11.principal; major; principle; primary principal: a.主要的,n.主要人物,中学校长;major: a.比较重要的,vi主修;principle: 原则,原理;primary: 主要的第一的。 The ___ (principal/principle) food of the Chinese is rice. Christina majored in foreign trade in London University.
12.ultimate; final; eventual ultimate: 终极的,根本的,主要的;final: 表示最后的,着重完结和最终结局;eventual: 最终的,结果的。 The sun is the ___ (ultimate/eventual/final) store of power.
13.incident; accident; invent; case incident:偶尔的(小)事件,也指引起国际争端或战争的事件;accident: (意外)事故;invent: 特别重要的事件(CET4.01.1.59);case: 案例(CET4.02.1)。 The lawyer advised him to drop the ____ (event/incident/case/affair) ?since he stands little chance to win.
14.explore; exploit; probe; expose explore: 探究(进一步了解发现,学习);exploit: 利用或开发(资源);probe (into): 探查,细察(某人的思想,某事的原因);expose: 使暴露?揭露。 We have to ___ (explore/exploit) that idea.
15.likely; alike; unlike likely: 有可能的(CET4.98.6);alike: 表语形容词,相似的;unlike: 不像 (CET4.99.6)。 ___ (Unlike/likely/alike/dislike) his sister, Jack is quiet and does not easily make friends with others.