英语六级高频词汇第053期

terminate

英 [ˈtɜːmɪneɪt] 美 [ˈtɜːrmɪneɪt]

vt. 使终止；使结束；解雇

vi. 结束，终止；结果

adj. 结束的

例句：

After a lot of agonizing she decided to terminate the pregnancy.
在多次痛苦的考虑后，她决定终止妊娠。

In American law, you cannot terminate an employee, for the sole purpose of age.
在美国法律中，你不能仅仅因为年龄而解雇员工。

People are often hesitant to terminate a project when they've already invested time or resources into it, even if it might make logical sense to do so.
当人们已经在项目上投入了时间或资源时，他们常常会犹豫是否要终止项目，即使这样做是合乎逻辑的。

anticipation

英 [ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃn] 美 [ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃn]

n. 预料，预期；预感；预知；盼望，希望；先发制人

例句：

There's been an atmosphere of anticipation around here for a few days now.
一种期待的氛围在这儿已存在几天了。

He bought extra food in anticipation of more people coming than he'd invited.
他预料来的客人会比邀请的多，就多买了食物。

Troops in the Philippines have been put on full alert in anticipation of trouble during a planned general strike.
预期在计划的总罢工期间会有麻烦，在菲律宾的军队已处于完全戒备状态。

tempt

英 [tempt] 美 [tempt]

vt. 诱惑；引起；冒…的风险；使感兴趣

例句：

Cars like that may tempt drivers to speed.
那样的汽车可能会引诱司机超速行驶。

Vivien refuses to put down bait to tempt wildlife to the waterhole.
维维恩拒绝放饵到水坑引诱野生动物。

Nothing could tempt her to evil.
什么也不能引诱她做坏事。

descend

英 [dɪˈsend] 美 [dɪˈsend]

vi. 下降；下去；下来；遗传；屈尊

vt. 下去；沿…向下

例句：

The pilots were told to descend to 2-2,000 feet.
飞行员被告知要将飞机下降到2-2000英尺。

It expels gas to descend, and expels water from trim bladders to rise.
它通过排出气体来下降，并通过把水排出气囊来上升。

The plane began to descend.
飞机开始降落。

standardize

英 [ˈstændədaɪz] 美 [ˈstændərdaɪz]

vt. 使标准化；用标准检验

例句：

There is a drive both to standardize components and to reduce the number of models.
有一种使零部件标准化并减少型号数量的需求。

This only applies to American space activities, but the hope is that it will help standardize a set of norms in the dawning commercial spaceflight industry throughout the world.
这只适用于美国的航天活动，但希望是它将有助于使全世界商业航天工业的一套规范标准化。

What Banks don't want is to standardize.
银行不想要的就是标准化。

回顾

1. terminate
2. anticipation
3. tempt
4. descend
5. standardize