高级英语第一册lesson6-Blackmail-课文详解2-detail-study、背景知识、文章结构及修辞学习.docx

高级英语第一册 lesson6 Blackmail 课文详解 2 detail study 、背景知 识、文章结构及修辞学习 2008-02-11 12:11:18| 分类： 默认分类 | 标签： |字号大中小 订阅 高级英语第一册 lesson6 Blackmail 课文详解 2 detail study 、背景知识、文章结构及修辞学习 2007 年 01 月 01 日 星期一 下午 11:48 bulbous: shaped like a bulb, swelling and disgustingly fat and round bulbous dome / nose peremptorily: (fml) showing an expectation of being obeyed at once and without question, imp olitely and unfriendly, commanding, insisting obedience rivet: metal pin for fasten plates. to hold or fasten with or as if with rivets cf: glare, stare, fix feature: any of the noticeable parts of the face a man with Oriental features Her mouth is her worst feature / best feature, like a cherry. 100. set in a mould: When you take a picture, you set your body, your countenance ...in a certain way. That is to set in a mould. (A lame one-eyed king taking a picture) mould (Am.E) = mould (Br.E): character, distinctive nature, a persons character, nature, etc., cons idered as having been shaped by family type, education, training, experience, etc. Be cast in a mould of a particular kind means to have the characteristics, attitudes, behaviour or lif estyle that are typical of that kind of person be made / cast in mould of He is made in his fathers mould. (He has the same personality and character as his fathers) imperious: in tensely compelling, marked by arrogant assurance, dominating. This word is rel ated to imperial. The whole sentence can be paraphrased as follows: Her handsome high-cheekboned features were set in a way which shows her imperial character. respite: a short period of pause or rest, during a time of great effort pain, or trouble, a time of relief (as from labour, suffering or war) or delay (as before sentencing or executing). 文档 The patient said he never had any respite from the pain. Sentence sb. to death with 2-years respite. 103. bore: make a hole in This machine can bore through solid rock. swallow: to take back, to keep from expressing or showing, to accept without qu