看穿起來是不是很舒服。
The old tramp taught the newcomer how to make himself comfortable om a park bench.
老流浪漢教新來的流浪漢在公園的長椅上怎么躺著舒服。
It is comfortable to live in a country where it is so simple to make people happy.
在一個這樣簡簡單單就能取悅于人的國度生活到是滿愜意的。
storeroom
儲存室
Not wanting to frighten the poor man,
理查茲夫人不想嚇唬這個可憐的人，
Mrs.Richards quickly hid in the small storeroom under the stairs.
便趕緊躲到了樓梯下的小儲藏室里。
The physics department keeps its laboratory supplies in a storeroom.
物理系把實驗用品存放在一個儲藏室里。
Without a word he led way into a narrow corridor,
他一言不發(fā)地領(lǐng)著我們走進(jìn)上一條窄窄的走廊，
at the end of which stood a storeroom.
盡頭是一間儲藏室。
electricity
電；（喻）極為興奮
Mrs.Richards realized that it must be the man form the Electricity Board
who had come to read the metre.
理查茲夫人這才想到一定是供電局來人查電表了。
Electricity appeared to its early investigators as an extraordinary phenomena.
在早期研究者看來，電似乎是一種極為奇異的現(xiàn)象。
There was electricity in the air at the big rock concert.
大型搖滾音樂會的氣氛熱烈得好像通了電一樣。
metre
電表
A parking metrre shows how much time a car can stay in a parking area.
汽車停放計時器顯示汽車能在停車場里停留多久。
Camera light metres can be used if their limitations are understood.
了解了照想機(jī)測光表的局限性，就可以使用了。
pace
一步
The man let out a cry and jumped back several paces.
那人大叫一聲，驚退了好幾步。
He quickened his pace and switched to new topics.
他加快了腳步，找了些新話題說著。
She carefully measured the distance,took five paces.
她小心地量了距離，走了五步。
flee
逃走；消逝
When Mrs.Richards walked towards him,he fled,slamming the door behind him.
理查茲夫人朝他走去，只見他撥腿就跑，砰地一聲撞上了門。
Afraid of being scolded,the rascal fled immediately after breakfast.
小家伙害怕挨罵，吃過早飯就溜走了。
In the lives of mortals,the best days are the first to flec.
在凡人的生命中，最好的時光是最先消逝的。
slam
砰地一聲關(guān)上（門）
He furiously slammed the door in the visitor's face.
他盛怒之下把門重重一摔，把客人關(guān)在了門外。
At least there was no slammed door,no blank refusal.
至少沒有把門關(guān)死，也沒有把話說絕。
Lesson 14
gangster(title)
歹徒，強(qiáng)盜
There was a time when the owners of shops and business in Chicago
曾經(jīng)有一個時期，芝加哥的店主和商行的老板們
had to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for 'protection'.
不得不付給歹徒大筆的錢以換取“保護(hù)”。
The police arrested three gangsters after the shooting in Las Vegas yesterday.
昨天在拉斯維加發(fā)生槍擊事件后，警方逮捕了三名歹徒。
Be careful.You are dealing with a gangster.
當(dāng)心哪，你是在和一個強(qiáng)盜打交道。
Chicago
芝加哥
protection
保護(hù)
His greatest need is guarantees,protection,security.
他的最大需要是得到保障、保護(hù)和安全。
At last she believed that the tulip bed was under the protection of the fairies.
她終于相信，郁金香花圃是受了仙女的保護(hù)。
promptly
準(zhǔn)時，立刻
If the money was not paid promptly,
如果誰交款不準(zhǔn)時，
the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop.
歹徒就會搗毀他的商店，讓他破產(chǎn)。
He promised to be here promptly at nine o'clock.
他答應(yīng)9點(diǎn)準(zhǔn)時來。
The agency responded to the complaints promptly.
代理處立刻對投訴做出反應(yīng)。
destroy
毀掉
Certain government officials were authorized to destroy inferior and excessive production.
某些政府官員被授權(quán)銷毀劣質(zhì)和過剩的農(nóng)產(chǎn)品。
No one realized the wrong decision was destroying the company.
