美国高中生要掌握的100个单词全收录D-F

http://www.sina.com.cn 2009年12月04日 12:06   新浪教育

  [例句]:

  Magellan was the first person to circumnavigate the globe。

  麦哲伦是第一个环球航行的人。

  It’s said that Zhen He in China Ming dynasty was the first personwho circumnavigate the globe

  据说中国明朝的郑和是世界上第一个环游地球的人。

  deciduous

  adj. 每年落叶的,非永久性的

  [例句]:

  Very few plants in my garden are deciduous。

  我公园里的落叶植物很少。

  deleterious

  adj. 有害于,有毒的

  [例句]:

  The continual forcasting errors had significant deleterious impacton Motorola’s credit ratings and relationships。

  持续的预测失灵对摩托罗拉的信用和关系产生了极坏影响。

  Obviously we ought to be very concerned about gambling in any formbecause it is certainly deleterious to our communities

  很显然,对任何形式的赌博,我们都要保持极高的警惕,因为凡是赌博都会危害我们的社区。

  diffident

  adj. 无自信的,客客气气的,羞怯的

  [例句]:

  He was to diffident to do justice to himself。

  他过于羞怯而不能为自己声辩。

  [笔记]:

  和Confident 对比。

  enervate

  v. 使衰弱

  vt. 使无力

  [例句]:

  The luxury enervates and destroys nations

  奢华铺张会让国家衰弱。

  enfranchise

  v. 给与自治权,给与选举权,解放

  [例句]:

  In Britain women were enfranchised in 1918.

  1918年英国妇女获得议会选举权。

  The slaves were enfranchised。

  奴隶们被释放了。

  epiphany

  n. 主显节,公现节,出 现

  [例句]:

  A Christian festival observed from December24, Christmas Eve, toJanuary5, the eve of Epiphany。

  圣诞节节期圣诞节假日从十二月二十四日的圣诞前一天,到一月五日的显灵节前一天

  equinox

  n. 昼夜平分点,春分或秋分

  [例句]:

  An equinox is one of the two days in the year when day and nightare of equal length。

  [笔记]:

  春分和秋分,太阳直射赤道(equator),日夜时间相等(equal)

  euro

  n. 欧元

  [例句]:

  The euro remained stronger against the dollar and yen in New Yorktrading Thursday。

  周四纽约交易市场上欧元兑美元和日元依然强劲。

  evanescent

  adj. 逐渐消失的,容易消散的,会凋零的

  [例句]:

  The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgottenin the mad chase of evanescent profits。

  务必不能再忘记劳动带来的喜悦和激励,而去疯狂地追逐那转瞬即逝的利润。

  expurgate

  v. 净化,删去

  [例句]:

  After WWII, for allies in Germany, one of the toughest job wasexpurgating fascist dogma from textbooks。

  二战后,在德国的盟军最艰巨的一项任务是从教科书里删除法西斯主义教条。

  facetious

  adj. 轻浮的,好开玩笑的

  [例句]:

  He is so facetious that he turns everything into a joke。

  他好开玩笑,把一切都变成戏谑。

  Facetious remarks are part of his stock-in-trade。

  讲俏皮话是他的拿手好戏。

  a facetious remarks。

  开玩笑的话

  fatuous

  adj. 愚昧的, 昏庸的, 发呆的, 愚笨的, 自满的

  [例句]:

  He seems take pride to make such fatuous remarks。

  他好像对自己愚蠢的讲话还洋洋自得。

  feckless

  adj. 没精神的,软弱的,无用的

  [例句]:

  This is a feckless argument, purely, and shows the lack oflegitimacy and moral integrity of these anti-war protestors。

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