upset [?p?set] a. 心烦的，苦恼的【助记】up表示“向上”，set表示“向下”，心中七上八下，也就是烦躁不安，心烦了。【真句】The task was so hard, and Steve, angry and upset, said he was quitting. 【2019江苏】 我任务如此艰巨，史蒂夫又生气又心烦地说他要辞职了。ugly [??ɡl?] adj. 丑陋的，难看的It made me wonder why I had to wear his ugly clothes.【2014江苏阅读】这让我思考为什么我要穿他那难看的衣服。


　　umbrella [?m?brel?] n. 雨伞【真句】This is real rain—your umbrella may protect you in a shower, but it won’t keep you dry if there is a full rainstorm.【2020海南】这是一场真正的雨——你的雨伞可能会在阵雨中保护你，但如果下大雨，它不会让你保持干燥。unable [?n?eb?l] adj. 不能……的，不会……的 短语：be unable to do sth不能做某事【真句】She was unable to speak good English.【2015广东阅读】她不能够说一口流利的英语。【真句】Their inability to enjoy music set them apart from others.【2013上海阅读】他们无法享受音乐，这使他们与其他人不一样。unbearable [?n?be?r?bl] adj. 无法忍受的【真句】If you don’t enjoy what you do, it is going to feel like unbearable pain.【2013广东阅读】如果你不喜欢你做的事情，你将会感受到无法忍受的痛苦。unbelievable [?nb??li?v?bl] adj. (好的或坏的)令人难以置信的【真句】It is unbelievable that Mr. Lucas leads a simple life despite his great wealth.【2014辽宁】真是难以相信啊!尽管Lucas先生有很多钱，但他还过着如此简单的生活。【真句】Those were incredible days.【2014浙江阅读】那些日子是令人难以置信的。同义词incredibleuncertain [?n?s?:tn] adj. 不确定的【真句】It is uncertain what side effect the medicine will bring about, although about two thousand patients have taken it.【2015浙江】尽管2000病人服用了这个药物，但是这个药物有什么副作用是不确定的。uncertain的名词形式：uncertaintyuncle [???kl] n. 叔uncomfortable [?n?k?mft?bl] adj. 不舒服的【真句】He could have made what was already an uncomfortable situation worse.【2013陕西阅读】他可能使一个不舒服的状况变得更糟糕。同义词awkward adj. 不舒服的(其还有尴尬的;笨拙的之意)unconditional [?nk?n?d???n?l] adj. 无条件的unconscious [?n?k?n??s] adj. 失去知觉的;无意识的【真句】In the weeks that followed, the solution which had come up in my unconscious mind provided correct at every step.【2016天津阅读】在接下来的那几周，在我无意识的脑海中出现的解决措施在每一步都证明是正确的。【真句】The dog had initially been knocked unconscious.【2015陕西阅读】那只狗一开始被撞的失去知觉了。underground [?nd??ɡra?nd] adj. 地下的 adv. 在地下的 n. 地铁(同义词 tube subway地铁)【真句】The underground water in Saudi Arabia might run out in 50 years.【2015安徽阅读】沙特的地下水可能在50年后被用光。【真句】Tour highlights include the Roman city of Dougga, the underground Numidian capital at Bulla Regia, Roman Sbeitla and the remote areas around Tataouine and Matmata, uique for underground cities. 【2020全国3】游览重点包括罗马城市道加、努米迪亚地下首都布拉里加、罗马斯贝特拉以及塔托尤因和马塔塔周围的偏远地区，这些地区是地下城市的代表地。underline [?nd??la?n] v. 下划线;强调【真句】What does the underlined word “amiss” in the first paragraph mean ?【2014四川阅读】下划线单词amiss在第一段是什么意思?【真句】It underlines a fact that is often neglected.【2014上海阅读】它强调一个经常被忽略的事实。understand [?nd??st?nd] v. 明白，理解【真句】As a child, Adeline couldn’t understand why the medal was so significant.【2019浙江】作为一个孩子，阿德琳不明白为什么奖牌如此重要。【真句】The more understandable the story, the less realistic it is.【2015四川阅读】故事约容易被理解就越不现实。understand的形容词形式：understandable 可理解的;易于理解的understand的名词形式understanding n. 理解undertake [?nd??te?k] v.承担，从事;undertake to do 承诺做某事，答应做某事【真句】Most schools undertake programs of group or individual educational support.【2012福建阅读】大多数学校都承担着团队或个人教育支持项目。【真句】The United Nations Organiztion(UNO) could undertake to direct the distribution of aid.【2013江西阅读】联合国组织可以承诺指导援助的分配。underwear[??nd?we?] n. 内衣undivided [?nd??va?d?d] adj. 未分开的;完整的，全部的undo [?n?du?] v. 解开，打开unemployment [?n?m?pl??m?nt] n. 