高英3 Unit1 glossary.doc

Unit1 glossary 1.sloppy/slopi/ a. careless; untidy邋遢的；不整洁的;草率的；粗心的；泥泞的；肥大的；稀薄的 When your clothes look sloppy, so do you. 如果你的衣服看起来邋遢，那么你也一样。 The actress disillusioned her fans by her sloppy play. 这位女演员马马虎虎的表演使她的崇拜者们感到失望。 Embroidery calls for great care. There must not be even a single sloppy stitch. 刺绣要求很高， 一针也不能马虎。 clean and tidy 2.rectitude n. honesty and moral uprightness n. 公正；诚实；清廉 Four years ago Spain and Ireland were seen as models of fiscal rectitude. 四年前，西班牙和爱尔兰被视为财政清廉的楷模。 The public mood in the US has also been shifting as the Republicans score points with calls for a return to fiscal rectitude. 由于共和党因为呼唤回归财务清廉得分，美国公众情绪也被转移。 rectangle, square, integrity , honesty , righteousness angle angel 3.stupendous a. of astounding force, volume, degree, or excellence; marvelous adj. 惊人的；巨大的 In his old business of magazines, says Mr Battelle, the cost of acquiring an audience was “stupendous”—at Wired it was about $100 per subscriber. 巴特勒说，过去经营传统杂志时，吸引读者的成本“高的惊人”——《有线》杂志每吸引一个订阅者的成本高达100美元。 It is a bold vision, but if it happens very slowly, or only to a limited extent, boosters argue that clean energy will still prompt stupendous growth for firms in the business. 这是一个大胆设想，即使如果发生缓慢，或者只在有限的范围内发生，清洁能源行业的支持者们认为仍会激发该行业公司的巨大增长。 Google Translation can provide stupendous services in many domains. 谷歌翻译可以提供惊人的，在许多领域的服务。 huge enormous tremendous colossal immense gigantic One disease on our agenda causes immense suffering in large parts of the world, but does its greatest harm in Africa. 我们的议程上有一种疾病在世界上许多地方造成巨大的痛苦，但在非洲产生最大的危害。 4.corsage /ko:sa:3/ n. a small bouquet of flowers worn by a woman at the shoulder or waist or on the wrist胸前花饰 Make sure you get me a small-size corsage , and it must be yellow. 你一定要帮我弄到一个小号的胸花而且得是黄色的喔。 Old Man Olsen was making a corsage of gardenias, just as he used to do. 奥尔森老头还像当年那样正在扎着供胸前佩戴的一束栀子花。 At the Christmas season, ladies often adorn their coats with a holly corsage . 圣诞节的时候，女士们经常用冬青花束来点缀他们的外套。 decorate ornament embellis