1、1.adept adopt adapt adept adj.(与 at, in 连用)熟练;精通 She was adept at the fine art of irritating people. n.内行;老手 adopt vt.收养;采取;采取 They adopted our methods. 正式经过;采纳 The resolution was adopted by a vote of 180 in favor to 10 against it. adapt vt.使适应;使适合 He adapted hims
2、elf to the cold weather. When he moved to Canada, the children adapted to the change very well. 2.adopted adoptive adopted adj. 被收养,被采纳 an adopted child an adopted advice adoptive adj.收养(孩子) an adoptive mother 3.averse adverse averse adj.(常与to连用)嫌恶 I am not ave
3、rse to a dance party and a good mean after a week's hard work. The minister is averse to/from flattery. adverse adj.不利;相反 an adverse decision Adverse circumstances compelled him to close his business. 4.affection affectation affection n.友爱,爱情,影响,疾病,倾向 affectation n.假装,虚
4、饰,做作 5.altitude latitude longitude multitude attitude aptitude altitude n.(海拔)高度 At high altitudes of Tibet it is difficult to breathe. 高处 The plane flew at an altitude of 0 metres. latitude n.纬度,范围, (用复数)地域,行动或言论自由(范围) longitude n.经度,经线 multitude n.多数,群众 attit
5、ude n.姿势;态度 People's attitude towards the skyscrapers varies widely. 看法;意见 What is the Municipal Authority's attitude to the proposal of a tunnel across the river? aptitude n.能力;才能;天资 6.angle angel angle n.角;角度 a right angle 角落;墙角;棱角 观点;看法;看问题角度 to consider all
6、 angles of the question The professor angled his report to suit the audience he was speaking to. vt.转动一个角度 to angle a camera 带成见地描述(某事) He angles his reports to please his editor in chief. 用钩和钓钓鱼 He is keen on angling. (与 for 连用)利用伎俩取得,攫取 angel n.天使;守护神;仁慈、漂亮女人 7.ann
7、ounce denounce renounce pronounce announce vt.通告;发表;宣告,宣告 The captain announced that the plane was going to land. denounce vt.揭露;告发;斥责 renounce vt.正式放弃 He renounced his claim to the property. 宣告断绝关系 He renounced his religion. pronounce vt.& vi.发音;发出…音 How do yo
8、u pronounce c-l-e-r-k? 宣称;宣告;断言 The expert pronounced the picture to be a forgery. Everyone pronounced the party to be very good. (常与on, for, against, in favor of连用) 〈法〉宣判 The judge pronounced sentence on the prisoner. 8. annual annul annual adj.每年;一年一次 an annual event
9、annul vt.取消,废除(婚姻、契约等) 9.apposite opposite apposite adj.适当 opposite adj.相正确,对面,对立,相反,对等;对应 n.相反事物 10.appraise apprise praise appraise vt.评定,评价,判定 apprise vt.通知;通知 She was apprised of our arrival. The secretary came to apprise us that the erection of the mons
10、ter machine had been successfully completed. praise vt.赞美;赞扬;歌颂;赞颂 She praised her daughter's hard work. 11.apprehensive comprehensive apprehensive adj.忧虑;担心 apprehensive for sb.'s safety comprehensive adj.全方面;广泛;包含内容多;详尽 The state government gave a very comprehensive ex
11、planation of its plans for the development of electronic industry. 12 argument augment argument n.争论,辩论,论据,论点,~ (for,against),意见 augment vt.& vi.增大;增加 13. ascribe describe prescribe subscribe inscribe proscribe ascribe vt.归因于, 归咎于 describe vt.描写,记述,形容,形容 v.描述 p
12、rescribe vt.&vi.开药方;处方;命令;要求 The law prescribes what should be done. What punishment does the law prescribe for corruption? The doctor prescribed total abstinence. subscribe vt.& vi.(常与to,for连用)捐款;捐助;订购(报纸、杂志等) (常与 to 连用)同意,赞同 inscribe vt.(常与 in,on,with 连用)题写;铭刻 She ins
