高考英语常见熟词生义

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高考常见熟词生义

1. absorb vt.

吸收

→ vt.

专心于

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Absorbed (

专心于

in painting, John didn’t notice evening

approaching. 2. add v.

增加

,

加起来

→ v.

接着说

,

< br>补充说

I would like to add (

补充说

that we are pleased with the test result.

3. against prep.< /p>

反对

;

倚靠着

→ prep.

与

……

成对照

;

防备

The picture looks better against (

映衬

the light wall.

4. blue adj.&n.

蓝色

→ adj.

忧伤的

His songs always make me feel blue (

忧伤的

.

5. build v t.

建筑

,

建造

→ v.

逐渐增强

n .

体格

,

体形

,

身材

I actually began to build (

增强

up my arm muscles.

You’re right, may have a smal

l build (

身材

.

6. cause vt.

促使

,

引起

→ n.

原因

,

起因

;

事业

,

目标

Even with a staff of 22 volunteers , Thomas often devotes up to 50 hours a week to

his cause (

事业

.

7. company n.

公司

→ n.

陪伴

,

伴侣

I had no company (

伴侣

on the journey.

8. cover v.

覆盖

→ v.

行走

(

一段路程

足以支付

,

够付

;

采访

n .

,

封皮

To cover (

足以支付

the cost of hiring a bus, each student will have to pay $$10 each

time. 9. cross v.

跨越

,

横穿

n .

十字

→ adj.

生气的

Don’t be cross (

生气的

with him

—

after all, he is a child.

10. deliver v.

递送

;

接生小孩

→ v.

讲话

,

发表

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The robot doesn’t just

deliver (

讲话

general answers to

questions it responds based on what it learns about each individual in the household.

11. desert n.

沙漠

→ v.

抛弃

,

离弃

He deserted (

抛弃

his wife and children and went abroad.

12. deal vi.

处理

,

解决

→ n.

交易

Having been cheated in a business deal (

交易

, he was reduced to nothing.

That’s a deal (

交易

.

13. better adj.&adv.

较好的

,

较好地< /p>

→ vt.

改善

,

优化

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A key first step in bettering (

改善

your evaluation ability is to

look carefully at your sources of health information.

14. drive v.

驾驶

→ n.

动力

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I’m an ambitious writer, and when I started going through

chemo(

化疗

, even though I’m a very positive person, I lost my drive (

动力

to write.

15. escape v.

逃跑

;

逃脱

→ v.

被忘掉

;

< br>被忽视

Although he thought he could escape (

被忽视

attention by sitting at the back, he

was wrong. 16. fail vi.

失败

→ vi. (

健康

衰退

,

变弱

;

出故障

William found it increasingly difficult to read, for his eyesight was beginning to fail

(

变弱

. The brakes on my bike failed (

出故障

halfway down the hill.

17. freeze v.

结冰

,

冻结

→ v.

惊呆

,

吓呆

I froze (

吓呆

with terror as the door slowly opened.

18. fresh adj.

新鲜的

→ adj.

无经验的

She is quite fresh (

无经验的

to the work.

19. function n.

作用

,

功能

→ v.

运转

;

起作用

The sofa in the living room also functions (

起作用

as a bed at night.

20. heavy adj.

重的

→ adj. (

交通

拥挤的

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Despite the thumbs-up(

点赞

given to the old lady , some argued

that attention should be paid to our heavy (

交通拥挤的

road traffic.

21. help vt.

帮助

→ vi.

避免

,

< br>防止

;

起作用

Try not to cough more than you can help (

避免

,

防止

since it may cause problems to

your lungs.

22. house n.

房子

→ v.

给

……

房子住

;

容纳

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These cottages once housed (

给

……

房子住

early settlers as

they worked the dry Montana soil; now they hold Twitter engineers.

23. inspire v.

激励

;

鼓舞

→ v.

启发