barely 几乎没有 barely adv. 仅仅，勉强；几乎不；公开地；贫乏地 The ruined economy is barely breathing. 遭受严重损害的经济几乎不能生存。 He was barely listening until the salary was mentioned. Then he pricked up his ears. 他几乎没有注意听讲些什么， 但当提到工资时， 他却侧耳细听。 He barely survives and passes onto his son, the duty of leading “the family” in a mob war. 他勉强活下来，并让他的儿子继承了他的事业，在暴徒的战争中领导“家族”的责任。 —————————————— customer 客户 customer n. 顾客；家伙 The shop laid the cloth by for a customer. 商店为一个顾客保留着这些布料。 The customer will be reimbursed for any loss or damage. 顾客受到的一切损失或损害将一律得到赔偿。 The girl in the shop is always eager to please every customer. 这位女店员总是很热心地对待每一位顾客。 —————————————— ally 盟友 ally n. 同盟国；伙伴；同盟者；助手 vt. 使联盟；使联合 vi. 联合；结盟 n. (Ally)人名；(巴基)阿利；(法)阿利；(英)艾丽(女子教名 Alice 的简称)；(尼日利)阿利 Another ally can do this but not that. 另一个盟国能这样、又不能那样做。 I hesitate to even mention this because I believe in the power of one, but you can find an ally to help. 我很犹豫是否提到这个，因为我相信个体的力量。 但是你可以找一个同盟者来帮忙。 Treat the larger body of humanity as your friend and ally, and it will respond in kind. 把人类的那个上层“躯体”视为你的朋友和同盟者，它将以同样的方法来回报你。 —————————————— reading 阅读 reading n. 阅读，朗读；读物；读数 adj. 阅读的 v. 阅读（read的ing形式） She is reading a handbook on gardening. 她正在阅读一本园艺手册。 He thought no harm in reading that novel. 他觉得读那本小说没什么害处。 He was reading the plays of Shakespeare when I met him in the library the other day. 前几天我在图书馆遇见他时，他正在阅读莎士比亚的戏剧。 —————————————— owl 猫头鹰 owl n. 猫头鹰；枭；惯于晚上活动的人 Cut out and trace the owl and wings onto paperboard with the template. 按照纸样在纸板上描出猫头鹰的身体和翅膀并剪出。 Gliding like an owl through the night forest, I was exhilarated and afraid. 我就像一头猫头鹰滑翔在树林的黑夜中，既兴奋又害怕。 A great owl, with yellow sulphurous eyes, called to him by his name, but he made it no answer. 一只长着黄色硫磺的巨大眼睛的猫头鹰，呼唤着他的名字，但他没有应答。 —————————————— veil 面纱 veil n. 面纱；面罩；遮蔽物；托词 vt. 遮蔽；掩饰；以面纱遮掩；用帷幕分隔 vi. 蒙上面纱；出现轻度灰雾 n. (Veil)人名；(法)韦伊；(德)法伊尔 Both her veil and wreath are white. 她的面纱和花环都是白色的。 The veil she was wearing obscured her features. 她罩的面纱遮掩了她的面容。 Through science, he says, we can glimpse some basic structures of the reality beneath the veil, but much of it remains an infinite, eternal mystery. 他说，通过科学，我们可以瞥见实在在面纱下的某些基本结构，但它的大部分将保持无限和永久的神秘。 —————————————— ignore 忽略 ignore vt. 驳回诉讼；忽视；不理睬 Nobody could ignore these problems. 没有谁会忽视这些问题。 Ignore him or her. 忽视他或者她。 They completely ignore these facts as if they never existed. 他们完全忽略了这些事实， 就仿佛它们不存在似的。 —————————————— inflation 通货膨胀 inflation n. 膨胀；通货膨胀；夸张；自命不凡 We are battling against inflation and unemployment. 我们正与通货膨胀和失业做斗争。 How are you going to swing the problem of inflation? 请问，你打算怎样解决当前的通货膨胀问题? David peppered the audience with an anti-inflation speech. 大卫做反通货膨胀的演说鼓动听众。 —————————————— vocational 职业 vocational adj. 职业的，行业的 They should not, as the levels of education offered by different vocational schools are unequal. 他们不应如此，因为不同职业学校提供的教育水平是不等的。 We now have students who do vocational qualifications at a skills centre in a more hands-on way. 目前我们有从事职业资格的学生在技能中心以更加亲身实践体验方式学习。 I am from a vocational school. 我是从职业学校出来的。 —————————————— beginning 开始 beginning n. 开始；起点 v. 开始；创建（begin的ing形式） This is only the beginning. 这仅仅是开始。 At the beginning of each class, I count off the students. 每节课开始我先数一下学生的人数。 They uncovered the statue at the beginning of the ceremony. 仪式开始时， 他们揭去了塑像的罩子。 —————————————— status 状态 status n. 地位；状态；情形；重要身份 All of these reports use the same status outcomes. 所有这些报告都使用相同的状态结果。 This attribute should be set to any string that you want displayed in the status bar. 您可以为这个属性设置为在状态栏中想要显示的任意字符串。 In this example, we added the status information directly to the unit. 在这里的范例之中，我们直接向单元添加了状态信息。 —————————————— purchase 购买 purchase n. 购买；紧握；起重装置 vt. 购买；赢得 vi. 购买东西 Goods are open to free purchase. 自由采购商品。 He gave his son some money for the purchase of his school books. 他给儿子一些钱购买学校的课本。 They deposited a large amount of money toward the purchase of the car. 他们预付了一大笔钱作为购买那辆汽车的定金。 —————————————— convert 转换 convert vt. 使转变；转换…；使…改变信仰 vi. 转变，变换；皈依；改变信仰 n. 皈依者；改变宗教信仰者 n. (Convert)人名；(法)孔韦尔 Why does it convert? 为什么它要转换？ You could convert any cell into a value template. 您可以将任何单元格转换为值模板。 Then use the “final” WSDL and schema to generate new service provider code in your framework of choice, and convert your server application over to working with that code. 接着，使用这个“最终的”WSDL和模式来在你选择的框架中产生新的服务提供者代码，并转换你的服务器应用到那个代码上工作。 —————————————— core 核心 core n. 核心；要点；果心；[计] 磁心 vt. 挖...的核 n. (Core)人名；(英)科尔；(西、意)科雷 This is one of his core beliefs. 这是他的核心信念之一。 The first step is to read the contents of a punch card into a core. 第一步是把穿孔卡的内容读入磁心。 These vicious acts have cut us all to the core, for they are an attack on humanity itself. 这些恶毒的行为把我们所有人都放到了核心处，因为那其实是对人权的攻击。 —————————————— exit 退出 exit n. 出口，通道；退场 vi. 退出；离去 The exit of the tunnel is concealed. 地道的出口开在隐秘的地方。 Let’s turn off the motorway at exit 9. 咱们在第9出口下高速公路吧。 To his surprise,he swept through the exit easily. 令他惊奇的是，他竟然轻易地出境了。 —————————————— duplicate 重复的 duplicate vt. 复制；使加倍 n. 副本；复制品 adj. 复制的；二重的 vi. 复制；重复 Don't duplicate what you already do. 不要重复你已经在做的工作。 We had to duplicate all applications for each release, with hundreds applications in each release. 我们必须为每个版本复制所有的程序，一个版本中有数百个程序。 If applications wish to match this behavior, they must utilize and duplicate the output of those applications. 如果应用程序希望匹配这一行为，它们必须利用并复制这些应用程序的输出。 —————————————— fertilizer 肥料 fertilizer n. [肥料] 肥料；受精媒介物；促进发展者 The tractor hauled the fertilizer away. 拖拉机把肥料拉走了。 We lodged a claim with you on fertilizer yesterday. 昨天我们就化肥问题向贵方提出索赔。 How much fertilizer should be applied on one mu of land? 一亩地要施多少肥? —————————————— stove 炉子 stove n. 火炉；窑；温室 vt. 用火炉烤 n. (Stove)人名；(瑞典)斯托韦 The kettle geysered all over the stove. 喷射 水壶喷出的水洒满了炉子。 It is his duty to rake the ashes out of the stove. 将炉灰从炉中耙出是他的职责。 They sat down around the stove, smoking and cracking jokes. 他们坐在火炉周围，边吸烟边说笑话。 —————————————— constitution 宪法 constitution n. 宪法；体制；章程；构造；建立，组成；体格 I stood the drawing up of a constitution. 我曾参与了制定宪法的工作。 A weak constitution disposed her to frequent illness. 由于体质差，她动不动就会生病。 The right of individuals to appeal to a higher court is provided for in the constitution. 个人向上一级法院提出上诉，这是宪法所赋予的权利。 —————————————— exhibit 展览 exhibit vt. 展览；显示；提出（证据等） n. 展览品；证据；展示会 vi. 展出；开展览会 They deprecated the new exhibit. 他们很不赞成新展品。 He was surprised when he stole an exhibit from the museum. 当他从博物馆偷盗一件展品时被当场捉住。 We went there and they disassembled a car on exhibit to give us the part. 我便去了那里，那儿的人把一辆用于展览的车拆开，把零部件儿给了我们。 —————————————— fraction 分数 fraction n. 分数；部分；小部分；稍微 Their economy is still a fraction of ours. 他们的经济仍然是我们的一部分。 The first step is to rationalize the denominator of a fraction. 第一步是使分数的分母有理化。 The value of a fraction is inversely proportional to that of the denominator. 分数值与分母值成反比例。 —————————————— obtain 获得 obtain vi. 获得；流行 vt. 获得 It is difficult to obtain reliable evidence. 很难获得可靠的证据。 You can also obtain knowledge through practice. 你还可以从实践经验中获得知识。 The secret police tortured him to obtain information. 秘密警察拷问他以获取情报。 —————————————— omit 省略 omit vt. 省略；遗漏；删除；疏忽 So you can omit the schema location. 因此您可以省略这个模式位置。 You can omit this format information. 您可以省略这一格式信息。 If the procedure is unique, you can omit parameters that have default values and enter the parameters in any order. 如果过程是惟一的，那么可以省略有默认值的参数，并且可以按任意顺序输入参数。 —————————————— beforehand 事先 beforehand adv. 事先；预先 adj. 提前的；预先准备好的 No one expected this beforehand. 没人事先预料到这事。 She is always beforehand with the rent. 她总是预先付房租。 Actually I meant to notify you beforehand. 实际上我是想事先通知你的。 —————————————— midst 中间 midst n. 当中，中间 prep. 在…中间（等于amidst） Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. 他们就在那里钉他在十字架上，还有两个人和他一同钉着，一边一个，耶稣在中间。 But there stood one in the midst of you, at whose brand of sin and infamy ye have not shuddered! 但是就在你们中间，却站着一个人，他的罪孽和耻辱并不为你们所回避！ And then we use that to compare what happens when they might be in the midst of a stressful financial decision. 然后我们用它来比较时会发生什么，他们可能是在一个紧张的财务决策之中。 —————————————— momentum 动力 momentum n. 势头；[物] 动量；动力；冲力 The spinning top was losing momentum. 旋转的陀螺正在失去动量。 A falling object gains momentum as it falls. 物体下落增进动量。 Once the excitement, the motivation and the initial momentum subside (and they will), what will keep you doing what you need to do, to create the change you want to see in your world? 人一旦兴奋，动机和最初的动力就会减弱（他们会这样），什么会让你保持做你要做的，去创造出这种在你的世界里你想看到的改变？ —————————————— settle 解决 settle vi. 解决；定居；沉淀；下陷 vt. 解决；安排；使…定居 n. 有背长椅 n. (Settle)人名；(英)塞特尔 You must settle the matter among yourselves. 你们必须自己商量解决这件事。 You'd better step back and let them settle their own disputes. 你最好不插手他们的事，让他们自己解决他们的争端吧。 The ancient way to settle a quarrel was to choose a leader from each side and let them fight it out. 古时人们解决争端的方式是双方各选出一个领袖，让他们俩决一雌雄。 —————————————— bury 埋葬 bury vt. 埋葬；隐藏 n. (Bury)人名；(法)比里；(英、西)伯里；(德、意、罗、波、捷、匈)布里；(俄)布雷 Bury the old world and build a new one. 埋葬旧世界， 建设新世界。 We will bury you. 我们将会埋葬你。 “We cannot simply bury the past and then expect to find true peace,” he said. 主教说：「我们不能简单地埋葬了过去，然后期望会找到真正和平。」 —————————————— miss 小姐 miss vt. 漏掉；错过；想念 I miss you terribly! 我多么思念你呀! I don't want to miss seeing that film on television tonight. 我不想错过今晚在电视上看那部影片的机会。 I never miss a chance of playing football. 我从来不错过踢足球的机会。 —————————————— smash 粉碎 smash vt. 粉碎；使破产；溃裂 n. 破碎；扣球；冲突；大败 vi. 粉碎；打碎 adj. 了不起的；非常轰动的；出色的 We will smash any aggression. 我们将粉碎任何侵略。 Smash a clove of garlic and take in the pungent fragrance. 将一瓣大蒜打碎，可以闻到辛辣的芳香味。 The Word of God can smash any stronghold, it can break any chain, and it can uncover any lie. 神的话可以打碎任何营垒，可以砍断任何锁链,可以暴露任何谎言。 —————————————— fundamental 基本 fundamental adj. 基本的，根本的 n. 基本原理；基本原则 We should direct our attention at the fundamental question. 我们应把注意力集中在这个基本问题。 This decision represents the fundamental interests of the people. 这个决定反映了广大人民的根本利益。 Independence and sovereign equality among states is a fundamental principle of international law. 国家的独立和主权平等， 是国际法上的一项根本原则。 —————————————— pinch 捏 pinch vt. 捏；勒索；使苦恼；掐掉某物，修剪 n. 匮乏；少量；夹痛 vi. 夹痛；节省 n. (Pinch)人名；(英)平奇 This same effect protects you when you pinch out candles with wet fingers. 当你用湿手指掐灭蜡烛时正是依靠着这层蒸汽层的保护。 The key thing with any shoe, high or flat, is that it should fit properly, not pinch your toes and have a degree of flexibility. 不管是高跟鞋还是平跟鞋，最关键的问题是它们是否适合你的脚，不夹脚且有一定的活动余地。 Hailed as a milestone, it can use tiny movements such as the pinch of a finger to generate power. 这被认为是里程碑式的进步，它将使诸如手指轻轻一捏这样的细小动作也能产生电能。 —————————————— edition 版 edition n. 版本 版次 集 They issued a new edition of Lu Xun's works. 他们发行了鲁迅著作的一个新版本。 A new chapter is included in the second edition. 这本书再版时插入了新的一章。 They are bringing out a new edition of the dictionary. 他们正要出版这部词典的新版本。 —————————————— municipal 市政 municipal adj. 市政的，市的；地方自治的 And so in Delhi, as in Tehri, the poor line up at municipal water tankers and hand pumps. 因此，在德里，像特赫里这样的地方，穷人只能在市政的运水车和手动泵处排队。 In the closing months of 2010, we saw yields on municipal bonds rise to their highest levels since early 2009. 在2010年的最后几个月，我们看到市政债券收益率上升到2009年年初以来的最高水平。 The kingdom will hold its next municipal elections on Thursday, but women are not able to vote or run at this time. 沙特王国最近一次市政选举将在本周四举行，但届时女性还暂时不能参选或投票。 —————————————— stern 斯特恩 stern n. 船尾；末端 adj. 严厉的；坚定的 n. (Stern)人名；(英、以、法、瑞典、西)斯特恩；(德、波、匈)施特恩 It is placed in the stern of a boat. 它被放在船尾。 The stern mother has gained the upper hand of the family. 这位严厉的母亲掌管了全家。 Father looked stern at us for a while, then we went to go and watch him hunt. 父亲用严厉的眼神看了我们一会儿，然后我们就外出看父亲打猎去了。 —————————————— garden 花园 garden n. 花园；菜园 vt. 栽培花木 vi. 从事园艺；在园中种植 n. (Garden)人名；(英、意、巴基)加登 The garden abutted on to an orchard. 这个花园与一个果园邻接。 She came to the garden. 她来到这个花园。 We boxed the house and garden in with fences. 我们用栅栏把房子和花园围了起来。 —————————————— boast 自夸 boast vt. 夸口说，自吹自擂说；以有…而自豪 n. 自夸；值得夸耀的事物，引以为荣的事物 vi. 自吹自擂 n. (Boast)人名；(英)博斯特 If so, Singapore’s government will have another industrial-policy triumph to boast about—assuming, that is, that it can overcome its official distaste for saying anything positive about gambling. 如果是这样，新加坡政府将有另一次的工业政策的胜利来吹嘘，假设，那就是，它可以克服人们对赌博持有积极态度的厌恶。 Second is don't boast yourself to talk too much, pride about yourself what you can do unless you are interviewing a sales position. 第二是不要自我吹嘘，不要话唠，不要说你多么多么能干，除非你是在应聘一个销售相关的职位。 And for decades radio astronomers have been able to boast that they had the largest telescopes on the planet. 数十年来射电天文学家们一直吹嘘他们拥有这个星球上最大的天文望远镜。 —————————————— per 每 per prep. 每；经；按照；每一 n. (Per)人名；(德、挪、丹、瑞典)佩尔 How much fuel does it sweal per a hundred kilometres. 这车每百公里耗油是多少? The population density of that country is 685 per square mile. 那个国家的人口密度为每平方英里685人。 They are ramming their motorcycles on the expressway at 80 miles per hour. 他们正以每小时80英里的速度骑着摩托车在高速公路上疾驶。 —————————————— necessitate 需要 necessitate vt. 使成为必需，需要；迫使 Does it necessitate a more convoluted build process? 是否需要更加复杂的构建过程？ While some individual businesses might determine certain goods necessitate mass production, other forms of the cultural industry are more highly selective. 而一些商业行为决定了特定产品需要批量生产，另一些文化产业的形态具有更高的个性化。 My opinion is that this is an issue that will have to be addressed by the UML persistence modeling profile and may even necessitate a change in this modeling rule. 我的意见是，这是一个必须由 UML持久性建模概要解决的问题，甚至可能在这个建模规则中也需要更改。 —————————————— sovereign 主权 sovereign adj. 至高无上的；有主权的；拥有最高统治权的；不折不扣的；极好的 n. 君主；独立国；最高统治者 n. (Sovereign)人名；(英)索夫林 In England, the sovereign reigns but does not rule. 在英国，君主是国家元首，但不治理国事。 Independence and sovereign equality among states is a fundamental principle of international law. 国家的独立和主权平等， 是国际法上的一项根本原则。 Sovereign risk must be accounted for as part of cost of equity. 主权风险必须作为权益成本的一部分加以考虑。 —————————————— republic 共和国 republic n. 共和国；共和政体 The republic abuts on the lake. 该共和国紧靠大湖。 The king abdicated his throne, and the country became a republic. 国王退位了，该国变成了共和国。 The Chinese people celebrated the golden jubilee of the founding of their People's Republic on October 1st,1999. 中国人民在1999年10月1日欢庆人民共和国建立50周年。 —————————————— locate 定位 locate vt. 位于；查找…的地点 vi. 定位；定居 They hoped to locate in Chicago. 他们希望在芝加哥定居。 Locate objects of interest in this file, and copy the objects. 在本文件中定位感兴趣的对象，并复制对象。 There is no method to help developers to understand the causes of these defects. They can only search their scripts manually to locate these defects. 这里并没有帮助开发者来理解缺陷原因的方法，他们只能通过手工搜索这些缺陷的脚本来给他们定位。 —————————————— inquire 查询 inquire vt. 询问；查究；问明 vi. 询问；查究；询价 That is why the control provided through the MQPROC and MQNLIST classes is limited to controlling which users can inquire on these resources programmatically. 这就是通过 MQPROC 和 MQNLIST 类提供的控制仅限于控制哪些用户能以编程方式查询这些资源的原因。 I don't think they hold it against you that you have deployed, in the past, but they definitely inquire more about your future with the company, and I think they are more hesitant to hire you. 但雇主一定会询问更多关于你的未来情况或者打算。 这一结果就是，当雇主了解了你在军队中的经历之后，可能会更加犹豫是否雇用你。 You may also want to inquire about scheduled book reports or upcoming projects. 可能您也想询问是否要写读书报告或者其他的作业。 —————————————— mass 质量 mass n. 块，团；群众，民众；大量，众多；质量 adj. 群众的，民众的；大规模的，集中的 vi. 聚集起来，聚集 vt. 使集合 And in that time, there will be no global war, no mass starvation. 到那时，将不再有全球性的战争，不再有众多的人挨饿。 Don't superheat the anger of the mass. Otherwise you will not be able to control them. 不要过分煽动群众的愤怒情绪，不然连你也不能控制局势啦。 But there are no signs, yet, of any mass celebration. 但是目前还看不到任何大规模庆祝活动的迹象。 —————————————— plausible 似是而非的 plausible adj. 貌似可信的，花言巧语的；貌似真实的，貌似有理的 Debate remains as to why this happened, but the most plausible explanation is that when modern humans began to live in larger groups, our hair filled with more and more ticks and lice. 关于为什么人类的毛发消失，还有很大的争议，但是目前最可信的解释就是当现代人开始在大集体中生活，我们的毛发会滋生大量的虱子。 There is a plausible theory of what it might be, and a reasonable chance of testing that theory to see if it is right. 我们有一个关于暗物质特性的似是而非的理论，也有合理的机会去检测理论的准确性。 Distortions like this are only possible, or plausible, or worth risking, in an environment where the reader is actively deprived of information. 在读者被主动地剥夺了信息的情况下，像这样的歪曲仅是可能的，或貌似真实的，也或许是值得冒险的。 —————————————— assert 断言 assert vt. 维护，坚持；断言；主张；声称 “If you fail to avoid high inequality, you will need more prisons and more police,” they assert. “如果不能消除这种高度的不平等，你们将需要更多的监狱和警察，”他们断言。 At the same time, the manager should step in and assert authority only when required, which should be rarely. 与此同时，经理应该只有在需要时插手并声称权力，这应该很少发生。 One difference is that you can assert, for instance, that the plan-driven approach will extend our project duration from twelve to fourteen weeks, an increase of two weeks. 区别之一就是您能够断言，例如计划驱动的方法将把您的项目周期从十二周扩展到十四周，增加了两周的时间。 —————————————— harbour 港口 harbour vi. 藏匿；入港停泊；庇护 vt. 庇护；藏匿；入港停泊 n. 海港（等于harbor）；避难所 n. (Harbour)人名；(英)哈伯 The damaged ship limped into the harbour. 受损的船艰难地驶进港口。 The harbour admits large tankers and freighters. 这个港口容得下巨型油船和货轮。 The scientists of the country pioneer in cleaning up harbour water. 这个国家的科学工作者开创净化港口水域的工作。 —————————————— compromise 妥协 compromise vt. 妥协；危害 vi. 妥协；让步 n. 妥协，和解；折衷 Compromise makes for success in negotiations. 妥协有助于谈判的成功。 I am prepared to make some concession on minor details, but I cannot compromise on fundamentals. 在一些细节上我可以作些让步，但在基本原则上我是不会妥协的。 The employers and the trade union leaders are still poles apart, and are far from reaching an agreement or compromise. 雇员们与工会领袖们的意见仍大相径庭， 根本无法达成一致或进行妥协。 —————————————— corrode 腐蚀 corrode vt. 侵蚀；损害 vi. 受腐蚀；起腐蚀作用 Iron tools corrode easily. 铁制工具易受腐蚀。 These debts corrode your life as it's happening. And no bailout later in life can reverse time. 这些债务一旦发生将会腐蚀你的生活，而且没有什么能够逆转你的人生。 In the grates below, the chemicals are hissing, beginning to corrode the pipe. 在排水道中，化学反应发出嘶嘶声，化学品开始侵蚀管道。 —————————————— greet 问候 greet vt. 欢迎，迎接；致敬，致意；映入眼帘 n. (Greet)人名；(英)格里特 Kissing in Italy is only used to greet very close friends or family. 在意大利亲吻只能用来欢迎非常亲近的朋友或是家人。 Now, when my girlfriend comes over, I get up and run to the door to greet her like I learned to do from my dog. 现在，当我女朋友来我家时，我也会站起来到门口去迎接她，这是从我的狗身上学来的。 Now we'll show you how to create the simple greeting widget, which would be placed within your page to greet your application's users. 现在，我们需要向您展示如何创建这个简单的欢迎小部件，它应该被置于页面之内以欢迎应用程序的用户。 —————————————— seal 密封 seal n. 密封；印章；海豹；封条；标志 vt. 密封；盖章 vi. 猎海豹 n. (Seal)人名；(英)西尔 They darted spears at the seal. 他们把标矛掷向海豹。 "And we had a surprising result from an experiment with one seal following another," he said. “并且，我们在一项实验中惊奇地发现，一直海豹紧跟着另一只。”他说。 Not long after setting off, Eliyah spots a grey seal resting on some thick ice. He stops the boat and Tommy jumps out. 出发后不久，艾里亚就看见一头灰色的海豹在一块厚冰上休憩，他停下船来，汤米跃身跳出船去。 —————————————— payment 付款 payment n. 付款，支付；报酬，报答；偿还；惩罚，报应 She fell down on her payment. 她没有如期付款。 You may defer payment until next week. 你可延期至下周支付。 He compounded with his creditors for a postponement of payment. 他与债权人达成协议延期付款。 —————————————— advance 推进 advance n. 发展；前进；增长；预付款 vt. 提出；预付；使……前进；将……提前 vi. 前进；进展；上涨 adj. 预先的；先行的 Let us join hands and advance together. 让我们携起手来， 共同前进。 They will pay a hundred and thirty francs in advance. 他们将预付130法郎。 You'll have to book (up) well in advance if you want to see an excellent floor show. 如果你想看夜总会精彩的系列文娱表演，你得提前很多预订座位。 —————————————— certificate 证书 certificate vt. 发给证明书；以证书形式授权给…；用证书批准 n. 证书；执照，文凭 This certificate is invalid. 这张证明已失效。 This certificate is invalid. 此证明无效。 He was afforded a certificate upon completion of his course of study. 他结业时被授予证书。 —————————————— goal 目标 goal n. 目标；球门，得分数；终点 vi. 攻门，射门得分 Our goal can be wrapped up in one word ——quality! 我们的目标可以归结为一个词 ——质量! Still greater efforts are needed before we can attain our goal. 我们必须百尺竿头, 更进一步， 才能达到目的。 He replayed the part of the tape in which Tom headed the ball into an open goal. 他把录像带上汤姆乘虚把球顶入球门的那一段重放了一遍。 —————————————— brilliant 才华横溢的 brilliant adj. 灿烂的，闪耀的；杰出的；有才气的；精彩的，绝妙的 The countryside was bathed in brilliant sunshine. 乡间沐浴在灿烂的阳光下。 Her brilliant performance redeemed the concert from complete failure. 她的精彩表演使这场音乐会免遭彻底失败。 With brilliant lights blazing everywhere in Christmas night, the city looked most magnificent. 圣诞节的夜晚城里到处灯火辉煌， 格外壮观。 —————————————— amaze 使吃惊 amaze vt. 使吃惊 This will be worth it to you, but it won’t amaze anyone else. 这样做对于你自己很好，但是他不会另其他人感到惊奇。 But the more I talk the more I can see you are leaving. Your transformations amaze me—let me catalog them. 但是我发现，我说得越多，你越想离开。你的变形让我感到惊奇。让我记下来，编目成集。 The planning and decoration of the palace amaze the visitors with its architectural forms and gorgeous furniture. 宅邸的设计和装饰让来访者大吃一惊，惊叹于其建筑形式和绚丽的家具。 —————————————— identical 相同的 identical adj. 同一的；完全相同的 n. 完全相同的事物 My opinion is identical with his. 我的意见与他的观点相同。 I am identical with me. 我和“我”就是完全相同的。 He is identical in character with his wife. 他的品性和他的夫人相同。 —————————————— presently 目前 presently adv. （美）目前；不久 The oil prices drifted slightly higher presently. 目前石油价格略有上涨。 But presently it was set in a greenhouse, where the sunlight fell warm upon it, and water was sprinkled over it, and day by day as it waited, a change began to come to it. 但是过了不久，黏土又给人放进了一间温室，这里阳光和煦地照射着它，并且经常给它喷水，这样就在它一天天静静等候的时候，某种变化终于开始到来。 Staff at the WHO country office in Niger reported today that no human cases are presently under investigation for possible H5N1 infection. 世卫组织驻尼日尔办事处工作人员今天报告，目前没有关于可能感染H5N1的人间病例的调查。 —————————————— dedicate 奉献 dedicate vt. 致力；献身；题献 To her I dedicate this book. 我把这本书献给她。 She vowed to herself that she would dedicate her life to scientific studies. 她默默地发誓要献身于科学研究。 To my teacher I dedicate this dictionary in token of affection and gratitude. 我谨以此词典献给我的老师，以表示对他的爱戴和感激之情。 —————————————— insulate 隔离 insulate vt. 隔离，使孤立；使绝缘，使隔热 This approach highlights how the notion of MDA can be applied to other areas and at higher levels of abstraction, and insulate the developer from changes in the technology. 这种方法着重于了MDA的概念如何能被运用到其它领域以及抽象的更高级别，该方法使得开发者可以隔离于技术的改变。 SOA also includes adapters that change the input and output data signatures of component operations; adapters insulate a service’s clients from changes in its interface at a slight performance cost. SOA 还包含更改组件的输入和输出数据签名的适配器；适配器能以很小的性能开销为代价将服务的客户机与其接口的更改隔离。 That information can in turn help people insulate themselves from potential disturbances during sleep — by wearing earplugs, for example, or requesting a room far away from the ice machine in a hotel. 这个敏感性信息将能够反过来帮助人们在睡眠期间，使自己与潜在的噪音干扰隔离开来——比如，可以通过戴耳塞，或者住宾馆时要求住的房间远离吵人的制冰机。 —————————————— child 孩子 child n. 儿童，小孩，孩子；产物；子孙；幼稚的人；弟子 n. （英）蔡尔德（人名） The child sitting on the ground yowled. 那个小孩坐在地上大哭大叫。 The court constituted him legal guardian of the child. 法庭指定他为这个孩子的合法监护人。 The child read the story but did not comprehend its meaning. 这个孩子读了这篇故事，但不能理解它的意思。 —————————————— revive 恢复 revive vi. 复兴；复活；苏醒；恢复精神 vt. 使复兴；使苏醒；回想起；重演，重播 We have no assurance it will create jobs or revive the economy. 我们不能保证它将创造就业机会或者重振经济。 But to start the next wave of opportunities, we need to revive the kind of wanton cross-pollination that got us this far. 但是我们需要复活那种把我们带到这里的异花授粉的放荡，来开始下一波机会。 It finally hit her that someone was using a time machine, to go back in time, and revive someone who was already dead. 终于，她想明白了，一定是有人利用了什么时间机器回到过去，让什么已经死掉的人复活了。 —————————————— fossil 化石 fossil n. 化石；僵化的事物；顽固不化的人 adj. 化石的；陈腐的，守旧的 But how do you find a fossil of a symbolic thought? 但你如何找到一块象征性思维的化石呢？ At this distance of time it is difficult to date the fossil. 时间隔得这么久了， 很难确定这化石的年代。 So you have more information in it than almost any fossil you could think of. 这样以来，你可以比从其他任何化石中所能了解到信息都要多。 —————————————— knit 针织 knit vi. 编织；结合；皱眉 vt. 编织；结合 n. 编织衣物；编织法 A knit dress packs well. 针织裙适于折叠包装。 How long will it take you to knit up this sweater? 你织完这件毛衫需要多长时间? Best of all, you can even knit yourself into the wedding party. 最好的就是你甚至可以把自己也编织进这个婚宴中去。 —————————————— cream 奶油 cream n. 奶油，乳脂；精华；面霜；乳酪 He topped the cake with whipped cream. 他在蛋糕上浇了掼奶油。 She dropped some cream into her coffee. 她在咖啡中滴入一些奶油。 The farmer churned the cream to butter. 这个农民把奶油搅拌成黄油。 —————————————— limited 有限的 limited adj. 有限的 n. 高级快车 After all， individual strength is limited. 个人的力量毕竟是有限的。 With a limited budget the society is handicapped in its operation. 由于该协会的预算有限， 其活动受到限制。 They displayed only a part of their products because space was limited. 因场地有限， 他们只展出了部分产品。 —————————————— multitude 许多 multitude n. 群众；多数 This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD. 法老和他的群众乃是如此。 这是主耶和华说的。 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude. 他应允了，就找机会要趁众人不在跟前的时候，把耶稣交给他们。 Rather than strive for optimization of any function, a large system can only survive by "satisficing" (making "good enough") a multitude of functions. 与其费劲将任一功能最优化，不如使多数功能"满意"（使“足够好”），这才是大型系统的生存之道。 —————————————— creature 生物 creature n. 动物，生物；人；创造物 In all the land, only one creature stirs. 在所有地方，只有一个生物在移动。 He could not help having compassion for the poor creature. 他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。 But of love I know only that mixture of desire, affection, and intelligence that binds me to this or that creature. 但是说到爱情，我的理解是把我和这样或那样的生物绑在一起的欲望、情感和智慧的混合体。 —————————————— packet 包 packet n. 数据包，信息包；小包，小捆 vt. 包装，打包 The first part is to extract each packet. 第一部分是提取每一个数据包。 In this example, you collect data on network packet receipt and transmission. 在这个例子中，您收集关于网络包接收和发送的数据。 On the other hand, if your network is extremely slow, you might think about decreasing your default in order to reduce the amount of packet fragmentation by sending shorter packets. 另一方面，如果您的网络速度非常缓慢，那么您可能会为了通过发送较短的包来减少包碎片的数量，而考虑减少这个缺省值。 —————————————— position 位置 position n. 位置，方位；职位，工作；姿态；站位 vt. 安置；把……放在适当位置 They dragged him down from his high position. 他们把他从高职位上拉了下来。 She was a woman of high position in the government. 她曾是个在政府中占有重要位置的女人。 They tumbled up from below, racing to their battle position. 他们急忙跑上甲板，冲到自己的战斗位置。 —————————————— reference 参考 reference n. 参考，参照；涉及，提及；参考书目；介绍信；证明书 vi. 引用 vt. 引用 There is no reference to the header message part at all! 这里根本不存在任何对消息头部分的引用！ It names all styles so you can reference them in the other files. 它命名了所有样式，因此您可以在其它文件中引用它们。 The above views may or may not be correct, they are only for your reference. 以上看法不一定符合实际， 仅供你们参考。 —————————————— toe 脚趾 toe n. 脚趾；足尖 vt. 用脚尖走；以趾踏触 vi. 动脚尖；用足尖跳舞 n. (Toe)人名；(布基)托埃；(缅)梭；(朝)堆；(日)土江 (姓) What toe ring should I buy? 我脚趾应该带什么戒指？ You're stepped on my toe, damn it. 该死，你踏了我的脚尖! By standing on tip-toe, I managed to reach the button. 我踮起脚才勉强够着电钮。 —————————————— birth 出生 birth n. 出生；血统，出身；起源 Her temper has soured after giving birth. 生产后，她的脾气变得暴躁了。 He falsified his birth certificate to get a passport. 为了取得护照，他伪造了出生证明。 The age of a person is usually reckoned from his or her date of birth. 一个人的年龄一般是从他的或她的出生日期算起。 —————————————— reflexion 反射 reflexion n. 反射；反射作用（等于reflection） I use a specular map, reflexion map, and bump map(pictures below from left to right) for her skin, too. 我还使用了一张高光贴图、反射贴图和凹凸贴图赋予皮肤。 This subordination is what can become redemption, despite, the nature is pursuing in you innate desire, to become what is only vague reflexion of your candid wish. 这种从属关系可以成为我们的拯救，但是自然势力仍然迫使你追求内在的欲望，结果只剩下你诚恳的心愿的一个影子。 Maxwell equations: Lorentz force, plane electromagnetic waves, radiation, light waves, reflexion, refraction, Huyghens principle, diffraction, interference phenomena. 麦克斯韦方程组：洛仑兹力，平面电磁波，辐射，光波，反射，折射，惠更斯原理，衍射，干涉现象。 —————————————— misfortune 不幸 misfortune n. 不幸；灾祸，灾难 She bewailed her misfortune. 她哀叹自己的厄运。 Some misfortune must have befallen him. 某种灾难必降临在他头上了。 Don't gloat,the same misfortune may happen to you one day. 不要幸灾乐祸，说不定同样的不幸会落到你的头上。 —————————————— notwithstanding 尽管 notwithstanding adv. 尽管，仍然 prep. 尽管，虽然 conj. 虽然 He still went home, notwithstanding the midnight. 尽管已近午夜，他还是回家去了。 Notwithstanding, we should learn to readily forgive others. 尽管如此，我们应学会欣然地原谅他人。 The religious leaders who counseled me, visited me at the White House, or called to pray with me reminded me that, notwithstanding the condemnations I had received from some quarters, God is love. 那些给过我建议、来白宫看望我或是打电话来要同我一起祷告的宗教领袖们提醒我说，尽管我遭到了许多方面的谴责，但上帝的心是仁爱的。 —————————————— classical 经典 classical adj. 古典的；经典的；传统的；第一流的 n. 古典音乐 Classical music has revived recently. 近来古典音乐又流行起来。 His writings were deeply subjected to the classical style. 他的作品深受古典文体的影响。 She was reading for a degree of classical literature in Oxford when the war broke out. 战争爆发时她正在牛津大学攻读古典文学学位。 —————————————— brass 黄铜 brass n. 黄铜；黄铜制品；铜管乐器；厚脸皮 n. (Brass)人名；(英、法、德)布拉斯 A small brass star centred the tabletop. 桌面正中央有一颗小铜星作为标记。 Copper and zinc are fused to make brass. 铜与锌熔合后形成黄铜。 You can order a small cross made of brass or from precious metals with precious stones. 你可以订做一个用黄铜做的小十字，或者是由贵金属和宝石制成的。 —————————————— plural 复数 plural adj. 复数的 n. 复数 The letter “s” terminates most plural nouns. 大多数复数名词以字母“S”结尾。 It always take the third person singular form of the verb even though it's always plural in English. 它总是使用动词第三人称单数的形式，尽管在英语中“我们”的动词总是复数。 Write in the third person (“The aquifer covers 1000 square kilometers”) or the first person plural (“We see from this equation that acceleration is proportional to force”). 用第三人称写（ "含水层涵盖1000平方公里" ） ，或第一人称复数（ "从这个等式我们看到，加速度与力成正比" ） 。 —————————————— envy 嫉妒 envy n. 嫉妒，妒忌；羡慕 vt. 嫉妒，妒忌；羡慕 vi. 感到妒忌；显示出妒忌 So either you change your friends or live with the envy of others. 所以，要么你换掉你的朋友，要么在别人的嫉妒下生活。 Well, I have no time for that, and I think it all comes out of some kind of awful British envy. 好吧，我可没时间谈那个，我认为所有东西都来源于某种极为明显的英国式嫉妒。 I know about the voices, the sense of vanishing, the horrible envy of others. 我知道那些声音，那种消失的感觉和对其他人的可怕的妒忌。 —————————————— wear 穿 wear n. 衣物；磨损；耐久性 v. 穿着；用旧；耗损；面露 What size shoes do you wear? 你穿多大尺码的鞋子? The Arabs wear robes. 阿拉伯人穿长袍。 I wear these old trousers for knocking about the garden. 我穿这条旧裤子是为了在花园里干粗活。 —————————————— rating 评级 rating n. 等级；等级评定；额定功率 v. 对…评价（rate的ing形式） n. (Rating)人名；(德)拉廷 For some teachers, half of their rating is based on how well their students do. 对一些教师来说，一半的评级是基于他们的学生表现。 Within this dialog, you can change the severity rating of the selected rule, along with any other parameters that it defines. 在这个对话框内部，您能够改变被选中规则的严重性等级，以及其他任何参数。 For sales, the sales region and sales representative are the relevant pieces of information, but for financing, information about revenue and credit rating is important. 对于销售，相关的信息部分是销售区域和销售代表，但是对于融资，关于收入和信用评级的信息非常重要。 —————————————— circumstance 情况下 circumstance n. 环境，情况；事件；境遇 Don't deceive under any circumstance. 在任何情况下都不要行骗。 In every circumstance. 在每一种环境。 This means we place our trust in Him for every circumstance of life. 这就意味着无论生活环境如何，我们都对他怀以信任。 —————————————— stir 搅拌 stir n. 搅拌；轰动 vt. 搅拌；激起；惹起 vi. 搅动；传播；走动 Don't stir the milk until it creams. 不要搅动牛奶，直到上面结皮。 Mix this oil with the paint and stir well. 把这油和漆搀在一起， 好好搅拌。 If they are too young to be around the stove or oven let them pour ingredients and stir. 如果你舍不得让他们离火炉和烤箱太近，可以让他们负责倒配料和搅拌。 —————————————— illusion 错觉 illusion n. 幻觉，错觉；错误的观念或信仰 It created an illusion reality. 这造成了一种宛如真实的梦幻。 His mind could no longer distinguish between illusion and reality. 他的头脑已不再能分清幻觉和现实。 Don't cherish the illusion that your father will always pay your debts. 不要幻想你的父亲总会替你还债。 —————————————— transaction 事务 transaction n. 交易；事务；办理；会报，学报 Then we rollback this transaction. 然后我们回滚这个事务。 They derived a benefit from that transaction. 他们从那笔交易中获利。 For each of these types of resources, either the container or the provider helps to enlist the resource into the transaction. 对于这些类型资源中的每一种，容器或提供者都会帮我们把资源征调到事务中。 —————————————— chocolate 巧克力 chocolate n. 巧克力，巧克力糖；巧克力色 adj. 巧克力色的；巧克力口味的 n. (Chocolate)人名；(葡)绍科拉特 I can never resist whisky heart chocolate. 我见了酒心巧克力就想吃。 Chocolate and vanilla have different flavours. 巧克力与香草精味道不同。 His grandmother was pressing on him cups of tea and chocolate cookies. 他奶奶竭力劝他多喝茶，多吃巧克力饼干。 —————————————— skeleton 骨架 skeleton n. 骨架，骨骼；纲要；骨瘦如柴的人 adj. 骨骼的；骨瘦如柴的；概略的 The skeleton showed no sign of disease or injury. 其骨架显示没有任何疾病或是外伤。 In this case, we have a few options for what kind of application skeleton to create. 在这里，可以通过几个选项指定要创建的应用程序骨架的类型。 If these structures were not defined then the use of a stub (or skeleton) would require one of two scenarios. 如果这些结构不加以定义的话，存根（或骨架）的使用将需要一个或两个方案。 —————————————— former 前 former adj. 从前的，前者的；前任的 n. 模型，样板；起形成作用的人 n. (Former)人名；(法)福尔梅；(德、捷)福尔默 The witness disaffirmed her former testimony. 证人推翻了她原来的证词。 Most of his former supporters stopped away from the polls. 原来支持他的人中，大多数都没去投票。 John chanced upon a former colleague of his at the airport. 约翰在机场偶然碰到一个以前的同事。 —————————————— impulse 冲动 impulse n. 冲动；[电子] 脉冲；刺激；神经冲动；推动力 vt. 推动 I don't know how to resist my impulse. 我不知道怎样抑制自己的感情冲动。 Please do not accuse me of presumption if I yield to this impulse of love. 请不要谴责我的放肆,如果我屈服于这爱的冲动。 Which impulse will you act upon? 那个冲动会让你行动吗？ —————————————— retail 零售 retail vt. 零售；转述 vi. 零售 n. 零售 adv. 以零售方式 adj. 零售的 n. (Retail)人名；(法)勒塔伊 These shoes retail at(or for) 80 dollars a pair. 这种鞋零售价为每双80美元。 He does wholesale business, while his brother is engaged in retail business. 他经营批发生意， 他弟弟则经营零售生意。 The government agreed to peg down the retail price of certain basic food stuffs. 政府已同意限制某些基本食物的零售价格。 —————————————— chop 切 chop n. 砍；排骨；商标；削球 vt. 剁碎；砍 (俚)丑人 n. (Chop)人名；(德)肖普 When I was a boy, my father taught me how to chop wood. 当我还是一个小男孩的时候，我爸爸教我怎么样砍木头。 The tree is too big,you'll have to chop back some of the branches. 这棵树太大了，你得砍去一些枝丫。 I go the step further and mince, dice, chop, slice, mix and prepare so I don't have to deal with it when I cook the next day. 我会多做一点，把菜切碎、切丁、剁开、切成薄片、搭配在一起并准备好，这样我就不必在第二天要做饭时再处理它们了。 —————————————— irritate 刺激 irritate vt. 刺激，使兴奋；激怒 vi. 引起恼怒，引起不愉快 This might irritate your bladder and aggravate your condition. 这可能会刺激您的膀胱，并加剧您的病情。 Another person cannot annoy you or irritate you except you permit him or her to. 其他人不可能困扰或激怒你，除非你让他或她这么做。 Also, don't sit on your wallet, as that can irritate the sciatic nerve. 还有，不要坐在你的钱夹子上，那样会刺激你的坐骨神经。 —————————————— coincide 一致 coincide vi. 一致，符合；同时发生 vi. (在性格、品质等方面)完全一致，相符 The two triangles coincide. 这两个三角形相重合。 He happened to coincide with you on this point. 在这一问题上， 他与你不谋而合。 Whether the interests of these countries coincide with those of the wider world, though, is moot. 只是这些国家的利益是否与世界更广泛国家的利益一致还不确定。 —————————————— testify 作证 testify vt. 证明，证实；作证 vi. 作证；证明 His friends will testify for him. 他的朋友们将为他作证。 Thank you for this opportunity to testify before you this morning. 感谢今天上午给我这个机会在你们面前来作证。 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 因为我还有五个弟兄。 他可以对他们作见证，免得他们也来到这痛苦的地方。 —————————————— pound 英镑 pound n. 英镑；重击，重击声；兽栏；拘留所 vt. 捣烂；敲打；监禁，拘留 vi. 连续重击，猛击 n. (Pound)人名；(英)庞德 I've dieted off one pound all month. 我整个月用节食减轻了一磅体重。 I obtained it for one pound in the underground. 这是我在地铁花一英镑买来的。 Everyone chipped a pound in to buy our teacher a wedding present. 每人出一英镑给老师合买了一份结婚礼物。 —————————————— cargo 负责 —————————————— passport 护照 passport n. 护照，通行证；手段 He falsified his birth certificate to get a passport. 为了取得护照，他伪造了出生证明。 This passport has to be signed before the official can validate it. 这个护照必须先行签署，官方才能确认其有效。 May I have your passport, please? 请把你的护照给我，好吗？ —————————————— vigorous 充满活力的 vigorous adj. 有力的；精力充沛的 We not only tolerate but celebrate free expression and vigorous debate. 我们不仅接纳，而且鼓励自由表达和激烈的辩论。 In their need, they have registered a mandate that they want direct, vigorous action. 他们在困难中表达了自己的委托，即要求采取直接而有力的行动。 Yet the effects of these persistent patterns may get more unpleasant because the world will be warmer and have a more vigorous hydrological cycle. 然而,这些持续的影响模式可以造成更多的不愉快的,因为这个世界将更温暖且拥有一个更有活力的水循环。 —————————————— circumference 周长 circumference n. 圆周；周长；胸围 The tree has a circumference of 6 feet. 这棵树周长6英尺。 The earth's circumference is about 25,000 miles. 地球的圆周约为25,000英里。 Do not confuse ever the tangential acceleration, which is along the circumference, with a centripetal acceleration. 但是别把这个切向加速度，它是沿着圆周的，和向心加速度混淆。 —————————————— lag 滞后 lag n. 落后；迟延；防护套；囚犯；桶板 vt. 落后于；押往监狱；加上外套 vi. 滞后；缓缓而行；蹒跚 adj. 最后的 n. (Lag)人名；(俄)拉格 I have seen development lag because the poor do not have access to markets and finance. 我目睹了由于穷人无法进入市场，没有融资渠道而造成的发展滞后。 The number of times you drop down seems to happen more in this model because server side toolkits usually lag behind in adopting new richer components. 在这个模式中，加入本地代码的次数可能要更多一些，因为服务器端工具包通常落后于新的、更丰富的组件。 As with many other sports, such as soccer and volleyball, Chinese male players lag far behind their female compatriots. 与足球和排球等许多其它运动一样，中国男子网球选手远远落后于女子选手。 —————————————— remain 保持 remain vi. 保持；依然；留下；剩余；逗留；残存 n. 遗迹；剩余物，残骸 Prices remain stable throughout. 物价始终保持稳定。 Of the original ten, four or so remain. 在原有的十个中，留下约四个左右。 What would remain of the little village if the war went on for another year? 如果战争再接着打一年，这个小村庄还会留下点什么呢? —————————————— lean 精益 lean vi. 倾斜；倚靠；倾向；依赖 adj. 瘦的；贫乏的，歉收的 vt. 使倾斜 n. 瘦肉；倾斜；倾斜度 n. (Lean)人名；(西)莱安；(柬)连；(英)利恩 He's a tall, lean chap. 他是瘦长个儿。 If they lean their wet umbrellas on it, you can see it. 你甚至能够看清楚他们将湿的雨伞靠在那里。 I thought how I could lean my head back to rest on her shoulder whenever I wanted. 我想着自己是如何在无论何时只要愿意就可以把脑袋倚靠向后休憩在她的肩头。 —————————————— associate 副 associate vi. 交往；结交 n. 同事，伙伴；关联的事物 vt. 联想；使联合；使发生联系 adj. 副的；联合的 We associate with all sorts of people. 我们同各种各样的人有交往。 When bad men combine,good men must associate. 当坏人朋比为奸时，好人应该联合起来。 I could never bring myself to associate with such a woman. 我从来不敢与这样的女人交往。 —————————————— prose 散文 prose n. 散文；单调 adj. 散文的；平凡的；乏味的 vi. 写散文；乏味地讲话 vt. 把…写成散文 Please turn this piece of prose into verse. 请把这段散文改写成诗歌。 A feeling of melancholy runs through his prose. 在他的散文中贯穿着一种忧郁的情绪。 Each article has a title and some prose, and you create a new article simply by creating a reference to it from the body of an existing page. 每一篇文章都有一个标题和一些散文，通过从现有页面的正文创建一个指向新文章的引用，您即可创建一篇新的文章。 —————————————— metropolitan 大都会 metropolitan adj. 大都市的；大主教辖区的；宗主国的 n. 大城市人；大主教；宗主国的公民 On Friday, a woman taking a class at the Metropolitan Museum of Art stumbled into “The Actor, ” a work by Picasso dating to 1904 or 1905. 星期五，一位妇女在大都会艺术博物馆上课的时候拌倒在“演员”这幅画上，那是毕加索1904年或1905年的作品。 I started at the downtown campus of Metropolitan Community College. 我首先探访了市区的大都会社区大学。 The Metropolitan Police in London say detectives investigating the phone hacking scandal at the News of the World have identified 4, 000 potential victims. 伦敦的都市警察称，对世界新闻报电话窃听丑闻进行调查的探员鉴别出4,000名潜在的受害者。 —————————————— gamble 赌博 gamble vi. 赌博；孤注一掷；投机；打赌 vt. 赌博；孤注一掷；冒险假设 n. 赌博；冒险；打赌 n. (Gamble)人名；(英)甘布尔；(瑞典)甘布勒 Are you going to gamble on the result of the fight? 你准备对这场拳击赛的结果下赌注吗? The necessity of making a living disentranced him from his gamble. 谋生的必要使他醒悟，不再赌博了。 He did not drink, gamble or smoke. 他不饮酒、不赌博也不抽烟。 —————————————— insult 侮辱 insult vt. 侮辱；辱骂；损害 n. 侮辱；凌辱；无礼 She was enraged at his insult. 她被他的侮辱激怒了。 What he said stank of insult. 他所说的话含有侮辱的意味。 For saving face Mary had to choke down the manager's insult. 为了顾全面子，玛丽对于经理的侮辱只好忍气吞声。 —————————————— radiation 辐射 radiation n. 辐射；发光；放射物 But radiation is not. 但辐射是无形的。 What Is Radiation? 什么是辐射？ And then he analyzed the components of that radiation and this is what he found. 然后他分析了，这种辐射的组成部分,这就是他的发现。 —————————————— offspring 后代 offspring n. 后代，子孙；产物 Jack is her only offspring. 杰克是她唯一的后代。 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever. 凡你所看见的一切地，我都要赐给你和你的后裔，直到永远。 We are the offspring of one of Her many kingdoms. 我们是她众多王国中某一个的后裔。 —————————————— behavior 行为 behavior n. 行为，举止；态度；反应 Her behavior alienated her friends. 她的行为使自己跟朋友们疏远了。 The students perceived that his behavior had changed. 同学们发觉他的行为有些变化。 This is not the kind of behavior pertaining to a gentleman. 这种行为和绅士不相称。 —————————————— chance 机会 chance n. 机会，际遇；运气，侥幸；可能性 vt. 偶然发生；冒……的险 vi. 碰巧；偶然被发现 n. (Chance)人名；(英)钱斯 He caught at the chance. 他急忙抓住这个机会。 It was your last chance and you blew it. 那是你的最后机会，你放过了它。 Her testimony works against his chance of success as a politician. 她的证词使他作为一个政治家很难有成功的机会。 —————————————— manager 经理 manager n. 经理；管理人员 I have to consult the manager about the matter. 关于这件事我得向经理请示一下。 I have learned of your promotion from your manager. 我已经从你的经理那儿听说你升职了。 Any one could supersede you as manager in my office. 我办公室中的任何一个人都可以接替你的经理职务。 —————————————— supplementary 补充 supplementary adj. 补充的；追加的 n. 补充者；增补物 Every need usually maps to a couple of features, and then features map to use cases and supplementary requirements. 每一个需求通常映射到几个特性，然后这几个特性映射到用例和补充需求。 Factored into these design decisions are considerations for supplementary requirements and distribution represented by the localities. 分解成这些设计决策是出于对补充需求和由位置所表示的分布的考虑。 The requirements (functional and non-functional) that do not fit appropriately within the use cases should be documented in the Supplementary Specifications. 不适合放在用例中的需求（功能性和非功能性）应当在补充规约中进行文档化。 —————————————— calculate 计算 calculate vi. 计算；以为；作打算 vt. 计算；预测；认为；打算 Not one of these variables. And we can calculate that. 所有的这些变量都我们能够计算的。 Engineers calculate the strains and stresses on a bridge. 工程师们计算桥梁的应变和应力。 The application must know the order and type of each field since it must calculate its offset in the record. 应用程序必须知道每个字段的次序和类型，因为它必须计算该字段在记录中的偏移量。 —————————————— meeting 会议 meeting n. 会议；会见；集会；汇合点 v. 会面；会合（meet的ing形式） We all attended the meeting. 我们全体都参加了会议。 They thrashed out all the problems at the meeting. 在这个会上他们讨论解决了所有问题。 The chairman leapt at our proposal in the meeting. 在会议上，主席欣然接受了我们的建议。 —————————————— decisive 决定性的 decisive adj. 决定性的；果断的，坚定的 The battle for Abidjan will be decisive. 阿比让的战斗将是决定性的。 But group mind seems to be a liability in the decisive moments of touchdown, where there is no room for averages. 但是，群体智慧在飞机着陆的决定性时刻似乎成了不利条件，这时不能有什么平均的想法。 This was the first decisive stage of my training. 这是我第一个决定性的锻炼阶段。 —————————————— corporation 公司 corporation n. 公司；法人（团体）；社团；大腹便便；市政当局 The president disbanded the corporation. 总裁解散了公司。 Three companies were amalgamated into a corporation. 三家商号被合并成一家公司。 They have decided to liquidate the corporation by the end of the next month. 他们已经决定在下月底之前对公司进行清理。 —————————————— each 每一个 each adj. 每；各自的 adv. 每个；各自 pron. 每个；各自 He pricked down each item. 她记下了每一项。 Try to dress appropriately for each occasion. 试图为每个场合适当地打扮。 They reviewed each aspect of the plan bit by bit. 他们对计划的各个方面逐一地进行了审核。 —————————————— identification 识别 identification n. 鉴定，识别；认同；身份证明 But we leave them out in the identification of the premise and conclusion. 但是我们去掉了它们,在识别前提和论点的时候。 This completes the identification of the services and how they relate to the business requirements. 这就完成了对服务以及它们是如何同业务需求相关的识别。 The tags facilitate the identification and extraction of chunks for reuse while eliminating the need to create additional files. 标签可以识别和提取大量的内容支持再使用，而不必每次都创建额外的文件。 —————————————— tract 束 tract n. 束；大片土地，地带；小册子 n. (Tract)人名；(英)特拉克特 It has been Marx’s misfortune that what he wrote as a tract for the times has been taken (by his supporters) as eternal truth or (by his critics) as an attempt thereat. 这是马克思的不幸，他为那个时代而写的小册子被（他的支持者们）当作是永久的真理或被（他的批评者们）当作一种有企图的威胁恐吓。 Fossils can only tell us so much about the shape of the vocal tract because much of it is soft tissue. 因为发音系统大部分是软组织，无缘变成化石，现存的化石也只能告诉我们一点呼吸道的形状。 These neurons are part of a bundle of spinal neurons called the spinothalamic tract, or STT. 这些神经细胞是束状脊髓神经的一部分，称为脊髓丘脑系统，或STT。 —————————————— tolerance 宽容 tolerance n. 公差；宽容；容忍；公差 Our tolerance has reached its limit. 我们忍耐到了极点。 And all of these freedoms rely on one thing: tolerance. 所有这些自由都依赖于一样东西：宽容。 The one thing I learned is tolerance and appreciation of all people. 我学到的一件事件就是要宽容和感激所有人。 —————————————— plain 平原 plain adj. 平的；简单的；朴素的；清晰的 n. 平原；无格式；朴实无华的东西 adv. 清楚地；平易地 n. (Plain)人名；(英)普莱恩；(法)普兰 Little mountain stream is dashing down to the plain. 小山涧奔腾而下， 流向平原。 Design the rules by describing in "plain English" what each rule should do. 通过以 “简单英文” 描述每个规则该做些什么来设计规则。 This veteran cadre still remains his philosophy of hard work and plain-living. 这位老干部仍然保持着艰苦朴素的作风。 —————————————— presentation 演讲 presentation n. 展示；描述，陈述；介绍；赠送 Alright, instead of one of you doing the presentation I said that I would do so. 好，我本来说这节课,要让你们中的一个做陈述，但今天不做了。 Do a presentation on topics of general interest every once in a while, discuss issues with others, and socialize. 要参与。 每隔一段时间就针对大家所关注的题目做一个展示，与其它人讨论，交流。 For instance, the first presentation might be of four cards, each with a number on one side and a colour on the other. 举个例子，第一轮展示可能是四张卡片，每一张的一面都有一个数字相对应的背面有一种颜色。 —————————————— menu 菜单 menu n. 菜单 饭菜 Let us see what is on the menu today. 让我们看看今天的菜单上有些什么菜。 It provides an event handler for each menu option. 它为每一个菜单选项提供事件处理程序。 All links in the editor are live in that they can not only be followed but also have a context menu and rich hovers for the object they link to. 该编辑器中的所有链接都是活动的，因为不仅可以单击跟随它们，而且它们还具有上下文菜单和所链接到的对象的丰富鼠标悬停提示。 —————————————— obey 服从 obey vt. 服从，听从；按照……行动 vi. 服从，顺从；听话 n. (Obey)人名；(英、法)奥贝 You must obey her without question. 你必须绝对服从她的命令。 We must obey orders. 我们必须服从命令。 As a new recruit you must obey when duty calls. 作为一名新战士，需要履行职责时必须服从。 —————————————— authentic 真实的 authentic adj. 真正的，真实的；可信的 I see them longing and reaching out for authentic community. 我看到他们渴望并向可信的集体张开双臂。 People who participate feel like they know me, because my heart, my authentic self, my gratitude, is all up in this thing. 那些参与活动的人们感到他们认识我，因为我的心，真实的自我，我的感恩，全都投入在这件事情上。 God created you and so He wants you to be the real you. By being authentic when you speak to God, you worship Him as your Creator. 是神创造了你，他想要你活出真正的你。你与神交谈时要作真实的你，你要敬拜神，真的把他看为你的创造者。 —————————————— concept 概念 concept n. 观念，概念 But it illustrates the concept well. 但它很好地说明了概念。 A small baby has no concept of right and wrong. 婴儿没有是非概念。 We will explore this concept in the next section. 我们在接下来的部分探究这个概念。 —————————————— clue 线索 clue n. 线索；（故事等的）情节 vt. 为…提供线索；为…提供情况 No clue to his whereabouts has been found. 至今没有找到有关他行踪的线索。 The police followed home the clue and finally caught the culprit. 警察根据线索追根到底， 终于抓住了这个罪犯。 Now that you have hopefully gotten some sort of clue as to what it is that attracted your eye, the hard part is to refine the image to emphasize whatever it is. 现在，你已经很有希望得到一些线索来说明到底是什么吸引了你的眼球，比较困难的部分是如何加工画面来强调你发现的这些元素。 —————————————— complication 并发症 complication n. 并发症；复杂；复杂化；混乱 So this is a complication in any stage theory. 这是所有阶段理论的一个复杂之处。 They do not have the capabilities to treat this complication here. 而在这个地方，医生没有能力治疗这种并发症。 With still no sign of Teri and Kim Jack calls Alberta Green to inform her of the complication in plans and his intention to go back and look for them. 杰克仍然没有看到泰瑞和金姆的踪迹，他打电话给阿尔贝塔.格林，将计划中出现的复杂情况告知她，并提出自己意图折回去寻找她们母女。 —————————————— erosion 侵蚀 erosion n. 侵蚀，腐蚀 The cement petrified after many years' erosion. 经过多年的侵蚀，水泥石化了。 Former low domes were planated by wave erosion. 波浪式的侵蚀将以前的矮圆丘夷成平地。 But then the inevitable erosion of some of their privileges has barely begun. 但他们的部分特权不可避免地被侵蚀，这才刚刚开始。 —————————————— minimal 最小的 minimal adj. 最低的；最小限度的 There will be some changes to the specification before UML 2 is completely adopted, but these changes should be minimal. 在 UML 2 完全地被采用之前，规范将会有一些修改，但是这些改变应该是极小的。 These features enable you to migrate SQL scripts from other database server products to DB2, either as is, or with minimal modifications. 这些特征可让您从其他数据库服务器产品移植 SQL 脚本到 DB2，即使是用最小的修改来移植。 Like we saw with the client, the impact to the server should be minimal. 正如在分析客户机时所看到的，对服务器的影响应该最小。 —————————————— enforce 执行 enforce vt. 实施，执行；强迫，强制 We recommend that you enforce this practice rigidly. 我们建议您严格执行这个实践。 Gossip —or the fear of gossip —may in this way serve to enforce the social norms that are necessary for any group to exist. 闲话——或者对闲话的担心——以此方式来执行某些社会准则，这些准则对任何一个群体的存在都是必需的。 It would not even let its ships enforce the arms embargo on Libya. 它甚至不允许其海军船只实施对利比亚的武器禁运。 —————————————— notorious 臭名昭著的 notorious adj. 声名狼藉的，臭名昭著的 The most notorious examples of this are in agriculture. 这方面，最为臭名昭著的例子来自农业。 The lawyer has defended some of the most notorious criminals. 这名法官已为一些最臭名昭著的罪犯当过辩护律师。 And related to this, he developed the notorious theory of penis envy. 与此有关的是，他提出了,臭名昭著的阴茎嫉妒论。 —————————————— whereby 即 whereby adv. 凭借；通过…；借以；与…一致 Every attribute in the data set should be normalized, whereby each value is divided by the difference between the high value and the low value in the data set for that attribute. 数据集内的每个属性都应该是规格化的，因此，每个值均除以该属性在数据集内的最高值与最低值间的差值。 This imbalance, whereby foreigners sell their goods to America in exchange for its assets, was one potential cause of the country's financial crisis. 凭借外国人出售商品给美国人用来交换美国的资产，这种失衡是引起国家金融危机的一个潜在因素。 He was instrumental in designing the federal system of government whereby the states would share power with a central authority. 他参与设计了联邦政府体制，各州后来根据这一体制在中央政府的领导下平分权力。 —————————————— confine 限制 confine n. 界限，边界;约束；限制 vt. 限制；禁闭 You've identified names and their components along with cities and states, so you can search for strings and confine the hits to those elements. 您已经标识了姓名及其组成，以及城市和州，因此，您可以搜索字符串并将结果限制到这些元素。 Those desiring to become paraplegic will sometimes confine themselves to a wheelchair in an effort to end the torment. 那些将要下身麻痹的病人会把自己限制在轮椅试图结束疾病的折磨的。 In science, researchers should not confine themselves to available materials that can be easily found. 就拿科学研究为例，研究者不应把自己局限在手头易得的资料中。 —————————————— roar 咆哮 roar n. 咆哮；吼；轰鸣 vi. 咆哮；吼叫；喧闹 vt. 咆哮；呼喊；使……轰鸣 n. (Roar)人名；(挪)罗阿尔 The cannons boomed a deafening roar. 大炮发出震耳欲聋的轰鸣声。 Her voice was drowned by the roar of the traffic. 她的说话声被车辆的轰鸣声压倒了。 The roar of the engines died out as the rocket vanished into the clouds. 当火箭在空中消失时，其发动机的吼声就没有了。 —————————————— tropical 热带 tropical adj. 热带的；热情的；酷热的 The tropical heat blistered the coast. 热带的酷热烤晒着海岸。 The tropical plants thrived well under our care. 在我们的照料下，这些热带植物茁壮生长。 The drummers beat out their tropical music,and the women danced. 鼓手们敲奏出热带地区风格的曲调，妇女们跳起舞来。 —————————————— camel 骆驼 camel n. [畜牧][脊椎] 骆驼；打捞浮筒；工作作风官僚 adj. 驼色的；暗棕色的 vi. 工作刻板平庸 n. (Camel)人名；(法)卡梅尔；(阿拉伯)卡迈勒 He used to smoke Camel,but he switched. 他过去一直吸“骆驼”牌香烟，后来他换成了其他牌子。 But the camel never gets to use it for nourishment. 但是骆驼不会把它们当做营养物质来消耗。 When fresh food and water are not available,the camel can feed off its hump. 在没有新食物和水供应时，骆驼从它的驼峰中获取能量。 —————————————— mile 英里 mile n. 英里；一英里赛跑；较大的距离 n. (Mile)人名；(塞、匈、法)米莱 He may pull the ball a mile to right. 他可以把球打到右外场一英里远的地方。 The runners loosened up before the half-mile race. 在半英里赛跑前，选手们纷纷放松肌肉。 The population density of that country is 685 per square mile. 那个国家的人口密度为每平方英里685人。 —————————————— survey 调查 survey n. 调查；测量；审视；纵览 vt. 调查；勘测；俯瞰 vi. 测量土地 I suggested they do some experiments, or at least a survey. 我建议他们做一些实验，或至少做一项调查。 A survey of 100 winter-swimmers in different age groups indicates that 80 percent originally suffered from diseases of some kind. 对100名不同年龄段的冬泳者作的调查表明， 其中80%的人原来都患有某种疾病。 However, the most important thing about conducting a customer satisfaction survey is what you do with their answers. 然而，对于实行客户满意调查来说，最重要的事情是你得到答案以后的进展。 —————————————— episode 集 episode n. 插曲；一段情节；插话；有趣的事件 Have you ever seen an episode of The Simpsons where a car company asks Homer to help them design a car? 你看过《辛普森一家》动画片系列中,一家汽车公司请求荷马,帮助他们设计汽车的那一集吗？ A couple of weeks ago, I watched a Sex and the City episode, in which Charlotte, in her never-ending quest to find true love, attends a seminar to teach her how to do just that. 几周前，我看了''欲望都市''的其中一集，讲的是那个在寻找真爱之旅上永不放弃的夏洛蒂，去参加了一个刚好来教她如何能找到真爱的研讨会。 Well, maybe not every episode, but the season is young. 虽然不可能是每一集，但至少这一季才刚刚开始。 —————————————— journey 旅程 journey n. 旅行；行程 vi. 旅行 n. (Journey)人名；(英)朱尼，朱妮(女名) Jack and Mary described their journey in vivid detail. 杰克和玛丽以生动的细节叙述了他们的旅行。 We are the casual acquaintance of a long railway journey. 我们是在火车长途旅行中偶然结识的朋友。 We are the casual acquaintances of a long railway journey. 我们是在火车长途旅行中相识的朋友。 —————————————— hot 热 hot adj. 热的；辣的；热情的；激动的；紧迫的 adv. 热；紧迫地 vi. 变热 vt. 增加；给…加温 n. (Hot)人名；(塞)霍特；(法)奥特 He bustled her out of the hot house. 他催促她快走出那间闷热的房子。 If you get too hot, why not have a swim? 如果你感到太热，干吗不去游泳呢? This hot weather disagrees with his heart disease. 这种炎热天气对他的心脏病不利。 —————————————— crust 地壳 crust n. 地壳；外壳；面包皮；坚硬外皮 vi. 结硬皮；结成外壳 vt. 盖以硬皮；在…上结硬皮 Under the atmosphere, scientists think there is a very think crust of carbon and oxygen. 科学家认为在大气圈内，存在着由碳和氧较重元素组成的壳层。 Theoretical models predict that the crust is unstable in the hours leading up to a major earthquake, but detecting that instability in the real world has proven a challenge. 根据理论模型推测，地壳在大地震发生前的数小时内很不稳定，但要在现实世界中探测到这样的不稳定性还是个挑战。 Mantle material can sink at a plate boundary, and then flow back upward farther away, pushing on the crust — a process called small scale convection. 地幔，这种物质可以在板块边界处下沉，然后向上回流到较远的地方，再与地壳相碰撞——这个过程被称为小规模的对流。 —————————————— spur 刺激 spur n. 鼓舞，刺激；马刺；山坡 vi. 骑马疾驰；给予刺激 vt. 激励，鞭策；给…装踢马刺 n. (Spur)人名；(意)斯普尔；(德)施普尔 We want you to take your own notes to help you, if you like, spur your own learning process. 如果你们愿意的话，我们希望你们能记笔记帮助自己，在学习的道路上鞭策自己。 In fact, these benchmarks can help spur you on, as many of us are naturally inclined to work harder when we are able to set our sights towards specific, attainable goals. 事实上，这些基准能够激励你前进，因为我们中许多人只要能够着眼于一些具体的能够实现的目标，我们自然而然地就会想要努力奋斗。 President Obama stressed the importance of trimming the budget while also making critical investments in education, research, and technology to spur job growth and invest in our future. 奥巴马总统还强调调整预算，同时对教育、研究和技术等关键领域进行投资以刺激就业增长，为我们的未来进行投资。 —————————————— eastern 东部 eastern adj. 东方的；朝东的；东洋的 n. 东方人；（美国）东部地区的人 The rising sun flames the eastern sky. 朝阳映红了东方的天空。 The mountain was clearly defined against the eastern sky. 那座山在东方天幕的衬托下显得轮廓分明。 They breed in the Maritime Provinces of eastern Canada and winter along the Atlantic coast. 它们在加拿大东部的沿海诸省繁殖，同时冬季迁徙到大西洋沿岸。 —————————————— index 指数 index n. 指标；指数；索引；指针 vi. 做索引 vt. 指出；编入索引中 The book has in it a name index. 该书附有一个人名索引。 The book has an index. 这本书有个索引。 They added an index to bulk the dictionary out. 他们增加了索引使词典更厚了。 —————————————— taste 味道 taste n. 味道；品味；审美 vt. 尝；体验 vi. 尝起来；有…的味道 n. (Taste)人名；(法)塔斯特 Can you taste pepper in the pudding? 你能吃出布丁里胡椒的味道吗? It palls on my taste. 我觉得它毫无滋味。 Please taste this to see if you like it. 请尝尝这个，看看你喜不喜欢。 —————————————— preference 偏好 preference n. 偏爱，倾向；优先权 You truly have no preference. 你真的没有任何偏好。 But some analysts wonder about the unintended consequences of this preference. 但是一些分析家想知道这项优惠的意外的后果。 What each person likes is an individual preference so the initial consultation is very important. 每个人喜爱的都是一种个人偏爱，因此初期的会诊是很重要的。 —————————————— sheer 纯粹的 sheer adj. 绝对的；透明的；峻峭的；纯粹的 adv. 完全；陡峭地 vi. 偏航 vt. 使偏航；使急转向 n. 偏航；透明薄织物 I had enrolled in the seminar out of sheer curiosity. 我加入这研讨会纯粹出于好奇心的作祟。 It would be downright [sheer] madness to do such a thing. 做这种事纯粹是发疯。 They ascribed courage to me for something I did out of sheer panic. 由于我纯粹因惊慌而做的事，他们认为我很有勇气。 —————————————— monster 怪物 monster n. 怪物；巨人，巨兽；残忍的人 adj. 巨大的，庞大的 I knew the oil industry. I could see the monster from the inside. 我了解石油工业，我可以从这个怪物的内部观察它。 I am going to stop there, next week we start with the monster of Malmesbury thank you . 今天先讲到这里，下周我们从马姆斯伯里的怪物开始讲起，谢谢大家。 In executing this man, I have obeyed necessity; but necessity is a monster of the old world, necessity's name is Fatality. 我处决了那个人，是由于服从需要；但是需要是旧世界的一种怪物，需要的名字叫做因果报应。 —————————————— goat 山羊 goat n. 山羊；替罪羊（美俚）；色鬼（美俚） The tiger sprang on the goat. 老虎向山羊扑去。 The goat bunted the calf. 山羊用角抵小牛。 They staked the goat in the back yard. 他们把山羊拴在后院的木桩上。 —————————————— bite 咬 bite vt. 咬；刺痛 n. 咬；一口；咬伤；刺痛 vi. 咬；刺痛 abbr. 机内测试设备（Built-In Test Equipment） n. (Bite)人名；(匈)比泰 This old nut won't bite [grip]. 这个旧螺母咬不住扣儿。 This scar is from the bite of a dog. 这是狗咬后留下的伤疤。 The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。 —————————————— land 土地 land n. 国土；陆地；地面 vt. 使…登陆；使…陷于；将…卸下 vi. 登陆；到达 n. (Land)人名；(英、德、葡、瑞典)兰德 She was manoeuvred into selling his land. 她受人诱骗把他的土地卖了。 The surveyor pegged out that plot of land. 测量员用木桩标出那块土地的界限。 Only the mighty God has the power on this dark land to lighten it. 只有万能的上帝才有能力在这个愚昧的国土上教化它。 —————————————— royalty 皇室 royalty n. 皇室；版税；王权；专利税 Purple is prevalent in nature in everything from eggplants to amethysts, and humans have adopted it as a symbol of royalty. 