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Question 1

Consecutive /kənˈsek.jə.tɪ̬v/

Answer 1

Adjective. 形容词 连续的 Consecutive events, numbers, etc. follow one after
another without an interruption.

This is the fifth consecutive weekend that
I’ve spent working.

Question 2

Dime /daɪm/

Answer 2

Noun. 名词 10分硬币 an American or Canadian coin that has the value of

ten cents

10 dimes are equivalent to 1 dollar.

Question 3

Nickel /ˈnɪk.əl/

Answer 3

Noun. 名词 5分硬币 a US or Canadian coin worth five cents 20 nickels are same as 1 dollar.

Question 4

Penny /ˈpen.i/

Answer 4

Noun. 名词 1分硬币 in the US and Canada, a cent or a coin of this value Buy a TV now and it won’t cost you a
penny (= will cost nothing) for three months.

Question 5

Source /sɔːrs/

Answer 5

Noun. 名词 来源,出处;信息来源 the place something comes from or starts at, or the
cause of something ; someone or something that
supplies information

Experts are trying to track down the source
of the contamination in the water supply.

Question 6

Shortcut /ˈʃɔːrt-/

Answer 6

Noun. 名词 近路;(做事情的)捷径 a quicker way of doing something in order to save

time or effort

I know a shortcut to town.

Question 7

Validate /ˈvæl.ə.deɪt/

Answer 7

Vt. 及物动词 证实…是对的;批准,认可,使
生效

to prove that something is correct; to make
something officially acceptable or approved,
especially after examining it

The data is validated automatically by the
computer after it has been entered.

Question 8

Trivial /ˈtrɪv.i.əl/

Answer 8

Adjective. 形容词 微不足道的,琐碎的;没有价值
的

having little value or importance I don’t know why he gets so upset about
something so trivial.

Question 9

Subsequent /ˈsʌb.sɪ.kwənt/

Answer 9

Adjective. 形容词 随后的,接着的 happening after something else Those explosions must have been
subsequent to our departure, because we
didn’t hear anything.

Question 10

Familiar /fəˈmɪl.i.jɚ/

Answer 10

Adjective. 形容词 熟悉的;常⻅的 easy to recognize because of being seen, met,
heard, etc. before

The street was familiar to me.

Question 11

Souvenir /ˌsuː.vəˈnɪr/

Answer 11

Noun. 名词 纪念品;纪念物 something you buy or keep to help you remember a
holiday or special event

He bought a model of a red London bus as
a souvenir of his trip to London.

Question 12

Database /ˈdeɪ.tə̬.beɪs/

Answer 12

Noun. 名词 (计算机)资料库,数据库 a large amount of information stored in a computer
system in such a way that it can be easily looked at

or changed

We’re linked to the online database at our
head office.

Question 13

Inclined /ɪnˈklaɪnd/

Answer 13

Adjective. 形容词 倾向于…的 likely or wanting to do something No one seemed inclined to help.

Question 14

Utilize /ˈjuː.tə̬l.aɪz/

Answer 14

Vt. 及物动词 使用;利用;应用 to use something in an effective way The vitamins come in a form that is easily
utilized by the body.

Question 15

Employ /ɪmˈplɔɪ/

Answer 15

Vt. 及物动词 使用;利用; 雇用 to use something; to have someone work or do a
job for you and pay them for it

Sophisticated statistical analysis was
employed to obtain these results.

Question 16

Reproduction /ˌriː.prəˈdʌk.ʃən/

Answer 16

Noun. 名词 生殖;生育;繁殖 the process of having babies, producing young, or
producing new plants

We are researching reproduction in
elephants/the reproduction of elephants.

Question 17

Aquarium /əˈkwer.i.əm/

Answer 17

Noun. 名词 水族馆 a building, usually open to the public, that holds

many aquariums

Let’s go to the Bay Area Aquarium next

month!

Question 18

Stream /striːm/

Answer 18

Noun. 名词 溪流 water that flows naturally along a fixed route
formed by a channel cut into rock or ground,
usually at ground level

There’s a bubbling stream that flows
through their property.

Question 19

Mature /məˈtʊr/

Answer 19

Adjective. 形容词 成熟的 Mature people behave like adults in a way that
shows they are well developed emotionally.

He’s very mature for his age.

Question 20

Counterpart /ˈkaʊn.tɚ̬ .pɑːrt/

Answer 20

Noun. 名词 作用相同者,相对应者 a person or thing holding a position or performing a
function that corresponds to that of another person
or thing in another place.

The minister held talks with his French
counterpart.

Question 21

Fate /feɪt/

Answer 21

Noun. 名词 命中注定的事;命运 what happens to a particular person or thing,
especially something final or negative, such as
death or defeat

We want to decide our own fate.

Question 22

Numerous /ˈnuː.mə.rəs/

Answer 22

Adjective. 形容词 许多的,大量的 Many We have discussed these plans on

numerous occasions.

Question 23

Descendant /dɪˈsen.dənt/

Answer 23

Noun. 名词 子孙,后代 a person who is related to you and who lives after
you, such as your child or grandchild

We owe it to our descendants (= people
younger than us who will live after we have
died) to leave them a clean world to live in.

Question 24

Rationale /ˌræʃ.əˈnæl/

Answer 24

Noun. 名词 根本原因;基本原理 the reasons or intentions that cause a particular set

of beliefs or actions

I don’t understand the rationale for these
restrictions.

Question 25

Expedite /ˈek.spə.daɪt/

Answer 25

Vt. 及物动词 迅速完成;促进;加快 to make something happen more quickly Something needs to be done to expedite
the process.

Question 26

Offspring /ˈɑːf.sprɪŋ/

Answer 26

Noun. 名词 (动物的)幼崽,崽兽; (人的)
后代,子女

the young of an animal; a person’s children In the case of the guinea pig, the number of
offspring varies between two and five.