人教版高中英语选修八UNIT 5柯林斯高级英汉双解词典M8 Unit51、identify /adntfa/ vt. 确定；识别；使参与；把看成一样(identifying, identified, identifies)1、 V-T If you can identify someone or something, you are able to recognize them or distinguish them from others. 识别例： There are a number of distinguishing characteristics by which you can identify a Hollywood epic. 通过其诸多与众不同的特点,你可以识别出好莱坞的史诗影片。2、V-T If you identify someone or something, you name them or say who or what they are. 确认例： Police have already identified 10 murder suspects. 警方已经确认了10名谋杀嫌疑犯。 3、V-T If you identify something, you discover or notice its existence. 发现; 察觉例： Scientists claim to have identified chemicals produced by certain plants which have powerful cancer-fighting properties. 科学家们声称已经发现某些植物产生的化学物质有强大的抗癌功能。4、V-T If a particular thing identifies someone or something, it makes them easy to recognize, by making them different in some way. 是的标志; 使易于辨认例： She wore a little nurses hat on her head to identify her. 她头上戴了一顶小护士帽，这使她易于辨认。 5、V-I If you identify with someone or something, you feel that you understand them or their feelings and ideas. 理解; 认同例： She would only play a role if she could identify with the character. 她只愿扮演自己认同的人物角色。 6、V-T If you identify one person or thing with another, you think that they are closely associated or involved in some way. 认为密切相关例： Moore really hates to play the sweet, passive women that audiences have identified her with. 穆尔非常讨厌饰演观众已将她定型的温柔可爱、逆来顺受的女性角色。2、alternative /ltntv/ adj. 供选择的；选择性的；交替的n. 二中择一；供替代的选择(alternatives)1、 N-COUNT If one thing is an alternative to another, the first can be found, used, or done instead of the second. 替代品例： New ways to treat arthritis may provide an alternative to painkillers. 治疗关节炎的新方法可能会提供一种止痛药的替代品。2、ADJ An alternative plan or offer is different from the one that you already have, and can be done or used instead. 另外的ADJ n例： There were alternative methods of travel available. 有另外的旅行方式可采用。3、ADJ Alternative is used to describe something that is different from the usual things of its kind, or the usual ways of doing something, in modern Western society. For example, an alternative lifestyle does not follow conventional ways of living and working. 另类的ADJ n例： .unconventional parents who embraced the alternative lifestyle of the Sixties. 信奉60年代另类生活方式的与众不同的家长们。4、ADJ Alternative medicine uses traditional ways of curing people, such as medicines made from plants, massage, and acupuncture. 替代性的 (疗法)ADJ n例： .alternative health care. 替代性保健。5、ADJ Alternative energy uses natural sources of energy such as the sun, wind, or water for power and fuel, rather than oil, coal, or nuclear power. 可再生的 (能源)ADJ n3、archaeology /kld/ n. 考古学(archeology)1、N-UNCOUNT Archaeology is the study of the societies and peoples of the past by examining the remains of their buildings, tools, and other objects. 考古学 2、archaeologica lADJ考古学的ADJ n例： .one of the regions most important archaeological sites. 该地区最重要的考古遗址之一。4、archaeological ,:kildikl adj. 古 考古学的；古 考古学上的5、archaeologist ,:kildist n. 考古学家6、starvation /stven/ n. 饿死；挨饿；绝食N-UNCOUNT Starvation is extreme suffering or death, caused by lack of food. 饥饿; 饿死例： Over three hundred people have died of starvation since the beginning of the year. 自那年年初开始，已有三百多人饿死了。7、tentative /tnttv/ adj. 试验性的，暂定的；踌躇的1、ADJ Tentative agreements, plans, or arrangements are not definite or certain, but have been made as a first step. 初步的例： Political leaders have reached a tentative agreement to hold a preparatory conference next month. 政治领导人已经就下个月召开准备会达成初步协议。. 2、tentatively ADV初步地ADV with v例： The next round of talks is tentatively scheduled to begin October 21st in Washington. 下一轮谈判初步定在10月21日于华盛顿进行。 3、ADJ If someone is tentative, they are cautious and not very confident because they are uncertain or afraid. 犹豫的例： My first attempts at complaining were kind of tentative. 我头几次的投诉尝试都有点儿犹豫。 4、tentatively ADV犹豫地ADV with v例： Perhaps, he suggested tentatively, they should send for Dr. Esteves. 他犹犹豫豫地建议道，他们也许应该派人去请埃斯特维斯医生。8、accuracy /kjrs/ n. 数 精确度，准确性1、N-UNCOUNT The accuracy of information or measurements is their quality of being true or correct, even in small details. 精确 (性); 准确 (性)例： Every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of all information given in this leaflet. 已经采取了一切措施来保证这张传单上所有信息的准确。2、N-UNCOUNT If someone or something performs a task, for example, hitting a target, with accuracy, they do it in an exact way without making a mistake. 准确无误例： .weapons that could fire with accuracy at targets 3,000 yards away. 那些可以准确无误地射中3000码以外的目标的武器。9、excavate /kskvet/ vt. 挖掘；开凿(excavating, excavated, excavates)1、V-T When archaeologists or other people excavate a piece of land, they remove earth carefully from it and look for things such as pots, bones, or buildings that are buried there, in o