post vt 指派;布置;委派We posted a guard to keep watch.我們派了一名衛(wèi)兵站崗。

　　keep sb posted 使了解最新的情況Keep me posted. 隨時把消息告訴我。

　　powder vt.在…搽粉She powdered her face before going to dinner.她去參加晚宴前往臉上搽了粉。

　　practical adj (指人)做事機敏的He has a practical partner who organizes everything for him. 他有個很能干的伙伴，替他把一切弄得井井有條。

　　n 實踐考試;實踐課 a physics practical一堂物理實踐課

　　practically adv.幾乎; 簡直She's practically always late for school.她上學幾乎總是遲到。

　　practice n慣例, 常規(guī)I can see that they are not ready to depart from traditional practice.

　　我想他們不是真的背離傳統(tǒng)習慣。

　　【真題例句】Indeed, just as there is the concept of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP),

　　perhaps it is the time for GASP, Generally Accepted Security Practices, suggested Eli Noam of New York’s Columbia Business School.紐約哥倫比亞商學院的伊利·諾姆建議說的確正如有公認的會計準則一樣，

　　也許現(xiàn)在應該制定公認的安全準則了�！�2007年閱讀新題型】

　　practise/-ice vt 養(yǎng)成…的習慣practise children in discipline培養(yǎng)孩子們遵守紀律的習慣

　　precious adj矯揉造作的adv.〈口〉很, 非常

　　She was a precious, old-fashioned lady in her 90's.她是一個90多歲的、過分講究的舊式老太太。

　　Precious few people can afford prices like that.沒有什么人出得起那個價錢。

　　preface vt.作為…的開端She prefaced her remarks by an apology.她以道歉的話作為開場白。

　　作為…的序言, Each chapter is prefaced by a short introduction.都有一個簡短的介紹作為每章前面的序言。

　　prejudice vt不利于, 損害Your bad spelling may prejudice your chances of getting this job.

　　你糟糕的拼寫會妨礙你獲得這個工作的機會。

　　premier adj.最好的, 最重要的She attends Britain's premier university.她就讀于英國最好的大學。

　　premium n[C]【商】加價,溢價Hard-to-get theater tickets can be bought at a premium. 緊俏的戲票能以高價買到。

　　【商】優(yōu)惠(讓價);附贈禮品If you buy three you get a premium of one more, free.你買三可再送一個贈品。

　　adj 特級的，特佳的premium gasolines特級汽油

　　preparation n配制劑;制備品The druggist suggested a preparation to relieve the ache.藥劑師建議配一種止痛劑。

　　preserve vt腌(肉等);把...做成蜜餞(或果醬);把...制成罐頭食品[(+in)]We preserve fish in salt. 我們用鹽腌魚。

　　n蜜餞;果醬[P1][U]Mother used to make peach preserves. 媽媽過去常常自制桃子果醬。

　　(動植物)保護區(qū);禁獵區(qū)[C]No hunting is allowed in the preserve. 保護區(qū)內禁止打獵。

　　獨占的活動領域She regards negotiating prices with customers as her special preserve.

　　她把和客戶談判的價格看成是她的專利。

　　press n 人群The little boy was lost in the press.這小男孩在人群中丟失。

　　報刊;新聞界;記者們;通訊社[the S][G]The power of the press is very great. 新聞報刊的力量是極大的。

　　新聞輿論;報刊評論[S]The government's new policy received a good press. 政府的新政策受到新聞輿論的好評。

　　強調;堅持I don’t wish to press the point.我不想強調這一點。

　　壓力He works best under press. 他在壓力下工作最出色。

　　pretty adj【反語】糟糕的pretty mess一團糟

　　previous adj過早的, 過急的Don't be too previous about refusing.別過急地拒絕。

　　prey vi 詐取Strong animals prey upon weaker ones.弱肉強食。

　　(疾病等)折磨; 使苦惱; 損害; 消耗(on, upon) Remorse preyed upon his mind.悔恨使他內心痛苦。

　　prince n[C]巨頭, 巨子His father is a merchant prince.他的父親是一位商業(yè)巨擘。

　　principal n(sing.)資本, 本金There is a shortage of principal.資金有些短缺。

　　print vt沖洗(照片)This snapshot hasn't printed very well.這張快照印出來不太清楚。

　　prize vt.珍視, 珍惜Mother prizes her best china.母親珍藏著她的最好的瓷器。

　　(值得)極有價值的競爭目標To some men wealth is the greatest prize in life.對一些人來說,財富是人生最有價值的東西。

　　n. [C](戰(zhàn)時在海上)捕獲的船只(或貨物);俘獲品,戰(zhàn)利品

　　The fox raided the henhouse and ran off with its prize. 狐貍襲擊雞舍,接著帶著俘獲物逃走了

　　proceeding n訴訟, 訴訟程序She started proceedings against her husband for divorce.她提出與她丈夫離婚的訴訟。

　　會議記錄; 公報He carefully read the proceedings from last meeting.他認真閱讀了上次會議的記錄。

　　process n.程序，方法vt. 加工，處理

　　【真題例句】 Shippers who feel they are being overcharged have the right to appeal to the federal government’s Surface Transportation Board for rate relief, but the process is expensive, time-consuming, and will work in truly extreme cases.

