和谐英语

VOA常速英语:Reducing HIV Risk with Painless Male Circumcision

2011-12-02来源:VOA

词汇讲解:

1. weigh vt. 权衡; 考虑
例句:The point deserves to be carefully weighed.
这一点值得慎重考虑。

2. potential n. 潜力, 潜势, 可能性
例句:This new invention has an enormous sales potential.
这项新发明有巨大的销售潜力。

3. enthusiastic adj. 满腔热情的, 热心的,热烈的; 极感兴趣的
例句:She's very enthusiastic to read a novel.
她非常喜欢读小说。

4. compress vt. 压紧, 压缩
例句:In her anger she compressed her lips so tightly that they went white.
她生气时把嘴闭得很紧, 嘴唇都变白了。

5. squeeze v. 挤, 榨, 捏
例句:The room was crowded but I managed to squeeze in.
房间人很多, 不过我还是设法挤了进去。

6. tolerate vt. 忍受; 容忍(不同意或不喜欢的事物)
例句:She can tolerate that rude fellow.
她能容忍那个粗鲁的家伙。

7. adaptable adj. 可适应的,有适应能力的;适合的,适宜的;可改编的
例句:The soil is adaptable to the growth of peanuts.
这土壤适宜于花生的生长。

8. remove vt.移走; 排除;开除
例句:She saw he had removed his glasses.
她看到他摘下了他的眼镜。

9. observation n. 注意; 观察
例句:The new breed is under observation.
新品种正在观察中。

10. approval n. 赞成, 同意;批准, 认可
例句:The new proposals have won the approval of the board.
新建议得到董事会的认可。