英语词汇提高Chapter 25.ppt

Chapter 25 哈工大外国语学院 2012春 杨莉萍 dismal adj. (of a place or situation) bad in a sad and depressing way 忧郁的，凄凉的，令人沮丧的 Eg. 1) The main part of the hospital is pretty dismal but the children’s ward is really lively. 医院的主体部分死气沉沉，但是儿科病房却充满生气。 2) It was dismal living abroad for a whole year, with all your friends and families still at home. dispense v. [词根] pens= to hang, weigh, pay, consider 1. If you obtain a product by getting it out of a machine, you can say that the machine dispenses the product. (机器自动)提供(货物等) (例句见课本) 2. If someone dispenses something that they own or control, they give or provide it to a number of people (usu. officially). 分配，分发，施与 Eg. The local welfare office is where government dispenses many of its services. 地方福利部门就是政府贯彻实施众多服务的窗口。 [前缀] dis- ① 表示不，消失掉 disarm v. dis (消失掉) + arm (武装) Eg. It is difficult to persuade the superpowers to disarm. dispassionate adj. dis (消失掉) + passionate (有激情的) Eg. A journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of fact. Eg. We all should take a dispassionate look at a problem. [前缀] dis- ② away表示“分开，分离” dispel v. dis (离开) + pel (推, 如compel, impel, expel)→ 推开 Eg. The sun soon dispelled the mist. 太阳不久就驱散了薄雾。 Eg. We are trying to dispel his doubts. 我们正试图消除他的疑虑。 distract v. dis (分开) + tract (拉) Eg. The film managed to distract me from these problems for a while. 这部影片分散了我的注意力，让我暂时忘记了这些难题。 discriminate v. (dis= away; crimin= to separate) [词根] found, fund=base 表示“基础” foundation n. 基础, 建立, 创办 Eg. 1) The foundation of the university took place 600 years ago. 2) That rumor has no foundation in fact. 那谣传没有事实根据。 fundamental adj. 基础的，根本的 ? Eg. The fundamental cause of his success is his hard work. 他成功的根本原因是他工作努力。 severity [词根]sever=serious, earnest, to cut severe adj. 严重的，剧烈的；严格的，苛刻的 persevere (per=through, thorough) Eg. 1) She persevered in her idea despite obvious objections raised by friends. 虽然朋友们明确反对，她还是坚持己见。 2) The school has a reputation for persevering with difficult and disruptive children. 这所学