失业，失业人数【真句】Schools across China are expected to hire 50,000 college graduates this year as short-term teachers, to help reduce unemployment pressures.【2014江苏】今年整个中国的学校预计会雇佣50000名毕业生作为短期的老师以减少失业压力。unfair [?n?fe?] adj. 不公平的,不公正的【真句】At no time did they actually break the rules of the game. It was unfair to punish them.【2013辽宁阅读】他们实际上没有破坏游戏规则，惩罚他们是不公平的。unfit [?n?f?t] adj. 不合适的，不健康的【真句】He was judged unfit to return to sea and took a shore job in Glasgow for the rest of the war.【2015湖南阅读】他被断定不适合再次返回海上，因此在战争的余年他在格拉斯哥的海岸边工作。


　　unfold [?n?f??ld] v. 展现，呈现;打开【真句】Ten months later, that chance unfolded as I found myself sitting in the headmaster’s office with my grandfather.【2012北京阅读】10个月后当我和爷爷坐在校长办公室的时候那个机会到来了。【真句】He unfolded the map.【高考真句】他打开地图。unfortunate [?n?f??ld] adj. 不幸的【真句】Unfortunately, we’ve all been victims of betrayal.【2016全国一七选五阅读】不幸的是，我们都是背叛的受害者。unhappy [?n?h?pi] adj. 不高兴的unhealthy [?n?helθ?] adj.不健康的,不卫生的


　　uniform [?ju?n?f??m] n. 制服，校服 adj. 一致的，相同的【真句】As I watched him take off his basketball uniform and replace it with a baseball uniform, I saw him leaving behind the layer that no longer served him, just as our lizard had. 【2021.3天津卷】当我看着他脱下篮球服，换上棒球服时，我看到他离开了不再为他服务的那一层，就像我们的蜥蜴一样。【真句】It is hardly surprising that clothing manufacturers follow certain uniform standards for various features of clothes.【2015重庆阅读】对于衣服的不同特征衣服制造商遵循某些相同的标准，这几乎不令人惊讶。unite [ju?na?t] v. 联合，团结 【真句】Even Canada and the United States chose national histories as the second-most important factor uniting their people. The biggest surprise? Not one country picked religion as its top choice.【2012陕西阅读】甚至加拿大和美国都选择国家历史作为团结他们人民的第二重要因素。unite的名词形式：union n. 联合【真句】Union is strength.【2015福建写作】联合就是力量。unite的形容词形式：united adj. 联合的【真句】United efforts are necessary for the development of science.【2014重庆阅读】联合的努力对于科学的发展是必要的。unique [ju?ni:k] adj. 特别的;独特的【真句】Liverpool, my hometown, is a unique city.【2014重庆阅读】我的家乡利物浦是一个特别的城市【真句】When people attend a concert, they are paying for music, sure, maybe even hotel rooms, meals, and transport, but they also gain an incredible experience, a unique atmosphere and a memory that will go through the rest of their lives. 【2021年6月天津卷】当人们参加音乐会时，他们会为音乐付费，当然，甚至可能是酒店房间、餐饮和交通，但他们也会获得令人难以置信的体验、独特的氛围和将贯穿其余生的记忆。短语：unique to sb/sth 某人或某物独有的【真句】Body language is unique to humans.【2015江西阅读】身体语言是人类独有的。【真句】These patterns are unique to each person. Thus, the keyboard can determine people’s identities, and by extension, whether they should be given access to the computer it’s connected to—regardless of whether someone gets the password right.【2019全国1.】这些模式对每个人来说都是独一无二的。因此，键盘可以决定人们的身份，进而决定是否应该让他们访问与之相连的计算机，而不管是否有人获得了正确的密码。unit [?ju?n?t] n. 单元，单位【真句】PASS involves weekly sessions where you work in groups to tackle specially prepared problem sets, based around a unit of study you’re enrolled in.【2022年6月北京卷】PASS涉及每周的会议，你在小组中工作，以解决特别准备的问题集，基于你注册的一个单元的研究。universal [ju?n??v??sl] adj. 普遍的，全体的【真句】In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion.【2015湖南阅读】总而言之，这个数据表明面部表情不是人类情感的普遍信号。universe [?ju:n?v?:s] n. 宇宙 (前面一定要加冠词the)


