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□vest □perimeter □stilted □obtuse
□joule □zealous □congeal □silica
□sanctum □avian □penniless □asphalt
【考法】 NOUN a vest is a piece of underwear that you can wear on the top half of your body in order to keep you warm. 背心
【例句】 He put on a pair of boxer shorts and a vest.
他穿上一条平腿短裤和一件背心。
【考法】 NOUN The perimeter of an area of land is the whole of its outer edge or boundary. 外缘；边缘
【例句】 A fence marked the perimeter of the field.
一道篱笆标明了那块田地的周界。
【考法】 ADJ If someone speaks in a stilted way, they speak in a formal or unnatural way, for example because they are not relaxed. （言谈）呆板的，生硬的，不自然的
【例句】 We made polite, stilted conversation.
我们客套了一番。
【考法】 ADJ Someone who is obtuse has difficulty understanding things, or makes no effort to understand them. 迟钝的；愚笨的
【例句】 I’ve really been very obtuse and stupid.
我实在笨得不可理喻。
【考法】 NOUN In physics, a joule is a unit of energy or work. 焦耳（物理学中能量或功的单位）
【例句】 What is the energy unit in SI? The joule.
国际单位制中的能量单位是什么？焦耳。
【考法】 ADJ Someone who is zealous spends a lot of time or energy in supporting something that they believe in very strongly, especially a political or religious ideal. （尤指对政治或宗教理想）热情的，充满激情的，狂热的
【例句】 She was a zealous worker for charitable bodies.
她对慈善事业充满热忱。
【考法】 VERB When a liquid congeals, it becomes very thick and sticky and almost solid. （液体）凝结，变稠
【例句】 The blood had started to congeal.
血液已经开始凝固。
【考法】 NOUN Silica is silicon dioxide, a compound of silicon which is found in sand, quartz, and flint, and which is used to make glass. 硅石；二氧化硅
【例句】 While her team is confident that coal burning is causing the high rates of cancer, they are not certain it is due to silica.
她的团队相信，煤的燃烧导致了肺癌的高发病率，但是他们不能确定这是二氧化硅引起的。
【考法】 NOUN A sanctum is the holiest place inside a holy building such as a temple or mosque. （寺庙、清真寺的）圣所，圣殿
【例句】 His bedroom is his inner sanctum.
卧房是他的内室。
【考法】 ADJ of, relating to, or resembling a bird 鸟的；鸟类的
【例句】 The country has had 50 human cases of avian flu since 2006, about half of them fatal.
该国自2006年以来已经有50人得了禽流感，其中大约有一半人死亡了。
【考法】 ADJ Someone who is penniless has hardly any money at all. 一文不名的；身无分文的
【例句】 They’d soon be penniless and homeless if she couldn’t find suitable work.
她如果找不到合适的工作，他们很快就会身无分文，无家可归。
【考法】 NOUN Asphalt is a black substance used to make the surfaces of things such as roads and playgrounds. 沥青；柏油
【例句】 Most streets are laid with asphalt.
多数街道是用柏油铺的。