Alert n.警戒(狀態),戒備(狀態);報警

　　Sirens sounded the alert for an air raid. 空襲報警的警笛響起來.

　　Nuclear-armed bombers were put on the alert during the crisis. 核武裝轟炸機在危機期間 進入高度警備狀態.

　　Arbitrary a.隨意的,任意的;專斷的,武斷的,專制的

　　The diet imposes overall calorie limits,but daily menus are arbitrary. 食譜規定了總的熱量限制,但每天的菜單可據喜好自定.

　　Behalf n.利益,方面

　　Mother Teresa's efforts on behalf of Calutta's poor eventually brought her the Nobel Peace Prize. 德蘭修女為加爾各答 窮人所做的一切努力最終為她贏得了諾貝爾和平獎.

　　Bulk n.大小,體積; 主體,絕大部分;大量 vt.顯得大,顯得重要

　　The great bulk of necessary work can never be anything but painful. 大量必須做的工作真令人痛苦.

　　Safety considerations bulked large during the development of the new spacecraft.在建造新的宇宙飛船時, 安全考慮占了很大比重.

　　Chip v.削(或鑿)下(屑片或碎片)n.屑片,碎片

　　Chip [pl]炸土豆條(或片); 集成電路片,集成塊; 缺口,瑕疵

　　"Fish and chips"is a typical English food. “炸魚土豆條”是典型的 英國食品.

　　The paint has chipped off where the table touches the wall. 桌子接觸墻壁的地方漆皮已剝落.

　　Collapse vi/n.倒塌,塌下; 崩潰,突然失敗

　　The enterprose collapsed through lack of support. 該企業因無力支持而倒閉.

　　competition n.競爭,競賽

　　Because there is so much unemployment,the competition for jobs is very fierce. ;由于失業人員眾多,求職的競爭十分激烈.

　　Five candidate cities including Beijing participated in the competition to host the 28th Olympic Games.共有包括北京在內的五個城市參加了爭奪第28屆奧運會主辦權的角逐.

　　decline[di'klain] ;n.下降,減少,衰退

　　The arts of China have not declined in spit of the Western influence. 雖有西方影響,中國的藝術并未因此而衰落.

　　The price of mobile telephones has declined sharply. 手機的價格下降得非常 厲害.

　　The United Kingdom is now no more than an empire that has declined. 大英帝國如今只是一個業 已衰落的帝國.

　　Develop vi.生長,發育,形成; 發展,擴展

　　Develop vt.發展,開發;制定, 研制,成長;逐步產生, 發揮

　　A good teacher is surely an instructor who can develop the capabilities of each student. 一個好老師一定是一個能激發每個學生 潛能的導師.

　　Juliet Wu's ambition is to develop a national corporation into a worldwide business. 吳士宏的抱負是要把一個國內企業擴 展成世界性的企業.

　　Elaborate a.精心計劃的,詳盡的;復雜的 vt.詳述,詳細制訂 vi.詳述

　　I just want the facts in brief;you don't need to elaborate. 我只想簡單了解事實, 你不必作詳細說明.

　　I don't want elaborate lace pattern on my dress,just make it simple. 我不想裙子上有復雜精美的花邊圖案,簡簡單單就行.

　　Excite vt.使興奮,使激動;引起,激起

　　Strong coffee excites your nerves. 濃咖啡刺激神經, 使人興奮.

　　Emperor Qinshihuang's cruelty excited a rising of the people. ;秦始皇的殘暴引起了人民 的反抗.

　　Fatal a.致命的,災難性的,毀滅性的;重大的決定性的

　　The city of Tangshan has such a new look that it hardly reminds people of the fatal earthquake that eccured over 30 years ago. 唐山市如今面貌一新, 幾乎讓人想不起30多年前的毀滅性的地震.

　　Formal a.正規的,正式的,合禮儀的;形式上的,表面的

　　Business letters are usually formal, but we write in a informal way to family members or friends. 商業信件通常都是講究格 式的但我們給家人或朋友寫信就比較隨便了.

　　Gaze v./n.凝視,注視

　　In those boring letures,many students just sat gazing into the classroom window.在那些沉悶的課堂教學中,許多學生知識呆呆地望著窗外.

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　　Guard n.警戒,警備;警衛員,看守,衛兵

　　Guard vt.守衛,捍衛 vi.(against)防止,防范

　　Be on your guard against pickpockets.謹防扒手.

