新视野大学英语第二册Unit3单词(2)

I'm certainly not harboring a secret liking for the man, if that's what you are thinking. |如果你这样想的话，我告诉你我并没有暗恋那个男人。 n. 港，港口

All the ships stayed in the harbor during the storm. |风暴期间所有的船只都停泊在港湾里。

Some of the best natural harbors in the world are there. |那里有几个世界上最好的天然港。

<27>reservation

n. 存疑；保留

I support this measure without reservation. |我全力支持这项措施。 She had some about her new job. |她对新工作心存疑虑。

2.预订

We made a reservation for dinner at the restaurant. |我们在这家饭店预定了晚餐。

I plan to leave on August 4, and have made my flight reservation for that date. |我打算8月4日离开，并已预订那天的机票。

<28>prejudice

n. 偏见；成见

She has a prejudice against modern music. |她对现代音乐怀有偏见。 Many female college graduates are held back from some job

opportunities by prejudice. |许多女大学毕业生都由于歧视而失去了一些工作机会。

<29>charm

vt. 迷人；使陶醉

He's a very effective boss; he in some way charms you into doing what he wants. |他是个非常能干的老板，总有办法能让你去做他所希望的事。 I was charmed by this gentleman when he stood up gracefully and came to me for a dance. |当这位绅士优雅地站起来并走过来邀我跳舞时，我被他深深地吸引了。

n. 魅力；吸引力

She was a woman of great charm and she knew how to use it. |她是个很有魅力的女人，而且她知道怎样利用这种魅力。

It's a town with a lot of old-world charm. |这是个具有古老魅力的小镇。

<30> charming

a. 迷人的；有魅力的

The old woman lived in a charming house near the beach. |那位老妇人住在海边一幢漂亮的房子里。

He nodded to me with a charming smile. |他带着迷人的微笑朝我点了点头。

<31> son-in-law

n. 女婿

His son-in-law is a rich banker. |他女婿是个有钱的银行家。

She welcomed her new son-in-law into the family with a warm handshake. |她和新女婿热情握手，欢迎他进入她家。

<32>caring

a. 体贴的

a warm and caring man| 热心助人者

a caring attitude |乐于助人的态度

<33>indication

n. 迹象

There are indications that the situation may be improving. |有迹象表明，形势可能会好转。

There is every indication of a change in the weather. |种种迹象都表明天气会变化。

<34>confirm

vt. 证实；证明；确定

The announcements confirmed that the election would take place on June

20. |公告证实选举将于6月20日举行。

Everything you have just said confirms the view that nobody can be trusted. |你刚才所说的一切证实了一个观点：谁都不能信任。 v. 确认

a note asking us to confirm when we would be arriving |要求我们确定何时抵达的便条

I'd like to confirm a reservation for a double room on the first of July. |我预订了7月1日一间双人房，想确认一下。

<35>citizenship

n. 公民身份；公民权利

What is your citizenship? |你的国籍是什么？

He wasn't sure if his citizenship could be revoked. |他不能肯定自己的公民身份是否会被取消。

|<36>suspect

vt. |怀疑

Most people don't, I suspect, realize this. |我怀疑大部分人没有意识到这一点。

He couldn't have suspected that she was lying to him. |他根本不会想到她对他说的都是谎言。

n. |嫌疑犯

The police have caught two suspects in connection with the bank robbery. |警方逮捕了两名涉嫌银行抢劫案的嫌疑犯。

Last week police finally had a suspect for the murder. |上星期警方终于查出那起谋杀案的一名嫌疑犯。

<37>harsh

a. 严厉的；苛刻的

His behavior met harsh criticism from his family. |他的行为遭到了家人的严厉批评。

That is a very harsh punishment to give a young child. |那样惩罚一个幼儿很残忍。

2. 刺耳的

The noise is too harsh to the ear. |那种噪声十分刺耳。

I cannot imagine how she became a broadcaster with her harsh voice. |她的声音那么刺耳，真难想象她是怎么当上播音员的。

<38>hesitate

vi. 犹豫；踌躇；迟疑

|He hesitated before he spoke, as if he wasn't sure how his words would be received. |他在开口前犹豫了一会，好像不确定人们对他的话会有什么样的反应。

He who hesitates is lost. |当断不断，必受其患。

<39>cancel

vt. 取消

The match had to be canceled because of bad weather. |因为天气不好比赛只好取消。

British Airways is canceling flights to Poland. |英国航空公司取消了飞往波兰的航班。

<40>proceed

vi. 继续进行

|Having said how much she liked it, she then proceeded to make critical comments about the way I'd done it. |她说她很喜欢我做的这件事，可接着就批评起我做这件事的方式来。

Let's proceed to the next question. |现在讨论下一个问题。

|<41>quote

v.引用； 引述

She worked, to quote her daughter, "as if there was no tomorrow". |用她女儿的话讲，她工作起来“好像没有明天似的”。

He's always quoting from <em>the Bible</em>. |他总是引用《圣经》里的话。

n. 引语，引文

a dictionary of quotes |引语词典

She finished her speech with a quote from Shakespeare. |她引用莎士比亚作品的一句话来结束自己的演说。

|<42>hardship

n. 艰难；困苦

During the war we suffered many hardships. |战争期间我们尝尽了艰辛。

She's seen a lot of hardship in her life, but things are better now. |她一生经历了许多困苦，但现在情况好了。

|<43> racist

n.种族主义者

Racists like those of the KKK spread their theories of racial superiority. |诸如三K党之流的种族主义者四处传播他们的种族优越论。

He is a racist who refuses to employ blacks. |他是种族主义者，拒绝雇佣黑人。

<44>realistic

a.实际的；现实的

Be realistic, you can't expect a big wage at 18. |要现实些，你不能指望

18岁就能拿到高薪。

You have to be realistic about how long the job is going to take. |对这项工作要花多长时间你必须现实一些。

<45> devotion

n. 挚爱；热爱；忠诚

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