當(dāng)時沒人有意識到這個錯誤的決策會毀掉公司。
remarkable
不尋常的，非常的
As long ago as the fourteenth century,
早在14世紀(jì)，
an Englishman,Sir John Hawkwood,
英國人約翰.霍克伍德爵士
made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money
就有了項非凡的發(fā)現(xiàn)；人們情愿拿出大把的錢，
than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
也不愿畢生家業(yè)被強(qiáng)盜毀掉。
All he said and did was remarkable in her eyes.
他的一切言行在她眼里都是了不起的。
Hemingway is a writer of remarkable genius.
海明威是才華橫溢的作家。
Florence
佛羅倫薩
band
幫，群
Six hundred years ago,Sir John hawkwood arrived in Italy
600年前，約翰.霍克伍德爵士帶著一隊士兵來到意大利，
with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence.
在佛羅倫薩附近駐扎下來。
A band of thieves has been robbing the neighborhood.
一伙小偷一直在附近偷盜。
But General de Gaulle had to carry his gallant band of Frenchmen with him.
但是，戴高樂將軍必須說服他那群勇敢的法國人衙他一起干。
city-state
（古代）城邦
Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other,
每次意大利城邦之間打仗，
Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes
霍克伍德便把他的士兵雇用給愿出高價的君王。
who were willing to pay the high price he demanded.
The origin of city-states is disputable.
古代城邦的起源是有爭議的。
Rome,which began its republican history as a city-states,
羅馬共和國，亦即羅馬帝國的前身，是以城邦制發(fā)端的，
pursued policies of foreign expansion and government centralization
但它后來推行對外擴(kuò)張和中央集權(quán)政策卻導(dǎo)致了城邦制作為一種政治形式在古代世界的終結(jié)。
that led to the annihilation of the city-state as a political form in the ancient world.
hire
租出，雇給
Will hired a teacher to come weekly
all the way from Toronto to give Vivey piano lessons.
威爾聘請了一位老師每周從老遠(yuǎn)的多倫多來教蓓基彈琴。
He hired a car for three months.
他租了輛車，用了三個月。
prince
王公，諸侯，貴人
A verse form Psalms knifed into her mind;"put not your trust in princes."
《詩篇》里的一句話擠進(jìn)她的腦海：“不要信任君王?！?br />He had access to an Arab prince who was going to come up with the big bucks.
他有路子找到一位阿拉伯親王，掏出大把的票子。
Florentine
佛羅倫薩人
When he died at the age of eighty,
他80歲那年死去的時候
the Florentines gave him a state funeral
佛羅倫薩人為他舉行了國葬，
and had a picture which was dedicated to the memeory of'
the most valiant soldier and most notable leader,
并為他畫像以紀(jì)念“驍勇無比的戰(zhàn)士，杰出的領(lǐng)袖喬凡尼.阿庫托先生?！?br />Signor Giovanni Haukodue.
funeral
葬禮
The funeral will be held on Friday.
葬禮星期五舉行。
Daphne felt as though she had just come from a funeral.
達(dá)夫妮的心情糟得好像剛參加了個葬禮似的。
dedicate
奉獻(xiàn)，題獻(xiàn)給
The central park in Nanjing is dedicated to Dr.Sun Yet Sung.
南京的中心公園是紀(jì)念孫中山先生的。
The poet dedicated his first collection to his neighbor,a plain gardener.
詩人把他的第一部詩集獻(xiàn)給了他的鄰居，一位平凡的園丁。
memory
紀(jì)念
Many university buildings are dedicated in memory of honorable graduates.
許多大學(xué)的建筑物是紀(jì)念杰出校友的。
On the flyleaf of his thesis is a line:"To the memory of my dear mother."
他論文的扉頁上有一句話”紀(jì)念我親愛的媽媽。“
valiant
英勇的
A large reception was held in honor of the valiant explorers.
為勇敢的探險家們舉行了一個盛大的招待會。
The firefighter made a valiant effort to save the child from the burning house.
消防員奮勇地從著火的房子里救出孩子。
Lesson 15
appreciate
賞識，感謝
Children always appreciate small gifts of money.