　　university [?ju:n??v?:s?ti] n. 大学 (前面不能加冠词a)【真句】Salah Sukkarieh, a professor at the University of Sydney, sees robots as necessary given how cattlemen are aging. 【2021年6月新高考二卷】unknown [??n?no?n] adj. 未知的;不出名的 【真句】Don’t dive into unknown waters.【2013安徽阅读】不要潜入未知水域。【真句】The Museum will exhibit the objects accumulated by unknown collectors.【2014安徽阅读】这个博物馆将会展出由不出名的收藏家积累的物品。短语：unknown to sb 不为某人所知的【真句】Her contribution was unknown to the public.【2014浙江阅读】她的贡献不为公众所知unless [?n?les] conj. 除非【真句】It sounds crazy to talk about guilt-free fur—unless you understand that the nutria are destroying vast wetlands every year.【2020全国2.】如果你不明白海狸鼠每年都在破坏广阔的湿地，那么谈论无负罪感的皮毛听起来很疯狂。unlike [?n?la?k] prep 不同于，不像【真句】But unlike most collectors, Zac tracks down the medals’ frightful owners, and returns them.【2019浙江】但与大多数收藏家不同的是，扎克追踪到奖牌的可怕的主人，并将其归还。unlikely [?n?la?kli] adj. 不可能的 短语：be unlikely to do sth不可能做某事【真句】Stephen Hawking believes that the earth is unlikely to be the only planet where life has developed gradually.【2015福建】霍金认为地球不可能是唯一一个生命逐渐形成的星球。unmarried [?n?m?r?d] adj. 未婚的unpleasant [?n?pleznt] adj. 使人不愉快的【真句】An unpleasant smell floated into my nose as the bowl of fried stinky tofu (臭豆腐)settled onto my grandmother’s dinner table.【2019.3天津】当一碗油炸臭豆腐落在奶奶的餐桌上时，一股难闻的气味飘进了我的鼻子。unrest [?n?rest] n. 不安;骚动unsafe [?n?se?f] adj. 不安全的unsuccessful [?ns?k?sesf?l] adj. 不成功,失败的【真句】After several frustrating hours of unsuccessful attempts to fix it, my husband suggested watching the Michael Jordan documentary(纪录片)series The Last Dance.【2021.3天津卷】经过几个小时失败的尝试后，我丈夫建议看迈克尔·乔丹的纪录片(纪录片)系列《最后的舞蹈》。until [?n?t?l] prep. conj. 直到…为止【真句】I didn’t think about it much until a morning last week when I knocked my favorite teapot off the table.【2021.3天津卷】直到上周的一个早上，我把我最喜欢的茶壶从桌子上摔下来，我才仔细考虑过这件事。not…until…直到….才……I can’t repair these until tomorrow.【2013江苏】我直到明天才能修这些东西untrue [?n?tru?] adj. 不真实的unusual [?n?ju????l] adj. 不平常的，异常的【真句】The engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT)have taken it a step further—changing the actual composition of plants in order to get them to perform diverse, even unusual functions. 【2020全国1】麻省理工学院(MIT)的工程师们进一步改变了植物的实际组成，以使它们发挥不同的，甚至是不寻常的功能。unwilling [?n?w?l??] adj. 不愿意的【真句】At this point the unwilling parent speaks up, “Alright. Yes, I’ll do it.”【2019全国2.】此时，不情愿的家长大声说道：“好吧，是的，我会做的。”短语be unwilling/reluctant to do 不情愿做某事2019全国2They were unwilling to reduce their energy.【2013辽宁阅读】他们不愿意减少能源。unwilling的名词形式：unwillingness 不情愿同义词reluctantupdate [??p?de?t] v. n. 更新【真句】If you do not receive any update within six months, it means that your application has not been successful.【2021年6月北京卷】如果您在六个月内没有收到任何更新，这意味着您的申请没有成功。【真句】Teachers have to constantly update their knowledge in order to maintain their professional competence.【2015江苏】为了保持专业能力老师不得不持续更新他们的知识。update的形容词形式：updated 更新的upper [??p?] adj. 较高的;较高级的【真句】During the training stage, each dog was shown only the upper half or the lower half of the person’s face.【2021年6月浙江卷】在训练阶段，每只狗只看到人脸的上半部或下半部。【真句】The library’s upper floor is mainly for students to read.【2013天津阅读】图书馆的上层是给学生们读书用的。upset [?p?set] adj. 不安的;不高兴的 v. 使不高兴【真句】Tenyson became very upset about what had happened to the couple.【2014福建阅读】Tenyson对于小两口所发生的事情感到不安。【真句】I know how upset you must be.【2015浙江阅读】我知道你是多么的生气【真句】Keep in mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean becoming friends again with the person who upset you.【2013辽宁阅读】记住原谅未必意味着和那个让你生气地人再次成为朋友。


