新编研究生综合英语教程unit4精选.ppt

deteriorate/d??t??r???re?t/ v. If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way. 恶化 n. deterioration There are fears that the situation might deteriorate into full-scale war. 人们担心局势会恶化为全面战争。 ...concern about the rapid deterioration in relations between the two countries. …对两国关系迅速恶化的担忧。 Core Vocabulary forestall/f???st??l/v. If you forestall someone, you realize what they are likely to do and prevent them from doing it. 预先阻止 Large numbers of police were in the square to forestall any demonstrations. 大批警察在广场上以预先阻止任何游行示威。 Core Vocabulary premise/?pr?m?s/ n. something that you suppose is true and that you use as a basis for developing an idea. 前提; The premises of a business or an institution are all the buildings and land that it occupies in one place. 经营场所; 办公场所 v. 预述(条件等)，引导(论述等)：提出…为前提 The chairman premised his speech on the belief that the rich want to help the poor. 主席的讲话是基于富人愿意帮助穷人这样一种信念。 The premise is that schools will work harder to improve if they must compete. 前提是各学校如必须竞争就会更加努力改进。 Core Vocabulary collaboration /k??l?b??re???n/ n. the act of working together to produce a piece of work, especially a book or some research. (尤指著书或进行研究时的) 合作; the act of helping an enemy who is occupying your country during a war. 通敌行为表不满 in collaboration with 与…勾结，与…合作 She wrote the book in collaboration with one of her students. 她和学生们合作写了这本书。 Core Vocabulary attentive /??t?nt?v/ adj. If you are attentive, you are paying close attention to what is being said or done. 注意的; helpful and polite体贴的，殷勤的 He wishes the government would be more attentive to detail in their response. 他希望政府在回应时能更注意细节。 At society parties he is attentive to his wife. 在社交聚会上，他对妻子体贴殷勤。 Core Vocabulary formulate /?f??mj??le?t/ v. If you formulate something such as a plan or proposal, you invent it, thinking about the details carefully. 构想出 (计划或提案); If you formulate a thought, opinion, or idea, you express it or describe it using particular words. 用独特的词语表述 Little by little, he formulated