　　托運人如果覺得被索要高價，他們就可以向聯(lián)邦政府的路面運輸委員會申訴，以獲得價格減免。但這個程序費錢、費時，而且只有在極端情況下才可行。【2003閱讀Text3】

　　【真題例句】Playing video games encourages immediate content. And hours of watching TV shows with canned laughter only teaches kids to process information in a passive way. 【2007年閱讀新題型】

　　玩計算機游戲可以獲得立即的滿足。連續(xù)看幾個小時的喜劇電視節(jié)目只能教會孩子消極的處理信息。

　　produce vt.出示, 提供He produced his railway ticket when asked to do so.當驗票時, 他出示了火車票。

　　引起; 導致Hard work produces success.努力工作就會成功。

　　【真題例句】Laughter dose produce short-term changes in the function of the heart and its blood vessels,bosting heart rate and oxygen consumption.【2011年完型】

　　笑確實能引起心臟和血管功能的短期變化，提高心率和增強氧氣消耗。

　　出版; 上演The troupe produced a new play last night.劇團昨晚上演了一部新劇。

　　product n乘積The product of 4 and 10 is 40.四與十的乘積是四十。

　　profession n同業(yè),同行[the S][G]The teaching profession claim that they are badly paid. 教師同行們聲稱待遇太差。

　　He is a leading member of the medical profession. 他是醫(yī)療行業(yè)中首屈一指的醫(yī)生。

　　聲明;表白[C][(+of)]She did not believe in his professions of love. 她不相信他的愛情表白是真的。

　　promise vi給人以...的指望;預示He promises highly.他的前途遠大。

　　vt有...的可能[+to-v]It promises to be fine tomorrow. 明天有希望是個好天氣。

　　n[U][S]希望, 前途You show promise as a musician but your lack of practice is keeping you back.

　　你有希望成為音樂家, 但是缺乏實踐會影響你的發(fā)展。

　　【真題例句】Hofstadter says our country’s educational system is in the grips of people who “joyfully and militantly proclaim their hostility to intellect and their eagerness to identify with children who show the least intellectual promise.”

　　霍夫斯坦說我們的國家的教育體制掌握在這樣的一群人手中，“他們沾沾自喜、霸氣十足地公然宣稱他們對才智的敵意，也迫不及待地表現(xiàn)出對那些在才智上沒有前途的孩子們的認同�！�2004閱讀Text4】

　　proof adj不能入的, 耐... 的, 防...的, 不能穿透的This room is proof against sounds.這個房間隔音。

　　n檢驗,考驗[C]Let us put his theories to the proof. 讓我們來檢驗一下他的理論。

　　(酒精、酒類的)濃度標準[U]Brandy of 90 proof is about 45% alcohol. 九十度的白蘭地酒精濃度為45%。

　　【印】校樣;(版畫和照相的)樣張[C][U]The author had corrected the proofs. 作者已經(jīng)改正了校樣。

　　property n性質, 特性, 性能These plants have medicinal properties.這些植物具有藥物效用。

　　道具 She was responsible for buying the properties for the television series.她負責為那個電視劇買道具。

　　prospect vt. 勘探;勘察They are prospecting the region for oil. 他們正在該區(qū)勘察油礦。

　　vi. 找礦,勘探[(+for)]Some geologists are prospecting for oil here. 一些地質學家在此勘探石油。

　　n【美】可能成為主顧的人;有希望的候選人[C]

　　The salesman called on several prospects. 推銷員拜訪了好幾個可能成為主顧的人。

　　protest vt. 力言,斷言,聲明[+(that)]The defendant protested that he had never been near the scene of the crime.

　　被告堅稱他從來沒有在犯罪現(xiàn)場附近。

　　province n范圍, 職責, 領域;本分;職責;職權

　　Sales forecasts are outside my province—you should discuss them with the sales manager.

