约1660字。Module 5 Unit 2   Vocabulary 牛津版M5Unit2的单词详细讲解
　　1. economy   n  经济(情况), 节约 develop nati onal ~
　　economic  adj  经济（学）的；有利可图的   ~ growth/independence/policy/ development
　　economical adj. 经济的，实惠的；节俭的，精打细算的  He is ~ in all areas of his life.
　　economist  n.  经济学家   economics 经济学     major in ～ ___________
　　2.debate  vt/vi/ n.争论, 辩论；考虑  a debate on/ about/ over sth.
　　After a heated debate, they reached/came to/ arrived at an agreement.
　　3. cut back (on sth) 减少，缩减If we don’t sell more, we will have to cut back on production.
　　cut across 取捷径穿越  We cut across the field to save time.
　　cut away (from sth) 切除，砍掉 They cut away all the dead branches from the tree.
　　cut down 砍倒；缩减，缩小 cut down a tree  We should cut the article down to 1000 words.
　　cut in (on sth) 打断，插嘴 She tting in on our conversation.
　　cut off ①切掉，砍掉He had his finger cut off in an accident at work.
　　②停止，中断（供给、电话通话等）We were cut off in the middle of our conversation.
　　_________ (strike) by the heavy snowfalls, the city was cut off from the outside, _______ (face) water and electricity shortage.
　　cut out 切下，剪下（from）cut out an article from a newspaper 删除 cut out the first two chapters
　　cut sth. up  切碎，剁碎 He cut up the meat on his plate.
　　4. responsibility  n. 责任，职责a sense of ~; shoulder/ take (on) ~ for 为…负责  responsible  adj. be ~ for 对…负责；成为…的原因 It’s education system rather than teachers __________________ overload on the students.
　　5. belief  n. ①信心，相信 Her belief in God is very firm. ②看法，信念There is a general belief that things will soon get better. ③信仰religious/political beliefs
　　beyond belief 令人难以置信  believable adj. 可信的  _________(反义词)
　　6. environment  n 环境make contributions to the protection of the ~
　　environmental adj. 周围的, 环境的 ~ protection / pollution
　　environmentalist  n 环境保护论者  environmentally－friendly 环保的
　　7. quantity n. 数量 The scientist suggested ____(我们) cut back on the ~ of things we produce to  save the environment.
　　a large quantity of / large quantities of
　　Large quantities of water ___________ (supply) to the earthquake-hit areas.
　　8.willing  adj.乐意的，愿意的I am perfectly willing to join you.  willingly adv. / willingness n.
　　will  modal verb. ① 表将来By next year all the money will have been spent.
　　② 表意愿 I will check this letter for you, if you want. / They will not lend us any more money.
　　③ 表倾向，表习惯 The door won’t open. / Fish will die without water. / She will listen to music, alone in her room, for hours.
　　n. ①意志，毅力，自制力Where there’s a will there is a way.
　　②意愿，心愿We don’t want to go against your will. ③遗嘱 The house ______ go to the daughter, according to the old man’s will.
　　9. use up/run out/run out of 用完，耗尽We have _______ /            our food.=Our food has _________/ _______   . 成为…状态The river ran dry. /Prices are running higher and higher. // run the risk of … // run a restaurant
　　run over将…辗过 avoid____________  run across/into撞上；偶遇  run after追逐  run for President 竞选   in the long ～/term 从长远来看
　　10. customs  n. 海关; 关税the Customs海关a customs officer 海关人员customs duties 关税
　　① It took us an hour to get through/pass the customs. ②I had to pay customs on this camera.
　　custom  n. 风俗习惯，习俗 Social customs vary greatly from country to country.
　　11. impress  vt. 给……留下印象；使…铭记
　　① We interviewed a number of candidates but none of them impressed us.
　　② He ~ed her with his sincerity. = He ~ed his sincerity on her. = She was ~ed by/with/at his sincerity.
　　impression n.印象，感想What's your first impression of our school?
　　His trip to India made/left a deep ~ on him.        impressive adj. 给人深刻印象的，感人的
　　12. conflict  n.冲突；矛盾armed / military ~ 武装/军事冲突 /  ~ between A and B / ~ over sth.