n. ①(雷、炮等)低沉的隆隆声

②(营业等的)激增，(经济等的)迅速发展： business boom 经济繁荣vi./vt.兴隆，迅速发展：

The tourist industry is booming.

26. break

vt./vi. (broke，broken)①打破，折断，打碎：The boy broke the teapot.

②破坏，违反：break the agreement 破坏协定

n. 暂停，休息，课间休息：Now let's have a break.

break away( from ) 突然离开，强行逃脱

break down 损坏;分解，瓦解;(健康等)垮掉，崩溃

break in 强行进人，闯入;打断，插嘴

break into 非法闯入，强行进入

break off 中断，突然停止

break out 逃出，逃脱;突然出现，爆发

break through 冲破，突围;取得突破性成就

break up 中止，结束;打碎，粉碎;散开，驱散

27. canal

n. 运河，沟渠

28. candidate

n. ①候选人，申请求职者：The reporter asked the candidate some tough questions.

②投考者：Most candidates passed in grammar.

29. capital

n. ①首都，首府

②大写字母：write in capitals 用大写字母写

③资本，资金：You need a lot of capital to start up a newspaper.

a. 主要的，首要的

30. captain

n. 机长，船长：The captain announced that the plane would take off soon.

31. capture

vt. ①俘获，捕获：capture many invaders 俘获许多入侵者

②夺取，攻占：capture a city 攻占城市

n. 捕获，俘虏：He was released six weeks after his capture by the terrorists(恐怖分子).

32. career

n. ①经历，生涯：He entered upon a diplomatic(外交) career.

②专业，职业：Bill trained for years for his career.

33. carve

vt./vi. ①雕刻

②努力取得：He carved out a name for himself as a reporter.

34. cash

n. 现款，现金

vt. 将…兑现;支付现款

35. charge

n. ①指控，控告，指责：Lack of evidence forced the police to drop the charges against him.

②价钱，费用：These books are free of charge.

③负荷，电荷：a shell with a large powder charge 装药量大的炮弹

vt./vi. ①控告，指控：charge sb. with negligence 指责某人随忽

②索价，收费：He charged me 1.5 dollar for mending the watch.

③装填，充电：The air is charged with vapour(水蒸气).

in charge (of) 负责，主管

take charge 开始管理，负责，接管

36. circle

n. ①圆，圈

②周期，循环：the circle of the seasons 四季的循环

vt./vi. 围，环绕：The satellite circled the earth.

37. circulation

n. ①(体液的)循环，环流：He has a good circulation.

②(水、空气等的)流通，发行，传播：The journal has a national circulation.

38. companion

n. ①伴侣：Fred had been her constant companion for the last six years of her life.

②同伴，同事：a traveling companion 旅伴

39. competition

n. 比赛，竞争：She won the first place in the competition.

40. concept

n. 观念，概念New Concept English 新概念英语

41. concern

n. ①关心，担心：The boy showed no concern about what his sister was doing.

②关系，关联：This problem is of great concern to all of us.

③关切的事，有关的事：What are your main concerns as a writer?

vt. ①和…有关，涉及.关系到：He doesn't bother about things that don't concern him.

②(with)使担心，使挂念：Don't concern yourself about what he says.

as/so far as…be concerned 就…而言

be concerned with 关心，挂念，从事于

42. conclude

vt./vi. ①推断出，推论出：The scientist examined the data and concluded that the theory was invalid(不正确).

②结束，完结：The movie concludes at ten o'clock.

③缔结，议定：It was concluded in the meeting that he should be dismissed.

conclusion

n. ①结尾：at the conclusion of the ceremony 在仪式终了时

②缔结，议定：the conclusion of a peace treaty 和约的订立

③结论，推论：You should not jump at conclusions.

in conclusion 最后，总之

43. conduct

n. 品行，举止，行为：I'm glad to see your conduct at school has improved.

vt./vi. ①处理，管理：She's conducted the firm's financial affairs for years.

②引导，带领: The students are conducted to do experiment.

③传导(电、热)： conduct heat or electricity.

44. conference

n. ①商议，会谈：The director is in conference now, you can see him later.

②(正式)会议，讨论会：There's a room where they hold conferences.