　　銷售預測不是我的領域——你應該同銷售經(jīng)理討論這個問題。

　　That kind of work is not in my province.那種工作我可承擔不了。

　　provincial adj.偏狹的;保守的鄉(xiāng)氣的,粗野的;地方性的;偏狹的

　　The man displayed provincial attitudes towards the theatre. 此人顯示出對戲劇界的守舊態(tài)度。

　　His art is primitive and provincial. 他的藝術原始而粗野。

　　provision n規(guī)定;條款[C][+(that)]; 食物;糧食;給養(yǎng)[P]

　　According to the provisions of this agreement, you must continue to work for them another two years.

　　按照協(xié)議的規(guī)定,你必須再為他們工作二年

　　Provisions were kept in the storehouse. 食品放在倉庫里。

　　pulse n豆類[P1]Peanuts, fish and pulses are rich in protein. 花生米,魚和豆類含有豐富的蛋白質。

　　pump n. [C]灌注(知識);傾注[(+into/upon)]He pumped funds into the new project. 他向新工程注入資金。

　　唧筒似地運動His heart pumped hard. 他的心跳得很厲害。

　　盤問;用話刺探出(秘密等)[(+out)]Don't let them pump you. 不要讓他們向你探問情況。

　　上下抽動, 使勁地握(手) He pumped my hands. 他握著我的雙手使勁地搖著。

　　punish vt粗暴地對待, 痛打He punished his opponent with fierce punches to the body.他猛擊對手的身體。

　　【口】折磨;損害My boots were punished by our long trek in the mountains.

　　我的靴子因為我們在山中漫長的徒步行走而受損。

　　【口】大量消耗;貪婪地吃喝He punished my pizza. 他大吃我的烤餡餅。

　　purchase vt贏得,獲得,努力取得We treasure this dearly purchased victory.我們珍惜這以慘重的代價贏得的勝利。

　　pure adj純理論的; 非實用的It's entirely pure research.這完全是純理論研究。

　　purple adj詞藻華麗的, 華而不實的 He has a taste for purple prose.他喜歡風格華麗的散文。

　　purpose n意志; 毅力; 決心I know she is steady in her purpose.我知道她意志堅定。

　　purse n錢; 資財Who ever holds the purse rules the house.有錢就有勢。

　　款項, 獎金The footballer was unwilling to play for a purse of less than $1, 000, 000.

　　這名足球運動員不愿為100萬美元以下的獎金踢球。

　　quarrel vi不同意;挑剔You can't quarrel with the decision of the court; it's very fair.你不能反對法院的判決,它判得很公正。

　　quarter n方向; 地區(qū); 城鎮(zhèn)的一部分地方,地域[P1]

　　He traveled in all quarters of the earth when he was young. 他年輕時曾周游世界。

　　queer vt.把...弄糟, 損壞, 破壞queer sb.'s plans破壞某人的計劃

　　使覺得不舒服, 使陷入窘境[不利地位]

　　His cheating on the final queered his chances of graduation.他在大考中作弊影響了他的畢業(yè)。

　　quiet adj (舉止的)沉著, 鎮(zhèn)靜The girl has a quiet, modest demeanor. 這個女孩子的態(tài)度嫻靜而謙遜。

　　樸素的(顏色), 柔和的a quiet color柔和的顏色, 素色

　　(市面)蕭條的, (生意)清淡的Business is quiet at this time of the year.生意處于淡季。

　　quiz vt提問, 詢問, 盤問The police quizzed the suspect.警察盤問了那個嫌疑分子。

　　rabbit vi【主英】【口】閑扯[(+on/about)]He kept rabbiting (on) about the poor pay. 他不停地抱怨薪水低。

　　race n [C]河海中的急流 a tidal race 潮汛

　　rack vt使受極大痛苦,折磨He was racked by doubts. 疑慮折磨著他。

　　盡力使用;過度使用Racking his brains, he couldn't think of a single example. 他絞盡腦汁卻連一個例子都想不出來。

　　racket n.喧嚷,吵鬧聲[S]The young men in the next room made such a racket last night.昨夜隔壁房里那些年輕人大吵大嚷。

　　繁忙的社交;歡宴;花天酒地[the S]She is tired of the racket of modern life. 她對現(xiàn)代生活中的社交應酬已經(jīng)厭煩了。

　　【口】敲詐;騙局;非法勾當[C]He is involved in gambling and prostitution rackets. 他涉入賭博和賣淫的非法生意。

　　【俚】【幽】行當,職業(yè)[C]I found myself in the psychoanalysis racket. 我發(fā)覺自己適于做精神分析行當。

