【雅思真題詞匯】 劍橋五《Johnson’s dictionary》part1

劍橋雅思考試全真試題5—TEST1—1
     Johnson’s dictionary （1）

1）bringing some order to the chaos of English spelling
    chaos：混亂；雜亂

2）dictionaries compiled by a certain Robert Cawdray
    compile：匯編 ; 編輯
    Alphabetical：按字母表順序的
    certain 某某，某位

3）Cawdray's tended to concentrate on ‘scholarly’ words
    concentrate：集中
    scholarly：博學的; 學問精深的; 學術(shù)水平高的；學術(shù)上的

4）one function of the dictionary was to enable its student to convey an impression of fine learning.
    convey：傳達 , 傳遞，表達

5）the rise of dictionaries is associated with the rise of the English, middle class, who were anxious to define and circumscribe the various worlds to conquer -lexical as well as social and commercial.
    circumscribe：在 ... 周圍畫線，限定
    conquer：克服，征服，戰(zhàn)勝
    lexical：詞匯的

6）It is highly appropriate that Dr Samuel Johnson, the very model of an eighteenth-century literary man
    highly：非常，很，高度地
    appropriate：適當?shù)?, 恰當?shù)?/p>

7）Johnson was a poet and critic who raised common sense to the heights of genius
    critic：批評家，評論家
    genius：天才

8）Up until his time, the task of producing a dictionary on such a large scale had seemed impossible without the establishment of an academy to make decisions about right and wrong usage
    Up until：直到, 到 ... 為止
    Time：時期；時代；年代
    Academy：學會、協(xié)會
    Usage：（詞語的）用法，慣用法
    single-handed：一個人的，單獨的，獨力的。eg:he would do it single-handed

9）Johnson signed the contract for the Dictionary with the bookseller Robert Dosley
    contract：合同 , 契約
    bookseller：書商
    installment：分期付款

10）Johnson himself was stationed on a rickety chair
    station：駐扎 , 部署
    rickety：不牢靠的 , 不穩(wěn)固的
    garret：頂層房間 ; （尤指）閣樓
    biographer：傳記作者
    Elizabethan：伊利莎白女王時代

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