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tidy [5taidi]                        a.        整齐的，整洁的        vt.      整理

tidily [5taidli]                          a.        整齐地，整洁地

tide [taid]                                n.       1.潮 2.潮流

tidal [5taidl]                           a.        潮汐的，定时涨落的

Already the public agencies for adulteducation are swamped by the tide that has swept over themsince the depression began. (CET-6, 2003.6, Passage 3, Paragraph 2)

自经济萧条开始，袭击成人教育公共机构的浪潮已使其陷入困境。

 

 

 

clarify [5klArifai]                        v.        澄清，阐明

clarity [5klAriti]                         n.       清晰，明晰

charity [5tFAriti]                   n.       1.慈善，施舍 2.慈善团体

 

 

 

chart [tFB:t]                            n.        图（像）

charter [5tFB:tE]                                v.        租（船，车等）      n.     宪章

chartism [5tFB:tIz(E)m]                           n.        宪章运动

chapter [5tFAptE]                                 n.        章，节，回

 

 

 

chase [tFeis]                          v./n.    追逐，追求

chaser [5tFeisE]                      n.        猎人，驱逐舰

chaste [tFeist]                      a.        1.贞节的，纯洁的 2.朴素的，简朴的

例：    He wrote in a chaste style.他文笔朴实。

Myers is the founder of Auburn University’sInstitute for Biological Detection Systems, the main task of which is to chasethe ultimate in detection devices—an artificial nose. (CET-6, 1999.6, Passage 4, Paragraph 2)

迈尔斯是奥本大学生物探测系统学的创立者，该所的主要任务研制高级的探测装置——人工鼻

 

 

cathedral [kE5Wi:drEl]                n.        大教堂

Catholic [5kAWElik]                a.        天主教的              n.      天主教徒

 

 

 

decrease [di:5kri:s]                    v.        减少，降价                  n.           减少

increase [in5kri:s]                      v.        增加，增进                  n.           增长，增进

 

 

 

fold [fEuld]                         v.       1.包，笼罩 2.折叠，合拢  

n.        折，褶痕

unfold [Qn5fEuld]                        v.       1.逐渐表露，阐明 2.开展

folk [fEuk]                             a.        民间的             n.        人们，家属

foster [5fCstE]                                    vt.       1.养育，抚育，培养 2.抱(希望)

例：    foster hopes for success 抱成功的希望

n.       养育者，鼓励者

a.        养育的，收养的

例：    foster child 养子，养女

fork [fC:k]                              n.       1.叉子  2.岔路口

1. If no one owns the resource concerned,no one has an interest in conserving it or fostering it:fish is the best example of this. (CET-6, 2002.1, Passage 2, Paragraph 5)

以鱼为例，如没有人能拥有它，就没有人有兴趣保护它或喂养它。

 

2. It’salso true of children who suffer for years in foster homes（收养孩子的家庭）because of parents who can’t or won’t carefor them but refuse to give up custody（监护）rights(CET-4, 2003.6, Passage 4, Paragraph 1)

同时，对那些由于父母没有能力或不愿意照顾他们，但又不肯放弃监护权而痛苦地生活在收养家庭的孩子来说也是如此。

 

 

 

check [tFek]                                        vt.      1.检查，核对 2.阻止，控制3.寄存

n.       1.检查，核对 2.支票3.方格图案

cheek [tFi:k]                                n.        1.脸颊，面颊 2. [俚]臀部

3. 没礼貌的话（或行为）

cheeky [5tFi:ki]                               a.        厚颜无耻的， 大胆无礼的

 

 

 

assent [E5sent]                      n.                  赞成          vi.       同意

ascent [E5sent]                      n.                  1. 上升；向上走；攀登 2.  上坡路

accent [5AksEnt]                          n.                  口音, 重音

 

 

 

ascend [E5send]                 vi.              攀登，登高

ascendant [E5sendEnt]               a.                  1.上升的，向上的 2.占优势

descend [di5send]              vi.                 下来，下降

decent [5di:snt]              a.                   正派的，体面的，相当好的

descendant [dI5send(E)nt]      n.                 子孙，后代

ancestor [5AnsistE]         n.                  祖宗，祖先

descent [di5sent]              n.                  1.血统，出身 2.斜坡3.下降

If there is one thing in which the citizensof all parts of the country have an interest, it is, in the decenteducation of the citizens of all parts of the country. (CET-6, 2003.6, Passage3, Paragraph3)

如果有一件事情是一个国家所有公民都有兴趣的，那就是国家的所有公民接受良好的教育。

 

 

 

captain [5kAptin]                     vt.                 做……的首领， 指挥        

                                    n.                  1.首领，队长 2. 船长， 舰长3. 上尉

capital [5kApitEl]                  n.                  1. 首都 2. 大写字母3. 资本  

a.                  1. 大写的 2. 首位的， 重要的

capitalism [5kApitElizEm]       n.                  资本主义

 

 

 

devil [5devl]                       n.                  魔鬼，恶魔

evil [5i:vl]                            a.                   邪恶的                 

n.                  罪恶

A person with evilintent could use it to hunt down sites that are easy to burgle. (CET-6, 2003.6,Passage 1, paragraph 3)

居心不良的人可以用它搜索到容易闯入的网站。

 

 

 

dip [dip]                                    n./vt.   浸，蘸

diplomatic [7diplE5mAtik]            a.        1.外交的 2.老练的

diploma [di5plEumE]                     n.        毕业文凭，证书

 

German Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck may bemost famous for his military and diplomatic talent, buthis legacy includes many of today’s social insurance programs. (CET-6, 2003-1, Passage 2, Paragraph 1)

