16. calculate[5kAlkjJleIt] vt.1. 計算：Has he calculated the result? 他算出結(jié)果了嗎? 2. 估計：I calculate you’ll get there in time. 我估計你們趕到那里是來得及的。3. 計劃，安排：The room is not calculated for such use. 這房間不是打算做這種用途的。
17. candidate[5kAndIdeIt] n.1. [C]候選人：He is a probable candidate. 他是有希望的候選人。2. [C]投考者：Each candidate must answer all the questions without exception. 每個考生都必須回答全部問題，沒有例外。
18. champion[5tFAmpIEn] n. [C]冠軍，優(yōu)勝者：We were astonished to hear that their football team had won the champion. 聽說他們的足球隊獲得了冠軍，這真叫人意想不到。
19. concentrate[5kCnsntreIt] v.1.集中注意力，專注：I can’t concentrate with all that noise going on.如此吵鬧，我無法集中注意力。2.把…集中，集結(jié)，聚集：The population is concentrated along the river bank. 人口集中在沿河兩岸。3.濃縮
20. conflict[5kCnflIkt] n.[C,U]1.沖突，抵觸，爭端：I try to avoid conflict wherever possible. 我盡可能避免爭執(zhí)。2.矛盾，沖突：There is a conflict between the two sides of his personality. 他的性格中存在著相互矛盾的兩個方面。[k[n5flIkt] vi.沖突，抵觸：Their views often conflict. 他們的觀點經(jīng)�；ハ嗟钟|。
21. constant[5kRnstEnt] adj. 1.不變的;固定的：at a constant speed 以恒速2.經(jīng)常發(fā)生的，連續(xù)不斷的：Constant dropping wears away a stone. (諺)滴水穿石。[只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針。]
22. creature[5kri:tF[] n.[C]1.(不含植物的)生物，動物：The monkey is a clever creature. 猴子是一種聰明的動物。2.(尤指賦予同情色彩的詞語)人：The poor creature has suffered a lot these years. 這幾年來，那個可憐的人受苦不少。
23. debate[dI5beIt] n.1. [C]討論會，辯論會：hold a debate on a subject 就某一題目舉行一次討論會 2.[C,U]討論，辯論：There’s been a lot of debate about the cause of acid rain. 已經(jīng)有很多人討論過酸雨的成因。v.討論，辯論：The subject was hotly debated. 這個話題曾熱烈討論過。
24. decorate[5dekEreIt] vt.裝飾，美化;點綴：The room has been decorated with balloons. 這間屋子已經(jīng)用氣球裝飾起來。
25. decrease[dI5kri:s] v.減少，減小，降低：The price of meat has decreased by 20%. 肉的價格降低了百分之二十。n.[C,U]1.減少，減弱，減輕，降低：The decrease in the price of industrial products makes people pleased. 工業(yè)產(chǎn)品價格的降低使人們感到很高興。2.減少之量，減少額：There has been a decrease of about 10 percent in the number of violent crime this year. 今年暴力犯罪的數(shù)量大約下降了百分之十。■on the decrease 在減少
【用法】decrease后接介詞by + n.表示“所降低的幅度”，decrease后接to + n.表示“所降到的程度”
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