做题过程笔记。。。。。。

作者:Amic 日期:2006-12-30

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做题过程笔记：（私人的哦）

1 seemingly contradictory : 表面上矛盾，看起来矛盾

2 reconcile

3 hold the stage :继续上演, 引人注目; 卖座不衰; 没完没了地讲话

stage

at a later stage
后来
at this stage
眼下
at the stage of being
暂时, 在目前
be on the stage
当演员
go on the stage
当演员
bring an opera on the stage
上演歌剧[悲剧]
bring a tragedy on the stage
上演歌剧[悲剧]
put an opera on the stage
上演歌剧[悲剧]
put a tragedy on the stage
上演歌剧[悲剧]
bring sb. on the stage
把某人写进剧本
bring sb. to the stage
把某人写进剧本
by easy stages
从容不迫, 不时停下休息
by stages
分阶段地, 分期地
come on the stage
登上政治舞台; 进入社会(活动)
come upon the stage
登上政治舞台; 进入社会(活动)
hiss sb. off the stage
把某人嘘下台
hold the stage
继续上演, 引人注目; 卖座不衰; 没完没了地讲话
quit (retired from )the stage
退出舞台; 辞职, 退出...界
set the stage for
为...打好基础; 为...创造条件
take the stage
(演员)在作了动人的唱白后在掌声中下场; 在戏里扮演主要角色
take to the stage
做演员
tread the stage
做演员
up stage
舞台上的显要位置
傲慢, 盛气凌人, 自高自大

4 impart information 告知信息

5 in the broadest sense 最广泛的意义上

6 to stick your neck out是指为了某人或某件事冒风险 to break your neck是指尽一切努力去做某件事

7 at the mere mention of 一提到

at the sight of 一看到

at the touch of 一触及到

at the news of 一听到

at the sound of 一听到
这里"at"的用法。意思是“对什么事物作出的反应”。

On the other hand, your stomach will turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat. 另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃。

We were entranced at the beautiful sight. 我们被这美丽的景色迷住了。

I feel sick at the mere mention of blood. 只要提到“血”字我就感到恶心。

8 over the long haul :一段很长的时间

Why don't you go on to college? Over the long haul, it's important for your future to have a college degree. What can a high school graduate do? You don't want to be a secretary all your life!

　　这个爸爸说：为什么你不上大学？从长远来看，大学毕业对你将来在事业上的发展是很重要的。一个中学毕业生能干什么？你总不要一辈子当个秘书吧！

9 messing things up: 把事情搞糟,搞的乱七八糟

10 frequent flyer 航空频繁旅客

11spouse arrested 逮捕配偶？

12battered women’s shelters 受虐妇女庇护所

13 as such 照这样

14 five thousand million years 50亿年＝5 billion

five thousand （千）million（兆） years ＝千兆＝G

million＝百万＝兆 thousand million ＝十亿＝G

hundred million＝亿

    1,000 = one thousand 一千
   10,000 = ten thousand 一万
   100,000 = one hundred thousand 十万
1,000,000 = one million 一百万
10,000,000 = ten million 一千万
100,000,000=one hundred million 一亿

十亿

英国:one thousand million

美国:one billion

百亿

英国:ten thousand million

美国:ten billion

千亿

英国:one hundred thousand million

美国:one hundred billion

万亿

英国:one billion

美国:one trillion

15 characterize: [ 'kæriktəraiz ] v. 表示...的特色,赋予...特色

例句与用法:
1. Your work is characterized by lack of attention to details.
你的工作特点是缺乏对细节的注意。

2. He may be characterized as a man of hobbies.
他可以被称作是一个有癖好的人。

3. The novelist characterizes his heroine as capricious and passionate.
这位小说家把女主人公刻画成反覆无常而又多情的人.

4. The rash and high fever that characterize this disease; a region that is characterized by its dikes and canals.
这种疾病的特征是出疹子和发高烧；以堤坝和运河为特色的一个地区 (成为。。。的特征)

5. We characterize people by their appearances.
我们以外表来区分别人。

16. subprime mortgages “Subprime”这个字经常运用在subprime lending、subprime mortgages、subprime car loans、subprime credit cards。subprime的意思是泛指有信用问题(problems with credit history)状况下的贷款。因此所谓次级房贷,是指有信用问题之房贷者的贷款。