1248616 周瑶 第二次作业

1. Milestone(n)里程碑
(1) (also milepost especially in North American English) a very important stage or event in the development of something
Eg: This voyage marked an important milestone in the history of exploration.
Today we have passed another milestone on the road towards peace.
(2) a stone by the side of a road that shows how far it is to the next town and to other places
Eg:Type a name and date for the milestone.
造句：That the first human being reaches moon marked an important milestone in exploring the space.
2.uproot根除，迁离
(1) uproot something to pull a tree, plant, etc. out of the ground
Eg:The storms uprooted a number of large trees.
(2) to leave a place where you have lived for a long time; to make somebody do this
Eg: If I accept the job, it will mean uprooting my family and moving to Italy.
造句We decided to uproot and head for Italy.
3.kowtow叩头,极度顺从
kowtow (to somebody/something) (informal, disapproving) to show somebody in authority too much respect and be too willing to obey them
Eg: Her pride wouldn't allow her to kowtow to anyone.
造句The women kowtow outside of Forbidden City
4.foregoing 上述的
1 used to refer to something that has just been mentioned
the foregoing discussion
Eg: The foregoing is a description of the proposed plan.
造句The foregoing story was moving.
5.indifferent漠不关心的；无关紧要的；平凡的；中立的
(1) [not usually before noun] indifferent (to somebody/something)having or showing no interest in somebody/something
Eg: The government cannot afford to be indifferent to public opinion.
(2) not very good，mediocre
Eg: The festival has the usual mixture of movies— good, bad and indifferent.
造句He is indifferent to anybody except to his grandmother.
6.somewhat adv.稍微；有些；多少；几分
to some degree
Eg:The situation has changed somewhat since we last met.
造句I was somewhat surprised to see him.