英语六级词汇解析 Lesson 35

　　attendant n.服务人员,侍者,随从 a.伴随的,随之而产生的

　　The leakage of the 100 thousand ton oil and the attendant circumstance threatened the marine lives. 10万吨原油泄漏以及其后的情况对海洋生物产生巨大威胁.

　　Brace n.支架,托架 vt.支住,撑牢;使防备,使受锻炼,使绷紧

　　He braced one of his feet against the wall and stood on the other foot for three hours.他用一只脚顶着墙角站稳,用单脚立地达3小时之久.

　　Bull n.公牛,雄兽;看涨的人,买进证券投机图利者

　　When it is a bull market,a lot of people will be attracted to the stock market, without realizing the coming risks.当股市上涨的时候,很多人被吸引入市全然不顾风险在逼近.

　　Closet n.橱,壁橱 a.私下的,隐蔽的 vt.把引进密室会谈

　　Two days before the election,the candidate suddenly came out of the closet and denounced the proposed law.在选举前两天,竞选人忽然打破缄默,公开谴责提议的法律.

　　Commodity n.商品,货物

　　Air conditioners are one of the many commodities that Haier sells abroad.空调是海尔许多种出口商品中的一种.

　　Cradle n.摇篮;策源地,发源地 vt.轻轻地抱,捧

　　China was the source cradle of Eastern civilization, just as Greece was the cradle of Western culture.中国是东方文明的起源,正如希腊是西方文化的发源地一样.

　　Deviate vi.背离,偏离

　　In India,a train deviated from the track,turned over and killed over 100 passengers.在印度,一辆火车脱轨翻转,并使得100余人丧生.

　　Dine vi.进餐

　　Toward evening we were told that the managers going to dine with us tonight.傍晚是有人通知我们,今晚经理要和我们一起吃饭.

　　disregard vt.不理会,漠视 n.忽视,漠视

　　He utterly disregarded my warnings and met with an accident.他全然不知我的警告, 结果出了事故.

　　Equator n.赤道

　　The equator divides the earth equally into the nothern and southern hemisphers.赤道把地球等分为南北两个半球.

　　Escort n.护卫者,护送者 vt.护送,护卫

　　When the head of a state pays a visit, there will always be a group of escorts.国家元首出访时,总会有大批护卫者.

　　Grieve vi.感到悲痛,伤心 vt.使伤心,为...而伤心

　　It grieves me to think that Chinas football team has never appeared in the finals of the World Cup.令我一想起就伤心的是,中国国家足球队从来没打进过世界杯决赛.

　　Hostage n.人质;抵押品

　　National policies cannot be made hostage to another country.一个国家的政策不能被另一个国家所操纵.

　　irrigation n.灌溉

　　In areas where there is no source of water, irrigation channels are built for crops.在没有水源的地方,修建了灌溉渠来种庄稼.

　　longitude n.经线,经度

　　By agreement,the longitude passing through Greenwich of Observatory is called the prime meridian.按照约定,经过伦敦格林尼治天文台的经线被称为本初子午线.

　　Melody n.旋律,曲调;悦耳的音乐

　　The success of a popular composer depends on his melody.人们喜爱的作曲家成功的秘诀在于他谱写的优美的音乐.

　　missionary n.传教主

　　In many western countries,missionaries not only preached, but brought different ways of thinking as well.在许多西方国家,传教士们不仅布道,也带来了不同的思维方式.

　　Mortgage n.抵押,抵押贷款 vt.抵押

　　In order to start my new firm,I had to mortgage my house for the loan.为了开设新的公司,我只好以房子作抵押以获得贷款.

　　Prophet n.先知;预言者

　　Though a great footballer himself, Pele is a bad prophet who never predicted the result of the World Cup.尽管是个伟大的足球运动员,贝利是个蹩脚的预言家.他关于世界杯的预言从来都是不准的.

　　Reliance n.依靠,依赖

　　No reliance is to be placed on his word. He has a glid tongue. 他的话靠不住.他巧舌如簧.

　　repay版税

　　In this universally democratic world of today,people naturally have special interest in royalty.在今天普通实现民主的世界,人们自然对王室有着特殊的兴趣.

　　Sensation n.感觉能力;感觉,知觉;轰动,引起轰动的事件

　　At times the Western mass media go a long way to pursue what is known as sensation.有时,为了达到轰动效应,西方传媒会不遗余力.

　　Shipment n.装运,装船;装载的货物

　　To meet our urgent needs,please arrange the shipment of the first of our order by the 1st available steamer.我们急需该货,请搭乘最早的方便汽轮把我们定单的首批货物运出来.

　　Smuggle v.走私,非法私运;偷运,偷带

　　Among other reasons, smuggling is prohibited because it will make countries suffer losses in customs duties.禁止走私,原因很多其一便是国家会减少不少关税.

　　sociology n.社会学

　　The scientific study of nature and growth of society and social behavior is known as sociology.社会学是对社会和社会行为的本质和发展进行的科学研究.

　　Spectacle n.演出,场面;景象,景观; pl.眼镜

　　Viewed from the top of Mount Tai,the sunrise was indeed a spectacle.从泰山顶上看去,日出真是个奇观.

　　Dont make a spectacle of yourself.不要丢人现眼了.

　　Stall n.货摊;小隔间;熄火;剧场的正厅前座区

　　Stall v.熄火;拖延,推迟

　　As the engine stalled on the highway,I had to call 110 for emergency.由于引擎在高速公路上熄火,我只好打110紧急求助.

　　Stride vi.大踏步走 n.大步;步伐,步态;进展,进步

　　All my students are striding forward in English.我所有学生的英语在大踏步地取得进展.

　　Sturdy a.强壮的,结实的,坚固的;坚强的,坚定的

　　Without sturdy knowledge,this mathematical problem cant be solved easily.没有真才实学,这道数学难题不会轻易就可以解出来.

　　Surgeon n.外科医生

　　Surgeons need to know much more than medical knowledge.外科医生不能只懂得医学 知识.

　　Swamp n.沼泽 vt.淹没,浸没;难倒,压倒

　　Be careful when stepping over the swamp,or you may sink in.踏入沼泽地时,请小心,不然会陷入的.

　　Thesis n.论文,毕业论文;论题,论点

　　It pains the professors to know students buy prewritten graduation thesis.得知大学生购买事先写好的毕业论文,教授们极为痛心.

　　Tribe n.部落;族

　　Some African tribes have no written languages.Thats why they are so backward.一些非洲部落没有书面文字,这正是他们落后的原因.