英语六级考试高频词汇复习笔记

1. orient v. 使适应

I need some time to orient my thinking.

我需要一些时间来使我的`思想适应。

2. overwhelm v. (感情上)使受不了;压倒;压倒

be overwhelmed with sadness 难以承受悲伤 overwhelm majority 压倒大多数

Your kindness quite overwhelmed me.

你的好意使我感激难言。

If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.

如果我不能以质量压倒，我就一定要以数量压倒。

3. paradox n. 自相矛盾=contradiction

It is a paradox that such a rich country should have so many poor people living

in it.

如此富足的国家竟有如此多的穷人，这是个矛盾的现实。

4. participant n. 参加者

He is an active participant in the civil rights movement.

他是人权运动的积极参加者。

nt n. 专利

He got a patent for this invention.

他获得了这项发明的专利权。

6. patrol v./n. 巡逻

Guards patrol the perimeter of the estate.

保安人员在庄园四周巡逻。