Unit 5

Ⅰ 專業八級核心動詞聚焦

crunch[kr?nt?]

v.（嘎吱作響地）啃，咬，嚼；在……上嘎吱作響地走

n.嘎吱聲；危急情況

cuddle[?k?dl]

v.摟抱，擁抱；依偎著睡，蜷著身體睡

n.擁抱，緊抱

culminate[?k?lmineit]

v.達到頂點（高潮），以……告終

culminate in 達到……高峰；終于

curtail[k???teil]

v.縮短，縮減

dab[d?b]

v.輕觸，輕壓

n.（涂上的）少量（顏色等）；輕壓；能手，熟手

dampen[?d?mp?n]

v.使潮濕；使減弱，抑制

dangle[?d??gl]

v.（使）懸蕩，（使）懸垂

dangle about/round 追求……；希望得到……

dangle after 追求；尾隨

darn[dɑ?n]

v.織補

n.織補處

daunt[d??nt]

v.使膽怯，使畏縮

daunting adj.棘手的；使人畏懼的

dawdle[?d??dl]

v.閑蕩，耽誤，偷懶

dawdle along 磨洋工

dawdle away 閑混

deaden[?dedn]

v.減輕力量（強度），減緩……的感覺，使遲鈍

debase[di?beis]

v.使貶值，降低……的身份，貶低

debilitate[di?biliteit]

v.使衰弱（虛弱）

debit[?debit]

v.把……記入借方

n.（賬簿中的）收方，借方

debug[di??b?g]

v.拆除竊聽器；消除錯誤

decease[di?si?s]

v.死，亡故

decelerate[di??sel?reit]

v.（使）減速，減緩

decimate[?desimeit]

v.大批殺死，毀掉……的大部分

decipher[di?saif?]

v.譯解（密碼），解開（疑團）

declaim[di?kleim]

v.高聲朗誦，慷慨陳詞，大聲辯說

decompose[?di?k?m?p?uz]

v.使變壞，腐爛；分解

decoy[di?k?i]

v.用誘餌誘騙，使落入圈套

n.用作誘餌的人（物）

deem[di?m]

v.認為，相信，視為

deem highly of 高度評價

deface[di?feis]

v.損壞……的表面（外觀），磨損

defame[di?feim]

v.誹謗，中傷

defamatory adj.誹謗的，中傷的

defer[di?f??]

v.延緩，拖延；服從，遵從

defer to 遵從，聽從

defile[di?fail]

v.使骯臟，褻瀆（神明）

n.山中的狹道

deflate[di?fleit]

v.放掉（輪胎等的）氣，縮小；泄氣；緊縮（通貨）

defoliate[?di??f?ulieit]

v.毀掉（樹木花草的）葉

deform[di??f??m]

v.毀壞……的外形，使成畸形

defraud[di?fr??d]

v.詐取，詐騙

defraud sb. of sth. 騙取某人某物

defrost[?di??fr?st]

v.使解凍，給（冰箱等）除霜

defuse[?di??fju?z]

v.拆除（炸彈等的）引信；緩和，平息，消除危險

degrade[di?greid]

v.使降級，降低；有辱……的人格，使丟臉

degraded adj.被降級的，退化的，墮落的

dehydrate[?di??haidreit]

v.（使）脫水，除去……的水分

deify[?di?ifai]

v.把……神化，把……奉若神明

deliberate[di?lib?reit]

v.仔細考慮，商議

deliberate about / on / over / upon仔細考慮；審議

adj.有意的，故意的；從容不迫的，審慎的

delimit[di??limit]

v.確定……的范圍（界線）

delineate[di?linieit]

v.描繪，描述，勾畫……的輪廓

delude[di?lu?d]

v.誤導，欺騙，哄騙

delude oneself 自欺

delude sb. with sth. 以某事欺騙某人，哄騙某人做某事

delusion n.欺騙，迷惑，受騙；謬見；錯覺；妄想

deluge[?delju?d?]

