Unit 3

Ⅰ 专业八级核心动词聚焦

budge[bʌdʒ]

v.（使）微微移动

buffer[ˈbʌfə]

v.缓冲，减轻

n.起缓冲作用的人（物），缓冲器

bulge[bʌldʒ]

v.突出，膨胀

n.突出，膨胀；激增

burrow[ˈbʌrəu]

v.挖洞穴；寻找，翻找

n.洞穴，藏身处

bustle[ˈbʌsl]

v.喧扰地忙乱，匆忙，奔忙

bustle about/around 忙碌；东奔西跑

n.热闹的活动

bustling adj.繁忙的；熙熙攘攘的

bypass[ˈbaipɑːs]

v.绕过；回避；忽视

n.（绕过市镇的）旁道，迂回道

cackle[ˈkækl]

v.（母鸡）咯咯叫；（刺耳的）咯咯地笑

cajole[kəˈdʒəul]

v.（以甜言蜜语）哄骗，诱骗

cajoler n.骗子

cajolery n.甜言蜜语；诱骗；谄媚

canvass[ˈkænvəs]

v.游说（以争取选票或调查意见）；详细检查；讨论

canvass for 游说

capitulate[kəˈpitjuleit]

v.（向某人）投降（指根据商定的条件）

capsize[kæpˈsaiz]

v.使（船）倾覆；（船）倾覆

captivate[ˈkæptiveit]

v.迷惑，吸引，使着迷

captivating adj.使人神魂颠倒的，有魅力的

caress[kəˈres]

v.爱抚，抚摸

n.抚摸，爱抚，亲吻

caricature[ˌkærikəˈtjuə]

v.将……画成漫画，讽刺地描述，使滑稽化

n.漫画，讽刺画，讽刺文章

cascade[kæsˈkeid]

v.像瀑布般冲下或倾泻

n.瀑布

catcall[ˈkætkɔːl]

v.吹哨；发嘘声表示不满，喝倒彩

n.哨声；嘘声，喝倒彩

cede[siːd]

v.（战败后）割让（土地等），让出；过户，转让

censure[ˈsenʃə]

v.严厉批评某人，正式责备某人

centralise/centralize[ˈsentrəlaiiz]

v.使集中，使聚集在一点

certify[ˈsəːtifai]

v.证明，证实

certify for 保证

certify to 证明

chant[tʃɑːnt]

v.吟唱，反复说

n.吟唱；反复的大声说；吟唱的曲调

checkmate[ˈtʃekmeit]

v.（象棋）将死（对方的王棋）；制止，使彻底失败

n.（象棋）被将死时王棋的位置，将杀；彻底失败

chime[tʃaim]

v.发出钟声，奏出和谐的音调；符合，协调，一致

chime in with sth. 符合某事

n.钟声

chirp[tʃəːp]

v.（小鸟等）唧唧叫，啁啾

chisel[ˈtʃizl]

v.用凿子刻，雕，凿

n.凿子

christen[ˈkrisn]

v.为……施洗礼，（洗礼时）给……命名；为（船只等）举行仪式命名；首次使用

christening n.洗礼仪式；命名仪式

chuck[tʃʌk]

v.抛掷，投掷；放弃，抛弃

churn[tʃəːn]

v.剧烈搅动，（波浪）翻腾

n.搅乳器

circumvent[ˌsəːkəmˈvent]

v.绕过；巧妙地回避，设法回避

circumvention n.包围，围困；欺骗

clatter[ˈklætə]

v.发出哗啦声，发出碰撞声

cleanse[klenz]

v.使清洁，净化，使纯洁

cleave[kliːv]

v.劈开，砍开

cleave to 粘着；坚持

clinch[klintʃ]

v.钉牢；解决，确定，决定；（拳击）扭住（对方），互相扭住

clump[klʌmp]

v.用沉重的脚步行走

n.丛林，草丛

clutter[ˈklʌtə]

v.弄乱，把……弄得杂乱

n.凌乱，杂乱

coax[kəuks]

v.哄诱，劝诱；用哄诱得到，诱取

coax round （用好话）搪塞

coax sth. out of sb. 哄骗某人东西

coaxing n. & adj.哄骗（的）

cobble[ˈkɔbl]

v.修补（鞋）；粗制滥造

n.（铺路的）鹅卵石

coddle[ˈkɔdl]

