New Horizon College EnglishUnit 5 Section BRoommate Conflicts2. 17岁那年，她离开了家去独立闯天下。2. At the age of 17 she left her home to strike out on her own. 1.他决定离开公司，自己去闯一条写作的新路。1. He decided to leave the company to strike out on his own as a writer. strike out: make an independent effort make an independent effort 独独 立闯新路，独立开创立闯新路，独立开创 L.2L.2例句例句返回短语短语2. 破裂的婚姻最不幸的一面是父母双方经常就子女的归属争吵不休。2. The saddest part about a broken marriage is the way the parents so often war over the children.1.当地人一直在为这一小块地争斗，双方谁都 没有赢。1. The natives have been warring over this small piece of land without either side winning.war over: fight or argue about fight or argue about 因因而打而打 仗仗, ,因因而争吵而争吵 L.6L.6例句例句返回短语短语1.价格从25美元至75美元不等。1. Prices range from $25 to $75. 2. 这篇论文论及国家面临的从失控的通货膨胀到文化程度普遍下降等诸多问题。2. The paper deals with the nations problems, ranging from runaway inflation to a lowering of literacy levels.range from to: vary from to vary from to 在从在从 到到范围或幅度内变动或变化范围或幅度内变动或变化 L.6L.6返回短语短语例句例句2. 我已放弃了有氧健身操，它对我的身体没起什么作用。2. Ive given up on aerobics. It just wasnt making any difference to my body.1.我对你不再抱任何希望，你永远成不了合格 的护士。1. I give up on you: youll never be a qualified nurse. give up on: admit defeat in ones efforts to admit defeat in ones efforts to affect, harm, change, improve, etc. affect, harm, change, improve, etc. 对对 表示绝望表示绝望 L.8L.8例句例句返回短语短语2. 我们听到的每个声音都会使我们耳朵的一部分发生振动。2. Every sound that we hear is making part of our ears vibrate. 1.要是我开车太快了的话，发动机就开始颤抖。1. If I drive my car too fast, the engine starts to vibrate. vibrate: v. (cause to) shake slightly and (cause to) shake slightly and quickly in a way that is felt rather than quickly in a way that is felt rather than seen or heard seen or heard 震动，振动，抖动震动，振动，抖动 L.21L.21返回单词单词例句例句2. 他们把树木砍倒，并把它劈碎作柴火。2. They cut down the tree and cut it up for firewood.1.把胡萝卜切碎放入锅内。1. Cut up the carrots and put them into the pot. cut up: cut (sth.) into small pieces cut (sth.) into small pieces 切碎，切碎， 割碎割碎 L.23L.23例句例句返回短语短语2. 这些陈花生变味了。1.你需要休息，要换换环境。留在这儿你会觉 得越来越乏味。2. These old peanuts taste stale.1. You need a break, a change. Youre getting stale here.stale: a. 1. no longer interesting or exciting 1. no longer interesting or exciting because of having been heard, done, etc. too because of having been heard, done, etc. too often before; not new often before; not new 没有新意的没有新意的, , 过时的过时的 2. (esp. food) no longer fresh and often 2. (esp. food) no longer fresh and often tasting or smelling unpleasant (tasting or smelling unpleasant (食品食品) )不新鲜不新鲜 的的, , 走味的走味的 L.25L.25例句例句返回单词单词2. 他在20世纪30年代大萧条时期失业多年。2. He was unemployed for many years during the depression of the 1930s. 1.我刚刚开始摆脱失业带给我的深深沮丧。1. Im only just beginning to get over the deep depression I felt about losing my job. depression: n. 1. the state of being 1. the state of being depressed depressed 沮丧沮丧, , 意志消沉意志消沉 2. a period in 2. a period in which there is very little business activity which there is very little business activity and not many jobs and not many jobs 萧条期萧条期, , 不景气不景气 L.26L.26返回单词单词例句例句more返回构词构词 press: 字根，表示“压”compress v. 压缩 express v. 表达impress v. 使印象深刻 oppress v. 压迫repress v. 镇压 suppress v. 镇压2. 我耐不住特别高的气温。2. I cant tolerate excessive heat. 1. 恐怕我不能容忍我的班里有那种行为。1. Im afraid I cant tolerate that sort of behavior in my class.单词单词返回tolerate: v. 1. endure sb. or sth. without endure sb. or sth. without complaining; put up with complaining; put up with 忍耐忍耐 2. allow sth. 2. allow sth. that one does not like or agree with to that one does not like or agree with to happen or continue happen or continue 容忍容忍 L.28L.28例句例句2. 如果你继续那样开车的话，最后会送命的。2. If you carries on driving like that, youll end up dead.1.一开始他们彼此反感，但最后他们结了婚。1. At first they hated each other, but they ended up getting married.end up: (cause to) reach (an unfavorable (cause to) reach (an unfavorable end); finish by becoming or by doing sth. end); finish by becoming or by doing sth. 结束，告终结束，告终 L.35L.35例句例句返回短语短语2. 他想学艺术纯粹出于对艺术的热爱。2. His desire to study art sprang purely from his love of art.1.我们所有的错误都是由粗心造成的。1. All our errors have sprung from carelessness. spring from: have its or ones origin in have its or ones origin in (usu. sth.) (usu. sth.) 源于，从源于，从产生出来产生出来 L.37L.37例句例句返回短语短语2. 他的头脑里充满了关于正义与革命的抽象想法。2. His heads full of abstract ideas about justice and revolution.1.真与美是抽象概念。1. Truth and beauty are abstract concepts. abstract: a. a. existing as an idea, feeling or existing as an idea, feeling or quality, not as a material object, or (of an quality, not as a material object, or (of an argument, discussion, etc.) general, not argument, discussion, etc.) general, not based on particular examples based on particular examples 抽象的抽象的 L.38L.38例句例句返回单词单词2. 是误解导致了他们的分离。2. It was the misunderstanding that tore them apart. 1.种族冲突使这个国家纷争不断。1. Racial strife is tearing the country apart.tea