2014年12月六级冲刺备考：词汇精讲（5）

　　Complain vt.抱怨,诉苦;投诉,控告

　　Those who are always complaining should turn their attention to figuring out how to make it better. 那些天成天牢骚满腹的 人,应该想想如何改变现状.

　　You are always complaining about something.你总是满腹牢骚.

　　conventional a.普通的,习惯的,常规的;符合习俗的,因循守旧的

　　The Russian Defense Minister maintained that his country should reduce expenditure on conventional weapons and spend more on strategic weapons.俄罗斯的国防部长坚持认为俄应削减花在常规武器上的开支, 而更多地在战略武器上投入.

　　Mother is so conventional in her views.妈妈的观点太保守.

　　destruction n.毁灭,破坏,消灭

　　The hot ash and the lava from the volcano Etna brought total destruction to the village.来自埃及特纳火山的滚烫 的火山灰和熔岩给那个小村庄带来彻底的毁灭.

　　emergency n.紧急情况

　　Wahid threatened to proclaim a state of emergency if Congress decided to impeach him瓦希德威胁说如果国会弹劾他,他就宣布紧急状态.

　　The patient was asked to ring the bell in an emergency and the nurses on duty would come straight away.病人在有紧急情况时可以按铃, 然后当班的护士就会立即前来.

　　Fantasy n.想象,幻想;想象的产物

　　Young people often live in a world of fantasy and parents always tell them to face the reality. 年青人常生活在幻想的世界里,而父母亲总会告诉他们要面对现实.

　　Stop looking for a perfect job--its just a fantasy.别想找到十全十美的工作了,那简直是幻想.

　　Function n.功能,作用,职能;重大聚会;函数

　　The function of a chairman at a meeting is to lead and control meetings.在会上,主席的职责是引导并控制会议.

　　An old machine wont function properly if you dont oil it regularly.旧机器如果不经常加油是不能正常运转的.

　　Heave vt.举起,拉起;扔; 发出

　　Heave vi.举起,提起 起伏;呕吐 n.举起,升降

　　The naughty children have just heaved a stone through my window.淘气的孩子们刚刚把一块石头扔进我的窗户.

　　Identify vt.认出,鉴定; 把...等同于 vi.认同

　　Do you identify beauty with wisdom? 你认为美貌与智慧能相等同吗?

　　The characters on the rubbings are so blurred that it is difficult to identify.拓片上的文字模糊不清, 难以识别.

　　Jail n.监狱,看守所 vt.监禁,拘留

　　Romeo was sentenced to jail for 15 days for starting a fight with his rival.因为与情敌发生冲突,罗密欧被判15日监禁.

　　Has it ever occurred to you that jails were first invented for debtors? 你有没有想过,监狱最初是为了关押欠债人而发明的?