The rope broke under the strain.绳被拉断了 vt 1 hurt or weaken(esp. a part of the body) by stretching too much or trying too hard扭伤,损伤- strain a muscle/one' s heart 2. stretch sth tightly by pulling拉紧,绷紧- strain a rope to breaking- point把绳子抓緊到快断 的地步3. use to the greatest possible degree尽力使用,使紧张- strain one' s eyes全神贯 注的看ⅵi. use all one' s power, energy,etc.( to do sth)竭力,尽全力- She strained against the ropes which tied her.她使劲挣扎试图使捆在她身上的绳子松开。 restrain vt hold back restrain.from阻止去做某事,但是后面有反身代词,可以意思为克制 不做某事— If you can't restrain your dog from biting the milkman, you must lock him up.如果你 不能阻止你的狗咬送奶人,你该把它关起来。- He is unable to restrain himself from getting excited.他控制不了自己,变的兴奋起来 refrain from控制自己不做某事 The boy refrained from tears.男孩止住没哭 6. preliminary adj. coming bef ore or preparing for a more important action or event 预备的,初步的一 a preliminary exam初试n.usu.pl)sth. done first, to introduce or prepare for later things初步做法,准备工作- After a few polite preliminaries, we stated our main ideas.几句开场白后,我们陈述了主要观点。 7 quest[c] a long search for sth. that is difficult to find探寻,寻求,研究- the quest for gold 寻找金子 vi quest for: look for寻找,一般指狗的寻找,或者用于修辞,指到处寻找,为历时较 久的找寻 the quest for truth对真理的寻求 search搜身,在中搜寻,后面跟物,一般指找的地点,跟人,一般指搜身,其目的为找到东西 Search for搜寻,后面的宾语为搜寻的目的 They searched the woods( for the lost child)他们在森林里找寻(走失的孩子) 8 energetic adj full of energy; very active精力充沛的,充满活力的- I dont feel energetic enough to rush about, so Ill sit dow我感到没有力气东奔西跑,所以要坐下来 Energy n精力 Enervate v cause to lose strength使衰弱- a country with an enervating climate.其气候使人衰 弱无力的国家 9.conventional adj. based on some agreement about how people should act or behave in certain situations常规的,惯例的,传统的,守旧的- a few conventional remarks几句老生常谈 的话一 conventional art传统艺术 n. convention公认的标准,习俗,惯例,尤指行为— When men wore hats, convention required them to raise them when they met a women they kno Conventionality n.因袭,老式 tradition传说,意见,信仰,风俗的世代相传的传统 The stories of Robin hood are based mainly on tradition.罗宾汉的故事大多根据传说而来。 custom个人的习惯,社会的习俗 Social customs vary in different countries.社会风俗各国不同 customary adj合乎风俗习惯的 habit个人习惯,但是经常做,不轻易放弃 10.controversy [U, C] strong disagreement about sth, esp. that is important to, or influences, or is of interest to many people争议,争论- facts that are beyond controversy无可置辩的事 实- a bitter controversy over sth对..激烈的争论。5 --The rope broke under the strain. 绳被拉断了 vt.1 hurt or weaken (esp. a part of the body) by stretching too much or trying too hard 扭伤，损伤--strain a muscle/one’s heart 2. stretch sth. tightly by pulling 拉紧，绷紧—strain a rope to breaking-point 把绳子抓紧到快断 的地步 3. use to the greatest possible degree 尽力使用，使紧张--strain one’s eyes 全神贯 注的看 vi.1use all one's power, energy, etc. (to do sth.)竭力，尽全力-- She strained against the ropes which tied her. 她使劲挣扎试图使捆在她身上的绳子松开。 restrain vt hold back restrain…from 阻止去做某事，但是后面有反身代词，可以意思为克制 不做某事—If you can’t restrain your dog from biting the milkman, you must lock him up.如果你 不能阻止你的狗咬送奶人，你该把它关起来。--He is unable to restrain himself from getting excited.他控制不了自己，变的兴奋起来 refrain from 控制自己不做某事 The boy refrained from tears. 男孩止住没哭 6.preliminary adj. coming before or preparing for a more important action or event 预备的，初步的—a preliminary exam 初试 n. (usu. pl.) sth. done first, to introduce or prepare for later things 初步做法，准备工作-- After a few polite preliminaries, we stated our main ideas.几句开场白后，我们陈述了主要观点。 7quest [C] a long search for sth. that is difficult to find 探寻，寻求，研究—the quest for gold 寻找金子 vi.quest for :look for 寻找,一般指狗的寻找，或者用于修辞，指到处寻找，为历时较 久的找寻 the quest for truth 对真理的寻求 search 搜身，在…中搜寻,后面跟物，一般指找的地点，跟人，一般指搜身，其目的为找到东西。 Search for 搜寻，后面的宾语为搜寻的目的。 --They searched the woods (for the lost child)他们在森林里找寻（走失的孩子） 8energetic adj full of energy; very active 精力充沛的，充满活力的--I don't feel energetic enough to rush about, so I'll sit down.我感到没有力气东奔西跑，所以要坐下来。 Energy n.精力 Enervate v.cause to lose strength 使衰弱--a country with an enervating climate.其气候使人衰 弱无力的国家 9.conventional adj. based on some agreement about how people should act or behave in certain situations 常规的，惯例的，传统的,守旧的—a few conventional remarks 几句老生常谈 的话—conventional art 传统艺术 n. convention 公认的标准，习俗，惯例，尤指行为—When men wore hats, convention required them to raise them when they met a women they know. Conventionality n.因袭，老式 tradition 传说，意见，信仰，风俗的世代相传的传统 The stories of Robin hood are based mainly on tradition.罗宾汉的故事大多根据传说而来。 custom 个人的习惯,社会的习俗 Social customs vary in different countries.社会风俗各国不同 customary adj.合乎风俗习惯的 habit 个人习惯，但是经常做，不轻易放弃 10.controversy [U, C] strong disagreement about sth., esp. that is important to, or influences, or is of interest to many people 争议，争论—facts that are beyond controversy 无可置辩的事 实-- a bitter controversy over sth 对…激烈的争论