英语六级词汇解析 Lesson 28

　　Alien n.外国人,外星人 a.外国的,外国人的;陌生的;性质不同的,不相容的

　　We shouldnt ignore others opinions just because they are alien to our own ideas.我们不是因为别人的想法与我们的截然不同就忽视他人的意见.

　　Assault n./vt.攻击,袭击

　　Lately there have been violent assaults in Jerusalem between the Israelites and Palestinians.在以色列人与巴勒斯坦人之间近来在耶路撒冷常常爆发暴力冲突 .

　　Bandage n.绷带 vt.用绷带绑扎

　　The surgeon bandaged up the injured head of the player and the player dashed back into the field again.外科医生把那个球员受伤的头部包扎起来,球员又冲回了球场.

　　Bribe n.贿赂,行贿赂 vi.向行贿,买通

　　The French minister was accused of having taken bribes in the arms deal.那个法国的部长被指控在武器交易中接受了贿赂.

　　Clip n.夹子,回行针;弹夹,弹仓;剪报,电影片断

　　Clip vt.夹住,扣住;剪,修剪;消减,缩短

　　Soon the guard on the train came and clipped our tickets.不久列车员走过来给我 们剪了票.

　　We were relieved that we made it. 我们终于赶上了火车,大家松了一口气. ;

　　Colonial a.殖民地的

　　The Latin American and African people have successfully fought against colonial rule.拉丁美洲和非洲人民成功地进行了反对殖民统治的斗争.

　　Decimal a.十进位的 n.小数

　　The decimal system is based on the number 10 and is universally adopted.十进位制基于数字10,在全球被广泛地采用.

　　Dignity n.庄严,端庄;尊严,高贵

　　Athough she is very poor,she has not lost her dignity.她虽然很穷,但没有失去她的尊严.

　　A mans dignity depends not upon his wealth or rank but upon his character.人的真正价值不在财富或地位,而在他的品质.

　　Drastic a.严厉的,极端的;激烈的,迅猛的

　　The members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization are determined to take drastic measure to combat terrorism.上海合作组织的成员国决心采取果断措施打击恐怖主义.

　　Erupt vi.喷发,喷出;爆发,突然发生

　　The volcano in a Philippine island erupted after years of dormancy.那座菲律宾岛上的火山在沉睡多年后剧烈活动起来.

　　Ferry n.渡船 vt.渡运

　　The mother has to ferry her children to and from sports,parties,schools,etc.in her car.那位母亲每天都开车接送孩子往返于运动场、 晚会和学校等等.

　　Fling vt.仍,掷,丢 n.尽情欢乐的一阵,一时的放纵

　　Dont fling your clothes about on the chair;hang them up.别把衣服乱扔在椅子上,把它们挂起来.

　　Grim a.讨厌的;严酷的,无情的

　　The little girl was frightened into crying by his grim smile.他的狞笑把小女孩吓得哭起来.

　　Handicap n./vt.障碍,妨碍

　　It is said that the level of a society can be seen from one nations attitude toward the handicap.有人说,一个社会的文明程度可以通过其对于残障人士的态度反映出来.

　　Being small in a basketball match is a handicap.在篮球比赛中,个子小吃亏.

　　Jerk vt.使猝然一动,猛拉 vi.猝然一动 n.猛拉,急推

　　Hearing my name mentioned,I instinctively jerked my head back.听到有人说我的名字,我出于本能猛地回过头来.

　　Lofty a.高傲的,傲慢的;崇高的高尚的;高耸的,极高的

　　The Japanese invasion of Asian countries was carried out under the false lofty propaganda of emancipating them from colonialism. 在把亚洲人民从殖民主义手中解放出来的虚伪崇高的宣传之下,日本对亚洲国家进行了侵略.

　　Marshal n.元帅,最高指挥官

　　It is often said a marshal is made on the white bones of thousands of average soldiers.常言说,一将功成万骨枯.

　　Mutter vt./n.轻声低语,小声抱怨

　　He was muttering on the telephone so I asked him to speak more clearly.他打电话声音很低,因此我让他说得清楚些.

　　overthrow vt./n.打倒,推翻

　　To provide enough manpower for ever- growing northern factories slavery in the southern states had to be overthrown.为了给北方日渐扩大的工厂提供足够的劳动力, 南方的奴隶制必须推翻.

　　That was what ignited the American Civil War.那是美国南北战争的原因.

　　overwhelm vt.使承受不了使不知所措;征服,制服

　　In last weeks semi-final,the Manchester United overwhelmed Liz by 4-0.在上周的半决赛中,曼联队以4比0击败利兹队.

　　Pearl n.珍珠,珠状物

　　In the early morning, you can see pearls of dew glistening on the grass.晨曦初露的时候,可以看到露珠在草上闪烁.

　　He who would search for pearls must dive below.欲寻珍珠就要潜到水里.

　　Petty a.小的,琐碎的,不重要的,气量小的,心胸狭窄的

　　Our oversight of petty details in the contract caused us considerable.由于忽视合同中的细节,我们亏损不小.

　　Premium n.保险金;奖品,赠品,额外津贴 a.高级的,优质的;售价高的

　　Farmers are offered a premium for organically grown vegetables.农民以有机方式种植蔬菜而获得津贴.

　　propaganda n.宣传

　　There has been a good deal of propaganda about the dangers of drunk driving.关于酒后驾驶的危害已做过大量宣传.

　　Romance n.爱情小说,传奇故事

　　The film Roman Holiday is a romance between a princess and a journalist.电影〈罗马假日〉讲的是一个公主和一个记者的爱情故事.

　　Sober ;a.未醉的,有节制的;严肃的,持重的;素淡的

　　A more sober life is advisable to an unrestrained one.有节制的生活肯定比放纵的好.

　　Surpass vt.超过,优于,多于;超过的界限

　　Though we thought that we might lose in the first round,the result surpassed our hopes.尽管我们认为可能在首轮即遭淘汰,结果比所期望的要好.

　　Tariff n.关税,税率;价目表,收费表

　　There is a very high tariff on jewelry.宝石类的税率很高,

　　Thats why imported jewelry is so expensive.因此进口宝石很贵.

　　Token n.信物,纪念品

　　When people meet,they shake hands as a token of friendship.人们相逢的时候,握手以表示友谊.

　　Tribute n.贡品;颂词,称赞

　　The government paid tribute to Dr. Sun Yatsen ,by naming the city in which he was born after him.为表达对孙中山先生的敬意政府把他出生的城市命名为中山市.

　　Wrinkle n./vi.皱纹,使起皱纹

　　Many moisturizers claim to be anti- wrinkle.很多润肤霜都声称是抗皱的.

　　At the mention of the so-called brilliant scheme,she wrinkled her nose in disdain.听了那所谓的妙计之后,她皱鼻子表示不屑.