Unit 5 Working the LandSection Ⅳ 单元要点复习Ⅰ
重点单词1.devote v.献身;致力;专心(1)devote time/effort/money
为……付出时间/努力/金钱devote oneself to
献身于……;专心致力于……devoted adj
忠实的;深爱的devotion n.挚爱;关爱;关照;奉献(2)表示“专心于,全神贯注于”的短语还有:be absorbed in,be lost in,be buried in,be occupied in,focus on,concentrate on,fix one's attention on2.shortage n.不足;缺少;短缺food/housing/water shortages 食物/住房/用水短缺 a shortage of funds 资金不足 short adj
不足的;缺少的;短缺的fall short of sth
未达到;不符合 be short of 缺乏,短缺in short 总之;简言之3.yield n.产量;产出;利润 vt
出产(作物);产生(收益、效益等) vi
屈服;让步 vi
放弃;缴出yield (to sth
) 屈服;让步 yield sth
(up) (to sb
) 放弃;缴出 yield to sth
被……替代;为……所取代 a high crop yield 作物丰收 a reduction in milk yield 牛奶产量的降低4.convince vt
使确信,使相信convince sb
of sth
使某人相信某事convince sb
to do sth
说服某人做某事be convinced of sth
相信某事be convinced that 相