Key Band 6 Vocabulary.doc

Key Vocabulary to CET 6 1. contend ______________compete; argue 斗争, 竞争, 主张 The official in the tax office contended that the shopkeeper was innocent. 税务所的官员认为该店主是无罪的。 2. proposition ___________proposal; suggestion; 主张, 建议, 须处理的人或事；问题；家伙 Finding an affordable apartment will be a difficult proposition. 要找到一间付得起的公寓是件难事。 3. prosecute ____________(sb for sth) accuse (of); charge (with), 告发, 起诉 (prosecution) He was prosecuted for robbery. 他因抢劫而被起诉。 4. concede _____________admit, confess, acknowledge; yield 勉强, 承认, 退让 The Liberal Democratic Party conceded defeat as soon as the election results were known. 大选结果一揭晓,自由民主党只好承认失败。 5. disperse _____________separate; scatter (使)分散, (使)散开, 疏散 A gust of wind dispersed the smoke from the stove. 一阵风把炉子里产生的烟吹散了。 6. dissipate _____________disappear; waste 驱散, (使)(云、雾、疑虑等), 浪费(金钱或时间) Francis dissipated his large fortune inherited from his grandfather in a few years. 弗朗西斯在几年里就把他从祖父那里继承下来的一大笔财产挥霍光了。 7. hypothesis ____________assumption 假设 This is only a sort of scientific hypothesis which has not been proved by experiments 这仅仅是一个尚未被实验证明的科学假说。 8. liability ______________responsibility; disadvantage 责任, 义务, 债务, 与assets相对 The business failed because its assets were not so great as its liabilities. 这家商行因资不抵债而倒闭。 9. discern ______________recognize; identify; perceive 目睹, 认识, 洞悉, 辨别, 看清楚 It was so dark outside that he was just able to discern the road in the dark. 外面一片漆黑他在黑暗中勉强能分辨出道路。 10. deteriorate ___________worsen; degenerate; degrade (使)恶化, 贬低 The nations highways are deteriorating at a rapid pace. 这个国家的高速公路正在迅速衰退。 11. rigorous ____________ strict; precise 严格的, 严厉的, 严酷的, 严峻的 This is a rigorous program to restore physical fitness. 这是恢复身体健康的严格计划 12. extravagant __________ luxurious; excessive 奢侈的, 浪费的, 过分的, 放纵的 Shes very extravagant — she spends all her money on clothes. 她很奢侈，花掉了所有的钱来买衣服。 13. pretext ______________excuse, on ~ of 借口, 托辞 He left early on the pretext that he had a bad toothache and had to se