settlement [ˈsetlmənt] n. 新拓居地，解决，协议
【搭】in full settlement 偿还全部债务
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A: Have all the problems settled?
B: Yes, all the problems have come to a settlement.
A：问题处理完了吗？
B：是的，所有问题都已经解决了。
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enterprising [ˈentəpraiziŋ] adj. 有事业心的
settler [ˈsetlə] n. 移居者
promiscuous [prəˈmiskjuəs] adj. 杂乱的
【派】promiscuously 杂乱地
【扩】littery 杂乱的 messy 杂乱的
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A: Promiscuous eating habits is bad for your health.
B: I see. But sometimes the work left me no time to have a meal.
A：不规则的饮食习惯对你的健康很不利。
B：我知道，但是有时候工作起来根本没时间吃饭。
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abandon [ˈəbændən] n. 放纵，纵情，放任
【例】Those who abandon themselves to despair can not succeed.
那些自暴自弃的人无法成功。
overrun [ˈəuvərʌn] v. 蔓延，泛滥
【扩】overswell 泛滥 deluge 使泛滥
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A: My house has been overrun by cockroaches.
B: Don't you want to do anything about it?
A：现在我的家中蟑螂猖獗。
B：你就不想做些什么吗？
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devastation [ˌdevəˈsteiʃən] n. 破坏，劫掠
【扩】destruction 破坏，毁灭 demolishment 破坏，毁坏
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A: The devastation of the ecological environment in some areas has worsened.
B: If they don't stop that behaviour, they will be punished by nature.
A：在某些地区，对生态环境的毁坏更严重了。
B：如果他们不停下来的话，会被大自然惩罚啊。
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burrow [ˈbʌrəu] v. 挖，掘
【扩】grub 挖掘 excavate 挖掘
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A: I had to burrow in the library for the books I needed.
B: Wait a moment. I'll go with you.
A：我只好在图书馆搜寻我所需要的书。
B：等一下，我跟你一起去。
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susceptible [səˈseptəbəl] adj. 易受感染的
【搭】be susceptible of 能……的 be susceptible to 对……敏感的
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A: We are all susceptible to advertising.
B: So let's turn off the television.
A：我们都容易受广告的影响。
B：那我们把电视给关了吧。
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virus [ˈvaiərəs] n. 病毒
myxomatosis [ˌmiksəməˈtəusis] n. 多发性粘液瘤
infect [inˈfekt] v. 传染
【派】infection 传染
【搭】be infected with 染上
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A: Go away. I don't want to infect you with my cold.
B: Have you taken any medicine?
A：走开，我可不想把我的感冒传染给你。
B：你吃感冒药了吗？
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epidemic [ˌepiˈdemik] n. 流行病
【搭】an influenza epidemic 流行性感冒
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A: The village was smitten by a kind of epidemic.
B: The villagers there must be very panicked.
A：那个村子被一种传染病侵袭了。
B：那儿的村民肯定特别恐慌。
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mosquito [məˈskiːtəu] n. 蚊虫
carrier [ˈkæriə] n. 带菌者
exterminate [ikˈstəːmineit] v. 消灭
【派】extermination 消灭
【扩】perish 消灭 extirpate 消灭，根除
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A: I must exterminate the mosquitoes before going to sleep, or I can't sleep well in the night.
B: But we don't have any insecticide now.
A：我睡觉前必须把这些蚊子消灭掉，否则晚上我就没法睡好了。
B：但是我们已经没有杀虫剂了。
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ironically [aiˈrɔnikəli] adv. 具有讽刺意味地
【例】Ironically, most people came to watch the match on the day it poured with rain.
老天爷好像成心捉弄人，很多人前来看比赛却偏偏下起瓢泼大雨。
bequeath [biˈkwiːð] v. 把……传给
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A: He bequeathed all of his property to his daughter.
B: He also has a son, right?
A：他把全部财产都遗赠给了他女儿。
B：他还有个儿子对吧？
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pest [pest] n. 害虫，有害动物
pestilence [ˈpestiləns] n. 瘟疫
confine [kənˈfain] n. 范围
【派】confinement 限制
【扩】scope 范围 extent 范围
【搭】between the confines of ……界限之间
domesticate [dəˈmestikeit] v. 驯养
【派】domesticated 驯养的，驯服的
【扩】tame 驯养，使驯服
【例】Thousands of years ago people had learned how to domesticate animals.
几千年以前人们就学会了饲养动物。
noun [具体名词]（解决争端的）协议，和解；定居点，聚居地 ；殖民，开拓； <法律>（关于钱财转让的）协议（书）；（欠款的）支付，偿付；（地面或建筑物的）下沉，下陷；（按照协议规定收到的）金额；定居行动；结算，清账；解决，处理；<美>部落，村落 - Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement.
noun [专属名词]移居者；殖民者 - The first German village in southwestern Siberia was founded a century ago by settlers from the Volga region.
noun [专属名词]（Settler）人名；（德）泽特勒 - "What Arab East Jerusalem?" asks a settler in an Arab area.
verb [vt. 及物动词]抛弃，遗弃；（因危险）离开，舍弃；中止，不再有；放弃（信念、信仰或看法）；陷入，沉湎于（某种情感） - If you abandon an activity or piece of work, you stop doing it before it is finished.
noun [抽象名词]放任，放纵。 - If you say that someone does something with abandon, you mean that they behave in a wild, uncontrolled way and do not think or care about how they should behave.
verb [vt. 及物动词]泛滥，横行；超出，超过（预期的时间或金钱）；（士兵）占领，蹂躏；越过，延伸到……之外；比（机器的另一部分）转速快 - A group of rebels overran the port area and most of the northern suburbs.
noun [抽象名词]超出的时间，超出的成本（费用）；超限运动（或延伸）；（机场跑道的）保险道；（车辆的）超限运动 - Her lectures never overrun.
noun [专属名词]蚊子 - A single mosquito can infect a large number of people.
adverb [方式副词]具有讽刺意味的是；反讽地，讽刺地 - If you say something ironically, you say the opposite of what you really mean, as a joke.
noun [集合/集体]害虫，有害动物；<非正式>讨厌的人（或物） - You can describe someone, especially a child, as a pest if they keep bothering you.
verb [vi. 不及物动词]限制，局限；防止…扩散；关押，监禁；使离不开（或受困于床、轮椅等） - Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to the Tabatinga area.
noun [抽象名词]边界，范围；限制，局限 - He did not confine himself to the one language.
sb. was confined to + 地点
- sb. was confined to the room. 某人被关在某个地方
verb [vt. 及物动词]驯养；教化；引进 - We domesticated the dog to help us with hunting.
verb [vi. 不及物动词]驯养；使习惯于或喜爱家务和家庭生活 - If you domesticate this raccoon, it will have trouble living in the wild.
