单词

spot

斑点，点

a big red spot 大红斑

a spot on one's reputation 名誉的污点

a leopard won't change its spots *易改，本性难移

搭配

1. spot of sth,

   e.g. a spot of bother. You seem to be having a spot of bother with your car, can I help?

2. a scenic spot

   A great many of scenic spots are being spoilt by the ill-behaved tourists.

3. on the spot

   Ten minutes after calling 911, a police car arrived on the spot.(出发四天后：four days after setting out)

发现

(NCE3-10 P50-L9) Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a look-out.

(NCE3-11 P54-L 14) He had spotted a tiny bottle at the bottom of my case and he pounced on it with delight.

evidence

可数不可数？——不可数

一条证据：a piece of evidence

形容词：evident, self-evident(不言自明的)

e.g.

AlI truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. ——Arthur Schopenhauer

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by the Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ——Thomas Jefferson

court

go to court : 打官司，起诉（类比go to school）

settle sth out of court：私了（与上面反义）

accumulate

e.g. acuumulate knowledge / possessions / vocabulary

近义词

1. amass

   People tend to amass possessions.

2. pile up

   Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind.

3. collect

   collect stamps

4. gather

   gather crops

5. hoard（负面，囤积）

   Shen zhen real estate developers hoard large amounts of land.

obilige （使……感到必须）

搭配 & 近义词

1. be / feel obiliged to do —— 迫于道义，责任

   Many parents feel obiliged to pay for at least part of the wedding.

2. be / feel compelled to do —— 迫于外界压力

   President Nixon felt compelled to resign.

3. be / feel impelled to do —— 内发的
   He felt impelled to point out that they were making a dangerous mistake.

p.s. 词根 -pel ：迫使，推

human being

1. human being(可数)
2. man (作人类时不可数)（以下单词均不可数）
3. mankind （比较正式）
4. humanking（比较正式）
5. human race（强调人类作为一个种族）
6. humanity （强调人性）

e.x. alien being, intelligent being

此处的be释作动词存在，或者

e.g.

To be, or not to be: that is the question. —— Hamlet
| think therefore | am. —— Rene Descartes

somehow （adv. 不知怎么搞地，不知什么原因）

e.g.

| mean she was the same woman | fell in love with, she hadn't changed. But somehow everything's different. We've lost something along the way.

e.x.

1. somewhat（有点，有些）

   He was somewhat hungry.
   He was somewhat embarrassed.

2. somewhere（不知在哪）

   I've lost my wallet somewhere around here.

disturb (v. 打扰， 令人不安)

常见用法e.g.

1. Do not disturb.
2. I hope I'm not disturbing you.
3. Sorry to disturb you, but I really need your help.