第一部分

displace[dɪs’pleɪs]

vt. 移置,转移;取代,替代〈同 move〉
例 The building of a new dam will displace thousands of people who live in this area.
建造一座新的水坝将使数以千计生活在这里的人转移。
联 displacement n. 移置,转移

disposal[dɪ’spəʊzəl]

n. 垃圾倾倒;处置〈同 getting rid of, discarding〉
例 Locals are objecting to the park being used as a disposal site for household waste.
当地人反对将公园用作家庭垃圾的处理场。
联 dispose of 除去,扔掉,解决,处理;disposed adj. 有…倾向的

disposition[ˌdɪspə’zɪʃən]

n. 性情;倾向〈同 temperament, tendency〉
例 His cheerful and kind disposition made him popular.
他开朗和善的性格让他很受欢迎。
联 dispose vt. 布置,安排

disregard[ˌdɪsrɪ’gɑ:d]

n./vt. 不理会;漠视〈同 ignore, take no notice of〉
例 Disregarding the cold weather, we played outside all day.
我们全然不顾寒冷的天气,在外面玩了一整天。
联 disregardful adj. 不顾的,轻视的;regard n./v. 关心,尊敬

distract[dɪ’strækt]

vt. 使…分心,分散(注意力)〈同 disturb〉
例 The noise of traffic outside the classroom may distract the students’ focus of attention.
教室外面的交通噪音可能会分散学生们的注意力。
联 distracted adj. 心烦意乱的;distraught adj. 心神错乱的,发狂的;protract vt. 延长;subtract vt. 减去

district[’dɪstrɪkt]

n. 区域,地区〈同 region, area〉
例 Wall Street is in the financial district of New York.
华尔街位于纽约的金融区。

disrupt[dɪs’rʌpt]

vt. 使混乱,使中断〈同 upset, interrupt〉
例 A heavy snowfall had disrupted the city’s transportation system.
一场暴雪让这座城市的交通陷入瘫痪。

dissipate[’dɪsɪpeɪt]

vi. 消失,消散〈同 disappear, scatter〉
例 Darkness soon dissipated as morning dawned.
破晓时,黑夜被一驱而散。
联 dissipated adj. 放荡的;dissipation n. 消散,挥霍

distill[dɪ’stɪl]

vt. 蒸馏,提取〈同 extract〉
例 A substance is distilled in order to purify it, to separate its liquid parts from its solid parts, or to break it down into separate substances.
蒸馏是为了净化物质,或者将液体从固体中分离出来,又或者是将它分解成分离的物质。

distort[dɪ’stɔ:t]

vt. 弄歪(形状等);歪曲〈同 deform, twist〉
例 His face was distorted in agony.
他的表情因为痛苦而扭曲。
联 undistorted adj. 未失真的;distortion n. 曲解,歪曲;extort vt. 敲诈,强取;retort v. 反驳;contort v. 扭歪;tortuous adj. 曲折的

第二部分

disturbance[dɪ’stɜ:bəns]

n. 骚动,动乱〈同 disorder〉
例 The police were called to quieten the disturbance at the street corner.
警察被派去平息街角的骚乱。
联 disturb vt. 打扰,扰乱

diversion[daɪ’vɜ:ʃən; (US)daɪ’vɜ:rʒn]

n. ① 转移,转换〈同 turning aside〉
例 A magician’s talk creates a diversion of attention so that people do not see how the tricks are done.
魔术师通过说话来转移观众的注意力,这样观众们就无法看清楚魔术是怎么变的了。
② 消遣,娱乐〈同 recreation〉
例 After studying for several hours, he needed a diversion from work.
在学习了几个小时之后,他需要停下来放松一会儿。

divert[daɪ’vɜ:t]

v. 转移,(使)转向〈同 distract〉
例 Traffic will be diverted through the side streets while the main road is resurfaced.
交通将从支路改道,同时主路会重新铺设。

divine[dɪ’vaɪn]

adj. 上帝的,神性的;神圣的〈同 holy〉
例 The Bible describes the creation of the world as a divine act.
《圣经》将创造世界描述成神的行为。
联 divinity n. 神,神性;vine n. 葡萄藤

divorce[dɪ’vɔ:s]

v. ① 离婚
例 They divorced after ten years of marriage.
在经历了十年的婚姻之后,他们离婚了。
② 脱离〈同 separate〉
例 Economics cannot be divorced from politics.
经济无法与政治脱离关系。

dizzy[’dɪzi]

adj. 眩晕的〈同 light-headed〉
例 When you spin round and round and stop suddenly, you feel dizzy.
当你转了一圈又一圈然后突然停下来的时候,你会感到眩晕。
联 dizziness n. 头昏眼花,眩晕;fuzzy adj. 毛茸茸的,模糊的

dock[dɒk]

n. 码头,船坞
例 Ships load and unload beside a dock.
轮船在码头旁装卸货物。

doctrine[’dɒktrɪn]

n. 教义,教旨〈同 principle〉
例 The cult members obeyed their leader’s doctrines.
信徒遵循他们教会首领的教义。
联 doctor n. 医生,博士;doctoral adj. 博士的;doctrinaire n. 教条主义者;doctrinairism n. 教条主义,空论;docile adj. 听话的,温顺的

domain[dəʊ’meɪn]

n. 领域,范围〈同 field〉
例 This valley is the domain of our people. Nobody can enter it without our permission.
这座山谷是我们的地盘,任何人未经允许不得入内。

dome[dəʊm]

n. 圆屋顶〈同 vault〉
例 The new baseball stadium is covered by a dome.
新的棒球场由穹形顶覆盖。

第三部分

donate[dəʊ’neɪt; (US)’dəʊˌneɪt]

