时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:大学英语六级考试高频词汇


英语课

  essence

Senior citizen discounts are the essence of the very thing

older Americans are fighting against—

discrimination by age.

extravagant 1

When asked to use three words to describe society's rich,

the top responses were “extravagant”,

“greedy”

and “corrupt”.

flush

The child's cheeks were flushed with fever.

funding

Even Hilton Hotels has shown interest in the space tourism industry

and the possibility of building or co-funding a space hotel.

grantedad

Granted,

some amount of delusion 2 (错觉)

is probably part of the human condition.

haunt

He was haunted by memories of his unhappy childhood

well into his adult life.

initiate 3

The concept of a “non-smoking” Olympics,

initiated 4 in 1988,

has been put into practice since the 1992 Barcelona Games.

intrinsic

The intrinsic value of a coin is the value of the metal it is made of.

intuition

Nobody told me where to find you.

It was sheer intuition.

irritate

The boy's foolish question irritated his mother.

manifest

She manifested little interest in her studies.

mingle 5

Security men mingled 6 with the crowd.

obscure

I received a letter of complaint from them;

but the letters of the sign were made obscure by rain.

paradox 7

“More haste,less speed” is a paradox.

privacy

With seven people squashed in one house,

you don't get much privacy.

radiate

The sun radiates both light and heat.

refrain

You must be able to refrain yourself in some matters

in order to accomplish others.

supervisor 8

The supervisor didn't have time so far to go into it at length,

but he gave us an idea about his plan.

surgical 9

The doctors and nurses had surgical masks on.

suspicious

I am always suspicious of anyone

who wants to sell me something on the cheap.

terminate

They terminated their agreement and renewed another one

according to the situation.

terrorist

Terrorists hijacked 10 an airplane with 260 people on board.

tumble

I tumbled several times when learning to skate for the first time.

absurd

She said to herself that the idea was absurd.

allege 11

You alleged 12 that the accused man was seen at the scene of the crime,

didn't you?

analogy

My theory applies to you and by analogy to others like you.

array

The royal couple appeared in splendid array.

articulate

It is believed that girls are usually more articulate than boys.

ascertain 13

The researcher ascertained 14 that he had discovered a new element

which led to the SARS.

assertive 15

Katsue Reynolds has argued that

girls nowadays are using more assertive language strategies

in order to be able to compete with boys in schools and out.

availability

Human population growth and technological 16 development result in

dramatic reductions and alterations 17 in quality

and availability of wildlife habitat.

baffle

She was completely baffled by his strange behavior.

barren

There are about 98% thick continental 18 ice sheet

and 2% barren rock in Antarctica.

bewilder

The child was bewildered by the noise and the crowds.

coincidence

Is there any coincidence between your statistics and your friends'?

conform

Nowadays,

it is commonly observed that

young women are not conforming to the feminine linguistic 19 ideal.



