2019年大学英语四级常考词汇及句(3)
1. distress n. [dɪ'stres] 痛苦,悲伤 vt. 使痛苦
例句:I pray that you will have pity on my distress.
求你可怜可怜我的不幸遭遇。
例句:He couldn't distress her with his own terrible dilemma.
他不能用自己糟糕的困境来折磨她。
2. facility n. [pl.] [fə'sɪləti] 设备,设施;便利,方便
例句:The college has excellent sporting facilities.
这所学院有极好的体育设备。
例句:Certainly geothermometry will be used with greater facility in sub-soil exploration and in detecting migrant fluids.
可以肯定,地热测量法在地下勘探和测试运移流体方面更便于使用。
3. faculty n.['fæk(ə)ltɪ] 能力,技能;系,学科,学院;全体教员
例句:This boy has a faculty of making friends easily.
这个男孩有交友的能力。
例句:He is the dean of the Faculty of Medicine.
他是医学院院长。
例句:Both faculty and students oppose the measures.
全体教师和学生都反对这种方法。
4. mixture n. ['mɪkstʃə] 混合,混合物
例句:You need a spoon to beat the mixture smooth.
你需要用一把调羹来搅均混合液。
例句:Air is a mixture, not a compound of gases.
空气是气体的混合物,不是化合物。
5. mood n. [muːd] 心情,情绪;语气
the subjunctive mood 虚拟语气
例句:I'm not in the mood to disagree with you.
我没有心思跟你争论。
6. moral a. ['mɒr(ə)l] 道德上的,有道德的
例句:His behavior transgressed the moral rules of the social conduct.
他的行为违背了社会行为的道德准则。
7. prominent a.['prɒmɪnənt] 突出的
例句:He is a prominent scholar in the field of linguistics.
他是语言学领域的杰出学者。
8. substance n. ['sʌbst(ə)ns]物质;实质
例句:The emery is a hard metallic substance.
金刚砂是非常坚硬的金属物质。
例句:There is not anything of real substance in their book.
他们的书中没有什么实质性的内容。
9. substantial a. [səb'stænʃ(ə)l] 可观的;牢固的;实质的
例句:Substantial profits accrue when sales take off.
当销售额突飞猛进之后,可观的利润就开始自然累积。
例句:Those workers have built many substantial buildings in the recent years.
近几年那些工人建造了许多坚固的建筑。
例句:The reforms have made substantial headway.
改革取得了实质的进展。
10. prompt vt. [prɒm(p)t] 促使 a. 敏捷的,及时的
例句:Science and technology has prompted the rapid development of modern society.
科学技术推动了现代社会的迅速发展。
例句:Thank you for your prompt reply to our telegram.
多谢您对我们电报的及时答复。