Unit 7

Ⅰ 專業八級核心動詞聚焦

dredge[dred?]

v.疏浚，挖掘

drench[drent?]

v.使濕透，浸濕

drenched to the skin 渾身濕透的

dribble[?dribl]

v.落下，滴下，淌；運球

dribble away 逐漸消磨，逐漸消失

drone[dr?un]

v.發出嗡嗡聲；以（低沉、單調的聲調）談（唱、說）

drone away 閑混

drone on 嘮嘮叨叨地說下去

n.嗡嗡聲；沉悶單調的談話

drool[dru?l]

v.流口水，流涎；對……流露出癡迷的神情

drool over 癡情地看；迷戀地看

drowse[drauz]

v. & n.假寐，半醒半睡，瞌睡

drowse away 昏昏沉沉地消磨

drowse off 打瞌睡

drowsy adj.困倦的，瞌睡的，昏昏欲睡的；假寐的

dub[d?b]

v.起綽號；（為影片）配音

duff[d?f]

v.未擊中，弄糟

adj.無價值的，無用的

dumbfound/dumfound[d?m?faund]

v.使驚訝而說不出話來，使驚訝

dupe[dju?p]

v.欺騙，愚弄

n.上當的人，上當者

earmark[?i?mɑ?k]

v.（為某目的）指定（安排）

eavesdrop[?i?vzdr?p]

v.偷聽（私人談話）

eavesdropping n.竊聽

eddy[?edi]

v.旋轉，回旋

n.漩渦，渦流

efface[i?feis]

v.擦掉，抹去，消除

efface oneself 埋沒自己，不露面

egg[eg]

v.慫恿，煽動

egg sb. on 鼓動，慫恿，煽動

n.卵，蛋

a bad egg 壞蛋，壞家伙

ejaculate[i?d??kjuleit]

v.呼喊；突然而簡短地說

eject[i?d?ekt]

v.驅逐，逐出；噴出，投出，彈出

electrify[i?lektrifai]

v.使充電，使電氣化；使激動

electrocute[i?lektr?kju?t]

v.電死，以電刑處死

electroplate[i?lektr?upleit]

v.電鍍

n.電鍍物品

elicit[i?lisit]

v.誘出，探出（事實、反應等）

elicit from 從……探出（引出）

elope[i?l?up]

v.私奔，逃跑，逃亡

elucidate[i?lju?sideit]

v.闡明，說明

elude[i?lju?d]

v.逃避，避開

elusion n.逃避，規避

elusive adj.難以分辨（或捉摸、得到）的，易逃脫的；難記的；不易想起的

emanate[?em?neit]

v.發自，來自，出自

emanate from 流出，發出，放射

embed[im?bed]

v.把……嵌入，埋入，埋置

embed in 使牢牢嵌入；銘刻于

embellish[im?beli?]

v.裝飾，布置；添加細節，潤飾

embezzle[im?bezl]

v.盜用，挪用（公款），侵吞（財物）

embody[im?b?di]

v.體現，使具體化

embody in 在……體現；使具體化

emboss[im?b?s]

v.使凸起，加浮雕圖案于

embroil[im?br?il]

v.使卷入

embroil sb./oneself in

使某人（自己）卷入糾紛

emend[i?mend]

v.校訂，修改（文稿）

empower[im?pau?]

v.授權于

emulate[?emjuleit]

v.趕超，與……競爭；模仿，效法

encase[in?keis]

v.把……裝入，包起

encompass[in?k?mp?s]

v.包含，包括，涉及；環繞，圍繞

encore[???k??]

v.要求（演員等）再演，重演

n.（觀眾或聽眾提出的）再演（唱、奏）要求，加演（的節目）

as/for an encore 作為加演

call for an encore 要求加演

encroach[in?kr?ut?]

v.侵占，侵犯，侵害

encroach on/upon 侵犯，蠶食，逐步遍及；妨礙

encumber[in?k?mb?]

v.塞滿，堆滿；妨礙某人（某物）自由活動，拖累

be encumbered with 為……所累

endanger[in?deind??]

