雅思写作必备词汇

附录：雅思写作必备词汇一.同经济有关的词汇extravagant 浪费的，奢侈的throw money into thin air 浪费钱squander v. 浪费：If we squander our fossil fuels, we threaten civilization.lavish v. 浪费：lavish time and money on petsWe have to economize on water during the dry season.dear，luxurious 豪华的，money-consuming 浪费钱的，precious，valuabledestitute 贫穷的impoverished 贫穷的（名词形式为impoverishment）poverty-stricken 贫穷的poorneedy 贫穷的，缺乏生活必需品的: They collected money to help the needy children. poverty line 贫穷线，贫困线a lucrative investment profitable 赚钱的，盈利的wealthybe short of insufficient 不足的，不够的：The food is insufficient for our needs.lack n&vt缺乏，be lacking in：She is lacking in responsibility.run out of 用完scarcity n.缺乏，不足：The scarcity of food was caused by the drought.There is a shortage of oil in this country.asset n.资产 a tight budget 资金/预算紧张financial aid 经济资助financial/economic burden经济负担financial strain 资金紧张government revenue 政府税收foreign currency 外汇taxpayer 纳税人有限的公共资金income 收入hard-earned money 辛苦挣来的钱consumer goods 消费品consumption n. 消费(consume v.) expenditure n.花费，支出beggar pauper=beggar homeless 无家可归的laid-off workers 下岗工人jobless 失业的；失业者charity 慈善（形容词为charitable）healthcare 医疗保健starvation=hunger 饥饿famine 饥荒disease illiteracy 文盲（形容词为illiterate）welfare 福利shelter 庇护所nursing home/house 养老院miserable 痛苦的，悲惨的well-being福利subsidize=finance 资助，补助二．同时间有关的词汇squeeze time 挤时间wile away the time 消磨时间kill time 浪费时间a waste of time and resource precious time-consuming 消耗时间的a great waste of time occupy vt.占用：Reading occupies most of my free time.take up 占用pass time 消磨时光They messed about in the club most of the summer.tempting 诱惑人的：a tempting offer吸引人的提议；a tempting smell诱人的气味alluring 迷人的，吸引人的，诱惑的：an alluring advertisementdistracting 分心的（动词为distract）：Noise distracted the writer from his work.lure vt.引诱：The price also lures students.induce vt.劝诱，促使：Nothing in the world would induce me to do that.entice somebody to do something/into doing something.addictive 上瘾的be addicted to 上瘾wallow in 沉溺于：wallow in luxuryrevel in 着迷，酷爱，纵情于：revel in filmsresist the temptation 抵挡住诱惑be obsessed with 沉迷于abandon oneself to 沉溺于：The young man abandoned himself to despair.indulge in 沉湎于：indulge oneself in eating and drinking纵情于吃喝；indulge in tobacco 吸烟无度self-control 自控inhibit v.抑制，约束self-discipline 自律refrain vi.节制，避免，制止：The boy refrained from tears；Please refrain from spitting on the sidewalk.restrain vt.抑制，制止：I couldn't restrain my laughter；We restrained the children from playing by the railroad；The government has taken measures to restrain inflation.academic performance 学习表现misleading 易误解的，令人误解的play truant 逃学：In my last year I played truant a lot. skip classes 逃课efficiency 效率productivity 生产力rewarding 有益的，值得的三.同健康有关的词汇acute 急性的chronic 慢性的malady 疾病obesity 肥胖（形容词为obese）incurable disease=terminal illness 绝症depression 抑郁症diabetes 糖尿病tumor 肿瘤hypertension 高血压（hypotension 低血压）stroke 中风以下词汇可以暂时只认知：arthritis 关节炎coronary heart disease 冠心病epidemics传染病（形容词为epidemic）eye irritation 眼睛发炎infectious disease 传染病rabies=hydrophobia 狂犬病tuberculosis 肺结核bloated 臃肿的，过于肥胖的dizzy 头昏眼花的fatigue n.疲乏，疲劳headaches indigestion 消化不良indolent 懒惰的morbid 病态的muscle aches insomnia 失眠（口语中也说lose sleep）constipation 便秘nausea 反胃，恶心near-sighted=myopia 近视overweight 超重sore throat 喉咙发炎symptom 症状tiredness=weariness 疲倦fracture骨折跛子malnutrition 营养不良addictive nocuous 有害的，有毒的（反义词innocuous）cancer-causing致癌的impair v.削弱，危机：Poor food impaired her health. deleterious 有害的，有毒的hazardous 危险的，有害的harmful be physically damaging 有害健康的do harm to one’s health 有害健康endanger one’s health 危机健康pernicious有害的noxious 有害的，有毒的：Noxious chemicals are found in the river water.high fat and calorie high cholesterol junk food oily fooddeteriorate v.