单词

Question 1

peripheral a.
periphery n.
/pe’riferel/

Answer 1

次要的、外围的 unimportant、on the edge of
外围、边缘、次要部分
on the periphery of

Question 2

odour n.

/’oude/

Answer 2

气味

Question 3

elaborate a./n.

/i’l/

Answer 3

a. 复杂的、精心设计的

v. 详尽描述 elaberate on

Question 4

herd n./v.

Answer 4

n. 畜群 large herds of cattle

v. 放牧 herd livestock

Question 5

livestock n.

Answer 5

（总称）家畜，牲畜

Question 6

spring to mind

Answer 6

come to mind, think of, occur to sb

Question 7

a hint of

Answer 7

少许、一点点

Question 8

come in for

Answer 8

收到、遭受

come in for criticism

Question 9

average height

Answer 9

中等身材

Question 10

cheesy

Answer 10

廉价的，低等的，土的

a cheesy outfit

Question 11

outfit

Answer 11

a set of clothes【C】

orgnization

Question 12

decent

Answer 12

体面的

凑合的 be of an acceptable standard

Question 13

be beyond mad/adj.

Answer 13

furious

Question 14

have always been my favourite

be one’s all-time favourite

Answer 14

一生最爱

Question 15

robust

Answer 15

strong

person, argument, defence, opinion

Question 16

displace

Answer 16

take place of

使背井离乡
More than 600,000 people were displaced by the tsunami.

Question 17

radical n./v.

Answer 17

very important and great 重大的，彻底的。radically
radical change/breakthrough……
激进的 radical group/view
激进分子【C】 student radicals

Question 18

incremental a.

Answer 18

increasing gradually

Question 19

implication n.

Answer 19

【C】

Question 20

salient

Answer 20

the most important and noticeable

Question 21

contrive

contrived

Answer 21

【贬】策划、密谋
contrive a plan/robbery
contrive to do

deliberate planned, not natural

Question 22

ongoing

Answer 22

持续的，正在进行的
常作状语
ongoing debate/process

Question 23

contract n./v.

Answer 23

n. 重音在前 合同

v. 重音在后 1.contract with sb to do 2.收缩，使收缩 3.萎缩 economy market 4.感染 contract a serious illness

Question 24

overstate

Answer 24

exaggerate

exaggeration

Question 25

deterioration

Answer 25

退化，恶化
like quality
improvement

Question 26

idle adj.

idly adv.

Answer 26

状语
idle workers/officials 无所事事的
idle machines/factories 闲置的

We are not idly sitting around.

Question 27

sit around

Answer 27

sit about

Question 28

discredit

discredited

Answer 28

make……lose trust, reputation and credit

Question 29

resort

last resort

Answer 29

n.【C】度假村
v. resort to 求助于，诉诸
I would never have resorted to a court of law if I hadn’t been so desperate.

as a last resort
as a means of last resort
in the last resort
：you can find no other way of getting out of a difficult situation or of solving a problem