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1、现代大学英语精读lesson100003 Still waters run deep.流静水深流静水深,人静心深人静心深 Where there is life,there is hope。有生命必有希望。有生命必有希望LESSON14 HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE DRUG PROBLEMAt cost 1For only the amount of money that is needed to make or get sth,without any profit being added on When the salesman said they were sellin

2、g their products at cost,I didnt believe him At a cost/at what cost 1Used to say that it may not have been worth doing sth because so much has been lost or damaged as a resultHe obtained a professorship in the end,but at a cost to his marriage.At the cost of sth 1I dont think you should work so hard

3、 at the cost of your health At all costs/at any cost 1We were instructed that the mans life be saved at all costs.It might be good to do sth 3Used for making a suggestion,giving advice To interfere with 3To prevent sth from succeeding or from being done as planned End up 4(mainly spoken)to be in a p

4、articular place or state after doing sth or because of doing it It you dont mend your ways,youll end up a criminal Too bad 5(spoken)used for saying that you are sorry or sympathetic about sth Too bad the shoes dont fit you You lost your job?Thats too bad.To be hooked on sth 8To find sth so attractiv

5、e or interesting that you cant stop yourself from doing it.To have a vested interest in(doing)sth 8To have a special reason for wanting sth to happen in a particular way,because you will benefit from this.To play cops and robbers 8It is one of childrens favorite games in which some play the good guy

6、s,others the bad.To wither away 9To become weaker and then disappear To good to be true 11So good that you cannot believe that such a situation is possible To lift 13 To officially end a rule or law that stops sb from doing sth To be alone in(doing)sth 15(usually in negatives or questions)to be the

7、only person that does sth Declare/wage war on sth 15（向。宣战）to make a determined effort to control or stop sth The beauty of sth 16The advantage or good quality that sth has.Forty-fold 18Forty times larger than before-fold 18(suffix)used with numbers to make adjectives and adverbs describing how much

8、sth increasesTo direct sth to sb 18(fml)to turn(a comment,complaint,etc)to a particular place or personAnalogy 18A comparison between two situations,processes,etc,that is intended to show that the two are similar.Miss the boat 19To fail to understand sth A symptom of sth 19An outward sign of a usual

9、ly bad or undesirable condition or event(re)define sth as 21To show the nature of sth/sb(again or in a new and better way)Minimize 23To make sth seem much less important than it really is Outweigh 23To be more important,useful,or valuable than sth else(sth)to be here to stay/have come to stay 24Used

10、 for saying that sth is generally accepted and is part of all our livesDwarf 25To make sth seem small or unimportant To undercut 26 To sell sth at a lower price than at a price specified To crack down on sth/sb To try hard to prevent an illegal activity,or to stop people from getting involved in it and deal more severely with those who are caught doing it To be enough.to go around To be enough so that everyone has one or some