刘毅词汇 5000 lesson 19
时间：2018-12-01 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2018年(八月)
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Lesson19
1.Cite v.引用 同:quote
He cited a paragraph from the book to prove his statement.
2.Esteem 1 n.尊敬 同:respect
All his friends held him in high esteem, for he was very sincere and diligent 2.
3.Grumble 3 v.抱怨 同:mutter
He was always grumbling 4 about his low salary.
4.Hideous 5 adj.丑恶的 同:horrible
The old woman had such a hideous face that the girls couldn’t even get close to her.
5.Loiter v.闲荡 同:linger
She loitered along the street, looking into all the show windows.
6.Rip v.撕开 同:tear
She ripped her stocking on a sharp nail.
7.Specs n.眼镜 同:eyeglasses
She has very poor eyesight; she can read nothing without her specs.
8.Threshold n.开端；人口 同:doorway 6
Scientists are now on the threshold of a better understanding of how the human brain works.
9.Token n.象征 同:symbol
All the family wore black as a token of their grief.
10.Traitor 7 n.卖国贼 同:betrayer
The traitor sold our important military secrets to enemy.
11.Uphold v.支持；确认 同:support
The judge upheld the decision of the lower court.
12.Yawn v.打呵气 同:gape 8
He jawed 9 several times during the lecture; he was not interested in it.
13.Advocate 1. v.主张 反:object 2. n.拥护者
The professor advocates building more schools than roads.
Many scientists who supported the production of atomic bombs are advocates of peace.
14.Denial n.否认 反:acceptance
The minister asked the newspaper to print a denial of the untrue story.
15.Depart v.离开 反:arrive
We arrived in the village in the morning, and departed that night.
16.Flexible adj.易弯曲的 反:stiff
Leather and rubber are flexible; glass and iron are not.
17.Formidable adj.难以克服的 反:feeble
The enemy’s attack was more formidable than we had expected.
18.Gale 10 n.强风 反:breeze
The old tree at the top of the hill was blown down in the gale.
19.Sane 11 adj.神志清明的 反:crazy
The court judged the man sane and therefore responsible for his acts.
20.Underworld n.地狱 反:heaven
Those who live by vice 12 and crime would go to the underworld after death.
21.Vanity n. 1.虚荣心 反:humbleness 13 2.空幻
The girl’s vanity made her look in the mirror often.
Fame, power, wealth-all is vanity before death.
22.Convict 1. v.宣告有罪 2. n.罪犯
The judge convicted the accused man of theft.
The policeman was chasing a convict who escaped from prison last night.
23.Employee n.员工
That large factory has more than 1000 employees who make cars.
24.Envy n.羡慕
Some boys were full of envy when they saw my new bicycle.
25.Impose v.加（负担，惩罚于）
The judge imposed a fine of 500$ on the guilty man.
26.Invest v.投资
If I had any money, I would invest it in land.
27.Legislate 14 v.立法
In the united states the congress has the power to legislate.
28.Maintain v.保持
He maintained a speed of 60 miles an hour on the highway.
29.Petition n.请愿
The people signed a petition to stop destruction of the historic buildings.
30.Reconcile v.和解
They quarreled last week but now they are completely reconciled.
31.Sensation n. 1.感觉 2.骚动；大事件
I knew the train had stopped, but I had the sensation that it was moving backwards 15.
The show was a great sensation for several weeks.
32.Sociable 16 adj.好交际的
The secretary doesn’t seem sociable; she likes to be left in office alone.
33.All-out adj.完全
He made an all-out effort to be the best students in his class.
34.Aptitude 17 n.才能
The student shows a great aptitude for languages; he can learn a foreign language much faster than others.
35.Axis 18 n.轴
It takes 24 hours for the earth to make one rotation 19 on its axis.
36.Budget n.预算
They planned a monthly budget for their family.
37.Cargo 20 n.（船，飞机等所载）货物
A cargo of steel was lost at sea.
38.Clergy 21 n.牧师
Members of the clergy are serious students of religion.
39.Cripple n.跛子
He became a cripple as a result of the accident.
40.Dodge 22 v.闪避
The man jumped aside to dodge the speeding truck.
41.Grin v.露齿而笑
The boy grinned with pleasure when I gave him candy.
42.Headquarters n.总部
The policeman was ordered to report to the police headquarters.
43.Retort v.反驳
“your question is not worth answering,” he retorted.
44.Textile n.织物
We need to produce more textiles, especially silk and cotton.
45.Thigh 23 n.大腿；股
The fisherman’s boots came up to his thighs 24.
