大学英语六级词汇讲解 Lesson 1

 　　Alert a.警觉的,留神的,注意的 vt.向报警,使警惕 使认识到
　　Alert n.警戒(状态),戒备(状态);报警
　　Sirens sounded the alert for an air raid. 空袭报警的警笛响起来.
　　Nuclear-armed bombers were put on the alert during the crisis. 核武装轰炸机在危机期间进入高度警备状态.
　　Arbitrary a.随意的,任意的;专断的,武断的,专制的
　　The diet imposes overall calorie limits,but daily menus are arbitrary. 食谱规定了总的热量限制,但每天的菜单可据喜好自定.
　　Behalf n.利益,方面
　　Mother Teresa’s efforts on behalf of Calutta’s poor eventually brought her the Nobel Peace Prize. 德兰修女为加尔各答 穷人所做的一切努力最终为她赢得了诺贝尔和平奖.
　　Bulk n.大小,体积; 主体,绝大部分;大量 vt.显得大,显得重要
　　The great bulk of necessary work can never be anything but painful. 大量必须做的工作真令人痛苦.
　　Safety considerations bulked large during the development of the new spacecraft.在建造新的宇宙飞船时, 安全考虑占了很大比重.
　　Chip v.削(或凿)下(屑片或碎片)n.屑片,碎片
　　Chip [pl]炸土豆条(或片); 集成电路片,集成块; 缺口,瑕疵
　　"Fish and chips"is a typical English food. “炸鱼土豆条”是典型的英国食品.
　　The paint has chipped off where the table touches the wall. 桌子接触墙壁的地方漆皮已剥落.
　　Collapse vi/n.倒塌,塌下; 崩溃,突然失败
　　The enterprose collapsed through lack of support. 该企业因无力支持而倒闭.
　　competition n.竞争,竞赛
　　Because there is so much unemployment,the competition for jobs is very fierce. ;由于失业人员众多,求职的竞争十分激烈.
　　Five candidate cities including Beijing participated in the competition to host the 28th Olympic Games.共有包括北京在内的五个城市参加了争夺第28届奥运会主办权的角逐.
　　decline[di’klain] ;n.下降,减少,衰退
　　The arts of China have not declined in spit of the Western influence. 虽有西方影响,中国的艺术并未因此而衰落.
　　The price of mobile telephones has declined sharply. 手机的价格下降得非常厉害.
　　The United Kingdom is now no more than an empire that has declined. 大英帝国如今只是一个业 已衰落的帝国.
　　Develop vi.生长,发育,形成; 发展,扩展
　　Develop vt.发展,开发;制定, 研制,成长;逐步产生, 发挥
　　A good teacher is surely an instructor who can develop the capabilities of each student. 一个好老师一定是一个能激发每个学生 潜能的导师.
　　Juliet Wu’s ambition is to develop a national corporation into a worldwide business. 吴士宏的抱负是要把一个国内企业扩 展成世界性的企业.
　　Elaborate a.精心计划的,详尽的;复杂的 vt.详述,详细制订 vi.详述
　　I just want the facts in brief;you don’t need to elaborate. 我只想简单了解事实, 你不必作详细说明.
　　I don’t want elaborate lace pattern on my dress,just make it simple. 我不想裙子上有复杂精美的花边图案,简简单单就行.
　　Excite vt.使兴奋,使激动;引起,激起
　　Strong coffee excites your nerves. 浓咖啡刺激神经, 使人兴奋.
　　Emperor Qinshihuang’s cruelty excited a rising of the people. ;秦始皇的残暴引起了人民 的反抗.
　　Fatal a.致命的,灾难性的,毁灭性的;重大的决定性的
　　The city of Tangshan has such a new look that it hardly reminds people of the fatal earthquake that eccured over 30 years ago. 唐山市如今面貌一新, 几乎让人想不起30多年前的毁灭性的地震.
　　Formal a.正规的,正式的,合礼仪的;形式上的,表面的
　　Business letters are usually formal, but we write in a informal way to family members or friends. 商业信件通常都是讲究格式的但我们给家人或朋友写信就比较随便了.
　　Gaze v./n.凝视,注视
　　In those boring letures,many students just sat gazing into the classroom window.在那些沉闷的课堂教学中,许多学生知识呆呆地望着窗外.
　　Guard n.警戒,警备;警卫员,看守,卫兵
　　Guard vt.守卫,捍卫 vi.(against)防止,防范
　　Be on your guard against pickpockets.谨防扒手.
　　Tooth paste with fluorine can effectively guard against tooth decay.含氟牙膏能有效防止蛀牙.
　　Hostile a.敌对的,敌意的,不友善的;敌方的
　　It was very strange how hostile she was to all the beautiful girls approaching her husband.很奇怪,她对所有接近丈夫的漂亮女孩都心存敌意.
　　indentical a.相同的,同等的;同一的
　　My opinion are not always identical with my parents’s.我的意见并不总是和父母的意见相同.
　　All eggs look similar, but no two eggs are identical 所有鸡蛋看上去相似, 但没有两只鸡蛋是完全相同的
　　Leonardo da Vinci’s teacher once said to him.达芬奇的老师曾经告诉他说,
　　inferior n.下级,下属 a.劣等的,次的;下级的
　　No inferior products should be allowed to pass. ;决不能让任何次品漏网.
　　In the past,women were regarded as inferior to men. ;过去,人们认为女人不如 男人.
　　Launch n.发射;(船)下水 (新产品)投产
　　Launch vt.发射;发起(运动)推出(产品);使开始从事;使(船)下水
　　The first artifical satellite was launched by the former Soviet Union, which shocked the United States. 前苏联发射了第一颗人造卫星, 让美国人大惊失色.