Unit 1:
abrupt
absorb
abstract
abundant
abuse
academic
access
accessible
accomplish
accord
accumulate
autobiography
banquet
bare
bargain
beneficial
cabin
cabinet
campaign
candidate
canoe
casualty
catalog
category
causal
celebrity
centigrade
champion
charity
debunk
deceit
decent
declare
decline
decorate
dedicate
definitive
deform
dual
edge
editorial
egoism
elaborate
electron
embody
emigrate
fable
fabric
facial
faculty
forth
galaxy
gay
gravity
habitat
icon
idealistic
identical
idiom
ignore
illustrate
imitate
immigrant
jury
knit
launch
magnificent
maintain
majority
mammal
manage
manifest
manipulative
mannered
negotiate
objective
obstacle
obtain
pacify
package
painstaking
panic
parable
parallel
passion
passive
pebble
racial
racism
rage
random
realistic
realm
ridiculous
sacred
sacrifice
satellite
savage
scale
scarce
scared
table
talent
ultimate
universal
variation
venture
verbal
weather
abrupt [E5brQpt]
adj. 突然的, 陡峭的
<例> The bus came to an abrupt halt.
<同> sudden, steep
absolute [5AbsElu:t]
adj. 完全的，肯定的
<例> I wonder if ever again Americans can have that experience of returning to a home place so intimately known, profoundly felt, deeply loved, and absolutely submitted to?
<同> complete; totally unlimited; certain
absorb [Eb5sC:b]
v. 吸收，合并
<例> Absorbed in her child and in the writing of her book, she was sunk in her affection for home.
<同> assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; wholly engage
abstract [5AbstrAkt]
adj. 抽象的
<例> Among the Plains Indians, two separate strains of decorative art evolved: the figurative, representational art created by the men of the tribe, and the geometric, abstract art crafted by the women.
<同> theoretical; nonrepresentational
abundant [E5bQndEnt]
adj. 丰富的，富足的
<例> There is an abundant supply of cheap labour.
<同> plentiful
abuse [E5bju:z]
n. 滥用, 虐待, 恶习, 辱骂
<例> Across the world, dissidents have used video equipment to gather visual evidence of human rights abuses.
<同> maltreatment, insult
academic [7AkE5demik]
adj. 学术的
<例> I was terrible at school and left with few academic qualifications.
<同> scientific
access [5Akses]
n. 通路, 入口, 接近
<例> Queens had access to power not only through their husbands but also through churchmen and secular officials whom they patronized.
<同> entrance, approach
accessible [Ek5sesEbl]
adj. 可得到的
<例> Reproduction fatally weakens the force of art, reducing its presence to mere information and thus rendering it accessible in a way that makes it easy to miss the point of it.
<同> obtainable
accomplish [E5kCmpliF]
v. 完成, 达到, 实现
<例> He nevertheless, at the end of six months, accepted his sister's permanent presence as an accomplished fact.
<同> complete; achieve
accord [E5kC:d]
n. 一致
<例> They were in accord to the man's opinion.
<同> agreement
accumulate [E5kju:mjuleit]
v. 积聚, 堆积
<例> New rock is born as layer after layer of dust accumulates on the bottom.
<同> amass; compile; hoard
autobiography [7C:tEbai5C^rEfi]
n. 自传
<例> In his autobiography Douglass describes his journey from "the prison house of slavery" to the North and the abolitionist movement.
<同> biography
banquet [5bANkwit]
n. 宴会
<例> Last night he attended a state banquet at Buckingham Palace.
<同> feast
bare [bZE]
adj. 裸的, 坦率的
<例> She had bare arms and a bare neck.
<同> naked, bald
bargain [5bB:^in]
v. 讲价, 交易
<例> The treaty was based on a bargain between the French and German governments. negotiate,
<同> haggle
beneficial [beni5fiFEl]
adj. 有用的
<例> Using computers has a beneficial effect on children's learning.
<同> helpful; useful
cabin [5kAbin]
n. 小屋, 客舱
<例> As soon as he left the cabin, a raven was there to "spread the word."
<同> compartment
cabinet [5kAbinit]
n. 橱柜, 内阁
<例> Ladylike veils and costumes, mirrors, paintings, statues, locked cabinets, drawers, trunks, strongboxes, and other domestic furnishings appear and reappear in women's novels and poems.
<同> cupboard, ministry
campaign [kAm5pein]
n. 战役, 运动, 竞选运动
<例> He should avoid involving himself in disastrous campaigns.
<同> race, crusade
candidate [5kAndidit]
n. 候选人, 投考者
<例> I was also excited that I had beat out several hundred candidates in literature and other fields for one of the six spots.
