英语六级词汇解析 Lesson 42

　　anonymous a.无名的,匿名的; 无特色的

　　Who wrote the letter? I dont konw.It was an anonymous letter.这封信是谁写的? 我不知道.这是一封匿名信.

　　apparatus n.器械,器具,仪器

　　An automobile is a complicated apparatus.汽车是台复杂的机器.

　　Buck n.美元,奥元;雄鹿 vi.猛然弓背跃起

　　The plane bucked a strong head wind.飞机顶着强烈的逆风飞行.

　　complication n.并发症

　　Complications set in, and the patient died. 病人因出现并发症而死亡.

　　composite a.混合成的,综合成的 n.合成物,复合材料

　　The police artist made a composite of the murderer.警察局的拼图师拼出了一幅谋杀罪犯的图片.

　　English is a composite of many languages.英语是多种语言混合而成的.

　　compute v.计算,估算

　　I compute my losses at 500 dollars.我估计我的损失有500 元.

　　disastrous a.灾难的,造成灾害的; 极坏的,很糟的

　　The result of the flood in 1998 in China was disastrous. 1998年中国水灾的后果是灾难性的.

　　Carelessness in driving often results in disastrous accidents.开车时粗心大意常造成严重事故.

　　disclose vt.揭露,泄露,透露

　　Most movie stars are not willing to disclose their true age.大多数电影明星不愿透露其真实年龄.

　　Ethnic a.种族的

　　Ethnic discrimination still exists in the U.S.种族歧视在美国仍然存在.

　　evacuate vt.转移,撤离,疏散

　　The village was evacuated because of the danger of a flood.由于洪水的威胁, 村里人都已撤走了.

　　Fear will evacuate a mans minds of reason and courage.恐惧会使人失去理智和勇气.

　　evaporate vi.蒸发;消失,不复存在的 vt.使蒸发,使挥发

　　The sun will evaporate the mist.太阳会蒸发雾气.

　　The pool of water on the playground evaporated in the sun.操场上的积水在阳光下蒸发了.

　　Foil n.金箔,金属薄片;陪衬 vt.挫折,使受挫折

　　The police foiled the murderers attempt to escape.警察使这个杀人犯逃跑的企图成为泡影.

　　The enemys attack on the liberated area was foiled.敌人向解放区的进攻被阻止了.

　　Grope vt.摸索 vi.暗中摸,摸索;探索

　　We are groping after the mystery of the universe.我们在探索宇宙的奥妙.

　　The Japanese spies grope about for commercial information .日本间谍到处搜集商业情报.

　　humidity n.湿度,潮湿,湿气

　　Humidity caused me another fit of rheumatism.湿气使我的风湿病又发作了.

　　Inhabit vt.居住于,栖息于

　　The Sahara desert is a district sparsely inhabited. 撒哈拉沙漠是个人烟稀少的地区.

　　It is easy for a man to embark on the road of degeneration and crime when greed inhabits his mind.当贪婪的思想占据了人的心灵时他是很容易走上堕落、犯罪道路的.

　　inhibit vt.阻止,妨碍,抑制

　　Penicillin can inhibit the spread of the bacteria and inflammation.青霉素可以抑制细菌和炎症的扩散.

　　innovation n.革新,创新;新方法,新奇的事物.

　　The innovation of air travel during the twentieth century has made the world seem smaller.20世纪发明的空中飞行似乎使世界变小了.

　　literacy n.读写能力,识字,有文化

　　The literacy campaign started from the 50s of the last century in China.中国扫盲运动始于上世纪50年代.

　　militant a.激进的,好斗的 n.激进分子,斗士

　　The militant Palestinian guerrillas often attack the Israeli soldiers.激进的巴勒斯坦游击队经常袭击以色列士兵.

　　minimal a.最小的,最低限度的

　　Fortunately,the storm only did minimal damage to the crops.幸好,暴风雨对农作物只造成很小的损失.

　　notwithstanding ad./conj.尽管,不管,还是

　　Many people told me not to try,but I went ahead notwithstanding.很多人都劝我不要尝试,我还是决意去做了.

　　I went swimming yesterday notwithstanding my mother told me not to.昨天我去游泳了,虽然妈妈告诉我不要去.

　　proceedings n.议程,过程;诉讼程序;公报

　　The manager opened todays proceedings in several short sentences.经理用简短的几句话开始了今天的会议.

　　reside vi.居住,定居;存在,在于

　　The real power resides in the people.真正的权力属于人民.

　　residential a.住宅的;适合居住的

　　The residential space in the metropolitan cities is becoming smaller and smaller, but it is more and more expensive than ever before.现在大都市里的住宅空间比以前越来越小,而价格则越来越贵.

　　sparkle vi.发光,闪耀;活跃,焕发 n.发光,闪耀;活跃;活力,生气

　　Drops of water sparking in the sun.水滴在阳光下闪闪发光.

　　Her diamonds sparking in the bright light.她的钻石在亮光下闪闪发光.

　　Her eyes sparkled with excitement.她的眼睛由于兴奋而发亮.

　　specialty n.特产,名产,特色菜;专业,专长

　　His specialty is biology;mine is physiology.他的专业是生物学,我的专业是生理学.

　　Hami melon is a specialty in Xinjiang.哈蜜瓜是新疆的特产.

　　spectrum n.谱,光谱,频谱;范围,幅度

　　Now computers are widely used in the whole spectrum of industry.现在计算机已在工业上广泛应用.

　　spiral n.螺旋式的上升 vi.不断急剧地上升

　　The smoke spiraled up.那股烟袅袅的上升.

　　transient a.短暂的;临时的,暂住的

　　Life is transient. 人生如朝露,

　　whirl vi.急转,旋转;发晕 n.急转,旋转;混乱,接连不断的活动

　　The wind whirled the leaves into the air.风不树叶刮到了空中.

　　The earth whirls on its axis.地球绕轴自转.