　　嚴峻考驗;逆境[the S]I am too old to stand the racket. 我太老了,經(jīng)不起這種折騰了。

　　vi. 喧嚷,大聲吵鬧[(+about/around)];忙于社交應酬;花天酒地[(+about/around)]

　　The world is racketing around at an ever madder pace. 人世喧囂,節(jié)奏越來越快,簡直令人發(fā)瘋。

　　She's been racketing around among the nabobs. 她一直與大富翁為伴,過著花天酒地的生活。

　　rag vt. 【口】和...開玩笑;對...惡作劇Some kids ragged him about his big ears. 有些小孩子拿他的大耳朵開玩笑。

　　n聯(lián)歡會 the college rag 大學募捐聯(lián)歡活動

　　rage n (風浪、火勢等)狂暴,肆虐[C][U]The wind is in a rage. 狂風肆虐。

　　強烈的欲望,狂熱[C][(+for)]He has a rage for collecting stamps. 他有集郵的癖好。

　　風靡一時的事物[the S]Big earrings are the rage now. 大耳環(huán)是現(xiàn)在流行的東西。

　　vi猖獗,肆虐,激烈進行The fire raged. 大火熊熊燃燒。

　　raid n/vi劫掠;挖取(指從競爭對手處挖人)[C][(+on/upon)]v (財)拋售拋出(股票)

　　The hungry children made a raid on the pantry. 饑餓的孩子把食品柜洗劫一空。

　　The university is out to raid faculties from coast to coast. 那所大學要到全國各地去挖教授。

　　rail vi責罵;挑剔;抱怨[(+at/against)]He is always railing at his bad luck. 他老是抱怨自己運氣不好。

　　raise vt籌(款);招(兵);集結They are going to raise funds for the school buildings. 他們將為蓋校舍籌集資金

　　提出;發(fā)出None of them raised any objection. 他們誰也沒提出反對意見。

　　引起;惹起 His long absence raised fears about his safety. 他長期不在引起了大家對他的安全的擔心。

　　rake n. 傾角,斜度; [U] 花花公子;放蕩的人,浪子[C]the rake of the stage 舞臺的傾角

　　The rake of the theater floor is a bit too steep. 劇場的地板斜度太大了一點。

　　vi. 放蕩;過浪蕩生活

　　vt. 使傾斜The wings of the aircraft are raked. 這架飛機的機翼是做成傾斜狀的。

　　range n射程, 距離This weapon can kill at a range of 200 yards.這種兵器在200碼射程內有殺傷力。

　　閑蕩, 漫游[S]She takes her dog for a range every afternoon. 她每天下午牽著狗閑逛。

　　vi.變化Prices range from ￡6 to ￡10.價錢從六英鎊到十英鎊不等。

　　vt徘徊, 走來走去; 漫步vt在...來回走動, 漫游于

　　range through woods在森林里來回走

　　We ranged the woods looking for a place to set up our tents. 我們在樹林里東走西跑, 找個地方搭帳篷。

　　rank adj臭氣難聞的;(味道等)令人討厭的[(+with)]The rank smell of vomit reached me. 我聞到了嘔吐物的臭氣。

　　極端的;昭然若揭的rank injustice極端的不公正

　　rapid n. 急流;急湍[P][G]The canoeist succeeded in going over the rapids. 操獨木舟者成功地渡過了激流。

　　rat n卑鄙小人, 叛徒But you promised to help us, you rat!可是你答應過要幫我的忙, 你這言而無信的小人!

　　rate vt. 對...估價;對...評價[O]How do you rate our chances of success? 你估計我們成功的可能性有多大?

　　認為;列為He was rated one of the richest men in Texas. 他被認為是得克薩斯州最富有的人之一。

　　值得,應得That hotel doesn't rate five stars at all. 那家旅館根本夠不上五星級。

　　raw adj(傷口等)露肉的,擦掉皮的;刺痛的

　　His heel is raw because his shoe doesn't fit well. 因鞋不合適,他腳后跟擦破皮了。

　　陰冷的,濕冷的It is a raw winter day today. 今天是一個濕冷的冬日。

　　無掩飾的;寫實的 a raw portrayal of working-class一幅工人階級生活的真實的寫照

　　ray n微量, 絲毫There isn't a ray of hope left for us.我們連一線希望也沒有了。

　　reach n (手、能力、智力、影響等)可及之范圍[U][(+of)]

　　The insecticide was put out of the child's reach. 殺蟲劑放在孩子拿不到的地方。

　　(智力、影響等的)范圍，理解力What you have done is beyond the reach of my imaingination.你做的一切是超出我的范圍。

　　read vt.顯示; 標明The clock reads four-twenty.這鐘顯示的時間是4點20分。

　　獲悉He reads the news lately.他最近獲悉這個消息

　　理解How do you read the sentence?你怎樣理解這句話?

