托福詞匯中常見的熟詞僻意（三）

1. anchor
熟義：n.錨
僻義：n.主持人，主播
Fast-foodeaters, news anchors, text messengers, all smiling, smiling.
快餐食客、新聞主播、發(fā)短信的人，都在笑啊笑啊。
2. chair
熟義：n.椅子
僻義：v./n.主持，主席
Former surgeon general C.Everett Koop chairs an Internet start-up in his
80s.
前衛(wèi)生局醫(yī)務(wù)主任C.Everett Koop 80來(lái)歲還出任了一個(gè)互聯(lián)網(wǎng)公司的總裁。
3. nature
熟義：n.自然
僻義：n.天性，本質(zhì)，本性(human nature 人性)
Thejury agreed that the nature of the game, not the helmet, was the reason
for the athlete's injury
陪審團(tuán)也認(rèn)為造成該運(yùn)動(dòng)員受傷的是這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)本身的危險(xiǎn)性，而不是頭盔。
4. spell
熟義：v.拼寫
僻義：n.一段時(shí)間
Despite a spell of initial optimism in the 1960s and 1970s when it appeared that transistor circuits and microprocessors might be able to copy the action of the human brain by the year 2010, researchers lately have begun to extend that forecast by decades if not centuries.
雖然一開始在20世紀(jì)60年代和70年代有過(guò)一段樂(lè)觀的時(shí)期——那時(shí)候仿佛晶體管電路和微處理器的發(fā)展將使他們?cè)?010年能夠模仿人類大腦的活動(dòng)——但是最近研究人員已經(jīng)開始將這個(gè)預(yù)測(cè)延后數(shù)十年，甚至數(shù)百年。
5. stress
熟義：n.壓力
僻義：v.強(qiáng)調(diào)
While often praised by foreigners for its emphasis on the basics, Japanese education tends to stress test taking and mechanical learning overcreativity and self-expression.
雖然日本的教育因強(qiáng)調(diào)基礎(chǔ)知識(shí)而經(jīng)常受到外國(guó)人的贊揚(yáng)，但是它往往強(qiáng)調(diào)考試和機(jī)械學(xué)習(xí)，而不重視創(chuàng)造性和自我表現(xiàn)。
6.wane
熟義：n.月虧
僻義：v.減弱，削弱
Her enthusiasm for the expedition was waning rapidly.他對(duì)這次出行的熱情迅速減弱。
7.wax
熟義：n.月盈
僻義：v.增強(qiáng)，加強(qiáng)
His anger waxed.他更加生氣了。
8.angle
熟義：n.角，魚鉤
僻義：v.間接迂回地獲取，謀取，博取
It sounds as if he is just angling for sympathy.
9.carp
熟義：n.鯉魚
僻義：v.吹毛求疵，過(guò)分挑剔
He cannot understand why she is constantly carping at him.他不明白為什么她總是找他的茬。
10.flounder
熟義：n.比目魚
僻義：v.在水里或泥里掙扎，深陷困境，困難重重
The economy was floundering.
經(jīng)濟(jì)深陷困境。