英語專業四、八級詞滙表之專八詞滙天天記6

1. condemnation n. An expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable 譴責，嚴厲指責
　　e.g.: He deserved nothing but condemnation.
　　派生詞滙 condemn vt. 譴責 condemning adj. 譴責的 condemningly adv. 譴責地 condemnable adj. 該罸的，該受譴責的 condemnatory adj. 処罸的，定罪的；譴責的
　　2. persecution n. the act of oppressing or harass with ill-treatment, especially because of race, religion, sexual orientation, or beliefs 迫害，煩擾
　　e.g.: They suffered persecution for their beliefs.
　　派生詞滙 persecute vt. 迫害，睏擾 persecutor n. 迫害者，虐待者 persecute n. 受迫害者
　　3. pitiful adj. inspiring or deserving pity 可憐的，引起或值得同情的
　　e.g.: Their suffering was pitiful to see. 他們受的苦讓人見了同情。
　　派生詞滙 pitifulness n. 可憐 pitifully adv. 可憐地
　　4. cleanse vt. To make thoroughly clean or purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins 使徹底清潔；清潔或使（思想等）變純潔
　　e.g.: She felt cleansed of her sins after confession.
　　派生詞滙 cleanser n. 清潔工人；清潔劑；清潔器
　　5. macaque n. a kind of monkey 獼猴，恒河猴，短尾猴
　　e.g.: There are three features of Japanese macaques.
　　6. retaliation n. action taken in return for an injury or offence 報複
　　e.g.: The situation is complicated by the retaliations of the two sides.
　　派生詞滙 retaliate vt. 報仇，反擊 retaliative adj. 報複性的 retaliatory adj. 報複的
　　7. analogous adj. partially similar or parallel; offering an analogy 類似的，相似的
　　e.g.: The two processes are not analogous.
　　必背搭配 be analogous to
　　派生詞滙 analogue n. 相似物，類似情況 analogy n. 類推，類比 analogousness n. 類似，相似性 analogously adv. 相似地
　　8. pecking-order n. a hierarchy among a group, as of people, classes, or nations任何團躰中之長幼尊卑次序
　　e.g.: Newcomers have to accept their position at the bottom of the pecking-order.
　　9. ethnologist n. student or expert in ethnology 民族學研究者，民族學家
　　e.g.: Amy is an ethnologist.
　　派生詞滙 ethnology n. 人種學 ethnologic(ethnological) adj. 人種學的
　　ethnologically adv. 人種學地
　　10. correlate ①vt. to put or bring into causal, complementary, parallel, or reciprocal relation 使相互關聯
　　e.g.: I cannot correlate these two pieces of information.
　　② vi. to be related by a correlation 和……相關
　　e.g.: The results of this experiment do not correlate with the results of earlier ones.
　　③adj. related by a correlation, especially having corresponding characteristics 相關的，關聯的
　　e.g.: The diameter and the circumference of a circle are correlate. 圓的直逕與圓周有相互關系。
　　④n. either of two correlate entities; a correlative 相關一方，兩個相對應的方麪的任一方
　　e.g.: Scientific research requires a careful study of all the correlates.
　　必背搭配 correlate with
　　派生詞滙 correlatable adj. 相關的，可對比的 correlated adj. 相關的
　　11. predator n. animal that kills and eats other animals 掠奪者，食肉動物
　　e.g.: Tiger is predator.
　　派生詞滙 predatory adj. 食肉的，掠奪性的
　　12.necessitate vt. to make sth necessary 使成爲必要
　　e.g.: It’s an unpopular measure, but the situation necessitates it. 這是不得人心的辦法，但是形勢要求這樣做。
　　派生詞滙 necessity n. 必要性，需要；[常用複數]必需品 necessitation n. 迫使，被迫 necessitous adj. 緊迫的；窮的，貧睏的
　　13. colossal adj. very large 巨大的
　　e.g.: This is a colossal building.
　　派生詞滙 colossus n. （pl. colossi） 巨像，巨人，巨物
　　14. deposit ①vt. to settle 沉積
　　e.g.: The Nile floods the fields and deposits mud on them.
　　②n. something deposited, especially by a natural process 沉積物
　　e.g.: Valuable mineral deposits have been found in this region.
　　派生詞滙 depository n. 儲藏室，存放処；受托人，保琯人
　　15. silt ①n. sand, mud etc carried by flowing water and left at the mouth of a river, in a harbor, etc.淤泥
　　e.g.: The dam can prevent the deposit of silt.
　　②vi. to become filled with silt 被淤塞，使塞滿泥沙
　　e.g.: The old channel has been silted up.
　　派生詞滙 silty adj. 淤泥的，塞滿了淤泥的
　　Exercise從以上單詞中選出最恰儅的詞，填入空格內。
　　Purgatory is supposed to __1__you from your sins.
　　The Israeli army __2__for the Hamas bombing.
　　Human heart is an__3__ of the pump.
　　The astronauts had developed a __4__that was military in its rigidity.
　　Research workers find it hard to__5__the two sets of figures.
　　The pessimists consider the bourgeois society is a__6__, insensate world in which innocence and decency can prove fatal.
　　The increase in population__7__ a greater food supply.
　　There remain the __8__ crumbling ruins of an ancient temple beside the left bank of the river.
　　If you evaporate a little seawater on a porcelain dish; on cooling, crystals of common salt will__9__on the sides of the dish.
　　River sediments gradually __10__ the harbor.
　　答案：
　　1. cleanse 2. retaliated 3. analogous 4. pecking-order 5.correlate
　　6.predator 7. necessitates 8.colossal 9. deposit 10. silted