2014年12月六级冲刺备考：词汇精讲（110）

　　competence n.能力,胜任,称职

　　Not everyone has the competence to learn a foreign language well.不是每个人都能学好一门外语的.

　　compartment n.卧铺车厢内的隔间;分隔的空间,火车车厢

　　Smoking is forbidden in the air-conditioned compartments.空调车厢内严禁吸烟.

　　Cynical a.愤世疾俗的,怀疑的

　　With a cynical outlook the young people today are easy to go to extremes.抱有愤世疾俗的心态,当今的年轻人容易走极端.

　　directory n.人名地址录,电话号码簿,工商行名录

　　You can find the telephone number and adress of any company in the directory.在电话薄上可以找到任何公司的电话号码和地址.

　　Envisage vt.想象,设想;正视,面对

　　Nobody can envisage the consequences of a nuclear war.没有人能想象得出来核战争带来的后果.

　　Erosion n.腐蚀,磨损;消弱,减少

　　The sea has the important earth-shaping power,producing erosion through the action of waves and tides.海洋有造地的力量,通过波浪和潮汐的的运动而产生侵蚀.

　　Foam n.泡沫;泡沫材料, vi.起泡沫,吐白沫

　　The waves break into foams against the rocks.波浪在岩石上撞成了泡沫

　　Foam rubber is soft rubber full of small air-bubbles.泡沫橡胶是充满了小气泡的软橡胶.

　　Graphic a.文字的,图表的;生动的,形象的

　　In Hemingways novels there are graphic descriptions of battles.在海明威的小说中有生动的战争场面的描写.

　　hover[ vi.翱翔,盘旋;徘徊,逗留在附近

　　Some birds hover when they look for animals to kill on the ground.有些鸟在寻杀地上的动物时,他们盘旋.

　　indicative n.陈述语气 a.表示的,象征的;陈述的

　　Resumption of the talks is indicative of an improving relationship between South Korea and North Korea.重新开始谈判预示着南北朝鲜的关系正在改善.

　　Is a high forehead indicative of great mental power?前额高表示智慧高吗?

　　inertia n.不活动,惰性;惯性

　　Because of the inertia the train cannot stop instantly.由于惯性,火车不能说停就停.

　　Inflict vt.把强加于,使遭受,使承担

　　The U.S. always inflicts its concept of human nature on other nations.美国总是把自己的人权观念强加于别国.

　　likelihood n.可能,可能性

　　Probability is the mathematical study of the likelihood of an events occurrence.概率是对一个事件发生的可能性的数学研究.