2017高考英语常用3500个词汇解析：D

　　18.delay v. a delay of two hours a two-hour delay

　　report it to the police without delay

　　Thousands of passengers were delayed for over an hour.

　　delay doing:He delayed telling her news,waiting for the right moment.

　　19. ● delight 快乐,乐事 to the delight of sb with delight

　　take(great)delight in doing: He takes great delight in proving others wrong.

　　The guitar is a delight to play. delight in sth/ doing sth

　　delighted: be delighted to do/ that/ by/at/ with

　　He was delighted at the news of the wedding.

　　20. ● deliver deliver a baby

　　Do you have your milk delivered?

　　She is due to deliver a lecture. 安排她做一个演讲。

　　21.demand v. meet / satisfy one’s demands

　　in demand Good secretaries are always in demand. I demand to see the manager.

　　I demand that all the books be sent to Tibet.

　　22. depend v. depend on He was the sort of person you could depend on .

　　Depend upon it we won’t give up. 请相信我们绝不会放弃。 It / That depends.

　　23.describe/ description Can you describe him to me? a brief / general description

　　24. design v. design a car/ a kitchen a badly designed kitchen

　　be designed for The film is designed for children.

　　be designed to do The programme is designed to help poor people.

　　25.desire n. v. we all desire health and happiness. a strong desire for power

　　26. destroy v. The building was completely destroyed by fire.

　　27.determine v. determine to do They determined to start early.

　　be determined to do I am determined to succeed.

　　determination He fought the illness with courage and determination.

　　28.develop v.发展，壮大; 疾病开始侵袭;冲洗

　　She developed the company from nothing. I had the film developed.

　　Her son developed asthma when he was two. develop a habit

　　developed / developing/ development with the development of science and technology

　　29.◎devotion n. 奉献，奉献精神 devote v. 奉献，贡献

　　one’s devotion to his job devote oneself/ one’s time /one’s energy to sth. /doing sth.

　　be devoted to sth/doing sth

　　30.diary 日记 n. keep a diary

　　31. dictation 听写 n. have a dictation

　　32.◎diet n. 饮食 go/be on a diet 节食

　　33.different adj. 不同的 A be different from B in sth difference n. 区别

　　tell the difference between A and B in sth make a / no / some difference to sb/sth

　　The rain didn’t make much difference to the game.

　　34.difficult adj. /difficulty n. have difficulty (in) doing sth have difficulty with 名词

　　35.dig (dug ,dug ,digging) v.挖;挖掘

　　dig a hole dig sth up 掘地，平整土地;挖掘出

　　36.direction n. 方向，指导 in the direction of…朝….方向 in all directions 朝四面八方

　　under sb’s direction 在……指导下

　　37.◎disabled a. 残废的，残疾的 The disabled were sent to the hospital.

　　38.◎disadvantage advantages and disadvantages take advantage of

　　have an advantage over 优于…

　　39.◎disagree vi. 意见不一致，持不同意见

　　disagree with what sb. said disagree on/about sth 就某事达成一致意见

　　sth disagree with sb 食物天气等使某人身体不适

　　40.disappoint v. 使…..失望 The movie disappointed me.

　　disappointed / disappointing

　　be disappointed with /in about /at be disappointed to see/hear/find

　　a disappointed expression disappointing news

　　disappointment n. 失望 much to one’s disappointment

　　be a disappointment to sb

　　41.◎discount n. 折扣 discount price at a discount 以折扣价

　　42.● discourage使气馁 discourage sb from doing sth

　　discouraged discouraging discouragement

　　43.discover v. / discovery n. make a discovery

　　44.discuss v. discuss sth with sb

　　discussion n. under discussion have/ hold a discussion

　　45.dish n.盘子，餐具 I’ll do the dishes. 我来洗碗。

　　46.◎dislike v. 不喜欢，厌恶 1) dislike doing 2) dislike it + 从句

　　47. ◎dismiss v. 1) 拒绝考虑 dismiss sth as

　　He just laughed and dismissed my suggestion as unrealistic.

　　他只是笑笑，就以不实际为由拒绝了我的建议。

　　2)解雇 dismiss sb for sth dismiss sb. from the post

　　3) 打发走，解散 The teacher will dismiss the class early today because of the snow .

　　48.distance n. 距离 distant adj. 远的 in the distance 在远处

　　at a distance of 数字 隔….距离

　　49.distinction n. 区别，差别;卓越，优秀

　　1)make/draw a distinction 区别对待 2)the distinction between A and B

　　3) of great distinction 卓越的 4)have the distinction of doing sth 有荣誉殊荣做某事

　　50. distinguish v.区别，辨别 distinguish between A and B =distinguishA from B

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