和谐英语

2008年6月英语六级考试短文听写贯通词汇(二)

2008-03-31来源:
KEY:
  sentences 1-3

  1 affirming their love and making a commitment to each other

  2 Today's wedding reception will be held in an arena that will be decorated with just the right amount of fall flowers in wonderful arrays to give it dignity yet a touch of glamour

  3 They will feel as if they are royalty living in a mansion in this little bit of paradise on earth.

  Words

  feast, masterpiece, splendour, ingenious, commemorate, threshold, reside, abandoned, urged

  解析:

  Feast

  n. 宴会,酒席,节会 vt. 款待,享乐,请客 vi. 参加宴会,享受

  At the feast there was an abundance of food and drink.

  宴会上有丰盛的食品和饮料

  Masterpiece

  n. 杰作,名著

  These fine pieces of music are Schubert's masterpieces.

  这些优美的乐曲都是舒伯特的杰作

  Splendo(u)r

  n. 光辉,壮丽,显赫

  The mansion is shorn of its splendors.

  该公馆已失去豪华景象

  Ingenious

  a. 灵敏的,精巧的,聪明的

  He invented an ingenious excuse for his absence.

  他为缺席编造了一个巧妙的借口

  Commemorate

  vt. 纪念

  This memorial commemorates those who died in the war.

  这座纪念碑是纪念战争中牺牲者的

  Threshold

  n. 阈值; 门槛,入口,开端,

  He paused upon the threshold to survey the room.

  他在门槛前停了停把室内打量了一下

  Reside

  v. 居住,留驻,存在,属于

  Our guests reside at the Grand Hotel.

  我们的客人住在圆山饭店。

  Abandon

  vt. 抛弃,离弃,遗弃;放弃

  The scientist abandoned his research for lack of fund.

  这位科学家因缺少资金而放弃了研究工作

  Urge

  n. 冲动,推动力,迫切的要求

  vt. 驱策,力劝,力陈,推动

  vi. 强烈要求

  He urged all concerned to take an active part in the work.

  他要求有关的人都积极参加这项工作