Captive a.被俘虜?shù)?被捕獲的 n.俘虜

　　Lying in my hospital bed,I was a captive audience to these uninteresting old stories.躺在醫(yī)院里的病床上,我只好聽(tīng)那些乏味的舊故事.

　　Catholic a.天主教的; 普通的,廣泛的 n.天主教徒

　　Most non-Christians find it hard to under- stand why a Catholic isnt a Protestant.非基督徒很難理解天主教徒與基督教徒有什么不同.

　　Commend vt.表?yè)P(yáng),稱(chēng)贊;推薦

　　We should commend good people and good deeds.我們應(yīng)當(dāng)表?yè)P(yáng)好人好事.

　　Deem vt.認(rèn)為,視為

　　Murdock deemed it was time for a change,so he quit the Time- Warner Corporation.默多克覺(jué)得是換換環(huán)境的時(shí)候了,于是辭職離開(kāi)了時(shí)代-華納公司.

　　Doom n.厄運(yùn),劫數(shù) vt.注定,命定

　　With its natural habitat shringking day by day,the species is doomed to extinction. 隨著它的棲息地日益萎縮,這個(gè)物種命中注定要滅絕.

　　Drought n.干旱,旱災(zāi)

　　When a drought wrecks havoc,millions of people are compelled to run for life.當(dāng)旱災(zāi)肆虐的時(shí)候,數(shù)百萬(wàn)的人被迫將流離失所.

　　Endeavor n.努力,盡力,嘗試

　　Sweden has failed in its endeavor to rank among the world powers in table tennis.瑞典本想在世界乒乓球強(qiáng)國(guó)中占有一席之地,但是失敗了.

　　Endow vt.資助,捐贈(zèng),向 捐錢(qián) 給予,賦予,認(rèn)為具有某種特質(zhì)

　　Great musicians like Mozart and Beethoven certainly were endowed with musical talent.像莫扎特,貝多芬一類(lèi)的偉大音樂(lè)家確實(shí)具有音樂(lè)天賦.

　　Feminine a.女性的,女子的;女子氣的

　　Michael Jackson has a feminine face after the face-lifting.整容后,邁克爾.杰克遜有著一張女性氣質(zhì)的臉.

　　Formulate vt.構(gòu)想出;系統(tǒng)地闡述

　　His idea of setting up this corporation was formulated over coffee.喝咖啡的時(shí)候,設(shè)立該公司的想法形成了.

　　Gossip n.流言蜚語(yǔ);愛(ài)說(shuō)長(zhǎng)道短的人; vi.傳播流言蜚語(yǔ),說(shuō)長(zhǎng)道短

　　It is ridiculous that here newspapers are read mainly for their gossip columns.真滑稽,這里的人們讀報(bào)主要是沖著閑話(huà)欄目而去

　　Heritage n.遺產(chǎn),繼承物,傳統(tǒng)

　　Every generation has the duty to pass down heritage of knowledge from the past.每一代人都有責(zé)任把過(guò)去繼承的知識(shí)傳下去.

　　imperative a.必要的,緊急的,極重要的;命令的 n.必要的事必須完成的事;祈使語(yǔ)氣

　　It is absolutely imperative that the whole international community works together to stop polluting the earth.國(guó)際社會(huì)共同行動(dòng),制止環(huán)境污染是極為必要的.

　　Captive a.被俘虜?shù)?被捕獲的 n.俘虜

　　Lying in my hospital bed,I was a captive audience to these uninteresting old stories.躺在醫(yī)院里的病床上,我只好聽(tīng)那些乏味的舊故事.

　　Catholic a.天主教的; 普通的,廣泛的 n.天主教徒

　　Most non-Christians find it hard to under- stand why a Catholic isnt a Protestant.非基督徒很難理解天主教徒與基督教徒有什么不同.

　　Commend vt.表?yè)P(yáng),稱(chēng)贊;推薦

　　We should commend good people and good deeds.我們應(yīng)當(dāng)表?yè)P(yáng)好人好事.

　　Deem vt.認(rèn)為,視為

　　Murdock deemed it was time for a change,so he quit the Time- Warner Corporation.默多克覺(jué)得是換換環(huán)境的時(shí)候了,于是辭職離開(kāi)了時(shí)代-華納公司.

　　Doom n.厄運(yùn),劫數(shù) vt.注定,命定

　　With its natural habitat shringking day by day,the species is doomed to extinction. 隨著它的棲息地日益萎縮,這個(gè)物種命中注定要滅絕.

　　Drought n.干旱,旱災(zāi)

　　When a drought wrecks havoc,millions of people are compelled to run for life.當(dāng)旱災(zāi)肆虐的時(shí)候,數(shù)百萬(wàn)的人被迫將流離失所.

　　Endeavor n.努力,盡力,嘗試

　　Sweden has failed in its endeavor to rank among the world powers in table tennis.瑞典本想在世界乒乓球強(qiáng)國(guó)中占有一席之地,但是失敗了.

　　Endow vt.資助,捐贈(zèng),向 捐錢(qián) 給予,賦予,認(rèn)為具有某種特質(zhì)

　　Great musicians like Mozart and Beethoven certainly were endowed with musical talent.像莫扎特,貝多芬一類(lèi)的偉大音樂(lè)家確實(shí)具有音樂(lè)天賦.

　　Feminine a.女性的,女子的;女子氣的

　　Michael Jackson has a feminine face after the face-lifting.整容后,邁克爾.杰克遜有著一張女性氣質(zhì)的臉.

　　Formulate vt.構(gòu)想出;系統(tǒng)地闡述

　　His idea of setting up this corporation was formulated over coffee.喝咖啡的時(shí)候,設(shè)立該公司的想法形成了.

　　Gossip n.流言蜚語(yǔ);愛(ài)說(shuō)長(zhǎng)道短的人; vi.傳播流言蜚語(yǔ),說(shuō)長(zhǎng)道短

　　It is ridiculous that here newspapers are read mainly for their gossip columns.真滑稽,這里的人們讀報(bào)主要是沖著閑話(huà)欄目而去

　　Heritage n.遺產(chǎn),繼承物,傳統(tǒng)

　　Every generation has the duty to pass down heritage of knowledge from the past.每一代人都有責(zé)任把過(guò)去繼承的知識(shí)傳下去.

　　imperative a.必要的,緊急的,極重要的;命令的 n.必要的事必須完成的事;祈使語(yǔ)氣

　　It is absolutely imperative that the whole international community works together to stop polluting the earth.國(guó)際社會(huì)共同行動(dòng),制止環(huán)境污染是極為必要的.