appraisal n.估計,估量,評價

　　The members of the IOC made an objective appraisal of Beijing.國際奧林匹克委員會成員對北京做出了客觀的評價.

　　arch n.拱門,拱型 v.成拱型 a.調皮的,淘氣的

　　The cat arches its back when it sees the dog.貓看到狗,就會把背拱起.

　　A bright rainbow arched above after the rain.雨后彩虹在天上形成弓狀.

　　arena n.競技場,表演場所;活動場所

　　The world is as an arena of moral conflict.世界像一個道義沖突的競爭場所.

　　bureaucracy n.官僚,官僚作風;官僚機構

　　We must fight against the bureaucracy in order to improve governmental work.為了提高政府部門的工作效率,我們必須與官僚作風作斗爭.

　　confer v.協商,交換意見 vt.授予贈與,把贈與,協議

　　The engineers and technicians are still conferring on the unexpected accident of the fire damp explosion.工程師和技術員們還在討論此次瓦斯爆炸的以外事故.

　　consecutive a.連續的;連貫的;順序的

　　I am extremely busy every week on three consecutive days,Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday.我每星期連續三天都非常忙,是在星期一、星期二、星期三.

　　consensus n.一致同意,多數人的意見,輿論

　　The voters consensus was that the capital penalty should not be abolished.大多數選民的意見是不應該廢除死刑.

　　What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午會議上一致的意見是什么?

　　consequent a.作為結果的,隨之發生的

　　His long illness and consequent absence put him far behind in his work.他因病缺席很久,耽誤了很多課程.

　　contend v.斗爭,競爭,主張;辯論;聲稱

　　The defense contended that the evidence was inadmissible.被警方聲稱證據是不可接受的.

　　discrepancy n.差異,不一致;矛盾,偏差,誤差

　　There was a discrepan- cy in the two reports of the loss of the earthquake in India.對于印度這次地震的損失,兩份報告不一致.

　　discrete a.分離的,分立的,無聯系的

　　The picture consisted of a lot of discrete spots of color.這幅由許多零散的色點組成.

　　disrupt vt.使中斷,干擾

　　An accident of the collision of a truck with a train has disrupted railroad services into and out of Paris. 一輛卡車與一列火車相撞的事故中斷了進出巴黎市的鐵路交通.

　　Protesters in Poland disrupted Clintons speech.波蘭的抗議者干擾了克林頓的演說.

　　exceptional a.例外的,特殊的,優越的,杰出的

　　Mozart showed exceptional musical talent when he was only 3 years old.莫扎特3歲就表現出非凡的音樂才能.

　　execution n.執行;實行;執行遺囑;處決,處死

　　Executions used to be held in public.死刑過去常常當眾執行.

　　forthcoming a.即將到來的;準備好的;樂意幫助的;友善的

　　When she was asked why she was absent for the party,no answer was forthcoming.當問到她為什么沒來參加晚會,她不作任何回答.

　　We asked several villagers the way to the mine,and they are very forthcoming.我們向好幾個村民詢問通往礦山的路,他們都很樂意幫助.

　　fracture v.破裂;斷裂 n.骨折,挫折

　　A fracture in any part of the body can be very serious in elderly people.老年人身體的任何部位發生骨折都有可能成為嚴重疾患.

　　hysterical a.歇斯底里的,異常興奮的

　　On hearing the news that he was elected senator,he was in hysterical laughter.一聽到他當選參議員的消息,他一陣狂笑.

　　insane a.毫無見識的,患精神病的;瘋狂的

　　You must be insane to drive your car so fast.你把車開得那么快,一定是瘋了.

　　instrumental a 有幫助的;有作用的;儀器的,器械的, 樂器的

　　Technical innovation is instrumental in improving the quality products.技術革新有助于提高產品的質量.

　　Encouragement is more instrumental for the development of children than blame.鼓勵比責備對孩子的成長更有幫助.

　　insulate vt.使絕熱;使絕緣;隔離;使孤立

　　The royal family is insulated from many of the difficulties faced by ordinary people.王室人員都毋須應付平民所面臨的許多困難.

　　Many houses in the north are warm in winter because they are insulated so that the heat is not lost.北方的許多房子在冬天很暖和,因為它們都作了隔熱處理,使熱量不致散失.

　　locality n.地區,地點,現場

　　Localities,even individual villages developed their own languages.許多地區,甚至各村子都有他們自己的語言.

　　module n.模塊,組件;艙

　　It is very fast to use computation module to process files.利用計算模塊來處理文擋速度很快.

　　numerical a.數字的,用數表示的,數值的

　　We do not have any numerical information about casualties of the earthquake.我們還沒有有關地震傷亡人數方面的報告.

　　prone a.易于傾向于俯臥的

　　Children of poor health are very prone to colds in winter.體弱的孩子在冬天易患感冒.

　　propagate vi.繁殖;增殖 vt.繁殖,增殖;傳播,宣傳

　　Most plants propagate by seed. 大部分植物用種子繁殖.

