Module5TheConquestoftheUniverseSection3WordsandExpressionsaccustomedadj
1familiarwithsomething:Shequicklybecameaccustomedtohismessyways
I'mnotaccustomedtobeingtreatedlikethis
2FORMALusual:Sheperformedthetaskwithheraccustomedease
Hetookhisaccustomedseatbythefire
他坐在火炉旁他常坐的座位上
Thisisn’tthekindoftreatmentI’maccustomedto
这不是我惯常受到的那种待遇
accustomv
tomakeyourselffamiliarwithnewconditions:It’lltaketimeformetoaccustommyselftothechanges
accustomoneselftorisingearly使自己习惯于早起accustomsb
tosealife使某人习惯于海上生活accustomone’searstothedin使自己的耳朵对喧闹产生适应性riskn
1[CorU]thepossibilityofsomethingbadhappening:Inthisbusiness,therisksandtherewardsarehigh
There’sahighriskofanotheraccidenthappeninginthisfog
[+(that)]Therisk(that)wemightfailmadeusworktwiceashard
[+ingformofverb]It’salwaysariskstartingupanewbusiness