v.淹沒；涌現

n.大雨，暴雨，洪水

delve[delv]

v.搜尋，翻查；探索，鉆研

delve into 鉆研，深入研究

demean[di?mi?n]

v.使丟臉，貶低自己，降低……的身份；貶損

demobilize[di??m?ubilaiz]

v.使復員，退伍，遣散（軍隊）

demoralize/demoralise[di?m?r?laiz]

v.使士氣低落，使泄氣，使失去斗志

練習

1．英漢連線

(1) cuddle (a) 閑蕩，耽誤，偷懶

(2) culminate (b)（使）減速，減緩

(3) dangle (c) 用誘餌誘騙，使落入圈套

(4) dawdle (d) 淹沒；涌現

(5) debilitate (e) 譯解（密碼），解開（疑團）

(6) decelerate (f) 摟抱，擁抱

(7) decipher (g) 把……神化，把……奉若神明

(8) decoy (h)（使）懸蕩，（使）懸垂

(9) deify (i) 使衰弱（虛弱）

(10) deluge (j) 達到頂點（高潮）；以……告終

2．釋義連線

(1) cuddle (a) discourage; frighten

(2) curtail (b) destroy or kill a large part of…

(3) dab (c) put off, postpone

(4) daunt (d) lower oneself in dignity

(5) decease (e) reduce, make…less or shorter

(6) decimate (f) consider; regard

(7) deem (g) press sth. lightly and gently

(8) defer (h) fix the limit or boundaries of…

(9) delimit (i) hug tenderly

(10) demean (j) die

3．真題填空：用下列單詞的正確形式完成句子

(1) It___into everything from seasickness, jet lag and the hazards of camels to malaria and plague. (1998, Reading Comprehension: Text A)

(2) This was the introduction of the concept of romantic love, which was to influence literature for many hundreds of years and which still lives on in a___form in simple popular songs and cheap novels today. (1998, Reading Comprehension:Text D)

(3) Many years of murdered food from___soil has made us too tame. (1999, Reading Comprehension: Text B)

(4) Not merely had she___herself, she had degraded him. (2000, Reading Comprehension: Text D)

(5) But she is___by these small failures. (2001, Reading Comprehension: Text E)

(6) The rectangular block of type, a product of five and a half centuries of printers lore, yields to___so gently that one is scarcely aware of the difference between immersing oneself in an imaginary world and scanning the furniture of one's own room. (2002, Reading Comprehension: Text G)

(7) One is the fact that pronunciation is learnt “naturally” and unconsciously, and orthography is learnt___and consciously. (2002, Proofreading & Error Correction)

(8) She lowered her eyes, and suddenly saw the fox. He was looking up at her. His chin was pressed down, and his eyes were looking up. They met her eyes. And he knew her. She was spellbound—she knew he knew her. So he looked into her eyes, and her soul failed her. He knew her, he has not.___(2004, Reading Comprehension: Text C)

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

(10) Why are firms not working harder to keep old employees? Part of the reason is that the___has been beyond the horizon of most managers. (2009, Reading Comprehension: Text B)

(11) From Namche Bazaar, the Sherpa capital at 12,000 feet, the long line threaded south, dropping 2,000 feet to the valley floor, then trudged down the huge Sola-Khumbu canyon until it opened out to the lush but still___foothills of Central Nepal. (2009, Reading Comprehension: Text D)

(12) Rickshaw supporters point out that when it comes to___occupations, rickshaw pullers are hardly unique in Kolkata. (2010, Reading Comprehension:Text A)

(13) The pair fell to the lot of a waiter who happened to feel pleasure in steering them through their meal. He viewed them with the manner of a fatherly pilot, his countenance radiant with benevolence. The patronage, entwined with the ordinary___, was not plain to them. (2011, Reading Comprehension: Text D)

(14)___the numbers for the amount of clothes I buy every year, it looks a lot like my friend's swimming pool. My entire closet is borderline Olympic. Gulp. My late resolution is to buy some items used. (2012, Reading Comprehension: Text A)

(15) The view that translation was impossible gained some currency, and with it that, if attempted at all, it must be as literal as possible. This view___in the statements of the extreme “literalists” Walter Benjamin and Vladimir Nobokov. (2012, Proofreading & Error Correction)