2018考研英語核心詞匯(四)

　　deviate 背離，偏離：deviate from the rule

　　devote 將...獻給(to):Mary devoted her life to caring for the sick.

　　defy 公然違抗，反抗：He was going ahead defying all difficulties.

　　degenerate 衰退，墮落，變壞(into): Her eyesight degenerated with the years.

　　deliberate 慎重的，深思熟慮的：The government is taking deliberate action to lower

　　prices.

　　denote 表示，是...的標志，意思是：A frown often denotes displeasure.

　　detain 留住，擔擱：be detained by business.

　　detect (當場)發(fā)現(xiàn)(某人在干壞事):detect a student cheating

　　deteriorate (使)惡化,(使)變壞,(使)退化: Relations between the two

　　dawn 黎明，拂曉 work from dawn to dark

　　dazzle (強光等)使目眩，耀眼：He was dazzled by his sudden success.

　　deceive 欺騙，蒙蔽：deceive oneself

　　decent 體面的，像樣的:She didn’t have a decent dress for the ball.

　　decline 拒絕，謝絕：We sent him an invitation but he declined.

　　decompose 分解，腐爛，腐敗：decompose a compound into its elements.

　　dedicate 奉獻，把。。。用在(to): The doctor dedicated himself to finding a cure.

　　deduce 演繹，推論：From her conversation, I deduced that she had a large family.

　　define 解釋，給。。。下定義: People define him as a genius.

　　deform(使)變形：Heat deforms plastic.

　　delight 高興，快樂：To the teacher’s great delight , all his students passed the

　　examination.

　　deliver 投遞，傳送，運輸：deliver the mail

　　demonstrate 論證，證明：demonstrate a philosophical principle

　　differentiate 使不同，使有差別，區(qū)分，區(qū)別：differentiate varieties of plants

　　diffuse 擴散(氣體，液體等)：The colors of the sunset were diffused across the sky.

　　disgust 厭惡，惡心：feel disgust for bad odors

　　disperse 分散，驅散，散去：Police dispersed the rioters with tear gas

　　displace 移動...的位置：Many of the inhabitants were displaced by the rising floodwaters

　　dispose 布置，整理:The stores disposed the jewellery in an attractive display.

　　disregard 不理會，不顧：Disregard the noise and keep working

　　distinct 有區(qū)別的，不同的：Three distinct types of people

　　distort 扭歪，扭曲：a face distorted by (或with)pain

　　distract 使轉向：be distracted from one’s original purpose

　　distribute 分配，分發(fā)：distribute the prizes among the winners