2018考研：英語大綱核心詞匯（14）
1. despise
vt. 鄙視，看不起;
[例句]I can never, ever forgive him. I despise him.
我永遠(yuǎn)不會原諒他。我鄙視他。
2. detach
vt. 派遣;分離，拆開;分派;使超然;
[例句]It helps them detach themselves from their problems and become more objective.
這有助于他們從所面臨的問題中跳出來，變得更客觀一些。
3. detain
vt. 耽擱;留住，阻住;拘留，扣留;
[例句]The act allows police to detain a suspect for up to 48 hours.
該法令允許警方將嫌疑犯扣押最多48小時。
4. detect
vt. 查明，發(fā)現(xiàn);洞察;偵察，偵查;[電子學(xué)]檢波;
[例句]Arnold could detect a certain sadness in the old man's face.
阿諾德能覺察到老人臉上的一絲悲傷。
5. deteriorate
vt. 使惡化;
vi. 惡化，變壞;
[例句]There are fears that the situation might deteriorate into full-scale war.
人們擔(dān)心形勢可能惡化而演變成一場全面戰(zhàn)爭。
6. deviate
v. 脫離，越軌，違背，誤入歧途;使脫離常軌;
[例句]They stopped you as soon as you deviated from the script.
一旦你偏離了劇本的內(nèi)容，他們就會喊停。
7. devote
vt. 奉獻(xiàn);把…奉獻(xiàn)(給)，把…專用(于);
[例句]He decided to devote the rest of his life to scientific investigation.
他決定將自己的余生獻(xiàn)給科學(xué)研究事業(yè)。
8. diagnose
vt. 診斷;判斷;
vi. 做出診斷;
[例句]The soldiers were diagnosed as having flu.
這些士兵經(jīng)診斷患了流感。
9. dictate
vt. 口述;命令，指示;使聽寫;控制，支配;
vi. 口述;命令;
n. 命令;指示;指導(dǎo)原則;
[例句]Sheldon writes every day of the week, dictating his novels in the morning.
謝爾登一周7天都要寫作，每天早上口述小說讓別人記錄。
10. differentiate
v. 區(qū)分，區(qū)別，辨別;
vt. 表明…間的差別，構(gòu)成…間差別的特征;[數(shù)學(xué)]求…的微分：計算導(dǎo)數(shù)或(函數(shù)的)微分;
[例句]At this age your baby cannot differentiate one person from another.
這個年齡的嬰兒還不能認(rèn)人。
11. diffuse
adj. 四散的;散開的;冗長的;累贅的;
vi. 傳播;四散;
vt. 彌漫;漫射;發(fā)散;舒緩;
[例句]Over time, the technology is diffused and adopted by other countries.
久而久之，這項技術(shù)傳播到了其他國家并得到利用。
12. diminish
vt. (使)減少，縮小;減弱…的權(quán)勢;[樂]減半音;
vi. 變小或減少;逐漸變細(xì);
[例句]The threat of nuclear war has diminished.
核戰(zhàn)爭的威脅已經(jīng)減小了。
13. discard
vt. 丟棄，拋棄;解雇;出牌;
n. 被拋棄的人[物];丟棄，拋棄;打出的牌;打出的牌;
vi. 出無用的牌;墊牌;
[例句]Read the manufacturer's guidelines before discarding the box.
在丟掉盒子前先看一下制造商的使用說明。
14. discern
vt. 看出;理解，了解;識別，辨別;
vi. 辨明，分清;
[例句]You need a long series of data to be able to discern such a trend.
你需要一長串的數(shù)據(jù)才能看出這一趨勢。
15. disclose
vt. 公開;揭露;使顯露;使暴露;
[例句]Neither side would disclose details of the transaction.
雙方均不肯披露交易細(xì)節(jié)。
