1. cancel vt. 取消，廢除
The match had to be cancelled due to the bad weather.
比賽因天氣不好只得取消。
I've lost my credit card, so I have to go to the bank to cancel it.
我的信用卡弄丟了,我得去銀行申請作廢。
2. variable a. 易變的，可變的
Prices are variable according to the rate of exchange.
物價會隨匯率而變動。
His mood is as variable as the weather.
他的情緒如天氣般反覆無常。
3. prospect n. 前景，前途;景象
He has good prospects.
他大有前途。
What do you think about the marketing prospect?
你覺得市場前景怎么樣?
The prospect from the balcony was breathtaking.
從陽臺上看去景色美極了。
4. prosperity n.興旺，繁榮
The empire was on the wane after its period of prosperity.
帝國經(jīng)過全盛以后逐漸衰落。
Prosperity destroys fools and endangers the wise.
繁榮興旺既毀了蠢人，也使智者陷于險境。
5. aspect n. 方面;朝向;面貌
This is only one aspect of the problem.
這只是問題的一個方面。
The building has a southern aspect.
那座建筑是朝南的。
His brother is a man with a serious aspect.
他的兄弟是一個外貌嚴肅的人。
6. cope vi. (with)(成功地)應(yīng)付，處理
I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.
既要照顧家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何對付的。
7. core n. 果心，核心
He ate the plum, and threw the core away.
他吃掉了李子，并扔掉了果核。
The core of our appeal is freedom of speech.
我們的要求的核心是言論自由。
8.maintain vt. 維持，保持;堅持，主張
It is absolutely vital that food supplies should be maintained.
維持食物的供給是絕對必要的。
It is clearly illogical to maintain such a proposition.
堅持這種主張顯然是沒有道理的。
He maintains that there are no short cuts to effective management.
他斷言,有效的管理沒有捷徑可走。
9.mainland n. 大陸, 本土
The island is joined to the mainland by a bridge.
島上有座橋與大陸相連。
Hawaii and Alaska are not on the mainland of the United States.
夏威夷和阿拉斯加不在美國本土。
10. discipline n. 紀律;懲罰;學科
She is strict in the matter of discipline.
她對紀律的要求是嚴格的。
A little discipline would do him a world of good.
稍微處分他一下會對他大有好處。
Applied linguistics is a new and independent discipline.
應(yīng)用語言學是一門新興的獨立學科。
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