托福词汇中常见的熟词僻意（三）

1. anchor
熟义：n.锚
僻义：n.主持人，主播
Fast-foodeaters, news anchors, text messengers, all smiling, smiling.
快餐食客、新闻主播、发短信的人，都在笑啊笑啊。
2. chair
熟义：n.椅子
僻义：v./n.主持，主席
Former surgeon general C.Everett Koop chairs an Internet start-up in his
80s.
前卫生局医务主任C.Everett Koop 80来岁还出任了一个互联网公司的总裁。
3. nature
熟义：n.自然
僻义：n.天性，本质，本性(human nature 人性)
Thejury agreed that the nature of the game, not the helmet, was the reason
for the athlete's injury
陪审团也认为造成该运动员受伤的是这项运动本身的危险性，而不是头盔。
4. spell
熟义：v.拼写
僻义：n.一段时间
Despite a spell of initial optimism in the 1960s and 1970s when it appeared that transistor circuits and microprocessors might be able to copy the action of the human brain by the year 2010, researchers lately have begun to extend that forecast by decades if not centuries.
虽然一开始在20世纪60年代和70年代有过一段乐观的时期——那时候仿佛晶体管电路和微处理器的发展将使他们在2010年能够模仿人类大脑的活动——但是最近研究人员已经开始将这个预测延后数十年，甚至数百年。
5. stress
熟义：n.压力
僻义：v.强调
While often praised by foreigners for its emphasis on the basics, Japanese education tends to stress test taking and mechanical learning overcreativity and self-expression.
虽然日本的教育因强调基础知识而经常受到外国人的赞扬，但是它往往强调考试和机械学习，而不重视创造性和自我表现。
6.wane
熟义：n.月亏
僻义：v.减弱，削弱
Her enthusiasm for the expedition was waning rapidly.他对这次出行的热情迅速减弱。
7.wax
熟义：n.月盈
僻义：v.增强，加强
His anger waxed.他更加生气了。
8.angle
熟义：n.角，鱼钩
僻义：v.间接迂回地获取，谋取，博取
It sounds as if he is just angling for sympathy.
9.carp
熟义：n.鲤鱼
僻义：v.吹毛求疵，过分挑剔
He cannot understand why she is constantly carping at him.他不明白为什么她总是找他的茬。
10.flounder
熟义：n.比目鱼
僻义：v.在水里或泥里挣扎，深陷困境，困难重重
The economy was floundering.
经济深陷困境。