Lesson 48 The silent village
inaccessible
[ɪnək'sesəbl]
adj. 无法到达的
The country consists mainly of dense jungles and inaccessible mountain ranges.
accessible是什么意思英语The bathroom is situated at the top of a flight of stairs, making it inaccessible to the disabled.
accessible
The village is isolated and accessible only by helicopter.
All parts of the museum are accessible to wheelchairs.
access n. 1.（接近或进入某地的）方法，通道 access to …
The only access to the farmhouse is across the fields.
access n. 2.（使用某物或接近某人的）机会或权利 have access to …
Students must have access to a good library.
Only high officials have access to the president.
hospitable ['hɒspɪtəbl]
adj. 好客的
be hospitable to / towards sb.
The local people are very hospitable to strangers.
hospitality
Thank you for your kind hospitality.
The Chinese are noted for their hospitality.
inhospitable unfriendly
unwelcoming forbidding
a forbidding place / appearance
The more expensive kind of antique shop where rare objects are beautifully displayed in glass
cases to keep them free from dust is usually a forbidding place.
hostile ['hɒstaɪl] ['hɑ:stl]
adj. 很不友好的，有敌意的
hostile attitude
a hostile response / reaction / crowd / review / reception …
be hostile to / towards ...
But people who are cut off not only from foreign tourists, but even from their own countrymen
can be hostile to travellers.
be antagonistic to / towards ...
He's always antagonistic towards new ideas.
hostile docile
fertile fragile
futile infantile
juvenile missile
mobile reptile
vicinity [vɪ'sɪnɪti]
n. 附近地区
in the vicinity (of sth.)
There is no hospital in the vicinity.
There are several hotels in the immediate vicinity of the station.
We had spent several days in a small town and visited a number of old churches in the vicinity.
Everyone knows that if he shouts in the vicinity of a wall or a mountainside, an echo will come
back.
in the neighborhood (of sth.)
Is there a good Chinese restaurant in the neighborhood?
Houses in the neighborhood of Paris are extremely expensive.
Hans returned to his family home, but the house had been bombed and no one in the
neighbourhood knew what had become of the inhabitants.
only a short bus ride away
within walking distance
within driving distance
within commuting distance
only a stone’s throw away
abruptly [ə'brʌptlɪ]
adv. 突然地，意外地
abrupt adj. 1. sudden and unexpected, often in an unpleasant way 突如其来的，意外的 an abrupt ending / change / departure
come to an abrupt end / halt
The bus came to an abrupt halt.
Our friendship came to an abrupt end.
bring sth. to an abrupt end / halt
The accident brought his career to an abrupt end.
abrupt adj. 2. seeming rude and unfriendly, esp. because you do not waste time in friendly
conversation 粗鲁无礼的，无耐心的 an abrupt manner
She was very abrupt with me in our meeting.
abruptly
The interview ended abruptly.
‘Good night, then,’ she said abruptly.
tramp [træmp]
v. 缓慢而步履沉重地行走
tramp v. to walk somewhere slowly and with heavy steps 缓慢而步履沉重地行走 He tramped the streets looking for work. tramp through / across / around …
We tramped through the wood for over two hours until we arrived at a deep stream.
go for a solitary tramp in the country
We had a long tramp home.
But real tramps are not beggars.
dilapidated [dɪ'læpɪdeɪtɪd]