v.娇养，溺爱

coerce[kəuˈəːs]

v.强制（胁迫）某人做某事

coexist[ˌkəuigˈzist]

v.共存，并存

coexistent adj.同时共存的，同时代的

collate[kɔˈleit]

v.（仔细）核对，对照，校勘；整理

collude[kəˈluːd]

v.共谋，勾结，串通

colonize[ˈkɔlənaiz]

v.在……开拓殖民地，殖民于

commentate[ˈkɔmənˌteit]

v.作实况报道，评述

commentator n.评论员，时事评论员；实况广播员

con[kɔn]

v.骗，哄骗，欺骗

练习

1．英汉连线

(1) buffer (a) 割让

(2) bustle (b) 爱抚，抚摸

(3) capitulate (c) 投掷；放弃

(4) caress (d) 娇养，溺爱

(5) cede (e) 劈开，砍开

(6) chant (f) 缓冲，减轻

(7) chuck (g) 吟唱，反复说

(8) circumvent (h) 忙乱，匆忙

(9) cleave (i) 绕过；巧妙地回避

(10) coddle (j)（向某人）投降

2．释义连线

(1) bulge (a) examine carefully; discuss thoroughly

(2) bypass (b) defeat (sb./sth.) completely

(3) cajole (c) fascinate sb., charm

(4) canvass (d) go around; avoid

(5) captivate (e) compel sb. to do sth.

(6) censure (f) stick out, curve outward

(7) checkmate (g) make thoroughly clean

(8) cleanse (h) plot or conspire to cheat others

(9) coerce (i) criticize severely, blame

(10) collude (j) persuade sb. by flattery or deceit

3．真题填空：用下列单词的正确形式完成句子

(1) Travel medicine has also been___by commercial interests—the vast majority of travel clinics in Britain are run by airlines or travel companies. (1998, Reading Comprehension: Text A)

(2) Ricci is so confident that he has___his quest “Operation Columbus” and has set his sights on discovering an American readership of 300,000. (1999, Reading Comprehension: Text A)

(3) The magazine was criticized for failing to___readers in their 50s. (2000, Reading Comprehension: Text I)

(4) In between these storm surges were steadier but similarly profound fides in which people moved out to___or were captured and brought in as slaves. (2001, Reading Comprehension: Text C)

(5) And he was so sly. He slid along in the deep grass; he was difficult as a serpent to see. And he seemed to___the girls deliberately. (2004, Reading Comprehension: Text C)

(6) It was true. The work crowds pushed home morosely over the pavements. The rusty sky darkened over New York building, the tall street lamps were lit, innumerable trucks, street cars and elevated trains___by. (2005, Reading Comprehension: Text A)

(7) He thought I was shy, and___and joked with me, and made me eat the banana. It smelled of wet straw and snow. (2005, Reading Comprehension: Text A)

(8) Sky-high tuitions have caused universities to regard their students as customers. Just as business firms sometimes___to shorten [reduce/weaken] the rigors of competition, universities collude to minimize the cost to them of the athletes whom they recruit in order to stimulate alumni donations. (2005, Proofreading & Error Correction)

(9) The best athletes now often___higher education in order to obtain salaries earlier from professional teams. (2005, Proofreading & Error Correction)

(10) And until they were stopped by the antitrust authorities, the Ivy League schools___to limit competition for the best students, by agreeing not to award scholarships on the basis of merit rather than purely of need—just like business firms agreeing not to give discounts on [to] their best customer. (2005, Proofreading & Error Correction)

(11) This town had no zoning whatsoever. A landowner could build anything with no permit, no notice to adjoining landowners, nothing. Only hog farms and nuclear reactors required approvals and paperwork. The result was a slash-and-build___that got uglier by the year. (2006, Reading Comprehension: Text B)

(12) President Roh Moo Hyun doesn't like how some colleges are trying to___the new system. He recently criticized “greedy” universities that focus more on finding the best students than faying to “nurture good students”. (2008, Reading Comprehension: Text A)

(13) Now elsewhere in the world, Iceland may be spoken of, somewhat breathlessly, as western Europe's last pristine wilderness. But the environmental awareness that is sweeping the world had___the majority of Icelanders. (2010, Reading Comprehension: Text D)