cream n 精華;佼佼者vt提取(精華);選出(最好的部分)[(+off)]

　　Therefore, the best Chinese schools then had the cream of the crop among Hong Kong's secondary school students."

　　所以最好的幾所華文中學擁有當時最好的香港中學生。

　　They creamed off the best students and sent them to a special school.

　　他們把最好的學生挑選出來送往特別的學校學習。

　　create vt使成為...; 賜給爵位The queen created him a peer.女王封他為貴族。

　　生氣She really created because she wasn’t severed first. 因未首先招待她，她真生氣了。

　　credit n 銀行存款(帳面余額)[U]How much does he have to his credit? 他存了多少錢?

　　榮譽,贊揚,功勞[U][(+for/to)]The credit for this invention goes to Mr. Lodge and his collaborators.

　　這項發明的榮譽屬于洛奇先生和他的合作者。

　　【真題例句】They are the possessions of the autonomous (self-governing) man of traditional theory, and

　　they are essential topractices in which a person is held responsible for his conduct and given credit for his

　　achievements. 【2002年漢譯英】

　　自由和尊嚴 (它們) 是傳統理論定義的自主人所擁有的，是要求一個人對自己的行為負責并因其業績而給予肯定的必不可少的前提。

　　學分He hasn't enough credits to get his degree.他的學分不夠取得學位。

　　criminal adj可恥的 It is criminal the way she lies and cheats to get what she wants. 她為得到她要的說謊是可恥的。

　　cripple vt嚴重削弱, 使陷于癱瘓The general strike of the railway workers crippled the country's economy.

　　鐵路工人的全面罷工使國家的經濟陷于癱瘓。

　　He that lives with cripples learns to limp. 近朱者赤, 近墨者黑。

　　crisp adj .鮮嫩的The celery is fresh and crisp. 這芹菜新鮮脆嫩。

　　天氣干燥的 a crisp winter morning 一個干燥的冬天的早晨

　　干脆的,干凈利落的;有生氣的He has a crisp style of delivery. 他說話干凈利落

　　critical adj 臨界點的;go critical (核反應堆)達到臨界狀態

　　The point at which branching of the graph occurs is called a bifurcation point and corresponds to a critical value of the load 圖上發生分叉處的點叫分支點，它相當于荷載的臨界值。

　　crop vt.剪短, 修剪The gardener cropped the hedge.園丁把樹籬剪矮了。

　　vi收成This plant doesn't crop very heavily.這種作物收成不很大。

　　a crop of一群(人), 一批(事物)，一系列

　　That the nuclear reactor burnt in Chernobyl brought Russian a crop of misfortunes.

　　切爾諾貝利核反應堆爆炸給蘇聯人帶來一系列災難。

　　cross n磨難;苦難Everyone has a cross to bear. 每一個人都有自己的苦難。

　　adj發怒的,脾氣壞的[(+with/at)]Don't get cross with me, it wasn't my fault. 不要對我生氣,那不是我的錯。

　　crow vi (因勝利而)歡呼;得意揚揚,幸災樂禍[(+about/over)]

　　She crowed over his disappointment. 她因他受了挫折而幸災樂禍。

　　He crowed about his promotion. 他因獲得晉升而自鳴得意。

　　crowd vt催促;催逼Don't crowd me, I'll pay. 別催逼我,我會付的。

　　crowd on sail 加速crowd out擠出

　　The article was crowded out of yesterday's edition. 那篇文章未被刊登在昨天的報上

　　crown vt為...加頂; Snow crowned the mountains. 雪覆蓋山頂。

　　使圓滿完成The award of this prize crowned his career.那項獎項使他功成名就。

　　crown it all更糟的是

　　Define His house burnt down, his car was stolen, and to crown it all he lost his job. :

　　他的房子給燒了，汽車也給偷了，更糟的是，他的職業也丟掉了。

　　cruise vi以快而平穩的速度長距離行駛

　　The car was cruising along at 100 kilometers an hour. 這輛車平穩地以每小時100公里的速度行駛。

　　crush n極度擁擠;擁擠的人群There was such a crush in the room that no one could move. 房內擠得水泄不通,誰也無法動

