Unit 19
1. merchant
n.商人, 批发商, 贸易商, 店主adj.商业的, 商人的
merchant bank商业银行
merchant agent商业代理
2. deny v.否认, 拒绝
deny doing something
Two men have denied murdering a woman at a remote picnic spot.
He said that I had stolen his bicycle, but I denied it. 他说我偷了他的自行车可是我否认了。He denied his country. 他背弃了自己的国家。
deny somebody something
She could deny her son nothing. 她对他的儿子有求必应。
deny something to somebody
This is the only country in Europe to deny cancer screening to its citizens.
3.pay back v.偿还(借款), 报答, 报复
I'll pay you back on Friday.
We're paying back the loan over 15 years.
pay somebody back for something
I'll pay Jenny back for what she did to me!
"I'd like to pay by cheque, please."我想用支票支付。
I paid $150 for that walki-lookie.
pay for 为…付款
pay sb for sth 为…给某人报酬
pay up 付清全部欠款
pay off 还清
pay back 偿还
pay attention to
pay a visist to
4.mercy n.仁慈, 宽恕, 怜悯
have mercy on/upon sb =show mercy to sb 对某人起了怜悯之心
mercy killing(使受刑者)减少痛苦的处决, 安死术
They showed little mercy to the enemies.他们对敌人毫不怜悯。
We were treated with mercy.我们受到仁慈的待遇。
That is a mercy!那真是幸运!
It is a mercy that you did not go.你幸好没有去。
The people’s enemies will be shown no mercy.
without mercy残忍地, 毫不留情地
beg for mercy 乞求/请求宽恕
at the mercy of任由…摆布 任…处置；无能为力
merciful adj.仁慈的, 慈悲的
merciless_______
5.go about 开始做,着手做
go about doing something
The leaflet tells you how to go about making a will.
go about something
The villagers were going about their business as usual.
She went about her preparations in a quiet businesslike way.
Get down to doing
Set about doing
Set out to do
6.as far as I know据我所知
as far as conj.To the degree or extent that:表程度或范围：
They returned at nine, as far as we know.据我所知，他们是九点返回的
We walked as far as the top of the hill.
I wll help you as far as I can
7.judgement n.审判, 判决, 判断力, 意见, 看法, 评价judge n. 法官, 审判员, 裁判员vt.审理, 鉴定, 判断, 判决
judging by(或from)根据...来判断
Don't judge by appearances.人不可以貌相。
so far as I can judge据我判断, 我认为
I'm no judge of music. 我对音乐是外行。
She's a good judge of wine.她是鉴别酒的专家。
8.envy n.vt.羡慕, 嫉妒+名词
envy somebody something
He envied Rosalind her youth and strength.
with envyHe watched the others with envy.
out of envy出于忌妒
The boy's new electronic toy train was the envy of his friends.
这男孩的新电动玩具火车使他的朋友们很羡慕。
He couldn’t conceal his envy of me at my success.