2014年12月六级冲刺备考：词汇精讲（50）

　　Concise a.简明的,简要的

　　Your comment is quite concise and to the point.你的评论简明扼要,一语中的.

　　contaminate vt.弄脏,污染

　　The water that we have to drink and the air we have to breathe every day have been badly contaminated.我们每天必须饮用的水,每天必须呼吸的空气,遭到严重的污染.

　　Defy vt.违抗,藐视;使成为不可能;挑,激

　　The tabloid in England defies the censure of some people and keeps on publishing the Page 3 Girl- a picture of a pretty, scantily clad young woman each day.英国的这家小报不顾一些人的指责, 继续刊登第三版女郎--即每天在第三版刊登一幅着装性感的摩登女郎的玉照.

　　Diminish vi.变少,变小,降低vt.减少,降低

　　Time will never cause our love to diminish.时光不会使我们的爱情稍减分毫.

　　With the popularity of TV,the number of movie viewers has diminished sharply.随着电视的普及,电影观众的数量成逐年下降的趋势.

　　Duplicate n.完全一样的东西,复制品a.完全一样的,复制的 vt.复制,复印;重复

　　This research merely duplicates work already done elsewhere .这项研究仅仅是重复别人已经做过的工作.

　　Is this a duplicate or the original?这是复制件还是原件?

　　entrepreneur n.企业家

　　Born into a poor family,Li Jiacheng had endured many hardships imaginable before he finally became a famous entrepreneur.李嘉成生于蓬门荜户,不知吃了多少苦李嘉成才

　　成了现在尽人皆知的名企业家.

　　extravagant a.奢侈的,铺张的;过度的,过分的;放肆的

　　Its quite extravagant for a student to spend 2,000 yuan on a dress.花两千元买一套衣服对于一个学生来说也太奢侈了.

　　Most inexperienced young persons tend to hold extravagant hopes for the future.大多数未经世事的年轻人都对未来抱有奢望.

　　Foster vt.收养,养育;培养,促进 a.收养的,收养孩子的

　　People who cannot have a baby of their own sometimes foster a child.不能生育的人有时收养别人的孩子.

　　The Summit Sessions held in Shanghai can foster better relations and cooperation between the six countries.在上海举行的峰会会大大促进六国之间的友好关系与合作.

　　Immerse vt.使浸没;使沉浸在,使专心于

　　The naughty boy immensed himself in the water for quite a while, which frightened his parents a great deal.顽皮的男孩长时间地将整个身子浸没在水下,把他的父母吓个半死.

　　Nowadays in a world full of material desires ,very few men can immense themselves completely in research work in a true sense.在当今物欲横流的世界里有几个人能够真正潜心研究学问.

　　Hoist vt.举起,升起,吊起 n.起重设备;升起,举起,吊起

　　The child was quite interested in watching the sailors hoisting the cargo onto the ship.小孩饶有兴致地看着水手们将货物吊到轮船上去.