　　水果汁：lemon crush 檸檬汁

　　迷戀 Schoolchildren often have crushes on teacher.學生們常常迷戀老師。

　　crust vt用硬皮覆蓋;在...上結硬皮Ice crusted the stream. 小溪上結了一層冰。

　　cry n要求; 呼吁;標語battle-cry 戰斗號角，戰士的吶喊

　　At the meeting, the parents were in full cry, demanding further government spending on schools.

　　會上家長們大聲疾呼, 要求政府增撥教育經費。

　　crystal adj清楚的, 明顯的It is crystal clear what we must do.我們該做什么是很明顯的。

　　culture n[U]教養;鍛煉;陶冶;修養He is a man of little culture. 他是一個沒有多少修養的人。

　　cunning adj/n精巧(的);熟練(的),靈巧(的)

　　做某事靈巧show much cunning at doing sth.

　　It takes cunning workmen to make such elaborate furniture. 能工巧匠才能制作如此精致的家具。

　　【美】【口】小巧玲瓏的,令人喜愛的What a cunning kitten! 這只小貓多么逗人喜愛!

　　cure vt薰[腌]魚[肉]等n. 1.治療;痊愈[C][U] 2.療法;藥;(處理社會問題等的)對策[C][(+for)] 3.治療,療程[C]4.牧師職位[C]

　　The hams were cured over a hickory fire.火腿在山核桃樹枝燃起的火上薰制。

　　There's no known cure for a cold. 治療感冒尚無良方。

　　She tried every means to cure her child of the bad habit. 她想盡一切辦法試圖改掉她孩子的這個惡習。

　　currency n通用,流通;流傳,傳播[U]These ideas have gained wide currency. 這些思想已廣泛傳播。

　　curtain n[c] 幕狀物A thick curtain of fog hid the mountains from view. 一層濃霧遮蔽群山。

　　掩護Our infantry was protected by a curtain of artillery fire.我們的步兵在炮火掩護下。

　　【俚】橫死;完蛋[P][(+for)] be curtains for him意味著他要完蛋了

　　custom n光顧, 顧客We would like to have your custom.我們歡迎您的惠顧。

　　(常大寫)海關[the P]Did you have any trouble with the Customs? 你通過海關有麻煩嗎?

　　adj.[美](衣服等)定做的, 定制的custom shoes (clothes, etc)定制的鞋(衣服等)

　　damage n[pl.]【律】賠償損失; 賠償費They sued for damages.他們起訴要求賠償損失。

　　damp vt減弱, 抑制My failure last time has not damped my interest.上次失敗沒使我興趣減弱。

　　使沮喪, 使敗興Nothing could damp his spirits.任何事情都不能使他精神消沉。

　　dash vt匆匆地寫或畫n短距離賽跑; 少許

　　She dashed some paint on the paper and called it a tree.她在紙上涂抹了些顏料, 說這就是一棵樹。

　　The contestants lined up for the 100-yard dash選手列隊參加100碼短跑。

　　Give him a glass of water with a dash of whisky in it.給他一杯水, 加少許威士忌。

　　dare vt向…挑戰,I dared him, but he didn't.我向他挑戰, 可是他不敢應戰。

　　vi激Try it if you dare.要是你敢的話, 你就試試看。

　　dark adj 隱晦的意義不明的It is a dark secret.這是十分秘密的事。

　　dance vi手舞足蹈; 搖晃; 跳躍The moon danced on the ripples.月亮在漣漪上舞動。

　　dawn n/vi (時代,局面等)開始出現,漸露端倪開始(為人所)明白;頓悟[(+on/upon)]

　　The space age dawned in the twentieth century.太空時代開始于二十世紀。

　　【真題例句】Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty.當開始發現自身創造力后人類已設計出越來越巧的工具來應付那些危險、乏味、繁重甚至是有點臟的工作。【2002年閱讀Text2】

