高考高頻詞匯:break 、decide 、American 、cause 、

break [bre?k]

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n.破裂；間斷；改變；間歇

v. 打破（紀(jì)錄）；（常指好天氣）突變；（價(jià)格）突然下跌

【例】v.打破（紀(jì)錄）

（2012上海）White's second reason for making the trip was to break the world record and become the fastest person to cycle around the world.He is still waiting to find out if he has broken the record or not.

【譯】懷特此次騎行的第二個(gè)原因是為了打破世界紀(jì)錄，成為騎自行車周游世界最快的人。他依然還在等著弄清自己是否打破了這一紀(jì)錄。

【形】unbroken [?n'br??kn] adj.未破損的；完整的；繼續(xù)的；未被阻斷的

breakdown ['bre?kda?n] n.故障；崩潰；分解；衰弱

breakfast ['brekf?st] n.早餐；早飯 v.吃早餐

breakthrough ['bre?kθru?] n.突破；突破性進(jìn)展

bread [bred] n.面包；生計(jì)

breadboard [?bredb??d] n.搟面板；案板；電路試驗(yàn)板

breast [brest] n.乳房；胸部；胸懷；心情

breath [breθ] n.呼吸；氣息；一口氣

【例】n.呼吸

（2010江西）After holding his breath for as long as he could, Andy came up for air and noticed the bees had gone.

【譯】在盡可能久地屏住呼吸之后，安迪從水下出來?yè)Q氣，發(fā)現(xiàn)蜜蜂已經(jīng)不見了。

breathless ['breθl?s] adj.喘不過氣來的；停止呼吸的

breathe [bri?e] v.呼吸；使喘息；流露；輕聲說出

breathtaking ['breθte?k??] adj.驚人的；驚險(xiǎn)的；令人激動(dòng)的

decide [d?'sa?d]

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v.決定；下決心；解決；判決

【派】decision [d?'s??n] n.決定；決議

【例】n.決定

（2013湖南）Having worked as a full time teacher and now as an adolescent advisor, Podell believes that talking things out is important in the decision-making process.

【譯】波德爾之前是位全職老師，現(xiàn)在是位青少年顧問，她認(rèn)為在做決定的過程中把事情都講出來很重要。

decisive [d?'sa?s?v] adj.決定性的；果斷的；堅(jiān)定的

【形】decimal ['des?m(?)l] n.小數(shù) adj.小數(shù)的；十進(jìn)位的

American [?'mer?k?n]

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adj.美國(guó)的；美洲的

n. 美國(guó)人；美語

【例】adj.美國(guó)的

（2009四川）American College Test is one of the most difficult parts of the admissions course.It's nor the most important, though, and not everyone needs to prepare for the test.But, if you think you can do better, find the right course for better scores.

【譯】美國(guó)大學(xué)入學(xué)考試是錄取程序中最難的一部分。雖然它既不是最重要的，也并不是所有人都需要為它做準(zhǔn)備，但如果你認(rèn)為你還能做得更好，那就找到合適的課程，以取得更好的分?jǐn)?shù)。

【派】America [?'mer?k?] n.美洲；美國(guó)

Americanism [?'mer?k?n?z?m] n.美國(guó)英語；美國(guó)特點(diǎn)

【形】among [?'m??] prep.在……中間；在……之中

【例】prep.在……之中

（2008福建）The researchers said that among the problems with some earlier studies is that they often failed to take into account that those people most at risk for skin cancer—people with fair skin and freckles, for example—are more likely to use sunscreen.

【譯】研究人員表示，早期一些研究的問題在于，它們往往沒考慮到那些最可能患皮膚癌的人——比如皮膚白皙、長(zhǎng)雀斑的人——更有可能用防曬霜。

amount [?'ma?nt] v.總計(jì)；共計(jì) n.數(shù)量；總額；總數(shù)

【例】n.總額

（2007陜西）Between January and November, the amount was up 18% on the same period of 2005.Poverty and unemployment are still high in the Philippines and other labour exporting countries.

【譯】在1月到11月間，這一總額較2005年同期增長(zhǎng)了18%。菲律賓和其他勞動(dòng)力輸出國(guó)的貧困率和失業(yè)率仍居高不下。

cause [k??z]

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n.原因；事業(yè)；目標(biāo)

v. 引起；使遭受