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Lecture 4 Unit 7 Section A Words recommendsCan you recommend a classmate who can take up the job? 你能不能推荐一位能承担这项工作的同学？辨析：recommend推荐，规劝advocate拥护；提倡propose（正式）建议suggest（不成熟）建议prescribe（医生的）建议；开药方 attributedI attribute our success to him. 我把我们的成功归功于他。辨析：attribute（客观）归因于ascribe（主观）归因于拓展：Politeness is an attribute of a gentleman. 彬彬有礼是绅士的本色/特征。辨析：quality普通词 property事物特征feature引人注目的容貌或地理特征characteristic天生的特点peculiarity独有的或奇怪的特征trait人的性格、心理特征 attribute地位、属性的特性character独有的典型特征 independentlyThe student union is run independently of college authorities. 学生会独立于学院当局拓展：Your questions should be independent of each other. 你的问题应该彼此无关/毫无关系。Phil was now much more independent of his parents.菲尔现在不那么依赖父母了。 delegatedHe plans to delegate more authority to his deputies.他打算把更多的权力交给/委托给副手。Officials have now been delegated to start work on a draft settlement.现在已经委派官员着手起草解决方案。拓展：They drafted her to serve as their delegate. 他们选她当代表。辨析：delegate选派参加会议的代表deputy上级授权或指定的代表representative（长期的）代表 agent代理人或代理机构substitute替代物或人 argument a heated argument. 激烈的争吵Theres a strong argument(=reason) for lowering the price. 有充分理由要求降低价格。He complied without argument(=disagreement). 他二话不说就服从了。辨析：argument辩论中的争论controversy广泛的争议；大的分歧conflict冲突；有敌意的争论debate辩论（有组织有计划的）quarrel吵架。拌嘴strife斗争；争吵 fledThe crowd in a panic fled in all directions. 仓皇的人群向四面逃去。拓展：He had fled from France at the time of the persecution. 他在大迫害时期逃离了法国。Follow love, and it will flee; flee love, and it will follow thee. 求之不得，不求自来。辨析：flee（匆忙）逃跑escape逃掉（重结果）get away （口）现场逃跑走 run away（口）迅速跑掉 priority拓展：Things should be taken up in order of priority. 办事应有个优先顺序/轻重缓急。The development of the national economy is a top/first priority. 发展国民经济是应予以最优先考虑的事。The school will give priority to science, maths and modern languages.学校将重点发展理科、数学和现代语言。The fight against inflation took/had priority over measures to combat the deepening recession.抵制通货膨胀比抑制日益加剧的经济衰退更为重要。 troublesomeParents may find that a ~ teenager becomes unmanageable. 父母会发现令人