1. dump傾倒 傾銷

　　This chemical pollution has two sources: the factories, which dump polluted water directly into the river, and the local community, which dumps untreated human wastes into the river.

　　2. earn賺得 掙得 獲得

　　Yuppies are young people who earn a lot of money and live in a style that is too expensive for most of people.

　　3. ease不費力 安適 自在

　　Have you heard about the plane crash yesterday? It caused 120 deaths. I’m never at ease when taking a flight.

　　Though we often hear about the air crashes and serious casualties, flying is still one of the safest ways to travel.

　　4. economic經濟的 經濟學的 經濟學

　　For them, the economic benefit they reap surpasses the risk of dying or losing property in one of the volcano’s frequent eruptions.

　　5.edition版 版本

　　Hi, Louise, I’ve got a used copy of our chemistry textbook for half price.

　　I’m afraid you wasted your money, yours is the first edition, but we’re supposed to be using is the third edition.

　　6. electricity電

　　Benjamin Franklin’s Experiments with electricity and lightening led directly to the invention of the lightening rod.

　　7. electronic電子的 電子學 電子設備

　　I’m told Alice is trying to find a job in an electronic company.

　　As far as I know, she is good at anything but electronic.

　　8. elementary基本的 初級的 基礎的 小學的

　　Youth in elementary school sites completed one version of the survey, while youth in junior high site completed a different version.

　　9. embarrassed尷尬的 窘迫的

　　Boys, for example, cry only about a quarter as oftener as girls when they reach the teenage years, and we all cried a lot less now than we did as babies, could it possibly be that we face less stress? Maybe we found other ways to deal with it, or maybe we just feel embarrassed.

　　10. emergency緊急情況 突然事件

　　A few months ago, millions of people in London heard alarms all over the town. The Emergency Services, the Fire Departments, the Police, hospitals and ambulances stood by, ready to go into action.

　　11. employ雇傭 使用 利用

　　The factories here employ 3000 people in the area where there is very little alternative employment.

　　12. employment工作 職業雇傭

　　After the earlier period of settlement, the first sharp increase in immigration took place in the 1830s and 1840s, this brought to American crafts people from northern Europe who lose employment in the industrial Revolution.

　　13. enable使能夠 使可能 使可行

　　Benjamin Franklin worked hard to enable the American colonies to gain independence from Britain.

　　14. encourage鼓勵 支持

　　The program will encourage governments to establish building standards, emergency response plants and training programs.

　　15. engage占用 使從事于 雇 使訂婚 參加

　　Young children should be not allowed to engage in activities at the same time that they eat.

　　16. engine發動機 引擎 機車

　　In the earlier days, horses pulled the trains. The train had no engine and no power of their own.

　　17. enjoy享受 喜愛 享有

　　During the summer, people started work very early in morning, so they can finish early and enjoy a leisure afternoon.

　　18. ensure保證 擔保 確保

　　Laws have been written to govern the use American national flag and to ensure proper respect for the flag.

　　19. entertain招待 款待 給…娛樂

　　Good movies not only entertain us, they also help us understand a little more about life.

　　20. entertainment娛樂 文娛節目 款待

　　Movies are the most popular form of entertainment for millions of Americans.

　　21. enthusiasm熱情 巨大興趣

　　Your son certainly shows a lot of enthusiasm on the tennis court.

　　I only wish he’d show much for his studies.

　　22. enthusiastic滿腔熱情的 熱心的 倍感興趣的

　　You didn’t seem to be terribly enthusiastic about the performance.

　　You must be kidding. I couldn’t have clapped any harder. My hands are still hurting.

　　23. environment環境 周圍狀況 自然環境

　　Yoga is a corporeal practice which emphasizes on a work on a body in a specific environment.

　　24. epidemic流行病

　　Some people believe that the obesity epidemic is a result of a more evolutionary development of the sedentary life-style in modern society.

　　25. erupt(火山、噴泉等)噴發 (危機、問題等)爆發

　　Mount Etna does erupt frequently, but those eruptions are usually minor, So the overall risk for people living nearby is relatively small.

　　26. especially特別 尤其 格外

　　As immigrants were accustomed to poverty, they were willing to work for very lower wages. This made other workers, especially those in Lab unions, afraid that immigrants would thus lower wage levers and take job away from them.

　　27. establish建立 創辦 確立

　　Asians like Koreans and Vietnamese then began to arrive, many of these new comers have worked very hard to establish themselves in their new land.