<同> applicant, campaigner
canoe [kE5nu:]
n. 独木舟, 轻舟
<例> A canoe is a small, narrow boat that you move through the water using a stick with a wide end called a paddle.
<同> boat
casualty [5kAVjuElti]
n. 严重的事故; 伤亡
<例> Troops fired on demonstrators near the Royal Palace causing many casualties.
<同> accident
catalog [5kAtElC^]
n. 目录
<例> The first drug catalog, or pharmacopoeia, was written at that time by an unknown Sumerian physician. list,
<同> contents, directory
category [5kAti^Eri]
n. 种类, 类项
<例> The category did not include numerous adults of the community.
<同> class, family
causal [5kC:zEl]
adj. 因果关系的
<例> He would dearly love to show a causal relationship between culture and imperialism, but cannot.
<同> causative
celebrity [si5lebriti]
n. 名声, 名人
<例> Interrupted by commercials, presented by newscasters with celebrity status, and advertised like any other product, television newscasts transmit news without context, without consequences, without values, and therefore without essential seriousness.
<同> renown, star
centigrade [5senti^reid]
adj. 百分度的, 摄氏的
<例> The temperature now is 40 degrees centigrade.
<同> Celsius
champion [5tFAmpjEn]
v. 拥护
<例> He passionately championed the poor.
<同> support militantly
charity [5tFAriti]
n. 慈悲, 博爱
<例> The National Trust is a registered charity.
<同> benevolence, mercy
debunk [di:5bQNk]
v. 揭穿; 奚落
<例> Historian Michael Beschloss debunks a few myths.
<同> expose; ridicule
deceit [di5si:t]
n. 欺骗, 谎言
<例> They have been involved in a campaign of deceit.
<同> deception, dissemblance
decent [5di:snt]
adj. 有分寸的, 得体的, 大方的
<例> You've got to have confidence in that seat belt, or you'll never do a decent loop.
<同> decorous, proper, fit
declare [di5klZE]
v. 宣布, 声明
<例> While Mark Twain has declared that humor is a "subject which has never had much interest" for him, it is as a humorist that the world persists in regarding him.
<同> announce, assert
decline [di5klain]
v. 使降低, 衰落
<例> The following passage is excerpted from a book published in 1991 on the unexpected decline of leisure in American life.
<同> worsen, refuse
decorate [5dekEreit]
v. 装饰
<例> According to Dunn and High-water, the artist's sex governed both the kind of article to be decorated and the style to be followed in its ornamentation.
<同> adorn, ornament
dedicate [5dedikeit]
v. 献出, 贡献
<例> Bessie has dedicated her life to caring for others.
<同> consecrate, commit
definitive [di5finitiv]
adj. 完全的; 最终的
<例> No one has come up with a definitive answer as to why this should be so.
<同> final; complete
deform [di:5fC:m]
v. 使残缺, 使变形
<例> They loosen our hold on reality, deform and falsify our understanding of the past.
<同> distort, strain
dual [5dju(
El]
adj. 双重的, 双的
<例> Rob may be entitled to dual nationality.
<同> double
edge [edV]
n. 边缘, 尖锐
<例> A river is an edge, for one thing, and not simply in the cartographer's sense that it divides one piece of ground from another.
<同> border, boundary, bound
editorial [edi5tC:riEl]
n. 社论, 评论
<例> Perhaps the editor had written more than he intended in using the word "forget," for Crisis before and after the editorial showed no diminution in its criticism of racism.
<同> column, commentary
egoism [5i:^EJIz(E)m]
n. 自我中心，利己主义
<例> His egoism prevented him from really loving anyone but himself.
<同> selfishness; individualism
elaborate [I5lAbErEt]
v. 详细地说明, 用心地制作
<例> Hidden in their sleek bodies is an impressively elaborated instrument, the reason for whose appearance is a complete enigma.
<同> expatiate, exposit, refine
electron [I5lektrRn]
n. 电子
<例> The once-indivisible atom, split, was revealed to consist of a nucleus made up of protons and neutrons around which electrons orbited.
<同> negatron
embody [im5bCdi]
v. 具体化; 包含，收录
<例> Jack Kennedy embodied all the hopes of the 1960s.
<同> personify; incorporate
emigrate [5emi^reit]
v. (使)移居, (使)移民
<例> They planned to emigrate.
<同> migrate, expatriate
fable [5feibl]
n. 寓言, 神话
<例> A parable is a symbolic story that, like a fable, teaches a moral lesson.
<同> fabrication, fiction
fabric [5fAbrik]
n. 织物, 布, 结构
<例> Einstein introduced a new "antigravity" force, which, unlike other forces, did not come from any particular source, but was built into the very fabric of space-time.
<同> textile, structure
facial [5feiFEl]
adj. 脸的, 表面的
<例> A mime is a performer who, without speaking, entertains through gesture, facial expression, and movement.
