Unit 2

Ⅰ 專業八級核心動詞聚焦

assail[??seil]

v.猛烈攻擊，痛打；質問；使煩惱

assail with 困擾；發問不止使之心煩

assimilate[??simileit]

v.消化，吸收（食物、思想等）；使……同化

assimilate into 逐漸混合于（某一更大的群體）；同化

assimilate to 使與……相同（相似）

attest[??test]

v.證明，證實；表明；作證

attest to 證實，證明

augment[??g?ment]

v.（使）增大，增加，增長，擴張

avail[??veil]

v.利用，使用；有助于，有益于

avail against 克服……而成功

avail oneself of 利用

avert[??v??t]

v.防止，避免；移開，避開不看

babble[?b?bl]

v.含糊不清地說，胡言亂語地說

babble about 喋喋不休，嘮叨

backdate[b?k?deit]

v.宣布（某事物）自過去某日起即為有效

backfire[b?k?fai?]

v.適得其反，招致相反的效果；發出回火聲，逆火，回火

badger[?b?d??]

v.糾纏；問個沒完

badger with 糾纏

baffle[?b?fl]

v.使困惑，使難倒，使受挫，抑制

balk[b??lk]

v.猶豫不決，不愿做某事

balk at 畏縮，回避

banish[?b?ni?]

v.放逐，驅逐出境；忘卻；消除

banish from 從……驅逐出去

banishment n.放逐，流放；驅逐

barter[?bɑ?t?]

v. & n.以物易物，以等價物作交換

batter away 拿……作交易，犧牲……以換取某種利益

barter with sb. for sth. 跟某人換取某物

bash[b??]

v.使勁打，狠打，痛毆

n.重擊，猛攻

bash on（with） 持續努力地做（某事）

bash sth. out 草草了事

have a bash at... 嘗試一下

bask[bɑ?sk]

v.舒適地曬太陽

bawl[b??l]

v.大喊大叫，大聲地喊，咆哮

bawl about 叫賣

bawl against 斥責

beautify[?bju?tifai]

v.美化

beckon[?bek?n]

v.向（某人）示意，召喚

beckoning adj.誘人的，令人心動的

befall[bi?f??l]

v.發生，降臨于

befit[bi?fit]

v.適合于，對……適應

befitting adj.適合的，適當的

begrudge[bi?gr?d?]

v.對……不滿；妒忌

beguile[bi?gail]

v.使著迷，使陶醉；欺騙，誘騙

beguile with 以……消磨（時間等）；以……消遣（解悶）

beguiler n.欺騙者，騙子；誘惑品；消遣的人；消遣品

behead[bi?hed]

v.砍頭，斬首

belie[bi?lai]

v.掩飾，使人對……產生錯覺

bemoan[bi?m?un]

v.悲嘆，哀泣；惋惜；抱怨，不滿

bequeath[bi?kwi?e]

v.遺贈，遺留

bequeathal n.遺贈；遺產，遺物

beset[bi?set]

v.不斷攻擊

beset with 被包圍；為……困擾，鑲有

besetting adj.不斷侵襲的；（念頭等）老是纏著人的

bewitch[bi?wit?]

v.施魔力于，蠱惑；使著迷，使喜悅

bewitchery n.魔力，妖術，迷惑力

bewitching adj.迷人的，使人著迷的

bicker[?bik?]

v.（為小事）吵嘴，爭吵

bisect[bai?sekt]

v.把……分為兩部分，平分

blanch[blɑ?nt?]

v.（使）變白，（使）變蒼白

blare[bl??]

v.發嘟嘟聲，發出響而刺耳的聲音

blunder[?bl?nd?]

v.弄錯，犯大錯

blunder against 慌張沖撞

blunder away 因處置不當而失去；因無知（或管理不善）而揮霍掉

blunder into/on/upon 無意中發現；偶然碰見

blunder through 胡亂應付

n.錯誤

blur[bl??]

v.使模糊，使看不清楚

n.模糊不清的事物

blurt[bl??t]

v.不假思索地脫口說出

boggle[?b?gl]

v.畏縮不前，猶豫；感到吃驚

boggle at 驚訝，吃驚

bombard[?b?mbɑ?d]

v.炮轟，轟擊

bonnet[?b?nit]

v.給……戴帽子

n.女帽，童帽；發動機器罩蓋

boo[bu?]

