8803.dictator(名)独裁者
The dictator squeezed money from the people.
那个独裁者向人民榨取钱财。

8804.didactic(形)为教导的、教训的
Gray's songs are not at all didactic sermons but rather intensely personal vignettes.
格雷的歌不是全部为诲人的说教，而是亲切的个人经历。

8805.diet(名)饮食、食物
不可数
Their diet chiefly consists of grain and vegetables.
他们的饮食主要是以谷类和蔬菜为主。

8806.digest(动)消化、吸收
The child is too smallt to digest meat．
这孩子太小，吃肉不消化。

8807.digital(形)使用数字的、数位的
A digital watch shows the time by electronically lit up numbers.
电子表是用电子显示数位来表示时间的。

8808.dignity(名)尊严；庄严
同义词majesty
The dignity of the occasion was lost when he cut in with an unrefined joke.
他突然插进一则粗俗不堪的笑话，使当时庄严的气氛丧失殆尽。

8809.dilapidated(形)损坏的、破烂的
A dilapidated house stands disconsolately amid the rubbles.
一栋破旧的房子凄凉地耸立在断垣残壁中。

8810.dilemma(名)困境、进退两难
The ideas of how to help their company get out of dilemma occupied the proscenium of his mind．
他首先想的是怎样帮助他们的公司走出困境。

8811.diminish(动)减少、减小、缩减
同义词reduce
Our water supply has diminished as a result of the drought.
由于旱灾所以我们的供水减少了。

8812.diorama(名)西洋镜；透视画馆
Once the looking glass was fully lit, it resembled a life-size diorama of a semicircular room．
一旦玻璃完全发亮，那么它就成为一个类似半圆房间的实物大透视图画。

8813.direct(动)指挥；为……指路；针对
She personally directs the operations of the company.
她亲自指挥公司的运作。

8814.director(名)导演
This afternoon.the director will rehearse．
今天下午导演将排演。

8815.disabled(形)残废的、有破陷的
We should not laugh at disabled people．
我们不应该嘲笑有缺陷的人。

8816.discard(动)摒弃、抛弃
同义词forsake
You can schedule a weekend to discard some things that perhaps you don't actually need.
你可以安排一个周末把那些你实际已不再需要的东西扔掉。

8817.discharge(动)释放；解雇
Lightninq is caused by clouds discharging electricity.
闪电是由云层释放电所造成的。

8818.discipline(名)训练；风纪；教养
In learning a foreign language,question and answer drills are good disciplines.
学外语时，问与答的练习是很好的训练方法。

8819.disclaimer(名)放弃；拒绝；弃权条约
不可数
When an auditor cannot certify the fair-presentation quality of the financial statementa,he will issue a qualified opinion or a disclaimer depending on the seriousness of the matter．
当审计师无法确认公司的财务报表是否具有公正表达性时，他将视其严重程度，签发保
留意见或弃权声明。

8820.disclose(动)揭发；透露；公开
同义词
The president disclosed the fact that he was put into prison wrongly twenty years ago.
董事长透露出他自己在二十年前曾被冤枉地送进监牢。

8821.discount(名)折扣
They give 30% discount for cash payment．
他们对于付现者给予七折优惠。

8822.discrimination(名)不公平的待遇、歧视
不可数
The workers demanded the same wage and the same treatmant! There must be no discrimination.
工人们要求相同的工资和待遇且不应该有任何歧视。

8823.diseases(名)病、疾病
The business of doctors is to prevent and cure diseases．
医生的职责是预防和治疗疾病。

8824.disgust(动)使作呕、使厌烦
同义词offend
we're all disgusted at the way her husbanded treats her.
她的丈夫那样对待她，使我们都感到厌恶。

8825.dismiss(动)解散、遣散
The teacher dismissed the class ten minutes earlier．
老师提前十分钟下课了。

8826.disparaging(形)轻蔑的、毁谤的
Don't take the disparaging remarks personally.
别以个人的轻视态度来评论。

8827.dispensable(形)必要的；可分配的
Neither the whole nor the parts are dispensable, for without the parts, the whole, which iscomposed of the parts, would not exist.
全体和部分是缺一不可的，全体是由部分组成的，如果只有全体，没有部分，则全体也就不存在。

8828.dispense(动)配药、配方；分配
The government dispansed food to the flood victims.
政府把食品发给水灾受害者。

8829.disposable(形)用完即丢弃的；可任意处理的
Please don't use disposable chopsticks all the time．
请不要一直使用免洗筷。

8830.dispute(名)争沦、争执
同义词controversy
The members of the town council disputed for hours about whether to build a new museum.
市议会的议员们针对是否要新建一座博物馆辩论了好几个小时。