2014年12月六级冲刺备考：词汇精讲（21）

　　State n.状态,情况;国家,政府;州 vt.陈述,说明

　　A healthy state of mind is the source of a happy life.健康的心态是幸福生活的源泉.

　　Please state your name,age and occupation in a few words.请用简短的话陈述一下你的姓名,年龄和职业.

　　succession n.连续,继承继任;一连串,一系列

　　The Olympics start with the arrival in the stadium of a torch, lighted on Mount Olympus by the suns rays and carried by a succession of runners to the stadium. 奥运会以火把到达体育场为开始,火把在奥林匹斯山上用太阳光点燃,并由一个接一个的选手送 到体育场.

　　Tolerance n.宽容,容忍;忍耐

　　Turn the volume down, please.My tolerance to noise is limited.请把音量关小,我对嗓音的忍耐力是有限的.

　　Tolerance between the races in the world is a global goal.世界各民族间的互相宽容是全球的目标.

　　tremendous a.巨大的;精彩的,了不起的

　　Some pop fans had a tremendous night at the theater last night with Leons concert.昨天晚上一些流行歌迷在剧院听黎明的音乐会,度过了一个美妙的夜晚.

　　Like the other parts of China, Dalian has also made tremendous progress in its social and economic development.与中国其他地方一样,大连在社会经济发展方面也取得了巨大的进步.

　　Trend n.倾向,趋向,趋势;时尚,时新款式

　　The growth in the American population in the 1950s partly derived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of families. 20世纪50年代美国人口的增长部分是因为早婚的倾向以及家庭平均规模的扩大.

　　SOHO has become a new international trend.在家办公已成为一种国际时尚.

　　unexpected a.想不到的,意外的

　　Noise can have unexpe- cted harmful effects on performance in certain kinds of tasks .噪音会对某些任务的完成有意想不到的不利影响.

　　Many unexpected things would happen in ones life.人的一生中会发生很多意想不到的事.

　　virtually ad.实际上,事实上

　　Some manufacturers make all sorts of promises, but it virtually means nothing. 有些生产商许下各种各样 的诺言,但事实上却啥也不做.

　　If we travel by Concorde,New York and Paris are virtually neighbours.如果乘搭协和式飞机旅行,纽约和巴黎几乎是邻居.

　　weakness n.虚弱,衰弱,软弱;弱点,缺点;偏好,嗜好

　　Education as a mirror of a society,can help us see the strengths, the weakness, the hopes,the prejudices,and the central values of the culture itself.作为社会的一面镜子,教育可以帮助我们看清这种 文化本身的优点、缺点、希望、偏见和起支配作用的价值观.

　　Women have a weakness for shopping.女士都有爱逛街的嗜好.