Unit 1 People of Achievement1．commit vt.承诺；保证(某个人、机构等) vi. 忠于；全心全意投入(工作、活动等)→committed adj. 尽心尽力的；坚定的；坚信的 →commitment n．承诺；交托；信奉2．distinct adj. 清晰的；清楚的；有区别的→distinction n．差别；区分；卓著3. acknowledge vt. 承认(属实、权威等)；(公开)感谢→acknowledgement n．承认4. conclude vt. 推断出；得出结论；使结束 vi.结束；终止→conclusion n．结论；推论；结束5. apparent adj.显而易见的；显然的；表面上的→apparently adv.显而易见；看来；显然6. science n．科学→scientist n．科学家→scientific adj.科学(上)的；关于科学的7. academy n．(艺术、文学、科学等的)研究院；学会；专科院校→academic adj. 学业的；学术的8. object n. 物体；对象；客体→objective n．目标；目的 adj. 客观的9. botany n. 植物学→botanical adj.植物学的1．defeat n．失败；挫败 vt.击败；战胜；使困惑；难住①Our football team defeated theirs this time.vt . 击 败；战胜 ②We had two defeats this year. n ．失败；挫败 ③This kind of problems always defeats me.vt . 使困惑；难住 2．conclude vt. 推断出；得出结论；使结束 vi.结束；终止①The meeting concluded at ten o'clock.vi . 结束；终止 ②When you didn't arrive, we concluded that the car had broken down.vt . 推断出 ③They concluded their research with these words.vt . 使结束 3. boil vt.& vi.(使)沸腾；煮开；烧开 n．沸腾；沸点①Water boils at 100 degrees centigrade. vi . 沸腾 ②Boil some water for us, please! vt . 煮开；烧开 ③Just before the milk comes to the boil, turn down the heat. n ． 沸腾；沸点 4. obtain vt. (尤指努力)获得；赢得；学会 vi.(规章、习俗等)存在；流行①The custom still obtains in some districts. vi . ( 规章、习俗等 ) 存在；流行 ②It is necessary to obtain the patients' permission. vt . ( 尤指努力 ) 获得 ③He obtained a knowledge of Latin.vt . 学会 Words And Phrases vital adj.必不可少的；极其重要的；充满生机的(教材 P2...
