大学英语精读第二册第8课内容详解
frequently
ad. at short intervals, often 频繁地
overcharge
vt. charge too much 对...要价太高
customer
n. person who buys goods from a shop, esp. regularly 顾客
myth
n. 神话
unlike
prep. not like, different from
cherry
n. 樱桃
biographer
n. person who writes about another person's life 传记作家
ax(e)
n. 斧子
character
n. mental or moral qualities that make one person, race, etc. different from others 性格，品质
moral
a. concerning principles of right of wrong 道德的
reinforce
vt. encourage of strengthen 加强
tax
n. 税，税款
clue
n. sth. that helps to find an answer to a question 线索
check-out
n. desk where one pays the bill of the goods one has chosen 结帐处
supermarket
n. large shop where one serves oneself with food and goods 超级市场
overnight
a. for or during the night 住一夜的;一整夜的
inn
n. small hotel 小旅馆，客栈
towel
n. 毛巾
vast
a. very big
numerous
a. many
watch-dog
a. organized or acting as a watchful guardian, esp. against unlawful practice 起监督作用的
dishonesty
n. the quality of being dishonest
reveal
vt. make known 揭露
evidence
n. sign or proof 证据
ebb
vi. (of the tide) flow back from the land to the sea; grow less; become weak or faint 落潮;低落，衰退
flow
vi. (of the tide) come in; rise; run or spread smoothly (潮)涨;上升;流
incident
n. event; happening 事件
theft
n. (the act of, an instance of) stealing
tend
vi. have a tendency 易于，往往会
link
vt. join or connect 连接;联系
economy
n. 经济
anyway
ad. at all; in any case 究竟;无论如何
tempt
vt. attract (sb.) to do sth. wrong or foolish 引诱
system
n. 体制;制度
systematic
a.
distrust
n. lack of trust; mistrust 不信任，怀疑
contagious
a. tending to spread easily from person to person 传染的
PHEASES & EXPRESSIONS
out of style
no longer fashionable 过时的，不再流行
according to
as stated or shown by; in a way that agrees with 按照，根据
(be) faced with
面对
be hard on
对...过分严厉
on the rise
increasing steadily 在增长;在加剧
a case in point
a very good example 恰当的例子
all but
all except 除了...都
(be) different from
unlike, not the same as 与...不同
think of ... as
regard as
in the case of
就...来说,至于
come to
arrive at a particular state or position 变成(某种状态)
lie in
exist in 在于
on the other hand
from the opposed point of view 另一方面,反过来说
at one's best
in as good a state as possible 处于最佳状态
go up
rise; increase 上升;增加
go down
fall; decrease 下降;减少
PROPER NAMES
Stacia Robbins
斯泰茜娅.罗宾斯
Maryland
马里兰(美国州名)
Abe
艾贝(Abraham的昵称)
Abe