2014年12月六级冲刺备考：词汇精讲（73）

　　Purify vt.使纯净,提纯;使纯洁

　　Now the water from the sewage system is pass- ing through special mud to be purified,do you believe it? 现在这从下水道里流来的水正通过一种特殊的泥以便净化,你相信有这样的事吗?

　　Rejoice vi.充满喜悦,感到高兴

　　Many philosophers teach us to rejoice in the simplicity of life rather than the physical pleasure.许多哲学家教导我们要于简单生活而不要追求物质上的享受.

　　Shear vt.剪 n.大剪刀

　　I wanted to have a new look and all my curls have been shorn off.我想来个新形象,于是满头的卷发都被剪掉了.

　　Believe it or not,but Mrs.Clinton always trims the hedge with a pair of garden shears.信不信由你,克林顿夫人总是亲自手握一把大大的剪刀修理树枝.

　　supersonic a.超声的,超音速的

　　Nowadays it is hard to find a large civil airliner that is not supersonic.现在要找到一架不是超音速的大型民用客机很难.

　　supervise vt.监督,管理,指导

　　Most of us know how to do our own work properly,but it is quite another story to supervise others.我们大多数人都知道如何干好自己的工作,但要指导别人又是一回事了.

　　You cant see anyone in this workshop that supervises the work flow?你看不见这个车间有任何管理生产流程的人员吗?

　　Yes we have computers to do the job.是的,我们用电脑来管理.

　　Terrify vt.使害怕,使惊吓

　　The brutal policeman terrified the old man into compliance.那个粗暴的警察恐吓老人,老人只有同意.

　　Tow vt.拖,拉,牵引

　　As its engine and some other vitals had been damaged,the ship had to be towed into the shipyard for check and repair.由于其引擎和其他一些重要零件出了故障,那艘船只好被拖回船坞检查维修.

　　Unfold vi./vt.展开,打开

　　When they reached the top of Mt.Tai,an unparalleled scene of natural beauty unfolded in front of their eyes.他们登上泰山之巅,无与伦比的自然风光展现在眼前.

　　General Patton unfolded the map on the ground and began to study it very carefully with his general staff.巴顿将军把地图在地上摊开,和他的参谋人员仔细地谋划起来.

　　Verse n.诗,诗句

　　I like verse more than prose because it can be sung like music.我喜欢诗歌,不喜欢散文,因为诗歌可以像音乐一样吟唱.

　　Apart from 37 plays, Shakespeare,the greatest playwright human beings have ever had,wrote 154 verses as well.除了37部戏之外,莎士比亚这位人类历史上最伟大的剧作家,还写了154首诗歌.

　　Wretched a.难受的,可怜的;令人苦恼的,讨厌的

　　The little boy who broke his fathers antique vase stood there wretched, expecting punishment.那个打烂了他爸爸古董花瓶的小男孩,可怜巴巴地站在那里,知道处罚是少不了的.