　　開始(為人所)明白;頓悟[(+on/upon)]She truth at last dawned upon her. 她終于明白了事情的真相。

　　It has just dawned on me that ....我剛剛才明白...。

　　dead adj無感覺的; 麻木的;過時的，不再重要的

　　It's so cold that my fingers feel dead.這樣的冷我的手指都凍僵了。

　　He is dead to all sense of shame.他全無羞恥之感。

　　Many people say that detente is now a dead letter.很多人說緩和國際緊張局勢的論調已是明日黃花。

　　adv.完全地, 絕對地, 徹底地I was dead tired.我累極了。

　　直接地正對地The wind was dead against us.風向我們迎面吹來。

　　deadly adj充滿仇恨的He has become my deadly enemy.他成了我不共戴天的敵人。

　　極端的, 非常的I'm in deadly earnest.我是非常認真的。

　　debt n 人情債 恩惠We owe you a debt of gratitude for you help.承蒙幫助，感恩不盡。

　　deck vt裝扮The city's main streets were decked with multi-colored banners.市區的主要街道裝飾著各種顏色的彩旗。

　　declare vi 申報;報稅He should declare at customs.他應該報關。

　　deed n 功績事跡His deed claims our respect.他的行為值得我們尊敬。

　　契約The money was given to us by deed of covenant.這筆錢是根據契約書付給我們的。

　　vt立契約He deeded all his estate to his daughter.他立契約將其全部財產轉讓給他的女兒。

　　defence n辯護答辯The lawyer produced a clever defence of his client.律師機智地為委托人辯護。

　　demonstrate/demonstration示威游行

　　【真題例句】France’s [D] resumption of nuclear testing in the South Pacific last month triggered political debates and mass demonstrations. 【2002年詞匯22題】

　　[A] assumption [B] consumption [C] presumption [D] resumption

　　法國上個月繼續在南太平洋進行核試驗，引發了多場政治辯論和大規模示威游行。

　　defect vi逃跑,脫離,背叛[(+to/from)] He defected to the enemy. 他投敵了。

　　defend vt【律】為...辯護;作...的辯護律師She defended herself successfully in court. 她在法庭上成功地為自己作了辯護。

　　defy vt激, 惹; 向...挑戰They defied him to jump off the bridge.他們激他跳下橋去。

　　使不能,使落空,抗拒Her odd behavior defies understanding. 她的古怪行為無法理解。

　　deliver vt.發言Mr. Smith delivered the opening speech. 史密斯先生致開幕詞

　　【真題例句】Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner.【2002年閱讀Text2】

　　(練習幽默)內容包括一些很隨意看上去是即興的話，你可以用輕松，不做作的方式把它們說出來。

　　助產The midwife delivered her sister. 那位助產護士給她妹妹接生。

　　發動, 提出The enemy is going to deliver an attack during the dry season.敵人準備在旱季發動攻勢。

　　vi履行,實現[(+on)]I am certain that he will deliver on his promise. 我確信他會履行諾言。

　　delivery n演講(或唱歌)的姿態[C][U] He has an excellent delivery. 他有極優美的演講風格。

　　【真題例句】Often it’s the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted remark. 【2002年閱讀Text2】

　　常常是你說話的風格使聽眾發笑，因此說慢一些，并且記住揚揚眉或者露出一副不相信的表情都有助于顯示你在做輕松的評論。

　　demonstrate vi.舉行示威游行(或集會) vt 用行動表示顯示, 表露

　　Large crowd demonstrated outside the British Embassy.人群在英國大使館外面示威。

　　The fireman demonstrated great courage in saving the child.那位消防員在搶救孩子過程中表現了極大的勇氣。

　　dense adj愚笨的He is so dense, he'll never understand your message.他很笨不理解你的意思。

　　department n 活動/知識范圍 Finance is not within the compass of our department 財政不在我們部門管轄范圍之內。

　　departure n背離,違背,變更[C][(+from)];事業;冒險

　　The new policy represents a complete departure from their previous position.

