Lesson 46 Hobbies 【单词列表】

gifted ^{adj. 有天才的，有天赋的}

• He is a natural / born leader.
• The school provides special programs for gifted children to help them reach their full potential. ^{学校为有天赋的儿童提供特殊课程，帮助他们发挥全部潜力。}
• Mozart had a gift for music.
• Mozart had an aptitude for music.

insinuate ^{v. 暗示；使悄悄地潜入}

• What are you trying to insinuate?
• Are you insinuating that I smell?

insinuate ^{v. to get into a situation or position by behaving in a way that is not sincere 使悄悄地潜入…之中}

• Over the years she insinuated herself into the great man’s life.
• He has ways of insinuating his ideas into the brains of his followers. 

grip ^{n. 紧握，抓牢；理解，掌握}

• Don’t loosen your grip on the rope or you’ll fall.
• I tightened my grip on the handrail.
• She has a sound grip / grasp of English.
• The baby gripped my finger with surprising strength. ^{婴儿紧紧握住我的手指，力气大得惊人。}

aggravate ^{v. 使恶化}

• The pain will be aggravated by coughing.
• Their domestic problems were compounded by stress at work.
• Ironically, the government’s reassurances may have exacerbated fear about the disease.

反义表达

gratify ^{v. 满足，使满意}

• John was gratified to see the improvement in his mother’s health.
• Is this traveling to gratify your claims? ^{这种的合你的请求吗？}
• I made a huge mistake to gratify my vanity. ^{因为自己的虚荣心，犯下了一个很大错误。}
• To gratify my curiosity, do tell me what it be. ^{为满足我的好奇心，你一定得告诉我那是什么。}

gratify one’s whims / caprices ^{满足某人的奇思怪想 / 异想天开}

• He had enough money to gratify his every whim, no matter how eccentric it might be. ^{他有足够的钱来满足自己的每一个奇思怪想，无论那想法有多么古怪。}
• Wealthy parents often gratify their children's every whim, which can lead to spoiled behavior. ^{富有的父母经常满足孩子的一切奇思怪想，这可能会导致他们变得被宠坏。}

satiate ^{v. 使充分满足；使厌腻（通常指食欲、欲望等）}

• After the seven-course banquet, even the most gluttonous guests were completely satiated. ^{在七道菜的宴席之后，即使是最贪吃的客人也完全吃饱了。}
• Nothing seems to satiate people’s need for gossip.

avenge ^{v. 为…报仇}

• He has devoted the past five years to avenging his daughter’s death.
• I will avenge you on the enemy. ^{我替你向敌人报仇。}
• He vowed to avenge martyrs. ^{他发誓要为烈士报仇。}
• Who would avenge her death? ^{谁将为她的死复仇呢？}
• You've come to avenge, nothing else? ^{你只是来报仇的，没其他事了？}

revenge ^{报复；报仇} 

• Eric wanted to revenge himself on John for the insult. 
• She took her revenge by winning the competition against her rivals. ^{她通过在比赛中击败对手实现了报复。}
• He is cogitating upon some means of revenge. ^{他正在考虑采取某种报复手段。}
• The creature does the same to him in revenge. ^{这个生物也以同样的方式来报复他。}
• Drop any revenge you have towards the other person. ^{放下你对对方的任何报复。}

retaliate ^{报复；反击}

• The British government retaliated by breaking off diplomatic relations.
• The army was forced to retaliate after the border was attacked. ^{边境遭到袭击后，军队被迫进行反击。}
• They can't retaliate upon me. ^{他们不能向我报仇。}

get / pay sb. back (for…) ^{报复；向某人还手}

• This time you beat me, and sometimes I’ll get / pay you back (for this).
• I will definitely pay him back for the way he treated me. ^{我一定会就他对待我的方式对他进行报复。}

sustenance n. 食物，营养，生计； 持续，维持

• The long hours in the office or the factory bring with them as their reward, not only the means of sustenance, but a keen appetite for pleasure even in its simplest and most modest forms.  ^{n. nourishment, food 食物，营养，生计}
• Elections are essential for the sustenance of democracy. ^{n. 持续下去，维持下去}

In 1950, the U.S. spent $12.7 billion on health care. In 2002, the cost will be $1,540 billion. Anyone can see this trend is unsustainable. Yet few seem willing to try to reverse it. Some scholars conclude that a government with finite resources should simply stop paying for medical care that sustains life beyond a certain age — say 83 or so. ^{阅读真题（sustain life beyond a certain age 将生命维持到某个年龄以上）}

appetite for sth. ^{关于…的食欲 （appetite 表示的胃口仅对食物而言）}

• I have good appetite for the ice cream. ^{我很想吃冰淇淋}

to one's taste ^{对某人的胃口}

• This book is not to my taste.

grudge ^{v. feel resentful about sth; do or give sth. very unwillingly 怨恨，不愿意}

• He grudges her earning more than he does.
• He grudges paying taxes.
• He grudges the money he pays in tax.
• There are times when we would willingly give everything we possess to save our lives, yet we might grudge paying a surgeon a high fee for offering us precisely this service.

grudge ^{n. 恶意，怨恨}

• have / bear / hold a grudge ^怀恨在心
• It's been years, but he still seems to hold a grudge against me for that mistake. ^{虽然过了很多年，但他似乎仍因那个错误对我怀恨在心。}