engagement n字據契約;交戰

　　He doesn’t have enough money to meet all his engagement他沒有足夠的錢來償還所有的債務。

　　The general tried to avoid an engagement with the enemy.將軍盡力避免了與敵人交戰。

　　engineer vt.設計, 建造, 監督;策劃; 圖謀

　　He engineered a railway.他設計過一條鐵路。

　　He had powerful enemies who engineered his downfall.他的敵人勢力強大, 他們策劃了他的下臺。

　　enrich vt加料于, 增進(食品的)營養價值[滋味] Music can enrich your life. 音樂能豐富你的生活。

　　entail vt限定繼承The castle and the land are entailed on the eldest son. 城堡和土地限定由長子繼承

　　enter vt. & vi.登錄;將...輸入She is entering her 25th year.她登錄年紀是25歲。

　　He showed me how to enter data into the computer.他告訴我如何將數據輸入計算機。..

　　enterprise n事業心, 進取心He is a man of great enterprise.他很有進取心。

　　entertain vt (不用于進行式)準備考慮 He refused to entertain our proposal.他拒絕考慮我們的建議

　　entertainment n娛樂, 文娛節目, 表演會This is an interesting entertainment.這是一個有趣的文娛節目。

　　entry n登記, 條目, 詞條The entry of all expenditure is necessary.有必要把一切開支入賬。

　　equal vt比得上Few cars can equal this kind of cars for speed.很少有其他車在速度上比得上。

　　equation n 把...等同起來The equation of wealth with happiness can be dangerous.把財富與幸福等同很危險。

　　erupt vi突然發生Laughter erupted from the audience.笑聲從觀眾席上爆發出來。

　　出疹Rashes have erupted all over my back.我背上出滿了疹子。

　　escape n消遣, 解悶I read love stories as an escape from reality.我閱讀愛情小說以逃避現實。

　　She read detective stories as an escape. 她看偵探小說解悶。

　　vt疏忽, 遺漏, 記不住, 沒引起注意;逸出; 禁不住說出透射, 貫穿, 穿透

　　His name escapes me. (=His name escapes my memory.)我記不得他的名字了。

　　A moan escaped the patient.那病人不禁呻吟了一聲。

　　He narrowly escaped death.他九死一生。

　　vi/n漏出;流出[(+from/out of)]Gas is escaping from the pipe. 煤氣正從管中逸出。

　　Can you smell an escape of gas? 你能聞到漏出的煤氣嗎?

　　essay vt作嘗試;試圖[+to-V]He essayed to speak . 他試圖發言。

　　establish vt確定, 證實;安置The police established that she was innocent.警察查明她是無罪的。

　　They established themselves in Greece.他們在希臘定居下來。

　　【真題例句】All these conditions tend to increase the probability of a child committing a criminal act,

　　although a direct causal relationship has not yet been established. 【2004年完型】

　　所有這些情況都趨向于增加兒童犯罪的可能性，盡管其中的直接因果關系尚未得到證實。

　　establishment n當權派, 當局The Establishment has reached a decision.當局已做出決定。

　　estate n 人生階段;身份,地位[U];財產遺產;大片地區(如住宅/工業/商業區)

　　the holy estate of matrimony.神圣的婚姻生活

　　When his father died, he left an estate of one million dollars.他父爹死時留了一百萬遺產

　　There is no reason to believe that people of every estate will support the political platform.

