Contemplate v.审视;考虑 同:ponder The police contemplated various kinds of trouble after the football match between the two universities. 2. Regulate v. 1.管理 同:control 2.调整 The school adopted new rules to regulate the behavior of students. My watch is losing time; I will have to regulate it. 3. Vex v.激怒 同:annoy His father was vexed by the child’s impolite behavior. 4. Tranquil adj.宁静的 反:noisy After he retired, he lived a tranquil life in the country. 5. Approximate 1. adj.近似的 2. v.接近 The approximate length of a meter is 40 inches; the exact length is 39.37 inches. Your account of what happened approximates truth,but there are several small errors. 6. Discreet adj.言行谨慎的 It wasn’t discreet of you to call him around midnight. 7. Supervise v.监督 The architect supervised the building of the house. 8. Creed n.教条 “Honesty is the best policy” was his creed through his whole life. 9. Hound n.猎犬 A good hound should have a sharp sense of smell. 10. Patron n. 老主顾 赞助人 She has been a patron of this store for many years. The patrons of the museum contributed the money for the new museum building. Exercise从以上单词中选择适当的单词填空 1. It is good to _______ one’s past before making decisions for the future. 2. The _______ number of students in our school is 800, but remember that 800 is not an exact figure. 3. The new shop across the road has taken away some of my best _______. 4. A good ________ should have a sharp sense of smell. 5. After he retired, he lived a ________ life 6. The Amish live by a strict _____ that rejects many of the values and practices of modern society. 7. She _______ a staff of 30 workers. 8. We were _______ by the delay. 9. Laws have been made to ________ working conditions. 10. The house was once again _________ after the kids moved outside to play.