赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit87

 　　defensive¹

　　a.防御性的

　　We need both defensive and offensive weapons to face attacks from neighboring countries.

　　我们需要防御性及攻击性的武器以对抗邻国的攻击。

　　defensible

　　a.可防御的

　　A castle built on a high mountain is easily defensible.

　　兴建在高山上的城堡容易防御。

　　operation

　　n.操作；营运；手术

　　Are you familiar with the operation of this machine?

　　你熟悉这台机器的操作吗？

　　Three doctors were performing an operation on the patient.

　　三位医生正为病人动手术。

　　operator

　　n.操作人员；接线生，总机

　　All the machine operators in our factory are well trained.

　　我们工厂所有的机器操作人员都经过良好的训练。

　　Operator, please connect me to Mr. Wilson.

　　总机，麻烦你把我接给魏尔逊先生。

　　operational

　　a.操作上的

　　Should you have any operational problems, just let me know.

　　你若有任何操作上的问题，请径自告诉我就可以了。

　　assume

　　vt.假定，认为（以that从句作宾语）；负起（责任）

　　Paul assumed that his girlfriend was joking when she said he was ugly.

　　保罗的女友说他很丑时，他认定她一定是在开玩笑。

　　After his parents passed away, the boy assumed the burden of raising the family.

　　男孩的父母亡故后，他便负起养家的责任。

　　associate

　　vt.使有关联 vi.交往

　　Lung cancer is mostly associated with smoking.

　　肺癌大多与吸烟有关。

　　If I were you, I wouldn't associate with that guy. He's a gangster².

　　如果我是你的话，我不会和那名男子有所往来。他是帮派分子。

　　associate

　　n.合伙人 a.副的

　　Jason is one of my business associates.

　　杰森是我的事业伙伴之一。

　　Maggie is the associate editor of that magazine.

　　玛琪是那家杂志的副编辑。

　　association

　　n.协会；联合

　　We decided³ to set up an association of photography lovers.

　　我们决定成立一个摄影爱好者协会。

　　The exhibition was sponsored by the government in association with local businesses.

　　这场展览是由政府联合当地企业赞助举办的。

　　equip

　　vt.配备（常用被动语态）

　　All the classrooms are equipped with state-of-the-art facilities.

　　所有的教室都配有最先进的设备。

　　equipment

　　n.装备（集合名词，不可数）

　　This camera is the most important piece of equipment I have.

　　这台相机是目前我拥有最重要的一项配备。

1 defensive   

adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的

参考例句：

• Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
• The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。

2 gangster   

n.匪徒，歹徒，暴徒

参考例句：

• The gangster's friends bought off the police witness.那匪徒的朋友买通了警察方面的证人。
• He is obviously a gangster,but he pretends to be a saint.分明是强盗，却要装圣贤。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。