1 extravagant
adj.奢侈的;过分的;(言行等)放肆的
  • They tried to please him with fulsome compliments and extravagant gifts.他们想用溢美之词和奢华的礼品来取悦他。
  • He is extravagant in behaviour.他行为放肆。
2 delusion
n.谬见,欺骗,幻觉,迷惑
  • He is under the delusion that he is Napoleon.他患了妄想症,认为自己是拿破仑。
  • I was under the delusion that he intended to marry me.我误认为他要娶我。
3 initiate
vt.开始,创始,发动;启蒙,使入门;引入
  • A language teacher should initiate pupils into the elements of grammar.语言老师应该把基本语法教给学生。
  • They wanted to initiate a discussion on economics.他们想启动一次经济学讨论。
4 initiated
vt.使混合,使相混;vi.混合起来;相交往
  • If we mingle with the crowd,we should not be noticed.如果我们混在人群中,就不会被注意到。
  • Oil will not mingle with water.油和水不相融。
5 mingled
混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系]
  • The sounds of laughter and singing mingled in the evening air. 笑声和歌声交织在夜空中。
  • The man and the woman mingled as everyone started to relax. 当大家开始放松的时候,这一男一女就开始交往了。
6 paradox
n.似乎矛盾却正确的说法;自相矛盾的人(物)
  • The story contains many levels of paradox.这个故事存在多重悖论。
  • The paradox is that Japan does need serious education reform.矛盾的地方是日本确实需要教育改革。
7 supervisor
n.监督人,管理人,检查员,督学,主管,导师
  • Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说,我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
  • He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。
8 surgical
adj.外科的,外科医生的,手术上的
  • He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
  • All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前,必须消毒。
9 hijacked
劫持( hijack的过去式和过去分词 ); 绑架; 拦路抢劫; 操纵(会议等,以推销自己的意图)
  • The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome. 飞机在从伦敦飞往罗马途中遭到两名持械男子劫持。
  • The plane was hijacked soon after it took off. 那架飞机起飞后不久被劫持了。
10 allege
vt.宣称,申述,主张,断言
  • The newspaper reporters allege that the man was murdered but they have given no proof.新闻记者们宣称这个男人是被谋杀的,但他们没提出证据。
  • Students occasionally allege illness as the reason for absence.学生时不时会称病缺课。
11 alleged
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
12 ascertain
vt.发现,确定,查明,弄清
  • It's difficult to ascertain the coal deposits.煤储量很难探明。
  • We must ascertain the responsibility in light of different situtations.我们必须根据不同情况判定责任。
13 ascertained
v.弄清,确定,查明( ascertain的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The previously unidentified objects have now been definitely ascertained as being satellites. 原来所说的不明飞行物现在已证实是卫星。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I ascertained that she was dead. 我断定她已经死了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
14 assertive
adj.果断的,自信的,有冲劲的
  • She always speaks an assertive tone.她总是以果断的语气说话。
  • China appears to have become more assertive in the waters off its coastline over recent years.在近些年,中国显示出对远方海洋的自信。
15 technological
adj.技术的;工艺的
  • A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
  • Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今, 随着科技进步,生活节奏不断增快。
16 alterations
n.改动( alteration的名词复数 );更改;变化;改变
  • Any alterations should be written in neatly to the left side. 改动部分应书写清晰,插在正文的左侧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code. 基因突变是指DNA 密码的改变。 来自《简明英汉词典》
17 continental
adj.大陆的,大陆性的,欧洲大陆的
  • A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
  • The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。
18 linguistic
adj.语言的,语言学的
  • She is pursuing her linguistic researches.她在从事语言学的研究。
  • The ability to write is a supreme test of linguistic competence.写作能力是对语言能力的最高形式的测试。
学英语单词
Abyssinian cat
aggrieving
alertor
Anzac Days
arithmetical calculations
astutely
Aventador
Bandon, R.
bequeath
blackcurrants
body-shell
carboxyl group
centron
chainsaw
Chanthaywa
coachyard
combined rice mill
compond target
concept teaching
consolidated quick shear test
controlled-access highway
cum-rag
cup leathe
CW (clockwise)
deferred processing session
depreciation methods
Djoubale
Dolicaine
double banked boat
double stepped labyrinth gland
duodenary
duplication of ureter
durative aspect
Ehime-ken
erection torque motor
exhaust-smoke
fault processor
Ferrier's method
Ficus racemosa
floogies
Frigen
Great Dalby
hurlbut
impact parameter
in-town well
inter-bourse
interosculating
intraglandular lymph nodes
kwans
leak oil pipe
liquid cargo heating
lock-horns
loxoconcha gouae
machinery for floor work
maleamide
march fracture
maturity-onset diabetes of the young (mody)
maunderings
minus value
monster home
move height
natural-looking
nonparalyzed
nuclear instruments
of use
paper patent
pause on
payroll giving
phrynosomatid
plicae glosso-epiglottica
plough layer
porciner
press secretaries
primitive procephalic appendage
psychoacoustically
pyloric orifice
pylzowii
raspies
raw waste
reclaimation survey
Replenisers
Salching
schaumgyps
scoops up
sense transformer
service duty test
share outstanding
signal intelligience
single expansion steam locomotive
sissier
smectites
stipendary
stored fuel
subject to immediate reply
tetraphyllous
the opening bank
transversospinalis
Turka
vice-treasurer
washroom
Wawasee, L.
wooden wing