英語高考高頻詞匯第082期

undergo

英 [??nd??ɡ??] 美 [??nd?r?ɡo?]

vt. 經(jīng)歷，經(jīng)受；忍受

例句：

Uber-babe Jenny McCarthy has hinted at the trials young actresses must undergo in Hollywood's seedier realms.
超級寶貝簡妮麥卡錫暗示說年輕女演員們在成名前必須忍受好萊塢不那么光鮮的一面。

These act like batteries when they undergo a temperature change: attach electrodes to them and they generate a current.
它們經(jīng)歷溫度變化時會像電池一樣工作：給它們接上電極，它們就會產(chǎn)生電流。

Fans may undergo body searches by security guards.
仰慕者們可能要接受保安人員的搜身。

attach

英 [??t?t?] 美 [??t?t?]

vt. 使依附；貼上；系上；使依戀

vi. 附加；附屬；伴隨

例句：

They attach great importance to the project.
他們高度重視這個項目。

I attach a copy of my notes for your information.
我附上筆記一份供你參考。

It is possible to attach executable program files to e-mail.
可以在電子郵件上附上可執(zhí)行程序文件。

witness

英 [?w?tn?s] 美 [?w?tn?s]

n. 證人；目擊者；證據(jù)

vt. 目擊；證明；為…作證

vi. 作證人

n. (Witness)人名；(津)威特尼斯

例句：

He was a witness for the prosecution.
他是原告證人。

He took the stand as the first witness.
他第一個出庭作證。

He has been witness to a terrible murder.
他目擊了一起殘忍的兇殺事件。

evolution

英 [?i?v??lu??n; ?ev??lu??n] 美 [?ev??lu??n]

n. 演變；進化論；進展

例句：

Darwin eventually put forward a model of biological evolution.
達爾文最終提出了一套生物進化的理論模式。

We're dealing with probably the biggest missing link in what we know about human evolution.
我們正在解決的可能是我們所知的人類進化過程中缺失最大的一環(huán)。

I have moved from trying to model and understand the distribution and evolution of water vapour.
我已經(jīng)不再試圖構(gòu)建和理解水汽的分布和演變的理論模式了。

subtract

英 [s?b?tr?kt] 美 [s?b?tr?kt]

vt. 減去；扣掉

例句：

They subtract this loan balance from the sale price and you get cash to buy another house.
他們從售房價格里減去這個貸款余額，然后你就可以得到現(xiàn)金去買另一個房子。

You've got to juggle the two equations, multiply that by 4, multiply that by 3, add and subtract and so on.
你必須聯(lián)立這兩個方程，一個乘以4，另一個乘以3，再加減等等。

In short, the nation's central measure of economic well-being works like a calculating machine that adds but cannot subtract.
簡而言之，衡量國家經(jīng)濟福祉的核心指標(biāo)就像一臺計算器，只能增加，不能減少。

回顧

1. undergo
2. attach
3. witness
4. evolution
5. subtract