赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit43

 　　challenging

　　a.有挑战性的

　　Writing in a foreign language is very challenging.

　　用外语写作很有挑战性。

　　remote

　　a.偏僻的；久远的

　　No gas station can be found in such a remote town.

　　在如此偏远的小镇，一间加油站都找不到。

　　Aunt Susan is a remote relative of mine.

　　苏珊姑妈是我的远亲。

　　There's not even a remote chance that Porter will pass the driving test. He's color-blind.

　　波特要考到驾照根本是机会渺茫。他是个色盲。

　　classical

　　a.古典的

　　Do you like to listen to classical music?

　　你喜欢听古典乐吗？

　　That pop song you just heard is one of the classic hits this famous musician composed.

　　你刚刚听到的那首流行歌曲是这位知名的音乐家所作的经典热门歌曲其中一首。

　　Gone With The Wind is a literary classic known to almost everyone.

　　《飘/乱世佳人》是几乎大家皆知的文学经典作品。

　　assist

　　vt. vi.帮助

　　I assist Mom in doing the housework on weekends. =I help Mom do the housework on weekends.

　　每逢周末我都会帮老妈做家事。

　　If everybody assists，the job will get done quickly.

　　如果大家都能来帮忙，我们很快就能完工。

　　scatter¹

　　vt.撒，使分散 vi.分散

　　You can scatter some sand on the ice so you don't slip.

　　在冰上撒点沙子,这样你就不会滑倒了。

　　The mob began to scatter in all directions after riot police fired tear gas.

　　镇暴警察发射催泪瓦斯后，暴民开始四散离开。

　　regional

　　a.区域的,局部的

　　Economic recession in these countries is partly caused by regional conflicts.

　　区域性的冲突是这几个国家经济不景气的部分原因。

　　zone

　　n.地区

　　Louise volunteered to go to the war zone to report on the war.

　　路易斯自愿前往战区报导战事。

　　seize

　　vt.抓住；突然感到……；夺取，占领

　　The bank robber was seized by the police when he tried to escape.

　　银行抢匪想逃跑时,被警方一把抓住。

　　I was seized by fear when I noticed that some stranger was following me.

　　当我发觉有陌生人在跟踪我时，突然感到害怕起来。

　　The rebels seized the capital and exiled the Prime Minister soon after the military coup².

　　在军事政变以后，叛军很快占领了首都并放逐总理。

　　grab

　　vt.抓取

　　I grabbed a bite to eat this morning and then went to work.

　　早上我随便抓了点东西吃，便去上班了。

　　grasp

　　vi.紧抓；理解

　　A man in a black suit grasped Paul by the arm and shook him violently, telling him to stay out their business.

　　一名黑衣人抓住保罗的手臂大力摇晃，要他别再管他们的事。

　　Most readers found it hard to grasp the meaning of this poem.

　　大部分的读者都觉得难以理解这首诗的意思。

1 scatter   

vt.撒，驱散，散开；散布/播；vi.分散，消散

参考例句：

• You pile everything up and scatter things around.你把东西乱堆乱放。
• Small villages scatter at the foot of the mountain.村庄零零落落地散布在山脚下。

2 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。