　　adj (常用以構成復合詞或用作表語)有學問的,通曉的[(+in)]He is well read in American history. 他通曉美國歷史。

　　reading n讀數(shù), 儀表指示數(shù)What is the temperature reading for that moment?那個時候溫度計讀數(shù)是多少?

　　readily adv無困難地,容易地Personal computers are readily available these days. 現(xiàn)在個人電腦很容易地買到。

　　ready adj樂意的, 情愿的John is always ready with advice.約翰總是樂于給人出主意。

　　(思維)敏捷的He is a ready writer.他是一位才思敏捷的作家。

　　立即的He gave a ready answer to my question.他對答如流。

　　[用作表語]易于...的; 動輒...的; 簡[輕]便的She is too ready with excuses.她總是有借口。

　　[用作表語]愿意的, 情愿的; 喜好的; 傾向的be ready to die for the country愿意為國捐驅

　　real adj (指收入，價值)有購買力所估定的Real incomes have gone up by 10%.實際收入在過去的一年內已經(jīng)增長了10%。

　　realistic adj 務實的，實際的She is a realistic woman.她是位很實際的女人。

　　(指工資或價格)足夠的高的;合適的Is this a realistic salary for such a responsible job?是對這樣一件責任重大的工作的符合實際的工資嗎?

　　realize/-ise vt變賣, (因出售、投資等)獲得(利潤等) He realized$10.000 from his investment.他投資賺了一萬美元。

　　使顯得逼真; 寫實These details help to realize the scene.這些細節(jié)使場面顯得逼真。

　　receipt n方法;秘訣;訣竅This, I think, is the proper recipe for remaining young.要想保持青春,我認為這是一個很好的辦法。

　　recite vt.詳述; 列舉He recited Israel losses during the war.他列舉了以色列在戰(zhàn)爭中的損失。

　　reclaim vt開拓(荒地); 開墾People here are reclaim-ing land from the sea.這兒的人們正在填海拓地。

　　從廢料中回收(有用的材料);挽救某人，感化某人

　　He has invented a new method to reclaim valuable raw materials from industrial waste water.

　　他發(fā)明了一種從工業(yè)廢水中回收有價值原料的新方法。

　　Her mission was to reclaim former criminals. 她的任務是感化過去的罪犯。

　　recognition n賞識;表彰;報償[U][S1]The chemist has won worldwide recognition. 那位化學家贏得舉世公認。

　　recognize/-ise vt承認…有效[屬實]; 認可We don't recognized him to be the lawful heir.我們不承認他為合法繼承人。

　　賞識;表彰 The government recognized his outstanding service by giving him a medal.

　　政府為他頒贈勛章,以表彰他的卓著功績。

　　(會議主席)準許...發(fā)言 You should wait till the chairman recognizes you. 你應該等到主席準許后才能發(fā)言。

　　recommend vt使成為可取,使受歡迎[(+to)]His proposal has much to recommend it. 他的建議有不少可取之處。

　　付托,托付[(+to)]I recommended my child to her care. 我把孩子托付給她照顧。

　　reconcile vt使順從; 使聽從; 使甘心Must they reconcile themselves to their fate?難道他們甘心忍受這種命運嗎?

　　recover vi恢復【真題例句】 __ [A] Even though __ its economy continues to recover, the US is increasingly becoming a nation of part timers and temporary workers. 【1997年完形】

　　[A] Even though [B] Now that [C] If only [D] Provided that

　　盡管美國的經(jīng)濟持續(xù)恢復，但(在世界經(jīng)濟中)它卻日益成為扮演臨時工和兼職者角色的國家。

　　recovery n. 恢復，找回【真題例句】Setting the proper investment level for security, redundancy, and recovery is a

　　management issue,not atechnical one. 【2007年閱讀Text4】

　　為數(shù)據(jù)安全、數(shù)據(jù)備份和數(shù)據(jù)恢復設立恰當?shù)耐顿Y標準是管理而不是技術問題。

　　rectify vt【化】精[蒸]餾, 清除, 凈化, 精制, 提純

　　reduce vt使降級,使降職[(+to)] The officer was reduced to the ranks. 這軍官被降為士兵。

　　使淪落The poor woman is reduced to begging.那個可憐的女人已淪為乞丐。

　　reel vt蹣跚地走在(街道上)reel the streets蹣跚地走在街道上

　　眩暈, 震顫His mind reeled at the news.他聽到這個消息感到一陣眩暈。

　　reflect vt思考,反省[+(that)][+wh-] He reflected that he had no right to do this. 他深思后明白他無權做這件事。

　　vi深思;反省[(+on/upon/over)] He reflected on his past mistakes. 他反省過去的錯誤。

　　John reflected long over Mary\'s argument. 約翰對瑪麗的爭辯沉思良久。

　　reflection n深思;回憶;考慮;看法A moment's reflection will show you are wrong.只要略加考慮就可看出你錯了。

