综合教程1 Unit 5 Vocabulary(学生).doc

Unit 5 – Vocabulary 《综合教程1》（第2版），何兆熊主编，上海外语教育出版社，2010年11月 PAGE PAGE 6 Unit 5 Text I How to Be True to Yourself Words and Expressions 1. demonstrate vt. (1) show; make clear e.g. These figures clearly demonstrate the size of the economic problem facing the country. (2) make a public expression that you are not satisfied about something, especially by marching or having a meeting e.g. Thousands of people gathered to demonstrate against the new proposals. Derivations: demonstration: n. demonstrative: adj.公开表露感情的，感情外露的； 正式表明… Synonyms: show, exhibit, display Translation: Galileo demonstrated that objects of different weights fall at the same speed. Please demonstrate how the machine works. 2. integrity: n. (1) the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change e.g. No one doubted that the president was a man of the highest integrity. (2) the quality of being whole and complete e.g. Our integrity as a nation is threatened by these separatist forces. Synonyms: honesty, unity, wholeness Collocations: in ones integrity 完整，原封未动 3. morality: n. a personal or social set of standards for good or bad behavior and character, or the quality of being right, honest or acceptable e.g. They are discussing the morality of cloning. 他们正在讨论克隆的道德性。 Synonym: ethics Antonym: immorality Derivation: moral adj. Comparison: morality, ethics morality: the rightness or pureness of behavior ethics: It refers to the study of what is morally right,what is not and the questions concerned. e.g. I am unconcerned with questions of religion or morality. Whether a country should have nuclear weapons or not should be a question of ethics, not of politics. Ethics is a branch of philosophy. 4. expediency: n. when something is helpful or useful in a particular situation, but sometimes not morally acceptable适宜； 方便； 合算； 利己 e.g. His behavior seems to be governed solely by expediency. Synonym: Expedience. n方便，私利，权宜 Derivation: expedient ad