赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit74

　　jelly

　　n.果冻

　　Tonight we'll have some jelly for dessert.

　　今晚我们的甜点是果冻。

　　brake

　　n.刹车，制动器

　　Nicole put on the brakes all of a sudden and my head almost hit the windshield.

　　妮可突然踩刹车，害我的头差点撞上挡风玻璃。

　　coward

　　n.懦夫

　　Don't be such a coward. Just tell her how you feel.

　　不要当个胆小鬼。把你对她的感觉告诉她啊。

　　As Shakespeare once put it, "A coward dies a thousand times, a hero only once."

　　莎翁曾云：“懦夫死千次，英雄只死一次。”

　　bravery

　　n.勇敢

　　Peter's bravery and loyalty¹ led him to complete the mission.

　　彼得的勇气和忠诚促使他完成这项任务。

　　cradle

　　n.摇篮；发源地 vi.紧抱

　　Thanks to the sound welfare system, everyone in this country is well taken care of from (the) cradle to (the) grave.

　　由于健全的福利制度，该国所有的人一生都受到良好的照顾。

　　Archaeological evidence has shown that Mesopotamia was the cradle of civilization.

　　考古学上的证据显示，美索不达米亚是人类文明的发源地。

　　Cathy cradled the baby in her arms as she fed it.

　　凯西把小宝宝抱在怀里喂他牛奶。

　　lullaby

　　n.摇篮曲

　　Mothers usually lull² their babies to sleep by singing a lullaby.

　　母亲们经常借着唱摇篮曲哄小宝宝入睡。

　　dam

　　n.水坝

　　The government is building a dam in that area, but conservationists are strongly against it for fear that it might spoil the environment.

　　政府正在该区兴建一座水坝，但保育人士强烈反对，害怕这么做将对环境造成危害。

　　darling

　　n.亲爱的（对情人或配偶的昵称) a.可爱的

　　Oh my darling! How I have missed you!

　　噢，亲爱的！我真是想死你了 ！

　　What a darling little puppy you have, Lisa.

　　丽莎,你这只小狗狗真是可爱。

　　deepen

　　vt. vi.(使）变深；（使）强烈

　　The expert suggested that we deepen the river to prevent flooding.

　　该专家建议我们把河加深以防水灾。

　　The water deepens suddenly beyond this point.

　　越过这个地点后水位会突然加深。

　　You will find more interesting facts as you deepen your research into this subject.

　　你对这个主题有了更深入的研究后，就会发现更多有趣的事实。

　　After being classmates for three years, George and Betty's friendship deepened into love.

　　在当了3年的同学后，乔治与贝蒂之间的友谊逐渐深化成爱情。

　　lengthen³

　　vt.使变长,加长

　　I need to have this skirt lengthened⁴.

　　我得把这件裙子放长。

1 loyalty   

n.忠诚，忠心

参考例句：

• She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
• His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。

2 lull   

v.使安静，使入睡，缓和，哄骗；n.暂停，间歇

参考例句：

• The drug put Simpson in a lull for thirty minutes.药物使辛普森安静了30分钟。
• Ground fighting flared up again after a two-week lull.经过两个星期的平静之后，地面战又突然爆发了。

3 lengthen   

vt.使伸长，延长

参考例句：

• He asked the tailor to lengthen his coat.他请裁缝把他的外衣放长些。
• The teacher told her to lengthen her paper out.老师让她把论文加长。

4 lengthened   

（时间或空间）延长，伸长( lengthen的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The afternoon shadows lengthened. 下午影子渐渐变长了。
• He wanted to have his coat lengthened a bit. 他要把上衣放长一些。