新概念英语第四册单词表

vulgar [ 'v?lg?] a.平庸的radiance [ 'reidj?ns] n.发光intimation [ inti'mei??n] n.暗示

unutterable [ ?n'?t?r?bl] a.不可言传的invest [ in'vest] v.赋予

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auditory [ '?:ditɑ:i] a.听觉的

inadequate [ in'?dikwit] a.不适当的plea [ pli:] n.要求

abatement [ ?'beitm?nt] n.减少discredit [ dis'kredit] v.怀疑allegation [ ?li'gei??n] n.断言caption [ k?p??n] n.插图说明wreck [ rek] n.残废人

snag [ sn?g] n.疑难之处，障碍anecdote [ '?nikd?ut] n.轶闻slander [ 'sla:nd?] v.诽谤persecute [ 'p?:sikju:t] v.迫害squadron [ 'skw?dr?n] n.中队

psychiatric [ 'saiki'?trik] a.精神病学的diagnosis [ 'dai?g'n?usis] n.诊断orphanage [ '?:f?nid?] n.孤儿院Lesson 26

preservation [ 'prez?(:)'vei??n] n.保存silt [ silt] n.淤泥

scavenger [ 'sk?vind??] n.食腐动物vole [ v?ul] n.野鼠，鼹鼠

decompose [ 'di:k?m'p?uz] v.腐烂

inaccessible [ in?k'ses?bl] a.不能到达的

crevasse [ kri'v?s] n.缝隙

Siberian [ sai'bi?ri?n] a.西伯利亚的paleontological a.古生物学的St.Petersbrug n.圣彼得堡

sabre-toothed a.长着锐利的长犬牙的venture [ 'vent??] v.冒险

bogged a.陷入泥沼的，陷于困境的Lesson 27

galleon [ 'g?li?n] n.大型帆船

Stockholm [ 'st?kh?um] n.斯德哥尔摩flagship [ 'fl?g?ip] n.旗舰

imperial [ im'pi?ri?l] a.帝国的hurricane [ 'h?rik?n] n.飓风might [ mait] n.力量

ferment [ 'f?:ment] n.激动不安

ornament [ '?:n?m?nt, '?:n?ment] v.装饰riot [ 'rai?t] n.丰富

demon [ 'di:m?n] n.恶魔

mermaid [ 'm?:meid] n.美人鱼cherub [ 't?er?b] n.小天使

zoomorphic [ 'zou?'m?:fik] a.兽形的ablaze [ ?'bleiz] a.光彩的portray [ p?:'trei] v.绘制drifting a.弥漫的churn [ t??:n] v.翻滚

pennant [ `p n nt; 'pen nt] n.三角旗

superstructure [ 'sju:p?'str?kt??] n.上部结构

armament [ 'a:m?m?nt] n.军械triple [ 'tripl] a.三层的mount [ maunt] v. 登上bronze [ br?nz] n.青铜

cannon [ 'k?n?n] n.加农炮majestic [ m?'d?estik] a.威严的muzzle [ 'm?zl] n.炮口freshen [ 'fre??n] v.变强squall [ skw?:l] n.暴风list [ list] v.倾斜

port [ p?:t] n.(船、飞机的)左舷ordnance [ '?:dn?ns] n.军械heave [ hi:v] v.拖

starboard [ 'sta:b?d] n.(船、飞机的)右舷counteract [ 'kaunt?'r?kt] v.抵消steepen [ 'sti:p?n] v.变得更陡峭ballast [ 'b?l?st] n.压舱物inrush [ 'inr??] n.水的涌入Baltic [ 'b?:ltik] n.波罗的海

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skeptical [ 'skeptik?l] a.怀疑的forefathers n.祖先

fervently [ 'f?:v?ntli] ad.热情地curative [ 'kju?r?tiv] a.治病的

astronomical [ '?str?'n?mik?l] a.天文学的

tangible [ t?nd??bl] a.实实在在的remedy [ 'remidi] n.药物ointment [ '?intm?nt] n.药膏prescribe [ pris'kraib] v.开药方

indisposition [ in'disp?'zi??n] n.小病disgusting a.令人讨厌的

inconvenience [ 'ink?n'vi:nj?ns] n.不便Lesson 29

hovercraft [ 'h?v?kra:ft] n.气垫船

Norfolk Broads n.诺福克郡的湖泊地区cushion [ 'ku??n] n.座垫ring [ ri?] v.围

Solent n.(英国的)苏伦特海峡sensation [ sen'sei??n] n.轰动dune [ dju:n] n.沙丘

plantation [ pl?n'tei??n] n.种植园hover-train n.气垫火车

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navigation [ 'n?vi'gei??n] n.航海sounding n.水深度

