4000 FCE Vocabulary List

n. 准确性,正确性 quality of nearness to the truth or the true value
He was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass.

n. 谴责,控告 indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
They are simply using the first rule in contemporary American politics: the accusation is the conviction.

a. 习惯了的 habitual to; used to; frequently practiced, used, or experienced; customary
We are accustomed to taking cues from the outside world, filtering them, and writing our own novel inside our heads.

v. 完成,实现 gain with effort; accomplish; fulfill
Water, energy, health, agriculture, and biodiversity, require the world's scientific community to develop the means to achieve sustainable development.

n. 酸度,酸性 pH values below 7; taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth
High acidity and elevated levels of metals can seriously impair water bodies' ability to support life, resulting in a decline in species diversity.

v. 熟悉 inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
Please acquaint the colleagues with your plans to move faster.

n. 熟人 personal knowledge or information about someone or something
He also reconnected with Doris Schmitz, an acquaintance from the University of Frankfurt.

v. 获取 gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with a tracking system
They acquire a reputation for being difficult to work with.

n. 获得 act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
It has received an unsolicited, 15 dollar a share acquisition proposal from partners.

v. 刺激,使活动 make active or more active; stimulate; make radioactive
The carriers say they want to encrypt and store the credentials in the phone's SIM card, the small chips to activate access to mobile networks.

ad. 活跃地,积极地 energetically; vigorously; voluntarily, not passively
The beloved star - who worked actively from the 1960s up until an illness late last year - passed away Thursday morning.

v. 推动,促使 put into motion or action; activate
I fail to understand what might actuate you to reply to this letter so nastily.

n. 思想敏锐 mental keenness; quickness of perception
However, her team's political acumen is clearly beyond mine, an Ivy League Medical Science Professor and NOT a Political 'Science' Professor.

a. 精明,敏锐,聪明 quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe
Her early writing was grounded in acute observation of the natural world.

v. 改变 make fit for; change to suit a new purpose
One way to adapt is to become smaller, generation by generation.

a. 能适应的,适应能力强的 flexible; becoming or being made suitable to a particular situation or use
It made this sofa not only functional but also adaptable to any contemporary interior design.

n. 改编,改写,适应环境 modification; alteration or adjustment in structure or habits
The play is an adaptation of a short novel.

a. 适合的,适应的 having a capacity for adaptation; capable of adapting
In psychology, behavior or trait is adaptive when it helps individuals adjust within a changing social environment.

v. 使上瘾,使沉溺 cause someone to become dependent; indulge in; be devoted to
For instance, if you carry a clean needle in this country, the police are likely to arrest you for being a drug addict.

a. 另外的,附加的,额外的 further; extra; supplemental or added to
They will need months of therapy and additional reconstructive surgery in the coming years to help them recover.