自学考试“英语(一)”笔记 七十三


Text A the language of uncertainty1
本课最重要单词
1. dominate v. rule, control (控制,分配,控制)
domination n. 控制、分配、控制
1)He felt ill at ease living in a white-dominated society. (他感觉生活在一个白人控制的社会里非常不自在。)
2)His opinion dominated the other members of the committee.
(他的看法对委员会的其他成员起了决定性影响。)
3)This issue dominated the discussion. (这个议题在评论中占了最重要地位。)
4)Agriculture has lost its dominance in many countries. (农业在很多国家已失去了优势。)
5)The domination of Europe over the rest of the world has long since declined.
欧洲对国际其他区域的分配成效早已衰弱。)

2. judgment2 n. 判决;看法;辨别
judge v. 审判;辨别;觉得      n. 法官;裁判员
1) He hoped the judgment would be in his favor. (他期望判决对他有利。)
2) He sometimes couldn‘t live with himself if he made a mistake in judgment.
(假如辨别失误,他有时不可以容忍自己。)
3) In my judgment, we should do it right now. (依我看,咱们应该立刻做这件事。)
4) He was brought to the judge, accused of stealing. (他被指控行窃而带到法官面前受审。)
5) Mr. Li is going to be a judge of a beauty contest. (李先生将做选美竞赛的裁判员。)
6) The young man was judged innocent. (那个青年被判无罪。)
7) We cannot judge whether it is right or wrong. (咱们不可以辨别这是对还是错。)
8) I judge she knew what she was doing. (依我看,她其时了解她在做什么。)
3. editorial n. 社论 adj. 修正的
editor n. 修正
edit v. 修正;校订;修正
1) This issue carries a weighty editorial on education. (这期登了一篇有关教育的非常有分量的社论。)
2) The editorial policies haven‘t changed a bit over the years. (这类年来修正方针没丝毫改动。)
3) He was made assistant editor on the paper. (他被任为那报纸的助理修正。)
4) The chief editor was on a business trip. (主编出差了。)
5) Scholars often edit Shakespeare‘s plays. (学者们常校订莎士比亚的剧本。)
6) He is carefully editing his speed. (他正在仔细修正我们的讲稿。)
4. wage n. 薪资,酬劳      v. 进行,展开
wage(s)一般指交给从事体力劳动或技术作业的大家的酬劳,也可以指按星期交给从事该类作业的大家的薪资。
1) They sTOPped working to press for better wages and working conditions.
(他们停止作业,需要更高的酬劳和更好的作业条件。)
2) His wages are 200 dollars a week. (他的薪资是200USD一周。)
3) They waged a campaign against cheating on exams. (他们展开了对立考试作弊的运动。)
4) Germany waged a war against Poland. (德国对波兰开战。)
5. probability n. 可能性;概率
probable adj. 可能的
在前一单元中,咱们学习了副词probably,一块也讲了名词probability和形容词probable的使用方法。再请看几个例句:
1) The probability of an earthquake disturbed everybody. (地震的可能使每个人不安。)
2) In all probability, they could perform many different musical instruments.
(他们非常可能会演奏很多种不一样的乐器。)
3) Every event has a particular probability of occurring. (每一个事情都有其特定的发生率。)
4) This is the most probable interpretation4 of the situation. (这是对局势的最可能的讲解。)
5) Xiao Wang is the probable winner. (小王是颇有期望取胜的人。)
6) It is probable that he forgot. (他可能是忘记了。)
6. verbal adj. 言辞的;口头的;动词的
1) This job calls for excellent verbal talent. (这份作业需要非常好的口才。)
2) The difference is merely verbal. (不同仅仅在于遣词。)
3) “en” and “-ize” are common verbal endings. (“en” 和 “-ize”是容易见到的动词词尾。)
verbal instructions (文字说明)    a verbal protest (口头抗议)
a verbal agreement (口头协议)
7. imprecision n. 不精确,不正确    imprecise adj. 不精确的;不正确的
im-是一个前缀,一般加在以 “m”、 “p”、或 “b”为首的形容词、副词和名词前,构成反义词。如:immature (不成熟的),immodest (不谦虚的),immoral6 (不道德的);impossible (不可能的), impolite (不礼貌的),impatience7 (不耐心);imbalance (不平衡)等等。