U3

Question 1

承诺，保证（做某事，遵守协议等

Answer 1

commit oneself to doing sth

Question 2

逐渐变弱，逐渐平息，逐渐暗淡

Answer 2

die down

Question 3

尽情享用

Answer 3

feast on

Question 4

踢开，踢掉

Answer 4

kick off

Question 5

猛然站起来

Answer 5

leap to one’s feet

Question 6

费力做某事，兢兢业业的做某事

Answer 6

take great pains to do sth

Question 7

闲扯，唠叨

Answer 7

prattle

Question 8

发出持续而低沉的声音

Answer 8

rumble

Question 9

跋涉，涉水，蹚水

Answer 9

wade

Question 10

市镇的边缘地带

Answer 10

outskirts

Question 11

嘀咕，嘟囔

Answer 11

mutter

Question 12

缓慢庄重的说

Answer 12

intone

Question 13

激动的，焦虑不安的

Answer 13

feverish

Question 14

主要的，基本的，重要的

Answer 14

staple

Question 15

一点也不

Answer 15

no way

Question 16

抛弃，废除

Answer 16

cast aside

Question 17

区分

Answer 17

tell sth apart from

Question 18

可以说，在一定程度上

Answer 18

as it were

Question 19

开始起作用

Answer 19

come into play

Question 20

是认真的，说话算数

Answer 20

mean business

Question 21

突然攻击

Answer 21

turn on/upon sb

Question 22

起作用

Answer 22

at work

Question 23

意义/颜色上的细微差别

Answer 23

shades of color/meaning

Question 24

飘荡，吹送

Answer 24

waft

Question 25

节俭的

Answer 25

sparingly

Question 26

覆盖物

Answer 26

mulch

Question 27

假扮，假装

Answer 27

make-believe

Question 28

自欺欺人

Answer 28

self-delusion

Question 29

大量的

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bountiful

Question 30

蠕动，曲折前行

Answer 30

worm one’s way through

Question 31

保持尊严，要求得到应有的礼遇

Answer 31

stand on one’s dignity

Question 32

不管，不顾，不理会

Answer 32

regardless of

Question 33

有失尊严，有失身份，有失体面

Answer 33

beneath one’s dignity

Question 34

cease
halt
pause
suspend

Answer 34

cease指某种状态或情况整个结束消失，也可表示意外突然地结束消失
halt指运动或事态的突然终止
pause指短暂的间隔或终止，隐含再进行之意
suspend侧重暂不实行某事物或使某事物暂停

Question 35

认真考虑，沉思

Answer 35

reflect on/upon

Question 36

置之一旁，置之不理

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thrust sth aside

Question 37

强迫……接受

Answer 37

thrust sb/sth on/upon sb

Question 38

整洁，有秩序，有条理的

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orderliness

Question 39

有……的倾向

Answer 39

have a tendency to/towards

Question 40

对……直言不讳

Answer 40

be outspoken in sth

Question 41

一片混乱

Answer 41

in chaos

Question 42

……也是如此

Answer 42

the same goes for

Question 43

与……不合，不一致

Answer 43

conflict with

Question 44

resolve
decide
determine

Answer 44

resolve常用于书面语中，语气较强，常指以坚定不移的信念去做或不做某事，暗含有远大抱负和坚强决心
decide常用，经过思考，比较，讨论，询问之后作出的决定
determine指仔细思考后决心去做某事并持之以恒

Question 45

决定做

Answer 45

resolve on sth / on doing sth

Question 46

体力劳动艰苦繁重的，累死人的

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back-breaking

Question 47

有做……的天赋

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have an instinct for sth

Question 48

修理某物

Answer 48

patch sth up

Question 49

既然如此（2）

Answer 49

as it is/though

Question 50

revive one’s spirit

Answer 50

重新振作精神

Question 51

build one’s character

Answer 51

培养/锻炼某人品格