第六单元单词
1. a handful of 少数，少量；一把
e.g. Only a handful of graduates have not found jobs so far.
2. a variety of 各种的；各种各样的
e.g. People change their minds for a variety of reasons.
3. abundance n. quantity that is more than enough; plenty 丰富；丰裕
e.g. The visitor to Oxford has an abundance of sights to e.
4. aircraft n. （单复同）飞机；航空器
e.g. The goal of air traffic control is to minimize the risk of aircraft collisions.
5. amount to be equal to; add up to 相当于；总计
e.g. In 1959 the combined value of U.S. imports and exports amounted to less than 9 percent of the country's gross domestic product.
6. appalling a. causing fear; shocking; terrible 骇人听闻的；令人震惊的
teleprence e.g. When will this appalling war end?
7. appliance n. instrument or device for a specific purpo 用具；器具
e.g. The Energy Department has t efficiency standards for new home appliances.
8. ari vi. (aro, arin) appear; become evident 出现；呈现
e.g. Challenging ethical issues have arin in science and medicine.
9. be doomed to 命定；注定
e.g. He thought that he was doomed to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
10. bewildering a. puzzling 令人困惑的；费解的
bewilder vt. puzzle; confu 使困惑；使糊涂
e.g. I don't know how to solve this bewildering question.
11. burden n. heavy load 负担，重负parcel
e.g. Some farmers are complaining about the heavy burden of taxation.
12. byte n. (of computer) fixed number of binary digits, often reprenting a single character 字节；位组
pets4成绩查询13. candy n. sweets or chocolate 糖果；巧克力
14. CD-ROM abbr. compactdisc read-only memory 光盘只读存储器
15. cell-phone n. 手机
16. childcare n. 儿童保育；儿童照管
17. comparative a. involving comparison or comparing 比较的；相比的
e.g. Some sociologists have carried out large-scale historical-comparative studies.
18. concierge n. doorkeeper 看门人，看守人
19. confine n. (usu. pl) boundaries; limits; borders 范围；界限；边界
e.g. This is outside the confines of human knowledge.
20. confusion n. bewilderment or embarrassment 惶惑；迷乱
e.g. I explained the question to him three times, but there was still a look of confusion on his face.
21. convention n. conference of members of a profession, political party; generally accepted social behavior 大会；惯例，常规
mipro e.g. She was a speaker at the Railway Workers' Convention in 1956.
22. cope vi. deal successfully (with sb. / sth. difficult) （成功地）对付；妥善处理
e.g. Health psychologists study how people cope with stress.
23. cram vt. push or force into a small place 将……塞入， 硬塞进
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e.g. It's dangerous for too many people to be crammed into a bus.
24. curator n. person in charge of a muum, an art gallery, etc. （博物馆、美术馆等的）馆长
25. discontent n. lack of satisfaction 不满足；不满意
e.g. The strikers were a sign of discontent with poor pay.
26. distribution n. 分布；分配
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e.g. The study of animal distribution is called zoogeography.
27. divert vt. turn (sb./sth.) aside from a cour, direction, etc. into another 使转向；转移
e.g. Some dams divert the flow of river water into a pipeline, canal, or channel.
28. domestic a. of the home, houhold or family; of or inside a particular country 家庭的；家务的；国内的
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jaq e.g. Police and hospital records indicate that the majority of victims of domestic violence are women.
29. eat into gradually reduce the amount of (sth. valuable); damage or destroy 吞噬；侵蚀；毁坏
e.g. All the car expens are eating into our savings.
30. economy n. 经济；经济制度；节约
e.g. His views on knowledge economy have been accepted with unanimity.
