1.intake['inteik] n. 引入口，入口，通风口

Our school is gearing up for an increased intake of pupils.
我们学校正在作好准备以接受更多的学生。

2.nutritious adj. 有营养的，滋养的

This food is nutritious.
这种食物营养丰富。

3.intellectual n. 知识份子，凭理智做事者 adj. 智力的，聪明的

He's a kind of intellectual superman.
他是智力超常的人。

4.inexhaustible adj. 用不完的，无穷的，不知疲倦的

He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion, and sacrifice, and endurance.
人类不朽不是因为在万物中唯有他能永远发言、而是因为他有灵魂，有同情心、有牺牲和忍耐精神。

5.warrant n. 正当理由，根据，委任状，准许 vt. 保证，辩解，担保，授权

The law warrants this procedure.
这一程序是法律批准的。

6.fallacy n. 谬论

The fallacy has been exposed in its naked absurdity.
这谬论的荒诞性已被充分揭露。

7.acquisition n. 获得，所获之物

The library's latest acquisitions were donated by a millionaire.
图书馆最近增添的书籍是一位百万富翁捐献的。

8.cradle['kreidl] n. 摇篮，发祥地，摇篮时代 vt. 放在摇篮内，抚育，收割

The baby slumbered in his cradle.
婴儿安睡在摇篮里。

9.dormant adj. 睡眠状态的，静止的

He would try to awake their dormant and sluggish faculties.
这位教授应该试图唤醒他们沉睡和懒散的天赋。

10.subconscious adj. 潜意识的，下意识的 n. 潜意识

One's conscious motives are often different from one's subconscious ones.
一个人有明显动机的举动跟下意识的举动往往截然不同。

11.strangle v. 勒死，使窒息，限制

She strangled before she was taken to hospital.
她在被送往医院之前便窒息而死。

12.stagnation n. 停滞

13.fossilization n. 化石化，固定化，陈腐