2014年12月六级冲刺备考：词汇精讲（60）

　　notorious a.臭名昭著的;声名狼籍的

　　English soccer fans are notorious for their craziness and barbarism.英国球迷因他们的疯狂和野蛮而臭名昭著.

　　Overlap vt.与...部分重叠,的部分相同 n.重叠,重叠的部分

　　Tiles are laid to overlap each other. 屋瓦是一个压一个地重叠放置的.

　　History and politics overlap and should be studied together.历史和政治有部分重叠, 应该结合起来研究.

　　perpetual a.永久的,永恒的,长期的;无休止的,没完没了的

　　Do you believe in perpetual love in this secular world?在这个世俗的世界你还相信有天长地久的爱情吗?

　　The two sides signed a treaty of perpetual friendship.双方签定了永久友好条约.

　　prescription n.处方,药方,药;开药方,开处方

　　I can never read doctors prescriptions.我从来看不懂医生写的处方.

　　profitable a.有利可图的,有益的

　　Investigations revealed that selling genuine goods at a fair price ;调查显示,长此以往, 货真价实的经营

　　can be more profitable in the long run. ;能赚取更多的利润.

　　Recipe n.烹饪法,食谱;方法,秘诀,诀窍

　　I am not good at cooking.I can only follow a recipe.我不善长烹饪,只能照着食谱做.

　　Whats your recipe for a happy marriage?你认为幸福的婚姻是什么秘方?

　　revelation n.被揭示的真相,新发现;揭示,透露,显示

　　What a revelation!这真是一个意外!

　　The revelation that the world is round once surprised people.揭示出地球是圆的事实曾使人们大为惊讶.

　　Have you ever read the Revelations in the Bible?你读过《圣经》中的《启示录》吗?

　　Shrewd a.机灵的,敏锐的,精明的

　　However shrewd a businessman is,it is impossible that he has never lost money.再精明的生意人也不可能从不亏钱.

　　subjective a.主观上的,个人的

　　Our perception of things is often influenced by subjective factors,such as tiredness.我们对事物的感知能力受到主观因素的影响,如疲劳.

　　Lyric poetry is subjective.抒情诗是抒发个人感情的.

　　symposium n.讨论会,专题报告会;专题论文集

　　A symposium is a meeting or conference for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations.讨论会即讨论某一论题的聚会或会议,尤指参与者既为听众、又作演讲聚会或会议.

　　Toss vi.掷翻来覆去

　　Toss n.掷钱币来决定;猛抬头 vt.扔,抛,掷;猛抬,拌; 使颠簸

　　The ship tossed about on the stormy sea.船在波涛汹涌的海浪中颠簸着.

　　Toss the vegetables in butter.在菜里拌点黄油.

　　Lets toss to see who pays the bill.让我们掷钱币决定谁付帐.