13、cribed her own name on the textbook. (常与to连用)题名 This book I inscribe to my old comrades-in-arms. proscribe vt.禁止 14. assent ascent assent vi.(常与to连用)同意 ascent n.上升,(地位,声望等)提升,攀登,上坡路 15.dissent descent decent dissent vi.(常与 from 连用)持异议;不一样意;意见不一致 He and I dissen
14、ted from each other in choosing a suitable candidate. descent n.下降;下滑;降下;下来;血统;遗传 He traces his descent from an old Norman family. decent adj体面,适宜 16. assume resume consume presume assume vt.假定;假设 I assume you always get up at the same time. 采取;负担 to assume new du
15、ties resume n.摘要,概略,<美>履历 vt.再继续,重新开始,重新占用,再用,恢复 consume vt.& vi.吃,喝;消耗;消费;花费 His old car consumed much gasoline. 毁灭;烧毁 The fire soon consumed the old wooden buildings in the neighborhood. presume vt.&vi.(常与 that 连用)假定;假设;认为 I presume from your speech that you are
16、 a foreigner. You must presume no such thing. 看成;姑且认为 If a person is missing for 7 years, he is presumed dead. (常与 to + inf 连用)放肆;擅作主张 A servant ought not to presume. (与 on, upon 连用)指望;寄希望于… We must not presume too mush on the reliability of such sources. 17.avocation voca
17、tion vacation avocation n.(个人)副业, 业余兴趣 vocation n.职业;行业;天职;使命 vacation n.假期 I worked in a small beachside restaurant during the college vacation. 18.authentic authoritative authentic 真实:与事实相符而且值得相信、信赖: an authentic account by an eyewitness. 真正:有着经证实起源或创作者;非伪造或非
18、复制: an authentic medieval sword. 一把真正中世纪剑 authoritative adj.(形容词)官方:有着或由政府发起;官方: an authoritative decree;authoritative sources 权威性:拥有公认精准性或优异性;极可信赖: an authoritative account of the revolution. 专断:行使权力;命令: the captain's authoritative manner. 19.adjoin adjacent adjourn
19、 adjoin vt.毗连;临近;贴近 Our house adjoins theirs. adjacent adj.(与 to 连用)相邻,邻近 adjourn vt.& vi. 延期;休会,会议暂停 The meeting will be adjourned till next Wednesday. 20.admire admiral admire v.赞美,钦佩,羡慕 admiral n.海军上将,舰队司令,旗舰 21.adore adorn adore vt.崇敬;敬爱;敬重;非常喜欢 H
20、e adores the cinema. She adores going to the volleyball match. adorn vt.装饰 She likes to adorn herself with jewels. 增加…主要性或吸引力 He tried to adorn his story with a lot of lies 22. appliance applicant application appliance n.用具,器具 applicant n.申请者,请求者 application n.
21、请求,申请,申请表,应用,利用 23.alley ally alley n.小路,巷, (花园里两边有树篱)小径 ally v.结盟,与...(在血统,性质等上)关于联,同盟 n.同盟国, 支持者 24.accession access accession n.就职,就任,添加,增加 access n.通路,访问,入门 vt.存取,靠近 1. bull bully bull n.公牛,粗壮如牛人;乐观进取人;胡扯;废话 bully vt.威吓;欺侮;以强凌弱 He's always bull
22、ying smaller boys. 2.bandage bondage bandage n.绷带 bondage n.奴役,束缚 3.bread bead bread n.面包 4.bump dump jump hump lump plump pump bump n. 撞击,肿块 v.碰(伤),撞(破),颠簸 dump vt.倾倒(垃圾),倾卸 n.堆存处 jump n.跳跃,上涨,惊跳 vt.跳跃,跃过,突升,使跳跃 vi.跳跃,暴涨 hump n.驼峰,驼背,小园
23、丘,峰丘 v.(使)隆起,弓起 lump n.块(尤指小块),肿块,笨人 vt.使成块状,混在一起. plump adj.圆胖,丰满,鼓起 vt.突然放下,使丰满,使鼓起 vi.变丰满,鼓起 pump n.泵,抽水机 vt.(用泵)抽(水),抽吸 5.beach breach bleach beach n.海滨;湖滨;河滩 The little beach hotel has a pleasant ambient breach n.(常与 of 连用)违反;不推行;破坏 in breac
24、h of contract Your company is in breach of the contract. bleach vt.&vi.使变白 Did you bleach this table cloth? bead n.珠子,水珠 vt.祈祷 6.bride bribe bride n.新娘 bribe n.&vt.贿赂 7.boom broom boom n.&v.繁荣,兴旺 broom n.扫帚 8.buffet buffer buffet n.餐具柜,小卖部,
25、殴打,打击 vt.①连续地打击②搏斗 buffer vt.缓冲、缓解 1.censor censure censor n.检验员 vt.检验,审查 censure v.责难 n.责难 2.cession session cession n.割让,转让, [律]让与(他人)债权 session n.(官方机构)会 议,会期,开会期 The general session approved the report of the investigation committee. 学期;大学学期 3.
