a级词汇第一讲

+1. america's emphasis重点 on the importance of education for everyone has spurred scientific research.科学研究

a  encouraged  b endangered 危及危害  c endorsed  签名背书 d  enlarged扩大增大

 

spur n 刺激 激励

v 激励=encourage   stimulate   urge, excite, boost, promote

encourage sb to do sth   鼓励某人做某事  i encourage them to help others.

+2. hundreds of years ago cloves丁香were used to remedy headaches.头疼

a disrupt使分裂使瓦解 b diagnose 诊断断定  c evaporate  蒸发使蒸发 d  cure

remedy  v  n  治疗 补救  cure  help  treat

+ 3. our plan is to allocate one member of staff to handle处理 操作appointments.约会，任命

a  assign       b  persuade 劝说说服     c  ask 问 要求请求    d  order 命令

allocate  分配，指定    portion, distribute,dispatch

+4. we also want to use 使用the water to irrigate 灌溉barren  desert  land.沙漠

a  hairless  无毛的 没有毛发的   b  bare    c  empty 空的   d  bald秃头的 秃的

barren  adj贫瘠的 不毛的 荒芜的

n  荒地 

bare赤裸的 光秃的    sterile     unfertile  unproductive

+5. their interpretation 翻译解释was faulty.                                                                                           

a wrong  b ambiguous模棱两可的 c unclear不清楚的不易理解的d unbelievable:不可信的

faulty 有错误的，有缺点的   imperfect

+6. these old buildings建筑 are gorgeous.

a  ridiculous 荒谬的可笑的 b  lovely 可爱的 c  magnificent   d  peculiar奇怪的 罕见的

gorgeous    华丽的,magnificent

灿烂的brilliant, splendid, glorious

好极了wonderful ， excellent ，famous, super  

e.g. the good news was i met two gorgeous men!

美丽的   beautiful     e.g. these flowers are just gorgeous!

+7. contact 联系your doctor if the cough 咳嗽persists. vi

 a  insists 坚持主张, 坚持认为      b perseveres [,pə:si'viə]坚持 不屈不挠 

c  continues                     d  resists抵抗抗拒

insist +that /on /upon   i insisted that he was wrong.

persist    1坚持 固执，2持续存在，持续  persist in /with 

continue  继续 连续  stay， last

+8. the powers 权势of the european co

 

mmission欧盟委员会 to regulate competition比赛竞赛 in the community社区团体 are increasing.

   a  fight   打架战斗 b  abolish废除 革除   c  remove 除去消除   d  control

regulate v 1 制定，节制，调整        define  adjust 

2 管理 ，控制          contain    manage 

 

+9. they scattered after dinner.

a  separated   b  fled  逃走消失  flee  c  departed 离开出发  d  spread传布散布

scatter   v 分散，散开；散射    separate   使分离；使分居；使分开

         n  分散，散播          disperse,  distribute  part

 

+10. from my standpoint, you know, this thing is just ridiculous.荒谬的，可笑的

 a  position 位置，方位   b point of view    c knowledge 知识  d opinion意见，主张

standpoint   n 立场“ 观点” 

opionion    in my opinion you’re wrong.

+11. the story was touching.

a  inspiring 令人振奋的  b  boring 令人讨厌的枯燥的 c  moving  d  frightening惊吓的

touching  adj  动人的  感人的     affecting   melting

+12.  this poem depicts the beautiful scenery]风景 of a small town in the south.

       a  describes     b  draws 画        c writes  写       d  introduces介绍

depict   描述描写                describe   描述，描绘，形容  bewrite  illustrate  picture

 

+13.  the telephone电话 system系统 is no longer不再 operative.

a  running v跑 运转 经营 adj 跑着的，连续的  b  moving 移动的  

c  rotating 旋转的     d  working

operative   有效的，valid, available, effective  运转的  working  adj 工作着的；运转着的

+14.  hundreds of buildings were wrecked by the earthquake.地震

a shaken 摇动动摇 shake  bfallen  倒下落下 fall fell c damaged   dtrembled 颤抖

wreck  n 破坏  失事  残骸

       v  破坏，拆毁，损坏   destroy  demolish  ruin  undermine   founder

+15.  the latest最新的 car model模型 embodies many new improvements.改进，改善

a  consists of 由---组成   b  includes     c  makes up组成----   d  marks  标志

embody 体现，表达express，包含，包括   contain  comprise  involve

+16.  thick厚厚的密集的 clouds obscured the stars from view.观看，视野

a  darkened  使---变暗 b  held 持有 保持   hold  c  blackened 使---变黑  d  prevent

obscure  v 遮掩；使变暗 掩盖，遮盖，隐藏     overcurtain  becloud

         adj  模糊的，昏暗的    vague   dark   unclear

prevent   阻碍，妨碍， 阻止

+17. the parents父母 have to必须 restrain  their daughter女儿 from running out跑出去 into the street.

a  disallow  不许不准  b  reduce 减少降低   

c  prevent     d  confine限制监禁

restrain  vt. 抑制，控制；约束；制止     restrict  limit inhibit

restrain sb from doing sth 限制某人做某事

prevent sb from doing      阻止某人做某事

disallow sb to do sth    剥夺某人做某事

confine sb to do sth        限制某人做某事

+18.  the discovery发现 was sensational. [sen'seiʃənəl]

   a sexy  性感的，迷人的   b  surprising 意外的  

c  exceptional例外的     d  exciting

   sensational   1轰动的，激动的  

                2 极好的，非常好的    wonderful, good

+19.  after supper we usually take a stroll around the park 在公园附近for about an hour.

a  walk        b  rest  休息       c  bath 洗澡     d  breath呼吸

stroll   n v  闲逛,漫步 散步     take a stroll    散步  stride