大学英语边练边背单词(9)

Lesson-9
1. They spent many years ______ for oil in this small island .
A. exploring B. exploding C. exposing D. exploiting

explore 探索，研究
lore¹ 知识文化， 学问
folklore² 民俗学，民间学
lode³ 矿脉
lodestar 北极星
lodestone 矿石
explode 爆炸
exploit 开发，利用，剥削
expose 暴露
impose (on) 强加于，挣税
propose 建议，求婚
compose 组成，作曲
decompose⁴ 分解
lag 落后
flag 旗帜
lash⁵ 鞭打
flash 闪电
lame⁶ 瘸的
flame 火焰
flare⁷ 熊熊燃烧
flip⁸ 轻击
lip 嘴唇
flight 飞行
fledging 小鸟
flake⁹ 雪花，薄片
flair¹⁰ 本能
flaunt¹¹ 炫耀
flock 一群，（禽，畜等的）群
flout 蔑视
flatter 溜须拍马，奉承
flurry 困惑的，惶惶不安的
flack 严厉批评
yearling 一岁家畜
late later latest 指时间上的晚
late latter last 指顺序上的晚
2. The lost car of the less was found _____ in the woods off the high way .
A. vanished B. abandoned C. scattered¹³ D. rejected

abandon 放纵、放弃
ribald 下流的、无耻的
liberated 放纵的、下流的
vanish 消失
punish 惩罚
complete 完成
accomplish 完成
scatter¹² 分散
disperse¹⁴ 分散
concentrate 浓缩、集中
concentrated 超浓缩
concentrating camp 集中营
reject 拒绝
inject 注射
project 项目
subject 主题、科目
subjective 主观的、凭经验的
arbitrary 主观的、凭经验的、武断的
empiric 主观的、凭经验的

3. Children are _______ to have some accidents as they grow up .
A. obvious B. indispensable C. bound D. obtuse¹⁵

obvious 明显的、必不可少、不可获缺
indispensable不可花费的、不可分配的、必不可少的，不可缺少的
dispensable 可花费的、可分配的、可缺少的
expense 花费
expenditure¹⁶ 花费
compensate¹⁷ (for) V. 补偿、弥补
compensation N. 补偿、弥补
expend 花费、支出
pension 养老金
bound 注定的
obtuse 迟钝的
4. John assured his boss that he would ______ all his energies in doing this new job .
A. call forth¹⁸ B. call at C. call on D. call off

call forth 投入，引起，引发
call at 拜访（某地）
call on 拜访（某人）
call off 取消
cancel 取消
evoke 引起，引发，唤起
provoke 引起，引发
initiate 引起，引发
arose 引发，唤起
trigger 引起，引发，扳机
on duty 轮流值日
rise 升起，上升
appear 出现
arise 出现
arouse 引起
raise 举手，出手，提出，养育
disaster 灾难
elixir 万能药

1 lore   

n.传说；学问，经验，知识

参考例句：

• I will seek and question him of his lore.我倒要找上他，向他讨教他的渊博的学问。
• Early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend.早期人类通过传说传递有关植物和动物的知识。

2 folklore   

n.民间信仰，民间传说，民俗

参考例句：

• Zhuge Liang is a synonym for wisdom in folklore.诸葛亮在民间传说中成了智慧的代名词。
• In Chinese folklore the bat is an emblem of good fortune.在中国的民间传说中蝙蝠是好运的象征。

3 lode   

n.矿脉

参考例句：

• We discovered the rich lode bellied out.我们发现丰富的矿脉突然增大了。
• A lode of gold was discovered。他们发现了一处黄金矿藏。

4 decompose   

vi.分解；vt.（使）腐败，（使）腐烂

参考例句：

• The eggs began to decompose after a day in the sun.鸡蛋在太阳下放了一天后开始变坏。
• Most animals decompose very quickly after death.大多数动物死后很快腐烂。

5 lash   

v.系牢；鞭打；猛烈抨击；n.鞭打；眼睫毛

参考例句：

• He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
• With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。

6 lame   

adj.跛的，(辩解、论据等)无说服力的

参考例句：

• The lame man needs a stick when he walks.那跛脚男子走路时需借助拐棍。
• I don't believe his story.It'sounds a bit lame.我不信他讲的那一套。他的话听起来有些靠不住。

7 flare   

v.闪耀，闪烁；n.潮红；突发

参考例句：

• The match gave a flare.火柴发出闪光。
• You need not flare up merely because I mentioned your work.你大可不必因为我提到你的工作就动怒。

8 flip   

vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的

参考例句：

• I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
• Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。

9 flake   

v.使成薄片；雪片般落下；n.薄片

参考例句：

• Drain the salmon,discard the skin,crush the bones and flake the salmon with a fork.将鲑鱼沥干，去表皮，粉碎鱼骨并用餐叉子将鱼肉切成小薄片状。
• The paint's beginning to flake.油漆开始剥落了。

10 flair   

n.天赋，本领，才华；洞察力

参考例句：

• His business skill complements her flair for design.他的经营技巧和她的设计才能相辅相成。
• He had a natural flair for business.他有做生意的天分。

11 flaunt   

vt.夸耀，夸饰

参考例句：

• His behavior was an outrageous flaunt.他的行为是一种无耻的炫耀。
• Why would you flaunt that on a public forum?为什么你们会在公共论坛大肆炫耀？

12 scatter   

vt.撒，驱散，散开；散布/播；vi.分散，消散

参考例句：

• You pile everything up and scatter things around.你把东西乱堆乱放。
• Small villages scatter at the foot of the mountain.村庄零零落落地散布在山脚下。

13 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。

14 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。

15 obtuse   

adj.钝的；愚钝的

参考例句：

• You were too obtuse to take the hint.你太迟钝了，没有理解这种暗示。
• "Sometimes it looks more like an obtuse triangle,"Winter said.“有时候它看起来更像一个钝角三角形。”温特说。

16 expenditure   

n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出；使用，消耗

参考例句：

• The entry of all expenditure is necessary.有必要把一切开支入账。
• The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether.我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。

17 compensate   

vt.补偿，赔偿；酬报 vi.弥补；补偿；抵消

参考例句：

• She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。
• Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。

18 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。