　　沒有理由相信各種社會地位的人都會擁護這個政綱。

　　The new housing estate borders on the motorway. 新住宅區緊接高速公路。

　　estimate n判斷;對....評價估價

　　I don't know her well enough to form an estimate of her abilities.我對她不太了解, 無法對她的能力做出判斷。

　　I asked a contractor to estimate for the repair of the house. 我請了承包商估計修繕這幢房子的費用。

　　eternal adj似乎不停的Stop this eternal chatter!不要嘮叨個不停!

　　evaporate vi.消失, 不復存在His hopes evaporated.他的希望破滅了。

　　even adj相等的, 均衡的Our scores are now even.我們得分現在相等。

　　【真題例句】English names are fairly evenly spread between the halves of the alphabet. 【2004閱讀Text2】

　　英語名字很均勻地分布在字母表的前后兩部分。

　　一致的;同樣的;齊的[(+with)]Her teeth were white and even. 她的牙齒潔白而整齊。

　　偶數的4,6,8,10,etc are even numbers.4，6，8，10是偶數。

　　evidence n【律】證人, 證詞跡象There is no material evidence.沒有物證。

　　There are evidences that somebody has been living here.有跡象顯示有人一直住在這里。

　　evil n 不幸時刻The evil is now irremediable 這種不幸時刻現在是無法補救了。

　　exact vt.要求, 強求The job exacts care and attention.這項工作需要謹慎和集中精力。

　　It is impracticable for some parents to exact obedience of their children.有些父母強令其子女服從是不現實的。

　　強要;勒索The kidnappers exacted ransoms for their hostages. 綁匪勒索人質的贖金。

　　examination n訊問His statement won't bear the examinations.他的供述經不起訊問。

　　excess n過度, 過分;那些從賠償金中提取的數額;過分的行為;暴行[P]

　　【真題例句】One more reason not to lose sleep over the rise in oil prices is that, unlike the rises in the 1970s,

　　it has not occurred against the background of general commodity-price inflation and global excess demand.

　　不必對此次油價上漲過分擔心的另一原因是和上世紀70年代不同，此次上漲不是在物價普遍上漲和需求

　　過度的背景下發生的。【2002閱讀Text3】

　　She has an excess of anger.她愛過度地生氣。

　　The excesses committed by the invaders will never be forgotten. 人們永遠不會忘記侵略軍犯下的暴行。

　　a 過分的多余的.They boiled the excess liquid away 他們煮去了多余的液體。

　　excite vt激發, 引起The professor's lecture excited our interest.教授講的課引起了我們的興趣。

　　excuse vt.原諒, 寬恕;使免除準許...離去;讓...走開[O2]

　　That will excuse him another trip.那將省得他再跑一趟。

　　He cannot come this evening, so he asks you to excuse him.他今晚不能來, 所以他請你原諒。

　　Please excuse me for a while. 請允許我離開一會兒。

　　execute vt.處決A month or two later they executed the king.一兩個月以后他們處死了國王。

　　演奏(樂曲等);扮演(角色等)The part of Othello was badly executed. 奧賽羅這個角色演得不好。

　　【律】(經簽名蓋章等手續)使(證書等)生效;執行(判決,遺囑等)

　　He asked his lawyer to execute his will. 他請他的律師執行遺囑。

　　exercise n【美】儀式,典禮[P] 【軍】演習;操練[C]

　　Graduation exercises are usually held in June. 畢業典禮通常在六月舉行。

　　The captain set his soldiers various exercises.上尉讓他的士兵做各種操練。

　　vt.運用行使The king cannot exercise much political power.國王不能行使很多政治權力。

　　使犯愁This problem is exercising our mind very much at the moment.這個問題正困擾我們。

　　exhaust vt 詳細闡述Karl Marx's books about human nature exhausted this subject.

　　卡爾.馬克思的有關人性的書籍對此問題闡述極為詳盡。

　　exhibit n在法庭提出的證物The first exhibit was a knife which the prosecution claimed was the murder weapon.

