71. crush  v.  压坏，碾碎， 使挤入

　　Don’t crush the box; there are flowers inside.

　　The machine crushes wheat grain to make flour.

　　It was crushed into pieces.

　　We can’t crush any more people into the hall.

　　72. damp   adj.  潮湿的，微湿的    moist 潮湿的，湿润的（尤指表面潮湿的）

　　humid 潮湿的（尤指空气或气候） wet 湿透的

　　The ground is still damp after the rain.

　　It’s damp and cold. I think it’s going to rain.

　　Her eyes were moist with tears.

　　The air in the room is moist because of the steam.

　　A fruit cake should be moist, not completely dry.

　　It’s so humid today, my clothes are sticking to me.

　　It was on a hot and humid summer day.

　　He got wet in the rain.

　　73. deceive  vt.  欺骗，蒙骗 （指为隐瞒真相而欺骗，有意识地使人误入歧途或用诱惑手段使人信以为真，上当受骗）

　　cheat 欺骗（指为了个人利益而用不诚实手段欺骗，可用于表示经商中的欺骗）

　　You can’t deceive me. I know it.

　　To deceive oneself is easy.

　　He deceived her and she found it out.

　　The shopkeeper cheats his customers.

　　She cheated the boy out of his money.

　　You may get cheated there.

　　cheat/deceive sb. into doing sth.  骗某人做某事

　　He deceived the boy into telling him the truth.

　　74. defect    n.  缺点，毛病   shortcoming

　　Mobile phones have both merits and defects.

　　That is his fatal defect.

　　A defect in judgement led to the accident.

　　75. deficit   n.  赤字，不足额

　　We ended the month with a deficit. 我们这个结帐有亏损。

　　They have large budget deficits.

　　We have to cover the deficit.

　　76. depict   vt. 描绘，描写  =describe

　　The painting depicts the Battle of Waterloo.

　　The author tried to depict their true love.

　　77. descend  vi. 下来，下降  decline

　　The river descends to the sea.

　　The elevator descended slowly to the ground floor.

　　The sun descended behind the hill.

　　78. devastate  vt.  完全毁坏，彻底毁掉   =destroy

　　The earthquake devastated the whole village.

　　The bomb devastated a large part of the city.

　　The car was devastated in the race.

　　79. wicked   adj.  邪恶的   evil

　　It was wicked of him to torment the poor cat.

　　He is a wicked man.

　　It is a wicked deed.

　　80 wretched    adj.  可怜的，凄伤的，悲伤的

　　The wretched children are starving.

　　He is leading a wretched life.

　　I feel wretched about hurting her.