　　【真題例句】They may teach very well and more than earn their salaries, but most of them make little

　　or no independent reflections on human problems which involve moral judgment. 他們可以教得很好，

　　而且不僅僅是為了掙薪水，但他們大多數(shù)人卻很少或沒有對需要進行道德判斷的、人的問題進行

　　獨立思考。【2006年翻譯】

　　refreshment n.茶點; 點心The hostess served refreshments after the tennis matches.網(wǎng)球賽后女主人請大家吃茶點。

　　regard vt致意; 問候Please give my regards to him.請代我向他致意。

　　register vt(用表情、動作)顯示, 表達His face registered both surprise and joy.他臉上流露出驚喜交集的表情。

　　vi留下印象; 受到注意The name simply didn't register with me.我對這個名字簡直沒有印象。

　　達到;取得This country has registered extraordinary economic progress.這個國家的經(jīng)濟取得了驚人的發(fā)展。

　　regular n[C] 【口】老顧客,老客戶;固定職工,長工

　　The barman gave free drinks to the regulars at Christmas. 圣誕節(jié)酒吧男侍者免費給老顧客酒喝。

　　rehearsal n. [U][C]復述,默述The rehearsal of your answers to the most difficult questions would be helpful in your doctoral defense. 默述最棘手問題的答案對你的博士論文答辯會很有幫助。

　　rein n/vt駕馭,控制,統(tǒng)治[P1]Few kings now hold the reins of government. 現(xiàn)在很少有國王是掌握政權的。

　　You must learn to rein in your temper. 你必須學會控制你的脾氣。

　　relate vt 理解同情Some adults can’t relate to children.有些成年人就是不能理解孩子。

　　講述; 敘述Then he related what had passed between them.然后他講述他們之間發(fā)生的情況。

　　release n發(fā)行,發(fā)表;發(fā)行物(發(fā)行的書或電影等),(發(fā)布的)通訊稿,新聞稿[U][C]

　　The film is scheduled for release next month. 該片定于下月發(fā)行。

　　vt【律】放棄,讓與(權利、財產等)He released his claim to the property. 他放棄了對財產的要求。

　　relief n 替換,接替[U] The relief driver has got here. 接班的司機已經(jīng)到了。

　　浮雕[U] The young man carved a figure in low relief. 這個年輕人刻了一座淺浮雕人像。

　　增開的車The coach was full so a relief was put on.公交車太擠了，所以要再增開一輛。

　　輪廓分明,對比鮮明[U][(+from/against)]

　　The hill stood out on sharp relief against the dawn sky.黎明時群山的輪廓在天空印襯下極為明顯。

　　His integrity stood out in relief from the corruption of certain officials. 某些官員腐化,相形下他的廉正更引人矚目。

　　山和山谷之間的高差a relief map 立體地圖

　　relieve vt換班, 換崗He will relieve a sick teacher tomorrow.他明天要為一個生病的老師代課。

　　remember vt致意, 問候Please remember me to your parents.請代我向你父母問候。

　　送錢[禮物]給…She always remembers me at Christmas.每逢圣誕節(jié)她總給我送禮品。

　　remote adj微小的; 輕微的I'm afraid your chances of success are rather remote.我擔心你成功的機會極小。

　　remove n.等級, 程度His cruelty was only one remove from crime.他的殘忍在程度上僅次于犯罪。

　　[C]距離,間隔;一步之差[(+from)]Your action seems several removes from reality. 你的行動似乎有些脫離實際。

　　rent n. 裂縫,破洞[C][(+in)]The earthquake left a rent in the wall. 地震使墻上裂了一條縫。

　　adj撕裂的;分裂的The party was rent with mutual strife. 該黨因互相傾軋而四分五裂。

　　repair vt糾正, 補救How can I repair the wrong I have done her?我怎樣才能補償對她做過的錯事呢?

