胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇127

An influenza¹ patient (from infest² to inherit)

After little more than an informal examination, the doctor concluded that Mr.Malcolm Smith’s organism was infested³ with a particularly virulent⁴ strain of the influenza virus. “The virus has infiltrated⁵ every part of your system, I’m afraid, and its pernicious influx⁶ has inflicted⁷ a great deal of damage,” he said. “Your present state of inertia⁸ is inherent in this type of condition, and you’re in a very serious state.”

“Please don’t let me die now, doctor,”Malcolm Smith whispered, barely audibly. “I am an influential⁹ person and still have a great deal of important work to do. I shall see to it that you will inherit a substantial sum under my will, if you save me.”

“I shall do everything in my power, I promise!”replied the good doctor. “I don’t wish to unduly¹⁰ inflate¹¹ your hopes, but I have developed a quite ingenious concoction¹² with a goodly number of secret ingredients, which may well infuse some vitality¹³ into your system. Alas¹⁴, in these times of runaway¹⁵ inflation, being a beneficiary under your will is one thing, but what my bank account would really need is an infusion¹⁶ of cash now. If I am correctly informed, you used to inhabit that grand estate by the lake before you became ill, and recently sold your shareholding¹⁷ in International Consolidated¹⁸ Inc. and are not exactly short of ready cash. So how about your writing me a cheque for 20,000 dollars to begin with?”

“You are infringing¹⁹ on my rights as a patient,” Malcolm Smith objected feebly.

“Ah, we must not be so inflexible²⁰, must we now?” responded the doctor. “You see, as long as you are an inhabitant of this hospital, I am in charge of your destiny, do you understand?”

一个流感病人

做完非正式的检查后，医生得出结论，马尔科姆.史密斯的机体大量滋生了一种非常致命的流感病毒。“恐怕病毒已经渗入你的身体的每部分，它有害的汇集已经造成很大的破坏，”他说。“你现在的懒惰状态是这种情况所固有的，你的情况很严重。”

“医生，请不要让我现在就死，” 马尔科姆.史密斯低声说，几乎听不到他的声音。“我是个有影响的人，还有很多重要的工作要做。如果你救了我，我保证根据我的遗嘱你将继承很大一笔钱。”

“我保证，我将尽力而为！”这位良医回答道。“我不想让你的希望不适当地膨胀，但我已研制了一种精巧的合剂，它由很多秘密的成分组成，将给你的身体注入一些活力。唉，像现在这种通货膨胀失去控制的时候，成为你的遗嘱的受益人是一回事，但我的银行账目最需要的是现在注入现金。如果我了解的情况没有错，你生病前住在湖边豪华的庄园里，最近你出售了国际统一有限公司的股权，现在也并不怎么缺现钱。给我一张20，000美元的支票作为开始，怎么样？”

“你侵犯了我作为病人的权利，”马尔科姆.史密斯无力地抗议道。

“啊，我们现在不能那么顽固，对吗？”医生回答。“你看，只要你这个医院的住院户我就支配着你的命运，懂吗？”

1 influenza   

n.流行性感冒，流感

参考例句：

• They took steps to prevent the spread of influenza.他们采取措施
• Influenza is an infectious disease.流感是一种传染病。

2 infest   

v.大批出没于；侵扰；寄生于

参考例句：

• Several animals in sea water can infest wood.海水中有好多动物能侵害木材。
• A lame cat is better than a swift horse when rats infest the palace.宫殿有鼠患，瘸猫比快马强。

3 infested   

adj.为患的，大批滋生的（常与with搭配）v.害虫、野兽大批出没于( infest的过去式和过去分词 )；遍布于

参考例句：

• The kitchen was infested with ants. 厨房里到处是蚂蚁。
• The apartments were infested with rats and roaches. 公寓里面到处都是老鼠和蟑螂。

4 virulent   

adj.有毒的，有恶意的，充满敌意的

参考例句：

• She is very virulent about her former employer.她对她过去的老板恨之入骨。
• I stood up for her despite the virulent criticism.尽管她遭到恶毒的批评，我还是维护她。

