11. It is impossible to sort out all the (squabbles, debates) among the children. Sometimes one just has to ignore them.
Squabbles: to argue about something unimportant
Debates: to discuss a subject formally when you are trying to make a decision or find a solution
12. It is such a (pitiful, sympathetic) sight to see the elderly people sitting on park benches, lonely and expressionless.
Pitiful: someone who is pitiful looks or sounds so sad and unfortunate that you feel very sorry for them(直接修饰人)
Sympathetic: caring and feeling sorry about someone's problems(可跟人或物或动作)
13. The party over, the guests gone, she looked at the empty rooms and sank into (anguish, melancholy)。
Anguish: mental or physical suffering caused by extreme pain or worry
Melancholy: a feeling of sadness for no particular reason
14. He (stumbled, tumbled) on the pavement and twisted his ankle.
Stumble: to walk in an unsteady way and often almost fall
Tumble: to fall down quickly and suddenly, especially with a rolling movement
15. What happened to them on the trip was a nightmare, which left them (unspeakably, pitifully) furious for weeks.
Unspeakably: unspeakable feelings are so extreme that it is impossible to describe them
Pitifully: very bad in quality(作副词只表示这个意思) (上述为形容词解释)
16. The vulgar commercial which followed broke the (spell, appeal) of the film.
Break the spell: to make someone stop paying all their attention to something, or to make a time stop feeling special
Appeal: an urgent request for something important(作为名词的其中一个意思)
17. His six-year experience gave him a big (advantage, strength) over the other applicants for the job.
Advantage: something that helps you to be more successful than others, or the state of having this
Strength: the physical power and energy that makes someone strong
18. These rules and regulations not only apply to the graduate students, but to the school (on the whole, as a whole)。
on the whole: used to say that something is generally true(大体上,基本上)
as a whole: used to say that all the parts of something are being considered together(从总体上来考虑)
19. We (met, encountered) a serious setback in the battle when our supplies were intercepted by the enemy.
Meet: to go to a place where someone will be at a particular time, according to an arrangement, so that you can talk or do something together
Encounter: to experience something, especially problems or opposition(遭遇); to meet someone without planning to(偶遇)
20. I was very sick and was (confined to, limited to) bed for over two weeks.
Be confined to: to exist in or affect only a particular place or group(限制)
Be limited to: to exist or happen only in a particular place, group, or area of activity(限于)
21. The local newspaper gave an extensive (coverage, reporting) of the trial.
Coverage: when a subject or event is reported on television or radio, or in newspapers
Reporting: the activity of writing about news events for a newspaper or telling people about them on television or on the radio
22. The singer was fully (justifiable, justified) in suing the newspaper for slander.
Justifiable: actions, reactions, decisions etc that are justifiable are acceptable because they are done for good reasons
Justified: having an acceptable explanation or reason(be justified in doing固定搭配)
23. This magazine is intended to (attract, appeal to) millions of college students in China.
Attract: to make someone interested in something, or make them want to take part in something
Appeal to: if someone or something appeals to you, they seem attractive and interesting
24. Jamaica (functioned, worked) as a center of the American slave trade in the 18th century until the abolition of slavery in 1833.
Function as: if something functions as a particular thing, it does what that type of thing normally does, or is used as that thing(起某物的作用或功能)
Work: if something such as a fact, situation, or system works in a particular way, it has a particular effect on someone or something(起作用,不与as连用)
25. These underground pipes are (interrelated, interconnected)。
Interrelate: if two things interrelate, they are connected and have an effect on each other
Interconnected: if two systems, places etc are interconnected, or if they interconnect, they are joined together
26. Nuclear power is (inherently, naturally) both dangerous and powerful.
Inherently: a quality that is inherent in something is a natural part of it and cannot be separated from it
Naturally: use this to say that something is normal and not surprising