英语四级高频词汇每天20个(11)

　　1. cancel vt. 取消，废除

　　The match had to be cancelled due to the bad weather.

　　比赛因天气不好只得取消。

　　I've lost my credit card, so I have to go to the bank to cancel it.

　　我的信用卡弄丢了,我得去银行申请作废。

　　2. variable a. 易变的，可变的

　　Prices are variable according to the rate of exchange.

　　物价会随汇率而变动。

　　His mood is as variable as the weather.

　　他的情绪如天气般反覆无常。

　　3. prospect n. 前景，前途;景象

　　He has good prospects.

　　他大有前途。

　　What do you think about the marketing prospect?

　　你觉得市场前景怎么样?

　　The prospect from the balcony was breathtaking.

　　从阳台上看去景色美极了。

　　4. prosperity n.兴旺，繁荣

　　The empire was on the wane after its period of prosperity.

　　帝国经过全盛以后逐渐衰落。

　　Prosperity destroys fools and endangers the wise.

　　繁荣兴旺既毁了蠢人，也使智者陷于险境。

　　5. aspect n. 方面;朝向;面貌

　　This is only one aspect of the problem.

　　这只是问题的一个方面。

　　The building has a southern aspect.

　　那座建筑是朝南的。

　　His brother is a man with a serious aspect.

　　他的兄弟是一个外貌严肃的人。

　　6. cope vi. (with)(成功地)应付，处理

　　I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.

　　既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。

　　7. core n. 果心，核心

　　He ate the plum, and threw the core away.

　　他吃掉了李子，并扔掉了果核。

　　The core of our appeal is freedom of speech.

　　我们的要求的核心是言论自由。

　　8.maintain vt. 维持，保持;坚持，主张

　　It is absolutely vital that food supplies should be maintained.

　　维持食物的供给是绝对必要的。

　　It is clearly illogical to maintain such a proposition.

　　坚持这种主张显然是没有道理的。

　　He maintains that there are no short cuts to effective management.

　　他断言,有效的管理没有捷径可走。

　　9.mainland n. 大陆, 本土

　　The island is joined to the mainland by a bridge.

　　岛上有座桥与大陆相连。

　　Hawaii and Alaska are not on the mainland of the United States.

　　夏威夷和阿拉斯加不在美国本土。

　　10. discipline n. 纪律;惩罚;学科

　　She is strict in the matter of discipline.

　　她对纪律的要求是严格的。

　　A little discipline would do him a world of good.

　　稍微处分他一下会对他大有好处。

　　Applied linguistics is a new and independent discipline.

　　应用语言学是一门新兴的独立学科。

　　1. domestic a. 本国的，国内的;家用的;家庭的

　　Washington responded by freezing the price of domestic oil.

　　华盛顿作出的反应是冻结国内的石油价格。

　　My value for domestic tranquility should much exceed theirs.

　　我应该远比他们重视家庭的平静生活。

　　2. constant a. 不变的，恒定的 n. 常数

　　In our world nothing seems constant.

　　在我们这个世界上似乎没有东西是永恒不变的。

　　The speed of light is an important constant.

　　光速是一个重要的常数。

　　3. cliff n. 悬崖，峭壁

　　The sea had undermined the cliff.

　　海水侵蚀了悬崖的基部。

　　4. authority n. 权威;当局

　　We see him as an authority on the subject.

　　我们把他看作为这方面的权威。

　　The new building must be financed by the local authority.

　　新大楼的建筑资金必须由地方当局提供。

　　5.audio a. 听觉

　　Students is very interested in the audio-visual instruction.

　　学生们对视听教学非常感兴趣。

　　6. attitude n. 态度

　　attitude后常接towards/to，指“对于……的态度，看法”，如her attitude towards/to the question(她对这个问题的看法)。

　　值得注意的是，因上面例子中的宾语是question，有时候可以用on代替to，如her attitude on the question。

　　She shows a very positive attitude to her work.

　　她工作态度非常积极。

　　7. community n. 社区，社会

　　Everyone should invest some time in community service.

　　每个人都应该花些时间在社区服务上。

　　The welfare of the community is the same as the welfare of its members.

　　社会的福利就等于其成员的福利。

　　8. commit vt. 犯(错误，罪行等)，干(坏事等)

　　commit oneself to doing something 使自己不得免于

　　They committed outrages on innocent citizens.

　　他们对无辜的市民犯下了暴行。

　　9. comment n. /vt. 评论

　　He made no comments on our proposal.

　　他对我们的建议没有作评论。

　　He commented that it was an excellent film.

　　他评论这电影很精彩。

　　10. distinguish vt. 区分，辨别

　　词义辨析：distinguish, discern, discriminate

　　distinguish: 普通用词，指辨别者的能力或实际观察到的区别，强调辨别所需的技巧。

　　discern: 语义较笼统，着重精深与准确的观察力，不一定有能力辨别关系密切的各项事物。

　　discriminate: 语气强，指从十分相似的事物中辨出差异，尤其把好坏区分开来。

　　Speeches distinguish human beings from animals.

　　人类和动物的区别在于人会说话。