分享

Business English Unit 9 Review

 苏卜拉妮 2012-12-19

What happens if...

Acculturation historical historic

Acquire – acquisition        miracle – miraculous       territory – territorial

Melting pot熔炉

       context

In-between 介于两者间的

Vacuum  void无效的;空的

Integration    strive for/against

Be barren of      textbookish 呆板无味的

Expand the assignments to sb.

Etymology 语源学

Cross-linguistic  anthropological人类学的

A glance into

An arena for …

Articulate 

A pales in comparison to B

Cement a relationship    

Protocol etiquette     a highly ritualized society

It is imperative to do /that sb. Should do sth.

Customary         posturing   

Turn a blind eye to       hierarchy 

Corporate    commonwealth联邦;共和国

Taboo  myriad      signify

Observant 严格遵守的;善于观察的;机警的

Be perceived as …视为;当作

Reciprocate报答;互换;酬答

Chrysanthemum

Even odd number

Be milling around 乱转

Overflow with 挤满 充满着

Gone be +sth. …一去不复返了

Tread lightly on the themes 小心处理 轻轻地走

Be in the mood to do sth. 有做事的心情

Every once in a while 偶尔时常

Go out of one’s way to do sth. 竭尽全力做

Opt for

Nostalgic 怀旧的;乡愁的      sidestep the entire issue 回避

Eschew避开     festive 欢乐的;节日的

Airbrushed as

Inclusiveness 包容性     marginalize 排斥;忽视;使边缘化;使脱离社会发展进程

Mingle混合;交往

Attendee 在场者;出席者

Draw up 草拟;停住;使靠近

Stuff with // 灌输

Alien外国的;相异的;不相容的  转让;让渡   be alien to  相异;违反  be alien from

Alienation异化;疏远;转让                alienate使疏远,离间;让与

 

Bring forward 提出;提前;结转

Bring out出版,生产;使显示;说出

Bring in引进;生产;增加

Bring about引起;使掉头

 

Substitute  A  for  B       poor substitute for…差远了

Hospitality   hospitable热情友好的;(环境)舒适的

 

Food for the soul 

 

Perpetuate使不朽;保持     perpetual   indefinite不确定的;无限的

In essence本质上;大体上;其实

A pales in comparison to B

Cement a relationship    

Protocol etiquette     a highly ritualized society

It is imperative to do /that sb. Should do sth.

Customary         posturing   

Via emotional channels

Isolation隔离;孤立

 

hook

V-T/V-I  If you are hooked into something, or hook into something, you get involved with it. 卷入; 涉足[美国英语]

例:

I'm guessing again now because I'm not hooked into the political circles.

现在我又在猜测了,因为我没有涉足政界。

 

PHRASE  If someone gets off the hook or is let off the hook, they manage to get out of the awkward or unpleasant situation that they are in. 脱身[非正式]

例:

Officials accused of bribery and corruption get off the hook with monotonous regularity.

被指控受贿和贪污的官员无一例外总能脱身。

 

Click

V-IWhen you suddenly understand something, you can say that it clicks. 恍然大悟[非正式]

例:

When I saw the television report, it all clicked.

当我看到电视报道时,一下就恍然大悟了。

 

完好一致;恰好吻合;相处融洽

They met in the hospital and just clicked immediately.

 

detach

V-T/V-I  If you detach one thing from another that it is attached to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it. 拆卸; 分离[正式]

例:

They clambered back under the falls to detach the raft from a jagged rock.

他们爬回到瀑布下面以便将卡在锯齿状岩石间的小艇拉出来。

.

V-T  If you detach yourself from something, you become less involved in it or less concerned about it than you used to be. 超脱

例:

It helps them detach themselves from their problems and become more objective.

这帮助他们从自己的问题中超脱出来,变得更加客观。

 

V-T  If someone or something releases you from a duty, task, or feeling, they free you from it. 解除[正式]

例:

Divorce releases both the husband and wife from all marital obligations to each other.

离婚解除了夫妻相互之间的所有婚姻义务。

 

Fill up

PHRASAL VERBIf you fill up or fill yourself up with food, you eat so much that you do not feel hungry. 吃饱

 

PHRASAL VERBA type of food that fills you up makes you feel that you have eaten a lot, even though you have only eaten a small amount. 易饱的

 

Fill in

PHRASAL VERBIf you fill in a form or other document requesting information, you write information in the spaces on it. 填写

 

PHRASAL VERBIf you fill in a shape, you cover the area inside the lines with colour or shapes so that none of the background is showing. 涂满

 

PHRASAL VERBIf you fill someone in, you give them more details about something that you know about. 提供详情[非正式]

 

PHRASAL VERBIf you fill in for someone, you do the work or task that they normally do because they are unable to do it. 临时顶替

 

  

 

    本站是提供个人知识管理的网络存储空间,所有内容均由用户发布,不代表本站观点。请注意甄别内容中的联系方式、诱导购买等信息,谨防诈骗。如发现有害或侵权内容,请点击一键举报。
    转藏 分享 献花(0

    0条评论

    发表

    请遵守用户 评论公约

    类似文章 更多