新概念英语第四册24-02

alienate v.: 远离

taboo n.:戒律

forbidden words damn it 该死的

disinherit vt.:剥求……的继承权

inherit: 继承

inheritance: 继承权

undeclareda.未经宣布的

hypocrisy n.:伪善

hypocrite: 伪君子

hypercritical :过于挑剔

chicanery n.:诈骗

以-ry 结尾的名词是集合名词，没有复数 如 machinery,pottery,jewelery

chicane v.:骗 （使用诡辩术）

cheat,deceive,hoax

cheat 骗钱财

deceive one’s feelings

hoax:play trick (哄小孩)

anarchy n.: 混乱 无政府状态 monarchy: 君主制

chaos n.:混乱

chaotic adj.: 混乱 lawless a.: 非法的 turbulence n.:骚乱 misrule vt. n.:乱

impending a.:迫近的 approaching: 靠近

imminent :迫近的

immolation n.杀戮

immolate vt.:杀 sacrifice n. :祭祀品

Notes on the text 课文注释

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William s.Hart

William:first/given/Christian name

s.:middle name

Hart :last name

Western stars 西部片影星

for： 因为

unlike 与……不同

appear in nothing but ： 仅仅出现于

nothing but ：仅仅

He is nothing but liar. 他是骗子。

He is anything but liar. 他不是骗子。

He is nothing but angry. 他很生气。

He is anyghing but angry. 他不生气。

Gary Cooper

Puritan: 清教徒

comedy: 喜剧

unchallenged=matchless

William S. Hart was, perhaps, the greatest of all Western stars, for unlike Gary Cooper and John Wayne he appeared in nothing but Westerns. From 1914 to 1924 he was supreme and unchallenged. ...