Unit1

vocabulary

word	means	tranlation	grammar	url
outstanding	extremely good	出类拔萃	adjective	outstanding
corporation	a big company, or a group of companies acting together as a single organization	企业	noun	corporation
rotten	badly decayed and no longer good to use	腐烂	adjective	rotten
inventor	someone who has invented something, or whose job is to invent things	发明家	noun	inventor
statesman	a political or government leader, especially one who is respected as being wise and fair	政治家	noun	statesman
philosopher	someone who studies and develops ideas about the nature and meaning of existence, truth, good and evil etc	哲学家	noun	philosopher
citizen	someone who lives in a particular town, country, or state	市民	noun	citizen
observation	the process of watching something or someone carefully for a period of time	观测	noun	observation
almanac	a book produced each year containing information about a particular subject, especially a sport, or important dates, times etc	年鉴	noun	almanac
persecution	cruel or unfair treatment of someone over a period of time, especially because of their religious or political beliefs	迫害	noun	persecution
economist	someone who studies the way in which money and goods are produced and used and the systems of business and trade	经济学家	noun	economist
colleague	someone you work with – used especially by professional people	同事	noun	colleague
hepatitis	a disease of the liver that causes fever and makes your skin yellow. There are several types of hepatitis: hepatitis A, which is less severe, and hepatitis B and C, which are much more serious.	肝炎	noun	hepatitis
seizure	the act of suddenly taking control of something, especially by force	发作	noun	seizure
curse	to swear	诅咒	verb	curse
printout	a sheet or length of paper with printed information on it, produced by a computer	打印件	noun	printout
precious	something that is precious is valuable and important and should not be wasted or used without care	珍貴的	adjective	preious
kin	your family	家属	noun	kin
symptom	something wrong with your body or mind which shows that you have a particular illness	肿瘤	noun	symptom
illnesses	a disease of the body or mind, or the condition of being ill	疾病	noun	illnesses
gospel	the life of Christ and the ideas that he taught	福音	noun	gospel
ungrateful	not expressing thanks for something that someone has given to you or done for you	不感激	noun	ungrateful
pouring	pouring rain is very heavy rain	倒	adjective	pouring
stun	to surprise or upset someone so much that they do not react immediately	震惊	verb	stun
trace	to find someone or something that has disappeared by searching for them carefully	查出	verb	trace
sanitized	to remove particular details from a report, story etc in order to make it less offensive, unpleasant, or embarrassing – used especially to show disapproval	給…消毒	verb	sanitized
glide	to move smoothly and quietly, as if without effort	滑行	verb	glide

unit 2