单词整理——（2）

《刘毅 Vocabulary 5000》

Lesson 2

apparatus = equipment 仪器 : fighting apparatus 消防器材

appliance = a device for a particular use, usually electrically operated 器具

appliance = application = applying 应用

assert = insist = say or declare positively 断言

assign = allot 分派

compensate = reward 赔偿

deem = consider = think = believe 认为

inviolable = holy = sacred 不可侵犯的

specimen = sample 标本

stimulate = excite = rouse = encourage = impel = make more active 鼓舞，刺激

tendency = inclination = leaning = bent = propensity 趋势

testify = prove 证明

tourist = traveller 游客

utility = usefulness 效用

blunt = dull : sharp 钝的

elastic = not stiff, firm or strict 有弹性的 : inflexible 

exit = a way out 出口 : entrance

exit = departing 离去

fatigue = weariness 疲劳：vigor

heir = successor （男）继承人: heiress

inflate = expand = enlarge 膨胀：deflate

plump = rather fat 丰满的：thin

plump = fall or drop heavily or suddenly 忽然落下

recall = remember = recollect = call back to mind 回忆起：forget

recall = call back (someone) 召回

shun = keep away from = avoid 避开：encounter

sneer = show scorn or contempt by looks or words 轻蔑；嘲笑：admire

adjoin = be next to 贴近，毗邻：adjoining (adj)

ally = join or unite by agreement （使）结盟；联合：alliance (n)

ally (n) = person, group or nation united with another for some special purpose = coalition同盟 

chaste = modest and virtuous = pure in word, thought and deed 贞洁的：chastity(n)

confide = tell as a secret 吐露秘密：confidence (n)

confide = put trust or have faith 信任（v）

defy = refuse to obey = pay no attention to 藐视：defiance (n)

disrupt = bring or throw into disorder 弄乱，扰乱（v）

disrupt = break up = split 使分裂：disruptive

enable = make able 使能够：enabler （使他人获得独立完成某事技能的）赋能者

fantastic = fanciful = strange 怪诞的：fantasy (n)

impact = a collision 冲击：impactive

brood 孵；窝（n）

brood = think steadily and moodily about something 沉思

fringe = edge 边缘

gravel = small stones, often mixed with coarse sand 碎石

hut = a cabin = a small roughly made house or shelter 小屋

lure = an attraction = something to attract fish 诱饵（n）

lure = tempt 引诱 （v）

perch = rod = a place where a birds rests 栖身处（n）

perch = sit = alight = come to rest from flying 栖息（v）

stride 大步

swarm 群（n）

swarm 蜂拥（v）

twig = a small branch of a tree or bush 小树枝