26、 clash crush crash clash n.冲突,撞击声,抵触 the clash of weapons clash of interests a clash with the police I failed to go to her wedding because it clashed with my examination. 战斗 It is broadcast that the two armies clashed near the borderline again before dawn. vi.& vt. 冲突
27、 The enemy armies clashed. (事情)在时间上相冲突 It's a pity the two concerts clash. (常与 with 连用)(色彩)不协调 This shirt clashes with your trousers. crush vt.& vi. 压碎;压坏;碾碎;挤压;塞 to crush one's way through the crowd 破坏;镇压;压服 to crush all opposition crash n.碰撞,坠落,坠毁,撞击声,爆裂声 v.
28、碰撞,坠落,坠毁, (指商业企业, 政府等)&破产,垮台 4. classic classical classic n.杰作,名著 adj.第一流 classical adj.古典,正统派,古典文学 5. clench clinch clench vt.&vi.紧合;咬紧(牙关);捏紧(拳头) She clenched her teeth when she was operated on. 紧握;抓牢 The girl clenched her money in her hand. clinch vt.& vi
29、敲弯钉头钉牢;钉住;把(木头)钉牢在一起;确定;决定(贸易等);达成买卖或协议 The two companies clinched the deal quickly. The offer of more money clinched it for her. She agree to undertake the job as the assistant to the managing director. 6.coarse hoarse roar coarse adj.粗;粗糙;未精炼;(表面)不光滑 coarse cloth 粗鲁;鲁莽;不礼貌
30、 coarse talk hoarse adj.嘶哑 His voice was hoarse after talking for an hour. roar n.吼声;咆哮声 the roar of an angry lion The lion gave a loud roar. 7. canvass canvas canvas n.粗帆布;一块油画布 The young artist showed me his recent canvases. canvass n.细查,讨论,劝诱 vt.彻底检验,细
31、究,向...拉票或拉生意,讨论 vi.游说,拉选票 8. cannon canon cannon n.加农炮;大炮 canon n.教规,宗教法规 9. credible credulous credible adj.可信;可靠 credulous adj.轻信他人 10.continual continuous continual adj.连续 Recently the young couple have continual arguments with each other for trifles.
32、 continuous adj.不停 continuous rain all day 11.collide collude collide vi.互撞;碰撞;(车、船等)猛撞 The two trains collided. 冲突;反对;强烈抵触(with) collude vi.共谋;勾结;串通(with) 12. comment commend comment n.注释,评论,意见 vi.注释,评论(on ) commend vt.称赞,褒扬,推荐,委托,吸引 13. compel expel
33、propel repel compel vt.强迫,迫使 expel vt赶走:驱逐或把…赶出去: expel an invader. 排出:从容器里或象从容器里释放;被迫离开;把…除名: expelled the student from college for cheating.See Synonyms at eject propel vt.推进,推进;驱策 repel vt.击退;逐退 to repel an attack 使厌恶;使反感 His accent repels me. 14. cont
34、emporary temporary contemporary n.同时代人 adj.当代,同时代 temporary adj.暂时,暂时,暂时性 15. contemptuous contemptible contemptuous adj.(常与 of 连用)表示轻蔑;高傲 a contemptuous look contemptible adj.卑鄙 It was contemptible of him to speak like that about a respectable teacher! It was
35、a contemptible trick to tell lies and play on an old friend! 16. confer infer refer prefer defer confer vt.授予(称号、学位等)on,赠与,把...赠与,协议 v.协商,交换意见(on) The engineers and technicians are still conferring on the unexpected accident. infer vt.推断;推知;推论 to infer an unknown fact from a
36、known fact I infer from your letter that you have not made up your mind yet. refer vt.& vi.(常与to连用)包括;提到;针对;关于 The new law does not refer to farm land. 提交;交付 The shop referred the complaint to the manufacturers. prefer vt.(常与to连用)更喜欢;宁愿 to prefer coffee to Which of thes
37、e two dresses do you prefer? defer vt.推迟;延期 vt.(与to连用)服从;顺从 Do you always defer to your parents’ wishes? 17. consequent subsequent consequent adj.作为结果 subsequent adj.随即,日后;继起 18. conventional convenient conventional adj.通例,常规,习俗,传统 convenient adj.便利,方便 19
