2014年12月六级冲刺备考：词汇精讲（70）

　　misfortune n.不幸,厄运,逆境;不幸事故,灾难,灾祸

　　Misfortune never come alone.祸不单行.

　　I had the misfortune to break my leg yesterday.昨天我不幸折断了腿.

　　Oppress vt.压迫,压制;沉重,使烦恼

　　Poverty oppresses the spirit.贫穷折磨着人们的心灵.

　　I feel oppressed by the heat.我感到闷热难受.

　　Pastime n.消遣,娱乐

　　Playing cards is our favorite pastime when travel by train.打牌是我们乘火车旅行时最喜欢的娱乐消遣.

　　Ponder v.思索,考虑,沉思

　　I want to quietly ponder what we to do next.我想静静想一想下一步怎么办.

　　Many people are pondering the meaning of life.许多人都在苦苦思索生活的意义.

　　provocative a.挑衅的,煽动的,刺激的;挑逗的

　　The pretty model looks very provocative in a transparent miniskirt.在时装表演中,漂亮的模特儿穿着一条透明的迷你裙,看上去十分撩人.

　　prevalent a.流行的,普通的

　　Smog is more prevalent in urban centers.烟雾在市中心更为普遍.

　　Refute vt.驳斥,驳倒

　　The lawyer made good use of the favorable evidence to refute his counterparts testimony.律师充分利用大量的有利证据驳倒了对手的证词.

　　Rip vt./vi.扯破;撕坏 n.裂口,裂缝

　　Lightening ripped the cloudy night sky.闪电划破乌云的夜空.

　　Theres a big rip in my sleeve.我的袖子有一道裂口.

　　specification n.规格,规范;明确说明;说明书

　　The First Amendment to the American constitution is the specification that each citizen enjoys freedom of religion.美国宪法的第一条修正案是关于公民享有宗教信仰自由的规定.

　　Subsidy n.补助金,津贴

　　Can I apply for the unemployment subsidy when I have no job?失业了我可以申请失业补助金吗?

　　Tentative n.试探性的,实验性的

　　Kissingers first visit to China was a tentative one.基辛格对中国的第一次访问是试探性的.

　　transplant vt.移栽,移种;移植;使迁移,使移居 n.移植

　　Tea was transplanted from China to India and Sri Lanka. 茶树是从中国移植到印度 和斯里兰卡的.

　　Not every transplant operation can be successful, because the transplant may be rejected by the surrounding tissues.并不是每一个器官移植都能成功,因为移植的器官可能会受周围细胞的排斥.

　　Virgin n.处女,未婚女子 a.未经开发的,未经使用的,未经触动的;处女的

　　The blessed Virgin Mary refers to Jesus mother.圣母玛利亚是耶苏基督的母亲.