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1、English1500 BASIC VOCABULARYn.(noun)- a name wordv.(verb)- an action word ad.(adjective/adverb)- a describing word pre.(preposition)- a word used to show a relation pro.(pronoun)- a word used in place of a noun conj.(conjunction)- a joining wordAable - v. having the power to do somethingabout - ad.

2、almost (about half); of or having a relation to (We talk about the weather.0)above - ad. at a higher placeaccept - v. to agree to receiveaccident - n. something that happens by chance or mistake; an unplanned eventaccuse - v. to say a person is responsible for an act or crime; to make a statement ag

3、ainst someoneacross - ad. from side to side; to the other sideact - v. to do somethingactivist - n. one who seeks change through actionactor - n. someone acting in a play or showadd - v. to put (something) with another to make it larger; to say moreadministration - n. the executive part of a governm

4、ent, usually headed by a president or prime ministeradmit - v. to accept (admitted to the United Nations); to express ones guilt or responsibility (He admitted that what he did was wrong.)adult - n. a grown personadvise - v. to help with information, knowledge or ideas in making a decisionaffect - v

5、. to produce an effect on; to influence (A lack of sleep affected the singers performance.)afraid - ad. feeling fearafter - ad. later; behindagain - ad. another time; as beforeagainst - ad. opposed to; not agreeing with somethingage - n. how old a person or thing isagency - n. an organization that i

6、s part of a larger group (an agency of the United Nations)aggression - n. an attack against a person or country; the violation of a countrys bordersago - ad. of time past; before nowagree - v. to have the same belief as someone; to be willing to do somethingagriculture - n. farmingaid - v. to help;

7、to support; n. help, assistanceaim - v. to point a gun at; n. a goal or purposeair - n. the mixture of gases around the earth, mostly nitrogen and oxygen, that we breatheair force - n. a military organization using airplanesairplane - n. a vehicle with wings that fliesairport - n. a place where airp

8、lanes take off and landalbum - n. a collection of recorded musicalcohol - n. a strong, colorless liquid, usually made from grain, used as a drug or in industrial productsalive - ad. having life; not deadall - ad. everything; everyone; the complete amountally - n. a nation or person joined with anoth

9、er for a special purposealmost - ad. a little less than completelyalone - ad. separated from othersalong - ad. near or on (along the road)already - ad. before now; even nowalso - ad. added to; tooalthough conj. even if it is true thatalways - ad. at all times; every timeambassador - n. a nations hig

10、hest diplomatic representative (to another government)amend - v. to add to or to change (a proposal or law)ammunition - n. the bullets or shells fired from gunsamong - ad. in or part of (a group)amount - n. the number, size or weight of anythinganarchy - n. a lack of order; lawlessnessancestor - n.

11、a family member from the pastancient - ad. very old; long agoand - conj. also; in addition to; withanger - n. a strong emotion against someone or somethinganimal - n. a living creature that moves, such as a dog or catanniversary - n. a yearly celebration or observance of an event that happened in th

12、e pastannounce - v. to make known publicly; to declare officiallyanother - ad. one more; a different oneanswer - n. a statement produced by a question; v. to make a statement after being asked a questionany - ad. one or more of no special kindapologize - v. to express regret for a mistake or acciden

13、t for which one accepts responsibilityappeal - v. to take to a higher court, person or group for a decision; to call on somebody for helpappear - v. to show oneself; to come into sight; to seemappoint - v. to name; to choose (appoint a judge)approve - v. to agree with; to agree to supportarcheology

14、- n. the scientific study of past human life and activitiesarea - n. any place or part of itargue - v. to offer reasons for or against something; to dispute; to disagreearms - n. military equipment; weaponsarmy - n. military ground forcesaround - ad. on every side (of)arrest - v. to seize a person f

15、or legal action; to take as a prisonerarrive - v. to come to a place, especially at the end of a tripart - n. expressions or creations by humans, such as paintings, music, writing or statues artillery - n. big gunsas - conj. equally (as fast as); when; whileash - n. the part left after something bur

16、nsask - v. to question; to say something is wanted (We ask the teacher questions every day.,) assist - v. to helpastronaut - n. a person who travels in spaceastronomy - n. the scientific study of stars and the universeasylum - n. political protection given by a government to a person from another co

17、untryat - prep, in or near (at the edge0); where (look at); when (at noon)atmosphere - n. the gases surrounding any star or planetattach - v. to tie together; to connectattack - n. a violent attempt to damage, injure or kill; v. to start a fightattempt - v. to work toward something; to try; to make

18、an effortattend - v. to be present atautomobile - n. a vehicle with wheels used to carry people; a carautumn - n. the time of the year between summer and winteraverage - n. something (a number) representing the middle; ad. common; normalavoid - v. to stay away fromawake - ad. not sleepingaward - n.

