《托福高阶词汇》LIST13b

时间：2007-10-25 07:56:38

（单词翻译:单击）

deprive v.剥夺

同strip, dispossess, divest1, bereave2, denude3

The prisoners were deprived of any communication with the outside world.这些囚犯被剥夺了与外界进行沟通的自由。

discrepancy4 n.差异；不符

同inconsistency, disagreement, divergence5, discordance6

The manager found a discrepancy between the company's records and what actually sold.

经理发现公司的纪录与实际的销售不符。

Efface7 v.消除

同erase8, eradicate9, expunge10, delete

The wind had effaced11 the deer's hoofprints from the snow.

风吹散了雪地上鹿留下的蹄印。*hoofprint n.蹄印

engross12 v.全神贯注

同absorb, preoccupy13, engage

Richard engrossed14 himself in the study of marine15 biology.

理查德在全神贯注地研究海洋生物。

ethnic16 adj.种族的；人种的

同racial, national, native

Our school has students from different ethnic backgrounds.

我们学校的学生有着不同的种族背景。

facilitate v.使容易；促进

同smooth, ease, promote, speed up

Melissa's help facilitated our work to clean up the garage.

梅利莎的帮助加快了我们打扫车库的工作。

Exercise: Fill in the blanks.

1. Eating more grains is a healthy _____ to eating a lot of meat.

2. Three of the presidential _____ participated in the televised debate.

3. Jenny was _____ by the breathtaking scenery of the waterfall.

4. Diane was _____ in reading a book when I entered the room.

5. The fax machine has _____ communication between offices and homes considerably17.

解答：1. Alternative 2. Candidates 3. Dazed 4. Engrossed 5. facilitated


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1 divest 9kKzx     
v.脱去，剥除
参考例句：
  • I cannot divest myself of the idea.我无法消除那个念头。
  • He attempted to divest himself of all responsibilities for the decision.他力图摆脱掉作出该项决定的一切责任。
2 bereave etLzt     
v.使痛失(亲人等)，剥夺，使丧失
参考例句：
  • Nothing can bereave us of such sweet memories.没有什么东西可以夺去我们这样甜蜜的记忆。
  • Though they bring up their children,yet will I bereave them,that there shall not be a man left:yea,woe also to them when I depart from them!纵然养大儿女，我却必使他们丧子，甚至不留一个。我离弃他们他们就有祸了。
3 denude ZmIz8     
v.剥夺；使赤裸
参考例句：
  • The Embassy is now denuded of all foreign and local staff.现在大使馆里所有的外国和当地工作人员都清空了。
  • In such areas we see villages denuded of young people.在这些地区，我们在村子里根本看不到年轻人。
4 discrepancy ul3zA     
n.不同；不符；差异；矛盾
参考例句：
  • The discrepancy in their ages seemed not to matter.他们之间年龄的差异似乎没有多大关系。
  • There was a discrepancy in the two reports of the accident.关于那次事故的两则报道有不一致之处。
5 divergence kkazz     
n.分歧，岔开
参考例句：
  • There is no sure cure for this transatlantic divergence.没有什么灵丹妙药可以消除大西洋两岸的分歧。
  • In short,it was an age full of conflicts and divergence of values.总之，这一时期是矛盾与价值观分歧的时期。
6 discordance fc659d05dfeec09078710cbe99d6e2d3     
n.不调和，不和，不一致性；不整合；假整合
参考例句：
  • The structure of and rock extremly complex in the discordance formation system in Karst area. 岩溶地区不整合地层系统之岩土构成复杂。 来自互联网
  • Objective To analyze environmental factors of the discordance of concomitant strabismus phenotypes in monozygotic twins. 目的通过分析单卵双胎儿表型不一致性共同性斜视发病因素，探讨其发病机制。 来自互联网
7 efface Pqlxp     
v.擦掉，抹去
参考例句：
  • It takes many years to efface the unpleasant memories of a war.许多年后才能冲淡战争的不愉快记忆。
  • He could not efface the impression from his mind.他不能把这个印象从心中抹去。
8 erase woMxN     
v.擦掉；消除某事物的痕迹
参考例句：
  • He tried to erase the idea from his mind.他试图从头脑中抹掉这个想法。
  • Please erase my name from the list.请把我的名字从名单上擦去。
9 eradicate Ui1zn     
v.根除，消灭，杜绝
参考例句：
  • These insects are very difficult to eradicate.这些昆虫很难根除。
  • They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.他们已经在努力消灭疟疾、破伤风等疾病。
10 expunge PmyxN     
v.除去，删掉
参考例句：
  • He could not expunge the incident from his memory.他无法忘掉这件事。
  • Remember that you can expunge anything you find undesirable.记住，你可以除去任何你发现令你讨厌的东西。
11 effaced 96bc7c37d0e2e4d8665366db4bc7c197     
v.擦掉( efface的过去式和过去分词 )；抹去；超越；使黯然失色
参考例句：
  • Someone has effaced part of the address on his letter. 有人把他信上的一部分地址擦掉了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The name of the ship had been effaced from the menus. 那艘船的名字已经从菜单中删除了。 来自辞典例句
12 engross 0ZEzS     
v.使全神贯注
参考例句：
  • I go into bookshops and engross myself in diet books and cookbooks.我走进书店，聚精会神地读关于饮食的书以及食谱。
  • If there was one piece of advice I would offer to improve your reading rate it would be simply to engross yourself in the material you are studying.如果让我给你一个忠告来提高你的阅读速度的话，那就是全神贯注的研究你的资料。
13 preoccupy 5QOxz     
vt.使全神贯注，使入神
参考例句：
  • But at the moment he had other things to preoccupy him.不过当时有另外的事情分了他的心。
  • An intelligent man considers the prospect of failure,but he doesn't preoccupy himself with pointless worry.一个聪明的男人可以预见到失败，但他绝不会去无谓地担心。
14 engrossed 3t0zmb     
adj.全神贯注的
参考例句：
  • The student is engrossed in his book.这名学生正在专心致志地看书。
  • No one had ever been quite so engrossed in an evening paper.没人会对一份晚报如此全神贯注。
15 marine 77Izo     
adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵
参考例句：
  • Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
  • When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
16 ethnic jiAz3     
adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的
参考例句：
  • This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
  • The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
17 considerably 0YWyQ     
adv.极大地；相当大地；在很大程度上
参考例句：
  • The economic situation has changed considerably.经济形势已发生了相当大的变化。
  • The gap has narrowed considerably.分歧大大缩小了。

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