單詞Lesson1Apumaatlarge

1spotV.看出，發(fā)現(xiàn)

awildpumahadbeenspottedforty-fivemilessouthofLondon.

在倫敦以南45英里處發(fā)現(xiàn)一只美洲獅時(shí)。

awildpumahadbeenforty-fivemilessouthofLondon.

2takenseriously受到重視

theywerenottakenseriously

這些報(bào)告并沒有受到重視。

theywerenot_________________

3accumulate/e'kju:mjuleit/v.積累，積聚

However,astheevidencebegantoaccumulate,

可是，隨著證據(jù)越來越多，

However,astheevidencebeganto,

4investigate調(diào)查

expertsfromtheZoofeltobligedtoinvestigate,

動(dòng)物園的專家們感到有必要進(jìn)行一番調(diào)查

expertsfromtheZoofeltobligedto,

5oblige使……感到必須

expertsfromtheZoofeltobligedtoinvestigate,

可是，隨著證據(jù)越來越多，動(dòng)物園的專家們感到有必要進(jìn)行一番調(diào)查，

expertsfromtheZoofelttoinvestigate,

6descriptions描述

forthedescriptionsgivenbypeople

人們所描述的情況。

forthegivenbypeople

7claimedto聲稱

whoclaimedtohaveseenthepumawereextraordinarilysimilar.

因?yàn)榉彩锹暦Q見到過美洲獅的人們所描述的情況竟是出奇地相似。

whotohaveseenthepumawereextraordinarilysimilar.

8huntn.追獵；尋找

Thehuntforthepumabeganinasmallvillage.

搜尋美洲獅的工作是從一座小村莊開始的。

Theforthepumabeganinasmallvillage.

9blackberryn.黑莓

awomanpickingblackberriessaw'alargecat'onlyfiveyardsaway

fromher.

一位婦女在采摘黑莓時(shí)的看見“一只大貓”，離她僅5碼遠(yuǎn)，

awomanpickingsaw'alargecat'onlyfiveyardsaway

fromher.

10cornerv.使走投無路，使陷入困境

expertsconfirmedthatapumawillnotattackahumanbeingunlessit

iscornered.

專家證實(shí)，美洲獅非被逼得走投無路,是決不會(huì)傷人的。

expertsconfirmedthatapumawillnotattackahumanbeingunlessit

is.

11humanbeing/人類

apumawillnotattackahumanbeingunlessitiscornered.

美洲獅非被逼得走投無路，是決不會(huì)傷人的。

apumawillnotattackaunlessitiscornered.

12runaway逃走

Itimmediatelyranawaywhenshesawit,

她剛看見它，它就立刻逃走了。

Itimmediatelywhenshesawit,

13trail/'treil/n.一串,一系列

itleftbehinditatrailofdeaddeerandsmallanimalslikerabbits.

一路上總會(huì)留下一串死鹿以及死兔子之類的小動(dòng)物o

itleftbehinditaofdeaddeerandsmallanimalslikerabbits.

14print/print/n.印痕

Pawprintswereseeninanumberofplaces

在許多地方看見了爪印。

Pawwereseeninanumberofplaces

15clingv.粘

pumafurwasfoundclingingtobushes.

灌木叢中發(fā)現(xiàn)了粘在上面的美洲獅毛。

pumafurwasfoundtobushes.

16complainedof抱怨

Severalpeoplecomplainedof'cat-likenoises'atnight.

有人抱怨說夜里聽見“像貓一樣的叫聲”；

Severalpeople'cat-likenoises'atnight.

17convincev.使..信月艮

Theexpertswerenowfullyconvincedthattheanimalwasapuma,

專家們?nèi)缃褚呀?jīng)完全肯定那只動(dòng)物就是美洲獅，

Theexpertswerenowfullythattheanimalwasapuma,

18somehowadv.不知怎么搞地，

thisonemusthavebeensomehowmanagedtoescape.

因此那只美洲獅知怎么設(shè)法逃出來了。

thisonemusthavebeenmanagedtoescape.

19inthepossessionof,為..所有

thisonemusthavebeeninthepossessionofaprivatecollector.

因此那只美洲獅一定是某位私人收藏豢養(yǎng)的，不知怎么設(shè)法逃出來了。

thisonemusthavebeentheofaprivatecollector.

20managedtoescape設(shè)法逃出

thisonemusthavebeensomehowmanagedtoescape.

因此那只美洲獅知怎么設(shè)法逃出來了。

thisonemusthavebeensomehowto.

21disturb/di'st*:b/v.令人不安

Itisdisturbingtothinkthatadangerouswildanimalisstillat

large.

想到在寧靜的鄉(xiāng)村里有一頭危險(xiǎn)的野獸繼續(xù)逍遙流竄，真令人擔(dān)心。

Itistothinkthatadangerouswildanimalisstillat

large.

22atlarge是介詞短語，此處表示“逍遙自在，