为你记单词

Rival

n.

竞争对手;

v.	与…相匹敌; 比得上;

adj.

竞争的;

The Faces of Hope included two formermembers of rival gangs in Los Angeles who joined forces after the riots to givekids a better future.

Scrape

v.	刮掉; 削去; 擦坏; 擦伤; 刮坏; 蹭破; (使) 发出刺耳的刮擦声;

n.	刮; 铲; 刮铲声; 刮擦声; 擦伤; 擦痕; 自己造成的困境;

A young entrepreneur scrapping for venturecapital.

Wizard

n.	(传说中的) 男巫，术士; 行家; 能手; 奇才; 向导(程序);

An eighteen-year-old financial wizard whowas already working on Wall Street.

Flame

n.	火焰; 火舌; 鲜红色; 橘红色; 橙黄色; 强烈的感情; 激情;

v.	燃烧; (因强烈情绪而) 变红，使变红; 向(某人)发送火药味电邮(或互联网信息);

I knelt at the eternal flame and said ashort prayer.

Unthinkable

adj.	难以想象的; 不可思议的; 难以置信的;

Though a nuclear exchange seemedunthinkable with the Cold War over.

Unthinkable
adj.        难以想象的; 不可思议的; 难以置信的;
Though a nuclear exchange seemed unthinkable with the Cold War over.

Temper
n.        脾气; 易怒的性情; 怒气; 火气; 阵怒; 心情; 情绪; 心境;
v.        使缓和; 使温和; 使(金属)回火;
It’s hard to describe in words,but I left Blair House with my eagerness tempered by humility.

Uplift
n.        提高; 抬高; 增长; 增加; 振奋; 鼓舞; (地壳的) 隆起，上升;
v.        鼓励; 激励; 使振奋;
Tears welled up in my eyes several times during the service ,and I lefted it uplifted and ready for the hours ahead.

Spill
v.        (使) 洒出，泼出，溢出; 涌出; 蜂拥而出;
n.        洒出(量); 泼出(量); 溢出(量); 泄漏(量); (点火用的) 长梗火柴，纸捻; (尤指从自行车或船上) 摔下，跌落;
The crowd ,which filled the large grounds of the Capitol and spilled back over onto th Mall and up Constitution and Pennsylvania avenues.

Gaze
v.        凝视; 注视; 盯着;
n.        凝视; 注视;
I gazed out onto the vast crowd.

Mezzo
n.        同 mezzo-soprano; 女中音;
After the oath,the great mezzo-saprano Marilyn Horne,whom I had firse met when she performed in Little Rock a few years early ,sang a medley of classic American songs.

为了对付空闲，从今天开始记单词的笔记。希望能坚持下去。

赞一个！近二十年来我一直在学英语背单词，付出了巨大的努力，也尝到了在英语世界里畅游的乐趣和自由感。其中一个很大的好处是看懂了英文的精分药药理学的文章，顿时明白了西药研制与中药研制的巨大差别，避免了人生进入中老年以后不断花钱看中医吃中药的大陷阱。如果不是练就了英语水平，明白了西药研制的科学精神，我这辈子还不知道要花多少钱在看中医上。中医中药是一个巨大的坑，既吃不死人也看不好病，似乎好一点但停药后很快恢复旧样子。除了针灸是一门真功夫，其它的中医技术都是半塔拉子土医水平。

Day2
Almighty
adj.全能的; 极大的; 十分严重的; (表示惊奇或愤怒) 全能的，有无限权力的;

when our founders boldly declared America’s independence to the world and our purposes to the Almighty ,they knew that America , to endure,would have to change.

Posterity
n.        后代; 后裔; 子孙; 后世;
I asked my fellow citizens to think of posterity.

Pan
n.        平锅; 平底锅; 一锅的量; (天平的) 秤盘;
v.        严厉批评，抨击(戏剧、电影等); (移动摄像机) 追拍，摇摄; (用淘选盘) 淘洗; 淘(金);
n.        平底锅，盘子; 一满盘（锅）; 凹地; 池沼; 底土; 硬地层; 母岩; 墙隔块;
Although several commentators panned the speech.

Recount
v.        讲述，叙述(亲身经历);
v.        重数; 重新清点(选票);
n.        重新计算;
I had followed Maya’s career since I’d read her memoir,I know why the caged bird sings,which recounts her early years as a traumatized mute girl in a poor black community in Stamps,Arkansas.

Rivet
n.        铆钉;
v.        吸引住; 铆接; (用铆钉) 固定;
Maya’s poem,”on the pulse of morning,”riveted the crowd.

Tenor
n.        男高音; 男高音歌手; 男高音部; 大意; 要旨; 要领;
adj.        次中音的;
My brother sang for me at the MTV Youth Ball,and at another I played a tenor saxophone duet on “Night Train” with Clarence Clemons.

Treaty
n.        (国家之间的) 条约，协定;
Next to the Lincoln Bedroom is the Treaty Room.

Epilogue
n.        (剧本、书籍、电影等的) 收场白，尾声，后记，跋;
In her epilogue to the book, Taylor writes:…

Grueling
adj.紧张的，激烈的；使极度疲劳的;
I knew he would give Hillary the kind of support she needed for the grueling task ahead of us.

Condone
v.宽恕; 饶恕; 纵容;
He believed that homosexuality was immoral,and that if gays were permitted to serve openly,the military would be condoning immoral behavior and could no longer attract the finest young Americans.

Day 3

Pervasive
adj.遍布的; 充斥各处的; 弥漫的;
and asserted that one reason the Rome Empire fell was the acceptance of pervasive homosexual conduct .

Commitment
n.        承诺; 许诺; 允诺承担; 保证; (对工作或某活动) 献身，奉献，投入; 已承诺(或同意)的事; 不得不做的事;
I was finding it a challenge to keep another campaign commitment:cutting the White House staff by 25 percent.

Slate
n.        板岩; 石板; (盖房顶的) 石板瓦; (选举中的) 候选人名单;
v.        (尤指在报纸上) 批评，抨击; 预定; 计划; 安排; 推举; 选定;
Before I was slated to announce my economic program.

Attrition
n.        (尤指给敌人造成的) 削弱，消耗;
I would have preferred to reduce their numbers by attrition.

Beef up
[词典]增加; 加强; 改进; 提高;
We also beefed up one part of the White House staff.

Palsy
n.        瘫痪，麻痹(尤指四肢颤动类);
Cerebral palsy

Liaison
n.        联络; 联系; 联络员; 联系人; (尤指一方或双方已婚的) 私通，通奸;
Every month,the agency liaison who headed the casework operation sent me a report on the people we’d helped.

Appointee
n.        被任命者; 被委任者;
A reduction in the salaries of top appointees

Darn
v.        织补; 缝补;
n.        织补处;
adj.        (加强语气) 该死的，讨厌的;
I had darn sure better do something else for them.

Facilitator
n.        诱导者; 促进(或推动)…的事物;
Run by a facilitator

今天任务完成了。30个单词

大多数不认识，好歹我也六级呀，惭愧