Unit 4

Question 1

sb who behaves in a crazy or very stupid way

a mad man

Answer 1

lunatic

Question 2

to rub your skin with finger nails, esp. because it itches

Answer 2

scratch

Question 3

the amount of sth that can be held in one hand

a small number of people or things

Answer 3

handful

Question 4

to pick sth up with a scoop(a long deep spoon for holding food), spoon or your curved hand

Answer 4

scoop

Question 5

to make a hole or empty space
having a hole or empty space inside
sinking deeply into the face
not sincere

Answer 5

hollow

Question 6

provide for

Answer 6

提供生活所需，供养
规定(of a law) enable or allow (sth to be done)
为……作准备 make adequate preparation for (a possible event)

Question 7

充满

Answer 7

fill up with

Question 8

to walk somewhere in a slow relaxed way

Answer 8

stroll

Question 9

知道，了解

Answer 9

know of

Question 10

not enough

Answer 10

scant

Question 11

enjoying playing tricks on people or doing things to annoy or embarrass them
causing trouble

Answer 11

mischievous

Question 12

in a way that is intricate, complicated or painstaking

Answer 12

elaborately

Question 13

the state of being able to be alone, and not seen or heard by other people

Answer 13

privacy

Question 14

a piece of clothing

Answer 14

garment

Question 15

a set of beliefs or principles

Answer 15

creed

Question 16

(of behavior) very bad morally

(of people) using their power to do dishonest pr illegal things to get an advantage for themselves

Answer 16

corrupt

Question 17

to make fun of or laugh at sb/sth, esp. by copying what they say or do

Answer 17

mock

Question 18

to use satire to show the faults in sb

Answer 18

satirize

Question 19

to change or make sth change into another form or state

to change or persuade sb to change their religion or beliefs

Answer 19

convert

Question 20

to get rid of sth because it is useless

Answer 20

discard

Question 21

to live in a particular place

Answer 21

inhabit

Question 22

出于自己选择

Answer 22

by choice

Question 23

to explain sth in detail

Answer 23

expound

Question 24

a belief or set of beliefs that are held or taught byna church, a political party, etc.

Answer 24

doctrine

Question 25

behaviors and attitudes that most people in a society consider be normal and right an official agreement between countries and groups of people a large meeting or an organization or a political group

Answer 25

convention

Question 26

not what it appears to be | made or produced to copy sth natural

Answer 26

artificial

Question 27

the act or habit of spending a lot of money on things that are not necessary

Answer 27

extravagance

Question 28

to obtain sth, esp. sth. that is difficult to get

Answer 28

procure

Question 29

easy to decay or go bad quickly

Answer 29

perishable

Question 30

a person who lives alone and has a simple way of life

Answer 30

hermit

Question 31

to print or press a mark or pattern on a surface | to be fixed in one’s mind or memory so that they never forget

Answer 31

imprint

Question 32

故意的

Answer 32

by design

Question 33

not drunk | (of people and their behavior) serious and sensible

Answer 33

sober

Question 34

to walk or move unsteadily | to be weak and seem likely to fall

Answer 34

totter

Question 35

calm and self-control

Answer 35

restrained

Question 36

behaving in a polite, kind, generous and honorable way, esp. towards women

Answer 36

chivalrous

Question 37

to try to do sth or behave in the same way as sb. else, esp. because you admire them

Answer 37

emulate

Question 38

to praise sb in an insincere way in order to please them or get sth from them to make sb seem more attractive or better than they really are

Answer 38

flatter

Question 39

without any disagreement

Answer 39

unanimously

Question 40

to be in front of sb so that they cannot see or light cannot reach them to prevent sth from moving or flowing through a space by putting sth else in it or across

Answer 40

block

Question 41

to laugh quietly esp. in a nervous or embarrassed way

Answer 41

titter

Question 42

very beautiful and graceful | (of clothes, places and things) attractive and designed well

Answer 42

elegant

Question 43

to push sb gently, esp. with one’s elbow in order to get their attention

Answer 43

nudge

Question 44

a self-contradictory and false proposition

Answer 44

paradox

Question 45

to laugh loudly

Answer 45

guffaw

Question 46

a king or a queen

Answer 46

monarch

Question 47

a boy who in the past served a person of high rank

Answer 47

page

Question 48

sb who lives in an empty building or on a piece of land without permission and without paying any rent

Answer 48

squatter

Question 49

to work hard

Answer 49

sweat

Question 50

to be in front of sb so that they cannot see or light cannot reach them

Answer 50

block

Question 51

a structure from which water is pushed up into the air, used for example as decoration in a garden or park

Answer 51

fountain

Question 52

partially clothed

Answer 52

half-naked

Question 53

a small, bitter, egg-shaped black or green fruit, used as food and for making oil

Answer 53

olive

Question 54

a small smooth stone found on the beach or on the bottom of a river

Answer 54

pebble

Question 55

to laugh quietly esp. when you are nervous

Answer 55

titter

Question 56

the beliefs of an ancient school of Greek philosophers known as the Cynics.

