1、adhere China will adhere to an independent and peaceful foreign policy in dealing with international affairs.cherish I will cherish my visit here in memory, as long as I live!ascribe The agency ascribed the temperature climb mainly to increased greenhouse gases emissions, cyclical temperature fluctu
2、ations and less cold air generated from the Arctic.coincide Her taste in music coincides with her husbands.overwhelm Our team overwhelmed the visitors by 40 points.overwhelming Beijing took an overwhelming majority of votes and won the Olympic bid.pursuit Weve simply reaffirmed an old truth: the pur
3、suit of affluence does not always end with ply China will strictly comply with the universally acknowledged market rules.conspicuous The house standing on the island is very conspicuous.endeavo(u)r Despite our best endeavors, we couldnt get the machine started.homogeneous Milk and cream are homogene
4、ous foods, and they are both dairy products.immerse She was so deeply immersed in reading that she forgot the supper. indulge Will you indulge my curiosity and tell me how much it cost?persistent She eventually married the most persistent of her admirers.retrieve The shopkeeper went to the window an
5、d retrieved Reubens treasure.revive Peter tried to revive the frozen robin; but it was stone-dead.suppress All these movement were suppressed by the government.testify This excellent book testifies to the authors ability.accustom The hunter is trying to accustom his hunting dog to the noise of a gun
6、.ambiguous Thats a rather ambiguous answer-what exactly do you mean?ascend Step by step the ladder is ascended.billionaire The billionaire is campaigning for political reform.brisk Taking a brisk walk can often induce a feeling of well-being.certify You are basically asking people to certify, with b
7、ig penalties, that nobody has lied on their expense accounts.conceive The coach conceived the strategy that won the game for us.contemplate She stood contemplating the painting.disable An accident disabled him from playing football.eccentric A few weeks later I began saving again. Was I becoming an
8、eccentric hoarder? Not at all.essence Senior citizen discounts are the essence of the very thing older Americans are fighting againstdiscrimination by age. extravagant When asked to use three words to describe societys rich, the top responses were “extravagant”, “greedy” and “corrupt”.flush The chil
9、ds cheeks were flushed with fever.funding Even Hilton Hotels has shown interest in the space tourism industry and the possibility of building or co-funding a space hotel.granted Granted, some amount of delusion (错觉) is probably part of the human condition.haunt He was haunted by memories of his unha
10、ppy childhood well into his adult life.initiate The concept of a “non-smoking” Olympics, initiated in 1988, has been put into practice since the 1992 Barcelona Games.intrinsic The intrinsic value of a coin is the value of the metal it is made of.intuition Nobody told me where to find you. It was she
11、er intuition.irritate The boys foolish question irritated his mother.manifest She manifested little interest in her studies.mingle Security men mingled with the crowd.obscure I received a letter of complaint from them; but the letters of the sign were made obscure by rain.paradox “More haste, less s
12、peed” is a paradox.privacy With seven people squashed in one house, you dont get much privacy.radiate The sun radiates both light and heat.refrain You must be able to refrain yourself in some matters in order to accomplish others.supervisor The supervisor didnt have time so far to go into it at leng
13、th, but he gave us an idea about his plan.surgical The doctors and nurses had surgical masks on.suspicious I am always suspicious of anyone who wants to sell me something on the cheap.terminate They terminated their agreement and renewed another one according to the situation.terrorist Terrorists hi
14、jacked an airplane with 260 people on board. tumble I tumbled several times when learning to skate for the first time.absurd She said to herself that the idea was absurd.allege You alleged that the accused man was seen at the scene of the crime, didnt you?analogy My theory applies to you and by anal
15、ogy to others like you.array The royal couple appeared in splendid array.articulate It is believed that girls are usually more articulate than boys.ascertain The researcher ascertained that he had discovered a new element which led to the SARS.assertive Katsue Reynolds has argued that girls nowadays
16、 are using more assertive language strategies in order to be able to compete with boys in schools and out.availability Human population growth and technological development result in dramatic reductions and alterations in quality and availability of wildlife habitat.baffle She was completely baffled
