《托福高阶词汇》LIST13b
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deprive v.剥夺

同strip, dispossess, divest1, bereave2, denude3

The prisoners were deprived of any communication with the outside world.这些囚犯被剥夺了与外界进行沟通的自由。

discrepancy4 n.差异;不符

同inconsistency, disagreement, divergence5, discordance6

The manager found a discrepancy between the company's records and what actually sold.

经理发现公司的纪录与实际的销售不符。

Efface7 v.消除

erase8, eradicate9, expunge10, delete

The wind had effaced11 the deer's hoofprints from the snow.

风吹散了雪地上鹿留下的蹄印。*hoofprint n.蹄印

engross12 v.全神贯注

同absorb, preoccupy13, engage

Richard engrossed14 himself in the study of marine15 biology.

理查德在全神贯注地研究海洋生物。

ethnic16 adj.种族的;人种的

同racial, national, native

Our school has students from different ethnic backgrounds.

我们学校的学生有着不同的种族背景。

facilitate v.使容易;促进

同smooth, ease, promote, speed up

Melissa's help facilitated our work to clean up the garage.

梅利莎的帮助加快了我们打扫车库的工作。

Exercise: Fill in the blanks.

1. Eating more grains is a healthy _____ to eating a lot of meat.

2. Three of the presidential _____ participated in the televised debate.

3. Jenny was _____ by the breathtaking scenery of the waterfall.

4. Diane was _____ in reading a book when I entered the room.

5. The fax machine has _____ communication between offices and homes considerably17.

解答:1. Alternative 2. Candidates 3. Dazed 4. Engrossed 5. facilitated



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1 divest 9kKzx     
v.脱去,剥除
参考例句:
  • I cannot divest myself of the idea.我无法消除那个念头。
  • He attempted to divest himself of all responsibilities for the decision.他力图摆脱掉作出该项决定的一切责任。
2 bereave etLzt     
v.使痛失(亲人等),剥夺,使丧失
参考例句:
  • Nothing can bereave us of such sweet memories.没有什么东西可以夺去我们这样甜蜜的记忆。
  • Though they bring up their children,yet will I bereave them,that there shall not be a man left:yea,woe also to them when I depart from them!纵然养大儿女,我却必使他们丧子,甚至不留一个。我离弃他们他们就有祸了。
3 denude ZmIz8     
v.剥夺;使赤裸
参考例句:
  • The Embassy is now denuded of all foreign and local staff.现在大使馆里所有的外国和当地工作人员都清空了。
  • In such areas we see villages denuded of young people.在这些地区,我们在村子里根本看不到年轻人。
4 discrepancy ul3zA     
n.不同;不符;差异;矛盾
参考例句:
  • The discrepancy in their ages seemed not to matter.他们之间年龄的差异似乎没有多大关系。
  • There was a discrepancy in the two reports of the accident.关于那次事故的两则报道有不一致之处。
5 divergence kkazz     
n.分歧,岔开
参考例句:
  • There is no sure cure for this transatlantic divergence.没有什么灵丹妙药可以消除大西洋两岸的分歧。
  • In short,it was an age full of conflicts and divergence of values.总之,这一时期是矛盾与价值观分歧的时期。
6 discordance fc659d05dfeec09078710cbe99d6e2d3     
n.不调和,不和,不一致性;不整合;假整合
参考例句:
  • The structure of and rock extremly complex in the discordance formation system in Karst area. 岩溶地区不整合地层系统之岩土构成复杂。 来自互联网
  • Objective To analyze environmental factors of the discordance of concomitant strabismus phenotypes in monozygotic twins. 目的通过分析单卵双胎儿表型不一致性共同性斜视发病因素,探讨其发病机制。 来自互联网
7 efface Pqlxp     
v.擦掉,抹去
参考例句:
  • It takes many years to efface the unpleasant memories of a war.许多年后才能冲淡战争的不愉快记忆。
  • He could not efface the impression from his mind.他不能把这个印象从心中抹去。
8 erase woMxN     
v.擦掉;消除某事物的痕迹
参考例句:
  • He tried to erase the idea from his mind.他试图从头脑中抹掉这个想法。
  • Please erase my name from the list.请把我的名字从名单上擦去。
9 eradicate Ui1zn     
v.根除,消灭,杜绝
参考例句:
  • These insects are very difficult to eradicate.这些昆虫很难根除。
  • They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.他们已经在努力消灭疟疾、破伤风等疾病。
10 expunge PmyxN     
v.除去,删掉
参考例句:
  • He could not expunge the incident from his memory.他无法忘掉这件事。
  • Remember that you can expunge anything you find undesirable.记住,你可以除去任何你发现令你讨厌的东西。
11 effaced 96bc7c37d0e2e4d8665366db4bc7c197     
v.擦掉( efface的过去式和过去分词 );抹去;超越;使黯然失色
参考例句:
  • Someone has effaced part of the address on his letter. 有人把他信上的一部分地址擦掉了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The name of the ship had been effaced from the menus. 那艘船的名字已经从菜单中删除了。 来自辞典例句
12 engross 0ZEzS     
v.使全神贯注
参考例句:
  • I go into bookshops and engross myself in diet books and cookbooks.我走进书店,聚精会神地读关于饮食的书以及食谱。
  • If there was one piece of advice I would offer to improve your reading rate it would be simply to engross yourself in the material you are studying.如果让我给你一个忠告来提高你的阅读速度的话,那就是全神贯注的研究你的资料。
13 preoccupy 5QOxz     
vt.使全神贯注,使入神
参考例句:
  • But at the moment he had other things to preoccupy him.不过当时有另外的事情分了他的心。
  • An intelligent man considers the prospect of failure,but he doesn't preoccupy himself with pointless worry.一个聪明的男人可以预见到失败,但他绝不会去无谓地担心。
14 engrossed 3t0zmb     
adj.全神贯注的
参考例句:
  • The student is engrossed in his book.这名学生正在专心致志地看书。
  • No one had ever been quite so engrossed in an evening paper.没人会对一份晚报如此全神贯注。
15 marine 77Izo     
adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵
参考例句:
  • Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
  • When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时,他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
16 ethnic jiAz3     
adj.人种的,种族的,异教徒的
参考例句:
  • This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏,这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
  • The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
17 considerably 0YWyQ     
adv.极大地;相当大地;在很大程度上
参考例句:
  • The economic situation has changed considerably.经济形势已发生了相当大的变化。
  • The gap has narrowed considerably.分歧大大缩小了。
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