Group 4

精讲与巧记

pose 1. vt.If anything poses a problem or a danger,it is the cause of that problem or danger．造成（问题或危险）· This could pose a threat to jobs in the coal industry. // 2. vt.If you pose a question, you ask it. If you pose an issue that needs considering, you mention the issue.提出（问题）· When I finally posed the question,“Why? ”he merely shrugged. // 3. vi.If you pose as anyone, you pretend to be that person in order to deceive people．假扮·The team posed as drug dealers to trap the ringleaders.

forfeit 1. vt.If you forfeit anything, you lose it or are forced to give it up because you have broken a rule or done something wrong.（因违规或做错事而）失去；被迫放弃·He was ordered to forfeit more than $1.5m. // 2. n. A forfeit is something that you have to give up because you have done something wrong．被迫放弃之物·That is the forfeit he must pay.

barbarous adj.If you describe anything as barbarous,you strongly disapprove of it because you think it is rough and uncivilized．野蛮的；未开化的·He thought the poetry of Whitman barbarous.

cleanse 1. vt.To cleanse a place,person,or organization of something dirty,unpleasant,or evil means to make them free from it．使清洁；使净化·Right after your last cigarette, your body will begin to cleanse itself of tobacco toxins. // 2. vt. If you cleanse your skin or a wound, you clean it．清洁（皮肤、伤口）· Catherine demonstrated the proper way to cleanse the face.

inevitable adj.If anything is inevitable, it is certain to happen and cannot be prevented or avoided．必然发生的·If the case succeeds, it is inevitable that other trials will follow.

clamp 1. n. A clamp is a device that holds two things firmly together．夹具·Many openers have a magnet or set of clamps to grip the open lid. // 2. vt.When you clamp one thing to another, you fasten the two things together with a clamp．用（夹具）夹紧·Somebody forgot to bring along the U-bolts to clamp the microphones to the pole.

temporary adj.Something that is temporary lasts for only a limited time．暂时的·Temporary shelters were hastily constructed as the refugees started to pour in.

overt adj.An overt action or attitude is done or shown in an open and obvious way．公开的；明显的·Although there is no overt hostility, black and white students do not mix much.

comparable 1. adj. Something that is comparable to something else is roughly similar, for example, in amount or importance.（数量、重要性等）相当的·Farmers were supposed to get an income comparable to that of townspeople. // 2. adj. If two or more things are comparable, they are of the same kind or are in the same situation, and so they can reasonably be compared．可比的·In other comparable countries, real wages increased much more rapidly.

explosive 1. n. An explosive is a substance or device that can cause an explosion．炸药；爆炸物· Clusters of fire bombs fall from the planes,followed by tons of high explosives. // 2. adj. Something that is explosive is capable of causing an explosion．能引起爆炸的·The explosive device was timed to go off at the rush hour. // 3. adj. An explosive growth is a sudden, rapid increase in the size or quantity of something．暴涨的·The explosive growth in casinos is one of the most conspicuous signs of Westernization.

aisle n. An aisle is a long narrow gap that people can walk along between rows of seats in a public building such as a church or between rows of shelves in a supermarket.（座位间或货架间的）通道·An aisle of steps ran through the room, front to back.

deduct vt.When you deduct an amount from a total,you subtract it from the total．扣除·The company deducted this payment from his compensation.

ebb 1. vi.When the tide or the sea ebbs,its level gradually falls．退潮·When the tide ebbs, you can paddle out for a mile and barely get your ankles wet. // 2. n. The ebb or the ebb tide is one of the regular periods, usually two per day, when the sea gradually falls to a lower level as the tide moves away from the land．退潮·In the past eighteen months he has felt at an appallingly low ebb. // 3. vi.If anyone's life,support,or feeling ebbs,it becomes weaker and gradually disappears．衰退·Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed?

deport vt.If a government deports anyone,usually the one who is not a citizen of that country,it sends them out of the country because they have committed a crime or because it believes they do not have the right to be there．把……驱逐出境·She praised the government's decision not to deport the migrants.

census n. A census is an official survey of the population of a country that is carried out in order to find out how many people live there and to obtain the details of such things as people's ages and jobs．人口普查·The detailed assessment of the latest census will be ready in three months.

attorney n. a lawyer 律师·At the hearing, her attorney did not enter a plea.

motive n. Your motive for doing something is your reason for doing it．动机·Police have ruled out robbery as a motive for the killing.

inspire 1. vt.If anyone or anything inspires you to do anything new or unusual,they make you want to do it．鼓舞；激励·Our challenge is to motivate those voters and inspire them to join our cause. // 2. vt.If anyone or anything inspires you,they give you new ideas and a strong feeling of enthusiasm．唤起；激起·His spirit will carry on, and it will inspire all of us to achieve more.

besiege 1. vt. If you are besieged by people, many people want something from you and continually bother you．不断打扰·She was besieged by the press and the public. //2. vt.If soldiers besiege a place,they surround it and wait for the people in it to stop fighting or resisting．围攻·The main part of the army moved to Sevastopol to besiege the town.

deputy n. A deputy is the second most important person in an organization such as a business or government department. Someone's deputy often acts on their behalf when they are not there．副手·He became the deputy head of the FBI at the age of only 36.

速练

Quick Review—Group 4

Directions: Fill in the blanks from the words in the block below.

1. The ________ director is authorized to act in the director's absence.

2. They came to the station and ________ the travelers, begging them not to go.

3. Many of the people who cross the border are quickly ________.

4. The latest setback is another sign of the ________ in the governor's influence.

5. Once you ________ your expenses, there is nothing left.

6. The Antarctic is ________ to space: It's extremely cold down there and you spend a lot of time indoors.

7. I've got a ________ secretarial job, but I'm hoping to find something more permanent.

8. An argument was ________ because they disliked each other so much.

9. This lotion ________ your skin deep down, while preserving its natural pH balance.

10. He says the levels do not ________ any immediate danger to human health.