词组积累

　　1. rule out

　　①If you rule out a course of action, an idea, or a solution, you decide that it is impossible or unsuitable. 不考虑;排除

　　例：The Treasury Department has ruled out using a weak dollar as the main solution for the country's trade problems.

　　财政部已经不考虑使用疲软美元作为解决该国贸易问题的主要方法。

　　②If something rules out a situation, it prevents it from happening or from being possible.阻止…发生;使….不可能

　　例：A serious car accident ruled out a permanent future for him in farming.

　　1986年的一起严重车祸使他永远无法务农了。

　　2. run afoul of

　　If you run afoul of someone or something, you do something that causes problem with them

　　例: All of them had run afoul of the law at some time or other.

　　他们都曾经犯过法。

　　3. home in on

　　①if you home in on one particular aspect of something, you give all your attention to it

　　例：The critics immediately home in on the group’s essential members.

　　批评家们立刻就把全部注意力集中在该集团的关键成员们身上。

　　词汇积累

　　headstrong/ ˈhedstrɔːŋ /:

　　a headstrongperson is determined to do things their own way and refuses to listen to advice 固执的;倔强任性的

　　例：He's young, very headstrong, but he's a good man underneath.他年青、任性，但骨子里是个好人。

　　sanguine/ ˈsæŋɡwɪn /：

　　sanguine(about sth)

　　( formal) cheerful and confident about the future 充满信心的;乐观的

　　例：They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects.

　　他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。

　　He tends to take a sanguine viewof the problems involved.

　　他对涉及的问题持乐观态度。

　　fallout /ˈfɔːlaʊt /:

　　①dangerous radioactive dust that is in the air after a nuclear explosion (核爆炸后的)放射性坠尘

　　②the bad results of a situation or an action 后果;余波

　　例：Grundy lost his job in the fallout from the incident.

　　格伦迪受该事件影响丢了工作。

　　hunch / hʌntʃ /

　　verb:[intransitive ,  transitive ] to bend the top part of your body forward and raise your shoulders and back 弓身;弓背;耸肩

　　例：She leaned forward, hunching over the desk.

　　她身体前倾，伏在写字枱上。

　　Hunch sth

　　例：He hunched his shoulders and thrust his hands deep into his pockets.

　　他耸着肩，双手深深地插进衣袋。

　　Noun: a feeling that sth is true even though you do not have any evidence to prove it 预感;直觉

　　例：It seemed that the doctor's hunch had been right.

　　看起来医生的直觉是对的。

　　I had a hunch (that) you'd be back.

　　我有预感你会回来。

　　to follow/back your hunches 凭直觉做事

　　demure/ dɪˈmjʊr/

　　①(of a woman or a girl 女子 ) behaving in a way that does not attract attention to herself or her body; quiet and serious 娴静的;端庄的

　　例：a demure young lady

　　娴静的年轻女士

　　②suggesting that a woman or girl is demure 显得(女子)庄重的

　　例：a demure smile 矜持的微笑

　　a demure navy blouse with a white collar

　　严肃庄重的白领海军军服上衣

　　exhort/ ɪɡˈzɔːrt/

　　( formal) to try hard to persuade sb to do sth 规劝;敦促;告诫

　　Exhort sb to do sth

　　例：The party leader exhorted his members to start preparing for government.该党领袖敦促党员着手准备筹建政府的工作。

　　Exhort sb to sth

　　例：They had been exhorted to action.

　　已经告诫他们采取行动。

　　Exhort (sb) + speech

　　例：‘Come on!’ he exhorted (them).

　　“快点!”他敦促(他们)道。

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