8985.fragile(形)易碎的、脆弱的
When I picked up the fragile vase，the handle broke off.
我把这易碎的花瓶捡起来时，上面的把手掉了下来。

8986.frail(形)身体虚弱的
He was bocoming frail, but he loved to work as always.
尽管他身体日渐虚弱，但仍一如往常地热爱工作。

8987.frame(名)框架、框
I need to buy new spectacles frames.
我需要买一副新的镜框。

8988.fraught(形)充满……的、伴随……的
后接介词with
The long journey throgh the tropical forest is fraught with danger.
穿越热带丛林的长途旅行充满了危险。

8989.friction(名)摩擦力；不和、争执
不可数
Friction causes a rolling ball to stop finally.
摩擦力使得一颗滚动的球最终停了下来。

8990.frontier(名)边疆；边远地区；领域
不可数
He wrote a book descriptive of the frontier provinces.
他写了一本描述边疆各省的专著。

8991.function(名)盛大的集会
I attended many social functions while working abroad.
我在国外工作期间出席了许多社交场合。

8992.funeral(名)丧葬、葬仪、出殡行列
The dead woman was eulogized at the funeral.
在葬礼上这位已逝的妇人被人们颂扬。

8993.gadget(名)小机件、小玩意
She likes those elever little gadgets．
她喜爱那些做得很巧妙的小玩意儿。

8994.gamble(动)赌博、打赌
Only a fool would gamble his life's savings on the stock exchange in the hope of making easy money.
只有傻瓜才会希望轻易赚钱而把一生的积蓄押在证券交易上一搏。

8995.garment(名)衣服、服装
This shop sells garments of all kinds.
这家商店版售各式各样的衣服。

8996.gem(名)难能可贵的人；宝石、宝玉
He beguiled me into parting with the gem．
他诱骗我把那枚宝石割爱。

8997.genealogy(名)系统学；家谱；家系
不可数
The writing of clan genealogy would be entrusted to a committee of scholars,with inputs fromthe individual families．
家谱的编制由一批读书人负责，由各个家庭提供细节。

8998.generation(名)世代、一代
One generation plants the trees under whose shade another generation rests.
前人栽树后人乘凉。

8999.generous(形)慷慨的、大方的
同义词openhanded
This has always seemed generous to me，even overly generous.
在我看来，这已经很慷慨了，甚至是过度慷慨了。

9000.genre(名)文艺作品的风格、类型
The novel and short story are different genres.
长篇小说和短篇故事是不同的文学类别。

9001.geography(名)地势、地形；物理学
不可数
He made a careful study of the geography of the province.
他仔细研究了该省的地形。

9002.geriatric(形)老年病学的；老年人的
Geriatric services are provided in all acute and extented care hospitals.
目前，所有急诊医院和长期护理医院都设有老人服务。

9003.gesture(名)姿势、手势
不可数
Emma made an angry gesture with her fist.
爱玛用拳头做了一个生气的手势。

9004.gimmick(名)秘密装置；花招
不可数
The bikini girl on the cover of the book is just a sales gimmick.
以比基尼女孩为封面，不过是一种销售花招。

9005.glacier(名)冰河
What really held his interest was not the mountains but the glacier and the girl.
直正吸引他的并不是高山，而是这冰川和他身边的女孩。

9006.glamour(名)魅力；迷人的美
不可数
Sophia added a touch of glamour by wearing a beautiful dress.
苏菲亚穿了一件漂亮的衣服，更增添了一份迷人的美。

9007.glossy(形)虚有其表的、浮夸的
There are many glossy advertisements on TV nowadays．
现今的电视上有很多虚假的广告。

9008.gorge(名)峡谷
A deep gorge soparetes the city into two parts.
有一道深谷把这座城市分成两部分。

9009.gossip(名)社会新闻；小道传闻
I read about in the gossip column．
我在八卦栏曾看过有关这件事的报导。

9010.grain(名)谷物
不可数
The are has changed from shortage of grain to surplus of it.
这地区由缺粮区变成了余粮区。

9011.graze(动)吃草、放牧
You can grazc your sheep on the field on the other side of the stream．
你可以在小溪对面的牧草地上放牧。

9012.green(形)关心生态的；绿色的
l own only two of those new green cleaning products.
我只有两种新的环保清洁剂。

9013.greenhouse(名)温室、暖房
They had to smoke the plants in a greenhouse．
他们只好用烟熏温室里的植物。

9014.gregarious(形)合群的；爱交际的
The gregarious girl monopolized the telephone, conducting hour-long conversations with friends．
这位好交朋友的女孩独占了电话，和朋友们打电话聊天聊了一个小时。

9015.grief(名)悲痛、悲伤
不可数
Mother went mad with grief after the child died．
孩子死后，母亲因悲痛而发疯了。