?2023年河南專升本公共英語核心詞匯（六）

2023年河南專升本公共英語核心詞匯（六）

1.abuse v. 濫用，虐待;謾罵

drug abuse 濫用藥品

abuse of power 濫用權力

Abusing of power is illegal.濫用權力是違法的。

I told her what I thought and got a mouthful of abuse for my pains!我跟她講了我的想法，而得到的回報竟是破口大罵!

Abuse can affect children in many ways.虐待會在許多方面對兒童造成影響。

2. expend vt. 消費

expend sth. 付出……，后面常跟名詞effort，energy，time ，strength等。

expend sth. on sth.; expend sth.in doing sth.用在，花在……

Don't expend all your energy on such a useless job.不要把你的精力全花在這無益的工作上。

She expended all her efforts on the care of home and children.她把所有精力都花在料理家務和照顧孩子上。

You don't need to expend that much time in watching TV.你沒必要花那么多時間在看電視上。

3.delay vt./n. 推遲，延誤，耽擱

delay意思跟put off相近，其后通常接名詞或動名詞作為賓語。

We would like to apologize for the delay.我們愿對延遲表示歉意。

His travelling schedule was delayed by the thesis.因為論文的原因，他推遲了旅行計劃。

The board decided to delay their vacation until next week.董事會決定把休假推遲到下周。

4.oral a. 口頭的，口述的，口的

oral test /exam 口語考試

My teacher stresses the importance of oral English.我的老師很重視英語口語。

I really want to practise my oral English.我真的很想練習口語。

An oral agreement is not enough, we must have a written promise.只有口頭協(xié)議是不夠的，我們必須有一個書面承諾。

5.tendency n. 趨向，趨勢

determining tendency 決定性趨勢

The tendency of today's young people to marry and bear children at late ages is very obvious in China.在中國，年輕人晚婚晚育的趨勢越來越明顯。

Such a tendency is not to be encouraged.此風不可長。