unit 1 - 声明

state

1. v. (尤指清楚严谨地)声明
2. n. 州，国家；情况，状态
3. adj. 国家的，国有的 state-owned enterprise

例句：

• He stated that "all hell will break loose, politically and morally, all over the world."
• a state of mind(心理状态; 心境; 精神状态)
• to seek permission from state regulators(管理者)

派生

• statement

名人名言

• Happiness is a state of mind, and depends very little on outward circumstances.

扩展词汇

• understate
  v. 轻描淡写地描述
• overstate
  v. 把...讲得过分；夸大(exaggerate)

扩展例句

• Despite the breathtakingly sad opening chapters, Typer's delicate perceptiveness gives the novel an understated warmth.

others

perceptiveness

1. 知觉

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declare

1. v. 宣称， 公布

2. 申报（应纳税物品，收入等）

   例句

   • "Play is not frivolous," the academy's report declares.
   • to declare sex discrimination in jury seletion to be unconstitutional.

派生

• declaration
• declarative

名人名言

• I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading.

others

frivolous

1. adj. unimportant, unnecessary, 轻浮愚蠢的
2. n. unimportance, unnecessary

• fry / fried chips / float
• frivolity / His frivoloty annoys the other people in the office.

role model （榜样）

constitution (宪法)

convention (惯例)

jury (陪审团)

discrimination

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claim

1. v. 宣告；认领； 索取
2. n. 声称； 索赔； （对某事物的）权力

例句

• despite some claims to the contrary
• They claim that the theory of video game violence is built on the rotten foundations.

派生

• claimant （原告，提出要求者，索赔人）

名人名言

• Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

others

contrast

• Anderson, by contrast, rejects this view.
• In contrast to what you say, he likes apple.
• contra / counter
• contract 合同，订约

eccentric

1. adj. 怪异的，怪癖的
2. adj. 离心的

• center / centri

rod

1. n. 木棒

• rotten
• erode (vi.&vt. 腐蚀，指在外界环境下被腐蚀) / erosion
• corrode (vt.&vi. 侵蚀， 指物质接触造成的腐蚀) / corrosion

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proclaim

1. v. (正式)宣告

例句

• Correlations(相关性) which confidently proclaimed that gaming led to violent behavior were shown to likely be the spurious by-product of factors such as family violence.

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pronounce

1. v. 发音； 正式宣布

派生

• pronunciation (发音)
• pronouncement (正式宣布)

扩展词汇

• enounce
  v. 声明
• enunciate
  v. (清晰仔细地)发音； (清楚准确地)阐明
• articulate
  1. v. 口齿清楚地讲（话）；清晰发音；
  2. adj. 能说会道的， （文章，说话）清楚的

others

art

• artisan

  n. 技工，工匠（偏艺术）

• artisanship
  n. 手艺

craft

1. n. 手艺
2. v. 精巧地制作

• craftsman
  n. 手艺人 (偏制造)
• craftsmanship
  n. 技术

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announce

1. v. 通知，告知

例句

• Last month, Facebook announced partnerships with outside groups to help fact-check stories on its site and to more clearly denote which ones may be false.

派生

• announcement

others

denote

1. v. 指示

copycat

• copycat cellphone

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assert

1. v. （肯定地）断言；维护（权力或权威）

例句

• the administration(行政部门) was in essence asserting that ...

派生

• assertion
• assertive

others

in essence

1. 本质上

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affirm

1. v. 断言

例句

• to affirm the importance of the humanities(人文学科) and social sciences.

派生

• affirmative
• affirmation

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allege

1. v. 断言

派生

• allegation
• alleged
  adj. 声称的；被断言的；涉嫌的
• allegiance = loyalty / fidelity (忠贞, fed -> confidence)

扩展词组

• so-called
  adj. 所谓的；号称的
• supposed
  adj. 据说的
  should = be supposed to