2014年12月六级冲刺备考：词汇精讲（114）

　　sparkle vi.发光,闪耀;活跃,焕发 n.发光,闪耀;活跃;活力,生气

　　Drops of water sparking in the sun.水滴在阳光下闪闪发光.

　　Her diamonds sparking in the bright light.她的钻石在亮光下闪闪发光.

　　Her eyes sparkled with excitement.她的眼睛由于兴奋而发亮.

　　specialty n.特产,名产,特色菜;专业,专长

　　His specialty is biology;mine is physiology.他的专业是生物学,我的专业是生理学.

　　Hami melon is a specialty in Xinjiang.哈蜜瓜是新疆的特产.

　　spectrum n.谱,光谱,频谱;范围,幅度

　　Now computers are widely used in the whole spectrum of industry.现在计算机已在工业上广泛应用.

　　spiral n.螺旋式的上升 vi.不断急剧地上升

　　The smoke spiraled up.那股烟袅袅的上升.

　　transient a.短暂的;临时的,暂住的

　　Life is transient. 人生如朝露,

　　whirl vi.急转,旋转;发晕 n.急转,旋转;混乱,接连不断的活动

　　The wind whirled the leaves into the air.风不树叶刮到了空中.

　　The earth whirls on its axis.地球绕轴自转.

　　appraisal n.估计,估量,评价

　　The members of the IOC made an objective appraisal of Beijing.国际奥林匹克委员会成员对北京做出了客观的评价.

　　arch n.拱门,拱型 v.成拱型 a.调皮的,淘气的

　　The cat arches its back when it sees the dog.猫看到狗,就会把背拱起.

　　A bright rainbow arched above after the rain.雨后彩虹在天上形成弓状.

　　arena n.竞技场,表演场所;活动场所

　　The world is as an arena of moral conflict.世界像一个道义冲突的竞争场所.

　　bureaucracy n.官僚,官僚作风;官僚机构

　　We must fight against the bureaucracy in order to improve governmental work.为了提高政府部门的工作效率,我们必须与官僚作风作斗争.

　　confer v.协商,交换意见 vt.授予赠与,把 赠与,协议

　　The engineers and technicians are still conferring on the unexpected accident of the fire damp explosion.工程师和技术员们还在讨论此次瓦斯爆炸的以外事故.

　　consecutive a.连续的;连贯的;顺序的

　　I am extremely busy every week on three consecutive days,Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday.我每星期连续三天都非常忙,是在星期一、星期二、星期三.

　　consensus n.一致同意,多数人的意见,舆论

　　The voters consensus was that the capital penalty should not be abolished.大多数选民的意见是不应该废除死刑.

　　What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么?