5 infiltrated   

adj.[医]浸润的v.（使）渗透，（指思想）渗入人的心中( infiltrate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The headquarters had been infiltrated by enemy spies. 总部混入了敌方特务。
• Many Chinese idioms have infiltrated into the Japanese language. 许多中国成语浸透到日语中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

6 influx   

n.流入，注入

参考例句：

• The country simply cannot absorb this influx of refugees.这个国家实在不能接纳这么多涌入的难民。
• Textile workers favoured protection because they feared an influx of cheap cloth.纺织工人拥护贸易保护措施，因为他们担心涌入廉价纺织品。

7 inflicted   

把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team. 他们使主队吃了一场很没面子的败仗。
• Zoya heroically bore the torture that the Fascists inflicted upon her. 卓娅英勇地承受法西斯匪徒加在她身上的酷刑。

8 inertia   

adj.惰性，惯性，懒惰，迟钝

参考例句：

• We had a feeling of inertia in the afternoon.下午我们感觉很懒。
• Inertia carried the plane onto the ground.飞机靠惯性着陆。

9 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

10 unduly   

adv.过度地，不适当地

参考例句：

• He did not sound unduly worried at the prospect.他的口气听上去对前景并不十分担忧。
• He argued that the law was unduly restrictive.他辩称法律的约束性有些过分了。

11 inflate   

vt.使膨胀，使骄傲，抬高（物价）

参考例句：

• The buyers bid against each other and often inflate the prices they pay.买主们竞相投标，往往人为地提高价钱。
• Stuart jumped into the sea and inflated the liferaft.斯图尔特跳到海里给救生艇充气。

12 concoction   

n.调配(物)；谎言

参考例句：

• She enjoyed the concoction of foreign dishes.她喜欢调制外国菜。
• His story was a sheer concoction.他的故事实在是一纯属捏造之事。

13 vitality   

n.活力，生命力，效力

参考例句：

• He came back from his holiday bursting with vitality and good health.他度假归来之后，身强体壮，充满活力。
• He is an ambitious young man full of enthusiasm and vitality.他是个充满热情与活力的有远大抱负的青年。

14 alas   

int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等)

参考例句：

• Alas!The window is broken!哎呀！窗子破了！
• Alas,the truth is less romantic.然而，真理很少带有浪漫色彩。

15 runaway   

n.逃走的人，逃亡，亡命者；adj.逃亡的，逃走的

参考例句：

• The police have not found the runaway to date.警察迄今没抓到逃犯。
• He was praised for bringing up the runaway horse.他勒住了脱缰之马受到了表扬。

16 infusion   

n.灌输

参考例句：

• Old families need an infusion of new blood from time to time.古老的家族需要不时地注入新鲜血液。
• Careful observation of the infusion site is necessary.必须仔细观察输液部位。

17 shareholding   

n.股权

参考例句：

• Shareholding commercial banks must exercise an independent system of board of directors. 股份制商业银行必须实行独立董事制度。 来自互联网
• Asset re-structuring: to conduct shareholding reform for high quality assets. 资产重组：对优质资产进行股份制改造。 来自互联网

18 consolidated   

a.联合的

参考例句：

• With this new movie he has consolidated his position as the country's leading director. 他新执导的影片巩固了他作为全国最佳导演的地位。
• Those two banks have consolidated and formed a single large bank. 那两家银行已合并成一家大银行。

19 infringing   

v.违反（规章等）( infringe的现在分词 )；侵犯（某人的权利）；侵害（某人的自由、权益等）

参考例句：

• The material can be copied without infringing copyright. 这份材料可以复制，不会侵犯版权。
• The media is accused of infringing on people's privacy. 人们指责媒体侵犯了大家的隐私。 来自《简明英汉词典》

20 inflexible   

adj.不可改变的，不受影响的，不屈服的

参考例句：

• Charles was a man of settled habits and inflexible routine.查尔斯是一个恪守习惯、生活规律不容打乱的人。
• The new plastic is completely inflexible.这种新塑料是完全不可弯曲的。