核心词汇
defect n.[C] 缺陷,瑕疵;不足之处 例:All the cars are tested for defects before they leave the factory.所有汽车在出厂之前都要检查有无缺陷。
vi. * to leave your own country or a group in order to go to or join an opposing one逃离;背叛,变节(后跟介词from) 例:She defected from the Liberals and joined the Socialists. 她脱离自由党,加入了社会党。
encompass vt. ① to completely cover or surround sth. 覆盖;包围,环绕 例:a reservoir encompassed by mountains群山环绕的水库 *② 包含,包括 例:The course will encompass physics, chemistry and biology.课程将包括物理、化学和生物学。
indifference n. *① lack of interest or concern不关心,不在乎 例:show indifference to personal affairs不计较个人的事 ② 不重要,无关紧要 例:a matter of indifference无关紧要的事;in否定前缀,用于构成形容词和名词,表示“不,非,无” 例:insensitive a.不敏感,inability n.没办法,没能力
makebelieve n. [U] 由动词短语make believe变过来的复合名词,意为“假装,假扮,虚构” 例:She told me that her parents are millionaires, but it?s all just makebelieve.她告诉我她父母是百万富翁,但这一切都属子虚乌有。
超纲词汇
fishmonger n. 鱼贩,鱼商;monger n. 商人,贩子,如warmonger战争贩子
litany n.(对一系列事件、原因等)枯燥冗长的陈述 例:a litany of complaints喋喋不休的抱怨
recourse n. *① 求助,求援(的对象);(得救的)办法、手段 例:get over difficulties without recourse to outside help不求外援克服困难 ②(法律上的)追索权
strident a.(说话声音)刺耳的,尖锐的,不和谐的
长难句分析
One is that customer service was an early and inevitable casualty when retailers responded to brutal competition by replacing employees with technology such as 1~800 numbers and voice mail.
该句主干是One is that…。that 引导的是表语从句,其中又嵌套了一个复合句:主句是customer service was an casualty, 从句是when引导的时间状语从句。