大学英语6级考试高频词汇必备MP3 20

　　dilemma¹
It put me in a difficult moral dilemma.
distress²
Her death was a great distress to all the family.
drain
All of our best laid plans are down the drain.
economy
We will reduce taxes,
to recover the momentum³ of our economy
and reward the effort and enterprise of working Americans.
elaborate
Just tell me the plain facts and don't elaborate on them.
endure
Despite all the troubles that Japan's financial institutions are enduring,
commercial banks as a whole made $49.4 billion.
enrich
Reading enriches the mind.
enrol(l)
We enrolled⁴ him as a member of our club.
equivalent
The income loss to rich industrial economies
might be equivalent to just over 0.5% of GDP.
exceed
The price will not exceed $500.
excess
Don't carry your anger to excess.
expel
Two attaches at the embassy were expelled from the country,
for they had done something improper⁵.
explicit⁶
They got explicit warning not to go up the mountain at night.
extinguish
Smoking is forbidden,
Please extinguish your cigarette.
fascinate
The children were fascinated by the toys in the shopwindow.
fatal
The city of Tang Shan takes on a new look
that it hardly reminds people of the fatal earthquake
over thirty years ago.
fluctuate
The price of vegetables fluctuates according to the weather.
foresee
We should have foreseen this trouble months ago
and made provisions for it.
furnish
The shop furnishes everything that is needed for camping.
gamble
Many people visit Las Vegas to gamble their hard-earned money.
genetic⁷
Do you believe that cancer is a genetic disease?
haul
The fishermen hauled the fish into the boat.
heave
We heaved with all our strength,
but could not move the rock.
historical
Pochontas is a real historical figure of the American Indians.
hostile
It's hard to believe that the two parties
who were kissing and hugging each other in the morning
suddenly became hostile
and began to speak daggers⁸ to each other.
humanity
Humanity is still in its youth．
imaginary
Anything imaginary is the product of an imaginative person's mind.
imagination
Use your imagination to find an answer.
inadequate⁹
His income is inadequate to pay for it.
incident
The anti-war demonstration¹⁰ proceeded without incident.
incline
She inclined her head in prayer for the Iraqi who is suffering the war.

1 dilemma   

n.困境，进退两难的局面

参考例句：

• I am on the horns of a dilemma about the matter.这件事使我进退两难。
• He was thrown into a dilemma.他陷入困境。

2 distress   

n.苦恼，痛苦，不舒适；不幸；vt.使悲痛

参考例句：

• Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
• Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。

3 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

4 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 improper   

adj.不适当的，不合适的，不正确的，不合礼仪的

参考例句：

• Short trousers are improper at a dance.舞会上穿短裤不成体统。
• Laughing and joking are improper at a funeral.葬礼时大笑和开玩笑是不合适的。

6 explicit   

adj.详述的，明确的；坦率的；显然的

参考例句：

• She was quite explicit about why she left.她对自己离去的原因直言不讳。
• He avoids the explicit answer to us.他避免给我们明确的回答。

7 genetic   

adj.遗传的，遗传学的

参考例句：

• It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
• Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。

8 daggers   

匕首，短剑( dagger的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I will speak daggers to her, but use none. 我要用利剑一样的话刺痛她的心，但绝不是真用利剑。
• The world lives at daggers drawn in a cold war. 世界在冷战中剑拨弩张。

9 inadequate   

adj.(for,to)不充足的，不适当的

参考例句：

• The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.供不应求。
• She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her.她还无力满足对她提出的各项要求。

10 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。