2011年12月英语六级高频词汇 22

1. orient v. 使适应

I need some time to orient my thinking.

我需要一些时间来使我的思想适应。

2. overwhelm v.（感情上）使受不了；压倒

be overwhelmed with sadness 难以承受悲伤 overwhelm majority 压倒大多数

Your kindness quite overwhelmed me.

你的好意使我感激难言。

If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.

如果我不能以质量压倒，我就一定要以数量压倒。

3. paradox n. 自相矛盾=contradiction

It is a paradox that such a rich country should have so many poor people living in it.

如此富足的国家竟有如此多的穷人，这是个矛盾的现实。

4. participant n. 参加者

He is an active participant in the civil rights movement.

他是人权运动的积极参加者。

5.patent n. 专利

He got a patent for this invention.

他获得了这项发明的专利权。

6. patrol v./n. 巡逻

Guards patrol the perimeter of the estate.

保安人员在庄园四周巡逻。

Terrorists attacked two soldiers on patrol.

恐怖分子袭击了两名正在巡逻的士兵。

7. patriotic a. 爱国的

His patriotic action raised our admiration.

他的爱国行为激起了我们的敬佩。

8.pave v. 铺路

Their economic policy pave the way for industrial expansion.

他们的经济政策为工业发展铺平了道路。

9. permeate v. 弥漫；渗透

A bad smell permeates the building.

楼里弥漫着臭味。

Water permeated all the books in the room.

房子里渗满了水。

10.perpetual a. 永久的

It is the secret of perpetual youth.

它是青春永驻的秘诀。