紫色赋予了大自然中的一切，从茄子到紫水晶，并且人类已经采用它作为皇室的象征。 This is significant, because it marked a time in ancient history when the lower classes could enjoy some of the perks afforded to royalty. 这一点很重要，因为它标志着古代史上的一个时间，从此下层人物也可以享受某些赋予皇室的福祉。 The most brilliant visual game played by monarchists since the Restoration in 1660 is, however, the belittling of the image of royalty by its own supporters. 然而，从1660年复辟之后，君主主义者玩的最漂亮的视觉游戏是却被自己的支持者贬低皇室形象。 —————————————— indignant 愤怒的 indignant adj. 愤愤不平的；义愤的 At this news they were highly indignant. 听了这消息他们非常愤怒。 He was very indignant with his wife over her improper conduct. 他对他妻子的不端行为感到非常愤慨。 It said this view was shared by many delegates at the city legislature’s annual meeting in January, and ran some indignant-sounding quotes. 它报道说这种观点也普遍被今年一月召开的市人大会议所认可，并存在于一些令人非常气愤的引述中。 —————————————— marriage 婚姻 marriage n. 结婚；婚姻生活；密切结合，合并 n. (Marriage)人名；(英)马里奇 The story begins with their marriage. 故事以他们的婚姻开始。 I will commune with you of your marriage. 我愿推心置腹地与你谈谈你的婚姻问题。 They bantered him on the subject of marriage. 他们在婚姻问题上逗弄他。 —————————————— adventure 冒险 adventure n. 冒险；冒险精神；投机活动 vt. 冒险；大胆说出 vi. 冒险 I like the feeling of adventure. 我喜欢冒险的感觉。 The children were charmed by the sailor's tales of adventure. 孩子们听这位水手的冒险故事听得入了迷。 They stood to the adventure in the Arctic, braving their life. 他们冒着生命危险坚定地在北极从事探险。 —————————————— intense 强烈的 intense adj. 强烈的；紧张的；非常的；热情的 Competition among youths to enter the best colleges is intense. 青年人进名牌大学的竞争十分激烈。 The intense research work extending over ten years was culminated. 十年之久的紧张研究工作就此告终。 They abused their power and bullied the people, thus arousing intense discontent among the masses. 他们仗势欺人， 引起群众强烈的不满。 —————————————— large 大 large adj. 大的；多数的；广博的 adv. 大大地；夸大地 n. 大 n. (Large)人名；(英)拉奇；(法)拉尔热 She hauled her large box into the room. 她把那只大箱子拖进了房间。 He inherited a large fortune from his father. 他从父亲那里继承了一大笔财产。 His business went under because of competition from the large corporations. 由于大公司的竞争，他的生意陷入了困境。 —————————————— fellow 研究员 fellow n. 家伙；朋友；同事；会员 adj. 同伴的，同事的；同道的 vt. 使…与另一个对等；使…与另一个匹敌 n. (Fellow)人名；(英)费洛 I can't tolerate that rude fellow. 我不能容忍那个粗鲁的家伙。 You would hamper yourself with that fellow. 你会受到那个家伙的牵连。 A suspicions fellow is peeping through the fence at us. 一个可疑的家伙正在透过栅栏窥视我们。 —————————————— next 下一个 next adv. 然后；下次；其次 adj. 下一个的；其次的；贴近的 n. 下一个 prep. 靠近；居于…之后 Well! What shall we do next? 天呀! 我们下步该怎么办? You have to consider what to do next. 你必须考虑下一步该做什么。 He keeps his opponents guessing what he would do next. 他使他的对手猜不着他下一步要干什么。 —————————————— corporate 企业 corporate adj. 法人的；共同的，全体的；社团的；公司的；企业的 So what should we do to prevent these threads from becoming the plaything of undisclosed corporate interests? 那么我们应该做些什么来阻止这些主题成为见不得人的公司利益的玩物呢？ Do you want to work at home, outside or in a posh corporate environment? 你想在家工作，在外工作，还是在一个豪华的企业环境里工作？ If you're looking for some inspiration for your next corporate design, then this is the place to be. 如果你正在寻找一些灵感，然后用在下一次的公司设计，这也许是不错的选择。 —————————————— application 应用程序 application n. 应用；申请；应用程序；敷用 Did you send up my application? 我的申请你给交上去了吗? Your application to join the club was honoured. 你加入俱乐部的申请获得批准了。 The wide application of electronic computers in science and technology will free man from the labour of complicated measurement and computation. 电子计算机在科学技术方面广泛的应用将使人们从复杂的计量和计算中摆脱出来。 —————————————— expand 扩大 expand vt. 扩张；使膨胀；详述 vi. 发展；张开，展开 So then you can Taylor expand it. 这样你可以对它泰勒展开。 We must build on our reputation to expand the business. 我们必须以信誉为基础扩大业务。 China will further expand the scope of its opened-up areas. 中国要进一步扩大开放范围。 —————————————— elevator 电梯 elevator n. 电梯；升降机；升降舵；起卸机 We are all bunched together in the crowded elevator. 在拥挤的电梯里我们聚拢在一起。 Will this lift (or elevator) accommodate 10 people? 这部电梯能容纳10个人吗? The new building was bedevilled by elevator failures. 这座新大楼被电梯故障弄得一团糟。 —————————————— pattern 模式 pattern n. 模式；图案；样品 vt. 模仿；以图案装饰 vi. 形成图案 She pricked out the design from the pattern. 她根据样板刺绣出这一图案。 She quilted the surface of the jacket with a new pattern. 她将夹克的表面缝成一种新图案。 The chameleon's skin replicates the pattern of its surroundings. 变色龙的皮肤可随环境的模式而改变颜色。 —————————————— practice 实践 practice n. 实践；练习；惯例 vi. 练习；实习；实行 vt. 练习；实习；实行 Practice is the sole criterion of truth. 实践是检验真理的唯一标准。 They talked English together for practice. 他们一起练习讲英语。 Only social practice can be the criterion of truth. 真理的标准只能是社会的实践。 —————————————— provision 条款 provision n. 规定；条款；准备；[经] 供应品 vt. 供给…食物及必需品 Now you simply provision your instances. 现在您只需提供您的实例。 Each measure corresponds to at least one provision of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. 每项措施都与《世界卫生组织烟草控制框架公约》的至少一个条款相对应。 This provision is meant to protect investors in the event of a down round. 这个条款是为了在估值较低的一轮融资中保护投资人。 —————————————— cordial 亲切 cordial adj. 热忱的，诚恳的；兴奋的 n. 补品；兴奋剂；甜香酒，甘露酒 Not exactly cordial, but at least we were talking. 不完全是亲切的，但至少我们在会谈。 The hall was circumfused with a cordial and friendly atmosphere. 大厅中充满了亲切友好的气氛。 I have brought with me the cordial greetings and best wishes of the Chinese government and people towards the government and people of Lesotho! 请允许我在此转达中国政府和人民对莱索托政府和人民的亲切问候和良好祝愿。 —————————————— hydrogen 氢 hydrogen n. [化学] 氢 Water contains hydrogen and oxygen. 水含有氢和氧。 Water can be reduced to oxygen and hydrogen by electrolysis. 水通过电解可以分解为氧和氢。 The first bubbles to escape from the liquid are a mixture of air and hydrogen. 从该液体中最先逸出的气泡是空气和氢的混合物。 —————————————— little 小 little adj. 小的；很少的；短暂的；小巧可爱的 adv. 完全不 n. 少许；没有多少；短时间 n. (Little)人名；(英)利特尔 He angers with little provocation. 他受了点小刺激就发怒。 I must emphasize the fact that she is only a little girl. 我必须强调这样一个事实，这就是她只不过是个小女孩。 Mary can always disarm us with one of her happy little smiles. 玛丽总能以她一个赏心的小微笑赢得我们的好感。 —————————————— rid 掉 rid vt. 使摆脱；使去掉 n. (Rid)人名；(英)里德 You must rid yourself of this gloomy mood. 你必须使自己摆脱这种闷闷不乐的忧郁情绪。 I’m sharing quick ways you can rid your life and your space of unnecessary stuff. 今天我要分享一些可以摆脱你生活和空间中不必要的东西的快速方法。 I can't be rid of myself of her completely with all her shoes still in my life, can't dispose of them or the person that walked in them. 她的鞋就这样留在我生命里，彻底摆脱对她的思念是不可能的，无论是鞋子还是它们的主人我也无法舍弃。 —————————————— technician 技术员 technician n. 技师，技术员；技巧纯熟的人 “Can you blow that up?” she asks the technician. “你能把这张放大吗？” 她问那个技术员。 The technician plotted the thermal conductivity versus mean temperature. 技术人员勾绘出导热率对应平均温度的曲线。 He has distilled many wonderful stories from his experiences as a crime lab technician. 他从他作为犯罪实验室技术员的经验中，写出许多精彩的故事。 —————————————— envisage 设想 envisage vt. 正视，面对；想像 You must envisage realities. 你必须正视现实。 We envisage that large scale projects might require additional methods; if so, they could reasonably be added to this class. 我们认为，大型项目可能还需要其他方法；如果是这样，完全可以将它们添加到此类中。 But I can envisage a time when we may adopt certain things. 但我可以想象，到时候我们也可以接受某些东西。 —————————————— equator 赤道 equator n. 赤道 The United States is north of the equator. 美国位于赤道以北。 In the hot zone near the equator the sun heats the air continually; hence the air there ascends. 在靠近赤道的热带地区，太阳不断地加热那里的空气，于是那里的热空气就上升。 Tropical cyclones tend to form along the Equator, over the warm waters of the tropics, then move northward or southward into the subtropics. 热带气旋往往沿着赤道，在热带温暖的水域生成，然后向南北移动到亚热带地区。 —————————————— minor 小 minor adj. 未成年的；次要的；较小的；小调的；二流的 n. 未成年人；小调；副修科目 vi. 副修 n. (Minor)人名；(英)迈纳；(德、法、波、俄)米诺尔 In spite of one or two minor mishaps everything was going swimmingly. 尽管遇到了一两件小小的不幸， 一切都进行得很顺利。 Some minor matters should be carried over for consideration at the next meeting. 某些次要议题应留待下次会议时考虑。 And there are minor crises, like missing an important delivery or running out of paper, that can happen every day. 也会有小的危机，比如丢失了重要的投递或是用完了纸，这样的事每天都能发生。 —————————————— monopoly 垄断 monopoly n. 垄断；垄断者；专卖权 But we have no monopoly on brains. 但我们脑子里没有垄断。 For now, the US and its allies have the drones, but this monopoly will end. 目前，只有美国及其盟国拥有无人战机，但这种垄断终将结束。 All they have is what has been allocated by the monopoly producer: the same things that have been allocated to everyone. 他们有的全部都是由那垄断的生产者所分配的：分给每个人的完全同样的那些东西。 —————————————— instead 而不是 instead adv. 代替；反而；相反 She frittered away her time in going to the cinema instead of studying. 她不把时间花在学习上，而是浪费在看电影上了。 Instead of powdering out of town right away, I bought some new clothes. 我没有立即离开城镇，而是去买几件新衣服。 Instead, go out and run. 而是先出门，跑步去。 —————————————— cheer 欢呼 cheer vt. 欢呼；使高兴；为…加油 n. 欢呼；愉快；心情；令人愉快的事 vi. 欢呼；感到高兴 I like to cheer. 我喜欢欢呼。 Let's go to the football game and cheer for our school team. 咱们去看足球比赛，为我们的校队呐喊助威。 So do I. Let's cheer for them. 我也希望如此。让我们为她们加油吧。 —————————————— crucial 至关重要的 crucial adj. 重要的；决定性的；定局的；决断的 She broke into the conversation at a crucial moment. 她在关键时刻打断了谈话。 We have found two issues of crucial importance: location and scale. 我们发现了两个至关重要的问题：地点和规模。 But the crucial thing about this first view that we want to talk about is that the mind is thought of as something separate from, and distinct from, the body. 但是这个关于我们想要讨论的第一个观点的决定性的东西是思维被考虑为是从某种从身体中分离出来的，并且截然不同的东西。 —————————————— beer 啤酒 beer n. 啤酒 vi. 喝啤酒 n. (Beer)人名；(法、德、俄、罗、捷、瑞典)贝尔；(英、西、南非)[纺] 比尔 The beer is brewing in these vats. 啤酒正在这些桶里酿造着。 He knocked back six pints of beer. 他一口气喝掉了六品脱啤酒。 You should have seen him mop up the beer. 你真该看看他那狼吞虎咽地喝啤酒的样子。 —————————————— radiate 辐射 radiate vt. 辐射；传播；流露；发射；广播 vi. 辐射；流露；发光；从中心向各方伸展 adj. 辐射状的，有射线的 Fill your mind with the truths of God and radiate the sunshine of His love—this is youth. 使你的心中充满上帝的真理，传播他的欢乐之源：爱——这才是保持年青的方式。 The hemisphere of the asteroid facing away from the sun will radiate the stored solar heat into space, so infrared photons will be emitted. 这离开阳光照射的半球的表面将会把存储的太阳热能辐射到太空，因而散发出红外光子。 Because it makes its home in an extreme environment, the desert hare is biologically designed to radiate excess heat through its lanky limbs and oversized ears. 因为生长在极端环境中，沙漠兔子形成了独特的生物学构造，通过瘦长的四肢和超大的耳朵辐射多余的热量。 —————————————— command 命令 command vi. 命令，指挥；控制 vt. 命令，指挥；控制；远望 n. 指挥，控制；命令；司令部 n. (Command)人名；(法)科芒 I advised him to command his temper. 我劝他控制自己的脾气。 You should subject yourself to my command. 你必须听从我的命令。 The general designated an officer to the command. 该将军任命一名军官担任指挥官。 —————————————— farther 更远的 farther adv. 更远地；此外；更进一步地 adj. 进一步的；更远的（far的比较级） I waded farther out as the tide ebbed. 退潮时我涉水出去得更远。 At last they were so tired that their poor little legs could carry them no farther; so they laid themselves down under a tree and went to sleep. 最后他们如此的疲惫他们可怜的小腿没有办法把他们带到更远的地方了；于是他们自己在一棵树下躺下来睡着了。 Saturn still shines in the night though, farther eastward along the ecliptic plane. 而沿着黄道平面朝更远的东方，土星仍在夜空中闪亮。 —————————————— fibre 纤维 fibre n. 纤维；纤维制品 Nylon is a man-made fibre. 尼龙是一种人造纤维。 Our palaeolithic ancestors consumed around 100 g of fibre per day. 我们旧石器时代的祖先每天吃约100克纤维。 Like fibre, calcium binds with fat molecules and helps flush them out through the intestine. 像纤维、钙可以和脂肪分子结合，帮助他们彻底的通过肠道。 —————————————— rocket 火箭 rocket vi. 飞驰，飞快地移动；迅速增加 n. 火箭 vt. 用火箭运载 The satellite was launched in a rocket. 这颗卫星是装在火箭上发射的。 The new rocket was extensively tested and debugged by the army. 这种新式火箭由军方进行了广泛的测试和调试。 One of the hazards of living in those days will include getting conked by spare rocket parts falling from the sky. 生活在那些日子的危险事件将包括头部会被天空掉下来的火箭零件击中。 —————————————— hers 她的 hers pron. 她的（所有格） n. (Hers)人名；(法)埃尔 He compared my paper with hers. 他拿我的作业与她的相比较。 The fence divides my land from hers. 栅栏把我的地与她的地分隔开来。 He manoeuvred his way into the confidence of hers. 他用策略逐步取得了她的信任。 —————————————— geology 地质 geology n. 地质学；地质情况 It is a problem that relates to geology. 那是一个与地质学有关的问题。 However, I have more interest in geology. 可是我对地质学更感兴趣。 All of this depends on certain assumptions and the meteorology, the geology and the hydrology of the area plus the contours of the land around this particular power plant. 所有的这些都是根据某些假设,和气象状态，地质情况，还有，水文请跨国,在加上土地的等高线,在这个特定的核能电站的周围。 —————————————— heading 标题 heading n. 标题；（足球）头球；信头 v. 用头顶（head的ing形式） n. (Heading)人名；(英)黑丁 I manually set the variable for each heading. 我手动为每一个标题设置这个变量。 They hit their heads together when heading the ball. 争顶头球时，二人的头撞在了一起。 They list subject heading, with various titles of articles under them, together with the location of each article. 他们列出主标题，而主标题之下有文章的各式小标题还有每篇文章的所在位置。 —————————————— similar 类似的 similar adj. 相似的 n. 类似物 They had the similar aims. 他们有相似的目标。 Let us suppose another planet with conditions similar to those on the earth. 让我们假定另外有一个具有和地球上相似条件的行星。 Whenever I go into a foreign country or a prison or any similar place they always ask me what is my religion. 无论何时当我去到一个国家，一所监狱，或任何类似的地方，他们总是问我，我的宗教信仰是什么。 —————————————— praise 赞美 praise n. 赞扬；称赞；荣耀；崇拜 vt. 赞美，歌颂；表扬 vi. 赞美；赞扬 His praise would only cart me worse. 他的表扬只会让我处境更糟。 Too much praise has turned his head. 过多的表扬已经冲昏了他的头脑。 Everybody spoke in praise of her devotion to the cause of education. 大家异口同声地称赞她献身教育事业的精神。 —————————————— preface 前言 preface n. 前言；引语 vt. 为…加序言；以…开始 vi. 作序 She read the preface through three times. 她把序言从头到尾看了三遍。 The preface of the book includes an account of the author's life. 该书前言记述了作者生平。 My email address is at the end of the Preface of each of my books and I read all the email that I receive. 我的电子邮件地址印在了这几本书前言的末尾，我会看收到的每一封邮件。 —————————————— petroleum 石油 petroleum n. 石油 We ought to and can produce more petroleum. 我们应该并且能够生产更多的石油。 The petroleum price will be unfrozen next month. 对石油价格的限制将于下月取消。 So the next time your child tells you that they are on the fence about that law degree, petroleum engineering, anyone? 所以，如果下次你的孩子说他在法律学位和石油工程学之间举棋不定，那你应该心中有数了吧？ —————————————— photo 照片 photo n. 照片 He tore the photo into pieces. 他把那张照片撕碎了。 He snatched away the photo. 她把照片抢了过去。 The photo has taken well. 这张照片拍得好。 —————————————— kneel 跪 kneel vi. 跪下，跪 I kneel only to God. 我只向上帝下跪。 They knew not what it was, they knew not where they were; but both of them, the man and the child, the penitent and the innocent, felt that they must kneel. 他们不知道那是什么，他们不知道自己是在什么地方，可是他们俩，老人和孩子，忏悔者和无罪者，都感到应当跪下。 Pulling out the washing-stand so that she could get behind it, she poured some water from a jug, and made them kneel around, putting their hands together with fingers exactly vertical. 她又把洗脸架拉了出来，自己站到洗脸架的后面，从水罐里倒出一些水，让弟弟和妹妹跪在自己周围，把双手伸出来，五指伸直合拢在一起。 —————————————— campus 校园 campus n. （大学）校园；大学，大学生活；校园内的草地 n. (Campus)人名；(英)坎帕斯；(意、罗)坎普斯；(法)康皮斯 He rarely mingles with other students on the campus. 他很少和校园里的其他学生交往。 The schoolmaster met us and led us round the campus. 校长接待了我们，带我们在校园里转了转。 One group gets them into the campus gate; the other gets them into the buildings. 一个组让他们能够进入校园大门；另一个组让他们能够进入建筑物。 —————————————— lawn 草坪上 lawn n. 草地；草坪 n. (Lawn)人名；(缅)朗 He busied himself in the lawn. 他忙于在草坪上干活。 They planted roses round the lawn. 他们在草坪四周种了些玫瑰。 I was at last nagged into weeding the lawn. 我终于被唠叨得不耐烦，给草坪除草去了。 —————————————— create 创建 create vt. 创造，创作；造成 And to create it, you have to create it for yourself. 为了创作它，首先你得为你自己而创作。 They left the lights down to create a comfortable atmosphere. 他们让灯光保持暗淡以创造一种舒适的气氛。 When the conditions exist, go ahead; when they don't exist, then create them and go ahead. 有条件要上， 没有条件， 创造条件也要上。 —————————————— burden 负担 burden n. 负担；责任；船的载货量 vt. 使负担；烦扰；装货于 n. (Burden)人名；(英)伯登 I don't want to burden you with my problems. 我不想以我的问题烦扰你。 I will not burden you with a lot of questions. 我不会提许多问题来烦扰你的。 In fact, our pensions are more than what we spend every month so I feel no burden. 事实上，我每月的养老金比我的花销还要 多，所以我一点负担都没有。 —————————————— gym 健身房 gym n. 健身房；体育；体育馆 She looked at her timetable for the gym. 她正在看她的体育馆时间表。 Next time you go the gym, look around you. 下次你去健身馆的时候，看看你的周围。 We walked back around the cafeteria, to the south buildings by the gym. 我们往回走，绕过自助餐厅，走到南边体育馆旁的建筑物那里。 —————————————— absurd 荒谬的 absurd adj. 荒谬的；可笑的 n. 荒诞；荒诞作品 The proposal borders upon the absurd. 那项提议几乎是荒唐的。 What an absurd idea! 多么荒唐的念头! The policy was followed to an absurd extreme. 这项政策被执行到了极端荒谬的程度。 —————————————— confuse 混淆 confuse vt. 使混乱；使困惑 Don't confuse liberty with license. 不要把自由与放纵混为一谈。 People are apt to confuse the two issues. 人们容易把这两个问题混淆起来。 The player broke back in order to confuse the opposing players. 这名橄榄球员为了迷惑对方球员而突然朝反方向急跑。 —————————————— correspondent 记者 correspondent n. 通讯记者；客户；通信者；代理商行 Our correspondent says these accusations and withdrawals have dented the credibility of the elections. 我们的记者说这些指控和撤退对选举的可信度造成了影响。 The information below was compiled by our correspondent. 以下资料是我们的记者收集整理的。 Another correspondent found him asleep while he was supposed to be meditating in private. 另一个记者在他本应该独自冥想的时候发现他在睡觉。 —————————————— nephew 侄子 nephew n. 侄子；外甥 Don't hoax the new boy who's my nephew. 别戏弄新来的小伙子啊，他是我外甥。 He was going to resign his personal property to the care of his nephew. 他打算把他个人的财产托付给他的侄子照管。 One of them, his nephew, told him that it was pointless to wait in Ajdabiya, that he should go to Benghazi to be with his other son, Yousef, who needed him. 其中一位是他的侄子，对他说，在艾季达比耶等下去是没有意义的，他应给回到班加西另一个儿子身边，这正是约瑟夫需要他的时候。 —————————————— recreation 娱乐 recreation n. 娱乐；消遣；休养 Give a portion of each day to recreation. 每天抽一部分时间用于娱乐。 But you should have better recreation than TV. 但是你应该有比看电视还要好的消遣。 More than half of all forests are used for wood and non-wood production in combination with other functions such as soil and water protection, biodiversity conservation and recreation. 超过所有森林面积的一半被用于木材生产和与诸如土壤和水源保护，生物多样性保护和休闲等功能结合在一起的非木材生产。 —————————————— photograph 照片 photograph vt. 为…拍照；使深深印入 vi. 拍照；在照片上显得 n. 照片，相片 I chanced on this old photograph in his drawer. 我在他的抽屉里偶然发现了这张旧照片。 He captured his daughter's smile in this photograph. 在这张照片中他拍摄到女儿的微笑。 We should be glad to photograph the house and its grounds. 我们很乐意为这所房子及其庭院拍照。 —————————————— cumulative 累积 cumulative adj. 累积的 If the preferred is cumulative, it means dividends that are not paid will be added up. 如果优先权是累积的，这就意味着没有支付的股息将加在一起来算。 Health professionals should consider the cumulative exposures of their patients that come from work, personal habits, and living locations. 健康专家应该考虑患者来自于工作、个人习惯和居住地的累积的污染暴露。 First, we perform the new technique of cumulative test analysis on the results from the testing above. 首先，我们对来自于上面测试的结果执行累积测试分析的新技术。 —————————————— resonance 共振 resonance n. [力] 共振；共鸣；反响 So we have a resonance escape probability which is measured in this term. 所以我们有一个共鸣逃跑可能性,那是由这个术语来测量的。 Since natural systems have evolved not only to cope with noise but to exploit it, as neurons do with stochastic resonance, could it be that nature has also learned to compute with noise? 既然自然系统进化出了不光能应对，还能利用噪音的系统，比如神经元利用随机共振，有没有可能自然也发现了使用噪音进行计算的发放？ You have the fast region and then a resonance region and this is a standard plot. 你有了快速的区域，还有共鸣区域,这是一个标准图。 —————————————— nail 指甲 nail vt. 钉；使固定；揭露 n. [解剖] 指甲；钉子 n. (Nail)人名；(法)纳伊；(土、阿拉伯、罗)纳伊尔 I knocked the nail out. 我把钉子敲了出来。 Can you pull the nail out of my shoe? 你可以把我鞋上的钉子拔出来吗? Can you get this nail out of the wood? 你能把这枚钉子从木头里拔出来吗? —————————————— esthetic 审美 esthetic adj. 审美的（等于aesthetic）；感觉的 n. 美学；审美家；唯美主义者 From the esthetic view, it was a beautiful continent. 从美学的观点来看，那是一个美丽的大陆。 How could I still speak of beauty, and make esthetic remarks, when I am so sad, sad unto death? 当我如此沮丧，沮丧到了死的地步，我如何才能继续谈论美，并且进行美的谈话呢？ However, the popularity and esthetic value of drawings still remain high, especially among the fans of traditional art. 然而，绘图的普及程度与美学价值仍旧很高，尤其对那些传统艺术的爱好者是如此。 —————————————— approve 批准 approve vt. 批准；赞成；为…提供证据 vi. 批准；赞成；满意 I approve of your choice. 我赞成你的抉择。 They stacked the committee to approve their expenditure. 他们暗中做手脚使委员会批准了他们的费用支出。 Would she approve? 她会赞成吗？ —————————————— spacious 宽敞的 spacious adj. 宽敞的，广阔的；无边无际的 The room is spacious and bright. 这屋子很宽敞，而且光线充足。 There were three spacious bedrooms in his cottage. 在他的别墅内有三间宽敞的卧室。 What if I offer to clean the spacious apartments that my friends in finance have moved into? 如果我供应一套宽敞的公寓给我那些有钱的朋友们让他们住进来怎么样？ —————————————— efficiency 效率 efficiency n. 效率；效能；功效 The production efficiency is lamed by the old machines. 生产效率受到破旧机器的影响而无法提高。 Sometimes you have to sacrifice efficiency for effectiveness. 有时候你需要牺牲效率来达到效果。 The director dusted his staff down about the drop in their efficiency. 主任责备他的工作人员工作效率下降。 —————————————— fluctuate 波动 fluctuate vi. 波动；涨落；动摇 vt. 使波动；使动摇 The latest data continue to show that suicide statistics in the Army frequently fluctuate. 最近的数据进一步表明，军队中的自杀统计结果经常波动。 The problem with this method is that methane and nitrous oxide emissions fluctuate strongly in time and space. 这种方法的问题是，甲烷和一氧化氮的排放量在不同时间和空间波动很大。 Shortly after China’s announcement, Malaysia said it would change its own currency peg and allow its currency to fluctuate more freely. 在中国作出这项宣布后不久，马来西亚说，它将改变钉住汇率的做法，让其货币更自由地浮动。 —————————————— gear 齿轮 gear n. 齿轮；装置，工具；传动装置 vi. 适合；搭上齿轮；开始工作 vt. 开动；搭上齿轮；使……适合；使……准备好 adj. 好极了 n. (Gear)人名；(英)吉尔 When she put the car in gear it began to buck wildly. 当她把汽车搭上齿轮时，汽车便开始颠簸地行进。 Gear lubricants may congeal and channel in cold weather. 天冷时齿轮润滑油可能凝结并形成凹槽。 This large gear turns the small one to rotate the cylinder. 这个大齿轮带动小齿轮使滚筒旋转。 —————————————— focus 焦点 focus n. 焦点；中心；清晰；焦距 vt. 使集中；使聚焦 vi. 集中；聚焦；调节焦距 n. (Focus)人名；(瑞典)福库斯 If the camera is not brought into focus, the photo will be blurred. 如果照相机焦点不对准， 照片就会模糊。 If you focus the sun's rays on dry wood with a burning-glass, it will start burning. 如果你用取火镜使太阳光线在聚焦在干木头上，木头就会燃烧起来。 If you focus the sun's rays on dry wood with a burning-glass, it will start burning. 如果你用取火镜使太阳光线聚焦在干木头上，木头就会燃烧起来。 —————————————— specimen 标本 specimen n. 样品，样本；标本 Watch him closely.He is a fine specimen of the type you want to know. 仔细地观察他。 他是你想了解的那类人的一个很好的标本。 I found that there were these rings in every specimen except for the smallest. 我发现年轮在几乎所有的标本中都存在，除两具最小的以外。 Once a specimen is collected in the field, the whole body is fixed in formalin, a mixture of formaldehyde and water. 这一领域的标本一旦被收集，它整个身体都要浸泡在福尔马林溶液（甲醛和水的混合物）中。 —————————————— vibrate 振动 vibrate vi. 振动；颤动；摇摆；踌躇 vt. 使振动；使颤动 When acoustic waves cause the fibre to vibrate, it produces a corresponding electrical signal that can be detected. 当纤维在声波的作用下发出振动时，它会产生一种能够被探测到的电子信号。 The hypothesis is that this will cause the crystal to vibrate and set up a program of cell death that will kill the parasite. 就此提出的假设是，通过设计一种程序引起晶体颤动可以杀死寄生虫体内的细胞，从而杀死寄生虫。 So any electric current will then cause the fibers to vibrate. The fibers could act as a microphone or a speaker, depending on whether the vibrations were being recorded or amplified. 所以任何电流都会引起纤维振动，这时纤维就可以像麦克风或者话筒一样工作，当然这也取决于振动是否被记录或者放大。 —————————————— spill 泄漏 spill vt. 使溢出，使流出；使摔下 vi. 溢出，流出；摔下；涌流 n. 溢出，溅出；溢出量；摔下；小塞子 n. (Spill)人名；(德)施皮尔 Don't spill the soup. 别把汤洒了。 The other one just got investment information and nothing about the spill at all. 另一个搜到的只是投资信息，没有一点儿是关于石油泄漏的。 We can probably find a way to blame them for that oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico too. 或许对墨西哥湾的原油泄漏事件，我们也能找到一些办法去谴责在线旅行社。 —————————————— dilemma 两难的境地 dilemma n. 困境；进退两难；两刀论法 This creates yet another dilemma. 这就造成了另一个困境。 You place me in sth. of a dilemma. 你真叫我有点进退两难。 So the real dilemma lies not in what handset you choose, but which network you opt for. 所以真正的困境不在于你选择什么手机，而在于你选择什么网络。 —————————————— become 成为 become vi. 成为；变得；变成 vt. 适合；相称 I hope that you will become our patron. 我希望你将成为我们的靠山。 Why do some people foul up and become criminals? 为什么有些人犯错误而成为犯人? Don't disparage her attempts to become an actress. 别贬低她想成为一名女演员的努力。 —————————————— genius 天才 genius n. 天才，天赋；精神 He is endowed with genius. 他有天才。 That, after all, is the unique genius of America. 归根结底，这是美国独一无二的天赋。 Have you experienced moments of genius and inspiration? 你是否经历过天赋和灵感迸发的时刻？ —————————————— break 打破 break vi. 打破；折断；弄坏；削弱 vt. （使）破；打破（纪录）；（常指好天气）突变；开始 vi. （嗓音）突变；突破；破晓；（价格）突然下跌 n. 破裂；间断；（持续一段时间的状况的）改变；间歇 She tossed off a letter during the 10-minute break. 在10分钟休息时，她很快地写了一封信。 They sang songs to amuse themselves during the break. 休息时， 大家一起唱唱歌，娱乐娱乐。 They break up with you, fire you, leave you, or humiliate you. 他们和你断绝关系，开除你，离开你，或者羞辱你。 —————————————— comfort 安慰 comfort n. 安慰；舒适；安慰者 vt. 安慰；使（痛苦等）缓和 From whom shall I get comfort? 我从谁那儿能得到安慰呢? They surrounded the sick girl with every comfort. 他们尽量使生病的女孩感到舒适。 She bargained away her freedom for a little comfort. 她贪图一点舒适而牺牲了自由。 —————————————— calendar 日历 calendar n. 日历；[天] 历法；日程表 vt. 将…列入表中；将…排入日程表 Yes, you can find that time. Schedule an appointment on your calendar. 你可以找到这样的时间，在你的日程表上作出标志。 This field determines where to display the event on the calendar. 该字段决定了在日程表的什么地方显示事件。 The calendar was their system for measuring the beginning, length and order of years. 这个历法是玛雅人衡量年代开始、长度和次序的一套系统。 —————————————— tender 温柔的 tender adj. 温柔的；柔软的；脆弱的；幼稚的；难对付的 n. 偿付，清偿；看管人；小船 vt. 提供，偿还；使…变嫩；使…变柔软 vi. 投标；变柔软 These eggs boiled too tender. 这些鸡蛋煮得太嫩了。 These cars are to be procured through open tender. 这些汽车要用公开招标的办法购买。 As spring approaches, the trees begin to send forth tender buds. 春天一近， 树上长出了嫩叶。 —————————————— preside 主持 preside vi. 主持，担任会议主席 vt. 管理 If the French president could preside over a significant declaration about the future of European integration on French soil, Mitterrand would advocate within the EC for German unification. 如果法国总统能够在法国土地上主持宣布这项关系欧洲整合未来的重大决定，那么密特朗就会在欧共体支持德国的统一。 Mr. Hadi will preside over a military council to prepare an overall restructuring of the armed forces, ensuring that no faction has the monopoly over the strategic state institution. 哈迪将主持一个军事委员会来为武装部队的全面重组做准备，以确保没有哪个派别垄断这个战略性的国家机关。 And surveys of American judges who preside over trials indicate their overwhelming and enthusiastic support for the jury system. 对主持庭审的美国法官的调查也表明他们中的绝大多数人大力支持陪审团制度。 —————————————— beneficial 有益的 beneficial adj. 有益的，有利的；可享利益的 This is beneficial for sharing your plug-in with another developer, but not for the installation covered by this article. 这对于与其他开发人员共享自己的插件是有益的，但是对于本文中介绍的安装无益。 Are the most elite performers of such a high standard because of all the practice they do, or is it because of their superior talent that this practice is beneficial? 那些高水平的最优秀的表演者是因为经常练习才取得这样的成绩吗？ 或者是因为他们高人一等的天赋使得练习如此有益？ In other words, it is beneficial for us to not kill one another, so we see that as being immoral. 换句话说，这个观点有利于我们不去伤害其他人，所以我们认为它是不道德的。 —————————————— affair 事件 affair n. 事情；事务；私事；（尤指关系不长久的）风流韵事 The affair was dramatized by the press. 这事件被新闻界作了渲染。 He always played down his role in the affair. 他经常对自己在事件中的作用轻描淡写。 When others interfere in the affair, it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。 —————————————— conservation 保护 conservation n. 保存，保持；保护 Ape conservation tackles both of these issues head on. 保护猿可以解决即将面临的这两个问题。 A group of zoologists with Conservation International say they found the frogs by the side of the road in Borneo, near a national park. 动物学家以及国际保育组织表示，他们是在婆罗洲一个靠近国家公园的路边发现这些小雨蛙的。 But for the moment, some conservatives seem to have forgotten that conservation is inherently conservative. 但是目前，一些保守派人士似乎已经忘了保护本身就是保守的。 —————————————— continent 大陆 continent n. 大陆，洲，陆地 adj. 自制的，克制的 He traversed alone the whole continent of Africa from east to west. 他只身长途跋涉， 从东向西横穿整个非洲大陆。 He traversed alone the whole continent of Africa from east to west. 他独自一人从东到西横越整个非洲大陆。 I live on the continent of Australia and on neighboring islands. 我住在澳大利亚大陆和与其接壤的岛上。 —————————————— economy 经济 economy n. 经济；节约；理财 n. (Economy)人名；(英)伊科诺米 The economy seems to be downshifting. 经济似乎正在放慢速度。 This is an outstanding example of strict economy. 这是厉行节约的一个出色范例。 As the war debt lightened, the economy of the country developed quickly. 由于战争负债减轻，这个国家的经济很快发展起来。 —————————————— grip 控制 grip n. 紧握；柄；支配；握拍方式；拍柄绷带 vt. 紧握；夹紧 vi. 抓住 n. (Grip)人名；(英、瑞典)格里普 She tried to disengage herself from his grip. 她企图挣脱他的牢牢抓住的手。 I was sliding everywhere, with absolutely no grip at all. 赛车根本没有抓地力，我一直在不断的打滑。 Shiller believes America is in the grip of an irrational mania. 希勒认为，美国在一个非理性的狂热是抓地力。 —————————————— observer 观察者 observer n. 观察者；[天] 观测者；遵守者 I think that's what I learned from him: how to be an observer. 我想这是我从他那里学到的：怎么做一个观察者。 All of its attributes, even the most fundamental ones like extension and duration, are attributes as noted by an observer, real or imagined. 它的所有属性，甚至是最基础的比如扩展和期限，都是由一个观察员指出的，或真实或想象。 He is an acute observer. 他是一个敏锐的观察家。 —————————————— stocking 长袜 stocking n. 长袜 n. (Stocking)人名；(英)斯托金 I want you stuffed in my stocking. 我只要你塞在我旳袜子里。 The Christmas stocking bulged with goodies. 圣诞节袜子里塞满了好吃的东西。 She ran her silk stocking on a nail last night. 她昨天夜晚丝袜被钉子钩住，抽了丝。 —————————————— value 价值 value n. 值；价值；价格；重要性；确切涵义 vt. 评价；重视；估价 His work has no value. 他的工作没有价值。 The value of a book does not depend from its size. 一本书是否有价值并不取决于它的大小。 The value of this exercise is that it challenges the students to express themselves freely. 这项练习的价值在于它能促使学生自由地表达自己的思想。 —————————————— wholly 完全 wholly adv. 完全地；全部；统统 They contract work out wholly. 他们把工作全部包了出去。 None of us can be absolved wholly of wrong doing. 我们当中没有一个人的罪行能完全获得赦免。 He reaffirmed that he was wholly responsible for the confusion. 他再次表明对此混乱情况他负有全部责任。 —————————————— adhere 坚持 adhere vi. 坚持；依附；粘着；追随 vt. 使粘附 We adhere to the principle that everyone should be treated fairly. 我们坚持人人都应该被平等对待这一原则。 But this means they cannot always adhere to the strict codes of practice dictated in UN headquarters. 但是这就意味着它们无法总是坚持联合国总部规定的严格的实践规章。 That's why I steadfastly adhere to my disciplined approach to buying and selling, which calls for taking profits at intervals of 25% gains in the Nasdaq, and buying on 10% declines. 这就是为什么我始终严格坚持自己的买进卖出策略，即在纳斯达克指数上涨25%时获利回吐，在股市下跌10%时逢低买进。 —————————————— empirical 经验 empirical adj. 经验主义的，完全根据经验的；实证的 For this reason he is often considered as the father of empirical science and scientific method. 因为这个原因，他通常被认为是经验科学和科学方法的创始人。 So it applies to macroscopic systems that are in equilibrium, and how to go from one equilibrium state to another equilibrium state, and it's entirely empirical in its foundation. 因此，热力学研究的是平衡态的宏观系统,以及如何从,一个平衡态过渡到另一个平衡态，它完全是建立在经验的基础上的。 He concluded that empirical evidence supports the efficacy of these treatments. 他总结说，经验证据支持这些治疗方法的疗效。 —————————————— formal 正式的 formal adj. 正式的；拘谨的；有条理的 n. 正式的社交活动；夜礼服 n. (Formal)人名；(法)福马尔 I shall get up carefully,the party is very formal. 我会精心打扮的，这个聚会很正式。 You arrived at your conclusion using the methods of formal logic. 你这个结论是按照形式逻辑的方法推论出来的。 The Japanese women salute the people with formal bows in welcome. 这些日本妇女以正式的鞠躬向人们施礼以示欢迎。 —————————————— eternal 永恒的 eternal adj. 永恒的；不朽的 My eternal purpose has decreed. 我的永恒目标已经确定。 As all the specialists in passion teach us, there is no eternal love but what is thwarted. 正如所有的爱情专家教导我们的那样，没有永恒的爱情而只有被阻断的爱。 After their deaths, the gods would allow Cleopatra to live with Antony in another form of existence, so they would have eternal life together. 在她与安东尼死后，诸神会允许她们以另外一种存在形式生活在一起。 这样她们就能永远的活在一起。 —————————————— rational 理性的 rational adj. 合理的；理性的 n. 有理数 Now try to find a rational reason for each one. 现在尝试为每一个找到一个理性的理由。 And so we have to come to some kind of rational and fair agreement. 所以，我们一定要达成一些理性和公平的协议。 For our actions to be rational they must be the best means toward our goals—they must be the best things to do. 我们的行为如果要合理的话，它们就必须是达成目标的最佳手段，即它们必须是最佳的行为。 —————————————— iron 铁 iron n. 熨斗；烙铁；坚强 vt. 熨；用铁铸成 adj. 铁的；残酷的；刚强的 vi. 熨衣；烫平 n. (Iron)人名；(英)艾恩 Iron casts better than copper. 铁比铜更易于浇铸。 Heat will melt iron. 热将使铁熔化。 Iron corrodes unless it is greased or kept clean. 如果不涂油或保持清洁铁便会腐蚀。 —————————————— lively 活泼的 lively adj. 活泼的；生动的；真实的；生气勃勃的 n. (Lively)人名；(英)莱夫利 It was a lively meeting. 这次会开得生动活泼。 I looked a bit stiff while they were so lively. 他们都那样活泼， 显得我太板了。 As you might imagine, this is a very lively group. 正如你所能想象的，这是个非常活跃的团队。 —————————————— hire 雇佣 hire n. 雇用，租用；租金，工钱 vt. 雇用；出租 vi. 雇用，租用；受雇 Actors may hire agents to conduct their affairs. 演员可以雇用经纪人掌管他们的事务。 It's cheaper for you to hire a flat when you stay in Europe. 你在欧洲停留期间，租借一套公寓住可省一些钱。 So when we hire them, we have more information about them than any other employer who has only interviewed them. 所以，当我们雇佣他们的时候，我们比其他雇主有更多的信息，后者仅仅面试过他们而已。 —————————————— item 项 item n. 条款，项目；一则；一件商品（或物品） adj. 又，同上 v. 记下；逐条列出 He pricked down each item. 她记下了每一项。 He would not succumb to such an item. 他不会对这样的条款做出让步的。 We now proceed to the next item on the agenda. 我们现在着手讨论下一项议题。 —————————————— yell 大喊 yell vi. 大叫，叫喊 n. 喊声，叫声 vt. 喊叫着说 Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry. 一定让孩子的名字以元音结尾，这样当你喊叫时，这样的名字会助你一臂之力。 After that, when I'd come to school, they would throw a hail of pebbles and yell things like, Here comes Jehovah! 在那以后，我到学校时，石头子像冰雹似地向我打来，他们还叫喊'耶和华来了!' 之类的话。 Yell, scream, fight and run from any potential abductor. 大喊、尖叫、搏斗和逃离可能的拐骗者。 —————————————— snatch 抓举 snatch n. 抢夺；抓举；小量 vt. 夺得；抽空做；及时救助 vi. 抢走；很快接受 Freeze onto that bag or someone in the crowd may snatch it. 把手提包抓紧，否则在人群中可能有人把它抢去。 Their aggression is although cute in a way that at most they will try to snatch a sandwich from you at a picnic. 他们的攻击性，尽管在方式上比较可爱，更多的时候他们会去尝试抢夺你野游的三明治。 Snatch is a 2000 crime film written and directed by British filmmaker Guy Ritchie, and featuring an ensemble cast. 《偷拐抢骗》是一部有英国导演盖.里奇编剧和导演的犯罪电影，并得到一个最佳整体表演奖。 —————————————— mutter 低声含糊地说 mutter vi. 咕哝；喃喃自语 vt. 咕哝；抱怨地说；低声含糊地说 n. 咕哝；喃喃低语 n. (Mutter)人名；(法)米泰；(德、匈、西)穆特；(英)马特 I mutter, as they find their seats near us. 我咕哝道，因为他们座位离我们很近。 If she feels uncomfortable in any way she is to mutter out loud the phrase “I hope I’m not getting a cold.” 只要她感到有一丝不自在，她可以大声咕哝一句话来示警——“我希望我不会得感冒。” He suffers from serious bouts of spousal deafness but never fails to hear me when I mutter to myself on the other side of the house. 他患有严重的“配偶失聪症”，但从不会漏过我在房间另一头的喃喃自语。 —————————————— prestige 声望 prestige n. 威望，声望；声誉 n. (Prestige)人名；(英)普雷斯蒂奇 The high prestige of the premier is radicated in the hearts of the people. 总理的崇高威信在人民的心中树立起来。 His prestige has been raised greatly since he was promoted to the president of the university. 自从他升为大学校长以后，他的声望大大提高。 If you had problems with the state, you were looked on with a certain suspicion, but that very fact gave you greater prestige in certain circles. 如果你与这个国家有了麻烦，你就会被某种怀疑的面孔盯上，但也正是如此，在某个圈子中赢得更大的声望。 —————————————— surpass 超越 surpass vt. 超越；胜过，优于；非…所能办到或理解 What have ye done to surpass man? 你们曾经做出什么努力来超越人呢？ God wants you to go beyond the normal and surpass what is required of you. 上帝想让你超出正常人，超越你被要求的那个样子。 There the people-made pollutants increasingly surpass the ability of air and water to dilute the contaminants to safe levels. 在那里，人为的污染物质日益超越了空气和水将污染物分解稀释到安全水平的能力。 —————————————— coordinate 协调 coordinate n. 坐标；同等的人或物 adj. 并列的；同等的 vt. 调整；整合 vi. 协调 Many people coordinate their lives so that they have to be together. 为了能够在一起，许多人调整他们的生活。 You must coordinate the movements of your arms and legs when swimming. 游泳时你必须使臂和腿的动作相协调。 So that static universe in the middle has time as a coordinate but there’s no arrow of time. 所以这个处于中间的静止的多元宇宙具有作为坐标的时间，但是没有时间之箭。 —————————————— blood 血 blood n. 血，血液；血统 vt. 从…抽血；使先取得经验 n. (Blood)人名；(英、西)布拉德 Blood started out of his wound. 血从他的伤口涌了出来。 Blood streams out of his mouth. 血从他的嘴角流了出来。 Tears mingled with the blood from the cut on her face. 在她脸上的伤口处，眼泪和血混在一起。 —————————————— option 选项 option n. [计] 选项；选择权；买卖的特权 Once you have some lists you can go back to your tasks by choosing the Tasks option. 一旦你有了这些列表，你就能通过选择任务选项返回到你的任务。 Next, we have the hypocrisy option. 其次，我们可以选择伪善。 However, some settings may have only one option. 但是, 某些设置可能有一个选项。 —————————————— funeral 葬礼 funeral n. 葬礼；麻烦事 adj. 丧葬的，出殡的 Laughing and joking are improper at a funeral. 葬礼时大笑和开玩笑是不合适的。 The spokesman would not reveal any details about the location or time of the funeral. 这位发言人不愿再透露有关葬礼地点和时间的任何细节。 First, think about what you’d like people to say about you at your funeral. 首先，想象一下在你的葬礼上，你希望自己喜欢的人们会怎样评你。 —————————————— injury 受伤 injury n. 伤害，损害；受伤处 Nip your shirt up,let me look at your injury. 撩起上衣，让我看看你的受伤处。 His injury incapacitated him for playing basketball. 他因受伤而不能打篮球了。 He was substituted for another midfielder because of his injury. 他因受伤，而被另一名中场球员替换下场。 —————————————— yawn 打哈欠 yawn n. 哈欠；裂口 vi. 打哈欠；裂开 vt. 张开；打著哈欠说 Then they start to yawn, we start to yawn. 然后他们开始打哈欠，我们也开始打哈欠。 Why do we yawn? 我们为什么打哈欠？ It may make you yawn or turn away but, Reader, it will reach you, or someone you love. 可能会使你打哈欠并转身离开，但是，读者们，这将关乎你自己或你所爱的某人。 —————————————— ferry 渡船 ferry n. 渡船；摆渡；渡口 vt. （乘渡船）渡过；用渡船运送；空运 vi. 摆渡；来往行驶 n. (Ferry)人名；(法、德、英、印尼)费里 He rode the ferry over, and I knew him the moment I saw him. 他乘坐了轮渡过来，当我看到他的一瞬间就认出了他。 It is windy today,so it would be difficult to put the ferry boat across. 今天刮风，要摆渡到对岸不容易。 The drive from the ferry terminal to our new house took hours and seemed relentlessly slow. 从轮渡终点站到我们的新家开车得几个小时，好像有种磨人的慢。 —————————————— revenge 复仇 revenge n. 报复；复仇 vt. 报复；替…报仇；洗雪 vi. 报仇；雪耻 She will revenge her dead sisters. 她将为死去的姊妹们报仇。 He secretly entertained thoughts of revenge. 他暗中怀有报复的想法。 He is cogitating upon some means of revenge. 他正在策划着报复的手段。 —————————————— track 跟踪 track n. 轨道；足迹，踪迹；小道 vt. 追踪；通过；循路而行；用纤拉 vi. 追踪；走；留下足迹 The wheel plays in a track. 轮子在轨道上转动。 You'll find your train at track 8. 你将在8号轨道找到你的列车。 The streetcar was derailed by a stone lying across the rails of a track. 由于一块石头横卧在轨道上，有轨电车出轨了。 —————————————— stable 稳定的 stable n. 马厩；牛棚 adj. 稳定的；牢固的；坚定的 vi. 被关在马厩 vt. 赶入马房 n. (Stable)人名；(英)斯特布尔 Prices remain stable throughout. 物价始终保持稳定。 Our stable abuts against his dwelling. 我们的马厩和他的住所毗连。 The stable situation of our country today was hard won. 我们今天稳定的形势是来之不易的。 —————————————— pat 帕特 pat adj. 恰好的；熟练的；合适的 adv. 恰好；熟记地 n. 轻拍；小块；轻拍声 vt. 轻拍 vi. 轻拍 n. (Pat)人名；(泰)巴 Great, now that your back make sure you celebrate your effort. Pat your self on the back; grab a pint of ice cream. 好极了，既然你的背影确信你的努力值得庆祝，那就自己拍拍后背，或者抓一品脱的冰淇淋吃。 Look up any leader within society, and you’ll notice that they all have this skill down pat. 观察一下社会上的领导人，你会发现他们所有人都有直视别人眼睛的样子被拍下来。 Pat knew and I knew it. 帕特和我心里都明白。 —————————————— convenience 方便 convenience n. 便利；厕所；便利的事物 We must consult his convenience. 我们必须考虑到他的方便。 A new general store has been built for the convenience of the residents. 为便利居民， 新建了一个百货商店。 The shop assistants sell goods from door to door for the convenience of the masses. 售货员送货上门，便利群众。 —————————————— famine 饥荒 famine n. 饥荒；饥饿，奇缺 War brings death and famine. 战争带来死亡和饥荒。 Thousands died of famine. 数千人死于饥荒。 Many people starved to death in the famine. 许多人饿死于此次饥荒。 —————————————— congratulate 祝贺 congratulate vt. 祝贺；恭喜；庆贺 I congratulate him! 我祝贺他！ Let me congratulate you on your winning first place in the 100 metre dash. 祝贺你获得百米赛跑第一名。 I gonna congratulate him tomorrow, yeah. 明天我会祝贺他的，是的。 —————————————— fall 秋天 fall vi. 落下；变成；来临；减弱 n. 下降；秋天；瀑布 vt. 砍倒；击倒 adj. 秋天的 n. (Fall)人名；(法、芬、瑞典)法尔；(英、匈)福尔；(阿拉伯)法勒 It was displayed at the Fall Fair in Guangzhou. 它在广州秋季交易会上展出。 New programmes will appear in the fall on television. 秋季将有新节目在电视上出现。 Don't delude yourself into thinking that the prices will ever fall. 别自己骗自己以为物价会下降。 —————————————— mate 伴侣 mate n. 助手，大副；配偶；同事；配对物 vt. 使配对；使一致；结伴 vi. 交配；成配偶；紧密配合 n. (Mate)人名；(日)蛏(姓)；(西、意、塞)马特；(波黑)马特；(罗、俄)马泰 The mate has tallied the cargo. 大副已经核点了货物。 A donkey mate with a mare. 驴和母马交配。 I could only admire the love and courage of that butterfly in his concern for his mate. 我只能钦佩那只蝴蝶在对他的伴侣的关心中表现出爱和勇气。 —————————————— risk 风险 risk n. 风险；危险；冒险 vt. 冒…的危险 n. (Risk)人名；(英、阿拉伯)里斯克 Don't risk disassembling the machine yourself. 不要冒险自己去拆卸机器。 She was willing to risk death to save her motherland. 为了挽救祖国，她宁愿冒牺牲性命的危险。 Why did you fling your money away on such a high risk? 你为什么用你的钱拿来冒这么大的风险? —————————————— battery 电池 battery n. [电] 电池，蓄电池 n. [法]殴打 n. [军]炮台，炮位 The battery recharges itself. 电池自行再充电。 He said he would charge up my car battery. 他说他会给我汽车上的蓄电池充电。 The battery in my car ran down this evening. 我的汽车里的蓄电池今天晚上用完了。 —————————————— campaign 运动 campaign vi. 作战；参加竞选；参加活动 n. 运动；活动；战役 The army is beating up recruits for the campaign. 军队正在为这个战役召募新兵。 The candidate kicked off his campaign with a speech on television. 该候选人由电视演讲开始了他的竞选活动。 They captured more than ten thousand prisoners and large quantities of arms in that campaign. 他们在那次战役中俘获了一万多战俘和大量武器。 —————————————— instrumental 仪器 instrumental adj. 乐器的；有帮助的；仪器的，器械的 n. 器乐曲；工具字，工具格 Then began the most hazardous task of all: our attempt to control the instrumental record. 接着，风险最大的任务开始了：着手控制仪器记录的数据。 Goldman continues playing bass in his indie instrumental band and has plans for a summer tour. 高曼继续在他的独立器乐乐队弹奏贝司，并为夏季巡演做计划。 A study by The Texas Commission on Drug and Alcohol Abuse found that students who took part in school instrumental programs were less likely to become involved with drugs. 得克萨斯药品与酒精滥用研究委员会的一项独立研究显示，参加学校器乐项目的学生沾染毒品的可能性更低。 —————————————— merchant 商人 merchant n. 商人，批发商；店主 adj. 商业的，商人的 n. (Merchant)人名；(英)麦钱特 Their merchant ship was reflagged last year. 他们的商船去年改变了注册国。 The merchant worked off an undesirable lot of goods. 这个商人销掉了一大批劣货。 Don't chase after her any more,she is going to marry a rich merchant. 别再追她了，她就要嫁给一个有钱的商人了。 —————————————— tire 轮胎 tire vi. 疲劳；厌倦 vt. 使…疲倦；使…厌烦 n. 轮胎；头饰 n. (Tire)人名；(土)蒂雷 The right tire blew(out). 右轮胎爆裂了。 The driver demounted the tire from the wheel. 司机把轮胎从轮毂上拆卸下来。 I exchanged the defective tire for a good one. 我用一条有毛病的轮胎换一条新的轮胎。 —————————————— mechanic 机械师 mechanic n. 技工，机修工 adj. 手工的 n. (Mechanic)人名；(英)梅凯尼克 The mechanic has trued up a wheel. 机修工已经装准了一个轮子。 Have the mechanic perform diagnostic tests if the oil light remains on. 如果告警灯还亮着，那让汽车技工做诊断性测试。 If there is a leak, have an auto mechanic replace any problematic gaskets or oil seals. 如果发动机漏油，则让一个汽车技工更换掉所有有问题的垫圈和盖子。 —————————————— wage 工资 wage vi. 进行；发动；从事 n. 工资；代价；报偿 vt. 进行；开展 The low wage had warmed the worker to strike. 低工资使工人愤怒得要罢工。 The employers and strikers had deadlocked over the wage. 雇主和罢工者在工资问题上相持不下。 The labour union has called all the miners out to support the wage-claim. 工会已命令全体矿工罢工以支持这次增加工资的要求。 —————————————— joy 快乐 joy n. 欢乐，快乐；乐趣；高兴 vi. 欣喜，欢喜 vt. 高兴，使快乐 His heart sang for joy. 他高兴得心儿在唱歌。 They bubbled over with joy at the good news. 他们一听到这个好消息就非常高兴。 He jumped with joy when he heard the good news. 当他听到这一好消息时高兴得跳了起来。 —————————————— exclusive 独家 exclusive adj. 独有的；排外的；专一的 n. 独家新闻；独家经营的项目；排外者 Lack of exclusive content. 缺乏独有的内容。 No more exclusive contracts, US was last one. 不再有独家合同，美国是最后一份。 A journalist has tried to muscle in on my exclusive story. 一个记者一直想强行把我的独家报道弄到手。 —————————————— coach 教练 coach n. 教练；旅客车厢；长途公车；四轮大马车 vt. 训练；指导 vi. 作指导；接受辅导；坐马车旅行 n.  蔻驰（皮革品牌） Her coach encouraged her throughout the marathon race to keep on running. 她的教练在马拉松赛全程鼓励她继续不断奔跑。 The coach called all the players together to discuss the reasons of being beaten. 教练把所有的运动员召集在一起，讨论输球的原因。 In the last 5 minutes of play, the coach let a back substitute for a forward to keep the score of 1∶0. 在比赛的最后5分钟，教练让一名后卫换下了一名前锋，想把 1∶0 的比分保持到终场。 —————————————— expenditure 支出 expenditure n. 支出，花费；经费，消费额 Put down your expenditure! 削减你的开支吧! Every branch of expenditure was provincialized. 开支的每一部门都已地方化了。 The gap between income and expenditure has widened to 11%. 收入和支出之间的差额已扩大到11%。 —————————————— freedom 自由 freedom n. 自由，自主；直率 n. (Freedom)人名；(英)弗里德姆 She bartered away her freedom for wealth. 她为财富而出卖了自由。 These words will endure as long as people live who love freedom. 只要热爱自由的人们还活着，这些话语将是永恒的。 She feels boxed in at the fatiguing work and wishes greater freedom to develop her ideas. 她在令人疲劳的工作中感到憋气，希望能有更大的自由去实现她的理想。 —————————————— refer 请参考 refer vi. 参考；涉及；提到；查阅 vt. 涉及；委托；归诸于；使…求助于 Our observations may contain a grain of truth for you to refer to. 我们的意见也许会有千虑一得之处， 供你参考。 In this section, we'll introduce these tools, which we'll refer to and use throughout the series. 在本部分中，我们将介绍这些工具，我们将在整个系列中提到并使用这些工具。 But what do these people mean when they refer to metabolism and their metabolic rate? 但是，当这些人提到新陈代谢和新陈代谢率时，他们所指的是什么呢？ —————————————— full 完整的 full adj. 完全的，完整的；满的，充满的；丰富的；完美的；丰满的；详尽的 adv. 十分，非常；完全地；整整 vt. 把衣服缝得宽大 n. 全部；完整 This case is full I can't pack any more clothes in. 这箱子已装满， 我塞不进更多的衣服了。 The boy accepted full responsibility for breaking the window. 那男孩承担打碎窗户的全部责任。 In this way they brought into full play the initiative, wisdom and power of the masses. 这样他们就使群众的积极性、智慧和力量都充分发挥出来。 —————————————— probe 探针 probe n. 探针；调查 vi. 调查；探测 vt. 探查；用探针探测 n. (Probe)人名；(法)普罗布 The company will cooperate with any government probe in the matter as well. 该公司还将全力配合任何政府部门对该事件的调查。 For example, if you wanted to add some code that monitored what method was being called, its parameters, and how an internal computation or algorithm is working, then you can define a custom probe. 例如，如果你想增加一些代码来监视什么方法被调用，它的参数以及它内部的算法和计算是怎样工作的，那么你就可以自己定制一个探针。 The following tables demonstrate the type of information each probe displays in ERC. 下列表格说明了在 ERC 中每个探测显示的信息类型。 —————————————— tumble 下跌 tumble vi. 摔倒；倒塌；滚动；打滚；仓惶地行动 vt. 使摔倒；使滚翻；弄乱 n. 跌倒；翻筋斗；跌跤 [ 过去式tumbled 过去分词tumbled 现在分词tumbling ] Both of the wrestlers tried to tumble the adversary with all their strength. 双方摔跤运动员都使出了全身气力想把对手摔倒。 I shove forward one more time and, incredibly, the slab comes loose, and I tumble forward over it, caught in my own momentum. 我再一次向前猛推，难以置信的是，石碑松了，我向前跌倒在它上面，我自己的冲力使我摔倒。 At closing time, he saw a fellow tumble out of the bar, trip on the curb, and try his keys in five different cars before he found his. 酒吧打烊了，他看见一个家伙跌跌撞撞的跑出来，一下摔在路边，随后又用钥匙试着开了五辆车的门才找到他自己的车。 —————————————— button 按钮 button n. 按钮；纽扣 vt. 扣住；扣紧；在…上装纽扣 vi. 扣住；装有纽扣；扣上纽扣 n. (Button)人名；(英)巴顿 Press this button to start the engine. 要开动发动机就按这个按钮。 He thumbed the button. 他用拇指揿按钮。 The machine sprang into operation when I touched the red button. 我一按那个红按钮，那部机器突然开动起来了。 —————————————— forum 论坛 forum n. 论坛，讨论会；法庭；公开讨论的广场 But this Forum tells us it can be done. 但本论坛告诉我们这是可以做到的。 Maybe they have some form of user forum? 也许他们有某种形式的用户论坛？ If I can only find a form by asking for it on a forum, the form is practically useless to me. 如果我只能通过到论坛中提问才能找到某个表单，那它对我来说几乎毫无用处。 —————————————— remarkable 非凡的 remarkable adj. 卓越的；非凡的；值得注意的 Remarkable economic results have been achieved. 取得了显著的经济效益。 And, more remarkable, once you did, have you any idea how come this sentence breaks the rules but read it you still can? 而且，更值得注意的是，一旦你造句后，你是否知道：为何这句话即便不符合规则但你仍然能读出它？ Have you made the choice to be remarkable? 你是否做出了成为卓越的选择？ —————————————— net 净 net n. 网；网络；净利；实价 vi. 编网 vt. 得到；净赚；用网捕 adj. 纯粹的；净余的 n. (Net)人名；(法)内 The bird entangled itself in the net. 小鸟陷入网中，被缠住了。 They baled up some fishes with a net. 他们用网舀起一些鱼。 The old fisherman cast his net into the river three times every morning. 老渔翁每天早晨向河中撒三次网。 —————————————— wheat 小麦 wheat n. 小麦；小麦色 n. (Wheat)人名；(英)惠特 They are cropping wheat. 他们正在收割小麦。 Their firm has cornered the wheat market. 他们的公司垄断了小麦市场。 Hoe the wheat today, and the cotton tomorrow. 今天给小麦松土除草，明天锄棉花。 —————————————— controversial 有争议的 controversial adj. 有争议的；有争论的 They tried their best to run away from controversial issues. 他们尽力避开有争议的问题。 As a controversial public figure he has breasted much hostile criticism. 作为一名有争议的公众人物，他毅然对付了许多带有敌意的批评。 The idea itself is not that controversial. 这个观念本身是没有争议的。 —————————————— northeast 东北 northeast adj. 东北的；向东北的；来自东北的 n. 东北 adv. 向东北；来自东北 This is the genuine ginseng from Northeast. 这是道地的东北人参。 As you can see from the comments, these ranges specify movement of the slide from each combination of northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest. 从注释中可以看到，这些值规定幻灯片的移动范围为东北、东南、西北和西南的任意组合。 In Changchun city of Northeast China, passionate tunes can be heard almost everywhere. 在中国东北的长春市，几乎到处都可以听到激昂的曲调。 —————————————— edge 边缘 edge n. 边缘；优势；刀刃；锋利 vt. 使锐利；将…开刃；给…加上边 vi. 缓缓移动；侧着移动 n. (Edge)人名；(英)埃奇 He is canting the edge of a beam. 他正在把梁木的边截成斜角。 He is teetering on the edge of catastrophe. 他在大灾难的边缘徘徊。 The hare darted along the edge of the clearing. 野兔沿着林中空地的边缘飞快跑去。 —————————————— recommend 推荐 recommend vt. 推荐，介绍；劝告；使受欢迎；托付 vi. 推荐；建议 Not yet. What do you recommend? 还没有。你有什么好介绍的吗？ What do you recommend? 你有什么推荐吗？ I have not any power in the firm except to recommend. 我在公司里除了有建议之权外，什么实权也没有。 —————————————— upward 向上 upward adj. 向上的；上升的 adv. 向上 The smoke wreathed upward. 烟雾缭绕上升。 The road inclines upward. 这条路向上倾斜。 She glances up at me and smirks, this time exhaling her breath upward into the moonlight. 她向上朝我看了一眼，而后傻笑，这次她气息在月夜下向上升腾。 —————————————— evoke 唤起 evoke vt. 引起，唤起；博得 These extraordinary scenes in Tunis and Cairo, evoke those of Berlin and Prague in 1989. 在突尼斯和开罗，这些非凡的场景唤起1989年柏林和布拉格的那些记忆。 We should know that great works of art are measured by the emotions they evoke, not just how they look next to the plant stand. 我们应该懂得，伟大的艺术品是由它们自身所唤起的情感来衡量的，而不只是由他们在园艺架旁的外观所决定。 It should be a simple question, but is likely to evoke a lot of different opinions and arguments, as each of the many available embedding techniques have their own pros and cons. 本来应该是一个简单的问题，但是应该会引起很多不同的看法和争论，因为可用的嵌入技术很多，而每种都有其支持和反对者。 —————————————— forthcoming 即将到来的 forthcoming adj. 即将来临的 n. 来临 Are there any new applications planned for design or development or implementation for the forthcoming year? 是否计划在即将到来的一年里设计、开发或实现任何新应用程序？ Instead, and as I argue in both The Vision Revolution and my forthcoming Harnessed, these are powers we acquired by virtue of harnessing, or neuronal recycling. 相反，正如我在《视觉大革命》和我即将出版的《开发大脑》中所说，这些都是我们凭借开发大脑，或者说神经元循环所获得的力量。 But Shea said he does not know if any endorsement from the longtime Democratic senator is forthcoming, since Kennedy has close ties to a number of the presidential candidates in his party. 但谢伊说，他不知道这位老资格的民主党参议员是否即将对任何候选人表示支持，因为他与多位民主党候选人都有密切的关系。 —————————————— outlook 前景 outlook n. 展望；观点；景色 vt. 比……好看；用目光压倒 vi. 朝外看 If you look at the outlook of the energy structure, there is nothing to stop us growing. 如果你看看未来能源结构的前景，没什么可以阻止我们向前发展。 So what is the outlook? 那么前景会是如何？ An investment outlook changes everything. 投资展望会改变一切。 —————————————— league 联盟 league n. 联盟；社团；范畴 vt. 使…结盟；与…联合 vi. 团结；结盟 n. (League)人名；(英)利格 Thus the first workers' league came into being. 第一个工人联盟就这样诞生了。 Thus the first worker's league came into being. 第一个工人联盟就这样产生了。 For another, it has, at least for now, the backing of Libya’s own people and—even allowing for some wobbles from Turkey and the Arab League—of most Arab and Muslim countries. 其次，它有，至少在目前，利比亚自己的人民的支持，甚至允许一些来自土耳其动和阿拉伯联盟的波动，大多数阿拉伯和穆斯林国家。 —————————————— page 页面 page n. 页；记录；大事件，时期；男侍者 vt. 给…标页码 vi. 翻书页，浏览 n. (Page)人名；(西)帕赫；(英)佩奇；(意)帕杰；(法)帕日 Copy this page in your notebook. 把这一页抄到你的笔记本上。 I finished reading half-way down the page. 我读到那页的中间就不往下读了。 He ran his eyes down the page and found his name at last. 他的眼睛顺着这一页往下看，终于找到了他的名字。 —————————————— saucer 飞碟 saucer n. 茶托，浅碟；浅碟形物；眼睛 He clacked the cup against the saucer. 他将茶杯与碟子相碰发出丁当的声音。 The cat licked the milk off the saucer. 猫把碟子里的牛奶舔掉了。 The first alien-themed doodle that Google ran was last week, when it had people guessing why it showed a flying saucer "abducting" the letter "O" in its name. 谷歌制作的第一个以外星人为主题的涂鸦于上周出现，那时它令人们猜测为什么它会显示一个飞碟“劫持”了它名字中的“O”。 —————————————— swear 发誓 swear vt. 发誓；咒骂 vi. 发誓，宣誓；诅咒 n. 宣誓；诅咒 "I swear, " I whispered. “我发誓。” 我低声说。 I swear I will faithfully execute my office and my motherland. 我发誓我将忠于我的职守和我的祖国。 Will you swear it that you are willing to subscribe yourself to your promise? 你愿意发誓兑现你的诺言吗? —————————————— cubic 立方 cubic adj. 立方体的，立方的 n. (Cubic)人名；(罗)库比克 The pool bulks about 50 cubic yards. 水池容水量约为50立方码。 Then they chose one gram for weighing water in a cubic centimetre. 然后他们将一立方厘米的水的重量定为一克。 I must work out the cubic equation. 我必须解出这道三次方程。 —————————————— thread 线程 thread n. 线；螺纹；思路；衣服；线状物；玻璃纤维；路线 vt. 穿过；穿线于；使交织 vi. 通过；穿透过 It's difficult to wind off all the thread. 把这些线都解开很不容易。 Would you please rewind the thread onto the reel? 请你把这些线重新绕在线轴儿上好吗? Let me pluck away that piece of thread from your skirt. 让我把那根线头从你的裙子上拉掉。 —————————————— apparatus 装置 apparatus n. 装置，设备；仪器；器官 The apparatus is spotlessly clean. 仪器上一尘不染。 We require the agency in our market for your precision apparatus. 我们请求在我方市场代理你们的精密仪器。 Half section view of an ultracold neutron trapping apparatus. 一个超低温中子捕捉装置的剖面观。 —————————————— glare 眩光 glare n. 刺眼；耀眼的光；受公众注目 vi. 瞪眼表示 vt. 瞪视；发眩光 And protect your eyes from snow and ice glare with dark glasses or goggles. 使用深色眼镜或者护目镜来保护你的眼镜不受冰雪眩光的影响。 He flicks the cigarette and looks up at the house, one hand lifted to block the glare. 父亲弹了弹香烟，抬起一只手挡住刺眼的光线，朝房屋的方向看了看。 A blue sheet had been hung behind Rosenberg, to deflect glare, and there was a dull hum in the background, perhaps from cars on a nearby street. 一块蓝色薄板挂在罗森博格身后用来偏转强光，背景里能听到隐约的嘈杂声，也许是附近街道上汽车的声音。 —————————————— office 办公室 office n. 办公室；政府机关；官职；营业处 He walked towards his office. 他朝他的办公室走去。 He hustled into and out of the office. 他急匆匆地走进办公室，又匆匆离去了。 She beckoned to him and he went into her office. 她向他点头示意，他进入她的办公室。 —————————————— horrible 可怕的 horrible adj. 可怕的；极讨厌的 My scalp began to prickle as I realized the horrible truth. 我了解到了那令人恐怖的事实时，顿时感到不寒而栗。 That's when I tell him something horrible that happened to me. 然后我又告诉他那些发生在我身上的可怕的事情。 And it is horrible. But there is good news. 但那是可怕的但还是有一个好消息。 —————————————— knock 敲门 knock vi. 敲；打；敲击 vt. 敲；打；敲击；批评 n. 敲；敲打；爆震声 Knock before you enter. 进来前先敲门。 I asked my father to knock me up at six o'clock. 我让我爸爸6点钟敲门叫醒我。 He diagnosed the trouble that caused the engine knock. 他查出了引起发动机发出爆震声故障的原因。 —————————————— chapter 章 chapter n. 章，回；（俱乐部、协会等的）分会；人生或历史上的重要时期 vt. 把…分成章节 He is redrafting the first chapter. 他正在重新草拟第一章。 This chapter fully discusses the Kosovo War. 本章充分论述科索沃战争。 I shall return to this point in the next chapter. 在下一章中我还要谈到这一点。 —————————————— fridge 冰箱 fridge n. 电冰箱 n. (Fridge)人名；(英)弗里奇 Then all three of you sign the contract and post in on the fridge. 然后你们三个人要都在协议上签名，并把它贴在冰箱上。 I want this beer to chill so I'll leave it in the fridge for an hour. 我想要啤酒变凉，因此我把它放在冰箱里一小时。 It can be anything: spoiled milk from the back of your fridge right down to tar and feathers. 它可以是任何玩意儿：从你冰箱后面那些变质的牛奶到沥青和羽毛。 —————————————— prevail 占了上风 prevail vi. 盛行，流行；战胜，获胜 Only one can prevail. 只有一个能占上风。 His case did not prevail in the courts, but his sentiment found support in the Legislature and the press. 他的诉讼案没有在法庭上获胜，但是他的观点在立法机关和新闻界里找到了支持。 If it turns out that some of the changes conflict with one another, the merge is considered nontrivial, because someone must make decisions about which of the conflicting changes should prevail. 如果出现某些变化同另外一个变化相冲突的情况，那么合并就被认为是重要的，这是由于某个人必须决定哪一个冲突的变化应当获胜。 —————————————— expel 驱逐 expel vt. 驱逐；开除 And the little buggers also use our attempts to expel them with vomiting and diarrhea. 还有，这小家伙也利用了我们试图通过呕吐和腹泻来驱逐来的尝试。 In the ad, titled "Educational Responsibility, " the college said it had warned Arruda to change her behaviour and decided to expel her after talking to students, staff and Arruda herself. 在这则名为“教育之责任”的广告中，学校称已经警告过阿鲁达改变自己的行为，并在与学生、工作人员以及她本人交流后决定将其开除。 The Taliban have been waging a nine-year battle to overthrow the US-backed government and expel the 130,000 foreign troops there. 塔利班为了推翻这个美国支持的政府，发动了九年的战争，并且驱逐了那里130，000人的外国部队。 —————————————— thorn 刺 thorn n. 刺；[植] 荆棘 n. (Thorn)人名；(柬)通；(英)索恩；(法、德、丹、瑞典)托恩 She screamed out when she pricked her finger on a thorn. 她的手上扎了一根刺，她马上尖叫起来。 I have thanked Thee a thousand times for my roses, but not once for my thorn. 我曾为我的玫瑰感谢你过一千次，却没有为我的刺感谢你过一次。 All about us is noise and bramble, thorn and din, each one of our ancestors on our tongues. 我们的一切只是噪音和钩刺，荆棘和喧嚣，我们谈论每一位祖先。 —————————————— overt 公开的 overt adj. 明显的；公然的；蓄意的 Currently the only drugs available for the syndrome treat the overt symptoms, such as anxiety and aggression. 目前只有一种药物可以治疗综合症的明显征兆，如焦虑感和侵略性。 In a speech this month a senior Chinese official emphasised the role abroad of China’s “private” firms, which typically have less overt state direction. 在本月的一场演说中，一位中国的高层官员强调中国的“私企”在外国的角色，他们通常有比较不明显的政府倾向。 A crowd experiment run by physicist Leonard Mlodinow showed how easy it is to manipulate a people’s answers to simple questions without doing anything overt. 物理学家雷奥纳多·罗迪诺做了一项群众实验，表明操纵人们对简单问题的答案如此容易，甚至不需要用很明显的动作。 —————————————— conquest 征服 conquest n. 征服，战胜；战利品 n. (Conquest)人名；(英)康奎斯特 The pianist made a conquest of every audience for which she played. 这位钢琴家以她的演奏征服了每一位听众。 We say, 'Bully for the boy and his conquest of the geometry teacher, ' but that makes it harder for boys to vocalize their victimization. 