2018考研英语必看经典熟词僻义（超全）

　　cream n 精华;佼佼者vt提取(精华);选出(最好的部分)[(+off)]

　　Therefore, the best Chinese schools then had the cream of the crop among Hong Kong's secondary school students."

　　所以最好的几所华文中学拥有当时最好的香港中学生。

　　They creamed off the best students and sent them to a special school.

　　他们把最好的学生挑选出来送往特别的学校学习。

　　create vt使成为...; 赐给爵位The queen created him a peer.女王封他为贵族。

　　生气She really created because she wasn’t severed first. 因未首先招待她，她真生气了。

　　credit n 银行存款(帐面余额)[U]How much does he have to his credit? 他存了多少钱?

　　荣誉,赞扬,功劳[U][(+for/to)]The credit for this invention goes to Mr. Lodge and his collaborators.

　　这项发明的荣誉属于洛奇先生和他的合作者。

　　【真题例句】They are the possessions of the autonomous (self-governing) man of traditional theory, and

　　they are essential topractices in which a person is held responsible for his conduct and given credit for his

　　achievements. 【2002年汉译英】

　　自由和尊严 (它们) 是传统理论定义的自主人所拥有的，是要求一个人对自己的行为负责并因其业绩而给予肯定的必不可少的前提。

　　学分He hasn't enough credits to get his degree.他的学分不够取得学位。

　　criminal adj可耻的 It is criminal the way she lies and cheats to get what she wants. 她为得到她要的说谎是可耻的。

　　cripple vt严重削弱, 使陷于瘫痪The general strike of the railway workers crippled the country's economy.

　　铁路工人的全面罢工使国家的经济陷于瘫痪。

　　He that lives with cripples learns to limp. 近朱者赤, 近墨者黑。

　　crisp adj .鲜嫩的The celery is fresh and crisp. 这芹菜新鲜脆嫩。

　　天气干燥的 a crisp winter morning 一个干燥的冬天的早晨

　　干脆的,干净利落的;有生气的He has a crisp style of delivery. 他说话干净利落

　　critical adj 临界点的;go critical (核反应堆)达到临界状态

　　The point at which branching of the graph occurs is called a bifurcation point and corresponds to a critical value of the load 图上发生分叉处的点叫分支点，它相当于荷载的临界值。

　　crop vt.剪短, 修剪The gardener cropped the hedge.园丁把树篱剪矮了。

　　vi收成This plant doesn't crop very heavily.这种作物收成不很大。

　　a crop of一群(人), 一批(事物)，一系列

　　That the nuclear reactor burnt in Chernobyl brought Russian a crop of misfortunes.

　　切尔诺贝利核反应堆爆炸给苏联人带来一系列灾难。

　　cross n磨难;苦难Everyone has a cross to bear. 每一个人都有自己的苦难。

　　adj发怒的,脾气坏的[(+with/at)]Don't get cross with me, it wasn't my fault. 不要对我生气,那不是我的错。

　　crow vi (因胜利而)欢呼;得意扬扬,幸灾乐祸[(+about/over)]

　　She crowed over his disappointment. 她因他受了挫折而幸灾乐祸。

　　He crowed about his promotion. 他因获得晋升而自鸣得意。

　　crowd vt催促;催逼Don't crowd me, I'll pay. 别催逼我,我会付的。

　　crowd on sail 加速crowd out挤出

　　The article was crowded out of yesterday's edition. 那篇文章未被刊登在昨天的报上

　　crown vt为...加顶; Snow crowned the mountains. 雪覆盖山顶。

　　使圆满完成The award of this prize crowned his career.那项奖项使他功成名就。

　　crown it all更糟的是

　　Define His house burnt down, his car was stolen, and to crown it all he lost his job. :

