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    Hello everybody! 新的一期专八词汇又和大
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了. 第一次做节目,有这么多朋友参与,提
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    我会把这个节目做好,也希望大家更加积极的参
与。在这里,我要感谢暗红色花火的提醒,以后我
会加上音标的:)还有,感谢小七(julyjuly)的
鼎力支持!
    好,做好准备,要开始喽!

 

重点词汇

 

extant /ek5stAnt/ adj.
 still in existence现存的  
 The writer's extant manuscripts were
 stored in the library.
 
那位作家尚存的手稿保存在图书馆里。
armoury /5B:mEri/  n. 

  storehouse for arms军械库,兵工厂
 Delegates signed a treaty to reduce
 the armouries of conventional weapons
 in Europe.
 
代表们签订了减少欧洲兵工厂常规武器
 
的条约。
perpetuate  /pE5petjJeIt/  v.  

 to prolong the existence of; 
 
使永久存在,使不朽
 The new library will perpetuated its
 founder's great love of learning.
 
这座新图书馆将纪念其创建人对学习的热爱。
ubiquitous  /ju:5bIkwItEs/ adj. 
 
to be seen everywhere at the same time;
 omnipresent
普遍存在的,无处不有的
 The struggle between opposites is
 ubiquitous.
 
对立面的斗争无所不在。
dire /daIE/  adj.

 having dreadful or terrible 
 consequences
可怕的,悲惨的
 There will be a dire calamity.
 
一场可怕的灾祸就要来临。
invidious /In5vIdIEs/ adj. 

 tending to rouse ill will or 
 resentment
易招怨恨的,引起不满的
 The officer feared the invidious
 accusations.
 
这个警官担心会招致人们不满的指控。
elude /I5lu:d/ v.

 to evade or escape from逃避,逃开
 The fox succeeded in eluding 
 the hunters.
 
狐狸成功地逃离了猎人的追捕。
sundry /sQndrI/ adj.
 various, miscellaneous不同的,各种的
 His purse contained keys, wallet,
 and sundry items.
 他的提包中装有钥匙、钱包和各种
 杂七杂八的东西。

pseudo /psju:dEu/ adj 

  not authentic, false or pretended
假的
 This interest of his in modern music
 is completely pseudo.
 
他对现代音乐的兴趣纯属自欺欺人。
imbibe /Im5baIb/  v.
 to absorb or take in as if by

 drinking 喝,吸收(空气,知识等)
 Plants imbibe nourishment usually 
 through their leaves and roots.
 
植物通常通过叶和根吸收养分。

 

练习:

一、用上面词汇的正确形式完成句子:

1. How did you manage to get yourself into
this ____ position of having to reprimand
others for your own faults?

2. The government looked as if it would split
apart, with ____ consequences for domestic
peace.

3. At 62, Brian found the celebrity and status
that had ____ him for so long.

4. The fourteenth-century manuscripts of this
text are still ____.

5. Nuclear weapons will play a less prominent
part in NATO's ____ in the future.

 

二、选出下列单词的同义词/词组:

1. pseudo       A. various

2. imbibe       B. false

3. ubiquitous   C. to be remembered

4. perpetuate   D. absorb

5. sundry       E. omnipresent