vt. 捐赠〈同 grant, contribute〉
例 Susan asked her lawyer to donate all her possessions to charity after her death.
苏珊要求她的律师在她去世后,把她所有的财产捐给慈善机构。
联 donation n. 捐赠,捐款;donor n. 捐助者

doom[du:m]

vt. 注定〈同 destine〉
例 The prisoner sentenced to death was doomed to be killed.
被判死刑的犯人注定会被处死。

drag[dræg]

vt. 拖动〈同 pull, haul〉
例 The woodcutter dragged the heavy fallen tree to the roadside.
樵夫将倒下的、沉重的树拖到了路边。

drainage[’dreɪnɪʤ]

n. 排水;排出物
例 The drainage of swamps improved the land.
把沼泽的水排掉提高了土地质量。

dramatic[drə’mætɪk]

adj. 戏剧性的;引人注目的〈同 striking〉
例 Shaving off his beard created a dramatic change in his appearance.
他把胡子刮掉之后,相貌发生了戏剧性的改变。
联 dramatize v. 改编成为戏剧,编写剧本

drastic[’dræstɪk]

adj. 激烈的,猛烈的〈同 radical, severe〉
例 NATO threatened more drastic action if its terms were not met.
北约威胁如果不履行条款,将采取更为激烈的措施。
联 drastically adv. 大大地

drawback[’drɔ:bæk]

n. 弊端,缺点〈同 disadvantage〉
例 The drawback to working the morning shift is having to get up early.
上早班的弊端就是你必须早早起床。
联 withdraw v. 撤回;drawer n. 抽屉

dread[dred]

n. 畏惧,恐怖〈同 fear, terror〉
例 The prospect of meeting her boyfriend’s relatives filled Janet with dread.
珍妮特一想到要与她男朋友的亲属见面,就感到十分恐惧。
联 dreadful adj. 可怕的

drill[drɪl]

vt. 钻孔,打眼〈同 bore〉
例 Bob drills an opening in the door for the lock.
鲍勃为了给门装锁,把门钻了一个开口。
n./vi. 训练,操练;反复练习〈同 instruct, train〉
例 He drilled the children in what they should say.
他训练孩子们学会该说什么话。
联 grill v. 烤,拷问 n. 烤架

drought[draʊt]

n. 干旱〈同 dry period〉
例 The water level in the reservoirs was low because of the long drought.
由于长期干旱,水库里的水位变得很低。

第四部分

dual[’dju:əl; (US)’du:əl]

adj. 双的;双重的〈同 twofold〉
例 The driving school’s cars had dual controls; one set for the learner and one for the teacher.
驾校的汽车有两套控制系统,一套为学员而设,一套为教练而设。

dubious[’dju:bɪəs; (US)’du:bɪəs]

adj. 可疑的;怀疑的,不确定的〈同 questionable, uncertain〉
例 The senator was dubious about his chances of reelection because of the scandal.
由于丑闻,参议员对他改选获胜的机会持怀疑态度。
联 dubiety n. 怀疑,可疑的东西

duplicate[’dju:plɪkeɪt; (US)’du:pləkeɪt]

vt. 复写,复制〈同 copy, reproduce〉
例 Duplicate the picture so that we may both have a copy of it.
把照片复制下来,这样我们俩都会留一份。

duplicate[’dju:plɪkət; (US)’du:plɪkət]

adj. 两重的,两倍的;完全相同的〈同 double, identical〉
例 A human being has duplicate lungs but only one heart.
人有两片肺,但是只有一个心脏。
联 replicate vt. 复制;complicate vt. 使变复杂

duration[djʊə’reɪʃən; (US)dʊ’reɪʃn]

n. 持续的时间〈同 length, period〉
例 The duration of the examination is three hours.
考试时间是三个小时。

dwell[dwel]

vi. 居住,生活于〈同 reside〉
例 Janet dwells in Harbin.
珍妮特住在哈尔滨。
联 dweller n. 居住者,居民;dwelling n. 住处,寓所;swell v.(使)膨胀,(使)增大;swill vi. 涮,冲洗

earnings[’ɜ:nɪŋz]

n. 所得,收入〈同 income〉
例 My earnings for the job weren’t as high as I expected.
这份工作的收入没有我期望的高。

ease[i:z]

n. 安逸;悠闲〈同 easiness, leisure〉
例 The reporter writes with great ease, because he is good at writing and did a lot of research on this topic.
因为这位记者十分擅长写作,并且对这个选题做了很多研究,所以他写起来很轻松。

eccentric[ɪk’sentrɪk]

adj./n. 古怪的(人),异常的(人)〈同 strange, odd〉
例 If you go to the palace in tennis shoes, they’ll think you’re rather eccentric.
如果你穿着网球鞋去王宫,他们会觉得你十分古怪。
联 eccentricity n. 反常,怪癖;acentric adj. 无中心的;concentric adj. 同心的;egocentric adj.
以自我为中心的

eclipse[ɪ’klɪps]

n. 日食,月食
例 There will be a lunar eclipse tonight.
今晚会有月食。
vt. 盖过,使失色;遮蔽〈同 shadow〉
例 She is completely eclipsed by her sister, who is cleverer, prettier and more amusing.
她在她妹妹面前黯然失色。她的妹妹比她更聪明、更漂亮、更迷人。

ecology[ɪ’kɒləʤi]

n. 生态(学);生态平衡
例 The oil spill caused terrible damage to the fragile ecology of the coastline.
石油泄漏给脆弱的沿海生态环境造成了严重的破坏。
联 ecologist n. 生态学者;ecological adj. 生态的,生态学的