漫画搞定六级词汇(音频+文本) 第140期

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gather n．集合，聚集  vi．集合，聚集 vt. 使聚集，搜集，积聚，推断
例句：A crowd gathered to see what had happened in the street.
一群人聚拢起来看发生了什么事。

disperse¹ v．（使）分散，（使）散开，疏散
例句：The police fired into the air in an attempt to disperse the crowd gathered with curiosity.
警察朝天开枪，企图驱散因好奇而聚集的人群。

dissipate v．驱散，（使）（云、雾、疑虑等）消极，浪费（金钱或时间）
例句：The crowd soon dissipated when the police with guns arrived.
带枪的警察一到现场，人群便四散离去。

converge² v．聚合，集中于一点 vt．会聚
例句：Our previously⁴ opposed views are beginning to converge.
我们原来相互对立的观点开始趋于一致。

verge³ v．濒临 n．边缘
例句：A few more months, the company will be on the verge of bankruptcy⁵.
再过几个月，这家公司就将濒临破产的边缘。

1 disperse   

vi.使分散；使消失；vt.分散；驱散

参考例句：

• The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
• The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。

2 converge   

vi.会合；聚集，集中；(思想、观点等)趋近

参考例句：

• The results converge towards this truth.其结果趋近于这个真理。
• Parallel lines converge at infinity.平行线永不相交。

3 verge   

n.边，边缘；v.接近，濒临

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。

4 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

5 bankruptcy   

n.破产；无偿付能力

参考例句：

• You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
• His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。