　　他的房子给烧了，汽车也给偷了，更糟的是，他的职业也丢掉了。

　　cruise vi以快而平稳的速度长距离行驶

　　The car was cruising along at 100 kilometers an hour. 这辆车平稳地以每小时100公里的速度行驶。

　　crush n极度拥挤;拥挤的人群There was such a crush in the room that no one could move. 房内挤得水泄不通,谁也无法动

　　水果汁：lemon crush 柠檬汁

　　迷恋 Schoolchildren often have crushes on teacher.学生们常常迷恋老师。

　　crust vt用硬皮覆盖;在...上结硬皮Ice crusted the stream. 小溪上结了一层冰。

　　cry n要求; 呼吁;标语battle-cry 战斗号角，战士的呐喊

　　At the meeting, the parents were in full cry, demanding further government spending on schools.

　　会上家长们大声疾呼, 要求政府增拨教育经费。

　　crystal adj清楚的, 明显的It is crystal clear what we must do.我们该做什么是很明显的。

　　culture n[U]教养;锻炼;陶冶;修养He is a man of little culture. 他是一个没有多少修养的人。

　　cunning adj/n精巧(的);熟练(的),灵巧(的)

　　做某事灵巧show much cunning at doing sth.

　　It takes cunning workmen to make such elaborate furniture. 能工巧匠才能制作如此精致的家具。

　　【美】【口】小巧玲珑的,令人喜爱的What a cunning kitten! 这只小猫多么逗人喜爱!

　　cure vt薰[腌]鱼[肉]等n. 1.治疗;痊愈[C][U] 2.疗法;药;(处理社会问题等的)对策[C][(+for)] 3.治疗,疗程[C]4.牧师职位[C]

　　The hams were cured over a hickory fire.火腿在山核桃树枝燃起的火上薰制。

　　There's no known cure for a cold. 治疗感冒尚无良方。

　　She tried every means to cure her child of the bad habit. 她想尽一切办法试图改掉她孩子的这个恶习。

　　currency n通用,流通;流传,传播[U]These ideas have gained wide currency. 这些思想已广泛传播。

　　curtain n[c] 幕状物A thick curtain of fog hid the mountains from view. 一层浓雾遮蔽群山。

　　掩护Our infantry was protected by a curtain of artillery fire.我们的步兵在炮火掩护下。

　　【俚】横死;完蛋[P][(+for)] be curtains for him意味着他要完蛋了

　　custom n光顾, 顾客We would like to have your custom.我们欢迎您的惠顾。

　　(常大写)海关[the P]Did you have any trouble with the Customs? 你通过海关有麻烦吗?

　　adj.[美](衣服等)定做的, 定制的custom shoes (clothes, etc)定制的鞋(衣服等)

　　damage n[pl.]【律】赔偿损失; 赔偿费They sued for damages.他们起诉要求赔偿损失。

　　damp vt减弱, 抑制My failure last time has not damped my interest.上次失败没使我兴趣减弱。

　　使沮丧, 使败兴Nothing could damp his spirits.任何事情都不能使他精神消沉。

　　dash vt匆匆地写或画n短距离赛跑; 少许

　　She dashed some paint on the paper and called it a tree.她在纸上涂抹了些颜料, 说这就是一棵树。

　　The contestants lined up for the 100-yard dash选手列队参加100码短跑。

　　Give him a glass of water with a dash of whisky in it.给他一杯水, 加少许威士忌。

　　dare vt向…挑战,I dared him, but he didn't.我向他挑战, 可是他不敢应战。

　　vi激Try it if you dare.要是你敢的话, 你就试试看。

　　dark adj 隐晦的意义不明的It is a dark secret.这是十分秘密的事。

　　dance vi手舞足蹈; 摇晃; 跳跃The moon danced on the ripples.月亮在涟漪上舞动。

　　dawn n/vi (时代,局面等)开始出现,渐露端倪开始(为人所)明白;顿悟[(+on/upon)]

　　The space age dawned in the twentieth century.太空时代开始于二十世纪。

　　【真题例句】Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty.当开始发现自身创造力后人类已设计出越来越巧的工具来应付那些危险、乏味、繁重甚至是有点脏的工作。【2002年阅读Text2】

