我不得不承认我有点厌烦了 He confessed that he had slept through the second half of the film 他承认电影放到一半后他一直在睡觉 2) admit that one has done sth wrong,esp. when what you have done is secret坦白,供认 he confessed to her husband that she had sold her wedding ring 她向丈夫坦白她卖掉了结婚戒指。 I'm afraid that I've got something to confess: I've broken your vase 恐怕有件事我得告诉你-我打破了你的花瓶。 Ie.g. The man in the corner confessed to a lie to the manager of the company A)have told B)be told C) being tol D) having told 4. thoughtful a 1 )thinking deeply深思的,思考的 The doctor looked thoughtful for a moment and then started to writ omething on the pape 医生仔细考虑了片刻,开始在纸上写了起来 When Beth is writing a letter. she looks thoughtful 当贝思写信时,她看上去像在思索。 2)( considerate) showing care for the need of others 体贴的,关心的,考虑周到的 She's a very thoughtful person 她是个很体贴别人的人。 Thank you for phoning to see if I was feeling better-it was very thoughtful of you. if 谢你打电话问我是否觉得好点了-你真关心人 15. award vt give esp. as the result of an official decision授予,给予 The university has awarded Jane $500 for travel she was awarded a medal for bravery 她因勇敢而被授予一枚奖章 n[C]sth. awarded奖品 They have given an award of s900 to each of the winners 他们给予每位获胜者900美元奖励 16. objective a not influenced by personal feelings; fair 不受个人感情影响的,客观的,公正的 How can you make an objective decision if she's your own daughter? 如果她是你的女儿,你怎么可能做出客观的决定呢? - --lt is an objective report 这是一篇客观的报道 nC] thing aimed at or wished for; purpose目标,目的 Her main objective now is simply to become an internationally famous 她现在的主要目标就是成为一名具有世界声望的科学家 -i don't know what his objectives were in making such a criticism? 我不知道他这样指责的目的是什么? subjective: antonym of objective主观的,受个人感情支配的 17. despair vi have lost all hope失望,绝望 We've despaired of him; he can't keep a job for more than six months 我们对他非常失望,没有哪一个工作他能干半年以上 Don't despair! Well find a way out! 不要绝望!我们会找到解决办法的! n)[U] state of having lost all hope失望,绝望 gave up the struggle in despa 他绝望地放弃了斗争 To the despair of her teachers, Nicole never does the work that she's told to do. <tip 们感到失望的是,尼科尔从来不做布置给她的作业7 我不得不承认我有点厌烦了。 ---He confessed that he had slept through the second half of the film. 他承认电影放到一半后他一直在睡觉。 2) admit that one has done sth. wrong, esp. when what you have done is secret坦白，供认 ---She confessed to her husband that she had sold her wedding ring. 她向丈夫坦白她卖掉了结婚戒指。 ---I'm afraid that I've got something to confess: I've broken your vase. 恐怕有件事我得告诉你--我打破了你的花瓶。 [e.g.] The man in the corner confessed to ____ a lie to the manager of the company. A) have told B) be told C) being told D) having told 14. thoughtful a.1)thinking deeply深思的，思考的 ---The doctor looked thoughtful for a moment and then started to write something on the paper. 医生仔细考虑了片刻，开始在纸上写了起来。 ---When Beth is writing a letter, she looks thoughtful. 当贝思写信时，她看上去像在思索。 2) （ considerate）showing care for the need of others 体贴的，关心的，考虑周到的 ---She's a very thoughtful person. 她是个很体贴别人的人。 ---Thank you for phoning to see if I was feeling better - it was very thoughtful of you. 谢 谢你打电话问我是否觉得好点了--你真关心人。 15. award vt.give esp. as the result of an official decision 授予，给予 ---The university has awarded Jane $500 for travel. 大学给予简500美元旅行补助。 ---She was awarded a medal for bravery. 她因勇敢而被授予一枚奖章。 n.[C] sth. awarded奖品 ---They have given an award of $900 to each of the winners. 他们给予每位获胜者900美元奖励。 16. objective a.not influenced by personal feelings; fair 不受个人感情影响的，客观的，公正的 ---How can you make an objective decision if she's your own daughter? 如果她是你的女儿，你怎么可能做出客观的决定呢？ ---It is an objective report. 这是一篇客观的报道。 n.[C] thing aimed at or wished for; purpose 目标，目的 ---Her main objective now is simply to become an internationally famous scientist. 她现在的主要目标就是成为一名具有世界声望的科学家。 ---I don't know what his objectives were in making such a criticism? 我不知道他这样指责的目的是什么？ subjective : antonym of objective 主观的，受个人感情支配的 17. despair vi.have lost all hope 失望，绝望 ---We've despaired of him; he can't keep a job for more than six months. 我们对他非常失望，没有哪一个工作他能干半年以上。 ---Don't despair! We'll find a way out! 不要绝望！我们会找到解决办法的！ n.1) [U] state of having lost all hope 失望，绝望 ---He gave up the struggle in despair. 他绝望地放弃了斗争。 ---To the despair of her teachers, Nicole never does the work that she's told to do. 令老师 们感到失望的是，尼科尔从来不做布置给她的作业