教材1第1课-final(9)

dwell6 / / v. (past tense and past participle dwelt or dwelled)

1) think, speak or write about something a great deal 沉思，详述

e.g. I) Don‘t dwell on the past—try to be more positive.

II) Stop dwelling on your problems and do something about them.

2) (formal) live in a place 居住

e.g. I) Many people dwell in the mountains and love it.

II) Jane was raised in the city but wanted to dwell in the country.

eliminate4/ / v.

1) remove or get rid of something or somebody 消除，排除

e.g. I) Healthy eating could help eliminate heart disease.

II) The police have eliminated two suspects (嫌疑人) from their investigation.

2) defeat a team or person in a competition, so that they no longer take part in it 淘汰

e.g. I) Our team was eliminated in the first round.

II) He was eliminated in/after the third round of the competition.

encouragement* / / n. the act of encouraging someone to do something, or something that is said or done in order to encourage them 鼓励

e.g. I) Your comments have been a great encouragement to us.

II) I could never have achieved this without the encouragement of my husband and family. enthusiastically6/ / adv.in a state of showing a lot of interest and excitement about something 满腔热情地

e.g. I) The announcement was greeted enthusiastically.

II) The President was welcomed enthusiastically by the crowd.

esteem6 / / n. a feeling of respect and admiration 尊重, 敬重

e.g. I) I have a great deal of esteem for my parents.

II) My manager holds me in the highest esteem as an employee.

v. have a very good opinion of someone or respect someone deeply 尊重, 敬重

e.g. I) Jane esteems Mary above all others as her friend.

II) The committee greatly esteems your work on this project.

self-esteem / / n.one‘s good opinion of one‘s own worth 自尊

e.g. I) Losing the job was a real blow to his self-esteem.

II) The program is designed to help children from broken families build their self-esteem. excessively4 / / adv. in a state that is much more than is reasonable or necessary 过多地

e.g. I) Mom has started taking pills and drinking excessively.

II) The salesman was excessively persistent (坚持的，执意的).

hobby4 / /n.an activity that is done in one‘s spare time or that one likes to do业余爱好e.g. I) Su san‘s hobbies include reading, cooking and drama.

II) Retirement gave him the time to pursue his hobbies.

impression4 / / n.

1) the opinion or feeling about someone or something because of the way they seem 印象，感觉

e.g. I) What‘s your impressio n of him as a worker?

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