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Lesson 12
第12課
assign
vt.指派，選派；指定（時間、地點等）； 分配，給予，布置（作業）
Managers happily assign a large sum of money to travel budgets.
經理們高興地劃出一大筆錢作為旅游經費。
The competent secretary was assigned to take the minutes for the meeting of the board of directors.
這個能干的秘書被選派為董事會議做記錄。
attribute
vt.（to）把…歸因于，把（過錯、責任、成功等）歸于 n. 屬性，特性
Many people's success can be attributed to hard work and a bit of luck.
很多人的成功都可以歸于勤奮 加上一點兒運氣。
Lightning bolts are an attribute of Zeus.
閃電是宙斯的象征。
compel
vt.強迫，迫使
Because he is unable to distinguish colors, the color-blind boy is compelled to give up the ideal of becoming a fashion designer.
因為無法分辨色彩，那個色盲的男孩不得不放棄成為服裝設計師的理想。
complaint
n.抱怨，訴苦；投訴，控告；疾病
He who makes constant complaints gets little compassion.
（諺）經常訴苦，少人同情。
Regarding your difficulty, we have submitted an email to our complaint center.
關于你們所面臨的困難，我們已經給我們的投訴中心發了電子郵件。
confirm
vt.證實，肯定；進一步確定，確認；批準
The successfully cloned sheep Dolly confirmed the feasibility of clone technology.
綿羊多利的克隆成功證實了克隆技術的可行性。
consideration
n.考慮，考慮的事；體貼，關心
Age should not be the chief consideration in choosing a football referee.
在選擇足球裁判時不應該把年齡作為首要的考慮因素。
Although architecture has artistic qualities, it must also satisfy a number of important practical considerations.
盡管建筑具有藝術特性，它也必須考慮許多實用因素。
constitute
vt.組成，構成，形成；建立，任命
The employees in the Japanese company asked their boss if refusal to work on rest days constitutes a violation of contract.
這家日本公司的員工問他們的老板，拒絕加班是否構成違反合約。
Women, who constitute 52 percent of Italy's population, today represent only 35 percent of Italy's total workforce.
婦女占意大利人口的52％， 卻只占勞動大軍的35％。
convey
vt.表達，傳達，傳遞；運送，輸送
Air is the medium by which sound waves are conveyed.
空氣是聲波傳導的媒介。
What information the codes in the great Pyramid convey is still unknown.
大金字塔中的密碼到底傳遞了什么信息 仍然不為人知。
crush
vt.壓碎，碾碎，弄皺； 鎮壓，制服，壓垮
Wine is made by crushing grapes.
葡萄酒是壓榨葡萄制成的。
Time would crush all pains.
時間會粉碎所有的痛苦。
decent
a.像樣的，過得去的，體面的； 寬厚的，大方的；正派的，合乎禮儀的，得體的
Ragged jeans are not very decent to wear in a ball.
穿著破舊的牛仔褲在舞會上顯得不太得體。
Most university graduates consider white-collared positions as decent jobs.
絕大多數大學畢業生都認為白領是體面的工作。
deliberate
a.故意的，蓄意的；慎重的，深思熟慮的 v. 仔細考慮，思考
I won't forgive you because of your deliberate lies.
我不會原諒你，因為你存心說謊。
Chang Hao checkmated the rival after the final deliberate consideration.
經過最后的深思熟慮，常昊將死了對手。
The Supreme Court of the U. S. A. deliberated whether the ballots of Florida should be re-counted.
美國最高法院研究是否重新統計佛羅里達州的選票。
dominate
vi.處于支配地位，擁有優勢 vt. 在…中占首要地位；支配，統治，控制；聳立于，俯視
Although racial discrimination is prohibited, Europe and America are still a white-dominated society.
雖然種族歧視是不允許的，但歐洲和美國仍是白人統治的社會。
elegant
a.優美的，文雅的，講究的；簡練的，簡潔的
Princess Diana's elegant manners are always within people's memory.
戴安娜王妃優雅的舉止總是留在人們的記憶中。
enlarge
v.擴大，擴展，擴充；放大
Many newly-weds like to enlarge their wedding photo and hang it on the wall.
很多新婚夫婦喜歡把結婚照放大了掛在墻上。
In the course of English learning, doing more reading can help to enlarge one's vocabulary.
在英語學習中，多閱讀有助于擴大詞匯量。