我们说‘这个男孩子征服了他的地理老师，干的棒！’ 这使得男孩子说出他们受到的欺骗更加困难了。 Then again, why would we be expected to treat alien microbes any differently that we treated the Native Americans in our conquest of the West? 还有，跟我们征服西部时对待美国土著人的的现实相比，为什么我们会被期待对外来微生物有什么不同的？ —————————————— family 家庭 family n. 家庭；亲属；家族；子女；[生]科；语族；[化]族 adj. 家庭的；家族的；适合于全家的 Of what family is he from? 他出身于什么样的家庭? They cabled the news to her family. 他们把这个消息电告她的家属。 She talked at us about her family life. 她对我们滔滔不绝地讲她的家庭生活。 —————————————— pave 铺平道路 pave vt. 铺设；安排；作铺设之用 n. (Pave)人名；(西、塞)帕韦 I believe this treaty will pave the way to peace in Europe. 我相信这个条约将为欧洲的和平铺平道路。 That would pave the way for Obama to announce the US targets soon after. 这将为奥巴马不久后宣布美国的减排目标铺平了道路。 Some have argued that not only was the definition changed, but that it was done to pave the way for declaring a pandemic. 一些人认为不仅仅是定义发生了改变,而且这种改变为宣布流感大流行铺平了道路。 —————————————— clothe 穿 clothe vt. 给…穿衣；覆盖；赋予 How, then, could this race devoid of spirituality clothe in myths the profound horror of its life? 这个缺乏灵性的种族，那时，怎么可能为其生命深层次的恐怖披上神话的外衣呢？ Like skilled fashion designers, we novelists clothe stories, as they change shape from day to day, in words suited to their figures. 就像一个熟练的时装设计师，我们小说家给故事穿衣服，就像他们一天天地改变形状，以适应他们的人物。 As a boy I learned to feed and clothe Mike. 从孩提起，我就学会了给迈克尔喂饭穿衣。 —————————————— ascend 提升 ascend vi. 上升；登高；追溯 vt. 攀登，上升 This forced him to ascend directly to the surface. 这导致他直接上升到了水面。 This is Jesus about to ascend into heaven, talking to his disciples, right outside Jerusalem in the suburbs of Jerusalem. 讲的是耶稣即将上升天堂，与他的门徒的对话，就在耶路撒冷郊外。 But utility isn’t the point; the real point is to ascend into Apple’s elegant world. 但是重要的并不在于效用，而实际上在于上升到苹果公司那高雅的世界之中。 —————————————— involve 涉及 involve vt. 包含；牵涉；使陷于；潜心于 However, the use of these materials does involve some inherent questions. 然而，对这些材料的使用涉及了一些固有的问题。 But there is a simple way of dismissing such unwanted thoughts which does not involve "fighting them" at all. 但是有一个根本不用涉及“与它们斗争”的消除这种不必要的想法的简单的方法。 Such investments generally involve a group of people who come together in a company or group of firms, pool their money and purchase parcels of land through a corporate structure. 这种投资一般涉及到在同一家公司的一群人，或者一组机构，把他们的钱放在一起，通过一个企业的结构形式购买一块块土地。 —————————————— guest 客人 guest n. 客人，宾客；顾客 vt. 款待，招待 vi. 作客，寄宿 adj. 客人的；特邀的，客座的 n. (Guest)人名；(英)格斯特 A cup of coffee thawed out the guest. 一杯咖啡使客人变得不那么拘束。 He saw the guest out and took up his work again. 他把客人送出去以后又接着做他的工作。 We befriended her when she first arrived in Beijing as a guest. 她初到北京作客时，我们如同朋友一般地照顾她。 —————————————— swing 摇摆不定的 swing n. 摇摆；摆动；秋千；音律；涨落 vi. 摇摆；转向；悬挂；大摇大摆地行走 vt. 使旋转；挥舞；悬挂 adj. 旋转的；悬挂的；强节奏爵士音乐的 n. (Swing)人名；(英、瑞典)斯温 The willow branches swing in the breeze. 柳枝迎风摇摆。 He accidentally found that the desk clock did not swing its pendulum. 他无意中发现座钟不摇摆了。 You can even swing it. 甚至可以让它摇摆。 —————————————— strip 带 strip vt. 剥夺；剥去；脱去衣服 n. 带；条状；脱衣舞 vi. 脱去衣服 So tell us, how should a guy strip for his partner? 那么一个男人该如何为他的女人跳脱衣舞呢？ The dough is twisted into a rope-like strip and pelletized into small lumps. 将面搓成条，掐成弹丸状小块。 It involves shaving all of your head, but leaving a narrow strip in the centre. 该发型需要剃掉你所有的头发，只在头顶中间留下一窄条头发。 —————————————— bar 酒吧 bar n. 条，棒；酒吧；障碍；法庭 vt. 禁止；阻拦 prep. 除……外 n. (Bar)人名；(阿拉伯、德、法、俄、罗、捷、波、葡、以)巴尔 He moseyed across to the bar. 他闲荡着走向对面的酒吧。 They bellied up to the bar at the club. 他们径直向俱乐部的酒吧间走去。 He with his hatchet men swaggered out of the bar. 他和他那帮打手神气活现地走出了那间酒吧。 —————————————— principal 主要 principal adj. 主要的；资本的 n. 首长；校长；资本；当事人 Today the principal tools for prospecting the brain are electrical. 当今探查人脑的主要工具是用电的。 Ever since World War the United States has been Japan's principal trade partner. 二次世界大战以来， 美国一直是日本的主要贸易伙伴。 Registry service maintains a database of all the principal, group and account information for a cell. 注册表服务为一个单元的所有主体、组和帐户信息维护一个数据库。 —————————————— strategy 策略 strategy n. 战略，策略 Tactics differs from strategy. 战术有别于战略。 What was your strategy? 你的战略是什么？ This strategy works in the lab but would not go over well in an office. 这一策略在实验室中可行，但是到了办公室就不那么奏效了。 —————————————— counsel 法律顾问 counsel n. 法律顾问；忠告；商议；讨论；决策 vt. 建议；劝告 vi. 商讨；提出忠告 "They ask to see legal opinions from the PRC counsel and in some cases even question the legal basis for those opinions, " he added. 他又说，“在有些情况下，他们要求看中国律师的法律意见书，甚至会对这些意见书的法律基础提出问题。” Not only must a defendant have a lawyer, the Court ruled, but that lawyer must provide real assistance, or as the courts have put it, effective counsel. 最高法院裁定，被告不仅必须有律师，而且律师必须提供真正的协助，也就是，按照法院的说法，有效的法律顾问。 Consult your legal counsel if you have any doubts about reusing content. 若对重用内容有任何疑问，请咨询您的法律顾问。 —————————————— insert 插入 insert vt. 插入；嵌入 n. 插入物；管芯；镶块；[机械]刀片 For every resource, insert one row into this table. 对于每个资源，在这个表中插入一行。 To use this database, we need to insert some data into the table. 为了使用此数据库，我们需要向表插入一些数据。 Let her insert her finger next time she goes down on you and see what happens! 下一次，当她俯身向你时，让她把手指轻轻插入，看看会发生什么！ —————————————— employee 员工 employee n. 雇员；从业员工 The boss dismissed the employee. 老板解雇了那个雇员。 He brought around a new employee this afternoon. 他今天下午把一位新雇员带来。 This employee has penetrated his boss' s meaning. 这位雇员已经看穿了他老板的意思。 —————————————— hesitate 犹豫 hesitate vi. 踌躇，犹豫；不愿 vt. 踌躇，犹豫；有疑虑，不愿意 I hesitate in this work. 我在这个作品中有所犹豫。 I hesitate to even mention this because I believe in the power of one, but you can find an ally to help. 我很犹豫是否提到这个，因为我相信个体的力量。 但是你可以找一个同盟者来帮忙。 You will know it if you do not hesitate to go out with them, do things with them and allow yourself to enjoy every moment being with them. 如果有约会邀请时你已不再迟疑，可以喝他们一起做些事情，和他们在一起时每时每刻都和开心，那么我想你已经知道答案了。 —————————————— entertainment 娱乐 entertainment n. 娱乐；消遣；款待 Television has displaced film as our country's most popular form of entertainment. 电视已取代了电影，成为我国最大众化的娱乐形式。 But those that do—and do so as well as the innovative newcomers to the information and entertainment business—will do more than merely survive. 但那些这样做的——以及做得和创新的信息和娱乐新兴产业同样好的——旧媒体公司将比仅仅是生存下来得到更多。 To be empty of thought, of goals, of ambition, of perpetual motion or entertainment. 没有想法，没有目标，没有野心，也没有不断的运动或者娱乐。 —————————————— ever 过 ever adv. 永远；曾经；究竟 n. (Ever)人名；(英)埃弗；(俄)叶韦尔；(西、法)埃韦尔 Did you ever talk it over with him? 你可曾跟他谈过这个问题? The Potala stands more superb than ever in the bright sun. 布达拉宫比过去更加壮丽地矗立在灿烂的阳光中。 The noise of the distant fight breezed up louder than ever. 远处的打闹声随风传来，比以往任何时候都要大。 —————————————— preposition 介词 preposition n. 介词；前置词 The word is compounded of a preposition and a verb. 这个词是由一个介词和一个动词复合而成的。 Decide which preposition you need to finish this sentence. 决定你需要那一个介词来完成句子。 The depositor positively positioned the preposition in that position on purpose. 储户有意确信地介词放置在那个位置。 —————————————— heel 跟 heel n. 脚后跟；踵 vt. 倾侧 vi. 倾侧 n. (Heel)人名；(德)黑尔 She dug her heel into the ground. 她把鞋后跟戳进地里。 It slides up and down my heel when I walk around. 当我走动时，它就在我脚跟上下滑动。 My heel slips out of my running shoe with every pair I buy. 我的脚后跟总是从我买的每一双跑鞋里滑出来。 —————————————— relation 关系 relation n. 关系；叙述；故事；亲属关系 They redetermined the relation between them. 他们重新确定了他们之间的关系。 Their relation doesn't struggle on any more. 他们之间的关系再也维持不下去了。 You know nothing about her really, or about yourself in relation to her, and anyhow it's only one of those things and therefore it's of no importance. 你对她一点儿都不了解，也不了解自己和她的关系，无论如何它只是那些事情之一,因此没有任何重要性。 —————————————— freight 运费 freight vt. 运送；装货；使充满 n. 货运；运费；船货 The ship stopped here to take in freight. 这艘船在这里停泊装货。 Please quote us prices including insurance and freight to Vancouver. 请报包括到温哥华的保险和运费的价格。 Prices quoted should include insurance and freight to Vancouver. 所报价格需包括到温哥华的保险和运费。 —————————————— spark 火花 spark n. 火花；朝气；闪光 vt. 发动；鼓舞；求婚 vi. 闪烁；发火花；求婚 n. (Spark)人名；(俄)斯帕克 A single spark can start a prairie fire. 星星之火， 可以燎原。 This spark is the strength of conviction. 这个火花就是信念的力量。 Turning off the ignition de-energizes the spark plugs. 关掉点火装置就切断了火花塞的电源。 —————————————— prosperity 繁荣 prosperity n. 繁荣，成功 The city took on an air of prosperity. 这个城市呈现出繁荣的景象。 There can be no durable development and prosperity without peace. 没有和平，不可能有持续的发展和持久的繁荣。 You have only to look around to see the prosperity of the district. 你只要环顾四周，就可看到这个地区的繁荣。 —————————————— egg 蛋 egg n. 蛋；卵子；家伙；鸡蛋 vt. 煽动；怂恿 n. (Egg)人名；(法、英)埃格 Beat up the egg in this wine. 把鸡蛋和酒打和。 You must whip up the egg with the cream quickly. 你必须快点打好鸡蛋和奶油。 When a bird's nest is overturned, no egg can remain intact. 覆巢之下无完卵。 —————————————— tribe 部落 tribe n. 部落；族；宗族；一伙 n. (Tribe)人名；(英)特赖布 Your tribe members are those people who accept you just as you are, and who want the very best for you. 你的部落成员是那些因为是你而接受你的人，他们想要的是一个最真实最完美的你。 Couch surfers tend to see themselves as part of a tribe; unlike two people hooking up at a bar, they meet under an altruistic premise. 沙发冲浪者视自己为一个部落的成员。 不像在酒吧里面邂逅的两个人，他们在利他主义的前提下相遇。 Among tribal people all knowledge inherited by tradition is shared by all; it is taught to every member of the tribe so that in this respect everybody is equally equipped for life. 在部落中，通过传统继承的知识为所有人共享，并传授给部落中的每一个成员。 从这个意义上讲，人人受到的有关生活本领的教育是相等的。 —————————————— free 免费的 free adj. 免费的；自由的，不受约束的；[化学] 游离的 vt. 使自由，解放；释放 adv. 自由地；免费 n. (Free)人名；(英)弗里 Free composition as an exercise has its limitation. 作为练习的自由命题的作文有其局限性。 We all believe in good,free education for our children. 我们都相信对我们孩子们的良好的、自由的教育。 He often pamphleteers and lectures in favour of free trade. 他经常讲演及写小册子支持自由贸易。 —————————————— punish 惩罚 punish vt. 惩罚；严厉对待；贪婪地吃喝 vi. 惩罚 It is my crime, father, punish me. 全是我的罪孽，父皇，请惩罚我吧。 So, you reinforce the pig for walking forward and you punish the pig for walking backward. 那你就对这头猪向前走的行为给予强化,如果它向后退，你就惩罚它。 In my imagination, they seemed to have an uncanny ability to know what I was thinking, and were eager to punish me for any malfeasance. 在我的想象中，他们似乎有不可思议的能力——知道我在想什么，他们因为任何不正当的行为急不可耐地惩罚我。 —————————————— sting 刺痛 sting n. 刺痛；讽刺，刺激；刺毛 vt. 刺；驱使；使…苦恼；使…疼痛 vi. 刺痛；被刺痛；感到剧痛 n. (Sting)人名；(英)斯廷；(德)施廷 Death, where is your sting? 死亡！ 你的刺在那里？ Peppers sting the tongue. 胡椒蜇舌头。 There's always a sting in his words. 他说话总带刺儿。 —————————————— grieve 悲伤 grieve vt. 使悲伤，使苦恼 vi. 悲痛，哀悼 n. (Grieve)人名；(英)格里夫 We grieve for him at this very sad time. 在这非常悲伤的时刻我们向他表示哀悼。 It was then I finally allowed myself to grieve. 直到那时，我终于允许我自己可以伤心了。 Prison, she decided, would be where she could finally grieve her father. 她知道，监狱将是她最终令她父亲伤心的地方。 —————————————— channel 通道 channel vt. 引导，开导；形成河道 n. 通道；频道；海峡 They bored a tunnel under the English Channel. 他们在英吉利海峡下面开凿了隧道。 Clear water gushed into the irrigational channel. 清澈的水涌进了灌溉渠道。 She is the first woman who navigates a sail crossing the English Channel. 她是迄今为止驾船横渡英吉利海峡的第一位女性。 —————————————— worm 蠕虫 worm n. 虫，蠕虫；蜗杆；螺纹；小人物 vt. 使蠕动；给除虫；使缓慢前进 vi. 慢慢前进；蠕行 n. (Worm)人名；(德、丹、葡)沃尔姆 The worm inched along. 这条虫子向前慢慢移动着。 To wriggle is to wrest about like a worm. 蠕动就是像虫子一样扭来扭去。 The worm burrowed its way under the earth. 蠕虫在泥土下掘通道。 —————————————— smart 聪明的 smart adj. 聪明的；巧妙的；敏捷的；厉害的；潇洒的；剧烈的；时髦的 n. (Smart)人名；(法)斯马尔；(英、德)斯马特 Smart people budget their income. 精明人按计划花他们的收入。 He looked a smart guy. 他看上去是一个精明的家伙。 The framework is one in which there are right answers and, if you know those answers, you do well and get to feel smart. 这套框架就是其中存在正确的答案，如果你知道答案，那么你就学得很好并且感觉到自己的聪明。 —————————————— incentive 激励 incentive n. 动机；刺激 adj. 激励的；刺激的 If they have a direct incentive to do so they will think about it. 只有他们有了直接动机，他们才会思考这样做的意义。 Since the Americans have no leverage in these conflicts, they also have no incentive to pick sides. 由于美国人在这些冲突中没有影响力，他们也就没有选择站哪边的动机。 Content providers, however, have every incentive to control access to it because they rely on the goodwill of their audience. 但是，互联网的内容提供者有充分的动机去控制这些内容，因为他们靠他们观众的信任赚钱。 —————————————— conscience 良心 conscience n. 道德心，良心 n. (Conscience)人名；(法)孔西延斯 The matter weighed upon his conscience. 这件事使他的良心痛苦不安。 The temptation was warring with his conscience. 诱惑在与他的良心进行斗争。 For if they did, the answer would be "no", and perhaps their conscience will finally force them to act. 因为如果他们问过之后，答案是否定的，也许他们的良知，最终将迫使他们采取行动。 —————————————— classroom 教室 classroom n. 教室 The boy bounced out of the classroom. 那男孩突然从教室里奔出去。 The students swarmed out of the classroom. 学生们蜂拥着跑出了教室。 She fainted in the classroom and was carried out. 她在教室中昏过去了，并被抬了出来。 —————————————— haste 匆忙 haste n. 匆忙；急忙；轻率 vi. 匆忙；赶紧 vt. 赶快 n. (Haste)人名；(英)黑斯特；(法)阿斯特 Marry in haste and repent at leisure. 草率匹配多后悔。 In my haste I forgot to lock the door. 我匆忙中忘了锁门。 She kissed with abandon but without haste. 她放肆地吻我，却并不匆忙。 —————————————— excite 激发 excite vt. 激起；刺激…，使…兴奋 vi. 激动 What would excite me? 什么会使我激动？ Your aim should be to excite slowly and surely by kissing and stroking your partner's body and you should experiment to find out what pleases her most. 你的目的应该是通过亲吻和抚摸伴侣的身体，缓慢而准确地激起对方的性欲，并通过实验找到最令她感到欢愉的办法。 In fact, few things in the luxury-goods world excite the attention of men like a watch. 事实上，在奢侈品世界里，很少有东西能像手表一样激发起男人的兴趣。 —————————————— qualitative 定性 qualitative adj. 定性的；质的，性质上的 Regardless of whether a KPI is qualitative or quantitative in nature, all KPIs need to say something useful about the running of the business. 不管 KPI 本质上是定性的还是定量的，所有的 KPI 都需要能够展现出一些有关业务运转的有用信息。 It is equally likely that much of this work is carried out based on qualitative, even intuitive approaches that will not serve an organization that faces very complex problems. 同样可能的是许多这样的工作是基于定性的甚至直觉的方法（这些方法将不会为那些面临非常复杂问题的企业服务）执行的。 At the end of each of the three study years, we performed quantitative evaluations of intervention coverage and provider costs, as well as qualitative assessments of the CDI process. 在为期三年研究中，我们在每年末都开展了干预措施覆盖范围和供应商成本的定量评估，还针对CDI过程开展定性评估。 —————————————— expense 费用 expense n. 损失，代价；消费；开支 vt. 向…收取费用 vi. 被花掉 The expense is prohibitive. 费用高得使人不敢问津。 She bought fame at the expense of her happiness and health. 她牺牲了幸福和健康换得名誉。 This, however, comes at the expense of increased performance overhead. 然而，这是以增加的性能开销为代价的。 —————————————— magnet 磁铁 magnet n. 磁铁；[电磁] 磁体；磁石 n. (Magnet)人名；(塞)马格内特；(西)马涅特；(法)马涅 Begin with just one magnet. 仅仅从一个磁铁开始。 The earth may be thought of as a gigantic magnet. 整个地球可以想像为一块硕大无朋的磁石。 At some point you will cut the magnet so small that you will have cut down to the size of a single atom. 从某个方面看，(如果你一直切下去，)你会把磁体切到如此之小，小到只有一个单原子那么大。 —————————————— bird 鸟 bird n. 鸟；家伙；羽毛球 vt. 向…喝倒彩；起哄 vi. 猎鸟；观察研究野鸟 n. (Bird)人名；(英、西)伯德 The bird is not itself today. 这只鸟今天有点儿反常。 A bird preened its feathers. 鸟用喙整理它的羽毛。 A large bird flew past us. 一只大鸟从我们这儿飞过。 —————————————— emit 发出 emit vt. 发出，放射；发行；发表 Why did you emit that scream? 你为什么发出那种尖叫声？ They emit high frequency pulses of sound through their mouth or nose which bounce off surfaces and objects around them. 它们通过嘴或鼻子发出高频脉冲声，这些脉冲声碰到周围的表面或物体就会反射回来。 You express your passion print in the way you move; the scent you emit; how you speak with your eyes, part your lips, and breathe. 在你前进的道路上，你散发着香味，你怎样在用你的眼神、嘴唇、呼吸“说话”，这些留下了你激情的印记。 —————————————— era 是 —————————————— skilled 熟练的 skilled adj. 熟练的；有技能的；需要技能的 He has become a skilled worker. 他已经成为一名熟练的工人。 You need to hire some skilled labour. 你得雇用熟练工人。 Xiao Wang is quite skilled and experienced though he's been in the factory for only a short time. 虽说小王来厂的时间不长， 可是技术已经很熟练了。 —————————————— exchange 交换 exchange n. 交换；交流；交易所；兑换 vt. 交换；交易；兑换 vi. 交换；交易；兑换 Their first exchange set the tone for a new relationship. 他们初步交换意见， 为建立新关系定了调子。 Things exchange for each other according to their cost of production. 根据各自的生产成本进行物物交换。 We must send our most trusted officer to parley with their leaders for an exchange of prisoners. 为了交换俘虏我们必须派一名可靠的军官去与他们的领导人谈判。 —————————————— questionnaire 问卷调查 questionnaire n. 问卷；调查表 I have posted that questionnaire for you to copy and complete. 我已经发布的问卷供您复制和填答。 My only suggestion would be to include a CD with the template charts and questionnaire for ease of roll-out. 我唯一的建议就是希望能够再有一张CD，其中包含模板图表和征求意见的问卷。 After the meal I had them answer a questionnaire about the meal and about their general knowledge of vegetarianism. 饭后我让他们填了关于这顿素餐和对素食主义的大致认识的调查问卷。 —————————————— doom 厄运 doom n. 厄运；死亡；判决；世界末日 vt. 注定；判决；使失败 n. (Doom)人名；(泰)伦 But stretched away unto the edge of doom. 但愿它能绵延至毁灭的边际。 So it is not all doom and gloom, there are positives in the game today. 所以这并非都是厄运与苦难，今天的比赛也有积极的一面。 If the planet orbits faster than its star spins, it should gradually be moving inward towards its sun, and its doom. 如果行星运行快于母星的旋转速度，它会渐渐地向内移动向他的母星，也是它的毁灭。 —————————————— gaze 的目光 gaze vi. 凝视；注视 n. 凝视；注视 n. (Gaze)人名；(俄、意)加泽；(德)加策 She lowered her head under his gaze. 在他的注视下她低下了头。 As she speaks, her emotional gaze shifts from the ground, to my eyes, to the moonlit sky, to the ground, and back to my eyes again. 她说着话，那满溢着情感的凝视从地面移至我的双眼，移至月光闪耀的天空，移至地面，又回到我的双眼。 He feels the floor of the post office move beneath him, and he tries to turn his eyes from her, to ground his gaze in something solid: postbox, ceiling tile, window. 他感到邮局的地板在脚下移动，他试图把视线从她身上挪开，让他的注视停留在某种结实可靠的东西上：邮箱、天花板上的瓷砖、窗户。 —————————————— gaseous 气体 gaseous adj. 气态的，气体的；无实质的 All substances, whether they are gaseous, liquid or solid, are made of atoms. 一切物质，不论它们是气体、液体还是固体， 都是由原子构成的。 The water exists as huge gaseous clouds that absorb and emit light, allowing powerful telescopes to detect them across the mind-boggling distances of space. 水以巨大的气态云团的形式存在，吸收并发出光线，让强大的望远镜可以穿过令人难以置信的空间距离检测到它们。 Future observations will determine whether this is a planet or a brown dwarf, a gaseous body not big enough to begin the nuclear fusion process that makes stars shine. 进一步观测将会确定这是否是一颗行星，还是一颗褐矮星，即一个不够大，无法开始核聚变反应来发出光芒的气体星体。 —————————————— might 可能 might n. 力量；威力；势力 v. 可以；或许（may的过去式）；应该 aux. 可能；也许 n. (Might)人名；(英)迈特 Might I use your pen? 我可以用你的笔吗? The younger people might not like the idea. 年轻一些的人可能不喜欢这个主意。 The lack of a good education might disqualify you from some jobs. 由于缺乏良好的教育，可能使你不适合做某些工作。 —————————————— site 网站 site n. 地点；位置；场所 vt. 设置；为…选址 Media flocked to the murder site. 记者们纷纷赶往谋杀现场。 What will the site be like? 那个网站将会是什么样呢？ He sped his car off the accidental site. 他加快车速驶离了出事地点。 —————————————— framework 框架 framework n. 框架，骨架；结构，构架 The erection of this framework took only a few minutes. 架设这个框架只需几分钟。 That way you not only learn the MVC framework, but how to test it. 这样的话，你不仅学习了MVC框架，还学到如何对其进行测试。 In the MVC framework, you define one view controller for each view. 在 MVC 框架中，您要为每个视图定义一个视图控制器。 —————————————— prove 证明 prove vt. 证明；检验；显示 vi. 证明是 She defied him to prove her guilty. 她量他不敢证明她有罪。 Faraday used no mathematics at all to prove his rule. 法拉第完全没有用数学方法来证明他的定律。 In order to prove his point he showed them the latest sales figures. 为了证明他的观点，他给他们看了最新的销售数字。 —————————————— seemingly 看似 seemingly adv. 看来似乎；表面上看来 But, how can we quantify and measure these seemingly intangible elements? 但是，我们如何量化和衡量这些看似无形的元素呢？ When you control your reaction to the seemingly uncontrollable problem of life, then in fact you do control the problem's effect on you. 对于人生中看似无法控制的难题，当你能够控制自己的应对，那么你就事实上控制了难题对你的影响。 And if my seemingly unintentional actions could have conditioned my niece in such a way, what are the little things you’re doing every day that are unconsciously forming your beliefs and perceptions? 如果是我那貌似无心的举动在某一程度上影响了小侄女，那么你每天都做着的正无意识地形成你的信仰和观念的小事又是什么呢？ —————————————— carrier 航空公司 carrier n. [化学] 载体；运送者；带菌者；货架 n. (Carrier)人名；(英)卡里尔；(法)卡里耶 The squadron is based on a carrier. 空军中队以航空母舰为基地。 Six jet-fighters catapulted from the deck of the carrier. 六架喷气式战斗机从航空母舰的甲板上弹射起飞。 Thailand, Brazil and India each have a carrier, while the US has eleven. 泰国，巴西，和印度，每个国家都有航母，而美国有十一艘。 —————————————— strategic 战略 strategic adj. 战略上的，战略的 The general laid down a few strategic targets on the map. 将军在地图上标明了几个战略目标。 They are pushing hard to improve their strategic nuclear capabilities. 他们正全力以赴增强他们的战略核力量。 Despite their intentions and being in a strategic position, they often stop the progress being called for. 尽管他们的意图和存在是战略的关键位置，但是他们经常停止这一进程。 —————————————— emerge 出现 emerge vi. 浮现；摆脱；暴露 A large number of independent African countries emerge at a historic moment. 一大批非洲独立国家应运而生。 The best practices for authorization of topics have yet to emerge. 用于主题授权的最佳实践还没有出现。 For centuries, astronomers have recorded when these dark blemishes on the solar surface emerge, only for them to fade away again after a few days, weeks or months. 几个世纪以来，天文学家已经记录了何时太阳表面出现这些黑暗的污点。 在数天，数周或数月后，他们一般都会再次消失。 —————————————— just 只是 just adv. 只是，仅仅；刚才，刚刚；正好，恰好；实在；刚要 adj. 公正的，合理的；正直的，正义的；正确的；公平的；应得的 n. (Just)人名；(英)贾斯特；(法)朱斯特；(德、匈、波、捷、挪)尤斯特；(西)胡斯特 Just ring if you need anything. 需要什么东西，你就按铃。 The path diverges just after the house. 那条道路正好在房子后面分叉。 I just flipped through the book to see what it was like. 我只是浏览了一下这本书看看它怎么样。 —————————————— fascinate 吸引 fascinate vt. 使着迷，使神魂颠倒 vi. 入迷 The cute aspect that she read the cartoon book fascinate me. 看到她上课时看漫画时可爱的样子我都着迷。 Angels fascinate, as Christmas-card-makers rediscover every year. 天使令人着迷，正如圣诞卡制造商们每年一再发现的那样。 While nobody in the West knows for sure how much corn China will want to import and how soon, the possibilities fascinate grain traders. 虽然没有任何西方人能确切地知道中国到底想进口多少玉米以及何时进口，但粮食交易商仍为这种可能性所深深着迷。 —————————————— entitle 赋予 entitle vt. 称做…；定名为…；给…称号；使…有权利 That, in turn, can sometimes entitle them to, say, a free coffee or pizza. 相应地，那有时可以让他们享受一份免费的咖啡或匹萨。 She would later entitle her unpublished recollections of her life in China, Memoirs of a Foreign Devil's Daughter. 她不久后便把她未出版的在中国生活的回忆录命名为“洋鬼子女儿的回忆录”。 Your qualifications entitle you to a higher salary. 你的资格使你有权享有较高的薪水。 —————————————— produce 生产 produce vt. 生产；引起；创作；生育，繁殖 n. 农产品，产品 vi. 生产，创作 We ought to and can produce more petroleum. 我们应该并且能够生产更多的石油。 All we need to do to achieve that is produce more, consume less, or both. 为了达到目标，我们需要做的就是多生产，少消费，或者两者均衡。 How do they decide what to produce within their factory? 他们如何决策工厂生产的是什么产品？ —————————————— schedule 时间表 schedule vt. 安排，计划；编制目录；将……列入计划表 n. 时间表；计划表；一览表 Slot them into my schedule for the day. 把它们放到我的日计划表里边。 Put this item on our daily work schedule. 把这项工作提到议事日程上来。 A tight schedule means we can't delay any longer. 一张紧凑的时间表表明我们不能再耽搁。 —————————————— immune 免疫 immune adj. 免疫的；免于……的，免除的 n. 免疫者；免除者 We are immune to advertising. 我们对广告是免疫的。 None of us is immune to the heartaches and sorrows that inhabit this misbegotten world. 我们当中无人能对存在于这个丑恶世界中的心痛和悲伤免疫。 If stress affects immune responses, then it should also affect how well the body heals itself. 如果压力影响免疫反应，那它必将也会影响身体自我疗愈的能力。 —————————————— robust 健壮的 robust adj. 强健的；健康的；粗野的；粗鲁的 However, it should not be a choice between robust architecture and performance. 然而，这不应是在稳健体系结构与性能之间进行选择。 In the next article, you'll learn how to overcome these problems and start building a more robust environment for your application. 在下一篇文章中，您将了解如何克服这些问题并开始为您的应用程序构建一个更健壮的环境。 For this technique to be robust, the tasks you perform must be bounded so you can predict and calibrate the amount of scoped memory required. 要使此技术更为健壮，您执行的任务必须是限定的，那样您才能够预测并校准所需的作用域内存数量。 —————————————— ornament 点缀 ornament n. 装饰；[建][服装] 装饰物；教堂用品 vt. 装饰，修饰 MY fetters, you made music in my heart. I played with you all day long and made you my ornament. 我的镣铐，你在我的心底谱写乐曲；我终日拨弄你，使你成了我增加光彩的装饰物。 To get down to it, you have to cut away what is not true, what is inflated, beside the point, excess, ornament. 更直接点，你们要去掉不真实的，除了这点还有膨胀的，过量的和装饰的。 In their study of the Christmas ornaments, Doucette and his colleagues found that just one gingerbread man ornament raised the DCA levels in a house to unsafe levels. 在他们的化学研究中，多赛特和他的合作伙伴发现仅仅一个姜饼人装饰物就可以使室内DCA浓度升高至危险的水平。 —————————————— rarely 很少 rarely adv. 很少地；难得；罕有地 He rarely mingles with other students on the campus. 他很少和校园里的其他学生交往。 His executive position entitled him to certain courtesies rarely accorded others. 他的行政职务使他享有某种极少给予别人的礼遇。 But as someone who rarely drinks alcohol, I have trouble fully understanding the mindset of these enthusiasts. 但是作为一个很少喝酒的人，我很难完全理解这些狂热者的思想倾向。 —————————————— staircase 楼梯 staircase n. 楼梯 The gallery is terminated by a staircase. 走廊尽头是楼梯。 Some students may not remember which staircase to go down. 一些学生也许不记得从哪个楼梯下楼。 Upon reaching the bottom of this very special staircase, I found myself in what my Regression Therapist called the Hall of Wisdom. This hall had many doors and openings. 当到达这个非常特别的楼梯底部的时候，我发现自己在我的回归治疗师所称的“智慧大礼堂”里，这个礼堂有很多门及开。 —————————————— accompany 陪 accompany vt. 陪伴，伴随；伴奏 vi. 伴奏，伴唱 Please accompany me on my walk. 请陪我散步。 She agreed to accompany the ambassador. 她同意陪大使。 If she sang, he would accompany her on the piano. 如果她歌唱的话，他就会为她钢琴伴奏。 —————————————— dentist 牙医 dentist n. 牙科医生 牙医诊所 The dentist will treat my tooth. 这名牙医将医治我的牙齿。 Could you put me on to a good dentist? 你能帮我找个好的牙医吗? The word “dentist”denotes a doctor whose work is the care of teeth. “牙科医生”一词意谓其工作是医治牙齿的医生。 —————————————— post 帖子 post n. 岗位；邮件；标杆 vt. 张贴；公布；邮递；布置 vi. 快速行进 n. (Post)人名；(英、西、捷、瑞典、荷)波斯特 Soon they assigned him to a new post. 不久， 他们派他到一个新的工作岗位。 I saw her step the street and disappear into the post-office. 我看见她在街上步行，进了邮局就不见了。 Please bring me today's newspaper, if you step across to the post-office. 如果你去附近的邮局，请给我带一份今天的报纸。 —————————————— intervene 干预 intervene vi. 干涉；调停；插入 I said at the beginning of this process, we cannot and should not intervene every time there is an injustice in the world. 在这个进程开始之初，我曾经表示，我们不能也不应每逢世界上出现违背正义的情况就进行干预。 On the one hand, some question why America should intervene at all — even in limited ways — in this distant land. 一方面，有些人质疑美国到底为何要在这个遥远的地方进行干预——即使是有限的干预。 "We'd like to be able to intervene and potentially prevent autism in the future, " she said. 她说：“我们非常希望在不久的将来可以干预并有效地预防自闭症的发生。” —————————————— silence 沉默 silence n. 沉默；寂静；缄默；不谈；无声状态 vt. 使沉默；使安静；压制；消除噪音 int. 安静！；别作声！ I translate his silence as a protest. 我把他的沉默解释为抗议。 He interpreted the silence as contempt. 他把这沉默看做轻蔑的表示。 He misinterpreted her silence as giving consent. 他把她的沉默误认为是同意。 —————————————— encourage 鼓励 encourage vt. 鼓励，怂恿；激励；支持 But, as leaders, how do we encourage them to do it? 但是，作为领导者，我们任何鼓励他们这样做呢？ Old and young cadres learn from each other and encourage each other. 新老干部相互学习， 相互激励。 Economic policy is liberalized to encourage initiatives in production. 放宽经济政策以鼓励生产的积极性。 —————————————— rent 租金 rent n. 租金 vt. 出租；租用；租借 vi. 租；出租 n. (Rent)人名；(瑞典)伦特 Their goods were distrained upon for rent. 他们的财产被扣押以抵偿租金。 Not more than a quarter of your income should go in rent. 你的收入用于房租不应超过四分之一。 The landlord ejected the tenants who did not pay their rent. 房东剥夺不交房租的房客的租用权。 —————————————— hearing 听力 hearing n. 听力；审讯，听讯 v. 听见（hear的ing形式） n. (Hearing)人名；(英)希尔林 Hearing someone come in, he hid himself behind the curtain. 听见有人进来了，他一闪身藏在了窗帘的后面。 He ran the tape back to the original place after hearing it. 他听完录音后把磁带倒回到原来的地方。 He edited the report that was to be presented to the committee at the hearing. 他篡改了那份准备在听证会上向委员会提交的报告。 —————————————— profitable 盈利 profitable adj. 有利可图的；赚钱的；有益的 But these losses do not cancel the earnings of profitable firms. 但这些损失不应该影响其他盈利公司的利润。 Our cost of production allows us to be profitable everywhere, not only in Europe but also in China. 我们的生产成本保证了我们在任何地方都可以盈利，不仅是在欧洲，在中国也如此。 And this is profitable growth. 这是一个有益的增长。 —————————————— both 这两个 both adj. 两个的；两者的 adv. 并；又；两者皆 pron. 双方都；两者都 conj. 既…且… n. (Both)人名；(德、罗、捷、南非、匈)博特 We both arrived at the same conclusion. 我们两个得出了一致的结论。 The company deals in both hardware and software. 这家公司既经营硬件，又经营软件。 To help the talks along, both of us should make some concessions. 为了会谈有所进展，我们双方都得做出一些让步。 —————————————— impact 影响 impact n. 影响；效果；碰撞；冲击力 vt. 挤入，压紧；撞击；对…产生影响 vi. 影响；撞击；冲突；压紧（on，upon，with） What about the impact on your life? 对你的生活又会有什么影响？ How will the war impact on his generation? 战争对他这一代会有什么影响呢? Right now, we have no idea of the impact of these drug residues or what we can do about them. 目前，我们还不知道这些药物残留会对身体产生什么影响，也不知道该对它们做些什么。 —————————————— tower 塔 tower n. 塔；高楼；堡垒 vi. 高耸；超越 n. (Tower)人名；(英)托尔 The Tower of London stands in the East End of London. 伦敦塔位于伦敦的东区。 The air-liner was calling the control tower at the airport. 这架大型客机正在向机场的指挥塔台呼叫。 I felt dizzy when I looked down from the top of the television tower. 当我从电视塔顶往下看时，我感到头晕目眩。 —————————————— solo 独奏 solo n. 独奏；独唱；独奏曲 adj. 独奏的；独唱的；单独的 vt. 单人攀登；单独驾 vi. 单独表演；放单飞 adv. 单独地 We should therefore expect more accurate estimates of time and difficulty by a pair programming team than from a solo programming team. 这样我们应该期望，比起单独的编程团队，通过结对编程可以对时间和难度进行更准确的估计。 Or in another case, a performer will not always have a solo and the chance to be in the spotlight. 例如，演奏者并不总是有独奏的机会，或者有在聚灯光下成为众所瞩目展现自己的机会。 This will not worry the members of F4, however, who are all flying solo and doing well in their respective careers, after last performing together two years ago. 当然F4的成员们不必为此发愁。 两年前他们在最后一次集体亮相后，便宣布单飞，目前在各自的领域也都做得风生水起。 —————————————— foremost 最重要的是 foremost adj. 最重要的；最先的 adv. 首先；居于首位地 The foremost of these is other people. 这其中最重要的就是身边的人。 I can’t stand them. First — and by far — foremost, they don’t stay in my ears. 我不能忍受它们，到目前为止首要的问题就是它们不能待在我的耳朵里。 As for my children, they taught me that a parent should be foremost a listener, a quality I was lacking in many instances. 关于我的孩子们我想说，是他们教给我为人父母应首先学会倾听，这种品质我很多时候都不具备。 —————————————— vessel 船 vessel n. 船，舰；[组织] 脉管，血管；容器，器皿 n. (Vessel)人名；(荷)费塞尔；(俄、意、捷)韦塞尔 The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai. 这艘船满载货物驶往上海。 The enemy's vessel was hulled with only one torpedo. 只一枚鱼雷就把敌舰舰身穿了个洞。 Having stayed at a small isolated island for about a month, I saw a vessel heave in sight, hull down. 在一个小孤岛呆了将近一个月后，我终于看见一艘轮船驶入视线，可以看到船的桅杆了。 —————————————— natural 自然 natural adj. 自然的；物质的；天生的；不做作的 n. 自然的事情；白痴；本位音 n. (Natural)人名；(西)纳图拉尔 We should tap natural resources. 我们应该开发自然资源。 This feeling seems to be natural. 这种感触似乎是自然的。 They can canal the natural forces. 他们能疏导大自然的力量。 —————————————— cancer 癌症 cancer n. 癌症；恶性肿瘤 Alas! He died of cancer. 唉！ 他被癌症夺去了生命。 There is no radical cure for cancer. 现在还没有根治癌症的办法。 The war stagnated researches into the causes of cancer. 那场战争使癌症起因的研究工作停滞不前。 —————————————— performance 性能 performance n. 性能；绩效；表演；执行；表现 Her performance exceeded all the others. 她的表演超过所有其他人。 They laid on an acrobatic performance for the children. 他们为孩子们安排了一场杂技表演。 My students turned in a good performance at the English evening. 我的学生在英语晚会上作了出色的表演。 —————————————— reward 奖励 reward n. [劳经] 报酬；报答；酬谢 vt. [劳经] 奖励；奖赏 He made promises of a large reward. 他许下要给大报酬的诺言。 How can I reward you for your kindness? 我怎样才能报答你的好意呢? They reinforced good behaviour with some kind of reward to direct a child's pattern of behaviour. 他们以某种奖赏鼓励好的行为来指导孩子的行为模式。 —————————————— lap 腿上 lap n. 一圈；膝盖；下摆；山坳 vt. 使重叠；拍打；包围 vi. 重叠；轻拍；围住 n. (Lap)人名；(越)立 On the third lap he left the other runners far behind. 跑到第三圈，他已经把别人远远地抛在后面了。 At the last lap John held him,and then began to pick up on him. 在最后一圈约翰追上了他，并开始超过他。 I then gently cradled his head in my lap. 然后我轻轻地把他的头抱在我腿上。 —————————————— convict 罪犯 convict vt. 证明…有罪；宣告…有罪 n. 罪犯 He was another convict for life, who had come from the galleys, and was dressed in red, like Chenildieu, was a peasant from Lourdes, and a half-bear of the Pyrenees. 这个受着终身监禁的囚犯，和舍尼杰一样，也是从狱中提出来的，也穿一件红衣，他是卢尔德地方的乡下人，比利牛斯山里几乎近于野人的人。 Finally the young man revealed that he was a paroled convict returning from a distant prison. 最后这个年轻人吐露了实情，他是个获得假释的犯人，刚刚从服刑监狱回来。 Ms. Tymoshenko says Mr. Yanukovych is the instigator of what she called a “crooked” court action that will likely convict her of abuse of power charges. 季莫申科说，亚努科维奇背后策划了这个她称为“不正当”的法律行动。 这个法律行动可能会以滥用职权将她定罪。 —————————————— respective 各自的 respective adj. 分别的，各自的 Everything in the world has its respective rules and regulations. 世间万物自有其各自的行为规则和尺度。 Select any one of the listed files to open and edit it in the respective editor. 选择任意一个列出的文件，以在各自的编辑器中打开并编辑它。 Such trends in my field and yours have implications for the identity of our respective disciplines. 在我和你的领域中，这样的趋势是对我们各自训练的同一性的暗示。 —————————————— recession 经济衰退 recession n. 衰退；不景气；后退；凹处 There is sign that the recession has bottomed out. 有迹象表明萧条已达最低点。 In this recession, we seek the bogey. 我们在这次衰退中寻找着魔鬼。 Start by pruning your watch list to learn how to use the clues that this crisis and recession have provided. 从整理你的观察名单开始，学会利用这次危机和衰退提供的线索对名单进行精简。 —————————————— supreme 最高 supreme adj. 最高的；至高的；最重要的 n. 至高；霸权 The case was up for the final decision in the Supreme Court. 该案由最高法院作最后裁决。 The ability to write is a supreme test of linguistic competence. 写作能力是对语言能力的最高形式的测试。 The ability to write is a supreme test of linguistic competence. 写作能力是语文能力的最高形式的检测。 —————————————— scout 童子军 scout n. 搜索，侦察；侦察员；侦察机 vt. 侦察；跟踪，监视；发现 vi. 侦察；巡视；嘲笑 Climbing the mountain fatigued the whole scout troop. 登山使整个侦察连感到疲劳。 The general landed on the scout for his not carefully observing the enemy situation. 将军责骂那个侦察兵没有仔细观察敌情。 If an ant finds an outstanding hole--such as the inside of an acorn or a rock crevice--it recruits another scout to check it out. 如果一只蚂蚁找到了一个理想的洞穴，如：橡子内部或岩石裂隙，它就会叫来另外一个侦察蚁对洞穴进行检查。 —————————————— dispatch 调度 dispatch n. 派遣；急件 vt. 派遣；分派 These handlers should always be deployed after the dispatch phase. 这些处理程序应该始终部署在调度阶段后。 A basic use of a selector is for simple dispatch, which means you can dynamically reroute the destination of a service call from one component or import to another. 选择器的基本用途是进行简单的分派，这意味着您可以将服务调用的目标从一个组件或导入动态地重新路由到或导入另一个组件。 We have covered how you can use a selector in a simple dispatch scenario. 我们向您介绍了如何在简单的分派场景中使用选择器。 —————————————— hair 头发 hair n. 头发；毛发；些微 vt. 除去…的毛发 vi. 生长毛发；形成毛状纤维 adj. 毛发的；护理毛发的；用毛发制成的 Fear caused his hair to rise. 恐惧使他的毛发竖立起来。 To hair the hides is one of the tanning processes. 在制革过程中，除去兽皮上的毛是工序之一。 His hair was over his eyebrows and he pushed it back. 他的头发盖住了眉毛，他用手把他们拢向后面。 —————————————— immense 巨大的 immense adj. 巨大的，广大的；无边无际的；非常好的 One disease on our agenda causes immense suffering in large parts of the world, but does its greatest harm in Africa. 我们的议程上有一种疾病在世界上许多地方造成巨大的痛苦，但在非洲产生最大的危害。 But the cost — to the world economy and, above all, to the millions of lives blighted by the absence of jobs — will nonetheless be immense. 但其代价——对整个世界经济，尤其是对那些由于失业而饱受挫折的千百万的民众来说——将仍然是巨大的。 He complains that the statement on uncertainties is also misleading because it does not reveal that uncertainties about future climate projections are, in his view, immense. 他抱怨说，对于不确定性的声明也是误导，因为它没有披露出未来气候预测中的不确定性，在他看来那是巨大的。 —————————————— polish 波兰 polish n. 磨光，擦亮；擦亮剂；优雅，精良 vi. 擦亮，变光滑 vt. 磨光，使发亮；使完美; 改进 v. 磨光；修改；润色 adj. 波兰的 Polish your shoes with a brush. 用刷子把你的鞋子擦亮。 That polish has bloomed. 那种上光剂已失去光泽。 The Polish clergy use their influence to polonize the people. 波兰的教士们运用他们的影响去使人民波兰化。 —————————————— canvas 帆布 canvas n. 帆布 vt. 用帆布覆盖，用帆布装备 adj. 帆布制的 We need a piece of canvas that weathers well. 我们需要一块经久耐用的帆布。 They toted canvas sacks over their shoulders. 他们肩上扛着帆布袋。 Starting with paintings like this one, the canvas is the whole object, the whole universe, and there is nothing beyond it. 从诸如这样的绘画开始，画布就成为一个完整的对象，完整的宇宙，没有任何东西可以超越。 —————————————— fitting 拟合 fitting n. 装配，装置；试穿，试衣 adj. 适合的，适宜的；相称的 n. (Fitting)人名；(英、德)菲廷 I don't mind fitting my timetable round yours. 我并不介意改变我的时间表来适合你的。 For the owner of the fishery, the government offered him a fitting position in a firm. 对于渔场的主人，政府给他在一家公司提供了一个适合的职位。 New homes need fitting out from floor to ceiling, a job that only professionals can do. 新房子从地板到天花板都需要装修，而这些只有专业人员才能做。 —————————————— intent 意图 intent n. 意图；目的；含义 adj. 专心的；急切的；坚决的 But it is our intent that they learn something. 但是让他们学习些什么是我们的目的。 It was their intent to micromanage the issues, to become part of the process. 他们的目的是为了微观处理这个问题，使之成为整个过程中的一部分。 Before he accepts and attends daily or weekly meetings, he understands the agenda and goal of the meeting and how they mesh with his current intent. 在他接受并参加每日或每周的会议之前，他会了解会议的日程和目标，以及他们如何能接受他当前的意图。 —————————————— reluctant 不情愿的 reluctant adj. 不情愿的；勉强的；顽抗的 Yes, in that Iran, as China did with Pyongyang, can push a reluctant Baghdad regime to reform. 没错，在于伊朗可以像中国对朝鲜一样推动不情愿的巴格达政权改革。 And I’ve heard lots of other reluctant exercisers say the same. 同时我听到许多其他的不情愿的锻炼者也同样这样说。 But as leaders in the region start listening to their people, they might also be more reluctant to support other U.S. policies in the region. 但是作为开始聆听人民声音的地区领袖，他们或许也会更加不情愿去接受美国政府在该地区实施的相关政策。 —————————————— harness 利用 harness vt. 治理；套；驾驭；披上甲胄；利用 n. 马具；甲胄；挽具状带子；降落伞背带；日常工作 You just need to know how to harness them. 你只是需要懂得如何好好驾驭它们。 We must harness the rivers which overflow annually. 我们必须治理那些每年泛滥的河流。 He put a harness on each of us, and we were hauled into the helicopter. 他在我们每个人头上套上一个套索，然后我们被拉进了直升飞机。 —————————————— plug 插头 plug n. 插头；塞子；栓 vi. 塞住；用插头将与电源接通 vt. 插入；塞住；接插头 This socket only accepts a two-pronged plug. 这个插座只能插入两脚插头。 The water gurgled as it ran down the plug-hole. 水从塞孔中流下时汩汩做声。 Check that the plug has been wired up properly. 检查插头是否插好了。 —————————————— soak 浸泡 soak vt. 吸收，吸入；沉浸在（工作或学习中）；使……上下湿透 vi. 浸泡；渗透 n. 浸；湿透；大雨 Soak your arm in warm water. 将你的双臂浸泡在温水中。 Soak your tension away. 将你的紧张“泡”走。 Let the clothes soak for a few hours in soapy water. 让衣服在肥皂水中泡几小时。 —————————————— midnight 午夜 midnight n. 午夜，半夜12点钟 adj. 半夜的；漆黑的 We lingered on until after midnight. 我们一直呆到午夜之后才离去。 He still went home, notwithstanding the midnight. 尽管已近午夜，他还是回家去了。 The newspaper reporter had to phone in her story before midnight. 报社记者必须在午夜前用电话报道她采访的情况。 —————————————— fake 假的 fake n. 假货；骗子；假动作 vt. 捏造；假装…的样子 vi. 假装；做假动作 adj. 伪造的 n. (Fake)人名；(英)费克 Is that the fellow who hustled the fake jewels? 那是卖假珠宝的那个家伙吗? They used fake signal lights to bait the enemy ships onto the rocks. 他们用假信号灯诱使敌船触礁。 Why : She'll wonder about your fake adoration for him while they were together. 为什么 ：她会怀疑你当他们在一齐时候的对他的假崇拜。 —————————————— generalize 概括 generalize vt. 概括；推广；使...一般化 vi. 形成概念 They hope to generalize the use of this new soap. 他们希望推广这种新型香皂的应用。 You will need to be able to generalize knowledge and transfer it between circumstances to succeed. 您需要具有归纳知识并将其转用到其它情况的能力，这样才能成功。 A corollary of this principle is that a learning algorithm should never be evaluated for its results in the training set because this shows no evidence of an ability to generalize to unseen instances. 这个原理的一个推论是，一种学习算法永远不会对它训练集的结果进行评估，因为对于一种未知的事例而言，没有证据表明算法具有概括它们的能力。 —————————————— cancel 取消 cancel vt. 取消；删去 vi. 取消；相互抵消 vi. 取消，撤销 n. 取消，撤销 n. (Cancel)人名；(法)康塞尔 Why not cancel the meeting? 为什么不取消会议呢？ You can see the “cancel” link next to it, in plain text. 你可以看到 “取消”链接以纯文本方式放在它的旁边。 If it were to rain,we would have to cancel the match tomorrow. 假如下雨的话，我们明天就得取消比赛。 —————————————— remark 备注 remark n. 注意；言辞 vt. 评论；觉察 vi. 谈论 He insulted me by such a remark. 他讲这种话是对我的侮辱。 They bristled at the remark. 他们对那些话感到恼怒。 His hostility to the woman found vent in a sharp remark. 他用尖刻的话语发泄对那个女人的敌意。 —————————————— crystal 水晶 crystal n. 结晶，晶体；水晶；水晶饰品 adj. 水晶的；透明的，清澈的 n. (Crystal)人名；(英)克里斯特尔，克丽丝特尔 (女名) People imitate diamonds with crystal. 人们用水晶仿造钻石。 So where do we get this magic wand and crystal ball? 那么，我们到哪里获得这种魔棒和水晶玻璃球？ You can consider this line a one-dimensional crystal because it is ordered. 你可以考虑这一列为一维的晶体,因为它是有序的。 —————————————— simplify 简化 simplify vt. 简化；使单纯；使简易 The program could simplify further. 该程序还可以进一步地简化。 They have to simplify. 他们需要简化。 This also helps us simplify our design. 这也帮助我们简化我们的设计。 —————————————— advertise 做广告 advertise vt. 通知；为…做广告；使突出 vi. 做广告，登广告；作宣传 In that world they advertise, it's always on. 在那个世界他们做广告说它永远运转着。 If you want to sell your product you must advertise it. 如果你要推销自己的产品，你就必须做广告。 See what happens when companies use stairs to advertise their products. 看看当公司用楼梯给产品做广告会发生什么。 —————————————— enthusiastic 热情的 enthusiastic adj. 热情的；热心的；狂热的 Here the crowd was thickest and most enthusiastic. 这里的人群最密集， 热情也最高。 And not only that, people just like to be around enthusiastic people in general. 不仅仅如此，总体来说，人都比较倾向于与热情的人往来。 Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money or title or power. 热心的人同样热爱他们所做的，而不管金钱、头衔或者权威。 —————————————— cost 成本 cost vt. 花费；使付出；使花许多钱 n. 费用，代价，成本；损失 vi. 花费 n. (Cost)人名；(英、罗)科斯特 Did you reckon in the cost of the taxi? 你把坐计程车的费用计算在内了吗? They deducted the cost of the broken window from his allowance. 他们从他的津贴中扣除损坏窗户的费用。 We have to weigh the cost of the new system against the benefits it will bring. 我们必须权衡一下起用新系统所需的成本和它将带来的效益。 —————————————— sake 为了 sake n. 目的；利益；理由；日本米酒 n. (Sake)人名；(罗)萨克；(日)酒(姓) I wish for your sake they were right. 为了你的缘故，我但愿他们是对的。 Yet, for my sake, you must be friends now. 可是为了我的缘故，你们现在非作朋友不可。 They roped her on to us for the sake of safety. 为了安全，他们用绳子把她和我们相互系在一起。 —————————————— inside 内部 inside n. 里面；内部；内情；内脏 adj. 里面的；内部的；秘密的 adv. 在里面 prep. 少于；在…之内 He concealed the key inside his tie. 他把钥匙藏在领带里面。 The piston is reciprocating inside cylinder. 活塞在汽缸内部往复运动。 Potting up green plants in the house will purify the air inside. 在房内盆栽绿色植物可以净化室内空气。 —————————————— comply 遵守 comply vi. 遵守；顺从，遵从；答应 It is your choice as to whether you choose to comply. 选择是否遵守这些法律取决于您自己的决定。 When one states that an entity must leave, it must comply. 当你宣告一个存有必须离开时，它必须顺从。 If the consumer strays out of the fence after agreeing to comply, the consumer runs the risk of violating the policy. 如果用户在同意遵守策略后跳出了该范围，那么用户就处于违反策略的风险中。 —————————————— input 输入 input n. 投入；输入电路 vt. [自][电子] 输入；将…输入电脑 What do I have (input)? 我有什么（输入）？ We should phase the input and output of the machine. 我们应该使机器的输入功率和输出功率的相位同步。 They would affect not only input to the service, but output from the service. 他们不仅将影响对服务的输入，而且将影响从服务的输出。 —————————————— brood 苦思冥想的 brood vt. 孵；沉思 n. 一窝；一伙 n. (Brood)人名；(瑞典)布罗德 You also have a tendency to brood and to bear grudges and can be suspicious and vindictive. 另外，你喜欢沉思，易于记仇，而且可能会有些多疑，又怀有报复心。 After an argument, one partner may brood, slam the door, and then drive to a local bar to drown their sorrows in alcohol. 一次争执之后，情侣的一方可能会沉思、摔门，然后开车到一个当地酒吧买醉。 Male seahorses are equipped with a brood pouch on their ventral, or front-facing, side. When mating, the female deposits her eggs into his pouch, and the male fertilizes them internally. 雄性海马在腹部或前部生有孵化囊，交配的时候雌性海马会将卵子排进雄性海马的囊中，然后由雄性海马在体内使其受精。 —————————————— being 被 being n. 存在；生命；本质；品格 adj. 存在的；现有的 Do you like being stared at? 你喜欢被人盯着看吗? I spied the man being killed in the street. 我看见那个人被人杀死在大街上。 He is now being coached by a famous pianist. 他现在正由一位著名的钢琴家进行辅导。 —————————————— outbreak 爆发 outbreak n. （战争的）爆发；（疾病的）发作 vi. 爆发 The cholera outbreak has been contained. 霍乱的爆发已被遏制住。 Such events may forecast an outbreak of war. 这些事件可能预示着战争的爆发。 However, even in the early days of the outbreak, not everyone with swine flu will have visited their GP. 然而，即使是在爆发早期，也做不到每一个猪流感病人都能拜访他们的家庭医生。 —————————————— piano 钢琴 piano n. 钢琴 n. (Piano)人名；(法、意、葡)皮亚诺 He accompanied her on the piano. 他用钢琴为她伴奏。 At the piano will be .... 将由 ... 担任钢琴伴奏。 He strummed on the piano and told me about the tune. 他在钢琴上弹了几下，然后告诉我就这个调子。 —————————————— call 调用 call vi. 呼叫；拜访；叫牌 vt. 呼叫；称呼；召集 n. 电话；呼叫；要求；访问 n. (Call)人名；(瑞典、罗)卡尔；(英)考尔 If necessary, you might call in sick. 必要时你可以打电话请病假。 Please call if you require assistance. 如果需要帮忙，请打电话。 The worker's deed was beyond the call of duty. 这位工人的行为超越了职责的要求。 —————————————— invalid 无效的 invalid adj. 无效的；有病的；残废的 n. 病人；残废者 vt. 使伤残；使退役 vi. 变得病弱；因病而奉命退役 This certificate is invalid. 这张证明已失效。 We regarded the contract as having become invalid. 我们认为这个合同业已失效。 How do you keep invalid data from getting into your system? 如何才能阻止无效的数据进入您的系统呢？ —————————————— regime 政权 regime n. 政权，政体；社会制度；管理体制 The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime. 独裁者取缔批评他政权的报刊书籍。 They said this is what happens when a regime has no legitimacy in the eyes of the people. 他们说当一些人认为现有的体制不存在合法性的情况下，抢劫就这样发生了。 They do not necessarily want to overthrow their regime, but to express the depths of their frustration with its inadequacy. 他们并不一定是要推翻这个政体，只是在表达他们对其无能失望到了何种程度。 —————————————— pity 遗憾 pity n. 怜悯，同情；遗憾 vt. 对……表示怜悯；对……感到同情 His heart melted with pity. 他因怜悯而心软了。 We will not pity nor spare, nor have mercy to the enemy. 对敌人我们不会同情，不会宽恕，也不会发慈悲。 Pity welled up in her heart as she watched the disabled child. 当她看到那个残疾孩子的时候，怜悯之心涌上心头。 —————————————— lest 以免 lest conj. 唯恐，以免；担心 He got up early that morning lest he should miss the train. 他那天早上起得很早，生怕误了火车。 It is your duty, lest you be ostracized by the better half of society. 这是你的责任。 唯恐你被更好的一半社会放逐。 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 因为我还有五个弟兄。 他可以对他们作见证，免得他们也来到这痛苦的地方。 —————————————— plan 计划 plan n. 计划；平面图 vt. 计划；设计；打算 vi. 计划；打算 n. (Plan)人名；(瑞典)普兰；(法)普朗 They talked him out of his plan. 他们说服他放弃他的计划。 He sympathizes with my plan. 他表示支持我的方案。 He countered my plan with one of his own. 他提出自己的计划与我的计划抗衡。 —————————————— essential 至关重要的 essential adj. 基本的；必要的；本质的；精华的 n. 本质；要素；要点；必需品 They believe it is essential to defy convention. 他们认为对抗流俗是绝对必要的。 I do not know whether you realize it, but this condition is essential to us. 我不知道你是否了解，但是，这个条件对我们是必要的。 Thus, an essential assumption of this method is that requirements must be well understood before development can go forward. 因而，这种方法的一个必要假定是需求必须在开发能够进行之前被充分地理解。 —————————————— skip 跳过 skip vi. 跳跃；跳绳；遗漏；跳读 vt. 跳过；遗漏 n. 跳跃；跳读 n. (Skip)人名；(英)斯基普 What do you do to skip the store? 你会怎么做来忽略那些商店呢? Skip it. 跳过它。 The parents want their child to skip to the second grade. 这家父母希望他们孩子能跳级到二年级。 —————————————— discern 辨别 discern vt. 识别；领悟，认识 vi. 看清楚，辨别 We should learn to discern and analyze the essentials of complicated questions. 我们应该学会认识和分析复杂问题的本质。 Some of the traditional top-down heavily marketed hits I think will lose because it's so easy for people to discern whether they are really good or just marketed very well. 我认为一些管理传统的市场热卖品将会处于劣势，因为人们可以很容易的分辨出这些畅销品是否真的很好或者只是销售的很好而已。 It is about enabling potential consumers to discern through contract metadata which service and capability may best meet their need. 它的内涵是，促使潜在消费者通过契约元数据来辨别最符合它们需要的服务和能力。 —————————————— entail 需要 entail vt. 使需要，必需；承担；遗传给；蕴含 n. 引起；需要；继承 Awareness does not only entail informing people of the problem, but also presenting them with solutions. 普及卫生意识不仅包括让人民知道问题，而且要提出解决方案。 He could not confess Veronica’s revival in his life, for that would entail confession of the earlier liaison. 他不能够承认维罗妮卡在他的生活中复活了，因为这牵扯到要承认他们以前的隐情。 He wanted to be on time for work, so he wrote down what that would entail: waking up, showering, dressing, preparing breakfast, eating, driving, parking and buying coffee—all before 9 a.m. 他想要按时工作，所以他把需要做到的都写下来：起床、淋浴、更衣、准备早餐、吃饭、开车上班、停车和买咖啡——所有的这些都要在早晨9点之前完成。 —————————————— erroneous 错误的 erroneous adj. 错误的；不正确的 No erroneous ideas should be allowed to spread unchecked. 不能听任错误思想自由泛滥。 Proper measures were taken as soon as the erroneous ideas cropped up. 错误思想一冒头， 就及时采取了措施。 You ought to examine yourself honestly and find out the source of your erroneous views. 你应该老老实实地反躬自省， 找出你这些错误观点的根源。 —————————————— liability 责任 liability n. 责任；债务；倾向；可能性；不利因素 On the other hand, your debt is an asset to the bank, but it is your liability. 在另一方面，你的债务是银行的一种资产，但它却是你的债务。 Your savings are a liability to the bank even though those same savings are an asset to you. 你的储蓄对银行来说是一种债务，虽然这些储蓄也是你的一种资产。 But without the formal business entity, you have no hope of limiting your personal liability. 因为没有正规的商务体制，你就没有希望限制你的个人责任。 —————————————— grammatical 语法 grammatical adj. 文法的；符合语法规则的 Apart from [Except for] a few grammatical mistakes， this composition of yours is well written. 除了几处语法错误之外， 你这篇作文写得不错。 They may not have verbs, nouns or past participles, but birds challenge the notion that humans alone have evolved grammatical rules. 它们可能没有动词、名词和过去分词，但是鸟类挑战只有人类演化出语法规则这一观念。 The Japanese have what could be called an "interesting" grammatical structure, but could also be called "confusing", "random", "bogus" or "evil". 日语拥有可以称得上“有趣的”语法结构，但是也可以被称为“令人困惑的”、“任意的”、“虚假的”或是“邪恶的”。 —————————————— breakfast 早餐 breakfast n. 早餐；早饭 vi. 吃早餐 vt. 为…供应早餐 Have you had your breakfast already? 你已经吃过早饭了吗？ After breakfast he perused the newspapers. 早饭后，他读了各种报纸。 He wolfed down his breakfast and went to school. 他狼吞虎咽地吃了早饭上学去了。 —————————————— attribute 属性 attribute n. 属性；特质 vt. 归属；把…归于 This attribute should be set to any string that you want displayed in the status bar. 您可以为这个属性设置为在状态栏中想要显示的任意字符串。 And from these, notice the name of the class and the name and type of each attribute. 从这些标记中，我们可以看出类名和每个属性的名字与类型。 So you have text nodes, element nodes, and attribute nodes. 所以可以有文本节点、元素节点和属性节点。 —————————————— merge 合并 merge vt. 合并；使合并；吞没 vi. 合并；融合 n. (Merge)人名；(意)梅尔杰 How do I merge them? 我该怎么合并它们呢？ We can merge our two small businesses into a larger one. 我们可以把我们的两家小商店合并为一家大商行。 In this situation, you can either catch up the resource from the stream, release your version of the resource to the stream, or merge your work and the stream resource. 在这种情况下，您可以捕获来自流的资源，将您制订的该资源的版本发布到流中，或者也可以把您的工作与流资源合并起来。 —————————————— aspect 方面 aspect n. 方面；方向；形势；外貌 Every aspect should be considered. 各个方面都要考虑到。 He has made progress in every aspect. 他在各方面都有起色。 They reviewed each aspect of the plan bit by bit. 他们对计划的各个方面逐一地进行了审核。 —————————————— passion 激情 passion n. 激情；热情；酷爱；盛怒 Her passion for me has cooled down. 她对我的热情已经冷下来了。 His passion for the ballerina soon congealed. 他对那位芭蕾舞女的热情很快就冷下来了。 His passion for horseracing carried him astray. 他对赛马运动的酷爱使他误入歧途。 —————————————— combination 结合 combination n. 结合；组合；联合；[化学] 化合 They can input one of the fields or any combination of up to three fields. 用户可以输入其中的一个字段或者多个字段组合（最多三个）。 This depends not on the stimuli but on the combination of stimulus and response. 它并不取决于刺激源，而是取决于刺激源和回应的组合。 After all, there does not seem to be any inherent impossibility in the combination. 毕竟，在这种组合中似乎没有任何固有的不可能性。 —————————————— stale 不新鲜的 stale adj. 陈腐的；不新鲜的 vi. 变陈旧；撒尿；变得不新鲜 vt. 使变旧；变得不新鲜 n. 尿 n. (Stale)人名；(塞)斯塔莱 However, you need to be careful to avoid using stale information. 但是，您需要小心避免使用陈旧的信息。 Because if you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. 因为，如果没有任何新鲜的想法，你就用一些陈腐的战术去恐吓选民。 By using stale metaphors, similes, and idioms, you save much mental effort, at the cost of leaving your meaning vague, not only for your reader but for yourself. 使用陈腐的暗喻、明喻和习语，你省了不少思考的力气，代价是你的意义的模糊，不仅对读者，也对你自己模糊。 —————————————— clockwise 顺时针方向 clockwise adv. 顺时针方向地 adj. 顺时针方向的 Positive values for the angle rotate the object clockwise if you look along the positive rotation axis. 角度为正值，则表示若您顺着正旋转轴方向观察，对象是按顺时针旋转的。 After 14 months of repairs, the giant machine was restarted on Friday evening and the first beam started circulating in a clockwise direction around the tunnel about 10pm. 经过14个月的修理，这台巨型机器于周五晚上重新启动，晚上10点左右，第一束粒子波开始沿顺时针方向在隧道内环行。 Flights over Moscow are made only in the clockwise direction. 在莫斯科上空飞行只能是沿着顺时针方向。 —————————————— gloomy 悲观的 gloomy adj. 黑暗的；沮丧的；阴郁的 You must rid yourself of this gloomy mood. 你必须使自己摆脱这种闷闷不乐的忧郁情绪。 Why you look so gloomy? What are you looking for? 为什么你看起来那么沮丧？你在找什么？ Share prices plunged as a result of the gloomy economic forecast. 因为经济展望暗淡，因而股票价格大跌。 —————————————— rush 冲 rush n. 冲进；匆促；急流；灯心草 adj. 急需的 vt. 使冲；突袭；匆忙地做；飞跃 vi. 冲；奔；闯；赶紧；涌现 n. (Rush)人名；(英)拉什 Why go back to the grey, the dirt, the noise, the rush? 为什么要回到那灰暗、肮脏、吵闹和匆忙的生活中去呢？ I won't let you rush about like a blind man riding a blind horse. 我不能让你盲人瞎马地去到处乱闯。 Try to have blocks of time with no interruptions, so you don’t have to rush from one meeting to another. 试着要让自己有大块的不受打扰的时间，这样你就不必匆忙的从这个会议赶赴那个会议。 —————————————— enough 足够的 enough adv. 足够地，充足地 n. 很多；充足 adj. 充足的 int. 够了！ I have enough material to curtain all the windows. 我有足够的料子把所有的窗户都挂上窗帘。 She asked from her mother enough money to buy the skirt. 她向她母亲要了足够的钱来买这条裙子。 If he brasses up, his wife and child will have enough money. 如果他把该付的付清，他老婆孩子就会有足够的钱了。 —————————————— learn 学习 learn vt. 学习；得知；认识到 vi. 学习；获悉 He should learn how to conduct a meeting. 他应当学习如何主持会议。 We must exploit every opportunity to learn new things. 我们必须利用一切机会学习新事物。 We have to learn to contradistinguish one thing from another. 我们必须学会用对比的方法来区别两个事物。 —————————————— occasional 偶尔 occasional adj. 偶然的；临时的；特殊场合的 You should be cautious of these distractions, but allow yourself the occasional distraction to break up your day. 对于这些让人分心的事物你应该谨慎，但是你也要允许自己偶尔的分心去分解你的一天。 Aside from Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day and occasional school-holiday visits, most of us rarely get to show our children how we behave at work. 除去“带孩子上班日”和偶尔的学校假期参观活动，我们中的大部分人都很少有机会向孩子展示自己在工作中的行为举止。 He meant that they sit down with each other, not just over the occasional meal, but over the course of their lives. 他的意思是，他们坐下来与对方，不只是在偶尔吃吃饭，而是在探讨彼此对生命的体验。 —————————————— retreat 撤退 retreat n. 撤退；休息寓所；撤退 vi. 撤退；退避；向后倾 vt. 退（棋）；使后退 No retreat is allowed, only advance. 只许前进， 不许后退。 The enemy's line of retreat was cut off. 敌人的退路已被截断。 Nevertheless, he did not retreat. 不过他并不后退。 —————————————— bang 爆炸 bang n. 刘海；重击；突然巨响 adv. 直接地；砰然地；突然巨响地 vt. 重击；发巨响 n. (Bang)人名；(英、乍)班；(芬、德、丹)邦 No one knows why this should be: until that point, everyone assumed the universe's expansion would be slowing down after the big bang. 没有人知道这究竟是为什么：在这一论点提出之前，大家都以为在大爆炸之后，宇宙的膨胀会渐渐慢下来。 By definition, the universe encompasses all of space and time as we know it, so it is beyond the realm of the Big Bang model to postulate what the universe is expanding into. 据定义，宇宙包含我们所知的所有空间和时间，所以要求用大爆炸模型解释我们视界之外的宇宙超出了这个模型的限定范围。 One is the original cause of the big bang itself. 其中一个是大爆炸本身产生的初始原因。 —————————————— medical 医疗 medical adj. 医学的；药的；内科的 n. 医生；体格检查 I balanced the benefits against the costs of medical insurance. 我权衡了医疗保险的好处和它的花费。 The case baffles the skill of our most experienced medical men. 这一病例使我们最有经验的医生也无法施展其医术。 The doctor said that the old man is beyond medical help and will soon die. 医生说这个老人已无药可救，快要死了。 —————————————— slot 槽 slot n. 位置；狭槽；水沟；硬币投币口 vt. 跟踪；开槽于 n. (Slot)人名；(英、荷)斯洛特 Each array slot in data is associated with a transfer object that tells the clipboard what type of data is in data. 数据中的每个数组槽都与一个传送对象关联，传送对象告诉剪贴板数据是什么数据类型。 Today they have to earn their slot in the chain, and that success will be closely watched by the rest of the industry. 在今天，他们必须赢得他们在这个链条中的位置，而且成功之后也还得提防行业中的觊觎者。 Plug your root file system disk into the first slot of its adapter. 将根文件系统磁盘插入到适配器的第一个插槽中。 —————————————— alloy 合金 alloy vt. 使成合金；使减低成色 n. 合金 vi. 易于铸成合金 n. (Alloy)人名；(英)阿洛伊 He knew brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. 他知道了黄铜是铜和锌的合金。 Last October the first batch of low-alloy channel steel was successfully rolled. 去年10月， 成功地轧出了第一批低合金槽钢。 Until 2001, alloy plants in northern areas of the province spewed a number of metals into the air. 2001年以前，布雷西亚北部地区的合金厂向空气中排放出大量的金属粒子。 —————————————— may 可能 may aux. 可以，能够；可能，也许；祝，愿；会，能 You may chalk it on the wall. 你可以用粉笔把它记在墙上。 I may go there, but that depends. 我可能去， 但那要看情况而定。 Who may the boy be? 这个男孩会是谁呢? —————————————— complement 补充 complement n. 补语；余角；补足物 vt. 补足，补助 You do not want to duplicate efforts, though you may come to complement them. 虽然您可能会为其做补充，您不会想去做重复的工作。 All of these agencies and people either complement or facilitate our work, or express the health needs of populations. 所有这些机构和人士要么补充或便利我们的工作，要么表达人民的卫生需求。 The aim of this section is to consolidate and complement the earlier discussions. 本部分的目的是对这些早期的讨论进行整合和补充。 —————————————— economics 经济学 economics n. 经济学；国家的经济状况 We do not comment on national economics. 我们对国民经济不做评论。 —————————————— import 进口 import n. 进口，进口货；输入；意思，含义；重要性 vt. 输入，进口；含…的意思 vi. 输入，进口 You can then export this profile so that other users can simply import the profile. 您可以输出这个轮廓，这样其他用户仅仅只需要输入这个轮廓即可。 At lunch today, the waiter told us that all the food on the menu was produced here on Island One. Do you import any food from Earth? 在今天的午饭时，服务员告诉我们菜单上所有的食物都是产自这里，天字一号岛的。你会不会从地球进口任何食料呢？ We have known for decades that our survival depends on finding new sources of energy. Yet we import more oil today than ever before. 数十年来我们明白自己的生存依赖于新能源的发现，然而我们现在进口的石油比以前还多。 —————————————— mixture 混合物 mixture n. 混合；混合物；混合剂 Air is a mixture of gases. 空气是多种气体的混合物。 You have added too much liquid to the mixture. 你给这混合物加进了过多的液体。 The first bubbles to escape from the liquid are a mixture of air and hydrogen. 从该液体中最先逸出的气泡是空气和氢的混合物。 —————————————— subtle 微妙的 subtle adj. 微妙的；精细的；敏感的；狡猾的；稀薄的 There are some subtle differences between them, which makes one more appropriate for certain types of problems than others. 