　　新政策說明他們全背離了以前立場

　　Working on a farm is a new departure for him.在農場工作對他來說是一項新事業。

　　depend vi決定于, 視…而定It all depends.I have certain doubts about it.這很難說, 得看情況。

　　dependent adj取決于…的It is largely dependent on the weather.這多半取決于天氣情況。

　　deposit vt付訂金He deposited a small amount of money toward the purchase of the car.他為買這輛車先付少量訂金。

　　n訂金The hotel requires a deposit for all advance bookings.旅館規定凡預訂房間都要先付訂金。

　　depth n感情深厚I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的謝意。

　　descend on/upon 突然襲擊;向...涌來The robbers descended on the village. 強盜突然襲擊那村子。

　　Letters of application descended on them like snowflakes. 申請信件像雪片似地向他們飛來。

　　descend from起源于;是...的后裔

　　His family descends from the first English immigrants. 他這一家是第一批英國移民的后裔。

　　descent n血統, 出身, 門第She is of German descent.她祖籍是德國。

　　衰落;墮落[U][S1]his descent into a life of crime 他淪落到靠犯罪為生

　　襲擊;入侵[C][(+on/upon)]

　　The Danes made numerous descents upon the English coast during the 10th century.

　　丹麥人在十世紀曾對英國海岸發動過無數次襲擊。

　　describe vt沿直線曲線移動A bullet describes a curved path in the air.子彈在空中沿曲線前進。

　　description n種類, 類型The show featured dogs of every description.展覽會中展出各種的狗。

　　desert vt. 從...開小差;擅離(職守等)The guard was punished for deserting his post. 衛兵因擅離職守而受到處罰。

　　develop vt.(照相)沖洗, 顯影Can you develop this film for us?你能代我們沖洗這個膠卷嗎?

　　逐漸產生;養成;患(病) Try to develop good reading habits. 要養成良好的閱讀習慣。

　　【真題例句】Being interested in the relationship of language and thought, Whorf developed the idea that the structure of language determines the structure of habitual thought in a society.沃夫對語言與思維的關系很感興趣,逐漸形成了這樣的觀點：在一個社會中, 語言的結構決定習慣思維的結構。【2004年漢譯英】

　　顯現出The machine developed the same fault again.這臺機器有出現了同樣的毛病。

　　詳盡闡述Developed her thesis in a series of articles.用一系列文章逐漸闡明她的論文

　　design n設計, 布局;目的企圖

　　The success of this car shows the importance of good design in helping to sell the product.

　　這種汽車的成功顯示精良的設計對打開銷路的重要性。

　　His evil designs were frustrated.他的罪惡企圖未能得逞。

　　desk n 服務臺You may leave your key at the reception desk. 你可以把鑰匙留在服務臺。

　　部門Jefferies is running the sports desk.杰弗里斯負責體育新聞組。

　　desperate adj極為危險嚴重的The state of the country is desperate.該國的情況是極其嚴重的。

　　極度渴望的極想望的, 極需要的He's desperate for money.他極渴望得到錢。

　　detach vt指派擔任特種任務, 分遣, 派遣(軍隊等)Men were detached to defend the pass.已經派遣了人員去防守關隘。

　　device n手段, 策略(貴族用)紋章,圖案Her illness is merely a device to avoid seeing him.她所謂生病只是避免見他的花招。

　　dialogue n有不同意見的人們之間的對話;交換意見

　　At last there can be a reasonable dialogue between our two governments.我們兩國最后終于能理智地進行對話了

　　diet n. 1.(有時大寫)(丹麥,日本等的)議會,國會[C]The Diet is now sitting. 國會現在在會期中。

　　difficult adj不易相處的, 難滿足的

　　She was the most difficult customer the salesman had to deal with that day.

