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1.*confer [kən'fɜː]

v. 授予;协商，交换意见

confer with 协商，交换意见

I need to confer with my lawyer.

我需要跟我的律师商量。

confer on 授予

Diplomas were conferred on members of the graduating class.

给毕业班的学生颁发了毕业文凭。

conference n.(正式)会议

2.*grant [grɑːnt]

v. 授予，允许;承认

n. 拨款，补助金;准予

a student/research grant 助学金/研究拨款

The council has granted him permission to build on the site.

市政会已经批准他在这块地上建房子。

3.*award [ə'wɔːd]

vt. 授予，判定

n. 奖，奖品

For his dedication the Mayor awarded him a medal of merit.

为表彰他的奉献精神，市长授予他荣誉奖章。

4.*reward [rɪ'wɔːd]

vt./n. 报答;奖赏

The rewards of motherhood outweigh the anguish.

做母亲得到的回报大于经受的痛苦。

All his hard work was rewarded when he saw his book in print.

看到了自己的书出版，他感到一切的艰辛都得到了回报。

5.awkward ['ɔːkwəd]

adj. 尴尬的;笨拙的

They’d chosen an awkward time to call as I’d just got into the bath.

他们偏偏在我刚开始洗澡的时候来电话，真不是时候。

6.embarrass [ɪm'bærəs]

vt. 使局促不安;使困窘

He didn’t want to embarrass her by asking questions.

他不想提问让她尴尬。

7.*suffer ['sʌfə]

vi. 受苦

vt. 经历，遭受

I’m suffering from a bad back.

我背疼。

suffer a loss/ a defeat 遭受损失/遭遇失败

8.*differ ['dɪfə]

v. 相异;不同

The two systems differ in many respects.

这两个系统在许多方面有不同。

9.differentiate [ˌdɪfə'renʃɪeɪt]

v. 区分，区别

It’s sometimes hard to differentiate one sample from another.

有时候很难把样品区分开来。

10.discrepancy [dɪs'krep(ə)nsɪ]

n. 不符;矛盾;相差

Police found discrepancies in the two men’s reports.

警方发现两名男子的叙述不一致。

11.*indifferent [ɪn'dɪf(ə)r(ə)nt]

adj. 漠不关心的;无关紧要的

People have become indifferent to the suffering of others.

人们已经变得对别人的痛苦漠不关心。

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