SAT词汇技能4 - 第 50 课

to help someone to restore to a healthy and independent state after a period of imprisonment, addiction, illness, etc.

重新融入, 康复

to make a counterattack or respond in a similar manner

报复, 反击

appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use

侵占, 挪用

to soften or break down food by soaking it in a liquid, often a flavored liquid like wine or vinegar

浸泡, 泡软

make imperfect

损害, 使不完美

to officially start or introduce something

开幕

assign a name or title to

指定, 命名

to state one's opinion in such a manner that shows one believes to be the only person to fully know it and be unarguably correct

教皇式地讲, 自以为是地发表意见

pull up by or as if by the roots

连根拔起, 彻底根除

to work with someone else in order to create something or reach the same goal

合作, 协作

fall into decay or ruin

使荒废, 使破败

(of a monarch or ruler) to step down from a position of power

退位

to create a series of holes in something, typically for the purpose of making separation or tearing easier

打孔, 穿孔

to chew food by biting and grinding it with the teeth

咀嚼, 嚼碎

to appoint a person or thing to a lower status, position, or rank

降级, 贬低

to remove water from a substance, often causing it to become dry

脱水, 去水

to fertilize a woman's egg with sperm, resulting in pregnancy

使怀孕, 受精

to introduce new ideas, methods, or products to improve or change the current way of doing things

创新, 引入新思路

to officially take away something from someone, usually as punishment

没收, 征用

to free someone or something from a difficult or entangled situation

解脱, 脱离