Unit 144

emphatic / empathetic

emphatic adj. 着重的，加强语气的 (said or done in a forceful or definite way) /ɪmˈfatɪk/

It was impossible to ignore the mother's loud and emphatic demand that her children be silent.

empathetic adj. 移情作用的，同感的 (involving, eliciting, characterized by, or based on empathy) / ɛmpəˈθɛtɪk /

Julie's mother was an empathetic soul who always sensed how her family members were feeling.

annex v. 附加 (to add to something to something else) / əˈnɛks /

In March of 2014, the Russian Federation annexed the Ukrainian territory of Crimea.

apex n. 最高点，顶峰 (the highest point or the highest level) /ˈeɪpɛks /

When the mountaineers reached the top of the mountain, they planted their country's flag at the apex.

atrophy v. 萎缩 (decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue) / ˈatrəfi /

Alcoholism can cause the human liver to atrophy and eventually lose the ability to function altogether.

atrocious adj. 凶恶的，残暴的 (extremely wicked, brutal, or cruel) / əˈtrəʊʃəs /

The dictator Pol Pot is reviled for having forced a large number of Cambodians to labor in work camps with conditions so atrocious that an estimated three million people died in the process.

containment n. 阻止，牵制 (the act of preventing the spread of something) / kənˈteɪnm(ə)nt /

The World Health Organization (WHO) determined that the best way to beat the Ebola virus was to work toward its containment by quarantining sufferers.

n. 包含 (the act, process, or means of containing)

Russian leader Joseph Stalin used prison camps called "gulags" as a method of containment for political prisoners.

contaminate v. 污染，弄脏 (to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association) / kənˈtamɪneɪt /

The police detective was careful not to touch anything in order to avoid contaminating the crime scene with his own DNA.

attrition n. 磨损，摩擦 (the act of wearing or grinding down by friction) / əˈtrɪʃ(ə)n /

Cars need to have their brake pads replaced every few years because the act of pressing the brakes wears them down by attrition.

attribute n. 属性，特质 (an inherent characteristic) / ˈatrɪbjuːt /

Charlie's classmates quickly graced him with the moniker "jug head" in reference to his most obvious physical attribute, big ears.

v. 把…归于 (to regard as a characteristic of a person or thing)

The disappearance of the dinosaurs is normally attributed to a combination of geological and climatic changes.

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