四级高频词汇第16讲

1.  suburb n. ['sʌbɜːb] 市郊

　　例句：The factory is located in the suburb.

　　那家工厂坐落于郊区。

2.  subway n.  ['sʌbweɪ] 地铁

　　例句：I want to get there by subway.

　　我想乘地铁去那儿。

3.  survey n. /vt.  [ˈsəːveɪ; (for v.) səˈveɪ] 调查，勘测

　　例句：A recent survey of public opinions shows that most people are worried about the increasing crime.

　　一份最近的民意调查表明,大多数人对不断增长的犯罪率表示忧虑。

4.  wealthy a.  ['welθɪ] 富裕的

　　例句：She's an attractive woman, and wealthy to boot.

　　她是个很有魅力的女人，而且很富有。

5.  adjust v.  [ə'dʒʌst]调整，调节

　　例句：Could you teach me how to adjust the iris of the camera?

　　你能教我怎么调照相机的光圈吗?

6.  assess v.  [ə'ses] 估价

　　例句：She looked at the house and assessed its market value.

　　她看了看房子并估算了其市场价值。

7.  assumption n. [ə'sʌm(p)ʃ(ə)n] 假定

　　例句：The project was predicated on the assumption that the economy was expanding.

　　这一计划是以经济发展的设想为依据的。

8.  affection n. [ə'fekʃ(ə)n] 喜爱

　　例句：Her affection for him is deeply rooted.

　　她对他的爱很深。

9.  bond n.  [bɒnd]联系

　　例句：Common interests formed a bond between us.

　　共同的利益把我们联系在一起。

10.  bounce v. [baʊns] 反弹

　　例句：The ball hit the wall and bounced off it.

　　球打在墙上又反弹回来。

11.  breed v. [briːd] 培育

　　例句：Spartan youths were bred as warriors.

　　斯巴达青年被培养成战士.

12.  bump into v.[bʌmp  'ɪntʊ;] 碰见

　　例句：You can't pursue the learning of English very long without bumping into beauty!

　　在追求英语的过程中，须臾你就会与美不期而遇!

13.  campaign n. [kæm'peɪn] 运动

　　例句：They are planning a new campaign against corruption.

　　他们正在策划一个新的反贪污运动。

14.  category n.  ['kætɪg(ə)rɪ] 种类

　　词义辨析：kind, sort, classification, category, species

　　kind: 指性质相同，而且特征很相似，足以归为一类的人或东西

　　sort: 普通用词，文体较kind随便，指对人或对事物进行的大概分类，有时含贬义

　　category: 书面用词，特指有确切定义的群体

　　species: 书面用词，单复数同形。指生物分类上的种

　　例句：There are different categories of books in a library.

　　图书馆里有各种不同种类的书籍。

15.  cease n.  [siːs]停止

　　例句：We worked without cease to get the project finished on time.

　　我们不停地生产以便按时完成计划。

16.  award vt. [ə'wɔːd]授予，判给 n. 奖品，奖金

　　例句：The university awarded him an honorary degree.

　　这所大学授给他名誉学位。

　　例句：The judge awarded costs to the defendant.

　　法官判由原告向被告支付诉讼费。

　　例句：It is the highest award a producer can receive.

　　这是一个制作人所能获得的最高奖项。

18.  aware a. [ə'weə]意识到

　　例句：Then he became aware that they were regarding him with interest.

　　这时,他意识到他们都在饶有兴趣地看着他。

19.  column n.  ['kɒləm] 柱，圆柱;栏，专栏

　　例句：The column is surmounted by a statue.

　　柱顶上树立了一尊雕像。

　　例句：And in this column, you write down everything in the parcel.

　　在这一栏里,您要写上包裹里每一件东西。

　　例句：He used to write a column for this newspaper.

　　他过去曾为这家报纸写专栏文章。

20.  comedy n. ['kɒmɪdɪ] 喜剧(反义词：tragedy)

　　例句：A comedy is the opposite to tragedy.