　　Water easily propagates sound. 水容易傳導聲音.

　　resultant a.作為結果發生的,合成的

　　Her rudeness and resultant criticism from her parents made her ashamed.她沒有沒有禮貌結果被父母批評,這使她很羞愧.

　　retention n.保留,保持

　　The retention of old technology has slowed the companys growth.延用舊技術阻礙了該公司的發展.

　　retrospect n.回顧,回想;懷舊,追憶

　　The retrospect that the Chinese football team has been repeatedly defeated in the important matches was depressing. 回想起中國男子足球在重大比賽中屢戰屢敗真是令人沮喪.

　　spouse n.配偶

　　You may choose to pay income tax jointly or separately from your spouse.你可以選擇與配偶一起或分開交納所得稅.

　　Sponge n.海綿,海面體 vt.用濕布或海綿擦拭

　　Young people should not sponge of their parents.年輕人應該不依賴父母.

　　stabilize v.穩定,使穩固

　　The primary task of the police is to stabilize the social order.警察的首要任務是穩定社會秩序.

　　stereotype n.陳腔濫調,老套 vt.套用老套,使一成不變

　　Regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding Westerners are trendy.地區性舊習自從美國建國以來就成為它的一部分.

　　Midwesterners are dull Northeasterners are brainy,and Southerners are lazy.西部人時髦,中西部人木訥,東北部人機智,南方人懶惰.

　　Its wrong to stereotype people, as if they were all alike.把人們看作都是一樣的, 這是錯誤的.

　　Traverse vt.橫過,穿過,經過

　　The Beijing-Guangzhou Railway traverses almost half of China.京廣鐵路幾乎穿越 大半個中國.

　　I have to intention to traverse that ground in my present lecture.在這次演講中我不打算詳細討論這一點.

　　triple a.三倍的,三部分的 vt.使成三倍

　　The manager tripled his income.經理使他的收入增加兩倍.

　　verbal a.口頭的,語言的;用詞的;動詞的

　　Verbal communication is primary in our social interaction.口頭交際是我們社交中最主要的交際方式.

　　appraisal n.估計,估量,評價

　　The members of the IOC made an objective appraisal of Beijing.國際奧林匹克委員會成員對北京做出了客觀的評價.

　　arch n.拱門,拱型 v.成拱型 a.調皮的,淘氣的

　　The cat arches its back when it sees the dog.貓看到狗,就會把背拱起.

　　A bright rainbow arched above after the rain.雨后彩虹在天上形成弓狀.

　　arena n.競技場,表演場所;活動場所

　　The world is as an arena of moral conflict.世界像一個道義沖突的競爭場所.

　　bureaucracy n.官僚,官僚作風;官僚機構

　　We must fight against the bureaucracy in order to improve governmental work.為了提高政府部門的工作效率,我們必須與官僚作風作斗爭.

　　confer v.協商,交換意見 vt.授予贈與,把贈與,協議

　　The engineers and technicians are still conferring on the unexpected accident of the fire damp explosion.工程師和技術員們還在討論此次瓦斯爆炸的以外事故.

　　consecutive a.連續的;連貫的;順序的

　　I am extremely busy every week on three consecutive days,Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday.我每星期連續三天都非常忙,是在星期一、星期二、星期三.

　　consensus n.一致同意,多數人的意見,輿論

　　The voters consensus was that the capital penalty should not be abolished.大多數選民的意見是不應該廢除死刑.

　　What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午會議上一致的意見是什么?

　　consequent a.作為結果的,隨之發生的

　　His long illness and consequent absence put him far behind in his work.他因病缺席很久,耽誤了很多課程.

　　contend v.斗爭,競爭,主張;辯論;聲稱

　　The defense contended that the evidence was inadmissible.被警方聲稱證據是不可接受的.

　　discrepancy n.差異,不一致;矛盾,偏差,誤差

　　There was a discrepan- cy in the two reports of the loss of the earthquake in India.對于印度這次地震的損失,兩份報告不一致.

　　discrete a.分離的,分立的,無聯系的

　　The picture consisted of a lot of discrete spots of color.這幅由許多零散的色點組成.

　　disrupt vt.使中斷,干擾

　　An accident of the collision of a truck with a train has disrupted railroad services into and out of Paris. 一輛卡車與一列火車相撞的事故中斷了進出巴黎市的鐵路交通.

