大学英语综合教程全新版第四册第六单元单词

第六单元单词

1. a handful of 少数，少量；一把

e.g. Only a handful of graduates have not found jobs

so far.

2. a variety of 各种的；各种各样的

e.g. People change their minds for a variety of

reasons.

3. abundance n. quantity that is more than enough;

plenty 丰富；丰裕

e.g. The visitor to Oxford has an abundance of sights

to see.

4. aircraft n. （单复同）飞机；航空器

e.g. The goal of air traffic control is to minimize the

risk of aircraft collisions.

5. amount to be equal to; add up to 相当于；总计

e.g. In 1959 the combined value of U.S. imports and

exports amounted to less than 9 percent of the

country's gross domestic product.

6. appalling a. causing fear; shocking; terrible 骇人听闻的；令人震惊的

e.g. When will this appalling war end?

7. appliance n. instrument or device for a specific

purpose 用具；器具

e.g. The Energy Department has set efficiency

standards for new home appliances.

8. arise vi. (arose, arisen) appear; become evident

出现；呈现

e.g. Challenging ethical issues have arisen in science

and medicine.

9. be doomed to 命定；注定

e.g. He thought that he was doomed to spend the rest

of his life in a wheelchair.

10. bewildering a. puzzling 令人困惑的；费解的

bewilder vt. puzzle; confuse 使困惑；使糊涂

e.g. I don't know how to solve this bewildering

question.

11. burden n. heavy load 负担，重负

e.g. Some farmers are complaining about the heavy

burden of taxation.

12. byte n. (of computer) fixed number of binary

digits, often representing a single character 字节；位组

13. candy n. sweets or chocolate 糖果；巧克力

14. CD-ROM abbr. compactdisc read-only

memory 光盘只读存储器

15. cell-phone n. 手机

16. childcare n. 儿童保育；儿童照管

17. comparative a. involving comparison or

comparing 比较的；相比的

e.g. Some sociologists have carried out large-scale historical-comparative studies.

18. concierge n. doorkeeper 看门人，看守人

19. confine n. (usu. pl) boundaries; limits; borders

范围；界限；边界

e.g. This is outside the confines of human

knowledge.

20. confusion n. bewilderment or embarrassment

惶惑；迷乱

e.g. I explained the question to him three times, but

there was still a look of confusion on his face.

21. convention n. conference of members of a

profession, political party; generally accepted social

behavior 大会；惯例，常规

e.g. She was a speaker at the Railway Workers'

Convention in 1956.

22. cope vi. deal successfully (with sb. / sth.

difficult) （成功地）对付；妥善处理

e.g. Health psychologists study how people cope

with stress.

23. cram vt. push or force into a small place

将……塞入， 硬塞进

e.g. It's dangerous for too many people to be

crammed into a bus.

24. curator n. person in charge of a museum, an

art gallery, etc. （博物馆、美术馆等的）馆长

25. discontent n. lack of satisfaction 不满足；不满意

e.g. The strikers were a sign of discontent with poor

pay.

26. distribution n. 分布；分配

e.g. The study of animal distribution is called

zoogeography.

27. divert vt. turn (sb./sth.) aside from a course,

direction, etc. into another 使转向；转移

e.g. Some dams divert the flow of river water into a

pipeline, canal, or channel.

28. domestic a. of the home, household or family;

of or inside a particular country 家庭的；家务的；国内的

e.g. Police and hospital records indicate that the

majority of victims of domestic violence are women.

29. eat into gradually reduce the amount of (sth.

valuable); damage or destroy 吞噬；侵蚀；毁坏

e.g. All these car expenses are eating into our

savings.

30. economy n. 经济；经济制度；节约

e.g. His views on knowledge economy have been

accepted with unanimity.

31. empty-nester n. 厮守“空巢”者（尤指子女不在身边的人）

32. enslave vt. make a slave of (sb.) 使成为奴隶，奴役

e.g. Her beauty enslaved many young men.

33. entomology n. scientific study of insects 昆虫学

34. evade vt. avoid (sth. unpleasant or unwanted);

manage not to do (sth. which should be done) 躲开，避开；逃避

e.g. The released criminal always tries to evade the

police.

35. expedition n. organized journey or voyage with

a particular aim 远行；探险；远征

e.g. Scott died while he was on an expedition to the

Antarctic in 1912.

36. famine n. (instance of) extreme scarcity of food

in a region 饥荒

e.g. China has succeeded in feeding its people;

national attention to equity, agriculture, and birth

control has significantly reduced the threat of famine.

37. fax n. 传真件；传真系统

38. forecast (forecast or forecasted) vt. tell in

advance; predict 预报；预测

e.g. The means of forecasting natural disasters, such

as floods, and hurricanes, have improved immensely

as science and technology have advanced.

39. forum n. an assembly, place, radio program etc.

for the discussion of public matters or current

questions 论坛；讨论会；（广播、电视的）专题讨论节目

e.g. The school authorities will provide a forum

where problems can be discussed.