　　vi常去，大伙兒一塊兒去repair to the seaside resorts for the summer大伙兒去海濱勝地避暑

　　repel vt使厭惡, 使反感His manner repels me.他的舉止讓我厭惡。

　　repetition n復制品, 副本He has a repetition of a previous talk.他有前次會談的副本。

　　report n傳聞; 流言蜚語Report has it that the ballet will visit England before long.據(jù)說這個芭蕾舞團不久將訪問英國。

　　vt.告發(fā), 舉報They reported what they had seen.他們把看到的情況作了舉報。

　　reproach vt污[恥]辱; 有損...的名譽Such doings will reproach him.這種行徑會使他丟臉。

　　reservation n (美洲印第安部落的)居留地Most of these workers are American Indians living on reservations.這些工人中的大多數(shù)是住在居留地的美洲印第安人。

　　reserve vt預訂或保留(座位、住處等); 訂購These seats are reserved for teachers.這些座位是留給老師的。

　　n 克制;沉默寡言;含蓄;冷淡[U]He spoke with reserve. 他說話謹慎。

　　reservoir n儲藏, 匯集Enterprise must have a reservoir of cheap labour.企業(yè)應儲備廉價的勞動力。

　　resolution n解決, 解答;分辨力, 分辨率[度];(會議等的)正式?jīng)Q定,決議[C][+to-v][+that]

　　The lawyer's advice led to the resolution of this difficult problem.律師的勸告幫助解決了這個難題。

　　There are satellites that supply high-resolution photography.有些衛(wèi)星能提供高分辨率的攝像。

　　We have passed a resolution to build a new laboratory. 我們已通過決議建一個新實驗室。

　　分析分解 the resolution of white light into the spectrum.將白光分解為光譜的各種顏色

　　resource n智謀,機智;應變能力[U] He is a man of great resource. 他是一個足智多謀的人。

　　消遣,娛樂[C] Reading is a great resource. 讀書是一種極好的消遣。

　　respect n細節(jié), 方面The plan is faulty in every respect.無論從哪個方面來看這項計劃都不完善。

　　responsible adj作為原因的[F][(+for)]

　　Heavy rains were responsible for the shortage of vegetables. 大雨是蔬菜短缺的原因。

　　rest vi被支撐在,擱在;依賴,依據(jù)[Q][(+on/upon)];取決于

　　The whole theory rests on a wrong assumption. 整個理論都是建立在錯誤的假定上。

　　【真題例句】Furthermore, it is obvious that the strength of a country’s economy is directly bound up with

　　the efficiency of its agriculture and industry, and that this in turn rests upon the efforts of scientists and

　　technologists of all kinds.再者顯見的是一個國家的經(jīng)濟實力與其工農業(yè)生產效率密切相關，而效率的提高則

　　又取決于各種科技人員的努力�！�2000年漢譯英第72題】

　　retail vt.傳播, 轉述He is fond of retailing the news. 他喜歡傳播消息。

　　revolution n旋轉;運行,公轉

　　The earth makes one revolution around the sun in about 365 days.地球約365天繞太陽公轉1次。

　　revolve vi細想He revolved the main points in his mind.他腦子里反復思考著這些問題。

　　revolve around以...為中心

　　A baby's life revolves mainly around its mother. 嬰孩的生活主要以其母親為中心。

　　rhythm n周期Human biological rhythms are related to the natural cycle of day and night.

　　人的生物鐘與晝夜自然循環(huán)有關。

　　rib vt【口】嘲弄,取笑They ribbed him for confusing the two words. 他們嘲笑他把這兩個字混淆了。

　　riddle n. [C]謎一般的人;難題;莫名其妙的事情All she said was a riddle to me. 她所說的一切對我來說是一個謎。

　　把...打得滿是窟窿[H][(+with)]The car was riddled with bullets. 汽車給子彈打得車身上盡是窟窿。

　　充斥,布滿[H][(+with)]The umbrella is riddled with holes and the rain's dripping down.傘上滿是洞,水正滴下來。

　　使完全敗壞They are riddled with disease.他們徹底病倒了。

　　rifle vt. 洗劫,劫掠[(+of)]The thief rifled every drawer in the room. 竊賊洗劫了房內所有抽屜里的東西。

　　偷走,盜走The raccoons rifled all the food in the camp. 浣熊竊走了營地的全部食品。

　　rim n. [C] (鑲在器物周圍的)框邊His spectacles have gold rims. 他的眼鏡鑲著金框。

　　環(huán)繞Mountains rimmed the valley.環(huán)繞著山谷的群山

　　riot n極度豐富The garden was a riot of colour.花園里色彩繽紛。

　　rip let rip (about /against/at sb /sth)speak 慷慨陳詞Let rip against government. 猛烈的抨擊政府。

　　let sth rip 讓(汽車、機器)全速前進Let it up!讓它全速前進。

　　任其發(fā)展They just let inflation rip.他們讓通貨膨脹肆意發(fā)展。

　　rip sth off 撕掉rip the cover off a book.把書皮撕掉。

　　盜竊 Somebody’s ripped off my wallet.有人偷走了我的錢包。

　　roast vt.嘲諷;口誅筆伐The critics roasted the elaborately staged work.劇評家將那用心演出的作品評得一文不值。

　　rocket vi.飛快地移動The film has rocketed overseas.這部電影以最快的速度傳到國外。

　　急速上升House prices are rocketing up.房價在飛漲。

　　romance n[C,U]虛構The story he told was complete romance.本故事純屬虛構。

　　rotate vi(使某人或某物)輪流[按順序循環(huán)]