porcupine [ 'p?:kjupain] n.箭猪dredge [ dred?] v.挖掘

expedition [ 'ekspi'di??n] n.远征physicist [ 'fizisist] n.物理学家magnitude [ 'm?gnitju:d] n.很多topography [ t?'p?gr?fi] n.地形crust [ kr?st] n.地壳

rugged [ 'r?gid] a.崎岖不平的tableland n.高地

sediment [ 'sedim?nt] n.沉淀物terrace [ 'ter?s] n.阶地erode [ i'r?ud] v.侵蚀

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colour-blind a.色盲的

perception [ p?'sep??n] n.知觉comprehend [ 'k?mpri'hend] v.理解spatial [ 'spei??l] a.空间的

visualize [ 'vizju?laiz] v.使具形象，设想reminiscence [ 'remi'nisns] n.回忆，联想tadpole [ 't?dp?ul] n.蝌蚪mushroom [ 'm??rum] n.蘑菇

carrot [ 'k?r?t] n.胡萝卜bud [ b?d] n.花蕾lark [ la:k] n.云雀ladybird n.瓢虫

bulrush [ 'bulr??] n.芦苇

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controversy [ 'k?ntr?v?:si] n.争议，争论dust [ d?st] n.纠纷，骚动clash [ kl??] n.冲突

Inquisition [ inkwi'zi??n] n.(罗马天主教的)宗教法庭

perspective [ p?:'spektiv] n.观点，看法despise [ dis'paiz] v.蔑视

generalize [ 'd?en?r?laiz] v.归纳undercurrent [ '?nd?'k?r?nt] n.潜流theoretical [ θi?'retikl] a.理论上的potentiality [ p?'ten?i'?liti] n.潜能intimate [ 'intimit] a.详尽的familiarity [ f?'mili'?riti] n.熟悉culpable [ 'k?lp?bl] a.应受谴责的

Aristotelian [ ?rist?'ti:li?n] n.亚里士多德学派的人

Aristotle [ '?rist?tl] n.亚里士多德(古希腊哲学家)

Ptolemyn.托勒密(公元90-168，古希腊天文学家)

Leaning Tower Pisa 比萨斜塔spiral [ 'spai?r?l] a.螺旋状的nebula [ 'nebjul?] n.星云scratch [ skr?t?] n.擦痕

contrivance [ k?n'traiv?ns] n.器械distort [ dis't?:t] v.歪曲

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adverse [ '?dv?:s] a.逆的，相反的purchasable [ 'p?:t??s?bl] a.可买到的preacher [ 'pri:t??] n.传教士defendant [ di'fend?nt] n.被告outlook [ 'aut-luk] n.视野capacity [ k?'p?siti] n.能力

means [ mi:nz] n.方法，手段，财产，资力

hamper [ 'h?mp?] v.妨碍

savannah [ s?'v?n?] n.大草原

democratic [ 'dem?'kr?tik] a.民主的tribal [ traibl] a.部落的tribe [ traib] n.部落

illiterate [ i'lit?rit] n.文盲

compulsory [ k?m'p?ls?ri] a.义务的deem [ di:m] v.认为

juvenile [ 'd?u:vinail] a.青少年的delinquency [ di'li?kw?nsi] n.犯罪

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adolescence [ '?d?u'lesns] n.青春期slur [ sl?:] n.诋毁

adolescent [ ?d?'les?nt] n.青少年(12-18岁)

disloyalty [ dis'l?i?lti] n.不忠实

spiteful [ 'spaitful] a.恶意的，怀恨的disillusionment [ -m?nt] n.幻灭感evaluation [ i'v?lju'ei??n] n.评价Infallibility [in'f?l?'bil?ti] n.一贯正确resent [ ri'zent] v.怨恨

sincerity [ sin'seriti] n.诚挚

victorian [ vik't?:ri?n] a.维多利亚式的retreat [ ri'tri:t] v.后退

unreasoning [ ?n'ri:z?ni?] a.不凭理智的authoritarian [ ?:'θ?ri't??ri?n] a.专制的cow [ kau] v.吓唬

