雅思写作必备词汇

附录：雅思写作必备词汇

一.同经济有关的词汇

extravagant 浪费的，奢侈的throw money into thin air 浪费钱

squander v. 浪费：If we squander our fossil fuels, we threaten civilization.

lavish v. 浪费：lavish time and money on pets

We have to economize on water during the dry season.

dear，luxurious 豪华的，money-consuming 浪费钱的，precious，valuable

destitute 贫穷的impoverished 贫穷的（名词形式为impoverishment）poverty-stricken 贫穷的poor

needy 贫穷的，缺乏生活必需品的: They collected money to help the needy children. poverty line 贫穷线，贫困线

a lucrative investment profitable 赚钱的，盈利的wealthy

be short of insufficient 不足的，不够的：The food is insufficient for our needs.

lack n&vt缺乏，be lacking in：She is lacking in responsibility.

run out of 用完scarcity n.缺乏，不足：The scarcity of food was caused by the drought.

There is a shortage of oil in this country.

asset n.资产 a tight budget 资金/预算紧张financial aid 经济资助financial/economic burden经济负担financial strain 资金紧张government revenue 政府税收foreign currency 外汇taxpayer 纳税人

有限的公共资金income 收入hard-earned money 辛苦挣来的钱

consumer goods 消费品consumption n. 消费(consume v.) expenditure n.花费，支出

beggar pauper=beggar homeless 无家可归的laid-off workers 下岗工人jobless 失业的；失业者

charity 慈善（形容词为charitable）healthcare 医疗保健starvation=hunger 饥饿famine 饥荒disease illiteracy 文盲（形容词为illiterate）welfare 福利shelter 庇护所nursing home/house 养老院miserable 痛苦的，悲惨的well-being福利subsidize=finance 资助，补助

二．同时间有关的词汇

squeeze time 挤时间wile away the time 消磨时间kill time 浪费时间

a waste of time and resource precious time-consuming 消耗时间的

a great waste of time occupy vt.占用：Reading occupies most of my free time.

take up 占用pass time 消磨时光

They messed about in the club most of the summer.

tempting 诱惑人的：a tempting offer吸引人的提议；a tempting smell诱人的气味

alluring 迷人的，吸引人的，诱惑的：an alluring advertisement

distracting 分心的（动词为distract）：Noise distracted the writer from his work.

lure vt.引诱：The price also lures students.

induce vt.劝诱，促使：Nothing in the world would induce me to do that.

entice somebody to do something/into doing something.

addictive 上瘾的be addicted to 上瘾wallow in 沉溺于：wallow in luxury

revel in 着迷，酷爱，纵情于：revel in films

resist the temptation 抵挡住诱惑be obsessed with 沉迷于

abandon oneself to 沉溺于：The young man abandoned himself to despair.

indulge in 沉湎于：indulge oneself in eating and drinking纵情于吃喝；

indulge in tobacco 吸烟无度

self-control 自控inhibit v.抑制，约束self-discipline 自律

refrain vi.节制，避免，制止：The boy refrained from tears；

Please refrain from spitting on the sidewalk.

restrain vt.抑制，制止：I couldn't restrain my laughter；

We restrained the children from playing by the railroad；

The government has taken measures to restrain inflation.

academic performance 学习表现misleading 易误解的，令人误解的

play truant 逃学：In my last year I played truant a lot. skip classes 逃课

efficiency 效率productivity 生产力rewarding 有益的，值得的

三.同健康有关的词汇

acute 急性的chronic 慢性的malady 疾病obesity 肥胖（形容词为obese）incurable disease=terminal illness 绝症depression 抑郁症diabetes 糖尿病tumor 肿瘤hypertension 高血压（hypotension 低血压）stroke 中风

以下词汇可以暂时只认知：

arthritis 关节炎coronary heart disease 冠心病epidemics传染病（形容词为epidemic）eye irritation 眼睛发炎infectious disease 传染病rabies=hydrophobia 狂犬病tuberculosis 肺结核

bloated 臃肿的，过于肥胖的dizzy 头昏眼花的fatigue n.疲乏，疲劳headaches indigestion 消化不良indolent 懒惰的morbid 病态的muscle aches insomnia 失眠（口语中也说lose sleep）constipation 便秘