　　當庭出示的第一件證物是一把刀, 據原告稱是謀殺兇器。

　　vt 顯示出某種感情He exhibited great courage.他表現出極大的勇氣。

　　exhibition n公開示范表演，獎學金

　　There's an exhibition of pottery-making at the fair.在集市上有陶器制作的示范表演。

　　exit n/ vi.退出, His farewell speech marked his exit from politics.他的告別演說是他退出政界的標志。

　　退場離開; 退場She exited in a hurry.她匆忙離去。

　　expand vi感到舒心感到歡暢(談吐)放開

　　She expands only when being praised and flattered.她只有受到表揚和奉承的時才開心。

　　My father expanded a little when he had had a drink. 我父親小酌之后,就變得健談了。

　　vt詳述He have expanded my view on the question. 他已詳述了我對這個問題的觀點。

　　expectation n期望,預期的事物[P1] The reward fell short of our expectations. 獎勵不符我們的希望。

　　前程[P]He is a young artist with great expectations 他是一位有遠大前程的青年藝術家

　　expedition n迅速, 動作敏捷;進行遠征的人、車輛，船只

　　members of the Mount Everest expedition珠峰登山隊隊員

　　They carried out the captain's orders with all possible expedition.他們毫不遲疑地迅速執行船長的命令。

　　explode vi激增, 迅速擴大The population was still exploding.人口仍在迅猛增長。

　　vt推翻;駁倒;戳穿[H]The rumor has been exploded. 謊言被戳穿了。

　　exploit n.業績, 功績, 功勛, 事跡He performed many daring exploits.他有過很多英勇事跡。

　　vt剝削利用;利用...而自肥He is accused of exploiting child labor. 他被指控剝削童工。

　　Television advertisers can exploit a captive audience.電視廣告商能利用被動觀眾。

　　exposure n(住的)朝向,方位She chose the room with an eastern exposure.她選了一朝東的房間。

　　宣揚Her new film has been a lot of exposure on television她的新片在電視上被大力宣揚。

　　expression n表情; 感情; 詞, 措辭, 詞組

　　All their expressions were not true.他們所有的表情都不是真的。

　　Her voice lacked expression.她的聲音缺乏感情。

　　The fashionable remarks of today often become the commonplace expressions of tomorrow.

　　今天的時髦話往往變成明天的陳詞濫調。

　　exquisite adj劇烈的,強烈的,尖銳的I couldn't sleep for exquisite pain. 我因劇痛而不能入睡。

　　敏銳的;有鑒賞力的The hostess had exquisite taste in clothes. 女主人對衣著很講究。

　　extend vt致I would like to extend a warm welcome to visitors. 我想對來訪者表示熱烈的歡迎。

　　竭盡全力Tom didn’t really have to extend himself to the examination.湯姆真沒必要全力去考試。

　　extent n程度;限度;范圍[U][the S]To a certain extent, I am responsible for the delay. 在一定程度上,我對拖延負有責任。

　　extinguish vt 使失效【律】償清Titles to the estate has not been extinguished.財產的所有權尚未失效。

　　extract vt設法得到(情報等) 利用...獲得The police extracted some information from the thief. 警察從小偷問出一些情況。

　　extraordinary adj非同尋常的, 特別的;額外安排的, 臨時的

　　A trunk is extraordinary long! 象的鼻子特別的長!

　　There will be an extraordinary meeting next Wednesday to discuss the emergencresolution.

　　下星期三將有一個額外安排的會議專門討論緊急決議。

　　eye n眼力，鑒賞力He has a quick eye for mistakes. 他一眼就能看出錯誤。

　　vt看注視He eyed every change in the stock market. 他密切注視證券交易所的每一變化。

　　fable n無稽之談[C]That is a mere fable. 那是無稽之談。

　　大眾談資[the S]She became the chief fable of the town. 她成了鎮上的中心話題。

　　vt虛構;撒謊[(+about)]He fabled about his lot. 他編造自己的身世。

　　facility n 方便便利;靈巧嫻熟

　　By expanding our equipment, staff, and facility we could attract new customers while offering our present customers additional and faster services.

