devote  [di'vəut] v―――奉献给,致力于  dedicate . consecrate ['kɔnsi,kreit]

  devote ---to ----                       致力于,献身于,专心于

e.g.    please devote more time to your work.

 

die   [dai]   v   1死,死亡   perish  ,pass away      2 枯萎  fade

 die  down   渐弱   平息   枯萎

 die  off      (植物)相继枯死,       (声音)渐渐消失

 die  out    消失         不复存在

e.g.   many old customs风俗习俗 are dying out.

 

differ    [ 'difə ]    v 不同    不一致   disagree 

  differ from       ―――不同      ―――意见不一致

  differ with sb  about/on sth    和某人在某方面意见不同

e.g.   i differ with him on the plan.

difference  ['difərəns] n差异 差别 contrast distinction   不合,分歧  disagreement

  make a difference       有影响,很重要

  difference   in             ――――方面不同

  difference from             ――――的不同

different ['difrənt]      adj      不同的     各种的

  be different from                     ――――不同

  be different in                         ―――方面不同

 

difficult    ['difikəlt]   adj   困难的  hard  tough   难以应付的 ,难满足的

difficulty   ['difikəlti]   n  困难  hardship   trouble  难事    困境

be in difficulty      有困without difficulty      容易地  毫不费力的

e.g. the exam was pretty difficult.       i have difficulty with maths.

 

 

dig  [diɡ]   v 1 挖,掘   2 探究       dug   ,dug 或者digged  ,digging

dig into   研究

dig out   挖出,查出(事实)

dig up       1 开垦(荒地等)   2查出,发现

eg , they dug up many old coins.

 

direct    [di'rekt ]v  1 针对,把―――对准    常与at ,against ,to 连用

                       2 指示,指引

                       3 导演,指挥

adj/adv    直接的(地)     直率的(地)   

direct--- at /against ----                        ―――对准――

direct ----to -----                               把(注意力精力)贯注在―――

direction    [di'rekʃən]   n  1方向 orientation [,ɔ:rien'teiʃən]

2 指导 guidance  instruction  指挥,管理      pl    用法说明 

in  all  direction     各个方面

directly    [di'rektli]    adv  直接地   straight at first hand    

立即   immediately at once   right away

e.g.  the general将军 directed that the prisoners should be set free.

      i'll be there directly.                                     

it only moves移动 in one direction.

 

disagree  [,disə'gri:]   v  不一致,不适宜   differ

  disagree with sb                     和某人意见不一致

  disagree with sb -----on/about              和某人在某方面意见不一致

e.g.  i disagree with you on this point.

 

disappear  [,disə'piə]     v 1  消失 不见  die away      fade away    消亡,失踪

  e.g.  i hope my difficulties will soon disappear.

 

 

disaster   [di'zɑ:stə]    n    灾难    accident   tragedy

e.g.    they had led the country into economic disaster.

 

discover   [dis'kʌvə]发现,发觉,看出;找出,找到  find    observe    see

                             意识到,认识到,认清;领悟;了解

e.g.   we will see what we can discover.

discovery     [dis'kʌvəri] n    发现,发现物

 

discuss   [di'skʌs]   v   1讨论;谈论常常与about , with 连用;商议,商讨;议论;辩论: argue   debate  dispute 

                         2(书面或口头)论述,详述

discuss sth with sb                   和某人讨论―――――

e.g.  she said she had an important matter to discuss with me.

      the doctor discussed different approaches to the treatment of cancer.

 

disease  [di'zi:z]    n   疾病   弊病  illness   sickness

   catch   a disease         患病

e.g.  a cold is a widespread流行的 disease.

 

dismiss   [dis'mis]    v  解雇  fire   send—away   discard    解散,开除

   dismiss ab from his post     撤销某人的职务

e.g.  if you are late again, you will be dismissed.

 

display   [dis'plei]  v  陈列  展览    show   exhibit    n   陈列,展览

  on display     在展览中

e.g.  his paintings are on display at the exhibition. [,eksi'biʃən]展览会

 

dispute  [dis'pju:t]   v/n 争论,辩论   quarrel   debate  discuss 

  in dispute with          ---争论,与----有争议

e.g. workers劳方 are in dispute with management资方 about the redundancies. 裁员

 

distinct   [dis'tiŋkt]    adj    清楚的 clear  explicit   obvious 

截然不同的  different   独特的  unique  special

  be distinct in---from----      在某方面与----不同

e.g.  there is a distinct smell of oranges桔子味道this room!

distinction  [di'stiŋkʃən] n   区别  差别  辨别

make a distinction between     ---加以区别     without distinction   无差别的

 

distinguish  [di'stiŋgwiʃ]   v  区别 辨别   discriminate [dis'krimineit]  differentiate [,difə'renʃieit]   显出特色

distinguish---from---  ------区分开      distinguish between---and---- 区分------

distinguish oneself  in ---          ----方面突出

e.g.  she was distinguished from the other girls by her height 身高

 distinguished  [di'stiŋgwiʃt] adj  杰出的,著名的   famous