二者之间有一些细微的差别，这使得它们在解决某些类型的问题时各有所长。 This change is rather subtle, but it has some important implications. 这个变化十分微妙，但是它却有些重要的含义。 Many of the changes we make are so subtle that very few people notice them. 我们所做的很多改变是很微妙的，以至于很少有人注意到它们。 —————————————— justification 的理由 justification n. 理由；辩护；认为有理，认为正当；释罪 But what we really want is a justification for this policy. 但我们真正需要知道的是制定这一策略的理由。 So, in the bright realm of values, we have no excuse behind us, nor justification before us. 所以在敞亮的价值领域中，人们身后没有借口，面前没有理由。 You need a compelling reason to add something this complex at this juncture, and I don't have that justification yet. 您需要一个非常有说服力的理由才能在此接合点添加复杂的内容，而我还没有那样的理由。 —————————————— thrill 兴奋 thrill n. 激动；震颤；紧张 vt. 使…颤动；使…紧张；使…感到兴奋或激动 vi. 颤抖；感到兴奋；感到紧张 Hester looked at him with the thrill of another joy. 海丝特望着他，心头又是一阵喜悦的震颤。 It is quite a thrill to see a real movie star in the flesh. 看见电影明星本人是一件令人十分兴奋的事。 The emphasis is on the thrill of the moment, the buzz of rescuing the princess in the game. 重点在于游戏中拯救出公主时响起嗡鸣器声音那一时刻所带来的快感。 —————————————— conversation 谈话 conversation n. 交谈，会话；社交；交往，交际；会谈；（人与计算机的）人机对话 He burst in upon our conversation. 他打断了我们的谈话。 Conversation with friends soon passes an evening away. 和朋友们谈话一个晚上很快就度过了。 Someone has been listening in on my telephone conversation. 有人一直在窃听我在电话中的谈话。 —————————————— wretched 可怜的 wretched adj. 可怜的；卑鄙的；令人苦恼或难受的 Wretched flocks of maids labour so that the adulteress may be visible through her thin dress, so that her husband has no more acquaintance than any outsider or foreigner with his wife's body. 可怜的成群女佣在一块儿劳作，那么奸妇可能穿过她那薄薄的裙子看到，因此她的丈夫再也不比任何外人或陌生人更熟悉他妻子的身体。 Fine, so we’ve all been there: You’re walking down the street, minding your own business, when out of nowhere, a beautiful dog emerges and wreaks like the most wretched thing on the planet. 好，假设我们现在是这样的情况：你正沿着一条街走，想着自己的事。 突然，一只长得不错的狗不知道从哪里走了出来，并且像最卑鄙的东西一样报复世界。 Yet within China economic growth was pathetic and living conditions were wretched. 然而在中国，经济增长是乏力的，生活条件是悲惨的。 —————————————— descent 血统 descent n. 下降；血统；袭击 vt. 除去…的气味；使…失去香味 The authors show how this was triggered by his belief in the common descent of all humans. 作者表明，这张图是如何由他的信仰引发出来的，达尔文相信全人类属于共同的血统。 For extra bases (no, not really) adjust the "Angle of Descent" to see how a little curve becomes a big one in your peripheral vision. 对于额外基地(没有，不真正地)调整“下降角”看小的曲线怎么成为一个在您的周边视觉。 When the birds arrive atop a rock, and any threats have passed, they jump to the ground using their wings to slow the descent; that is how Dr. Dial believes flight may have begun. 当这些鸟爬到岩石顶部且所有的威胁都消失后， 它们就会跳到地面上，其间会用翅膀减速降落——这就是戴尔博士所认为的飞行可能已经开始了。 —————————————— plantation 种植园 plantation n. 栽植；殖民；大农场 adj. 适用于种植园或热带、亚热带国家的 They also own about 40 hectares of coffee plantation. 同时，他们也拥有约40公顷的咖啡种植园。 Yet the Berkeley Plantation along the James River in Virginia calls itself the site of the first official Thanksgiving in America. 在弗吉尼亚沿詹姆斯河畔的伯克利种植园称自己是美国首次正式感恩节的所在地。 An hour later, after nightfall, he repassed the plantation, going northward in the direction from which he had come. 一个小时之后，夜幕降临，这名骑兵再一次路过种植园，朝着北边——他来时的方向而去。 —————————————— correspondence 对应 correspondence n. 通信；一致；相当 She took a French course in a correspondence school. 她在函授学校修法语课程。 Our correspondence is limited to a few commercial letters. 我们之间的通信只限于几封商业函件。 I can show you correspondence that will prove what I am saying. 我可以给你看我们的通信来证明我说的都是真的。 —————————————— improvement 改进 improvement n. 改进，改善；提高 Let us explore the possibilities for improvement. 让我们探索改善的可能性。 This policy tends to the improvement of economic results. 这一政策有助于提高经济效益。 This visit may prefigure an improvement in relations between the two countries. 这次访问可能预示两国关系的改进。 —————————————— hall 大厅 hall n. 过道，门厅，走廊；会堂；食堂；学生宿舍；大厅，前厅；娱乐中心，会所 n. （土）哈勒（人名）；（德、波、丹、芬、瑞典）哈尔（人名）；（英）霍尔（人名）；（法）阿尔（人名） The hall is bad in sound. 这个会堂音响效果很差。 People huddled one another into the hall. 人们推推搡搡地拥进了大厅。 At Christmas they decorated the hall with coloured flags, paper and lights. 圣诞节期间他们用彩旗、彩纸和彩灯装饰了大厅。 —————————————— shiver 颤抖 shiver n. 颤抖，战栗；碎片 vi. 颤抖；哆嗦；打碎 vt. 颤抖；打碎 n. (Shiver)人名；(英)希弗 I accept, with a tiny shiver of excitement, a lightness I haven't felt much recently. 我接受了，有一点点激动的颤抖，一种我近期很少感受到的轻松。 He could not remember when he had hit anyone as hard, and he felt a shiver of pleasure descend through his knees. 他不记得自己以前这样重地打到过谁。 他感到一种愉悦的战栗一直传到他的膝盖下。 In his “Phaedrus” Plato describes a man who after beholding a beautiful youth begins to spin, shudder, shiver and sweat. 在他的《斐德罗篇》书中柏拉图描述了一个观看漂亮年轻人的男人，他开始旋转、打颤、颤抖、流汗。 —————————————— inventor 发明家 inventor n. 发明家；[专利] 发明人；创造者 The machine is named after its inventor. 这部机器是以其发明者的名字命名的。 Nobody thought that he had turned out a great inventor. 没人想到他会变成一位伟大的发明家。 The contract binds the company to pay royalties to the inventor. 合同使这家公司必须付给发明者专利权使用费。 —————————————— weaken 削弱 weaken vt. 减少；使变弱；使变淡 vi. 变弱；畏缩；变软弱 Does this friendship strengthen me or weaken me? 这段友谊是让我变强还是变弱？ If you tied me with seven ropes, it would make my strength weaken. 如果你用七根绳子绑住我的话，我的力量就会因此变弱的。 That battle may itself weaken if not topple the regime. 这场争斗即使不会使政权垮台也会削弱统治。 —————————————— testimony 证词 testimony n. [法] 证词，证言；证据 The witness disaffirmed her former testimony. 证人推翻了她原来的证词。 The testimony of witnesses vindicated the defendant. 证人们的证词证明了被告的无辜。 His testimony contradicted that of the preceding witness. 他的证词和前一位的互相矛盾。 —————————————— colonial 殖民 colonial n. 殖民地居民 adj. 殖民地的，殖民的 In his mind, a good education is composed three attributes—English, music, and golf—all of which have their roots in the colonial era. 在他的观念里，一个良好的教育由三个部分组成—英语，音乐和高尔夫—所有这些都有着殖民时代的根源。 Walking through the city's narrow streets you can see the history of its colonial past in its buildings and traditions. 走在城市狭窄的街道上，你能够从建筑物和一些生活习惯中看到这个城市被殖民的历史。 Under British colonial rule, a 1929 treaty reserved 80 percent of the Nile’s entire flow for Egypt and Sudan, then ruled as a single country. 在英国殖民统治下，1929年的一份条约将尼罗河全部流量的80%保留给了埃及和苏丹，随即它们合为一个国家。 —————————————— supersonic 超音速 supersonic adj. 超音速的；超声波的 n. 超音速；超声波 The asteroid blew up with the energy of the largest hydrogen bombs ever detonated on Earth, vaporizing the desert and unleashing deadly supersonic winds for many miles. 小行星爆炸释放的能量相当于地球上有史以来最大的氢弹爆炸的能量总和，使沙漠蒸发，并在许多英里内引起了致命的超音速风。 Supersonic flights are allowed only over water—and are thus limited to connecting wealthy cities separated by an ocean—because sonic booms can damage things and annoy people on the ground. 超音速的飞机只允许在水上飞行，这样就只限于往返于被海洋隔开的富裕的国家——因为声震可以毁坏东西和给在地面上的人产生噪声。 A companion research effort looked at concepts for a new generation of supersonic transport aircraft capable of meeting NASA's noise, emissions and fuel efficiency goals for 2030. 一项合作研究成果着眼于新一代超音速运输飞行器的概念，以满足NASA为2030世代设定的噪音、排放和燃油效率目标。 —————————————— glove 手套 glove n. 手套 vt. 给…戴手套 If you match that glove against this, you will find that one is slightly lighter than the other. 假如你把那只手套和这只手套进行比较，你会发现一只比另一只的颜色略微淡一点。 If objects and inheritance go together like chocolate and peanut butter, objects and polymorphism are like hand and glove. 如果说对象和继承就像巧克力和花生酱的话，那对象和多态就好比手和手套。 “At first I thought glove, ” Gelton says. “起初我还以为是手套，”济丹说。 —————————————— fail 失败 fail vi. 失败，不及格；破产；缺乏；衰退 vt. 不及格；使失望；忘记；舍弃 n. 不及格 n. (Fail)人名；(葡、捷)法伊尔；(法)法伊 Though he may fail,he will try. 纵然他可能失败，他还是要试试。 One in ten will fail. 十个中有一个会失败。 You will bring the blame of others upon yourself if you fail in this. 如果你在这件事上失败了， 就会招来别人的非议。 —————————————— concentrate 集中注意力 concentrate vi. 集中；浓缩；全神贯注；聚集 vt. 集中；浓缩 n. 浓缩，精选；浓缩液 You must concentrate all your energies on the study of English. 你必须集中全力学习英语。 When working, one should concentrate and not allow oneself to be distracted. 工作时要集中精力， 不要分心。 In doing so, businesses will be able to concentrate on what they know how do best: their business. 这样，事情将能够集中在他们知道如何做得最好的事情上：他们的业务。 —————————————— scatter 散射 scatter vi. 分散，散开；散射 vt. 使散射；使散开，使分散；使散播，使撒播 n. 分散；散播，撒播 Put all your eggs into one basket and then watch that basket, do not scatter your shot. 把你所有的鸡蛋放到一个篮子里，然后小心的看好你的篮子，不要分散你的注意力。 When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter.; When the boss falls from power, his lackeys disperse. 树倒猢狲散。 In this scenario, all the electrons eventually scatter during their long trip along the sandwich: the spin-up electrons from one iron layer and the spin-down electrons from the other. 在这种情况下，所有的电子在其沿着三明治的长途旅行中最终都散射。 上自旋的电子从一个铁层，下自旋的电子从另一个。 —————————————— illustration 插图 illustration n. 说明；插图；例证；图解 The illustration shows Mr.John as prince in Hamlet. 这个插图说明约翰先生在《哈姆雷特》一剧中扮演王子这个角色。 It is the outcome of an often unexpressed philosophy, its illustration and its consummation. 它是一种常常无法言传的哲学的结果，是这种哲学的例证和完满。 It started as a hobby but now he is freelancing fulltime offering art direction, graphic design and illustration. 起始是作为爱好，现在他是全职自由职业者，提供艺术指导、美术设计和插图。 —————————————— reservation 预订 reservation n. 预约，预订；保留 We have your reservation. 我们给您预订了。 Without reservation. 毫无保留。 They contemplate trouble in obtaining hotel reservation. 他们估计在预订旅馆房间方面恐怕有问题。 —————————————— over 在 over adv. 结束；越过；从头到尾 prep. 越过；在…之上；遍于…之上 adj. 结束的；上面的 vt. 越过 n. (Over)人名；(俄、西、土)奥韦尔 We signalled him to pull over. 我们招呼他把车开过来。 On seeing us, they hastened over. 他们看到我们，赶紧走了过来。 Would you please sit over and let me sit down. 您能不能坐过去一点，让我坐下? —————————————— comprise 组成 comprise vt. 包含；由…组成 These objects comprise functions and data of the system. 这些对象包含系统的功能和数据。 Keeping the various documents that comprise the design in phase with each other is a real problem with a large design, but it is critical. 将包含各阶段设计的各种文档保存在一起对于大型设计而言是真正的问题，但它很关键。 This diagram can also comprise the relations between User Goals and Business Goals, particularly which User Goals support each Business Goal. 此图还可以包含用户目标和业务目标之间的关系，特别是哪个用户目标支持每个业务目标。 —————————————— enclose 附上 enclose vt. 围绕；装入；放入封套 I enclose two tickets along with this letter. 我随信附上两张票。 Though not evident in the figure, this content might have glossary or index terms identified, and you can create elements to enclose those words. 尽管在图中并没有明显表示，但是，这些内容还可以识别词汇表或索引词汇，而且您可以创建元素来封装这些词汇。 Should I enclose payment, ask to be billed, or request that the item be sent COD? 我要附寄货款，还是要求寄账单付款，或者请求货到付现？ —————————————— bulb 灯泡 bulb n. 电灯泡；鳞茎；球状物 vi. 生球茎；膨胀成球状 If you take one of the switches away, the bulb still works in the four other contexts, but not in the fifth. 如果你拿走任何一个开关，由于其他四个开关仍然工作，灯泡还可以打开，但是用拿走的那个不行。 But again, the expense of platinum prevented him from producing the bulb commercially. 但再次地，昂贵的铂金阻止他在商业上推广电灯泡。 Now imagine there's one bulb and five switches to turn it on at different times in different places. 现在假设有一个灯泡和五个可以在不同时间和不同地点打开它的开关。 —————————————— potato 土豆 potato n. [作物] 土豆，[作物] 马铃薯 We have potato, vegetables, and mushrooms. 我们有土豆、蔬菜和蘑菇。 I'll pass on the fried potato crisp, but take the porridge. 炸土豆片我不吃了，粥还是要喝的。 After a few years' planting, the quality of the potato crop deteriorates. 土豆种了几年之后就会退化。 —————————————— citizen 公民 citizen n. 公民；市民；老百姓 Every citizen may claim the protection of the law. 每个公民都可以要求受到法律的保护。 Unlawful search of, or intrusion into, a citizen's home is prohibited. 禁止非法搜查或者非法侵入公民的住宅。 A citizen must not be relieved from fulfilling the fundamental duties of citizens. 一个公民不能不履行公民的基本义务。 —————————————— export 出口 export n. 输出，出口；出口商品 vi. 输出物资 vt. 输出，出口 We export to many countries. 我们向许多国家出口货物。 He is familiar with export procedure. 他熟悉出口手续。 We export tractors from the East Coast to several African countries. 我们从东海岸向好几个非洲国家出口拖拉机。 —————————————— promote 促进 promote vt. 促进；提升；推销；发扬 vi. 成为王后或其他大于卒的子 But the rest of us have to promote ourselves. 但是在其他情况下我们需要自我推销。 The meeting discussed how to promote this latest product. 这次会议讨论了如何开展这种新产品的推销工作。 The meeting discussed how to promote cooperation between the two countries. 会议讨论了如何促进两国的合作。 —————————————— relieve 缓解 relieve vt. 解除，减轻；使不单调乏味；换…的班；解围；使放心 You had better open your mouth to relieve the pressure on your eardrums. 你最好张开嘴以减轻耳朵鼓膜所受的压力。 They are trying to build up funds to relieve the poverty-stricken families. 他们设法筹集资金来救济非常贫困的家庭。 In 1993, he needed back surgery to relieve pain caused from decades of walking. 1993年，他需要作背部手术，以减轻数十年行走引起的疼痛。 —————————————— intensify 加强 intensify vi. 增强，强化；变激烈 vt. 使加强，使强化；使变激烈 WHO calls on all its Member States to intensify action against cancer by developing and reinforcing cancer control programmes. 世卫组织呼吁其所有会员国通过制定和加强癌症控制规划强化防治癌症的行动。 At times her whimsical fancy would intensify natural processes around her till they seemed a part of her own story. 有时候，她的离奇幻想会强化周围的自然程序，直到它们似乎变成她的历史中的一部分。 But I observe the flaws, and believe they are set to intensify. 但是我看到了问题，并认为这些问题会加剧。 —————————————— least 至少 least adj. 最小的；最少的（little的最高级） adv. 最小；最少 n. 最小；最少 Who knows most says least. 懂得最多的人， 说得最少。 We traversed the face of the cliff with the least effort. 我们花最小的力气以 The young people are the most eager to learn and the least conservative in their thinking. 青年人最肯学习，最少保守思想。 —————————————— inhabit 居住 inhabit vt. 栖息；居住于；占据 vi. （古）居住；栖息 Many of the bird groups with the most rapid declines in the last 40 years inhabit areas with the greatest potential for energy development. 在具有最大能源开发潜力的鸟类栖息的地方，许多鸟类群体数量在最近40间经历了急速的下降。 "The letter and spirit of the Forest Rights Act of 2006 has not been implemented by Vedanta," he told journalists, referring to the law that governs rights of tribes on forest lands they inhabit. “无论从字面还是内涵上，2006年林权法案都没有得到韦丹塔公司的落实”，他对记者说道。 此处提及的法案赋予部落对于其居住的林地的支配权利。 I illustrate this through various artistic processes that act as both reflective and connective forces between people and the environment they inhabit. 通过各种各样的艺术过程让人深思，进而把自身和居住的环境连接在一起，我就这样证明了这种状态。 —————————————— ritual 仪式 ritual n. 仪式；惯例；礼制 adj. 仪式的；例行的；礼节性的 There they are engaged in an entirely different ritual. 在那里他们执行一套完全不同的仪式。 Tape it to a mirror and make it part of your morning ritual. 用胶带将它粘在镜子上，让它成为你的早晨惯例的一部分。 Ritual, superstition, religion—whether we’re aware of it or not, all these factors contribute to what we think about when we buy. 仪式、迷信、宗教——无论我们对此是否有意识，所有这些因素都会影响我们在购买时的想法。 —————————————— relativity 相对论 relativity n. 相对论；相关性；相对性 Einstein's theory of relativity won for him universal esteem. 爱因斯坦的相对论赢得了全世界对他的崇敬。 These examples illustrate an important principle in the special theory of relativity. 这些例子阐明了特殊的相对论中的一个重要的原理。 Everyone was talking about relativity, not only the scientists, but the philosophers and the writers of columns in the newspapers. 每个人都在谈论相对论，不仅仅是科学家，甚至哲学家和报纸的专栏作者也是如此。 —————————————— fusion 融合 fusion n. 融合；熔化；熔接；融合物；[物] 核聚变 The fusion of taste congratulations! 那融合的滋味恭喜你! If one of our chromosomes was formed by the fusion of two primate chromosomes, you know what it would have? 如果我们的一条染色体是由两条灵长类染色体融合而来的话，猜猜它能有点什么？ He adds that tomorrow's world will be a fusion of biology and technology, where robots do the chores, cars drive themselves and artificial limbs are better than real ones. 他还表示，未来世界将会是生物学和高科技的大融合，到时候，家务事都让机器人做，汽车都让自己开，假肢比真的肢体还好用。 —————————————— rotation 旋转 rotation n. 旋转；循环，轮流 For rotation. 对于转动。 The workers in this workshop do day and night shifts in weekly rotation. 这个车间的工人上白班和上夜班每周轮换一次。 Examples of this type of transformation include such actions as translation, rotation, scaling, shearing, or any combination of these. 这种类型的转换示例包括如下的操作：平移、旋转、缩放、剪切或者这些操作的组合。 —————————————— ample 充足的 ample adj. 丰富的；足够的；宽敞的 n. (Ample)人名；(西)安普尔 Agriculture has developed rapidly, thus providing light industry with ample raw materials. 农业迅速发展，从而为轻工业提供了充足的原料。 "We have ample reason to conclude that chronic anger is bad for us," he said. “我们有足够的理由作出长期的生气有害健康这个结论，”他说。 "With all of these new discoveries, we should have ample reason to believe that humans will follow, " said Chaikin. “根据所有这些最新的发现，我们有足够的理由相信人类不会就此止步”，查金表示。 —————————————— graceful 优雅的 graceful adj. 优雅的；优美的 Mt. Fuji has a graceful shape. 富士山形态优美。 Ranger 6 arced on a graceful,curving course towards the moon. (月球探测卫星)徘徊者6号沿着一条优美的曲线循弧线飞向月球。 The material of the skirt had been enfolded to form a loose, graceful drape. 裙料已被折裥成宽松优美的下垂式样。 —————————————— absolutely 绝对 absolutely adv. 绝对地；完全地 I confide absolutely in his honesty. 我绝对信任他的忠实可靠。 This must be kept absolutely secret.; This is strictly confidential. 这事绝对保密。 If you absolutely, positively need to see massive improvement in a month or a year, what do you have to do to turn your world around? 如果你绝对积极地需要在一个月或者一年内看到大的改进，那么你需要怎么做才能使你的世界变个样子？ —————————————— effort 努力 effort n. 努力；成就 The success turns on our effort. 胜利取决于我们的努力。 She derided my effort as childish. 她嘲笑说我的努力很幼稚。 Her success here depends upon effort and ability. 她在这里的成功靠努力和能力。 —————————————— indirect 间接 indirect adj. 间接的；迂回的；非直截了当的 That is an indirect answer to the question. 那只是对这一问题的间接答复。 These people make excellent prospects for your products or services because of your indirect association with them. 这些人，因为你与他们间接的联系，为您的产品或服务创造良好的前景。 You can prototype and speculate all you want, but that’s at best indirect influence on what the rest of a company is doing. 你可以对你所想要的创建原型和推测，但是那最多也只能是对于公司其他人所做工作产生间接地影响。 —————————————— noticeable 明显的 noticeable adj. 显而易见的，显著的；值得注意的 The class has made noticeable improvement. 这个班已有引人注目的进步。 The result of this experiment was not noticeable for a long period. 这个实验结果长期不显著。 Since the consequences of quantum mechanics become noticeable at the level of the very small, then each spermatozoon will have a probability distribution that will actually smear through the condom. 在非常小的数量级上，量子力学的这一推论值得注意，即每一粒精子都具有概率分布特性，事实上这就会穿过避孕套而沾染她。 —————————————— situated 位于 situated adj. 位于…的；处于…境遇的 v. 使位于；使处于（situate的过去分词） Various reactors in this country are situated near geologic faults, in coastal areas reachable by tsunamis or in areas potentially vulnerable to flooding. 美国有许多反应堆位于地质断层附近，海啸能够到达的沿海地区或是易受到洪水侵袭的区域。 The museum is situated on the upper floor because the ground is being excavated right now because some remains of the soldiers, who died in 1942 defending Sevastopol, are said to be there. 博物馆位于楼上，因为现在地下被挖掘了，据说是因为有一些在1942年塞瓦斯托波尔保卫战中牺牲的战士的遗骸在下面。 The containers are situated around big flea market, street vendors rent them and store the goods inside. 这些集装箱位于一个大型跳蚤市场附近，街上的小贩租下集装箱用来储存货物。 —————————————— frame 框架 frame n. 框架；结构；[电影] 画面 vt. 设计；建造；陷害；使…适合 vi. 有成功希望 adj. 有木架的；有构架的 n. (Frame)人名；(英)弗雷姆 We frame up that picture. 我们把那幅画装入框架。 The wheel must be aligned with the frame. 轮子必须同架子对准在同一直线上。 The frame sets off your painting very well. 这个框把你的画陪衬得很美。 —————————————— please 请 please vt. 使喜欢；使高兴，使满意 vi. 讨人喜欢；令人高兴 int. 请（礼貌用语） Please do it at your leisure. 请你在空暇时间做一下。 Please count me in on this project. 请把我也算入这项计划的参加者。 Please lift the box down from the shelf for me. 请帮我把这只箱子从搁板上抬下来。 —————————————— stack 堆栈 stack n. 堆；堆叠 vt. 使堆叠；把…堆积起来 vi. 堆积，堆叠 n. (Stack)人名；(英)斯塔克；(德)施塔克 The truck could stack three. 这辆卡车能装三堆。 These chairs stack easily. 这些椅子很容易叠放起来。 Because all the data would be on the stack, we would have no problems with memory areas. 因为所有的数据都将位于栈上，我们就不会遇到关于存储区的问题。 —————————————— diplomatic 外交 diplomatic adj. 外交的；外交上的；老练的 He will go far in the diplomatic service. 他在外交部门会大有前途。 This would be against diplomatic etiquette. 这将在外交上犯失礼的错误。 He has long credentials of diplomatic service. 他的外交工作资历很深。 —————————————— impose 实施 impose vi. 利用；欺骗；施加影响 vt. 强加；征税；以…欺骗 While the project process may impose some content and formatting constraints on the information, each team should have the ability to determine how it produces the information. 项目过程可能在这些信息上强加一些内容或者格式的限制，每个团队应该有能力决定它是如何产生这些信息的。 But what if we are entering an era where this new reasoning will impose itself? 但如果我们正在进入一个时代，在这个时代，这种新的论证将会自我强加呢？ These relationships impose some semantics on the system that further assist in validating or understanding the system. 这些关系利用系统上的一些语义可以进一步帮助确认或者理解这个系统。 —————————————— meet 满足 meet vt. 满足；遇见；对付 vi. 相遇；接触 n. 集会 adj. 合适的；适宜的 n. (Meet)人名；(英)米特 Will there be sufficient stocks to meet our demand? 有足够的存货满足我们的需求吗? When those two friends meet, a battle of wits ensues. 那两个朋友一旦相遇，一场智斗总是随之发生。 It is impossible to predetermine every specific problem that we will meet. 要把我们将要遇到的每一个问题事先一一定夺是不可能的。 —————————————— quantify 量化 quantify vt. 量化；为…定量；确定数量 vi. 量化；定量 How would you quantify it? 你会如何量化呢？ I would not like to try to quantify those. 我就不会试图去量化这些东西。 And how do you quantify their current degree of maturity? 而您如何量化它们当前的成熟程度？ —————————————— reproach 责备 reproach n. 责备；耻辱 vt. 责备；申斥 I have nothing either to hope or fear, and nothing to reproach him with. 我既没有什么奢望，也没有什么担心，更没有什么要责备他的地方。 She had parted from her husband over a similar affair and sat there like a reproach and a warning. 她也因相似的偷情事件离开了她的丈夫的，脸上挂着责备和警示的表情坐在那里。 His reply sounded to her like a reproach. 他的回答在她听来像是责备。 —————————————— hate 讨厌 hate vt. 憎恨；厌恶；遗憾 vi. 仇恨 n. 憎恨；反感 n. (Hate)人名；(法)阿特 Love and hate are two extremes of feelings. 爱与恨是感情的两个极端。 He has pretended to too many women and I hate this sort of man. 他向太多的女人求过婚，我讨厌这种男人。 He's always holding up my father to scorn, which made me hate him. 他总是举出我父亲加以嘲笑，这使我十分厌恶他。 —————————————— mechanics 力学 mechanics n. 力学（用作单数）；结构；技术；机械学（用作单数） But it does happen in quantum mechanics. 但它在量子力学中就发生了。 He set up in that way an alternative form of quantum mechanics. 他就是以这样一种方式建立了量子力学的另一种形式。 The CORBA mechanics all start with an interface. The best way to think of an interface is to envision my car. 全部 CORBA 结构是从一个接口开始的，理解接口的最佳方法就是想像我的 汽车，对， 我的汽车。 —————————————— rely 依赖 rely vi. 依靠；信赖 We don't rely on blessings from Heaven. 我们不靠老天保佑。 These people have real human skills and real knowledge because they rely so little on technology. 这些人拥有真正的人类的技能和知识，因为他们几乎不依赖技术。 This confidence extends to other groups in the organization that support and rely upon the resulting application. 这个信心将延伸到组织中的那些支持和依靠这一应用的其他部门。 —————————————— incident 事件 incident n. 事件，事变；插曲 adj. [光] 入射的；附带的；易发生的，伴随而来的 I think you can weave a story around this incident. 我想你可以围绕这一事件编一个故事。 The incident increased the contradictions between the two countries. 这一事件加深了两个国家之间的矛盾。 Her account of the incident approximates to that of the other witness. 她对事件的叙述与另一位目击者的叙述相近。 —————————————— stranger 陌生人 stranger n. 陌生人；外地人；局外人 n. (Stranger)人名；(瑞典)斯特朗格；(英)斯特兰杰 He was rifled down by a stranger. 他被一个陌生人用步枪击倒。 They chucked the stranger out of the room. 他们把这个陌生人从房间里撵了出去。 The horse kicks when a stranger walks near him. 当有陌生人走近时那匹马就又踢又跳。 —————————————— upgrade 升级 upgrade vt. 使升级；提升；改良品种 n. 升级；上升；上坡 adv. 往上 adj. 向上的 You have to upgrade your computer. 你的计算机需要升级. You simply upgrade one disk then boot off it, and when you need to go back to the other version, simply boot off that disk instead. 只需升级一个磁盘，然后从它引导；当需要返回到另一个版本时，只需从另一个磁盘引导。 Do I really need this upgrade? 我真的需要这样的提升吗？ —————————————— load 负载 load n. 负载，负荷；工作量；装载量 vi. [力] 加载；装载；装货 vt. 使担负；装填 To do this, you need load tooling. 为了做到这一点，您需要加载工具。 So why load them all when you start the script? 因此为什么不在启动脚本时加载这些模块呢？ This test should measure how the feature handles the load caused by large databases. 这个测试度量该特性如何处理由大型数据库引起的负载。 —————————————— treaty 条约 treaty n. 条约，协议；谈判 They have acceded to the treaty. 他们已经加入了那个条约。 Can you stipulate they would carry out the treaty? 你能保证他们会执行该条约吗? I believe this treaty will pave the way to peace in Europe. 我相信这个条约将为欧洲的和平铺平道路。 —————————————— commend 赞扬 commend vt. 推荐；称赞；把…委托 vi. 称赞；表扬 And I want to commend you for your courage. 我还要赞扬你们所表现出的非凡勇气。 I should like to commend this dictionary to you. 我愿向你推荐这部词典。 Tell him he’s good at his job, or commend his ability to provide for his family. 告诉他，他对工作胜任有余，或是称赞他为家人创造高质量生活的能力。 —————————————— rescue 救援 rescue vt. 营救；援救 n. 营救；援救；解救 Then they all came to his rescue; 这时他们都来救援他。 They were succoured from the fire by the rescue helicopter. 他们被援救的直升机从大火中解救了出来。 He went to the rescue of a drowning child regardless of his personal safety.; He ventured his life to save a child from drowning. 他为了抢救落水儿童， 把个人安危置之度外。 —————————————— heavy 重 heavy adj. 沉重的；繁重的，巨大的；拥挤的；阴沉的 n. 重物；严肃角色 adv. 大量地；笨重地 Alas! The heavy day! 唉! 这阴沉的日子。 His heavy boots cumbered him in walking. 他的笨重的靴子使他行走不便。 The heavy bag weighted the pupil to one side. 沉重的书包压得那小学生歪向一边。 —————————————— astronomy 天文学 astronomy n. 天文学 He dipped into astronomy. 他对天文学稍有涉猎。 Do you know anything about astronomy? 你懂天文学吗? In both cases, these insights come not from the science of astronomy but from atmospherics — and that's not really so surprising. 两种情形下，这些见解并非来自于天文学，而是来自大气干扰—— 而且，那并不令人感到如此的吃惊。 —————————————— blackboard 黑板上 blackboard n. 黑板 He chalked out a design on the blackboard. 他用粉笔在黑板上勾划出一个图样。 She rubbed the exercises off the blackboard after class. 下课后她把习题从黑板上擦掉。 The teacher knocked on the blackboard to catch our attention. 老师敲了敲黑板以引起我们的注意。 —————————————— nation 国家 nation n. 国家；民族；国民 n. (Nation)人名；(英)内申 O! The Huanghe （River）， cradle of the Chinese nation. 啊! 黄河， 你是中华民族的摇篮。 We should reintegrate our nation's economy into the world economy. 我们应当将国家经济重新纳入世界经济中去。 The president beamed his views at the nation through television speeches. 总统通过电视演说向全体国民发表自己的意见。 —————————————— sympathetic 富有同情心的 sympathetic adj. 同情的；交感神经的；共鸣的；赞同的；和谐的；合意的 n. 交感神经；容易感受的人 I explained my problem to each of the sympathetic voices that answered. In vain. 我给电话那边每个同情的嗓音都讲了我们的问题，没有结果。 Even those sympathetic to the former president have acknowledged that as a thinker and decision-maker he is not all there. 即使是那些同情这位前总统的人们，也承认他作为一名思想者和决策者并不完全合格。 They were sympathetic, but could not do anything. 他们很同情亚瑟，却什么也帮不了他。 —————————————— chairman 主席 chairman n. 主席，会长；董事长 —————————————— vast 巨大的 vast adj. 广阔的；巨大的；大量的；巨额的 n. 浩瀚；广阔无垠的空间 n. (Vast)人名；(法)瓦斯特 Vast meadows stretch to the east. 辽阔的草场向东伸展。 Our country has a vast territory and abundant resources. 我国土地辽阔， 资源丰富。 Modernization of a vast country like China cannot be done at one go. 在中国这样一个幅员广大的国家里， 要实现四个现代化， 不可能一蹴而就。 —————————————— allowance 津贴 allowance n. 津贴，零用钱；允许；限额 vt. 定量供应 Don't scrounge my pen without my allowance! 我不允许，你不能擅自拿我的钢笔用! They deducted the cost of the broken window from his allowance. 他们从他的津贴中扣除损坏窗户的费用。 Beijing University provided her with an allowance when she was studying there. 北京大学在她学习期间给她提供了津贴。 —————————————— emphasis 强调 emphasis n. 重点；强调；加强语气 The emphasis of current economic work is on getting the market in gear. 当前经济工作的重点是启动市场。 Indeed I suggest that you shift the emphasis away from yourself and on to them. Are they such talented orators? Are their ideas any better than yours? 事实上，我建议你将关注的重点从自己转移到他们身上。他们是那么富有才华的演说家吗？他们的想法比你的想法更好吗？ In this discussion, the emphasis is on the catalog asset, but the treatment is applicable to any asset group. 在当前的讨论中，重点是在目录资产上，但是处理方法对于任何资产组都是适用的。 —————————————— infect 感染 infect vt. 感染，传染 Don't worry. I never infect. 别担心，我从不受传染。 Each person with HIV would infect, on average, less than one other person and the epidemic would die out. 这样的话，每一个患有HIV的人平均将会感染不到一人，然后病毒就会死亡。 Pathogens exhibit a unique set of proteins, which allow them to infect and grow in their hosts; these proteins are the target of therapeutic intervention. 病原体展现出一系列特殊的蛋白质，允许它们感染寄主并在其体内生长；这些蛋白质是治疗的靶子。 —————————————— expensive 昂贵的 expensive adj. 昂贵的；花钱的 The table was glossed to give it an expensive look. 为使这张桌子看上去昂贵，桌子擦得发亮。 I bought a car yesterday. The car is very expensive. 我昨天买了一辆小汽车，这辆车很贵。 I wonder at your allowing her to buy the expensive clothes. 我对你答应她买这么贵的衣服感到吃惊。 —————————————— proof 证明 proof n. 证明；证据；校样；考验；验证；试验 adj. 防…的；不能透入的；证明用的；耐…的 vt. 试验；校对；使不被穿透 The proof was fished up from old papers. 这个证据是从旧文件中搜寻到的。 Can you bring forward some proof of the story? 你能对此案提供一些证据吗? He was correcting his proof sheets in his study. 他正在书房里看校样。 —————————————— form 形式 form n. 形式，形状；形态，外形；方式；表格 vt. 构成，组成；排列，组织；产生，塑造 vi. 形成，构成；排列 n. (Form)人名；(英)福姆；(法、德)福尔姆 We stand out the breakup in any form. 我们坚决反对任何形式的分裂行为。 Particles of wet flour cohered to form a paste. 湿面粉的颗粒粘在一起形成一个面团。 Television has displaced film as our country's most popular form of entertainment. 电视已取代了电影，成为我国最大众化的娱乐形式。 —————————————— grief 悲伤 grief n. 悲痛；忧伤；不幸 Time cured him of his grief. 时光的流逝治愈了他的悲哀。 Her face was pinched with grief. 她的面容因悲伤而憔悴。 She rallied from the grief of her mother's death. 她已从丧母的悲痛中恢复过来。 —————————————— cycle 周期 cycle n. 循环；周期；自行车；整套；一段时间 vt. 使循环；使轮转 vi. 循环；骑自行车；轮转 There is a cycle to what we and our teams do. 这就是我们和我们的团队所做的循环。 Consistency depended on the discipline and life cycle of each data source. 连贯性是依靠每一个数据源的规则和生命周期的。 Adopt modern tools for every stage of the development life cycle from requirements to design to development and testing. 对于从需求到设计以至开发和测试的每个开发生命周期阶段采用最新的工具。 —————————————— interference 干扰 interference n. 干扰，冲突；干涉 We will brook no outside interference. 我们不容许任何外来干涉。 He was reckoning without her mother's interference. 他盼望不要受到她母亲的干涉。 But once again, variance can still provide us with some good information as a measure of the level of interference. 但是异常仍然能够提供一些很有益的信息，可以帮助我们对干扰级别作出判断。 —————————————— base 基地 base n. 基础；底部；垒 adj. 卑鄙的；低劣的 vt. 以…作基础 n. (Base)人名；(日)马濑(姓) The harbour is an important naval base. 该港是一个重要的海军基地。 Economics is the base and politics the concentrated expression of economics. 经济是基础， 政治则是经济的集中表现。 The pitch turned around suddenly and threw to the second baseman to pick the runner off second base. 投手突然回身投向二垒手，于是在二垒上将对方封杀出局。 —————————————— utilize 利用 utilize vt. 利用 We must utilize all available resources. 我们必须利用可以得到的一切资源。 If you plan to develop or execute using either of these scripting tools, you will need to utilize the SDP platform. 如果您计划使用这些脚本工具进行开发或者执行的话，那么您将需要利用这个 SDP 平台。 If applications wish to match this behavior, they must utilize and duplicate the output of those applications. 如果应用程序希望匹配这一行为，它们必须利用并复制这些应用程序的输出。 —————————————— collaboration 协作 collaboration n. 合作；勾结；通敌 So what kind of collaboration is this? 因此，这是一种什么样的合作呢？ There is great opportunity for collaboration, but this is yet to be grasped. 合作的机遇是巨大的，但是迄今为止还没有抓住机遇。 No, this is about collaboration with your customers in every aspect of your business. 这是关于与你的客户在业务的每个方面进行协作。 —————————————— information 信息 information n. 信息，资料；知识；情报；通知 He dunned me for some information. 他缠着要我提供一些情报。 Can your brain absorb all this information? 你的脑袋能吸收这全部信息吗? I'm giving you this information for the record. 我向你提供这个情报， 以供记录在案。 —————————————— operate 操作 operate vi. 运转；动手术；起作用 vt. 操作；经营；引起；对…开刀 Our model is easy to operate and maintain. 我们这个型号（的机器）很容易操作和保养。 Start by identifying who your competitors are, what they do and sell, and how they operate. 首先明确谁是你的竞争对手，他们做什么和卖什么，以及他们是如何操作的。 The Air Services are not yet sound enough economically to operate without government subsidies. 航空公司还不景气， 没有政府的补贴就难以经营。 —————————————— transfer 转移 transfer n. 转让；转移；传递；过户 vi. 转让；转学；换车 vt. 使转移；调任 He intends to transfer the property to his daughter. 他打算把财产转让给女儿。 Men must pay in to the trade society to which they transfer their labour. 人们必须对向其转让自己劳动的行业社团捐款。 Communication is the transfer of information from one person to another. 非言语传播把信息由一个人传递到另一人那儿。 —————————————— oxygen 氧气 oxygen n. [化学] 氧气，[化学] 氧 Carbon dioxide consists of carbon and oxygen. 二氧化碳是由碳和氧组成的。 Water can be reduced to oxygen and hydrogen by electrolysis. 水通过电解可以分解为氧和氢。 Water is a compound containing the elements hydrogen and oxygen. 水是含有氢元素和氧元素的化合物。 —————————————— label 标签 label vt. 标注；贴标签于 n. 标签；商标；签条 n. (Label)人名；(法)拉贝尔 No label? 没有标签？ For this, you need to specify which partitions to boot from, which operating systems to boot, and what label to use for each of them. 为此，您需要指定要从哪个分区上引导系统，要引导哪个操作系统，以及每个操作系统使用的标签。 You decide what label to put on it. 你决定它上面应该贴什么样的标签。 —————————————— offset 抵消 offset n. 抵消，补偿；平版印刷；支管 vt. 抵消；弥补；用平版印刷术印刷 vi. 装支管 “By investing in it, we can count it as an offset,” she said. 她说：“通过对其投资，我们可以把它视为一项补偿。” For each chunk, the figure indicates the offset value of the chunk (in GB). 对于每个块，该图标出块的偏移量值（单位为 GB）。 The application must know the order and type of each field since it must calculate its offset in the record. 应用程序必须知道每个字段的次序和类型，因为它必须计算该字段在记录中的偏移量。 —————————————— allocate 分配 allocate vt. 分配；拨出；使坐落于 vi. 分配；指定 We then allocate the memory. 然后我们分配内存。 It allocates protected memory just after the memory you allocate. 它就在您分配内存后分配受保护的内存。 Your answer—how and to whom you want to allocate your finite attention—will increasingly attract the attention of others. 你的答案——你希望如何以及向谁分配你有限的注意力——将日益引起其他人的关注。 —————————————— chew 咀嚼 chew n. 咀嚼；咀嚼物 vt. 嚼碎，咀嚼 vi. 细想，深思 n. (Chew)人名；(英)丘 All you had to do was chew, swallow and pay. 而你所要做的只是咀嚼、吞咽和付账。 The greens are full of fibres that you can't chew. 这菜筋多嚼不烂。 You must chew your food well before you swallow it. 你必须先把食物嚼碎再咽下去。 —————————————— emergency 紧急 emergency n. 紧急情况；突发事件；非常时刻 adj. 紧急的；备用的 They were held together to deal with emergency. 他们团结一致以应付紧急情况。 The prosecution was brought under the emergency act. 这起控诉归入紧急法令。 We always regard him as a friend, but he showed his colours in the current emergency. 我们一贯把他看作朋友， 但在当前的紧急关头中， 他原形毕露了。 —————————————— exciting 令人兴奋的 exciting adj. 令人兴奋的；使人激动的 v. 激动；刺激（excite的ing形式）；唤起 Headlines blazed the most exciting news. 报纸用大标题公布了这个最激动人心的消息。 At the end of the game the audience rose to their exciting exhibition. 比赛结束时观众对他们的精彩表演热烈地欢呼鼓掌。 The old type of family party is played out, young people demand something more exciting nowadays. 老一套的家庭聚会已经过时了，而当今年轻人需要更刺激的东西。 —————————————— reverse 反向 reverse n. 背面；相反；倒退；失败 vt. 颠倒；倒转 adj. 反面的；颠倒的；反身的 vi. 倒退；逆叫 Note If you have reverse lookup zones, also remove the server from these zones. 注意 ：如果有反向查找区域，也要将服务器从这些区域中删除。 As this occurs, we should see the impact of these events on prices start to reverse. 随着这些的发生，应该看到这些事件对价格的影响正在逆转。 But globalization, with all its problems, will have to go on as a driving force. You cannot reverse it. 尽管有所有的这些问题，但全球化浪潮作为一股驱动力将会继续发展下去，不可逆转。 —————————————— somehow 在某种程度上 somehow adv. 以某种方法；莫名其妙地 He was nervous somehow. 不知怎么的，他有点紧张。 All my life I seem to have been involved in helping others somehow improve themselves. 我的全部生活看起来似乎都是在帮助别人以某种方法改变他们自己。 So should we say that the apple, the object, is somehow distinct from those properties since “it” has “them”? 因此，我们应该说，苹果，这个物体，从某种程度上是因为这些属性不同，因为“它”或者“它们”？ —————————————— network 网络 network n. 网络；广播网；网状物 But what about all their “friends” on the network? 但是，他们在该网络上的朋友怎么办？ So they only create network traffic for no good reason. 因此他们只创建网络通信没有充分的理由。 I want to upload data to the computer network storage from my office computer. 我想将资料从办公室电脑转送到计算机中心网络的储存中。 —————————————— productivity 生产力 productivity n. 生产力；生产率；生产能力 Productivity has risen greatly. 生产效率大大提高。 The first has to do with productivity. 首先，这一变化与生产力有关。 Scientific inventions such as these have raised labour productivity by a big margin. 诸如此类的科学发明， 都大大提高了劳动生产率。 —————————————— mention 提到 mention vt. 提到，谈到；提及，论及；说起 n. 提及，说起 n. (Mention)人名；(法)芒雄 He forbears to mention the matter again. 他克制自己，不再提及此事。 Did he mention her? 他提到她了吗? Mention of the boy would still undo her sometimes. 提起那个男孩有时仍会使她失去镇静。 —————————————— setting 设置 setting n. 环境；安装；布置；[天] 沉落 v. 放置；沉没；使…处于某位置（set的ing形式） The setting-up of the business took several years. 建立这家公司花了好几年的时间。 This rule is an exception to the above rule of not setting mediation properties during this phase. 本条规则是上述要求不在此阶段设置中介属性的那条规则的一个例外。 This setting only works together with an enterprise portal. 此设置仅适用于企业门户一起。 —————————————— burn 燃烧 burn vt. 燃烧；烧毁，灼伤；激起…的愤怒 vi. 燃烧；烧毁；发热 n. 灼伤，烧伤；烙印 n. (Burn)人名；(英)伯恩 Is this wood dry enough to burn? 这木柴干得可以烧了吗? We ran out of coal, and had to burn wood. 煤烧完了， 只好烧木头。 The fire which lights [warms] us at a distance will burn us when near. 火在远处是明灯， 火在近处烧灼人。 —————————————— glass 玻璃 glass n. 玻璃；玻璃制品；镜子 vt. 反映；给某物加玻璃 vi. 成玻璃状 n. (Glass)人名；(英、法、德、意)格拉斯 He gave me his glass and I refilled it. 他将玻璃杯递给我，我又给他斟满一杯。 She crashed the glass angrily against the table. 她愤怒地把玻璃杯摔碎在桌子上。 Please don't grate your nails on the glass, I don't like the sound it makes. 请你不要把指甲放在玻璃上摩擦，我不喜欢听它发出的声音。 —————————————— our 我们的 our pron. 我们的 They partook of our triumph. 他们分享我们的胜利。 She spread our lunch on the grass. 她在草地上摆好了我们的午饭。 We avenged ourselves on our enemy. 我们向我们的敌人报仇。 —————————————— strange 奇怪的 strange adj. 奇怪的；陌生的；外行的 adv. 奇怪地；陌生地，冷淡地 n. (Strange)人名；(英)斯特兰奇；(瑞典、塞)斯特朗格 I felt lonesome in the strange land. 在那陌生的地方我觉得寂寞。 They lost themselves in the strange city. 他们在陌生的城市里迷了路。 He got up a strange affection for the little girl. 他对这个小姑娘产生了一种奇怪的感情。 —————————————— cupboard 橱柜 cupboard n. 碗柜；食橱 A pile of magazines tumbled out when he opened the cupboard. 当他打开橱柜时，一堆杂志掉了出来。 Put your hand up the cupboard and see if you can feel anything. 把手伸到柜橱上面，看你能摸到什么。 Put your toys away in the cupboard when you've finished playing. 把你的玩具玩完后放进柜子里去。 —————————————— gramme 克 gramme n. 克 n. (Gramme)人名；(法)格拉姆 As soon as they got back to the rest-house, she swallowed six half- gramme tablets of soma, lay down on her bed, and within ten minutes had embarked for lunar eternity. 他们一回到招待所，她就吞下六颗半克的索麻，躺在床上，十分钟不到，她便神游太虚幻境了。 Aigner said that it would be good for all if recommendations of the German Nutrition Society (DGE) would be followed, which would come down to 300-600 gramme of meat per week. 艾格纳说，如果人们能听从德国营养协会的建议，将对大家，对减缓气候变化都好，会使肉食消费降至每周300到600。 Based on this point , to set up an operational re-search model for renewal of equipment to solve this problem with dynam ic pro gramme method is viable. 本文从运筹学的角度出发，就设备更新问题建立运筹学模型并运用动态规划的方法对其求解。 —————————————— bill 比尔 bill n. [法] 法案；广告；账单；[金融] 票据；钞票；清单 vt. 宣布；开账单；用海报宣传 I refuse to honour your bill. 我拒绝兑现你的票据。 I must pay away the bill tomorrow. 明天我必须付掉这账单。 They decided to tack an amendment to the bill. 他们决定在议案中附加一个修正案。 —————————————— instant 即时 instant adj. 立即的；紧急的；紧迫的 n. 瞬间；立即；片刻 You tell him what you want and expect instant results. 你告诉他你想要什么并等待他立即给你答案。 There can be only one signal handler per signal per process active at any instant. 在任何瞬间，只能有一个信号处理程序处理一个活动进程的一个信号。 Tralfamadorians have seen every instant of their lives already; they cannot choose to change anything about their fate, but can choose to focus on any moment in their lives that they wish. 该星球上的人还可以看到自己人生的每一个瞬间，他们无法改变自己的命运，但他们可以选择将自己的生命停留在自己希望的某个时刻。 —————————————— into 成 into prep. 到…里；深入…之中；成为…状况；进入到…之内 n. (Into)人名；(芬、英)因托 He stretched into his pocket for some money. 他伸手到口袋，掏出了一些钱。 We can lump all these items into one category. 我们可以把这些项目都归并成一类。 He minced his plan into two. 他把他的计划细分成两部分。 —————————————— meal 餐 meal n. 一餐，一顿饭；膳食 vi. 进餐 This meal is on me. 这顿饭由我付账。 I was staked to a good meal and a train ticket by him. 他请我美美地吃了一顿饭，还给我买了一张火车票。 He was stoking up as if this meal was going to be his last. 他大吃起来，就好像这是他的最后一顿饭。 —————————————— customary 习惯 customary adj. 习惯的；通常的 n. 习惯法汇编 But we were actually named after relatives,as was customary among American Jews at the time. 但实际上，我们是根据亲属的名字命名的，这是当时在美国犹太人的习惯。 At the time it was customary instead of presenting a sheet of vellum to hang on the wall to present graduates like Borough with a pair of perfumed gloves. 在那个年代，按照惯例，毕业生——博洛也是其中之一——会被授予一双熏香过的手套，而不像现在，得到一张可以挂到墙上的上等皮纸文书。 But in reality, interpretations of customary codes, as well as traditional mourning and burial rites, often deny widows virtually all of their universally recognized rights. 但在现实中，对习惯法规的各种解读以及传统的丧葬礼仪往往剥夺了寡妇几乎所有的普遍公认权利。 —————————————— whistle 吹口哨 whistle n. 口哨；汽笛；呼啸声 vt. 吹口哨；鸣汽笛 The dog came to his whistle. 狗听到他的哨声就来了。 The ship's whistle kept hooting. 轮船上的汽笛呜呜叫。 The ship whistle shrieked to leave. 轮船汽笛尖叫着离岸了。 —————————————— resemble 像 resemble vt. 类似，像 Casein is probably used in soy cheese products because it helps those resemble the taste of real cheese. 酪蛋白可能是用在大豆奶酪产品，因为它可以帮助那些相似的味道，真正的奶酪。 I cannot say that he did well, but the feeling that was roused in me at the time did not resemble that of an indignant judge. 我不能说他做了一件好事，但是那时候它在我心里激起的，可不像是一个怒不可遏的法官那样的急于裁决。 Yellow Pages ads resemble no other kind of advertising. 黄页广告不像任何其他类型的广告。 —————————————— drought 干旱 drought n. 干旱；缺乏 n. (Drought)人名；(英)德劳特 The crops died during the drought. 干旱期间庄稼都枯死了。 We had to replant after the drought. 旱灾之后我们只得重新再种。 The lakes and wells all dried up during the drought. 在旱灾期间，所有的湖泊和水井都干涸了。 —————————————— haunt 困扰 haunt vt. 常出没于…；萦绕于…；经常去… vi. 出没；作祟 n. 栖息地；常去的地方 Do this or I will haunt you. 不然，我将时常萦绕你身旁。 People say ghosts haunt that old house. 据说那座老宅子有鬼魂出没。 The Wanglang Preserve in western Sichuan is the haunt of the giant panda. 川西的王朗自然保护区是大熊猫出没的地方。 —————————————— resemblance 相似之处 resemblance n. 相似；相似之处；相似物；肖像 People often use the phrase “like father, like son” to refer to family resemblance. 人们经常用“像父亲，像儿子”来说家庭成员间长相的相似性。 Because of its resemblance to the immortal King Kong, he thinks it may have more resonance. 因为他和不朽的金刚相似，马奇认为它将会引起巨大的反响。 So I went, and what I discovered was that what I had imagined archeology to be bore little resemblance to the actual experience. 所以我去了，而且我发现我之前想象的考古学与实际的经验基本没有什么相似之处。 —————————————— brick 砖 brick n. 砖，砖块；砖形物；心肠好的人 vt. 用砖砌 adj. 用砖做的；似砖的 n. (Brick)人名；(英、法、瑞典)布里克 Prop the gate open with a brick. 用砖块顶住大门使其关不上。 In these houses, there are kangs built of stone or brick. 这些房子里有石头或砖垒的炕。 Brendan looked away, out the window, across an airshaft to a brick wall and a strip of sky above. 布兰登扭过头望向窗外，目光穿过通风井到砖墙，然后是那之上的一线天空。 —————————————— blanket 毯子 blanket n. 毛毯，毯子；毯状物，覆盖层 adj. 总括的，全体的；没有限制的 vt. 覆盖，掩盖；用毯覆盖 She huddled herself in the blanket. 她用毯子紧紧裹住自己。 They muffled up her head with a blanket. 他们用毯子蒙住了她的头。 He lapped his daughter in a warm blanket. 他把女儿裹在一个暖和的毯子里。 —————————————— number 数量 number n. 数；（杂志等的）期；号码；数字；算术 vi. 计入；总数达到 vt. 编号；计入；数…的数目；使为数有限 The police sest down my car number. 警察记下了我的汽车号码 Let me put down your telephone number. 让我把你的电话号码记下来。 They have retrained a number of young technicians for our factory. 他们为我厂再培训了一些年轻的技术员。 —————————————— cheerful 快乐的 cheerful adj. 快乐的；愉快的；高兴的 They enjoy all the cheerful things. 他们享受一切快乐的事。 She masked her sufferings with a cheerful smile. 她用欢快的笑容掩盖了内心的痛苦。 The captain's cheerful laugh dispelled our fears. 船长愉快的笑声消除了我们的恐惧。 —————————————— important 重要的 important adj. 重要的，重大的；有地位的；有权力的 They discussed an important matter with her. 他们跟她谈论一件重要事情。 His speciality was psychology -- one important branch on the great tree of knowledge. 他的专业是心理学，这是知识之树上的一个重要分枝。 I hate to disturb you, but I have to tell you something important. 我真的不想打搅你，可我得告诉你点儿重要的事情。 —————————————— landlord 房东 landlord n. 房东，老板；地主 He used to be a long-term labourer for a landlord. 他早先给地主扛过长活。 The tenant was evicted from his flat by the landlord for not paying his rent. 房客因欠付租金被房东赶出了公寓。 If my landlord tells me my rent will not be raised for the next ten years, I can make some budget decisions based on that commitment. 如果我的房东告诉我，我的房租在未来十年内不再上涨，我可以在这个承诺基础上做出一些预算。 —————————————— unlikely 不太可能 unlikely adj. 不太可能的；没希望的 adv. 未必 You're unlikely to suddenly transform into a tigress — but you can pretend to be one. 你未必能一下子转变成一个母老虎——但是你可以假装你已经是。 From there, the track continued through the Atlantic south toward Africa, but it was unlikely the satellite got that far if it started falling over the Pacific. 从那里，轨迹继续穿过大西洋向南飞向非洲，但如果卫星在太平洋上空开始坠落，它不太可能飞行如此远。 “Most calculations suggest that we would be unlikely to find anything that close to us in the universe,” he says. “绝大多数计算表明，我们未必会在宇宙中找到与自己接近的同类”，他说。 —————————————— notation 符号 notation n. 符号；乐谱；注释；记号法 It represents notation declarations. 它表示符号声明。 We made sure the customer fully understood the diagramming notation and the contents of each diagram, since their review and approval was critical. 我们确认客户已经完全理解了图形化的符号和每个图的内容，因为他们的检查和批准是关键的。 This example uses the rectangle notation because it has more room for the roles. 该例使用矩形符号，因为对于角色它拥有更多的空间。 —————————————— residence 住宅 residence n. 住宅，住处；居住 I want to insure my residence. 我要为自己的住宅保险。 Please fit up a house for my residence. 请准备一间房子供我居住。 Don Hall and I are "poets in residence," so we can do whatever we like. 唐和我是属于那种“居住诗人”，所以我们可以做任何我们想做的事情。 —————————————— border 边境 border n. 边境；边界；国界 vt. 接近；与…接壤；在…上镶边 vi. 接界；近似 n. (Border)人名；(英)博德 Enemy troops raided our border areas. 敌军对我边境地区进行袭击。 The police detained the suspect at the border. 警察把那名嫌疑犯扣留在边境。 At last the engine of my car sputtered out on the way to the border. 在开往边境的路上，我的汽车发动机发出爆裂声后熄掉了。 —————————————— characteristic 特征 characteristic adj. 典型的；特有的；表示特性的 n. 特征；特性；特色 Some animals possess the characteristic of man. 有些动物具有人类的特征。 This characteristic marks her off from her sister. 这个特征使她与姐姐有所区别。 An outline of each cloud characteristic we integrated. 概括介绍我们整合的每一种云特征。 —————————————— eager 急切的 eager adj. 渴望的；热切的；热心的 n. (Eager)人名；(英)伊格 They are eager to buy their government bonds. 他们热心购买政府债券。 The eager spectators crowded into the stadium. 心情迫切的观众涌入体育场内。 The girl in the shop is always eager to please every customer. 这位女店员总是很热心地对待每一位顾客。 —————————————— reliability 可靠性 reliability n. 可靠性 I can assure you of the reliability of the information. 我可以向你保证这消息是可靠的。 You have to work at it and design it in to your systems from the beginning, just like you have to design in scalability, performance, reliability and security. 您从一开始就得学习它并将其设计到您的系统中，就像您在可伸缩性、性能、可靠性和安全性方面进行的设计一样。 How will that affect reliability and other factors? 将如何影响可靠性和其他因素？ —————————————— humidity 湿度 humidity n. [气象] 湿度；湿气 The humidity of soil helps to grow. 土壤潮湿有助于植物生长。 The house is not comfortable tonight because of the high humidity. 由于湿度高， 今晚屋子里不舒服。 If humidity not within the set point, turn on external ventilation. 如果湿度不在设置点内，那么打开外部通风。 —————————————— quiver 箭袋 quiver n. 颤抖；箭袋；震动 vi. 颤抖；振动 vt. 使…颤动；抖动 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. 他们的箭袋是敞开的坟墓。 他们都是勇士。 Adam and Eve as the divine groom and bride is one Biblical arrow in the quiver of same-sex union opponents. 作为神圣的新郎和新娘，在同性婚姻对手们的颤抖中，亚当和夏娃是一支《圣经》之箭。 Billions penetrate every square centimetre of the Earth’s surface every second without so much as a quiver. This makes them rather hard to detect. 在每秒钟时间里，会有数十亿中微子穿过每平方厘米地球表面，而不会引起任何震动，这令它们很难被发现。 —————————————— pen 笔 pen n. 钢笔；作家；围栏 vt. 写；关入栏中 n. (Pen)人名；(法)庞；(俄、塞、英、意)佩恩；(柬)宾 Who walked away with my pen? 谁顺手带走了我的笔? Could I borrow your pen? 我可以借用你的笔吗? This is my pen. 这是我的钢笔。 —————————————— vital 至关重要的 vital adj. 至关重要的；生死攸关的；有活力的 n. (Vital)人名；(法、德、意、俄、葡)维塔尔；(西)比塔尔 It is vital to your mind, soul, body and your life on the whole that you stay in the PRESENT with all your thoughts and feelings. 总得来说，认识到自己所有的想法和感受都存在于现在，这对你的心理、灵魂、身体和你生命是非常重要的。 They are crying because they need something, it may only be a cuddle or some attention, but it is vital that whatever it is, you give it to them. 他们哭泣是因为他们需要一些东西，或许是需要拥抱，或许是为了引起你的注意，无论是什么，重要的是你必须满足他们。 However, it is also vital that the infrastructure supports the substitution of one service implementation by another with no effect to the clients of that service. 然而，基础架构支持在不影响服务的客户端的情况下由另一个服务实现替代原有的服务实现也是至关重要的。 —————————————— institution 机构 institution n. 制度；建立；（社会或宗教等）公共机构；习俗 To do so, we must return to the wisdom of those who created this institution. 为了能够这样做，我们必须重拾这个机构的创建者的智慧。 Why then, if communication is vital to our survival as individuals and to the institution of marriage, are we often so bad at it? 为什么会这样，沟通对我们作为个体的生存和婚姻制度是否如此重要，我们通常在这方面如此糟糕？ No institution of the church granted these confessors their authority, but they developed this authority because people respected them and trusted them. 没有教会机构,给这些忏悔神父授予权威，但他们发展出自己的权威,因为人们尊重他们，相信他们。 —————————————— telescope 望远镜 telescope vt. 压缩；使套叠 vi. 套叠；变短 n. 望远镜；缩叠式旅行袋 The captain was rectifying his telescope. 船长正在调他的望远镜。 The telescope reveals many distant stars to our sight. 望远镜把许多遥远的星球显现在我们的眼前。 With the aid of a telescope a ship could be made out on the horizon. 借助望远镜可以看出在地平线上有一只船。 —————————————— leather 皮革 leather n. 皮革；皮革制品 vt. 用皮革包盖；抽打 adj. 皮的；皮革制的 n. (Leather)人名；(英)莱瑟 Wax polish preserves wood and leather. 上光蜡可以保护木材和皮革。 The leather cover of the new dictionary was embellished with gold letters. 这部新词典皮革封面上装饰着金字。 The shoemaker carefully examined the leather before starting to cut out the uppers. 鞋匠仔细察看了这张皮子以后才开始裁剪鞋帮儿。 —————————————— product 产品 product n. 产品；结果；[数] 乘积；作品 They touted their new product around. 他们四处兜售他们的新产品。 You overvalued the high tech of that product. 你对那种产品的高科技性评价过高了。 The main problem is to prevent others cashing in before we have had time to market the product. 主要问题是在我们没有来得及在市场上销售产品之前，防止别人捞一把。 —————————————— charter 宪章 charter vt. 特许；包租；发给特许执照 n. 宪章；执照；特许状 n. (Charter)人名；(法)沙尔泰；(英)查特 We think that the principles and purposes of the UN Charter should be the basic norms for us to handle international affairs. 我们认为《联合国宪章》的宗旨和原则应该成为我们处理国际事务的基本准则。 Our action had the backing of NATO, which, for the first time in its history, activated the provision of its charter that declares an attack against one an attack against all. 我们的行动得到了北约的支持，而且，这是北约有史以来第一次激活了其宪章的一个条款，宣称对北约某一成员国的袭击就是对北约所有成员国的袭击。 From there charter a small plane to drop you in a jungle settlement or beach village. 从那里租用一架小型飞机，将你空投到丛林定居点，或海滨村庄。 —————————————— imitation 模仿 imitation n. 模仿，仿造；仿制品 adj. 人造的，仿制的 The use of language begins with imitation. 运用语言是从模仿开始的。 I hope your story encourages others to imitation. 我希望你的故事鼓励其他人仿效。 So the priorities should be: first education and imitation, second innovation. 因此优先顺序应当是：教育和模仿优先，其次才是创新。 —————————————— presume 假定 presume vt. 假定；推测；擅自；意味着 vi. 相信；擅自行为 I presume that none of you have that belief. 我假定你们中没有人有那个信念。 But if that outshines the populist power of a Geert Wilders, I myself would not presume to say. 但要说只盖过了一个威尔德斯的民粹力量，那连我自己都不会相信。 I suggest one needs to appeal to artistic intentions (or what we presume to be the artist intentions) to some extent in weeding out which interpretation of a work of art is too far-fetched. 我认为，我们应该在某种程度上诉诸艺术家的意图（或者我们假定的艺术家的意图）以排除那些太过牵强的解读。 —————————————— figure 图 figure n. 数字；人物；图形；价格；（人的）体形；画像 vi. 计算；出现；扮演角色 vt. 计算；认为；描绘；象征 I will check up the figure. 我将核对一下这个数字。 He has kept the figure of Buddha for luck. 为了图吉利他一直保存着这尊佛像。 How did your calculation arrive at this figure? 你的计算怎么会得出这个数字的? —————————————— saw 看到 saw vt. 看见；明白，了解；锯；锯成；锯开 vi. 锯；用锯；将某物锯成小块 n. 锯子；谚语 v. see的过去式 Can you describe what you saw to [for] me? 你能将你看见的东西描述给我听吗? He saw you and I. 他看见你和我了。 The horrors I saw there ——but I dare not tell them. 我在那里看到的恐怖…但我不敢告诉他们。 —————————————— contradict 矛盾 contradict vt. 反驳；否定；与…矛盾；与…抵触 vi. 反驳；否认；发生矛盾 The shy girl was afraid to contradict. 这个害羞的女孩不敢提出反驳意见。 For me, these thoughts hardly contradict. 对我而言，这些想法并不矛盾。 These ideas need not be implemented immediately; that would contradict the purposes of stimulus. 这些办法不用现在就执行；这与我们刺激经济的目的相矛盾。 —————————————— golden 金 golden adj. 金色的，黄金般的；珍贵的；金制的 n. (Golden)人名；(英、法、罗、德、瑞典)戈尔登 Her golden hair flared like the sun. 她那金色的头发像阳光般熠熠发亮。 She desires the golden ring for herself. 她希望那个金戒指归己所有。 The new skirt the little girl wears is perked up with golden silk embroidery. 那个小姑娘穿的裙子由于镶有金色丝绣而显得更漂亮了。 —————————————— dual 双 dual adj. 双的；双重的 n. 双数；双数词 n. (Dual)人名；(法)迪阿尔 I have dual personality. 我具有双重性格。 All of these things have a dual outcome. 所有这些方式都会产生双重结果。 The reason, the researchers say, is that we have a dual vision system. 其中的原因，研究人员说是因为我们有双重的视觉系统。 —————————————— update 更新 update vt. 更新；校正，修正；使现代化 n. 更新；现代化 Do you have the update yet? 你是否已经有了这项更新呢？ In this case, it would store its decisions, and then update the array of nodes after its last decision. 在这种情况下，它将存储它的判定，然后在最后一个判定做出后更新数组的节点。 We use the update site in this example. 在本例中，我们将使用更新站点。 —————————————— negligible 可以忽略不计 negligible adj. 微不足道的，可以忽略的 The effect was previously thought to be negligible, but researchers now say the shift will be large enough that it should be taken into account when interpreting how the Earth wobbles. 其影响在过去被认为是微不足道的，但现在研究人员表示，这一变化将大到足以让人们在解释地球摇晃的原因时必须把它考虑进去。 The cost and complexity for each deployment become negligible. 每个部署的成本和复杂性变得微不足道。 Just because you have never heard of her, that does not mean she is negligible. 就因为你从来没听说过这个人，但这并不意味着她微不足道。 —————————————— heave 胀 heave vt. 举起；使起伏；投掷；恶心；发出（叹息等） vi. 起伏；举起；喘息；呕吐 n. 举起；起伏；投掷；一阵呕吐 With one last heave, the net was hauled in. 随着最后的一下猛拉，网被拖了上来。 Yet rather than keeping them in your life, consider giving them the heave-ho or you could suffer. 然而，你可以考虑与他们绝交或者你可以承受，也胜过继续与之交往。 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. 摩西把贡物，就是归与耶和华的举祭，交给祭司以利亚撒，是照耶和华所吩咐摩西的。 —————————————— expert 专家 expert adj. 熟练的；内行的；老练的 n. 专家；行家；能手 vt. 当专家；在…中当行家 n. (Expert)人名；(法)埃克斯佩 The expert elaborates his theory from his own reason. 这位专家详尽阐述他的学说。 We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it. 我们在买房之前让一名专家对房子进行了估价。 He has not press-agented himself as an expert on schooling. 他并没有把自己吹嘘成教学专家。 —————————————— liberty 自由 liberty n. 自由；许可；冒失 n. (Liberty)人名；(英)利伯蒂 We must not restrain children of their liberty. 我们绝对不要限制孩子们的自由。 A dictatorship contravenes the liberty of individuals. 独裁政治与个人自由相抵触。 They took up arms and fought for their faith and liberty. 他们拿起武器为信仰和自由而斗争。 —————————————— crawl 爬 crawl vi. 爬行；匍匐行进 vt. 爬行；缓慢地行进 n. 爬行；养鱼池；匍匐而行 A child learns to crawl before he learns to walk. 小孩在学走路之前先学爬。 Modern crocodiles crawl on their bellies because their legs sprawl out to the side. 现代鳄鱼则用肚子爬行，因为它们的腿伸展到了身体两侧。 And then fade up: the player recovers control of their avatar, and can crawl out of the debris, only to see devastation, and die. 一片黑暗，接着音乐渐渐加强：玩家恢复控制他们的化身,并能爬出来的碎片,只看到灾难,死亡。 —————————————— finger 手指 finger n. 手指；指针，指状物 vt. 伸出；用手指拨弄 vi. 用指触摸；拨弄 n. (Finger)人名；(英、德、捷)芬格；(俄)芬格尔 The grass scotched my finger. 那草割破了我的手指。 The splinter's out of his finger. 那根刺已从他的手指里拔出来了。 He would not stir a finger to help you. 他不会动一根指头来帮助你的。 —————————————— empty 空 empty adj. 空的；无意义的；无知的；徒劳的 vt. 使失去；使…成为空的 vi. 成为空的；流空 n. 空车；空的东西 He hurtled his empty gun at my face. 他把空枪猛地朝我的脸上投来。 That drunkard flung out the empty bottle. 那个醉汉把空瓶扔了出来。 My foot stumped some empty bottles, which woke him up. 我的脚踢到了几个空瓶子上，响声把他惊醒了。 —————————————— elder 老 elder n. 老人；长辈；年长者；父辈 adj. 年长的；年龄较大的；资格老的 n. (Elder)人名；(英、德、法、土、葡)埃尔德 Shortly after, I met a young Christian family via an elder of a local church who did not know how he could help me. 不久，我遇到当地教堂的一位长老，他不知道怎样才能帮到我，通过他我接触到了一个年青的基督教家庭。 This is a letter that has been sent around, probably with other traveling preachers, but these traveling preachers seem to be representatives of the elder himself,the author. 这封书信也许是和其他，游荡的说教者一起流传出去的，但这些游荡的说教者,似乎是代表长老本身，代表作者的。 But one millionaire has come back with the title of elder of a Masai tribe. 但有一位百万富翁回来时却带来马塞族的长老头衔而来。 —————————————— excellent 优秀的 excellent adj. 卓越的；极好的；杰出的 She has become an excellent student. 她已变为优秀学生。 The band played excellent music at the children's show. 这家乐团在儿童演出会上演奏了极好的音乐。 He was an excellent player, but he was overshadowed by Jordan. 他是一名杰出的运动员，但乔丹的才华令他黯然失色。 —————————————— basically 基本上 basically adv. 主要地，基本上 The situation is basically sound. 情况基本上是健康的。 So if all of these ingredients are basically the same, why are some shampoos more expensive? 因此如果所有这些成分基本上都是相同的，为什么有些洗发水会更贵一些？ When you think about some of these flux shapes and this chart basically shows what they might be. 当你思考一些流量形状时,这个图标主要展示的是它们可能的样子。 —————————————— characterize 描述 characterize vt. 描绘…的特性；具有…的特征 vi. 塑造人物 How do you characterize the leadership style? 你如何刻划领导层的类型？ One useful way to characterize current practice is to look at the different ways in which the models are synchronized with the source code they help describe. 一个有用的刻画当前实践特色的方法是看一下用于同步模型和源代码的不同的方法。 This is what we characterize as elasticity, making the asynchronous service framework an elastic queue. 这就是我们所说的弹性特征，这使得异步服务成为一个弹性队列。 —————————————— swamp 沼泽 swamp n. 沼泽；湿地 vt. 使陷于沼泽；使沉没；使陷入困境 vi. 下沉；陷入沼泽；陷入困境；不知所措（过去式swamped，过去分词swamped，现在分词swamping，第三人称单数swamps，名词swampiness，形容词swampy） The fort flanked on a swamp. 堡垒侧面靠着沼泽。 The soldiers became bogged in the swamp. 士兵们陷在沼泽中。 To make calculations manageable even by computers, most of the models suppose either that the oceans are a shallow, motionless swamp or that they don't exist at all. 为了使这些计算甚至可以用普通的计算机来处理, 大多数模型要么假设海洋是既浅又静止的沼泽, 要么假设它们根本不存在。 —————————————— coward 懦夫 coward n. 懦夫，懦弱的人 adj. 胆小的，懦怯的 n. (Coward)人名；(英)科沃德 A bully is always a coward. 暴汉常是懦夫。 Noticing that there was likely to be trouble, the coward sneaked away. 那个胆小鬼看到有可能发生骚乱时就溜开了。 I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man. 我知道你来这里是杀我的。