託福常考重點詞彙解析

要想在託福閲讀考試中取得好成績，在平時的備考過程中詞彙的積累就必不可少。詞彙量的多少是衡量一個人英語水平高低的標誌，掌握的詞彙量越大其英語水平就越高。詞彙量還直接影響着英語閲讀的效率。詞彙的記憶積累，背詞典是不可取的，最好的`方法是根據語境來記憶，這樣可以更好的掌握詞彙及其用法。

　Scatter 分散;撒

The birds scattered at the sound of the gun. 槍聲一響， 羣鳥受驚飛散。

Don't scatter your strength. 不要分散你的精力。

The farmers were scattering seeds on the fields. 農夫把種子撒在田裏。

　Mutually 互相地

These two aims are not always mutually complementary： at times they conflict. 這兩個目標不總是互補的：有時它們相互牴觸。

If everybody is well， mutually congratulates. 如果大家都平安無事，就互相祝賀。

Deprecate 不贊成

The peace-loving people deprecate war. 愛好和平的人民反對戰爭。

I strongly deprecate the use of violence by the students. 我強烈反對學生們使用暴力。

　　Drift 漂流

The snow drifted everywhere. 雪飄至各處。

The boat drifted down the river. 船順水漂流而下。

Overwhelming 勢不可擋的;壓倒的

The act was adopted by an overwhelming majority. 該法案以壓倒多數通過。

Our football team has won an overwhelming victory. 我們的足球隊取得了壓倒性的勝利。

Overwhelming majority 壓倒的多數

Prevailing 佔優勢的;主要的;盛行的

Plague was then prevailing in that city. 當時瘟疫正在該城流行。

Yellow is the prevailing color in her room. 黃色是她房間的主色。

　　Appropriate 適當的

Her bright clothes were not appropriate for a funeral. 她那身鮮豔的衣服不適合參加葬禮。

You will be informed of the details at the appropriate time. 在適當的時候將把詳情告訴你。

　Domesticated 馴養的;馴服的;馴養

The cat is domesticated. 這隻貓是馴養的。

We domesticated the dog to help us with hunting. 我們馴養狗來幫我們打獵。

　Inventory 詳細目錄;存貨清單

This is a detailed inventory of all the jobs to be done. 這是一張待辦事項的詳表。

The inventory showed that the store was overstocked. 清單顯示商店存貨過多。

　Voyage 航行;旅程

It is a prosperous voyage to the ship. 這是那艘船的一次成功的航行。

Life is compared to a voyage. 人生好比航海。

The December weather favored our voyage. 12月的天氣使我們的航行順利。

　Maroon 使孤立;把。.放逐到孤島;閒蕩

When the tide came in I was a maroon out there. 漲潮時，我在那裏遊蕩。

If someone is marooned somewhere，they are left in a place that is difficult for them to escape from。如果某人被孤立在某個地方，意思就是他們很難逃離那個地方。

Adrift 漂泊的;漂流的

They returned to find that someone had cut their boat adrift. 他們回來時發現有人切斷了纜繩任船在水中漂流。

His faith in himself had been shattered and now he felt rootless and adrift. 他的自信心已經崩潰，此時此刻，他覺得自己猶如一葉浮萍，不知飄向何方。

　Deliberate 故意的;從容不迫的

He told us a deliberate lie. 他故意跟我們撒謊。

It had more the appearance of a deliberate crime than an accident。那很像是蓄意的罪行，而不像是意外的事故。

　Expedition 遠征;考察

The scientists will go on an expedition to the South Pole. 這些科學家們將要去南極考察。

They equipped themselves for the expedition. 他們為遠征治裝。