1.intake['inteik] n. 引入口，入口，通風口

Our school is gearing up for an increased intake of pupils.
我們學校正在作好準備以接受更多的學生。

2.nutritious adj. 有營養(yǎng)的，滋養(yǎng)的

This food is nutritious.
這種食物營養(yǎng)豐富。

3.intellectual n. 知識份子，憑理智做事者 adj. 智力的，聰明的

He's a kind of intellectual superman.
他是智力超常的人。

4.inexhaustible adj. 用不完的，無窮的，不知疲倦的

He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion, and sacrifice, and endurance.
人類不朽不是因為在萬物中唯有他能永遠發(fā)言、而是因為他有靈魂，有同情心、有犧牲和忍耐精神。

5.warrant n. 正當理由，根據(jù)，委任狀，準許 vt. 保證，辯解，擔保，授權

The law warrants this procedure.
這一程序是法律批準的。

6.fallacy n. 謬論

The fallacy has been exposed in its naked absurdity.
這謬論的荒誕性已被充分揭露。

7.acquisition n. 獲得，所獲之物

The library's latest acquisitions were donated by a millionaire.
圖書館最近增添的書籍是一位百萬富翁捐獻的。

8.cradle['kreidl] n. 搖籃，發(fā)祥地，搖籃時代 vt. 放在搖籃內，撫育，收割

The baby slumbered in his cradle.
嬰兒安睡在搖籃里。

9.dormant adj. 睡眠狀態(tài)的，靜止的

He would try to awake their dormant and sluggish faculties.
這位教授應該試圖喚醒他們沉睡和懶散的天賦。

10.subconscious adj. 潛意識的，下意識的 n. 潛意識

One's conscious motives are often different from one's subconscious ones.
一個人有明顯動機的舉動跟下意識的舉動往往截然不同。

11.strangle v. 勒死，使窒息，限制

She strangled before she was taken to hospital.
她在被送往醫(yī)院之前便窒息而死。

12.stagnation n. 停滯

13.fossilization n. 化石化，固定化，陳腐