Captive a.被俘虜的,被捕獲的 n.俘虜

　　Lying in my hospital bed,I was a captive audience to these uninteresting old stories.躺在醫(yī)院里的病床上,我只好聽那些乏味的舊故事.

　　Catholic a.天主教的; 普通的,廣泛的 n.天主教徒

　　Most non-Christians find it hard to under- stand why a Catholic isnt a Protestant.非基督徒很難理解天主教徒與基督教徒有什么不同.

　　Commend vt.表揚,稱贊;推薦

　　We should commend good people and good deeds.我們應當表揚好人好事.

　　Deem vt.認為,視為

　　Murdock deemed it was time for a change,so he quit the Time- Warner Corporation.默多克覺得是換換環(huán)境的時候了,于是辭職離開了時代-華納公司.

　　Doom n.厄運,劫數 vt.注定,命定

　　With its natural habitat shringking day by day,the species is doomed to extinction. 隨著它的棲息地日益萎縮,這個物種命中注定要滅絕.

　　Drought n.干旱,旱災

　　When a drought wrecks havoc,millions of people are compelled to run for life.當旱災肆虐的時候,數百萬的人被迫將流離失所.

　　Endeavor n.努力,盡力,嘗試

　　Sweden has failed in its endeavor to rank among the world powers in table tennis.瑞典本想在世界乒乓球強國中占有一席之地,但是失敗了.

　　Endow vt.資助,捐贈,向 捐錢 給予,賦予,認為具有某種特質

　　Great musicians like Mozart and Beethoven certainly were endowed with musical talent.像莫扎特,貝多芬一類的偉大音樂家確實具有音樂天賦.

　　Feminine a.女性的,女子的;女子氣的

　　Michael Jackson has a feminine face after the face-lifting.整容后,邁克爾.杰克遜有著一張女性氣質的臉.

　　Formulate vt.構想出;系統(tǒng)地闡述

　　His idea of setting up this corporation was formulated over coffee.喝咖啡的時候,設立該公司的想法形成了.

　　Gossip n.流言蜚語;愛說長道短的人; vi.傳播流言蜚語,說長道短

　　It is ridiculous that here newspapers are read mainly for their gossip columns.真滑稽,這里的人們讀報主要是沖著閑話欄目而去

　　Heritage n.遺產,繼承物,傳統(tǒng)

　　Every generation has the duty to pass down heritage of knowledge from the past.每一代人都有責任把過去繼承的知識傳下去.

　　imperative a.必要的,緊急的,極重要的;命令的 n.必要的事必須完成的事;祈使語氣

　　It is absolutely imperative that the whole international community works together to stop polluting the earth.國際社會共同行動,制止環(huán)境污染是極為必要的.

　　Captive a.被俘虜的,被捕獲的 n.俘虜

　　Lying in my hospital bed,I was a captive audience to these uninteresting old stories.躺在醫(yī)院里的病床上,我只好聽那些乏味的舊故事.

　　Catholic a.天主教的; 普通的,廣泛的 n.天主教徒

　　Most non-Christians find it hard to under- stand why a Catholic isnt a Protestant.非基督徒很難理解天主教徒與基督教徒有什么不同.

　　Commend vt.表揚,稱贊;推薦

　　We should commend good people and good deeds.我們應當表揚好人好事.

　　Deem vt.認為,視為

　　Murdock deemed it was time for a change,so he quit the Time- Warner Corporation.默多克覺得是換換環(huán)境的時候了,于是辭職離開了時代-華納公司.

　　Doom n.厄運,劫數 vt.注定,命定

　　With its natural habitat shringking day by day,the species is doomed to extinction. 隨著它的棲息地日益萎縮,這個物種命中注定要滅絕.

　　Drought n.干旱,旱災

　　When a drought wrecks havoc,millions of people are compelled to run for life.當旱災肆虐的時候,數百萬的人被迫將流離失所.

　　Endeavor n.努力,盡力,嘗試

　　Sweden has failed in its endeavor to rank among the world powers in table tennis.瑞典本想在世界乒乓球強國中占有一席之地,但是失敗了.

　　Endow vt.資助,捐贈,向 捐錢 給予,賦予,認為具有某種特質

　　Great musicians like Mozart and Beethoven certainly were endowed with musical talent.像莫扎特,貝多芬一類的偉大音樂家確實具有音樂天賦.

　　Feminine a.女性的,女子的;女子氣的

　　Michael Jackson has a feminine face after the face-lifting.整容后,邁克爾.杰克遜有著一張女性氣質的臉.

　　Formulate vt.構想出;系統(tǒng)地闡述

　　His idea of setting up this corporation was formulated over coffee.喝咖啡的時候,設立該公司的想法形成了.

　　Gossip n.流言蜚語;愛說長道短的人; vi.傳播流言蜚語,說長道短

　　It is ridiculous that here newspapers are read mainly for their gossip columns.真滑稽,這里的人們讀報主要是沖著閑話欄目而去

　　Heritage n.遺產,繼承物,傳統(tǒng)

　　Every generation has the duty to pass down heritage of knowledge from the past.每一代人都有責任把過去繼承的知識傳下去.

　　imperative a.必要的,緊急的,極重要的;命令的 n.必要的事必須完成的事;祈使語氣

　　It is absolutely imperative that the whole international community works together to stop polluting the earth.國際社會共同行動,制止環(huán)境污染是極為必要的.