德国首相奥托·冯·俾斯麦也许以军事和外交才能著称于世，但他的遗产还包括许多当今的社会保障体系。

 

 

 

document [5dCkjumEnt]              n.               文献     v.   证明

documentary [7dCkju5mentEri]      a.               文献的         

n.            纪录片

doctrine [5dCktrin]                     n.              1.教条，主义 2. 学说

 

 

 

 

distinguish [dis5tiN^wiF]               vt.                 1. 区别，辨别 2. 使杰出3. 辨认出，看清楚

distinguished [dis5tiN^wiFt]          a.                   卓著的, 著名的, 高贵的

distinct [dis5tiNkt]                    a.                  1.(from) 截然不同的 2. 清楚的，明显的

distinctly [dis5tiNktlI]                    ad.                 清楚地, 显然

distinction [dis5tiNkFEn]        n.                 1.差别 2. 区分

distinctive [dI5stINktIv]                     a.                   特殊的；独特的；不一般的

instinct [5instiNkt]                    n.                  1.本能 2. 天性

extinct [iks5tiNkt]                          a.                  1.熄灭了的 2. 灭绝的

extinction[Ik5stINkF(E)n]             n.                  灭绝,熄灭

extinguish [iks5tiN^wiF]           vt.                 熄灭，扑灭（火等）                 

vi.                 消灭

anguish [5AN^wiF]                n.                  极度痛苦

sting [stiN]                            v.                  1.叮，螫 2. 刺痛，刺             

n.               刺（痛）

stingy [5stIndVI]                       a.                   吝啬的, 小气的

 

1. War may be a natural expression ofbiological instincts and drives toward aggression in the humanspecies. (CET-6, 2002.6, Passage 3, Paragraph 1)

战争可能是人类进攻性的生物本能和动力的自然表达方式。

 

2. Whenwe learn that the distinguished professor assuring us of the safety of aparticular product holds a consultancy with the company making it, we cannot beblamed for wondering whether his fee might conceivably cloud his professionaljudgment. (CET-6, 2006.1 Passage 3, Paragraph 2)

当我们听说，向我们担保某一特殊产品的安全性的著名教授，原来是那家公司顾问时，我们怀疑教从那家公司所得的酬金是否可能影响了他的职业判断，这也就不足为怪了。

 

3. “Miss Baxter,” he says, “could you pleasesend in someone who can distinguish right fromwrong?” (CET-4, 2002.12, Passage 2, Paragraph 7)

“芭克丝特小姐，”他说，“能否叫一个能区别对与错的人进来？”

 

4. When school officials in Kalkaska, Michigan, closed classes lastweek, the media flocked to the story, portraying the town’s 2,305 students asvictims of stingy taxpayers. (CET-6, 2003.1, Passage 2, paragraph 1)

上周，当密执安Kalkaska的学校官员关闭学校的时候，媒体对此事纷纷报道，认为该镇2305名学生成了吝啬纳税人的受害者。

 

5. After driving many of the animals around them to near extinction,people were forced to abandon their old way of life for a radically newsurvival strategy that resulted in widespread starvation and disease.  (CET-6, 2002.6 passage 1, paragraph 1)

许多动物濒临灭绝后，人们被迫放弃旧的生活方式，转向全新的求生策略，结果出现大规模饥荒和疾病。

 

6. In order to extinguish thisdislike for the sweetener, Ader reexposed the animals to saccharin, this timewithout the drug, and was astonished to find that those mice that had receivedthe highest amounts of sweetener during their earlier conditioning died. (CET-6,1999.6 Passage 1, paragraph 3)

为了消除老鼠对甜食的厌恶感，爱德重新给老鼠们喂糖精，这次不注射药物，他惊奇的发现，那些在条件反射实验早期吃下最多甜食的老鼠全部死掉了。

 

 

 

destine [5destin]                   vt.                 （常与to， for连用）注定，指定为

destiny [5destini]                    n.                  命运

destination [7desti5neiFEn]           n.                  目的地，终点，目标

Thedriver will use a telephone to dial instructions about his destination intothe system. （CET-4, 2002.1 Passage 1, paragraph5）

驾驶员将用电话将目的地的指令拨入监控系统。

 

 

 

digest [dai5dVest]                  n.                  文摘，摘要                 

vt.                 消化

digestive [dI5dVestIv]            a.                   消化的；助消化的

digestion [dI5dVestF(E)n]  n.                  消化；消化功能

digital [5didVitl]               a.                   数字的

dignity [5di^niti]                  n.                  1. 尊贵，高贵 2. 尊严，庄严

dignify [5di^nifai]                    v.                   使有威严，使高贵

indignant [in5di^nEnt]            a.                   愤怒的，愤慨的

indignation [7indi^5neiFEn] n.                  愤慨

indignity [in5di^niti]             n.                  侮辱

 

1. Chemists discovered olestra in the late 1960s,when they were searching for a fat that could be digested byinfants more easily. (CET-6, 2000.1, Passage 4, paragraph 3)

在20世纪60年代后期，化学家们就发现了“olestra”，那时他们正在寻找一种能更容易被婴儿消化的油脂。

 

2. Much of the food value is lost in theanimal’s process of digestion and cell replacement. (CET-6, 1998.1, Passage 2,paragraph 2)

许多蛋白质在动物的消化和细胞替换的过程中丢失了。

 

3. And the associatedrisk of cancer in the digestivesystem may be more of a dietary problem—too much fat and a lack of fiber—than aweight problem. (CET-6, 2002.6, Passage 2, paragraph 5)

消化系统癌症的相关危险可能更多的是饮食问题——脂肪太多、纤维缺乏——而不是体重问题。