专八词汇及练习题(18)

Research workers find it hard to__5__the two sets of figures.
The pessimists consider the bourgeois society is a__6__, insensate world in which innocence and decency can prove fatal.
The increase in population__7__ a greater food supply.
There remain the __8__ crumbling ruins of an ancient temple beside the left bank of the river.
If you evaporate a little seawater on a porcelain dish; on cooling, crystals of common salt will__9__on the sides of the dish.
River sediments gradually __10__ the harbor.
答案：　1. cleanse 2. retaliated 3. analogous 4. pecking-order 5.correlate
6.predator 7. necessitates 8.colossal 9. deposit 10. silted
1. abide by(=be faithful to ; obey)忠于；遵守。
2. be absent from…. 缺席，不在
3. absence or mind(=being absent-minded) 心不在焉
4. absorb(=take up the attention of)吸引…的注意力(被动语态):be absorbed in 全神贯注于…近:be engrossed in ; be lost in ; be rapt in ;be concentrated on ; be focused on ; be centered on
5. (be) abundant in(be rich in; be well supplied with) 富于,富有