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barren /bArEn/：unable to produce young; unproductive
1 J8 x( f5 d# z8 A2 L" g TYPICAL USE: The barren land could produce little food.' u# Y T7 E& u- b+ |- Y
Synonym：sterile5 q+ ?! {) b1 L% S# k0 T* r( |
bump/bQmp/: come with a blow or knock% _. w+ W5 G3 H9 \5 _, u r6 d1 F
TYPICAL USE: The room was dark and I bumped my head against the door.7 Y" L3 O( Z* Z N$ [: X3 _
Synonym: collide% c5 b( T* n9 _; v2 Q* L) y% Z; ^
devise/di vaIz/: think out: plan or contrive
. k* s. A/ z2 ]. u2 G, Q( F8 _ TYPICAL USE: He devised new method for teaching the blind.( m9 x. O' e# ?& ~
Synonym: invent+ T1 U+ |. s* i
exert/ig zEt/: put into use: exercise
* D! U2 J) A4 i1 | TYPICAL USE: My wife’s exert lots of pressure on me to change my job.7 R; l6 m3 ~$ ~$ |# e
Synonym: use& v+ [5 s& [ s& E" s# g$ l
oath/EJW/: a solemn promise often calling upon God, I* H+ v# O2 p4 g$ d+ ~
TYPICAL USE: He places the right hand on the Bible as he spoke the oath of the office
# y: l7 w6 i6 ]/ A* {. { Synonym: pledge
1 x. W4 ]: y- P. w6 c shatter/FAtE/: destroy completely; break suddenly into pieces# r) [# O* G$ u1 S% y* I8 ~
TYPICAL USE: Their hope of finding him alive was shattered when his dead body was found.
6 q4 `; L8 I& }8 ]7 r7 ~; L Synonym：smash
0 t L+ y& \* ?$ T9 r) ~. r Exercise:用今天所学单词的适当形式填空9 g: n G1 D+ P- P
Our hopes for a picnic was __1__by a heavy rain.* ^0 C, b% K6 D; M
The boy is trying to__2__a scheme to earn more money during the vacation.
4 l8 g+ _4 f Z1 t* _8 ~7 m4 t; T Exposure to radioactivity may make animals and plants __3__.
* o) G8 x- U, A. J% T5 h He made a(an) __4__that he would tell the truth and nothing but the truth.! M; X+ ~3 q- a
She couldn’t open the door, even by__5__ all her strength
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1.shattered3 O3 @9 a4 K7 {" x; y
2.devise
6 U: S; R. V; B h; U } 3.barren
m' w- G6 ?6 o+ m 4.oath
, d, p4 P' }( h* x8 d 5.exerting |
发表于 2012-8-15 23:04:14
