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1. 讲解词汇：narcissus     interminably     winkle     lowbrow     incidentally     unforgivable     bore     ruthless
2. 讲解搭配：superimpose sth. on/upon ...     might as well/may as well     love affair     cater to     in sb's sight/in the sight of sb.     be sb.'s undoing/be the undoing of sb.     make an observation     in ... order/in order of ...     take ... in     take time off from ...

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1.narcissus：水仙花→narcissist：自恋狂→narcissism：自恋

2.terminal：最终的→terminate：使终结→exterminate：使灭种

• 反：interminably：（贬义）不会结束的，没完没了的

3.winkle：挖掘出来

4.lowbrow：低眉毛→庸俗的

• 反：highbrow：高雅的

5.incidentally：by the way;by the bye        顺便说一句

• 引申：incidental：附带的，附属的     incidental expenses：杂费     incidental music：配乐

6.unforgivable/inexcusable/unpardonable：不可饶恕的

7.bore：n.唠叨乏味的家伙

• v.令某人乏味     The bore bores me to death.

8.ruthless：merciless      没有同情心的，残酷残忍的

9.superimpose sth. on/upon ...：把什么什么东西附加到另一个东西上

10.might as well/may as well：倒不如，不妨

11.love affair：绯闻

12.cater to：迎合     Lowbrow jornals（期刊） cater to people's love of scandal（丑闻）.

13.在某人看来，在某人眼中

• in sb's sight/in the sight of sb.
• in sb's eyes/in the eyes of sb.

14.be sb's undoing/be the undoing of sb.：是某人失败的原因     Conceit was his undoing.自大是他失败的原因。

15.make an observation：make a comment/remark：发表评论

16.take ... in

• take comfort in ...：对什么感到安慰
• take pleasure in ...：对什么感到快乐
• take pride in ...：对什么感到自豪
• take interest in ...：对什么感兴趣

people who take no interest in art：对艺术不感兴趣的人
They take considerable interest in the cat.     他们对猫产生浓厚兴趣

• 引申：不一定都是用in，比如：take notice of ...：注意     take pity on：同情

17.in ascending/descending/chronological（时间的）/alphabetical/reverse order：以 ... 顺序     in order of priority：以优先等级顺序

18.take time off from：从 ... 中脱出时间请假

• I have to take time off from school to go to the dentist.
• 引申搭配：
• take a day off
• take the afternoon off
• take time off from the daily routine
• 引申请假：
• annual leave：年假
• paid leave：带薪假期
• She is on leave.      她正在休假
• She is on sick leave.     她在休病假