　　她是這個售貨員那天所遇到的最難應付的一位顧客。

　　dip vt. & vi.(使)微降, (使)下沉(使)向下再向上

　　The sun dipped below the western sea.太陽慢慢沉入西邊的大海里。

　　The sailor dipped the ship's flag as a salute.水手將船上的旗降下來再上去以示致敬。

　　diplomatic adj有手腕的, 策略的, 善于交涉的, 圓滑的

　　You must be more diplomatic in handling the situation.你在處理這一情況時, 必須圓滑。

　　direction n管理She was entrusted with the direction of the project.她受委托負責這項計劃。

　　姓名和地址We had no trouble finding your house because your directions were definite.我們很容易找到你的家, 因為你的地址說得很清楚。

　　dirt n 臟話Don't say dirty words.別說臟話。

　　disaster n徹底的失敗His career is a story of utter disaster.他在事業上一事無成。

　　discipline vt訓練It showed that they had been well disciplined.這表明他們受過良好的訓練。

　　懲罰The boy was often disciplined for staying away from school.那孩常因逃學而受罰。

　　discount vt.不考慮; 不全信They have discounted the rumors.他們不信那些謠傳。

　　忽視His information is not to be discounted.他的消息不可不重視。

　　discourage vt阻礙; 勸阻We discourage smoking in this school.在這所學校里我們勸阻吸煙。

　　dish n漂亮的人Mary's new boyfriend is quite a dish, isn't he?瑪麗新男朋友挺帥的, 是嗎?

　　vt.盛于碟盤中; 分發, 提供She dished out the food.她用餐時分發飯菜。

　　使某人的希望破滅, 使某人不能成功The scandal dished his hopes of being elected.這件丑聞使他當選的希望破滅了。

　　disposition n安排布置He has made a good disposition of his property.他就財產作了妥善處理。

　　distance n疏遠, 冷淡Keep your distance from him.你不要和他太親近。

　　distant a隱約的There is a distant connection between the 2 theories.這兩種理論略微有點關系。

　　distinction n 特征，個性His style lacks distinction.他的文體缺乏個性。

　　卓越, 優秀, 盛名He is a writer of real distinction.他是一位真正才智超群的作家。

　　榮譽,These are the highest distinctions that have ever been given by our government.

　　這些是我國政府迄今授予的最高榮譽稱號。

　　distress n危險Send out a distress signal; the ship is sinking.發出求救信號吧, 船正在下沉。

　　ditch vt作水上迫降The pilot ditched at sea. 駕駛員在海上迫降。

　　擺脫，拋棄He's ditched his girl friend.他拋棄了他的女友。

　　開渠修路They are digging irrigation ditches. 他們在挖灌溉渠。

　　diversion n娛樂, 消遣Chess is his favorite diversion.象棋是他最喜歡的娛樂活動。

　　牽制His talk created a diversion of attention他的講話牽制人們的注意力。

　　divine vt.猜測, 預測The old man claimed to be able to divine what the stars hold in store for us.老人聲稱能預知禍福。

　　占卜;禮拜.My mother asked me to attend divine service.我媽媽要求我做禮拜。

　　dock n被告席The corrupt official stood in the dock.那貪官站在被告席上。

　　vt.減少; 扣除He docked her pocket money until the debt was paid off.他削減了她的零錢直到還清債務。

　　dominate vi.處于支配地位; 占優勢;巍然在上; 高聳

　　This criticism usually dominates over the newspaper.這種批評常在報紙上占顯著地位。

　　The two new buildings dominate the whole town. 這兩座新建筑俯瞰整個城市。

　　drain vt耗盡[(+of)]n (財富等的)不斷外流,逐漸流光[U][S1]