　　28. estimate估計 估量

　　In lower paid occupations, where paid wages have been reduced, workers have added hours in over-time or extra job to preserve their living standards. The government estimates that more than 7 million people hold a second job.

　　29. eventually終于 最后

　　Miss Susan Brown felt she needed to change for one thing, and for another, she hoped to eventually become a head nurse.

　　30. evidence根據 證據 跡象

　　The comparatively mild effects of the northern California earthquake in 1999 are good evidence that we do have the technology to prevent vast destruction.

　　31. evidently明顯地 顯然

　　As we mentioned earlier, the relations between firms and their stakeholders are evidently not all of the same kind.

　　32. excellent優秀的 卓越的 杰出的

　　I’ve read the newspaper, that the novels you are reading is excellent.

　　I’ve also read some negative reviews.

　　33. except除了 要不是

　　It’s nice and quiet here, away from the dust and noise city. And our departments are new and well furnished.

　　It’s a good place except it’s a bit far away from where we work. Anyway, I’ll talk with my husband tonight, and give you a call tomorrow.

　　34. excess過量 過量的 額外的

　　The vast majority of the individuals who want to change their body weight do it for the sake of appearance. Most want to lose excess body fat, while a smaller percentage of individuals actually want to gain weight.

　　35. exchange交換 兌換 調換 交流

　　Gabriella Mistral tried to break through the national barriers that hindered the exchange of ideas among the Spanish speaking people of South America.

　　36. executive執行者 行政官

　　For example, in the media industry, successful executives are often seen to eat fried and boiled insects from time to time while working at their desks.

　　37. exercise鍛煉 練習 演習 鍛煉 行使

　　This exercise Flood call didn’t cause panic in London. Most people knew it was just warning. one lady said,’ it’s a flood warning, isn’t it?” the water doesn’t look high to me.

　　38. existence存在 生存 生活(方式)

　　Americans go to the movies to escape their normal everyday existence and to experience a life more exciting than their own.

　　39. exotic奇異的 外(國)來的 異國情調的

　　These safe-to-eat insects can be found and ordered on the internet, and young people are logging on to exotic websites and ordering samples of prepared insects to serve at their dinner parties.

　　40. expect預料 期望 盼望

　　How do you do on your on the maths exam? John.

　　I barely made it, it was just a passing score but better than I had expected.

　　41. experience經歷 經驗 經歷

　　As corporations have experienced stiff competitions and slow in growth of productivity, they have pressed employees to work longer.

　　42. expertise專門知識(或技能等) 專長

　　Who do you think should get the job? How about Mr. Becket?

　　Mr. Becket? I am not sure, he is a nice fellow, of course, and easy to get along with. But I doubt his professional expertise. I want someone to get the job done.

　　43. explain講解 解釋 說明

　　“It’s no secret that the children learn words, but the words they tend to know are linked to the specific situations in the home,” explained Shaffer.

　　44. explanation解釋 說明 闡述

　　What was the traditional explanation of left-handers having more accidents?

　　45. export出口(物) 出口

　　You can use to close all windows to close the active window or to export the current window to excel.

　　46. express表示 表達 陳述

　　I don’t agree with on Mr. Johnson on his views about social welfare. He seems to suggest the poor are robbing the rich.

　　He might have used better words to express his ideas, but I find what he said made a lot of sense.

　　47. extend延伸 擴展 伸展 延伸

　　The farmers were forced to leave their lands when Lord Chestfield, their landlord, refused to renew their traditional lease last year in order to extend the reservation area for birds.

　　48. extinct滅絕的 絕種的

　　All the traditional banking will be coming extinct in the 21th century. Just like the dinosaur, if they cannot suit to the electronic development properly.

　　49. extra額外的 外加的 特別的

　　We should take extra time and spent extra money to build disaster safety into our lives.

　　50. factor因素 要素

　　Which according can most seriously endanger airplane according to this passage?

　　51. failure失敗 失敗的人或事 失靈 故障

　　What were the circumstances? Were they bad weather, a fire, or engine failure?

　　Apparently, there were some lower clouds in area, but mostly it was just miscommunication between the pilots and the traffic controllers.

　　編輯推薦：

　　2013年大學英語六級口語過關精學：口語化短語總結

　　2013年全國大學英語六級完形填空練習題匯總