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詞匯
assert vt. 主張, 堅(jiān)稱, 斷言
例句:You must assert yourself or they will continue to bully you. 你必須維護(hù)自己的權(quán)利,否則他們還會(huì)欺負(fù)你。
詞組:assert oneself 堅(jiān)持自己的權(quán)利; 表現(xiàn)自己的權(quán)威
同義詞:affirm declare insist on pronounce state
Advisor n. 顧問(wèn), 勸告者, 指導(dǎo)教師
例句:His amiability condemns him to being a constant advisor to other people's troubles. 他那和藹可親的性格使他成為經(jīng)常為他人排憂解難的開(kāi)導(dǎo)者。
bidding n. 命令, 邀請(qǐng), 出價(jià)
例句:He was bidding for popular support. 他在設(shè)法爭(zhēng)取大眾的支持。
詞組:at one's bidding/ at sb.'s bidding 依囑,遵命do one's bidding/ do sb.'s bidding 照……的命令做, 照……的話辦
barely ad. 幾乎不
例句:He has barely enough money to live on. 他的錢僅夠勉強(qiáng)維持生計(jì)。
詞組:barely enough勉強(qiáng)夠be barely of age剛成年a barely furnished room陳設(shè)簡(jiǎn)陋的房間
同義詞:hardly just scarcely
capture n. 抓取, 戰(zhàn)利品, 捕獲之物vt. 抓取, 獲得, 迷住
例句:They would offer a bounty of $100,000 for the capture of the murderer. 他們?cè)赋鍪f(wàn)元賞金捉拿兇手。
同義詞:apprehend arrest imprison seize
反義詞:release
civilized a. 文明的, 有禮的
例句:His new theory has caused a sensation throughout the civilized world. 他的新理論轟動(dòng)了整個(gè)文明世界。
反義詞:barbarous; uncivilized; wild
dam n. 水壩, 障礙vt. 控制, 筑壩vi. 控制, 筑壩
例句:The mouth of the river is dammed and a freshwater lake created behind the dam. 河口筑起了攔河壩,壩后便形成了淡水湖。
詞組:devil's dam 鬼婆娘(罵婦女的話)
deprived a. 窮困的, 喪失了受良好教育權(quán)利的, 貧窮的
例句:These misfortunes almost deprived him of his reason. 這些不幸的事情幾乎使他失去理智。
詞組:deprived children失學(xué)的孩子們
drought n. 干旱, 缺乏
例句:Soon afterward drought set in. 不久之后又發(fā)生了干早。
反義詞:wet
environmental a. 周圍的, 環(huán)境的
派生:environment n. 周圍環(huán)境. environmentalist n. 環(huán)境保護(hù)者
例句:Living creatures must be adaptable to environmental change. 生物必須能適應(yīng)環(huán)境的變化。
詞組:an environmental factor環(huán)境的因素
fascination n. 令人著迷的事物, 入迷, 魅力
例句:Old churches have a certain strange fascination for me. 舊教堂對(duì)我具有某種奇特的魅力。
guarantee n. 擔(dān)保, 抵押品, 保證書(shū)vt. 保證, 擔(dān)保
例句:Blue skies are not always a guarantee of fine weather. 蔚蘭的天空并不永遠(yuǎn)保證晴朗的天氣。
詞組:stand guarantee for ... 替……擔(dān)任保證人
同義詞:assure back certify endorse pledge promise secure sponsor stand for swear underwrite warrant
反義詞:guarantor
hydroelectric a. 水力電氣的
詞組:a hydroelectric power station水力發(fā)電站
Imagination n. 想像, 聽(tīng)覺(jué), 想像力
例句:Dragons are creatures of Chinese fancy. 龍是中國(guó)人幻想出來(lái)的動(dòng)物。
詞組:beyond(all) imagination (完全)出乎意料地draw on (one's) imagination 杜撰, 編造
irrigation n. 灌溉, 沖洗
例句:Public irrigation is the heart of cotton farming. 公共水利設(shè)施是棉花生產(chǎn)的命脈。
詞組:an irrigation channel (canal) 灌溉渠bring the farmland under irrigation使農(nóng)田水利化
myth n. 神話, 虛構(gòu)的事, 虛構(gòu)的人
例句:He was a myth that had been created out of desperation and poverty and despair. 他是從絕境、貧困和失望中創(chuàng)造出來(lái)的一個(gè)神話般的人物。
meanwhile n. 其時(shí), 其間ad. 同時(shí), 于此時(shí)
例句:Meanwhile, two other actors had carried two large food baskets to a shady spot under some trees. 與此同時(shí),另外兩位演員把兩個(gè)盛著食物的大籃子拿到樹(shù)下蔭涼的地方。
symbol n. 符號(hào), 象征, 代號(hào), 信條
例句:The private car was still a cherished status symbol. 私人小汽車仍然是一種地位高貴的標(biāo)志。
詞組:a chemical symbol化學(xué)符號(hào)
status n. 狀態(tài), 情形, 地位, 要人身份
例子:We celebrate our regained status as a sovereign and independent nation. 我們?yōu)橹匦氯〉昧酥鳈?quán)和獨(dú)立國(guó)家的地位而歡欣鼓舞。
詞組:the status of affairs事態(tài), 形勢(shì)status nascendi (nascens) 初生態(tài)class status階級(jí)成分a status seeker想往上爬的人
同義詞:class condition division grade position rank standing state station
silt n. 淤泥vt. 使淤塞vi. 淤塞
例句:The cadres were digging up river silt with the commune members. 干部同社員們一起在挖河泥。
詞組:silt content/ the total volume of silt淤泥含量
scientific a. 科學(xué)的, 系統(tǒng)的, 符合科學(xué)規(guī)律的
例句:Scientific statistical figures are from Beijing scientific resources check 2000. 科學(xué)技術(shù)統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)字為2000年北京市科技資源清查數(shù)字。
詞組:scientific experiment科學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)scientific point of view科學(xué)觀點(diǎn)
反義詞:unscientific
troop n. 軍隊(duì), 裝甲部隊(duì), 騎兵隊(duì), 部隊(duì)vi. 群集, 結(jié)隊(duì), 成群而行
例句:There were troops of friends to see him off. 有很多友人為他送行。
詞組:get one's troop 升任騎兵連長(zhǎng)household troops 王室禁衛(wèi)軍
同義詞:band body bunch company crew crowd gang group mob party unit