新概念英語單詞第3冊Lesson58:A spot of bother一點兒小麻煩

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lift n.電梯
    【單詞例句】
    A:Is there a lift here?
    A:你們這兒有電梯嗎?
    B: Yes.there is one in that corner.
    B:有,在那邊的拐角處。
    monstrous adj.極大的,可怕的
    negligence n.粗心大意
    【單詞擴充】carelessness粗心 inattention疏忽
    【單詞搭配】a piece ofnegligence 一次疏忽
    【單詞例句】
    A: He was sharply reprimanded for his negligence.
    A:他因玩忽職守而受到嚴(yán)厲的訓(xùn)斥。
    B:I think he will be more careful in the future.
    B:我想以后他會更小心的。
    prudent adj.謹(jǐn)慎的
    【單詞擴充】prudential謹(jǐn)慎的 canny謹(jǐn)慎的
    【單詞例句】
    We must always remain modest and prudent.
    我們要永遠(yuǎn)保持謙虛謹(jǐn)慎。
    composure n.鎮(zhèn)靜,沉著
    【單詞擴充】calm鎮(zhèn)靜 composure鎮(zhèn)靜
    【單詞搭配】regain composure恢復(fù)鎮(zhèn)靜
    【單詞例句】
    He was obviously very shocked,but he soon regained his composure soon.
    突然他很震驚,但很快就恢復(fù)了鎮(zhèn)靜。
    intruder n.入侵者
    lurk v.潛伏
    【派生詞】lurker潛伏者
    【單詞例句】
    A:I don't know what lurks in his mind.
    A:我不知道他心里藏著什么。
    B:I think nobody knows that.
    B:我想沒有人知道。
    hinder v.妨礙
    fingerprint n.指紋
    【單詞擴充】finger mark指紋
    【單詞搭配】leave one's fingerprint留下指紋
    【單詞例句】
    When the police found his fingerprint he knew that he would be in trouble.
    警方發(fā)現(xiàn)了他的指紋后,他知道自己要有麻煩了。
    chaos n.混亂
    【單詞例句】
    A: The failure of electricity supplies made the city in chaos.
    A:停電使得城市一片混亂。
    B: People can hardly live a comfortable life without electricity today.
    B:在當(dāng)今社會,沒有電,人們很難過得舒服。
    inconceivable [ɪnkən'siːvəb(ə)l] adj.不可思議的
    【單詞擴充】miraculous不可思議的 unimaginable意想不到的
    【單詞例句】
    A: That event was inconceivable to us.
    A:那事件是我們所想象不到的。
    B: But we have to face it now.
    B:但我們現(xiàn)在必須面對它。
    veritable ['verɪtəb(ə)l] adj.真正的,地地道道的
    magpie ['mægpaɪ] n.喜歡收藏物品的人
    toss [tɒs] v.扔
    discard [dɪ'skɑːd] 丟棄
    【單詞擴充】reject丟棄
    【單詞例句】
    A: It's a bad manner to discard your things everywhere.
    A:把東西扔得到處都是是一個不好的習(xí)慣。
    B: Sorry,I will correct it.
    B:對不起,我會改的。
    constable ['kʌnstəb(ə)l; 'kɒn-] n.警察
    ransack v.洗劫
    balcony n.陽臺
    【單詞例句】
    The prospect from the balcony is breathtaking.
    從陽臺上看去景色美極了。
    fussy ['fʌsɪ] adj.大驚小怪的,小題大做的
    【單詞擴充】spoffish大驚小怪的,小題大做的
    【單詞搭配】fussy eater挑食的人
    【單詞例句】
    A:I suppose I'm just a little too fussy!
    A:我想我有點過于小題大做了!
    B:No,you did it well.
    B:不,你做得很好。