英语六级考试高频词汇详解(16)
76. contaminate v. 污染;弄脏
contaminate跟pollute相比更书面化,为新闻常用语,表示化学物质、放射物等的污染。形容词形式是contaminative.
She is always worrying that the water is being contaminated by nuclear radiation.
她总是担心水被核辐射所污染。
77. contemplate v. 沉思;凝视
英语中表示“思考”的动词有很多,他们的区别如下:
contemplate 通常指长时间的思考,有时含无确定目的的意思。
think 普通用词,指需要一定时间进行思考以形成某种想法或念头。
consider 侧重一时的对某事的考虑,也只长时间的深入的思考。
You must contemplate the results of the action.
你得考虑清楚这样做的后果。
78. contempt n. 轻视
hold in contempt 轻视,认为 self-contempt 自我轻视,自卑 bring contempt upon oneself 自取其辱,自讨没趣 hold sb. in contempt 鄙视某人
It seems that he holds Mike in contempt.
他似乎很瞧不起迈克。
79. contend v. 竞争,争夺,奋斗;争论,辩论
contend 指为战胜或击败对手进行不懈努力,强调拼搏。也可指口头上进行有对立情绪或严重分歧的争论。
This firm is too small to contend against large multinational corporation.
这家公司太小了,没法同大型跨国企业竞争。
80. contradict v. 相矛盾
contradict是及物动词,后面直接接宾语。
What you said contradicts with what we had heard.
你说的和我们听到的是矛盾的。
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