　　开始(为人所)明白;顿悟[(+on/upon)]She truth at last dawned upon her. 她终于明白了事情的真相。

　　It has just dawned on me that ....我刚刚才明白...。

　　dead adj无感觉的; 麻木的;过时的，不再重要的

　　It's so cold that my fingers feel dead.这样的冷我的手指都冻僵了。

　　He is dead to all sense of shame.他全无羞耻之感。

　　Many people say that detente is now a dead letter.很多人说缓和国际紧张局势的论调已是明日黄花。

　　adv.完全地, 绝对地, 彻底地I was dead tired.我累极了。

　　直接地正对地The wind was dead against us.风向我们迎面吹来。

　　deadly adj充满仇恨的He has become my deadly enemy.他成了我不共戴天的敌人。

　　极端的, 非常的I'm in deadly earnest.我是非常认真的。

　　debt n 人情债 恩惠We owe you a debt of gratitude for you help.承蒙帮助，感恩不尽。

　　deck vt装扮The city's main streets were decked with multi-colored banners.市区的主要街道装饰着各种颜色的彩旗。

　　declare vi 申报;报税He should declare at customs.他应该报关。

　　deed n 功绩事迹His deed claims our respect.他的行为值得我们尊敬。

　　契约The money was given to us by deed of covenant.这笔钱是根据契约书付给我们的。

　　vt立契约He deeded all his estate to his daughter.他立契约将其全部财产转让给他的女儿。

　　defence n辩护答辩The lawyer produced a clever defence of his client.律师机智地为委托人辩护。

　　demonstrate/demonstration示威游行

　　【真题例句】France’s [D] resumption of nuclear testing in the South Pacific last month triggered political debates and mass demonstrations. 【2002年词汇22题】

　　[A] assumption [B] consumption [C] presumption [D] resumption

　　法国上个月继续在南太平洋进行核试验，引发了多场政治辩论和大规模示威游行。

　　defect vi逃跑,脱离,背叛[(+to/from)] He defected to the enemy. 他投敌了。

　　defend vt【律】为...辩护;作...的辩护律师She defended herself successfully in court. 她在法庭上成功地为自己作了辩护。

　　defy vt激, 惹; 向...挑战They defied him to jump off the bridge.他们激他跳下桥去。

　　使不能,使落空,抗拒Her odd behavior defies understanding. 她的古怪行为无法理解。

　　deliver vt.发言Mr. Smith delivered the opening speech. 史密斯先生致开幕词

　　【真题例句】Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner.【2002年阅读Text2】

　　(练习幽默)内容包括一些很随意看上去是即兴的话，你可以用轻松，不做作的方式把它们说出来。

　　助产The midwife delivered her sister. 那位助产护士给她妹妹接生。

　　发动, 提出The enemy is going to deliver an attack during the dry season.敌人准备在旱季发动攻势。

　　vi履行,实现[(+on)]I am certain that he will deliver on his promise. 我确信他会履行诺言。

　　delivery n演讲(或唱歌)的姿态[C][U] He has an excellent delivery. 他有极优美的演讲风格。

　　【真题例句】Often it’s the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted remark. 【2002年阅读Text2】

　　常常是你说话的风格使听众发笑，因此说慢一些，并且记住扬扬眉或者露出一副不相信的表情都有助于显示你在做轻松的评论。

　　demonstrate vi.举行示威游行(或集会) vt 用行动表示显示, 表露

　　Large crowd demonstrated outside the British Embassy.人群在英国大使馆外面示威。

　　The fireman demonstrated great courage in saving the child.那位消防员在抢救孩子过程中表现了极大的勇气。

　　dense adj愚笨的He is so dense, he'll never understand your message.他很笨不理解你的意思。

　　department n 活动/知识范围 Finance is not within the compass of our department 财政不在我们部门管辖范围之内。

　　departure n背离,违背,变更[C][(+from)];事业;冒险

　　The new policy represents a complete departure from their previous position.

