【日积月累】每天十个英语四级高频词汇(21)
1. cancel vt. 取消，废除
The match had to be cancelled due to the bad weather.
比赛因天气不好只得取消。
I've lost my credit card, so I have to go to the bank to cancel it.
我的信用卡弄丢了,我得去银行申请作废。
2. variable a. 易变的，可变的
Prices are variable according to the rate of exchange.
物价会随汇率而变动。
His mood is as variable as the weather.
他的情绪如天气般反覆无常。
3. prospect n. 前景，前途；景象
He has good prospects.
他大有前途。
What do you think about the marketing prospect?
你觉得市场前景怎么样?
The prospect from the balcony was breathtaking.
从阳台上看去景色美极了。
4. prosperity n.兴旺，繁荣
The empire was on the wane after its period of prosperity.
帝国经过全盛以后逐渐衰落。
Prosperity destroys fools and endangers the wise.
繁荣兴旺既毁了蠢人，也使智者陷于险境。
5. aspect n. 方面；朝向；面貌
This is only one aspect of the problem.
这只是问题的一个方面。
The building has a southern aspect.
那座建筑是朝南的。
His brother is a man with a serious aspect.
他的兄弟是一个外貌严肃的人。
6. cope vi. (with)（成功地）应付，处理
I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.
既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。
7. core n. 果心，核心
He ate the plum, and threw the core away.
他吃掉了李子，并扔掉了果核。
The core of our appeal is freedom of speech.
我们的要求的核心是言论自由。
8.maintain vt. 维持，保持；坚持，主张
It is absolutely vital that food supplies should be maintained.
维持食物的供给是绝对必要的。
It is clearly illogical to maintain such a proposition.
坚持这种主张显然是没有道理的。
He maintains that there are no short cuts to effective management.
他断言,有效的管理没有捷径可走。
9.mainland n. 大陆, 本土
The island is joined to the mainland by a bridge.
岛上有座桥与大陆相连。
Hawaii and Alaska are not on the mainland of the United States.
夏威夷和阿拉斯加不在美国本土。
10. discipline n. 纪律；惩罚；学科
She is strict in the matter of discipline.
她对纪律的要求是严格的。
A little discipline would do him a world of good.
稍微处分他一下会对他大有好处。
Applied linguistics is a new and independent discipline.
应用语言学是一门新兴的独立学科。