2023年河南专升本公共英语核心词汇（六）
2023年河南专升本公共英语核心词汇（六）
1.abuse v. 滥用，虐待;谩骂
drug abuse 滥用药品
abuse of power 滥用权力
Abusing of power is illegal.滥用权力是违法的。
I told her what I thought and got a mouthful of abuse for my pains!我跟她讲了我的想法，而得到的回报竟是破口大骂!
Abuse can affect children in many ways.虐待会在许多方面对儿童造成影响。
2. expend vt. 消费
expend sth. 付出……，后面常跟名词effort，energy，time ，strength等。
expend sth. on sth.; expend sth.in doing sth.用在，花在……
Don't expend all your energy on such a useless job.不要把你的精力全花在这无益的工作上。
She expended all her efforts on the care of home and children.她把所有精力都花在料理家务和照顾孩子上。
You don't need to expend that much time in watching TV.你没必要花那么多时间在看电视上。
3.delay vt./n. 推迟，延误，耽搁
delay意思跟put off相近，其后通常接名词或动名词作为宾语。
We would like to apologize for the delay.我们愿对延迟表示歉意。
His travelling schedule was delayed by the thesis.因为论文的原因，他推迟了旅行计划。
The board decided to delay their vacation until next week.董事会决定把休假推迟到下周。
4.oral a. 口头的，口述的，口的
oral test /exam 口语考试
My teacher stresses the importance of oral English.我的老师很重视英语口语。
I really want to practise my oral English.我真的很想练习口语。
An oral agreement is not enough, we must have a written promise.只有口头协议是不够的，我们必须有一个书面承诺。
5.tendency n. 趋向，趋势
determining tendency 决定性趋势
The tendency of today's young people to marry and bear children at late ages is very obvious in China.在中国，年轻人晚婚晚育的趋势越来越明显。
Such a tendency is not to be encouraged.此风不可长。