　　Tooth paste with fluorine can effectively guard against tooth decay.含氟牙膏能有效防止蛀牙.

　　Hostile a.敵對的,敵意的,不友善的;敵方的

　　It was very strange how hostile she was to all the beautiful girls approaching her husband.很奇怪,她對所有接近丈夫的漂亮女孩都心存敵意.

　　indentical a.相同的,同等的;同一的

　　My opinion are not always identical with my parents's.我的意見并不總是和父母的意見相同.

　　All eggs look similar, but no two eggs are identical 所有雞蛋看上去相似, 但沒有兩只雞蛋是完全相同的

　　Leonardo da Vinci's teacher once said to him.達芬奇的老師曾經告訴他說,

　　inferior n.下級,下屬 a.劣等的,次的;下級的

　　No inferior products should be allowed to pass. ;決不能讓任何次品漏網.

　　In the past,women were regarded as inferior to men. ;過去,人們認為女人不如 男人.

　　Launch n.發射;(船)下水 (新產品)投產

　　Launch vt.發射;發起(運動)推出(產品);使開始從事;使(船)下水

　　The first artifical satellite was launched by the former Soviet Union, which shocked the United States. 前蘇聯發射了第一顆人造衛星, 讓美國人大驚失色.

　　mechanism n.機械裝置;機制,機理;辦法,途徑

　　The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body. 骨骼和肌肉是人體的組成機體.

　　The shell of my watch is transparent and the mechanisms inside can be seen.我的手表外殼是透明的,可以看見里面的機械裝置.

　　Match n.比賽,競賽;對手,敵手;匹配,相配的人(或物);火柴

　　Match vt.和...相配,和...相稱, vi.相配,相適合

　　The prince and princess in the fairy tales are always perfectly matched(=were always a perfect match).童話中的王子與公主永遠都是天造地設的一對.

　　The White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou can't be matched for friendliness.廣州白天鵝賓館良好的服務態度是無與倫比的.

　　These shoes do not match one is large and the other is small.這雙鞋不相配,一只大, 一只小.

　　Negative n.負數;(照相機的)負片,底片

　　Negative a.否定的;反面的,消極的;負的,陰性的

　　He was suspicious of having taken dopes,but his urine test was negative.他被懷疑服用了興奮劑, 但他的尿樣檢測卻是呈陰性的.

　　Two negative makes a positive.負負得正.

　　obligation n.義務,責任

　　To pay taxes is an obligation of every citizen.納稅是每一個公民的義務.

　　Panic n.驚慌,恐慌,慌亂 v.(使)恐慌,(使)驚慌失措

　　The Asian Financial crisis caused panic selling of securities.亞洲金融危機引起了債券的恐慌拋售.

　　Peer n.同齡人,同等地位的人;貴族 vi.仔細看,費力地看

　　To lessen peer(group) pressure,many schools require their students to wear uniforms.為減少來自同齡群體的壓力,許多學校要求學生們穿校服.

　　He peered at the comp- uter screen,wondering what his programming mistake was.他仔細地看著計算機的顯示屏,想知道他的程序出了什么錯.

　　Press v.壓,按,擠; 壓榨,壓迫

　　Press n.報刊,報界,新聞界;出版社,通訊社;壓,按,擠;印刷機

　　In the press conference, the White House spokesman always avoids directly answering questions.在新聞發布會上,白宮發言人總是避免直 接回答問題.

　　Time presses.Let's press on with our work.時間緊迫.我們加緊工作吧.

　　Just press this button,and you'll start the engine.只要按一下這個按鈕便可啟動這臺發動機了.

　　The problem of fuel presses for solution.這個燃料的問題急待解決.

　　Rarely ad.不常,難得

　　Big Ben in London has rarely gone wrong.在倫敦“大本鐘”很少出差錯.

　　Only rarely do I eat in restaurants.我極少到飯館吃飯.

　　scandaln.丑事,丑聞;流言蜚語;反感,憤慨

　　The former president of the Philipines took tax money for his own use, it was such a scandal.菲律賓總統貪污稅款, 前可謂一大丑聞.

　　Thread n. 線,細絲;線索,思路;螺紋 vt.穿(針、線等)

　　You lose the thread of your argument.你們的論點有失條理.

　　You need a needle threader if you can't see clearly to thread a needle.如果看不清楚無法穿線, 你需要一枚穿針器.