Word List 1-8

1.froast n．盛宴，宴会 v.盛宴款待;使（感官等）得到享受

【记】词根记忆：feas(做)+t—做了一堆好吃的一盛宴

【例】feast one’s eyes on I'mfeasling my eyes on this new sculpture- it's wonderful.

这尊新的雕塑让我大饱眼福，简直棒极了。

2.twinkle v.闪烁，闪耀；（指眼睛）闪亮，眨眼 n．闪烁，闪光；闪亮,闪动

【记】儿歌“twinkle．twinkje．little star”

【例】The lights from the camp twinkle through the rain drops.

营地里的灯光透过雨滴在闪烁。

//The twinkle in her eyes told us Benjamin was back.

她闪烁的眼神告诉我们本杰明回来了。

3.untie vt.解开．松开

【记】联想记忆：un(表相反)+tie(系)一解开

【例】The small chimp struggled to urUie the ropes of the cage, but to no avail.

小黑猩猩挣扎着想解开笼子上的绳索，但只是徒劳。

4.surge vi.诚在浪涛中前进；急剧上升^．向前或向上的运动;突然发生,激增

【记】词根记忆：surg(升起)+e--急剧上升

【例】I knew Benjamin's mother and father well, and have often known the warm surge in the hean of me at the sight of that faithful couple running side by side along the beach.

我和本杰明的父母很熟，每当看到那对忠诚的伴侣并肩从海滩上跑过时，我心中就会激荡起一股暖流。

5.skip v．轻快地跳，跳跃；跳绳；跳过，略去

【例】Jane finished the whole novel without sl:ipping for the whole night.

简整夜未睡，一页不落地把小说都读完了。

6.spark n.火星，火花，电花 v.发出火花，闪出电花；导致，引起

【例】Rubbing stones together produccs sparks to start afre.

摩擦石头可产生火花，用来引火。

//The incident may sparka dangerous arms race between the two countries.

这一事件可能会在两国之间引发一场危险的军备竞赛。

7.diagnose vt.诊断（疾病）；判断，调查分析（问题等的）原因（性质）

【记】词根记忆：dia(穿过)+gno(知道)+se--古时通过望、闻、问、切诊断病情，透过表面看实质一诊断；判断

【例】Tom's father was drhgnosed with cancer two months ago.

汤姆的父亲两个月前被诊断出患有癌症。

//Scientists around the world are racing to leam how torapidly diagnose,treat and stop the spread of a new，deadly disease.

全世界的科学家都在竞相学习如何快速诊断、治疗一种新的致命性疾病以及如何阻止其传播(2009)

【派】diagnosis [n.诊断（结论）；调查分析，判断]；diagnostic( adj.诊断的；判断的)

8.fluent adj.流畅的，流利的

【记】词根记忆：flu(流动)+ent(…的)_自然流露的-流畅的

【例】Mary is tluent in English,and she just started to leam Japanese.

玛丽的英语非常流利，而她刚刚开始学习日语。（1999听力）

【派】fluency(n．流利，流畅)

9.glide n./v.滑动，滑行;滑翔

【记】和slide(n．滑动)一起记

【例】I was attracted by the graceful glide of a skater.

我被一位滑冰者优美的滑行动作吸引住了。

【派】glider(n．滑翔机)

【辨】slide’slip, glide

slide指一直沿着平滑的表面滑动；sLip通常指突然、意外地滑动；如：slip over on the ice; glide指连续无声地滑行，尤指似乎毫不费力地滑行。

10.approve v．批准，通过；赞成，称许

【记】词根记忆：ap+prov(好的)+e一证实是好的-通过

【例】It is expected to approve proposal to send patrol boats manned by armed police and customs officers with powers to search and turn back ships suspected of breaking the sanctions.

人们期望派出由武装警察和有权力的海关人员驾驶的巡逻船搜寻并拦截涉嫌违法船只的提议能够通过。(1998)

【用】approve作“赞成”讲时一定要与of连用。

【派】approval(n.赞成；认可，批准)

【辨】approve, sanction

approve既可以表示个人的赞同，也可以指官方的认可；sanction不仅表示赞同，而且表示批准或认可，如：The statement was sanctioned by common sense.