17、 by his strange behavior.barren There are about 98% thick continental ice sheet and 2% barren rock in Antarctica.bewilder The child was bewildered by the noise and the crowds.coincidence Is there any coincidence between your statistics and your friends?conform Nowadays, it is commonly observed that
18、young women are not conforming to the feminine linguistic ideal.conscientious This essay is a most conscientious piece of work.consolidate As we all know, too many countries lapse back into violence when efforts to consolidate peace or create stability are weak.consultancy Software, consultancy and
19、mobile telephones use far less oil than steel or car production.contrive After much difficulty I contrived to pull the boat onto the beach.converge Capitalism and socialism will not eventually converge.decisive Your English proficiency is the decisive factor in getting the job.deduce You will notice
20、 water rising in the tube; now what do you deduce from that?deem He deemed that it was his duty to help.deprive It is absolutely unfair that these children are deprived of the rights to receive education.deteriorate Leather quickly deteriorates in hot, damp climate.diminish The amount of water in th
21、e pond will diminish as the dry season comes.disciplined The inventiveness of the early Americans shed light on disciplined school management.disperse A thunderstorm came up and dispersed the picnickers.divert Once young offenders embark on a life of crime, prison does little to divert them.eject Th
22、e fire ejected yellow flames into the night sky.elapse Three years have elapsed since we last met.elevate A special device elevated the stage for the finale.elicit At last weve elicited the truth from him.eligible Only native-born citizens who are over 18 are eligible to the office of president.emis
23、sion The emission of radio signals was interrupted by a power failure.endanger Drunk drivers endanger the lives of others.endow She endowed the new hospital with a large sum of money.erase The vision of that big black car hitting the sidewalk a few feet from us will never be erased from my memory.ex
24、haustion The exhaustion of the armys ammunition caused its defeat.exquisite He has an exquisite ear for music.extract The newspaper extracted several passages from the speech and printed them on the front page.flaw There is a flaw in the marble near the base of the statue.fraud Bend the law for pers
25、onal gain and engage in fraud.hamper Our progress was hampered by the bad weather.impart A good teacher should impart wisdom to his pupils.incentive His words gave me incentive, and I worked twice as hard.incidentally Incidentally, your letter came only this morning.indignant He was most indignant w
26、ith me when I asked for a days leave.infectious An infectious disease is one that can be passed from one person to another.ingenious So you fitted that wire through that little hole there: thats very ingenious!instantaneous She accidentally swallowed the poison and death was instantaneous. integral
27、The form, the sound and the grammar rules are integral parts of a language.intelligible He used so many archaisms in his speech that half of it was barely intelligible.jeopardize The security of the whole operation has been jeopardized by one careless person.lawsuit A bad compromise is better than a
28、 good lawsuit.linger She lingered after the concert, hoping to meet the star.magnify The microscope magnified the object one hundred times.maturity This highly polite style is no doubt something that young women have been expected to“grow into”- after all, it is a sign not simply of femininity, but
29、of maturity and refinement.migrate Wealthy people often migrate in winter to warmer, sunnier countries.misfortune Think about the misfortune of others that you may be satisfied with your own lot.negligible The damage to my car is negligible.notorious Maradona, a most famous football star, is a notor
30、ious drug addict.outdate More companies are learning the importance of destructive technologies - innovations that hold the potential to make a product line, or even an entire business segment, virtually outdated.outflow We watched the heavy outflow of the tide.permeate On a spring moonlit night, bi
31、rds are singing, the air is permeated with the fragrance of flowers.porch A porch is a covered entrance to a building.predominant Her predominant characteristic is her friendliness.prescription She feels fine now that the doctor has made fine adjustments to her prescription.prevalent Traveling by mo
32、tor car is becoming more and more prevalent in the country.profound The doctors discovery will have a profound influence on mankind.prolong I do not want to prolong our talk; it is time to go home.reassure What reassures executives does not always reward shareholders.rectify Once we get to know our
