Unit 3

Ⅰ 專業八級核心動詞聚焦

budge[b?d?]

v.（使）微微移動

buffer[?b?f?]

v.緩沖，減輕

n.起緩沖作用的人（物），緩沖器

bulge[b?ld?]

v.突出，膨脹

n.突出，膨脹；激增

burrow[?b?r?u]

v.挖洞穴；尋找，翻找

n.洞穴，藏身處

bustle[?b?sl]

v.喧擾地忙亂，匆忙，奔忙

bustle about/around 忙碌；東奔西跑

n.熱鬧的活動

bustling adj.繁忙的；熙熙攘攘的

bypass[?baipɑ?s]

v.繞過；回避；忽視

n.（繞過市鎮的）旁道，迂回道

cackle[?k?kl]

v.（母雞）咯咯叫；（刺耳的）咯咯地笑

cajole[k??d??ul]

v.（以甜言蜜語）哄騙，誘騙

cajoler n.騙子

cajolery n.甜言蜜語；誘騙；諂媚

canvass[?k?nv?s]

v.游說（以爭取選票或調查意見）；詳細檢查；討論

canvass for 游說

capitulate[k??pitjuleit]

v.（向某人）投降（指根據商定的條件）

capsize[k?p?saiz]

v.使（船）傾覆；（船）傾覆

captivate[?k?ptiveit]

v.迷惑，吸引，使著迷

captivating adj.使人神魂顛倒的，有魅力的

caress[k??res]

v.愛撫，撫摸

n.撫摸，愛撫，親吻

caricature[?k?rik??tju?]

v.將……畫成漫畫，諷刺地描述，使滑稽化

n.漫畫，諷刺畫，諷刺文章

cascade[k?s?keid]

v.像瀑布般沖下或傾瀉

n.瀑布

catcall[?k?tk??l]

v.吹哨；發噓聲表示不滿，喝倒彩

n.哨聲；噓聲，喝倒彩

cede[si?d]

v.（戰敗后）割讓（土地等），讓出；過戶，轉讓

censure[?sen??]

v.嚴厲批評某人，正式責備某人

centralise/centralize[?sentr?laiiz]

v.使集中，使聚集在一點

certify[?s??tifai]

v.證明，證實

certify for 保證

certify to 證明

chant[t?ɑ?nt]

v.吟唱，反復說

n.吟唱；反復的大聲說；吟唱的曲調

checkmate[?t?ekmeit]

v.（象棋）將死（對方的王棋）；制止，使徹底失敗

n.（象棋）被將死時王棋的位置，將殺；徹底失敗

chime[t?aim]

v.發出鐘聲，奏出和諧的音調；符合，協調，一致

chime in with sth. 符合某事

n.鐘聲

chirp[t???p]

v.（小鳥等）唧唧叫，啁啾

chisel[?t?izl]

v.用鑿子刻，雕，鑿

n.鑿子

christen[?krisn]

v.為……施洗禮，（洗禮時）給……命名；為（船只等）舉行儀式命名；首次使用

christening n.洗禮儀式；命名儀式

chuck[t??k]

v.拋擲，投擲；放棄，拋棄

churn[t???n]

v.劇烈攪動，（波浪）翻騰

n.攪乳器

circumvent[?s??k?m?vent]

v.繞過；巧妙地回避，設法回避

circumvention n.包圍，圍困；欺騙

clatter[?kl?t?]

v.發出嘩啦聲，發出碰撞聲

cleanse[klenz]

v.使清潔，凈化，使純潔

cleave[kli?v]

v.劈開，砍開

cleave to 粘著；堅持

clinch[klint?]

v.釘牢；解決，確定，決定；（拳擊）扭住（對方），互相扭住

clump[kl?mp]

v.用沉重的腳步行走

n.叢林，草叢

clutter[?kl?t?]

