601.multiply v. 大量增加
Most industrial pollution comes from small factories, which have multiplied from 15000 in 1950 to nearly 2 million today.
工业污染大多来自小工厂，1950年小工厂有1.5万家，现在已猛增到近200万家。
602. nurture v. 培养，养成
【同】cultivate
The organizers hope that the infrastructure--- and awareness--- nurtured by this exposition will launch a boom in Net use.
这次博览会的创办人希望借由博览会所促成的基础设施建设和所唤起的网络意识，促使国际互联网蓬勃发展。
603.outfit v. 配备，供给
【同】fit out
General Motors is outfitting a convoy of 10 Buick LeSabres that are scheduled to make a test run next year on a modified stretch of I-15 outside San Diego.
通用汽车公司正着手装备一支由10不别克LeSabre汽车所组成的车队，预计明年在圣地亚哥郊外一段经过改建的15号洲际公路进行测试。
注：convoy n. 车队，船队；stretch n. 范围
604.penetrate v. 看透他人心思的，识破
【同】grasp? fathom
Little Women gently but firmly asks us to penetrate its 19th century disguises and discover something of ourselves hiding in the dim past.
《小妇人》以委婉但坚定的语气要求我们，识破其中19世纪的伪装，发掘隐藏于幽微过去的我们的真面目。
605.phase (in/out) v. 逐渐引进或逐步废除
Called Integrion, the partnership will phase in such activities as bill paying, electronic lending and stock and bond trading beginning next year.
名叫Integrion的这家合资公司预计明年开始陆续提供各种费用的代收、电子借贷的股票、债券买卖等服务。
606.plunge v. 冲进，跳进
After drifting through interplanetary space for millions of years, one of these Martian rocks ventured close to Earth 13000 years ago… and plunged into the atmosphere, blazing a meteoric path across the sky.
在星际漂流数百万年后，其中一块火星岩石在1.3万年前逼近地球，并一头栽进大气层，在空中燃烧，划出一道流星的光芒。
注：drift v. 漂流，游荡；meteoric adj. 流星的
607，proclaim v. 宣称
【同】declare? announce
Whatever PETA says, he proclaims, is all lies and nonsense.
他表示，不管反虐待动物组织怎么说，都是骗人的，胡说八道！
608.prod v. 刺激，激励
【同】stimulate
A museum planned for the site of the notorious labor camp Perm 36 will prod visitor into grappling with those horrific tales.
预定在恶名昭著的劳改营“柏姆三十六号”所在地成立的博物馆，将会刺激来访者面对这些骇人的往事。
注：to grapple with: 设法解决（困难）
609.prompt v. 促使
【同】encourage
Kim’s warning was prompted by a slump in exports and a rise in imports that forced the government to double its estimate of the country’s 1996 current account deficit to as high as $12 billion.
金泳三之所以会提出警告，是因为出口急速下滑以及进口增加，迫使韩国政府把1996年日常赤字的预估提高一倍，高达120依美元。
注：slump n. 暴跌
610.prosecute v. 起诉，告发
We’ve tried to prosecute him, but it’s hopeless because he controls the court system and the judges… He’s also protected under parliamentary immunity.
我们也尝试告发他，但他控制了司法体系和法官，终究是徒劳无功；而且他还受到国会议员豁免权的保护。
注：immunity n.（责任、义务等的）豁免