雅思词汇

To thoroughly defeat or overcome an opponent

打败，征服，克服

The state of feeling very sleepy

睡意；昏昏欲睡

Relating to birth

出生的，诞生的

Lacking flavor or interest; dull

乏味的，淡而无味的

Compensation for loss or damage; protection from liability

赔偿；补偿金；免责保障

A thin thread-like strand; dietary roughage; moral character (British spelling of fiber)

纤维；膳食纤维；品格，骨气

Journalism that tells stories primarily through photographs

摄影新闻工作，图片新闻报道

To copy another's work and pass it off as one's own

剽窃，抄袭

A circular current of water or air; to swirl in circles

漩涡，涡流；打旋

Dull, monotonous, and lacking variety

单调乏味的；平淡无奇

The punctuation mark ('); a rhetorical address to an absent person

撇号；呼语

To triple in amount; the highest musical voice or part; three times as much

增至三倍；最高音部；三倍的

Waste material left after smelting metal; to produce slag

熔渣，矿渣；产生熔渣

Arriving or acting exactly on time

准时的；守时的

A public official who certifies documents and witnesses signatures

公证人，公证员

Willing and happy to help others

乐于助人的，体贴的

A diagram showing relationships between quantities; to plot such a diagram

图表，曲线图；用图表表示

A device that tells time using a shadow cast by sunlight

日晷，日规

To walk unsteadily like a small child; a tottering gait

蹒跚学步；东倒西歪地走

Either of the two latitude lines bounding the tropics; of or relating to the tropics

回归线；热带的

An optical instrument for viewing from a concealed position, as used in submarines

潜望镜

Calm and peaceful; the Pacific Ocean

平静的，爱好和平的；太平洋

Pieces of furniture for sleeping; plots for plants; rock layers

床；花坛；岩层

To shorten a text while keeping essential content; to curtail

删节，缩短；削减

Silly, pointless, and self-satisfied; vacuously stupid

愚昧的，昏庸的，自以为是的蠢笨

Able to be logically defended or justified; well-founded

站得住脚的；合理的

Abundant or excessive in quantity

大量的，丰富的

A student absent without permission; to play truant; absent without leave

旷课者；旷课；擅离职守的

Currently existing; having real being

存在的，现存的

To ask someone earnestly; to beg or plead

恳求，乞求

To walk slowly while dragging the feet; a shuffling gait

蹒跚而行；拖步走路

A grammar word linking a noun or pronoun to other words in a sentence

介词，前置词

A ceremonial low-level flight; an overpass road or bridge

低空飞越；立交桥

Prudent, shrewd, and tactful in managing affairs

精明的；明智的；策略性的

A kind act or goodwill; to prefer or support someone

恩惠，好意；偏爱，支持

To grow or expand rapidly; a new bud or shoot

迅速发展；萌芽，嫩枝

Recorded on film; covered with a thin layer

已拍摄的；覆有薄膜的

To swell or expand due to internal pressure

（使）膨胀，（使）扩张

A farming tool for breaking soil; to turn over soil for planting

犁；犁地，耕地

To ask for information or investigate something

询问，打听；调查

To isolate or keep apart from others

使隔离，使孤立

An official permit; official permission

执照，许可证；许可

Infectious or contagious; attractively appealing

有传染性的；吸引人的

The right to occupy property by paying rent; the period of such occupation

租赁；租用；租期

To confuse or perplex someone greatly

使迷惑，使不知所措

Preventing sound from passing through; to make resistant to sound

隔音的；做隔音处理

Extremely nervous or upset; overly elaborate

过度紧张的，情绪激动的

A showy display of wealth or ability intended to impress others

炫耀，卖弄