动手吧，胆小鬼，你只是要杀个人而已。 —————————————— nourish 滋养 nourish vt. 滋养；怀有；使健壮 South American women use the fruit to nourish their skin and hair. 南美洲的妇女都用这种水果来滋养她们的皮肤和头发。 I believe that the breathtaking ideas of science can nourish not only the mind but also the soul. 我相信科学的惊人力量不仅能够武装我们的头脑，还可以滋养我们的心灵。 Often your environment does not recognize the real you and therefore cannot acknowledge and nourish you. 你的环境常常不能认可真正的你，因而就不能报答和滋养你。 —————————————— wool 羊毛 wool n. 羊毛；毛线；绒线；毛织品；毛料衣物 n. (Wool)人名；(英)伍尔 His wool shirt always itches him. 他的羊毛内衣总是使他发痒。 Wool usually damages if washed in hot water. 羊毛用热水洗往往会受到损伤。 You should roll the wool into a ball before you start knitting. 你应当在织毛活儿以前先把毛线绕成线球。 —————————————— magnify 放大 magnify vt. 放大；赞美；夸大 vi. 放大；有放大能力 She is inclined to magnify her troubles. 她喜欢夸大她的困难。 He tried to magnify the part he acted in the play. 他试图夸大他在剧中扮演的角色。 Massive objects like the sun can bend light, but colossal clouds of dark matter create "bubbles" in the cosmos that magnify, distort and duplicate the light of galaxies or stars behind them. 巨大的星体，例如太阳能够使光弯曲，但是庞大的暗物质云会产生宇宙“气泡”，由星系或星体发出的光经过这些“气泡”会被放大，扭曲和复制。 —————————————— predominant 主要 predominant adj. 主要的；卓越的；支配的；有力的；有影响的 Imagine for a minute a world in which this was the predominant way of living. 用一分钟来想象一个世界，在这个世界中这是主要的生活方式。 This is a reasonable choice if a department is the predominant granularity at which our application accesses and processes the data. 如果部门是应用程序访问和处理数据所依赖的主要粒度，那么这是合理的选择。 When the United States took over from Britain as the predominant world power 100 years ago, the transition was like one between brothers — or cousins, at least. 当美国在100年前替代英国，成为占有支配地位的世界强国的时候，这种转变像是在兄弟之间，至少是表兄弟之间的换位。 —————————————— couch 沙发上 couch n. 睡椅，长沙发；床；卧榻 vi. 蹲伏，埋伏；躺着 vt. 使躺下；表达；弯下 n. (Couch)人名；(英)库奇 I mean you love the couch, why? 我的意思是你爱沙发，为什么？ After lunch he reposed on the couch. 午饭后他躺在长沙发上休息。 When I came home,all I wanted to do was to crash and burn on the couch. 当我回家时，我想做的就是一头栽进沙发睡一大觉。 —————————————— nevertheless 不过 nevertheless adv. 然而，不过；虽然如此 conj. 然而，不过 Nevertheless, I cannot answer for her. 不过我无法为她作答。 The news may be unexpected; nevertheless, it is true. 这消息可能是出乎意料的，然而是真实的。 Nevertheless, it continued to drive on by me, so I assumed that I remained unseen. 不过，那辆车继续从我身旁开过去，所以觉得它没有看到我。 —————————————— triple 三倍 triple adj. 三倍的；三方的 n. 三倍数；三个一组 vi. 增至三倍 vt. 使成三倍 In some places, primary turnout was triple that of the last presidential election. 在某些地区，初选投票人数甚至是上届总统选举的三倍。 "If you go out to an Italian restaurant and you have triple cheese-meat-sausage lasagna but then you have a little olive oil on your bread, you're not doing much for your heart, " Rosenbloom says. “如果你在一家意大利餐馆里先享用了一份三重奶酪加肉的香肠烤宽面条，然后在你的面包上加一点橄榄油，这样对你的心脏并不会有什么好处。” 罗说。 After escaping from whaling boats 150 years ago, it quickly evolved to triple in size, and switched from herbivory to eating flesh. 自150年前从捕鲸船跑出来以后，这种家鼠很快就进化到原大小的三倍，由食草变成食肉。 —————————————— hang 挂 hang vt. 悬挂，垂下；装饰；绞死；使悬而未决 vi. 悬着，垂下；被绞死；悬而不决 n. 悬挂；暂停，中止 n. (Hang)人名；(罗)汉格；(东南亚国家华语)康；(老)汉；(柬)韩(用于名字第一节)，杭 Hang it in an airy place. 把它挂在通风的地方。 He ran a nail into the wall to hang his painting. 他在墙上钉了一个钉子挂上他的绘画。 Hang it up and teach children that all blocks belong in the bag. 挂起来，教给孩子“所有的大块东西都住在这个袋子里面”。 —————————————— footstep 脚步 footstep n. 脚步；脚步声；足迹 But now, Pearl, I hear a footstep along the path, and the noise of one putting aside the branches. 不过，珠儿，这会儿我听到有脚步声沿着小路走来，—还有拨开树枝的声音。 I could hear every gust of wind outside, every dog barking, every footstep on the sidewalk across the street. 我能够听见外面，每一次大风的呼啸，每一次狗吠，每一次从人行道穿过街道的脚步声。 The creature’s every footstep and tail-swipe lay bare the shaky foundations on which Japan’s postwar prosperity stood. 这个生物的每一个脚步、尾巴的每一次扫荡，无不动摇着日本战后繁荣所赖的摇摇欲坠的基础。 —————————————— fleet 舰队 fleet adj. 快速的，敏捷的 n. 舰队；港湾；小河 vi. 飞逝；疾驰；掠过 vt. 消磨 n. (Fleet)人名；(英)弗利特 They maintain a very powerful fleet in Oriental waters. 他们在远东海域保持着一支非常强大的舰队。 Our warships bottled up the enemy fleet in the harbour. 我方军舰把敌方舰队围困在港口内。 An enormously powerful fleet was concentrated at Pearl Harbour. 一支极其强大的舰队集结在珍珠港。 —————————————— household 家庭 household adj. 家庭的；日常的；王室的 n. 全家人，一家人；(包括佣工在内的)家庭，户 n. (Household)人名；(英)豪斯霍尔德 His wife lavished money upon household appliances. 他妻子在家用电器上的滥花钱。 She raged against her husband for some household affairs. 她为一些家庭琐事对丈夫大发雷霆。 She always quibbles about household affairs with her mother. 她总是为了家庭琐事跟母亲争论不休。 —————————————— glorious 光荣的 glorious adj. 光荣的；辉煌的；极好的 The glorious palace dazzled her. 金碧辉煌的宫殿使她赞叹不已。 She is always bucking about her glorious past. 她老是吹嘘她的光荣的过去。 We are now engaged in a great and most glorious cause, never undertaken by our forefathers. 我们正在做我们的前人从来没有做过的极其光荣伟大的事业。 —————————————— neighbourhood 附近 neighbourhood n. 邻近；周围；邻居关系；附近一带 Her bad cooking has become the neighbourhood joke. 她那糟糕的烹调技术成了邻居的笑料。 The story being whispered about the neighbourhood. 这件事还在邻里中流传。 She knocked up an acquaintance with a few people in this neighbourhood. 她偶然与住在这个居民区的几个人相识。 —————————————— exceedingly 极其 exceedingly adv. 非常；极其；极度地；极端 It is a system that can amplify either a human warming influence or a natural one, making the task of disentangling a signal of human influence from other forces exceedingly tough. 这是一个可以增强人类对全球变暖的或者自然的影响的系统，又是从其它因素中将人类的影响分离出的非常艰难的系统。 Its success is far from guaranteed, and the mood of Congress and the public has soured to the point where, should this plan fail, getting another one off the drawing-board will be exceedingly hard. 该计划能否成功尚难定论，而国会和公众的情绪已经恶化到了死生之地：如果这一振救银行的计划失败，再谋划并通过另一项计划将极其困难。 This is one of Orwell's exceedingly rare references to the theme of his book. 这是奥威尔对他这本书主题的其中一个极其罕见的提法。 —————————————— prosperous 繁荣的 prosperous adj. 繁荣的；兴旺的 But it is also one of the most prosperous. 但是这里也是该国最繁荣的小镇之一。 In this great and prosperous land, we have so much to be thankful for, and Christmas reminds us of our obligation to share these blessings with others. 在这个伟大而繁荣的土地,我们一直感到十分欣慰, 和圣诞节提醒我们有义务分享这些祝福给别人. And if we succeed, our future will be more prosperous and more peaceful than our past. 如果我们能取得成功，我们的未来将会比过去更加繁荣、更加和平。 —————————————— controversy 争议 controversy n. 争论；论战；辩论 But the controversy is far from over. 但是选举引发的争议还远没有结束。 Their findings have not been published, perhaps because of the controversy. 他们的发现尚未发表，或许是由于这一争议。 Although endured a lot of discussion and controversy for a while because of its title. 虽然忍受了一段时间大批的争议和论战，就因为那个书名。 —————————————— initial 最初的 initial adj. 最初的；字首的 vt. 用姓名的首字母签名 n. 词首大写字母 After initial logarithmic progress growth plateaued sharply. 初期的上升进程之后，发展陡然平稳下来。 However, once you have agreed to the initial request, they would begin to ask for more. 然而，一旦你同意了最初的请求，他们就会开始向你要求更多的东西了。 When their initial lure had played out, the pioneers of the West found other attractions to induce them to stay on. 这些西部拓荒者的最初的诱惑力逐渐消失之后，他们又转而寻找别的兴趣诱使他们继续留下。 —————————————— flare 耀斑 flare vt. 使闪耀；使张开；用发光信号发出；使外倾 vi. 闪耀，闪光；燃烧；突然发怒 n. 加剧，恶化；底部展开；（鼻孔）张开的意思；闪光，闪耀；耀斑；爆发；照明弹 One possibility is that the blast was like an ultra-powerful solar flare. 一种可能的原因是这种爆炸很像有超级能量的太阳耀斑。 Indeed, last month, we looked at evidence that the last flare up occurred only a few hundred years ago. 事实上，上个月，我们在看最近一次，也就是几百年前的耀斑发生的有关证据。 Their diaphanous flare symbolizes at once grace and tragedy, innocence and despair, sadness and voluptuousness. 它们半透明的闪光象征着优雅与悲剧，天真与绝望，悲伤与奢华。 —————————————— born 出生 born v. 出世（bear的过去分词） adj. 天生的 n. (Born)人名；(柬)邦；(英、西、俄、捷、德、瑞典、匈)博恩 Though born to some other language， they speak English. 他们虽然出生在别的语种国家， 却都说英语。 New arts have been born in the course of the history of man. 在人类历史发展进程中，新的艺术不断诞生。 Their first child was conceived in January and born in October. 他们的第一个孩子是在一月怀上、十月出生的。 —————————————— carve 雕刻 carve vt. 雕刻；切开；开创 vi. 切开；做雕刻工作 n. (Carve)人名；(西、瑞典)卡韦 Then they began to carve separate letters. 然后他们开始雕刻独立的字体。 Your future is like that block of stone, your future has greatness inside it, but you have to carve the greatness out. 你的未来就像一块石头，你的未来拥有无限可能，但是你需要通过自己的努力将它雕琢出来。 Other times I have a particular subject matter that I would like to carve and I look for an appropriate shaped pumpkin. 其他时候我对我将要雕刻出的作品会有一个特定的题材，然后再去寻找形状合适的南瓜。 —————————————— withstand 承受 withstand vt. 抵挡；禁得起；反抗 vi. 反抗 He learns about himself and what he can withstand, and what type of relationships are important to him. 他了解自己，知道什么是他可以承受的，知道了什么样的关系对他才是重要的。 Obama promised he would strengthen the levees so that they can withstand strong hurricanes if he is elected president. 奥巴马承诺，他当选总统之后，将加固这些堤防，使它们能够承受强大飓风的冲击。 What you eat is the fuel that you give to your body and you hope that this fuel will give you enough energy to finish all your tasks, to withstand daily stress and to have some fun. 每日你所吃的食物就是你提供给身体的燃料。 你希望这些燃料可以提供足够的能量去完成所有的任务，去承受每日的压力，并且可以得到乐趣。 —————————————— wooden 木 wooden adj. 木制的；僵硬的，呆板的 This wooden thing is for beating the eggs. 这个木制的东西是用来打鸡蛋的。 The picture was mounted in a wooden frame. 那幅画装在一只木质画框里 How that little wooden boy and girl knew what door to come out of, when it was going to rain, amazed me. 风向标上的木制小男孩和小女孩怎么知道从哪个门出来，什么时候会下雨，这些都让我觉得惊奇。 —————————————— manifest 清单 manifest vt. 证明，表明；显示 vi. 显示，出现 n. 载货单，货单；旅客名单 adj. 显然的，明显的；明白的 Fear was manifest on her face. 她脸上显露出惧怕的神情。 So, all of those dependencies have to appear on one line in the manifest file. 因此，所有这些依赖项在清单文件中必须出现在一行。 If anything fails, then you might have left out some files in the cache manifest. 如果出现任何失败，那么您可能在缓存清单中遗漏了一些文件。 —————————————— museum 博物馆 museum n. 博物馆 He led us to a museum. 他把我们带到了一个博物馆。 Someone stole a painting from the museum. 有人从博物馆盗走了一幅画。 As the guide was showing us round the museum, two or three foreign tourists joined themselves on to our party. 导游领着我们参观博物馆时， 有两三个外国游客也加入了我们的行列。 —————————————— afterward 之后 afterward adv. 以后，后来 But afterward we found out what love was! Love is sharing with one another. 但是，等我们成长以后，我们才知道爱是什么！ 爱，是互相分享。 Each couple came for an interview three or so months before their wedding, and then periodically afterward. 每一对情侣在他们婚礼前大约三个月时来进行面谈，以后则是定期的。 They will be needed during the import process, but afterward you will be deleting them so it does not matter where you put them. 在这个过程中，您将需要它们，但是后来您又会删除它们，所以把他们置于何处并不重要。 —————————————— profit 利润 profit n. 利润；利益 vi. 获利；有益 vt. 有益于 n. (Profit)人名；(法)普罗菲 This transaction afforded them a good profit. 这笔交易给他们带来了大量利润。 This contract assures the company's profit this year. 这个合同确保本公司今年的利润。 I staked out 40% of the profit for myself. 我给自己留下了40%的利润。 —————————————— exist 存在 exist vi. 存在；生存；生活；继续存在 You can't exist by hope alone. 你不能光靠希望生活。 We can't exist without air. 我们没有空气就不能生存。 I exist by what I think. 我靠所思考的东西而生存。 —————————————— percent 百分比 percent n. 百分比，百分率；部分；百分数 adj. 百分之…的 adv. 以百分之…地 At the end of the day, add up the percent DVs. 在一天结束后，把所有营养素的百分比加起来。 Machines are delivering up to only 25 percent of the fuel they combust. 机器的运转效率只能达到所耗燃料的百分之二十五。 Some data centers use only about twenty to thirty percent of their computing power. 一些数据中心仅使用他们计算机能力的百分之二十到三十。 —————————————— gene 基因 gene n. [遗] 基因，遗传因子 We all know we are the product of our genes, what are all the steps from gene to us? 我们都知道基因决定了每个个体，但基因是如何使我们成为现在的我们的呢？ Most cells in your body have two copies of every chromosome and, therefore, two copies of every gene: one from your mother and one from your father. 没条染色体在身体内的大多数细胞内都有两份拷贝，因此，每个基因也都具有两份拷贝：一份来自母亲，一份来自父亲。 The breakthrough permits direct detection of each nucleotide, allowing an entire gene to be sequenced in about an hour. 这个重大的突破允许直接检测每个核苷酸，可以在大约一小时之内测序整个基因。 —————————————— me 我 me pron. 我（宾格） n. 自我；极端自私的人；自我的一部分 n. (Me)人名；(日)马(姓)；(朝)袂；(阿拉伯、柬、老)梅 They were all there except me. 除了我以外他们都在那里。 Love me as I do (love) you. 像我爱你那样的爱我。 He winked at me. 他向我使个眼色。 —————————————— federal 联邦 federal adj. 联邦的；同盟的；联邦政府的； 联邦制的 adv. 联邦政府地 n. (Federal)人名；(英)费德勒尔 As a percentage of federal spending, we have cut earmarks by half in this bill. 作为联邦开支的一部分，我们已经把这项议案中的专项拨款削减了一半。 The Republicans made a great whoop and a holler about the honesty of federal employees. 共和党人大肆宣传联邦政府官员的廉洁问题。 He urged the automakers to “go down to Washington and fight with us” for federal benefits. 他敦促各个汽车制造商“直奔华盛顿，为了争取联邦福利和我们共同斗争”。 —————————————— outdoors 在户外 outdoors adv. 在户外 n. 户外 adj. 户外的（等于outdoor） That's how they do it in Pakistan, in the outdoors. 在巴基斯坦他们就是这么做的，在户外。 Whatever the weather, he sticks out walking outdoors. 无论天气好坏，他总坚持到户外散步。 For one thing, if you have an office job you might not be getting outdoors enough, or getting enough exercise, and your health might suffer. 对于一样事物，如果你有一份办公室工作，不能经常到户外，或者做足够多的运动，你的健康就有可能受到影响。 —————————————— terminal 终端 terminal n. 末端；终点；终端机；极限 adj. 末端的；终点的；晚期的 He worked the bus terminal for a few days until they chased him. 他在公共汽车终点鬼混了几天，最后被人家轰走了。 As with the Ethernet switches, you can view the running configuration in order to do some sanity checking of the configuration on the terminal servers, if required. 同处理以太网交换机一样，可以查看运行的配置，以便在终端服务器上对配置进行完备性检查（如果需要的话）。 What about The Terminal? 《幸福终点站》怎么样？ —————————————— mental 精神 mental adj. 精神的；脑力的；疯的 n. 精神病患者 How they affect our mental health is all up to us and how we use them. 它们如何影响我们的心理健康只是取决于我们如何使用。 To cool herself and regain mental balance she went out of the room and had a walk in the garden. 为了使自己冷静下来并重新得到心理上的平衡，她走出室外去花园散步。 All of this not only affects the librarian’s job satisfaction and mental health, but also affects job performance. 所有这些不仅会影响图书馆员的工作满意度和心理健康，而且会影响工作绩效。 —————————————— overwhelm 压倒 overwhelm vt. 淹没；压倒；受打击；覆盖；压垮 But the various pros and cons should not blindly overwhelm one another. 但是，众多的利弊得失不应盲目的一个压倒另一个。 We try not to think about it because it would overwhelm us to an extent that we would just vegetate. 我们尽量不去想它，因为在某种我们能够想像到的程度上他会压倒我们。 For example, in a situation in which several bystanders need to band together to overwhelm a perpetrator, they will be more likely to act collectively than to act alone. 例如, 就有这样一种情况， 在只有几个旁观者需要联合起来才能压倒一个罪犯的情况下, 他们就可能会更多地采取集体行动。 —————————————— sew 缝 sew vt. 缝合，缝上；缝纫 vi. 缝纫，缝 She tacked the sleeves on and sew them up. 她先用粗针脚缝上袖子，然后再细细缝好。 All our clothes are made by tailors, for she is too busy to sew for us. 我们的衣服都是由裁缝做的，她因为太忙而．没时间给我们缝制。 Neither was a new Easter dress for her or my sister, not if Mama could find some material, fashion a pattern, and sew it herself. 还有，如果妈妈能找到一些布料，设计一种样式，为自己或我妹妹缝制复活节连衣裙的话，也决不买新的。 —————————————— giant 巨大的 giant n. 巨人；伟人；[动] 巨大的动物 adj. 巨大的；巨人般的 Newton was an intellectual giant. 牛顿是一个智力巨人。 China is like a giant awakening from a heavy sleep. 中国像一个从沉睡中觉醒的巨人。 The lenses for giant telescopes are very expensive to grind. 磨制巨型望远镜的镜片价格非常昂贵。 —————————————— survival 生存 survival n. 幸存，残存；幸存者，残存物 What was its survival value? 其生存价值是什么？ Therefore, the integrity, legitimacy, survival and effectiveness of this Organization depend on you all. 因此，联合国的完整性、合法性、生存和效力取决于整个大会。 It turns out that the shoulder altered the course of human evolution by giving us survival skills we never could have imagined without it. 其实，正是肩部改变了人类的进化过程，如果没有它，我们可能无法想象出，我们能有现在这样的生存技能。 —————————————— everyone 每一个人 everyone pron. 每个人；人人 n. 每个人 Everyone would sympathize with you. 每个人都会同情你的。 She bitched about how everyone hated her. 她抱怨每个人如何恨她。 As the leader of this office, she can work with everyone. 作为办公室的领导，她和每个人都合作得很好。 —————————————— pan 锅 pan n. 平底锅；盘状的器皿；淘盘子，金盘，秤盘 vt. 淘金；在浅锅中烹调（食物）；[非正式用语]严厉的批评 vi. 淘金；在淘洗中收获金子 The potatoes browned in the pan. 土豆在平底锅里嫩煎。 This pan smells of fish. 这个盘子有股鱼腥味。 Next he put eggs in a pan of water on the stove. 接着，他把鸡蛋放进炉子上一个装着水的锅子里。 —————————————— bless 祝福 bless vt. 祝福；保佑；赞美 n. (Bless)人名；(英、意、德、匈)布莱斯 In this special festival, I bless you! 在这个特殊的节日里我祝福你！ God bless you all. 愿上帝保佑你们。 This gives you the opportunity to pray for and bless the other, thereby blessing yourself. 它其实是给了你一个机会，去为他人祈祷和祝福，从而赐福给你自己。 —————————————— ninety 九十年 ninety n. 九十 adj. 九十的；九十岁的 num. 九十 Seventy miles per hour, ninety, a hundred and twenty and faster still. 时速七十英里、九十英里、一百二十英里，越飞越快。 Sherlock was a male baboon who, at the age of twenty-four, was about ninety in human terms. 夏洛克是一头二十四岁的成年雄性狒狒，按人类年龄来算，他已有九十岁。 For example, many of the photos I take with my digital cameras are rotated ninety degrees, as they are taken as portraits. 例如，我用数码相机所拍摄的许多照片都旋转了九十度，因为我是把相机竖过来拍摄它们的。 —————————————— nose 鼻子 nose n. 鼻子；嗅觉；突出的部分；探问 vt. 嗅；用鼻子触 vi. 小心探索着前进；探问 My foot [nose] tickles. 我的脚[鼻子]痒。 The boxer punched his opponent on the nose. 拳击运动员朝对手的鼻子猛击。 If you look at the end of your nose, your eyes converge. 如果你看着你的鼻尖，你的两眼就向一点集中。 —————————————— missile 导弹 missile n. 导弹；投射物 adj. 导弹的；可投掷的；用以发射导弹的 The missile overshot its target. 导弹未击中目标。 The missile was delivered from a ship. 这枚导弹是从舰上发射的。 The missile pitched and missed the target. 导弹偏航，没有击中目标。 —————————————— spectrum 光谱 spectrum n. 光谱；频谱；范围；余象 Where do you stand on this spectrum? 在这个范围里面，你站在哪边？ This can be terrible news for those at both ends of the age spectrum. 对于那些在年龄谱两端的人来说，这可是可怕的消息。 At one end of the spectrum is the ability to release an application based on its project plan. 在这个范围的一端是在它的项目计划的基础上，发布一个应用软件的能力。 —————————————— swallow 吞下 swallow vt. 忍受；吞没 vi. 吞下；咽下 n. 燕子；一次吞咽的量 n. (Swallow)人名；(英)斯沃洛 He took the medicine at one swallow. 他一口把药吞了下去。 You won't swallow as a housemaid of mine. 做我的佣人，你不用忍气吞声。 Chew your food well before you swallow it. 食物在吞咽前要仔细咀嚼。 —————————————— cabinet 内阁 cabinet n. 内阁；橱柜；展览艺术品的小陈列室 adj. 内阁的；私下的，秘密的 They are recomposing the cabinet. 他们正在改组内阁。 Years of micropublished books can be stored in a single cabinet. 用缩微版印刷多年的书，可存放在一个小柜子里。 The wartime cabinet first recruited men into the forces from non-essential industries. 战时内阁首先从非重点工业中招募人员补充武装力量。 —————————————— candle 蜡烛 candle n. 蜡烛；烛光；烛形物 vt. 对着光检查 The candle flickered in the wind. 烛光在风中闪烁不定。 The candle flickered and then went out. 一开始蜡烛摇曳不定， 然后就灭了。 When the candle was only half an inch high it flickered out and the room became dark. 蜡烛只有半英寸长时，烛光忽闪忽闪地熄灭了，于是房间一片漆黑。 —————————————— patch 补丁 patch n. 眼罩；斑点；碎片；小块土地 vt. 修补；解决；掩饰 vi. 打补丁 n. (Patch)人名；(英)帕奇 You do not need to install the patch or snapshot. 所以您不需要安装补丁或者快照了。 The collar on my coat has worn thin,so I must patch it. 我大衣的领子已经磨薄了，所以我得补一补。 However, while the patch may slow the spread of the virus it may not be enough to stop it. 然而，当该补丁的传播速度比病毒来得慢时，它可能并不能够阻止病毒的蔓延。 —————————————— prayer 祈祷 prayer n. 祈祷，祷告；恳求；祈祷文 He upraised his hands in prayer. 他在祈祷时高举双手。 Lord, hear my prayer. 主啊，请听听我的祈祷吧。 The bell of the church struck to call the worshippers to prayer. 教堂的钟声敲响，让信徒们作祈祷。 —————————————— pamphlet 小册子 pamphlet n. 小册子 His excellent pamphlet can be downloaded for free, here. 他那本出色的小册子，可以在这里免费下载。 These materials have been digested into a handy pamphlet. 这些材料已被汇编成便于使用的小册子。 He says that I have misrepresented his views in my pamphlet. 他说我在小册子中歪曲了他的观点。 —————————————— circulate 循环 circulate vi. 传播，流传；循环；流通 vt. 使循环；使流通；使传播 We should often open the windows to allow the air to circulate. 我们应当经常打开窗户以使空气流通。 I stumble around in this infinite space where messages circulate freely without fixed destination, while the whole of it remains forever beyond my comprehension. 我在这个信息漫无目的地自由传播的无限空间中踉跄而行，但其整体却永远超乎我的理解。 Therefore the air is said to circulate below from the poles to the equator, but above to go back from the equator to the poles. 因此，我们可以说大气运动是这样循环的，来自两极的冷空气从大气底层向赤道流动，而赤道的热空气则从大气高层返回南北两极。 —————————————— lady 夫人 lady n. 女士，夫人；小姐；妻子 She is a lady who is hallowed in the town. 在该市她是一名受人尊敬的女士。 You cannot be excused for such rude behaviour in the presence of a lady. 你在女士面前举止如此粗鲁不可能得到原谅。 Under such ideals a knight would fight for his lady, and love her; but only in an “honorable” way. 在这种氛围下，骑士会为自己心爱的女人而战，并且爱慕着她，仅用一种体面的方式。 —————————————— patience 耐心 patience n. 耐性，耐心；忍耐，容忍 The work demands patience. 这工作需要耐心。 Compiling a dictionary asks patience. 编词典需要耐心。 My patience is almost worn away by their endless quarrel. 他们不停的争吵使我的忍耐接近于极限了。 —————————————— prototype 原型 prototype n. 原型；标准，模范 Metal-wheeled chariots are the prototype of the tanks of modern warfare. 金属轮战车是现代战争中坦克的原型。 But how do you come up with the architecture for this evolutionary prototype? 但是你将如何为这个进化的原型提出系统的架构呢？ But it may be an alternative when you have to finish a prototype in limited time. 但是，当您需要在有限的时间内完成一个原型时，这也许是一种选择。 —————————————— media 媒体 media n. 媒体；媒质（medium的复数）；血管中层；浊塞音；中脉 Most of us are known to succumb to persuasion through the media. 我们之中的大多数人都抵挡不住传播媒介的宣传。 The American media are coat-tailing the war as best as they can. 美国传媒全力以赴地对这场战争进行跟踪报道。 The spokesman for the State Department disinformed some information about the country's military strength and plans in the news media. (美国)国务院发言人在新闻媒体上提供有关该国一些军事实力、计划等的假情报。 —————————————— premium 溢价 premium n. 额外费用；奖金；保险费;(商)溢价 adj. 高价的；优质的 He declined to say what level of premium would be acceptable. 但他拒绝表示何种水平的溢价才是可以接受的. I also have to wonder about what Yahoo gets out of the deal — other than a premium for its depressed stock. 另外，我也很怀疑雅虎到底可以从这笔交易中得到什么，除了对目前低迷股价的一部分溢价以外。 One possible explanation for this pattern is that the equity premium has eroded. 可能解释这个现象的一个说法是，股票溢价已不复存在。 —————————————— abnormal 不正常的 abnormal adj. 反常的，不规则的；变态的 These drugs interrupt the growth of the abnormal cells that produce amyloid protein. 这些药品可也阻碍生成淀粉样蛋白的异常细胞的生长。 They have one abnormal gene from that parent and one normal gene from the other parent. 他们具有来自父母一方的一个异常基因和来自父母另一方的一个正常基因。 The machinist pressed his ear to the instrument in order to listen and tell where the abnormal sound came from. 机械师把耳朵紧贴在仪器上想听出和找出反常的声音出自何处。 —————————————— justice 正义 justice n. 司法，法律制裁；正义；法官，审判员 n. (Justice)人名；(英)贾斯蒂斯，贾斯蒂丝(女名) We must hold to the principles of justice. 我们必须信守正义的原则。 We tangled heatedly over the justice of the war. 我们就这场战争的正义性激烈地争了起来。 Justice has prevailed,the guilty man has been punished. 正义已经获胜，有罪的人受到了惩罚。 —————————————— commemorate 纪念 —————————————— fine 细 fine adj. 好的；优良的；细小的，精美的；健康的；晴朗的 n. 罚款 vt. 罚款；澄清 adv. 很好地；精巧地 n. (Fine)人名；(意)菲内；(英)法恩 He will make a fine leader. 他会成为一个好的领导。 He has a fine collection of stamps. 他收集了一些精美的邮票。 The world is a fine place and worth fighting for. 这世界是个好地方，值得为保卫它而斗争。 —————————————— partly 部分 partly adv. 部分地；在一定程度上 But this forecast was only partly true. 但这个预言只是部分地实现了。 The reason why one is fat is partly caused by overeating. 造成肥胖的部分原因是饮食过多。 The hot weather is partly to blame for the water shortage. 炎热的天气部分归因于缺水。 —————————————— solve 解决 solve vt. 解决；解答；溶解 vi. 作解答 I must alert him to the need to solve the problem. 我必须使他认识到解决这问题的必要性。 We're trying to solve the difficult problem by ourselves. 我们正设法自己解决这个难题。 Step back and you will find a good way to solve the problem. 退一步思考，你就能找到解决这个问题的好方法。 —————————————— homogeneous 均匀 homogeneous adj. 均匀的；[数] 齐次的；同种的；同类的，同质的 Calling two events by the same name does not make them homogeneous. 用同一个名字来称呼两个事件不会让它们同质化。 Some goods, however, are of a special nature. They are homogeneous, so that no one unit can be distinguished from another. 但是某些物品却比较特殊，它们具有同质性，以至于一件这样的物品无法和另一件同类物品区分开来。 They follow the DB2 procedure model and provide a homogeneous interface that maps many special features in the data sources to DB2. 它们遵循 DB2 过程模型并提供一个同质的接口，可以将数据源中的许多特殊特性映射到 DB2。 —————————————— pin 销 pin n. 大头针，别针，针；栓；琐碎物 vt. 钉住；压住；将……用针别住 You can push the pin in with your thumb. 你可以用大拇指把图钉按进去。 The room was so still that you could have heard a pin drop. 那房间静得针掉在地上都能听到。 Start with the pin furthest away from you—then move on to the next. 最先开启离你最远的一个针脚，然后再移到下一个。 —————————————— elderly 上了年纪的 elderly adj. 上了年纪的；过了中年的；稍老的 The application must be usable by the elderly and others who have difficulty reading small text. 应用程序必须对老年人和其他阅读小文本时有困难的人是可用的。 We make this mistake when we refuse to see the needs for intimacy even in the most debilitated elderly. 我们犯这种错误是因为我们抗拒看到亲近的需要，甚至是出于最虚弱的老人。 Also, elderly inmates without family or community ties have virtually no chance of parole, which is granted only for those with a reliable guardian. 此外，没有家庭或者社会关系的老年犯人几乎没有假释的机会，虽然假释只需要一名可靠的监护人。 —————————————— saturate 饱和 saturate vt. 浸透，使湿透；使饱和，使充满 adj. 浸透的，饱和的；深颜色的 These saturate the thyroid with safe iodine and stop it taking up the radioactive kind. 这些正常的碘会让甲状腺碘元素饱和从而不再 吸收那些放射性的碘元素。 If you use these procedures as a channel intermediary, the ability of the process to saturate its output channel is of crucial importance. 如果您使用这些程序作为通道中介，则能使输出通道饱和的处理能力至关重要。 Heavy rains can saturate hillsides, leading to devastating mudslides. 大雨会浸透山坡，会导致毁灭性的泥石流。 —————————————— elaborate 精心制作的 elaborate adj. 精心制作的；详尽的；煞费苦心的 vt. 精心制作；详细阐述；从简单成分合成（复杂有机物） vi. 详细描述；变复杂 But he declines to elaborate. 但他拒绝阐述细节。 Can you elaborate on how the machine and movie-watching will be utilized? 您能详细描述下这种机器是怎样运用在电影观看中的吗？ In requirements modeling, your role is to explore, elaborate, discover, and create that relationship. 在需求建模中，您的角色是去探究、详细描述、发现并创建这一关系。 —————————————— employ 雇佣 employ vt. 使用，采用；雇用；使忙于，使从事于 n. 使用；雇用 The agent was in the employ of a foreign country. 这个特工人员是外国雇佣的。 I'll engage for John's behaviour should you decide to employ him. 如果你决定聘用约翰， 我愿为他的行为担保。 But if we harness our efforts and employ innovative approaches as these nations are doing, there is no reason that we cannot turn back the tide of this epidemic. 但是如果我们象这些国家正在进行的那样利用我们的努力和采用创新的策略，我们没有理由不能遏制该病流行的趋势。 —————————————— bus 公共汽车 bus n. 公共汽车 乘公共汽车 He jumped on the crowded bus. 他跳上了拥挤的公共汽车。 He pothered all evening over the bus schedule. 他为公共汽车时刻表心烦了整个晚上。 Talking loudly on a bus is a sign of vulgarity. 在公共汽车上大声喧哗是一种粗鄙的行为。 —————————————— canal 运河 canal n. 运河；[地理] 水道；[建] 管道；灌溉水渠 vt. 在…开凿运河 n. (Canal)人名；(英、法、西、意、葡)卡纳尔；(土)贾纳尔 The Panama Canal joins two oceans. 巴拿马运河连通两大洋。 The canal is blocked. 该运河阻塞不通。 Through the Panama Canal it is linked with Atlantic ports of Americas and Europe. 通过巴拿马运河，它与美国和欧洲的大西洋港口相连。 —————————————— level 水平 level n. 水平；标准；水平面 adj. 水平的；平坦的；同高的 vi. 瞄准；拉平；变得平坦 vt. 使同等；对准；弄平 n. (Level)人名；(法)勒韦尔 Her weight went down to a satisfactory level. 她的体重降到了令人满意的水平。 I brought her proficiency up to the required level. 我把她的熟练程度提高到所规定的水平。 The standard of your work has fallen from the level we expect from you. 你的作业没有达到我们对你预期的水平。 —————————————— ultraviolet 紫外线 ultraviolet adj. 紫外的；紫外线的 n. 紫外线辐射，紫外光 When those species were viewed through ultraviolet detectors, the males had markedly different feathers than the females. 当通过紫外探测器来看这些物种时，雄性有与雌性明显不同的羽毛。 Scientists believe the sunburns are due to increasing levels of ultraviolet radiation resulting from the thinning ozone layer. 科学家们相信灼伤是因为臭氧层变薄，致使紫外线辐射等级增加而引起的。 The system is equipped with an ultraviolet lamp and a halogen lamp that produces near-infrared light. 该系统还配备了一个紫外线灯和一个能够生成近红外光的卤素灯。 —————————————— scientific 科学 scientific adj. 科学的，系统的 She envisages an era of great scientific discoveries. 她展望一个伟大的科学发明的时代。 Scientific inventions such as these have raised labour productivity by a big margin. 诸如此类的科学发明， 都大大提高了劳动生产率。 A command of information is the necessary prerequisite to the scientific consideration of any subject. 掌握资料是科学地思考任何问题的必要的先决条件。 —————————————— hasty 匆忙的 hasty adj. 轻率的；匆忙的；草率的；懈怠的 n. (Hasty)人名；(英)黑斯蒂 [ 比较级 hastier 最高级 hastiest ] This might not be a day for hasty decisions. 这一天可能不适合做出草率的决定。 The media let into the government for its hasty decision. 新闻媒介抨击政府做出草率的决定。 The dispersion of authority in pluralist theory prevents government from taking hasty, possibly imprudent action, but it also can prevent any action if important power centers disagree. 多元权力分散可以防止政府采取草率鲁莽的行动，但是当重要的权力中心意见不一致时，也可能无法采取任何行动。 —————————————— nasty 令人讨厌的 nasty adj. 下流的；肮脏的；脾气不好的；险恶的 n. 令人不快的事物 性的吸引力 However, we have to ask the nasty questions ourselves or other people will do it. 尽管如此，我还是要问这个我们自己或其他人会问的讨厌问题。 I do it manually because that’s how you find the nasty logical security problems. 我手工做这些，因为这你才能找到讨厌的合乎逻辑的安全问题。 If you put a comma where that semicolon is, you will have committed a "comma splice," which is a very nasty grammar error indeed. 如果你在这个应该放分号的地方用了逗号，你便犯了“逗号粘连”的错误，这实在是一个非常讨厌的语法错误。 —————————————— exam 考试 exam n. 考试；测验 His exam results were good. 他的测验成绩不错。 Although he worked hard, he failed in the exam. 虽然他很努力， 但他考试没有及格。 His father jumped on him for failure in the exam. 他父亲因他没通过考试而对他大加责备。 —————————————— vice 副 vice n. 恶习；缺点；[机] 老虎钳；卖淫 prep. 代替 vt. 钳住 adj. 副的；代替的 n. (Vice)人名；(塞)维采 The Ambassador of ... asks for an appointment with the Vice Foreign Minister. 某大使要求约见外交部副部长。 The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. 对确定性的渴求是人类的一种自然需求，然而它也是一种理智的恶习。 The part of the greatest value of this book is the account of the indictment of the vice president and his unpersoning. 这本书中最有价值的部分就是那段叙述副总统控告以及他因政治上失宠而遭清洗的故事。 —————————————— purity 纯度 purity n. [化学] 纯度；纯洁；纯净；纯粹 n. (Purity)人名；(肯)普丽蒂 He has some photos which held over his purity before he became a killer. 他手中有几张在他成为杀手之前的仍是纯洁少年的照片。 He attacks your purity with lust, and he attacks your serenity with worry. 他攻击欲望你的纯度，他用焦虑攻击你的宁平静。 Growing up in a Christian home, steeped in "true love waits, " at one time in my life I hardly could grasp what a test of purity would look like. 在一个基督教家庭里长大，沉浸在“真爱要等待”的教育中。 在我的生命中，有一段时间，我很难想象纯净测验会是什么样子的。 —————————————— box 盒子 box n. 箱，盒子；包厢；一拳 vi. 拳击 vt. 拳击；装…入盒中；打耳光 n. (Box)人名；(英、法、西)博克斯 You should rip the cover off the box first. 你首先应当把这个盒子的封套扯掉。 Please lift the box down from the shelf for me. 请帮我把这只箱子从搁板上抬下来。 They have reserved a box for us in the theatre. 他们在剧院为我们预订了一个包厢。 —————————————— cough 咳嗽 cough n. 咳嗽，咳嗽声；咳嗽病 vt. 咳出 vi. 咳嗽 n. (Cough)人名；(英)考夫 No drug could suppress his cough. 吃什么药也不能止住他的咳嗽。 Mother dosed the child up with cough syrup. 母亲让孩子按量服用止咳糖浆。 Do you cough? 你咳嗽吗？ —————————————— ideology 意识形态 ideology n. 意识形态；思想意识；观念学 Then you get this ideology. 然后就有了这种思想。 And they have an ideology of hate. 在他们的意识形态中只有仇恨。 These questions have nothing to do with party or ideology. 这些问题其实和党派和意识形态毫无关系。 —————————————— tuck 塔克 tuck vt. 卷起；挤进；用某物舒适地裹住；使有褶裥；收拢；大口吃；使隐藏 n. 食物；船尾突出部；缝摺；抱膝式跳水；活力；鼓声 vi. 缝褶裥；缩拢；舒服地裹在里面；大口吃 n. (Tuck)人名；(东南亚国家华语)德；(英)塔克 You can also tuck disposable heat packets into your mittens. 你也可以在手套里塞上一些一次性的热袋。 Stretch the top of your head toward the ceiling, and tuck your chin in slightly. 头向上抬起，头顶与天花板保持平行，并将下颌稍稍向内收拢。 Dehydrated fruits such as raisins, dates and dried cranberries keep well in plastic bags. Tuck a bag of raisins in your purse or bag for an easy snack. 脱水水果，如葡萄干干燥小红莓能在塑料袋保持良好品质.把一包葡萄干放在你的钱包或行李包里面作为轻松点心. —————————————— yacht 游艇 yacht vi. 乘游艇，驾游艇 n. 游艇，快艇；轻舟 n. (Yacht)人名；(英)约特 He starred the yacht racing for his country. 他为他的祖国在帆船运动中曾创造过光辉。 But he owns a flashy yacht and bought a Pacific island a few years ago. 但是他拥有一艘炫目的游艇并在几年前买了一个太平洋小岛。 The crisis hit the wallets of almost all classes of yacht buyers, among them investment bankers and those who made their fortunes from high commodity prices. 此次危机几乎让各层次的游艇买家钱包受损，其中包括投资银行家，以及那些靠大宗商品价格高企发财的人。 —————————————— biscuit 饼干 biscuit n. 小点心，饼干 You might have thought resisting that piece of chocolate cake or extra biscuit was simply a matter of exerting a little will power. 你也许会认为，抵住一块巧克力蛋糕和一块额外的饼干的诱惑，仅仅是发挥一点意志力的问题。 His acquaintance lying chiefly among ship-chandlers and so forth, he had always plenty of the veritable ships' biscuit on his table. 他的熟人主要是船具商之类的人，所以他在餐桌上经常摆放着许多真正在船上吃的饼干。 Soon after surgery she was able to break and chew a biscuit relatively easily, something almost inconceivable before the operation. 在手术后不久，王娜就能较为轻松地咬碎并咀嚼饼干了。而这，在术前，是她难以想象的。 —————————————— patriotic 爱国 patriotic adj. 爱国的 He led them in launching a patriotic movement. 他领导他们开展了一场爱国运动。 We must carry on the patriotic public health campaign with a great fanfare, reduce disease and improve health conditions. 要大张旗鼓地开展爱国卫生运动， 减少疾病， 提高健康水平。 Chinese leaders have been especially keen to play to patriotic sentiment at this time of year and to avoid backing down to foreign pressure, especially from the Japanese. 中国的领导人们一直特别热衷于在这个时间演绎爱国情操，他们会避免让步于来自国外的压力，尤其是来自日本的。 —————————————— fountain 喷泉 fountain n. 喷泉，泉水；源泉 n. (Fountain)人名；(英)方丹 A fountain bubbled at the hotel gate. 旅馆大门口泉水汩汩地流着。 The brain is the ultimate fountain of ideas. 大脑是思想的根本源泉。 Then, one day, they meet in front of the fountain in the park. 于是，有一天，他们在公园里的喷水池前相遇了。 —————————————— myth 神话 myth n. 神话；虚构的人，虚构的事 It's only a myth. 这不过是个神话。 What is Myth? 什么是神话? Why do we continue to indulge the myth that the fabulous wealth generated by this mode of production will in the fullness of time become available to all? 我们为什么要继续沉溺于由这种生产方式产生的巨大的财富在时机成熟时将成为所有人都可以拥有的这个神话呢？ —————————————— expect 预计 expect vt. 期望；指望；认为；预料 vi. 期待；预期 I expect to see my uncle. 我期望见到我的舅舅。 I expect her later. 我预计她迟到。 They are in trouble, but I expect they will muddle through. 他们正陷于困境，但我希望他们将设法应付过去。 —————————————— basis 基础 basis n. 基础；底部；主要成分；基本原则或原理 We wanted to bottom our plan on a solid basis. 我们想把我们的计划建立在牢固的基础上。 He quarried in various books for scientific basis. 他从各种书籍中搜寻科学根据。 This is the basis on which our bilateral relations can and should continue to develop. 这是两国关系应得到继续发展， 并可能得到继续发展的基础。 —————————————— nest 巢 nest n. 巢，窝；安乐窝；温床 vt. 筑巢；嵌套 vi. 筑巢；找鸟巢 n. (Nest)人名；(德)内丝特；(英)内丝特(女子教名 Agnes 威尔士语的昵称) The bird befouled its own nest. 鸟儿弄脏了它自己的鸟巢。 In the woods many birds nest. 许多鸟类在树林中筑巢。 When a bird's nest is overturned, no egg can remain intact. 覆巢之下无完卵。 —————————————— activate 激活 activate vt. 刺激；使活动；使活泼；使产生放射性 vi. 激活；有活力 But how do you effectively reach these people and activate them? 但是他们如何有效地影响到这些人并且激活他们呢？ XUL allows you to create, arrange, and activate all these components. XUL 允许您创建、安排和激活所有这些成分。 Add this script to the activation engine to automatically activate the network identity. 将这个脚本添加到激活引擎，以自动地激活网络标识。 —————————————— borrow 借 borrow vi. 借；借用；从其他语言中引入 vt. 借；借用 n. (Borrow)人名；(英)博罗 Could I borrow your pen? 我可以借用你的笔吗? May I borrow your pen? 我可以借你的笔吗? Could I borrow your bike from you until next week? 我借用你的自行车，直到下周还你，好吗? —————————————— particle 粒子 particle n. 颗粒；[物] 质点；极小量；小品词 This particle has a very small mass. 这种粒子的质量很小。 What is the velocity of this particle? 那么粒子的速度又是多少？ One particle comes to you and the other comes to you. 一个粒子向你运动,另一个也向你运动。 —————————————— computer 电脑 computer n. 计算机；电脑；电子计算机 We budgeted for a new computer. 我们预算购买一台新电脑。 I have tired of these computer games. 我已经对这些电脑游戏感到厌烦。 Can this program be run on this computer? 这个程序能用于这种电子计算机吗? —————————————— conversion 转换 conversion n. 转换；变换；[金融] 兑换；改变信仰 This is implemented by using conversion tables. 这是通过使用转换表实现的。 In this conversion, many of the code lists have empty cells. 在这个转换中，许多代码清单都具有空单元格。 Indeed, there is, so it performs this conversion, and all is well. 由于确实还有这样的函数，所以它执行转换，编译成功。 —————————————— equivalent 等效 equivalent adj. 等价的，相等的；同意义的 n. 等价物，相等物 But they are not equivalent. 但它们并非是是等效的。 Of course, in the equivalent WXS you have no choice but to use prefixes in attributes. 当然如果使用等价的 WXS，就没法再进行选择，只能在属性中使用前缀。 Some modes are logically equivalent but differ in their purpose. 有些模式逻辑上是等价的，但是用途却不同。 —————————————— oxide 氧化 oxide n. [化学] 氧化物 And he predicts the density of the oxide of the yet undiscovered element. 他预测这个还未被发现的元素的,氧化物的密度。 There was another example, and that was the famous case of the alleged contract between Iraq and Niger for the import of yellowcake, uranium oxide. 存在这样一个例子，就是那个著名的被宣称的伊拉克和尼泊尔间的冲突，因为“黄饼”-铀氧化物-的进口。 One of them combines lithium manganese oxide with other ions, and operates at about three to five volts with a charge capacity of 200 milliamp hours per gram. 平面能源正在研发三种不同的电池化学配方。 其中之一是把锂锰氧化物与其他离子化合，充电电压三到五伏，容量200毫安时每克。 —————————————— rectify 纠正 rectify vt. 改正；精馏；整流 You should rectify your error before it is too late. 你应当及时改正你的错误。 The local government was taking emergency measures to rectify the state of chaos. 地方政府正在采取紧急措施整顿这种混乱局面。 Diodes are electronic devices which rectify alternating current to direct current. 二极管是将交流电整流成直流电的电子装置。 —————————————— often 经常 often adv. 常常，时常 We often deal with him. 我们经常与他打交道。 He often lunches out with his friends. 他经常和朋友们在外吃午饭。 They often mucked about with some girls. 他们常和一些姑娘们鬼混。 —————————————— parallel 平行 parallel n. 平行线；对比 vt. 使…与…平行 adj. 平行的；类似的，相同的 In this section, you do parallel development. 在本段中，开始执行并行开发。 The current from these parallel generators will add up to make a total flow of 500 amperes. 这些并联的发电机所产生的电流累计在一起， 总电流达到 500 安培。 Development of both the client and server side can then begin in parallel. 在这种模式下，客户端和服务器端的开发可以并行启动。 —————————————— captive 俘虏 captive adj. 被俘虏的；被迷住的 n. 俘虏；迷恋者 Captive animals should not be inoculated against smallpox. 不应为圈养动物接种天花疫苗。 These cells can be stored and multiplied in culture, and are theoretically capable of making any tissue in the body — including sperm cells that could be used in assisted captive breeding programmes. 这些细胞可以保存起来并且在培养皿繁殖，理论上还有能力制造出身体上的任何组织——包括可能用于协助圈养繁殖计划的精子细胞。 "Any time we lose a species it diminishes us all." Biologists captured 16 rabbits in a remote area of Douglas County in 2001 to start the captive breeding program. 2001年，生物学家在道格拉斯县的一处偏远地区捕捉到了16只这种侏儒兔，并从那时开始了哥伦比亚盆地侏儒兔的圈养繁殖计划。 —————————————— mode 模式 mode n. 模式；方式；风格；时尚 n. (Mode)人名；(德、英、法、乍、瑞典)莫德 How can I change from one kernel mode to another? 如何从一种内核模式切换到另一种模式？ The adapter supports outbound mode only for this interface. 对于此接口，适配器仅支持出站模式。 To run it in interactive mode, type each command at the prompt. 要以交互模式运行，在提示符中输入每个命令。 —————————————— assurance 保证 assurance n. 保证，担保；（人寿）保险；确信；断言；厚脸皮，无耻 He gave me assurance in black and white. 他给了我书面保证。 So let me give you my assurance.I would never tolerate that. 我给你们我的保证，我不会容忍那样的事情发生。 Migrating those applications to GAE might be costly, because you not only need to identify the issues and create workarounds, but also do quality assurance for the entire application all over again. 将这些应用程序迁移到 GAE 可能是昂贵的，因为您不仅需要识别问题并创建解决方法，而且还要从头再为整个应用程序做质量保证。 —————————————— court 法院 court n. 法院；球场；朝廷；奉承 vt. 招致（失败、危险等）；向…献殷勤；设法获得 vi. 求爱 n. (Court)人名；(英)考特；(法)库尔 He denied the charge to the court. 他向法庭否认对他的控告。 She vowed that she would take the matter to court. 她信誓旦旦地说一定要把此事告到法庭。 The lawyer parted error from crime for him in court. 在法庭上律师把他的错误与罪行区分开来。 —————————————— blind 盲目的 blind adj. 盲目的；瞎的 adv. 盲目地；看不见地 n. 掩饰，借口；百叶窗 vt. 使失明；使失去理智 n. (Blind)人名；(法)布兰；(德、瑞典)布林德 A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse. 对瞎马点头眨眼都是一样。 Groping with his hands in the dark along the wall, the blind man finds his way to the door. 那位盲人沿墙用手暗中摸索着， 找到了通向门的路。 People who cannot distinguish between colours are said to be colour-blind. 不能分辨颜色的人被称为色盲。 —————————————— exaggerate 夸大 exaggerate vt. 使扩大；使增大 vi. 夸大；夸张 Do not exaggerate. 不要夸张。 We are made to exaggerate the importance of what work we do; and yet how much is not done by us! 我们总是对我们做过的事情的重要性夸大其词，但是还有多少事情我们还没有做！ "(But) we think figures provided by individuals exaggerate pollution problems in our area, " he said. “（但是）我认为个体提供的数据夸大了地区的污染问题，”他说。 —————————————— excessive 过度 excessive adj. 过多的，极度的；过分的 Excessive drinking is harmful to the health. 饮酒过多会伤害身体。 Your son suffers from your excessive shielding. 你的过分袒护，反而害了你的儿子。 The boiler from excessive pressure of steam exploded. 蒸气压力过高的锅炉突然破裂了。 —————————————— logic 逻辑 logic n. 逻辑；逻辑学；逻辑性 adj. 逻辑的 Logic is taught here as a separate subject. 逻辑学在这里是作为单独一门课来讲授的。 Might is right -- that is the logic of imperialism. 强权即公理 -- 这是帝国主义的逻辑。 I can't explain such a statement by him on the basis of logic. He must have blown his top. 我从逻辑推理方面解释不了他讲的这番话， 他想必是神经错乱了。 —————————————— designate 指定 designate vt. 指定；指派；标出；把…定名为 adj. 指定的；选定的 For each set, you must designate one primary persona; the others are all secondary. 对每个组，您必须指派一个主要角色，其他的都是次要的。 And so what we do, in order to designate the identity of an atom, is the following. 所以，我们要做什么，为了标出原子的特性，这就是我们要做的。 You could designate one of your internal machines as the time server. 您可以指定一台内部的机器作为时间服务器。 —————————————— foreign 外国 foreign adj. 外国的；外交的；异质的；不相关的 They lived under foreign rule for many years. 他们在外国的统治下生活了多年。 Our foreign policy tilts toward the third world. 我们的外交政策倾向于第三世界。 Everybody pounds away at his work in this foreign company. 在这家外国公司里，每个人都拼命地干活。 —————————————— jerk 混蛋 jerk n. 肌肉抽搐；性情古怪的人；蠢人；急拉 vi. 痉挛；急拉；颠簸地行进 vt. 猛拉 n. (Jerk)人名；(俄)埃尔克；(匈)耶尔克 Don't jerk the box up,pull it up smoothly. 不要猛拉这只箱子，慢慢地把它搬起来。 So next time you think someone is important, remember: They may simply be a jerk. 因此，下次你认为某人重要的时候，记住：这些人可能仅仅只是一个混蛋。 If somebody turns into a jerk, they can run up your credit, refuse to pay and nobody can force them to pay. 如果某人变成一个混蛋，他们会刷光你的信用卡额度并拒绝付账，也没人能强迫他们付账。 —————————————— confidence 信心 confidence n. 信心；信任；秘密 adj. （美）诈骗的；骗得信任的 She built up my confidence. 她树立了我的信心。 He crawled into the confidence of the boss. 他偷偷地得到了老板的信任。 Tom blames his lack of confidence on his mother. 汤姆把他的缺乏信心归咎于他母亲。 —————————————— onto 到 onto prep. 在…之上；对…了解；映射到…上 adj. 映射的；自身的；映成的 She dribbled some milk onto the cereal. 她把一些奶滴在燕麦片上。 The boy emptied out all his pockets onto the table. 这男孩把口袋里的东西都掏出来放在桌上。 When you add up the money at the bottom of the page, carry the total over onto the next page. 你在这页的底端加上银钱的总数以后，要把这个总数转入下一页。 —————————————— rack 架 rack n. [机] 齿条；架子；拷问台 vi. 变形；随风飘；小步跑 vt. 折磨；榨取 n. (Rack)人名；(法、德、意、匈)拉克 Or if it’s project-related, put it in your current projects file rack. 或者，它如果与项目相关，就将它放在您当前的项目文件架上。 In smaller clusters, the management rack also requires two of the same switches. 在更小型的集群中，管理机架还需要两个同样的交换机。 It does exactly what it looks like it does: the rack pulls your body from end to end until your limbs are slowly plucked from their joints. 这个拷问台的用法跟你看到的图一模一样：它把你的身体向反方向拉扯，直到你的四肢慢慢地从关节连接处脱出来。 —————————————— numerical 数值 numerical adj. 数值的；数字的；用数字表示的（等于numeric） Well, the recent numerical value is 49.9%. It sounds much, but is there simply one tree that was planted by you? 最近的数字是49.9%，听起来很多，可是在千千万万的树木中有没有一株是你贡献的呢？ We know today that economic development depends on a number of factors; some of them are not measurable in numerical terms. 今天我们知道，经济发展取决于各种因素的结合，其中有些因素不一定能用数字来衡量。 Those unique numerical labels allow computers and other devices to communicate among the vast network of servers that make up the Internet. 这些独一无二的数字标签让电脑和其他的设备在有服务器组成的巨大的网络中相互交流。 —————————————— consciousness 意识 consciousness n. 意识；知觉；觉悟；感觉 Man's social being determines his consciousness. 存在决定意识。 He lashed into the prisoner until he lost consciousness. 他使劲打囚犯直到囚犯失去知觉。 When he regained consciousness he was disoriented and not sure how he had gotten there. 当他恢复知觉时感到晕头转向，不确知他是怎么到那儿的。 —————————————— grain 粮食 grain n. 粮食；颗粒；[作物] 谷物；纹理 vi. 成谷粒 vt. 使成谷粒 n. (Grain)人名；(法)格兰 Corn is America's most important grain. 玉米是美国最重要的谷物。 The price of grain slightly oscillated last year. 去年的谷物价格略有波动。 The villagers used to pound the grain into flour by hand. 村民们过去常用手工把粮食捣成粉。 —————————————— inquiry 调查 inquiry n. 探究；调查；质询 We all desire your early reply to this inquiry. 我们都希望你对此询问尽早答复。 In any inquiry,be careful to proceed on right principle. 在任何调查中，应注意按照正确的原则行事。 Soon after, I made confidential inquiry as to how and when it all happened. 不久之后，我对这一切是如何以及何时发生的做了秘密调查。 —————————————— tremble 颤抖 tremble vi. 发抖；战栗；焦虑；摇晃 vt. 使挥动；用颤抖的声音说出 n. 颤抖；战栗；摇晃 In other places it seems he enjoyed the slight tremble and wander of his hand. 而在其他地方，他似乎挺满意手上轻微的颤抖和晃动。 They say that when you are terrified, you tremble and your hair stands on end. 人们常说你害怕的时候，会发抖，连头发汗毛都会从根部站起来。 Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart! 让那些只赢得女人首肯婚约但没有同时赢得她们内心最深处的激情的男人们发抖吧！ —————————————— black 黑色的 black adj. 黑色的；黑人的；邪恶的 n. 黑色；黑人；黑颜料 vt. 使变黑；把鞋油等涂在…上；把（眼眶）打成青肿 vi. 变黑 n. (Black)人名；(英、西)布莱克；(德、葡、捷)布拉克 The black pigs rootled for filth. 这些黑猪用鼻翻拱垃圾。 Those black shoes clash with that white skirt. 那些黑鞋与那条白色的裙子很不协调。 He often interchanges his black hat with his grey hat. 他经常将他的黑帽子与他的灰帽子交换着戴。 —————————————— mess 混乱 mess n. 混乱；食堂，伙食团；困境；脏乱的东西 vt. 弄乱，弄脏；毁坏；使就餐 vi. 把事情弄糟；制造脏乱；玩弄 n. (Mess)人名；(德、罗)梅斯 Please disregard the mess and sit right here. 请不顾凌乱状态，就坐在这儿吧。 Your mother will bawl you out when she sees this mess. 当你母亲看到这混乱的局面时她会责骂你的。 By the end of last year, he had wiggled out of the mess. 到去年年底，他已经从困境中摆脱出来。 —————————————— proposition 建议 proposition 建议，提议，提案，主张；介绍，推荐，提名；提出，提供；命题；句，分句 Si j"étais à ta place, je refuserais cette proposition. 如果我处在你的位置上，我会拒绝这个提议。 Cette proposition, soutenue par le Mexique, hôte de la conférence, doit également favoriser la protection des forêts tropicales et les partage des technologies propres comme le solaire ou l'éolien. 这项建议被会议主席国墨西哥代表提出，同时也要致力于保护热带地区的森林资源和分享一些洁净能源技术例如太阳能和风能。 Les délégués ont accepté cette proposition à contrecoeur. 代表们委曲通过这项提议。 —————————————— parameter 参数 parameter n. 参数；系数；参量 If you have a different environment parameter to hook into, then this is where you should insert the changes. 如果您要检索一个不同的环境参数，那么这就是您应该插入改变之处的地方。 This parameter is not required as the default is indexes only, which is all we are interested in this case study. 该参数可以不要，因为默认设置就是只考虑索引，这也是我们在这个案例研究中惟一感兴趣的。 These types correspond to each parameter at the source (inputs) and target (outputs) that you chose for the mapping. 这些类型对应于您为该映射选择的源（输入）和目标（输出）的每个参数。 —————————————— chaos 混乱 chaos n. 混沌，混乱 n. (Chaos)人名；(西)查奥斯 That is the age of political chaos. 那是个政治上呈纷乱状态的时代。 The city has restored order out of chaos. 这个城市已从骚乱中恢复了正常秩序。 The local government was taking emergency measures to rectify the state of chaos. 地方政府正在采取紧急措施整顿这种混乱局面。 —————————————— transition 过渡 transition n. 过渡；转变；[分子生物] 转换；变调 How and when do you hope to make the transition? 什么时候你希望以什么样的方式过渡？ Adolescence is the transition period between childhood and manhood. 青春期是儿童和成人阶段的过渡时期。 And the procedure should be consistent with defect status transition. 这些程序应该与缺陷状态的转换保持一致。 —————————————— settlement 结算 settlement n. 解决，处理；[会计] 结算；沉降；殖民 We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles. 我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。 All hopes of a peaceful settlement were destroyed by the bomb. 这个爆炸事件使一切和平解决的希望都破灭了。 Such hasty words will not conduce to a settlement of the dispute. 这种不耐烦的话无助于纠纷的解决。 —————————————— foil 箔 foil vt. 衬托；阻止，挡开；挫败；贴箔于 n. 箔，金属薄片；衬托，烘托；叶形片 abbr. 面向文件的翻译语言（file-Oriented interpretive language） n. (Foil)人名；(英)福伊尔 They can then be printed onto a roll of metal foil that becomes a continuous semiconductor. 然后他们可以把这种墨水印刷在一卷金属箔上，从而制成连续的半导体。 Basically what he did is he took a very thin metal foil and he bombarded it with charged particles. 简单的说他做的工作是,用一张非常薄的金属箔,然后用带电的粒子轰击它。 Bread will dry out quickly in the refrigerator, but it freezes well for up to six months if wrapped in plastic, then foil. 面包放在冷藏室中很快就会干掉，但如果先用塑料、再用金属箔包好，就能完好的保存长达六个月。 —————————————— film 电影 film n. 电影；薄膜；胶卷；轻烟 vt. 在…上覆以薄膜；把…拍成电影 vi. 摄制电影；生薄膜；变得朦胧 The director expresses his sorrow in his film. 导演在影片中表达出他的悲哀。 She costarred with her twin sister in a new film. 她和她的孪生姊妹联袂主演一部新影片。 With this instant film the picture develops in only one minute. 用这种快速胶卷，照片仅用一分钟就会显影。 —————————————— procedure 过程 procedure n. 程序，手续；步骤 He is familiar with export procedure. 他熟悉出口手续。 It has passed through an interesting procedure of evolution. 它经过了一个有趣的进化过程。 You also have to invoke the stored procedure once. 此外，还必须调用一次这个存储过程。 —————————————— molecule 分子 molecule n. [化学] 分子；微小颗粒，微粒 Because the molecule must be in one of the states. 因为分子必须处于某个状态上。 They have developed all kinds of tools to synthesize and manipulate this molecule. 他们已经研究出各种各样合成和处理这些分子的方法。 So, how do we figure out first how to draw the skeletal structure of this molecule here? 那么，我们如何来解决它,首先是如何画出这个分子的骨架结构？ —————————————— unexpected 意想不到的 unexpected adj. 意外的，想不到的 It is an unexpected setback in her fortunes. 这是她好运中的一次意外的挫折。 The unexpected news fairly knocked him back. 这个意外的消息使他大吃一惊。 The news may be unexpected; nevertheless, it is true. 这消息可能是出乎意料的，然而是真实的。 —————————————— inspiration 灵感 inspiration n. 灵感；鼓舞；吸气；妙计 What an inspiration she was to all around her! 她对于她周围所有的人是一种多么大的鼓舞! Many poets and artists have drawn their inspiration from nature. 许多诗人和艺术家从大自然中获得灵感。 Where I go for inspiration: nature. 我去哪里寻求灵感：大自然。 —————————————— ashamed 羞愧 ashamed adj. 惭愧的，感到难为情的；耻于……的 What is there to be ashamed of confessing one's errors? 承认自己的错误有什么可羞惭的呢? I feel quite ashamed that I have not fulfilled the task. 我没有完成任务， 感到很惭愧。 You should be ashamed of your bad manners. 你应该对自己的不礼貌感到羞耻。 —————————————— chart 图表 chart n. 图表；海图；图纸；排行榜 vt. 绘制…的图表；在海图上标出；详细计划；记录；记述；跟踪（进展或发展 n. (Chart)人名；(泰)察 With this chart, you can see what they mean. 下面这个图可以让你看清上述的意思。 In this window, you can define a threshold for this chart. 在这个窗口中，您可以为此图表定义一个阈值。 They tried to chart the sea area between Norway and Denmark. 他们企图绘制挪威与丹麦之间的海域图。 —————————————— resort 度假胜地 resort n. 凭借，手段；度假胜地；常去之地 vi. 求助，诉诸；常去；采取某手段或方法 He lingered away his two-month summer vacation at a seaside resort. 他把两个月的暑假全消磨在一个海滨胜地了。 We share with them our development plans for China, and we ask them for their point of view and if they know people, or investors or operators who can help us build a resort in that location. 他说，我们会和他们分享有关中国市场的开发计划，询问他们的看法，以及他们是否认识能帮助我们在那个地方修建度假村的人、投资者或运营商。 In this luxury resort, you can live like a king. 在这个奢华的度假胜地,你可以像国王一样生活. —————————————— transient 瞬态 transient adj. 短暂的；路过的 n. 瞬变现象；过往旅客；候鸟 Their happiness was transient, for the war broke out soon after they got married. 他们的幸福是短暂的，因为他们婚后不久就爆发了战争。 It is transient in the sense that it exists only during the running of the process. 它仅在流程运行的过程中存在，从这个角度来讲，它是瞬态 的。 Consumer pleasures are transient. They engulf us for a short period and then they fade, like a drug. 消费快乐是短暂的，像麻醉剂一样，短时间内会吞没了我们，然后就很快消失了。 —————————————— vacuum 真空 vacuum n. 真空；空间；真空吸尘器 adj. 真空的；利用真空的；产生真空的 vt. 用真空吸尘器清扫 On Saturdays we dust and vacuum. 每星期六我们扫除灰尘并用真空吸尘器打扫。 There is the permittivity vacuum. It is all up there. 这儿还有真空中的介电常数，看，全在这里。 Before you go into labor, ask your practitioner any questions you have about the possible use of vacuum extraction (or forceps). 在你进入生产之前，向你的医生提出任何关于可能使用真空吸引或产钳的问题。 —————————————— growth 增长 growth n. 增长；发展；生长；种植 The novel portrays the growth of a fighter. 这本小说描写了一个战士的成长。 The natural growth rate of population is revving up in rural areas. 在农村中人口自然增长率正不断上升。 Insects possess a biological clock that programmes the insect's growth,reproduction and dormant periods. 昆虫具有一种生物钟，它会按照遗传密码控制昆虫的生长、繁殖和休眠期。 —————————————— tease 取笑 tease vt. 取笑；戏弄；梳理；欺负；强求；使起毛 n. 戏弄；爱纠缠的小孩；挑逗者；卖弄风骚的女孩 vi. 取笑 I'm learning to tease wool. 我在学习梳理羊毛。 Don't tease my child. 别逗弄我的孩子! By training a spectrograph on this light, scientists can tease out the composition of the planet's atmosphere. 通过将光谱仪对准这些光线，科学家们将可以梳理出这颗行星的大气层成分。 —————————————— boat 船 boat n. 小船；轮船 vi. 划船 Waves hit my boat off the shore. 波浪把我的小船冲离了海岸。 How many drowned when the boat capsized? 当船倾覆时有多少人淹死了? Can you fend off the other boat with your pole? 你能用你的篙子把另一条船撑开吗? —————————————— silk 丝绸 silk n. 丝绸；蚕丝；丝织物 adj. 丝的；丝绸的；丝制的 vi. （玉米）处于长须的阶段中 n. (Silk)人名；(英、瑞典)西尔克 She fingered the silk gently. 她轻轻地触摸丝绸。 He attired himself in silk. 他穿着丝绸衣服。 The girl was bedecked with silk and jewels. 这姑娘用丝绸和珠宝打扮起来。 —————————————— horsepower 马力 horsepower n. 马力（功率单位） This motor turns up 100 horsepower. 这台发动机的功率达到100马力。 After all, the reasoning goes, if we have the horsepower to move elephants around, mere mice should pose no challenge. 毕竟，根据推理，如果我们有更大的马力来四处移动大象，小小的老鼠不足挂齿。 We give our old laptops to our parents because they don’t need high horsepower and rarely use the machines, if at all. 如果可以的话，我们把我们的旧手提电脑给我们的父母,因为他们不需要高马力和很少使用它们。 —————————————— thunder 雷声 thunder n. 雷；轰隆声；恐吓 vi. 打雷；怒喝 vt. 轰隆地发出；大声喊出 Lightning usually accompanies thunder. 闪电通常伴有雷声。 We heard thunder growling in the distance. 我们听到了远处雷声隆隆。 Her shriek was dulled by the loud crash of thunder. 她的尖叫声在震耳的雷声中变得低沉了。 —————————————— battle 战斗 battle n. 战役；斗争 vi. 斗争；作战 vt. 与…作战 n. (Battle)人名；(英)巴特尔；(法)巴特勒；(西)巴特莱 We must fight this battle through to victory. 我们必须把这次战斗打到最后胜利。 The admiral manoeuvred his ships in the battle plan. 舰队司令按作战计划进行舰队演习。 They tumbled up from below, racing to their battle position. 他们急忙跑上甲板，冲到自己的战斗位置。 —————————————— greeting 问候 greeting n. 问候，招呼；祝贺 v. 致敬，欢迎（greet的现在分词） He drawled a greeting to her. 他慢吞吞地对她说声问候。 You may tend to look down or away when greeting someone. 当欢迎某人时，你可能倾向于低头看或转移目光。 Write an inappropriate line and explain why it should not be part of the greeting. 写一句不合适的对话，解释为什么它不该出现在问候中。 —————————————— man 男人 man n. 人；男人；人类；丈夫；雇工 vt. 操纵；给…配置人员；使增强勇气；在…就位 n. (Man)人名；(俄)马恩；(英、葡、意、罗、捷、尼、老、缅、柬)曼；(日)万 (名) When did she take on with that man? 她什么时候和那个人开始交往的? He is the man of all others for the job. 他是所有人之中最适于干这工作的人。 He staggered on his views,although no man agreed with him. 尽管没人赞同他的观点，他还是坚持他的看法。 —————————————— slippery 湿滑的 slippery adj. 滑的；狡猾的；不稳定的 The road is slippery after rain. 雨后路滑。 The frozen snow was so slippery that it was hard to keep one's feet. 冰雪溜滑， 人们很难站稳。 Holding these in your hands aids balance, which is great if you're older or if you're on slippery terrain. 如果你年纪较大或者是在比较光滑的地面上行走的话，它们可以很好地帮助你保持平衡。 —————————————— imagine 想象一下 imagine vt. 想像；猜想；臆断 vi. 想像；猜想；想像起来 I can hardly imagine such a scene. 我无法想像出这样的情景。 One can imagine how regretful he was. 可以想像他是多么懊悔。 Running from one side of the room to the next pretending to be pirates or jaguars or whatever they imagine themselves into. 从房间的一边跑到另一边，假装自己是海盗或者美洲虎，或者他们想象的任何事物。 —————————————— conceal 隐藏 conceal vt. 隐藏；隐瞒 I did not conceal anything from him. 我对他什么也不隐瞒。 Don't conceal the poverty of thought by the eccentric diction. 不要用这些怪僻的词藻来掩饰思想的贫乏。 To conceal his identity, the man's voice has been dubbed over. 为了隐瞒他的身份，那个男人的声音已被(一名演员)配音了。 —————————————— metre 米 metre n. 米；公尺；韵律 n. (Metre)人名；(英)米特 I was once very fond of this metre. 曾经有段时期我非常喜欢这种韵律。 As Hamilton points out: "It is only the first metre that matters". 正如汉密尔顿指出的那样：“最初的这一米才是关键。” Let me congratulate you on your winning first place in the 100 metre dash. 祝贺你获得百米赛跑第一名。 —————————————— nuisance 讨厌的东西 nuisance n. 讨厌的人；损害；麻烦事；讨厌的东西 What a nuisance that child is! 那个小孩多讨厌! Sure, they can be a nuisance when they turn over your trash or steal your food while camping, but their adorable little masked faces make up for all that. 确实，当他们打翻你的纸篓，偷吃你们野餐的食物的时候，是个讨厌鬼，但是他们那可爱的伪装似的小脸蛋会让你忘了其他的事情。 Saying that the rabbits are a nuisance that might also attract dangerous coyotes to their Alberta town, residents are calling on the city government to do something. 居民们说兔子是很讨厌的东西，它们也可能会把危险的狼群引到亚伯达省的镇上。 居民呼吁政府采取一些措施。 —————————————— pear 梨 pear n. [园艺] 梨树；梨子 n. (Pear)人名；(英)皮尔 She took a pear and bit into it. 她拿起一只梨，一口咬下去。 Scoop out the rotten part of the pear. 把梨烂的地方剜掉。 I remember a man, probably Jack, cutting down the pear tree and soaking it with kerosene. 我记得我看见一个人——大概齐就是杰克——砍倒了梨树，正往上面浇着煤油。 —————————————— player 球员 player n. 运动员，比赛者；游戏者，做游戏的人；演奏者，表演者；演员；播放器 He was hurt, and another player replaced him. 他受了伤， 另一个选手取代了他。 They acclaimed him as the best player of the year. 他们称赞他为本年度最佳运动员。 They admired him as the city's best football player. 他们都称赞他是本市最佳足球运动员。 —————————————— pollute 污染 pollute vt. 污染；玷污；败坏 We love the sea, yet we pollute it. 我们热爱大海，然而我们却污染了它。 Remember not to waste me or pollute me. 记住不要浪费我或者污染我。 These substances leak from the rusty barrels and pollute soil. 这些物质从生锈的桶中渗出然后污染了土壤。 —————————————— fragment 片段 fragment n. 碎片；片断或不完整部分 vt. 使成碎片 vi. 破碎或裂开 This table stores the distributions per fragment. 这个表格存储每个片段的分布。 To do this we create an information context list from the XML fragment. 为此，我们从这个 XML 片段创建一个信息上下文列表。 You can see one of these functions in the code fragment below (Listing 9). 您可以在下面的代码片段（清单 9）中看到这两个函数之一。 —————————————— cow 牛 cow n. 奶牛，母牛；母兽 vt. 威胁，恐吓 A vet dispatched the injured cow. 兽医把伤牛利索地杀死了。 Our cow is carrying again. 我家的母牛又怀胎了。 The cow is expected to calve next week. 这头母牛预期下周生小牛。 —————————————— freeze 冻结 freeze vi. 冻结；冷冻；僵硬 vt. 使…冻住；使…结冰 n. 冻结；凝固 n. (Freeze)人名；(英)弗里兹 For they freeze within the brain. 因为它们冻结在脑海。 Put less food on your plate. Freeze your credit card into a block of ice. 放少一点的食物在你的盘子里，把你的信用卡冻结成一块冰。 In severe cold, your fingers can freeze onto metal handles,so be sure to cover your hands. 严冬时，你的手指会被冻在金属把手上，所以你一定得戴上手套。 —————————————— alongside 与 alongside adv. 在旁边 prep. 在……旁边 They campaigned alongside the friendly forces. 他们与友军并肩作战。 We use the whiteboards alongside one of the walls, where you just write down your name if you have a question. 用其中一面墙壁旁边的白色书写板，如果有问题，你只要在那里写下你的名字。 