deficit

　　n. 赤字;不足额

　　And so -- but we do have to deal with the deficit.

　　所以说——但是，我们的确必须解决赤字问题。

　　damp

　　vt. 使潮湿;使阻尼;使沮丧，抑制

　　Damp gunpowder will not fire.

　　潮湿的火药不会起火。

　　departure

　　n. 离开;出发;违背

　　The secretary's sudden departure disorganized the whole company.

　　该秘书的突然离去使全公司陷入混乱。

　　cynical

　　adj. 愤世嫉俗的;冷嘲的

　　He was so cynical that he sneered at everything that made life worth living.

　　他也太玩世不恭了，凡是对人生有意义的事，他一概加以嘲笑。

　　dedicate

　　vt. 致力;献身;题献

　　To her I dedicate this book.

　　我把这本书献给她。

　　deadline

　　n. 截止期限，最后期限

　　In this case, you’ll want to set yourself a deadline.

　　在这种情况下，你要为自己设定一个最后期限。

　　degenerate

　　vt. 使退化;恶化

　　But why do men degenerate ever?

　　为什么人类总是在退化?

　　depict

　　vt. 描述;描画

　　Therefore using control flow to depict events is not a good idea.

　　因此使用控制流来描述事件并不是一个好主意。

　　curb

　　n. 抑制;路边;勒马绳

　　We must curb the spread and use of these weapons.

　　我们必须遏制这类武器的扩散和使用。

　　deadly

　　adj. 致命的;非常的;死一般的

　　The shock was deadly to him.

　　这次打击对他是致命的。

　　1.Educational standards in this school are__________year by year because of a lack of funds.

　　2.It looks like we're going to have another budget __________ this year because we overspent.

　　3.Arsenic is a __________ substance and can kill people in a couple of minutes.

　　4.The grass is still__________from yesterday's rain.

　　5.If Janet wants to succeed,she must first learn how to__________her temper.

　　6.The teacher made Friday afternoon the __________ for handing in all book reports.

　　7.It is hard to befriend someone who is __________about friendship.

　　8.The doctor__________ her life to improving hospital care.

　　9.Our __________ was delayed because of bad weather at the destination airport.

　　10.These paintings__________the lives of the aristocracy in the last century.

　　答案：1.degenerating 2.deficit 3.deadly 4.damp 5.curb 6.deadline 7.cynical 8.dedicated 9.departure 10.depict