英语词汇地道表达1.arrival [C] 到达的人或物；新到者；新生儿[U] 到达【触类旁通】arrive vi. 到达on (one's) arrival at一到达……就……(= as soon as / when sb. arrives at ....)【地道表达】late arrivals来晚的人expect a new arrival in the family 期待家中添一个新生儿The arrival of the train was delayed. 那列火车晚点到达。
On your arrival at the hotel, please wait for further instructions. 你到达旅馆后，请听候进一步指示。
2. entry [C && U] 进入；入场；词条【地道表达】The sign says “No entry”.标示牌上写着“禁止入内”。
Their entry into the war changed the whole situation.他们的参战改变了整个局势。
dictionary entries 字典的词条【注意】She entered into the room quietly. (×) →She entered the room quietly. (√) 她悄悄地进入房间。
3. physical adj. 身体的；物理的；物质的【触类旁通】physics n. 物理学physician n. 医生physicist n. 物理学家physically adv. 身体上地【地道表达】physical fitness 身体健康physical education 体育physical examination体检physical change物理变化【对应词】mental adj. 脑力的；精神上的chemical adj. 化学的mental age / test 心理年龄/测验mental disease 精神病mental patient 精神病患者4. depression [C] 萧条，不景气；沮丧【触类旁通】depress vt. 使沮丧depressed adj. 忧愁的；消沉的；沮丧的depressing adj. 令人沮丧的；令人忧愁的【地道表达】the Great Depression of the 1930's20世纪30年代的大萧条5. greedy adj. 贪婪的；渴望的；贪吃的【触类旁通】greed [U] 贪心；贪婪; 贪食greedily adv. 贪心地；贪得无厌地【地道表达】He's not hungry; he's just greedy.他不饿，只是贪吃而已。
He is greedy for fame. 他渴望成名。
6. unemployment [U] 失业（状态）；失业人数；失业率【触类旁通】employ vt. 雇用unemployed adj. 失业的；未加利用的【地道表达】employer n. 雇主employee n. 雇员unemployed capital 闲置的资本the unemployed 失业者7. sacrifice [C&U] 牺牲；祭品vt. 牺牲；奉献；把……作祭品【地道表达】fall a sacrifice to 成为……的牺牲品make sacrifices for为……牺牲offer a sacrifice to 向……献供祭品She sacrificed her life to save her child.她为了救孩子而牺牲了自己的生命。
8. vain adj.自负的；徒然的；无益的【地道表达】She's very vain about her good looks.她为她那姣好的容貌而自负。
They made vain attempts to reach the mountaintop.他们几次尝试攀登山顶都失败了。
The police tried in vain to break up the protest crowd.警察企图驱散抗议的人群，但没有成功。
All our work was in vain.我们所有的工作都白费了。
9. afterwards adv. 后来；随后【触类旁通】后缀-wards 常构成副词，表“向”。
如：eastwards 向东westwards 向西southwards 向南northwards 向北backwards 向后forwards 向前upwards 向上【地道表达】I'm busy now. I'll go there afterwards.我现在很忙，待会儿再过去。
She was very well before lunch, but felt sick afterwards.午饭前她还很好，但后来就觉得不舒服了。
10. widespread adj. 普遍的；分布广的【触类旁通】wide-awake adj. 十分清醒的；警觉的，警惕的wide-eyed adj. 睁大眼睛的【地道表达】a widespread rumor 流传很广的谣言widespread damage 大面积的损坏a widespread disease 广泛传播的疾病11. rot v.腐烂；腐坏；腐朽；损坏vi. 腐败；堕落；衰败【触类旁通】rotten adj. 腐烂的；腐败的【地道表达】The unrefrigerated food rotted.未放进冰箱的食品腐烂了。
Too much sugar will rot your teeth away.吃糖太多就会损坏牙齿。
12. chain [C] 一连串；连锁；链条vt. 用铁链系住【地道表达】a chain of events 一连串的事件a chain of mountains 山系，山脉a chain of stores 连锁商店a chain smoker 老烟枪，连续不断抽烟的人the whole wildlife chain 整个生物链Chain (up) the dog to the tree. 将狗拴在树干上。
13.upset vt. 扰乱，使不安；adj. 心烦的,苦恼的(+ about / at / over)；upset n. 混乱，困扰【地道表达】The rain upset our plans for a picnic.下雨打乱了我们的野餐计划。
He was horribly upset over her illness.他为她的病而忧心忡忡。
a complete upset of our plans 计划的彻底打乱14. complaint n. 投诉；抱怨；牢骚；委屈【触类旁通】complain v. 投诉；抱怨；不满；诉苦【地道表达】complaints about school meals对学校伙食的不满make a complaint抱怨the hospital’s complaints procedure医院处理患者投诉意见的程序We have nothing to complain about.我们没有什么可抱怨的。
15. downtown adv. 在(或往)城市的商业区；adj. 城市商业区的；n. 城市商业区；闹市区They went downtown to see a ballet.他们进城去看芭蕾。
Our downtown office stays open till eleven.我们市区的办公室一直开到十一点。
The hotel is situated two miles north of downtown.那家旅馆位于闹市区以北两英里处。
16．cool off 变凉，冷却（强调在受热后回落到正常的温度）；冷静，可与cool down 互换【地道表达】By late autumn Mediterranean islands have cooled off, and can have rainy days.到了深秋，地中海岛屿上变凉了，还可能会下雨。
As the iron cools off gradually, the temperature progressively drops.随着铁逐渐冷却，温度也不断下降。
He slammed the door and went for a walk to cool off.他砰的一声带上门，出去散步，想冷静下来。
17. dip vt. && vi. 浸；泡；蘸(+ in / into)；把手伸入（……里取东西）(+ into)；n. [C] 洗澡【地道表达】I dipped my pen into the ink. 我拿钢笔蘸墨水。
She dipped her finger in the water to see if it’s hot.她把手指浸入水中,看水热不热。
She dipped into her purse and took out some coins.她从钱包里掏出一些硬币。
We are going for a dip in the sea.我们去洗个海水浴。
18. chat vi. 闲谈,聊天(+ about / away)；n. [C&&U] 闲谈,聊天(+ about sth. / with sb. )【地道表达】They chatted about the film shown last night.他们闲聊着昨夜放的电影。
Within minutes of being introduced, they were chatting away like old friends.他们经人介绍认识才几分钟，便一见如故地聊个没完。
We often had a long chat with Philip.我们经常和菲利浦闲谈很长时间。
chat line (电话上的)聊天热线chat room (因特网上的)聊天室chat show (BrE) = talk show(AmE, BrE)（电视或无线电广播的）访谈节目19. visa n. (护照的)签证(for a place / to do sth.)【地道表达】I got a visa to visit Japan.我获得了访问日本的签证。
I was still in New York, trying to get a visa for Russia.我还在纽约，正努力办去俄罗斯的签证。