accordance n.一致,和谐,符合
The Army and Navy of South Korea were reformed ;韩国的陆军和海军进行了 改革
in accordance with Western models after the Second World War. ;二战之后,以与西方接轨.

appropriate a.适当的,恰当的 vt.私占,侵吞,挪用;拨出 (款项等)供专用
The Chinese government appropriated a large sum of money ;政府拨出一大笔钱
to settle the transmigrants from the Three Gorges. ;安置三峡移民.
Plain and simple clothes are appropriate for school wear. ;上学时的衣着应该简单 而朴实.

blame vt.指责,责怪;..归咎于 n.(过错,事故等的) 责任;指责,责备
Don't always blame your own failure on others.Sometimes you yourself are to blame. ;不要总把失败归咎于他 人.有时该怪你自己.

challenge n.艰巨的任务;怀疑, 质问;挑战,邀请比赛
challenge vt.反对,公然反抗; 向...挑战;对...怀疑, 对...质疑
Michael Chan is the only one among all the Chinese-origin tennis players ;张德培是惟一的华裔网球 选手
who can challenge the world champion. ;能向世界冠军挑战.
Acquiring a foreign language in three months' time ;
is really a challenge to anyone. ;在3个月内学会一门外语, 对任何人来说不是简单 事儿.

commission n.委员会;佣金,回扣; 授权,委托 vt.委托,委任
Today,insurance salesmen ;现在,保险推销员
can get considerable commission on their successful sales. ;可从成功销售中获得可观 的佣金.
You can commission Bank of China to pay your income taxes-- that's very convenient ;你可以授权中国银行代缴 所得税,那很方便.

condemn vt.谴责;判...刑; 宣告...有罪
Any nation that interferes in the internal affairs of another nation ;任何一个干涉他国内政的 国家 should be universally condemned. ;都应该受到普遍谴责.

convenience n.方便,合宜;便利设施, 方便的用具
Five-star hotels are full of conveniences of every sort. ;五星级酒店设备齐全.
While computers offer convenience to consumers, ;电脑不仅给消费者带来方 便,
they have many advantages for sellers too. ;同时也给销售者带来 诸多好处.

cruise[kru: ;vi.航游,巡航:(出租车, 船等)缓慢巡行 n.航游,游弋
Quite a few taxis are cruising for fares near the cinema. ;不少计程车在电影院附近 转悠着等着拉客. Many girls have no idea what a cruise missile is. ;许多女孩都不知道巡航导 弹是何物.

direct a.直接的;坦率的;正好的 ad.直接地,径直地
direct vt.针对;指导; 给...指路;指示; 指挥;导演
United Airlines has direct flights from Hong Kong to India. ;联合航空公司有从香港直 飞印度的航班. Almost all the recent criticism from the mass media in Japan ;在日本,近来大众媒体的 几乎所有批评
is directed at the ever-increasing rate of unemployment. ;都是针对越来越高的失业 率.

doubtful a.难以预测的,未定的; 怀疑的,可疑的
Any theory that has not been tested is a doubtful one. ;任何未经检验的理论都是 不足信的.

engage vt.吸引,占用;(电话)占 线;使从事;聘用;使订婚 vi.(~in)参加,从事于
Studying engages most of my time. ;学习占用了我大部分时间
Beautiful clothes can easily engage girls' attention. ;漂亮的衣服总能轻易地吸 引女孩的注意.
Do you want to be engaged in politics or business? ;你想从政还是从商？
Being engaged to someone from a rich and powerful family is many actresses' dream. ;嫁入豪门是很多女明星的 梦想.

faith n.信任,信赖,信心; 信仰,信条
Keeping faith with friends is a good character. ;对朋友守信用是一种好 品格.

force vt.强迫,迫使; 用力推动,用力打开
force n.[p部队,军队,兵力 暴力,武力;力,力量, 力气;影响力,效力
New emerging forces are invincible. ;新生力量是不可战胜的.
It's not proper to force your idea upon others. ;把自己的想法强加于人是 不当的.

habit n.习惯,习性
Hitler once declared that eating meat was a bad habit ;希特勒曾公开说,吃肉是 一种坏习惯,
that had led to the decay of past civilizations. ;导致了过往文明的衰落.

implement vt.使生效,履行,实施 n.工具,器具,用具
The imperial civil examination system was implemented in China ;中国实行科举制度
from the Sui Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. ;从隋朝延续到清朝.
Rakes,ploughs,hoes and spades are simple farming implements. ;耙、犁、锄、铲是简单 的农具.

