Group 35

精讲与巧记

flutter vi.If anything thin or light flutters,or if you flutter it,it moves up and down or from side to side with a lot of quick, light movements．摆动·Her chiffon skirt was fluttering in the night breeze.

fellowship n. A fellowship is a group of people that join together for a common purpose or interest．联谊会，团体·At Merlin's instigation, Arthur founds the Fellowship of the Round Table.

excel vi.If anyone excels in anything or excels at it,they are very good at doing it．优秀，胜过他人·Caine has always been an actor who excels in irony.

pretentious adj.If you say that anyone or anything is pretentious,you mean that they try to seem important or significant, but you do not think that they are．自命不凡的，自负的·His response was full of pretentious nonsense.

devious adj.If you describe anyone as devious,you do not like them because you think they are dishonest and like to keep things secret, often in a complicated way．迂回的·Newman was certainly devious, prepared to say one thing in print and something quite different in private.

faction n. A faction is an organized group of people within a larger group, which opposes some of the ideas of the larger group and fights for its own ideas．派别，小集团·A peace agreement will be signed by the leaders of the country's warring factions.

pentagon n. A pentagon is a shape with five sides．五边形；五角大楼·The general attended a meeting at the Pentagon.

bounce vt./vi.When an object such as a ball bounces or when you bounce it,it moves upwards from a surface or away from it immediately after you hit it．拍，弹起·I bounced a ball against the wall.

compassion n. Compassion is a feeling of pity, sympathy, and understanding for someone who is suffering．同情，怜悯·Elderly people need time and compassion from their physicians.

sketch n. A sketch is a drawing that is done quickly without a lot of details. Artists often use sketches as a preparation for a more detailed painting or drawing．速写·She drew a sketch map of the area to show us the way.

holistic adj.considering a person or thing as a whole,rather than as separate parts 整体的·My doctor takes a holistic approach to disease.

emphatic adj.An emphatic response or statement is the one made in a forceful way,because the speaker feels very strongly about what they are saying．强调的·His response was immediate and emphatic.

accelerate vi.If the process or rate of anything accelerates,it gets faster and faster．加速·Growth rate will accelerate to 2.9 percent next year.

withhold vt.If you withhold anything that anyone wants,you do not let them have it．拒绝，不给· Police withheld the dead boy's name yesterday until relatives could be told.

superb adj.If anything is superb,its quality is very good indeed．极好的·There is a superb 18-hole golf course 6 miles away.

marine adj.Marine is used to describe the things relating to the sea or to the animals and plants that live in the sea．海的，海生的·The oil slick seriously threatens marine life around the islands.

anthropologist n. An anthropologist is the person who studies anthropology．人类学家·A Cambridge-trained anthropologist investigated the remnants of ancient structures.

haunt vt.If anything unpleasant haunts you,you keep thinking or worrying about it over a long period of time．缠绕，困扰·The decision to leave her children now haunts her.

owe 1. vt.If you owe money to anyone,they have lent it to you and you have not yet paid it back. You can also say that the money is owing．欠（债）· The company owes money to more than 60 banks. // 2. vt.If anyone or anything owes a particular quality or their success to a person or thing, they only have it because of that person or thing．把……归功于·I always suspected she owed her first job to her friendship with Roger.

curriculum n. A curriculum is all the different courses of study that are taught in a school, college, or university．课程·There should be a broader curriculum in schools for post-16-year-old pupils.

速练

Quick Review—Group 35

Directions: Match the word in the left-hand column with the expression in the right-hand column.

Model Test Seven (Groups 31-35)

Directions: Choose one word or expression from the four choices given.

1. An ________ government was set up for the period before the country's first free election.

A. interval

B. interim

C. interactive

D. incorporate

2. My brother was ________ from school for bad behaviour.

A. released

B. dropped

C. expelled

D. sent

3. There is the ________ benefit of playing a home game before a friendly crowd.

A. intangible

B. negligible

C. eligible

D. feasible

4. I was so surprised when he turned up—I'd ________ someone much older.

A. thought

B. reckoned

C. visualized

D. conceptualized

5. She told us about his brother, Apollo, born in 1969 and named for the U.S. astronauts' ________to the moon.

A. duty

B. mission

C. responsibility

D. sacrifice

6. One of the organization's aims is to ________ information about the disease.

A. dissent

B. dissect

C. dissemble

D. disseminate

7. The recent publicity surrounding homelessness has given a fresh ________ to the cause.

A. impetus

B. deterrent

C. incitement

D. persuasion

8. Throughout the ordeal, he was ________ by the belief that he would get home.

A. maintained

B. sustained

C. retained

D. pertained

9. During the trial, the prosecution was accused of ________ crucial evidence from the defence.

A. delaying

B. stopping

C. protecting

D. withholding

10. The builder did a rough ________ of how the new stairs would look.

A. sketch

B. scratch

C. skeleton

D. clutch