　　新政策说明他们全背离了以前立场

　　Working on a farm is a new departure for him.在农场工作对他来说是一项新事业。

　　depend vi决定于, 视…而定It all depends.I have certain doubts about it.这很难说, 得看情况。

　　dependent adj取决于…的It is largely dependent on the weather.这多半取决于天气情况。

　　deposit vt付订金He deposited a small amount of money toward the purchase of the car.他为买这辆车先付少量订金。

　　n订金The hotel requires a deposit for all advance bookings.旅馆规定凡预订房间都要先付订金。

　　depth n感情深厚I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。

　　descend on/upon 突然袭击;向...涌来The robbers descended on the village. 强盗突然袭击那村子。

　　Letters of application descended on them like snowflakes. 申请信件像雪片似地向他们飞来。

　　descend from起源于;是...的后裔

　　His family descends from the first English immigrants. 他这一家是第一批英国移民的后裔。

　　descent n血统, 出身, 门第She is of German descent.她祖籍是德国。

　　衰落;堕落[U][S1]his descent into a life of crime 他沦落到靠犯罪为生

　　袭击;入侵[C][(+on/upon)]

　　The Danes made numerous descents upon the English coast during the 10th century.

　　丹麦人在十世纪曾对英国海岸发动过无数次袭击。

　　describe vt沿直线曲线移动A bullet describes a curved path in the air.子弹在空中沿曲线前进。

　　description n种类, 类型The show featured dogs of every description.展览会中展出各种的狗。

　　desert vt. 从...开小差;擅离(职守等)The guard was punished for deserting his post. 卫兵因擅离职守而受到处罚。

　　develop vt.(照相)冲洗, 显影Can you develop this film for us?你能代我们冲洗这个胶卷吗?

　　逐渐产生;养成;患(病) Try to develop good reading habits. 要养成良好的阅读习惯。

　　【真题例句】Being interested in the relationship of language and thought, Whorf developed the idea that the structure of language determines the structure of habitual thought in a society.沃夫对语言与思维的关系很感兴趣,逐渐形成了这样的观点：在一个社会中, 语言的结构决定习惯思维的结构。【2004年汉译英】

　　显现出The machine developed the same fault again.这台机器有出现了同样的毛病。

　　详尽阐述Developed her thesis in a series of articles.用一系列文章逐渐阐明她的论文

　　design n设计, 布局;目的企图

　　The success of this car shows the importance of good design in helping to sell the product.

　　这种汽车的成功显示精良的设计对打开销路的重要性。

　　His evil designs were frustrated.他的罪恶企图未能得逞。

　　desk n 服务台You may leave your key at the reception desk. 你可以把钥匙留在服务台。

　　部门Jefferies is running the sports desk.杰弗里斯负责体育新闻组。

　　desperate adj极为危险严重的The state of the country is desperate.该国的情况是极其严重的。

　　极度渴望的极想望的, 极需要的He's desperate for money.他极渴望得到钱。

　　detach vt指派担任特种任务, 分遣, 派遣(军队等)Men were detached to defend the pass.已经派遣了人员去防守关隘。

　　device n手段, 策略(贵族用)纹章,图案Her illness is merely a device to avoid seeing him.她所谓生病只是避免见他的花招。

　　dialogue n有不同意见的人们之间的对话;交换意见

　　At last there can be a reasonable dialogue between our two governments.我们两国最后终于能理智地进行对话了

　　diet n. 1.(有时大写)(丹麦,日本等的)议会,国会[C]The Diet is now sitting. 国会现在在会期中。

　　difficult adj不易相处的, 难满足的

　　She was the most difficult customer the salesman had to deal with that day.