　　The post of chairman rotates among members of the committee.主席一職由委員會的成員輪流擔任。

　　rotten adj道德敗壞的The man's morals are rotten to the core.那個人道德敗壞至極。

　　極壞的; 極討厭的She's a rotten cook.她做的飯很差勁。

　　route vt 經(jīng)由…路線到達The flight is routed to Chicago via New York. 這個航班被安排經(jīng)紐約飛往芝加哥。

　　給...定路線;安排...的程序Our travel agent routed us through Italy. 我們的旅行社安排我們途經(jīng)意大利的路線。

　　royalty n(著作的)版稅The writer gets a t 10% royalty on each copy of his book.作者從每本賣出的書中可得10%的版稅。

　　rubbish vt.〈英澳·非正〉把…說得一錢不值; 貶損…The book was rubbished by them.這本書被他們貶得一無是處。

　　ruin n[pl] 廢墟; 遺跡The abbey is now a ruin.那座修道院現(xiàn)已成廢墟。

　　run vi 競賽;競選[(+for) ]管理;運載;發(fā)布;公布

　　Will he run for Governor? 他會競選州長嗎?

　　He has no idea of how to run a business. 他不知如何經(jīng)商。

　　He will run the goods to Shanghai.他準備把貨物運往上海。

　　【真題例句】As soon as that report runs, we’ll suddenly get 500 new internet sign-ups from Ukraine,” says Friedman, a former political science professor. “And we’ll hear back from some of them.” 【2003年閱讀Text1】

　　“一旦這個報告發(fā)布，我們將收到500個來自烏克蘭用戶的申請，”一位前政治科學的教授弗蘭德曼說，“我們將聽到其中一些人的回應”。

　　rush adj(交通)繁忙的The rush hour traffic is murder. 交通高峰時間真是難以忍受之事

　　sack n/vt 洗劫, 劫掠The invaders put all to the sack.入侵者把所有的東西洗劫一空。

　　The invaders sacked the city.侵略者把這座城市洗劫一空。

　　safe adj不冒險的, 小心的

　　The teacher appointed a safe student as monitor of our class.老師任命了一個謹小慎微的學生擔任我們的班長。

　　salad n菜鳥期I was in my salad day then, and fell in love easily. 我那時年紀輕、涉世未深，極易墮入情網(wǎng)。

　　salt n增添趣味[活躍氣氛]的事物 Adventure is the salt of life to some people.冒險對某些人來說是生活中的刺激。

　　vt使更有趣He employs an irreverent humour to salt his observation.他運用玩世不恭的幽默使他的評論更加有趣。

　　salute vt.祝賀;頌揚Today should be saluted as beginning of a new era.今天應該作為新紀元的開始而載入史冊。

　　n 致意He saluted his friend by a wave of the hand.他揮手向朋友致意。

　　sample vt品嘗; 嘗試She made us sample her cooking.她讓我們品嘗她做的飯菜。

　　體驗;嘗試They can learn English and sample the British way of life.

　　他們可以學習英語并體驗英國人的生活方式。

　　sanction vt.批準; 認可How can you sanction such rudeness?你怎么會準許這種粗魯?shù)男袨槟?

　　n約束力Prison is the best sanction against a crime like this.為遏止這類罪行, 監(jiān)禁手段是上策。

　　sand vt.用砂紙磨光The surface of the table must be sanded down.這張桌子的表面得用砂紙磨光。

　　在某物上撒沙, 用沙覆蓋The icy roads were sanded after the snowstorm.暴風雪過后, 冰凍的道路被撒上了沙。

　　[pl. ]生涯; 壽命the sands of a man's life人的壽命; 畢生的歲月

　　sandwich vt.把...夾在中間The child was sandwiched in between his parents.那孩子夾在他父母中間。

　　擠出時間做某事 I'm very busy today but I will sandwich that job in after tea.今天我很忙, 不過我將

　　擠出時間在用完茶點后做那件工作。

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