2014年12月英语六级听力重点词汇(4)

　　26. detail细节 详述

　　We have to make our intentions manageable by detailing the specific steps that will carry us to the goal.

　　27. determine下决心 决意

　　This experience left a deep impression on Dunant, and made him determine to do something for convicts and slaves and for who were oppressed and deprived of their liberty.

　　28. devote把…专用 将…奉献给

　　For 18 years, Gabriella devoted her life to the poor farm children of Chile’s northern valleys.

　　29. diet(病人或减肥者)的特种饮食 节食

　　When I go on a diet, I eat only fruit, and that takes off weight quickly.

　　I prefer to eat whatever I want, and then run regularly to lose weight.

　　30. differ不同 相异

　　In what way, do Columbia students differ from Japanese students?

　　31. difference差别 差异 (意见的)分歧

　　Jane Brown thought her salary could make a difference between the financial struggle, and secure financial situation for her family.

　　In fact, many East Asians often keep their difference of opinion to themselves, and merely smile and remain silent rather than engage in the confrontation.

　　32. difficult困难的 难懂的

　　Some critics say the Poe’s work is difficult to understand, and most of their writing describes many unpleasant situations and events.

　　33. difficulty困难 费劲 难事

　　Americans have great difficulty understanding foreigners who always want to be with another person and who dislike being alone.

　　34. digest消化 领悟 文摘

　　We heard that when you were a kid, you submitted a story to Reader’s Digest.

　　Well, I don’t remember the story exactly, but my idea of great time then was a pad of lined paper and a new blue pen. I thought of myself as a Readers’ Digest member at the age of six.

　　35. digital数字的 数字显示的

　　Could you tell me where an electronic products are displayed? I want to see some TVs, digital video cameras, DVD players, that sort of thing.

　　36. dignity庄严 端庄 尊严 高贵

　　The protection of human dignity inclines to core spirits of modern law on which the basis of modern law should be placed.

　　37. directly直接地 径直地 正好地

　　Benjamin Franklin was deeply interested in science and natural history, and his experiments of electricity and lightening led directly to the invention of lightening rod.

　　38. disaster灾难 天灾

　　The decade for natural disaster reduction is a program designed to reduce the impact of natural disasters throughout the world.

　　39. discharge释放 解雇 排出 放出

　　Many scientists, therefore, believe that crying somehow helps us cope with emotional situations. Tear researcher, Winifred, is trying to figure out how it happens. One possibility, he says, is that tears discharge certain chemicals from your body, chemicals that build up during stress.

　　40. discount(价格、债款等)折扣 把…打折 漠视

　　I’ve been waiting all week for the concert, the performance is said to be excellent, and with our student discount, the tickets will be really cheap.

　　Ah-ha, I’m afraid I left my student ID-card in the dorm.

　　To protect your sense of self, you begin to discount the goal. You may think “well, dieting wasn’t that important to me, and I won’t make it anyhow”, so you abandon the goal and return to your bad habits.

　　41. discrimination歧视 辨别 识别力

　　10.97% people kept the attitude of discrimination and avoiding Aids infector.

　　42. disguise伪装 掩饰

　　Some animals hide by looking like the places where they live, to see how this works, let’s see the sea dragon, it is a master of disguise.

　　43. display陈列 展示 显示 表现

　　All the armed services have precise regulation on how to display the national flag.

　　44. diverse不同的 相异的 多种多样的

　　Race has functioned as something necessary to the construction of American character and quality in the creation of our national identity-American has been defined white. But America has been racially diverse since our very beginning on the Virginia shore, where the first group of Englishmen and Africans arrived in the 17th century.

　　45. drag拖 拉 迫使 硬拉

　　Well, it’s easier to pick up apples than to drag tree branches all the way to the curb. My kids pick up the apples, and the branches are just too big for them to drag.

　　Well, I guess you’ll just have to do for yourself, Jane.

　　46. draw画 拉 提取 推断出

　　I’ve just got a statement from the bank, it says that I’ve drawn 300 dollars more than I have in my account.

　　Well, we did spend a lot on our vacation. In fact, we didn’t know exactly how much was in our bank.

　　You want one, you eat two, you check the bag and find out you just shot 132 calories, we said to yourself “what the hell?”, and polish off the whole bag, the you begin to draw all kinds of unpleasant conclusions about yourself.

　　47. dress服装 穿衣 给…穿衣

　　Hi, Michael, I can hardly recognize you, why are you dressed up today? Are you going to the theatre?

　　No, actually, I just had an interview at a photo studio this morning.

　　48. drive驱赶 驾驶

　　If another animal has made a kill, lions will drive it off and take the dead animals for themselves.

　　49. drop(使)落下 (使)降低 (使)停止 (一)滴

　　Friday is a public holiday. Shall we spend our weekend in New York? we could leave on Thursday night.

　　I’d rather go on Friday, My uncle will drop in on Thursday evening, I haven’t met him for several years, you know.

　　50. due预定(应到)的 应给的 到期的

　　When are we supposed to submit our project proposals? Jane.

　　They’re due by the end of this week, we’ve only two days left, and we’ll just have to hurry.

　　The emotional and physical stress that occurs due to odd working-hours is a prime reason for a lot of career dissatisfaction.