【正文】 The old prison was demolished in 1890. ? Several buildings were destroyed by the bomb. 2) to prove that an idea or opinion is pletely wrong: ? He demolished my argument in minutes. ? His research has been painstaking, and he demolishes a great many legends. Smell amp。 preserve Admit / confess / acknowledge ? admit: if you admit sth. bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing, you agree, often reluctantly, that it is true. ? confess: if you confess sth. that you are ashamed of, you admit it. . ? I shouldn’ t confess this, but I did on one occasion fe Tony’ s signature. ? Confess usu. applies to what one feels to be wrong. If you confess sth. or confess to sb., You admit that you have done sth. that you feel ashamed of, or embarrassed about. But admit stresses reluctance, or unwillingness. ? Confession: a religious service at which a person tells his faults to a priest ? acknowledge: if you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists. In usage, confess and admit are almost the same ? to confess / admit that... ? to confess / admit one39。 hold。s feelings, language or behaviour in check。s anger, laughter, tears 抑制住憤怒 ﹑ 笑聲 ﹑ 眼淚 ? restrain one39。 管制 。 ? too embarrassed or nervous to do or say what you want. ? Boys are often more inhibited than girls about discussing their problems. The presence of police officers inhibited them. This medicine will inhibit (抑制 ) the spread of the disease inhibit sb from doing sth ? Students may be inhibited from ing to him with their problems. ? Restrained ? Restain sb/sth(from sth/doing sth) hold back sb/sth from movement or action。t have many connotations, . ? to take medicine to kill the pain ? What you have said killed my hope. ? to kill time ? The president killed the project. murder: to kill with a motive, a plan in advance ? The bandits murdered the man for his money. ? According to the historians he murdered his rival in cold blood. assassinate: kill (esp an important or famous person) for money or for political reasons ? a plot to assassinate the president slaughter: ? a. kill (an animal), usu for food ? b. kill (animals or people) in large numbers butcher: ? a. kill and prepare (animals) for meat ? b. (derog.) kill (people or animals) brutally execute: kill (sb) as a legal punishment, . ? He was executed for bank robbery. massacre: cruel killing of a large number (of people or animals) Holocaust: a situation in which there is great destruction and a lot of people die a nuclear holocaust suicide: n. killing oneself intentionally ? mit suicide Linger 1) linger or linger on: to last or continue for a longer time （ than expected): ? The smell of fish lingered in the kitchen. linger in the mind/memory: His face lingered in her memory. ? Ten years later, the memory still lingers on. 2) to be alive, although very sick, for a long time after you seemed likely to die。m very excited at the prospect of seeing her again. ? Is there any prospect of the weather improving? (possibility) slay (slew, slain): (lit.) to kill or murder, to kill, esp. violently, to put to death。 fail to do sth. because of carelessness, . ? (a) You are neglecting your work / duty. ? (b) There is a factor which we must certainly not neglect. ? (c) He neglected to return the book to the library. ? (d) Don39。 ? grind (磨得吱吱響 ) to a stop/halt ignorance: lack of knowledge,無知，不知道 (a) Please five our ignorance. (b) Poverty, disease and ignorance remain major world problems. (c) We are in plete ignorance of his plan. Ignorance is bliss ignorant: adj. To be ignorant of sth. is not to know it, be ignorant of ... (a) He is quite ignorant of Latin. (b) She was ignorant of his presence. cf: disregard, neglect amp。 meet sb socially or professionally. ? 同 … 往來 ? In his job, he’ s rubbing shoulders with film stars all the time. ? 他在工作中一直同電影明星有來往。 old ? elderly: approaching old age。s view or judgement, but not necessarily a fact. ? Seem suggests an opinion based on subjective impression rather than objective signs. He seems tired. My other visits to Beijing were twenty years ago. How would it seem after such a long time? Look implies that the opinion is based on a general visual impression. His lips looked unnatural. He looks nervous. Appear suggests a distorted impression He appeared not to have heard what had been said about him. He appears / seems / looks to be / like an honest man. Preoccupy / preoccupation ? preoccupy: to fill the thoughts or hold the interest of, to fill one39。 act to the result, the things done. ? The rescue of a shipwrecked crew is a heroic action while the launching of the lifeboat, a brave act. on this soil: on this land, on this earth ? A person in exile es back to his motherland, he kneels down to kiss the soil. ? Here it suggests the emotion of the author. He thinks his country is responsible for the Abomb destruction. He is preoccupied. He has the feeling of atoning (補償 。s mind: think about, think of ? I think I know what39。s thoughts, causing anxiety, unhappiness. ? When you have sth. on your mind, you are pletely preoccupied and obsessed. ? His failure weighs heavily on his mind. ? He has got too much on his mind to worry about your problem. in one39。s funeral, she had a lump in her throat. ? John39。 I slid the wallet into his pocket. Tears were sliding down his cheeks. b. to slide into a particular mood, attitude, or situation means to gradually start to have that mood, attitude, or situation often without intending to. She had slid into a depression… He needs them to stop the count