2018考研：英語大綱核心詞匯（12）
1. credit
n. 學(xué)分;信譽(yù)，信用;[金融]貸款;榮譽(yù);
vt. 相信，信任;歸功于;[會(huì)]記入貸方;贊頌;
[例句]The group can't get credit to buy farming machinery.
這些人無法賒購到農(nóng)用機(jī)械。
2. crucial
adj. 決定性的;關(guān)鍵性的，極其顯要的;十字形的;
[例句]He had administrators under him but took the crucial decisions himself.
他手下有管理人員，但重要的決策仍由他自己來做。
3. cultivate
vt. 耕作，種植;教養(yǎng)，栽培;改善;交朋友;
[例句]She also cultivated a small garden of her own.
她還耕種了一片屬于自己的小園子。
4. cure
vt. 治愈;矯正;解決;消除;
vi. 受治療;被加工處理;
n. 治愈;療法;藥物;措施;
[例句]An operation finally cured his shin injury.
手術(shù)最終治好了他脛部的傷。
5. dawn
n. 黎明，拂曉;開端;醒悟;
vi. 破曉，(天)剛亮;開始出現(xiàn);變得明朗;
vt. (開始)被理解，被領(lǐng)悟;被看清，被想到;
[例句]Nancy woke at dawn.
拂曉時(shí)分南希醒了。
6. dazzle
vt. 使目眩;使驚異不已;
n. 耀眼;?；?燦爛;
vt. 目眩;贊嘆;
[例句]George dazzled her with his knowledge of the world.
喬治的洞察世情令她嘆服。
7. deceive
v. 欺詐;誤導(dǎo);
[例句]He has deceived and disillusioned us all.
他欺騙了大家，讓我們失望至極。
8. decent
adj. 正派的;得體的;(服裝等)相稱的，合宜的;相當(dāng)好的;
[例句]Nearby is a village with a decent pub.
附近的村子里有一家還不錯(cuò)的酒館。
9. decline
n. 下降;(力量、健康、品格、權(quán)力、價(jià)值等的)衰退;下傾;(人、生命等的)衰退期;
vt. 辭謝，謝絕(邀請等);
vi. (道路、物體等)下傾;(太陽)落下;(在品格、價(jià)值上)降低;衰落，謝絕;
[例句]The number of staff has declined from 217,000 to 114,000.
員工人數(shù)從21.7萬減少到了11.4萬。
10. decompose
vt. 分解;(使)腐爛;
[例句]The debris slowly decomposes into compost.
這些垃圾慢慢地分解成了堆肥。
11. dedicate
vt. 奉獻(xiàn)，獻(xiàn)身;以…供奉;
[例句]Back on the island, he dedicated himself to politics.
回到島上后，他便投身于政治。
12. deduce
vt. 演繹;推論，推斷;追溯根源;
[例句]Alison had cleverly deduced that I was the author of the letter.
艾莉森已經(jīng)聰明地推斷出那封信就是我寫的。
13. define
vt. 規(guī)定;使明確;精確地解釋;畫出…的線條;
vi. (給詞、短語等)下定義，構(gòu)成釋義;
[例句]We were unable to define what exactly was wrong with him.
我們說不清楚他到底哪里不對勁。
14. deform
vt. 使變形;使殘廢;使變丑;毀傷…的形體;
vi. 變形;變畸形;
adj. 畸形的;丑陋的;
[例句]Bad rheumatoid arthritis deforms limbs.
嚴(yán)重的類風(fēng)濕性關(guān)節(jié)炎會(huì)造成四肢變形。
15. defy
vt. 蔑視;公然反抗;不服從;向…挑戰(zhàn);
n. 對抗;挑戰(zhàn);
[例句]This was the first ( and last) time that I dared to defy my mother.
這是我第一次(也是最后一次)膽敢反抗我的母親。
