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英语专业八级词汇

1.休息室——“lounge”、“lobby”、“vestibule”或“foyer”。

2.“wineshop”——“a cafe or tavern that specializes in serving wine”,专指供人喝酒、小憩之处,而中国人所说酒馆、酒楼、酒肆或酒家其实就是饭店、餐馆,英文都应是“restaurant”。

3.购物商场——shopping mall,shopping store,shopping center4.“corporation”指“Groups of persons authorized to act as an individual,eg,for Business purposes”,实际上该词本身有总公司的意味,所以,group corp. 似乎group 多余。

group company 可用。

5.城区——downtown area,or downtown district6. hit pay dirt 发现矿藏,找到富矿;发现了很有好处的东西=strike pay dirtpay dirt n.有利可图的发现7. To have a beef with someone means to have a disagreement.和某人有争执in a really bad mood 心情很糟;being tough on everyone 对每个人很严格,要求高。

8. Exactly.说得对;if you say so,既然你这么说,就听你的;hold on for a second 等一会; a sour loser 输的不大方的人,不愿承认失败的人;here you go 给你;here we are 我们到了,here i am,我终于到了;i have no idea. 我不大清楚。

9. I'm worried that the situation will go too far 我担心事情会进一步变糟。

it's worth a try 值得一试。

one's beef with sb,与某人的争执10. At first=in the beginning I wasn't that interested 开始我不太感兴趣。

11. Hi,Jim!You look pretty good today. Everybody at the office says hello - we're all pulling for you to pull through this operation and get back to work as soon as you can.Pull for就是打气、鼓励的意思,而pull through在这里的意思是克服疾病、恢复健康。

12.This memo told me I was being transferred to Buffalo,where winter is really bad. I was worried when I saw people laughing at me,and I remembered it was April Fool's Day,and I realized my friends are pulling my leg.他说:这份通知说我要被调往Buffalo去工作。

Buffalo那儿的冬天可真糟糕。

我正发愁的时候看到人们都在笑我,我这才想起今天是愚人节,原来是朋友们在骗我跟我开玩笑。

从这段话可以看出pull one's leg是跟某人开玩笑,或者是不带恶意的恶作剧。

13.pull the plug. 其中的plug ,这是电线一端的插头,插进墙上的插座就能得到电力。

Pull the plug,当然就是把插头从插座上拔出来,那就是切断电源,或者等于是关了某一电器用具。

这是从字面上来解释pull the plugBusiness has been terrible for six months and is getting worse every day. I hate to say this but maybe the best thing to do is pull the plug and just close up shop for good.他说:这六个月来生意很差,而且目前也一天不如一天,出于无奈我不得不说,最好还是结束业务关店算了。

从这段话可以看出pull the plug可以解释结束、中止某一业务或者事业。

14. coffee shop,cafe 咖啡屋;suburb n.市郊,郊区v.逗留,闲荡,拖延,游移;do crossword puzzles 做纵横字谜;15.outreach v.到达顶端,超越;n. a)The act or process of reaching out:伸出展开的行为或过程:could not allay the outreach of human intellect.不能控制人类才智的发展b)Extent or length of reach:所能达到的程度或长度:the vast outreach of technology;the outreach of a forest fire from mountains to suburbs.知识的广阔领域;从高山蔓延至市郊的森林火灾c)A systematic attempt to provide services beyond conventional limits,as to particular segments of a community:扩大服务项目有系统地尝试向一团体的特别部门提供超常规的服务:an educational outreach to illiterate adults.对文盲的教育服务项目扩大16.Let's hear about the reason why he chose to work at a cafe over a high paying,high stress job. (高薪,压力大的工作)choose sth over sth else.slow you down 让你放松;hang out居住;停留He hangs out in an old house. 他住在一所旧房子里。

exponential指数的,幂的increased exponentially 大幅增加,指数级增加英语专八阅读连接词:小词汇,大智慧一般把连接词与连接语分为以下三类:1.表明事件发生的时间顺序:then, first, at once, next, after that, previously, while, when, the following day, etc.2.表明文章的组织结构:1)Listing:firstly, in the first place, secondly, thirdly, my next point is, last/finally, etc.2)Illustrating:for example/ for instance, to illustrate, an example/ instance of this is, let’s take….., take…. for example, etc.3)Re-stating:in other words, that is to say, to put it another way, let me put it this way, or rather, namely, etc.4)Referring:in this respect, in that connection, as we said, apart from this, etc.5)Resuming:to resume, to return to the previous point, getting back to the argument, etc.6)Summarizing:to sum up, in short, it amounts to this, what I have been saying is this, etc.7)Emphasizing:it is worth noting, I would like to direct your attention to, let us consider, we must now turn to, I shall begin by, etc.3.表明作者的观点、态度1)Introducing( or emphasizing) further evidence:moreover, furthermore, in addition, what’s more, as well, etc.2)Cause:because (of), since, owing to, on account of, due to, as a result of, etc.3)Effect:as a result, hence, therefore, consequently, thus, so, etc.4)Contrasting:in / by contrast, on the contrary, on the other hand, nevertheless, whereas, while, yet, however, but, etc.5)Comparison:in like manner, likewise, in the same way, similarly, in comparison with, etc.6)Purpose:to this end, for this purpose, with this in mind, in order to, so that, etc.7)Intensification:indeed, in fact, in any event / case, at no time, to tell the truth, etc.英语专八中译英四大法宝助你通关一、背诵背诵是提高英语综合能力的法宝,可分为以下5个层次:(1)精彩词汇,(2)精彩句型,(3)精彩句子(4)万能框架,(5)经典范文。

注意句子和句型不一样,精彩句子应作为单词来记忆。

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