40个英语新闻高频词汇.pdfVIP

经常看英语新闻的朋友很容易发现， 文章中有很多词很简洁， 甚至是自己熟知的词， 却理解 不了它在文中的意思。 下面我将列出四十个这样的词， 希望能给大家在浏览英文新闻的过程 中以帮助。 （思考：这些词汇跟释义词汇相比有什么共同特点？为什么新闻报道中倾向于 用这些词汇而不是释义词汇？） 前者：新闻词汇 后者：释义词汇 1 Aid ＝assist 帮助 2 Alter ＝change or modify 改变 3 ask ＝inquire 询问 4 assail [ ?se ?l] ＝attack 攻击 e.g. The policemen were assailed by a shower of stones. 5 ax(e) ＝dismiss or reduce 解雇，减少 e.g. After several months the project was axed by the government. 6 balk [b ??lk; b??k] ＝impede 阻碍 e.g. The attempt to rescue the climbers were balked by the bad weather. 7 Ban ＝prohibit or forbid 禁止 8 Bar ＝prevent 防止 阻止 e.g. He has been barred from practicing medicine. 9 Bare ＝expose or reveal 暴露 10 Blast ＝explode 爆炸 11 Bid ＝attempt 努力 e.g. He made a bid for middle class support. 12 Bilk ＝cheat 欺骗 e.g. The salesman bilked me into buying a fake. 13 Bolt [b ?? lt] ＝desert or abandon 放弃 e.g. He decided to bolt the ticket. 他决定退出竞 选 vt. 筛选；囫囵吞下；（把门、窗等）闩上；突然说出，脱口说出 vi. （门窗等）闩上，拴住；冲出，跳出；（马等的）脱缰；囫囵吞下 14 Boost ＝increase 提高 15 Claim ＝snatch 夺去 …… （生命） e.g. The tornado claimed dozens of lives. 16 Clash ＝disagree strongly 产生分歧 e.g. Their views clash on the new tax bill. 17 Curb ＝control or restrict 控制 e.g. Measures have been taken to curb inflation. 18 Dip ＝decline or decrease 下降 e.g. Meat prices are dipping 19 Ease ＝lessen 减轻 缓和 e.g. The relationship between these two countries has eased. 20 End ＝terminate 终止 结束 21 Flay [fle ?] ＝criticize 批评 e.g. The tutor flayed the idle students. vt. 剥皮；掠夺；严厉批评 22 Flout [fla ? t] ＝ insult 侮辱 vt. 嘲笑；藐视；愚弄 23 Foil ＝prevent from vt. 衬托；阻止，挡开；挫败；贴箔于 n. 箔，金属薄片；衬托，烘托；叶形片 24 Grill ＝ investigate 调 查 拷 问 e.g. At the police station, she was grilled for twenty-four hours. 1 vt. 烧，烤； vi. 拷问，严加