VOA Special English 单词表.doc

1、VOA Special English 单词表A.accept - v. to agree to receive 接受accident - n. something that happens by chance or mistake; an unplanned event 事故accuse - v. to say a person is responsible for an act or crime; to make a statement against someone 指责activist - n. one who seeks change through action 激进分子admin

2、istration - n. the executive part of a government, usually headed by a president or prime minister 政府admit - v. to accept (“admitted to the United Nations“); to express ones guilt or responsibility (“He admitted that what he did was wrong.“) 承认adult - n. a grown person 成人advise - v. to help with inf

3、ormation, knowledge or ideas in making a decision 建议affect - v. to produce an effect on; to influence (“A lack of sleep affected the singers performance.“) 影响agency - n. an organization that is part of a larger group (“an agency of the United Nations“) 机构aggression - n. an attack against a person or

4、 country; the violation of a countrys borders 侵略agriculture - n. farming 农业air force - n. a military organization using airplanes 空军album - n. a collection of recorded music 歌集alcohol - n. a strong, colorless liquid, usually made from grain, used as a drug or in industrial products 酒精ally - n. a nat

5、ion or person joined with another for a special purpose 联合体ambassador - n. a nations highest diplomatic representative (to another government) 大使amend - v. to add to or to change (a proposal or law) 修正ammunition - n. the bullets or shells fired from guns 弹药anarchy - n. a lack of order; lawlessness 无

6、政府状态ancestor - n. a family member from the past 祖先ancient - ad. very old; long ago 远古的anniversary - n. a yearly celebration or observance of an event that happened in the past 周年announce - v. to make known publicly; to declare officially 宣布apologize - v. to express regret for a mistake or accident f

7、or which one accepts responsibility 致歉appeal - v. to take to a higher court, person or group for a decision; to call on somebody for help 上诉；呼吁appear - v. to show oneself; to come into sight; to seem 出现appoint - v. to name; to choose (“appoint a judge“) 任命approve - v. to agree with; to agree to supp

8、ort 赞成archeology - n. the scientific study of past human life and activities 考古学argue - v. to offer reasons for or against something; to dispute; to disagree 争论arms - n. military equipment; weapons 兵器arrest - v. to seize a person for legal action; to take as a prisoner 逮捕artillery - n. big guns 炮ass

9、ist - v. to help 帮助astronaut - n. a person who travels in space 宇航员astronomy - n. the scientific study of stars and the universe 天文学asylum - n. political protection given by a government to a person from another country 政治庇护atmosphere - n. the gases surrounding any star or planet 大气层 attach - v. to

10、tie together; to connect 系上；连接attack - n. a violent attempt to damage, injure or kill; v. to start a fight 袭击attempt - v. to work toward something; to try; to make an effort 尝试attend - v. to be present at 出席automobile - n. a vehicle with wheels used to carry people; a car 汽车average - n. something (a

11、 number) representing the middle; ad. common; normal 平均，平常avoid - v. to stay away from 避免award - n. an honor or prize for an act or service 奖励Bbalance - v. to make two sides or forces equal 平衡balloon - n. a device of strong, light material that rises when filled with gas lighter than air 气球ballot -

12、n. a piece of paper used for voting 选票ban - v. to not permit; to stop; n. an official restriction 禁止bar - v. to prevent or block 禁止，阻碍barrier - n. anything that blocks or makes an action difficult 障碍 base - n. a military center 军营; v. to establish as a fact 基于 (“Her research was based on experiments

13、.“) battle - n. a fight between opposing armed forces 战斗beat - v. to hit again and again 击打betray - v. to turn against; to be false to 背叛bill - n. a legislative proposal 议案biology - n. the scientific study of life or living things in all their forms 生物学blame - v. to accuse; to hold responsible 责备 bl

14、ock - v. to stop something from being done; to prevent movement 堵塞，阻碍bomb - n. a device that explodes with great force 炸弹; v. to attack or destroy with bombs 炸弹袭击border - n. a dividing line between nations 边界 boycott - v. to refuse to take part in or deal with 联合抵制brief - ad. short; not long 简短的broa

15、dcast - v. to send information, stories or music by radio or television; n. a radio or television program 广播brown - ad. having the color like that of coffee 褐色的budget - n. a spending plan 预算bullet - n. a small piece of metal shot from a gun 子弹burst - v. to break open suddenly 爆裂business - n. ones wo

16、rk; buying and selling to earn money; trade 工作，商业Ccabinet - n. a group of ministers that helps lead a government 内阁camp - n. a place with temporary housing 露营campaign - n. a competition by opposing political candidates seeking support from voters; a connected series of military actions during a war