19、an honor or prize for an act or serviceaway - ad. not nearBback - n. the part behind the front; ad. the other way from forwardbad - ad. wrong; acting against the law; not goodbalance - v. to make two sides or forces equalball - n. something roundballoon - n. a device of strong, light material that r

20、ises when filled with gas lighter than airballot - n. a piece of paper used for votingban - v. to not permit; to stop; n. an official restrictionbank - n. an organization that keeps and lends moneybar - v. to prevent or blockbarrier - n. anything that blocks or makes an action difficultbase - n. a m

21、ilitary center; v. to establish as a fact (HHer research was based on experiments.)battle - n. a fight between opposing armed forcesbe - v. to live; to happen; to existbeat - v. to hit again and againbeauty - ad. that which pleases the eye, ear or spiritbecause - prep, for the reason that (He left b

22、ecause he was sick.)become - v. to come to bebed - n. a sleeping placebefore - prep, earlierbegin - v. to do the first part of an action; to startbehind - ad. at the back of; in back ofbelieve v. to think; to feel sure of; to accept as true; to trustbell - n. an instrument that makes a musical sound

23、 (a church bell)belong - v. to be owned by; to be a member ofbelow - ad. lower thanbest - ad. the most goodbetray - v. to turn against; to be false tobetter - ad. more good thanbetween - ad. in the space or time that separates; from one to the other (talks between two nations) big - ad. of great siz

24、e; not smallbill - n. a legislative proposalbiology - n. the scientific study of life or living things in all their formsbird - n. a creature that fliesbite - v. to cut with the teethblack - ad. dark; having the color like that of the night skyblame - v. to accuse; to hold responsibleblanket - n. a

25、cloth cover used to keep warmbleed - v. to lose bloodblind - ad. not able to seeblock - v. to stop something from being done; to prevent movementblood - n. red fluid in the bodyblow - v. to move with force, as in air (The wind blows.)blue - ad. having the color like that of a clear skyboat - n. some

26、thing built to travel on water that carries people or goodsbody - n. all of a person or animal; the remains of a person or animalboil - v. to heat a liquid until it becomes very hotbomb - n. a device that explodes with great force; v. to attack or destroy with bombsbone - n. the hard material in the

27、 bodybook - n. a long written work for readingborder - n. a dividing line between nationsborn - v. to come to life; to come into existenceborrow - v. to take as a loanboth - ad. not just one of two, but the two togetherbottle - n. a container, usually made of glass, to hold liquidbottom - ad. the lo

28、west part of somethingbox - n. something to put things into; a container, usually made of paper or woodboy - n. a young male personboycott - v. to refuse to take part in or deal withbrain - n. the control center of thought, emotions and body activity of all creaturesbrave - ad. having no fearbread -

29、 n. a food made from grainbreak - v. to divide into parts by force; to destroybreathe - v. to take air into the body and let it out againbridge - n. a structure built over a waterway, valley or road so people and vehicles can cross from one side to the other brief - ad. short; not longbright - ad. g

30、iving much light; strong and clear in colorbring - v. to come with somethingbroadcast - v. to send information, stories or music by radio or television; n. a radio or television programbrother - n. a male with the same father or mother as another personbrown - ad. having the color like that of coffe

31、ebudget - n. a spending planbuild - v. to join materials together to make somethingbuilding - n. anything built for use as a house, factory, office, school, store or place of entertainmentbullet - n. a small piece of metal shot from a gunburn - v. to be on fire; to destroy or damage by fireburst - v

32、. to break open suddenlybury - v. to put into the ground and cover with earthbus - n. a public vehicle to carry peoplebusiness - n. ones work; buying and selling to earn money; tradebusy ad. doing something; very activebut - conj. however; other than; yetbuy - v. to get by paying something, usually

