考研核心词汇4第16天任务ensure 保证,担保:His industriousness and ability will ensure his successdiminish 减少，降低：His illness diminished his strength.diplomat 外交家，外交官，圆滑的人：a career diplomatdiscard 丢弃，抛弃：discard an old pair of shoesdiscern 看出，觉察出：We could discern from his appearance that he was upset.disclose 揭露，透露，使公开：disclose information to sb. discharge 释放：The judge found him not guilty and discharged him.discount 把（价格，费用等）打折扣，削价出售：The store discounts 3 per cent on all bills paid when due.discriminate 区别，辨别：Its difficult to discriminate between the twin brothers.disgrace 丢脸，耻辱：bring disgrace on oneselfentertain 给。娱乐,使有兴趣:The child is entertaining himself with his building blocksentitle 给。权利,给。资格(to):Robert was entitled to see the documentsequivalent 相等的,相同的:The misery of such a position is equivalent to its happinesserase 擦掉,抹掉,消除:erase the chalk markserect 竖直的,垂直的,竖起的:an erect treeerupt (火山,喷泉等)喷发:The volcano is due to erupt any dayessence 本质,实质,要素:Being thoughtful of others is the essence of politenesseternal 永恒的,永存的,永久的:eternal truthsevaluate 估价,评价:evaluate propertyevaporate (使)蒸发,(使)挥发:Heats evaporate waterexaggerate 夸张,夸大,对言过其实:keep to the facts and dont exaggerateexceed 超出,胜过:Her performance exceeded all the othersexternal 外面的,外部的:external signs of a diseasedescend 下来，下降：Darkness descended too soon.extract取出,提取:extract a confessionextravagant奢侈的,浪费的:be extravagant in ones way of livingfabricate 建造,制造:The finest craftsmen fabricated this clock facilitate使变得(更)容易,使便利:Such a port would facilitate the passage of oil from the Middle East to Japan fade (颜色)褪去:The color in this material will not fadefaint不清楚的,模糊的,微弱的:a faint ideafancy想象力:Children usually have a lively fancyfare车费,船费,飞机票价:full (half) faredivorce 离婚，分离，脱离：sue for a divorce dominate 分配，统治：a white dominated societydonate 捐赠，赠送：They donate to the Red Cross every year.doom 命运，厄运，劫数：His doom was to be poverty.doze 打瞌睡，打盹儿：The old lady dozed in her armchair.drain 慢慢排去：drain water from a pooldread 怕，畏惧:I dread to think of what may happen.drift 漂流，漂泊：The sounds of music drifted up to us.dubious 引起怀疑的，不确定的：a dubious replydue 欠款的，应支付的：A great deal of money is due to you.dump 倾倒，倾卸：He opened his bag and dumped its contents on the desk.duplicate 完全一样的，复制的：a duplicate key excess 超越,超过:an excess of supply over demandexecute 实行,实施,执行,履行:execute a plan exemplify 例示,举例证明,是的例证(或榜样等):The teacher exemplified the use of the wordexert 用力,尽力:exert all ones strength第17天任务exhaust 汲空,抽完:exhaust a wellexpand 扩大,扩展,膨胀:Reading(travel)expands ones mindexpel 驱逐,赶走:expel an invader from a country expend 花费,消费(on, in):They expended all their strength in (on) trying to climb outexpire 满期,届期,(期限)终止:His term of office expires this year explicit 详尽的,明确的:give explicit directionsexploit英勇的或冒险的行为或事迹:The daring of exploit of the parachutists were much admiredexterior 外部的,外面的,外表的:exterior decorationsdurable 耐用的：a durable fabricdwell （dwelt 或 dwelled ）（尤指作为常住居民）居住: dwell on an island economical节约的,节俭的,经济的: an economical stovegenerate 产生，发生(电、热、光、力、摩擦力等)：generate electricitygenuine 真的，非人造的，名副其实的：genuine leathergesture 手势，示意动作：raise ones hands in a gesture of despairconfine 限制，使局限 They succeeded in confining the fire to a small area.confirm 证实，肯定 confirm a rumourconflict （尤指长期的）战争，战斗 The conflict between Greece and Troy lasted ten years.conform 遵照，适应 confirm to(或with) the rules(the law)flourish 茂盛,繁荣,兴旺:Painting flourished in Italy in the fifteenth centuryfluctuate波动,起伏:You cant march in a straight line to the victory, you fluctuate itflush 脸红:Her cheeks flushed redforbid 不许,禁止:Wine is absolutely forbidden to all the childrenforge锻炼:forge a horse-shoe out of an iron barglance 一瞥，扫视：take a glance at the newspaper headlinesglare 怒视，瞪眼：give the jury a glaredense 稠密的，密集的:a dense forestdeposit 存放： She deposited her bag in the cloakroom.depress 使沮丧，使消沉：That movie depressed me.deprive 剥夺，使丧失：deprive sb. of his propertyderive 取得，得到：He derived his enthusiasm for literature from his father.controversy(尤之以文字形式进行的争论),辨证:a point of controversyconvention(正式)会议,(定期)大会:draft a new constitution at a conventionconvert转变,转化:convert coal to (into) pipeline gasconvey运送,输送,传送:a wire conveys an electric current convict(经审讯)证明有罪,宣判有罪:He was convicted of smugglingcoordinate调节,协调:coordinate the functions of government agenciescordial热情友好的,热诚的,真心的:a cordial hello(smile, invitation)glimpse 一瞥，一看：have a glimpse of (into)sthglitter 闪闪发亮(或发光)，光彩夺目，闪耀：His language glitters with marvelous words glory 光荣，荣誉：The soldiers hoped to win glory on the battle field glow 发热，发光，发红：the fire glowing in the darknessgossip 流言蜚语：give rise to gossip govern 统治，管理：govern a