n. 赤字;不足額

　　And so -- but we do have to deal with the deficit.

　　所以說——但是，我們的確必須解決赤字問題。

　　damp

　　vt. 使潮濕;使阻尼;使沮喪，抑制

　　Damp gunpowder will not fire.

　　潮濕的火藥不會起火。

　　departure

　　n. 離開;出發;違背

　　The secretary's sudden departure disorganized the whole company.

　　該秘書的突然離去使全公司陷入混亂。

　　cynical

　　adj. 憤世嫉俗的;冷嘲的

　　He was so cynical that he sneered at everything that made life worth living.

　　他也太玩世不恭了，凡是對人生有意義的事，他一概加以嘲笑。

　　dedicate

　　vt. 致力;獻身;題獻

　　To her I dedicate this book.

　　我把這本書獻給她。

　　deadline

　　n. 截止期限，最后期限

　　In this case, you’ll want to set yourself a deadline.

　　在這種情況下，你要為自己設定一個最后期限。

　　degenerate

　　vt. 使退化;惡化

　　But why do men degenerate ever?

　　為什么人類總是在退化?

　　depict

　　vt. 描述;描畫

　　Therefore using control flow to depict events is not a good idea.

　　因此使用控制流來描述事件并不是一個好主意。

　　curb

　　n. 抑制;路邊;勒馬繩

　　We must curb the spread and use of these weapons.

　　我們必須遏制這類武器的擴散和使用。

　　deadly

　　adj. 致命的;非常的;死一般的

　　The shock was deadly to him.

　　這次打擊對他是致命的。

　　1.Educational standards in this school are year by year because of a lack of funds.

　　2.It looks like we're going to have another budget this year because we overspent.

　　3.Arsenic is a substance and can kill people in a couple of minutes.

　　4.The grass is still from yesterday's rain.

　　5.If Janet wants to succeed,she must first learn how to her temper.

　　6.The teacher made Friday afternoon the for handing in all book reports.

　　7.It is hard to befriend someone who is about friendship.

　　8.The doctor her life to improving hospital care.

　　9.Our was delayed because of bad weather at the destination airport.

　　10.These paintings the lives of the aristocracy in the last century.

　　答案：1.degenerating 2.deficit 3.deadly 4.damp 5.curb 6.deadline 7.cynical 8.dedicated 9.departure 10.depict