Lesson 17 A man-made disease 【单词列表】

settlement [ˈsetlmənt] n. 新拓居地，解决，协议

【搭】in full settlement 偿还全部债务

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A: Have all the problems settled?

B: Yes, all the problems have come to a settlement.

A：问题处理完了吗？

B：是的，所有问题都已经解决了。

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enterprising [ˈentəpraiziŋ] adj. 有事业心的

settler [ˈsetlə] n. 移居者

promiscuous [prəˈmiskjuəs] adj. 杂乱的

【派】promiscuously 杂乱地

【扩】littery 杂乱的　　messy 杂乱的

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A: Promiscuous eating habits is bad for your health.

B: I see. But sometimes the work left me no time to have a meal.

A：不规则的饮食习惯对你的健康很不利。

B：我知道，但是有时候工作起来根本没时间吃饭。

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abandon [ˈəbændən] n. 放纵，纵情，放任

【例】Those who abandon themselves to despair can not succeed.

　　　那些自暴自弃的人无法成功。

overrun [ˈəuvərʌn] v. 蔓延，泛滥

【扩】overswell 泛滥　　deluge 使泛滥

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A: My house has been overrun by cockroaches.

B: Don't you want to do anything about it?

A：现在我的家中蟑螂猖獗。

B：你就不想做些什么吗？

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devastation [ˌdevəˈsteiʃən] n. 破坏，劫掠

【扩】destruction 破坏，毁灭　　demolishment 破坏，毁坏

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A: The devastation of the ecological environment in some areas has worsened.

B: If they don't stop that behaviour, they will be punished by nature.

A：在某些地区，对生态环境的毁坏更严重了。

B：如果他们不停下来的话，会被大自然惩罚啊。

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burrow [ˈbʌrəu] v. 挖，掘

【扩】grub 挖掘　　excavate 挖掘

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A: I had to burrow in the library for the books I needed.

B: Wait a moment. I'll go with you.

A：我只好在图书馆搜寻我所需要的书。

B：等一下，我跟你一起去。

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susceptible [səˈseptəbəl] adj. 易受感染的

【搭】be susceptible of 能……的　　be susceptible to 对……敏感的

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A: We are all susceptible to advertising.

B: So let's turn off the television.

A：我们都容易受广告的影响。

B：那我们把电视给关了吧。

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virus [ˈvaiərəs] n. 病毒

myxomatosis [ˌmiksəməˈtəusis] n. 多发性粘液瘤

infect [inˈfekt] v. 传染

【派】infection 传染

【搭】be infected with 染上

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A: Go away. I don't want to infect you with my cold.

B: Have you taken any medicine?

A：走开，我可不想把我的感冒传染给你。

B：你吃感冒药了吗？

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epidemic [ˌepiˈdemik] n. 流行病

【搭】an influenza epidemic 流行性感冒

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A: The village was smitten by a kind of epidemic.

B: The villagers there must be very panicked.

A：那个村子被一种传染病侵袭了。

B：那儿的村民肯定特别恐慌。

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mosquito [məˈskiːtəu] n. 蚊虫

carrier [ˈkæriə] n. 带菌者

exterminate [ikˈstəːmineit] v. 消灭

【派】extermination 消灭

【扩】perish 消灭　　extirpate 消灭，根除

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A: I must exterminate the mosquitoes before going to sleep, or I can't sleep well in the night.

B: But we don't have any insecticide now.

A：我睡觉前必须把这些蚊子消灭掉，否则晚上我就没法睡好了。

B：但是我们已经没有杀虫剂了。

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ironically [aiˈrɔnikəli] adv. 具有讽刺意味地

【例】Ironically, most people came to watch the match on the day it poured with rain.

　　　老天爷好像成心捉弄人，很多人前来看比赛却偏偏下起瓢泼大雨。

bequeath [biˈkwiːð] v. 把……传给

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A: He bequeathed all of his property to his daughter.

B: He also has a son, right?

A：他把全部财产都遗赠给了他女儿。

B：他还有个儿子对吧？

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pest [pest] n. 害虫，有害动物

pestilence [ˈpestiləns] n. 瘟疫

confine [kənˈfain] n. 范围

【派】confinement 限制

【扩】scope 范围　　extent 范围

【搭】between the confines of ……界限之间

domesticate [dəˈmestikeit] v. 驯养

【派】domesticated 驯养的，驯服的

【扩】tame 驯养，使驯服

【例】Thousands of years ago people had learned how to domesticate animals.

　　　几千年以前人们就学会了饲养动物。