2010年英语专业四级必备词汇表

grab   v.
①to take hold of with a sudden rough movement, esp. for a bad or selfish purpose攫取;抓住 ②to get quickly and perhaps unfairly抢先,抢占 ③to make a sudden attempt to grab(急速地)抓住;抓牢 ‖ n. a sudden attempt to take hold of something试图抓取;有意抢夺
【典型例句】 When her uncle died, she grabbed everything she could get her hands on.她的叔叔死后,她把能弄到手的东西全部都据为己有.
【词义辨析】 grab v. 急抓,抢;指粗暴地、过急地扑住或抢某物,可表示贪心的意思;snatch v. 夺取,抓住;指突然猛力迅速地抓取某物.如:The thief snatched the woman's bag.那贼抢走了这妇女的提包.grip v. 抱紧,握紧,指用手的最大的力量来抓某物.如:The frightened child gripped his mother's arm.受惊的孩子紧紧抓住他母亲的胳膊.grasp v. 紧握,领会,指用手指头、爪等紧紧抓住,用于比喻意义,则指完全了解.如:Did you grasp the main points of the speech?你是否领会了这演讲的要点?
【常用词组】 grab at突然想抓住 / make a grab at 有意抢夺,试图抓取 / up for grabs供人竞购的;待价而沽的

stab  v. pierce(sth.) or wound (sb.) with a pointed tool or weapon刺,戳  ‖ n. act of stabbing刺,戳【常用词组】 stab at sb.刺向某人 / a stab in the back暗箭伤人,背叛 / stab sb. with…用某物刺某人

web  n. ①a net of thin threads spun by some insects, esp. spiders, to trap other insects蜘蛛网
②a detailed arrangement or network网状组织
【作者建议】 上网常见的缩写www, 即是worldwideweb之意.

rib  n. one of the 12 pairs of bones running round the chest of a man or animal, from the spine to where they join at the front肋骨

lamb   n. young sheep; its flesh as food羔羊,小羊(肉)

climb   vt &  vi   go or get up or down; go higher , gain height       攀登;爬上;升  ‖ n. climbing , place (to be ) climbed    攀登;攀登之地

bomb   n. hollow metal ball or shell filled with explosive for causing destruction on bursting炸弹  ‖ v. drop  bombs on扔下炸弹
突破拼写,问题解决!
注意以mb结尾的词b不发音comb n. 梳子;towb n. 坟墓;thumb n.拇指;climb v. 爬

comb   n. ①piece of metal, rubber, plastic ,etc with teeth for cleaning the hair , making it tidy   梳子 ②red fleshy crest of fowl  鸡冠

tomb  n. hole dug in the ground, etc. for a dead body, esp. one with a stone monument over it墓，(穴)坟
构词有法,扩散记忆! 由tomb联想到tombstone n. 墓碑

dumb   adj. ①unable to speak  哑的    ②temporarily silent  暂时沉默的         ③stupid ; dull   笨的,愚蠢的
【常用词组】  dumb from birth  生来即哑 / strike dumb  使吓呆,(因恐惧等)说不出话 / dumb show 哑剧

plumb  n. a mass of lead tied to the end of a string used to find out the depth of water or whether a wall is built exactly  upright铅锤,测锤 ‖ v. ①to measure with a plumb用铅锤测量 ②to find out the meaning of探测,了解

thumb  n. short thick finger set apart from the other four拇指  ‖ v. turn over the pages of (a book); make (a book, pages) worn or dirty by doing this翻动,把书本翻动(旧)
同类联想,扩散记忆! 由thumb联想到index食指;形近词:numb麻木的;dumb哑的
【常用词组】 under sb.'s thumb受…控制 / be all thumbs笨手笨脚的 / bite the thumbs at对…嗤之以鼻
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crumb   n. very small piece of dry food, esp a bit of bread or cake rubbed off or dropped from a large
piece面包屑,糕饼屑
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job  n. ① regular paid employment工作,职位 ②a piece of work(一件)工作 ③something hard to do费劲
的事,难做的工作
辨析异同,应考从容!注意job与work的异同
同:都表示"工作".
异:work是不可数名词,而job是可数名词.
构词有法,扩散记忆! 派生词:jobber n. 股票经纪人;jobbing a. 做零工的,干散工的;jobless a. 失业的,无职业的;复合词:job centre n. (英国政府的)职业介绍所,就业服务中心;job lot n. 成批出售的杂货;job sharing n. 两个平均分担一份全职工作
【典型例句】 I'm looking for a new job, one where I get a bit more     job satisfaction.
我正在寻找一份新工作,一份能从中得到更大满足感的职业.
【常用词组】 out of a job失业/on the job在上班时,在干活时/make the best of a bad job不利的情况下尽力而为/give something up as a bad job对某事不再抱有希望/just the job正是想要的东西

epidemic n. & adj. spreading rapidly among many people in the same place for a time流行的,传染的,流行性的 ‖ n. ①disease spreading rapidly传染病 ②spreading (of a disease) (疾病的)流行,蔓延
comic  adj.  ①causing people to laugh  使人发笑的;滑稽的   ②of comedy  喜剧的

economic adj. ①of economic经济学的 ②designed to give a profit划算的,牟利的,有利可图的总频率20次,词汇频率2次.
抓住词干,记住一串!联系记忆:economics n. 经济学(-s表示…学)→economic adj. 经济学的(ic形容词后缀)常见的表达法:economic activity经济活动;economic aid经济援助;economic growth经济增长;economic situation经济形势;economic reason经济原因

atomic adj.  ①of atom(关于)原子的  ②of the power of atom原子能
举例一番,可见一斑!派生于atom n. 原子.由atomic构成的词语:atomic bomb原子弹(也作atom bomb);atomic age原子能时代;atomic energy原子能;atomic pile核反应堆;atomic power原子能力,原子能;atomic warhead原子弹头
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organic adj. ①of living things or the organs of the body生物的,有机物的,器官的 ②eastern; the eastern countries东方的,东方国家的
反义联想,扩散记忆!反义词:inorganic adj. 无机的,无机物的

mechanic n. a person who is skilled in using, repairing, etc machinary技工,机械工,机修工panic  n. sudden uncontrollable fear or terror惊慌失措,恐慌,惊慌 ‖ adj. fearful恐慌的,莫名其妙的 ‖ v. cause to feel panic使恐慌
义近形异,用心牢记!近义词:fear
【词义辨析】 fear与panic:fear害怕,畏惧,词义广泛,很常用,指不安的感情和极度的紧张,也可指胆怯或心理不适的模糊状态.panic恐慌,惊惶,指突然发生的事件,随即控制不了的,迅速传开的恐惧,而且是引起混乱,且不起作用的行为.

picnic  n. ①a pleasure trip in which food is taken to be eaten somewhere outdoors野餐 ②easy work轻松的工作 ‖ v. to go on or have a picnic野餐,参加野餐
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scenic adj. ①having or showing beautiful natural scenery风景优美的 ②of stage scenery布景的clinic  n. medical establishment for a specified purpose  诊所;门诊部