和我一起背单词(刘毅3000)(第十六课第二节)

和我一起背单词(刘毅3000)(第十六课第二节)

第16课第2节单词

1 devote v.致力

He devoted his efforts to the improvement of the parks in the city.

他致力于市区公园的改进.

n.devotion

2 divorce v.离婚

He has been divorced for a year.

他已离婚一年.

同.sparate

n.离婚

His wife asked him for a divorce,

他太太要求离婚.

3 elegant adj.高雅的

The furnishings of the palace were elegant.

这座皇宫的装饰很高雅.

4 equator n.赤道

The United States is north of the equator.

美国在赤道的北边.

5 exist v.生存

We cannot exist without air, food, and water.

没有空气,食物和水,我们就不能生存.

6 federal adj.联邦制的

The United States has a federal government.

美国有一个联邦政府.

7 forbid v.禁止

Smoking is forbidden in the crowded bus.

在拥挤的公共汽车上禁止吸烟.

同.prohibit 反.permit;allow

8 gallery n.画廊

Many pictures were hung on the walls of the gallery.

画廊的墙上挂着许多画.

9 grind v.磨

That mill grinds corn into meal and wheat into flour.

那家磨坊将玉米磨成玉米分,小麦磨成面粉.

10 improve v.改进

She improved her handwriting by constant practice.

她通过不断的练习来改进她的书法.

n.improvement

从以上单词中选出最适当的一个单词,填入空格内.

1 The mother ( ) herself to caring for her sick child last week.

2 A(n) ( ) is an imaginary circle around the middle of the earth at an equal distance

from the North and South poles.

3 What happens to the soul when it is ( ) from the body?

4 In the United States foreign policy is decided by the ( ) government.

5 If her father had known it, he would have ( ) the marriage.

答案:

1 The mother (devoted) herself to caring for her sick child last week.

2 A(n) (equator) is an imaginary circle around the middle of the earth at an equal distance from the North and South poles.

3 What happens to the soul when it is (divorced) from the body?

4 In the United States foreign policy is decided by the (federal) government.

5 If her father had known it, he would have (forbidden) the marriage.

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