预防比任何一种治疗都要好得多。 (Prevention is far better than any cure (2)vt. to make an illness or medical condition go away Many types of cancer can now be cured. Ninety percent of patients can be cured of the disease. Pattern: cure sb. of sth.把某人的病治愈 She had some acupuncture treatment which seems to have cured her. 针灸几次后她的病似乎痊愈了。 4. precipitate (1)vt. to make(an unwanted event happen sooner An attack on the country could precipitate a world war. ( The 1929 stock market crash precipitated the collapse of the American banking system (2)vi. to separate a solid substance from a liquid by chemical action, or to be separated in this way *this material causes most of the alumina in the solution to precipitate quickly. (3)n. a solid substance that has been chemically separated from a liquid 老师让他在沉淀物溶解后再加热混合物。 (the teacher asked him to warm the mixture after the precipitate dissolyed (4)adj. happening or done too quickly, and not thought about carefully a precipitate decision leads to his failure 阵冷风造成气温急剧下降。 (A cool breeze caused a precipitate drop in the temperature NB 该词作动词用时,近义词为 hasten;作形容词用时,近义词为 hasty 5. orient: v. to arrange or direct with a particular purpose She looked at the street names, trying to orient herself 登山者停下来以便辨别自己的方位。 (The climber stopped to orient himsel The meeting decided that the magazine had to orient to the busisness community. Collocation: orient oneself to sth.使自己熟悉某事 It takes new students a while to orientate themselves to college life. 新同学要花一定的时间来熟悉校园生活 be oriented toltowardslaround sthsb迎合某人的需要,围绕某事预防比任何一种治疗都要好得多。 (=Prevention is far better than any cure.) (2) vt. to make an illness or medical condition go away *Many types of cancer can now be cured. (＝Ninety percent of patients can be cured of the disease.) Pattern: cure sb. of sth. 把某人的病治愈 *She had some acupuncture treatment which seems to have cured her. 针灸几次后她的病似乎痊愈了。 4. precipitate: (1) vt. to make (an unwanted event) happen sooner *An attack on the country could precipitate a world war. (=The 1929 stock market crash precipitated the collapse of the American banking system.) (2) vi. to separate a solid substance from a liquid by chemical action, or to be separated in this way *This material causes most of the alumina in the solution to precipitate quickly. (3) n. a solid substance that has been chemically separated from a liquid 老师让他在沉淀物溶解后再加热混合物。 (=The teacher asked him to warm the mixture after the precipitate dissolved.) (4) adj. happening or done too quickly, and not thought about carefully *A precipitate decision leads to his failure. 一阵冷风造成气温急剧下降。 (=A cool breeze caused a precipitate drop in the temperature.) NB : 该词作动词用时，近义词为 hasten；作形容词用时，近义词为 hasty。 5. orient: v. to arrange or direct with a particular purpose *She looked at the street names, trying to orient herself. 登山者停下来以便辨别自己的方位。 (=The climber stopped to orient himself.) *The meeting decided that the magazine had to orient to the busisness community. Collocation: orient oneself to sth. 使自己熟悉某事 *It takes new students a while to orientate themselves to college life. 新同学要花一定的时间来熟悉校园生活。 be oriented to/towards/around sth/sb 迎合某人的需要, 围绕某事