Lesson 82

第82课

furnish

v.装修

You know, we want to totally furnish our new office building. This is a list of what we need. Could you give me a ballpark figure for everything on this list?

您知道.我们想要彻底装修我们的新办公大楼.这是一张单子.上面列出了我们需要的家具.您能就这张表上的所有商品给我一个大概的价格吗?

privilege

n.特权

The members of the club have the privilege of buying the football ticket at special rates.

此会的会员有权以特价买到足球入场券。

swift

adj.急速的

The flood roared on, swift and violent.

水势迅猛异常。

decrease

v.减少

The workmen want to decrease the number of working hours and to increase pay.

工人们要求减少工作时间，增加工资。

election

n.选举

They canvassed for her and helped her to win this election.

他们为她竞选游说，帮她赢得这次竞选。

mislead

v.欺骗

Her appearance misled him, he thought she was young, but she wasn't.

她的容貌骗了他，他以为她年轻，其实不然。

scarcity

n.不足

This is indispensable in a region like the Near East, where the scarcity of water prohibits further agricultural expansion.

对于近东这样的区域来讲，这是极为必要的，在这里，水的短缺限制了农业的扩展。

substitute

v.代替

Emotion should never be a substitute for sound policy.

感情不能代替政策。

whistle

v.吹哨

The policeman whistled for the automobile to stop.

警察吹哨要汽车停住。

claim

v.请求

Every citizen may claim the protection of the law.

每一位公民都可请求法律保护。

dia

置于单词前表示“穿过，二者之间”

dialectic

辩证法（dia+lect辩证法）

diagnosis

诊断（dia+gnosis诊断）

diagram

图表（dia+gram图表）