研究生英语阅读教程(基础级2版)课文及翻译
VOCABULARY ITEMS
1. jumble：n. a confused or disordered mass杂乱
2. taboo：n. a social custom that certain words, subjects, or actions must be avoided禁忌
3. Oriental：adj. of eastern countries东方各国
4. employ：v. to put to use or service使用
5. sponsor：n. one who takes responsibility for a person or a thing赞助（者）
6. pejorative：adj. depreciatory; belittling轻蔑
7. landmass：n. a large unbroken area of land大陆
8. offensive：adj. causing offense to the mind or senses; disagreeable无礼，不敬的
9. oust：v. to take the place of 取代
10. unabashedly：adv. being not embarrassed不脸红，满不在乎
11. proclaim：v. to make known publicly宣告
12. ancestry：n. line of ancestors祖先
13. ethnicity：n. racial, national, or tribal traits, background, or association n.种族特点(渊源)
14. delicacy：n. need of careful treatment精细，微妙
15. minefield：n. sth. that is full of hidden dangers雷场
16. ideological：adj. of or relating to manner of thinking, ideas of a person, group, etc.意识形态
17. rife (with)：adj. full (usually of bad things) 充满的
18. multiracial：adj. including or involving several different races of people多种族的
19. take on：to begin to have具有，呈现
20. at best (at most)：in the most favorable case至多，充其量
21. at worst：in the worst way在最坏情况下
22. give way：to yield让路，让位
23. ill advised：not sensible or not wise没脑筋的，鲁莽的
NOTES
1. Eurasian: of or relating to the land mass comprising the continents of Europe and Asia
2. Appalachian Mountains: a long range of mountains in northeast America that go southwest from Quebec in Canada to Alabama in the U. S.
3. Maghrib: a region of northwest Africa, considered to include Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
4. Mashriq: the region extending from the western border of Egypt through to the western border of Iran
5. Phoenician: a member of Semitic people of Phoenicia, prominent in Mediterranean history from c. 1100 to c. 625 B. C. as merchants and colonizers
6. Lebanese: people in Lebanon, a country of southwest Asia
7. Semitic: a family of languages, a branch of the Afro-Asian family, comprising a number of ancient and modern languages of southwest Asia and Africa
8. Yankee: a native or inhabitant of the U. S.
9. sub-Saharan: of the region of Africa south of the Sahara desert
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