　　在我們為目前的客戶提供附加的和便利之同時，須增加設備、人員和設施，我們才能吸引新的顧客

　　His facility with languages is amazing. 他運用語言的熟練程度實在是驚人。

　　fail vt有負于，拋棄.His friends failed him when he needed their help most. 當他最需要幫助的時,他的朋友們卻辜負了他。

　　fairly adv相當地, 適度地This is a fairly easy book.這是一本相當地容易的書。

　　完全地, 簡直It fairly destroyed the machine.它將那部機器完全毀了。

　　familiar adj 隨便的冒昧的放肆的His manner is too familiar. 他的態度太隨便了。

　　fancy adj別致的, 花式的, 花哨的The dress is too fancy for me.這件服裝我穿太花哨了。

　　[美](商品, 特指食品)特選的; 特制的; 高檔的.(價格)過高的;昂貴的[B]

　　The store sells fancy fresh fruits. 這商店出售特級鮮果。

　　He sells poor goods and charges fancy prices. 他出售的商品很糟,要價卻非常昂貴。

　　fare n食物The fare here is simple but good.這里的伙食簡單而可口。

　　vi.吃, 進食She fared plainly.她吃得很簡單。

　　進展, 遭遇I think I fared quite well in the interview.我覺得我這次面試情況不錯。

　　fashion after a fashion勉強，馬馬虎虎I can play the piano after a fashion.我多少會彈點鋼琴。

　　fatal adj致命的,生死攸關的[(+to/for)]The shot was fatal. 這是致命的一槍。

　　fate n死亡, 毀滅Those evil men met with a terrible fate.那些壞人都罪有應得。

　　fatigue〈軍〉雜役;(士兵干雜役時穿的)工作服[P]Instead of training the men were put on fatigues/fatigue duty.

　　那些士兵沒有接受訓練,而是派去做雜務.

　　fault vt. (通常用于疑問句或否定句)對...挑毛病;找...的缺點n 地質斷層

　　It was impossible to fault her performance. 她的演出無懈可擊。

　　Variations in rock type and structure in the fault zone would entail variations in slippage rate along the trace

　　斷層區的巖石類型和構造的不同將會引起沿斷痕滑動的速率的變化。

　　feast vi.大吃大喝, 享用美食Feast today and fast tomorrow.今朝大吃大喝, 明日忍饑挨餓

　　vt.款待、宴請(某人)I feasted my friends on my birthday.我生日時宴請了我的朋友們。

　　n(感官等方面的)享受,賞心樂事[(+for)]

　　A good debating contest is more than a feast for the ear. The contestants' brilliant delivery and repartee can be a tonic for one's intellect as well.

　　欣賞一場精彩的辯論會，不單是一種聽覺上的享受，而且也有助于提高本身的知識水平和分析能力。

　　feather a feather in one’s cap 值得驕傲的事物

　　Winning the gold medal was yet an other feather in her cap.贏得金牌是她的另一榮譽。

　　feature n特寫, 專題節目(電影的)正片, 故事片;特別的專欄

　　The local newspaper ran a feature on child labor.地方報紙登載一篇有關童工勞動的特寫。

　　The feature begins at half past ten. 電影正片七點半開始。

　　vt. .以...為特色;是...的特色(電影)由...主演3特載,以...作為號召

　　The new movie features two of my favorite actors. 這部新片由我最喜愛的兩位演員主演。

　　The museum's exhibit features paintings of colonial times. 博物館的展品突出介紹殖民時代的繪畫。

　　vi. 起重要作用;作為主要角色[(+in)]

　　Economic issues featured very largely in the Prime Minister's speech. 首相的講話中很大一部分涉及經濟問題

　　feed vt向…提供;滿足(欲望等);加深(惡感等)

　　He did it to feed her vanity. 他那么做是為了滿足她的虛榮心。

　　They tried to feed me a false line about unexpected extra expenses.

　　他們試圖向我提供假情況來解釋那些意想不到的額外開支。

　　feeling adj.富于同情心的，含情脈脈的 She has no feeling for the suffering of others.她對別人的痛苦沒有同情心的。

　　fellowship n團體, 協會 給研究生等的)獎學金;講學基金[C] .

