胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇191

　　191. The anal-retentive¹ retailer³保留肛门性格的零售商 restrictive-revision
There was a retailer who specialized⁴ in selling reversible clothing. Being anal-retentive, his personality was somewhat restrictive, which tended to retard⁵ his sales. Every time a customer approached him about his reversible clothing, he would become nervous, his anus would tighten⁶, and he would retreat from the sales room immediately. Things being as they were, the retailer decided⁷ to retire from the retail² business, choosing only to retain a few items of clothing for himself.
On the night that he made the decision for his retirement⁸ as he was sleeping, the heavens opened up to reveal God sitting in his heavenly glory. God spoke⁹ in a mighty¹⁰ voice saying, “Reversible Clothing Retailer!” God’s voice reverberated¹² through the heavens. The retailer dropped to the floor covered in golden heavenly light, kneeling reverently¹⁴. “I command you to revise your attitude and reverse your decision about retirement. You shall continue to sell reversible clothing.” The retailer replied, “But Your Holiness, I am anal-retentive and I retreat from the sales room when customers approach.” “Do you revere¹³ me?” retorted God. “Make a revision in your opinion and retract¹⁵ your statement!” The retailer said, “Your Holiness, I know you are all powerful. I beg you to retool¹⁶ my personality and enable me to fulfill¹⁷ your commands.” God replied, “In retrospect¹⁸, you have been a good man. Your only fault is that you are anal-retentive. As a sign of my retrospective decision, I shall send you a golden retriever. Every time you see him, you will have confidence.”
The next morning, the retailer wasn’t sure whether his revelation was real or just a dream. Nevertheless, when he opened his front door, he saw a golden retriever sitting there with the morning paper in his mouth. The retriever followed him everywhere and gave him confidence. The retailer was no longer anal-retentive, and his reversible clothing sold very well. In addition, the retriever retrieved²⁰ the paper for him every morning.
restrictive adj.限制性的
retail adj.零售的
retailer n.零售商人
retain vt.保持,保留
retard vt.延迟,阻碍
retentive adj.保留的,有记忆力的
retire vi.退休,引退
retirement n.退休
retool vt.将机械重新整备,重组
retort v.反击,反驳
retract vt.缩回,缩进,撤回,收回
retreat n.消退,退却,隐退处vi.撤退,退却
retrieve¹⁹ v.重新找回,取回,找回猎物
retriever n.能把猎物找回来的一种猎狗
retrospect n.反顾,回顾
retrospective adj.回顾的,怀旧的
reveal vt.展现,揭露
revelation n.显示,揭露,新发明,启示
reverberate¹¹ v.回声,(使)回响
revere vt.尊崇,尊敬
reverently adv.虔诚地
reverse vt.颠倒,翻转,彻底改变adj.相反的,倒转的n.背面
reversible adj.可逆的,可翻转的,可正反两面使用的
revise vt.修改,修订
revision n.修订,校订

1 retentive   

v.保留的，有记忆的；adv.有记性地，记性强地；n.保持力

参考例句：

• Luke had an amazingly retentive memory.卢克记忆力惊人。
• He is a scholar who has wide learning and a retentive memory.他是一位博闻强记的学者。

2 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

3 retailer   

n.零售商(人)

参考例句：

• What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
• The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。

4 specialized   

adj.专门的，专业化的

参考例句：

• There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
• These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。

5 retard   

n.阻止，延迟；vt.妨碍，延迟，使减速

参考例句：

• Lack of sunlight will retard the growth of most plants.缺乏阳光会妨碍大多数植物的生长。
• Continuing violence will retard negotiations over the country's future.持续不断的暴力活动会阻碍关系到国家未来的谈判的进行。

6 tighten   

v.(使)变紧；(使)绷紧

参考例句：

• Turn the screw to the right to tighten it.向右转动螺钉把它拧紧。
• Some countries tighten monetary policy to avoid inflation.一些国家实行紧缩银根的货币政策，以避免通货膨胀。

7 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。

8 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。

9 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

10 mighty   

adj.强有力的；巨大的

参考例句：

• A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
• The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。

11 reverberate   

v.使回响，使反响

参考例句：

• The decision will reverberate and will jar the country.这项决定将引起反响并震撼这个国家。
• Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my hear.痛苦呼喊的一遍遍的在我的心中回响。

12 reverberated   

回响，回荡( reverberate的过去式和过去分词 )； 使反响，使回荡，使反射

参考例句：

• Her voice reverberated around the hall. 她的声音在大厅里回荡。
• The roar of guns reverberated in the valley. 炮声响彻山谷。

13 revere   

vt.尊崇，崇敬，敬畏

参考例句：

• Students revere the old professors.学生们十分尊敬那些老教授。
• The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven.中国人将谷物奉为上天的恩赐。

14 reverently   

adv.虔诚地

参考例句：

• He gazed reverently at the handiwork. 他满怀敬意地凝视着这件手工艺品。
• Pork gazed at it reverently and slowly delight spread over his face. 波克怀着愉快的心情看着这只表，脸上慢慢显出十分崇敬的神色。

15 retract   

vt.缩回，撤回收回，取消

参考例句：

• The criminals should stop on the precipice, retract from the wrong path and not go any further.犯罪分子应当迷途知返，悬崖勒马，不要在错误的道路上继续走下去。
• I don't want to speak rashly now and later have to retract my statements.我不想现在说些轻率的话，然后又要收回自己说过的话。

16 retool   

v.改组，重新装备

参考例句：

• Each time the product changes,the machines have to be retooled.每次更换产品，就得重新装备机器。
• In the computer industry,engineers have to retool frequently.在电脑业中，工程师必须经常以新知识充实装备自己。

17 fulfill   

vt.履行，实现，完成；满足，使满意

参考例句：

• If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
• This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。

18 retrospect   

n.回顾，追溯；v.回顾，回想，追溯

参考例句：

• One's school life seems happier in retrospect than in reality.学校生活回忆起来显得比实际上要快乐。
• In retrospect,it's easy to see why we were wrong.回顾过去就很容易明白我们的错处了。

19 retrieve   

vt.重新得到，收回；挽回，补救；检索

参考例句：

• He was determined to retrieve his honor.他决心恢复名誉。
• The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。

20 retrieved   

v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 )；恢复；寻回；检索（储存的信息）

参考例句：

• Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train. 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. 他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。 来自辞典例句