Unit 5 Enjoying novels一、核心单词用法例析1.authoress n. 女作家 类似的结构还有:waitress 女服务员;hostess 女主人,空中小姐,(火车,巴士上)女服务员; waiter (男)侍者,服务生; author 作者;作家;host 主人,东道主,节目主持人2.recount vt. 详细讲; 叙述; 描述列举; 依次数说;重新计算,再数He recounted all the happenings of the day. 他详细叙述那天发生的一切事情3. oppose vt. 反对;反抗;妨碍I am opposed to going shopping with others.我反对与他人一起外出购物。He is strongly opposed to the plan.他强烈反对这一计划。4.gifted a. 有天资的,有天赋的He is a gifted athlete.他是个有天赋的运动员。5.respectable a. 值得尊敬的,名声好的;体面的Our new neighbors are very respectable people.我们的新邻居是十分可敬的人。It is not respectable to spit on the sidewalk.在人行道上吐痰是不文雅的。区别:respectable 和 respectful respectable 指获得来自外人的尊敬,“受人尊敬的”,而 respectful 指对外人的尊敬,“恭敬的”。如:No respectable girl would associate with a man like him.没有哪个正派的姑娘愿意和他这样的人交往。6. marry vt. & vi 使某人结婚 娶; 嫁, 和...结婚 He is going to marry Jane. 他将与简结婚。Ben and Jill are getting married. 本和吉尔即将结婚。注意:英文里无 marry with sb 的说法;表示“结婚多久了”用 be married 如:How long have you been married to Sheila?你和希拉结婚多久了? 7. hopeless a. -less 是否定后缀,意思是:不抱希望的;无望的,没有办法的 The lost hikers felt helpless.这些迷路的徒步旅行者感到绝望。Our position is hopeless; we'll never get out alive.我们的处境毫无希望,我们决不可能活着出去。8. approval n. ( vt. approve)批准;认可 赞成;同意The plan had the approval of the school authorities.计划得到学校当局的认可。We went to the party with our parents' approval.我们取得父母同意后去参加聚会。9. growth n. 生长,成长;发育 增长;增加 Exercise and good food are important to the proper growth of a child.运动和营养好的食物对孩子...