Day Four

Previous Check

consistent

authority

feasible

reveal

available

accelerate

imitate

oblige

decline

inevitable

Core Vocabulary

consistent /kənˈsɪstənt/ adj. 一致的；始终如一的

例句 We must be consistent in applying the rules.

我们在实施这些规则时必须保持一致。

authority /ɔːˈθɒrəti/ n. 权威; 权力

例句 She now has authority over the people who used to be her bosses.

她现在管辖着过去是她上司的那些人。

feasible /ˈfiːzəbl/ adj. 可行的

例句 She questioned whether it was feasible to stimulate investment in these regions.

她质问在这些地区刺激投资是否可行。

reveal /rɪˈviːl/ v. 透露; 显示

例句 A survey of the American diet has revealed that a growing number of people are overweight.

一项有关美国人日常饮食的调查表明越来越多的人超重。

available /əˈveɪləbl/ adj. 可获得的

例句 The shop has about 500 autographed copies of the book available for purchase.

这家书店有大约500本该书的签名版本可供购买。

accelerate /əkˈseləreɪt/ v. 使加速; 加速

例句 Inflation continues to accelerate.

通货膨胀不断加速。

imitate /ˈɪmɪteɪt/ v. 模仿

例句 He could imitate in speech or writing most of those he admired.

他能模仿大多数自己崇拜的偶像的讲话和写作风格。

oblige /əˈblaɪdʒ/ v. 强迫，迫使

例句 Parents are obliged by law to send their children to school.

法律规定父母必须送子女入学。

decline /dɪˈklaɪn/ v. 下降；谢绝 n. 减少，下降，衰落

例句 The number of staff has declined from 217,000 to 114,000.

员工人数已从217000人减少到114000人。

搭配 economic decline经济衰退

inevitable /ɪn'evɪtəbl/ adj. 不可避免的

例句 It was an inevitable consequence of the decision.

那是这个决定的必然后果。

Exercise

1. Tickets are _________ free of charge from the school.

2. It’s quite clear that the electric car is technically _________.

3. An increase in cars has resulted in the _________ of public transport.

4. She’s not very _________ in the way she treats her children.

5. It was _________ that there would be job losses.

6. Exposure to the sun can _________ the ageing process.

7. He suffered a serious injury that _________ him to give up work.

8. Details of the murder were _________ by the local paper.

9. Teachers provide a model for children to _________.

10. Nothing will be done because no one in _________ takes the matter seriously.

Key to Exercise

1. available

2. feasible

3. decline

4. consistent

5. inevitable

6. accelerate

7. obliged

8. revealed

9. imitate

10. authority