2014年12月六级冲刺备考：词汇精讲（26）

　　direct a.直接的;坦率的;正好的 ad.直接地,径直地

　　direct vt.针对;指导;给...指路;指示;指挥;导演

　　United Airlines has direct flights from Hong Kong to India.联合航空公司有从香港直飞印度的航班.

　　Almost all the recent criticism from the mass media in Japan is directed at the ever-increasing rate of unemployment. 在日本,近来大众媒体的几乎所有批评都是针对越来越高的失业率.

　　Doubtful a.难以预测的,未定的;怀疑的,可疑的

　　Any theory that has not been tested is a doubtful one.任何未经检验的理论都是不足信的.

　　engage vt.吸引,占用;占线;使从事;聘用;使订婚 vi.参加,从事于

　　Studying engages most of my time.学习占用了我大部分时间

　　Beautiful clothes can easily engage girls attention.漂亮的衣服总能轻易地吸引女孩的注意.

　　Do you want to be engaged in politics or business?你想从政还是从商?

　　Being engaged to someone from a rich and powerful family is many actresses dream.嫁入豪门是很多女明星的梦想.

　　Faith n.信任,信赖,信心;信仰,信条

　　Keeping faith with friends is a good character.对朋友守信用是一种好品格.

　　Force n.部队,军队,兵力,暴力,武力;力,力量,力气;影响力,效力

　　Force vt.强迫,迫使;用力推动,用力打开

　　New emerging forces are invincible.新生力量是不可战胜的.

　　Its not proper to force your idea upon others.把自己的想法强加于人是不当的.

　　Habit n.习惯,习性

　　Hitler once declared that eating meat was a bad habit that had led to the decay of past civilizations.希特勒曾公开说,吃肉是一种坏习惯,导致了过往文明的衰落.

　　Implement vt.使生效,履行,实施n.工具,器具,用具

　　The imperial civil examination system was implemented in China from the Sui Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty.中国实行科举制度从隋朝延续到清朝.

　　Rakes,ploughs,hoes and spades are simple farming implements.耙、犁、锄、铲是简单的农具.

　　Inherit vt.继承

　　Princess Diana was a woman of great beauty, and her sons Henry and William inherit some of her looks. 戴安娜王妃是个大美人,儿子亨利和威廉继承了她的美貌.

　　The new Japanese administration inherited the ecnomic problems of the last four years.日本新政府继承了前4年的经济问题.

　　investigate v.调查,调查研究

　　Sherlock Holmes investigated many cases by following the footprints left at the scene of the crime.福尔摩斯调查过多宗案件通过犯罪现场留下的脚印