33、mistakes, we should rectify them as soon as possible.refute You can easily refute his argument.repel The soldiers repelled the attacking enemy.reproach She reproached him for forgetting their anniversary.roughly I could not keep my anger down when I was roughly treated.sensational After a sensationa
34、l trial, the football player was cleared off the killing.simulate The computer simulates conditions on the sea bed.sociologist “Music expressed its times,” says sociologist Irving Horowitz.spacious I want to live in a spacious house.subscribe I subscribe to Newsweek.subsidiary The question of financ
35、e is subsidiary to the question of whether the project will be approved.surpass Though we thought that we might lose in the first round, the result surpassed our hopes.tempt Money and beauty tempted him to commit crime.terrorism Bush said both countries love freedom and together they will fight agai
36、nst terrorism.tow If you park your car here the police may tow it away.transition The transition from planned economy to share system is certainly a painstaking course.underlying Its the economists mission to try to find out the underlying causes of the depression.unprecedented Peoples living standa
37、rds have been rising steadily and Chinas comprehensive strength has been clearly enhanced. This is an unprecedented miracle in Chinas history.unveil The queen unveiled a statue of Prince Albertvoid The desert stretching away before the traveler seemed frighteningly void.vow The couple exchanged vows
38、 in a romantic Labor Day sunset ceremony on Maui.vulgar The houses and cars of the newly rich are huge but vulgar.wasteful His wife was wasteful and he had to keep his nose to the grindstone.abort The rescue mission had to be aborted.accessory The accessories for a car include the heater and the rad
39、io.adherence Her adherence to her principles cost her her jobadminister She had a huge department to administeraerospace The Challenger shuttle crew, of seven astronauts-including the specialties of pilot, aerospace engineers, and scientists died tragically in the explosion.affiliate The college is
40、affiliated to the university.alien We should not ignore others opinions just because they are alien to our own ideas.alleviate The medicine is administered to alleviate the pain.alternate Mary and her sister will alternate in setting the table.ambiguity There is a degree of ambiguity in her answer.a
41、mend The government has amended the law twice to accord with the changing situationappraise Sothebys apprised Donald of the fact that his “Rembrandt” was appraised as worthless.appropriation The mayor approved the appropriation of the new school.apt Everyone at present was very excited at his apt re
42、mark.arrogance I would on no account authorize in my child the smallest degree of arrogance.assurance The only complete defense is the elimination of nuclear weapons and assurance that they will never be produced again.athletic He is taking part in an athletic meeting.attendant Sally is too flighty
43、to be a flight attendant.authorize/ise I have authorized him to act for me while I am away.avail They made great efforts, but it was all to no avail.bald Too much knowledge makes the head bald.bankruptcy The company is reported to be on the brink of bankruptcy.behavioral The behavioral sciences have
44、 been slow to change partly because the explanatory items often seem to be directly observed and partly because other kinds of explanations have been hard to find.blunder The police blundered badly by arresting the wrong man.brighten The new carpet brightened the room.capsule The capsule failed to s
45、eparate from the earth satellite.carefree How wonderful it would be to be young and carefree again!chronic Is your disease chronic or acute?circulation Police say a number of forged banknotes are in circulation.clearing This is the unorthodox view of a German soil scientist who has shown that burnt
46、clearings in the Amazon, dating back more than 1 000 years, helped create patches of rich, fertile soil that farmers still benefit from today.collaboration Garment making typically calls for a collaboration among yarn spinners, fabric weavers and sewing factories.collide The government collided with
47、 parliament over its industrial memorate The Nobel Prize is awarded to commemorate Nobel, the great mentary It affords a striking commentary on the limitations of our present monplace When leaving the house, she was heard to make some commonplace remark to her plement A flaming dessert complemented
48、the pliment Your presence is a great pulsory English is a compulsory subject in this course; Art is optional.concise His letter was concise, omitting everything not pertinent to the job for which he was applying.condolence Through his spokesman he expressed his condolences on the victims of the accident.confidential You are probably on much more confidential terms with Kitty than I am.configuration We know littl