Clearly so many are reaching this weight that clothes to fit them are available on the High Street alongside normal sizes. 很明显很多人达到了这个重量，所以商业街上标准尺寸衣服旁，有适合他们的衣服售卖。 —————————————— ambiguous 模棱两可的 ambiguous adj. 模糊不清的；引起歧义的 His answer was ambiguous. 他的答复是含糊的。 We show in this section that both terms are ambiguous and not helpful in describing the nature of the service bus or the integration layer. 在本节中，我们要说明这两个术语的含义都很模糊，对于描述服务总线或集成层的性质没有帮助。 If they investigated more from reliable sources, they would find that claims of danger are more ambiguous than they’ve heard. 如果他们从可靠的来源详细调查，他们可能会发现，危险的断言比他们听到的更加模糊不清。 —————————————— officer 官 officer n. 军官，警官；公务员，政府官员；船长 vt. 指挥 n. (Officer)人名；(英)奥菲瑟 The officer attached his signature to the document. 这名官员在这份文件上签了名。 The officer basked in the adulation of his followers. 这名官员在追随者的奉承话中得意洋洋。 We must send our most trusted officer to parley with their leaders for an exchange of prisoners. 为了交换俘虏我们必须派一名可靠的军官去与他们的领导人谈判。 —————————————— mingle 打成一片 mingle vi. 混合；交往 vt. 使混合；使相混 n. (Mingle)人名；(加纳、英)明格尔 He used to train in a local park and mingle with other runners. 他过去常在地方公园里锻炼，并与其他跑步的人相交往。 In both types of surgery beauty and mental healing subtly mingle, he claims, and both benefit health. 所有的手术类型中，美和心灵治疗微妙地混合，他声称，都有益于健康。 The antiprotons are then pushed into the same trap as the positrons and left to mingle for a second or so. 然后将反质子推入到装有正电子的容器中，用大约一秒钟的时间等待它们混合。 —————————————— negotiate 谈判 negotiate vt. 谈判，商议；转让；越过 vi. 谈判，交涉 We tried to negotiate with them, but they refused. 我们试图与他们谈判, 但被他们拒绝。 We can't negotiate until each side is willing to give up some points. 直到各方愿意在某些要点上作让步，我们才能谈判。 They refused to negotiate unless three preliminary requirements were met. 如果三项先决条件得不到满足， 他们就拒绝谈判。 —————————————— plateau 高原 plateau n. 高原 n. [地名] [肯尼亚、美国] 普拉托 n. （活动或进程中的）稳定阶段，停滞时期 adj. 高原印第安人的 Spirit found the plateau to be surrounded by deposits of opal. 勇气号发现高原上有许多蛋白石的沉积物。 As the river drops from the plateau， it forms great waterfalls. 河水从高原上下落时， 形成了巨大的瀑布。 Similarly there is more precipitation in the Tibetan plateau, probably because of climate change. 类似地，青藏高原的降水量也增加了，或许是由于气候变化。 —————————————— storey 层 storey n. [建] 楼层；叠架的一层 n. (Storey)人名；(西、瑞典)斯托雷；(英)斯托里 The front and rear of the building meanwhile, terrace back allowing each storey to have visual or actual access to greenery. 同时我们设计好了建筑的前方和后方，让每个楼层都能看到绿色植物。 It is also evident in the small park, which preserves Wu's first factory, a whitewashed, single-storey building. 在这个保存了吴第一个工厂的小公园里，一个被粉刷成白色的独层房子很引人注意。 First, as the structure begins to sway, the heavy-tiled roof covering the extended eaves of each storey acts like the long pole with weights on the ends that a tightrope walker uses to steady himself. 首先，在每层楼挑出的屋檐上覆盖着沉重的瓦屋面，在结构开始摇晃时，它们就如同绳索步行者用平衡杆（在末端放置重量的长杆）来保持稳定一样。 —————————————— sway 影响 sway vt. 影响；统治；使摇动 vi. 影响；摇摆 n. 影响；摇摆；统治 n. (Sway)人名；(以)斯韦 And, while he has emotions, they never sway him from his own financial self-interest. 再者，虽然他有情感，他们从来没有动摇他自己的财务自我利益他。 You might think you are being objective but you could unwittingly sway the reader with your choice of words. 你可能认为你是客观的，但是你可能无意中用你所选择的言辞影响了读者。 The technology industry, she said, was coming under the sway of a dominant behemoth, one that had the potential to stifle innovation and squash its competitors. 她说，高科技产业逐渐受到一个占优势的庞然大物，一头有可能窒息创新并压扁竞争对手的巨兽的支配。 —————————————— implication 含义 implication n. 含义；暗示；牵连，卷入；可能的结果，影响 That was an implication. 而这是一个暗示。 All this has interesting implication for our future. 这些对我们的未来有着有趣的暗示。 The implication is that you may need to track all changes to your process, the reason why you made each change, and when the change was made to conform to these regulations. 这含义是您可能需要追踪对您的过程进行的所有的变更，您为什么进行每个变更的原因，以及为了遵守这些法规，什么时候进行的变更。 —————————————— immigrant 移民 immigrant adj. 移民的；迁入的 n. 移民，侨民 But she is nice, this woman named Roma, and like me she is an immigrant so we have at least that in common. 她人还不错, 叫罗玛, 像我一样, 她也是移民, 因此至少在这一点上我们存在着共同点。 That such a woman would want more for her daughter than someone who was a failed boxer, a doorman, and an illegal immigrant seemed to him perfectly reasonable. 在他看来，这样一个女人想要给自己的女儿找一个比失败的拳击手、看门人和非法移民更好的男人，是完全合理的。 An immigrant waited to be questioned during the police operation in Prato. 普拉托，警察行动期间，一名移民正在等着被问讯。 —————————————— from 从 from prep. 来自，从；由于；今后 n. (From)人名；(瑞典、丹、德)弗罗姆 We all benefited from his success. 我们从他的成功中受益。 This is what I gathered from his speech. 这是我从他说的话中推断出来的。 I have learned of your promotion from your manager. 我已经从你的经理那儿听说你升职了。 —————————————— cartoon 卡通 cartoon n. 卡通片，[电影] 动画片；连环漫画 vt. 为…画漫画 vi. 画漫画 I like this cartoon. 我喜欢这幅漫画。 I drew a cartoon of a cheerleader on my paper. 我在纸上画了一幅拉拉队领队的漫画。 The cartoon represented the president as a devil. 这幅漫画把总统画成了魔鬼。 —————————————— perfume 香水 perfume n. 香水；香味 vt. 洒香水于…；使…带香味 vi. 散发香气 Who's wearing that spicy perfume? 是谁身上有那么浓的香味? Those lotuses perfume the whole park. 荷花使整个公园变得很香。 He sashayed to the gate of the shop after stealing two bottles of perfume in his pockets. 他把两瓶香水放进口袋里之后，大摇大摆地向商店门口走去。 —————————————— famous 著名的 famous adj. 著名的；极好的，非常令人满意的 The famous actress is now appearing at the Capital Theatre. 目前这位著名女演员正在首都剧场演出。 This famous politician often ripped into his opponents in the newspaper. 这位有名的政治家常常在报上猛烈抨击他的对手。 The book on which he hit on my desk was one of the famous novels written by Jack London. 他无意间在我书桌上发现的那本书是杰克伦敦著名小说中的一本。 —————————————— crime 犯罪 crime n. 罪行，犯罪；罪恶；犯罪活动 vt. 控告……违反纪律 He forfeited his property by crime. 他因犯罪被剥夺财产。 What crime is he in for? 他因什么罪而蹲监狱的? He has distilled many wonderful stories from his experiences as a crime lab technician. 他从他作为犯罪实验室技术员的经验中，写出许多精彩的故事。 —————————————— protest 抗议 protest vi. 抗议；断言 vt. 抗议；断言 n. 抗议 adj. 表示抗议的；抗议性的 It caused some protest and indignation. 这引起了一些抗议和愤慨。 His withdrawal can only be construed as a protest. 他的退场只能被理解为是一种抗议。 They registered a strong protest with the United Nations. 他们向联合国提出强烈抗议。 —————————————— absorb 吸收 absorb vt. 吸收；吸引；承受；理解；使…全神贯注 Oceans absorb about half this. 海洋吸收大约一半。 Can your brain absorb all this information? 你的脑袋能吸收这全部信息吗? Not only do they provide goods and livelihoods but they also protect soils, regulate water and absorb carbon. 它们不仅提供商品和生计，而且还保护土壤，调节水分和吸收二氧化碳。 —————————————— layout 布局 layout n. 布局；设计；安排；陈列 This map shows the layout of the plant. 这张图展示了工厂的布局。 If you have a funky layout set this number to something high. 如果你有一个猥琐的布局, 请把这个参数设高一点. This allows one to have the same layout, but have the text in the correct national language. 这为我们提供了相同的布局，而且以正确的本地语言显示文本。 —————————————— up-to-date 最新的 up-to-date adj. 最新的，最近的；现代的，新式的 However, as with replication, their information is not necessarily up-to-date. 然而与复制一样，他们的信息不一定是最新的。 Practitioners build their own pages with up-to-date information, but these pages are scattered and not integrated with method and process contents. 专业人员使用最新的信息构建自己的页面，但是这些页面是分散的，不能与方法和流程内容集成。 Updating catalog statistics, which emphasizes the importance of collecting and maintaining up-to-date database statistics, the lack of which is often the source of many of the performance problems. 更新目录统计信息，这部分强调收集和维护最新数据库统计信息的重要性，缺少这项工作常常是导致许多性能问题的源头所在。 —————————————— ridiculous 荒谬的 ridiculous adj. 可笑的；荒谬的 She broke in with a ridiculous objection. 她突然插嘴提了个可笑的异议。 This ridiculous situation borders upon comedy. 这种可笑的局面近似于喜剧。 And yet, as one of these women, I find this “news” particularly ridiculous. 而作为这个年龄段的女性，我觉得这则“消息”特别荒谬。 —————————————— artistic 艺术 artistic adj. 艺术的；风雅的；有美感的 He has an artistic temperament. 他有艺术家的气质。 The writer has sold out his artistic standards and now just writes for a living. 这个作家已背弃了他原来的艺术标准， 现在只是卖文为生。 He acquired an enviable reputation in literary and art circles for his artistic ability. 他的艺术才能使他蜚声文艺界。 —————————————— bolt 螺栓 bolt n. 螺栓，螺钉；闪电，雷电；门闩；弩箭;（布的）一匹，一卷 vt. 筛选；囫囵吞下；（把门、窗等）闩上；突然说出，脱口说出 vi. （门窗等）闩上，拴住；冲出，跳出；（马等的）脱缰；囫囵吞下 adv. 突然地；像箭似地；直立地 I then quitted her again, and she drew the bolt in one of her worst, most peevish humours. 然后我又离开了她，她在一种最坏的、最乖张的心情中上了门闩。 That morning while at work, Piechowski had unscrewed a bolt keeping the doors locked so they could climb in. 那天早晨干活的时候，佩特罗夫斯基拧掉了一个锁门的螺栓，因此他们可以爬进去。 The workers then add a glass cover, bolt on an aluminum frame, attach a junction box and package it for shipping. 工人们接下来用螺栓给一个铝框装上一个玻璃盖板，附上一个接线盒，然后包装发运。 —————————————— signify 表示 signify vt. 表示；意味；预示 vi. 有重要性；要紧；冒充内行 So what might the criticism signify? 所以这些批评可能意味着什么？ You won't signify in such a thing,he's the specialist. 在这种专业上你别假充内行了，他才是专家。 The Thenardier made one of those movements of surprise which signify neither assent nor refusal. 德纳第妈妈一惊，那是一种既不表示同意，也不表示拒绝的动作。 —————————————— gulf 海湾 gulf n. 海湾；深渊；分歧；漩涡 vt. 吞没 It is one of seven barrier islands that, along with some mainland areas of Mississippi and Florida, make up the Gulf Islands National Seashore. 它是在密西西比和佛罗里达的一些大陆地区沿岸，组成海湾群岛国家海滨的七座屏障岛屿中的一座。 Will the US accept Iran as the major power in the Gulf? 美国会认可伊朗作为海湾地区的一支主要势力吗？ But unlike weather satellites that look at the same region on Earth 24 hours a day, Terra and Aqua generally only get one daylight view each of the Gulf of Mexico. 但与每天24小时盯着地球同一个区域的气象卫星不同，一般情况下泰拉和阿卡只能各获取一张有关墨西哥湾的白天视图。 —————————————— nonetheless 尽管如此 nonetheless adv. 尽管如此，但是 Nonetheless, I want my rights, even without the media. 尽管如此，我要我的权利，甚至没有媒体。 OK, but nonetheless, I want to stress we have both a value, yeah, and a type. 好，但是尽管如此，我想要强调我们有了一个值，和一种类型。 Nonetheless, it has added enormous processing capacity because of the effectiveness of its new hardware and software. 尽管如此，由于新的软件和硬件的效率问题它增加了巨大的处理能力。 —————————————— bundle 包 bundle n. 束；捆 vt. 捆 vi. 匆忙离开 I saw the man dragging a bundle of firewood after him. 我看见那男人身后拖着一捆柴。 This article will show you how to create and bundle scripts. 这篇文章将告诉您如何创建和捆绑脚本。 The Bible uses the term "heart" to describe the bundle of desires, hopes, interests, ambitions, dreams, and affections that you have. 圣经用“心”这个词来概括描述你里面的各种事物，欲望、捆绑、希望、兴趣、志向、梦想、感情。 —————————————— moreover 此外 moreover adv. 而且；此外 Moreover, the tool becomes an extension of yourself. 而且，这种工具将成为您的扩展。 We care, moreover, not just for how well off we are today but how well off we will be in the future. 此外，我们关心的不仅仅是我们目前的生活状况有多好，还包括我们未来的生活状况如何。 Moreover, you can review your application to find more flaws like this. 此外，你可以查看你的应用找到更多的这样的漏洞。 —————————————— superficial 肤浅的 superficial adj. 表面的；肤浅的 ；表面文章的；外表的；（人）浅薄的 You hardly notice me, but without me you all become superficial. 你们几乎注意不到我，但是如果没有我，你们将变得肤浅。 I know well how slight is my talent and how superficial my scholarship， and that I do not deserve so much praise. 深知自己才疏学浅， 不称揄扬。 The only problem is that you have no system to what you do, you shadow them and copy the superficial parts of their life and get exhausted doing it. 问题是你对自己所做的没有一个系统的整体概念。 你只是跟随模仿了他们生活中表面的一部分，最终只会感到疲惫。 —————————————— analytic 分析 analytic adj. 分析的；解析的；善于分析的 And while it has some value if you want to be very introspective and analytic, for most of us, it just bogs us down. 虽然它在某种意义上有其一定价值，除非你想变得喜欢自我反省和分析，对于大多数人，它只是麻烦的制造者罢了。 If you have an existing collection for the current diagram type, you can put this analytic in that by choosing the second option. 如果对于当前的图表类型有了已存在的集合，那么您可以选择第二个选项来将该分析置于管理器中。 For the most part, these same forces have been a boon, so far, to Americans who have a good education and exceptional creative talents or analytic skills. 而对于那些受到良好教育，具有特殊的创新能力或分析技能的人们来说，同样的情况在很大程度上是一种恩惠。 —————————————— muscular 肌肉发达的 muscular adj. 肌肉的；肌肉发达的；强健的 Then Ford sacrificed all that muscular flair and created this. 接着福特牺牲了所有肌肉的天资制造出了这个。 At the end of the movie, the big and muscular killer appeared again! 在电影的结尾，那个高大而且肌肉发达的凶手又出现了！ But the physicians who attended him on his deathbed marveled at his muscular arms and chest. 但是，在林肯临终时为他治疗的医生对他的手臂和胸部肌肉感到惊讶。 —————————————— ignite 点燃 ignite vt. 点燃；使燃烧；使激动 vi. 点火；燃烧 It can ignite your spirit and make you feel like you can do anything. 它能点燃你的精神和使你感觉你能够做到任何事情。 If your craft is powered by solid or liquid fuel, chances are it will ignite and incinerate you. 如果你的飞船是固体或液体燃料驱动，它随时可能燃起大火，把你烧成灰烬。 Furthermore, some flawed ideas may ignite your curiosity and imagination, both of which have the ability to change the dynamics of everything. 而且，有时一些有瑕疵的想法可能会点燃你的好奇心和想象力，这两者都能够带来彻头彻尾的改变。 —————————————— acquaintance 熟人 acquaintance n. 熟人；相识；了解；知道 Acquaintance has developed into friendship. 相识已发展成为友谊。 We are the casual acquaintance of a long railway journey. 我们是在火车长途旅行中偶然结识的朋友。 She knocked up an acquaintance with a few people in this neighbourhood. 她偶然与住在这个居民区的几个人相识。 —————————————— hear 听到 hear vt. 听到，听；听说；审理 vi. 听；听见 Do you hear someone holler? 你听到有人在喊叫吗? Did you hear him go out? 你听见他走出去吗? Can you hear me? 你能听见我说话吗? —————————————— equation 方程 equation n. 方程式，等式；相等；[化学] 反应式 How we get to that equation. 怎么样得到那个等式。 One side of an equation must balance the other. 方程式的一边必须和另一边相等。 But the supply side is only half of the equation. 但供应方面只是这个等式的一半。 —————————————— boot 引导 boot vt. 引导；踢；解雇；使穿靴 n. 靴子；踢；汽车行李箱 n. (Boot)人名；(英)布特；(德)博特 He angrily swished his boot. 他气愤地嗖嗖地抽打他的靴子。 Instead of catching fish,all he fished out was an old boot. 他没有捕到鱼，而只是捞到了一只旧靴子。 Once this is all in place, you should have a CF card that will simply boot and come up on your target system. 一旦这些都设置好了之后，您就应该有了一个完全能在您的目标系统上引导和运行的 CF 卡。 —————————————— cable 电缆 cable n. 缆绳；电缆；海底电报 vt. 打电报 vi. 打海底电报 They underlaid the Atlantic with a cable. 他们在大西洋海底铺设了一条电缆。 Then I purposely interrupt one of the access paths by pulling off an FC cable between the host and switch. 然后，我故意拔掉主机与交换机之间的一根 FC 电缆，以中断其中一条访问路径。 He then shot light from a laser out the end of the cable onto the diaphragm. 然后他从一激光器射出光束，正对有电缆一端的振动膜上。 —————————————— observe 观察 observe vt. 庆祝 vt. 观察；遵守；说；注意到；评论 vi. 观察；说；注意到；评论 Someone who doesn't observe traffic regulations will sweat. 不遵守交通规则者必将要吃苦头。 Take some time and observe how you value yourself and what you do. 花时间去观察一下你自己以及你所做工作的价值。 Observe what is best and to strive to universalize these qualities. 观察什么是最好的，然后努力使这些特质得以普遍化。 —————————————— handy 方便的 handy adj. 便利的；手边的，就近的；容易取得的；敏捷的 n. (Handy)人名；(英)汉迪 This is a very handy tool for opening cans. 这是一种很简便的开罐头工具。 You also have to do some guessing as to exactly what is a method and what is an attribute (or keep a manual handy). 您还必须对究竟什么是方法、什么是属性做一些猜测（或在手边放一本手册）。 Keep a small notebook handy , and every time you get an urge to buy something, practical or not, put a little tally in the notebook. 手边放一个小笔记本，每次你想去买什么东西的时候，无论要买的东西是否合理，在小笔记本上记下帐。 —————————————— assault 攻击 assault n. 攻击；袭击 vt. 攻击；袭击 vi. 袭击；动武 The man saw us and stopped his assault. They both waved me on. 那个男人停止了攻击看这我们，并朝我们挥动着拳头。 The foetal development of boys may also be more sensitive to this kind of chemical assault, the authors speculate, which could explain why boys are more likely to have behavioural problems than girls. 该报告的作者推测，男孩在胎儿发育阶段可能对此类化学袭击反应更为敏感，这就可以解释为什么男孩比女孩更有可能出现行为问题。 These members "are standing with young democracies in the Middle East that are under assault by terrorists and violent extremists," he said. 他说，这些成员"与受到恐怖分子和暴力极端分子攻击的中东的年轻民主政体站在一起"。 —————————————— creation 创建 creation n. 创造，创作；创作物，产物 I was full and effervescing with joy of creation. 由于创作的乐趣， 我感到满足和欢欣。 This completes the creation and implementation of your transformation extension. 这完成了您的转换扩展的创建和实现。 On the other hand, I have difficulty editing because by that point the creation process is already over for me. 另一方面，我不喜欢编辑，因为那个时刻对我来说，创作过程已经是结束了。 —————————————— theft 盗窃 theft n. 盗窃；偷；赃物 He was on trial for theft. 他因盗窃罪受到审判。 Of these three, theft is the most obvious because the act itself is malicious. 在这三种之中，盗窃是最明显的，因为其行为本身就是恶意的。 In fact, in this case, the same person could be both a victim and a witness in a particular theft. 事实上，在本例中，同一个人在一个具体的盗窃案例中可以同时作为受害人和目击者。 —————————————— vicinity 附近 vicinity n. 邻近，附近；近处 The new black hole, which weighs as much as billions of suns, begins devouring everything in its vicinity. 这个新的黑洞，是太阳质量的几十亿倍，并且开始吞噬附近所有的一切。 The belt, which extends from a few hundred to about 2000 kilometers above Earth, "constitutes the most abundant source of antiprotons in Earth's vicinity," Bruno says. “这条带在地球以上几百公里到大约2000公里处延伸着，构成了地球附近最为丰富的反质子储存库，”布鲁诺说。 If a tuning fork is struck and another tuning fork of the same pitch is in the vicinity, the second one will ring in concert with the first. 如果一个音叉被敲击，同样音高的另一个音叉在附近，第二个音叉将会与第一个音叉和谐地形成回响。 —————————————— missionary 传教士 missionary adj. 传教的；传教士的 n. 传教士 While not everyone has the missionary gift, every Christian is called to be on a mission to all four groups in some way. 虽然并非每人都有宣教的恩赐，但神呼召每个基督徒在某方面承担使命，向以上四类群体宣教。 He would sometimes take me along to a European missionary's house. 有时，他会带我们到一个欧洲传教士家里去。 Extremists from the group had gotten wind of my presence, assumed that I was a Christian missionary, and threatened to beat me. 一些极端分子不知从哪儿风闻我的存在，就武断地认为我是基督教传教士，威胁要揍我。 —————————————— orderly 有序的 orderly adj. 有秩序的；整齐的；值班的 n. 勤务兵；传令兵；护理员 adv. 顺序地；依次地 And we will get you out of here in an orderly fashion. 我将带你们离开这儿,到一个有序的时尚学科去。 When there is a fire, it is important that people file out of the building in an orderly way. 发生火灾时，重要的是人们要有秩序地从大楼里鱼贯而出。 But he offered no guide to how this should happen, and stressed the need for change to be “gradual”, “orderly” and “under the leadership of the party”. 但温家宝并没有说这一切到底该怎么实现，并且他只强调了必要的改变只能是“循序渐进的”，“有序的”以及“在党的领导下”进行的。 —————————————— expectation 期望 expectation n. 期待；预期；指望 But this is an unrealistic expectation. 但这是不切实际的期望。 I'm sorry to disappoint your expectation. 很遗憾，我辜负了你的期望。 Our expectation is that we should be there. In fact, we should have gotten there a long time ago. 然而我们的期待是我们应该到达那里。实际上，我们应该早就到达那里。 —————————————— temporary 临时 temporary adj. 暂时的，临时的 n. 临时工，临时雇员 He found a temporary lodgment in Paris. 他在巴黎找到了一个临时住所。 Our temporary difficulties will soon ravel out. 我们的暂时困难将很快得到解决。 The supermarket is taking on a few temporary assistants for the Christmas season. 这家超市正在招收几名圣诞节期间上班的临时店员。 —————————————— plastic 塑料 plastic adj. 塑料的；（外科）造型的；可塑的 n. 塑料制品；整形；可塑体 The plastic coating is easy to apply on any surface. 塑性涂料容易涂在任何表面上。 These raw materials were reforged into a new film of plastic. 这些原料被重新制作成一种新的塑料薄膜。 If plastic and rubber are burnt, they'll give off poisonous gases. 要是塑料和橡胶被焚， 就会放出有毒的气体。 —————————————— anniversary 周年纪念日 anniversary n. 周年纪念日 The post office centralizing the town celebrated its 20th anniversary yesterday. 作为市镇中心的邮局昨天庆祝它建局二十周年。 On your wedding anniversary: Love joins our present with the past and the future . 祝贺你们的结婚周年纪念日：爱连结我们的过去、现在和未来。 I offer you these thoughts, on the anniversary of my divorce, with the holidays coming. 我已经离婚一周年了，随着假日来临，我现在给你们谈谈我的想法。 —————————————— mouse 鼠标 mouse n. 鼠标；老鼠；胆小羞怯的人 vt. 探出 vi. 捕鼠；窥探 Our cat is too lazy to mouse. 我们的猫懒得连老鼠都不管捕。 A lion at home, a mouse abroad. 在家是狮子， 出门成老鼠。 The cat crouched down, ready to spring on the mouse. 那只猫蹲下身来准备向老鼠猛扑过去。 —————————————— exterior 外 exterior adj. 外部的；表面的；外在的 n. 外部；表面；外型；外貌 The exterior shots were taken in Bermuda. 外景镜头是在百慕大拍摄的。 The exterior shots were retaken in Qingdao. 外景是在青岛重拍的。 The production unit of the Beijing Film Studio will leave Beijing for other parts of the country to film the exterior next month. 北京电影制片厂摄制组下个月去外地拍外景。 —————————————— infinite 无限 infinite adj. 无限的，无穷的；无数的；极大的 n. 无限；[数] 无穷大；无限的东西（如空间，时间） Feelings of infinite melancholy stole over him. 无限的哀情愁思向他悄悄袭来。 If you go on living, you do so only through your capacity for objectification, your ability to free yourself, in writing, from the infinite strain. 如果你还要继续活下去，你只有通过自身客体化的能力，你能用写作从无限的拉力中解放你自己。 We would like to have the option of initializing an infinite random vector with the values in another vector. 希望能够用另一个向量中的值对一个无限随机向量进行初始化。 —————————————— summarize 总结 summarize vt. 总结；概述 vi. 作总结；作概括 Review and summarize. 回顾和总结。 I tell you the general terms, and then let the chairman summarize. 我给你们讲一讲大致情况，然后请主席作总结性发言。 We downloaded the 58-page report and summarize some of the findings for you in this post. 我们下载了这封长达58页的报告，然后在此文中为你概括了我们的一些发现。 —————————————— reduce 减少 reduce vt. 减少；降低；使处于；把…分解 vi. 减少；缩小；归纳为 We battled to reduce our taxes. 我们努力降低我们的税务。 She tried to reduce her weight. 她设法降低她的体重。 The two firms were joined up to reduce competition. 两个公司被联合起来以减少竞争。 —————————————— chip 芯片 chip vt. 削，凿；削成碎片 vi. 剥落；碎裂 n. [电子] 芯片；筹码；碎片；(食物的) 小片; 薄片 But if there’s a little unused space in a chip, why not fill that with an entertaining design? 但是，如果芯片里有没有被用到的空间，为什么不用一种令人愉快的设计去填满它呢？ Data can be downloaded directly from the chip upon recapture, or it can be downloaded wirelessly from up to 500 meters away. 而且，可以直接通过芯片下载数据到，也可以通过无线方式下载数据，最大距离可达到500米。 I see some signs that chip prices have hit bottom as inventories are running out. 我观察到一些芯片价格已经降到底的信号，比如投资者得流出。 —————————————— worth 价值 worth adj. 值…的 n. 价值；财产 n. (Worth)人名；(英)沃思；(德)沃特 The stamp is not worth collecting. 这张邮票不值得收藏。 We should read books of real worth. 我们应阅读真正有价值的书籍。 The world is a fine place and worth fighting for. 这世界是个好地方，值得为保卫它而斗争。 —————————————— medicine 医学 medicine n. 药；医学；内科；巫术 vt. 用药物治疗；给…用药 The doctor mixed (me) some medicine. 医生（给我）配了一些药。 She gave me some medicine to dull the pain. 她给了我一些可减轻疼痛的药。 Normally there are no complications with the medicine. 服用这种药按理不会产生并发症。 —————————————— luggage 行李 luggage n. 行李；皮箱 She planked down her luggage. 她重重地放下行李。 He dumped down his luggage. 他砰地放下行李。 I held your luggage together with mine. 我把你的行李和我的捆在一起了。 —————————————— procession 队伍 procession n. 队伍，行列；一列，一排；列队行进 vi. 列队行进 vt. 沿著……行进 A group of girls led the parading procession. 一群女孩子们在游行队伍的前面。 The trumpets blared as the procession got under way. 当队伍开始前进时小号发出刺耳的响声。 The youngsters poured down the street to see the parading procession. 年轻人涌上街头看游行队伍。 —————————————— stain 染色 stain vt. 沾污；败坏；给…着色 vi. 污染；被沾污；被染污 n. 污点；瑕疵；着色剂 n. (Stain)人名；(德)施泰因；(塞、瑞典)斯泰因 You can use petrol to take out that stain. 你可以用汽油去掉那个污渍。 If there is any stain left by the honey, it is probably not pure. 如果由于蘸了蜂蜜而有污点残留，那很可能是不纯正的。 If you happen to spill some gas or oil on the floor, newspaper will help absorb the spill and can prevent a permanent stain on concrete or a soft spot in your asphalt drive. 如果你碰巧将一些汽油或机油洒在地板上，报纸将帮助你吸收倾洒物并且可以保护你的物品避免永久染色或在沥青车道上留下独特的记号。 —————————————— idiom 成语 idiom n. 成语，习语；土话 The idiom was overworn by my family. 在我们家这条成语都被用滥了。 What word does this idiom come under? 这个习语应列入哪个词条项下? Well, actually, it’s just the first half of an idiom. 哦，其实哦，这只是一个习语的前半部分。 —————————————— extravagant 奢侈的 extravagant adj. 奢侈的；浪费的；过度的；放纵的 Extravagant people never save money. 奢侈的人攒不下钱。 Don't attach any extravagant hope to it. 对此不要有什么奢望。 There is nothing wrong with occasionally treating ourselves to an extravagant gift or a long well-deserved time-off or vacation. 偶尔送我们自己一份奢侈的礼物或享受一个长期的受之无愧的假期是没有任何错的。 —————————————— column 列 column n. 纵队，列；专栏；圆柱，柱形物 Add this column of figures. 把这栏的数字合计起来。 Add up the figures in this column. 把这一栏的数字合计一下。 He uses his daily column to whale away at the war. 他在他的日报专栏中严厉抨击这场战争。 —————————————— illustrate 说明 illustrate vt. 阐明，举例说明；图解 vi. 举例 I can cite quite a few instances to illustrate. 我可以举出好几件事来说明。 She decides to use charts and diagrams to illustrate. 她决定用图表来说明。 Let me illustrate the point with some very, very simple graphs. 让我用一些非常非常简单的图表，阐明这个观点。 —————————————— marine 海洋 marine adj. 船舶的；海生的；海产的；航海的，海运的 n. 海运业；舰队；水兵；（海军）士兵或军官 n. (Marine)人名；(西)马里内；(英)马林 They took out marine insurance through American insurance firms. 他们通过美国保险公司投保了海上保险。 We know exactly how long this wreck has been under water and how long marine life has been growing on it. 我们能够确切地知道这些残骸在水中有多长时间,以及海洋生物在其上面生长了多久。 There was no one else on the beach, and the nearest phone to call the Marine Patrol was miles away. 海滩上只有我一个人，如果要呼叫海上巡逻队，最近的电话离这有几英里远。 —————————————— startle 惊吓 startle vt. 使吓一跳；使惊奇 vi. 惊吓；惊跳；惊奇 n. 惊愕；惊恐 The deer startle easily. 鹿很容易受到惊吓。 Sometimes a sudden shift in color can be used to startle potential predators or threaten intruders. 有时候，色彩的快速变换可以用来惊吓掠食者或威胁入侵者。 The researchers found that people given propranolol had a much lower emotional response — measured by a startle reflex — to the images. 通过惊吓反射测量，研究者发现，服用了治疗心脏病的药品的人们对这些图片的情绪反应低很多。 —————————————— organization 组织 organization n. 组织；机构；体制；团体 They posted this organization as corrupt. 他们公开谴责该组织腐败。 They are charting out the future of the organization. 他们正在明确规划这个组织的未来。 The lack of funds posed difficulties for this organization last year. 去年，缺乏资金给这个机构带来了若干困难。 —————————————— feather 羽毛 feather n. 羽毛 vt. 用羽毛装饰 vi. 长羽毛 n. (Feather)人名；(英)费瑟 The chick will soon feather out. 这只小鸡很快就要长羽毛了。 The feather wavered to the floor. 羽毛飘摇落地。 He tickled my feet with a feather. 他用羽毛搔我的脚。 —————————————— girl 女孩 girl n. 女孩；姑娘，未婚女子；女职员，女演员；（男人的）女朋友 n. （捷）吉尔 The girl daubed her lips with lipstick. 姑娘用唇膏乱涂了一下嘴唇。 Ask that there girl. 问那里的那个女孩。 I must emphasize the fact that she is only a little girl. 我必须强调这样一个事实，这就是她只不过是个小女孩。 —————————————— fly 飞 fly vi. 飞；驾驶飞机；飘扬 vt. 飞行；飞越；使飘扬 n. 飞行；苍蝇；两翼昆虫 adj. 敏捷的 n. (Fly)人名；(法)弗利；(英)弗莱 He tried to fly his kite. 他试图放飞他的风筝。 He instanced the fly as dirty insect. 他举出苍蝇作为肮脏昆虫的例子。 He corraled the fly ball in left field. 他在左场接住了那个飞球。 —————————————— ordinary 普通的 ordinary adj. 普通的；平凡的；平常的 n. 普通；平常的人（或事） Father doctored me for ordinary stomachache. 父亲为我治疗一般的胃痛。 Judged by the ordinary standards,he was reliable. 用一般的标准衡量，他是可信赖的。 The head nurse was reduced to ordinary nurse due to malpractice. 这位护士长由于玩忽职守被降职为普通护士。 —————————————— exempt 免除 exempt vt. 免除；豁免 adj. 被免除的；被豁免的 n. 免税者；被免除义务者 So we have the current argument over how much of the derivative market will be exempt from regulation. 所以我们就看到了当前有关衍生产品市场到底有多大份额可以得到规则的豁免的辩论。 If the FCC approves this bill, it would exempt the phone companies not only from these lawsuits, but also from any further state regulation of these charges. 如果联邦电信委员会批准这一法案，它不仅可使电话公司免除这些诉讼，而且还可使其免除各州对这些收费的任何进一步规定。 Perhaps more important, the risk committees will recommend which derivatives should be handled through clearinghouses, and which should be exempt. 可能更重要的是，风险管理委员会将推荐哪些衍生产品应该通过清算所交易，哪些可以豁免。 —————————————— park 公园 park n. 公园；[交] 停车场 vt. 停放；放置；寄存 vi. 停放车辆 n. (Park)人名；(英、芬、瑞典)帕克 He rambled in the park every morning. 他每天早晨在公园中遛弯儿。 They take the air in the park every morning. 他们每天早上在公园里呼吸新鲜空气。 In the beautiful park, there is a path winding along the lake. 在这座美丽的公园里有一条蜿蜒的小路绕湖向前。 —————————————— centre 中心 centre vi. 以…为中心 vt. 集中；将…放在中央 n. 中心 adj. 中央的 Our thoughts centre upon one idea. 我们的思想集中在一个主意上。 We ran out to the centre of the city this morning. 我们今天上午开车到市中心一带去玩。 We successfully drove back to the centre of the city overing the jam quarter. 我们顺利地穿过拥挤的居民区，驱车回到了市中心。 —————————————— chill 寒冷 chill n. 寒冷；寒意；寒心 adj. 寒冷的；冷漠的；扫兴的 vt. 冷冻，冷藏；使寒心；使感到冷 vi. 冷藏；变冷 It's spring but there's still a chill in the air. 初春季节仍有寒意。 The light, as always, was beyond compare and there was a watery chill in the air. 光线一如既往，美妙地无与伦比；还有空气里那潮湿的寒意。 In Northern England, girls wear miniskirts when they go out to bars in the biting cold and drink strong alcohol so they don't feel the chill. 在英国北部，女孩们外出去酒吧时，常常冒着彻骨的严寒，身穿迷你短裙；然后喝一些烈酒，这样她们就不会感到寒冷了。 —————————————— eyesight 视力 eyesight n. 视力；目力 My grandfather's eyesight is going. 我祖父的视力在减退。 You should allow for her poor eyesight. 你应该体谅到她的视力差。 A person with good eyesight can distinguish distant object. 视力好的人能看清远处的东西。 —————————————— undergo 接受 undergo vt. 经历，经受；忍受 The blunder made the underground instrument undergo an undermining of the thunderbolt. 这个失策让地下仪器经受了一次雷电的破坏。 This was happening before the earthquake on a very limited basis, but its reach would expand greatly and the schools would undergo an increasingly rigorous certification process. 地震前这只发生在有限的基础之上，但是它的影响可能会扩大很多，学校可能会经历一次更加严厉的认证过程。 It can be expected that, without government regulation, house price may also drop down to a reasonable level but Chinese society does not have the patience to undergo this process. 可以预期的是，在没有政府监管的情况下，房价也可能回归到合理水平，但是中国社会没有这种耐性去经历这一进程。 —————————————— permissible 允许的 permissible adj. 可允许的；获得准许的 And yet that is permissible. 然而，这是允许的。 Adults must learn not to cry in situations in which it is permissible for child to cry. 成年人都必须知道，凡在允许小孩子哭的情况下，成年人都不应该哭。 Tell me, Monsieur Thenardier, is what we have done permissible? 我们干的这种事，德纳第先生，你说说，是允许的吗？ —————————————— reservior 贮备 —————————————— opinion 的意见 opinion n. 意见；主张 My opinion trended towards yours. 我倾向于你的意见。 Her opinion will impinge on my decision. 她的意见将影响我的决定。 He tends towards my opinion on this matter. 在这件事上他倾向于我的意见。 —————————————— corps 队 corps n. 军团；兵种；兵队；（德国大学的）学生联合会 n. (Corps)人名；(西、德)科尔普斯 The Army and Marine Corps have 80 systems in theater. 陆军和海军陆战队在战场上有80套系统。 This fifth-generation fighter will provide the US Marine Corps and other future customers with increased capability and the option to deploy from forward bases. 这种第五代战斗机将为美国海军陆战队和其他未来的客户提供更强的能力以及前沿作战基地的部署选择。 The best option left seemed to be enrolling in law school and joining the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps at the University of Arkansas. 我所剩下的最佳选择似乎是报名读法学院，然后加入阿肯色大学的陆军预备役军官训练军团。 —————————————— tension 张力 tension n. 张力，拉力；紧张，不安；电压 vt. 使紧张；使拉紧 The tension eased off slowly. 紧张局势逐渐缓和了。 The tension in that story builds up toward a climax. 那个故事的紧张状态逐步发展到了高潮。 The tension between the two countries built up to a climax. 两国间的紧张状态渐渐达到了顶峰。 —————————————— majority 多数 majority n. 多数；成年 His opinion represents that of the majority. 他的意见代表大多数人的意见。 The suggestion was voted down by large majority. 这项议案被大多数票否决了。 Three of the justices dissented from the majority decision. 三名法官不同意大多数人的裁决。 —————————————— offer 提供 offer vt. 提供；出价；试图 n. 提议；出价；意图；录取通知书 vi. 提议；出现；献祭；求婚 He sniffed at my offer. 他对我的提议不屑一顾。 She dismayed me by refusing my offer. 她拒绝了我的提议使我感到沮丧。 She interlocked her fingers and considered the offer. 她双手交插，考虑着该提议。 —————————————— saint 圣 saint n. 圣人；圣徒；道德崇高的人 adj. 神圣的 vt. 成为圣徒 Not all could saint. 并非所有人都能像圣徒那样生活。 He would have been a saint, but within a decade we shall have him. 他本可以成为一名圣徒，但是，不出十年我们就可以得到他了。 The saint on earth! 这位人间的圣者！ —————————————— rank 排名 rank n. 排；等级；军衔；队列 adj. 讨厌的；恶臭的；繁茂的 vt. 排列；把…分等 vi. 列为；列队 n. (Rank)人名；(英、德、芬、捷)兰克 His collar badge designates his rank. 他的领章表明他的级别。 He was promoted to the rank of captain. 他被提升到上尉军阶。 He was demoted from the rank of general as a punishment. 作为处罚，他从将军衔降下来。 —————————————— lifetime 一生 lifetime n. 一生；寿命；终生；使用期 adj. 一生的；终身的 It would require more than a lifetime. 这件事一辈子也做不完。 The century plant blooms only once in its lifetime. 龙舌兰在其一生中只开一次花。 It is difficult to verbalize his lifetime of frustrations. 他坎坷的一生很难用言语来表达。 —————————————— porch 玄关 porch n. 门廊；走廊 They glassed in the open porch. 他们将门廊用玻璃围住。 She runs to her porch. 她跑到她家的门廊。 The porch is supported by six immense pillars. 门廊由六根大柱子支撑着。 —————————————— microphone 麦克风 microphone n. 扩音器，麦克风 I keep these songs in my head until I get behind the microphone. 直到站在话筒前我一直是将这些歌记在脑中。 Record a CD. If you have a computer and microphone, all you need is your talent. 做一张CD唱片。如果你拥有电脑和麦克风，所有你需要的只是你的才能。 But the microphone and chip in the device sample the incoming sound and produce an inverted wave that cancels out just the sound of the drill. 不过，该设备上内置的麦克风和芯片会对传入的声音取样并制造反相波，这种反相波刚好可以抵消牙钻的声音。 —————————————— okay 好吧 okay adv. 可以；对；很好地 adj. 可以；对；不错 n. 同意，批准 int. 好；行 Okay, how about this. 好的, 这个怎么样. Okay, I can do this. 好了，我可以做这个。 Okay, we have bathed in it, but that’s for another article. 不错，我们用它洗澡了，但那是另一篇文章介绍的。 —————————————— catholic 天主教 Catholic adj. 天主教的；宽宏大量的 n. 天主教徒；罗马天主教 He was a Catholic but didn't practise his religion. 他那时是天主教徒，但并不实践信仰。 But first, you have to be single and you must be Catholic. 但首先你必须是单身的且你必须是天主教徒。 So what I saw in that incident was these two halves of myself — my Catholic half and my Chinese half — coming into conflict. 因此，我从这个事件中感到我作为天主教徒的一半和我作为中国人的一半发生了冲突。 —————————————— green 绿色 green adj. 绿色的；青春的 n. 绿色；青春 vt. 使…变绿色 vi. 变绿色 n. (Green)人名；(英、意)格林；(瑞典、芬)格伦 I shall paint the gate green. 我将把大门油成绿色。 They spotted the wall with green paint. 他们用绿色涂料装饰墙壁。 She embroidered the cloth with a pattern in yellow and green stitches. 她用黄绿两种线在那块布上绣了一个图案。 —————————————— get 得到 get vt. 使得；获得；受到；变成 n. 生殖；幼兽 vi. 成为；变得；到达 From whom shall I get comfort? 我从谁那儿能得到安慰呢? If you whip through the work this morning you can get 4 dollars. 如果你今天上午能很快干完这项工作，你可以得到4美元。 We shall need all the votes we can get to push the new law through. 我们需要我们所能得到的所有选票，才好使新的法律得以通过。 —————————————— kick 踢 kick vt. 踢；反冲，朝后座 n. 踢；反冲，后座力 vi. 踢；反冲 n. (Kick)人名；(德)基克 The football fans hissed when he didn't kick the ball. 当他踢空了一脚球时，球迷们发出了一阵嘘嘘声。 Remaining in the deep water for a while, she begins to kick her way up towards the surface. 她在深水中逗留片刻之后开始踢打着水向水面游去。 Be off, or I’II kick you downstairs! 滚吧！ 否则我会将你踢下楼梯去。 —————————————— abuse 滥用 abuse n. 滥用；虐待；辱骂；弊端；恶习，陋习 vt. 滥用；虐待；辱骂 n. (Abuse)人名；(英)阿比斯 Hailstones of abuse were pelting him. 阵阵辱骂冰雹般地向他袭来。 He can use his gifts, and not abuse them. 他可以运用他的天赋，但不滥用它们去作恶。 If I calmly pocket the abuse, I'll be laughed at. 如果我平静地忍受这种辱骂，我会被耻笑的。 —————————————— clear 清晰的 clear adj. 清楚的；清澈的；晴朗的；无罪的 vt. 通过；清除；使干净；跳过 vi. 放晴；变清澈 adv. 清晰地；完全地 n. 清除；空隙 n. (Clear)人名；(英)克利尔 His offer smelt of a clear trap. 他的提议明显是一个圈套。 The dog leapt forward,but it failed to clear the fence. 狗突然向前跃去，但是却没有跳过篱笆。 Our attitude is clear. 我们的态度是明确的。 —————————————— bias 偏见 bias n. 偏见；偏爱；斜纹；乖离率 vt. 使存偏见 adj. 偏斜的 adv. 偏斜地 n. (Bias)人名；(法、德、葡、喀)比亚斯；(英)拜厄斯 Don't let her insults bias you against your husband. 别让她的辱骂使你对你丈夫抱有偏见。 He's absolutely impartial.; He is free from any bias. 他丝毫不偏心。 Knowing her political bias we discounted most of her story. 由于了解她的政治偏见，我们对她的大部分报道都持怀疑态度。 —————————————— obligation 义务 obligation n. 义务；职责；债务 Don't try to duck out of the obligation. 别想逃避那项义务。 I say it is criminal, and we each have an obligation to stop it. 但是我认为这是犯罪行为，我们每一个人都有义务制止它。 Do what you can to find it, instead of running your batteries on obligation. 不要让你的电池在责任下耗去，而是去做你能做的去找到它。 —————————————— magnitude 级 magnitude n. 大小；量级；[地震] 震级；重要；光度 The models, though, disagree widely in the magnitude of the warming we can expect. 不过这个模型在升温的幅度上和我们的预期相当不一致。 "We need a president who understands the magnitude and complexity of the challenges we face, and has the strength and experience to address them from Day One," she said. “我们需要一位充分理解所面临挑战的数量级与复杂性的总统，有足够能力和经验，从履任第一天起就能解决问题，”她表示说。 Views of the magnitude of this cost differ. 对于这个代价大小的估计有不同的看法。 —————————————— necessity 必要性 necessity n. 需要；必然性；必需品 Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要乃发明之母。 The necessity of making a living disentranced him from his gamble. 谋生的必要使他醒悟，不再赌博了。 Out of necessity or out of interest, people go back to school for the common goal to improve themselves. 不管是出于需要，还是出于兴趣爱好，人们重返学校是为了一个共同的目标----提高自己。 —————————————— adjust 调整 adjust vt. 调整，使…适合；校准 vi. 调整，校准；适应 How do you adjust yourself? 您如何调整自己的？ We need to adjust that for the future. 我们需要为将来调整这一体系。 We must constantly adjust the amount of money in circulation. 我们必须对货币的流通不断进行调节。 —————————————— hinge 铰链 hinge n. 铰链，折叶；关键，转折点；枢要，中枢 v. 用铰链连接；依…为转移；给…安装铰链；（门等）装有蝶铰 The wider the hinge, the further it folds. 铰链角度越大，它能折的距离越远。 By varying the width of the black lines, or hinges, researchers are able to change how far each hinge folds. 通过改变黑色线条或者铰链的宽度，研究员可以改变每条铰链可以折叠的范围。 Second, the heat has to be localized to the hinge in order to have fast and effective folding. 第二，热量必须定位在铰链上，才可以更快更有效的进行折叠。 —————————————— assist 协助 assist n. 帮助；助攻 vi. 参加；出席 vt. 帮助；促进 You assist him in correting the proof. 你辅助他做修改校样的工作。 Please assist her in moving the furniture. 请帮助她搬家具。 He asked us to assist him in carrying through their plan. 他要我们帮助他实施他们的计划。 —————————————— mechanism 机制 mechanism n. 机制；原理，途径；进程；机械装置；技巧 What’s the mechanism behind these traits? 这些特征背后的机制是什么？ What if someone exploits some unknown limitations of the security mechanism to break through? 如果有人利用安全机制的某些未知的限制破解了它，那么会怎么样？ So, whatever your mechanism or system for storing and managing requirements, we recommend that you at least have one. 因此，无论您使用哪种机制或哪个系统来存储和管理需求，我们建议您至少有其中一个。 —————————————— equality 平等 equality n. 平等；相等；[数] 等式 The new law provided for equality of human rights. 新法律规定人人有平等的权利。 They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood. 他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。 We Chinese people have persistently urged the equality of nations, big or small. 我们中国一贯主张国家无论大小一律平等。 —————————————— resistant 耐药 resistant adj. 抵抗的，反抗的；顽固的 n. 抵抗者 Almost half of patients with the multi-drug resistant form of the disease die. 几乎一半的病人有多种药物的耐药现象发生并导致死亡。 They are not afflicted with the inertia of matter, the property most resistant to dance. 它们不受物质之惯性的折磨，惯性是最抵抗舞蹈的属性。 This momentum helps programs accomplish major amounts of work (a good thing), but it can also make programs resistant to changes in direction. 这个动力帮助规划完成主要的工作（一件好事），但是它也可能是规划抵抗方向上的变化。 —————————————— near 附近 near adj. 近的；亲近的；近似的 adv. 近；接近 prep. 靠近；近似于 We registered at a three star hotel near the airport. 我们在机场附近的一家三星级旅馆登记投宿。 The supermarket near our school will be reopened soon. 我们学校附近的那个超级市场不久将重新开业。 Contractors have started building on waste land near the town. 承包商在城附近的荒地上开始从事营造业。 —————————————— chemical 化学 chemical n. 化学制品，化学药品 adj. 化学的 The cattle trod the chemical in. 牛把化学药品踩进了土里。 Some kinds of acids react on metals to cause chemical changes. 有几种酸对金属起作用，会引起化学变化。 The chemical dissolves into its constituent parts when heated. 那化学药物经加热后便分解成其组成的成分。 —————————————— pool 池 pool n. 联营；撞球；水塘；共同资金 vi. 联营，合伙经营 vt. 合伙经营 n. (Pool)人名；(英、西)普尔；(芬、德)波尔 The pool bulks about 50 cubic yards. 水池容水量约为50立方码。 Some cattle were drinking at the pool. 有几头牛在那池塘边饮水。 We fenced off the pool in case the children should fall in. 我们把池塘用篱笆隔开，以免孩子们掉下去。 —————————————— senate 参议院 senate n. 参议院，上院；（古罗马的）元老院 That was the vote in the Senate. 这是在参议院的表决结果。 The senate adjourned for the summer. 参议院夏天休会。 Every member of the House of Representatives and about one-third of the Senate is up for reelection in any given election year. 在每个规定的选举年中，全国都要重新选举全体的众议院议员和大约三分之一的参议院议员。 —————————————— detective 侦探 detective adj. 侦探的 n. 侦探 The man was tailed by a detective. 那个人被一个侦探尾随着。 He unbent his mind by reading detective stories. 他以读侦探小说来使他的心情松弛。 The detective turned up some new clues to the case. 侦探发现了这个案子的一些新线索。 —————————————— drastic 激烈的 drastic adj. 激烈的；猛烈的 n. 烈性泻药 The boss dropped by him.They had a drastic dispute over the draft. 老板顺便拜访他。 他们在草稿问题上有着激烈的争执。 If you're dealing with an Artful Dodger, then you may have to apply more drastic measures and reduce his list to one task at a time. 如果你对付的是一个狡猾的躲避者，那你可能需要采取更激烈的措施，每次把他的任务清单减少到一个任务。 And there might be drastic changes in the climate of some regions as ocean currents shift. 随着洋流的变动，一些地区的气候将会产生急剧的变化。 —————————————— influence 影响 influence n. 影响；势力；感化；有影响的人或事 vt. 影响；改变 His father's instruction rained influence on his behaviour. 他父亲的教导对他的行为起了很大影响。 What others think exercises a great influence on most of us. 别人的想法对我们大多数人产生很大影响。 The Polish clergy use their influence to polonize the people. 波兰的教士们运用他们的影响去使人民波兰化。 —————————————— mostly 主要是 mostly adv. 主要地；通常；多半地 They mostly live on the outskirts of a town. 他们大多住在近郊。 This newspaper circulates mostly in the commercial districts. 这份报纸大部分在商业区内销售。 Mostly the MERTs do not need to communicate with each other. Each member knows exactly what to do. 大多时医疗应急反应小组（MERT）不需要相互沟通，每个成员清楚知道该怎么做。 —————————————— shelter 避难所 shelter n. 庇护；避难所；遮盖物 vt. 保护；使掩蔽 vi. 躲避，避难 n. (Shelter)人名；(英)谢尔特 We are at another shelter. 我们在另一个避难所。 Can I go out for shelter? 我可以出去找避难所吗？ She brought them here at the invitation of shelter officials. 在避难所官员的邀请下，她也把它们带到这儿了。 —————————————— furthermore 此外 furthermore adv. 此外；而且 Furthermore, something had to be done for the people as well as for the chimps. 而且不光是黑猩猩，我们也必须得为那些可怜的人们做点什么。 Furthermore, they have different goals, and so they use what you have made in different modes. 此外，他们的目标不同，所以他们用不同的模式使用你的产品。 Furthermore, we would like to factor out those implementation details completely from the logical model and have them details "pasted in" as parameters during the code generation process. 此外，我们想要完全地从逻辑模型分析出那些实现细节，并且在代码生成过程中将它们这些细节作为参数“粘贴进来”。 —————————————— hover 徘徊 hover vi. 盘旋，翱翔；徘徊 n. 徘徊；盘旋；犹豫 vt. 孵；徘徊在…近旁 n. (Hover)人名；(英、德)霍弗 When you hover over a link, for example, you can 'peek' at the results without leaving the site, for example, and you can easily share any link right from the results page as well. 当你的鼠标悬停在一个链接之上时，你可以事先预览内容，而不用离开当前站点。 另外你也可以在结果页面上非常方便的分享任何链接。 There is nothing like a cold splash on your exposed nether regions as you sit or hover in terror over a public toilet. 没有什么比得上一个冷饮料打翻在你下面的地区暴露你坐或翱翔在公共厕所惊恐。 This backpack-sized small unmanned air vehicle can hover and "stare, " gathering battlefield information in support of small unit (down to platoon) operations. 这个背包大小的小型无人机可悬停“凝视”， 收集战场信息，支持排级以下小股部队行动。 —————————————— fifty 五十 fifty n. 五十；五十个；编号为50的东西 adj. 五十的；五十个的；众多的 He can not be more than fifty. 他不可能超过五十多岁。 I wrote close to fifty invitations this morning. 今天早晨我写了近五十封请柬。 When you get to seventy,you are not so active as you were at fifty. 在你七十岁时，你不可能有你五十岁时那样的活力。 —————————————— handle 处理 handle n. [建] 把手；柄；手感；口实 vt. 处理；操作；运用；买卖；触摸 vi. 搬运；易于操纵 Please fit a new handle on my case. 请给我的箱子配一个新把手。 Do you know how to handle the machine? 你知道这机器应怎样操作吗? You have to press on the handle to turn it,it's very stiff. 你必须用力压这个把手，再转动它，它不太灵活了。 —————————————— separate 单独的 separate vt. 使分离；使分开；使分居 vi. 分开；隔开；分居 adj. 单独的；分开的；不同的；各自的； n. .分开；抽印本 There are proposals to phrase out the hitherto separate Department of Economic Geography. 许多人建议要逐步取消到目前为止还是独立的经济地理系。 One of my friends walled off the living room so that he can have a separate place to eat. 我的一个朋友把起居室用墙隔开以便有一个单独用餐的地方。 Then she would go and live with her children, happily ever after thrashing rice to separate it from the husk. 于是，她就会去和她的儿女们生活在一起，然后幸福地打稻谷，把稻米和谷壳分开。 —————————————— afford 负担得起 afford vt. 给予，提供；买得起 n. (Afford)人名；(英)阿福德 Can I afford it? 我能够买得起它吗？ I live for the day when I can afford to buy a car. 我盼着有一天能买得起小汽车。 Here we examine the contenders in detail and asks if we can afford to lose any of them at all. 我们在这里详细研究这些竞争者，探寻我们是否能承受失去其中任何一种的损失。 —————————————— accidental 意外 accidental adj. 意外的；偶然的；附属的；临时记号的 n. 次要方面；非主要的特性；临时记号 It could be accidental. 它可能是个意外。 I put her rudeness down as accidental. 我认为她的粗鲁是偶然的 In 1992, I was involved in the toppling of an overbearing boss and, even though my role was accidental, I've been dining out on it ever since. 1992年，我曾参与把一位傲慢的老板掀下台来。 尽管我的卷入是个意外，但自此以后，我一直靠着这项成就而被人请吃饭。 —————————————— recognition 识别 recognition n. 识别；承认，认出；重视；赞誉；公认 The scientist deserves recognition for his talent. 这名科学家的才华应受到承认。 I try to throw in at least one” he or she” in recognition of this. 认识到这一点之后，我试着写下至少一个的“他或她”。 But what about the things they do well every day without any recognition? 但是对于那些人们每天都做得很好却没有获得认可的事情呢？ —————————————— transmission 传输 transmission n. 传动装置，[机] 变速器；传递；传送；播送 The letter was delayed in transmission. 这封信在传递中被耽误了。 When the transmission is good, foreign stations can be heard. 在传送情况良好时， 可以收到外国电台。 As there is only one default transmission queue per MQ server, only one gateway queue manager can work with it. 因为每个 MQ 服务器只有一个缺省传输队列，所以只有一个网关队列管理器可以使用它。 —————————————— line 行 line n. 路线，航线；排；绳 vt. 排成一行；划线于；以线条标示；使…起皱纹 vi. 排队；站成一排 n. (Line)人名；(英)莱恩；(俄)利涅 I keep dialing, but the line seems dead. 我一直在拨号，但线路似乎断了。 The programme would abend after the third line. 程序在第三行以后会异常终止。 He fuzzed up the plot line with a lot of emotional nonsense. 他说了一大堆情绪激动的废话使情节主线模糊不清。 —————————————— grandmother 祖母 grandmother n. 祖母；女祖先 vt. 当…的祖母 vi. 当祖母 My father often speaks of my grandmother. 我爸爸常常提起我的祖母。 My grandmother always babbles about trifles. 我奶奶总是唠叨些琐事。 The body of her grandmother reposes in the churchyard. 她祖母的遗体长眠于教堂的墓地中。 —————————————— intensity 强度 intensity n. 强度；强烈；[电子] 亮度；紧张 When a surface is perpendicular to the rays, their intensity is at its maximum. 当表面与射线垂直时，射线的强度最大。 Now at any point in the day starting at 5 in the morning, there can be that same level of intensity and pressure to get something out. 现在，在一天中从早晨5天开始的的任何时刻，找出一些有意义的事物那种强度和压力的程度可能是相同的。 They play without haste and yet they do so with intensity and intent. 他们踢球很注意节奏，不急躁，但又具备高强度和专注力。 —————————————— clerk 职员 clerk n. 职员，办事员；店员；书记；记账员；<古>牧师，教士 vi. 当销售员，当店员；当职员 n. （英）克拉克（人名） The clerk is looked to be promoted. 这个职员期望得到提升。 That clerk is labouring for a promotion. 那个职员在为提升而努力。 The clerk was charged with embezzling $3 million from the bank where he worked. 这个职员被指控从他工作的银行盗窃了3百万美元。 —————————————— proportional 成比例的 proportional adj. 比例的，成比例的；相称的，均衡的 n. [数] 比例项 For normal task scheduling, tasks will receive a portion of the processor proportional to their nice value. 对于正常的任务调度来说，任务将收到与其精细值成比例的处理器部分。 Each machine should process a share of the total system load that is proportional to the processing power of the machine. 每台计算机应该处理总系统负载中一定比例的负载，具体取决于该计算机的处理能力。 The use of any cyber-weapon would have to be proportional to the threat, not inflict undue collateral damage and avoid civilian casualties. 任何网络武器的使用会和威胁相称，不会造成过分的的间接损害并且避免平民的伤亡。 —————————————— appreciable 可感知的 appreciable adj. 可感知的；可评估的；相当可观的 The cost of screen drag is appreciable in almost all installations. 阻尼网的阻力损耗在几乎所有的装置中都是很大的。 Did she have any appreciable influence on him, and thus on history? 她有没有试图对他施以影响，从而改变历史呢？ Adults with appreciable amounts of brown fat are usually those who have certain types of cancer or hyperthyroidism, conditions that stimulate the growth of brown fat. 那些患有某种癌症或甲状腺功能亢进症的成年人通常有数额可观的棕色脂肪，身体的这种状况刺激了棕色脂肪的增长。 —————————————— liner 衬管 liner n. 班轮，班机；衬垫；画线者 Then he would take an air liner to another city for travel. 然后他会乘一架班机去另一个城市旅游。 The black plastic liner should be hanging out a foot or so on all sides. 贴在箱内的黑色塑料膜内衬应该长出一英尺左右翻挂在箱体四边。 As you can see, up to 6 cores per JVM the maximum throughput increases at a near-liner trend. 您可以看到，每个 JVM 最多 6 个内核时，最大吞吐量是以接近线性的方式增长。 —————————————— destiny 命运 destiny n. 命运，定数，天命 n. (Destiny)人名；(英)德斯蒂尼，德斯蒂妮(女名) This is our destiny. 这是我们的命运。 He always pins his destiny to other person. 他常把自己的命运依附于别人身上。 You gotta buck up on certain situations and create your own destiny, which is up to each and every one of us. 在一些特定环境下你要振作精神，创造属于你自己的命运，这对我们每个人都是受用的。 —————————————— innocent 无辜的 innocent adj. 无辜的；无罪的；无知的 n. 天真的人；笨蛋 n. (Innocent)人名；(英、西)因诺森特；(法)伊诺桑 I insist that he is innocent. 我坚持认为他是无罪的。 She exclaimed that she was innocent. 她大声呼喊她是无辜的。 The old man wheedled the secret out of the innocent girl. 那个老人骗那个天真的女孩说出了秘密。 —————————————— sheet 表 sheet n. 薄片，纸张；薄板；床单 vt. 覆盖；盖上被单；使成大片 vi. 成片流动；大片落下 adj. 片状的 n. (Sheet)人名；(英)希特 She needlepointed her sheet. 她给她的床单刺绣上了花边。 She spread a sheet on the sofa for me. 她为我在沙发上铺了一条单子。 She laid a spring mattress under the sheet. 她在床单下面铺了一个弹簧床垫。 —————————————— decline 下降 decline n. 下降；衰退；斜面 vi. 下降；衰落；谢绝 vt. 谢绝；婉拒 The decline in sales embarrassed our company. 销售下降使我们公司陷于困境。 The rate of decline, however, "will be gentler than in the US or Europe". 不过，日本报纸的下降速度“会比美国或欧洲要更加缓慢。” The move stopped the pound's decline but failed to bring about a significant rally. 这个行动制止了英镑的下跌， 但是未能使比价有很大上升。 —————————————— remember 还记得 remember vt. 记得；牢记；纪念；代…问好 vi. 记得，记起 I don't remember I ever promised that. 我不记得我曾应诺过这件事。 He wrote down my address, so that he might remember it. 他写下了我的地址，以便能够记住它。 I remember meeting you one evening at the Capital Theatre. 我记得有一天晚上在首都剧场遇到你。 —————————————— claw 爪 claw n. 爪；螯，钳；爪形器具 vi. 用爪抓（或挖） vt. 用爪抓（或挖） That was 50 years ago, but it stuck in Howell’s memory like a strange claw. 这都是50年前的事了，但它像某种奇怪的爪子一样，卡在豪厄尔的记忆中。 They cling to the belly of their oppressor and simply hang on with tooth and claw. 它们紧紧地抱住猎食者的腹部，单用牙齿和爪子将自己挂在那里。 An efficient bankruptcy process is an essential part of capitalism red in tooth and claw. 一个有效率的破产程序是红牙红爪资本主义的重要组成部分。 —————————————— narrative 叙述 narrative n. 叙述；故事；讲述 adj. 叙事的，叙述的；叙事体的 Second, a group narrative: who are we? 第二，一群人的故事：我们是谁？ She wants to fable up this narrative into a fiction. 她想把这个故事改编成小说。 Later in his narrative he wrote these sentences “I tell myself I can handle it .Compared to what others have been through I’m fortunate”. 后来卡拉汉在他的叙述中写到“我告诉自己一定可以挺过去的，跟别人的遭遇相比，我已经算是幸运的了”。 —————————————— independence 独立 independence n. 独立性，自立性；自主 They thirsted for independence. 他们渴望独立。 They were fighting in order to preserve their independence. 他们为了维护他们的独立而斗争 The superpower often tramples on the independence and sovereignty of other countries. 这个超级大国经常无视别国的独立和主权。 —————————————— request 请求 request n. 请求；需要 vt. 要求，请求 We did it at her request. 我们应她的要求而做。 He came at my request. 他应我的请求而来。 He canoodled her to agree to his request. 他用各种爱抚的手段要她答应他的请求。 —————————————— rug 地毯 rug n. 小地毯；毛皮地毯；男子假发 n. (Rug)人名；(塞)鲁格 The rug can double up. 这条地毯能卷起来。 Wipe your feet well， or track up my new rug. 把脚擦干净， 要不就会踩脏我的新地毯。 It will be more beautiful if you work some blue into the rug. 如果你再织些蓝色的图案，这毯子会更好看。 —————————————— intermittent 断断续续的 intermittent adj. 间歇的；断断续续的；间歇性 "Why do you want to take a nice continuous process and turn it into an intermittent one by coupling it with solar [energy]?, " he asks. 所以，他问道，当你已有一个很好的连续性生产过程，为什么要把它变为一个间断的过程，而且还需要太阳能。 The answer to this question for most people is no, but if your intermittent claudication symptoms are very severe, or if they do not improve, further treatment may be considered. 对大多数人来说这个问题的答案是否定的，但如果你的间歇性跛行症状非常严重，或者没有改善，也可以考虑进一步治疗。 “Our moments of ecstasy have become far too intermittent,” she continued. “我们之间狂喜的时刻太断断续续了，”她继续说。 —————————————— stroke 中风 stroke n. （游泳或划船的）划；中风；（打、击等的）一下；冲程；（成功的）举动；尝试；轻抚 vt. （用笔等）画；轻抚；轻挪；敲击；划尾桨；划掉；（打字时）击打键盘 vi. 击球；作尾桨手，指挥划桨；（打字时）击打键盘 What do you do to lower your risk of stroke? 你要做些什么来降低你患中风的风险呢？ The old man was laid up with a severe stroke. 老人严重中风，卧床不起。 Diabetes increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. 糖尿病增加了患心脏病和中风的危险。 —————————————— whereas 而 whereas conj. 然而；鉴于；反之 Whereas the following incidents have occurred. 鉴于下列事实已经发生，… Whereas, right now we only have access to this memory. 然而，现在我们只能使用这个内存。 He had never done anything for them, whereas they had done everything for him. 他从未为他们做过任何事，反之他们却为他做了所有事。 —————————————— coherent 连贯的 coherent adj. 连贯的，一致的；明了的；清晰的；凝聚性的；互相耦合的；粘在一起的 Their views coalesced to form a coherent policy. 他们的各种观点已统一为一致的政策。 The members cooperate with each other and the CF to provide coherent access to the database from any member. 这些成员相互合作且与 CF 一同提供对来自任何成员的数据库的一致访问。 Take a look at existing employee files or, if no files exist, gathering all the papers into coherent personnel files. 看看现有员工档案，如果没有档案存在，收集所有文件成为一份连贯的人事档案。 —————————————— ice 冰 ice n. 冰；冰淇淋；矜持；（俚）钻石 vt. 冰镇；结冰 vi. 结冰 adj. 冰的 n. (Ice)人名；(英)艾斯；(法)伊斯 Ice dissolved in the warm air. 冰在温暖的空气中融化了。 If you warm ice it will melt into water. 如果你把冰加热，它会融化成水。 The ice is too thin to bear your weight. 冰太薄，承受不了你们的重量。 —————————————— dazzle 耀眼的光 dazzle n. 耀眼的光；灿烂 vt. 使……目眩；使……眼花 vi. 眼花缭乱；炫耀 Alas, it did not dazzle enough. 唉，因为它颜色不够炫丽。 And, though the gleams blind and dazzle, yet do they convey a hint of beauty and serenity greater than we have known or imagined. 虽然这光芒令人眼花缭乱，但它确实给予我们一种不曾经历和无法想象的美感和静谧的启示。 The candidates you meet are all going to try to dazzle you with their remarkable personalities, experience, work ethic, and love of teamwork. 你看到的应聘者都会试着用他们非凡的性格、经验、职业道德和对团队合作的热爱而让你眼花缭乱。 —————————————— furious 愤怒的 furious adj. 激烈的；狂怒的；热烈兴奋的；喧闹的 He gulped back the furious reply he wanted to make. 他强忍住本想作出的愤怒的回答。 Instead, their large clouds of molecular gas and dust do, triggering furious episodes of star formation near the center of the cosmic wreckage. 相反其中巨大的分子、尘埃云气却搅在一起，在这宇宙废墟的中心附近引发激烈的恒星形成事件。 Now, when she frustrated or furious, she dances, sings and writes poetry and songs. 现在，当她沮丧或愤怒的时候，她就会去跳舞，唱歌，写诗歌。 —————————————— veto 否决 veto n. 否决权 vt. 否决；禁止 vi. 否决；禁止 The president used the power of veto. 总统行使了他的否决权。 The chairman has the right to veto any of the board's proposals. 董事长有权否决董事会的任何建议。 I had a decision to make. I could sign the bill into law and have a good road program paid for in an unfair way, or veto it and have no road program at all. 我面临着一个选择：我可以在提案上签字，将其变为法律，通过不公平的方式来为修建道路这个有益的计划搞到资金；我也可以否决它，完全放弃修建道路的计划。 —————————————— night 晚上 night n. 夜晚，晚上；黑暗，黑夜 adj. 夜晚的，夜间的 We will transit the strait at night. 我们将在夜间通过那个海峡。 What a lovely night! 多么美丽的夜晚! It was here that we dossed down for our first night in the forest. 我们就是在这儿凑合着睡下，在森林里度过了我们的第一个夜晚。 —————————————— surgeon 外科医生 surgeon n. 外科医生 n. (Surgeon)人名；(法)叙尔容 As a surgeon， Philip was exceptionally gifted. 作为外科医生， 菲利普才华出众。 The plastic surgeon undercut the skin of her cheek. 整容外科医生将她的脸皮下部切开。 As far as I can recollect, his father was a surgeon at that time. 就我所记得的，他的父亲那时是个外科医生。 —————————————— receipt 收据 receipt n. 收到；收据；收入 vt. 收到 Please give me an interim receipt. 请给我一张临时的收据。 Here's the receipt for half payment on goods. 这是支付一半货款的收据。 His main work is to receipt for each lot of goods. 他的主要工作是给每一批货物开收据。 —————————————— hemisphere 半球 hemisphere n. 半球 It is further divided into four regions, or lobes, in each hemisphere. 每个半球它又进一步分化为四个区域或四个脑叶。 Because language centers are smaller, and only located in one hemisphere, this puts males more at risk for language disorders like dyslexia. 因为语言中心更小，只位于一个半球，这也使男性陷入如失语症等语言紊乱的危险中。 The light is dying, for one thing, as Earth’s orbit around the sun and tilt on its axis combine to carry us in this hemisphere further away from receiving the sun’s rays most directly. 光线也在是失去活力，首先，由于地球绕着太阳的轨道，由于地球倾斜的轴线与我们所处的北半球相结合，最直接从太阳所接收到的光线，就愈为遥远。 —————————————— shade 阴影 shade n. 树荫；阴影；阴凉处；遮阳物；（照片等的）明暗度；少量、些微；细微的差别 vt. 使阴暗；使渐变；为…遮阳；使阴郁；掩盖 vi. （颜色、色彩等）渐变 n. (Shade)人名；(英、德)谢德 After drawing the shape, you can shade in. 画完轮廓后，你就可以画阴影了。 What a pleasant shade these trees give us! 这些树底下多么荫凉舒服呀! No shade. 没有树荫。 —————————————— seize 抓住 seize vt. 抓住；夺取；理解；逮捕 vi. 抓住；利用；（机器）卡住 All the soldiers were ordered to go in and seize the city. 全体士兵接到命令发动进攻，夺取该城。 If you fail to oil the engine regularly, it would seize up without warning. 如果你不定期给发动机注油，它不定那天就会突然卡住。 The opportunity is there. Why not seize it? 机会正在那儿呢，为什么不抓住它？ —————————————— lion 狮子 lion n. 狮子；名人；勇猛的人；社交场合的名流 n. (Lion)人名；(西、葡)利昂；(德、法、意、捷、瑞典)利翁；(英)莱昂 The wounded lion bellowed out. 受伤的狮子发出了怒吼。 The lion bounded on the prey. 那头狮子向猎物猛扑过去。 The savages darted spears at the lion. 野蛮人们把矛掷向狮子。 —————————————— protection 保护 protection n. 保护；防卫；护照 Every citizen may claim the protection of the law. 每个公民都可以要求受到法律的保护。 She fell hedged in by the protection of the police. 警方对她保护令她感到行动不自由。 Some or all paths to disk do not support protection. 到磁盘的某些或所有路径不支持保护。 —————————————— thereafter 之后 thereafter adv. 其后；从那时以后 Thereafter, any user who enters the view will see everything as it should be. 此后，进入该视图的任何用户都能看到视图本应该显示的状态。 We sipped dry sherry on his porch until sunrise, and shortly thereafter he moved in to my small Florida home. 我们在他家的门廊上啜饮着干雪利酒，直到太阳升起。 此后不久，他搬进了我在佛罗里达的小家。 The results were good: a decision to meet again in Egypt in two weeks and every two weeks thereafter to negotiate an agreement on all the core issues. 谈判取得的结果不错：决定在两周内在埃及再次会晤，此后每两周就对所有核心问题进行协商达成一项协议。 —————————————— behind 后面 behind prep. 落后于；支持；晚于 adv. 在后地；在原处 n. 屁股 They talked against her behind her back. 他们在背后说她的坏话。 She peered at the neighbors from behind the curtain. 她从帘子后面凝视着邻居们。 She saw the man from the rear-vision mirror who followed her was standing behind a phone booth. 她从后视镜中看到，那个跟踪她的人正站在一个公用电话亭的后面。 —————————————— floor 地板上 floor n. 地板，地面；楼层；基底；议员席 vt. 铺地板；打倒，击倒；（被困难）难倒 She clinked down on the floor. 她啪地一声倒在地板上。 He stamped his butt on the floor. 他在地板上踩灭了他的烟蒂。 They mucked up the floor every day. 他们每天都把地板弄脏。 —————————————— gasoline 汽油 gasoline n. 汽油 Gasoline cuts oil and grease. 汽油溶解油脂。 A gasoline engine drives the motorboat. 汽油引擎推动汽船。 No cars in Brazil run on pure gasoline anymore. The government requires that all vehicles run on blended fuel of about one-quarter ethanol. 如今巴西不再使用单纯靠汽油驱动的汽车，政府要求所有机动车均采用含四分之一乙醇的混合燃料。 —————————————— itself 本身 itself pron. 它自己；它本身 Motion itself is a contradiction. 运动本身就是矛盾。 The work itself is easy. 这工作本身不难。 The company established itself firmly in business. 这家公司已在商界牢固地确立了自己的地位。 —————————————— academic 学术 academic adj. 