1.converge
①V-I If people or vehicles converge on a place, they move toward it from different directions. (人或车辆等) 聚集
Hundreds of tractors will converge on the capital.
成百上千的拖拉机将向首都聚集。
②V-I If roads or lines converge, they meet or join at a particular place. (道路、江河等) 会合
As they flow south, the five rivers converge.
这5条河向南流，最终汇合在一起。
2.decisive
①ADJ If a fact, action, or event is decisive, it makes certain a particular result. 决定性的
...his decisive victory in the presidential elections.
…他在这次总统选举中的决定性胜利。
②ADV 决定性地
The plan was decisively rejected by Congress three weeks ago.
这个计划三周前被国会关键性地否决了。
③ADJ If someone is decisive, they have or show an ability to make quick decisions in a difficult or complicated situation. 果断的
He should give way to a younger, more decisive leader.
他应该让位给一位更年轻、更果断的领导者。
④ADV 果断地
"I'll call for you at ten," she said decisively.
“我10点来接你，”她果断地说。
3.deduce
V-T If you deduce something or deduce that something is true, you reach that conclusion because of other things that you know to be true. 演绎; 推断
Alison cleverly deduced that I was the author of the letter.
艾莉森聪明地推断出我是这封信的作者。
The date of the document can be deduced from references to the Civil War.
该文件的日期可以从其对内战的提及处推算出来
4.deem
V-T If something is deemed to have a particular quality or to do a particular thing, it is considered to have that quality or do that thing. 认为; 相信
French and German were deemed essential.
法语和德语被认为是必需的。
He says he would support the use of force if the UN deemed it necessary.
他说如果联合国认为有必要，他就支持动用武力。
5.deteriorate
①V-I If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way. 恶化
? There are fears that the situation might deteriorate into full-scale war.
人们担心局势会恶化为全面战争。
②N-UNCOUNT 恶化
...concern about the rapid deterioration in relations between the two countries.
…对两国关系迅速恶化的担忧。
6.diminish
①V-T/V-I When something diminishes, or when something diminishes it, it becomes reduced in size, importance, or intensity. 使减少; 变少
The threat of nuclear war has diminished.
核战的威胁变小了。
Federalism is intended to diminish the power of the central state.
联邦制度旨在削弱中央政府的权力。
②V-T If you diminish someone or something, you talk about them or treat them in a way that makes them appear less important than they really are. 贬低
He never put her down or diminished her.
他从未轻视过她或贬低过她。
7.disciplined
ADJ Someone who is disciplined behaves or works in a controlled way. 有纪律的
• For me it meant being very disciplined about how I run my life.
对我而言，它意味着要以非常有纪律的方式生活。
8.disperse
①V-T/V-I When something disperses or when you disperse it, it spreads over a wide area. 使分散; 扩散
• The oil appeared to be dispersing.
油看上去正在扩散。
②V-T/V-I When a group of people disperses or when someone disperses them, the group splits up and the people leave in different directions. 驱散; 散开
• Police fired shots and used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators.
警察开枪并使用了催泪瓦斯来驱散示威人群。
9.divert
①V-T/V-I To divert vehicles or travellers means to make them follow a different route or go to a different destination than they originally intended. You can also say that someone or something diverts from a particular route or to a particular place. 使改道; 改道
• We diverted a plane to rescue 100 passengers.
我们改变飞机航线以拯救100名乘客。
• Abington Memorial Hospital has been diverting trauma patients to other hospitals because it does not have enough surgeons.
由于缺乏足够的外科医生，阿宾顿纪念医院一直在将外伤病人转到其他医院。
②V-T To divert money or resources means to cause them to be used for a different purpose. 转移
• A wave of deadly bombings has forced the United States to divert funds from reconstruction to security.
一系列致命的炸弹袭击迫使美国将资金从重建转向安全防御。
③V-T To divert a phone call means to send it to a different number or place from the one that was dialled by the person making the call. 转接 (电话)
• He instructed the switchboard staff to divert all Laura's calls to him.
他通知接线员把劳拉打来的所有电话都转给他。
④V-T If you say that someone diverts your attention from something important or serious, you disapprove of them behaving or talking in a way that stops you thinking about it. 转移…的注意力
• They want to divert the attention of the people from the real issues.
他们想把人民的注意力从真正的问题上转移开。
10.eject
①V-T If you eject someone from a place, you force them to leave. 逐出
• Officials used guard dogs to eject the protesters.
官员们用护卫犬驱走抗议者。
②N-VAR 逐出
• ...the ejection and manhandling of hecklers at the meeting.
…对会上起哄者的驱逐和推搡。
③V-T To eject something means to remove it or push it out forcefully. 用力排出; 用力推出
• He aimed his rifle, fired a single shot, then ejected the spent cartridge.
他用步枪瞄准，开了一枪，接着排出了空弹壳。
④V-I When a pilot ejects from an aircraft, he or she leaves the aircraft quickly using an ejector seat, usually because the plane is about to crash. (从飞机里) 弹射出来
• The pilot ejected from the plane and escaped injury.
飞行员从飞机里弹出，没有受伤。
