NGSL 2000 — 中级词汇

A person who reviews and prepares written material for publication

编辑，主编

To participate in something; to hire; to begin fighting

参与，从事；雇用；交战

A popular hot drink made from roasted beans; the beans or plant itself

咖啡；咖啡豆

The rate of motion or action; to move fast

速度；加速

To carry out an act; to pledge oneself to something

犯（罪）；承诺，保证；提交

To make threats; to be dangerous; to warn of something bad

威胁，恐吓；预示危险

The period of life between childhood and adulthood; a young person

青春，青年时代；青年人

A moving ridge on water; a surge of something; to move one's hand as a greeting

波浪；浪潮；挥手示意

Feeling fear; feeling regret or reluctance

害怕的；恐怕

A person's experience and origins; the part of a scene behind the main subject

背景，经历；（图像）背景

Belonging to one by birth or origin; a person born in a particular place

本地的；土著的；本地人

Wide in extent or scope; covering a large range

宽广的，辽阔的；广泛的

Extremely good or impressive; causing wonder

极好的，奇妙的，令人惊叹的

To declare something untrue; to refuse to grant something

否认；拒绝

To a small extent or degree

稍微；轻微地

A response to an event or stimulus; a chemical transformation of substances

反应；回应；化学反应

Two times; in double the amount

两次；两倍

A matching set of clothes; to be appropriate for someone

套装；适合；相称

A point of view or outlook; the technique of depicting depth on a flat surface

观点；看法；透视法

To move air; a hard hit or sudden shock

吹，刮风；打击，挫折

The process of building; a structure; a grammatical arrangement

建造过程；建筑物；语法结构

The ability to learn and understand; secret information about an enemy

智力，智慧；情报

To damage something so severely it can no longer be used

破坏，毁坏，消灭

To prepare food by heating (v.); a person who prepares food (n.)

烹饪（动词）；厨师（名词）

A link or relationship between people or things

连接，联系，关系

To be on fire or cause damage by fire; an injury caused by heat

燃烧，烧毁；烧伤，烫伤

A protective foot covering with a hard sole; to put shoes on someone

鞋；给……穿鞋

A person who lives close by; something situated nearby

邻居；邻近的人或物

A level of quality or rank; a score for academic work; to assign marks

等级；成绩，分数；评分，分级

The circumstances or background that clarify meaning

背景；上下文；来龙去脉

A group appointed to carry out a specific task or make decisions

委员会

An error due to poor judgment or carelessness; to misunderstand or wrongly identify

错误，失误；误解，弄错

A particular place or position

位置，所在地

Making little or no noise; calm and still; the absence of sound or disturbance

安静的；平静的；寂静

Having knowledge or consciousness of something; alert to what is happening

意识到的，知道的；警觉的

A hard structure forming the skeleton; to remove bones from meat

骨头，骨骼；剔骨

Energetic and engaged in activity; currently operating

积极的，活跃的；在运作中的

The leader of a group; most important

首领；主要的

To bring things together; a harvesting machine

（使）结合，联合；联合收割机

An alcoholic drink made from fermented grapes; to entertain with wine

葡萄酒；以酒款待

Moderately cold or fashionable (adj.); to become less warm (v.)

凉爽的；酷的（形容词）；冷却（动词）

A person who votes or has the right to vote

选民，投票人

A place of great suffering; the place of punishment after death

地狱；苦境；极其痛苦的地方

Likely to cause harm or injury

危险的，有害的

To cause someone to remember or think of something

提醒，使想起

Relating to right and wrong behaviour; the practical lesson of a story

道德的，道义上的；寓意，道德教训

A group of things sharing common characteristics; a class or division

类别，种类，范畴

In comparison with something else; fairly

相对地；比较地；相当地