1、1经常看英语新闻的朋友很容易发现，文章中有很多词很简洁，甚至是自己熟知的词，却理解不了它在文中的意思。下面我将列出四十个这样的词，希望能给大家在浏览英文新闻的过程中以帮助。 （思考：这些词汇跟释义词汇相比有什么共同特点？为什么新闻报道中倾向于用这些词汇而不是释义词汇？）前者：新闻词汇 后者：释义词汇1 Aidassist 帮助 2 Alterchange or modify 改变 3 askinquire 询问 4 assail selattack 攻击 e.g. The policemen were assailed by a shower of stones. 5 ax(e)dismiss
2、 or reduce 解雇，减少 e.g. After several months the project was axed by the government. 6 balk blk; bkimpede 阻碍 e.g. The attempt to rescue the climbers were balked by the bad weather. 7 Ban prohibit or forbid 禁止 8 Barprevent 防止 阻止 e.g. He has been barred from practicing medicine. 9 Bareexpose or reveal 暴
3、露 10 Blastexplode 爆炸 11 Bidattempt 努力 e.g. He made a bid for middle class support. 12 Bilkcheat 欺骗 e.g. The salesman bilked me into buying a fake. 13 Bolt blt desert or abandon 放弃 e.g. He decided to bolt the ticket. 他决定退出竞选 vt. 筛选；囫囵吞下；（把门、窗等）闩上；突然说出，脱口说出vi. （门窗等）闩上，拴住；冲出，跳出；（马等的）脱缰；囫囵吞下14 Boostincr
4、ease 提高 15 Claimsnatch 夺去（生命） e.g. The tornado claimed dozens of lives. 16 Clashdisagree strongly 产生分歧 e.g. Their views clash on the new tax bill. 17 Curbcontrol or restrict 控制 e.g. Measures have been taken to curb inflation. 18 Dip decline or decrease 下降 e.g. Meat prices are dipping 19 Easelessen 减
5、轻 缓和 e.g. The relationship between these two countries has eased. 20 Endterminate 终止 结束 21 Flay fle criticize 批评 e.g. The tutor flayed the idle students. vt. 剥皮；掠夺；严厉批评22 Flout flatinsult 侮辱 vt. 嘲笑；藐视；愚弄23 Foilprevent from vt. 衬托；阻止，挡开；挫败；贴箔于n. 箔，金属薄片；衬托，烘托；叶形片24 Grillinvestigate 调查 拷问 e.g. At the p
6、olice station, she was grilled for twenty-four hours. 2vt. 烧，烤；vi. 拷问，严加盘问25 Gutdestroy 损毁 e.g. The factory was gutted by flames. n. 内脏；肠子；剧情；胆量；海峡；勇气；直觉；肠vt. 取出内脏；摧毁（建筑物等）的内部26 laud ld praise vt. 赞美；称赞n. 赞美；称赞；颂歌27 lop offdiminish 删减，降低 e.g. Several unpopular decisions diminished the governors popu
7、larity. vt. 砍伐；剪去树枝28 Mapwork out 制定出（计划等） 29 Nameappoint or nominate 提名 e.g. He was named winner of the contest. 30 Mullconsider 考虑 vt. 研磨；思索或思考某事物；使醉31 Nabarrest 逮捕 vt. 捉住，逮捕；抢夺32 Ramcrash 相撞 e.g. A truck rammed a motorbike/ n. 公羊；撞锤；撞击装置；有撞角的军舰；（水压机的）机 活塞v. 撞击；填塞；强迫通过或接受33 Soarskyrocket 猛增 暴涨 e.g
8、. The price of cars has soared. 34 Spurencourage 鞭策 激励 e.g. He spurred his played to fight harder. 35 Swapexchange 交换 e.g Ill swap three of mine for one of yours. 36 Swayinfluence 影响 动摇 e.g. Nothing can sway him from his decision. 37 Trimreduce 削减 缩减 e.g. The government is going to trim welfare programs. vt. 修剪；整理；装点38 vie vacompete 竞争 e.g. They vied with one aonther for the trophy. 39 Weighconsider 考虑 e.g. They weighed the advantages and disadvantages before making the decision. vt. 权衡；考虑；称 重量40 Wreckdamage 破坏 e.g. His drinking wrecked their marriage.vi. 失事；营救失事船只3总结：见图片（3-4 扩大新闻词汇和积累背景知识）