　　upstairs [?p?ste?z] adv. 在楼上,到楼上【真句】 I was ordered to carry bookcases upstairs and, once, to move a piano from one side of a room to the other. 【2019.6上海】我奉命把书橱搬到楼上去，还有一次，把钢琴从房间的一边挪到另一边。upward [??pw?d] adv. 向上，往上urban [???b?n] adj. 城市的【真句】We focus on urban areas where access to nature is often not that easy.【2022年6月浙江卷】我们关注的是城市地区，那里的自然环境往往不是那么容易。【真句】In 1990, fewer than 40% of Americans lived in urban areas.【2013北京阅读】在1990年少于40%的美国人生活在城区。urge [??d?] v. 催促，力劝;推动 n. 强烈的欲望，迫切的要求【真句】Firms are urged to cut carbon emissions by shoppers’ environmental awareness.【2015福建阅读】顾客的环保意识可能会催促公司减少碳排放。【真句】The urge to develop the ecosystem services is strong.【2012北京阅读】开发生态系统服务的欲望非常强烈。urge sb to do敦促某人做某事，力劝某人做某事【真句】A student whose friends are good at academics may be urged to study harder and get good grades. 【2014江苏阅读】那些有成绩优异的朋友的学生可能被推动去好好学习并且获得好的分数。urge的形容词形式：urgent [???d??nt] adj. 紧急的，急迫的【真句】She had got to head home to deal with some urgent situations.【2013全国一阅读】她不得不回家去做一些紧急的事情。use [ju?z] n. v. 用，利用，使用【真句】As we develop more advanced Al technology, we would then have to use new ways of communicating with that technology.【2021年6月天津卷】随着我们开发更先进的铝技术，我们将不得不使用与该技术沟通的新方式。短语：use up 用光，用尽 同义词run out of【真句】The child has used up their daily allowance.【2012山东阅读】那个小孩用光了每天的零花钱。make use of 使用She made use of the contents of other classes in her teaching.【2012山东阅读】在教学当中他使用了其它课堂的内容。used to do 过去常常做某事The law in almost all states used to require stores to close on Sunday.【2014湖北阅读】几乎每个州的法律过去都要求商店在周日停止营业。be used to do 被用来做I am repeatedly exposed to the basic words and learn how they are used to explain objects and ideas.【2015辽宁完形】我不断地接触这些基础知识并且了解了他们是怎样被用来解释东西和想法的。be used to doing 习惯于People aren’t used to making an unprepared chat with a stranger.【2015湖南完形】人们并不习惯和陌生人做无准备的谈话。it’s no use doing 做某事时没有用的It’s no use complaining without taking action.【2015上海】光抱怨不采取行动时没用的。use的三个形容词形式：used用过的，二手的;useful有用的，有益的useless无用的use的另一个名词形式：user 使用者，用户used [ju:st] adj. 用过的，二手的【真句】Our class came up with the idea to make better use of used materials.【2016北京书面表达】我们班相处了一个更好利用二手材料的想法。useful [?ju?sf?l] adj. 有用的【真句】Michael Kelsey Paris, vice president of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association, said a robot could be extremely useful given rising concerns about cattle theft.【2021年6月新高考二卷】俄克拉何马州畜牧业协会副主席迈克尔·凯尔西·帕里斯(Michael Kelsey Paris)表示，鉴于人们对偷牛的担忧日益加剧，机器人可能会非常有用。【真句】Graphs can be a very useful tool for conveying information【2015浙江阅读】表格在传递信息方面是非常有用的。useless [?ju?sl?s] adj. 无用的【真句】They hadn’t been useless.【2015辽宁阅读】他们以前并不是没有用的user [?ju?z?] n. 使用者;用户Their users consist largely of kids under 20 years old.【2016上海阅读】他们的用户主要由20岁以下的孩子组成的。usual [?ju????l] adj. 通常的，平常的 Last night Mr. Crook didn’t come back at the usual time. Instead, he met some friends and stayed out until midnight.【2013湖南】昨晚库克先生没有在通常的时间回家。相反，他去见朋友了并且在外面呆到半夜。It has little to do with the usual challenges, such as flood, rising fuel prices and crop-eating insects.【2012江苏阅读】这与平常的挑战无关，如洪水，上升的油价和吃庄稼的虫子。短语 as usual 和往常一样As usual I ran into something.【2012广东阅读】和往常一样，我撞上了某个东西。反义词：unusual 异常的，不平常的



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