新概念英语第四册18-02

4.ride:骑马

navy:海军

army:陆军

5.rule:治国

6.political economy:政治经济学

less about:更不要提

=not to mention/not to speak of

I know nothing of maths, not to mention English. 我不懂数学，就更别提英语了。

7.learning:学术

sport:指前面说的” ride and shoot and cast a fly”

8.The problem set for society is not the virtues of the type so much as its adequacy for its function:

社会要回答的问题并不是这类人物不无美德，而是他们是否胜任其职务。

set for society:做后置定语

virtue:品德

the type= the kind= the class 阶层

so much as, not…… but, 前面有否定式，so much as= but

His success is not by talent so much as by energy.

他的成功不是来自天赋而是来自勤奋。

It is not the hours that tell so much as the way we use them.

重要的不是时间而是如何利用它。

It is the man that behind the gun tells.

胜败在人而不在武器。

adequate:能力

function:功能

9.arise= apper,常搭配副词 here, there

want：需求

pursue: 追求