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GMAT重点动词英英解释（27）

2014-09-05 13:12:15来源：网络

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　　181. Discharge verb

　　from hospital / job

　　[VN][usually passive]~ sb (from sth) to give sb official permission to leave a place or job;

　　to make sb leave a job: Patients were being discharged from the hospital too early. ◆ She had

　　discharged herself against medical advice. ◆ He was discharged from the army following his

　　injury. ◆ She was discharged from the police force for bad conduct.

　　from prison / court

　　[VN][often passive]to allow sb to leave prison or a court of law: He was conditionally

　　discharged after admitting the theft.

　　gas / liquid

　　~ (sth) (into sth) when a gas or a liquid discharges or is discharged, or sb discharges it, it

　　flows somewhere: [V] The river is diverted through the power station before discharging into

　　the sea. ◆ [VN] The factory was fined for discharging chemicals into the river.

　　force / power

　　(technical) to release force or power: [VN] Lightning is caused by clouds discharging

　　electricity. [also V]

　　duty

　　[VN] (formal) to do everything that is necessary to perform and complete a particular duty:

　　to discharge your responsibilities / obligations ◆ to discharge a debt (= to pay it)

　　gun

　　[VN] (formal) to fire a gun, etc.

　　182. Shrink verb(shrank or, shrunk, shrunk)

　　to become smaller, especially when washed in water that is too hot; to make clothes, fabric,

　　etc. smaller in this way: [V] My sweater shrank in the wash. [also VN]

　　to become or to make sth smaller in size or amount: [V] The tumour had shrunk to the size

　　of a pea. ◆ The market for their products is shrinking. ◆ There was a movie called 'Honey I

　　shrunk the kids!'. ◆ [VN] Television in a sense has shrunk the world.

　　See also SHRUNKEN

　　[V +adv./prep.]to move back or away from sth because you are frightened or shocked:

　　He shrank back against the wall as he heard them approaching.

　　Idioms: a shrinking violet (humorous) a way of describing a very shy person

　　Phrasal Verbs:shrink from sth (written) to be unwilling to do sth that is difficult or

　　unpleasant: We made it clear to them that we would not shrink from confrontation. ◆ [+

　　-ing] They did not shrink from doing what was right.

　　183. Diffuse verb

　　(formal) to spread sth or become spread widely in all directions: [VN] The problem is how

　　to diffuse power without creating anarchy. ◆ [V] Technologies diffuse rapidly.

　　[V, VN](technical) if a gas or liquid diffuses or is diffused in a substance, it becomes slowly

　　mixed with that substance

　　[VN] (formal) to make light shine less brightly by spreading it in many directions: The moon

　　was fuller than the night before, but the light was diffused by cloud.

　　diffusion noun [U]: the diffusion of Marxist ideas ◆ the rate of diffusion of a gas

　　184. Emit verb

　　(-tt-) [VN] (formal) to send out sth such as light, heat, sound, gas, etc: The metal container

　　began to emit a clicking sound. ◆ Sulphur gases were emitted by the volcano.

　　185. Transpire verb(formal)

　　[V that](not usually used in the progressive tenses) if it transpires that sth has happened

　　or is true, it is known or has been shown to be true: It transpired that the gang had had a

　　contact inside the bank. ◆ This story, it later transpired, was untrue.

　　[V]to happen: You're meeting him tomorrow? Let me know what transpires.

　　[V, VN](biology) when plants or leaves transpire, water passes out from their surface

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