学术的；理论的；学院的 n. 大学生，大学教师；学者 This is not merely an academic question. 这不仅仅是一个学术问题。 He reacquired an academic reputation after five years of hard work. 经过了五年的苦干，他重新赢得了学术上的威望。 This is the story of how an academic found herself imprisoned in Tripoli. 这是一个故事，一位学者如何在的黎波里被监禁的故事。 —————————————— people 人 people n. 人；人类；民族；公民 vt. 居住于；使住满人 How many people died in the war? 在这次战争中有多少人死亡? We must gather the people to our side. 我们必须把人聚集到我们这一边。 The passions of these people can soon be worked up. 这些人的热情是很快就能激发起来的。 —————————————— sector 部门 sector n. 部门；扇形，扇区；象限仪；函数尺 vt. 把…分成扇形 But, it is the public sector research that will have to be proven, or die from lack of impact. 但是，现在是公共部门研究需要被证明，否则它将会因为缺乏影响力而消亡。 We focus on the media and communications sector as our knowledge for these areas is our strength. 我们的重点在媒体及通信领域，因为对于这些领域的认识是我们的强项。 Moreover, control of these risk factors lies beyond the direct responsibility of the health sector. 此外，控制这些风险因素不仅仅是卫生部门负有的直接责任。 —————————————— handsome 英俊的 handsome adj. （男子）英俊的；可观的；大方的，慷慨的；健美而端庄的 She gave him a handsome son. 她为他生了个漂亮的儿子。 She's hung up on a handsome boy. 她迷上了一个帅小伙。 You might term her boy friend handsome. 你可以说她的男朋友是英俊的。 —————————————— hide 隐藏 hide vt. 隐藏；隐瞒；鞭打 vi. 隐藏 n. 躲藏；兽皮；躲藏处 Don't try to hide your mistakes. 不要掩饰你的错误。 The spy is onto us,we'd better hide. 密探发现我们了，我们最好还是躲起来。 She pulled a face to hide her embarrassment. 她做了一个鬼脸来掩饰她的窘态。 —————————————— mosquito 蚊子 mosquito n. 蚊子 The male mosquito never stings. 雄蚊不叮。 Are your mosquito bites still itching? 你被蚊子咬的地方还痒吗? The frog darted out its tongue to catch a mosquito. 这只青蛙突然伸出舌头捕捉蚊子。 —————————————— paste 粘贴 paste vt. 张贴，裱糊；用浆糊粘 n. 面团，膏；糊状物，[胶粘] 浆糊 n. (Paste)人名；(法)帕斯泰 Help me to paste up these notices. 请帮我把这些布告贴在墙上。 He dropped into a shop for some tooth-paste and soap. 他走进一家商店买牙膏和肥皂。 Cut and paste this quotation from the first paragraph into the middle of our essay. 你将这段引文从第一段剪贴到我们文章的中间。 —————————————— surgery 手术 surgery n. 外科；外科手术；手术室；诊疗室 The nurse prepped the patient for surgery. 护士为病人作好外科手术前的准备。 The thorn of bone may dislodge from his throat without surgery. 也许不用动手术就能去除他喉咙卡着的那块骨刺。 In 1993, he needed back surgery to relieve pain caused from decades of walking. 1993年，他需要作背部手术，以减轻数十年行走引起的疼痛。 —————————————— crude 原油 crude adj. 粗糙的；天然的，未加工的；粗鲁的 n. 原油；天然的物质 Primitive man hunted wild animals with crude stone implements. 原始社会的人用粗糙的石器猎取野兽。 In essence, a programmer starts with a crude model of the problem he's trying to solve but builds in the ability for the software to adapt and improve with experience. 实质上，程序员开始时使用的只是所要解决问题的一个粗糙模型，但是在软件中植入了这样一种能力，可以随经验增长进行自适应和改进。 It is very crude as far as programs go (there's no user interaction), but the source code shows how to perform any debugging task you may need. 在程序运行时它显示非常粗糙（没有用户交互），但是源代码展示了如何显示任何你想要的调试任务。 —————————————— scared 害怕 scared adj. 害怕的 v. 使害怕（scare的过去分词） You scared me greatly. 你吓死我了。 I was so scared that I nearly wet myself. 我真害怕，差点儿尿裤子。 Never take me to a horror film again. I was scared out of my wits. 以后再也不要带我去看恐怖电影， 我简直被吓得魂不附体。 —————————————— virus 病毒 virus n. [病毒] 病毒；恶毒；毒害 n. (Virus)人名；(西)比鲁斯 All of the software would be napoohed by such a virus. 这种病毒能毁坏整个软件。 The virus has infected the operating system of his computer. 病毒已使他的计算机操作系统受到传染。 We said you could still do that without the virus. 我们说，没有病毒你也可以做这些。 —————————————— periodical 期刊 periodical adj. [数] 周期的；定期的 n. 期刊；杂志 She refereed for a periodical a few years ago. 几年前她为一期刊担任编审。 The quarterly magazine is a periodical published every three months. 季刊是每3个月出版一次的期刊。 As the flagship periodical of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Bulletin draws on WHO experts as editorial advisers, reviewers and authors as well as on external collaborators. 作为世界卫生组织（世卫组织）的主要期刊，《简报》利用世卫组织专家与外部合作者担任编辑顾问、评审人和作者。 —————————————— suspicious 可疑的 suspicious adj. 可疑的；怀疑的；多疑的 The fire is of suspicious origin. 这场火灾起因可疑。 It was the spy's suspicious manner that first put us on to him. 最初引起我们对这个间谍警惕的是他的可疑的举止。 The policeman rubbed down the country bumpkin,but found nothing suspicious. 警察把那个乡下佬浑身上下搜查了一遍，但未发现可疑之处。 —————————————— honour 荣誉 honour n. 荣誉；尊敬；勋章 vt. 尊敬；[金融] 承兑；承兑远期票据 n. (Honour)人名；(英)昂纳 She exchanged honour for wealth. 她牺牲荣誉以换取财富。 His action profaned the honour of his country. 他的行为有损于国家的荣誉。 He brought honour to his family by his heroism. 他以他的英勇行为给他家带来荣誉。 —————————————— murder 谋杀 murder vt. 谋杀，凶杀 n. 谋杀，凶杀 vi. 杀人，犯杀人罪 He admitted to the murder. 他供认犯了谋杀罪。 This film is stuffed with blood and murder. 这部影片中充斥着暴力和凶杀。 This was only one of many murder cases he judged. 这仅仅是他审理的众多谋杀案件中的一件。 —————————————— hold 持有 hold vt. 持有；拥有；保存；拘留；约束或控制 vi. 支持；有效；持续 n. 控制；保留 n. (Hold)人名；(英、德、捷)霍尔德 又作“Hold住”使用，中英混用词汇，表示轻松掌控全局。 [ 过去式 held 过去分词 held或holden 现在分词 holding ] He's too angry to hold on to himself not to scold. 他太生气了，甚至控制不住自己大骂了起来。 You may hold your opinion, but you have to obey orders. 你可以保留你的意见，可你必须执行命令。 To hold out a little longer means the victory of the battle when it comes to head out. 当战斗进入关键时刻，坚持一下就意味着取得这场战役的胜利。 —————————————— consultant 顾问 consultant n. 顾问；咨询者；会诊医生 So she contacted his consultant at once to consult with him about this. 于是她立刻联系他的顾问医生向他请教怎么办。 To measure the cashflow, the politician has a money meter on his back that the consultant can see as he uses the steering wheel to direct his client. 为了计算一下如流水的钱，政客的背上有个美元计数器，这样，当他的顾问使用方向盘为他导向时就能看得见钱数。 First, these two months will allow you to calm down a bit and meet your travel consultant. 首先，这头两个月可以使你稍微平静下来，并且去会一下你的旅游顾问。 —————————————— denote 表示 denote vt. 表示，指示 The flashing lights denote dangerous roads ahead. 闪光表示前方道路危险。 These lines denote a flow out of the process dependent on a condition. 这些线表示了依赖于条件的，自这个过程出发的流向。 A gateway acts as a proxy service, and you can use it to mediate protocols or to denote the interface available to a partition. 一个网关充当一个代理服务，你可以使用它来协调协议或者表示一个划分上的可以利用的接口。 —————————————— contact 联系 contact n. 接触，联系 vt. 使接触，联系 vi. 使接触，联系 Does that metal pit after contact with acid? 那种金属同酸接触后是否会起凹点? Even if we cannot agree, we should maintain our contact. 即使我们不能取得一致， 我们也要保持联系。 When you contact these two wires, the machine will start at once. 当你使这两条导线一接触，这台机器就会立刻开始运转。 —————————————— historical 历史 historical adj. 历史的；史学的；基于史实的 We have shared the same historical experiences. 咱们有着共同的历史遭遇。 No historical phenomenon is a mere repetition of the past. 任何历史现象都不会是简单的重复。 This historical novel illustrates the breaking up of feudal society in microcosm. 这部历史小说是走向崩溃的封建社会的缩影。 —————————————— route 路线 route vt. 按某路线发送 n. 路线；航线；通道 He lined out the route for the sightseers. 他给游客们画出了路线图。 He foxed his pursuers by taking another route. 他走了另一条路，骗过了追捕他的人。 They decided to go by the overland route after all. 他们终究还是决定从陆路走。 —————————————— pioneer 先锋 pioneer n. 先锋；拓荒者 vt. 开辟；倡导；提倡 vi. 作先驱 What if I am a pioneer, or even a genius? 要是我是个开拓者，甚至是个天才怎么办？ In the US, California has been a pioneer. 在美国，加利福尼亚州是一个开拓者。 But in 1960, she looked an unlikely scientific pioneer. 但是在1960年，她看起来不像个科学先驱。 —————————————— port 港口 port n. 港口，口岸；（计算机的）端口；左舷；舱门 vi. 转向左舷 vt. 持（枪）；左转舵 n. (Port)人名；(英)波特；(法)波尔；(德、俄、匈、捷)波尔特 They have bunkered in our port. 他们已在我们港口加了燃料。 Our ship watered at the port. 我们的船在港口加了水。 How fast can you post to the port with this urgent message? 你带着这份紧急信件能有多快通过驿站到达港口? —————————————— grateful 感激 grateful adj. 感谢的；令人愉快的，宜人的 I cannot express to you how grateful I am. 我无法向你表达我是多么感激。 He was so grateful that the tears pricked. 他感激得泪珠滚滚。 We are particularly grateful to him for his timely help. 我们特别感谢他的及时帮助。 —————————————— tablet 平板电脑 tablet n. 碑；药片；写字板；小块；平板电脑 vt. 用碑牌纪念；将(备忘录等)写在板上；将…制成小片或小块 Dissolve the tablet in warm water. 把药片放进温水中溶化。 While this is no confirmation of the unicorn-like tablet, it is some of the strongest evidence we’ve seen yet. 在还没有确信这款独角兽般神秘的平板电脑，这是我们目前看到的最有力的证据了。 I would have eagerly traded it all for one tablet PC or e-reader. 我会渴望把所有这些东西换成一个平板电脑或者电子阅读器。 —————————————— cautious 谨慎的 cautious adj. 谨慎的；十分小心的 He was even more cautious than ever, and did his utmost to win the trust and favour of the superior. 他更加谨小慎微， 兢兢业业， 以尽力取信讨好其上司。 You should be cautious of these distractions, but allow yourself the occasional distraction to break up your day. 对于这些让人分心的事物你应该谨慎，但是你也要允许自己偶尔的分心去分解你的一天。 But we need to be more cautious. 但是，我们需要更加小心谨慎。 —————————————— magnetic 磁 magnetic adj. 地磁的；有磁性的；有吸引力的 But magnetic propulsion has some drawbacks. 但是磁力推进有一些缺陷。 If we charge it with electricity, it will become magnetic. 如果充上电， 它就会带有磁性。 Some realized they could use the new materials tools to test their understanding of the magnetizing process, because they could precisely control layers of both magnetic and nonmagnetic metal atoms. 有些人意识到，他们可以使用新材料的工具，以测试他们对磁化过程的理解，因为他们可以精确地控制磁性和非磁性两种金属原子层。 —————————————— refresh 刷新 refresh vt. 更新；使……恢复；使……清新；消除……的疲劳 vi. 恢复精神；喝饮料，吃点心；补充给养 After some time this page will refresh and look again for data in the cache. 在某个时间后，这个页面将刷新并在缓存中再次查找数据。 Refresh your screen to see if you have the option yet, or take a look at our screen shots below. 刷新一下你的页面吧，看看你的主页上是否拥有了这些选项，或者看看我们下面的截图。 All other commands: these include commands to start and stop the queue manager, start and stop channels, refresh security, and so on. 其他所有命令：这些命令用于启动和停止队列管理器、启动和停止通道、刷新安全性等。 —————————————— elegant 优雅的 elegant adj. 高雅的，优雅的；讲究的；简炼的；简洁的 A man's demeanor is high and elegant. 器宇高雅。 That required flexibility and performance, but also the ability to express elegant interfaces. 这需要灵活性和性能，但也要有表达优雅界面的能力。 Now you have an elegant way to determine both the content and the style of each cell in the table. 现在，您已经掌握了一种优雅的方式，确定表中每个单元格的内容和样式。 —————————————— behave 的行为 behave vi. 表现；（机器等）运转；举止端正；（事物）起某种作用 vt. 使守规矩；使表现得… Why can't that boy behave? 为什么那男孩不能守规矩呢? How would we behave in this kind of thought experiment? 我们在这种思想的实验中是如何表现的？ Your mother will blow you up if you don't behave better. 如果你不规矩一些，你母亲会责骂你的。 —————————————— escort 护送 escort n. 陪同；护航舰；护卫队；护送者 vt. 护送；陪同；为…护航 Yes, to escort him into the capital. 是的，他们会护送他进首都的。 In fact, I could only go around with a Red Army escort. 事实上，只有在一名“红军”的陪同下，我才能到处走走。 I try to photograph them where I find them, but I will sometimes gently escort one inside for a shoot before releasing it again. 我努力在发现它们的地方拍照片，但有时在再次释放一只蜘蛛之前，为了拍一张照片而将轻轻地在叶子里面护送一只蜘蛛。 —————————————— wallet 钱包 wallet n. 钱包，皮夹 n. (Wallet)人名；(英)沃利特；(法)瓦莱 Someone ripped off my wallet. 有人偷了我的钱夹子。 He tucked his wallet into a pocket. 他把钱包塞进一个口袋里。 He picked up a wallet in the street and gave it to a policeman. 他在街上拾到一个钱包，把它交给了警察。 —————————————— deteriorate 恶化 deteriorate vi. 恶化，变坏 vt. 恶化 Food is apt to deteriorate in summer. 食物在夏天爱变质。 “The goal is to do a scan on someone before they get the disease and be able to tell if they’re at higher risk or starting to deteriorate,” she said. “我们的目标是在某人患上老年痴呆病之前， 对他的脑部进行扫描，从而预先告知他们是否处于较高疾病风险或情况开始恶化，”她说。 If you ignore your paying customers, and they hear from you only through their invoices, then you can expect the relationship to deteriorate over time. 如果你忽视了你的付费顾客，然后他们仅能通过他们的发票了解你们，接下来你可以预期到随着时间你们的关系会恶化。 —————————————— effective 有效的 effective adj. 有效的，起作用的；实际的，实在的；给人深刻印象 We have to resign ourselves to fate since we cannot think out an effective remedy. 既然我们想不出一个有效的挽救办法，我们只好听天由命了。 The government should take effective measures to live through this economical crisis. 政府应采取有效的措施度过这场经济危机。 Using these tips you can set up an effective budget for yourself and your household. 使用这些技巧，你可以为您和您的的家庭设立一个有效的预算。 —————————————— handkerchief 手帕 handkerchief n. 手帕；头巾，围巾 He flicked at spot with handkerchief. 他轻轻地用手帕拂拭污点。 She waved away his offer of the handkerchief. 她挥手拒绝了他递过来的手帕。 Before sweeping the house she bound up her hair in a large handkerchief. 打扫房屋前， 她把头发用一块大手帕扎起来。 —————————————— effect 效果 effect n. 影响；效果；作用 vt. 产生；达到目的 Overacting will only spoil the effect. 表演过火， 效果反而不好。 The scientists doing the experiment have pounced on the effect of the particular moment. 做实验的科学家们抓住了这个特殊时机的效果。 The playwright does something remarkable in this scene, but without any impression of straining after an effect. 剧作家在这场中有许多惊人妙笔，但并不给人留下竭力追求表面效果的印象。 —————————————— via 通过 via prep. 渠道，通过；经由 Her flight will be rerouted via Tokyo. 她乘坐的航班将改变航线途经东京。 They went till Inverness via Loch Ness. 他们经尼斯湖去因弗内斯。 The news reached us via a friend of mine. 这个消息是通过我的一个朋友传到我们这里。 —————————————— legend 传说 legend n. 传奇；说明；图例；刻印文字 n. (Legend)人名；(西)莱亨德；(英)莱金德 This legend still spreads abroad among the people. 这个传奇故事依然在民间广泛流传。 If you are filtering a graph, the label is a legend in the graph. 如果您过滤的是一个图表，这个标签是图表中的图例。 So I imagined such a hero, one who had no choice but to try to live up to the legend because otherwise the people looking to him for hope would be truly lost. 所以我幻想着这么一位英雄，他没有选择，只能尝试达到传说中的那种境界，因为要不然那些视他为希望的民众真的就会迷失方向。 —————————————— sequence 序列 sequence n. [数][计] 序列；顺序；续发事件 vt. 按顺序排好 At each location on the sequence, we can measure all these different attributes of chromatin. 在序列的每个位置上，我们都可以测量染色质的这些不同属性。 Because node structures go in only one direction, they know nothing about the sequence of nodes that precede them. 由于节点结构只指向一个方向，所以它们完全不了解它们之前的节点的顺序。 You have to read the book in a certain sequence, rather like a sentence itself, and the journey actually takes you somewhere. 你已经以一种固定的顺序读这本书，如同一个句子本身，事实上这个旅程带你到了一些地方。 —————————————— contradiction 矛盾 contradiction n. 矛盾；否认；反驳 Motion itself is a contradiction. 运动本身就是矛盾。 The contradiction has become apparent. 矛盾表面化了。 A generous miser is a contradiction in terms. “慷慨的吝啬鬼”是一种语词矛盾的说法。 —————————————— follow 遵循 follow vt. 跟随；遵循；追求；密切注意，注视；注意；倾听 vi. 跟随；接着 n. 跟随；追随 Drive ahead,and I will follow you. 你开车先走吧，我就跟上来。 We follow our president. 我们追随总统。 The leader beckoned the others to follow her. 向导示意叫其他人跟着她。 —————————————— transportation 运输 transportation n. 运输；运输系统；运输工具；流放 A power failure created an emergency in traffic and transportation. 停电使交通运输陷入紧急状况。 Small shippers are most often disserviced by transportation breakdown. 小件托运者往往因运输故障而受损。 The Railway Administration of Beijing redressed the damage done to my baggage during the transportation. 北京铁路局对我的行李在运输中所遭受的损害进行了赔偿。 —————————————— persuade 说服 persuade vt. 说服，劝说；使某人相信；劝某人做（不做）某事 vi. 说服；被说服 adj. 空闲的，有闲的 Can you persuade her out of her foolish plans? 你能劝她放弃那些愚蠢的计划吗? They leaned over backwards to persuade him out of his plan. 他们竭尽全力劝他放弃他的计划。 I believe she has some influence with the headmaster -- she might persuade him. 我相信她的话在校长面前有一些分量，她有可能说服他。 —————————————— contain 包含 contain vt. 包含；控制；容纳；牵制（敌军） vi. 含有；自制 The following few rules contain the secret of correct book-keeping. 以下几条规定包含了正确记账的秘诀。 But he declined to say when it might be ready or what it might contain. 不过，他拒绝说出这个建议何时可以准备好，或者包含什么内容。 This cluster will contain one member on each of the custom nodes in the deployment. 该集群将在部署过程中的每个自定义节点上包含一个成员。 —————————————— denounce 谴责 denounce vt. 谴责；告发；公然抨击；通告废除 And if we fail, they will denounce us. 如果我们失败了，会遭到谴责。 They denounce deficit spending, declaring that you can’t solve debt problems with more debt. 他们谴责赤字型开支，声称不能用更多的债务解决债务问题。 "When we catch them and beat them up to put them back on the right track, they denounce us at the police, " he added. “如果抓住他们痛打一顿，把他们拉回正轨，他们会向警察告发我们，”熊谷正敏又说道。 —————————————— sauce 酱汁 sauce n. 酱油；沙司；调味汁 vt. 使增加趣味；给…调味 n. (Sauce)人名；(西)绍塞；(法)索斯 We eat them with sauce. 我们就着酱汁吃。 I remember sitting on my bedroom floor eating cake and pudding sauce with my ex. 我记得我有一次和前男友坐在卧室的地板上吃蛋糕和布丁酱。 He loved it, I loved it, and so we finished off the rest of my sauce in that fashion. Very sensual. 他喜欢这样，我也喜欢，所以，剩下的布丁酱我们就以这种方式吃完的，非常性感。 —————————————— relationship 的关系 relationship n. 关系；关联 A good relationship is built on trust. 一种好的关系是以信任为基础的。 His relationship with Mary went through four stages. 他与玛丽的关系经历了四个阶段。 Their first exchange set the tone for a new relationship. 他们初步交换意见， 为建立新关系定了调子。 —————————————— slaughter 屠杀 slaughter vt. 屠宰，屠杀；杀戮；使惨败 n. 屠宰，屠杀；杀戮；消灭 n. (Slaughter)人名；(英)斯劳特 And as President, I refused to wait for the images of slaughter and mass graves before taking action. 作为总统，我拒绝等待在看到屠杀和集体坟场的场面时才采取行动。 I'm so grateful that you gave me the inspiration and tools to end my participation in the slaughter (and I'm spreading the word). 我很感激你给我的灵感和方法，以结束我参与屠杀（我现在也在传播这个讯息）。 Ah yes, the knotty business of slaughter. 啊，屠宰中棘手的问题来了。 —————————————— terrace 阳台 terrace n. 平台；梯田；阳台 vt. 使成梯田，使成阶地；使有平台屋顶 vi. 成阶地；成梯田；筑成坛 adj. （女服）叠层式的 n. (Terrace)人名；(英)特勒斯 Both a staircase and a lift connect the two floors with an enclosed terrace on the roof. 通过一道楼梯和一台电梯连接两层楼和封闭的屋顶平台。 Mirrored walls, skylights and large plated windows overlooking the garden and terrace fill this modern space with light. 镜墙、天窗和大型的金属镀窗俯瞰花园和阳台，让这个现代空间充满光线。 She asked us to respect the old campsites that occupy nearly every river terrace, as well as the many pictographs, including child-size red handprints, that adorn the canyon walls. 她要求我们尊重那些占据了几乎每个沿岸阶地的古老扎营地，以及许多石壁画，包括像点缀了峡谷石墙的孩子大小的红手印。 —————————————— forecast 预测 forecast vt. 预报，预测；预示 n. 预测，预报；预想 vi. 进行预报，作预测 Such events may forecast an outbreak of war. 这些事件可能预示着战争的爆发。 The weather forecast calls for snow flurries tonight. 天气预报预示今夜有小雪。 The teacher forecast that 15 of his pupils would pass the examination. 这位教师预测他的学生将有15名通过考试。 —————————————— bandage 绷带 bandage n. 绷带 vt. 用绷带包扎 Blood started from the bandage. 血从绷带上又渗了出来。 Don't tie the bandage too tight. 绷带不要扎得太紧。 His head has been hung over with thick bandage except two eyes. 除了两只眼睛，他的头裹上了厚厚的绷带。 —————————————— permanent 永久 permanent adj. 永久的，永恒的；不变的 n. 烫发（等于permanent wave） Actually, you have: I’m talking about demands that we make all of the Bush tax cuts, not just those for the middle class, permanent. 事实上，你已经听过了：我正在说的就是我们需要削减布什政府征税并不仅仅是永久减少中产阶级的税收。 But people died from ulcers all over the place and were having their stomachs or half their stomachs removed; there were permanent, mutilating operations and deaths going on around us. 但是到处人们都在死于胃溃疡，或者将他们的胃整个或一半切除；在我们的周围，永久性的切除术和死亡一直都在发生。 If you want change in your life to be permanent, strong, and conclusive you need a support group. 如果你想在生命中有永久的、牢固的、决定性的改变，你需要一个支持小组。 —————————————— ground 地面 ground n. 地面；土地；范围；战场 vt. 使接触地面；打基础；使搁浅 vi. 着陆；搁浅 adj. 土地的；地面上的；磨碎的；磨过的 v. 研磨（grind的过去分词）；压迫 He ground out an oath. 他咬牙切齿地诅咒。 The soldier impacted his sword into the ground. 那个战士将他的剑紧紧插入地下。 The crane lifted the heavy stone from the ground. 起重机把沉重的石头从地上吊了起来。 —————————————— sightseeing 观光 sightseeing n. 观光；游览 adj. 观光的；游览的 v. 观光（sightsee的ing形式）；游览 Too hot for shopping, too hot for walking, too hot for sightseeing. 太热了，不适合去购物，不适合散步，也不适合观光。 After a day of sightseeing, take in a musical or play in one of the world renowned Broadway Theaters. 游览一天后，你可以在世界享有生命的百老汇歌剧院听音乐会或看戏剧。 Furthermore, my sightseeing schedule was unaffected by hotel check-in and check-out times; I could carry my little bag to museums and tourist sites, and stash it in a locker when need be. 此外，我观光的计划没有被旅店的入住和退房时间所绊；我可以随身带上我的小包前往博物馆和旅游景点，若有必要往储物柜中一塞就行。 —————————————— indefinite 不定 indefinite adj. 不确定的；无限的；模糊的 The union says an indefinite strike could blight Nigeria's oil production and petroleum distribution. 工会说，一次不确定的罢工可能会影响石油生产和石油销售。 A stem cell is a cell that can divide for indefinite periods in culture and is at least 'multipotent' — it can give rise to specialised cells (such as neurons or skin cells). 干细胞是一种在培养环境中可以无限分裂的细胞，而且至少是“多能的”——它可以变成专门细胞（诸如神经元或皮肤细胞）。 Locked up in controversy: The United States' practices of indefinite detention of alleged enemy combatants, torture, and extraordinary rendition garnered criticism around the world. 冻结战争论：美国用无限期拘留敌方战斗人员、酷刑和这种特别的反恐形式遭到了全世界的质疑。 —————————————— expose 暴露 expose vt. 揭露，揭发；使曝光；显示 The corrupt official bought off those who might expose him. 那名接受贿赂的官员收买了那些可能会揭发他的人。 For sure there are constraints in what and how you expose things when you are a vendor of an expensive product. 当然，当你是一个昂贵产品的供应商时，对于哪些可以以及如何暴露有着一定的约束。 Instead, it will expose us more frequently and in more variations to the differences that surround us. 相反，它会使我们在更多的差异中更加频繁地暴露我们周围的不同。 —————————————— compass 指南针 compass n. 指南针，罗盘；圆规 vt. 包围 Use your compass to bisect an angle. 用圆规把一个角二等分。 Your phone, with its GPS and compass, knows what you are looking at, so it can tell you before you even ask. 你的带有GPS和指南针功能的手机将知道你在看什么，它甚至可以在你问出这个问题之前就做回答。 You have all the tools you need to uncover it: your intuition, your feelings, and your internal compass will guide you. 你拥有所有去发掘它的工具：你的直觉、感受，以及你内心的罗盘都将指引着你的方向。 —————————————— bleak 荒凉的 bleak adj. 阴冷的；荒凉的，无遮蔽的；黯淡的，无希望的；冷酷的；单调的 The bleak ground pullulated with jackrabbits. 荒凉的土地上到处是长耳大野兔。 Volvo should now be able to sell more cars in China; without the deal its future was bleak. 沃尔沃现在应该可以在中国卖更多的车；而如果没有这桩买卖，它的未来是暗淡的。 Along with its bleak desert conditions, Sudan is one of the worst places on the planet. 除了它荒凉的沙漠条件外，苏丹肯定是世界上最差劲的地方之一。 —————————————— scrape 刮 scrape n. 刮掉；擦痕；困境；刮擦声 vt. 刮；擦伤；挖成 vi. 刮掉；刮出刺耳声 Recoiling in pain, I’d scrape my back or arms on the scaly tree bark. 碰疼时我本能后退，结果又被粗糙的树皮擦伤背或胳膊。 Other options to restore the frescoes would have required using chemicals to remove the unwanted layer or using physical means to scrape it off. 然而，其他修复壁画的方法则需要用化学药品来除去那些多余的覆盖层，或者用物理方法将其刮落。 He felt the ship scrape the iceberg and hustled the family out of its third-class quarters and toward the lifeboat that would take them to safety. 他感到船体刮到了冰山角，于是带着家人匆匆离开了他们所在的三等舱向可能能救他们性命的救生艇跑去。 —————————————— lawyer 律师 lawyer n. 律师；法学家 n. (Lawyer)人名；(英)劳耶 She briefed her lawyer on the case. 她向律师简要介绍了这个案子。 He distinguished himself as a great lawyer. 他作为一名大律师而闻名。 He was apprised of the decision by his lawyer. 那个判决是他的律师通知他的。 —————————————— adapt 适应 adapt vt. 使适应；改编 vi. 适应 The author is going to adapt his stories for television. 这位作家打算将他的小说改编成电视片。 I suggested he should adapt himself to his new conditions. 我认为他应该使自己适应新的情况。 When you go to a new country, you must adapt yourself to new manners and customs. 当你新到一个国家时，你必须使自己适应新的风俗习惯。 —————————————— awful 可怕的 awful adj. 可怕的；极坏的；使人敬畏的 They sat there horrified as the television blared the awful news. 当电视里高声播发那个可怕的消息时他们坐在那里感到恐惧。 An awful lot of people with depression suffer unnecessarily because of a fear of using medication, but it can be very effective. 一个可怕的抑郁症的人很多遭受不必要的，因为使用药物的恐惧，但它可以是非常有效的。 The next is to ensure that this awful evidence is not ignored. 下一步是确保这些可怕的证据不会被放置一旁。 —————————————— echo 回声 echo vt. 反射；重复 vi. 随声附和；发出回声 n. 回音；效仿 The bat judges distances by a kind of echo-location. 蝙蝠用一种回声测定法来判断距离。 She shouted on the mountaintop and listened for the echo. 她在山顶上大声喊着，然后聆听着回声。 Her sweet voice chimed in beautifully with the echo of the music. 她的甜润的嗓音与乐曲的回声美妙地融为一体。 —————————————— saddle 鞍 saddle n. 鞍，鞍状物；车座；拖具 vt. 承受；使负担；装以马鞍 vi. 跨上马鞍 It looks like a saddle. 它看起来像一个马鞍。 The saddle is secure. 这鞍子安得很牢。 The odd man added an additional riddle to the middle of the saddle. 那个怪人把一个额外的谜语添加到鞍座中间。 —————————————— bearing 轴承 bearing n. [机] 轴承；关系；方位；举止 v. 忍受（bear的ing形式） This question has a bearing on a much more important one. 这个问题关系到一个更重要的问题。 In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a ball bearing using an Array Object. 在本教程中，您将学习如何创建一个使用数组对象的球轴承。 It can see the distance, bearing, heading, velocity, and energy level of other robots. 它可以知道其它机器人的距离、方位、方向、速度和能量等级。 —————————————— complaint 投诉 complaint n. 抱怨；诉苦；疾病；委屈 I have no complaint at all. 我一点也没有抱怨。 My wife's complaint really drugged me. 我老婆的抱怨简直搞得我不得安宁。 He understood her suggestion as a complaint. 他认为她提出的意见不过是向大家诉苦。 —————————————— finding 发现 finding n. 发现；裁决；发现物 v. 找到；感到（find的ing形式）；遇到 I despair of ever finding him again. 我对再找到他已丧失信心。 They pitched a story about finding the jewels. 他们编造了一个找到宝石的故事。 Finding his own scheme met with no support, the Mayor faced round and supported the ideas of his Councillors. 市长发现自己的方案得不到支持，便改变主意，赞同市议员们的意见。 —————————————— further 进一步 further adv. 进一步地；而且；更远地 adj. 更远的；深一层的 vt. 促进，助长；增进 I need not expatiate on the question any further. 我不需要进一步阐述这个问题。 Your encouragement will stimulate me to further efforts. 你的鼓励会激发我进一步努力。 If you develop the idea further,I will be interested in discussing it. 如果你进一步阐述这个论点，我将有兴趣讨论它。 —————————————— institute 研究所 institute vt. 开始（调查）；制定；创立；提起（诉讼） n. 学会，协会；学院 There is a middle school attached to the institute. 这个学院附设一所中学。 So I have that experience in great mountain vistas and I had that experience walking by myself in the institute woods in Princeton. 登上高山远眺，我体会到了这种感觉,当我独自在普林斯顿,我们学院的小树林散步时，也有过这种体验。 I understand you have your own internal problems at the institute but you have allowed them to adversely affect your interpersonal skills. 我知道你在学院有自己内在的问题，但是，你允许那些问题对你的人际关系技巧造成了负面影响。 —————————————— plate 板 plate n. 碟；金属板；金属牌；感光底片 vt. 电镀；给…装甲 n. (Plate)人名；(英、德、俄、西、意、瑞典)普拉特 He heaped food on the plate. 他把食物堆放在盘子里。 He drilled through a metal plate. 他在金属板上打孔。 Can you marry up the two halves of the broken plate. 你能把这破成两半的盘子粘合起来吗? —————————————— spouse 配偶 spouse n. 配偶 vt. 和…结婚 n. (Spouse)人名；(英)斯波斯 You and your spouse do not have to agree on politics. 你和你的配偶不必在政治上保持一致。 Then, make sure that you and your spouse share these goals with each other. 尽可能具体地说，就是确保你和你的配偶彼此共享这些目标。 Spend one half of your time with your 4 friends and the other half with your spouse? 难道你要花一半的时间陪你的4个朋友，剩下的一半陪你的配偶吗？ —————————————— glide 滑翔 glide vi. 滑翔；滑行；悄悄地走；消逝 vt. 使滑行；使滑动 n. 滑翔；滑行；滑移；滑音 That summer was the glide path of our love. 那个夏天是我们爱情的下滑航道。 So, their innards do slide into their throat, but it’s a controlled glide. 所以它们的内脏确实是滑到了嗓子眼，但是这种滑动是可控制的。 I have this theory that, to us the world is a flat thing we stand on, but to birds it is a cliff they cling to, a huge ball and they cling to the side and then fall off and fly and glide. 我有一种想法，就是对我们来说世界是一个我们所站立的平坦的东西，而对鸟来说是一个它们所依靠的峭壁，一个巨大的球，它们依靠在边上，然后离开、飞翔、滑行。 —————————————— newspaper 报纸 newspaper n. 报纸 报社 旧报纸 He rakes the newspaper before breakfast every day. 他每天早饭前浏览一下报纸。 If you polish the article, we will print it in the newspaper. 如果你把这篇文章润色一下，我们就在报纸上发表它。 This newspaper circulates mostly in the commercial districts. 这份报纸大部分在商业区内销售。 —————————————— bronze 青铜 bronze n. 青铜；古铜色；青铜制品 adj. 青铜色的；青铜制的 vt. 镀青铜于 vi. 变成青铜色，被晒黑 n. (Bronze)人名；(葡)布龙泽 The statue was cast in bronze. 这座塑像是用青铜铸成的。 These ancient weapons are all cast out of bronze. 这些古兵器都是用青铜铸成的。 I mean, from the bronze age up to titanium alloy steel you had all this amazing progress, and since then — nothing. 我是说，从青铜时代到钛合金钢，人类取得了巨大的进步，可是从那以后呢？ ---再没有了。 —————————————— reasonable 合理的 reasonable adj. 合理的，公道的；通情达理的 The masses are reasonable. 群众是通情达理的。 As a concession to his reasonable demand, the doctor allowed him to work. 医生向他的合理要求让步了， 允许他工作。 My friend knows where he can pick up a good used car for you at a reasonable price. 我朋友知道他能在哪儿以合理的价格为你买一辆好的二手车。 —————————————— bonus 奖金 bonus n. 奖金；红利；额外津贴 n. (Bonus)人名；(西、塞)博努斯 The boss crawfished on the Christmas bonus. 老板取消了发圣诞节奖金的许诺。 The workers expected to share out a year-end bonus. 工人们期望年终分红。 In addition to his salary， he has a bonus of 25 yuan per month. 除工资外， 他每月还有二十五元钱奖金。 —————————————— magnificent 华丽的 magnificent adj. 高尚的；壮丽的；华丽的；宏伟的 The magnificent beau is dancing to the light of chandeliers. 这个衣着华丽的花花公子在枝形吊灯灯光下翩翩起舞。 After the fire, nothing remained of the magnificent buildings of the temple. 大火过后， 寺院里的那些雄伟建筑已荡然无存。 These magnificent ancient buildings demonstrate the great intelligence of the labouring people. 这些壮丽的古代建筑显示了劳动人民的高度智慧。 —————————————— fee 费 fee n. 费用；酬金；小费 vt. 付费给…… n. (Fee)人名；(英、柬)菲 You pay one fee and then get all you want. 你付一次费用就可以得到所有你想要的。 Free or fee? 免费或收费？ No lab fee—the lab is your home and the world around you. 没有实验室费用——实验室就是您的家和您周围的世界。 —————————————— contest 比赛 contest vt. 争辩；质疑 vi. 竞争；争辩 n. 竞赛；争夺；争论 Tom aced out his opponent in the contest. 汤姆在比赛中胜过自己的对手。 The award for the oratorical contest was made by a jury of nine professors. 演讲比赛的裁决由九位教授组成的评判委员会作出。 I was going to enter a belly-dancing contest,but I bottled out at the last minute. 我当时正想参加肚皮舞比赛，但我在最后一分钟失去了勇气而没参加。 —————————————— common 常见的 common adj. 共同的；普通的；一般的；通常的 n. 普通；平民；公有地 n. (Common)人名；(法)科蒙；(英)康芒 Snow is common in cold countries. 在寒冷的国家雪是常见的。 We band ourselves against a common enemy. 我们联合起来反对共同的敌人。 We allied ourselves with our friends against the common enemy. 我们同朋友联合起来对付共同敌人。 —————————————— found 发现 found vt. 创立，建立；创办 v. 找到（find的过去分词） He found someone on him. 他发现有人在跟踪他。 I found someone had being spying on me. 我发现有人一直在暗中监视着我。 He found himself perpending it as an experiment in realism. 他发现自己正把它作为现实中的一种尝试在思考。 —————————————— penalty 点球 penalty n. 罚款，罚金；处罚 He saved us from the penalty of sin. 他救我们脱离了罪的刑罚。 Some of the players claims a penalty but the referee told them to play on. 有些队员认为应当判罚，但裁判让他们继续比赛。 Half of those surveyed say that the penalty should be as severe as that for drunk driving. 被调查的人中又有一半认为应像对待醉酒驾车一样进行严厉惩罚。 —————————————— underlying 潜在的 underlying adj. 潜在的；根本的；在下面的；优先的 v. 放在…的下面；为…的基础；优先于（underlie的ing形式） He theorized that the underlying cause of the war was slavery. 他从理论上阐明这次战争的根本原因在于奴隶制度。 It provides an option to show the underlying command at the end of each wizard. 它提供的一个选项可以在每个向导结束时显示底层的命令。 That is to say: what is the underlying determination of identity and consciousness? 也就是说：，什么才是不同身份和意识,潜在的决定因素？ —————————————— integrity 完整性 The ancient pagoda is still there, but not in its integrity. 那座古塔还在， 但是不完整了。 Therefore, the integrity, legitimacy, survival and effectiveness of this Organization depend on you all. 因此，联合国的完整性、合法性、生存和效力取决于整个大会。 I have integrity. 我很正直。 —————————————— recovery 复苏 recovery n. 恢复，复原；痊愈；重获 The doctors could hold out no hope of his recovery. 医生们对他的痊愈失望了。 There she lay year in year out， unable to move， and with no hope of recovery. 她常年躺在那儿不能活动， 没有痊愈的希望。 God loves you at each stage of recovery and growth. 上帝会爱你在每一阶段所经历的恢复与成长。 —————————————— once 一次 once adv. 一次；曾经 conj. 一旦 n. 一次，一回 They cocktailed once every week. 他们每星期喝一次鸡尾酒。 He once lived in Shanghai. 他曾经在上海住过。 I have been there once. 我到过那儿一次。 —————————————— requirement 要求 requirement n. 要求；必要条件；必需品 I have no special requirement. 我没有特殊的要求。 Patience is a requirement in teaching. 耐心是教学必备的条件。 This technique helps you determine the origin of any requirement. 这个技术帮助你确定任何需求的起源。 —————————————— weave 织 weave vt. 编织；编排；使迂回前进 vi. 纺织；编成；迂回行进 n. 织物；织法；编织式样 Workers weave silk thread into beautiful shirts. 工人把丝线织成漂亮的衬衫。 Satan uses this secret aspect of the occult to weave his deception. 撒旦用这个秘密装出神秘的样子来编织它的骗术。 The key is to weave relevant personal anecdotes into your writing. 关键是要编织有关的个人轶事到你的写作中。 —————————————— cigarette 香烟 cigarette n. 香烟；纸烟 He cadged a cigarette from me. 他向我讨了一支香烟。 He stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray. 他在烟灰缸内捻灭了他的香烟。 He quickly struck a match to light her cigarette. 他急忙擦着一根火柴，为她点燃了香烟。 —————————————— flourish 蓬勃发展 flourish n. 兴旺；茂盛；挥舞；炫耀；华饰 vt. 夸耀；挥舞 vi. 繁荣，兴旺；茂盛；活跃；处于旺盛时期 He showed us his new design with much flourish. 他炫耀地向我们展示他的新设计。 Here he sees the industry of his native country displayed in a new manner, and traces in their works the embryos of all the arts, sciences, and ingenuity which flourish in Europe. 在这里他看到祖国的工业以新的方式展现出来，从他们一点一滴的劳动成果里可以看到在欧洲繁荣的所有艺术、科学和创造力的萌芽。 For without security, democracy and trade and investment cannot flourish. 因为没有安全，民主、贸易和投资就不能蓬勃发展。 —————————————— ocean 海洋 ocean n. 海洋；大量；广阔 n. (Ocean)人名；(罗)奥切安 The cape extends far into the ocean. 那海岬伸向海洋远处。 The mountains trap rains and fogs generated over the ocean. 这些山脉隔开了海洋上生成的雨和雾。 They are found in every ocean, from the surface to the deep sea. 你可以在每一个海洋找到它们，从海平面到深海区。 —————————————— fetch 获取 fetch vt. 取来；接来；到达；吸引 vi. 拿；取物；卖得 n. 取得；诡计 Can you fetch it out and show me it? 你能把它拿出来给我看看吗? Fetch me my hat please. 请把我的帽子取来。 Fetch me the tape from my drawer, please. 请把我抽屉里的磁带取来。 —————————————— best 最好的 best n. 最好的人，最好的事物；最佳状态 adj. 最好的 adv. 最好地 vt. 打败，胜过 n. (Best)人名；(英、西、德、葡、法)贝斯特 Which do you like best? 你最喜欢哪一个? They fetched out their best wine for us. 他们取出最好的酒招待我们。 This book counts among the best of his works. 这本书被认为是他的最佳作品之一。 —————————————— course 课程 course n. 科目；课程；过程；进程；道路；路线，航向；一道菜 vt. 追赶；跑过 vi. 指引航线；快跑 You must pass the examination to get credit for the course. 你必须通过考试才能获得那门课程的学分。 In the course of the argument, the most enormous errors of fact simply pullulated. 在争论过程中，最厉害的事实谬误简直有增无减。 The course should be history,but history, philosophized,is a history of ideas as well as of events. 过程应该就是历史，不过哲学化的历史，就是又有观念又有事件的历史。 —————————————— imperial 帝国 imperial adj. 帝国的；皇帝的；至高无上的；威严的 n. 纸张尺寸；特等品 n. (Imperial)人名；(西)因佩里亚尔 The princess, refusing to go without the fabric she loved, would finally break the imperial ban on silk worm exportation. 这位公主在没有她所爱的织物而拒绝出嫁，最终将打破了皇帝桑蚕出口的禁令。 His collegiality (“I like being the chairman of a team”) also signals an end to the imperial premierships of recent decades. 他的共同掌权方式（“我愿意成为一个团队的领导人”）也标志着近几十年帝国主义首相制的终结。 The US has clearly reached the point of imperial overreach. 美国已经明显地超过了帝国的过度扩张点。 —————————————— correspond 对应 correspond vi. 符合，一致；相应；通信 For these actions, the data types directly correspond to the field they represent. 对于这些动作，数据类型直接对应它们代表的字段。 Yet, the length of time does not correspond to an observed reality; it could be from five years to fifty years. 然而，这个时间的长度与观测到的现实无法对应起来，它可能是五年，也可能是五十年。 The connector names correspond to the names of their contracts, which, in this case, are the protocols for the corresponding service specifications. 连接器的名称与它们契约的名称相对应，在这种情况下，这是相应的服务规范的协议。 —————————————— competition 竞争 competition n. 竞争；比赛，竞赛 Competition should beat the price down. 竞争一定会使价格下跌。 Will you judge at the swimming competition next week? 你愿意担任下周游泳比赛的评判吗? His business went under because of competition from the large corporations. 由于大公司的竞争，他的生意陷入了困境。 —————————————— ceramic 陶瓷 ceramic adj. 陶瓷的；陶器的；制陶艺术的 n. 陶瓷；陶瓷制品 Then I studied ceramic engineering at school. 然后我又在学校攻读陶瓷工程学。 My Chinese ceramic plate was a gift from an antiques collector in Shanghai and it came to America in my suitcase. 我的中国陶瓷盘是一位上海古董收藏家送给我的礼物，它随着我的行李箱来到了美国。 This takes a little while to switch all of your plastic storage containers over to ceramic, glass or stainless steel but its definitely worthwhile. 把你所有的塑料存储容器换成陶瓷的，玻璃的，或者不锈钢的你会浪费你一点时间。 但这绝对是值得的。 —————————————— forbid 禁止 forbid vt. 禁止；不准；不允许；〈正式〉严禁 I forbid Him to do that. 我禁止他这么干。 I forbid you the house. 我不准你进入房子。 To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights. 为了保障您的权利，我们需要作出限制：禁止任何人否认您上述的权利，或者要求您放弃这些权利。 —————————————— pronunciation 发音 pronunciation n. 发音；读法 They mocked at her pronunciation. 他们嘲笑她的发音。 His pronunciation is simply terrible. 他的发音简直坏透了。 The teacher drilled the class in pronunciation of French words. 教员在班上教学生做法语词汇发音练习。 —————————————— volume 体积 volume n. 量；体积；卷；音量；大量；册 adj. 大量的 vi. 成团卷起 vt. 把…收集成卷 You can adjust the volume all at once or room by room. 您可以同时调节各处的音量，也可以一个一个房间分别调节。 We then attach each volume group to its primary server. 然后，我们将每个卷组挂到了其主服务器上。 A pipe organ gives much more volume than a violin or flute. 管风琴发出的音量比小提琴或笛子都大。 —————————————— wreck 沉船 wreck n. 破坏；失事；残骸；失去健康的人 vt. 破坏；使失事；拆毁 vi. 失事；营救失事船只 The smouldering wreck fumed thick black smoke. 燃烧的残骸冒出浓烈的黑烟。 The car was a worthless wreck after the collision. 撞车以后， 那辆车成了毫无价值的残骸。 We know exactly how long this wreck has been under water and how long marine life has been growing on it. 我们能够确切地知道这些残骸在水中有多长时间,以及海洋生物在其上面生长了多久。 —————————————— joke 笑话 joke n. 玩笑，笑话；笑柄 vt. 开…的玩笑 vi. 开玩笑 n. (Joke)人名；(英)乔克；(塞)约凯 It was intended as a joke. 这本是当作一个笑话的。 The joke will murder you. 这笑话会让你笑死的。 He livened up the party by telling a joke. 他讲了一个笑话使聚会活跃起来。 —————————————— fry 弗莱 fry n. 鱼苗；油炸食物 vt. 油炸；油煎 vi. 油炸；油煎 n. (Fry)人名；(芬)弗吕；(英)弗赖伊；(德、英、法、西)弗里 We can fry up some of these pieces of cold meat for our lunch. 我们可以把这些冷肉片煎一下作为中饭。 I even fry sage to crispness in olive oil and shake on some sea salt as a reminder of summers in Italy. 我甚至把鼠尾草用橄榄油炸得松脆，然后再上面撒一些海盐，作为对在意大利度过的夏天的一种怀念。 So when you fry, bake, grill, or roast potatoes you could be generating potentially harmful carcinogens. 因此当你油炸、烘烤、烧烤或者炒土豆时，有可能会产生有害的致癌物。 —————————————— practically 几乎 practically adv. 实际地；几乎；事实上 It rained practically all night. 几乎整夜下着雨。 My knowledge of the subject is practically nil. 我在这方面的知识几乎等于零。 The object of this society is to perfect its members practically and scientifically. 这个社团的目的是实际地、科学地及充分地指导其成员。 —————————————— bounce 反弹 bounce n. 跳；弹力；活力 vt. 弹跳；使弹起 vi. 弹跳；弹起，反跳；弹回 I bounce it, it starts blinking. 我使它弹起，它开始闪烁。 Tell the children not to bounce up and down on the bed. 告诉孩子们别在床上蹦跳。 Every day something will try to push you out of balance (and most of the time this “something” will succeed) but every time you will be able to bounce back to your balance. 每天都会有事把你推得丧失平衡（而大多数时间这个“事情”会得逞），但每次你都能反弹回来找到平衡。 —————————————— spin 自旋 spin vi. 旋转；纺纱；吐丝；晕眩 vt. 使旋转；纺纱；编造；结网 n. 旋转；疾驰 Imagine it like this: If you spin something, the direction of the axis tends to wobble. 这样想一下：如果你旋转什么东西，这个轴的方向将会变化。 While,if you put it in there spinning already in some direction, it should continue to spin in the same way. 但如果放置之前，它就已经朝某一方向旋转了，它将仍然保持相同方式旋转。 This blue planet, and near her, the white moon that holds us in her gravitational pull so that we spin at the speed of life. 这蓝色的星球，还有在她附近，那以自身引力挽留住我们的白色月亮，于是，我们以生命的速度旋转。 —————————————— improve 改善 improve vt. 改善，增进；提高…的价值 vi. 增加；变得更好 Your work will get by,but try to improve it. 你的作业还过得去，但要努力改进。 Exercise will improve your appetite for food. 运动能增进你的食欲。 Never chuck away a chance to improve your English. 不要放过任何机会来提高你的英语。 —————————————— transformer 变压器 transformer n. [电] 变压器；促使变化的人 By using a transformer, he translated the codes into translation he could read. 通过运用一个变压器，他将密码翻译成他读得懂的译文。 At high input impedances, in practice both efficiency and bandwidth of a transformer will reduce. 实际上高输入阻抗的变压器，它们的效率和频带宽度都会下降。 There is a transformer in there. 因为有一个变压器。 —————————————— farm 农场 farm vi. 种田，务农；经营农场 n. 农场；农家；畜牧场 vt. 养殖；耕种；佃出（土地） They keep cattle on their farm. 他们在农场上养牛。 He repossessed himself of his farm. 他收回自己所有的农场。 The state provided the requisite capital for this farm. 国家为这个农场提供了必要的资金。 —————————————— dwell 住 dwell vi. 居住；存在于；细想某事 They dwell at Bath but work in the city. 他们住在巴斯，但在城里工作。 There let him dwell! 让他住在那里！ We dwell in the country but work in the city. 我们住在乡下，但在城里工作。 —————————————— earthquake 地震 earthquake n. 地震；大动荡 The bridge broke down in last earthquake. 那座桥在上次地震中坍塌了。 The building was overturned at the earthquake. 那栋大楼在地震中已坍塌了。 They were hiving in the fields after earthquake. 地震之后，他们聚居在旷野上。 —————————————— confess 承认 confess vt. 承认；坦白；忏悔；供认 vi. 承认；坦白；忏悔；供认 Your responsibility it to confess it. 履行你的责任，承认它。 Speaking of which, I have something to confess. 说到这个，我有一件事要跟你坦白。 I should confess that while I almost never watch TV, I do occasionally watch “made for TV” programs which I have downloaded (to avoid ads). 我必须承认，虽然我几乎没看过电视，但却偶尔观看“为电视制作”的节目，我将它们下载下来（以避开广告）。 —————————————— meanwhile 与此同时 meanwhile adv. 同时，其间 n. 其间，其时 Meanwhile we must do a good job in transport and communications. 同时我们要搞好交通运输工作。 Meanwhile, I have found no new evidence on Google as to the truth of this story. 其间，在谷歌上，我还没有找到与这个故事的真相有关的任何新的证据。 Meanwhile 31% use generators but less than one in five has enough fuel to run them. 同时，31%使用发电机，但是不到五分之一有足够的燃料运转它们。 —————————————— sausage 香肠 sausage n. 香肠；腊肠；装香肠的碎肉 Sausage or steak. 香肠或牛排。 If you’re lucky, you get a pastry, a hearty breakfast of pancakes and sausage and eggs, or an English fry-up. 如果幸运的话，你会拿着一份糕点，有煎饼、香肠和鸡蛋的丰盛早餐，或者是一份英式煎火腿。 Not to be outdone, those in Italy eat sausage with lentils just after the stroke of midnight. 它并没有被淹没，在意大利人们在吹着中风的午夜吃香肠夹杂着扁豆的食物。 —————————————— global 全球 global adj. 全球的；总体的；球形的 We do not fight global warming because it is futile to do so. 我们不对付全球变暖的斗争，因为以这样做是徒劳的。 In his model, this would have only modest effects on global welfare; but how confident can we be of that? 在他的模型中，这只会对全球的福利产生些许影响；但我们对之能够相信多少？ These achievements show the power of determination and global solidarity, but they also remind us of the challenges. 这些成就显示了决心和全球团结的力量，但它们还提醒我们关注种种挑战。 —————————————— civilize 教化 civilize vt. 使文明；教化；使开化 vi. 变得文明 Those facilities are intended to civilize people. 那些设施的目的在于教化民众。 Schools will help to civilize the wild tribes there. 学校将会帮忙教化那里的野蛮部落。 The true chun tzu would, by example, civilize and educate those he met, and persuade through his superior moral power. 真正的君子还会以自己良好的道德去影响、 教化和说服他所遇见的每一个人。 —————————————— faulty 错误的 faulty adj. 有错误的；有缺点的 We only have one used device, with the other set as faulty. 我们仅有一个已用设备，另一套发生故障。 Sometimes, knowing the faulty component or leaking object is enough for us to identify some common configuration problems. 有时，了解到故障组件或泄漏对象就足以使我们确定一些常见的配置问题。 Dozens of people have sued the company blaming faulty electronics for crashes or causing a drop in resale value of their Toyota vehicles. 许多人提出由于有电子元件故障导致一些事故或使得丰田汽车的二手车贬值从而起诉丰田。 —————————————— key 关键 key n. （打字机等的）键；关键；钥匙 vt. 键入；锁上；调节…的音调；提供线索 vi. 使用钥匙 adj. 关键的 n. (Key)人名；(英)基；(德、荷、瑞典)凯 Please duplicate this key for me. 请照这把钥匙为我配一把。 He concealed the key inside his tie. 他把钥匙藏在领带里面。 He jumbled up everything in the drawer to find his key. 他为了找到他的钥匙把整个抽屉都翻乱了。 —————————————— respond 回应 respond vi. 回答；作出反应；承担责任 vt. 以…回答 n. 应答；唱和 So, how do you respond? 那么，你如何回应呢？ How do we respond? 我们该如何回应？ Let us respond.Let us rise as one man in defence of our motherland. 让我们做出回答。让我们紧密地团结起来保卫我们的祖国。 —————————————— carriage 马车 carriage n. 运输；运费；四轮马车；举止；客车厢 Your carriage has been hitched,Sir. 先生，您的马车已套好了。 I'll be sitting in the third carriage from the engine. 我将坐在机车后面的第三节车厢内。 They battled strong winds and heavy rains in their carriage. 他们驾着马车与狂风暴雨搏斗。 —————————————— shore 海岸 shore vt. 支撑，使稳住；用支柱撑住 n. 海滨；支柱 n. (Shore)人名；(英)肖尔 Our boat was headed for shore. 我们的船朝岸边驶去。 Waves hit my boat off the shore. 波浪把我的小船冲离了海岸。 The sailors tugged the boat to shore. 水手们用力将船拖到岸边。 —————————————— tend 往往 tend vi. 趋向，倾向；照料，照顾 vt. 照料，照管 Women tend to find their location by remembering something visual about what their destination was, especially if they have to return there. 女人往往是通过记住看到的关于目的地的事物来找到她们的位置，特别是如果她们得返回那里的话。 And in general, what you give you tend to get back from the world around you. 通常情况下，你给予他人的，也往往可以从你的周边的人那里得到。 Although they pose no direct military threat, this attitude would tend to justify defense concerns and the development of weapons with which to confront them. 虽然他们没有摆出直接的军事威胁，这种态度将倾向为国防关注和对抗他们的武器的发展提供正当理由。 —————————————— article 文章 article n. 文章；物品；条款；[语] 冠词 vt. 订约将…收为学徒或见习生；使…受协议条款的约束 vi. 签订协议；进行控告 He could run off an article in an hour. 他能在一小时内快速写出一篇文章。 Could you give us some guidance in studying this article? 学习这篇文章， 你给我们辅导辅导好不好? If you polish the article, we will print it in the newspaper. 如果你把这篇文章润色一下，我们就在报纸上发表它。 —————————————— affiliate 下属 affiliate n. 联号；隶属的机构等 vt. 使附属；接纳；使紧密联系 vi. 参加，加入；发生联系 What of the affiliate groups or the "network of networks"? 那些附属组织或者称“网络的网络”又将怎样？ Afterwards, data can be shared between and among the root and affiliate registries with the assurance that each given key partition is unique. 这样，在确保每一个给定的键分区是唯一的情况下，根注册中心和附属注册中心之间就可以共享数据了。 Some services of general interest used by these companies also are public in nature and are registered in the UBR, which is the root registry for the pharmaceutical affiliate. 这些公司使用的一些通用服务在本质上也是公共的，并已在 UBR 中注册（UBR 是制药附属注册中心的根注册中心）。 —————————————— reader 读者 reader n. 读者；阅读器；读物 n. (Reader)人名；(英)里德 The magazine she gave me is Reader's Digest. 她给我的杂志是《读者文摘》。 When I write a book I write a book for myself; the reaction is up to the reader. 我在写一本书的时候，我是在为我自己写这本书，而反应却是取决于读者。 In Why We Make Mistakes, he provides the reader with an intriguing assortment of these failings. 在《我们为什么会犯错》一书中，他向读者们提供了各类有趣的错误。 —————————————— horizon 地平线 horizon n. [天] 地平线；视野；眼界；范围 The sun dipped below the horizon. 太阳西沉到地平线以下。 A white sail moves along the horizon. 一片白帆沿着天边移动。 Now we raised a ship far away on the horizon. 现在我们看到远处的地平线上有一艘轮船。 —————————————— insure 确保 insure vt. 确保，保证；给…保险 vi. 确保；投保 If Edgar Linton meets me, I shall not hesitate to knock him down, and give him enough to insure his quiescence while I stay. 如果埃德加·林惇遇见我，我将毫不犹豫地一拳打倒他，在我待在那儿的时候保证给他足够的时间休息。 In order to insure business continuity, the activity of all administrators and users must be auditable, and they must be aware their activities are being audited. 为了保证业务连续性，必须对所有管理员和用户的活动进行审计，他们也必须认识到他们的活动会被审计。 Additionally, since the potential breadth of content available under each facet is presented by a numerical value, you can insure against exploring any "empty" paths. 此外，因为通过数值表示了每个方面可用内容的潜在范围，所以您可以确保不会深入研究任何“空”的路径。 —————————————— introduction 介绍 introduction n. 介绍；引进；采用；入门；传入 You want me to write an introduction to your lectures? 你要我写一篇文章介绍你的讲座文集？ And, each introduction provides value in and of itself. 并且每次引入提供了其内部及本身的价值。 This is an introduction to some of the transformation features. 以下是对该转换的一些特性的介绍。 —————————————— sensitive 敏感的 sensitive adj. 敏感的；感觉的；[仪] 灵敏的；感光的；易受伤害的；易受影响的 n. 敏感的人；有灵异能力的人 This instrument is highly sensitive. 这架仪器很灵敏。 We'd better keep off the sensitive topic. 我们最好避开这个敏感的话题。 Try your best to sidestep for sensitive issues like this. 你应尽可能地回避像这类敏感的问题。 —————————————— husband 丈夫 husband vt. 节约地使用（或管理） n. 丈夫 n. (Husband)人名；(英)赫斯本德 She had a boy by her first husband. 她与她的第一个丈夫有一男孩。 He enticed her away from her husband. 他诱骗她离开她的丈夫。 He attempted to lure her away from husband and family. 他企图引诱她离开丈夫和家庭。 —————————————— workshop 车间 workshop n. 车间；研讨会；工场；讲习班 The workers parted gold from silver in the workshop. 在车间里工人们把金子从银子中提炼出来。 Please take this study material with you to the workshop. 你顺便把这份学习材料带到车间去吧。 The workers in this workshop do day and night shifts in weekly rotation. 这个车间的工人上白班和上夜班每周轮换一次。 —————————————— ribbon 丝带 ribbon n. 带；缎带；（勋章等的）绶带；带状物；勋表 vi. 形成带状 vt. 把…撕成条带；用缎带装饰 The ribbon doesn't tie well. 这缎带不好打结。 This ribbon does not match with my hat. 这条丝带和我的帽子不相配。 A bluish ribbon of light stretching left to right across the picture might be a knot of gas ejected by the supernova. 一个从左延伸至右穿过整幅图片的蓝色缎带可能是由超新星喷发出的气体形成的集结体。 —————————————— innovation 创新 innovation n. 创新，革新；新方法 This technical innovation will save us much time and labour. 这项技术革新可以为我们节省大量的时间和劳力。 How do you encourage creativity and innovation in your home? 在你的家里，你怎么鼓励创新和创造性呢？ Large numbers of machine tools have been rushed out since the implementation of technological innovation. 自从实行技术革新以来，大批机床迅速地生产出来。 —————————————— culture 文化 culture n. 文化，文明；修养；栽培 vt. [细胞][微] 培养（等于cultivate） It is impossible to dissociate language from culture. 把语言与文化分离是不可能的。 Any given culture is a reflection of the politics and economics of a given society. 一定的文化是一定社会的政治和经济的反映。 In some ways, each of us is like every person on earth; in some ways, each of us is like the members of our culture and group; and, in some ways, each of us is unique. 在某些方面，我们每个人都像地球上的所有人；在某些方面，我们每个人都像我们文化与群体中的成员；还有，在某些方面，我们每个人都是独一无二的。 —————————————— punch 穿孔 punch n. 冲压机；打洞器；钻孔机 vt. 开洞；以拳重击 vi. 用拳猛击 n. (Punch)人名；(马来)蓬芝；(英)庞奇 He blacked her eye with that one punch. 他用那一猛拳把她的眼眶打得发青。 The punch level(l)ed him to the ground. 这一拳将他击倒在地。 This new sort of punch could stamp out 3,000 bonnets an hour. 这种新型冲床每小时可冲压出三千个汽车引擎盖。 —————————————— voltage 电压 voltage n. [电] 电压 The current lags behind the voltage. 电流滞后于电压。 This recorded the voltage that each model made over a period of time. 这个仪器记录每一个模型在既定时间段产生的电压。 By applying voltage to the needles, an electric field is created that extracts the ions from the liquid, accelerates them at very high speeds and forces them to fly away. 通过在针状物上施加电压，一个从液体提取离子并加速他们到一个非常高的速度然后强迫它们飞离的电场就被创造出来。 —————————————— tutor 导师 tutor vt. 辅导；约束 n. 导师；家庭教师；助教 vi. 当家庭教师；（美）在家庭教师指导下学习 What do you think of your tutor? 你觉得你的家庭教师怎么样？ Most parents have no time to tutor their children. 大部分家长没有时间辅导孩子。 How they did on the exam: Passed, with an assist from an unidentified tutor. 他们考得怎么样：“从一个不明身份的家教那里通过了考试。” —————————————— file 文件 file n. 文件；档案；文件夹；锉刀 vt. 提出；锉；琢磨；把…归档 vi. 列队行进；用锉刀锉 n. (File)人名；(匈、塞)菲莱 My nails are too long, I must file them down. 我的指甲太长了，我必须把它们锉平。 The records had been all balled up by inefficient file clerks. 因不称职的档案(或卷宗)管理员，档案全被弄得一团糟。 It is too much trouble to crunch a file unless you use it often. 除非经常用这些文件，不然压缩时很费事。 —————————————— resolution 决议 resolution n. [物] 分辨率；决议；解决；决心 We subscribe to the resolution. 我们赞同这项决议。 The resolution was repassed at last. 最后决议还是重新通过了。 He rough-hewed the resolution of the meeting and sent it to the chairman. 他草草写出大会决议的提纲，然后把它交给主席。 —————————————— perfection 完美 perfection n. 完善；完美 And she did so with grace and perfection! 而她做的非常优雅和完美！ Absolute perfection in a dictionary is rare. 绝对完美的词典是罕见的。 It was little by little that the watch reached its present-day perfection. 表渐渐地达到了现在这样完美的程度。 —————————————— manoeuvre 策略 manoeuvre vi. 调动；演习；用策略 vt. 诱使；操纵；耍花招 n. 策略（等于maneuvre） Protection against external shocks gave Poland’s policymakers plenty of room for manoeuvre. 对外部震荡的防护给波兰政策制定者许多策略空间。 From 1968 there was still a long road to go before Gorbachev made it all the way up the party ladder to manoeuvre his way into the top job in the Kremlin in 1985. 从1968年开始，到后来戈尔巴乔夫沿着共产党内部的阶梯完成晋升调动直到于1985年在克林姆林宫登上生涯的巅峰，在此之前还是经过很长一段路。 The Supreme Court, in particular, has made several decisions in recent years that have narrowed trustbusters’ room for manoeuvre. 特别是最高法院已经于近些年作出若干限制联邦反垄断官员策略的决定。 —————————————— feasible 可行的 feasible adj. 可行的；可能的；可实行的 We all think this proposal feasible. 大家认为这个建议是可行的。 Please consider if this is feasible. 是否可行， 请斟酌。 This is because it is not always feasible to consolidate enterprise data into a data mart or warehouse. 这是因为，将企业数据合并到专用数据栈或数据仓库之内并不总是可行。 —————————————— longitude 经度 longitude n. [地理] 经度；经线 Each card has not only a date but the latitude and longitude, salinity measures, temperatures and depth of each data point. 每个卡片不仅记有日期，还有每个数据点的纬度和经度，盐度，温度和深度的测量。 Each pixel of the image is associated with information such as altitude, latitude, longitude and distance from the observer. 图像中的每一个像素都和海拔、维度、经度以及与观测者的距离等信息相关联。 Requests to the service specify query ranges for latitude, longitude, date, or magnitude, and the service returns all matching earthquakes grouped by region and in date order. 对服务的请求将指定经度、纬度、日期或震级的范围，并且服务将按地区和时间顺序分组返回所有匹配的地震。 —————————————— applaud 鼓掌 applaud vt. 赞同；称赞；向…喝彩 vi. 喝彩；鼓掌欢迎 I applaud you for being yourself. 做你自己，我会为你鼓掌。 I applaud him for it, and offer him my sincere sympathy that his beloved grandmother did not live to see this day. 我为他鼓掌喝彩，同时也对他敬爱的外祖母没有活着看到这一天而表示真挚的同情。 We applaud our members for this remarkable show of solidarity for striking Writers Guild of America writers. 我们赞同我们的成员在这件事上表现出的团结，这是对编剧协会罢工的支持。 —————————————— other 其他 other adj. 其他的，另外的 pron. 另外一个 She excelled all other authors of her day. 她超过同时代的所有其他作家。 He mixes well with other children in the school. 他在学校里与其他孩子能很好相处。 On the one hand I admire his gifts, but on the other I distrust his judgment. 一方面我羡慕他的才华， 而另一方面我却怀疑他的判断力。 —————————————— emphasize 强调 emphasize vt. 强调，着重 I want to emphasize today the presentation of them. 我们今天想要强调的就是,他们的表示。 I must emphasize the fact that she is only a little girl. 我必须强调这样一个事实，这就是她只不过是个小女孩。 Yes, there are some things we all seem to emphasize, but our differences can be extensive. 没错，总是有些东西是我们都强调的，但是我们的差异可能很大。 —————————————— repeatedly 反复 repeatedly adv. 反复地；再三地；屡次地 He repeatedly distinguished himself in the troops. 他在部队里多次立功。 She repeatedly urged her son not to tell anyone about it. 她一再丁宁儿子不要和任何人讲这事。 What type of dreams do we repeatedly have night after night? 什么样的内容使我们夜复一夜反复梦到的呢？ —————————————— accustomed 习惯了 She has got accustomed to this sort of work. 她对这种工作已习惯了。 A city accustomed to living in freedom is more easily maintained through the means of its own citizens than in any other way, if you decide to preserve it. 一个习惯生活在自由下的城市由它自己的市民来治理会比任何其他方式都要更容易，如果你决定保存这座城市的话。 In fact you should notice that your creative powers increase the more that you use self hypnosis, as your mind becomes more accustomed to using its creative powers. 事实上，你应该会注意到，当你使用自我催眠的时候，你的思想越习惯使用创造力，那么你的创造力就会增加更多。 —————————————— basin 盆地 basin n. 水池；流域；盆地；盆 n. (Basin)人名；(俄)巴辛；(法)巴赞 She tipped the flour into the basin. 她把面粉倒进盆内。 Turn off the taps——the basin is brimming over. 关上水龙头——脸盆的水满溢出来了。 In temple precincts, small sculptures of dragons spouting water into a basin are not an infrequent sight. 在寺庙专用区，水流到某一流域的龙的小雕塑不能说是一种罕见的景观。 —————————————— satellite 卫星 satellite n. 卫星；人造卫星；随从；卫星国家 The satellite will be thrown into space. 这颗卫星将被发射到太空。 The spaceship docked with the satellite. 宇宙飞船在空间与卫星对接。 Super powers plundered all kinds of commodities at low prices from a satellite country. 超级大国以低价从一个卫星国里巧取豪夺各种商品。 —————————————— kingdom 王国 kingdom n. 王国；界；领域 n. (Kingdom)人名；(英)金德姆 Do you want half of my kingdom? 你想要我的半个国家吗？ The Kingdom of Lesotho is completely bounded by South Africa. 莱索托王国四周都与南非接壤。 The model was carved during the New Kingdom Period but we do not know who it is or why it was made because there are no hieroglyphics on it. 这尊模特是在埃及新王国时期雕刻的，但是我们不知道它是谁，也不知道为什么要制作它，因为它上面没有象形文字可参考。 —————————————— fabric 织物 fabric n. 织物；布；组织；构造；建筑物 The jacket is comfortable because the fabric breathes. 这件短上衣穿着很舒适，因为这种织物透气。 Others might disagree with choosing this fabric, but I’m surprised at how well it has held up. 有些人可能不认同选择这种织物，但是我对它的耐磨能力感到非常惊喜。 This was before the industrial revolution and so without all that spinning there would have been no fabric. 这种状况发生在工业革命之前，因此，没有诸如此类的纺纱，就不会有织物。 —————————————— unique 独特的 unique adj. 独特的，稀罕的；[数] 唯一的，独一无二的 n. 独一无二的人或物 n. (Unique)人名；(英)尤妮克 We all have unique skills and gifts. 我们都拥有独特的技能和天赋。 I think that unique experience and perspective compelled them to do what they did. And it inspires all of us to do it. 我认为是那种独特的经历和景象推动着他们做出了他们所做的事情,并且激励着我们所有的人也去那么做。 In some ways, each of us is like every person on earth; in some ways, each of us is like the members of our culture and group; and, in some ways, each of us is unique. 在某些方面，我们每个人都像地球上的所有人；在某些方面，我们每个人都像我们文化与群体中的成员；还有，在某些方面，我们每个人都是独一无二的。 —————————————— utter 彻底的 utter vt. 发出，表达；发射 adj. 完全的；彻底的；无条件的 n. (Utter)人名；(德、芬)乌特 But this is utter nonsense. 但是这是完全的废话。 When he called on my birthday, I knew he was in utter despair, trying to figure out what life he could possibly have without flying. 当他在我生日那天打给我的时候，我知道他已经彻底绝望，正试图弄清楚自己不能飞行后能过什么样的生活。 Thus, if someone were to utter the sentence "I am simply a body stuck in a pod somewhere being fed sensory information by a computer" that sentence would itself be necessarily false. 因此，如果有人要说出“我只是一具被困在壳中，接收着电脑传输的感官信息的人体”这样一句话，那这句话本身就必然是错误的。 —————————————— cake 蛋糕 cake n. 蛋糕；块状物；利益总额 vt. 使结块 vi. 结成块状 n. (Cake)人名；(英)凯克；(塞)察凯 She scorched the cake. 她把蛋糕烤焦了。 He tasted of the cake. 他吃了几口蛋糕。 There was only one piece of cake, but we cut it in two. 只有一块蛋糕， 但我们把它切成两半儿。 —————————————— erect 勃起的 erect vt. 使竖立；建造；安装 adj. 竖立的；笔直的；因性刺激而勃起的 vi. 直立；勃起 They plan to erect an apartment house on that property. 他们计划在那片地产上建造一座公寓楼。 A person might buy a building and adjoining land , and either erect another building on the spare land or sell the land for a profit . 某人买房的同时可以买下与其相连的空地，也可以在空地上建造另一栋楼房，当然也可以卖掉这块地。 The plan is to erect a seven floor residential building that includes an art gallery. 计划是建造一座七层楼的可供居住的建筑，其中包括一道艺术走廊。 —————————————— thermometer 温度计 thermometer n. 温度计；体温计 The thermometer marked 70℉. 温度计上是华氏70度。 This thermometer is calibrated by centigrade. 这种温度计是用摄氏百分度标定的。 Which brings us back, most likely, to odd rounding behavior within the thermometer instrument. 很可能这让我们想到 温度计仪器内部的不正常的舍入行为。 —————————————— compose 组成 compose vt. 构成；写作；使平静；排…的版 vi. 组成；作曲；排字 England, Scotland and Wales compose the island of Great Britain. 英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士组成大不列颠岛国。 Compose a dashboard based on combinations of widgets from step 2. 根据步骤 2 的小部件组合构建一个仪表板。 Collectively, they define a number of services that compose the service architecture. 它们一起定义组成服务体系结构的一系列服务。 —————————————— fairly 相当 fairly adv. 相当地；公平地；简直 n. (Fairly)人名；(英)费尔利 The arrangements, if not ideal, are fairly satisfactory. 安排虽不算理想， 但也相当满意。 In spite of the fog the crew can distinguish the coastline fairly well. 虽然有雾， 船员们仍能相当清楚地识别出那是岸线。 Statistical analysis is a means of arriving at a fairly reliable forecast. 统计分析是一种相当可靠的预测方法。 —————————————— textile 纺织 textile n. 