Hànyǔ Shuǐpíng Kǎoshì 2010 Level 6 - Page 42

sense of smell

false; phony; pretense

requirement; demand (economics)

vanity

false; hypocritical; artificial; sham

prerequisites; rules that must be known before starting sth

to allow; to permit

heavy drinking; to get drunk; to drink to excess

to raise animals

preface; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude

to swear an oath (of office); to make a vow

to proclaim; to make public or well known

to suspend; to hang; suspension (cable car)

melody; rhythm

suspense in a movie, play etc; concern for sb's welfare

cliffside

to rotate; to revolve; to spin; to whirl

to select the best

athlete; contestant

to weaken

educational background; academic qualifications

theory; doctrine

academic degree, e.g.: BSc 學士學位|学士学位[xue2 shi4 xue2 wei4], MSc 碩士學位|硕士学位[shuo4 shi4 xue2 wei4], Diploma 學位證書|学位证书[xue2 wei4 zheng4 shu1], PhD 博士學位|博士学位[bo2 shi4 xue2 wei4]

to add hail to snow (idiom); one disaster on top of another; to make things worse in a bad situation

blood pressure

nurturing (i.e. assimilate some branch of culture); seeped in

to cycle; to circulate; circle; loop

to patrol (police, army or navy)

to look for

in sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally

deposit; cash pledge

to oppress; to repress; to constrict; oppression; stress (physics)

money given to children as new year present

to compress; compression

to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression

to press; to squeeze; to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing

to suppress; to inhibit; to stifle

second place (in a sports contest); runner-up

fireworks and crackers

to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.)

coastal

bitter cold; severe winter

strictly prohibit

grim; severe; rigorous

severe; strict

speech; expression of opinion; public opinion

strict; tight (organization, surveillance etc)

to delay; to extend; to postpone; to defer

blistering hot; sizzling hot (weather)

to extend; to spread