美國之音1500基礎聽力詞滙J－R(2)

M

　　magazine - n. a publication of news, stories, pictures or other information

　　mail - n. letters, papers and other things sent through an official system, such as a post office

　　main - ad. the most important or largest

　　major - ad. great in size, importance or amount

　　majority - n. the greater number; more than half

　　make - v. to produce; to create; to build; to do something or to carry out an action; to cause to be or to become

　　male - n. a man or boy; the sex that is the father of children; ad. of or about men

　　man - n. an adult male human

　　manufacture - v. to make goods in large amounts

　　many - ad. a large number or amount of

　　map - n. a picture of the earth's surface or a part of it

　　march - v. to walk in a group like soldiers; to walk together in a large group to protest about something

　　mark - v. to make a sign or cut on something

　　market - n. a place or area where goods are sold, bought or traded; an economic system in which the prices of things are decided by how many there are and how much money people are willing to pay for them

　　marry - v. to join a man and woman together as husband and wife; to become husband and wife （usually in a religious or civil ceremony）

　　mass - n. an amount of matter having no special form and usually of a large size

　　mate - v. to bring together a male and a female to create another creature

　　material - n. the substance, substances or matter of which something is made or from which something can be made, such as wood, cloth or stone; anything that can be made into something else

　　mathematics - n. the science dealing with amounts, sizes and shapes, as explained by numbers and signs

　　matter - n. anything that can be seen or felt; what things are made of

　　may - v. a word used with an action word to mean permit or possible （"May I go?""They may leave tomorrow."）

　　mayor - n. the chief official of a city or town government

　　meal - n. food eaten to satisfy hunger, such as dinner

　　mean - v. to want to; to give the idea of; to have the idea of

　　measure - v. to learn the amount, size or distance of something; n. an action taken; a legislative proposal

　　meat - n. the part of a dead animal used for food

　　media - n. all public information organizations, including newspapers, television and radio

　　medicine - n. a substance or drug used to treat disease or pain; the science or study of treating and curing disease or improving health

　　meet - v. to come together with someone or something at the same time and place

　　melt - v. to make a solid into a liquid by heating it

　　member - n. one of a group

　　memorial - n. something done or made to honor the memory of a person or event

　　memory - n. a picture in the mind of past events; the ability to remember; a thing remembered

　　mental - ad. about or having to do with the mind

　　mercy - n. kindness toward those who should be punished; the power to be kind or to pardon

　　message - n. written or spoken news or information; a note from one person to another person or group

　　metal - n. a hard substance such as iron, steel or gold

　　method - n. the way something is done

　　microscope - n. a device used to make very small things look larger so they can be studied

　　middle - n. the center; a place or time of equal distance from both sides or ends; ad. in the center

　　militant - n. someone active in trying to cause political change, often by the use of force or violence

　　military - n. the armed forces of a nation or group; ad. of or about the armed forces

　　milk - n. the white liquid produced by female animals to feed their young

　　mind - n. the thinking, feeling part of a person

　　mine - v. to dig useful or valuable substances out of the earth; n. a place in the earth where such substances are found; a bomb placed under the ground or under water so it cannot be seen

　　mineral - n. a substance found in nature that is not an animal or a plant, such as coal or salt

　　minister - n. a member of a cabinet; a high government official （"prime minister,""foreign minister"） minor - ad. small in size; of little importance

　　minority - n. the smaller number; opposite majority

　　minute - n. a measure of time; one of the sixty equal parts of an hour; sixty seconds

　　miss - v. to fail to hit, see, reach or meet

　　missile - n. any weapon that can be thrown or fired through the air and explodes when it reaches its target

　　missing - ad. lost; not found

　　mistake - n. a wrong action or decision; an action done without the knowledge that it was wrong

　　mix - v. to put different things together to make one thing

　　mob - n. a large group of wild or angry people

　　model - n. an example; something, usually small, made to show how something will look or work

　　moderate - ad. not extreme

　　modern - ad. of the present or very recent time; the most improved

　　money - n. pieces of metal or paper used to pay for things

　　month - n. one of the twelve periods of time into which a year is divided

　　moon - n. the bright object often seen in the night sky that orbits the earth about every twenty-nine days

　　moral - ad. concerning what is right or wrong in someone's actions

　　more - ad. greater in size or amount

　　morning - n. the early part of the day, from sunrise until noon

　　most - ad. greatest in size or amount

　　mother - n. the female parent; a woman who has a child or children

　　motion - n. a movement; a continuing change of position or place

　　mountain - n. a part of the earth's surface that rises high above the area around it

　　mourn - v. to express or feel sadness

　　move - v. to change position; to put or keep in motion; to go

　　movement - n. the act of moving or a way of moving; a series of acts or efforts to reach a goal

　　movie - n. a motion picture; a film

　　much - ad. great in amount

　　murder - v. to kill another person illegally; n. the crime of killing another person

　　music - n. the making of sounds by singing or using a musical instrument

　　must - v. a word used with an action word to mean necessary （"You must go to school."）

　　mystery - n. something that is not or cannot be explained or understood; a secret

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　　N

　　narrow - ad. limited in size or amount; not wide; having a short distance from one side to the other

　　nation - n. a country, together with its social and political systems

　　native - n. someone who was born in a place, not one who moved there

　　natural - ad. of or about nature; normal; common to its kind

　　nature - n. all the plants, animals and other things on earth not created by humans; events or processes not caused by humans

　　navy - n. the part of a country's military force trained to fight at sea

　　near - ad. not far; close to

　　necessary - prep. needed to get a result or effect; required

　　need - v. to require; to want; to be necessary to have or to do

　　negotiate - v. to talk about a problem or situation to find a common solution

　　neither - ad. not one or the other of two

　　neutral - ad. not supporting one side or the other in a dispute

　　never - ad. at no time; not ever

　　new - ad. not existing before; not known before; recently made, built, bought or grown; another; different

　　news - n. information about any recent events, especially as reported by the media

　　next - ad. coming immediately after; nearest

　　nice - ad. pleasing; good; kind

　　night - n. the time between when the sun goes down and when it rises, when there is little or no light

　　no - ad. used to reject or to refuse; not any; not at all

　　noise - n. sound, especially when loud

　　nominate - v. to name someone as a candidate for an election; to propose a person for an office or position

　　noon - n. the middle of the day; twelve o'clock in the daytime

　　normal - n. the usual condition, amount or form; ad. usual; what is expected

　　north - n. the direction to the left of a person facing the rising sun

　　not - ad. a word showing that something is denied or untrue （"She is not going."）

　　note - v. to talk about something already known; n. a word or words written to help a person remember; a short letter

　　nothing - n. not anything; no thing

　　now - ad. at this time; immediately

　　nowhere - ad. not in, to or at any place

　　nuclear - ad. of or about the energy produced by splitting atoms or bringing them together; of or about weapons that explode by using energy from atoms

　　number - n. a word or sign used to show the order or amount of things