<同> exterior, ostensible
faculty [5fAkElti]
n. 才能，教职员工
<例> He was drunk and not in control of his faculties.
<同> capacity; teaching staff
forth [fC:W]
adv. 向前, 向外
<例> Girded by its walls, a medieval town stood forth as a compact whole, bristling with innumerable turrets.
<同> forward
galaxy [5^AlEksi]
n. 星系; 一群显赫的人; 一系列重要的人或物
<例> In the paper Jansky proposed the center of the Milky Way galaxy as one possible origin of the static.
<同> large, isolated system of stars, such as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities
gay [^ei]
adj. 欢迎的,色彩鲜艳的
<例> I like gay, relaxing paintings.
<同> cheery
gravity [5^rAviti]
n. 重力; 严重，庄严，严肃
<例> I could feel gravity clawing at me, pulling me out into the mile of empty space between me and the ground.
<同> seriousness
habitat [5hAbitAt]
n. (动植物的)产地,栖息地
<例> It is the elephant's metabolism and appetite that make it a disturber of the environment and therefore an important creator of habitat.
<同> home, locality
icon [5aIkRn]
n. 偶像，象征; 图标
<例> Only Marilyn has proved as enduring a fashion icon.
<同> religious image; idol
idealistic [ai7diE5listik]
adj. 理想主义的
<例> The drama takes an idealistic, even a naive view of the subject.
<同> utopian
identical [ai5dentikEl]
adj. 相同的,同一的
<例> they are everywhere in the islands, sparrow-like, and almost identical but for their differing beaks.
<同> uniform
idiom [5idiEm]
n. 习语; 成语
<例> McCartney was also keen to write in a classical idiom, rather than a pop one.
<同> dialect, phrase
ignore [i^5nC:]
v. 不顾,不理,忽视
<例>Such arguments ignore the question of where ultimate responsibility lay.
<同> neglect
illustrate [5ilEstreit]
v. 举例说明,作图解
<例>Let me give another example to illustrate this difficult point.
<同> exemplify
imitate [5imiteit]
v. 模仿
<例> There was little intent to imitate the male fashion for exploration, which was such a feature of the time.
<同> mimic
immigrant [5imi^rEnt]
n. 移民,侨民
<例> the Mexican-American writer Richard Rodriguez speaks of lessons he learned as the child of working-class immigrant parents.
<同> migrant
jury [5dVuEri]
n. 陪审团
<例> The prosecution had told the jury that finding for the innocence of the defendants would be similar to promoting communism.
<同> panel
knit [nit]
v. 编织; 结合
<例> She pushed up the sleeves of her grey knitted cardigan and got to work.
<同> interwine; combine
launch [lC:ntF, lB:ntF]
n. 发射,开始,升天
<例> It was a risk for my father to take the Oracabessa launch across the straits in September.
<同> setup
magnificent [mA^5nifisnt]
adj. 壮丽的,宏伟的
<例>The artistic legacy of the Roman world continues to be judged widely as an echo of the magnificent Greek traditions that preceded it.
<同> glorious
maintain [men5tein]
v. 维持,维修,保养,坚持
<例> The writer Mary Astell was a rare phenomenon, a single woman who maintained and even enhanced a respectable reputation while earning a living by her pen.
<同> preserve
majority [mE5dVCriti]
n. 多数,大多数
<例> The majority of cat-lovers are female.
<同> bulk
mammal [5mAmEl]
n. 哺乳动物
<例> When a leopard or other large carnivorous mammal approaches, the monkeys give one type of alarm call.
<同> mammalian
manage [5mAnidV]
v. 处理,维持,达成
<例> Despite the ridicule of many, he managed to recover numerous names and stories.
<同> cope
manifest [5mAnifest]
adj. 明白的，显然的; 证明，表现
<例> There may be unrecognised cases of manifest injustice of which we are unaware.
<同> visible; obvious
manipulative [mE5nipjulEtiv]
adj. 用手处理的,巧妙处理的,窜改的
<例> One of the surprising things about the dolphin is that his superior brain is unaccompanied by any type of manipulative organ.
<同> skillful
mannered [5mAnEd]
adj. 做作的，矫饰的
<例> If you arrange your picture too systematically the results can look very mannered and artificial.
<同> affected
negotiate [ni5^EuFieit]
v. 商议,谈判,交涉
<例>It is not clear whether the president is willing to negotiate with the democrats.
<同> overlook, ignore
objective [Eb5dVektiv]
adj. 不为情所动的; 公平的
<例> Even though he was her son, she tried to be objective about his behavior.
<同> fair
obstacle [5CbstEkl]
n. 障碍
<例> British indifference to contemporary art has been an obstacle even for modem artists now revered as great, such as Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud, who were dismissed for years before winning acceptance.
