【正文】 n. 相反的事物 10 appraise apprise praise appraise vt. 評(píng)估，評(píng)價(jià)，鑒定 apprise vt. 通知；告知 She was apprised of our arrival. The secretary came to apprise us that the erection of the monster machine had been successfully pleted. praise vt. 贊美；贊揚(yáng)；歌頌；贊頌 She praised her daughter39。s safety prehensive adj. 全面的；廣泛的；包含內(nèi)容多的；詳盡的 The state government gave a very prehensive explanation of its plans for the development of electronic industry. 12 argument augment argument n. 爭論 , 辯論 , 論據(jù) , 論點(diǎn) , ～ (for,against), 意見 augment vt., vi. 增大；增加 13. ascribe describe prescribe subscribe inscribe proscribe ascribe vt. 歸因于 , 歸咎于 describe vt. 描寫 , 記述 , 形容 , 形容 v. 描述 prescribe vt., vi.` 開藥方；處方 命令；規(guī)定 The law prescribes what should be done. What punishment does the law prescribe for corruption? The doctor prescribed total abstinence. subscribe vt., vi. （常與 to, for 連用）捐款；捐助 訂購（報(bào)紙、雜志等） （常與 to 連用）同意，贊同 inscribe vt. （常與 in, on, with 連用）題寫；銘刻 She inscribed her own name on the textbook. （常與 to 連用）題名 This book I inscribe to my old radesinarms. proscribe vt. 禁止 14. assent ascent assent vi. （常與 to 連用）同意 ascent n. 上升 , (地位 , 聲望等的 )提高 , 攀登 , 上坡路 15 dissent descent decent dissent vi. （常與 from 連用）持異議；不同意；意見不一致 He and I dissented from each other in choosing a suitable candidate. descent n. 下降；下滑；降下；下來 血統(tǒng)；遺傳 He traces his descent from an old Norman family. decent adj 體面的 合適的 16. assume resume consume presume assume vt. 假定；假設(shè) I assume you always get up at the same time. 采用；承擔(dān) to assume new duties resume n. 摘要 , 概略 , 美 履歷 vt. 再繼續(xù) , 重新開始 , 重新占用 , 再用 , 恢復(fù) consume vt., vi. 吃，喝 消耗；消費(fèi)；花費(fèi) His old car consumed much gasoline. 毀滅；燒毀 The fire soon consumed the old wooden buildings in the neighbourhood. presume vt., vi. （常與 that 連用）假定；假設(shè)；認(rèn)為 I presume from your speech that you are a foreigner. You must presume no such thing. 當(dāng)作；姑且認(rèn)為 If a person is missing for 7 years, he is presumed dead. （常與 to + inf 連用）放肆；擅作主張 A servant ought not to presume. （與 on, upon 連用）指望；寄希望于… We must not presume too mush on the reliability of such sources. 17 avocation vocation vacation avocation n. (個(gè)人 )副業(yè) , 業(yè)余愛好 vocation n. 職業(yè)；行業(yè) 天職；使命 vacation n. 假期 I worked in a small beachside restaurant during the college vacation. 18 authentic authoritative authentic 真實(shí)的：與事實(shí)相符并且值得相信、信賴的： an authentic account by an eyewitness. 真正的：有著經(jīng)證實(shí)的來源或創(chuàng)作者的；非偽造的或非復(fù)制的： an authentic medieval sword. 一把真正的中世紀(jì)劍 authoritative adj.（形容詞） 官方的：有著或由政府發(fā)起的；官方的： an authoritative decree。s authoritative manner. 19 adjoin adjacent adjourn adjoin vt. 毗連；臨近；貼近 Our house adjoins theirs. adjacent adj. (與 to 連用） 相鄰的，鄰近的 adjourn vt., vi. 