新编英语教程 5(词汇 Unit1-10) ants05 1 Unit One Hit the Nail on the Head 1. drive sth home: force (the nail) into the right place; make sth unmistakably clear. 2. scrupulous: painstaking, meticulous 3. far afield: very far away 4. rife:1) widespread, common 2)full of 5. leader: British English for newspaper editorial 6. coercion: pressure, compulsion 7. epitomize: be typical of; serve as the typical example of 8. disprove: prove to be contrary; refute 9. expire: die, pass away; come to an end 10. indigent: poverty-stricken, penniless 新编英语教程 5(词汇 Unit1-10) ants05 2 Unit Two Beware the dirty seas 1. sluice: (v.) to pour as if from a sluice(水闸 )，i.e., a man-made passage for water fitted with a gate for stopping and regulating the flow; (n.) a channel controlling water flow 2. nurture: further the development of; care for 3. evolve: develop gradually (by a long continuous process) 4. endemic: (of a disease) found regularly in a particular place 5. litany: repetition. The literal meaning of “litany” is “a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with responses by the congregation”. 6. flush: pour; flood with water to clean out (See dictionary) 7. lurk: exist unseen 8. effluent: liquid wastes, such as chemicals or sewage that flows out from a factory or some other places into a river or the sea 9. plankton: very small forms of plant and animal life that live in a body off water 浮游生物 10. slime: unpleasant sticky substance, such as the thick sticky liquid on the skin of various fish 新编英语教程5(词汇Unit1-10) ants05 3 Unit Three My Friend, Albert Einstein 1. knack: a clever way of doing things 2. be in awe of: have respect as well as f...
