47、mandate
n/v.授权;命令
例：Progressives often support diversity mandates as a path to equality and a way to level the playing field.(革新派常常支持多样性命令，将其视作实现人人平等、促进公平竞争的途径)(2020英1Text3)
48、media
n.媒体
(是medium的复数形式，作“媒介,手段”解时，与复数动词连用;作“大众传播媒体”解时，常与the连用，可与单数或复数动词连用)
例：The media has a strong social and cultural impact upon society. This is predicated upon their ability to reach a wide audience with a strong and influential message.(媒体对我们的社会和文化都产生了很大的影响。主要在于广大受众能够通过它们了解到强有力的信息)
49、mediate(=reconcile=conciliate)
v.调停;调解
例：to mediate differences/disputes/problems(调解分歧/争端/问题)
50、mentor(=instructor=adviser=counselor)(可用于写作)
n.导师;顾问; v.指导
(mentor——mentee(学员;被指导者))
例：friend and mentor(良师益友)
51、overt(可用于写作)
adj.公开的;明显的(=obvious=evident=manifest=distinct=apparent=conspicuous)
(反：overt——covert(隐蔽的;不公开的))
例：overt symptoms(明显的临床症状)
52、paradigm(可用于写作)
n.典范;范例
例1：The Summer Palace is considered to be the paradigm of the classical Chinese garden.(颐和园被认为是中国古典园林最好的例证)
例2：Wildfire season has become longer and more intense lately. But beyond addressing climate change, some researchers call for a paradigm shift to address the various human factors relating to prevention and safety.(paradigm shift意思是：行事或思维方式的重大变化)
53、plagiarism(可用于写作)
n.抄袭;剽窃
(动词是：plagiarize)
例1：the penalties for academic plagiarism(对学术抄袭的惩罚)
例2：Japan’s top universities are rushing to install anti-plagiarism software and are combing through old doctoral theses amid allegations that they are honeycombed with similar problems.(由于被指存在诸多类似问题，日本的一些顶尖学府正抓紧安装反剽窃软件，并审阅以往的博士论文)——《纽约时报》
54、protocol
n.协议;草案
例：the Montreal protocol to phase out use and production of CFCs.(逐步停止使用及生产含氯氟烃的《蒙特利尔议定书》)
55、propagate(可用于写作)
v.传播;宣传
例：If people in the network just two degrees removed from the initial influential prove resistant, for example, the cascade of change won't propagate very far or affect many people.(例如，倘若社会网络中那些与有影响力的人士隔一个层级的人(间接受到有影响力的人士影响的人)拒绝接受影响，那么，变化的信息流则无法长久深远地传播，或影响很多人)(2010英语1Text3)
56、proximate(可用于写作)
adj.近似的(=approximate=similar);最近的,直接的
例1：In light of the proximate statistics by the Chinese academy of social science ...
例2：It was this shortage that lit the fuse of more proximate causes in the financial crisis.(正是这种匮乏点燃了金融危机中更直接原因的导火索)
57、quarantine
n.(为防传染的)隔离期;检疫
(注：该词源自意大利语quarantena，中文意思是“40天”)
58、query(=question)(可用于写作)
n.疑问;v.询问
例：People are invited to query Marilyn vos Savant, who at age 10 had tested at a mental level of someone about 23 years old; that gave her an IQ of 228 - the highest score ever recorded.(该专栏邀请人们询问Marilyn vos Savant。Marilyn vos Savant在10岁时就参加了相当于23岁的人的智力水平测试，测得智商高达228，这是有记录以来的最高水平)(2007Text2)
59、resilient
adj.迅速恢复的;有适应力的
(注：是褒义词)
例：Language is remarkably resilient, however. It is not just a tool for communicating, but also a powerful way of separating different groups, or of demonstrating group identity.(2007MBA联考)
60、rhetoric
n.华而不实的言语;花言巧语
例：Not everyone buys the win-win rhetoric.(并不是所有人都对这样一种双赢的花言巧语买账)(2016英语2Text2)