延期；休會(huì)， 會(huì)議暫停 The meeting will be adjourned till next Wednesday. 20 admire admiral admire v. 贊美 , 欽佩 , 羨慕 admiral n. 海軍上將 , 艦隊(duì)司令 , 旗艦 21 adore adorn adore vt. 崇拜 敬愛；敬重 非常喜歡 He adores the cinema. She adores going to the volleyball match. adorn vt. 裝飾 She likes to adorn herself with jewels. 增加…的重要性或吸引力 He tried to adorn his story with a lot of lies 22. appliance applicant application appliance n. 用具 , 器具 applicant n. 申請(qǐng)者 , 請(qǐng)求者 application n. 請(qǐng)求 , 申請(qǐng) , 申請(qǐng)表 , 應(yīng)用 , 運(yùn)用 23 alley ally alley n. 小路 , 巷 , (花園里兩邊有樹籬的 )小徑 ally v. 結(jié)盟 , 與 ...(在血統(tǒng) , 性質(zhì)等上 )有關(guān)聯(lián) , 同盟 n. 同盟國 , 支持者 24 accession access accession n. 就職 , 就任 , 添加 , 增加 access n. 通路 , 訪問 , 入門 vt. 存取 , 接近 B 1. bull bully bull n. 公牛 , 粗壯如牛的人 樂觀進(jìn)取的人 胡扯；廢話 bully vt. 威嚇；欺侮；以強(qiáng)凌弱 He39。s a pity the two concerts clash. （常與 with 連用）（色彩）不協(xié)調(diào) This shirt clashes with your trousers. crush vt., vi. 壓碎；壓壞；碾碎 擠壓；塞 to crush one39。 regular but interrupted。ceaseless continuous rain all day collude collide vi. 互撞；碰撞 ；（車、船等）猛撞 The two trains collided. 沖突；反對(duì)；強(qiáng)烈抵觸 (with) collude vi. 共謀；勾結(jié)；串通 (with) 8. ment mend ment n. 注釋 , 評(píng)論 , 意見 vi. 注釋 , 評(píng)論 (on ) mend vt. 稱贊 , 表揚(yáng) , 推薦 , 委托 , 吸引 9. pel expel propel repel pel vt. 強(qiáng)迫 , 迫使 expel vt 趕走：驅(qū)逐或把…趕出去： expel an invader. 排出：從容器里或象從容器里釋放： 被迫離開；把…除名： expelled the student from college for Synonyms at eject propel vt. 推進(jìn)，推動(dòng) 驅(qū)策 repel vt. 擊退；逐退 to repel an attack 使厭惡；使反感 His accent repels me. 10 contemporary temporary contemporary n. 同時(shí)代的人 adj. 當(dāng)代的 , 同 時(shí)代的 temporary adj. 暫時(shí)的 , 臨時(shí)的 , 臨時(shí)性 11. contemptuous contemptible contemptuous adj. （常與 of 連用） 表示輕蔑的；傲慢的 a contemptuous look contemptible adj. 卑劣的 It was contemptible of him to speak like that about a respectable teacher! It was a contemptible trick to tell lies and play on an old friend! 12 confer infer refer prefer defer confer vt. 授予 (稱號(hào)、學(xué)位等 )on, 贈(zèng)與 , 把 ...贈(zèng)與 , 協(xié)議 v. 協(xié)商 , 交換意見 (on) The engineers and technicians are still conferring on the unexpected accident. infer vt. 推斷；推知；推論 to infer an unknown fact from a known fact I infer from your letter that you have not made up your mind yet. refer vt., vi. （常與 to 連用） 涉及；提到 針對(duì)；有關(guān) The new law does not refer to farm land. 提交；交付 The shop referred the plaint to the manufacturers. prefer vt. （常與 to 連用）更喜歡；寧愿 to prefer coffee to t Which of these two dresses do you prefer? defer vt. 推遲；延期 vt. （與 to 連用）服從；順從 Do you always defer to your parents wishes? 13. consequent subsequent consequent adj. 作為結(jié)果的 subsequent adj. 隨后的，后來的；繼起的 14 conventional convenient conventional adj.