English Intensive Reading 吉林大学远程教育学院    
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to determine : (v.)
1) to decide on 决定
1.He has determined the date for his wedding. 他已决定了结婚的日期。
2.The date for the meeting has not been determined. 开会日期还没决定。
2) to find out precisely 明确地找出；测定
1.Doctors have not determined the cause of this disease.
医生还没有找出引发这种疾病的原因。
2.He determined his location by using a compass. 他通过指南针来确定方向。
3)to make up one’s mind 下决心
1.We determined on an early start. 我们决定早些动身。
2.He determined to learn Greek. 他决心学希腊语。
to get rid of :to be free of 摆脱；解脱
1.We were glad to get rid of our overcoats. 我们很高兴脱掉了外套。
2.These shoes are difficult to get rid of. 这些鞋子很难卖掉。
to fish out:to draw or pull 拖出；捞出
1.He fished out a coin out of his pocket. 他从兜里掏出一个硬币。
2.She fished out her cloth from the river. 她把衣服从河里捞出来。
He said it was a plot to deprive him of his living by waking up the corpses.
Meaning: He said it was a secret plan to wake up the corpses with the odour of the cheeses, and as a result he would be unemployed.
他说这个阴谋，企图用奶酪熏醒死尸，砸了他的饭碗。
plot: 1.
(n.) 1) secret plan 阴谋；密谋
1.Their plot against the king failed.
他们推翻国王统治的阴谋失败了。
2.They have a plot to deceive the old man.
他们密谋欺骗那位老人。
2)outline (of the events of a story ,esp. of a novel)
情节（尤其指小说或故事的）：结构
1.The plot of the story moves all the audience.
故事的情节深深打动了观众。
2.The plot of this drama is very complicated.
戏剧的情节非常复杂。
2. (v.) 1)to make a secret plan 密谋 ；参与阴谋
1.He plots with secretary to cheat the company.
他和秘书合谋来欺骗公司。
2.They are plotting to assassinate the Empire.
他们密谋刺杀皇帝。
2) to make a map or diagram 制图
1.He plotted a temperature curve.
他绘制了一个温度曲线。
2.They are plotting aircraft movements by radar.
他们正在用雷达标示飞机的动向。
deprive: (v.) to take away from 剥夺
1. Trees deprive the house of the light. 树遮住了房子的光线。
2. They were deprived of the right of election. 他们被剥夺了选举权。
deprivation: (n.) depriving or being deprived 夺去,剥夺
1.The deprivation of his citizenship shocked him.
被剥夺公民权这一做法令他很吃惊。
2. The deprivation of children’s education is not right.
剥夺孩子受教育的做法是不正确的。
Comparison: living, alive, live.
living: (adj.) alive,esp. now existent 活着的；(尤指)现存的 着重指没有死的状态，即现存的人或事物，可作表语或定语。
1.Biology is the study of living things.
生物学是研究生物的科学。
2.My grandfather is still living at the age of 93.
alive: living,(esp. having the possibility of dying but still existent) 活着的；在世的 （多用于人，强调虽有死的可能，但仍活着，通常作表语，作定语时一般后置。）
1.It’s great to be alive. 活着就是好。
2.Who is the greatest man alive? 当今最伟大的人物是谁？
live: (adj.) having life 有生命的;活的
指肉体的出现而不是相片,画像;或人死后还在人们心中的“活着”;指物时 ,表示“有生命的,有活力的”;还可表示向场转播（电视,广播）
1.There is much live fish in the market every day.
每天都有许多活鱼上市。
2.Some television and radio programs are live.
有些电视和广告节目是实况转播的。