　　Protesters in Poland disrupted Clintons speech.波蘭的抗議者干擾了克林頓的演說.

　　exceptional a.例外的,特殊的,優越的,杰出的

　　Mozart showed exceptional musical talent when he was only 3 years old.莫扎特3歲就表現出非凡的音樂才能.

　　execution n.執行;實行;執行遺囑;處決,處死

　　Executions used to be held in public.死刑過去常常當眾執行.

　　forthcoming a.即將到來的;準備好的;樂意幫助的;友善的

　　When she was asked why she was absent for the party,no answer was forthcoming.當問到她為什么沒來參加晚會,她不作任何回答.

　　We asked several villagers the way to the mine,and they are very forthcoming.我們向好幾個村民詢問通往礦山的路,他們都很樂意幫助.

　　fracture v.破裂;斷裂 n.骨折,挫折

　　A fracture in any part of the body can be very serious in elderly people.老年人身體的任何部位發生骨折都有可能成為嚴重疾患.

　　hysterical a.歇斯底里的,異常興奮的

　　On hearing the news that he was elected senator,he was in hysterical laughter.一聽到他當選參議員的消息,他一陣狂笑.

　　insane a.毫無見識的,患精神病的;瘋狂的

　　You must be insane to drive your car so fast.你把車開得那么快,一定是瘋了.

　　instrumental a 有幫助的;有作用的;儀器的,器械的, 樂器的

　　Technical innovation is instrumental in improving the quality products.技術革新有助于提高產品的質量.

　　Encouragement is more instrumental for the development of children than blame.鼓勵比責備對孩子的成長更有幫助.

　　insulate vt.使絕熱;使絕緣;隔離;使孤立

　　The royal family is insulated from many of the difficulties faced by ordinary people.王室人員都毋須應付平民所面臨的許多困難.

　　Many houses in the north are warm in winter because they are insulated so that the heat is not lost.北方的許多房子在冬天很暖和,因為它們都作了隔熱處理,使熱量不致散失.

　　locality n.地區,地點,現場

　　Localities,even individual villages developed their own languages.許多地區,甚至各村子都有他們自己的語言.

　　module n.模塊,組件;艙

　　It is very fast to use computation module to process files.利用計算模塊來處理文擋速度很快.

　　numerical a.數字的,用數表示的,數值的

　　We do not have any numerical information about casualties of the earthquake.我們還沒有有關地震傷亡人數方面的報告.

　　prone a.易于傾向于俯臥的

　　Children of poor health are very prone to colds in winter.體弱的孩子在冬天易患感冒.

　　propagate vi.繁殖;增殖 vt.繁殖,增殖;傳播,宣傳

　　Most plants propagate by seed. 大部分植物用種子繁殖.

　　Water easily propagates sound. 水容易傳導聲音.

　　resultant a.作為結果發生的,合成的

　　Her rudeness and resultant criticism from her parents made her ashamed.她沒有沒有禮貌結果被父母批評,這使她很羞愧.

　　retention n.保留,保持

　　The retention of old technology has slowed the companys growth.延用舊技術阻礙了該公司的發展.

　　retrospect n.回顧,回想;懷舊,追憶

　　The retrospect that the Chinese football team has been repeatedly defeated in the important matches was depressing. 回想起中國男子足球在重大比賽中屢戰屢敗真是令人沮喪.

　　spouse n.配偶

　　You may choose to pay income tax jointly or separately from your spouse.你可以選擇與配偶一起或分開交納所得稅.

　　Sponge n.海綿,海面體 vt.用濕布或海綿擦拭

　　Young people should not sponge of their parents.年輕人應該不依賴父母.

　　stabilize v.穩定,使穩固

　　The primary task of the police is to stabilize the social order.警察的首要任務是穩定社會秩序.

　　stereotype n.陳腔濫調,老套 vt.套用老套,使一成不變

　　Regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding Westerners are trendy.地區性舊習自從美國建國以來就成為它的一部分.

　　Midwesterners are dull Northeasterners are brainy,and Southerners are lazy.西部人時髦,中西部人木訥,東北部人機智,南方人懶惰.

　　Its wrong to stereotype people, as if they were all alike.把人們看作都是一樣的, 這是錯誤的.

　　Traverse vt.橫過,穿過,經過

　　The Beijing-Guangzhou Railway traverses almost half of China.京廣鐵路幾乎穿越 大半個中國.

　　I have to intention to traverse that ground in my present lecture.在這次演講中我不打算詳細討論這一點.

　　triple a.三倍的,三部分的 vt.使成三倍

　　The manager tripled his income.經理使他的收入增加兩倍.

　　verbal a.口頭的,語言的;用詞的;動詞的

　　Verbal communication is primary in our social interaction.口頭交際是我們社交中最主要的交際方式.