复习资料：山东自考英语二常考单词解析（八）

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1、inner adj. （of feelings，etc.）private and secret；not expressed or shown to other people 内心的；隐藏的

eg: Taichi gives me a sense of inner calm. 太极可以让我获得内心平静。

其他词义：（of the） inside 内部的；里面的

eg: an inner room 内室 inner London 内伦敦

反义词 

outer adj. farther from the inside or centre 远离内部或中心的

eg: the outer hall 外厅 outer London 外伦敦 

the outer suburbs of the city 城市的远郊

2、hesitation n. the act of pausing uncertainly犹豫

eg: She agreed without the slightest hesitation. 她毫不犹豫地同意了。

hesitate v. be reluctant 不情愿

eg: I hesitate to spend so much money on clothes. 我舍不得把这么多钱花在穿衣服上。

Don't hesitate to tell us if you have a problem. 你有问题就直截了当地告诉我们。

3、prompt v. to make somebody decide to do something；to cause something to happen 促使；导致；激起

eg: What prompted him to be so generous? 是什么原因使得他如此大方呢?

其他词性

adj. done without delay; punctual 及时的；迅速的；准时的

eg: a prompt reply 及时的答复

衍生

promptly adv. quickly; punctually 

eg: She replied promptly to my letter. 她立即给我写了回信。

4、attempt n. an act of trying to do something, especially something difficult, often with no success企图；试图；尝试

attempt to do sth.

eg: All attempts to control inflation have failed. 所有试图控制通货膨胀的努力都失败了。

其他词性

v. to try to do something, especially something difficult

attempt to do sth.

eg: In this chapter I will attempt to explain what led up to the revolution. 在这一章，我尝试解释导致革命的原因。

5、attach v. to fasten or join one thing to another 把…固定，把…附（在…上）

eg: attach a label to each piece of luggage 每件行李上都加上标签

其他词义

attach importance/significance etc. to sth.

to believe that something is important 重视

eg: People attach too much importance to economic forecasts. 人们非常重视关于经济的预报。

衍生：

attachment n. affection; devotion 依恋；眷恋；留恋

~ （to/for sb./sth.）

eg: feel a strong attachment to one's family 十分恋家

6、overwhelming adj. very great or very strong; so powerful that you cannot resist it or decide how to react巨大的；压倒性的；无法抗拒的

eg: the overwhelming majority of people, i.e. the majority by a great number 压倒性多数

衍生：

overwhelm v. cover （sth./sb.）completely by flowing over or pouring down on it/him; submerge suddenly （以浇或灌的方式）淹没（某物[某人]）；使突然没入或浸入

eg: A great mass of water overwhelmed the village. 大水淹没了村庄。