1. demolish /diˈmɔliʃ/

-- pull or tear down; destroy

A wrecking crew is demolishing the old building.

拆除队正在拆除这幢老建筑物。

 

 

2. demote /dɪˈməʊt/

-- move down in grade or rank

For being absent without leave, the corporal was demoted to private.

这位下士因未经许可擅自缺席而被降为列兵。

 

 

3. depreciate /dɪˈpri:ʃi:ˌeɪt/

-- 1. go down in price or value

2. speak slightingly of; belittle; disparage

Automobiles depreciate rapidly; a $2,500 car is worth less than $2,000 within a year of purchase.

汽车贬值很快；一辆2，500美元的车买了不到一年就不值2，000美元了。

The building superintendent feels depreciated if you refer to him as the "janitor".

如果你叫这幢楼的管理员“工友”，他就会觉得被轻视了。

 

 

4. despise /disˈpaiz/

-- look down on; scorn; feel contempt for

Students who tell lies are despised by their classmates.

说谎的学生为同班同学所轻视。 

 

 

5. deviate /ˈdi:vieit/

-- turn aside or down( from a route or rule): stray

Mr. Parker always notifies the parents when a student neglects his homework and he will not deviate from this rule in your case.

每次学生不写家庭作业时，派克先生都会通知他的父母，你这次没写家庭作业他也不会违反原则的。

 

6. devour /diˈvauə/

-- (literally, "gulp down") eat greedily; eat like an animal

The childern must have been starved when they came in for dinner because they devoured their food.

孩子们在进来吃晚饭时一定饿坏了，因为他们狼吞虎咽地吃掉了食物。

 

 

7. decadent /ˈdekədənt/

-- (literally, "falling down") deteriorating; growing worse; declining

The decadent downtown section was once a flourishing business district.

衰落的闹市区一段一度曾是繁华的商业区。

 

 

8. deciduous /dɪˈsɪdʒu:əs/

-- having leaves that fall down at the end of the growing season; shedding leaves

Maple, elm, birch and other deciduous tree lose their leaves in the fall.

枫、榆、桦及其他落叶乔木在秋天掉叶子。

 

 

9. demented /diˈmentid/

-- out of( down from) one's mind; mad; insane; deranged

Whoever did this must have been demented; no sane person would have acted in such a way.

凡是做这件事的人一定是疯了，任何正常人都不会这么做。

 

 

10. dependent /diˈpendənt/

-- (literally, "hanging down from") unable to exist without the support of another

Children are dependent on their parents until they are able to earn their own living.

小孩在他们能独立谋生前都得依赖父母。