4000 CELPIP Vocabulary List

減少,變小 dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so

使潮濕 moisten; lessen in force or effect

令人嚮往的,令人滿意的 worthwhile; worth doing or achieving; advisable

區域,地區 region; territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing; division of territory

突進,飛跑,衝撞,急匆匆地寫 throw with violence or haste; break, as by throwing or by collision; form or sketch rapidly

赤字,不足額 inadequacy or insufficiency; the sum of money falls short of required amount; shortage

掠奪 plundering; destructive action; predatory attack; damage or loss

論文（博士生） formal essay;  paper written by a candidate for the doctoral degree at university

醜化,誹謗 harm someone's reputation; degrade; bring into disrepute; make infamous

缺乏,不足 scarcity; lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health

捐助者 giver; one that contributes something, such as money, to a cause or fund

分發,擴散,散佈 distribute; spread; scatter like seeds

深思熟慮的,商討 consider; think about carefully; weigh

陳列,顯示 exhibit; present or hold up to view; show; demonstrate; give evidence of; manifest

用餐,進食,宴請 eat a principal regular meal of the day; take dinner; give a dinner to

被浪費,白費 draw out; flow out; waste

令人嚮往的,令人滿意的 worthwhile; worth doing or achieving; advisable

染色 a substance used to color materials

美味的,可口的 extremely pleasing to the sense of taste; greatly pleasing or entertaining

不實的,欺騙的 misleading, likely, or attempting to deceive; fraudulent

演示,論證 show clearly and deliberately; manifest; confirm; prove

使目眩,使眼花,使迷惑 overpower with light; confuse the sight of by brilliance of light; bewilder or surprise with brilliancy

不景氣,蕭條期 recession; economic slump; concavity in a surface produced by pressing; sadness; low spirits

染色 a substance used to color materials

卓著的 prominent; celebrated, well-known, or eminent because of past achievements

困境,進退兩難 predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options

剝奪,奪去,免去 deny; take something take away

直徑 length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference

令人嚮往的,令人滿意的 worthwhile; worth doing or achieving; advisable

判決,劫數,注定 judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation

口述,聽寫,規定 prescribe; rule as a dictator

染色 a substance used to color materials

威懾,嚇住 keep from; stop; prevent or discourage from acting

滴水石,濾石 protective drip that is made of stone; Calcium carbonate in the form of a stalactite;  filtering-stone

困境,進退兩難 predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options

飲食,食物 nutritional plan; nourishment; a prescribed selection of foods

捐助者 giver; one that contributes something, such as money, to a cause or fund

赤字,不足額 inadequacy or insufficiency; the sum of money falls short of required amount; shortage

圓盤,唱片,磁盤 flat round plate; circular structure either in plants or animals

持異議者 one who differs in opinion, or one who declares his disagreement