英语六级词汇解析 Lesson 39

　　Affiliate vt.使隶属于 n.附属机构,分公司

　　The Radcliffe College is affiliated with Harvard University. Radcliffe学院附属于哈佛大学.

　　The Harvard faculty provides all instructions,and Radcliffe graduates receive Harvard degrees.哈佛教师任所有课程,毕业生获哈佛授予的学位.

　　Aggravate vt.加重,使恶化;激怒,使恼火

　　The recent Israeli bombing to Palestine Headquarters aggravated the tension in the Middle East.最近以色列对巴基斯坦总部的轰炸加剧了中东的紧张局势.

　　Aggregate n.总数,总计 a.总计的,合计的 vt.总计达,积累

　　Unit sales for December amounted in the aggregate to 100,000. 12月份的单位销售量总数达到10万.

　　Blaze vi.着火;放光彩;爆发 n.火焰,烈火;灿烂

　　If we put some paper on the fire,it will soon burst into a blaze.如果把纸放在火上,就会马上发出火焰.

　　Clarity n.清楚,明确

　　Im greatly impressed by the clarity of the sea water in Hainan.海南清澈的海水给我留下了深刻的印象.

　　Clearance n.净空;清除;清算

　　Generally speaking in a modern apartment the clearance of the living room is becoming larger. 一般来说,现代公寓的客厅变得越 来越大.

　　At the turn of seasons there is usually a clearance sale of some goods in almost every store.在季节交替的时候,各商店通常都对某些商品清仓大减价.

　　Designate vi.指派,委任;标出

　　A special committee was designated by the UN to mediate the conflict between Palestine and Israel.联合国指派了一个特别委员会去调停巴基斯坦和以色列的冲突.

　　diagnose vt.诊断,判断

　　Doctors have to rely on a CT machine to diagnose tumors inside the head.医生只有依赖CT,来确诊头部肿瘤.

　　Through effective tests,students reading difficulties can be diagnosed.通过有效的测试,学生阅读上的困难可被查找出来.

　　Embody vt.体现;包含,包括

　　The new marriage law of country embodies some changed legal provisions.我国新的婚姻法有些条文做了改动.

　　The article embodied all his opinions on the incident.

　　Embed vt.把钳入,扎牢

　　Hegemonism has been embedded in the mind of some American politicians.霸权主义思想已深深印入某些美国政客的脑海.

　　federation n.联合会;联邦

　　The United States is a federation of fifty individual states.美国是由50个州组成的联邦.

　　Finite a.有限的,限定的

　　We must save energy because the natural resources of the earth are finite.我们必须节约能源,因为地球的自然资源是有限的.

　　hitherto ad.到目前为止;迄今

　　The missing Chinese pilot,Wang Wei,has not been found hitherto.到目前为止失踪的中国飞行员王伟还没有找到.

　　Implicit a.含蓄的;无疑问的;固有的

　　The leader has implicit trust in his secretary.领导对自己的秘书绝对信任.

　　inaugurate vt.开始;为举行就职典礼

　　American presidents are always inaugurated on January 20th.美国总统总是在元月20日宣誓就职的.

　　Incidence n.发生率

　　It is reported that the incidence of illiteracy of China is noticeably decreasing.据报道,中国文盲率正在显著下降.

　　Marginal a.微小的,不重要的;记在页边的

　　Students should develop a habit of making marginal notes while reading.学生应养成阅读时在书的页边上做笔记的习惯.

　　nonetheless ad.尽管如此,依然

　　The main stream of the worlds situation is peace nonetheless local conflicts never stop.尽管世界形势的主流是和平,但是地区冲突从来就没有停止过.

　　plausible a.似乎合理的;似乎可能的

　　The American intervention in the Balkan affairs seems plausible,but it is a typical American hegemonic behavior.美国对巴尔干事务的干涉貌似有理,其实是典型的美国式霸权主义行径.

　　Poke vt.捅,戳;伸出 vi.伸出,突出; n.戳,捅

　　Passengers are not allowed to poke their heads out of the windows when the bus is moving.公共汽车开动时乘客不要将头伸出窗外.

　　pore n.毛孔,细孔 vi.仔细阅读,审视

　　When signing a contract you should pore over every clause in case you are fooled.签合同前应仔细审读合同的每一条款,以防万一上当受骗.

　　Referee n.裁判员;仲裁员 v.当裁判

　　In a football match one referee and two linesmen shall be appointed to officiate in each game.足球比赛中,每场比赛任命一名裁判员、两名巡边员执行裁判任务.

　　Shaft n.柄,杆;轴;束

　　The shaft of an arrow is made of alloy material.箭杆是用合金材料制作的.

　　Shepherd n.牧羊人 vt.带领,引领

　　The passengers were shepherded across the tarmac to the airliner.旅客们被引导走过跑道上飞机.

　　Shuttle n.织机的梭子;航天飞机 vi.穿梭般来回; vt.短程穿梭运动

　　With a modern transportation network between Guangzhou and Shenzhen, trains and buses and lorries shuttle passengers and goods across the two cities.

　　广州与深圳间建有现代化交通网络,火车、大巴和卡车穿梭于两市运送乘客和货物.

　　thereafter ad.之后,以后

　　In dialing a local call,the first three minutes will cost you 0.5 yuan,thereafter,each minute will cost 0.1 yuan.打市内电话头三分钟0.5元,以后每分钟为0.1元.

　　thrill n.兴奋,激动 v.非常高兴或激动

　　Its really a pity that the Chinese football team has never thrilled the fans these years.真是令人遗憾,中国足球队近年来从未让球迷兴奋过.

　　Update vt.更新,使现代化 n.最新信息

　　We have to update the English textbooks, because they are too obsolete to students.我们必须更新英语教材,因为它们太过时了,不能满足学生的要求.

　　Velocity n.速度,速率

　　A bullet goes from the gun with a velocity of 3000 feet a second.子弹以每秒3000英尺的速度从枪里射出.

　　Wedge n.楔子,三角木 vt.用楔子抵住,挤进;楔入

　　The people wedged me into the corner when the movie was over.电影结束时人们把我挤到角落里.