星火英语四级2000核心词 15

 　　[00:11]Day 15

　　[00:14]shrink

　　[00:15]Car sales have been shrinking.

　　[00:19]sight

　　[00:20]No wonder the sight of it

　　[00:22]should send the memories

　　[00:24]of quite a number of the old generations

　　[00:27]back 36 years ago.

　　[00:30]smooth

　　[00:32]I trust an honest face more than a smooth talker.

　　[00:38]solid

　　[00:39]The impressive achievements

　　[00:41]in environmental protection

　　[00:43]have laid a solid foundation

　　[00:45]for a “Green Olympics” here in 2008.

　　[00:51]splendid

　　[00:52]She arrived in a splendid golden coach

　　[00:55]drawn by white horses.

　　[00:59]spoil

　　[01:01]Spare the rod and spoil the child.

　　[01:06]squeeze

　　[01:07]They squeezed the truth out of him.

　　[01:12]stainless²

　　[01:13]If I had a bicycle made of stainless steel,

　　[01:17]it will never get rust¹.

　　[01:20]statistics

　　[01:22]Statistics is a rather modern branch of mathematics.

　　[01:28]status

　　[01:30]They think owning such an expensive car

　　[01:33]will give them status.

　　[01:36]suffering

　　[01:38]Destruction and suffering are accompaniments of war.

　　[01:43]suit

　　[01:45]No dish suits all tastes.

　　[01:49]suppose

　　[01:51]You are not supposed to play football

　　[01:53]in the classroom.

　　[01:55]survivor

　　[01:57]The survivors³ of the shipwreck⁴

　　[01:59]transmitted a distress⁵ signal every hour.

　　[02:04]tie

　　[02:05]The two teams tied

　　[02:07]and had to play an extra period.

　　[02:11]trace

　　[02:12]The wanted man was traced

　　[02:14]to an address in New York.

　　[02:18]track

　　[02:19]The teacher asked us to read newspapers

　　[02:22]every day to keep track of current affairs.

　　[02:27]transmit

　　[02:28]The World Cup final is being transmitted live

　　[02:32]to over fifty countries.

　　[02:36]uniform

　　[02:37]How long was he in uniform?

　　[02:41]urge

　　[02:43]Officials of America urge quick patch

　　[02:46]on mail security hole.

　　[02:50]vary

　　[02:51]As conditions vary with each country,

　　[02:54]there can be no set model of reform and

　　[02:57]development for all countries.

　　[03:01]withdraw

　　[03:03]The general refused to withdraw his troops.

　　[03:08]workforce⁶

　　[03:09]The whole workforce has gone on strike.

　　[03:14]workplace

　　[03:16]We visited him at his workplace

　　[03:18]among the young trees

　　[03:19]and asked him about his work.

　　[03:23]absolute

　　[03:25]Power tends to corrupt⁷,

　　[03:27]and absolute power corrupts⁸ absolutely.

　　[03:32]accompany

　　[03:34]I must ask you to accompany me

　　[03:36]to the police station.

　　[03:40]accordance

　　[03:41]We will handle this issue in accordance with

　　[03:43]international laws and international practices.

　　[03:49]accurate

　　[03:50]We must acquire an accurate understanding of

　　[03:53]social progress in contemporary China.

　　[03:59]accuse

　　[04:00]He was sentenced to death.

　　[04:02]His gang had been accused of killing⁹ 20 people.

　　[04:07]advanced

　　[04:09]Our Party must always represent

　　[04:11]the development trend

　　[04:12]of China's advanced productive forces。

　　[04:17]advisable

　　[04:19]It is not advisable to act without planning.

　　[04:24]allowance

　　[04:26]IBM offers a quite high traveling allowance

　　[04:30]to its employees.

　　[04:33]alternative

　　[04:35]You have the alternative of leaving or

　　[04:37]staying and behaving.

　　[04:41]ambassador

　　[04:43]Mr Smith is the British Ambassador to Greece.

　　[04:49]anxious

　　[04:50]We are all anxious about his safety.

　　[04:55]applicable

　　[04:57]This rule is not applicable to foreigners.

大学英语四六级单词默写本点击购买

1 rust   

n.锈；v.生锈；(脑子)衰退

参考例句：

• She scraped the rust off the kitchen knife.她擦掉了菜刀上的锈。
• The rain will rust the iron roof.雨水会使铁皮屋顶生锈。

2 stainless   

adj.无瑕疵的，不锈的

参考例句：

• I have a set of stainless knives and forks.我有一套不锈钢刀叉。
• Before the recent political scandal,her reputation had been stainless.在最近的政治丑闻之前，她的名声是无懈可击的。

3 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

4 shipwreck   

n.船舶失事，海难

参考例句：

• He walked away from the shipwreck.他船难中平安地脱险了。
• The shipwreck was a harrowing experience.那次船难是一个惨痛的经历。

5 distress   

n.苦恼，痛苦，不舒适；不幸；vt.使悲痛

参考例句：

• Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
• Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。

6 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

7 corrupt   

v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的

参考例句：

• The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
• This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。

8 corrupts   

（使）败坏( corrupt的第三人称单数 )； （使）腐化； 引起（计算机文件等的）错误； 破坏

参考例句：

• The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound. 不正当得来的便士使正当得来的英镑也受到玷污。
• Blue cinema corrupts the souls of people. 黄色电影腐蚀人们的灵魂。

9 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。