【TOEFL iBT词汇❤词以类记】法律3
来源:沪江听写酷
2012-02-14 15:59
节目采用张红岩编著的《词以类记—TOEFL iBT词汇》,只听写英文单词,听完一个单词回车另起一行听写下一个单词,句子和中文不用听写。
Hints:本期16个单词
detain
extenuate
saddle
court
bar
authorize
empower
plea
oath
pledge
plaintiff
plead
flee
defend
proscribe
forbid
detain 拘留 阻止
Please do not detain me; I am in a hurry.
extenuate 使(罪过等)显得轻微 diminish lessen
"""Your money cannot help to extenuate your crime,"" said the judge."
saddle 使负担 burden load
The landowner saddled his tenants with heavy taxes.
court 法庭 bar
I have to go to court today to give evidence in a trial.
bar 法庭 court
authorize 授权 empower permit
A visa authorizes a person to enter and leave a country.
empower 授权 使能够
The owner empowered Jane to hire new employees for the store.
plea n恳求 appeal
oath 誓言 誓约 宣誓 pledge promise
pledge 誓言 vt使发誓promise vow
plaintiff 原告
plead 抗辩 恳求 argue protest beg
"""Let me out, please."" The prisoner pleaded to the jail keeper, but in vain."
flee 逃跑 逃离 escape
"When the rain began, we fled for cover."
defend 辩护
Mary defended her actions when she was accused of cheating.
proscribe 禁止 ban forbid forestall
The sale of opium(鸦片) is proscribed by law.
forbid 禁止 prohibit prevent
Chewing gum in class was forbidden.