2014年12月六级冲刺备考：词汇精讲（113）

　　Foil n.金箔,金属薄片;陪衬 vt.挫折,使受挫折

　　The police foiled the murderers attempt to escape.警察使这个杀人犯逃跑的企图成为泡影.

　　The enemys attack on the liberated area was foiled.敌人向解放区的进攻被阻止了.

　　Grope vt.摸索 vi.暗中摸,摸索;探索

　　We are groping after the mystery of the universe.我们在探索宇宙的奥妙.

　　The Japanese spies grope about for commercial information .日本间谍到处搜集商业情报.

　　humidity n.湿度,潮湿,湿气

　　Humidity caused me another fit of rheumatism.湿气使我的风湿病又发作了.

　　Inhabit vt.居住于,栖息于

　　The Sahara desert is a district sparsely inhabited. 撒哈拉沙漠是个人烟稀少的地区.

　　It is easy for a man to embark on the road of degeneration and crime when greed inhabits his mind.当贪婪的思想占据了人的心灵时他是很容易走上堕落、犯罪道路的.

　　inhibit vt.阻止,妨碍,抑制

　　Penicillin can inhibit the spread of the bacteria and inflammation.青霉素可以抑制细菌和炎症的扩散.

　　innovation n.革新,创新;新方法,新奇的事物.

　　The innovation of air travel during the twentieth century has made the world seem smaller.20世纪发明的空中飞行似乎使世界变小了.

　　literacy n.读写能力,识字,有文化

　　The literacy campaign started from the 50s of the last century in China.中国扫盲运动始于上世纪50年代.

　　militant a.激进的,好斗的 n.激进分子,斗士

　　The militant Palestinian guerrillas often attack the Israeli soldiers.激进的巴勒斯坦游击队经常袭击以色列士兵.

　　minimal a.最小的,最低限度的

　　Fortunately,the storm only did minimal damage to the crops.幸好,暴风雨对农作物只造成很小的损失.

　　notwithstanding ad./conj.尽管,不管,还是

　　Many people told me not to try,but I went ahead notwithstanding.很多人都劝我不要尝试,我还是决意去做了.

　　I went swimming yesterday notwithstanding my mother told me not to.昨天我去游泳了,虽然妈妈告诉我不要去.

　　proceedings n.议程,过程;诉讼程序;公报

　　The manager opened todays proceedings in several short sentences.经理用简短的几句话开始了今天的会议.

　　reside vi.居住,定居;存在,在于

　　The real power resides in the people.真正的权力属于人民.

　　residential a.住宅的;适合居住的

　　The residential space in the metropolitan cities is becoming smaller and smaller, but it is more and more expensive than ever before.现在大都市里的住宅空间比以前越来越小,而价格则越来越贵.