<同> obstruction
obtain [Eb5tein]
v. 获得,得到
<例> Instead of obtaining exact pitches, the players glide freely from one note to another and frequently fluctuate the pitches.
<同> receive
pacify [5pAsifai]
v. 安抚; 平静
<例> Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics?
<同> soothe; subdue
package [5pAkidV]
v. 包装
<例>A city has to be packaged properly to be attractive to tourists.
<同> box; bundle; encase
painstaking [5peinsteikiN]
adj. 辛勤的
<例> It is fashionable now to disparage Darwin's originality; not even the surliest of his detractors, however, faults his painstaking methods or denies his impact.
<同> arduous; industrious
panic [5pAnik]
n. 恐慌,惊惶
<例> An earthquake hit the capital, causing panic among the population.
<同> scared
parable [5pArEbl]
n. 寓言,比喻,谜
<例> The story is a pleasing parable of the problems created by an excess of wealth.
<同> fable
parallel [5pArElel]
v. 与...平行
<例> Often there are emotional reasons paralleling the financial ones.
<同> collimate
passion [5pAFEn]
n. 激情,热情
<例> the ruling passion in America is the love of money.
<同> ardor
passive [5pAsiv]
adj. 被动的,消极的
<例> Toni Cade Bambara's novels are engrossing because the protagonists, in striving to achieve goals, are not simply passive characters.
<同> inactive
pebble [5pebl]
n. 鹅卵石
<例> At the beginning of the twentieth century, was the atom imagined as a tiny billiard ball or a granite pebble?
<同> cobble; shingle
racial [5reiFEl]
adj. 种族的
<例> Garvey's fixed belief in the idea of Black racial purity, differed greatly from Du Bois's ideals.
<同> ethnic
racism [5reisizEm]
n. 民族的差别主义,人种偏见
<例> Crisis before and after the editorial showed no diminution in its criticism of racism.
<同> racialism
rage [reidV]
n. 愤怒,情绪激动
<例>He was red-cheeked with rage.
<同>anger; fury
random [5rAndEm]
adj. 任意的,随便的,胡乱的
<例> The speech was a hodgepodge of random and contradictory information that could not be integrated into a coherent, consistent whole.
<同> haphazard
realistic [riE5listik]
adj. 现实的,现实主义的
<例> Although he is realistic about the problems that still confront blacks in ballet, Mitchell nevertheless is optimistic about the future, especially that of his own dance company.
<同> pragmatic
realm [relm]
n. 王国,领域
<例> Mickey Mouse had passed out of the realm of commercially generated image into that of artifact.
<同> domain
ridiculous [ri5dikjulEs]
adj. 荒谬的,可笑的
<例>He finds every custom ridiculous that does not conform with the standard of the United States.
<同> absurd, ludicrous
sacred [5seikrid]
adj. 神圣的
<例> The landscape is somehow sacred, and to meddle with it sacrilegious.
<同> consecrated
sacrifice [5sAkrifais]
n. 牺牲,供俸,祭品
<例> Success in your job is not worth the sacrifice of your health.
<同> forfeit
satellite [5sAtElait]
n. 卫星
<例> The rocket launched two communications satellites.
<同> small body revolving around a larger one
savage [5sAvidV]
n. 野性,凶猛,粗鲁,荒野
<例> These civilizations flourished while Europeans were still savages living in caves.
<同> barbarian
scale [skeil]
n. 刻度,衡量,数值范围
<例>He was one of the first to perceive that nature on a sufficiently small scale might be qualitatively different in a striking way from the world of our ordinary experience.
<同> dimension
scarce [skZEs]
adj. 缺乏的,不足的,稀少的,罕见的
<例> Each level above the plants diminishes thereafter in biomass until you come to the top carnivores, which are so scarce that the very sight of one in the wild is memorable.
<同> deficient
scared [skZEd]
adj. 害怕的
<例> I have never been so scared in all my life.
<同> frightened
table [5teibl]
v. 搁置
<例> They've tabled a motion criticising the Government for doing nothing about the problem.
<同> lay aside
talent [5tAlEnt]
n. 才能,人才,天资
<例> As the most entertaining of monuments to the wayward talents of generations of gifted rogues, they certainly claim our reluctant admiration.
<同> gift
ultimate [5Qltimit]
adj. 终极的
<例> Linnaeus himself would probably have been the first to admit that classification is only a tool, and not the ultimate purpose, of biological inquiry.
<同> final
universal [7ju:ni5vE:sEl]
adj. 通用的
<例> Maxine Hong Kingston presents universal themes in the context of Chinese American culture.
<同> current
variation [7vZEri5eiFEn]
n. 变化,变动,
