赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit6

 　　reduction

　　n.減少；折扣

　　There has been a reduction in the birth rate of this country ever since war broke out.

　　战争爆发后，该国的出生率已经降低了。

　　The supermarket advertised many price reductions.

　　该超市做了许多优惠活动的广告。

　　fake

　　a.假的 n.赝品 vt.伪造;假装

　　Brian was caught using fake money.

　　布莱恩因为使用假钞被抓。

　　After careful examination, the experts revealed that the painting was a fake.

　　经过详细检验,专家指出这幅画是假画。

　　The teacher was angry when he found Gary had faked his father's signature.

　　老师发现盖瑞伪造父亲的签名时很生气。

　　Ruth didn't want to go out with Tim, so she faked a stomachache.

　　茹丝不想和提姆约会,所以假装胃痛。

　　religion

　　n.宗教（可数/不可数）

　　Freedom of religion is a fundamental human right.

　　宗教信仰自由是一项基本人权。

　　religious

　　a.虔诚的；宗教的

　　The rational scientist is very religious.

　　这位理性的科学家对宗教非常虔诚。

　　Never talk about religious or political issues at social gatherings¹.

　　社交聚会千万不要谈论宗教或政治议题。

　　strength

　　n.力量;优点

　　Operating this machine requires skill more than physical strength.

　　操作这台机器需要的技巧比体力还多。

　　Please analyze² the strengths and weaknesses of this proposal.

　　请针对这个提案分析它的优缺点。

　　weakness

　　n.虚弱；弱点

　　You're not suitable for the job because of your physical weakness.

　　你身体虚弱，因此不适合这个工作。

　　Math is my weakness but music is my forte³.

　　数学是我的弱项，不过音乐却是我的强项。

　　factor

　　n.因素（与介词in并用）

　　Arrogance⁴ was a major factor in his failure.

　　傲慢自大是他失败的主因。

　　individual

　　a.个别的，个人的 n.个人，个体

　　She couldn't give the students individual attention because the class was too large.

　　由于这个班太大，她无法个别去照料学生。

　　They discussed the rights of the individual versus⁵ the rights of the group.

　　他们讨论个人权益和团体权益的冲突。

　　individually

　　adv.个别地

　　People differ individually.

　　人各有不同。

　　fax

　　n.传真 vt.传真

　　Did you get the fax from Mr. Wilson?

　　你收到威尔逊先生传来的传真了吗？

　　Could you fax me a copy of your report?

　　可以把你报告的副本传真一份给我吗？

1 gatherings   

聚集( gathering的名词复数 )； 收集； 采集； 搜集

参考例句：

• His conduct at social gatherings created a lot of comment. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。
• During one of these gatherings a pupil caught stealing. 有一次，其中一名弟子偷窃被抓住。

2 analyze   

vt.分析，解析 (=analyse)

参考例句：

• We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
• The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。

3 forte   

n.长处，擅长；adj.(音乐)强音的

参考例句：

• Her forte is playing the piano.她擅长弹钢琴。
• His forte is to show people around in the company.他最拿手的就是向大家介绍公司。

4 arrogance   

n.傲慢，自大

参考例句：

• His arrogance comes out in every speech he makes.他每次讲话都表现得骄傲自大。
• Arrogance arrested his progress.骄傲阻碍了他的进步。

5 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。