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课件网) Words and Expressions Unit 5 Working the Land devote [d v t] vt. 把…献(给); 把…专用于; 专心于 devote...to...把…献给… devote oneself to (doing) sth. 致力于;专心于做某事 =Sb be devoted to (doing) sth. devoted adj. 全心全意的；忠诚的；深爱的 devotion n. 投入 专注于/ 致力于做某事（be devoted to) lost,absorb,engage,involve,bury,occupy,focus,concentrate ① be lost in ③ be engaged in ⑤ be buried in ⑦ focus on ② be absorbed in ④ be involved in ⑥ be occupied in ⑧ concentrate on 1. The most (devote) students like me even have our own club,where we learn from each other and work as a team. 2. It is his (devote) to his learning that enables him to attain a doctor’s degree. 3. You will never obtain success unless you are fully devoted your work. 4. (devote) to scientific research, Qian Xuesen was widely regarded as the father of China’s missile. 5. (devote) himself to protecting the rice, he was respected by all of us. 6. Soliders devoted their time to (help) victims rebuild their homes. 7.He told us that there were nearly three hundred teachers _____ (devote) themselves to teaching in the school. devoted devotion to Devoted Devoting helping devoting short adj. 短的，短期的，短暂的 shortly adv. 短暂地 shorten v. (使)变短，(使)缩短 1. There is a (short) of fresh water on the island. 2. This country is short natural resources but rich in human resources. 3. Smoking can (short) your life. shortage of shorten shortage / :t d / n. 不足; 缺少; 短缺 ① a shortage of 缺乏 ② be short of 缺乏，不足 ③ in short 总之，简而言之 convince [k n v ns]: vt. 使相信; 使确信; 说服 convincing adj. 令人信服的 convinced adj. 相信的 convincingly adv. 令人信服地 convince sb. of sth. 使某人相信某事 Sb be convinced of sth 某人确信某事 convince sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事(persuade) Sb be convinced that ... 某人确信...... (convince sb that...) 1. In short, it’s not a (convince) argument. 2. Peter nodded but he didn’t look (convince). 4. What she said convinced me I was wrong. 5. It convinced me his honesty. 3.My parents have always convinced me _____ (challenge) myself. convincing convinced to challenge that of 同义 ① gain ② obtain ③ acquire attainable adj. 可得到的,可达到的 attainment n. 达到，成就，学识 1.Great achievements can’t (attain) unless one concentrates on what he is doing. 2. Your goals should be (attain) and specific. 3. The (attain) of his ambitions was still a dream. be attained attainable attainment attain / te n/ : vt. (经过努力)获得;得到 attain one’s goal 实现某人的目标 assumption [ s mp n] cn. 假定; 假设;承担; 获得 assume v. 假定; 认为; 设想; 承担; 假装 assuming conj. 假如 (assuming that+从句，主句） make an assumption (about) 做出假设 on the assumption (that...) 假设;假定... We are working on the assumption that everyone invited will turn up. It is generally assumed that... 人们普遍认为… It is generally assumed that stress is caused by too much work. assume sb./sth. to be 假定/假设 ... ...