　　她是这个售货员那天所遇到的最难应付的一位顾客。

　　dip vt. & vi.(使)微降, (使)下沉(使)向下再向上

　　The sun dipped below the western sea.太阳慢慢沉入西边的大海里。

　　The sailor dipped the ship's flag as a salute.水手将船上的旗降下来再上去以示致敬。

　　diplomatic adj有手腕的, 策略的, 善于交涉的, 圆滑的

　　You must be more diplomatic in handling the situation.你在处理这一情况时, 必须圆滑。

　　direction n管理She was entrusted with the direction of the project.她受委托负责这项计划。

　　姓名和地址We had no trouble finding your house because your directions were definite.我们很容易找到你的家, 因为你的地址说得很清楚。

　　dirt n 脏话Don't say dirty words.别说脏话。

　　disaster n彻底的失败His career is a story of utter disaster.他在事业上一事无成。

　　discipline vt训练It showed that they had been well disciplined.这表明他们受过良好的训练。

　　惩罚The boy was often disciplined for staying away from school.那孩常因逃学而受罚。

　　discount vt.不考虑; 不全信They have discounted the rumors.他们不信那些谣传。

　　忽视His information is not to be discounted.他的消息不可不重视。

　　discourage vt阻碍; 劝阻We discourage smoking in this school.在这所学校里我们劝阻吸烟。

　　dish n漂亮的人Mary's new boyfriend is quite a dish, isn't he?玛丽新男朋友挺帅的, 是吗?

　　vt.盛于碟盘中; 分发, 提供She dished out the food.她用餐时分发饭菜。

　　使某人的希望破灭, 使某人不能成功The scandal dished his hopes of being elected.这件丑闻使他当选的希望破灭了。

　　disposition n安排布置He has made a good disposition of his property.他就财产作了妥善处理。

　　distance n疏远, 冷淡Keep your distance from him.你不要和他太亲近。

　　distant a隐约的There is a distant connection between the 2 theories.这两种理论略微有点关系。

　　distinction n 特征，个性His style lacks distinction.他的文体缺乏个性。

　　卓越, 优秀, 盛名He is a writer of real distinction.他是一位真正才智超群的作家。

　　荣誉,These are the highest distinctions that have ever been given by our government.

　　这些是我国政府迄今授予的最高荣誉称号。

　　distress n危险Send out a distress signal; the ship is sinking.发出求救信号吧, 船正在下沉。

　　ditch vt作水上迫降The pilot ditched at sea. 驾驶员在海上迫降。

　　摆脱，抛弃He's ditched his girl friend.他抛弃了他的女友。

　　开渠修路They are digging irrigation ditches. 他们在挖灌溉渠。

　　diversion n娱乐, 消遣Chess is his favorite diversion.象棋是他最喜欢的娱乐活动。

　　牵制His talk created a diversion of attention他的讲话牵制人们的注意力。

　　divine vt.猜测, 预测The old man claimed to be able to divine what the stars hold in store for us.老人声称能预知祸福。

　　占卜;礼拜.My mother asked me to attend divine service.我妈妈要求我做礼拜。

　　dock n被告席The corrupt official stood in the dock.那贪官站在被告席上。

　　vt.减少; 扣除He docked her pocket money until the debt was paid off.他削减了她的零钱直到还清债务。

　　dominate vi.处于支配地位; 占优势;巍然在上; 高耸

　　This criticism usually dominates over the newspaper.这种批评常在报纸上占显著地位。

　　The two new buildings dominate the whole town. 这两座新建筑俯瞰整个城市。

　　drain vt耗尽[(+of)]n (财富等的)不断外流,逐渐流光[U][S1]