17、活动cancel - v. to end; to stop 取消cancer - n. a disease in which dangerous cells grow quickly and destroy parts of the body 癌症candidate - n. a person who seeks or is nominated for an office or an honor 候选人 capitalism - n. an economic system in which the production of most goods and services is owned a

18、nd operated for profit by private citizens or companies 资本主义capture - v. to make a person or animal a prisoner; to seize or take by force; to get control of 捕获case (court) - n. a legal action 案例case (medical) - n. an incident of disease (“There was only one case of chicken pox at the school.“) 病例cau

19、se - v. to make happen; n. the thing or person that produces a result 导致ceasefire - n. a halt in fighting, usually by agreement 停火协议celebrate - v. to honor a person or event with special activities 庆祝ceremony - n. an act or series of acts done in a special way established by tradition 仪式chairman - n

20、. a person leading a meeting or an organized group 主席champion - n. the best; the winner 冠军charge - v. to accuse someone of something, usually a crime 控诉; n. a statement in which someone is accused of something 指控chase - v. to run or go after someone or something 追逐cheer - v. to shout approval or pra

21、ise 欢呼chemicals - n. elements found in nature or made by people; substances used in the science of chemistry 化学物质chemistry - n. the scientific study of substances, what they are made of, how they act under different conditions, and how they form other substances 化学chief - n. the head or leader of a

22、group 首领; ad. leading; most important 主要的 civilian - ad. not military 平民civil rights - n. the political, economic and social rights given equally to all people of a nation 公民权力claim - v. to say something as a fact 声明clash - n. a battle 冲突; v. to fight or oppose 发生冲突clergy - n. a body of officials wi

23、thin a religious organization 神职人员climate - n. the normal weather conditions of a place 气候coal - n. a solid black substance used as fuel 煤coalition - n. forces, groups or nations joined together 联盟coast - n. land on the edge of the ocean 海岸colony - n. land controlled by another country or government

24、 殖民地combine - v. to mix or bring together 联合，结合command - v. to order; to have power over something 命令comment - v. to say something about; to express an opinion about something 评论committee - n. a group of people given special work 委员会communicate - v. to tell; to give or exchange information 交流，通信comm

25、unity - n. a group of people living together in one place or area 社区compare - v. to examine what is different or similar 对比compete - v. to try to do as well as, or better than, another or others 竞争complex - ad. of or having many parts that are difficult to understand; not simple 复杂的compromise - n. t

26、he settlement of an argument where each side agrees to accept less than first demanded 折衷concern - n. interest, worry (“express concern about“) ; v. to fear (“to be concerned“) 关注，关心condemn - v. to say a person or action is wrong or bad 遣责 condition - n. something declared necessary to complete an a

27、greement 条件; a persons health 身体状况conference - n. a meeting 会议 confirm - v. to approve; to say that something is true 确定conflict - n. a fight; a battle, especially a long one 冲突congratulate - v. to praise a person or to express pleasure for success or good luck 祝贺 Congress - n. the organization of p

28、eople elected to make the laws of the United States (the House of Representatives and the Senate); a similar organization in other countries 议会conservative - n. one who usually supports tradition and opposes great change 保守派constitution - n. the written general laws and ideas that form a nations sys

29、tem of government 宪法contain - v. to hold; to include 包容container - n. a box, bottle or can used to hold something 容器 continent - n. any of the seven great land areas of the world 大陆control - v. to direct; to have power over 控制convention - n. a large meeting for a special purpose 大会cooperate - v. to

30、act or work together 合作court - n. where trials take place; where judges make decisions about law 法院crash - v. to fall violently; to hit with great force 碰撞，坠毁create - v. to make; to give life or form to 创造creature - n. any living being; any animal or human 生物credit - n. an agreement that payments wi

31、ll be made at a later time 信用crew - n. a group of people working together 全体人员crime - n. an act that violates a law 罪行criminal - n. a person who is responsible for a crime 罪犯crisis - n. an extremely important time when something may become much better or worse; a dangerous situation 危机criticize - v.