inherit vt.继承
Princess Diana was a woman of great beauty, ;戴安娜王妃是个大美人,
and her sons Henry and William inherit some of her looks. ;儿子亨利和威廉继承了她 的美貌.
The new Japanese administration inherited ;日本新政府继承了
the ecnomic problems of the last four years. ;前4年的经济问题.

investigate v.调查,调查研究
Sherlock Holmes investigated many cases ;福尔摩斯调查过多宗案件
by following the footprints left at the scene of the crime. ;通过犯罪现场留下的脚印

legislation n.法律,法规;立法, 法律的制定(或通过)
The right of legislation belongs to the Congress in the U.S.A. ;美国的立法权属于国会.

mislead vt.给 错误印象, 使误解;把…带错路; 把…带坏,使误入歧途
Don't let his friendly manner mislead you into trusting him. ;不要让他那种友好的态度 使你误信他.
Juveniles lacking social experience are likely to be misled by strangers' appearance. ;缺少社会经验的青少年容 易为陌生人的外表所迷惑.

operation n.操作,运转,经营;手术; (军事)行动;活动;运算
The skilful operation of a computer is hard to learn. ;学会熟练地操作电脑并不 是容易的.
The enlarged markets in China ;中国市场的扩大
require enlarged operations capable of meeting customers' demands. ;要求经营规模的扩大 以满足顾客需求.

pension vt.发给 养老金(或退 职金,抚恤金的) n.养老金,抚恤金
Some Russian veterans complained that their tiny nautical pensions ;有些俄罗斯退伍兵抱怨 说,他们的那点海军养老 金
is hardly enough to pay for one cockroach. ;连养活一只蟑螂都不够.
In the days of infla- tion people on retire- ment pensions find it difficult to live. ;在通货膨胀的日子里,靠 退休金生活的人发现很难 过活.

potential a.潜在的,可能的; 潜力,潜能
While nuclear weapons present grave potential dangers, ;虽然核武器存在严重的潜 在危险,
the crisis of overpopulation is still the main problem we are facing today. ;但我们今天面临的主要问 题仍是人口过剩的危机.

protect vt.??保卫
Emperor Qinshihuang ordered the Great Wall to be built along the northern border to ;秦始皇命令在北部边界沿 线构筑了长城,
protect the country against attack. ;以保卫国家免受攻击.
If nothing is done to protect the environment, ;如果我们今天不采取什么 措施保护环境,?
millions of species that are alive today will become extinct. ;那么成百万的物种将会 灭绝.

recognize vt.认出,识别; 承认,确认,认可; 赏识,表彰,报偿
Most developing countries are faced with the necessity ;大多数的发展国家都必须
to recognize that having more people implies a lower standard of living. ;认识到,拥有越多的人 口就意味着生活水平越 低下.
When any non-human organ is transplanted into a person, ;当任何非人体器官被移植 到一个人身上,
the body immediately recognizes it as foreign. ;他的身体马上会认出它是 异质的.

reproduce v.复制,再现; 繁殖,生殖
The movie Jurassic Park and the book on which it was based, ;电影《侏罗纪公园》以及 它所依据的那本书
suggest the possibility of reproducing dinosaurs in test tubes ;让人们觉得,在试管里繁 殖恐龙是可能的
through genetic engineering. ;通过基因工程.
Photos can be reproduced without negatives now. ;现在相片没有底片也可以 复制.

rotate v.(使)旋转,(使)转动; (使)轮流
The earth rotates around the sun ;地球围绕太阳转,
and at the same time the earth rotates once a day. ;与此同时地球每天自转 一次. With victory in hand, ;因为胜券在握,
the coach rotates his players frequently near the end of the game. ;教练在比赛即将结束时频 繁的轮换球员.

slap vt.掴,掌击,拍, 啪的一声,(用力)放 a.掴,掌击,拍
The girl slapped the boy (=give the boy a slap) in the face ;女孩给了男孩一记耳光
because he kissed her without permission. ;因为男孩未经同意吻了她

stroke n.中风;一次努力;击,敲 报时的钟声;笔画;抚摸 vt.抚摸
With one stroke of his ax, ;用斧子一砍,
little George Washington had cut the cherry tree down. ;小乔治.华盛顿就砍倒了 这棵樱桃树.
The first stroke is half the battle. ;[良好的开端是成功 的一半.
He stroked her hair affectionately. ;他深情地抚摸着她的 头发.

tradition n.传统,惯例
Making and having dum- plings on Chinese New Year's Eve is a tradi- tion in Northern China ;在农历大年夜做饺子,吃 饺子是中国北方的传统.

wire vi.打电报
wire n.金属丝,电线;电报, 电信 vt.给...安装电线电汇, 给...电报
The house is not wired for electricity yet. ;这所房子还没有铺设好 电线.