新概念英语第三册44-03

§ Lesson 45 The power of the press 新闻报道的威力

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

●democrat 民主的

●restrict v. 限制

●abuse v. 滥用

●contention n. 论点

●untold adj. 数不尽的，无限的

●South Dakota 南达科他州 （美国）

●perpetual adj. 永久的

●quintuplet n. 五胞胎之一

●obscurity n. 默默无闻

●radically adv. 彻底地，完全地

●exclusive adj. 独占的，独家的

●nursery n. 育婴室，保育室

●commercialization n. 商品化

●commodity n. 商品

◆democrat 民主的

◆restrict v. 限制

keep within a certain limit

Eg: The prisoners’ activity is restricted within marrow limits.

limit: 表示时间、空间、程度等方面的限定，且限定到某一个点

restrict: 只说明限定范围

Eg: Land development must be limited.

He restricts himself to two cigarettes a day.

restrict sb. to 限制在......范围内

confine

confine sb. to

Eg: The boy is confined to the dark room.

The boy is restricted to the dark room.

cramp 限制（限制某人的活动或是限制动植特的生长）

Eg: No body can cramp children.

You can not cramp my activity.

hamper 限制，妨碍;困累

Eg: What hampered you to do so?

The housewife has a lots to do every day, because she is hampered by poverty.

My limited vocabulary hampered my reading.

I am hampered by my limited vocabulary.

★★★impede 限制；妨碍

impede doing sth.

Eg: Nothing will impede my studying English.

bound 限定，以......为界限

L45-01 end 10’28”