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Word List 10-7
1.decay v.(使)腐败,(使)腐烂;(使)衰弱 n.腐烂,腐朽;衰退,衰败
【例】The doctor told me that my teeth were decayed.
医生说我长了虫牙。
The old tree was in decay.
那棵老树已经腐朽了。
【用】decay表示从完好健全的状态变弱,主要强调腐败衰弱的阶段。固定搭配右go to decay和fall into decay,意思是“腐朽,凋谢”。
2.postpone v.延期,延缓
【记】词根记忆:post(在后面)+pon(放)+e--放到后面--延期
【例】The sports game was postponed because of rain.
运动会因下雨而延期。
【辨】delay,postpone两个词都含“推迟,延期”的意思。delay指暂时停顿,稍后继续,或表示落后于进度,如:delay by the heavy traffic; postpone很正式,通常强调有意识延至将来某一具体时间,如:The meeting has been postponed to Tuesday.
3.incentive n.刺激,鼓励,推动力
【记】词根记忆:in+cent(唱)+ive--使人唱歌--刺激,鼓励
【例】There are not enough incentives for consumers to buy such products.
消费者没有足够的动机来购买这类产品。
4.extraordinary adj.非常的,特别的,破例的;离奇的,使人惊奇的,非凡的
【记】联想记忆:extra(以外)+ordinary(平常的)--平常之外的--非常的
【例】Euphemia is an extraordinary beauty.
尤菲米娅是一个绝色美女。
5.chatter v.喋喋不休;(鸟)啁啾,(松鼠等)吱吱叫;(溪流)潺潺作声:(机器)颤动;(牙齿)打战 n.喋喋不休;啁啾;震颤声
【记】联想记忆:chat(聊天)+ter--没完没了地聊天--喋喋不休
【例】The chatter of my classmates stopped me from listening attentively to the teacher.
同学们喋喋不休的话语让我不能专心听讲。
The sparrows are chattering in the trees.
麻雀在树上啾啾叫。
【用】谚语:Who chatters to you,will chatter of you.(来说是非者,必是是非之人。)
【派】chatterbox(n.喋喋不休的人,话匣子)
6.administer v.管理,主管;执行,施行;给予,用(药等)
【例】The former minister of education is appointed to administer this university.
前教育部部长被委任去管理这所大学。
【派】administration n.(行政)管理;政府];administrative【adj.管理的;政府的;执行的);administrator(n管理者;行政人员;执行者)
7.awake v.醒过来:醒悟,觉察,明白adj.醒着的
【记】联想记忆:a+wake(醒)--醒过来
【例】I would place the picture next to my bed so that it would be the first thing I saw when I awoke.
我会把这幅画挂在床边,这样我醒来第一眼就能看到它。
【用】词组be awake to表示“警觉,明白”的意思,如:be awake to the dangers of noise pollution。
8.succession n.继续,连续;连续的若干事物,一连串:继承,继承权
【记】词根记忆:suc(下)+cess(行走)+ion--走下去--继承
【例】It's not advisable to plant wheat in the same field for more than two years in succession.
连续两年在同一块地上种植小麦的做法不可取。
In this country,who is first in succession to the throne?
该是该国王位的第一继承人?
【用】表示“继承(王位、职位)”时succession后面接介词to。