1. spatial adj. concerning or existing in space 空間的,有關(guān)空間的,存在于空間的
e.g.: The spatial qualities of the new concert hall attract a lot of people.
派生詞匯 spatialism n. (現(xiàn)代畫派中的)空間主義spatiality n. 空間性,空間狀態(tài) spatially adv. 空間地
2. apoplexy n. sudden inability to feel or move, caused by the blockage or rupture of an artery in the brain 中風,卒中
e.g.: Nowadays, more and more people of middle age suffer from apoplexy.
派生詞匯 apoplectic adj. (患)中風的 n. 患中風者
3. corpus n. collection of written or sometimes spoken texts (書面的,有時為口語的) 資料,文獻,匯編
e.g.: I have got the entire corpus of Milton’s works.
4. colossus n. person or thing of very great size, importance, ability, etc. 非常巨大,重要,有能量等的人或事物
e.g.: Mozart is a colossus among composers.
5. transcendent adj. extremely great; supreme 卓越的;至高無上的
e.g.: Most of the people fail to achieve a transcendent significance in suffering and squalor.
Beyond the limits of experience and hence unknowable (philosophy) 超驗的(哲學)
e.g.: Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason considers the thing-in-itself as transcendent.
派生詞匯 transcendently adv. 超驗地 transcendentness n. 超驗 transcendency n. 超越性,卓越 transcendental adj. 先驗的
6. trooper n.(US) member of a State police force 州警察
e.g.: He dreams to be a trooper.
7. buffalo
①n. kinds of large, usu wild ox in India, Asia, Europe and Africa; North American bison 水牛;(南非或北美的)野牛
e.g.: The buffalo likes to lie in water.
②vt. to intimidate, as by a display of confidence or authority 威脅,恐嚇(用顯示信心或權(quán)勢來恫嚇)
e.g.: The board couldn’t buffalo the federal courts as it had the Comptroller.
8.stampede
①vi/vt. (cause) to run in panic (使動物或人)驚逃,蜂擁
e.g.: The cattle stampeded towards the farm.
②n. a sudden frenzied rush 驚逃,突然狂奔
e.g.: There was a stampede of panic-stricken crowd from the burning hotel.
必背搭配 stampede(sb)into doing sth.
9. havoc n. widespread damage; great destruction (大范圍的)破壞,(巨大的)毀壞
e.g.: The floods created havoc.
必背搭配:Play (raise) havoc with/ among
10.judiciary n. judges of a country collectively 法官(總稱)
e.g.: Judiciary must be just.
Exercise:
從以上單詞中選出最恰當?shù)脑~,填入空格內(nèi)。
An __1__stroke will give the apoplectic much pain.
A __2__bureaucracy impeded greatly the advancement of the developing countries.
Philosophers often explicitly reject the notion of any __3__reality beyond though thought and claim to be concerned only with thought itself.
He tried to __4__me at first meeting but I soon caught on to his tricks.
The wild party created __5__in the house.
答案:
1. apoplectic
2. colossus
3. transcendent
4. buffalo
5. havoc