33、moneyby - conj. near; at; next to (by the road); from (a play by William Shakespeare); not later than (by midnight*)Ccall - v. to give a name to (I call myself John.*); to ask for or request (They called for an end to the fighting.)calm - ad. quiet; peaceful; opposite tensecamera - n. a device for t

34、aking picturescamp - n. a place with temporary housingcampaign - n. a competition by opposing political candidates seeking support from voters; a connected series of military actions during a warcan - v. to be able to; to have the right to; n. a container used to hold liquid or food, usually made of

35、 metalcancel - v. to end; to stopcancer - n. a disease in which dangerous cells grow quickly and destroy parts of the bodycandidate - n. a person who seeks or is nominated for an office or an honorcapital - n. the official center of a government; the city where a countrys government iscapitalism - n

36、. an economic system in which the production of most goods and services is owned and operated for profit by private citizens or companiescapture - v. to make a person or animal a prisoner; to seize or take by force; to get control ofcar - n. a vehicle with wheels used to carry people; an automobile;

37、 a part of a traincare - v. to like; to protect; to feel worry or interestcareful - ad. acting safely; with much thoughtcarry - v. to take something or someone from one place to anothercase (court)- n. a legal actioncase (medical)- n. an incident of disease (There was only one case of chicken pox at

38、 the school.)cat - n. a small animal that often lives with humanscatch - v. to seize after a chase; to stop and seize with the handscause - v. to make happen; n. the thing or person that produces a resultceasefire - n. a halt in fighting, usually by agreementcelebrate - v. to honor a person or event

39、 with special activitiescenter - n. the middle of something; the place in the middle; a place that is the main point of an activitycentury - n. one hundred yearsceremony - n. an act or series of acts done in a special way established by traditionchairman - n. a person leading a meeting or an organiz

40、ed groupchampion - n. the best; the winnerchance - n. a possibility of winning or losing or that something will happenchange - v. to make different; to become differentcharge - v. to accuse someone of something, usually a crime; n. a statement in which someone is accused of somethingchase - v. to ru

41、n or go after someone or somethingcheat - v. to get by a trick; to steal fromcheer - v. to shout approval or praisechemicals - n. elements found in nature or made by people; substances used in the science of chemistrychemistry - n. the scientific study of substances, what they are made of, how they

42、act under different conditions, and how they form other substanceschief - n. the head or leader of a group; ad. leading; most importantchild - n. a baby; a boy or girlchildren - n. more than one childchoose - v. to decide between two or morecircle - n. a closed shape that has all its points equally

43、distant from the center, like an Ocitizen - n. a person who is a member of a country by birth or by lawcity - n. any important large towncivilian - ad. not militarycivil rights - n. the political, economic and social rights given equally to all people of a nationclaim - v. to say something as a fact

44、clash - n. a battle; v. to fight or opposeclean - v. to make pure; ad. free from dirt or harmful substances (clean water)clear - ad. easy to see or see through; easily understoodclergy - n. a body of officials within a religious organizationclimate - n. the normal weather conditions of a placeclimb

45、- v. to go up or down something by using the feet and sometimes the handsclock - n. a device that measures and shows timeclose - v. to make something not open; ad. near tocloth - n. a material made from plants, chemicals, animal hair and other substancesclothes - n. what people wearcloud - n. a mass

46、 of fog high in the skycoal - n. a solid black substance used as fuelcoalition - n. forces, groups or nations joined togethercoast - n. land on the edge of the oceancoffee - n. a drink made from the plant of the same namecold - ad. not warm; having or feeling great coolness or a low temperaturecolle

47、ct - v. to bring or gather together in one place; to demand and receive (collect taxes)college - n. a small universitycolony - n. land controlled by another country or governmentcolor - n. the different effects of light on the eye, making blue, red, brown, black, yellow and otherscombine - v. to mix

48、 or bring togethercome - v. to move toward; to arrivecommand - v. to order; to have power over somethingcomment - v. to say something about; to express an opinion about somethingcommittee - n. a group of people given special workcommon - ad. usual; same for all (a common purpose)communicate - v. to tell; to give or exchange inf