2014年12月六级冲刺备考：词汇精讲（79）

　　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.