　　The civil war drained the country of its manpower and wealth.内战耗尽国家的人力财富。

　　This country is being drained of its best talents.这个国家最优秀的人才在不断外流。

　　dramatic adj引人注目的, 给人深刻印象的;剧烈的，明显的

　　She plays a very dramatic woman with flashing eyes.她饰演一位双眼闪光的引人注目的妇人。

　　Dramatic changes have taken place in China.中国发生了翻天覆地的变化

　　China has achieved dramatic economic developments.中国在经济上取得了瞩目的发展。

　　drastic adj极其严重的 a drastic shortage of food食物非常严重的短缺

　　draw vi打成平局, 不分胜负The two teams drew last night.这两个队昨晚打成了平局。

　　移动, 来临The National Day is drawing closer.国庆节快到了。

　　n平局The game ended in a draw.比赛以平局结束

　　vt引起The airplane drew the enemy's fire.飞机引来敌人的炮火。

　　slow on the draw反应迟钝

　　He's a nice lad, but a bit slow on the draw.他是个挺不错的小伙子，就是头脑欠灵活。

　　dress vt给(伤口)敷药;包扎The nurse dressed his wound. 护士替他包扎伤口。

　　调(色拉);作(菜)She dressed the vegetables with butter and salt. 她在菜里面加黄油和盐。

　　drift n趋势, 动向, 倾向There is a slow drift into crisis.有一种渐入危机的趋势。

　　大意，主旨 I didn't get the drift of his argument. 我没有听懂他论点的要领。

　　vt使吹积The strong wind drifted the snow in piles. 大风将雪吹刮成堆。

　　drive n紧迫, 逼迫, 压力The enemy drive towards the town seemed checked.敌人对市镇的压力似乎已被阻止。

　　传动, 驱动This car has a front-wheel drive. 这辆汽车前轮驱动。

　　drug n 毒品麻醉药As the addict's toleration increases, he requires ever larger doses of the drug.

　　由于嗜毒者对药物的耐受性增加了，因而需要更大剂量的毒品

　　【真题例句】Other identifiable causes of offensive acts include frustration or failure in school, the increased availability of drugs and alcohol, and the growing incidence of child abuse and child neglect. 【2004年完型】

　　其他已知的情况还包括：青少年在学校里形成的挫败和考试不及格，越来越容易获得毒品和酒精，以及虐童和得不到关怀的事件时有发生。

　　vt 下麻药She drugged his coffee.她在他的咖啡里下了麻醉药。

　　drum vt大力征集,召集[(+up)] 灌输

　　We couldn't drum up enough boys to make a football team. 我们召集不到足够的男孩组成足球队。

　　I drummed the traffic regulations into my son's head. 我对儿子反复讲了交通规则。

　　drunk adj陶醉的,兴奋的[(+with)]He was drunk with success. 他因成功而陶醉。

　　duck vt. & vi.忽然低下头(或弯下腰) 躲避, 闪开将...按入(水中)[(+in)]

　　When the stone came towards him, he ducked his head.当石头向他砸来, 他迅速低下头。

　　She ducked the interviewers by sneaking out the back door.她从后门溜走, 躲开采访者。

　　The boys tried to duck each other in the swimming pool.男孩们设法将对方按入游泳池水中。

　　dump vt倾销,抛售They dump their surplus production on foreign countries. 他们向外国倾销剩余产品。

　　dwarf vt.(使)显得矮小, 使相形见绌Shakespeare dwarfs other dramatists.莎士比亚使其他剧作家相形见绌。

　　ear n听力It trained their ear.这训练了他们的听力。

　　穗She has some ears of rice in her hand.她手里拿着几穗稻子。

　　earnest n. 定金，保证,保护费; 认真，诚挚, 预兆

　　adj郑重其事的, 非常认真的Life is real and earnest.人生是真实的、认真的。

　　I'm not joking; I'm in earnest. 我不是开玩笑;我是认真的。

　　The current economic slump is an earnest of the major recession to come. 当前经济滑坡预示着一次大衰退的来临。

　　The gangster was in deadly earnest about hi threat to burn down the club unless the protection money was paid.

