自考高级英语上册Lesson 15 the Beauty Industry.ppt

Lesson Fifteen the Beauty Industry
expend
V. Spend; use up 花费;用光
He expends all his money on 。
They expended all their 。
transform
V. Completely change the appearance, character or function of sth or ,特性或功能
The waste land has been transformed into fertiles 。
Marriage seems to have transfromed him into another 。
In any case
at any rate, whatever may happen无论如何;不管怎样
In any case, you can have a 。
You’ve tried your best, in any ,你尽力了。
due to
Caused by, because of 由于,因为
His ess was largely due to his 。
The failure of the experience was due to his 。
In part
Partly; to some extent部分地,某种程度上
His ess was due in part to 。
She looks in part like her 。
cultivate
V. Give care, thought, time in order to develop培养;陶冶
He tried to cultivate the people who can be useful to him in his 。
She often reads the best authors in an attempt to cultivate her 。
diffuse
V. Send out, spend in every direction散步,传播
He diffused knowledge all over the 。
Diffusion: n. Diffusing or being diffused散布,传播
The diffusion of knowledge is through books and 。
such as it is
意为“虽然并不是怎么样的东西,虽然并无多大价值”。
. You can use my car ,such as it is.
你可以用我的车,虽然并不是什么好车。
badly off
in a poor position, esp, financially, in want of money贫困潦倒,缺钱
We shouldn’plain about being poor—many family are much worse ,许多人的家境还要糟得多。
In the cities, the poor are as they were in the ,穷人们还像他们在农村时一样贫穷。
比较:be badly off for sth: be in need of sth需要...
The refugees are badly off for blankets, and even worse off for ,更需要食物。