恶化：Relations between the two countries have deteriorated sharply in recent weeks.’s health.bacteria 细菌germ 细菌excessive intake 过量摄入cancerous 癌的virus 病毒carcinogen 致癌物toxic gas 有毒气体bleach 漂白剂radiation 辐射fume 烟，气体venomous 有毒的，分泌毒液的poisonous 有毒的a meager diet 素食immune 免疫的aerobic exercise 有氧运动jog 慢跑balanced diet 平衡饮食lose weight life expectancy 预期寿命energetic=vigorous 精力充沛的vegetarian 素食者fitness 健康hygienic 卫生的medical 医学的medical care 医疗medical treatment 医疗prevention 预防remedy 治疗法，药物eradicate v.根除，消灭：The government is making efforts to eradicate racial discriminating. nourishment 营养品vitamin nutrition 营养cure 治愈organ transplant 器官移植pain-killer 止疼药therapy 治疗，疗法pharmaceutical 药物的calcium 钙iron 铁zinc 锌iodine 碘phosphate 磷四．同情感有关的词汇affectionate 充满深情的：She was very affectionate with children.allegiance 忠贞（形容词为allegiant）：He is trying to win the allegiance of the masses.loyal 忠诚的，衷心的: She was loyal to her faith.He is loyal to his wife.sincerity 诚挚，真挚（形容词为sincere）：He is a man of sincerity.congenial 性格相似的，意气相投的：I met few people congenial to me in that city.devoted 投入的，深爱的energetic 精力旺盛的warm-hearted friendlyfaithful 忠实的，可靠的fervent 热情的：She has a fervent desire to win. enthusiasm 热情：The proposal was greeted with great enthusiasm.intimate 熟悉的：Both of them felt that they had become very intimate.）emotion 情感：Love, hatred, and grief are emotions.anxiety 忧虑，焦急apathy 冷漠arrogance 傲慢desolation 孤独，凄凉desperate 不顾一切的，拼命的，绝望的：A desperate man will stop at nothing to get what he wants.He was desperate when he lost all his money.He was desperate for work to provide for a large family.diffident 缺乏自信的：She is diffident about expressing her opinions.drowsy 昏昏欲睡的：The story took place on a drowsy summer afternoon.These tablets will make you drowsy.eccentric 古怪的：My neighbor is an eccentric young man.egoism 自我主义（egoist 自我主义者）frustrated 受挫的，失意的hopeless 绝望的languid 懒洋洋的isolated 孤独的indifferent 冷漠的introverted 内向的（反义extroverted）inferior 自卑的，劣等的inhospitable 冷漠的，不好客的（名词为inhospitality，反义为hospitable，hospitality）pessimistic 悲观的（反义为optimistic）rebellious 反叛的，叛逆的unsociable 不爱交际的（反义为sociable，gregarious）abuse n&v.虐待，滥用：He abused his power while in office.Those captives were physically abused.Child abuse is widespread in this country.alienate vt.疏远：His behavior alienated his friends.desert vt.遗弃：All his friends have deserted him!deserted 为人所弃的abandoned 被抛弃的，自甘堕落的extra-marital affairs 婚外恋vt.忽视ill-treat vt.虐待=maltreatbrutal 残酷的，野蛮的hatred 仇恨hostility 敌意resentment 怨恨wear a long face 拉长着脸turn a deaf ear 充耳不闻（注意turn a blind eye to）：How could you turn a deaf ear to her requests for help?conflict 冲突antagonism 对抗foster vt.培养，心怀（希望）：Concerts foster interest in music. foster a hopecomfort vt.安慰=console =soothe：We did not know how to soothe the bereaved mother. proximity 接近，亲近restful 宁静的goodwill 善意encourage，support，promote，inspire 鼓励，支持，推进五．同智力和教育有关的词汇mental 心智的（名词为mentality）mental growth 智力发展ability of expression 表达能力brightness 聪明，智慧prodigy 天才，神童tactful 机智的clever talented 有才能的：He is a very talented actor. wisdom 智慧，学识：a man of wisdom creative 创造性的：a very creative musician genius 天才instinct 直觉instinctive 本能的：She had an instinctive taste for music.inherence 内在，固有，天性intellect 智力intellectual 需要智力的，智力发达的（作为名词是含义是知识分子）：Chess is a highly intellectual game./ intellectual people注意：intellectual property 指的是知识产权insight 洞察力，见识，深刻的理解：Good teachers have insight into children's emotions.His speech gave us an insight into the problems of education. intelligence 智力，聪明，智能intelligence quotient 智商nature 本性，天性wit 智力，才智，智慧perception 洞察力，感知，理解：My perception of the problem isclumsy 笨拙的，手脚不灵活的：The clumsy boy bumped into the table.absurd=ridiculous 荒谬的：It is absurd to go out in such terrible weather.It's the most ridiculous thing I ever heard in my life.dull 感觉或者理解迟钝的：All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作不玩耍,聪明孩子也变傻。