英语六级词汇解析 Lesson 38

　　adolescent n.青少年 a.青春期的,青少年的

　　It is reported that over 40% of the adolescents are smokers in China.据报道,中国有40%的青少年吸烟.

　　Parents should pay special attention to the psychological development of their children when they are in adolescent period.父母要特别注意其心理成长在孩子青春期时.

　　Aerial n.天线 a.飞机的,航空的,由飞机进行的;空中的,架空的

　　An aerial cableway is set up across the Yellow River.一条架空索道横跨于黄河之上.

　　Bias n.偏见,偏袒,偏心 vt.使有偏见

　　His experiences bias him against businessman.他的经历使他对商人抱有偏见.

　　Bizarre a.奇形怪状的,怪诞的

　　The frost made bizarre patterns on the windowpane.霜冻在玻璃窗上形成了奇形怪状的图案.

　　Certainty n.必然的事,确定的事实;确实,确信

　　I can say with certainty that he is right.我可以肯定地说他是对的.

　　Chord n.和弦,和音;弦,心弦

　　The little boy touched the right chord and I gave him ten dollars.小男孩触动了我的心弦,于是给了他10美元.

　　Clamp vt.夹紧,夹住,固定 n.夹头,夹具,夹钳

　　The Columbian police are going to clamp down on criminal activity in this area.哥伦比亚警方打算严厉打击这个地区的犯罪活动.

　　Definitive a.最可靠的,权威性的;决定性的

　　Professor Li Siguang made a definitive speech on the formation of rocks at the seminar held in Paris.在巴黎举办的研讨会上李四光教授对岩石的形成作了权威的发言

　　Depict vt.描绘,描述

　　Hemingway depicts the horrors of war in his works.海明威在他的作品中描述了战争的恐怖.

　　Eject vt.驱逐,逐出;喷射,排出,弹出

　　Vesevius ejected a lot of lava and ashes when it erupted last year.维苏威火山去年喷发时,喷射出大量的熔岩和火山灰.

　　Elapse vi.消逝,过去

　　Two years have elapsed since I entered the university.我进大学读书到现在,亿过去两年了.

　　Elite n.上层人士,掌权人物,实力集团;出类拔萃的人

　　The Oxford University and Cambridge Uninersity have educated the political and scientific elited for the British society.牛津大学和剑桥大学为英国社会培养了政治和科学方面的精英.

　　Feast n.盛宴,筵席;节日 vi.尽情地吃,宴饮

　　On April 11,the former NBA star Rodman invited over 1500 people to his birthday feast.4月11日,前NBA球星罗得曼邀请了1500多人参加他的生日盛宴.

　　Feat n.伟绩,伟业,技艺

　　Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge is a marvelous engineering feat.南京长江大桥是了不起的工程伟绩.

　　Genetic a.遗传学的 n.遗传学

　　More and moere doctors believe that cancer is a genetic disease.越来越多的医生认为癌症是遗传病.

　　Hierarchy n.等级制度;统治集团,领导层

　　The Supreme Court is the head of a hierarchy of federal courts.最高法院是联邦法院等级系统中的最高机构.

　　imitation n.模仿;仿制,仿制品;赝品

　　An artist who can only give imitation of others styles will not achieve acclaim.一个只会模仿他人风格的艺术家是不会获得人们称赞的.

　　Impair vt.损害,损伤,削弱

　　Over 200,000 babies are born in the U.S. each year with deformed bodies and impaired minds because of defective genes.每年美国出生的婴儿超过20万人由于基因有缺陷,有畸形躯体和心灵损伤.

　　Impetus n.推动,促进,刺激;推动力

　　The reform and open policy is the primary impetus behind Chinas economic recovery.改革开放政策是促进中国经济恢复的主要推动力.

　　Layman n.门外汉,外行

　　Doctors sometimes confuse laymen with their jargon.医生有的用专门术语把外行人弄得稀里糊涂.

　　maneuver n.谨慎而熟练的动作,策略;演习 vt.使设法变动位置,操纵 vi.设法变动位置,用策略

　　I maneuvered myself out of an embarrassing position.我小施策略,使自己摆脱困境.

　　manuscript n.手稿,原稿,底稿;手写本

　　Now in China,most writers,especially the young ones,can use computers to write their manuscripts.现在中国大多数的作家,尤其是年轻作家都能用电脑来写搞了.

　　necessitate vt.使成为必要,需要

　　The increase in population necessitates a greater food supply.人口的增加需要更多的事物供应.

　　Offset vt.补偿,抵消

　　He has to offset his small salary by living economically.他以节俭的生活来抵消 其低微的收入.

　　perfection n.完美,完善

　　The engineers in Honda Automobile Factory are working toward the perfection of a new design.本田汽车厂的工程师们正在努力改进一项新的设计使之完美.

　　periodic a.周期的,定期的,时而发生的

　　There is such an orchestra in the Caucasus.高加索确实有这样一个乐团.

　　All of the members are more than 100 years old. They rehearse regularly and give periodic concerts.乐团的所有成员都在百岁以上,他们定期排练,定期开音乐会.

　　permissible a.可允许的,许可的

　　The prison governor said what the prisoner requested was unfortunately not permissible.监狱长说囚犯的请求不大可能得到批准.

　　Recycle vt.回收利用

　　In Los Angeles alone, millions of pounds of paper are discarded or burned daily rather than saved for recycling.仅仅在洛杉矶,每天都有数百万磅的纸张被扔下或烧掉而不是留着再次利用.

　　Serial n.连续剧,连载故事 a.连续的,顺序排列的

　　Jing Yongs Kongfu novels have appeared as serial novels in newspapers.金庸的武侠小说以连载小说的形式出现在报纸上.