) 15.pharmaceutical adj. 药物的
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11.contribute vt. 贡献;捐助;投稿 vi. 起作用,有助于;捐献;投稿
1)They contributed food and medicine to people in the flooded area. (他们向受淹地区的人们捐助食物和药品。)
2)He didn't contribute any idea to the discussion. (他在讨论中没有提出任何意见。)
3)She contributes articles to the newspaper weekly. (她每周为那家报纸撰稿。)
4)The two sisters contributed to their mother's support. (两姐妹合力赡养母亲。)
5)I'm sure your suggestion will contribute to solving the problem. (我相信你的建议将有助于解决这个问题。)
6)They are determined to make contributions to public safety. (他们决心为公众安全作出贡献。)
请注意区别contribute to (doing) sth.和devote to (doing) sth.。这两个短语都表示“为…贡献”,但表示“献身于某一事业或目标”时,要用devote to (doing)sth.。而在contribute后面不接one's life或oneself.如:
1)She devoted all her life to the welfare of women and children. (她一生致力于妇女和儿童的福利事业。)
2)He devoted himself to teaching in the mountain village. (他致力于在那个山村教书。)
3)Air pollution contributes to respiratory diseases. (空气污染会引起呼吸道疾病。)
再注意区别contribute与distribute.
contribute:①give money in order to help someone
②help to make sth. successful
③influence sth.
distribute:①give out, hand out (分发)
②share sth. among the members of a particular group (分布)
③supply sth.to sb. (销售商品于特定的市场;运送货物给个别顾客)
1)The teacher distributed the papers to the students. (教师把试卷分发给学生。)
2)Fuel resources are unevenly distributed. (燃料资源分布不匀。)
3)They distributed their cars throughout the world. (他们的汽车销往世界各地。)
12.greenhouse n. 暖房,温室
green表示“绿色”,也可作形容词用表示“缺乏经验的;幼稚的;青春的”等等。下面我们看看与green有关的一些复合词以及表达:
greenback (美钞) greenbelt (绿化地带) green-carder (绿卡持有者)
greenroom (剧场里的演员休息室) a green hand (生手)
the green years (青春年华) green-eyed monster (嫉妒)
greenhouse effect (温室效应) green revolution (绿色革命)
13.polar adj. 南极的,北极的;两种相反性质的
-ar是形容词后缀,如popular(受欢迎的,民众的),similar (类似的)
1)Most insects don't live in polar regions. (大多数昆虫在两极地区不存在。)
2)They are thinking about how to survive in a polar winter. (他们正在考虑如何在极地冬季生存。)
3)After reading his report you can see that he holds polar viewpoints.(读完他的报告你就能明白他的观点正好相反。)
14.recede vi. ①move further away into distance (远去)
②gradually become less clear (变模糊)
③withdraw (撤回)
1)The plane gradually out of sight. (飞机渐渐远去看不见了。)
2)The memory was receding and he couldn't remember anything. (记忆在变得模糊,他什么也想不起来了。)
3)He receded from his promise. (他背弃了自己的诺言。)
4)The article receded from the newspaper. (这篇文章从报纸上撤下了。)
请注意区别recede和secede.
secede vi. Withdraw formally from membership in a group, association, organization, etc.; to break off one's connection with others, as in a political or religious group (从宗教、政党、联盟等组织中退出,脱离)
1)Nine States seceded from the Union government and established their own confederate government.
(九个州脱离联邦政府,成立了自己的邦联政府。)
2)They seceded from the EEC. (他们从欧洲经济共同体中退出。)
15.pharmaceutical adj. 药物的,药学的 n. 药品
请看下面几个单词,对记忆和理解pharmaceutical会有帮助。
pharmacy 药学 pharmaceutics 制药学
pharmacology 药理学 pharmaceutist 药剂师
16.derive v. 由…得到;起源,由…派生
1)They derive enormous pleasure from reading. (他们从阅读中得到了极大的乐趣。)
2)He said he derived no real satisfaction from his work. (他说他从工作中得不到真正的满足。)
3)This word is derived from Latin. (这个单词从拉丁语派生而来。)
4)Electric power can be derived from the sun-warmed surface waters of the ocean.(电力可以从晒热的海洋水面获得。)
17.senseless adj. 无知觉的;愚蠢的,无意义的
1)He fell senseless to the ground. (他昏倒在地。)
2)It was a senseless thing to do so. (这样做毫无意义。)
3)He put forward some senseless proposals at the meeting. (他在会上提出了几个愚蠢的建议。)
18.overpopulated adj. 人口过密的
over-是一个前缀,意思是too much (过度,太过),如:overcrowd (过度,拥挤),overdo (过度烹煮),overeat (吃得过多),overestimate (估计过高)等等。
popul是个词根,意思是people (人),如:populous (人口稠密的),depopulation (人口减少),populace (大众)等等。
1)The city is noisy, overpopulated, and seriously polluted. (这座城市喧闹,人口过多而且污染严重。)
2)Overpopulation has caused many problems.(人口过多已经造成了许多问题。)
19.cancel v. call off, give up (取消),delete (删除)
1)The performance will have to be cancelled because of an accident. (由于意外,演出不得不取消。)
2)The flight was cancelled because of the snow-storm. (航班因暴风雪而取消。)
3)They won't be able to come tonight, I have to cancel the hotel reservations.
(他们今晚来不了了,我得取消旅馆预定。
4)Cancel the nasty words from your composition. (把你作文中的那些下流的词语删掉。)
20. owe n. 欠(债等),应该向(某人)付出
1)He owned her 200 dollars. (他欠她200美元。)
2)He owned the landlady two months' rent. (他欠房东太太两个月的房租。)
3)She owned her success to hard work. (她把成功归因于辛勤工作。)
4)He owes his life to a kindhearted man. (多亏一位好心人他才活了下来。)
21.select v. 选择,挑选,选拔
1)They select books that are useful to them. (他们挑选那些对他们有用的书。)
2)You can select friends from your schoolmates. (你可以在同学中挑选朋友。)
3)They voted to select a new monitor. (他们投票挑选新班长。)
22.export v. 输出,出口 n. 输出品;输出,出口
这个单词用作动词时,发音的重音在后面的第二个音节上,用作名词时,重音在第一个音节上。
ex-是前缀,表示out,port是词根,表示carry.
1)They banned all exports of weapons. (他们禁止武器出口。)
2)They grow coffee, cotton and bananas for exports. (他们种植咖啡、棉花和香蕉出口。)
3)One third of exports from industrial nations go to the developing countries.
(工业国家三分之一的出口品进入发展中国家。)
4)Raw materials are exported at low prices. (原材料的出口价格低廉。)
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