关于词汇的总体

　　211．sustain   vt.  支撑，维持  stand

　　They should store enough food to sustain life.

　　The facts sustained his theory.

　　事实证实了他的理论。

　　The two posts sustain the whole roof.

　　The branches could not sustain the weight of the boy.

　　They sustained themselves on bred and water.

　　212. synthetic  adj.  合成的，人造的, 虚假的   artificial

　　The shoes are made of synthetic leather.

　　Finally, he realized that her passions are synthetic.

　　He was explaining what “synthetic fibers” is to the students when I came in.

　　213. tackle  vt.  解决，处理  solve

　　We have to tackle the problem of poverty as soon as possible.

　　They tried to tackle the pollution but failed.

　　Every one has his own problem to tackle.

　　The purpose of the meeting is tackle the problems they are faced with.

　　214. tedious   adj.  单调乏味的，沉闷的，冗长乏味的

　　The tedious story made the boy sleep.

　　We all hate tedious lectures.

　　Cleaning out the basement is a tedious job.

　　Nobody likes tedious work.

　　215. temptation   n.  诱惑，诱惑物

　　It was a strong temptation to the little boy.

　　He couldn’t resist the temptation to take the jewel.

　　She overcame the temptation to leave her job.

　　Dieters must avoid the temptation to snack.

　　There is much temptation to go out for a walk in this weather.

　　216. tenant  n.  承租人，租客  renter

　　The tenant pays rent to his landlord.

　　The building has apartments for more than 100 tenants.

　　Do you own your house or are you a tenant?

　　217. testify   v.  证明， 证实

　　The man testified that the defendant was innocent.

　　He testified that the car was being driven slowly at the time of the accident.

　　他证明事故发生时这辆车开得很慢。

　　Her tears testified her grief.

　　His actions testify his willingness to help.

　　testify against  作对…不利的证人

　　testify to 证明

　　He hated to testify against a friend.

　　She won’t testify against her own brother.

　　I can testify to his honesty.

　　His hard work testified to his determination to succeed.

　　218. thrifty   adj.  节约的

　　She is a very thrifty housewife.

　　A thrifty person does not waste his money, but saves as much as possible.

　　Even though she had plenty of money, she was very thrifty.

　　219. torture   vt.  拷问，折磨

　　The police tortured him to make him admit to the crime.

　　The prisoners were tortured.

　　It’s cruel to torture animals.

　　220. transit  n. &  v.   通过，转送，  transport

　　His luggage must have got lost in transit.

　　Transit by ship through the canal is expensive.

　　The airplane transits the United States and Canada.

　　The trucks transit fresh vegetables to the city in the morning.

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