ETC-4 week 3th

出奇至胜

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• They are only charged for the amount of power they consume on rainy days.
• They needn’t pay a single cent for their power consumption(消耗能量) on sunny days.(13 june)

consume

• v 消耗 耗尽 吃光 喝光 沉溺 浪费
• LOL consumes(消耗) much time and energy, so does girlfriend.
• The new mobile phone consumes 70% less electricity(耗尽) than traditional models.
• The memories consumed(沉溺) him.
• consume… on sth /consume doing sth
• We consume much time admiring others.
• consumer
  • n 消费者
• consumption
  • n 消费量
  • The average daily consumption of fruit is around 200g.
• consuming
  • adj 消费的 强烈的
  • Time-consuming
  • My sadness is consuming.

similar meanings

• 吃光喝光 耗尽
• drinl up
• eat up

完 。。。up

• use up
  • Our fuel is used up.

Expend

• 花费 耗尽 用光
• Don’t expend all your time on such a useless job.
• Expense
  • n 费用 消耗 代价
  • People do it at the expense(以…代价)of everything that was a constant in their lives.(june 2021)
  • cut down its operational expenses减少它的运行费用

exhaust

• v 用尽耗尽 ;使筋疲力尽 ;排出 ;彻底探讨
• n 废气 排出 排气装置
• The fast game of tennis soon exhausted the two players.
• exhausted
  • adj 耗尽的 用完的…
  • I feel exhausted after all tests and reports
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spend

• 花费消耗 花时间
• Spend time /money on sth.
• spend time/money in doing sth
• Take sb.sometime tp sth.
• It takes me ten years to say this to you.
• It took me 2 hours to ge to work yesterday

waste

• n 浪费白费
• There is atrckle (涓涓细流) of biofuel(生物燃料)available , and more may become availabe , but most biofuels cause economic waste and environmental destruction.
• It’s a waste of time.
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similar spelling - consume

• -sume=take 拿/买

assume

• v 假设呈现 承担
• If something is very eoensive,we assume it’s also of good quality.
• We assume men in suit is reliable(靠谱).
• You will assume(承担) the role of president of student union.

assumption

• n 假设
• They are based on(在…基础上) wrong assumptions.
• resume
  • v 重新开始 恢复
  • n 简历
  • The search will resume early today.
  • Our web service will resume tomorrow.
  • Show me your resume please.
  • A reader who is unfamiliar with these variations may assume that your resume contains(包含) errors.
  • presume
    • —前 拿
    • 以为 认为 假定 推测
    • They presume the man to be innocent.

innocent

• in no cent(钱币)
• 没钱被认为无辜
• 无辜的
• Ipresume what you said is reasonable, but what if he doesn’t accept?

reasonable

• 可 推理的
• 合理的
• be offered at reasonable prices(june,11)
• opposite/meaning反义词
• (op/po/site)相对的 对立的

produce

• product产品
• v 生产产生 制造 引起
• Gases are produced by burning coal and oil
• productive
  • adj 多产的 富有成效的
  • productive soils 土壤肥沃
  • our talks will be productive
• production
  • n 生产产量
  • The production of corn has been increased.

earn

• v 赚钱 赢得 获得
• She earns little money but applause.
• It’s hard to earn(营生) a living.
• The company must earn a reputation for honesty.

reputation

• 声誉 名声

social

• adj 社交的 合群的
• n 联谊会
• We should organize more social events.
• social network

sociable

• adj 好交际的 友善的
• friendly outgoing
• society
  • 社会

associate

• v 联合结合
• n 合伙人 伴侣
• We should associate CET-4 with the future.
• MOre sleep in old age, however, is associated with better health, and most older people would feel better and more alert if they slept for longer periods ,he said.

consociate

• v 使结合联盟

dissociate

• 分离 分裂 游离
• Girls need to lean how to dissociate emotion from reason.

community

• comm(共同) /uni(union联合) ty
• 社区 社团

communication

• n交流 交通

communicate

• v交流 通讯传达
• Community members have to communicate with each other through role-play.
• INdeed , according tosurveys ,employers have expressed a preference for students who have received a broadly-based education that has tahght them to write well,think critically(严谨思考),research creatively,and communicate easily.(June 2014)

class

• sociology
  • 社会学
• astrology
  • 占星学
• astronomy
  • 天文学
• biology
  • 生物学
• math
  • 数学
  • mathematics
• history
  • 历史
• accounting
  • 会计学
• required(要求) course /compulsory(强迫的) course
  • 必修课
• optional course
  • 选修课

tend

• romantic love tends to yield where family or social pressyres are strong(june,2013)
• v 朝着 倾向于
• tend to (towards)
  • Husbands tend not to tell their wives the truth.
  • We usually tend to focus on something easy.
• v 照顾
  • For years he tended her as a volunteer.
  • Some firls are brought up to tend to the needs of others.
• -tend == stretch 拉伸

tendency

• n 趋向
• There is a growing(增长趋势) tendency for people to work at home instead of in offices.
• She has artistic tendencies.

trend

• 强调动态发展 变化的趋势
• The prices of houses are trending upwards.

