新概念3Lesson53 In the public interest拓展材料6-12
6. safeguard   v./n.保护(正式,书面语或严肃大的场合下)
protect  v.保护
--We must safeguard our motherland.
--We must safeguard our state territorial integrity.
--Keeping clean is a safeguard against disease.
safeguard / guard. 保安
--We need several safeguards.
safeguard / protect our eyes.
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7. grievance  n.不平,冤屈
grief  n.极度的悲伤
--I can’t go to the cinema with you tonight because I have to comfort my friend in grief.
grieve  v.: cause grief to 使悲伤，是伤心
--It grieves me to see him in such bad health.
grieve for / about / over  为什么而悲伤
grief / in grief   
grieve / it grieves me…..

8. secretive  adj. 保密的
secretive letters保密的信件

9. correspondence  n.来往信件
keep up correspondence  保持通信联系
--keep in touch with sb. by writing letters
--We keep up correspondence recently for several years.
by / through correspondence =by writing letters
correspondence school 函授学校
correspondence course 函授课程
correspondence : agreement / similarity  相似，一致，和…相符
in correspondence with sb.  与…相一致 ; 与某人有通信
bring sth. into correspondence with sth 使某事与另一事相一致
--We must bring your idea into correspondence with mine.
correspondent  n. 通讯员,通信者

10. alter  vt .改变 : change in character, appearance etc. partly
--The shirt must be altered .It is too large.
change  v.完全,彻底的变化,往往指以新代旧
--Great changes have taken place in our country.
--He changed a lot after so many years of hard work ,so I even can’t recognise him.
convert  v.改变 (态度/信仰等)
--He converted to Buddhism. 他改信佛教了。
--The new house is converted from an old one.
transform   v.在形态或性质上发生变化,尤其指物理能量或电压的改变
--We can transform one form of energy into another.
vary  v.改变(强调事物在不同时间\条件\状况下的变化,强调多样化)
--Customs vary with the times.风俗随时代而变化。
turn  =change

11. ascertain  v.查出,查明=find out / get to know / make certain / make sure
--Let us ascertain when we will hold the party.

12. prejudiced  a.有偏见的,不公平的
prejudice   n.
pride and prejudice 傲慢与偏见
13. prompt  adj. 即时的
prompt / swift / rapid / speedy / hasty

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