Unit 18 words

1.

edible =eatable 可以吃的，合适于食用的

This mushroom is poisonous ;it’s not edible. edible oil 食用油

2.patent n. 专利（权），专利证

His new invention received national patent.

Vt. 准予 / 给与… 专利

The government patented the new products to its inventor.

3.creative adj. 创造性的

create vt. creation n. 创造 , 创作物 / 品 The creations of the poets creativity n.

4. allow for 顾及，考虑到

We must allow for the train being late.

You can’t make it in an hour,you must allow for the heavy traffic.

allow doing sth / allow sb. to do

5. reject vt. 排斥 / 拒（ refuse ）；丢掉；抛弃

The congress rejected the act of sending forces. 议会否决了出兵议案

We should reject old ideas but not old friends.

rejection n. 排斥，拒绝

6. get stuck 遇到困难，陷进去 I got stuck when I was doing my m

aths homework. They got/was stuck in the heavy rai

n for two hours. >> get +p.p. 被…

7. break away from 摆脱，脱离 The prisoner broke away from the policeman/prison.

We won’t allow Taiwan to break away from the mainland

our motherland.

8. otherwise adv. 要不然，否则 ，在其他方面

Do it right now, ohterwise/or it will be too late.

He is noisy, but otherwise a nice boy. 在其他方面

He reminded me of what should otherwise have forgotten. 他提醒了我，要不然我会忘了这件事

9. connection n. 联系 / 结，关系，

connection between sth. and sth. connection with/to sth. 与…有关联 in connection with sb./sth. 与…有关联，关于

There some connections between smoking and lung cancer. The star said nothing in connection with

her own affairs.

He has connections with those people.

>> connect vt. 连接，把…联系来 ， 接通（电话 / 源等） (~ with/to)This road connects two cities.Connect the line to/with the TV set.Please ~ me with TsinghuaUniversity.

be connected with 与…有联系 / 关系He is no longer connected with the company.

10. previous adj. 以前的，先的 previous to… 在…之前 (before)

His previous attempt failed. I have no previous experience of this kind of job.

We met him a day previous to Christmas.

>> former 以 / 从前的

11. aware adj. 意识到的，知道的 be aware of 知道，意识到

He was aware that he had drunk too much.

I became aware how she might feel.

She wasn’t aware of the dander/snake at all.

12. trial n. 试验，审判 trial and error 反复实验， 不断摸索

The trial flight was successful.The man was on trial for killing the old man.

Through trial and error,they found the cause of cancer.Success comes after trial and error.

13. palmtop 掌上电脑 desktop 台式电脑 laptop 笔记本电脑

14. dusty adj. 满是微尘的， dust n. 微尘，尘土 , 尘埃>> dirt n. 污垢 , 泥土 dirty adj. 肮脏的 , 卑鄙的

15. paste vt. =stick 粘贴 Paste the envelope up with some glue.

Stick the stamp on the letter.

16. storage n. 储存，贮藏 Cold storage 冷藏

>> store n., vt. 储存，贮藏We have lots of coal in store, so we needn’t store any more for the winter.

17. after all 毕竟，别忘了，尽管 Don’t blame him for that, after all, he is

still a child. He failed again, but after all,he tried his best. After all our advice, he insisted on leaving.

18. Electronics n. 电子学 Electronics is not an easy subject.

Electronic adj 电子（学）的 electronic engineer Electronic music Electronic dictionary Electronic mail ( e-mail )

>> electric 电的，电动的electrical 电的，关于电的 electricity n.

19. typewriter 打字机 typist 打字员 typewritten adj 打印的 typewritten letters

>> cook 厨师 cooker 炊具

20. keep track of 保持联系，明了 Keep track of your mistakes

and try to learn from them.

>> keep in touch with sb. get in touch with… be in/out of touch with…

ExercisesFill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words you just learnt.

1.This mushroom is poisonous ;it’s not ______. 可以吃的

2. We should ____ 拒绝 old ideas but not old friends.

3.He is no longer ______( 联系 )with the company.

4. I have no ______( 以前的 ) experience of this

kind of job.5. He reminded me of what s

hould ______( 否则 ) have forgotten.

6. 毕竟 7. 顾及 8. 遇到困难9. 保持联系 10. 与…相似