32、 to say what is wrong with something or someone; to condemn; to judge 批评crowd - n. a large number of people gathered in one place 人群crush - v. to damage or destroy by great weight; to defeat completely 压碎curfew - n. an order to people to stay off the streets or to close their businesses 戒严current -

33、n. movement of air, water or electricity 水流，电流 ; ad. belonging to the present time 目前的 (“She found the report in a current publication.“) custom - n. a long-established belief or activity of a people 习惯，风俗customs - n. taxes on imports 入关税Ddam - n. a wall built across a river to hold back flowing wat

34、er 大坝damage - v. to cause injury or destruction 摧毁; n. harm; hurt or injury, usually to things 毁坏deaf - ad. not able to hear 聋的 debate - v. to argue for or against something; n. a public discussion or argument 争论debt - n. something that is owed; the condition of owing 债务declare - v. to say; to make

35、a statement 声明decrease - v. to make less in size or amount 降低defeat - v. to cause to lose in a battle or struggle; n. a loss; the condition of having lost 打败defend - v. to guard or fight against attack; to protect 防卫deficit - n. a shortage that results when spending is greater than earnings, or impo

36、rts are greater than exports 赤字define - v. to give the meaning of; to explain 定义delay - v. to decide to do something at a later time; to postpone; to cause to be late 延迟delegate - n. one sent to act for another; one who represents another 代表demand - v. to ask by ordering; to ask with force 要求democra

37、cy - n. the system of government in which citizens vote to choose leaders or to make other important decisions 民主demonstrate - v. to make a public show of opinions or feelings (“The crowd demonstrated in support of human rights.“) 示威; to explain by using examples (“The teacher demonstrated the idea

38、with an experiment.“) 示范 denounce - v. to accuse of being wrong or evil; to criticize severely 谴责deny - v. to declare that something is not true; to refuse a request 否认depend - v. to need help and support 依靠deplore - v. to regret strongly; to express sadness 表示悲痛deploy - v. to move forces or weapons

39、 into positions for action 部署（军队）depression - n. severe unhappiness; a period of reduced business and economic activity during which many people lose their jobs 衰退describe - v. to give a word picture of something; to give details of something 描述design - v. to plan or create plans for 设计desire - v. t

40、o want very much; to wish for 愿望destroy - v. to break into pieces; to end the existence of 摧毁develop - v. to grow; to create; to experience progress 发展device - n. a piece of equipment made for a special purpose 设备 dictator - n. a ruler with complete power 独裁者diet - n. usual daily food and drink 日常饮食

41、diplomat - n. a person who represents his or her government in dealing with another government 外交官direct - v. to lead; to aim or show the way 指引 (“He directed me to the theater.“); ad. straight to something; not through some other person or thing 直接的 (“The path is direct.“) direction - n. the way (e

42、ast, west, north, south); where someone or something came from or went to 方向dirt - n. earth or soil 泥土disappear - v. to become unseen; to no longer exist 消失disarm - v. to take away weapons; to no longer keep weapons; to make a bomb harmless by removing its exploding device 解除武装discuss - v. to talk a

43、bout; to exchange ideas 讨论disease - n. a sickness in living things, often caused by viruses, germs or bacteria 疾病dismiss - v. to send away; to refuse to consider 解散dispute - v. to oppose strongly by argument; n. an angry debate 争论dissident - n. a person who strongly disagrees with his or her governm

44、ent 不同政见者 document - n. an official piece of paper with facts written on it, used as proof or support of something 文件drown - v. to die under water 溺水drug - n. anything used as a medicine or in making medicine; a chemical substance used to ease pain or to affect the mind 药品dust - n. pieces of matter

45、so small that they can float in the air 灰尘 Eearn - v. to be paid in return for work done 获得earthquake - n. a sudden, violent shaking of the earths surface 地震ease - v. to reduce; to make less difficult 减轻ecology - n. the scientific study of the environment and links among living and material things 环

46、境economy - n. the system by which money, industry and trade are organized 经济 edge - n. the line where something ends or begins 边缘effect - n. the result or change caused by something (“The storm had a serious effect on the economy.“) 效果effort - n. an attempt; the work necessary to do something 努力elec

47、t - v. to choose by voting 选举electricity - n. a form of energy that flows through wires to provide heat and light, and power to machines 电力embassy - n. the offices of an ambassador and his or her assistants 大使馆emergency - n. an unexpected and dangerous situation demanding quick action 紧急情况 emotion -

48、 n. a strong feeling such as love, hate, fear or sadness 感情employ - v. to give work in return for wages 雇佣energy - n. power used to do work, usually with machines; the ability and willingness to be active 能量enforce - v. to make something be done 强制执行engine - n. a machine that uses energy to cause mo

49、vement or to do work 引擎 engineer - n. a person who designs engines, machines, roads, bridges or railroads 工程师environment - n. all surrounding things, conditions and influences that affect life; the natural world of land, sea, air, plants and animals 环境equal - ad. the same in amount, size, weight or value; having the same rights 对等的equipment - n. things, tools or machines needed for a purpose or activity 设备escape - v. to get free; to get away from; to get out of 逃离especially - ad. more than others (“We liked the food, especially the fish.“) 特别是establish - v. to bring