剑桥雅思考试全真试题5高频词汇整理-西泽读留学

　　剑桥雅思考试全真试题5高频词汇整理

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　　剑桥雅思考试全真试题5—TEST1—1

　　Johnson’s dictionary (1)

　　1)bringing some order to the chaos of English spelling

　　chaos：混乱;杂乱

　　2)dictionaries compiled by a certain Robert Cawdray

　　compile：汇编 ; 编辑

　　Alphabetical：按字母表顺序的

　　certain 某某，某位

　　3)Cawdray's tended to concentrate on ‘ scholarly ’ words

　　concentrate：集中

　　scholarly：博学的; 学问精深的; 学术水平高的;学术上的

　　4)one function of the dictionary was to enable its student to convey an impression of fine learning.

　　convey：传达 , 传递，表达

　　5)the rise of dictionaries is associated with the rise of the English, middle class, who were anxious to define and circumscribe the various worlds to conquer -lexical as well as social and commercial.

　　circumscribe：在 ... 周围画线，限定

　　conquer：克服，征服，战胜

　　lexical：词汇的

　　6)It is highly appropriate that Dr Samuel Johnson, the very model of an eighteenth-century literary man

　　highly：非常，很，高度地

　　appropriate：适当的 , 恰当的

　　7)Johnson was a poet and critic who raised common sense to the heights of genius

　　critic：批评家，评论家

　　genius：天才

　　8)Up until his time , the task of producing a dictionary on such a large scale had seemed impossible without the establishment of an academy to make decisions about right and wrong usage

　　Up until：直到, 到 ... 为止

　　Time：时期;时代;年代

　　Academy：学会、协会

　　Usage：(词语的)用法，惯用法

　　single-handed：一个人的，单独的，独力的。eg:he would do it single-handed

　　9)Johnson signed the contract for the Dictionary with the bookseller Robert Dosley

　　contract：合同 , 契约

　　bookseller：书商

　　installment：分期付款

　　10)Johnson himself was stationed on a rickety chair

　　station：驻扎 , 部署

　　rickety：不牢靠的 , 不稳固的