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1aptitude 天资，自然倾向，适宜 attitude 态度，看法意见Doe she show any aptitude for musiche shows a very positive attitude to his workacquire 获得，取得，学到，捕获 require 需要，要求，命令to remove any ambiguity we have to acquire more accurate informationif you require further information ,you should consult the registrarsearch 搜寻，调查，探求 research 研究，调查the new law empowered the police to search private houses recent research has cast new light on the causes of the disease2primitive原始的，远古的，简单的，粗糙的primary 主要的，初级的，基本的primitive man made himself tools from sharp stones and animal bonespeople had no letters at the primary stage of civilizationthe primary duty of parents is to provide protection for their childrencontemporary 同时代的人，同时代的东西，当代的，同时代的temporary 暂时的，临时的Beethoven and napoleon were contemporarystudents often find temporary jobs during their summer holidayscontemporary reports of past events are often more interesting than modern historians view of themlonely 孤独的 alone独自I dont feel lonely as I have made new friends here.it was thought highly inadvisable for a young woman to go to the bar aloneI dont like it that he should be alone with my girlfriend3human人的，人类的 humane 仁慈的，人道的，高尚的were all mortals ,with our human faults and weaknessesis it humane to kill animals for food?resource 资源，财力，办法，智谋 source来源，水源，原始资料theres a great shortage of resource materials in many schoolsan overcrowded workplace can be a major source of stressimmeasurable quantity of natural resource was lost forever through misuseassess评定，评估，对。征税 access 使用，存储，接近，途径they assess his house at 1500000 dollarssupervisors have many opportunities to assess the ability of candidates the only access to the town is across the bridge4historical历史的，史学的，基于史实的historic 有历史意义的，历史上著名的historical research has proved that the Trojan war was a real event.the ending of the cold-war is a historic event.reject 拒绝，排斥，抵制，丢弃resist抵抗，抗拒，忍耐he is very depressed because the manuscript of his novel was rejected when I saw the condition the children were in I couldnt resist asking their mother what she thought she was doing.test 试验，检验 analyze 对。进行分析，分解the scientists are going to test the ore for ironhe has not analyze the result of the experiment yet5peculiar特殊的，独特的，奇怪的particular 特别的，独有的，挑剔的this food has a peculiar taste, do you think it s all right?is there any particular color you would prefer?is there anything in particular youd like for dinner?favor 赞成，喜欢 prefer更喜欢，宁愿，提出all in favor of this proposition please say “aye” all this gracious living isnt for me; I prefer simple lifea coach should not prefer one player over another on the team6abroad在国外，到海外 aboard在飞机上，在船上，在火车上agency france presse enjoys great popularity both at home and abroadhe checked their names off as the went aboard the planethey opened an office abroad in order to circumvent the tax lawsan audio-visual display gives visitors an idea of what life was like abroad a sailing shipcrash 撞碎，坠毁，破产 crush压碎，弄皱，变形there was only one survivor of the plane crashthis machine is made to crush the rock into powderthere was such a crash on the train that I could hardly breathe the roof of the burning house fell in with a crash7job工作，职业 career 生涯，职业，事业he got a part-time job as a gardener.after graduation from college she chose an academic careerthousands of workers lost their job when the factory closedhe is a career diplomat which means he is a professional oneprincipal 主要的，资本的，首长，校长principle 原理，原则，主义，道义，本质the principal aim of the policy is to bring peace to the areadiscussing all the details will get us nowhere: we must go back to basic principlethe Danube is one of the principal rivers of Europeshe seems to have no principle at all when it comes to the question of making moneyfemale 女性的，雌性的，柔弱的，柔和的feminine女性的，阴性的，娇柔的the little boy speaks like a girl he has a female voicethe male voice is usually deeper than the femalelioness is the feminine form of lionrecreation 娱乐，消遣，休养recreate 再创造，使得到娱乐his only recreations are drinking beer and working in the gardenthe play recreates life before the war gardening is a form of recreationrhythm节奏，韵律 rhyme韵律，韵脚，