Unit18 Inventions
(New words)
1. allow v.允许，容许
1)allow sb.to do sth.允许某人做某事
The nurse allowed him to stay in hospital for another two days.
那个护士准许他在医院再住两天。
allow doing sth.允许做某事
We don’t allow making noise here,so you must keep quiet.
我们不允许在这儿弄出噪音，请你保持安静。
allow vt.给予(时间、金钱)；同意给予。后常接双宾语。
He allows his wife $200 a month for clothes.
他每个月给妻子200美元买新衣服。
Allow me one minute in which to change my clothes.
请给我一分钟的时间让我换换衣服。
Please allow yourself an hour to get to the airport.
请给自己留出一小时的时间好赶往飞机场。
2)allow for考虑到 ,顾及
n take into consideration
n You should allow for his youth.
n 你应该体谅他年纪轻。
n We must allow for the train being late.
n 我们应当考虑到火车可能晚点。
2.reject vt. 丢弃
n throw away; cast aside as useless
n He looked through the rejected suits.
n 他在那些人家不肯要的衣服中寻找。
n He rejected the rotten eggs.
n 他扔掉了坏鸡蛋。
n vt. 拒绝；拒不接受
n say "no" to; not take something
n She rejected my offer of help.
n 我主动提出给予帮助，她拒绝了。
n He tried to join the army but was rejected.
n 他想参军但被拒绝了。
n n. 被拒之人；被弃之物
3.break away from摆脱；脱离
The thief broke away from the policeman and ran away.
那个贼挣脱警察逃走了。
He broke away from all his old friends.
他与所有的老朋友断绝了关系。
It is difficult to break away from a habit.
改掉习惯是很困难的。
It was not right for the South to break away from the Union.
南方脱离联邦是不对的。
4. possibility n.可能性；可能；可能的事
the possibility of success成功的可能性
the possibility of rain下雨的可能性
Is there any possibility of having a sunny weekend?
周末有可能会阳光明媚吗？
There is a possibility of his coming for Christmas.
他可能会来过圣诞节。
Is there any possibility that he will be elected chairman?
他有当选主席的可能吗？
There is quite a possibility that war may break out.
很有可能会爆发战争。
His retirement is a possibility.
他有可能退休。
5.otherwise adv.要不然，否则；另外，别样；在其他方面
He reminded me of what I should have otherwise forgotten.
他提醒了我，要不然我就忘了。
He thinks otherwise.
他是另外一种想法。
He thinks otherwise he’s a good worker.
从另一方面来说他是个好工人。
otherwise conj.(并列连词，同or else)否则，不然(常与虚拟语气连用)
You should go now,otherwise you’ll miss the bus.
你应该现在走，不然你就赶不上公交车。
Do come earlier next time,otherwise you’ll be punished.
下次一定早点来，否则就惩罚你。
He is old and sick,otherwise he would be working.
他年老有病，不然他会上班的。
otherwise adj.另外的，别样的；其他方面的
Some are wise,some are otherwise.
有些人贤明，有些人则不然。
His students in English are also his otherwise teachers.
这些人在英语方面是他的学生，可是在其他方面却是他的老师。
6.connection n.联系；因果关系；联结
There is no connection between the two incidents.
那两个事件之间没有关联。
Doctors say there is a connection between smoking and lung cancer.
医生们说抽烟与肺癌有关系。
He has connections with many important people.
他与很多重要人物有来往。
in connection with与……相关联，关于
She said nothing in connection with her marriage.
她绝口不谈与她的婚姻有关的事。
connect vt.连接，把……联系起来；接通（电源、电话等）
The road connects London and Edinburgh.
这条道路连接伦敦与爱丁堡。
Their families are now connected by marriage.
他们两家有联姻关系。
The operator will connect you with our sales department.
接线员会与你接通我们的销售部。
be connected with与……有联系，和……有关系
He is no longer connected with the Kane Company.
他已与凯恩公司没有关系了。
7. previous先前的；早先的
n of an earlier time;that came before
n •I had already visited Italy on a previous holiday.
n 在早先一次休假中，我们访问过意大利。
8. naware: adj.察觉到的，感觉到的，知悉的。一般用作表语，后接of短语或从句。
He wasn’t aware of the danger.
他没有察觉到危险。
Smokers are well/quite aware of the dangers to their own health.
吸烟者很清楚吸烟会对他们自身的健康造成种种危害。
She became aware of footsteps hurrying after her.
她觉察到身后有匆忙的脚步声。
Are you aware that you have hurt her feelings?
你有没有察觉到你已经伤害她的感
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