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for reforms. (他们急切要求改革。) Everyone began pressing him for details. (人人都要求他说明细节。)
2.opt v. (=decide to do sth.; choose) 决定做某事，选择：He opted to go Paris rather than London. （他决定去巴黎而不是伦敦。） Fewer students are opting for science courses nowadays. (现在选修理科的学生少了。)
同根词：option n. 选择余地；选择权：1) You have the option of leaving or staying. 2) Every voter should exercise his option. optional 可选择的；选修的：You don’t have to have this radio in your new car; it’s an optional extra.
3. imagine vt. 想象。同根词：imaginable(可以想象出的)；imaginary（假想的）； imaginative（有想象力的）：1) He is the most suitable person imaginable. (他是可以想象出的最合适的人。) 2) The story is not real; it is only imaginary. （这个故事不是真实的，只是假想的。） 3) The artist’s imaginative use of color delighted the critics. (这位画家富有想象力的使用色彩使这些评论家兴高采烈。) image影像，偶像，雕像。imagination n. 想像力：He has plenty of imagination.
4. fund n. 基金，积累的一笔专款：Hard up families receive cash subsidies from the welfare funds. (经济困难的家庭从福利基金中得到现金补贴。) fund (复数) 资金，存款，现款，钱：Through lack of funds the scheme fell through. (由于缺乏资金，这项计划失败了。) They ought to be furnished with the necessary funds. (他们应该得到这些必要的资金。)
fund vt. 资助，为…提供资金：1) We are hoping that the government will fund the project. (我们正在盼望政府给这个项目提供资金。) 2) The university scientists’ research for a cure of this disease is being funded by the government. (这座大学的科学家为治疗这种疾病所进行的研究正得到政府的拨款。)
同根词：overfund vt. 为…提供过量资金。underfund vt. 对…提供资金不足。
Text 4 Word Study
1.rule out (=exclude, eliminate; make impossible, prevent, forbid) 把…排除在外，不把…考虑在内；使不可能，禁止。例如：The regulations rule out anyone under the age of eighteen.(这些规章排除了18岁以下的任何人。) The possibility of suicide was ruled out.（自杀的可能性被排除了。） I’m sure that the doctor would rule out visits from you as much too exciting for the patient.（我确信，医生会禁止你们去探望，因为这样会使病人过分兴奋。）
2. present adj. 1) 在场，出席：Every member of the class was present. 2) 存在：Carbon is present in many minerals. 3) 现在的：At the present moment he is supposed to be in Paris.
present n. 现在：I live in the present, not in the past. 常用成语： at present 目前：At present we are living in New York. for the present 暂且：For the present we had better do nothing.
present n. 礼物：I am just going out to get some presents for my sister.
present vt. 1) 赠送：He carried a copy out into the kitchen and presented it to Maria. 2) 颁发，递交：The principal will present the diplomas. 3) 提出 (论点，看法等)：The speaker presented arguments for his side. 4) 呈现出，显露出：Although he may be troubled, he always presents a calm smiling face. 5) present itself (机会等)出现: A good opportunity has presented itself for doing what you suggested.
3. thought 思想，思考。
常用成语： give thought to 思考。例如：You will easily solve the problem only if you will give a bit of thought to it.
at the thought of 一想到…。 例如：I was delighted at the thought of seeing you again.
in thought 在沉思中。 例如：A.作表语：He was in deep thought. (=He was deep in thought.) B.作状语：He walked slowly back towards the site in deep thought.
on second thoughts 经过再三考虑。例如：But on second thoughts I made up my mind to travel without any food with me.
同根词：thoughtful 深思的，思考的；体贴人的，关切的。 thoughtless 考虑不周的；不体贴别人的。
4. adjust (to) vt./vi. 调整，校正，（使）适应。例如：1) The desks and seats can be adjusted to the height of any child. 2) I must adjust my watch, it’s slow. 3) Astronauts in flight must adjust to weightlessness.
同根词：adjustable 可调节的。例如：An adjustable electric lamp can be placed in various positions.
adjustment n. 调整，调节，适应。 例如：They have made a most satisfactory adjustment to their environment.
5. 否定副词：barely (=only just; scarcely) 仅够；几乎没有。例如：1) We barely had time to catch the train. 2)He was so weakened by the disease that he could barely stand up.
scarcely (only just; hardly) 仅仅；几乎不。例如：1) I scarcely know him. 2) Scarcely had she entered the room when the phone rang.
hardly (=only just; scarcely) 仅够；几乎没有。例如：He can hardly arrived yet. (他大概还没有到。)
rarely (not often, seldom) 不常，很少。例如：Only rarely do I eat in restaurants.
6. let down (=disappoint; fall short of the expectation of ) 使…失望；辜负…的期望。例如：Don’t let me down. I need your help.
let in (=allow to enter) 让…进来。例如：Let me in.
let off 放（枪、炮、烟火等）；宽恕，从宽处理。例如：The mother said she would let off her son washing the dishes if he could finish his assignment before supper. (1995年试题)
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