2014年12月六级冲刺备考：词汇精讲（39）

　　examination n.考试,考察;试题;检查,调查

　　I failed to watch the World Cup final because it clashed with my examination.我没能看成世界杯总决赛,因为和我的考试日期冲突了.

　　You must make a critical examination of your bad behavior.你必须认真检讨你的不良行为.

　　Flexible a.易弯曲的,柔韧的;灵活的,可变通的

　　As we dont know what the weather will be like,we make flexible plans for our holiday.因为不知道天气状况如何,我们为假期做了灵活的计划.

　　In the past,making structures quake- resistant meant firm yet flexible materials,such as steel and wood,that bend without breaking. 在过去,建造防震建筑物意味着用坚固而有弹性的材料,如钢材和木材,它们在弯曲时不会折断.

　　Inspire vt.鼓舞,激起;给 以灵感

　　The remarkable life on the Galopagos Islands inspired Charles Darwin to establish his theory of evolution.加罗帕格斯岛上不同的生命现象激发了查尔斯.达尔文的灵感,使他创立了物种起源的理论.

　　Prescribe vt.开,吩咐采用

　　A holiday is the best cure prescribed for the depression.度假是开给抑郁症病人的 最好药方.

　　Doctors usually prescribe radiotherapy for cancer patients.医生通常对癌症病人采用放射治疗.

　　presumably ad.大概,可能,据推测

　　The personnel manager should have arrived.人事经理早该到了,

　　Presumably the bad weather delayed the flight.大概恶劣的天气使飞机误点了.

　　Napoleon is presumably the greatest militarist of modern times.拿破仑也许是现代最伟大的军事家.

　　Primitive a.原始的,早期的;简单的,粗糙的 n.原人,原始事物

　　The Eskimos live in the Arctic coastal regions of North America and parts of Greenland and northeast Siberia and are considered a primitive tribe. 爱斯基摩人居住在北美地区的北冰洋海岸与格陵兰岛地区以及西伯利亚的东北地区,他们被看作是一个原始的部族.

　　Small seashells were once used as a primitive kind of money.小贝壳曾经被当作简单的纸币使用.

　　Prompt vt.促使,推动;提示 a.敏捷的,及时的,迅速的 n.题词,提示

　　The poor boy confessed that it was hunger that prompted him to steal the bread.可怜的男孩承认他偷面包是因为他太饿了.

　　Being prompt to obey commands is soldiers bounden duty.立即服从命令是军人的天职.

　　Receive vt.收到,接到;受到,遭受;接待,接见,欢迎

　　Teenage writer Han Hans novels received great acclaim.少年作家韩寒的小说备受 好评.

　　Many primary schools today have courses for their pupils to receive instructions in the basic use of computers. 如今很多小学有课程让小 学生学到电脑使用的基本 知识.

　　reputation n.名气,名声,声誉

　　Some people take good reputation more important than life.有的人把好名声看得比生命还重要.

　　My grandpa may be a man of reputation,but he is definitely a man of honor.我的祖父也许是个默默无闻的人,但他绝对是个正直的人.