四级高频核心词汇（4）

v. 拒绝（接受某物）; 谢绝；变小，变弱

n. （力量﹑ 权力﹑ 数量等的）消减 

decline in sth：…消减，衰退，降低 

on the decline 在消减; 在衰退  

As water tables have fallen and irrigation wells have gone dry, China's wheat crop, the world's largest, has declined by 8% since it peaked at 123 million tons in 1997.（2016年6月真题）

2. community    /kəmj'uːnɪti/ 

n. 社区; 团体; 集体; 社会

宗教信仰﹑ 种族﹑ 职业等方面相同的人构成的集体; 有共同利益的集体

community centre  社区活动中心 

Newspapers are often the most important form of news for a local community, and they develop a high degree of loyalty from local readers.（2008年6月真题）

3.  beyond    /bɪˈjɔnd/  

prep. 在或向（某物）的远处;迟于或超过（某一时间）；越出（某事物）范围; 超越

常用短语：

be beyond sb 对于某人来说, 难以想像﹑ 理解或估计 

Even if those causes of death were eliminated, life expectancy would still not go much beyond 92 years.（2017年12月真题）

4. suggest     /səˈdʒest/  

v.提议，建议；暗示，意味着；想到

A recent report suggests that the global gamification market will grow from $ 1.65 billion in 2015 to $11.1 billion by 2020.（2016年12月真题）

5. simply    /s'ɪmpli/   

adv.  简明地; 仅仅, 只不过；简单地, 简易地; 简朴地, 朴素地

For years, the advice to the overweight people has been that we simply need to eat less and exercise more...（2012年12月真题）

6. reduce     /rɪˈdjuːs/   

v. 缩减（体积﹑ 数量﹑ 程度﹑ 价格等）; 减小; 减少; 减低; 降低

常和介词to连用，表示减少到…

But technology has reduced transaction costs, making sharing assets cheaper and easier than ever-and therefore possible on a much larger scale.（2013年12月真题）

7. rate    /reɪt/ 

n. 比率; 率;（运动﹑ 变化等的）速度; 进度 

at `any rate  无论如何; 不管怎样

at this rate  照这样下去的话

v. 评定某人/某事物的价值 

That’s the conclusion of a new study that finds that Earth’s oceans now __26__ heat at twice the rate they did 18 years ago. （2016年12月真题）

8. process    /ˈprəuses/    

n. 步骤; 程序; 过程;方法; （尤指）工艺流程；变化（过程）（尤指自然发生的和不知不觉的）:

in the process 在进行中

in the process of sth/doing sth 在从事某任务的过程中

v.对（原材料﹑ 食物等）进行加工; 处理 

Why do so many Americans eat tons of processed food, the stuff that is correctly called junk (垃圾) and should really carry warning labels?（2015年12月真题）

9. contain    /ˏkənˈteɪn/ 

n.包含; 含有；可容纳  

Meals must contain a variety of foods with plenty of grains and at least one fruit or vegetable each day. （2013年6月真题）

10. alcohol    /ˈælkəhɔl/ 

n. 酒；含酒精的饮料 

“Sugar, alcohol and tobacco,” economist Adam Smith once wrote, “are commodities which are nowhere necessaries of life, which have become objects of almost universal consumption, and which are, therefore, extremely popular subjects of taxation.”（2016年12月真题）