　　The civil war drained the country of its manpower and wealth.內戰耗盡國家的人力財富。

　　This country is being drained of its best talents.這個國家最優秀的人才在不斷外流。

　　dramatic adj引人注目的, 給人深刻印象的;劇烈的，明顯的

　　She plays a very dramatic woman with flashing eyes.她飾演一位雙眼閃光的引人注目的婦人。

　　Dramatic changes have taken place in China.中國發生了翻天覆地的變化

　　China has achieved dramatic economic developments.中國在經濟上取得了矚目的發展。

　　drastic adj極其嚴重的 a drastic shortage of food食物非常嚴重的短缺

　　draw vi打成平局, 不分勝負The two teams drew last night.這兩個隊昨晚打成了平局。

　　移動, 來臨The National Day is drawing closer.國慶節快到了。

　　n平局The game ended in a draw.比賽以平局結束

　　vt引起The airplane drew the enemy's fire.飛機引來敵人的炮火。

　　slow on the draw反應遲鈍

　　He's a nice lad, but a bit slow on the draw.他是個挺不錯的小伙子，就是頭腦欠靈活。

　　dress vt給(傷口)敷藥;包扎The nurse dressed his wound. 護士替他包扎傷口。

　　調(色拉);作(菜)She dressed the vegetables with butter and salt. 她在菜里面加黃油和鹽。

　　drift n趨勢, 動向, 傾向There is a slow drift into crisis.有一種漸入危機的趨勢。

　　大意，主旨 I didn't get the drift of his argument. 我沒有聽懂他論點的要領。

　　vt使吹積The strong wind drifted the snow in piles. 大風將雪吹刮成堆。

　　drive n緊迫, 逼迫, 壓力The enemy drive towards the town seemed checked.敵人對市鎮的壓力似乎已被阻止。

　　傳動, 驅動This car has a front-wheel drive. 這輛汽車前輪驅動。

　　drug n 毒品麻醉藥As the addict's toleration increases, he requires ever larger doses of the drug.

　　由于嗜毒者對藥物的耐受性增加了，因而需要更大劑量的毒品

　　【真題例句】Other identifiable causes of offensive acts include frustration or failure in school, the increased availability of drugs and alcohol, and the growing incidence of child abuse and child neglect. 【2004年完型】

　　其他已知的情況還包括：青少年在學校里形成的挫敗和考試不及格，越來越容易獲得毒品和酒精，以及虐童和得不到關懷的事件時有發生。

　　vt 下麻藥She drugged his coffee.她在他的咖啡里下了麻醉藥。

　　drum vt大力征集,召集[(+up)] 灌輸

　　We couldn't drum up enough boys to make a football team. 我們召集不到足夠的男孩組成足球隊。

　　I drummed the traffic regulations into my son's head. 我對兒子反復講了交通規則。

　　drunk adj陶醉的,興奮的[(+with)]He was drunk with success. 他因成功而陶醉。

　　duck vt. & vi.忽然低下頭(或彎下腰) 躲避, 閃開將...按入(水中)[(+in)]

　　When the stone came towards him, he ducked his head.當石頭向他砸來, 他迅速低下頭。

　　She ducked the interviewers by sneaking out the back door.她從后門溜走, 躲開采訪者。

　　The boys tried to duck each other in the swimming pool.男孩們設法將對方按入游泳池水中。

　　dump vt傾銷,拋售They dump their surplus production on foreign countries. 他們向外國傾銷剩余產品。

　　dwarf vt.(使)顯得矮小, 使相形見絀Shakespeare dwarfs other dramatists.莎士比亞使其他劇作家相形見絀。

　　ear n聽力It trained their ear.這訓練了他們的聽力。

　　穗She has some ears of rice in her hand.她手里拿著幾穗稻子。

　　earnest n. 定金，保證,保護費; 認真，誠摯, 預兆

　　adj鄭重其事的, 非常認真的Life is real and earnest.人生是真實的、認真的。

　　I'm not joking; I'm in earnest. 我不是開玩笑;我是認真的。

　　The current economic slump is an earnest of the major recession to come. 當前經濟滑坡預示著一次大衰退的來臨。

　　The gangster was in deadly earnest about hi threat to burn down the club unless the protection money was paid.

