刘毅词汇（中级）5000 lesson 2

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第二课的单词

Apparatus 1 n.仪器 同:equipment

The town has recently purchased some new fire-fighting apparatus.

Assert v.断言 同:insist

The witness asserted that the salesman was dishonest.

Assign v.分派 同:allot 2

He was pleased that he was assigned such an easy task in the company.

Compensate 3 v.赔偿 同:reward

He gave me a new knife to compensate for the one of mine he lost.

Deem v.认为 同:consider

He would deem it an honor if the minister came to see him.

Inviolable adj.不可侵犯的 同:sacred

Freedom of action is one of the inviolable rules of human behavior.

Specimen 4 n.标本 同:sample

He collects specimens 5 of all kinds of rocks and minerals.

Stimulate 6 v.刺激；鼓舞 同:excite

The beating of a drum on the battlefield stimulated 7 the soldiers to fight more bravely.

Tendency n.趋势 同:inclination 8

Boys have a stronger tendency to fight than girls.

Testify v.证明 同:prove

He testified that the car was being driven slowly at the time of the accident.

Tourist n.观光客 同:traveller

Each year, many foreign tourists visit Taiwan for sight-seeing.

Utility n.效用 同:usefulness

Their furniture was chosen for utility rather than for elegance 9.

Blunt adj.钝的 反:sharp

Too much alcohol makes all your senses blunt.

Elastic 10 adj.有弹性的 反:inflexible 11

Toy balloons , sponges and steel springs are elastic.

Exit n. 1.出口 反:entrance 2.离去

He left the building through the rear exit.

When the cat came in, the little mouse made a hasty exit.

Fatigue 12 n.疲劳 反:vigor 13

He was pale with fatigue after his sleepless 14 night.

Heir n.（男）继承人 反:heiress

When he died, his young nephew was the only heir to his great wealth.

Inflate 15 v.膨胀 反:deflate

As the currency of a country is inflated 16, the prices of goods begin to rise.

Plump 1. adj.丰满 反:thin 2. v.忽然落下

She is too plump to fit into this dress.

Utterly 17 exhausted 18, she plumped down on a chair.

Recall v. 1.忆起 反:forget 2.召回

Mother could recalled stories that she had heard years ago.

The government recalled the general after he lost the battle.

Shun 19 v.避开 反:encounter

You can hardly shun meeting her if you and she both work in the same office.

Sneer 20 v.轻蔑；嘲笑 反:admire

The mean girl sneered 21 at the poor girl’s cheap clothes.

Adjoin v.临近 adj. adjoining

Canada and Mexico adjoin the United States of America.

Ally 1. v.同盟 n. alliance 2. n.同盟

Great Britain, France and Italy were allied 22 during the First World War.

Great Britain and the United States were allies in both World Wars.

Chaste 23 adj.贞洁的 n. chastity

Her parents teach her to be chaste and decent in her behavior.

Confide 24 v. 1.依赖（告知秘密） n. confidence 2.信任

When she was a child she always confided 25 her problems to her sister.

We can’t confide in his words , for he often breaks his promises.

Defy v.藐视 n. defiance 26

The driver of the car was defying the traffic law by speeding.

Disrupt v. 1.使中断 2.使分裂 adj. disruptive

An accident has disrupted railway service into and out of the city.

Slavery seemed likely to disrupt the Union.

Enable v.使能够 n. ability

The bird’s large wings enable it to fly very fast.

Fantastic adj.怪诞的 n. fantasy

The wall was covered with many fantastic pictures and photographs.

Impact n.冲击 adj. impactive

The force of the impact threw the driver out of the car.

Interfere 27 v.干涉 n. interference

It is best not to interfere in other people’s arguments.

Minimize v.将…减至最小程度 n. minimum

You can minimize the dangers of driving, by taking care to obey all he rules of the road.

Narrate 28 v.叙述 adj. narrative 29

Shall I narrate a strange experience of mine?

Visual adj.视觉的 n. vision

The contrasting colors created an interesting visual effect.

Appliance n.. 1.电器用品 2.应用

The modern house has many useful electrical appliances.

The appliance of electricity to household tasks makes house.

Brood 1. n.孵；窝 2. v.沉思

There are twelve chickens in this brood.

She brooded on her past mistakes so much that she became ill.

Fringe n.边缘

The woodcutter had a little house on the fringe of the forest.

Gravel 30 n.碎石

The path to the house was covered with gravel.

Hut n.小屋

In the storm, they found a shabby hut in the forest.

Lure 31 1. n.诱饵 2. v.引诱

The fisherman had some bright colored lures 32 to attract fish.

The hope of high profits lured 33 him into questionable 34 dealings.

Perch 35 1. n.栖身处 2. v.栖息

The bird flew down from its perch in the cage.

The bird perched on the woman’s shoulder.

Retail 36 n.零售

Most people buy meat and groceries at retail.

Stride n.大步

Great strides have been made in science since 1900.

Swarm 37 1. n.群 2. v.蜂拥

A swarm of people surrounded the car to see the famous actress in it.

Rural populations swarmed 38 into near by towns.

Twig 39 n.小树枝

The tree bears so many apples that the twigs 40 seem almost broken down.

Wade 41 v.涉水

The bridge is far away from here; we’d better wade across the stream.

Wrinkle n.皱纹

She is beginning to get many wrinkles around her eyes.

 

练习：从本期的生词中选出适当的填空。

1.The police _____ it necessary for the town’s safety to arrest more speeders.

2.A large building may have a heating _____ by which all the rooms are steam-heated.

3.Many firms _____ their workers when they are hurt at work.

4._____ material has the quality of springing back to its original shape after being bent 42 or stretched.

5.They have not yet recovered from their _____ of overworking.

6.I asked him to look after my bags because I can _____ in him.

7.The idea that machines could be made to fly seemed _____ a hundred years ago.

8.I walked the floor to and fro with heavy _____ as if excited to fury.

9.The soldiers _____ across the stream when they saw the bridge had been destroyed.

10.It is natural that the _____ price is higher than the wholesale 43 price.



答案：

1.deemed 2.apparatus 3.compensate 4.elastic 5.fatigue

6.confide 7.fantastic 8.strides 9.waded 44 10.retail