第三讲   领会式词汇和复用式词汇

　　31．besiege   vt.  围攻，包围     =surround

　　The enemies were besieged by our troops.

　　The fans besiged the singer.

　　32. binary   adj.  一双的，一对的

　　a binary system  双星系统

　　the binary scale  二进位法

　　bi-  含有‘双，两个’ bi-annual  一年两次的，bilingual 用两文字写成的，说两种语言的    bicycle, bicentenary 二百周年，二百周年纪念

　　tri- 三个的   tricycle, triangle

　　33. blend   v.  混合，溶合 （指彻底地混合，结合或混杂以使组成部分分辨不出彼此）

　　=mix with

　　She is blending the sugar and flour to make cakes.

　　而mix 指混杂合成一团或一个合成物，“混合，拌合”

　　He can mix good salad.

　　34. boost  vt.  提高   =increase

　　His coming boosted our morale in the contest.

　　The shortage of the oil boosted its price.

　　35. breach  vt. 违背，破坏   =break

　　Terrors breach the peace of the world.

　　What he did breached his promise.

　　36. browse  v. 浏览，快速翻阅   =go over quickly

　　He used to browse among books in the school library Friday afternoon.

　　I like browsing the newspapers when I’m having breakfast.

　　37. bust   v.  击碎，破坏   make sth.. break

　　They failed to bust the union.

　　The man busted the machine by putting in foreign coins.

　　38.cardinal  adj.  主要的，最重要的   =important

　　Do you know the cardinal virtues?

　　This is a matter of cardinal significance.

　　cardinal numbers

　　39.charter   vt.  租，包租（船，车等）   rent a boat

　　The whole family chartered an aircraft to travel during the Sping Festival.

　　They went home in a chartered airplane.

　　40. cite   vt.  引用，引述      =quote

　　The author cited several instances to illustrate his theory.

　　He oftern cites some sayings in class.

　　The minister cited the latest crime figures as proof of the need for strengthening of the comprehensive administration of social public order.

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