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自考“高级英语”笔记（9）
Lesson Ten： The Tenth Man
1. Making his first entry …… 第一次进入。
另如：make a triumphant entry 凯旋进入；have free entry 可以自由进入。
2. abrupt ： sudden/ unexpected 突然。
如：an abrupt departure 突然离开。
3. sullen ： showing irritation or anger by a gloomy silence 愠怒的。
4. indifferent ： without interest or concern 漠不关心，不在乎。
如： He seems indifferent to worldly success. 他似乎不在乎名利。
5. draw or cast lots ： to settle a question by the use of lots 抽签。
6. Be bound to do sth.
bound ： certain ， sure 肯定。
如：We are bound to succeed. 我们肯定会成功。
7. Refasten： re + fasten
fasten ： to attach firmly or securely in place or to something else 系牢，牢牢固定，绑住。
如：Please fasten your seat belt. 请系牢你的安全带。
fasten a boat to the quay 把船系于码头。
8. may as well ：used to express an opinion about a reason for doing or not doing the action of the given verb 还是做……的好；不妨……
如： If that's the case ， you may as well have a try .如果情况果真如此，你不妨试试看。
Now that you're here， you may as well make yourself useful. 既然你在这里，你还是可以派上用场的。
9. mock ： fun of 嘲笑。
如：His writings mocked the follies of the age. 他的著作嘲笑了那个时代的愚蠢。
The naught boys mocked his queer accent. 淘汰的男孩嘲笑他奇怪的口音。
His irresponsibility mocked my trust in him. 他的不负责任嘲弄了我对他的信任。
10. nag at ： be a constant source of unease or irritation to 使苦恼不己。
如：The debt nagged at his conscience. 债务让他的良心痛苦不己。
11. narrow ： limit ， or restrict 限制。
如：The detectives narrowed the search to just three suspects. 侦探将调查对象限制到三个嫌犯。
decrease 缩小。
如：The gap between the rich and the poor should be narrowed. 贫富的差距应该缩小。
12. consent ： to permit ， approve ， or agree 同意，批准。
如：My father didn't consent to our agreement at first. 我父亲最初不同意我们结婚。
We consented to a temporary agreement. 我们达成临时协议。
by common consent 经一致同意。
13. implore ： beg urgently ； beseech 恳求。
如： I implored your forgiveness. 我恳求你宽恕我。
She implored him for mercy. 她恳求他宽容她。
We implored him to stay on. 我们恳求他再呆下去。
14. sum up ： 总结。
如： We summed up merits and demerits of the scheme. 我们总结了这个计划的优缺点。
Could you sum up the main points of the lesson 你能否总结本课的要点