Unit 3 Contemporary style be in fashion / come into fashion 正时兴， 正流行 be in the fashion / follow the fashion 赶时髦，随大流 be out of fashion /go out of fashion 过时 all the fashion 流行起来，成为时尚 fashionable adj. 流行的; 时髦的 illustrate sth. with sth 用…来阐明/证明某事 illustrate sth by doing sth 通过做某事来阐明/证明某事 illustration n.解释，说明； 插图 illustrative adj.解释性的，说明性的 illustrator n.为书作插图的人 object 物体；（客观）对象；宾语；目标 afford sth./ afford to do… 买得起…/承担得起… sight 名胜，观光地； 景物，景象； 视力； 视野； 看见 sights of London 伦敦的风景 the sights of the city城市的风景 Birds have better sight than dogs. 鸟比狗有更好的视力 I can’t bear the sight of blood. 我不忍看见血 out of one’s sight 不在某人的视线范围内；一望无际 at the first sight 乍一看 at the sight of…看到… in/ within sight 看得见 out of sight 看不见 appreciate 欣赏；感激 ruin 毁坏，毁灭 ruins 废墟 fall into ruins成为废墟 the ruins of… ……的废墟 affect =influence 影响,vt. n. effect影响 have effect on=have influence on 对…有影响 take effect 生效，起作用 in effect 事实上，简直是 extinct 绝种的，灭绝的 a extinct volcano 死火山 n. extinction n. 熄灭; 消灭，灭绝 v. extinguish 使灭绝 bring along 带来 bring about 导致，使…发生=cause bring down 使降低/减少 bring up 提出； 抚养大，教养 be keen on=be fond of=be interested in 喜欢 search for …寻找，搜寻 in search of…寻找 search through 把…仔细地搜一遍 close down 关闭；倒闭 go out of style 过时，不再时兴 judge sth/ sb. by…根据…对某人或某物的判断 You can’t judge a person by his appearance. 你不能根据一个人的外表来判断他。 judging from…从….来判断 more or less 或多或少 savings 存款 arms武器 earnings 收入 remains 残留物 surroundings 环境 brains 智慧 the more…the more…越…越…. （注意：第一个the more 的句子中，通常不用将来时） spend time/ money (in) doing sth. = spend time/ money on sth. 花时间/钱做… be worth + 钱数 值……钱 be worth doing= be worthy of being done =be worthy to be done 值得做… it’s worthwhile to do sth. 做…是值得的 a waste of time/ money doing sth. 浪费时间/钱做… award sb. sth. 授予某人某种奖励 reward sb. with sth. 给某人某物作为报酬 as usual 像往常一样 in possession of…占有，拥有… in the possession of…在某人手中， elementary 基础的，初级的；简单的 reduce from…to….从…下降/降职到… promote 支持，促进； 提升，升职； 宣传，推广 link A with B= link A and B together 将A和B连结起来 link sth. up链接某物 be linked to 与…相关联 pressure of sth. 某事的压力 pressure to do sth. 做某事的压力；迫使去做某事 under pressure 在压力下 put pressure on sb. to do sth. 迫使某人做某事 resistance to sth/ sb. 抵抗，对抗 be resistant to…= resist sth抗拒 resistance n.抵抗; 阻力; 抗力; 电阻 resist v.抵抗，抗拒; 忍耐; 反对，抵制 resistant adj.有抵抗力的，抵抗的; 顽固的 complain to sb. about/ of sth.= complain sth. to sb 向…抱怨… adopt 采纳（意见）； 收养（子女） n. adoption采用，收养 adj. adoptive 收养的; 被采纳的; his adoptive father他的养父 go against sth. 反对或违反某事，与某 ... ...