　　这个歹徒一本正经地威胁说要烧毁这个俱乐部，除非向他交付保护费。

　　eclipse vt使黯然失色; 使蒙上阴影

　　Our happiness was soon eclipsed by the terrible news.我们的快乐很快就被可怕的消息蒙上一层阴影。

　　economy n. 经济体，国家a. 便宜的;经济实惠的(补充)

　　【真题例句】 For each dollar of GDP (in constant prices) rich economies now use nearly 50% less oil than

　　in 1973. 【2003阅读Text3】

　　富有国家生产一美圆的GDP(以不变价格计算)，比1973年少使用50%的石油。

　　An economy class air ticket is fit for ordinary workers, because it costs much less.

　　经济舱机票对一般工作人员比较合适,因为它的价格要便宜得多。

　　economic a. 经济的，经济学的【真题例句】socio-economic status社会经济地位【1991阅读Text2】

　　economical a.经济的(强调节省钱和资源);节约的

　　【真题例句】 the use of cars has proved to be more economical.【89阅读Text 2, 19题D选项】

　　使用小汽车被证明是更加节约的。

　　elect adj. 精选的，当选的，[神学]被上帝选中的

　　The Retrospective Review that the elect had revived.《反省杂志》已被一批出色的人复刊了。

　　elegant a(论述等)简练确切的

　　His elegant piece of reasoning impressed me deeply. 他简明的论证给我留下深刻的印象。

　　element n 要素，特色

　　Honesty, industry and kindness are elements of a good life.诚实、勤劳和善良是幸福生活的要素。

　　element of sth少量微量 There's always an element of danger in mountain climbing.登山总是有些危险的。

　　elevate vt晋升He was elevated.他受到提拔。

　　鼓舞The good news elevated everyone's spirits.这个好消息鼓舞了每个人的情绪。

　　使更有修养Reading good books elevate one's mind.阅读好书可提高人的心灵修养。

　　eliminate vt淘汰;干掉;排出;无需，忽略

　　Our team was eliminated in the first round.我们队在第一轮中被淘汰。

　　The dictator had eliminated all his political opponents.独裁者干掉了他所有的政敌。

　　All wastes are usually eliminated from the body before death.通常在(人)死亡之前一切废物都从体内排出。

　　This new process has eliminated the need for checking the products by hand.采用这种新方法无须用手工检验产品。

　　embark embark on着手, 开始做某事He is about to embark on a new business venture.他就要开始新的商业冒险活动。

　　embody vt包括包含;【军】编入

　　The new edition embodies many improvements.新版本包括许多改进之处。

　　The Ministry of National Defense has recently embodied the troops in army corps.最近国防部把军队编成了兵团。

　　embrace vt自愿采纳接受(意见)She embraced my offer to go to the hospital.她接受了我的建议去看医生。

　　信奉, 皈依; She embraced Christianity.她信奉基督教。

　　开始着手He embraced medicine as his career.他以行医为业。

　　相当于His assets embraced$10, 000. 他的财产相当于一万美元。

　　emerge vi. (自困境中)摆脱; 脱颖而出

　　.He'll never be able to emerge from his bathos of coarseness and ignorance 他永不能从他那粗野无知中解脱出来。

　　He emerged from the accident unharmed.他在这次事故中侥幸脱险没有受伤。

　　He emerged as leader at the age of 30.他在30岁时脱颖而出而当了领导。

　　empire n 大企业His modest business eventually expanded into a supermarket empire.他原先不大的生意後来扩展成了超级市场集团企业。

　　employ vt使[采、利]用She employs her time wisely.她善于利用时间。

　　enclose vt把…装入信封,附入He enclosed a cheque for 500 dollars.他附寄了一张$500的支票。

　　encourage vt 促进有助于High prices for farm products encouraged farming.农产品价格的提高有助于农业。

　　end n〈正〉结果, 目标, 目的Do the ends justify the means?只要目的正当就可以不择手段吗?

　　enforce vt 加强充实(论点信仰)

　　Have you any statistics that would enforce your argument? 你有任何统计资料可以加强你的论点吗?