Unit 7

Ⅰ 专业八级核心动词聚焦

dredge[dredʒ]

v.疏浚，挖掘

drench[drentʃ]

v.使湿透，浸湿

drenched to the skin 浑身湿透的

dribble[ˈdribl]

v.落下，滴下，淌；运球

dribble away 逐渐消磨，逐渐消失

drone[drəun]

v.发出嗡嗡声；以（低沉、单调的声调）谈（唱、说）

drone away 闲混

drone on 唠唠叨叨地说下去

n.嗡嗡声；沉闷单调的谈话

drool[druːl]

v.流口水，流涎；对……流露出痴迷的神情

drool over 痴情地看；迷恋地看

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[dʌb]

v.起绰号；（为影片）配音

duff[dʌf]

v.未击中，弄糟

adj.无价值的，无用的

dumbfound/dumfound[dʌmˈfaund]

v.使惊讶而说不出话来，使惊讶

dupe[djuːp]

v.欺骗，愚弄

n.上当的人，上当者

earmark[ˈiəmɑːk]

v.（为某目的）指定（安排）

eavesdrop[ˈiːvzdrɔp]

v.偷听（私人谈话）

eavesdropping n.窃听

eddy[ˈedi]

v.旋转，回旋

n.漩涡，涡流

efface[iˈfeis]

v.擦掉，抹去，消除

efface oneself 埋没自己，不露面

egg[eg]

v.怂恿，煽动

egg sb. on 鼓动，怂恿，煽动

n.卵，蛋

a bad egg 坏蛋，坏家伙

ejaculate[iˈdʒækjuleit]

v.呼喊；突然而简短地说

eject[iˈdʒekt]

v.驱逐，逐出；喷出，投出，弹出

electrify[iˈlektrifai]

v.使充电，使电气化；使激动

electrocute[iˈlektrəkjuːt]

v.电死，以电刑处死

electroplate[iˈlektrəupleit]

v.电镀

n.电镀物品

elicit[iˈlisit]

v.诱出，探出（事实、反应等）

elicit from 从……探出（引出）

elope[iˈləup]

v.私奔，逃跑，逃亡

elucidate[iˈljuːsideit]

v.阐明，说明

elude[iˈljuːd]

v.逃避，避开

elusion n.逃避，规避

elusive adj.难以分辨（或捉摸、得到）的，易逃脱的；难记的；不易想起的

emanate[ˈeməneit]

v.发自，来自，出自

emanate from 流出，发出，放射

embed[imˈbed]

v.把……嵌入，埋入，埋置

embed in 使牢牢嵌入；铭刻于

embellish[imˈbeliʃ]

v.装饰，布置；添加细节，润饰

embezzle[imˈbezl]

v.盗用，挪用（公款），侵吞（财物）

embody[imˈbɔdi]

v.体现，使具体化

embody in 在……体现；使具体化

emboss[imˈbɔs]

v.使凸起，加浮雕图案于

embroil[imˈbrɔil]

v.使卷入

embroil sb./oneself in

使某人（自己）卷入纠纷

emend[iˈmend]

v.校订，修改（文稿）

empower[imˈpauə]

v.授权于

emulate[ˈemjuleit]

v.赶超，与……竞争；模仿，效法

encase[inˈkeis]

v.把……装入，包起

encompass[inˈkʌmpəs]

v.包含，包括，涉及；环绕，围绕

encore[ˈɔŋkɔː]

v.要求（演员等）再演，重演

n.（观众或听众提出的）再演（唱、奏）要求，加演（的节目）

as/for an encore 作为加演

call for an encore 要求加演

encroach[inˈkrəutʃ]

v.侵占，侵犯，侵害

encroach on/upon 侵犯，蚕食，逐步遍及；妨碍

encumber[inˈkʌmbə]

v.塞满，堆满；妨碍某人（某物）自由活动，拖累

be encumbered with 为……所累

endanger[inˈdeindʒə]

v.危及，危害

endangered adj.有灭种危险的，濒临灭绝的

练习

1．英汉连线

(1) dribble (a) 呼喊，突然而简短地说

(2) drool (b) 偷听

(3) dub (c) 侵占，侵犯，侵害

(4) dumbfound (d) 诱出，探出（事实、反应等）

(5) eavesdrop (e) 落下，滴下，淌

(6) ejaculate (f) 包含，包括，涉及

(7) elicit (g) 起绰号；（为影片）配音

(8) emanate (h) 发自，来自，出自

(9) encompass (i) 流口水，流涎

(10) encroach (j) 使惊讶而说不出话来

2．释义连线

(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．真题填空：用下列单词的正确形式完成句子

(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)