孩子們總事巴不得有人給零花錢。
He has got a lot of work and would appreciate it cooler.
他有不和事情要做，巴不得天氣能涼快點(diǎn)。
I appreciate your kind offer but cannot accept it.
你的好意我心領(lǐng)了，可是不能接受。
pocket-money
零用錢
Mum or dad,of course,provide a regular supply of pocket-money.
當(dāng)然了，爸爸媽媽會定期給零用錢的。
My little niece guards her pocket-money as a queen does her crown jewel.
我的小侄女守護(hù)她的零用錢就像王后守護(hù)她的王冠珠寶一樣當(dāng)心。
Peter coaxed granny into giving him extra pocket-money.
彼得哄著奶奶再多給他些零用錢。
rattle
丁零當(dāng)啷地響
If fifty penny pieces are not exchanged for sweets,
要是50便士不拿去換糖的話，
they rattle for months inside money-boxes.
它們會在存錢罐里叮當(dāng)響上好幾個月。
--What is that rattling in your pocket?
你兜里丁零當(dāng)啷的是什么呀？
--An apple,an apple.
蘋果，蘋果。
--My,it must be made of copper.
哇，這只蘋果準(zhǔn)是銅做的吧。
Inside that massive frame the human being rattled in the corridors like a dry kernel.
在這個碩大無比的空殼里，人們像果核一親在走廊里發(fā)出嘩啦嘩啦的聲音。
thrifty
節(jié)儉的
Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a money-box.
只有特別節(jié)儉的孩子能把存錢罐填滿。
Everyone calls him tight-fisted,but I see he is just thrifty.
人人說他小氣，可我看他不過是儉省。
Memories of hard years made the old woman excessively thrifty.
早年艱苦生活的回憶使這個婦人極度儉省。
nephew
侄子，外甥
My nephew,George,has a money box but it is always empty.
我的外甥喬治有一個存錢罐，可里面老是空空如也。
He brought his nephew up as his own son.
他把侄子當(dāng)兒子那樣撫養(yǎng)長大。
She had a way of speaking about her children
她講起自已的孩子的口氣，
as if they were rather troublesome nephew on a prolonged visit.
仿佛他們是什么住久討人嫌的外甥似的。
bounce
彈起，跳起
On his way to the sweet shop,
在他去糖果店的路上，
he dropped his fifty and then disappeared down a drain.
50便士掉了，在人行道上蹦了幾下，就滾到陰溝里不見了。
The acorn struck Birdsong's nose and bounced off.
像子擊中了伯德桑的鼻子，又彈了開去。
The padding was so thick
軟墊很厚，
that if you dropped an egg on it from a two-storey building,
就算從二樓丟一個雞蛋上去，
the egg would still bounce right off without breaking.
雞蛋也只會跳一下，不會破。
pavement
人行道
The pavement on the road is covered with black tar.
這條能馬路的人行道上鋪的是黑色的柏油。
He is a new salesman and he literally pounds the pavement looking for customers.
他是新上崗的推銷員，為了拉客戶四處奔走。
stick
卡住；夾住，不能再動
A crowd of people gathered round him
這時在他周圍上了許多人，
and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and butter,
一位女士在喬治的胳膊上涂了肥皂和黃油，
but George was firmly stuck.
可是喬治還是被卡得緊緊的。
A motorcycle had become stcuk in the mud.
一輛摩托車陷在泥沼中。
I'm stuck,I'm in a hole.
我可是山窮水盡走投無路了。
brigade
旅，（消防）隊
The fire brigade was called
有人打電話叫來消防隊，
and two fire fighters freed George using a special type of grease.
兩位消防隊員使用了一種特殊的潤滑劑才使喬治得以解脫。
The king was thinking of sending an armored brigade into Syria.
國王正在考慮派遣一裝甲旅前往敘利亞。
The citizens volunteered to set up a brigade to protect the neighborhood.
居民們自發(fā)地成立了一支警收衛(wèi)隊。
grease
潤滑油
The mechanic put grease on the bike's wheels.
技工給自行車車輪上油。
She uses some grease to take the jade bracelet off her wrist.
她抹了些潤滑油把玉鐲從手腕上褪了下來。
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