胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇186

　　186. Rebecca Rowndie 丽贝卡.朗黛 regimen-relentless¹
Rebecca Rowndie was grossly overweight. Her friends were reluctant to take her out to dinner with them because she would not only finish her meal, but also vacuum up everyone else’s, too. When she got so big that she had to buy a new wardrobe for the third time, she finally decided² to register at an eating rehabilitation³ center. She rehearsed her lines and headed off.
The reigning⁵ nutritionist at the center was Nurse Rechette (as in retch it’). Nurse Rechette during her reign⁴ had helped many an obese⁶ woman lose weight. She put Rebecca on a strict regimen of beans. This regimentation⁷ was designed to regulate her eating, rehabilitate⁸ her eating habits, and rejuvenate⁹ her youth. One of the regulations of the center was that if the client didn’t reach her goal, she would be reimbursed¹¹ in full. So Nurse Rechette was relentless in her efforts to help Rebecca lose weight. She never relaxed in trying to get her to drop a few pounds for fear that relaxation¹² would result in a relapse of bad eating habits and rekindle¹³ the desire to overeat a relaxed dieter could never lose weight. Nurse Rechette, therefore, relegated¹⁵ the duty of administering beans to the clients, reinforced good proper eating, and reiterated¹⁷ that the rejection¹⁸ of eating fatty foods was essential to success. In addition, to reject food that one loved was essential in building character.
On occasion, as a part of the exercise regimen, Nurse Rechette would organize a relay race among the clients. As you know, a side effect of eating beans is gas. As the clients were running the relay race, there were squeaky little releases going on all around the track. Nurse Rechette attributed these releases to the healthy eating.
Upon Rebecca’s departure from the center, she had lost 200 lbs., nearly twice her new body weight. She thanked Nurse Rechette and went home a new woman.
regimen n.政权,养生法
regimentation n.系统化,组织化,严格控制
register vt.登记
regulate vt.管制,控制,调节
regulation n.规则,规章
rehabilitate vt.修复,恢复
rehabilitation n.恢复,复原
rehearse vt.预演,排练
reign vt.统治
reigning adj.统治的,起支配作用的
reimburse¹⁰ vt.偿还
reinforce vt.加强
reiterate¹⁶ vt.重申,反复地说
reject vt.抛弃,拒绝,抵制
rejection n.拒绝
rejuvenate vt.使年轻,使恢复
rekindle vt.再点火,使再振作
relapse v.旧病复发,再恶化
relax v.(使)松弛,缓和
relaxation n.松弛,缓和
relaxed adj. 不拘束的,悠闲的,放松的
relay vt.分程传递,转播,接力赛
release n./v.释放
relegate¹⁴ v.转移,归入
relentless adj.无情的,冷酷的

1 relentless   

adj.残酷的，不留情的，无怜悯心的

参考例句：

• The traffic noise is relentless.交通车辆的噪音一刻也不停止。
• Their training has to be relentless.他们的训练必须是无情的。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 rehabilitation   

n.康复，悔过自新，修复，复兴，复职，复位

参考例句：

• He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
• No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。

4 reign   

n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势

参考例句：

• The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
• The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

5 reigning   

adj.统治的，起支配作用的

参考例句：

• The sky was dark, stars were twinkling high above, night was reigning, and everything was sunk in silken silence. 天很黑，星很繁，夜阑人静。
• Led by Huang Chao, they brought down the reigning house after 300 years' rule. 在黄巢的带领下，他们推翻了统治了三百年的王朝。

6 obese   

adj.过度肥胖的，肥大的

参考例句：

• The old man is really obese,it can't be healthy.那位老人确实过于肥胖了，不能算是健康。
• Being obese and lazy is dangerous to health.又胖又懒危害健康。

7 regimentation   

n.编组团队；系统化，组织化

参考例句：

• They don't want equality and regimentation.他们不要一律平等和严密的组织。
• Discipline without regimentation was Miss Bulstrode's motto.既注意纪律，又不造成一律化，这就是布尔斯特罗德小姐的座右铭。

8 rehabilitate   

vt.改造(罪犯)，修复；vi.复兴，(罪犯)经受改造

参考例句：

• There was no money to rehabilitate the tower.没有资金修复那座塔。
• He used exercise programmes to rehabilitate the patients.他采用体育锻炼疗法使患者恢复健康。

9 rejuvenate   

v.(使)返老还童；(使)恢复活力

参考例句：

• The mountain air will rejuvenate you.山里的空气会使你恢复活力。
• Exercise is perhaps the most effective way to rejuvenate your skin.锻炼可能是使皮肤恢复活力的最好手段。

10 reimburse   

v.补偿，付还

参考例句：

• We'll reimburse you for your travelling expenses.我们将付还你旅费。
• The funds are supposed to reimburse policyholders in the event of insurer failure.这项基金将在保险公司不能偿付的情况下对投保人进行赔付。

11 reimbursed   

v.偿还，付还( reimburse的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Any out-of-pocket expenses incurred on the firm's business will be reimbursed. 由公司业务产生的开销都可以报销。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Employees are reimbursed for any legal fees incurred when they relocate. 员工调往异地工作时，他们可以报销由此产生的所有法律服务费用。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 relaxation   

n.松弛，放松；休息；消遣；娱乐

参考例句：

• The minister has consistently opposed any relaxation in the law.部长一向反对法律上的任何放宽。
• She listens to classical music for relaxation.她听古典音乐放松。

13 rekindle   

v.使再振作；再点火

参考例句：

• Nothing could rekindle her extinct passion.她激情已逝,无从心回意转。
• Is there anything could rekindle his extinct passion?有什么事情可重燃他逝去的热情呢？

14 relegate   

v.使降级，流放，移交，委任

参考例句：

• We shall relegate this problem to the organizing committee.我们将把这个问题委托组织委员会处理。
• She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues.她总是把困难的问题推给她同事。

15 relegated   

v.使降级( relegate的过去式和过去分词 )；使降职；转移；把…归类

参考例句：

• She was then relegated to the role of assistant. 随后她被降级做助手了。
• I think that should be relegated to the garbage can of history. 我认为应该把它扔进历史的垃圾箱。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

16 reiterate   

v.重申，反复地说

参考例句：

• Let me reiterate that we have absolutely no plans to increase taxation.让我再一次重申我们绝对没有增税的计划。
• I must reiterate that our position on this issue is very clear.我必须重申我们对这一项议题的立场很清楚。

17 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

18 rejection   

n.拒绝，被拒，抛弃，被弃

参考例句：

• He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.他因怕遭拒绝决定不再去找她。
• The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair.遭到拒绝使她陷入了绝望的深渊。