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1、PartFourLanguageStudyENTERWordStudyPhrasesandExpressionsWordBuildingGrammarLanguageStudyContentsWordStudyWordlist:assert2.cluster3.depressed4.gruff5.imminence6.numb7.overpower8.revel9.streak10.subjugate11.throb12.tremorWordStudy1.assertv.a.tostateorexpresspositively;toaffirmassertone’sinnocenceb

2、.toput(oneself)forwardboldlyorforcefullyinanefforttomakeanopinionknownExample:Ihadtoassertmyselfinthemeetinginordertoensureacquisitionofthenewbook.SynonymsasseveratedeclareaverTobecontinuedonthenextpage.WordStudyToassertistostateone'sopinionconfidentlybutoftenwithoutprooftosupportit.“Ihaveendeav

3、oredtoassertnothingbutwhatIhadgoodauthorityfor.”(WilliamSewel)Asseverateconnotessobersincerityofassertion.“ThetaxpayeralsoasseveratesthathisreturnfromGreeceprovesconclusivelythathisintentionswereandarehonorable.”(DailyReportforExecutives)Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.WordStudyDeclarehastheapproxima

4、teforceofassert,butmaysuggestformalityofstatementandauthorityinthespeaker.Congressdeclaredthatitwouldreducethebudgetdeficit.Averstressesthespeaker'sconfidenceinthevalidityofthestatement.Sheaverredthatsolitudewasnecessaryforcreativework.WordStudya.numberofthingsofthesamekindgrowingcloselytogether

5、b.numberofpeople,animalsorthingsgroupedcloselytogether2.clustern./v.Examples:ivygrowinginthickclustersaclusterofhouses,spectators,bees,islandsReporterswereclusteredroundthePrimeMinister.WordStudy3.depresseda.a.affectedormarkedbylowspiritsb.anarea,industry,etc.thatisdepresseddoesnothaveenoughecon

6、omicorbusinessactivitySynonymsbluedejecteddispiriteddowncastdownheartedExamples:depressedbythelossofhisjobThedivorcelefthimdeeplydepressed.Britain’sdepressedhousingmarketWordStudygruff,brusque,blunt,crustyTheseadjectivesmean“abruptandsometimesdiscourteousinmannerorspeech”.4.gruffTobecontinuedont

7、henextpage.Gruffimpliesroughnessorsurlinessofmannerandoftenharshspeechbutdoesnotnecessarilysuggestrudeness.Heranswerwasgruff,buthereyestwinkled.Brusqueemphasizesrudeabruptness.Trytocultivatealessbrusquemanner.WordStudyTobeco