《托福高阶词汇》LIST22a

时间：2007-10-25 08:09:01

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abolish v.废除

同annul1, abrogate2, wipe out

In the United States, slavery was abolished during the Civil War.美国的奴隶制度在南北战争时被废除了。

adopt v.①接受；采用②收养

同1.embrace, accept 2.foster, take in

Our company has adopted the practice of allowing workers more flexible hours.

本公司已采用让员工有更多弹性上班时数的办法。

amateur n.业余者

同nonprofessional, dilettante3, hobbyist

This tennis competition is for amateurs only; no professionals are allowed to participate.

该网球比赛只提供给业余选手，职业选手不准参加。

arduous4 adj.费力的

同laborious5, toilsome, onerous6, strenuous7, difficult

Because construction work can be very arduous, few people want that kind of job.

因为建筑工作会很辛苦，所以很少人想从事这种行业。

barren adj.不毛的

同unproductive, infertile8, sterile9, desolate10

Many people moved away from the village because the farmland there had become barren.

许多人搬离了这个村庄，因为那里的土地已变得贫瘠。

carve v.刻

同cut, sculpture, slice

The sculptor11 carved a figure of a sitting boy out of stone.

这位雕刻家用石头雕刻了一尊坐着的男童像。

coin v.铸造；编造

同create, invent, mold, fabricate

Physicists12 call that particle a“quark”，a nonsense word coined by a famous Irish author.

物理学家称那种粒子为“夸克”，这个词没有任何含义，是一位著名的爱尔兰作家编造出来的。

contrive13 v.构想；设计

同devise, construct, design, concoct14, fabricate

The children contrived15 a pulley to lift things into their tree house.

这些小孩子设计了一个滑轮，可以将东西吊进他们树上的房子。

pulley n.滑轮

coy adj.娇羞的

同bashful, reserved, shy

He was charmed by the young woman’s coy smile.

他被这名年轻女子的娇羞笑容迷住了。


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1 annul kwzzG     
v.宣告…无效，取消，废止
参考例句：
  • They have the power to alter or annul inappropriate decisions of their own standing committees.他们有权改变或者撤销本级人民代表大会常务委员会不适当的决定。
  • The courts later found grounds to annul the results,after the king urged them to sort out the "mess".在国王敦促法庭收拾烂摊子后，法庭随后宣布废除选举结果。
2 abrogate yytz2     
v.废止，废除
参考例句：
  • When can we abrogate the national boundaries all over the world?什么时候可以在全球取消国界？
  • A government may abrogate any unfair treaties.政府可以取消任何不公平的条约。
3 dilettante Tugxx     
n.半瓶醋，业余爱好者
参考例句：
  • He is a master of that area even if he is a dilettante.虽然他只是个业余爱好者，但却是一流的高手。
  • I'm too serious to be a dilettante and too much a dabbler to be a professional.作为一个业余艺术爱好者我过于严肃认真了，而为一个专业人员我又太业余了。
4 arduous 5vxzd     
adj.艰苦的，费力的，陡峭的
参考例句：
  • We must have patience in doing arduous work.我们做艰苦的工作要有耐性。
  • The task was more arduous than he had calculated.这项任务比他所估计的要艰巨得多。
5 laborious VxoyD     
adj.吃力的，努力的，不流畅
参考例句：
  • They had the laborious task of cutting down the huge tree.他们接受了伐大树的艰苦工作。
  • Ants and bees are laborious insects.蚂蚁与蜜蜂是勤劳的昆虫。
6 onerous 6vCy4     
adj.繁重的
参考例句：
  • My household duties were not particularly onerous.我的家务活并不繁重。
  • This obligation sometimes proves onerous.这一义务有时被证明是艰巨的。
7 strenuous 8GvzN     
adj.奋发的，使劲的；紧张的；热烈的，狂热的
参考例句：
  • He made strenuous efforts to improve his reading. 他奋发努力提高阅读能力。
  • You may run yourself down in this strenuous week.你可能会在这紧张的一周透支掉自己。
8 infertile u71xE     
adj.不孕的；不肥沃的，贫瘠的
参考例句：
  • Plants can't grow well in the infertile land.在贫瘠的土地上庄稼长不好。
  • Nobody is willing to till this infertile land.这块薄田没有人愿意耕种。
9 sterile orNyQ     
adj.不毛的，不孕的，无菌的，枯燥的，贫瘠的
参考例句：
  • This top fits over the bottle and keeps the teat sterile.这个盖子严实地盖在奶瓶上，保持奶嘴无菌。
  • The farmers turned the sterile land into high fields.农民们把不毛之地变成了高产田。
10 desolate vmizO     
adj.荒凉的，荒芜的；孤独的，凄凉的；v.使荒芜，使孤寂
参考例句：
  • The city was burned into a desolate waste.那座城市被烧成一片废墟。
  • We all felt absolutely desolate when she left.她走后，我们都觉得万分孤寂。
11 sculptor 8Dyz4     
n.雕刻家，雕刻家
参考例句：
  • A sculptor forms her material.雕塑家把材料塑造成雕塑品。
  • The sculptor rounded the clay into a sphere.那位雕塑家把黏土做成了一个球状。
12 physicists 18316b43c980524885c1a898ed1528b1     
物理学家( physicist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • For many particle physicists, however, it was a year of frustration. 对于许多粒子物理学家来说，这是受挫折的一年。 来自英汉非文学 - 科技
  • Physicists seek rules or patterns to provide a framework. 物理学家寻求用法则或图式来构成一个框架。
13 contrive GpqzY     
vt.谋划，策划；设法做到；设计，想出
参考例句：
  • Can you contrive to be here a little earlier?你能不能早一点来？
  • How could you contrive to make such a mess of things?你怎么把事情弄得一团糟呢？
14 concoct vOoz0     
v.调合，制造
参考例句：
  • I gave her a tip on how to concoct a new kind of soup.我教她配制一种新汤的诀窍。
  • I began to concoct explanations of my own.我开始思考自己的解释。
15 contrived ivBzmO     
adj.不自然的，做作的；虚构的
参考例句：
  • There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said.他说的话里没有任何蓄意捏造的成分。
  • The plot seems contrived.情节看起来不真实。

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