46.Toilet n.洗手间
The youngest child has not yet learned how to use the toilet.
练习来啦！
从本期的生词中选出适当的填空。
1.The _____ who had helped the enemy during the war was killed by the people .
2.She is very obedient to her boss , but often _____ about him when he is out .
3.Your _____ is of no use ; we hae proof .
4.I do not _____ building large factories in our town , for they may be a source of pollution .
5.He suffered from mental disorder 25 last year , but is now _____ enough to do the work .
6.He had no _____ in his fingers after he had burned them .
7.Edison had a remarkable 26 _____ for inventing new things .
8.He _____ quickly when I threw my shoe at him .
9.A(An) _____ is not able to move or walk properly .
10.“It’s none of your business , ” she _____ .
1. tratitor 2. grumbles 27 3. denial 4. advocate 5. sane 6. sensation 7. aptitude 8. dodged 28 9. cripple 10. retorted
- I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
- The veteran worker ranks high in public love and esteem.那位老工人深受大伙的爱戴。
- He is the more diligent of the two boys.他是这两个男孩中较用功的一个。
- She is diligent and keeps herself busy all the time.她真勤快，一会儿也不闲着。
- I don't want to hear another grumble from you.我不愿再听到你的抱怨。
- He could do nothing but grumble over the situation.他除了埋怨局势之外别无他法。
- She's always grumbling to me about how badly she's treated at work. 她总是向我抱怨她在工作中如何受亏待。
- We didn't hear any grumbling about the food. 我们没听到过对食物的抱怨。
- The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare.整个经历就像一场可怕的噩梦。
- They're not like dogs,they're hideous brutes.它们不像狗，是丑陋的畜牲。
- They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
- Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。
- The traitor was finally found out and put in prison.那个卖国贼终于被人发现并被监禁了起来。
- He was sold out by a traitor and arrested.他被叛徒出卖而被捕了。
- His secretary stopped taking notes to gape at me.他的秘书停止了记录，目瞪口呆地望着我。
- He was not the type to wander round gaping at everything like a tourist.他不是那种像个游客似的四处闲逛、对什么都好奇张望的人。
- The color of the big-jawed face was high. 那张下颚宽阔的脸上气色很好。 来自辞典例句
- She jawed him for making an exhibition of himself, scolding as though he were a ten-year-old. 她连声怪他这样大出洋相，拿他当十岁的孩子似的数落。 来自辞典例句
- We got our roof blown off in the gale last night.昨夜的大风把我们的房顶给掀掉了。
- According to the weather forecast,there will be a gale tomorrow.据气象台预报，明天有大风。
- He was sane at the time of the murder.在凶杀案发生时他的神志是清醒的。
- He is a very sane person.他是一个很有头脑的人。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- Neither riches nor honours can corrupt him; neither poverty nor humbleness can make him swerve from principle; and neither threats nor forces can subdue him. 富贵不能淫， 贫贱不能移，威武不能屈。
- Consciousness is the mother of progress; humbleness is the source of degeneration. 1自觉心是进步之母，自贱心是堕落之源。
- Therefore,it is very urgent to legislate for the right of privacy.因此，为隐私权立法刻不容缓。
- It's impossible to legislate for every contingency.为每一偶发事件都立法是不可能的。
- He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
- All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。
- Roger is a very sociable person.罗杰是个非常好交际的人。
- Some children have more sociable personalities than others.有些孩子比其他孩子更善于交际。
- That student has an aptitude for mathematics.那个学生有数学方面的天赋。
- As a child,he showed an aptitude for the piano.在孩提时代，他显露出对于钢琴的天赋。
- The earth's axis is the line between the North and South Poles.地轴是南北极之间的线。
- The axis of a circle is its diameter.圆的轴线是其直径。
- Crop rotation helps prevent soil erosion.农作物轮作有助于防止水土流失。
- The workers in this workshop do day and night shifts in weekly rotation.这个车间的工人上白班和上夜班每周轮换一次。
- The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
- A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
- I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example.我衷心希望，我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。
- All the local clergy attended the ceremony.当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。
- A dodge behind a tree kept her from being run over.她向树后一闪，才没被车从身上辗过。
- The dodge was coopered by the police.诡计被警察粉碎了。
- He is suffering from a strained thigh muscle.他的大腿肌肉拉伤了，疼得很。
- The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
- He's gone to London for skin grafts on his thighs. 他去伦敦做大腿植皮手术了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The water came up to the fisherman's thighs. 水没到了渔夫的大腿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
- It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。
- She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
- These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。