　　這個歹徒一本正經地威脅說要燒毀這個俱樂部，除非向他交付保護費。

　　eclipse vt使黯然失色; 使蒙上陰影

　　Our happiness was soon eclipsed by the terrible news.我們的快樂很快就被可怕的消息蒙上一層陰影。

　　economy n. 經濟體，國家a. 便宜的;經濟實惠的(補充)

　　【真題例句】 For each dollar of GDP (in constant prices) rich economies now use nearly 50% less oil than

　　in 1973. 【2003閱讀Text3】

　　富有國家生產一美圓的GDP(以不變價格計算)，比1973年少使用50%的石油。

　　An economy class air ticket is fit for ordinary workers, because it costs much less.

　　經濟艙機票對一般工作人員比較合適,因為它的價格要便宜得多。

　　economic a. 經濟的，經濟學的【真題例句】socio-economic status社會經濟地位【1991閱讀Text2】

　　economical a.經濟的(強調節省錢和資源);節約的

　　【真題例句】 the use of cars has proved to be more economical.【89閱讀Text 2, 19題D選項】

　　使用小汽車被證明是更加節約的。

　　elect adj. 精選的，當選的，[神學]被上帝選中的

　　The Retrospective Review that the elect had revived.《反省雜志》已被一批出色的人復刊了。

　　elegant a(論述等)簡練確切的

　　His elegant piece of reasoning impressed me deeply. 他簡明的論證給我留下深刻的印象。

　　element n 要素，特色

　　Honesty, industry and kindness are elements of a good life.誠實、勤勞和善良是幸福生活的要素。

　　element of sth少量微量 There's always an element of danger in mountain climbing.登山總是有些危險的。

　　elevate vt晉升He was elevated.他受到提拔。

　　鼓舞The good news elevated everyone's spirits.這個好消息鼓舞了每個人的情緒。

　　使更有修養Reading good books elevate one's mind.閱讀好書可提高人的心靈修養。

　　eliminate vt淘汰;干掉;排出;無需，忽略

　　Our team was eliminated in the first round.我們隊在第一輪中被淘汰。

　　The dictator had eliminated all his political opponents.獨裁者干掉了他所有的政敵。

　　All wastes are usually eliminated from the body before death.通常在(人)死亡之前一切廢物都從體內排出。

　　This new process has eliminated the need for checking the products by hand.采用這種新方法無須用手工檢驗產品。

　　embark embark on著手, 開始做某事He is about to embark on a new business venture.他就要開始新的商業冒險活動。

　　embody vt包括包含;【軍】編入

　　The new edition embodies many improvements.新版本包括許多改進之處。

　　The Ministry of National Defense has recently embodied the troops in army corps.最近國防部把軍隊編成了兵團。

　　embrace vt自愿采納接受(意見)She embraced my offer to go to the hospital.她接受了我的建議去看醫生。

　　信奉, 皈依; She embraced Christianity.她信奉基督教。

　　開始著手He embraced medicine as his career.他以行醫為業。

　　相當于His assets embraced$10, 000. 他的財產相當于一萬美元。

　　emerge vi. (自困境中)擺脫; 脫穎而出

　　.He'll never be able to emerge from his bathos of coarseness and ignorance 他永不能從他那粗野無知中解脫出來。

　　He emerged from the accident unharmed.他在這次事故中僥幸脫險沒有受傷。

　　He emerged as leader at the age of 30.他在30歲時脫穎而出而當了領導。

　　empire n 大企業His modest business eventually expanded into a supermarket empire.他原先不大的生意後來擴展成了超級市場集團企業。

　　employ vt使[采、利]用She employs her time wisely.她善于利用時間。

　　enclose vt把…裝入信封,附入He enclosed a cheque for 500 dollars.他附寄了一張$500的支票。

　　encourage vt 促進有助于High prices for farm products encouraged farming.農產品價格的提高有助于農業。

　　end n〈正〉結果, 目標, 目的Do the ends justify the means?只要目的正當就可以不擇手段嗎?

　　enforce vt 加強充實(論點信仰)

　　Have you any statistics that would enforce your argument? 你有任何統計資料可以加強你的論點嗎?

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