Group 30

精讲与巧记

dusk n. the period between day and night, the dark part of twilight 黄昏，傍晚·As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and at the fall of dusk.

campaign n. military operations, a systematic course of activities 战役；运动；竞选·He was also in the dark as to what the next move in the campaign was to be.

peril n. exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; danger 危险；冒险·It is this peril which we hope to prevent you from falling into with all our strength and all our affection.

prone adj.having a natural inclination or tendency to something;disposed;liable 易于……的；有……倾向的·Why do you think young children might be prone to such cruelty?

overseas adv. abroad 在国外，在海外·As Secretary of Homeland Security, I did a lot of traveling around the country and overseas.

agony n. extreme and prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering 极大的痛苦·The agony of being so close to our goal but failing gnaws at our insides while we replay the events over and over in our heads.

jargon n. the language peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group 行话，术语；黑话·A man may devise a cryptic language, a cipher, and a jargon.

innate adj.inborn,native 天生的；特有的，固有的·I expect his lack of enthusiasm for the fight is in part due to his innate caution.

burrow n. a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, etc. for shelter or refuge 地洞·Now Turkey-lurkey was the first to go through the dark hole into the burrow.

salute vi./vt.to pay respect to by raising the right hand;to address with expression of goodwill, respect, etc; greet 致意，行礼；致敬·I congratulate whole-heartedly my fellow award-winners, but most of all I salute our wounded veterans.

trickle vi./vt.to flow or fall by drops,or in a small stream 滴；细细地流·How much of this news will trickle through to a country is an open question.

disperse vi./vt.to scatter,to spread widely 使分散，使散开·At about 11 p.m.State Police started flying a helicopter over the scene, ordering the crowds to disperse.

offensive adj. causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating or annoying 无礼的，冒犯的· The schools absolutely should express their discontent with the offensive tweets.

concerted adj. planned or devised together 协调的；协定的·It will take an effort as concerted and well-organized as the one they undertook in the 1970s.

television n. a piece of electrical equipment; the system of sending pictures and sounds 电视，电视机；电视节目·Deen may have been known to most laypeople as a television chef and cookbook author.

retard vi./vt.to make slow;delay the development or progress of something 减慢，妨碍，阻止，推迟·Continuing violence will retard negotiations over the country's future.

tempo n. rhythm; pattern of work or activity 速度，拍子；进度·Now, with the campaign over, the President must set the tempo for a second term.

manifold adj. of many kinds; numerous and varied 多种多样的；多方面的·But the accomplishments this group has managed to achieve in a very short time are manifold.

electorate n. the people entitled to vote in an election （全体）选民·I think the electorate is ready for a debate on international affairs.

illiterate adj.unable to read and write;having very little or no education 文盲的，目不识丁的·Boxing is a blood sport that draws a varied mix of society, from profound writers and readers to the ignorant and the illiterate.

速练

Quick Review—Group 30

Directions: Match the word in the left-hand column with the expression in the right-hand column.

Model Test Six (Groups 26-30)

Directions: Choose one word or expression from the four choices given.

1. He based this plan upon the ________ that democracy would be more successful if greater numbers of individuals were educated.

A. perspective

B. premise

C. inquiry

D. authoritarian

2. When an economy suffers deflation, as Japan has done for several years, nobody has any________ to spend money today.

A. intuition

B. cognition

C. incense

D. incentive

3. For his illustrations he usually makes an ________ series of pen drawings.

A. elaborate

B. appealing

C. accustomed

D. imaging

4. I cannot ________ from my view the great shame of wrong of slavery.

A. shrug

B. associate

C. banish

D. batter

5. At the first three shots I thought they intended to ________ the castle.

A. seizure

B. reverse

C. mount

D. demolish

6. He must ________ to the masses, teach, lead, uplift and inspire them to action.

A. appeal

B. acquire

C. caress

D. crouch

7. My mother, a(n) ________ village woman, became the heroine of my life.

A. patriotic

B. illiterate

C. sophisticated

D. pathetic

8. Parents are soft-hearted to their children, and are ________ to yield.

A. disposed

B. biased

C. accessible

D. prone

9. I do not know whether she was conscious of her ________ danger.

A. immediate

B. proximate

C. imminent

D. foreseen

10. I believe that he really did love her in his easy, eager, ________ Irish way.

A. operative

B. susceptible

C. restricted

D. suggestible