v.發出噓聲，向……喝倒彩

n.喝倒彩，噓聲

boost[bu?st]

v.推動，促進，激勵

boost up 扶助……向上移動；托起；支援，增強……的力量

bootleg[?bu?tleg]

v.非法制造、運送、銷售（酒類）

booze[bu?z]

v.痛飲，狂飲酒

n.酒，酒宴

booze up 縱酒狂歡

brace[breis]

v.拉緊，系緊；支住，撐牢；激勵，振奮；打起精神，下定決心

n.支柱，支架；一雙，一對；大括號{}的前半部分或者后半部分；（pl. BrE）（褲子）背帶

braid[breid]

v.編織；把……編成辮子

n.（絲線等編成的）穗帶，辮帶

brainwash[?breinw??]

v.（derog.）對……進行洗腦

練習

1．英漢連線

(1) assimilate (a) 糾纏

(2) badger (b) 對……進行洗腦

(3) bawl (c) 畏縮不前，猶豫

(4) befit (d) 消化，吸收，同化

(5) bicker (e) 喝倒彩，發出噓聲

(6) boggle (f) 吵嘴，爭吵

(7) bombard (g) 非法制造、運送、銷售

(8) boo (h) 大喊大叫，大聲地喊，咆哮

(9) bootleg (i) 適合于，對……適應

(10) brainwash (j) 炮轟，轟擊

2．釋義連線

(1) assail (a) be unwilling to do sth.

(2) avail (b) exchange sth. for other goods

(3) avert (c) shout or cry loudly

(4) balk (d) happen to sb.

(5) barter (e) say sth. suddenly and tactlessly

(6) bawl (f) attack violently or repeatedly

(7) befall (g) drink in large quantities

(8) bicker (h) prevent, avoid

(9) blurt (i) quarrel about unimportant things

(10) booze (j) make use of, take advantage of

3．真題填空：用下列單詞的正確形式完成句子

(1) Of Hugo of Bury St Edmunds, a 12th-century illuminator whose dates of birth and death are not recorded, his biographer comments: “Whether or not Hugo was a wall-painter, the records of his activities as carver and manuscript painter___to his versatility.” (1997, Reading Comprehension: Text B)

(2) Compared to Uncle Tommy, he was an intellectual of the highest order, and indeed his satirical pen___his mild demeanor. (1999, Reading Comprehension: Text B)

(3) It is a culture___by English, in advertising, pop music, the Internet, and despite all the English that Danish absorbs—there is no Danish Academy to defend against it—old dialects persist in Jutland that can barely be understood by Copenhageners. (2000, Reading Comprehension: Text A)

(4) Publisher Gregory Coleman said he expected the redesign to___advertising sales. (2000, Reading Comprehension: Text I)

(5) The move comes as Reader's Digest Association Inc. has struggled to___profits. (2000, Reading Comprehension: Text I)

(6) The most striking thing about Blackpool these days compared with 20 years ago is how empty its beaches are. When the tide is out, Blackpool's beaches are a vast plain of___sand. (2001, Reading Comprehension: Text A)

(7) The fantastic achievements of modern technology and the speed at which scientific discoveries are translated into technological applications___to the triumph of human endeavour. (2002, Reading Comprehension: Text D)

(8) If we could___all such preconception when we read, that would be an admirable beginning. (2005, Translation: Section B)

(9) Newspapers and magazines are filled with stories about great Welsh men and women,___self-esteem. (2007, Reading Comprehension: Text A)

(10) He arranged his affairs, he divided his personal belongings among his friends or ___them to charity. (2007, Reading Comprehension: Text C)

(11) In the early to mid-1990s, a booming economy and improved desktop printers helped___paper sales by 6 to 7 percent each year. The convenience of desktop printing allowed office workers to indulge in printing anything and everything at very little effort or cost. (2011, Reading Comprehension: Text B)

(12) In the same way that digital innovations have increased paper consumption, Saffo says, so has video conferencing—with its promise of fewer in-person meetings—______ business travel. (2011, Reading Comprehension: Text B)

(13) So, jobs, which were once a fairly reliable guide to class, have become misleading. A survey conducted earlier this year by Expertian shows how this convergence on similar types of work has___class boundaries. (2011, Reading Comprehension: Text C)

(14) Actually, in their affection for reuniting with friends, family or colleagues, Americans are probably no different from any other people, except that Americans have created a mind- ___number and variety of institutionalized forms of gatherings to facilitate the satisfaction of this desire. (2012, Reading Comprehension: Text B)

(15) The boomerang effect has also played a role in attempts to reduce the___of illicit drugs. During recent years, the federal government has been quite successful in reducing the supply of street drugs. (2012, Translation: Section B)