4000 CAE Vocabulary List

ad. 费力地,艰难地 in a laborious manner;  in a way requiring much labor
I found that rather than laboriously copying out something from a novel by Charles Dickens, it was easier if I made it up myself.

n. 困难地做,太冗长地解释 effort expended on a particular task; the act of a mother giving birth; time period during which mother gives birth
When Lisa went into labour, her doctor was not around, she says.

n. 迷宫 maze; the complex structure of interconnecting passages
Michelle, one thing contributing to this labyrinth is the nation's biggest private employer, Wal-Mart.

n. 饰带,花边 delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns; rope; cord that is drawn through eyelets
When having brought her ironing-table to the nursery hearth, she allowed us to sit about it, and while she got up Mrs. Reed's lace frills and crimped her nightcap borders.

n. 破口 torn, ragged wound; rough or jagged breach made by rending
He received a depressed skull fracture and a brain laceration from the collision.

n. 卑躬屈膝者,走卒 an attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower
Pick a primary-care doctor rather than an industry lackey to run health care reform?

n. 野兽的巢穴,躲藏处 place in which to lie or rest, especially, the bed or couch of a wild beast; burying place
The kidnappers' lair was an old farm in the hills.

v. 悲伤,恸哭 grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
Even advocates of the war lament the loss of so many lives in combat.

n. 长矛,鱼叉 the weapon, consisting of a long handle and steel blade or head; spear carried by horsemen
It is a form of bullfighting where the bull is repeatedly stabbed with a wooden lance from a horse's back.

n. (人坐着时)大腿的朝上部分,(赛跑等的)一圈 the flap that lies over another part; area of control or responsibility; upper side of the thighs of a seated person
The job fell right in my lap, and I was very busy last week to finish it on time.

n. 失误,(时间等)流逝 gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty
The mayor is apologizing, saying he's deeply sorry for a lapse of judgment.

n. 盗窃 unlawful taking and removing of another's personal property; theft
When an author sells the thoughts of another man for his own, larceny is called plagiarism.

n. 落叶松 a genus of coniferous trees, having deciduous leaves
Today, by comparison, they are increasingly a blend of native broadleaf species, such as larch, oak, willow, and ash, with neat rows of Douglas firs and Sitka spruces.

n. 猪油 bacon; flesh of swine; fat of swine
I must render down this fat; we are short of lard.

ad. 大量地,大半地 in a large manner; for the most part; mainly
That happened with James, whose income came largely from the concert.

n. (昆虫的)幼虫 newly hatched, wingless, often wormlike form of many insects before metamorphosis
Everybody knows that the butterfly emerges from the pupa, and the pupa from an entirely different thing called a larva and that from the butterfly's egg.

n. 喉 the organ of the neck of mammals involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production
Can anyone rig up a machine to make somebody's larynx sing after their death?

n. 鞭子 any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
There were plenty of things to question, but I never batted a lash at that.

a. 持久的,永恒的,耐力的 continuing or remaining for a long time; enduring; durable
It's too early to make any lasting assessment on the careers of these players.

a. 潜在的 present or potential but not evident or active; dormant; hidden
Existing arrangements contain latent functions that can be neither seen nor replaced by the reformer.