8803.dictator(名)獨裁者
The dictator squeezed money from the people.
那個獨裁者向人民榨取錢財。

8804.didactic(形)為教導的、教訓的
Gray's songs are not at all didactic sermons but rather intensely personal vignettes.
格雷的歌不是全部為誨人的說教，而是親切的個人經歷。

8805.diet(名)飲食、食物
不可數
Their diet chiefly consists of grain and vegetables.
他們的飲食主要是以谷類和蔬菜為主。

8806.digest(動)消化、吸收
The child is too smallt to digest meat．
這孩子太小，吃肉不消化。

8807.digital(形)使用數字的、數位的
A digital watch shows the time by electronically lit up numbers.
電子表是用電子顯示數位來表示時間的。

8808.dignity(名)尊嚴；莊嚴
同義詞majesty
The dignity of the occasion was lost when he cut in with an unrefined joke.
他突然插進一則粗俗不堪的笑話，使當時莊嚴的氣氛喪失殆盡。

8809.dilapidated(形)損壞的、破爛的
A dilapidated house stands disconsolately amid the rubbles.
一棟破舊的房子凄涼地聳立在斷垣殘壁中。

8810.dilemma(名)困境、進退兩難
The ideas of how to help their company get out of dilemma occupied the proscenium of his mind．
他首先想的是怎樣幫助他們的公司走出困境。

8811.diminish(動)減少、減小、縮減
同義詞reduce
Our water supply has diminished as a result of the drought.
由于旱災所以我們的供水減少了。

8812.diorama(名)西洋鏡；透視畫館
Once the looking glass was fully lit, it resembled a life-size diorama of a semicircular room．
一旦玻璃完全發亮，那么它就成為一個類似半圓房間的實物大透視圖畫。

8813.direct(動)指揮；為……指路；針對
She personally directs the operations of the company.
她親自指揮公司的運作。

8814.director(名)導演
This afternoon.the director will rehearse．
今天下午導演將排演。

8815.disabled(形)殘廢的、有破陷的
We should not laugh at disabled people．
我們不應該嘲笑有缺陷的人。

8816.discard(動)摒棄、拋棄
同義詞forsake
You can schedule a weekend to discard some things that perhaps you don't actually need.
你可以安排一個周末把那些你實際已不再需要的東西扔掉。

8817.discharge(動)釋放；解雇
Lightninq is caused by clouds discharging electricity.
閃電是由云層釋放電所造成的。

8818.discipline(名)訓練；風紀；教養
In learning a foreign language,question and answer drills are good disciplines.
學外語時，問與答的練習是很好的訓練方法。

8819.disclaimer(名)放棄；拒絕；棄權條約
不可數
When an auditor cannot certify the fair-presentation quality of the financial statementa,he will issue a qualified opinion or a disclaimer depending on the seriousness of the matter．
當審計師無法確認公司的財務報表是否具有公正表達性時，他將視其嚴重程度，簽發保
留意見或棄權聲明。

8820.disclose(動)揭發；透露；公開
同義詞
The president disclosed the fact that he was put into prison wrongly twenty years ago.
董事長透露出他自己在二十年前曾被冤枉地送進監牢。

8821.discount(名)折扣
They give 30% discount for cash payment．
他們對于付現者給予七折優惠。

8822.discrimination(名)不公平的待遇、歧視
不可數
The workers demanded the same wage and the same treatmant! There must be no discrimination.
工人們要求相同的工資和待遇且不應該有任何歧視。

8823.diseases(名)病、疾病
The business of doctors is to prevent and cure diseases．
醫生的職責是預防和治療疾病。

8824.disgust(動)使作嘔、使厭煩
同義詞offend
we're all disgusted at the way her husbanded treats her.
她的丈夫那樣對待她，使我們都感到厭惡。

8825.dismiss(動)解散、遣散
The teacher dismissed the class ten minutes earlier．
老師提前十分鐘下課了。

8826.disparaging(形)輕蔑的、毀謗的
Don't take the disparaging remarks personally.
別以個人的輕視態度來評論。

8827.dispensable(形)必要的；可分配的
Neither the whole nor the parts are dispensable, for without the parts, the whole, which iscomposed of the parts, would not exist.
全體和部分是缺一不可的，全體是由部分組成的，如果只有全體，沒有部分，則全體也就不存在。

8828.dispense(動)配藥、配方；分配
The government dispansed food to the flood victims.
政府把食品發給水災受害者。

8829.disposable(形)用完即丟棄的；可任意處理的
Please don't use disposable chopsticks all the time．
請不要一直使用免洗筷。

8830.dispute(名)爭淪、爭執
同義詞controversy
The members of the town council disputed for hours about whether to build a new museum.
市議會的議員們針對是否要新建一座博物館辯論了好幾個小時。