2012年职称英语考试之必备英语词汇(1)

　　2012年4月7日的职称英语考试一天一天临近，广大考生要抓紧时间复习了，小编为大家整理了职称英语大纲词汇，祝大家考试顺利过关。

　　单词

　　词义

　　教材出处(英文)

　　教材出处(译文)

　　widespread

　　adj. 普遍的，广泛的;分布广的Before the widespread use of computers, the information either reached managers too late or was too expensive to be used.计算机广泛应用之前，信息要么到达经理处太迟，要么费用太贵而用不起。

　　hold,

　　held,

　　holden

　　vt. 持有;保存;拥有;拘留;约束或控制

　　vi. 持续;支持;有效

　　n. 保留;控制

　　On his shoulder he carried a club and in his hand he held a bow.

　　他(Hercules)肩扛棍棒,手持弓。

　　spacious

　　adj. 宽敞的，广阔的;无边无际的。We were told that ours was the most spacious room in the hotel.我们被告知,我们的(婚礼)是最宽敞的房间在旅馆里。

　　explain

　　v. 说明;解释Biologists are unable to explain why Dinosaurs are dying.生物学家不能解释为什么恐龙灭亡。

　　forbidden

　　adj. 严禁的，禁用的;被禁止的Women could not take part and were forbidden, on pain of death，even to attend the Games.

　　妇女不能参加甚至被禁止出席这个运动会

　　decent

　　adj. 得体的;正派的;相当好的I want to provide my boys with a decent education.我想给我的孩子们提供良好的教育。

　　explore

　　v. 探测;探索;探险A man begins to explore the fat problem in the early 30s男人是在30出头开始担心肥胖问题的。

　　estimate

　　n. 估计，估价;判断，看法

　　vt. 估计，估量;判断，评价An estimated 17 million people die of various disease.

　　估计有1700万人死于各种疾病。

　　obviously

　　adv.明显地

　　Obviously，you should not increase your reading speed if you do not understand what you are reading. (原文：09年教材,Hints for Reading Practice)

　　很明显,如果你不理解阅读材料，就不应该增加阅读速度。

　　spectator

　　n. 观众;旁观者The spectators, as well as the participants, of the ancient Olympics were male.古代奥运会的观众和运动员都是男的。