Section3:WordsandExpressionsfromModule1BritishandAmericanEnglishlinguistnoun1apersonwhoknowsseveralforeignlanguageswell:She’sanexcellentlinguist.I’mafraidI’mnolinguist(=Ifindforeignlanguagesdifficult).2apersonwhostudieslanguagesorlinguistics:acomputationallinguistaccentnoun1[C,U]awayofpronouncingthewordsofalanguagethatshowswhichcountry,areaorsocialclassapersoncomesfrom:anorthern/Dublin/Indian/Scottishaccentastrong/broadaccent(=onethatisverynoticeable)ShespokeEnglishwithanaccent.2[sing.]aspecialimportancethatisgiventosthemphasis:Inallourproductstheaccentisonquality.3[C]theemphasisthatyoushouldgivetopartofawordwhensayingitstress:In‘today’theaccentisonthesecondsyllable.4[C]amarkonalettertoshowthatitshouldbepronouncedinaparticularway:Canapéhasanaccentonthe‘e’.verb[vn]toemphasizeapartofsth:Thewomenaccenttheireyeswithmake-up.obviousadj.1~(tosb)(that...)easytoseeorunderstandclear:Itwasobvioustoeveryonethatthechildhadbeenbadlytreated.It’sobviousfromwhatshesaidthatsomethingiswrong.Iknowyoudon’tlikeherbuttrynottomakeitsoobvious.Heagreedwithobviouspleasure.Forobviousreasons,I’dprefernottogivemyname.Thereasonsforthisdecisionwerenotimmediatelyobvious.noteatclear2thatmostpeoplewouldthinkoforagreeto:Shewastheobviouschoiceforthejob.There’snoobvioussolutiontotheproblem.Thisseemedthemostobviousthingtodo.3(disapproving)notinteresting,neworshowingimagination;unnecessarybecauseitiscleartoeveryone:Theendingwasprettyobvious.Imaybestatingtheobviousbutwithoutmoremoneytheprojectcannotsurvive.motorwaynoun[C,U](inBritain)awideroad,withatleasttwolanesineachdirection,wheretrafficcantravelfastforlongdistancesbetweenlargetowns.Youcanonlyenterandleavemotorwaysatspecialjunctions:busy/congestedmotorwaysJointhemotorwayatJunction19.Leavethemotorwayatthenextexit.Anine-milestretchofmotorwayhasbeenclosed.amotorwayservicearea/servicestationThespeedlimitonmotorwaysshouldbeenforced.undergroundadj.[onlybeforenoun]1underthesurfaceoftheground:undergroundpassages/caves/streamsundergroundcables2operatingsecretlyandoftenillegally,especiallyagainstagovernment:anundergroundresistancemovementadv.1underthesurfaceoftheground:Rescuersfoundvictimstrappedseveralfeetunderground.toxicwasteburied用心爱心专心116号编辑deepundergroundanetworkofpipelinesrunningunderground2inorintoasecretplaceinordertohidefromthepolice,thegovernment,etc.:Hewentundergroundtoavoidarrest.noun1(oftentheUnderground)(BrE)(NAmEsubway)[sing.]anundergroundrailway/railroadsysteminacity:undergroundstationstheLondonUndergroundIalwaystravelbyunderground.2theunderground[sing.+sing./pl.v.]asecretpoliticalorganization,usuallyworkingagainstthegovernmentofacountrysubwaynoun1(NAmE)anundergroundrailway/railroadsysteminacity:theNewYorksubwayasubwaystation/trainadowntownsubwaystoptoride/takethesubwayInBostonthesubwayisknownasthe‘T’;inWashingtonDCit’sthe‘Metro’.2(BrE)apaththatgoesunderaroad,etc.whichpeoplecanusetocrosstotheothersideunderpassqueuenoun1(BrE)(NAmEline)alineofpeople,cars,etc.waitingforsthortodosth:thebusqueueIhadtojoinaqueueforthetoilets.Howlongwereyouinthequeue?Therewasaqueueoftrafficwaitingtoturnright.2(computing)alistofitemsofdatastoredinaparticularorderseejumpv.verb(queuingorqueueing)1[v](BrE)~(up)(forsth)towaitinalineofpeople,vehicles,etc.inordertodosth,getsthorgosomewhere:Wehadtoqueueupforanhourforthetickets.Queueherefortaxis.2(computing...