　　(大學中的)研究員職位,研究員薪金[C]

　　I am applying for a fellowship. 我在申請研究生獎學金。

　　He went abroad on a fellowship. 他在研究員基金資助下出了國。

　　It looks that they'll be admitted to the fellowship.看來他們要被吸收入協會了。

　　fence vt為....做辯護;搪塞

　　He fences his doctrines with the specious plea that statesmen must live as the world lives.

　　他用似是而非的遁詞為他的教義作辯護, 說政治家必須象世人那樣活著。

　　fertile a 能生育的，能結果實的;Most chicken eggs are not fertile. 多數雞蛋未受精。

　　具有想象力的He is fertile of imagination. 他想像力很豐富。

　　fetch “vt(某貨物)賣得(多少錢)”

　　【真題例句】These rules say they must value some assets at the price a third party would pay, not the price managers

　　and regulators would like them to fetch. 【2010年閱讀Text2】

　　這些規則寫道，銀行必須以第三方愿意支付的價格來估價一些資產，而不是以價格經理和管理者想要把這些

　　資產賣出去的價格。

　　【口】給...以(一拳,一擊等)She fetched him a box on the ears. 她打了他一記耳光。

　　fever n狂熱,高度興奮[S1][U][(+of)];思潮

　　Everyone was in a fever of excitement. 所有的人都興奮之極。

　　Football fever gripped the town when the local team reached the cup final.

　　在當地的足球隊打進了優勝杯的決賽圈后，全市掀起一陣足球熱。

　　fibre n 品質，品格 毅力力量

　　I love my country with every fibre of my being.我深愛我的祖國。

　　He is a man of real fibre.他是一個有骨氣的男子。

　　fiction n虛構的或想像出的事, 并非完全真實的事【律】假定, 擬定

　　Her story was a pure fiction.她的故事純屬虛構。

　　Fact[Truth] is stranger than fiction.[諺]事實比小說還離奇。

　　It is a legal fiction that a corporation is a person.把團體法人當作一個人是一種法律上的假設。

　　field n(礦物的)產地; (學習或研究的)領域vt巧妙地回答

　　Capital construction is under way at several gas fields.幾個天然氣田正在進行基本建設。

　　What are his main fields of interest? 他感興趣的主要領域是什么?

　　The Minister had to field some tricky questions from the reporters. 部長不得不巧妙地回答記者一些難以對付的問題。

　　figure n數字Where did you get those figures? 你從哪兒得到那些數字的?

　　數量;金額;價格His work now commands huge figures. 他的作品現在值大價錢。

　　圖表;圖解;插圖Our textbook has many figures to help explain the lessons. 我們的教科書有許多圖表幫助解釋課文。

　　vi出現;露頭角;扮演角色[(+as/in)]John figured as chief guest at the party. 約翰在這次聚會上是主賓。

　　file vt用銼銼; She was filing her nails.她在銼指甲。

　　【真題例句】But the 47-year-old manicurist isn’t cutting, filing or polishing as many nails as she’d like to,

　　either. 【2004年閱讀Text3】但是這個47歲的美甲師修剪磨挫上油的指甲卻沒有以前期望的那么多了。

　　提交(申請等), 呈遞They filed an application to have their case heard early.他們申請早日審理他們的案子。

　　n縱列The soldiers were walking in single file.戰士們排成一列縱隊前進。

　　vi. 排成縱隊行進[Q] 提出申請;提起訴訟[(+for)]

　　They filed past the grave of the national hero. 他們排成縱隊走過那位民族英雄的墳墓。

　　She decided to file for divorce. 她決意起訴要求離婚。

　　fill vt.滿足This should fill your requirements nicely.這將大大地滿足你的要求。

　　任職Lucy is the best person to fill this secretary vacancy.露西是秘書這個空缺的最佳人選。

　　配藥Her main job was filling the doctor's prescriptions.她的主要是給大夫開的藥方配藥。

　　n.填滿…的量Would you like a fill of my tobacco?想抽一斗我的煙嗎?

