赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit71

 　　luggage

　　n.行李〔英〕（不可数）

　　Don't forget to claim your luggage before you leave the airport.

　　在你离开机场前，别忘了领取行李。

　　baggage

　　n.行李〔美〕（不可数，用法同 luggage)

　　Be sure to check the baggage allowance for your airline.

　　记得要确认你搭乘的航空公司行李允载重量限制。

　　How many pieces of baggage/luggage do you have with you？

　　你随身带了多少件行李？

　　excellence¹

　　n.杰出，优异

　　Professor Burton is well-known for his academic excellence.

　　波顿教授因其学术优异表现广为人知。

　　I'm amazed at Peter's excellence in Chinese calligraphy².

　　我很惊讶地发现彼得书法写得真棒。

　　spoil

　　vi.(食物）腐败；vt.宠坏；破坏

　　Food tends to spoil quickly in summer.=Food tends to go bad quickly in summer.

　　夏天食物容易腐败。

　　You will spoil your children if you give them whatever they want.

　　如果小孩要什么就给什么,你会把他们宠坏的。

　　The continuous rain has spoiled our plan to go fishing today.

　　持续下雨破坏了我们今天要去钓鱼的计划。

　　novelist

　　n.小说家

　　Ken³ was just an average Joe until he wrote the book. He is a famous novelist now.

　　在写那本书之前,肯不过是个无名小卒。他现在可是个名小说家了。

　　inventor

　　n.发明家

　　Edison was one of the greatest inventors of the twentieth century.

　　爰迪生是20世纪伟大的发明家之一。

　　cheer

　　vt. vi.鼓舞

　　Alice has been depressed⁴ since her dog died, so I went to her place to cheer her up.

　　自从爱丽丝的狗死后她就一直很沮丧，所以我去她那里鼓舞她一下。

　　Cheer up, John. Just because your girlfriend has left you it doesn't mean it's the end of the world.

　　振作起来，约翰。你女友离你而去并不表示世界末日到了。

　　cheerful

　　a.愉快的

　　Ruth can speak in a cheerful tone even when she is really mad.

　　即使茹丝很生气,她还是可以用愉快的语调说话。

　　cheerleader

　　n.啦啦队队员

　　It takes more than good looks to be a cheerleader.

　　要当啦啦队员不只要外表好看。

　　cheers

　　n. int.感谢

　　In the UK, you say "cheers" to thank people for what they have done.

　　在英国，你会说cheers来感谢别人帮忙。

　　gossip

　　n.八卦，闲言闲语 vi.聊八卦

　　My friend Ruby⁵ always keeps me up to date with the latest gossip about celebrities⁶.

　　我的朋友露比总是会告诉我最新的名人八卦。

　　The staff members spent a whole afternoon in the office doing nothing but gossiping about their boss.

　　这些职员花了一整个下午在办公室啥都没做，尽聊老板的八卦。

1 excellence   

n.优秀，杰出，(pl.)优点，美德

参考例句：

• His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
• My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。

2 calligraphy   

n.书法

参考例句：

• At the calligraphy competition,people asked him to write a few characters.书法比赛会上，人们请他留字。
• His calligraphy is vigorous and forceful.他的书法苍劲有力。

3 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

4 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

5 ruby   

n.红宝石，红宝石色

参考例句：

• She is wearing a small ruby earring.她戴着一枚红宝石小耳环。
• On the handle of his sword sat the biggest ruby in the world.他的剑柄上镶有一颗世上最大的红宝石。

6 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目