雅思阅读话题词汇41-50

41.deposit

phrase for: savings deposit; a fixed deposit; 20% deposit; bank deposit; on deposit

eg1: Worse still, below it was a not-very-firm glacial deposit hundreds of metres thick

eg2: Overseas students must pay a deposit when they apply for a course at the college

eg3: Imageine if you were suddenly swept up and deposited in Morocco.How well could you cope with the language, the weather, the people , and so on?

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42.deteriorate

eg1: Air quality in many of the world's major cities deteriorated

anytomn: imporve,ameliorate

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43.deterioration

eg1:European countries are becoming increasingly concerned by major threats to European forests, threats which have no frontiers other than those of geography or climate; air pollution,soil deterioration, the increasing number of  forest fires and sometimes even the mismanagement of our woodland and forest heritage.

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44. devastating

synonym: disastrous;destructive

eg1:Since then, there have been huge developments in rocket technology, often with devastating results in war

eg2:One form of pollution-the release of greenhouse gases that causes global warming-is going to extend well into our future, but its total impact is unlikely to pose a devastating problem.

eg3: The devastating earthquake caused great damage to the city

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45. diminish

eg1:Fortunately-and unexpectedly-the demand for water is not rising as rapidly as some predicted.As a result,the  pressure to build new water infrastructures has diminished over the past two decades。

eg2:Our farmland was losing topsoil at a rate likely to diminish the soil's productivity

synonym:curtail;decrease

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46.dismiss

phrase for: dismiss sb,from sth 

eg1:FSA director of  communications dismissed claims that the proposals were not based on science

eg2: No one was to be dismissed here

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47. disposal

phrase for; waste disposal ;at one's disposal

eg1:He beagn by defining six essential traits that make a detector dog.First, every good detector dog must love praise because this is  the only tool trainers have at their disposal, but the dog must still be able to work for long periods without it.

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48.dispose

eg1:People worry that the endless rise in the amount of stuff everyone throws away will cause the world to run out of places to dispose of  waste

49.domestic

 phrase for; domestic appliance; gross domestic product; domestic market; domestic violence; domestic animals

eg1:Europe's leaders are due to meet in March to discuss the various enegy proposals-try to avoid commitments that may hurt domestic eneygy companies

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50.doom

eg1:Instead of dwelling on gloom and doom, they should appeal to American optimism, emphasising that the problem can probably be solved after all,and cheaper and faster than anyone thinks