四六级常用词汇与表达Useful vocabulary and expressions
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Useful vocabulary and expressions
Vocabulary:
1．Attempt: 企图。（）temptation诱惑；contempt鄙视
2．Dramatic： comes from drama：戏剧性的变化。剧烈的变化。
3．Reversal：Re：重新，al：名词后缀。verse（vert）change, turn. This root is found in words like: adverse
不利，敌对, adversary对手，敌人, avert转移, aversion, controversy辩论，争议, convert转变信仰,
conversion, diverse多样的，diversify（物种）多样化, extrovert性格外向的, irreversible无法改变的,
subvert颠覆, perverse（unpleasant）, transverse横向的, versatile多才多艺的…
4．Custom风俗，海关（复数）区分：costume: 舞台服装，民族服装。Custody：监管，监禁
5．Far-sighted: 远视眼的。有预见力的，反义词：short-sighted.
6．Flexible： flex：means bend，压弯；the root can be found in words like: deflect: 倾斜。Reflect：反
射，反映，genuflect：下跪，屈服。
7．Be restricted to: 限制于。注意，这里的介词用 to
8．Ethnic：种族，民族的。区别：ethic：道德的，athlete：运动员（注意该词的拼写）aesthetic：美
学的。
9．Sanction：区分：sanctuary, 避难所。Sanctum：圣地，圣所。 Sanct：在英语中是神圣的意思。
10．人＋be subject to＋法律等：服从，遵循
11．Be credited with：if sb is credited with some achievement, people believe she or he did it, and praise him
or her for it.
12. preference: 重音，拼写。听写考点
13. Infant婴儿，区分：infantry：步兵。Infanticide：杀婴儿。
14．Influence: 注意拼写。
15．Consequence：后果sequence：次序。
16．Envision：vis，means 看见，words with this root are: envisage预见，invisible：看不见provision：
供应（即使之看见物品）supervise：监管，指导，visual：视觉的。
17．Alternative: besides meaning a possible choice, you should understand the following meaning:
Alternative is also used to describe unusual way of doing something. For example, an alternative lifestyle
does not follow the conventional ways of living and working. Alternative medicine uses traditional ways of
curing people, such as medicine made from plants, herbs, massage and acupuncture.
18. census: 区分censure责难, censor检查员, sensor传感器；一下几个词也是要区分的，四六级考点：
Sensible: 有理智的（行为）
sensitive：敏感的，感情细腻的。
Sensual：肉欲的, 色情的。
Sensuous感觉上给人与美感的。
19. Significant: 明显的，巨大的，记忆方法：sign: 记号-----可以看见-----明显的，
19. release vs relieve:
Release: 释放（囚犯，信息，新闻，感情，书籍等。）
Relieve：减压。（我上课的时候犯过一个错误。其实，relieve是可以接unpleasant feeling or situation. 把
某人从某种不好的情绪中解放出来。“减负”，哈哈，）
19. reveal: 揭示，记忆： veal来自veil 意为面纱。Reveal：揭开面纱，―――揭示。
20．Annual，bureau, statistic的拼写一定要记住。
21. fertility, 来自fertile，富饶，能繁殖。对比：fertile, （记忆方法：f代表“福”，sterile，s代表“死”）:
贫瘠，不育的。
22．Extraordinary: extra: 额外，ordinary，一般，合起来就是非凡了。
23：tremendous: 极大，巨大，让人吃惊（记忆方法tre 三个，men 男人，do 做。三个男人做的事：
极大，巨大，让人吃惊。）
24：reinforce：使增强，增援。Reinforcement：援兵。
Enforce：强制实施。Enforce a law or a system.
25：enroll：There are already seven thousand students who enrolled for the program. 注册加入。拼写要记
住。
26：assignment：课后的作业。Assign是指定的意思。Sign：指示，符号。拼写要记住。
27：academy: academic,注意两词读音重读的变化。牢记拼写。
Expressions：
Aging population,
aging society.
Growing imbalance between the sexes.
China is now entering a period of low fertility. Or low birthrate.
Side-effect
Drawback
Performing ultrasound test to determine the sex of the fetus.
People in the countryside have a strong preference for boys to girls.
China’s growing urbanization.
They are barely out of diapers (尿布，)，and already learning the building blocks of reading and math.
Building block: basics.
Baby abandonment, human trafficking(贩卖人口)，women abduction(拐卖妇女)