38、 confidant confidante confident confidential confidant n.知己男友 confidante n.知己女友 confident adj.确信;有信心;自信 Peter is confident of winning the post as the assistant to the managing director. confidential adj.机密;秘密 a confidential order 参加机密;视为心腹 a confidential secretar
39、y 20. convert divert invert revert reverse convert vt.(常与 into 连用)转变;变换 to convert an old house into a new one That building has been converted into a school. 兑换 I want to convert some Hong Kong dollars into American dollars. 改变信仰、党派或意见等 She managed to convert him to her o
40、pinion. divert vt.转向;转移 A ditch diverted water from the stream into the fields. Traffic was ordered to divert to another road because of the repair of the main road. The government is planning to divert the river to supply water to the town. A loud noise from the street diverted my
41、 attention. invert vt.置于相反位置;上下倒置 The little boy caught the insect by inverting the cup over it. revert vi.(与to连用)恢复原状;回复;回到(原来话题);(财产等)归复,偿还 reverse vt.倒退;倒转 He reversed the car. 翻转 She reversed the paper. 改变;使成相反东西 He reversed the judgment and set the prisoner f
42、ree 21. counsel consul council counsel n.讨论,商议,辩护律师 vt.劝说,忠言 consul n.领事 council n.政务会,理事会,委员会,参议会,讨论会议,顾问班子,立法班子 22.conscious conscientious conscious adj.有意识;神志清醒 He is hurt but still conscious. 了解;觉察 She was not conscious of his presence in the room. 刻意:有
43、意设计或做;刻意: a conscious insult。 made a conscious effort to speak more clearly。 conscientious adj.凭良心;慎重;尽责 a conscientious piece of work Be conscientious and make a good job of publishing. 23. cosmic comic cosmic adj.宇宙 comic n.滑稽演员 adj.滑稽,喜剧 24. commerce commenc
44、e commerce n.商业 commence v.开始,着手 25. complexion complex complexion n.面色,肤色,情况,局面 complex adj.复杂,合成,综合 26. compulsive compulsory compulsive adj.强制,强迫,由强迫产生,禁不住 compulsory adj.必需做,必修,被强迫,被强制,义务 1. decease disease decease n.死亡 disease n.疾病,弊病 2.
45、 definite definitive definite adj.明确,一定 definitive adj.最终,确定,权威性 3. desert dessert desert n.沙漠,应得赏罚,功过 adj.沙漠,不毛,荒凉 vt.放弃,遗弃,逃跑 vi.逃掉,逃亡,开小差 dessert n.餐后甜点 4. desirable desirous desirable adj.值得做;值得想望;值得弄到手 It is most desirable that he should attend th
46、e conference. desirous adj.(与of连用)渴望,想… 5. diary dairy diary n.日志 dairy n.牛奶场,奶品场,售牛奶,奶油 6. diploma diplomat diplomacy diplomatic diploma n.文凭,毕业证书,证实权力、特权、荣誉等证书,奖状 diplomat n.外交官,有外交手腕人,有权谋人 diplomacy n.外交 diplomatic adj.外交,老练 7. disclaim reclaim e
47、xclaim proclaim acclaim claim disclaim v.放弃,弃权,拒绝 reclaim vt.要求偿还,收回,开垦 exclaim v.呼叫,惊叫,大声叫 proclaim vt.宣告,申明,显示,显露 acclaim vt.欢呼,欢呼着拥戴;欢呼着同意 claim n.(依照权利提出)要求 ,主张,要求而得到东西 vt.(依照权利)要求,认领,声称,主张,需要 8.discreet discrete discreet adj.小心,慎重,有思虑,贤明 discre
48、te adj.离散;分立;不连续 9. distinct distinctive distinct adj.清楚,显著,截然不一样,独特 distinctive adj.与众不一样, 有特色 10. donate denote donate v.捐赠,赠予 denote vt.指示,表示 11. dwindle bewilder dwindle v.缩小 bewilder vt.使迷惑,使不知所措,使昏乱 12.dual duel dual adj.双,二重,双重 duel
49、 n.决斗,两个人争斗;争辩;双方抗争 13.disinterested uninterested disinterested adj.公正无私;无偏见;客观 His action was not altogether disinterested. uninterested adj.不感兴趣 Settle your own argument - I'm quite uninterested! 14.dissemble disassemble dissemble vt., vi. 隐藏,掩饰(思想、感情等) disassem
50、ble vt.解开,分解 1. eradicate erase eradicate vt根除:连根撕碎,去除,扑灭,根除 Their goal was to eradicate poverty. erase vt.擦掉,抹掉;经过用橡皮涂抹或刮除(字迹或图形等);删除:从磁带或其它存放介质上消除掉(统计信息) erased a file from the diskette. erased the videocassette. 使忘却:象涂抹掉一样消除、消亡: had to erase all thoughts of failure