v.弄亂，把……弄得雜亂

n.凌亂，雜亂

coax[k?uks]

v.哄誘，勸誘；用哄誘得到，誘取

coax round?（用好話）搪塞

coax sth. out of sb. 哄騙某人東西

coaxing n. & adj.哄騙（的）

cobble[?k?bl]

v.修補（鞋）；粗制濫造

n.（鋪路的）鵝卵石

coddle[?k?dl]

v.嬌養，溺愛

coerce[k?u???s]

v.強制（脅迫）某人做某事

coexist[?k?uig?zist]

v.共存，并存

coexistent adj.同時共存的，同時代的

collate[k??leit]

v.（仔細）核對，對照，校勘；整理

collude[k??lu?d]

v.共謀，勾結，串通

colonize[?k?l?naiz]

v.在……開拓殖民地，殖民于

commentate[?k?m?n?teit]

v.作實況報道，評述

commentator n.評論員，時事評論員；實況廣播員

con[k?n]

v.騙，哄騙，欺騙

練習

1．英漢連線

(1) buffer (a) 割讓

(2) bustle (b) 愛撫，撫摸

(3) capitulate (c) 投擲；放棄

(4) caress (d) 嬌養，溺愛

(5) cede (e) 劈開，砍開

(6) chant (f) 緩沖，減輕

(7) chuck (g) 吟唱，反復說

(8) circumvent (h) 忙亂，匆忙

(9) cleave (i) 繞過；巧妙地回避

(10) coddle (j)（向某人）投降

2．釋義連線

(1) bulge (a) examine carefully; discuss thoroughly

(2) bypass (b) defeat (sb./sth.) completely

(3) cajole (c) fascinate sb., charm

(4) canvass (d) go around; avoid

(5) captivate (e) compel sb. to do sth.

(6) censure (f) stick out, curve outward

(7) checkmate (g) make thoroughly clean

(8) cleanse (h) plot or conspire to cheat others

(9) coerce (i) criticize severely, blame

(10) collude (j) persuade sb. by flattery or deceit

3．真題填空：用下列單詞的正確形式完成句子

(1) Travel medicine has also been___by commercial interests—the vast majority of travel clinics in Britain are run by airlines or travel companies. (1998, Reading Comprehension: Text A)

(2) Ricci is so confident that he has___his quest “Operation Columbus” and has set his sights on discovering an American readership of 300,000. (1999, Reading Comprehension: Text A)

(3) The magazine was criticized for failing to___readers in their 50s. (2000, Reading Comprehension: Text I)

(4) In between these storm surges were steadier but similarly profound fides in which people moved out to___or were captured and brought in as slaves. (2001, Reading Comprehension: Text C)

(5) And he was so sly. He slid along in the deep grass; he was difficult as a serpent to see. And he seemed to___the girls deliberately. (2004, Reading Comprehension: Text C)

(6) It was true. The work crowds pushed home morosely over the pavements. The rusty sky darkened over New York building, the tall street lamps were lit, innumerable trucks, street cars and elevated trains___by. (2005, Reading Comprehension: Text A)

(7) He thought I was shy, and___and joked with me, and made me eat the banana. It smelled of wet straw and snow. (2005, Reading Comprehension: Text A)

(8) Sky-high tuitions have caused universities to regard their students as customers. Just as business firms sometimes___to shorten [reduce/weaken] the rigors of competition, universities collude to minimize the cost to them of the athletes whom they recruit in order to stimulate alumni donations. (2005, Proofreading & Error Correction)

(9) The best athletes now often___higher education in order to obtain salaries earlier from professional teams. (2005, Proofreading & Error Correction)

(10) And until they were stopped by the antitrust authorities, the Ivy League schools___to limit competition for the best students, by agreeing not to award scholarships on the basis of merit rather than purely of need—just like business firms agreeing not to give discounts on [to] their best customer. (2005, Proofreading & Error Correction)

(11) This town had no zoning whatsoever. A landowner could build anything with no permit, no notice to adjoining landowners, nothing. Only hog farms and nuclear reactors required approvals and paperwork. The result was a slash-and-build___that got uglier by the year. (2006, Reading Comprehension: Text B)

(12) President Roh Moo Hyun doesn't like how some colleges are trying to___the new system. He recently criticized “greedy” universities that focus more on finding the best students than faying to “nurture good students”. (2008, Reading Comprehension: Text A)

(13) Now elsewhere in the world, Iceland may be spoken of, somewhat breathlessly, as western Europe's last pristine wilderness. But the environmental awareness that is sweeping the world had___the majority of Icelanders. (2010, Reading Comprehension: Text D)