#英语笃学#words&phrases

1

live up to

: fulfil the requirements or expectations of

phr.不辜负

The son really lived up to his father's expectations; he was great at his job.

2

come up with

: make a proposal, decalre a plan for something

v.提出，想出

The businesswoman come up with many new ideas.

这位女商人提出了很多新想法。

3

meteoric

: very sudden or fast

adj.流星得，转瞬即逝得，突然的

I saw a meteoric light in the sky last night.

我昨晚看到了一颗流星。

4

strain

pressure on somebody/something because they have too much to do or manage, or something very difficult to deal with; the problems, worry or anxiety that this produces

n.负担

v.拉紧；劳累；过分使用

Her kid's summer course fees put her under great financial strain.

5

implement

: a tool or an instrument, often one that is quite simple and that is used outdoors

n.工具；器具

v.实施，执行；执行

I used these implements to take care of my garden.

6

improvise

: to speak or perform without preparation

v.即席创作，临时凑成

The guitarist threw away his music sheet and began to improvise.

吉他手扔掉了乐谱开始即兴演奏。

7

later on

: happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

adv.后来，稍后

Later on, when I get back, we can start working again.

稍后，等我回来，我们可以重新开始工作。

8

protrude

: to stick out

v.伸出，突出，凸出

The carrot is causing the hamster's cheek to protrude outwards.

胡萝卜把仓鼠的脸都弄突出来了。

9

impetus

: the force or energy with which something moves

n.推动力；促进

His boss's praise gives me the impetus to work harder.

老板的表扬给了他努力工作的动力。

10

prone

: likely to suffer from something to do something bad

adj.易于...的；有...倾向的；俯卧的

Dogs are prone to pee indoors.

狗容易在室内撒尿。

11

notary

: someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions

n.公证员

The couple formally divorced in the notary office.

这对夫妇在公证机构正式离婚了。

12

blunder

: a stupid or careless mistake

n.愚蠢之举；大错；

vi 犯大错

v 失策；绊倒

He forgot to bring his parachute! What a terrible blunder that is!

他居然忘了背降落伞，真是犯了愚蠢的错误！

13

corpus

n.文集；全集；语料库；【剖】体

By the way, there's a shaft of nerves that joins the two halves of the brain called the corpus callosum.

大脑本来就是由神经来连接左脑和右脑这个连接部分叫胼胝体。

14

hitherto

: until now or until a particular time

adv.迄今；到（某时）为止

A picture hitherto hidden, and now, for the first time, revealed.

这副一直被掩藏的画面直到现在第一次被揭开。

15

enclosure

: something enclosed in an envelpe

n.(信中的)附件

Mrs.St.Clair,there was an enclosure?

16

sustainable

:able to contine over a long period of time

adj.可持续的，能长期保持的

It's not a substainable business model.

我们的经营模式无法持续发展。

17

fraught

: filled with problems, dangers or difficulties etc

fraught with sth

adj.充满（问题、危险、困难等）

Train travel in the late 1830s was frautht with danger.

For a start, simple necessities like eating, washing and going to the toilet become fraught with difficulty.

首先，日常的简单行为，比如饮食洗澡和上厕所，（在太空中）会变得难以进行。

18

ethereal

: very delicate, light and airy; belonging to the sky or the celestial sphere

adj.飘渺的，飘逸；非人间的，超凡的

Well, it does lend a lady a certain ethereal charm to descend such a staircase on the arm of a hadsome man.

挽着一位俊男的胳膊，从楼梯上缓缓而下，确实会让女士有种超凡的魅力。

19

unobtrusive

: not attracting undesirable attention

adj.不显眼的，不起眼的

This unobtrusive building had raised my curiosity for quite a while.

20

unveiled

: to introduce sth such as a plan or product to the public for the first time

vt.公布；出台

In late December of last year, the Trump Administration unveiled its national security strategy.

去年12月末，特朗普政府公布了美国的国家安全战略。