　　充分, 足夠He ate his fill. 他吃了個夠。

　　film n膠片, 膠卷The whole incident was recorded on film.整個事件都記錄在膠片上了。

　　薄層, 薄膜There is a film of mist over the land.大地上籠罩著一層薄霧。

　　vt. & vi.(把…)拍攝(成)電影[電視等]The story won't film well.這部小說不宜拍成影片。

　　生薄膜;變得朦朧 Her eyes filmed over with tears. 她一雙眼睛因淚水而模糊不清。

　　vt.(給…)覆上一薄層Thin ice filmed the lake.湖上結了一層薄冰。

　　filter vi透過,滲透;(消息等)走漏;(人群等)慢慢移動[Q];交通亮紅燈禁行或右轉時準許左轉

　　News of the defeat filtered through. 失敗的消息走漏了出來。

　　Sunlight filtered through the leaves. 陽光透過了樹葉。

　　finance vt.為…供給資金從事金融活動Who finances this organization?誰給這個組織提供錢?

　　fine adj細微的,細微難察的[B] (講話等)過于夸飾的;炫耀的純凈的,無雜質的纖細的;尖細的

　　【口】可怕的,極糟的[B]

　　There is a fine distinction between the two words. 這兩個字之間有細微區別。

　　We've had enough of their fine speeches. 他們的漂亮言詞我們已經聽夠了。

　　The watch is made of fine gold. 這表是純金制的。

　　He made a fine mess of it. 他把事情搞得一團糟。

　　This pen has a fine point. 這支筆的筆尖細。

　　n罰金[C]The driver paid a fifty-dollar fine for speeding. 司機因超速行駛付了50罰金。

　　vt. 處...以罰金 精煉澄清

　　The judge fined him heavily. 法官重罰了他。

　　【真題例句】Instead, we are treated to fine hypocritical spectacles, which now more than ever seem in

　　amply supply. 【2000年閱讀Text5】

　　我們反而可以看清一些虛偽的現象，這些現象(的例子)似乎比以往任何時候都要多。

　　finish n結束;(比賽等的)最后階段; [C] (家具等)拋光,末道漆(舉止、講話等)優雅,修養

　　The soldiers fought to the finish.士兵們堅持戰斗到底。

　　The finish on the table was scratched by a knife. 桌面上的漆被刀子劃破了。

　　His manner lacks finish. 他的舉止欠雅。

　　fire n熱情Zeal without knowledge is fire without light有熱情而無知識,猶如有火焰而無光芒

　　磨難;苦難[U]go through fire and water 為...忍受巨大的苦難和危險;赴湯蹈火

　　射擊;炮火;火力[U] The airplane drew the enemy's fire. 這飛機引起敵人的炮火。

　　激起;使激動[(+with)]Stories of adventure fire his imagination.冒險故事激發了他的想像力。

　　烘制Bricks are fired in a kiln. 磚是在窯中燒制的。

　　給(爐子等)加添燃料Would you please fire the furnace? 你去給爐子添加燃料好嗎?

　　vt. & vi.開火; 射擊起火;燃燒激動;突然發怒vt.〈口〉解雇

　　He ordered his men to fire.他命令他的士兵開槍。

　　The manager fired Bob because he was always late.鮑勃因上班總遲到而被經理解雇。.

　　Damp wood will not fire. 潮濕的木頭不會燃燒。

　　He fired up at the remark. 他一聽這話突然發怒了。

　　firework n發火發怒，激情迸發 Just you watch the fireworks when your father catches those boys!

　　等你父親抓住那幾個男孩子的時候，你就能看到他的火氣有多大了。

　　firm n. 公司，商號

　　【真題例句】Until California recently passed a law, American firms did not have to tell anyone, even the victim, when data went astray. 【2007年閱讀Text4】

　　最近加州通過一項法律，在這之前美國公司在數據丟時不要通知任何人，甚至是受害者本人。

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