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incorporate: 1) 包含，吸收 eg: New ideas will be incorporated into the book. 2)合并 eg: The new computer company will be incorporated with another. 3) 使具体化，体现 eg: His book incorporates his military thinking. comprise: 1)包括，包含 eg: The committee comprises men of widely different views. 2）由…组成 eg: Their country is comprised of 50 states. 3）形成，构成 eg: Women comprise 51 percent of population of France. contain: 1）装有，含有 eg: The bowl contains a variety of fruit. 2)容纳 eg: The bottle contains 500 millilitres. premise: n. 1) 假设，前提 eg: Building on your premise, he could frequent sushi bars. 2) 【复】房产，房屋，经营场所 eg: business premises企业经营场所 v. 提出…为前提 eg: The chairman premised his speech on the belief that the rich want to help the poor. CET-6 2010.6 Reading Comprehension Section B Passage 1 precedent: n. [C, U]先例 eg: There’s not much precedent for men taking leave when their baby is born. unprecedented adj. 前所未有的 unprecedentedly adv. precede v. 1) (formal) to happen or exist before sth. or sb. 先于(…发生或存在) eg: Lunch will be preceded by a short speech from the chairman. 2) go somewhere before sb. else走在…之前 eg: The guard preceded them down the corridor. shed (shed, shed):1) get rid of sth. that you no longer want or need去除 eg: The company is planning to shed about a quarter of its workforce. 2) shed light on: make sth. easier to understand by providing new or better information. Eg: Recent research has shed light on the causes of the disease shed light:照射，发出光亮 eg: The light shed a harsh yellow light.发出刺眼的黄光 3）shed leaves落叶 shed skin蜕皮 shed hair脱毛 4）shed blood流血 shed tears 流泪 alternate: adj. 1)间隔的 on alternate days隔天一次 2）轮流的，交替的 alternate blue and red strips蓝红条纹相间 3)可供替代的=alternative eg: the appointment of an alternate director任命一位候补董事 v. （使）轮流，（使）交替 eg: She alternates between outrage and sympathy (时而， 时而） spur (spurred, spurring) v. 1) spur sb (on) to do sth/ to sth: encourage激励 eg: The coach spurred him on to Olympic succes