大学英语合教程全新版第四册第六单元单词.doc

第六单元单词 1. a handful of 少数，少量；一把 e.g. Only a handful of graduates have not found jobs so far. 2. a variety of 各种的；各种各样的 e.g. People change their minds for a variety of reasons. 3. abundance n. quantity that is more than enough; plenty 丰富；丰裕 e.g. The visitor to Oxford has an abundance of sights to see. 4. aircraft n. （单复同）飞机；航空器 e.g. The goal of air traffic control is to minimize the risk of aircraft collisions. 5. amount to be equal to; add up to 相当于；总计 e.g. In 1959 the combined value of U.S. imports and exports amounted to less than 9 percent of the countrys gross domestic product. 6. appalling a. causing fear; shocking; terrible 骇人听闻的；令人震惊的 e.g. When will this appalling war end? 7. appliance n. instrument or device for a specific purpose 用具；器具 e.g. The Energy Department has set efficiency standards for new home appliances. 8. arise vi. (arose, arisen) appear; become evident 出现；呈现 e.g. Challenging ethical issues have arisen in science and medicine. 9. be doomed to 命定；注定 e.g. He thought that he was doomed to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. 10. bewildering a. puzzling 令人困惑的；费解的 bewilder vt. puzzle; confuse 使困惑；使糊涂 e.g. I dont know how to solve this bewildering question. 11. burden n. heavy load 负担，重负 e.g. Some farmers are complaining about the heavy burden of taxation. 12. byte n. (of computer) fixed number of binary digits, often representing a single character 字节；位组 13. candy n. sweets or chocolate 糖果；巧克力 14. CD-ROM abbr. compactdisc read-only memory 光盘只读存储器 15. cell-phone n. 手机 16. childcare n. 儿童保育；儿童照管 17. comparative a. involving comparison or comparing 比较的；相比的 e.g. Some sociologists have carried out large-scale historical-comparative studies. 18. concierge n. doorkeeper 看门人，看守人 19. confine n. (usu. pl) boundaries; limits; borders 范围；界限；边界 e.g. This is outside the confines of human knowledge. 20. confusion n. bewilderment or embarrassment 惶惑；迷乱 e.g. I explained the question to him