Lesson 35

hub [ h?b] n.(活动的)中心lunar [ 'lju:n?] a.月球的oxygen [ '?ksid??n] n.氧气Apollo [ ?'p?l?u] n.阿波罗

accelerate [ ?k'sel?reit] v.加速terrestrial [ ti'restri?l] a.地球permanently ad.永远地

fascination [ 'f?si'nei??n] n.魅力senior [ 'si:nj?] a.资历深的，年长的chasm [ t??z?m] n.断层，裂口canyon [ 'k?nj?n] n.峡谷disunited a.分裂的

correspondingly ad.相应地backward [ 'b?kw?d] a.落后的

incur [ in'k?:] v.承担

administer [ ?d'minist?] v.管理

administrative [ ?d'ministr?tiv] a.行政管理的

analogous [ ?'n?l?g?s] a.类似的overheads n.一般费用

initiative [ i'ni?i?tiv] n.主动，积极性checker n.检查人员

foreman [ 'f?:m?n] n.监工dividend [ 'dividend] n.红利unduly [ ?n'dju:li] ad.过度地likelihood [ 'laiklihud] n.可能性infant [ 'inf?nt] n.婴儿

vulnerable [ 'v?ln?r?bl] a.脆弱的

imperceptible [ 'imp?'sept?bl] a.感觉不到的

robust [ r?u'b?st] a.强健的

organism [ '?:g?niz?m] n.有机体

thermodynamics [ 'θ?:m?udai'n?miks] n.热力学

steep [ sti:p] a.急转直下的ageing n.老化

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odds [ ?dz] n.可能性

virtual [ 'v?:tju?l] a.实际上的moot [ mu:t] a.争论未决的run-down a.破旧的

friction [ 'frik??n] n.摩擦

Lesson 38

contamination [ k?nt?mi'nei??n] n.污染sanitation [ 's?ni'tei?n] n.卫生，卫生设备

sewage [ 'sju:id?] n.污水leakage [ 'li:kid?] n.泄漏

intermittent [ int?'mitnt] a.间歇的，断断续续的

carbonated a.碳化的，碳酸的acidic [ ?'sidik] a.酸的，酸性的alcohol [ '?lk?h?l] n.酒精

disinfectant [ disin'fekt?nt] n.消毒剂sterilize [ 'sterilaiz] v.消毒ethanol [ 'eθ?noul] n.乙醇

bactericidal [ b?ktir?'saidl] a.杀菌的negligible [ 'neglid??bl] a.可以忽略的，微不足道的

methylated a.加入甲醇的

Lesson 39

confess [ k?n'fes] v.承认

inspiration [ 'insp?'rei??n] n.灵感Kashmir [ 'k??'mi?] n.克什米尔interweave [ 'int?'wi:v] v.交织afresh [ ?'fre?] ad.重新

discern [ di's?:n] v.辨明，领悟

indescribable [ indis'kraib?bl] a.无法描述的

blur [ bl?:] v.使…模糊不清yeast [ ji:st] n.激动fathom [ 'f?e?m] n.噚（1噚等于1.8米）interminably ad.没完没了地winkle [ 'wi?kl] v.挖掘

incidentally [ 'insi'dent?li] ad.顺便说一下

pertinent [ 'p?:tin?nt] a.中肯的flirt [ fl?:t] v.调情

inmost [ 'inm?ust] a.内心深处的Lesson 40

signature [ 'signit??] n.签名，标记infinity [ in'finiti] n.无穷ray [ rei] n.光线

energize [ 'en?'d?aiz] v.给与…能量rhythm [ 'rie?m] n.节奏transmit [ tr?nz'mit] v.传送exquisite [ 'ekskwizit] a.高雅的phenomena [ fi'n?min?] n.现象crest [ krest] n.浪峰trough [ tr?:f] n.波谷

vertical [ 'v?:tik?l] a.垂直的

horizontal [ 'h?ri'z?ntl] a.水平的actuality [ ?kt?u'?liti] n.现实

catastrophic [ k?t?'str?fik] a.大灾难的particle [ 'pa:tikl] n.微粒maturity [ m?'tju?riti] n.成熟

undulate [ '?ndjuleit] v.波动，形成波浪tremor [ 'trem?] n.震颤

gravitational [ gr?vi'tei??nl] a.地心吸力

的

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technique [ tek'ni:k] n.技术tough [ t?f] a.强硬的

resentful [ ri'zentful] a.仇恨不满的assign [ ?'sain] v.分配，指派mahout [ m?'haut] n.驯象的人calf [ ka:f] n.幼仔pine [ pain] v.消瘦

underline [ '?nd?'lain] v.着重说明，强调keep [ ki:p] n.生计

subservient [ s?b's?:vj?nt] a.屈从的plunge [ pl?nd?] v.向前冲tame [ teim] a.养驯服了的tether [ 'tee?] v.(用绳)拴

ticklish [ 'tikli?] a.难对付的，棘手的alarming a.引起惊恐的

accompaniment [ ?'k?mp?nim?nt] n.伴奏

soothe [ su:e] v.镇定

chant [ t?a:nt] n.单调的歌reinforce [ 'ri:in'f?:s] v.加强

endearing [ in'di?ri?] a.惹人喜爱的epithet [ 'epit] n.θｅ称呼

susceptible [ s?'sept?bl] a.易受感染的blandishment [ 'bl?ndi?m?nt] n.奉承lash [ l??] v.猛烈地甩curl [ k?:l] v.使卷曲

