读《看得见风景的房间》前要掌握的40个英文单词
A Room with a View
E·M·福斯特在《看得见风景的房间》中反复使用、又不在英语最常用4000词之内的40个单词。先学会它们，前几章会读得轻松很多。每个单词都附有音标、释义和原书例句。
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/大叫, 呼喊, 大声叫书中出现31次
Lucy, who had not yet acquired decency, at once rose to her feet, exclaiming: “Oh, oh!
carriage/ˈkæɹɪdʒ/马车, 客车, 举止书中出现29次
“That will mean another carriage.”
clergyman/ˈkɫɝdʒiˌmæn/牧师书中出现28次
The curtains at the end of the room parted, and revealed a clergyman, stout but attractive, who hurried forward to take his place at the table, cheerfully apologizing for his lateness.
till/ˈtɪɫ/直到, 在...以前, 迄书中出现25次
Generally at a pension people looked them over for a day or two before speaking, and often did not find out that they would “do” till they had gone.
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/可怕的书中出现24次
It is so dreadful for Charlotte, being poor.”
clever/ˈkɫɛvɝ/聪明的, 精明的书中出现24次
“That lady looks so clever,” whispered Miss Bartlett to her cousin.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/低声说书中出现19次
“Of course,” said the little old lady; and they murmured that one could not be too careful with a young girl.
silly/ˈsɪɫi/愚蠢的, 糊涂的书中出现19次
“How silly of them!”
muddle/ˈmədəɫ/混合, 使微醉, 使咬字不清晰书中出现17次
You are inclined to get muddled, if I may judge from last night.
violet/ˈvaɪəɫɪt/堇菜, 紫罗兰书中出现16次
“I consider that you are bound to class him as nice, Miss Alan, after that business of the violets.”
maid/ˈmeɪd/少女, 未婚女子, 女仆书中出现16次
A dear friend of mine, Contessa Baroncelli, has two daughters, and when she cannot send a maid to school with them, she lets them go in sailor-hats instead.
despise/dɪˈspaɪz/轻视书中出现15次
In her chastened mood she no longer despised the Emersons.
glorious/ˈɡɫɔɹiəs/光荣的书中出现15次
… not the innocence of childhood, nor the glorious bewilderment of youth, but the conscious achievements of maturity.
villa/ˈvɪɫə/别墅书中出现14次
… some in furnished flats, others in Renaissance villas on Fiesole’s slope, they read …
bathe/ˈbeɪð/洗澡书中出现14次
Then Freddy used to bathe there.
kindly/ˈkaɪndɫi/温和地, 亲切地书中出现13次
Would you then, Mr. Beebe, kindly tell Mr. Emerson that I accept his kind offer, and then conduct him to me, in order that I may thank him personally?”
chaplain/ˈtʃæpɫən/牧师书中出现13次
“Ah, not for me,” said the chaplain blandly, “for I have been watching you and Miss Honeychurch for quite a little time.”
delightful/dɪˈɫaɪtfəɫ/令人愉快的, 可爱的书中出现13次
How delightful a view is!”
annoyed/əˈnɔɪd/恼怒的；烦闷的书中出现13次
Charlotte was most annoyed at finding me practically alone, and so I couldn’t help being a little annoyed with Miss Lavish.”
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/使惊吓书中出现13次
“Here’s a mess: a baby hurt, cold, and frightened!
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/用符咒, 有魅力书中出现13次
I am lucky to be appointed to such a charming neighbourhood.”
tiresome/ˈtaɪɝsəm/累人的, 烦人的书中出现12次
“I think he is; nice and tiresome.
gossip/ˈɡɑsəp/说闲话, 闲聊书中出现12次
Those gossiping little Miss Alans must have—” She checked herself.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/然后, 后来书中出现12次
he asked the vicar afterwards.
splendid/ˈspɫɛndɪd/光亮的, 了不起的, 灿烂的书中出现11次
I’m thoroughly happy, and having a splendid time.
kindness/ˈkaɪndnəs/仁慈, 亲切, 和蔼书中出现11次
It would be hard indeed if I stopped you doing as you liked at Florence, when I am only here through your kindness.
neighbourhood/ˈneɪbɝˌhʊd/邻接, 周围, 附近一带书中出现10次
There will be a deal of local colouring, descriptions of Florence and the neighbourhood, and I shall also introduce some humorous characters.
shilling/ˈʃɪɫɪŋ/先令书中出现10次
Five shillings, and I gave a bob to the driver.”
dislike/dɪˈsɫaɪk/讨厌, 不喜欢书中出现10次
She had refused, not because she disliked him, but because she did not know what had happened, and suspected that he did know.
spoil/ˈspɔɪɫ/损坏, 破坏, 溺爱书中出现10次
“Charlotte, you mustn’t spoil me: of course, you must look over the Arno, too.
nonsense/ˈnɑnsɛns/无意义的事, 荒谬言行, 荒唐书中出现10次
And as it is, the glass over our front door was broken last election, and Freddy is sure it was the Tories; but mother says nonsense, a tramp.”
flush/ˈfɫəʃ/流溢, 面红, 旺盛书中出现10次
“Very well, dear,” said Miss Bartlett, with a faint flush of pleasure that called forth a deep flush of shame on the cheeks of Lucy.
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/吼, 咆哮, 轰鸣书中出现10次
Each time that old Mr. Emerson and Lucy set it erect it collapsed with a roar.
pin/ˈpɪn/将...用针别住, 钉住, 压住书中出现10次
It was then that she saw, pinned up over the washstand, a sheet of paper on which was scrawled an enormous note of interrogation.
bow/ˈbaʊ/鞠躬, 屈服书中出现10次
Mr. Beebe bowed.
descend/dɪˈsɛnd/下降, 世代相传, 屈尊书中出现10次
She descended slowly into the Piazza with the intention of rejoining Miss Lavish, who was really almost too original.
saint/ˈseɪnt/圣人书中出现9次
Then Lucy realized that they had mistaken Machiavelli for some saint, hoping to acquire virtue.
rubbish/ˈɹəbɪʃ/废物, 垃圾, 胡说书中出现9次
He repeated any rubbish that came into his head.
vulgar/ˈvəɫɡɝ/粗俗的, 庸俗的, 普通的书中出现9次
… he knows that I am a resident perfectly well, and yet he goes on worrying me to buy his vulgar views.”
behaviour/bɪˈheɪvjɝ/行为, 举止书中出现9次
“I mean, would you not mention it to any one, my foolish behaviour?”
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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