赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit136

 　　correspond

　　vi.通信；符合（均与介词 with 并用）

　　Tom often corresponds with his foreign friends because he thinks it is a good way to practice his writing.

　　汤姆常和他的外国朋友通信，因为他认为这是一个练习写作的好方法。

　　Todd's actions don't correspond with his words.

　　陶德这个人言行不一致。

　　scarce

　　a.稀少的

　　Natural resources, such as timber and oil, are becoming scarce.

　　像木材和石油等这类的天然资源正日渐稀少。

　　scarcely

　　adv.几乎不

　　I had scarcely seen my father when I ran away.=I had hardly seen my father when I ran away.=As soon as I saw my father,I ran away.=Upon/On seeing my father, I ran away.

　　我一看到我父亲，立刻拔腿就跑。

　　I can scarecely believe that the firm went bankrupt.

　　我几乎不敢相信这家公司破产了。

　　divorce

　　vt. n.离婚

　　Believing that he could not live in harmony with his wife any longer, John finally divorced her.

　　约翰认为他无法继续和他的妻子和平共处一室，所以最后和她离了婚。

　　Tom and Mary's marriage ended in divorce.

　　汤姆和玛莉的婚姻最后以离婚收场。

　　divorced

　　a.离婚的；脱离的

　　Nancy is a divorced mother with two kids.

　　南西是一个离了婚、带着两个孩子的母亲。

　　John is acting¹ crazy and seems divorced from reality these days.

　　约翰最近行为怪异，似乎脱离现实了。

　　cabinet

　　n.橱柜；内阁

　　Is there enough room for the new filing cabinet?

　　还有空间放新档案柜吗？

　　Every year the president reshuffles his cabinet for security reasons.

　　基于安全理由，总统每年都要将内阁重新改组。

　　cupboard

　　n.碗橱

　　Put these plates on the top shelf of the kitchen cupboard.

　　把这些盘子放到厨房橱柜的最上层。

　　functional²

　　n.功用的；实用的

　　A pen can function as a weapon.

　　笔可以充当武器。

　　The two machines look alike but have many functional differences.

　　这两台机器看起来很像，但是有许多功用上的不同点。

　　The design of the chair is beautiful, but it is not very functional.

　　这张椅子的设计很漂亮，但是却很不实用。

　　classify

　　vt.分类；归类

　　Non-fiction books in the library are classified according to subject matter.

　　图书馆内非小说类的书籍是依主题内容分类的。

　　Some classify this music as jazz while others call it pop.

　　有些人把这种音乐归类为爵士乐，而也有些人称之为流行乐。

　　classification

　　n.分类；阶级之分

　　The classification of the wild flowers took several days.

　　这些野花的分类费时好几天。

　　In India, there is a strict classification of people based upon the caste system.

　　在印度，根据种姓制度的阶级之分很严格。

1 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

2 functional   

adj.为实用而设计的，具备功能的，起作用的

参考例句：

• The telephone was out of order,but is functional now.电话刚才坏了，但现在可以用了。
• The furniture is not fancy,just functional.这些家具不是摆着好看的，只是为了实用。