Lesson 42 earthquake [ '?:θkweik] n.地震slumber [ 'sl?mb?] v.睡眠ninepin n.九柱戏中的木柱rigid [ 'rid?id] a.坚硬的delicate [ 'delikit] a.灵敏的

seismometer [ saiz'm?mit?] n.地震仪penholder n.笔杆

legibly [ 'led??bli] ad.字迹清楚地drum [ dr?m] n.鼓状物wriggle [ 'rigl] v.扭动

bluebottle [ 'blu:b?tl] n.绿头苍蝇graph [ gr?f] n.图表

graphic [ 'gr?fik] a.图示的

longitudinal [ 'l?nd?i'tju:dinl] a.纵向的transverse [ 'tr?nzv?:s] a.横向的Lesson 43

Mercury [ 'm?:kjuri] n.水星hydrogen [ 'haidrid??n] n.氢气prevailing [ pri'veili?] a.普遍的radio astronomer n.射电天文学家uniquely ad.唯一地

rational [ 'r???nl] a.合理的radio frequency n.无线电频率cm n.厘米(=centimetre)

megacycle [ 'meg?saikl] n.兆周emission [ i'mi??n] n.散发

interstellar [ 'int?'stel?] a.星际的rendezvous [ 'r?nd?vu:] n.约会地点encounter [ in'kaunt?] n.相遇

Lesson 44

commonplace [ 'k?m?npleis] a.平凡的aberrant [ ?'ber?nt] a.脱离常轨的，异常的

trivial [ 'trivi?l] a.微不足道的

predominant [ pri'd?min?nt] a.占优势的，起支配作用的

manifest [ 'm?nifest] a.明显的

pristine [ 'pristain] a.纯洁的，质朴的stereotype [ sti?ri?taip] n.陈规vernacular [ v?'n?kjul?] n.方言

accommodation [ ?,k?m?'dei??n] n.适应

incumbent [ in'k?mb?nt] a.义不容辞的，有责任的

preliminary [ pri'limin?ri] a.初步的proposition [ 'pr?p?'zi??n] n.主张preferential [ pref?'ren??l] a.优先的

controversial [ 'k?ntr?'v?:??l] a.引起争论的

cactus [ 'k?kt?s] n.仙人掌termite [ 't?:mait] n.白蚁nebula [ 'nebjul?] n.星云variant [ 'v??ri?nt] a.不同的

barbarian [ ba:'b??ri?n] n.野蛮人

pagan [ 'peig?n] n.异教徒

sophistication [ s?'fisti'kei??n] n.老练premise [ 'premis, pri'maiz] n.前提

supernatural [ 'sju:p?'n?t??r?l] a.超自然的

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dispute [ dis'pju:t] v.争夺

mosquito [ m?s'ki:t?u] n.蚊虫subdue [ s?b'dju:] v.征服

drainage [ 'dreinid?] n.下水系统envision [ en'vi??n] n.预想Morocco [ m?'r?k?u] n.摩洛哥latitude [ 'l?titju:d] n.纬度

heretic [ 'her?tik] n.异教徒，异端邪说conceive [ k?n'si:v] v.想像suffice [ s?'fais] v.足够

nuclear [ 'nju:kli?] a.原子弹的

original [ ?'rid??n?l] a.有独到见解的Lesson 46

gifted [ 'giftid] a.有天才的

psychologist [ sai'k?l?d?ist] n.心理学家spasm [ 'sp?z?m] n.一阵(感情)发作futile [ 'fju:tail] a.无用的

insinuate [ in'sinjueit] v.使潜入，暗示convulsive [ k?n'v?lsiv] a.起痉挛的

illumination [ i'lju:mi'nei??n] n.启发，照明

undue [ '?n'dju:] a.不适当的grip [ grip] n.紧张

recuperation [ ri'kju:p?'rei??n] n.休息improvise [ 'impr?vaiz] v.临时作成sedulously ad.孜孜不倦地vivify [ 'vivifai] v.使生气勃勃aggravate [ '?gr?veit] v.加剧trifling [ 'traifli?] a.微小的gratify [ 'gr?tifai] v.使满意caprice [ k?'pri:s] n.任性

satiation [ 'sei?i'ei??n] n.满足frantically [ 'fr?ntik?li] ad.狂乱地avenge [ ?'vend?] v.替…报复boredom [ 'b?:d?m] n.厌烦clatter [ 'kl?t?] n.喧闹的谈话