Answer 56

Cynicism

Question 57

空房间

Answer 57

bare room

Question 58

凹陷的双颊

Answer 58

hollow cheeks

Question 59

难以或无法控制

Answer 59

out of hand

Question 60

按照……比例

Answer 60

in proportion to

Question 61

寻求在某人手下当差

Answer 61

seek employment with sb

Question 62

请求某人做某事

Answer 62

plead with sb to do sth

Question 63

年久失修的防御工事

Answer 63

neglected fortifications

Question 64

临时占用或建造的简陋小棚

Answer 64

a squatter’s hut

Question 65

储物缸

Answer 65

a storage jar

Question 66

容易变质的商品

Answer 66

perishable goods

Question 67

隐士住的山洞

Answer 67

a hermit’s cave

Question 68

此刻的风云人物

Answer 68

the man of the hour

Question 69

英雄人物

Answer 69

a heroic figure

Question 70

决定未来的气势

Answer 70

an air of destiny

Question 71

咄咄逼人的眼光

Answer 71

a fiery glance

Question 72

对战争的恐慌

Answer 72

war scare

Question 73

落石如雨

Answer 73

a shower of stones

Question 74

一小撮捣乱分子

Answer 74

a handful of trouble-makers

Question 75

互相挠背

Answer 75

scratch each other’s backs

Question 76

不出版，就完蛋

Answer 76

publish or perish

Question 77

将人民币变成可兑换的货币

Answer 77

make RMB convertible

Question 78

寻找真理

Answer 78

seek the truth

Question 79

抛弃习俗

Answer 79

discard traditions

Question 80

讽刺人的虚荣和奢侈

Answer 80

satirize people’s vanity and extravagance

Question 81

那岛上没住人，并且因为没有饮用水，也没法住人

Answer 81

The island is uninhabited, and being without drinking water, is also uninhabitable.

Question 82

钦佩他们的勇气

Answer 82

admire their courage

Question 83

玩忽职守

Answer 83

neglect one’s duty

Question 84

逃避后果

Answer 84

escape/avoid the consequence

Question 85

从记忆中消除

Answer 85

erase/delete sth from one’s memory

Question 86

负责指挥

Answer 86

take command

Question 87

挡路

Answer 87

block the way stand in the way be in one’s way

Question 88

毁掉名誉

Answer 88

ruin one’s reputation/name

Question 89

恳求

Answer 89

plead with sb to do sth

Question 89

寻求当差

Answer 89

seek employment with sb

Question 89

按照……比例

Answer 89

in proportion to

Question 90

难以或无法控制

Answer 90

out of hand

Question 91

空房间

Answer 91

bare room

Question 92

尽管，虽然

Answer 92

for all

Question 93

呼吁，要求

Answer 93

call upon

Question 94

事态、情况、形势

Answer 94

state of affairs

Question 95

限制，限定

Answer 95

restrict to

Question 96

控制，约束

Answer 96

restrain from

Question 97

卖

Answer 97

part with it

Question 98

为什么

Answer 98

on what account

Question 99

一大套理论

Answer 99

elaborate theory

Question 100

解释

Answer 100

account for

Question 101

在任何情况下

Answer 101

on any account

Question 102

thinker

Answer 102

minds

Question 103

pay a visit

Answer 103

call upon

Question 104

terrority

Answer 104

realm

Question 105

look for any useful scientific information

Answer 105

seek out anything instructive

Question 106

complicated principles

Answer 106

elaborate doctrines/creeds

Question 107

come toward

Answer 107

approach

Question 108

stand up respectfully

Answer 108

rise in respect

Question 109

look over

Answer 109

examine

Question 110

an extravagant life

Answer 110

complexities and extravagance

Question 111

hardly give any

Answer 111

give scant

Question 112

look like a man born to lead a country

Answer 112

with an air of destiny

Question 113

尽管

Answer 113

for all