v.危及，危害

endangered adj.有滅種危險的，瀕臨滅絕的

練習

1．英漢連線

(1) dribble (a) 呼喊，突然而簡短地說

(2) drool (b) 偷聽

(3) dub (c) 侵占，侵犯，侵害

(4) dumbfound (d) 誘出，探出（事實、反應等）

(5) eavesdrop (e) 落下，滴下，淌

(6) ejaculate (f) 包含，包括，涉及

(7) elicit (g) 起綽號；（為影片）配音

(8) emanate (h) 發自，來自，出自

(9) encompass (i) 流口水，流涎

(10) encroach (j) 使驚訝而說不出話來

2．釋義連線

(1) drench (a) escape; avoid

(2) dupe (b) run away with a lover, esp. to get married

(3) efface (c) force…to leave; expel

(4) egg (d) rub or wipe out; erase

(5) eject (e) make…beautiful; decorate

(6) elope (f) make…completely wet

(7) elucidate (g) try to do as well as or better than…

(8) elude (h) strongly encourage sb. to do sth.

(9) embellish (i) make…clear; explain

(10) emulate (j) deceive or cheat sb.

3．真題填空：用下列單詞的正確形式完成句子

(1) The overall design has to be able to___a great diversity of styles and subjects—urgent pieces of reporting, serious essays, lighter pieces, lifestyle-oriented pieces, short stories, poetry. (1997, Reading Comprehension: Text A)

(2) The Marseilles Deputy and former Urban Affairs Minister was already under investigation in four other cases, which involved defamation,___, fraud and a bribery scandal connected to his Olympique de Marseilles soccer team. (1998, Reading Comprehension: Text L)

(3) Fond of alliteration, he___it “Murdered Milk Measure”, and established the Liberty Restoration League, with headquarters at his house in London, for the specific purpose of organizing a counteroffensive. (1999, Reading Comprehension: Text B)

(4) Still others believe it will subvert relations within the family: cynics___it the“Sue Your Son” law. (1999, Reading Comprehension: Text D)

(5) Today, the Thames could be frozen for a year without___the livelihoods of any but a few pleasure-boatmen. (2000, Reading Comprehension: Text F)

(6) Perhaps it is actually the publisher who is___by the relentless advance of the Internet. (2000, Reading Comprehension: Text G)

(7) Today, globalization___the whole world and deals with it as an integral unit. (2002, Reading Comprehension: Text D)

(8) Harlem is also part of an “___zone”—a federal designation aimed at fostering economic growth that will bring over half a billion in federal, state, and local dollars. (2003, Reading Comprehension: Text B)

(9) Cooper was illustrating a distinctly American trait, future-mindedness: the ability to see the present from the vantage point of the future; the freedom to feel___by the past and more emotionally attached to things to come. (2003, Translation: Section B; 2005, Reading Comprehension: Text C)

(10) “In Africa, women till the land and produce the bulk of the food, yet they have no understanding about marketing,” Sadza said. “Agriculture is another area where we can___women.” (2004, Reading Comprehension: Text H)

(11) Princes, and later merchants, had similar collections, which became the deposits of natural curiosities: large lumps of amber or coral, irregular pearls, unicorn horns, ostrich___, fossil bones and so on. (2006, Reading Comprehension:Text D)

(12) Rauxa is reminiscent of our words “raucous” and “ruckus”. What makes the castellers revealing of the city is that they___rauxa and seny. The idea of a human castle is rauxa—it defies common sense—but to watch one going up is to see seny in action. (2008, Reading Comprehension: Text C)

(13) Certainly they were connected to their land, the way one is complicatedly connected to, or___by, family one can't do anything about. (2010, Reading Comprehension: Text D)

(14) For office innovators, the unrealized dream of the “paperless” office is a classic example of high-tech hubris (傲慢). Today's office___is drowning in more paper than ever before. But after decades of hype, American offices may finally be losing their paper obsession. (2011, Reading Comprehension: Text B)