命令
accredit v. 委任,任命
【例】The president will accredit you as his assistant.
assign vt. 分配,指派(allot,distribute)
【例】The manager assigned Bill to the project.
bidding n. 命令,要求
【例】The servant grumbled but did his employer's bidding.
designate vt. 指定,指派(assign,nominate,specify)
【例】The team designated Sally as captain.
dispatch vt. 分配(allocate,allot)
expedite vt. 派出
【記】ex+ped(腳)+ite→腳跨出去→加速
【例】The person I talked to on the phone promised to expedite the shipment of the book I ordered.
imperative adj. 命令的
【記】imper(命令)+ative→命令的
instruct vt. 命令(direct,inculcate)
nominate vt. 任命(appoint,name)
【記】nomin(名稱)+ate→任命
【例】I nominate Mary for the office of treasurer.
prescription n. 指示(instruction,direction)
【例】The general demand that his men act strictly to his prescription.
command vt. 命令;指揮
【例】The general commands his soliders to attack the enemy troop from the left and rear.
mandatory adj. 命令的,強迫的(compulsory,obligatory)
decree n. 法令;政令;判決(order) v. 發布命令,下令(dictate)
【例】The Ministry of Commerce promulgated a decree to curb over investment.
appoint vt. 任命,委派(designate,assign)
【例】Bill was appointed Governor of Massachusetts.
誇張
boastful adj. 自誇的(bragging,conceited)
【例】When telling of her success,Mary tried not to be boastful.
boast vi. 自誇vt. 吹噓(brag,self-praise)
【例】He boasted about the big fish he had caught.
bombastic adj. 誇大的(boastful)
【記】比較bomb(炸彈)
brag vt. 誇張(boast,talk big)
【例】Sue bragged that she could eat an entire pie in two minutes.
exaggerate v. 誇大,誇張(overstate,overemphasize)
【例】Bill exaggerates every story he tells his friends.
pretentious adj. 裝腔作勢的(showy,ostentatious)
overstate vt. 把…說得過分,誇大(exaggerate)
magniloquent adj. 誇大的,言過其實的
【記】magni(巨大的)+loquent(說話)→誇大的
聯絡
communicate vt. 傳達 vi. 通信;交流
【記】commun(e)(交談)+ic+ate→大家交談→交流
【例】Mary communicated the news as tactfully as she could.
consort vt. 結交(associate,connect)
【例】Father is annoyed that his daughter consorts with all kinds of strange people.
correspondence n. 通信
【例】Jane saved all of her grandmother's correspondence.
disseminate vt. 散布,傳播(disperse,distribute,spread,impart)
【記】dis+semin(種子)+ate→散布(種子)