attend

• v 出席 照顾 献身于
• attend a meeting出席
• attend to sb 照顾
• The main thing is to attend to tehe injured.

attention

• 注意
• pay attention to

extend

• ex- 外的 拉
• v 扩大 延伸 伸出
• We are tring to extend its span.
• Extend a hand of friendship.
  • 伸出援手

extensive

• adj 广阔的 广泛的
• China has greatly extended its influence in world affairs.
• n extension 扩张延期

intend

• v 意图计划 打算
• She intends to go abroad after graduation.
• I don’t intend it to be.
  • 这并非我本意
• Where did Lewis intend to park his car when he came back from work one night?
• intention
  • n意图 目的 志向
• It is committed with good intentions (june 12)
• What is your intension of doing it?

tension

• n紧张 不安 紧张气氛
• Well, I had a lot of tension while you’ve been studying hard on your course in D.C.
• pretend
• vt 假装 伪装 假称 装扮
• vi 扮演 自称 假装
• I pretend(假装) that things are really okay when they’re not.
• Pretend I am happy.

contend

• 共同 tend拉伸
• ==竞争

affect(12)

• aff 加强fect做
• v 感动 影响 打动 震动
• What is said tobe a factor(因素) affecting our apetite(胃口) and food intake?
• The divorce(一时的影响 中性词) affected him deeply.

affection

• n 喜爱 慈爱 情感
• She thought of him with affection.
• have affection for
• I have developed an affection for him.
• WIn your affection
  • 赢得好感
• If you express your affection for her, maybe you will win her affection.

effect

• n 结果 效果 作用
• v 执行
• Have an effect on sth == to affect sth
• Parents worry about the effect of music on their childs’ behavior.
• The 3D effect in this film are great.
• The overall effect is benifical.

effective

• adj 有效的 起作用的
• Effective communication is veryimportant.
• We need to find out an effective solution.
• This method is effctive.

ineffective

• adj 无效的

in vain

• 徒劳的无效的
• All the efforts he invested were invain.
• Do you want to let her death be in vain?
• My vocabulare was enlarged ,which proved my studies had not been in vain.

efficient

• adj 高效的
• efficiently
• 有效率地
• I work very efficiently.
• Studying without mobile phone is efficient.
• We need to take effective and efficient measures to learn vocabulary well.
• efficiency
  • n效率
  • These people are of high efficiency and excellent time managers.

ineffctive

• 低效率的
• inefficiency
  • 低效

influential

• adj 有影响的 有权势的
• It helps to have several influential friends.
• It is said that he is one of the most influential people of the 21 century.

influence(9)

• n 影响 势力 有影响的人
• v 影响 感染 支配 起。。。作用
• TV is a bad influence on people .
• He is a man of great influence in this town.
• His moving store influenced me a lot.
• Have active/negative influence on sth

fluent

• adj 流畅的
• I can speak fluent Spanish.
• fluency
  • n 流畅

impact(8)

• n 碰撞 冲击 撞击 影响 冲击力
• v 挤入 撞击 对。。。产生影响
• v 冲撞 冲击 产生影响
• THese plans mean little unless they impact on people.(影响)
• Knowledge without impact is of no use.

identify

• ID== v 识别 指认 确认 认同
• identify a with b
• We should never identify money with happiness.
• I can always identify you among the crowd.

identity

• n 身份 ; 一致性
• identical
• adj 一致的 相同的
  • Nearly all the houses here are identical(相同的).

distinguish

• v 区分 辨别
• He could distinguish different voices.
• Speeches distinguish human beings from animals.
• It’s his London accent that distinguishes him.
• Distinguish A fromB
  • 分清 辨别
  • Could you distinguish right from wrong?
  • Distinguish between A and B
  • 区分开
  • Many professors distinguish between Chinese students and other competitors.
• distinguish oneself
• v 使著名 使杰出
• They distinguished themselves at the College ENtrance Examination.
• distinguished
  • adj 尊敬的 著名的
  • Distinguished guests , ladies and gentlemen.
• distinction
  • n 区别 特征
  • The distinction between confidence and narcissism is important.
• distinct
  • adj 不同的 个别的
  • We have distinct reasons to study hard.
• distinctive
  • adj 特别的 独特 特异

discern

• v 辨明 分清 看出 理解 了解 识别
• It was hard to discern why this was happening.

differ

• differ from
• 与…不同
• The story he told me differed from the one he told you.
• differ with
• He differs with the other members on this issue.

different

• 不同的
• difference
  • n 差别 差异
  • Make a difference make differences
  • 有…影响 起。。。作用
  • make no difference
  • 不起作用 没有区别
  • Exercise makes all the difference.
    • 熟能生巧

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• We are diligent we ,are smart,we are curious about new things ,and we are trying to get things right through our faults,trying to do our best for the world .All we need is a chance to prove ourselves ,because if you trust us and be willing to give us a shot , we will change it into a pleasant surpriseto the whole world. We can and we are destined to make a difference for the world.
• YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
• Apply these methods to practice you will surely make the difference!