纺织品，织物 adj. 纺织的 All the textile prices have been marked down. 所有的纺织品都减价了。 In fact, some of these textile innovations are appearing on the catwalk. 事实上，有些纺织品创新正在登上时装表演的舞台。 From Cambodia to Lesotho, job losses in export-oriented textile factories will affect women, who account for up to 75 per cent of the workforce in those sectors. 从柬埔寨到莱索托，出口导向型纺织工厂中的失业现象将打击妇女，她们在这个行业中占据75%以上的劳动力分额。 —————————————— musical 音乐 musical adj. 音乐的；悦耳的 n. 音乐片 The musical evening bubbled with songs and dances. 音乐晚会上有许多轻快的歌舞表演。 The musical evening was voted a huge success by everyone. 人人都认为这次音乐晚会是一次巨大的成功。 He also emphasized that the nominees would not be subdivided, as with the Golden Globes, which are awarded for best drama as well as best comedy or musical. 他同样也强调，提名影片不会像金球奖那样再被细分归类，比如颁发最佳剧情影片，最佳喜剧影片或是最佳音乐剧影片。 —————————————— skillful 熟练的 skillful adj. 熟练的；巧妙的 With a skillful movement he rounded the small fishing-boat. 他以灵巧的动作使小渔船调过头来。 I like making things by hand because my mother is very skillful, and I liked staying with her when I was young. 我喜欢亲手作一些东西，这是因为我母亲的手非常巧，而且我小的时候喜欢同她在一起。 Nothing compels the emotions of readers more than an account, in skillful literary hands, of a harrowing childhood. 没有什么能比以娴熟的文学手法来记述一个悲惨童年更能唤起读者的共鸣。 —————————————— cooperative 合作 cooperative adj. 合作的；合作社的 n. 合作社 The cooperative law indeed brought the shadow economy out into the open. 合作社法确实把影子经济引向到了公开的层面。 Cooperative communication between page and module would be available only through specific interfaces. 页面和模块间的合作通信只能通过特定的接口来进行。 Then one dictator seized it, then another and so on, until a civilian government handed control to a worker cooperative a few decades ago. 之后，一个独裁者强占了种植园，然后就一波接一波，直到数十年前民选政府才把它交予工人合作社。 —————————————— dine 吃饭 dine vi. 进餐，用餐 vt. 宴请 n. (Dine)人名；(意、葡)迪内；(英)戴恩；(法)迪纳 Fish may dine underwater, but they still need to remember their manners at mealtime. 鱼可以在水下用餐，不过它们也需要记住就餐时的举止。 A central, terraced veranda welcomes guests to relax, dine or swim in the salt water pool at its base. 住客可以在一个位于中央的梯形阳台放松，用餐，也可以在下面的盐水池游泳。 I am invited to lunch with supermarket PRs, to dine in restaurants for free and sometimes to try out beauty serums, or, as I call them, slimes. 我被邀请同超级市场公关们一起午餐，免费在餐馆吃饭，偶尔试试美容精华，或者当我联系他们后，为我涂抹深海泥。 —————————————— odor 气味 odor n. 气味；名声 n. (Odor)人名；(匈)欧多尔 I smelled the odor of money. 我闻到了一股铜臭气。 Pewter has an odor. 锡器有一股臭气。 This bat is noted for its weird “hairdo”, and for the strange odor males use to attract females during courtship. 这种蝙蝠以其怪异的“发型”以及求偶期雄性为了吸引雌性所使用的奇怪气味而著称。 —————————————— ice-cream 冰淇淋 ice-cream adj. 冰淇淋的；乳白色的 n. 冰淇淋 I treated her to an ice-cream. 我请她吃了一个冰淇淋。 She teased me for ice-cream. 她吵着要我买冰淇淋。 If you really want something else in terms of dessert, why not have a spoon of ice-cream with your fruit? 如果你真想要在甜品方面弄点别的花样，为什么不在你的水果上放上一勺冰淇淋呢？ —————————————— cook 库克 cook vt. 烹调，煮 vi. 烹调，做菜 n. 厨师，厨子 n. (Cook)人名；(英、印)库克 Everyone should learn to cook. 人人都应该学会做饭。 They dismissed the cook. 他们把厨师解雇了。 The onions made the cook's eyes water. 洋葱头刺激得厨师两眼流泪。 —————————————— restore 恢复 restore vt. 恢复；修复；归还 vi. 恢复；还原 The sea air will help to restore his health. 海洋的空气将有助于恢复他的健康。 Once soils are puddled badly, it may require several seasons to restore. 一旦土壤板结粘闭，可能要几个季节才能得以恢复。 Unlike complete recovery, you have to restore all data files, instead of only the selected data files to be recovered. 与完全备份不一样，您必须恢复所有数据文件，而不只是要恢复选定的数据文件。 —————————————— practicable 可行的 practicable adj. 可用的；行得通的；可实行的 Please weigh the above points and see if they are practicable. 以上几点意见是否可行， 请酌定。 We must work out a practicable plan for resuscitating our country. 我们必须制定一项切实可行的计划以使我们的国家复兴起来。 They will likewise aid and encourage all other practicable measures, which will lighten for peace-loving peoples the crushing burden of armaments. 同样，他们会协助和鼓励一切其它可行的措施，来减轻爱好和平的人民在军备上的沉重负担。 —————————————— accomplish 完成 accomplish vt. 完成；实现；达到 It'll require indomitable will to accomplish the task. 完成这项工作需要百折不回的毅力。 It has never been her boast that she alone could accomplish the work. 她从没有夸口说只有她能完成那项工作。 To accomplish his own end, he placed collective interests in the back of his mind. 为了达到个人目的， 他把集体利益置之脑后。 —————————————— extent 程度上 extent n. 程度；范围；长度 Things are not yet carried to that extent. 事情还没有发展到那种程度。 When the smoke blew away, we could see the extent of the damage. 浓烟消散后， 我们就能看清破坏的程度了。 The extent of human cooperation is unique, but not cooperation itself. 人类的合作程度，而非合作本身，是独一无二的。 —————————————— embarrass 难堪 embarrass vt. 使局促不安；使困窘；阻碍 The motion was advanced in order to embarrass the progress of the bill. 为了阻碍提案的通过，动议被提出了。 Your partner could make you angry if they steal your thunder or embarrass you in front of others. 你的搭档可能会抢先做了你想做的事，或在别人面前令你难堪，你会因此而愤怒。 Last week I told you we were going to have our first pass at deciding which products embarrass us as a company. 上个星期我告诉各位我们将对产品进行第一轮筛查，看看到底是哪些产品阻碍了公司发展。 —————————————— unconscious 无意识的 unconscious adj. 无意识的；失去知觉的；不省人事的；未发觉的 He came in,horsing an unconscious girl. 他走了进来，背上背着一个昏迷过去的女孩。 She was unconscious but her heart was still beating. 她已经不省人事， 但脉搏还在跳。 The singer's eyes glazed over and she fell back unconscious. 女歌手的眼睛变得呆滞无神，接着身体便往后倒下不省人事。 —————————————— avert 避免 avert vt. 避免，防止；转移 But these measures may not be sufficient to avert disaster. 但这些措施并不足以避免灾难的发生。 He apologized to avert trouble. 他道歉以避免麻烦。 The only way to avert more serious problems is a new wave of reform. 想要避免更为严重的问题，惟一的办法是进行新一轮改革。 —————————————— biography 传记 biography n. 传记；档案；个人简介 This book is a carefully documented biography. 这是一本文献佐证翔实可靠的传记。 After reading a biography of Lincoln he was able to tell many stories about the President. 他读了林肯的传记后， 能讲出许多关于这位总统的故事。 White granted access to his papers on condition that he be allowed to read and comment upon the biography in progress. 怀特允许埃里奇查阅他的私人资料，条件是他可以在传记写作过程中，随时阅读并评论。 —————————————— somebody 有人 somebody n. 大人物；重要人物 pron. 有人；某人 I heard somebody skirling. 我听见有人尖声高叫。 I can hear somebody moving about upstairs. 我听见楼上有人来回走动。 Relations with somebody were still in deep freeze. 同某人的关系仍然极度冷淡。 —————————————— real 真正的 real adj. 实际的；真实的；实在的 adv. 真正地；确实地 n. 现实；实数 n. (Real)人名；(德、西、葡、法)雷亚尔；(英)里尔 We should read books of real worth. 我们应阅读真正有价值的书籍。 The soldier acted like a real hero. 那个士兵的举动像一个真正的英雄。 A common person would not suppress his real name. 一个平常人是不会隐瞒他的真实姓名的。 —————————————— herd 群 herd n. 兽群，畜群；放牧人 vi. 成群，聚在一起 vt. 放牧；使成群 n. (Herd)人名；(英、芬)赫德 Wild geese herd to the south in autumn every year. 每年秋天大雁都成群结队地飞往南方。 "The Gift of Pachamama" is about a little boy in Bolivia. He travels with his father and a herd of llamas to trade salt. 《巴佳妈妈的礼物》是关于一个玻利维亚小男孩的故事，他和自己的父亲一起赶着一群骆驼外出贩盐。 To make a goal of comfort and happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle. 对我来说，以舒适和享乐为目标的生活从来没有吸引力。 以这些目标为基础建立起来的一套伦理观点只能满足一群牲畜的需要。 —————————————— recur 复发 recur vi. 复发；重现；采用；再来；循环；递归 Once the drugs are stopped, however, symptoms typically recur. 但是一旦停止用药，症状就会复发。 Episodes of mania and depression typically recur across the life span. 阶段性的躁狂和抑郁通常在一生中反复发作。 Researchers from the University of Oxford announced on Thursday that they have developed the first genetic test for predicting the likelihood that a patient's colon cancer will recur. 牛津大学的研究人员周四声称他们已经开发出第一种基因检测疗法，可以用来预测结肠癌患者复发的概率。 —————————————— wit 智慧 wit n. 智慧；才智；智力 n. (Wit)人名；(泰)威；(英、德、波)威特 v. <古>知道；即 They wonder at the boy's wit. 他们对男孩的机智感到惊讶。 Mary's gaiety and wit have enchanted us all. 玛丽的(服饰)华丽和风趣令我们大家着迷。 Ladies and gentlemen paraded their fine manners, wit, and charm. 女士们和绅士们卖弄他们的美妙姿态、才智和魅力。 —————————————— postpone 推迟 postpone vt. 使…延期；把…放在次要地位；把…放在后面 vi. 延缓，延迟；延缓发作 Lacking money, they had to postpone their plan. 没有钱，他们只得推迟计划。 If [a needed feature] is a few months out, you can postpone your procurement to the next generation. “如果需要的特性已经过时几个月了，你可以把你的购买推迟到下一代产品”。 Achieving a higher level of abstraction requires that you be able to postpone specification of lower level detail without sacrificing consistency. 达到更高的抽象层次要求您能够在不牺牲一致性的情况下推迟较低层次的细节的规范。 —————————————— explanation 解释 explanation n. 说明，解释；辩解 These records afford no explanation. 这些记录找不出任何解释。 I cut him short in the middle of his explanation. 他正在解释中，我打断了他的话。 He lulled people into acceptance of his explanation. 他骗使人们接受他的解释。 —————————————— vicious 恶性 vicious adj. 恶毒的；恶意的；堕落的；有错误的；品性不端的；剧烈的 n. (Vicious)人名；(英)维舍斯 And so the vicious cycle begins. 就这样，恶性循环又开始了。 The world was stunned by the vicious defamation. 这种恶意诽谤令世界震惊。 These vicious acts have cut us all to the core, for they are an attack on humanity itself. 这些恶毒的行为把我们所有人都放到了核心处，因为那其实是对人权的攻击。 —————————————— reason 原因 reason n. 理由；理性；动机 vi. 推论；劝说 vt. 说服；推论；辩论 n. (Reason)人名；(英)里森 Tell me the reason,pray. 请把理由告诉我吧。 She was expatriated for some political reason. 她因某种政治原因而被流放国外。 The reason for his strange behaviour flashed on me when I meet his mother. 我见到他母亲时，对他的古怪行为原因突然明白了。 —————————————— barrel 桶 barrel vt. 把……装入桶内 n. 桶；枪管，炮管 vi. 快速移动 n. (Barrel)人名；(法、意)巴雷尔 The barrel began to spring a leak. 那个木桶开始破裂泄漏了。 They planned to barrel the beer next Monday. 他们打算下星期一把啤酒装桶。 This barrel can store 40 gallons of red wine. 该桶可装40加仑红葡萄酒。 —————————————— arithmetic 算术 arithmetic n. 算术，算法 He is good at arithmetic. 他擅长算术。 He failed in arithmetic. 他算术没有及格。 That school puts particular emphasis on arithmetic and reading. 那所学校侧重算术和阅读。 —————————————— beast 野兽 beast n. 野兽；畜生，人面兽心的人 The beast in him came up. 他兽性大发。 The young leopard separated from its mother would be eaten by other beast. 与母亲离散的幼豹很可能被其他的野兽吃掉。 See this one, can you recognize the lady having cosmetic surgery is Belle in Beauty and the Beast? 看看这幅，你能认出这个正在进行整容手术的女人就是美女与野兽中的美女吗？ —————————————— gross 总值 gross adj. 总共的；粗野的；恶劣的；显而易见的 vt. 总共收入 n. 总额，总数 n. (Gross)人名；(英、法、德、意、葡、西、俄、芬、罗、捷、匈)格罗斯 The president said that the gross national product had declined by a big margin. 总统说国民生产总值已大幅度下降。 But about half of the gross debt in Japan consists of debts that one government agency owes to another, debts that in fact cancel each other out. 不过在日本，总负债中的大约一半左右由政府机构之间的负债组成，这些债务实际上会彼此抵消。 While the rate of growth in the use of energy declines as an economy matures, no country has yet managed to reduce energy use while raising gross domestic product. 虽然能源消耗的低增长是经济体系成熟的表现，还没有国家能做到在提高国内生产总值的同时减少能源的使用。 —————————————— intensive 密集的 intensive adj. 加强的；集中的；透彻的；加强语气的 n. 加强器 There we received several weeks of intensive training. 在那里我们受了几星期的集中训练。 After digging deeper into this issue, we found that this is a data intensive activity, the data is not in the cache, and results in a high paging rate. 对此问题进行深入分析后，我们发现这属于数据密集型行为，由于数据不在缓存内，因此造成较高的内存分页率。 Despite intensive investigations extending over several years, research has failed to find an animal reservoir of the virus or determine where it hides in nature between outbreaks. 尽管延续几年的强化调查，但是研究未能发现该病毒的动物储主或确定两次暴发之间它隐藏在自然界的何处。 —————————————— stress 压力 stress n. 压力；强调；紧张；重要性；重读 vt. 强调；使紧张；加压力于；用重音读 n. (Stress)人名；(意)斯特雷斯 The silver was deformed under stress. 银在压力作用下变了形。 While in the past we stressed aid, now we stress economic cooperation. 我们过去侧重提供援助， 现在强调经济合作。 While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. 当然，每个人都想给自己挑到那个最好的，这很正常，但这也正是你们的问题和压力根源之所在。 —————————————— whisper 耳语 whisper n. 私语；谣传；飒飒的声音 vi. 耳语；密谈；飒飒地响 vt. 低声说出 The whisper of the scythe then. 这就是镰刀的低语。 Death, my death, come and whisper to me! 死亡，我的死亡，来向我低声细语罢！ It fell upon my heart like a sigh of her body and whisper of her heart. 它落在我的心上，像她的身躯的叹息和她心灵的低语。 —————————————— worst 最糟糕的 worst adj. 最差的，最坏的；最不利的；效能最低的 n. 最坏；最坏的时候 adv. 最坏地；最不利地 n. (Worst)人名；(英、德)沃斯特 Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. [谚语]寄予乐观的希望，作最坏的准备。 Be the best programmer on some projects; be the worst on some others. 在一些项目中成为最好的程序员；在一些中则充当最差的一个。 I had to stay two days in Lincoln International Airport by the worst storm in years. 由于一场多年罕见的、极其严重的暴风雪，我被迫在林肯国际机场停留了两天。 —————————————— otherwise 否则 otherwise adv. 否则；另外；在其他方面 adj. 另外的；其他方面的；原本，本来 conj. 其他；如果不；然后 I think he intends otherwise. 我认为他另有打算。 Otherwise, my shop will sell out. 不然，我就把我的商店出盘。 We must achieve modernization of science and technology, otherwise we will lag behind other nations. 我们必须实现科学技术现代化，否则我们要落后于其他国家。 —————————————— ego 自我 ego n. 自我；自负；自我意识 n. (Ego)人名；(日)依怙 (姓)；(法)埃戈 Everything you do involves your ego. 你做的每件事都涉及你的自我。 I suspect that we live not in an age of science and empiricism, but rather in an age of ego. 我因此而怀疑我们并非生活在科学与经验的时代，而是生活在自我的时代。 By accepting such a gesture, he only proved that his ego is at least the size of his statue. 他接受这样一个姿势，唯一表明的就是，他的自我意识至少跟那座雕像一样巨大。 —————————————— extinct 已经灭绝的 extinct adj. 灭绝的，绝种的；熄灭的 vt. 使熄灭 These animals have a distinct instinct of protecting themselves from being extinct. 这些动物有一种明显的本能,能保护自己不灭绝. Most of those embedded viruses are now extinct, but in 2005 French researchers applied for permission to resurrect one of them. 嵌入病毒的大多数已经灭绝，但2005年法国的研究人员申请许可去复活其中的一种。 The authors argue the version of the disease that caused the medieval plague is likely extinct, but suggest that further study could reveal how it may have evolved into a less virulent strain. 作者们称引起中世纪瘟疫的品种可能已经灭绝了，但是他们认为进一步的研究可以揭示它是如何进化到一种没那么致命的类型。 —————————————— format 格式 format n. 格式；版式；开本 vt. 使格式化；规定…的格式 vi. 设计版式 I really like the format. 我真的喜欢那样的版式。 The format of the figure is very tasteful. 该图表的格式很雅致。 The designer dummied up the book so that they could study the format. 设计师设计制作了空白样本，这样他们便能研究开本(或版式)。 —————————————— identity 身份 identity n. 身份；同一性，一致；特性；恒等式 His real identity was surprised by me. 我无意间发现了他的真实身份。 What is my identity? 我的身份是什么？ Passports are frequently serviceable in proving the identity of the traveller. 护照往往可用来证明旅行者的身份。 —————————————— reckon 估计 reckon vt. 测算，估计；认为；计算 vi. 估计；计算；猜想，料想 Did you reckon in the cost of the taxi? 你把坐计程车的费用计算在内了吗? We reckon him to be the best goalkeeper in the world. 我们认为他是世界上最好的足球守门员。 On no account should they reckon examination as the only means of stimulating pupils to pursue knowledge. 他们无论如何也不能把考试认为是激励学生学习知识的惟一手段。 —————————————— shaft 轴 shaft n. 拍杆；[机] 轴；箭杆；杆状物 vt. 利用；在……上装杆 The lathe turns off a shaft in just one minute. 车床仅在一分钟内就可车出一根轴。 Miners must drop metal tokens bearing their identification numbers into a wooden box decorated with the colors of the Hungarian flag before gathering in a wooden elevator to take them into the shaft. 在集中于木制的电梯进入传动轴之前，矿工们必须将包含他们身份证号码的金属令牌投到一个装饰着匈牙利国旗的木箱子里。 The aircraft’s shaft-driven lift fan propulsion system produced more vertical thrust than needed to meet performance requirements. 经测试，飞机的轴驱动升力风扇推进系统可产生超过性能需求的垂直推力比。 —————————————— cinema 电影 cinema n. 电影；电影院；电影业，电影制作术 n. (Cinema)人名；(意)奇内马 The Browns went to the cinema yesterday. 布朗一家人昨天去看电影了。 Blue cinema corrupts the souls of people. 黄色电影腐蚀人们的灵魂。 She frittered away her time in going to the cinema instead of studying. 她不把时间花在学习上，而是浪费在看电影上了。 —————————————— library 图书馆 library n. 图书馆，藏书室；文库 I tumbled upon an interesting book in the library. 我在图书馆偶然发现了一本有趣的书。 They commissioned an architect to design the new library. 他们委托一位建筑师设计这座新图书馆。 They urged that the library be kept open during the vacation. 他们极力主张在放假期间图书馆应当照常开放。 —————————————— treasure 宝 treasure n. 财富，财产；财宝；珍品 vt. 珍爱；珍藏 n. (Treasure)人名；(英)特雷热 He often rakes around the market for some art treasure. 他经常在市场上到处寻找艺术珍品。 I was completely baffled in my search for hidden treasure. 我寻找隐藏的财宝的努力完全失败了。 During the Second World War my hometown was ravished, and all its treasure robbed. 第二次世界大战期间，我的家乡惨遭蹂躏，所有金银财宝均被劫掠一空。 —————————————— height 高度 height n. 高地；高度；身高；顶点 These trees attain to remarkable height. 这些树木长到异常的高度。 His height distinguishes him from the other boys. 他的身高使他有别于其他男孩。 Jane was the only one who fulfilled all the conditions; she was of the required age, height and colour. 简是惟一满足所有条件的人，她具备所要求的年龄、身高和肤色。 —————————————— origin 起源 origin n. 起源；原点；出身；开端 The Origin of Species; 物种起源 Darwin generalized from many facts to reach his idea about the origin of man. 达尔文对许多事实进行了归纳，从而得出了他对人类起源的想法。 We do not differentiate between our workers on the basis of their background or ethnic origin. 我们不以工人们的背景或种族来源区别对待他们。 —————————————— unless 除非 unless conj. 除非，如果不 prep. 除…之外 The company won't keep going unless we can get some loan. 除非我们能搞到贷款，否则公司就维持不下去了。 You can soon get out of practice unless you play the piano regularly. 除非你能经常练习钢琴，不然你会很快感到生疏。 How can you expect to win confidence of the people unless you come to them with clean hands. 你如何能赢得人民的信任， 除非你以廉洁之身和他们打交道。 —————————————— rebellion 叛乱 rebellion n. 叛乱；反抗；谋反；不服从 At last the rebellion was crushed down. 叛乱最终被镇压下去。 They sowed rebellion broadcast in our army. 他们在我们的部队中煽动叛乱。 The armed rebellion was quelled only in a few days. 几天之内武装叛乱就被镇压下去了。 —————————————— subsequent 后续 subsequent adj. 后来的，随后的 If any node in the cluster fails, subsequent requests can be processed by any other node in the cluster. 如果集群中有任何节点失败，后续请求便可由集群中的任何其他节点进行处理。 Neither the event producer nor the event itself participates in the determination of any subsequent execution processing. 事件的创建者和事件本身都不会参与到随后的任何执行处理决定中。 However, if the program code is out of the official kernel then it is incumbent on its developer to invest time and effort re-applying their changes to each subsequent kernel release. 可是，如果程序代码是在官方内核之外，那么，开发者投入时间和精力把他们的变化重新运用于后来的每个内核发行版是义不容辞的。 —————————————— regulate 调节 regulate vt. 调节，规定；控制；校准；有系统的管理 By that analogy, we ought to regulate it. 以此类推，我们应当控制它的使用。 We must try our best to regulate our expenditure. 我们必须尽力控制开支。 Not only do they provide goods and livelihoods but they also protect soils, regulate water and absorb carbon. 它们不仅提供商品和生计，而且还保护土壤，调节水分和吸收二氧化碳。 —————————————— cage 笼子里 cage n. 笼，兽笼；牢房，监狱 vt. 把…关进笼子；把…囚禁起来 n. (Cage)人名；(法)卡热；(英)凯奇 Nightingales will not sing in a cage. 关在笼里的夜莺唱不出歌来。 The lion lashed its tail angrily in the cage. 狮子在笼子里愤怒地甩着尾巴。 In the zoo we saw many monkeys running round in the cage. 我们在动物园里看见许多猴子在笼子里跑来跑去。 —————————————— lid 盖子 lid n. 盖子；眼睑；限制 vt. 给…盖盖子 n. (Lid)人名；(捷、挪)利德 She pressed down the lid. 她把盖子按了下去。 She tied the lid down. 她把盖子拴紧了。 He slowly opened the lid that hinged to the box. 他慢慢地打开了用合页接合的箱子盖。 —————————————— broadcast 广播 broadcast vt. 播送，播放；（无线电或电视）广播；播撒（种子） vi. 广播，播送；播放 n. 广播；播音；广播节目 adj. 广播的 She dialled into the opera broadcast. 她调到歌剧广播节目。 She broadcast the good news to all her friends. 她向所有朋友广为传播这则好消息。 The music faded down and a special news broadcast began. 乐曲的音量减弱了， 专题新闻广播开始了。 —————————————— physiological 生理 physiological adj. 生理学的，生理的 If so, this would add to a growing list of physiological and biological markers of sexual orientation. 如果是这样，这可能会给生理和生物学上的性取向标记增加一长串名单。 Their study clearly illustrates the importance of how you interpret your physiological states, which themselves form an important component of your emotions. 他们的研究明确地阐述了你如何干预你的生理情况，这些源自你情绪中的一个重要部分。 How do you respond to skeptics who say there must be some biological or physiological basis for that kind of experience, which you say in the book is medically inexplicable? 对那些无神论者关于濒死体验应该有些生物学的或生理学的基础的说法你如何回应，你在书中说这种体验是医学上无法解释的？ —————————————— curse 诅咒 curse n. 诅咒；咒骂 vt. 诅咒；咒骂 vi. 诅咒；咒骂 As I say: Bless him, or curse him. 正如我所说：感激他，还是诅咒他。 The old man ripped out with a curse. 这位老人气愤地咒骂起来。 Jack emitted a curse. 杰克诅咒了一声。 —————————————— picnic 野餐 picnic n. 野餐 vi. 去野餐 To picnic is to eat a meal out of doors. 野餐式地用餐就是在户外吃饭。 Only bad weather can disturb our plans for the picnic. 只有坏天气才会打乱我们的野餐计划。 They tried to legislate for every possibility when they were thinking of the picnic. 当他们在想郊游野餐时，他们尽量预计到各种可能性。 —————————————— naval 海军 naval adj. 海军的；军舰的 n. (Naval)人名；(西、德、印)纳瓦尔 The harbour is an important naval base. 该港是一个重要的海军基地。 America lend-leased many naval crafts allied countries during the World War Ⅱ. 二战时，美国根据租借法案向盟国提供了许多海军舰只。 This is what scientists at the Naval Research Lab were going for in trying to design a robot that can interact well with a human. 这就是海军研究实验室的科学家们正在努力尝试设计的机器人，这款机器人可以很好的与人类进行互动。 —————————————— curious 好奇的 curious adj. 好奇的，有求知欲的；古怪的；爱挑剔的 He collected a quantity of curious information. 他搜集了大量稀奇古怪的消息。 But no one seems to know how they died, what they are doing here, or why they are on show to curious visitors. 但是看来没有人知道他们是怎样死的，在这儿干什么，或者说为什么要在这里展示给好奇的游客看。 I study nature because I am curious, like all of us. 我研究自然现象是因为我像大家一样有好奇心。 —————————————— custom 自定义 custom n. 习惯，惯例；风俗；海关，关税；经常光顾；[总称]（经常性的）顾客 adj. （衣服等）定做的，定制的 That custom has fallen off. 那个风俗已经废弃了。 The custom has been held on nowadays. 这个习俗一直流传到现在。 The new collections of custom furs around town reveal plenty of folderol, but there are practical things too. 市上大批新的定做的皮衣中有许多是华而不实的， 但也有一些实用的东西。 —————————————— queue 队列 queue n. 队列；长队；辫子 vi. 排队；排队等候 vt. 将…梳成辫子；使…排队 Her hair was pleated in a queue. 她的头发编成了一条辫子。 It fetches the message without deleting it from the queue. 它取得消息，但是不会将消息从队列中删除。 You simply create a queue, then drop and retrieve messages on it. 您仅需创建一个队列，然后在其上删除和检索消息。 —————————————— fort 堡 fort n. 堡垒；要塞；（美）边界贸易站 vt. 设要塞保卫 vi. 构筑要塞 n. (Fort)人名；(法)福尔；(德、英、西、葡、匈)福特 The fort flanked on a swamp. 堡垒侧面靠着沼泽。 Enemy fire battered the walls of the fort. 敌人炮火轰击城堡的围墙。 The Fifth Armoured Division was based at Fort Knox. 第五装甲师驻扎在诺克斯要塞。 —————————————— mislead 误导 mislead vt. 误导；带错 Now I have just realized I mislead you in something. 我现在意识到我有点误导你们了。 But they also mislead us on the methods and techniques. 同时也在方法和技巧上误导我们。 Exaggeration and bluffing are two other types of lies and are methods adopted by people to impress or mislead others. 夸张和吹牛是另外两种谎言类型，人们用这个方法来加深别人的印象或是误导别人。 —————————————— renew 更新 renew vt. 使更新；续借；续费；复兴；重申 vi. 更新；重新开始 This is the moment when we must renew the goal of a world without nuclear weapons. 在这个关键时刻，我们必须重申建立一个没有核武器的世界的目标。 Many of us take it as an opportunity to set goals, contemplate decisions, and renew commitments. 我们中的许多人把这作为制定目标，审视决策和更新委托的机会。 Some customers choose to upgrade or renew their entire infrastructure at once, while others prefer to stagger upgrades. 有些客户可能选择立即升级或更新其整个基础结构，而有些可能选择交错升级。 —————————————— plough 犁 plough vt. 犁；耕 vi. 用犁耕田；开路 n. 犁；耕地（等于plow） n. (Plough)人名；(英)普劳 When we arrive, we see a motorized plough sitting in a sea of weeds. 我们到达的时候，看到一个电动犁躺在一堆杂草中间。 The water buffalo squelched up and down the paddy fields, pulling the plough. 水牛拉着犁， 在稻田里咕唧咕唧地走着。 After that you can start again on mathematics, until is it is time to learn to plough. 这之后你可以再开始学习数学，直到该是学习耕地的时候了。 —————————————— tray 托盘 tray n. 托盘；文件盒；隔底匣；（无线电的）发射箱 This latest device will antiquate the ice-cube tray. 这个最新的器件使小方冰块盘变成废物。 He pushed the tray aside—something to deal with later—and headed down the hall, toward the music. 他将托盘推到一旁——这些留待稍后处理——然后朝着门厅走去，走向音乐传来的地方。 He also found an ancient tray for baking pita bread, along with hundreds of bones from cattle, goats, sheep, and fish—but no pig bones. 他还找到一块用于烘焙圆面饼的古代托盘，同时出土的还有数百段来自于牛、羊以及鱼类的骨头——但没有猪骨。 —————————————— centimetre 厘米 centimetre n. 厘米；公分 Then they chose one gram for weighing water in a cubic centimetre. 然后他们将一立方厘米的水的重量定为一克。 Billions penetrate every square centimetre of the Earth’s surface every second without so much as a quiver. This makes them rather hard to detect. 在每秒钟时间里，会有数十亿中微子穿过每平方厘米地球表面，而不会引起任何震动，这令它们很难被发现。 However, he added, at this speed they will be generating more heat per cubic centimetre than a nuclear reactor. 但是，他又补充，在这种速度下每立方厘米产生的热将超过核反应堆。 —————————————— question 问题 question n. 问题，疑问；询问；疑问句 vt. 询问；怀疑；审问 vi. 询问；怀疑；审问 He deliberated with them over that question. 他和他们商量了那个问题。 After answering his question,she asked back. 回答他的问题之后，她反问他。 Do you realize the importance of this question? 你意识到这个问题的重要性吗? —————————————— retain 保留 retain vt. 保持；雇；记住 His speech could not retain the interest of his audience. 他的讲话不能保持住听众的兴趣。 To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making. 为了保留香肠和法律的尊严，不能让人们看到它们的制作过程。 By taking these steps you retain your sense of dignity and worth as well as prepare for success in your future work. 通过采取这些步骤，你保持了自己的尊严感和价值感，也为未来工作的成功做了充分的准备。 —————————————— restrain 抑制 restrain vt. 抑制，控制；约束；制止 She was so angry that she could hardly restrain herself. 她气得几乎控制不了自己。 "I mobilised my supporters and I can restrain them, " he said. “是我动员起来的支持者，我也能控制住他们，”他说道。 Individuals restrain themselves all the time; why can't we do it collectively? 每个人都在时时约束自己，为什么我们不能集体约束自己？ —————————————— underestimate 低估 underestimate vt. 低估；看轻 n. 低估 One should not underestimate the investment this model requires. 不要低估这种方式需要投入的成本。 If it helps, most of the time we underestimate the time we need. 如果它奏效了，大多数的时间我们低估了我们需要的时间。 We must never underestimate the power of these achievements. 我们决不能低估这些成就的影响。 —————————————— repel 排斥 repel vt. 击退；抵制；使厌恶；使不愉快 Two like electric charges repel each other. 同性的电荷互相排斥。 Trying to push two atoms closer when they want to repel is like holding magnets together when they're oriented the wrong way. 想要把两个本来排斥的原子推的更近是不行的，这就像把两块磁石沿着错误的方向靠近一样。 This would have brought the largely lawless areas near Afghanistan into mainstream society or helped them see it as in their interest to repel militants. 本来这些会有助于阿富汗附近基本上无法无天的地区融入主流社会，或者帮助他们发现抵制武装分子是符合他们的利益的。 —————————————— bone 骨 bone n. 骨；骨骼 vt. 剔去...的骨；施骨肥于 vi. 苦学；专心致志 n. (Bone)人名；(英)博恩；(法、西、罗、塞)博内；(老)奔 The dogs were fighting over a bone. 那些狗为了一块骨头而争斗。 The dog sniffed at the bone then went away. 那条狗闻了闻那块骨头，然后走开了。 The doctor dislodged the fish bone from his throat. 大夫从他喉咙里取出了鱼骨头。 —————————————— lovely 可爱的 lovely adj. 可爱的；令人愉快的；爱恋的；秀丽的，优美的 n. 美女；可爱的东西 I like that lovely doll. 我喜欢那只可爱的娃娃。 We printed all of our poems in this lovely book. 我们把自己的诗都印在了这本可爱的书上。 In this post we will show you how to make a lovely flower ring step by step. 在这个帖子里，我们会一步一步地告诉你如何做一枚可爱的花朵戒指。 —————————————— surrender 投降 surrender vt. 使投降；放弃；交出；听任 vi. 投降；屈服；自首 n. 投降；放弃；交出；屈服 They have agreed on the terms of surrender. 他们就投降条件达成了协议。 Couldn't you surrender under such pressure? 在施加这种压力下，你能不屈服吗? He taught me not to surrender. 他教会我不要屈服。 —————————————— pastime 消遣 pastime n. 娱乐，消遣 Chimps do yawn, and they, like us, respond in kind when shown a computerised avatar indulging in the pastime. 黑猩猩也打哈欠，它们和我们一样，也像看到沉迷于娱乐中的电脑化身时的反应。 It may seem like a pastime for only a certain kind of person, but in all actuality, anyone and everyone can and should travel. 它对某种人来说也许是一种消遣，但事实上，任何人和每个人都可以并应当去旅行。 Watching films, especially comedy, is my favorite pastime although (or, but) I don’t like films with a lot of violence or horror films. 我最喜欢的消遣是看电影，尤其是喜剧片。 但我不喜欢看带有很有暴力和恐怖情节的电影。 —————————————— striking 引人注目的 striking adj. 显著的，突出的，惊人的；打击的；罢工的 v. 打（strike的ing形式） The clock was striking twelve. 时钟正打12点。 So if the postmen are striking then we will have no letters. 所以如果邮递员罢工，那么我们就没有信了。 A very, for me, extremely striking example of this question occurred in this very class. 对我来说，一个关于这个问题的，极其显著的例子发生过在这门课上。 —————————————— capable 有能力 capable adj. 能干的，能胜任的；有才华的 She's no less capable than the others. 她的能力并不比别人弱。 Show your teacher what you are capable of. 向你的老师表现出你能干什么。 In the wake of developments in science and technology, man has become more capable of conquering nature. 随着科学技术的发展， 人们征服自然的能力也越来越强了。 —————————————— beyond 除了 beyond prep. 超过；越过；那一边；在...较远的一边 adv. 在远处；在更远处 n. 远处 He is wise, learned beyond his years. 他的智慧、学识超越他的年龄。 The worker's deed was beyond the call of duty. 这位工人的行为超越了职责的要求。 The professor in his lecture went beyond the capacity of his audience. 这位教授的讲课超过了听众的接受能力。 —————————————— copper 铜 copper n. 铜；铜币；警察 adj. 铜制的 vt. 镀铜 n. (Copper)人名；(英)科珀 Iron casts better than copper. 铁比铜更易于浇铸。 Iron casts better than copper. 铁比铜容易铸型。 Beat the copper into this shape. 把铜打成这个形状。 —————————————— council 委员会 council n. 委员会；会议；理事会；地方议会；顾问班子 n. (Council)人名；(英)康斯尔 The council denounced the new law. 该委员会谴责新法律。 The matter will be brought before council this afternoon. 这件事情将在今天下午提交委员会讨论。 How do you view that council? 您是如何看待这个委员会的？ —————————————— leap 飞跃 leap vi. 跳，跳跃 n. 飞跃；跳跃 vt. 跳跃，跳过；使跃过 n. (Leap)人名；(法)莱亚 He tensed his muscles for the leap. 他绷紧肌肉准备跳跃。 It was the wolf manner of fighting, to strike and leap away; but there was more to it than this. 这是典型的狼的进攻方式：攻击然后迅速跳开，但是要比这次凶残的多。 Heroism means transcending life; it is a fatal leap into nothingness, even though the hero may not be aware that his energy springs from a life deprived of its normal supports. 英雄主义意味着超越生活，这是一种致命的进入虚无的跳跃，甚至英雄可能没有意识到，他的力量，来自于剥夺正常维持生命的能量。 —————————————— lay 躺 lay vt. 躺下；产卵；搁放；放置；铺放；涂，敷 adj. 世俗的；外行的；没有经验的 n. 位置；短诗；花纹方向；叙事诗；性伙伴 vi. 下蛋；打赌 v. 躺；位于（lie的过去式） He lay down on his blanket. 他静静地躺在他的毛毯上。 He lay huddled up in bed. 他躺在床上，蜷缩成一团。 The little sick girl lay all night between life and death until her fever was gone. 这个生病的小姑娘整夜躺在床上， 处于生死关头， 直到退烧才脱险。 —————————————— satisfactory 令人满意的 satisfactory adj. 满意的；符合要求的；赎罪的 The explanation would seem satisfactory. 这种解释看来倒会令人满意。 This word has no satisfactory equivalent in English. 这个词在英语中没有令人满意的对应词。 The arrangements, if not ideal, are fairly satisfactory. 安排虽不算理想， 但也相当满意。 —————————————— shoot 拍摄 shoot vt. 射击，射中；拍摄；发芽；使爆炸；给…注射 vi. 射击；发芽；拍电影 n. 射击；摄影；狩猎；急流 Go ahead. Quick! Shoot! 快上, 投篮 ! Stand still there, otherwise I'll shoot. 站在那儿别动，你要动一动我就开枪啦。 He was able to shoot down a flying bird with the bow and arrow. 他张弓搭箭能射落空中的飞鸟。 —————————————— federation 联合会 federation n. 联合；联邦；联盟；联邦政府 Data federation is one of them. 数据联合就是其中的一个。 All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese; 中华全国归国华侨联合会 Some of good men drained from the Russian Federation. 一些优秀人才离开了俄罗斯联邦。 —————————————— roast 烤 roast vt. 烤，焙；烘，烘烤；暴露于某种热力下以得温暖 vi. 烤；烘 adj. 烘烤的；烤过的 n. 烤肉；烘烤 She almost burned the roast. 她几乎烧焦了烤肉。 He carved up the roast beef and gave each of us a portion. 他把烤牛肉切成块，给我们每人一份。 She put a leg of mutton into the oven to roast it for supper. 她将一条羊腿放入烤箱准备晚饭吃烤肉。 —————————————— ancestor 祖先 ancestor n. 始祖，祖先；被继承人 And there is only one explanation for that at the molecular level, which is common ancestor. 而对此唯一的解释就是，在分子水平上，我们有着共同的祖先。 This method tells you all you need to know: whether one node is a descendent or an ancestor of the other, whether it is before or after, and so on. 这个方法告诉您所有想知道的内容：一个节点是另一个节点的后代还是祖先、在前面还是后面等等。 If you must use descendant selectors, prefer child selectors, which at least only require evaluation of one additional node, not all the intermediate nodes up to an ancestor. 如果您必须使用后代选择器，尽量使用子代选择器，这最少只需评估一个额外的节点，而非中间直至祖先的所有节点。 —————————————— gallery 画廊 gallery n. 画廊；走廊；旁听席；地道 vt. 在…修建走廊；在…挖地道 vi. 挖地道 n. (Gallery)人名；(英)加勒里 And so, he gave this painting to the National Gallery. 因此他把这幅画捐给了英国国家美术馆。 The bright modern painting stares out at you in the otherwise conservative gallery. 有些古典派画廊也会陈列出明亮色彩的现代派绘画。 Whether you just want to browse our huge image gallery or want to share your personal photos with others, this is the site for you! 无论你是想要浏览我们众多的画廊图片还是想要和其他人分享你的个人照片,这个网站绝对对你的味口。 —————————————— pronoun 代词 pronoun n. 代词 Now if we could only figure out the pronoun problem. 现在我们可以解决这个代词问题了。 They pay particular attention to subject-verb agreement and subject-pronoun agreement. 他们尤其注意主语与动词的搭配，以及主语与代词的搭配。 Zibbi becomes distressed as he fruitlessly searches for words which might join his isolated personal pronoun and we stop the interview. 齐比因找不到可以丰富他少得可怜的人称代词的词语而变得低落，所以我们终止了采访。 —————————————— book 书 book n. 书籍；卷；帐簿；名册；工作簿 vt. 预订；登记 n. (Book)人名；(中)卜(广东话·威妥玛)；(朝)北；(英)布克；(瑞典)博克 We like to biro book. 我们喜欢用圆珠笔写书。 He gave me a book, a pen and some money besides. 他给了我一本书，一支钢笔，此外还给了我一些钱。 I tumbled upon an interesting book in the library. 我在图书馆偶然发现了一本有趣的书。 —————————————— flash 闪光 flash vt. 使闪光；反射 n. 闪光，闪现；一瞬间 vi. 闪光，闪现；反射 adj. 闪光的，火速的 n. (Flash)人名；(西)弗拉什 What a vivid flash of lightning! 多么明亮的一道闪光! With a flash, the kerosene lamp went out. 煤油灯闪了闪就灭了。 There was a flash of light in the distance. 远处灯光一闪。 —————————————— play 玩 play vt. 游戏；扮演；演奏；播放；同…比赛 vi. 演奏；玩耍；上演；参加比赛 n. 游戏；比赛；剧本 n. (Play)人名；(法、瑞典)普莱 He will musicalize the play. 他将为这个剧本配乐。 Our children like to play out after school. 我们的孩子喜欢放学后在户外玩耍。 I spent the remainder of the afternoon in play. 我把这一下午其余的时间用在游戏上了。 —————————————— paragraph 段 paragraph n. 段落；短评；段落符号 vt. 将…分段 How would you take this paragraph? 你怎么理解这一段? It will be clearer if you delete the last paragraph. 如果你删去最后那一段，它将会更清楚。 The teacher taught the students how to paragraph an essay. 老师教学生如何把一篇文章分段。 —————————————— rod 杆 rod n. 棒；惩罚；枝条；权力 n. (Rod)人名；(英、法、德、捷、希)罗德；(阿拉伯)鲁德；(老)罗 They plopped this rod into a beaker of water and hit it with a laser beam from below. 他们让这个翼状杆落入盛有水的烧杯中，并用激光束从底部击中它。 Pack the fuel rod into an assembly, and lots more atoms can affect one another—which means the reactions can release more energy. 把燃料棒组装成一个组件，许多更多的原子可以互相影响，这就意味着反应能释放更多的能量。 This is a traditional shot of a fuel rod glowing underwater. 这是一个传统的水下发光的燃料棒镜头。 —————————————— painter 画家 painter n. 画家；油漆匠 n. (Painter)人名；(英)佩因特 She models for a painter. 她为一名画家当模特。 The painter lined the silhouette of a girl. 画家用线条勾画出了一个女孩的侧影。 Don't nibble at your picture if you want to be a painter. 如果你想成为一名画家，你就不要缩手缩脚地不敢下笔。 —————————————— member 成员 member n. 成员；会员；议员 The new member works in very well with the existing team. 新队员和现在这个队配合很好。 Every member of the government plumped for the premier’s new suggestion. 政府每一位成员都坚决支持总理的新建议。 Jack quickly established himself as a powerful member of the new company. 杰克在新公司里使自己很快成为一名强有力的成员。 —————————————— reproduce 繁殖 reproduce vt. 复制；再生；生殖；使…在脑海中重现 vi. 复制；繁殖 Lobsters can reproduce a lost limb. 龙虾能使失去的肢体重新再生出来。 Most plants reproduce through seeds. 多数植物都是靠种子来繁殖。 He can reproduce a painting by a new method. 他能用一种新方法复制一幅油画。 —————————————— irrigation 灌溉 irrigation n. 灌溉；[临床] 冲洗；冲洗法 Irrigation is needed to make crops grow in dry regions. 干旱地区需要灌溉才能使作物生长。 Rivers and lakes provide us with water transport and irrigation. 江河湖泽给我们以舟楫和灌溉之利。 In the United States, by contrast, 41% goes for agriculture, almost all of it for irrigation. 与之相比，美国全年41%的水投向了农业，并几乎全都用在了灌溉上。 —————————————— march 3月 march vi. （坚定地向某地）前进；行军，进军；游行示威；进展，进行 vt. 使前进；使行军 n. 行进，前进；行军；游行示威；进行曲 The band struck up the wedding march. 乐队开始演奏婚礼进行曲。 The pianist played the happy pair out with the wedding March. 钢琴师弹奏结婚进行曲送走这幸福的一对。 During the eight day march across the desert our supply of water decreased rapidly. 横越沙漠的八天行军期间我们的水供应迅速减少。 —————————————— substitute 替代 substitute n. 代用品；代替者 vi. 替代 vt. 代替 Nothing could substitute for mother's milk. 什么也替代不了母乳。 It's okay to substitute vegetable oil for butter. 用植物油代替黄油也一样。 I disagree somewhat with their exact classification of what each of them means, so I will substitute my own interpretation for some. 我不同意他们这样对每种意味着什么的精确地分类方式，因此我将用一些我自己的解释来取代。 —————————————— host 主机 host n. [计] 主机；主人；主持人；许多 vt. 主持；当主人招待 vi. 群集；做主人 The host bowed us in. 主人鞠躬把我们迎了进去。 China will host an exhibition of international garment machinery. 中国将主办国际服装机械展览会。 Our country will tie up with another country to host this exhibition. 我国将和另外一个国家联合主办这次展览会。 —————————————— memorial 纪念 memorial n. 纪念碑，纪念馆；纪念仪式；纪念物 adj. 记忆的；纪念的，追悼的 The war memorial stands upright in the square. 战争纪念碑矗立在广场上。 The Government allocated money for the memorial. 政府为纪念活动拨了款。 She will be buried beside her husband at the Manila Memorial Park. 她将被安葬在马尼拉纪念公园，她丈夫的身旁。 —————————————— descendant 后代 descendant adj. 下降的；祖传的 n. 后裔；子孙 He was a descendant of Spanish soldier. 他是一名西班牙士兵的子孙。 Every man is the descendant of every king and every slave that ever lived. 每一个人都是已往的每一个君王和每一个奴隶的后裔。 If you must use descendant selectors, prefer child selectors, which at least only require evaluation of one additional node, not all the intermediate nodes up to an ancestor. 如果您必须使用后代选择器，尽量使用子代选择器，这最少只需评估一个额外的节点，而非中间直至祖先的所有节点。 —————————————— inaugurate 举行就职典礼 inaugurate vt. 创新；开辟；开创；举行开幕典礼；举行就职典礼 Next week he will inaugurate a new bout of direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians, chaperoned by Egypt’s president and Jordan’s king (see article). 下周，他将正式开启新一轮由埃及总统和约旦国王斡旋的以色列和巴勒斯坦之间的直接谈判。 But even the default of an agglomeration of smaller countries would end any hope of an open international economy and inaugurate an age of financial nationalism. 不过，即使是中小国家的集中违约，也将彻底终结建立开放式国际经济的希望，并拉开金融民族主义时代的序幕。 This allowedFrege to inaugurate some profound developments in the philosophy of language. 这使得弗雷格在语言哲学上作出了重大的发展。 —————————————— furniture 家具 furniture n. 家具；设备；储藏物 He dusted down the furniture. 他掸掉家具上的灰尘。 They auctioned off their furniture and clothes. 他们把家具和衣物拍卖掉了。 They broke in and made off with all the furniture. 他们破门而入，把所有家具都搬走了。 —————————————— threshold 阈值 threshold n. 入口；门槛；开始；极限；临界值 She caught her foot on the threshold and stumbled. 她的一只脚被门槛绊住而跌倒了。 “We have crossed an important threshold, ” he said. “我们获得了一个重要的开始，”他说。 Last night I was on the threshold of hell. 昨天夜里我是在地狱的门槛上。 —————————————— basketball 篮球 basketball n. 篮球；篮球运动 We love playing basketball. 我们爱打篮球。 He has pitched his basketball into our house. 他把篮球扔进了我们的屋子。 They ransacked the whole classroom for their basketball. 他们翻遍了整个教室寻找他们的篮球。 —————————————— complain 抱怨 complain vi. 投诉；发牢骚；诉说 vt. 抱怨；控诉 It boots thee not to complain. 发牢骚毫无益处。 We have nothing to complain of. 我们没有什么可发牢骚的。 He started to complain, I brought him up short. 他开始抱怨起来，于是我立即制止他。 —————————————— collision 碰撞 collision n. 碰撞；冲突；（意见，看法）的抵触；（政党等的）倾轧 The collision foundered the ship. 相撞使这条船沉没。 So we have a collision. 那么我们有一个碰撞。 This collision had a very unusual cause. 这次冲突有着非同寻常的原因。 —————————————— career 职业生涯 career n. 生涯；职业；事业；速度，全速 adj. 作为毕生职业的 vi. 全速前进，猛冲 His support furthered my career. 他的支持促进了我的事业。 They have several setbacks in their career. 他们在事业上受到许多挫折。 Being drafted into the navy derailed his career for three years. 由于应征参加海军，他的事业被耽搁了三年。 —————————————— feeling 感觉 feeling n. 感觉，触觉；感情，情绪；同情 adj. 有感觉的；有同情心的；富于感情的 v. 感觉；认为（feel的现在分词）；触摸 A feeling of shame came over her. 她突然产生一种害羞的感觉。 How are you feeling today? 你今天感觉身体如何? Suddenly feeling faint, she measured out her length on the floor. 她突然感到头昏无力，直挺挺地倒在了地上。 —————————————— exact 确切的 exact adj. 准确的，精密的；精确的 vt. 要求；强求；急需 vi. 勒索钱财 Cut it into two exact halves. 把它切成准确的两半儿。 The exact quantity cannot be determined at present. 确切数量目前尚不能确定。 However, this interpretation of the relationship between efficiency and equality is not exact. 其实，这种论调对于效率与平等关系的解释是不确切的。 —————————————— engineer 工程师 engineer n. 工程师；工兵；火车司机 vt. 设计；策划；精明地处理 vi. 设计；建造 She was meant for an engineer. 原先打算让她当工程师。 He graduated as an engineer. 他取得了工程师资格。 The company reinstated him as chief engineer. 该公司恢复了他的总工程师职务。 —————————————— fact 事实 fact n. 事实；实际；真相 Her argument is grounded on fact. 她的论点是基于事实的。 He persevered in the fact. 他力言坚持这事实。 He drew her attention to that fact. 他把她的注意力吸引到那件事实上。 —————————————— gun 枪 gun n. 枪支；枪状物；持枪歹徒 vi. 用枪射击；加大油门快速前进 vt. 向…开枪；开大油门 n. (Gun)人名；(瑞典)贡；(英)冈；(俄、意)古恩 He stooped and put down his gun. 他弯下腰放下了他的枪。 The policeman knocked his gun away. 警察把他的枪打飞了。 He hurtled his empty gun at my face. 他把空枪猛地朝我的脸上投来。 —————————————— purpose 目的 purpose n. 目的；用途；意志 vt. 决心；企图；打算 We purpose another trial. 我们打算再试一下。 He went to all lengths to compass his purpose. 他想尽一切办法去实现他的目标。 So how to discover your purpose in life? 那么怎样才能找到你的人生目标呢？ —————————————— friend 的朋友 friend n. 朋友；助手；赞助者 n. (Friend)人名；(英)弗兰德 His friend went bail for him. 他的朋友为他作保释人。 She tiffed with her friend. 她和她的朋友发生了口角。 I kept my friend back from the dangerous animal. 我不让我的朋友靠近那个危险的动物。 —————————————— missing 失踪 missing adj. 失踪的；缺少的 v. 错过（miss的ing形式）；想念；漏掉 n. (Missing)人名；(德)米辛 He searched all the drawers for the missing paper. 他翻了所有的抽屉找寻那个不见了的文件。 She doubled back to see if she could find the missing watch. 她顺原路折回看看能否找到丢失的手表。 She has been ferreting around among her papers for the missing letter. 她一直在她的文件堆里寻找那封丢失的信件。 —————————————— phase 阶段 phase n. 月相 n. （月亮的）盈亏 n. 时期 We should phase the input and output of the machine. 我们应该使机器的输入功率和输出功率的相位同步。 The government will phase out an advertising campaign. 政府将分阶段开展广告宣传。 This rule is an exception to the above rule of not setting mediation properties during this phase. 本条规则是上述要求不在此阶段设置中介属性的那条规则的一个例外。 —————————————— authority 权威 authority n. 权威；权力；当局 He disrespected all authority figures. 他蔑视所有权威人物。 They disclaimed the authority of the president. 他们不承认总统的权威。 Little by little he usurped his boss's authority. 他逐渐地篡夺老板的权力。 —————————————— harmony 和谐 harmony n. 协调；和睦；融洽；调和 n. (Harmony)人名；(英)哈莫尼 Colors are in harmony. 色彩调和。 The couple dwelt together in harmony and concord. 两口子和睦融洽地住在一起。 In meditation, we allow this harmony to percolate to every layer of our existence. 在冥想中，我们让这种和谐渗透到存在的每一个层次。 —————————————— gram 克 gram n. 克；鹰嘴豆（用作饲料） n. (Gram)人名；(英、法、德、丹、挪、瑞典)格拉姆 Then they chose one gram for weighing water in a cubic centimetre. 然后他们将一立方厘米的水的重量定为一克。 One of them combines lithium manganese oxide with other ions, and operates at about three to five volts with a charge capacity of 200 milliamp hours per gram. 平面能源正在研发三种不同的电池化学配方。 其中之一是把锂锰氧化物与其他离子化合，充电电压三到五伏，容量200毫安时每克。 Compared to smaller animals, bigger species require less food (carbon) per day to support each gram of tissue. 与较小动物相比，较大物种每天支持每克身体组织所需的食物（碳）量更少。 —————————————— lack 缺乏 lack vt. 缺乏；不足；没有；需要 vi. 缺乏；不足；没有 n. 缺乏；不足 n. (Lack)人名；(老)拉；(英、法、意、葡、匈)拉克；(匈)洛克 She put his failure to lack of experience. 她把他的失败归咎于缺乏经验。 Tom blames his lack of confidence on his mother. 汤姆把他的缺乏信心归咎于他母亲。 He decried the lack of support for the arts in this country. 他谴责在这个国家里对艺术缺乏支持。 —————————————— respectively 分别 respectively adv. 分别地；各自地，独自地 They simply convert the string to all uppercase or all lowercase letters, respectively. 它们只是分别将字符串都转换成大写字母或小写字母。 As usual, the mediation flow component communicates with its clients and the actual service provider via an export and import, respectively. 和平常一样，中介流组件分别通过导出和导入与其客户机和实际服务提供程序通信。 Averaged across all species, temperature explained 16 per cent of beak size variation. For gulls and penguins it accounted for 66 per cent and 43 per cent of the variation respectively. 被研究的所有鸟类平均起来算，其中有16%的喙长差异可以用温度来解释，而鸥类和企鹅的单独种类数据则分别达到了66% 和43%。 —————————————— hypothesis 假设 hypothesis n. 假设 We have another hypothesis as well. 我们提出了另一种假说。 But how can this hypothesis be tested? 但是怎么才能证明这一假设? A suggested explanation, so long as its correctness is still in doubt, is called a hypothesis. 提出来的解释，只要它的正确性仍然有疑问， 便称为假说。 —————————————— rain 雨 rain n. 雨；下雨；雨天；雨季 vi. 下雨；降雨 vt. 大量地给；使大量落下 n. (Rain)人名；(法)兰；(英)雷恩；(罗、捷)赖恩 Rain drips from the umbrella. 雨水从伞上滴答下来。 Come in out of the rain. 快进来， 不要在外面淋雨。 A steady rain hampered the progress of the work. 持续不停的大雨妨碍了工程的进展。 —————————————— electric 电 electric adj. 电的；电动的；发电的；导电的；令人震惊的 n. 电；电气车辆；带电体 Like electric charges repel. 同性电流相斥。 Could you plug in the electric kettle,please? 请你把电热壶的插头插上，可以吗? I want to have an all-electric vehicle in my lifetime. 我想要在我的生活中有一个全电气化的车。 —————————————— face 的脸 face n. 脸；表面；面子；面容；外观；威信 vi. 向；朝 vt. 面对；面向；承认；抹盖 n. (Face)人名；(法)法斯；(意)法切 He kissed all my face power off. 他把我脸上的脂粉都吻掉了。 His face scowled at once. 他的脸色马上阴沉下来。 You should spunk up and face the facts. 你应该振奋精神，勇敢地面对事实。 —————————————— ink 墨水 ink vt. 签署；涂墨水于 n. 墨水，墨汁；油墨 n. (Ink)人名；(英)英克 She soiled her dress with ink. 她的衣服被墨水弄脏了。 Please ink out the following passage. 请把下一段用墨水涂去。 You must ink over your signature. Pencil writing is not allowed. 你必须把签名用墨水描一下。铅笔书写是不允许的。 —————————————— nerve 神经 nerve n. 神经；勇气；[植] 叶脉 vt. 鼓起勇气 So using brain imaging, she focused on the white matter, or nerve tissue, of the brain. 因此，观察大脑成像时，她将注意力放在大脑的白色物质即神经组织上。 But frequently what we see are disruptions in the way that a protein, it’s like an insulation sheath around the nerve cell, grows and develops. 但是，我们经常看到一种蛋白质的生长和发育的途径被打断，这种蛋白质就像一个神经细胞周围绝缘护套。 The government must hold its nerve, for what is at stake is not just where India buys its onions, but whether it is able to make hard choices. 当局必须掌控敏感的神经，因为其利害关系不止影响到印度人上哪买洋葱，更影响到印度人是否能够做出艰难的选择。 —————————————— plunge 跳水 plunge n. 投入；跳进 vi. 突然地下降；投入；陷入；跳进 vt. 使陷入；使投入；使插入 We can take the cue from our fears and plunge the world into chaos. 我们应该从我们的忧虑中以及世界陷入混乱中获取暗示。 Once you've made the plunge—in both time and expertise—into a scripting language, go with that. 一旦您已经投入（在时间和专业技术上）到一个脚本语言中，那么就坚持下来。 Events like these are big motivators, so you plunge excitedly into the training. 这些都是巨大的激励，而你被鼓励起来投入了训练。 —————————————— really 真的 really adv. 实际上，事实上；真正地，真实地；真的吗？（表语气） The book really knocks me out. 这本书确实引起了我的共鸣。 I really wish well to all my friends. 我真是希望我的朋友们都能交好运。 I really must fling out all these old newspapers. 我确实必须扔掉所有这些旧报纸。 —————————————— technical 技术 technical adj. 工艺的，科技的；技术上的；专门的 This project involves a lot of complex technical problems. 这个方案牵涉到许多复杂的技术问题。 This technical innovation will save us much time and labour. 这项技术革新可以为我们节省大量的时间和劳力。 With technical details of the security system already circulating on the Internet, instructions for cracking it will almost certainly make their way into the computer underground. 由于保安系统的技术资料已在因特网上流传，如何侵入该系统的指令也当然会流入非法人员所用的计算机中。 —————————————— explosion 爆炸 explosion n. 爆炸；爆发；激增 The explosion blinded her. 爆炸使她失明。 The explosion of bombs rent the serenity. 炸弹的爆炸声打破了四周的宁静。 The court awarded damages of $1,000 to those hurt by the explosion. 法院判了损失赔偿金1 000美元给爆炸中的受伤者。 —————————————— poster 海报 poster n. 海报，广告；招贴 n. (Poster)人名；(英)波斯特 This poster sells the virtues of travel and trips on the Thames. 这份海报则是在宣传泰晤士河河畔旅行的优点。 My favorite poster is the one I made for my class. I took photos of all my classmates and talked to some of them for the first time. 我最喜欢的海报是我为班级制作的那张。当时我给所有同学拍了照片，还第一次和其中一些同学说了话。 But once you’ve watched the film, looking at the poster is like prolonging the film experience, because there’s so much fossilised in it. 然而一旦当你看完了电影，再来看这些海报就好象是一次观影体验的延伸，因为有那么多的内涵精华凝聚封印在其中。 —————————————— container 容器 container n. 集装箱；容器 The container is winched off the ground. 集装箱被绞车吊起来。 He drained all the old oil out of the container. 他把容器里积存的油全部倒出来了。 The solids were filtered out and only the liquid passed into the container. 固体被过滤掉了，只有液体流进了容器。 —————————————— navigation 导航 navigation n. 航行；航海 He asked us everything from our politics to how well we did in navigation classes. 他们的问题从我们的政治信仰到我们在导航学习班里的表现包罗万象。 However, since it performs module switching by launching other modules and is an integral part of the navigation structure, we include it here as well. 然而，由于它启动其他模块来执行模块转换并且是导航结构的一个主要部分，所以我们这里也将它包括在内。 All these are tree models, except for the Navigation Selection Model. 除了导航选择模型外，所有这些模型都是树状模型。 —————————————— bitter 苦 bitter adj. 苦的；痛苦的；尖刻的；充满仇恨的 n. 苦味；苦啤酒 adv. 激烈地；严寒刺骨地 vt. 使变苦 n. (Bitter)人名；(英、法、德、芬、捷、匈)比特 She would often romance about her bitter experiences. 她总是夸大其词地讲她的痛苦经历。 All her former pity had withered up through bitter experience. 经过一段痛苦的经历，她过去的同情心消磨殆尽。 Morphine is a white bitter substance obtained from opium and used in medicine to reduce pain. 吗啡是从鸦片中提炼出的苦味的白色物体， 用作减痛的药物。 —————————————— fortunate 幸运的 fortunate adj. 幸运的；侥幸的；吉祥的；带来幸运的 On the whole she counted herself a fortunate wife. 总的来说，她认为自己是一个幸运的妻子。 A fortunate encounter brought the two friends together after a long separation. 两位老朋友长期分离这次才有幸相遇。 One is very fortunate if you get to work on just one of these in your career. 如果在你的职业生涯中能参与其中一种的诞生，那么你肯定是非常幸运的。 —————————————— passage 通道 passage n. 一段（文章）；走廊；通路 n. (Passage)人名；(英)帕西奇；(法)帕萨热 How do you read this passage? 你怎么理解这段话? She took a passage from a novel. 她从一本小说中选了一段。 We threaded through the narrow passage. 我们穿过狭窄的通道。 —————————————— conclusion 结论 conclusion n. 结论；结局；推论 What do you base this conclusion on? 你凭什么得出这个结论? No conclusion should be drawn before all the facts are buttoned down. 所有事实弄清以前， 不应该下任何结论。 The investigation led up to the conclusion that the plan was practicable. 调查的结论是这个方案是可行的。 —————————————— feature 功能 feature n. 特色，特征；容貌；特写或专题节目 vi. 起重要作用 vt. 特写；以…为特色；由…主演 Do be careful with this feature, however. 但是一定要小心对待这个特性。 The feature on the girl was pegged on her experiences. 有关这个女孩子的特写是依据她的经历写成的。 Otherwise, you would have to implement this feature yourself. 否则，您就需要自己想办法实现这个特性。 —————————————— traffic 交通 traffic n. 交通；运输；贸易；[通信] 通信量 vt. 用…作交换；在…通行 vi. 交易，买卖 They ranked her for the traffic accident. 他们要她对这次交通事故负责。 The heavy traffic detained us for half an hour. 拥挤的交通使我们耽搁了半个小时。 This mishap reminded me of a traffic accident I once experienced. 这次不幸事故使我联想起我过去经历的一次交通事故。 —————————————— disregard 不顾 disregard vt. 忽视；不理；漠视；不顾 n. 忽视；不尊重 Please disregard the mess and sit right here. 请不顾凌乱状态，就坐在这儿吧。 Some of the comments under the video displayed how a bias can make us disregard something without even looking at what it is. 从视频下面的评论可以看出，成见可以让我们忽视一些我们甚至还弄清楚那是什么东西的东西。 If there are things that would change your mind and you know that they would change your mind about your behavior, ? how can it be rational to disregard them? 如果有什么东西会改变你的想法,而你知道它们会改变你的行为，无视它们又怎么能是合理的呢？ —————————————— implicit 隐式的 implicit adj. 含蓄的；暗示的；盲从的 Whether you use explicit or implicit feedback, or some combination of the two, is an important decision in designing any WOC system. 你是否使用明确或隐含的反馈,或将两者结合,在任何WOC系统中都是一种重要的决策设计。 Second, it makes the relations and their semantics explicit, whereas in a standard database schema many relations are implicit in design of the schema. 其次，它使关系和它们的语义变成显式的，而在标准的数据库模式中许多关系隐含在模式的设计中。 Implicit in this perspective is the belief that there is no positive potential for popular struggles to inform our basic conceptions of development and policy. 这种看法隐含的是这样一种信念，即：由于民众的斗争，明达我们关于发展的基本观念和政策，是绝对不可能的。 —————————————— vegetation 植被 vegetation n. 植被；植物，草木；呆板单调的生活 Some parts of the country are almost bare of vegetation. 该国有些地方几乎是草木不生。 The belt of vegetation that crosses Africa below the Sahara is very dark because most of the sunlight is absorbed by plants for photosynthesis. 在撒哈拉沙漠下方，横贯非洲中部的植被带颜色非常深，因为植物由于光合作用吸收了大多数太阳光。 The lake is now extinct, but our ancestors would have depended on the water and vegetation that grew around it. 湖泊现在灭绝了，但是我们的祖先可能曾经依赖于湖水和湖周围生长的植被。 —————————————— establish 建立 establish vt. 建立；创办；安置 vi. 植物定植 The politicians jockeyed about in order to establish relative power within the party. 为了确立在党内相应的权力，政客们调整了自己的位置。 The ability to do almost anything you like is powerful, but it can also lead to uncertainty about what you should do and how to establish a standard approach to development. 可以做您希望的几乎任何事情，这非常强大，但是也带来了不确定性，比如应该做什么以及如何建立一种标准的开发方法。 This will establish an encrypted session without any modifications needed on the client side. 这会建立一个加密的会话，而不需要在客户端做任何修改。 —————————————— athlete 运动员 athlete n. 运动员，体育家；身强力壮的人 She will make a very good athlete. 她将来会成为一名很好的运动员。 You think that you could never be an athlete like your brother, or all the other kids. 你认为自己永远不可能成为你哥哥那样的运动员，甚至比不上别的孩子。 But the Olympics is the goal of every athlete. 不过奥运是每一位运动员的目标。 —————————————— grant 格兰特 grant vt. 授予；允许；承认 vi. 同意 n. 拨款；[法] 授予物 n. (Grant)人名；(瑞典、葡、西、俄、罗、英、塞、德、意)格兰特；(法)格朗 Grant and Lee are bracketed in history. 在历史上格兰特和李两人的名字总是被一起提及的。 You have to grant us control explicitly. 你们必须允许我们明确地控制。 You should grant them access only to the resources that they require. 您应该仅向用户授予它们所需的访问权限。 —————————————— neglect 忽视 neglect vt. 疏忽，忽视；忽略 n. 疏忽，忽视；怠慢 He is chargeable with a fault or neglect. 他可能因过失或疏忽而被控告。 None can afford to neglect the accumulated experience of man. 谁也不能忽视人类所积累的经验。 So many children who commit violent crimes have themselves been brutalized by years of abuse and neglect. 那么多犯暴力罪行的孩子们由于多年受到的虐待和忽视使他们自己残酷无情。 —————————————— accommodation 住宿 accommodation n. 住处，膳宿；调节；和解；预订铺位 Have you found accommodation? 找到住处没有? Neither accommodation nor recognition would be sustainable options in the face of the zombie threat. 在活僵尸的威胁面前，既不和解也不认同是或可维持的选择。 If you have a skill, such as cooking, animal husbandry, massage, musical ability or basic carpentry, you can barter for free food and accommodation as you travel. 如果你拥有一项技能，如烹饪，畜牧，按摩，音乐能力或基本木工，你可以以此来为你的旅行交换免费食物和住宿。 —————————————— bare 裸露的 bare adj. 空的；赤裸的，无遮蔽的 vt. 露出，使赤裸 n. (Bare)人名；(英)贝尔 The top of the hill was bare. 小山顶上光秃秃的。 Certain chemicals will corrode if left on bare metal. 有些化学药品如留在裸露的金属上会起腐蚀作用。 She took my other hand and held it to her bare chest. 她拿起我的另外一只手，紧贴到她裸露的胸口上。 —————————————— shortage 短缺 shortage n. 缺乏，缺少；不足 Harry deserted during the food shortage. 哈里在食物缺乏时逃亡了。 The shortage of oil will probably drive prices up. 石油短缺很有可能迫使价格上涨。 Shortage of labour power retarded our economic development. 缺乏劳动力使我们的经济发展速度减慢。 —————————————— tone 语气 tone n. 语气；色调；音调；音色 vt. 增强；用某种调子说 vi. 颜色调和；呈现悦目色调 n. (Tone)人名；(罗、塞、乍)托内；(英)托恩 You'd better modify your tone. 你最好缓和一下你的口气。 The musician can discriminate minute variations in tone. 乐师能辨别声调的各种细微变化。 Their first exchange set the tone for a new relationship. 他们初步交换意见， 为建立新关系定了调子。 —————————————— guideline 指导方针 guideline n. 指导方针 参考 However, when the device does support CSS, the view should add the recommended style guideline class identifier, as in Figure 20. 但是，如果设备的确支持 CSS，视图就应该添加推荐的样式指南类标识符，如图 20 所示。 When a nonconformance in the process is found during an audit, there will likely be some difficulty in sorting out what is required vs. what is merely a guideline. 当在审计期间发现过程中有一个不一致问题时，在挑选出什么是必需的和什么仅仅是方针上可能会有一些困难。 In that case, an administrator or quality manager would validate whether the guideline was properly followed for the specific entity and then would invoke the transition to the next state. 在这种情况下，管理员或质量经理将验证特定实体是否恰当地遵循了指导方针，然后将调用转换，以过渡到下一个状态。 —————————————— out 出 out adv. 出现；在外；出局；出声地；不流行地 adj. 外面的；出局的；下台的 n. 出局 prep. 向；离去 vi. 出来；暴露 vt. 使熄灭；驱逐 Blood streams out of his mouth. 血从他的嘴角流了出来。 He hammered out “NO” on the keyboard. 他在键盘上用力敲出“不”字。 They booted him out of the company for not working. 他们以他不工作为由把他开除出公司。 —————————————— recall 回忆 recall vt. 召回；回想起，记起；取消 n. 召回；回忆；撤消 Beyond recall. 除了召回。 A few people with remarkable memories are said to have “total recall.” 少数记性极好的人被称为具有“完整的回忆力”。 As you may recall, she had a little sister who was five years old then. 你可能记得，她有一个小妹妹，那时只有五岁。 —————————————— connection 连接 connection n. 连接；关系；人脉；连接件 What is the connection between the two ideas? 这两个意念之间有何联系? They publicly disavowed any connection with terrorist groups. 他们公然否认与恐怖集团有任何联系。 The object of these experiments was to find the connection, if any, between the two phenomena. 这些实验的目的就是探索这两种现象之间的联系，如果存在着任何联系的话。 —————————————— four 四个 four num. 四；四个 adj. 四的；四个的 n. (Four)人名；(西)福尔；(法)富尔 Four quarts constitute a gallon. 四夸脱构成一加仑。 The department offers four specialities. 这个系有四个专业。 His relationship with Mary went through four stages. 他与玛丽的关系经历了四个阶段。 —————————————— intimidate 恐吓 intimidate vt. 恐吓，威胁；胁迫 No one can intimidate us. 没有人能够胁迫我们。 If you try to intimidate us by threats, you'll get more than you bargained for. 如果你想用威胁来恐吓我们，后果将会严重到出乎你的意料。 Perhaps this person has the capacity, authority, or ability to intimidate or bully people, to do something unpleasant or uncomfortable to other people. 也许这个人具有威胁或者恐吓他人、做出让他人感到难受或者不舒服的能量、能力或者权势。 —————————————— intermediate 中间 intermediate vi. 起媒介作用 adj. 中间的，中级的 n. [化学] 中间物；媒介 This will get you into that intermediate level quite quickly, and once there, you will be halfway to expert. 这会让你相当快速地进入到中级水平，一旦你到了那个水平，你的专家之路也走到一半了。 If you must use descendant selectors, prefer child selectors, which at least only require evaluation of one additional node, not all the intermediate nodes up to an ancestor. 如果您必须使用后代选择器，尽量使用子代选择器，这最少只需评估一个额外的节点，而非中间直至祖先的所有节点。 You can then use this FIFO file to move information from one application to another without storing the data in an intermediate file. 然后，您可以使用此 FIFO 文件将信息从一个应用程序移到另一个应用程序，而不需要将数据存储在中间文件中。 —————————————— largely 很大程度上 largely adv. 主要地；大部分；大量地 The library was built largely of American material. 这座图书馆主要用美国材料建成。 Your success will largely depend upon what you do and how you do it. 你是否成功将主要取决于你做什么和怎样做。 No advancement into the next round, and the American public largely forgot about the team. 美国队没有进入下一轮，而大部分美国人已经忘记了这支队伍。 —————————————— happen 发生 happen vi. 发生；碰巧；偶然遇到 We do not want that to happen. 我们不希望发生这样的事。 I dread to think what will happen next. 我不愿想下一次会发生什么。 These events were clearly predestined to happen. 这些事件是不可避免要发生的。 —————————————— collective 集体 collective adj. 集体的；共同的；集合的；集体主义的 n. 集团；集合体；集合名词 I do feel deeply the strength of the collective. 我确实深深地感到了集体的力量。 This sort of activity damages the reputation of the collective. 这种行为有损于集体的荣誉。 To accomplish his own end, he placed collective interests in the back of his mind. 为了达到个人目的， 他把集体利益置之脑后。 —————————————— millimetre 毫米 millimetre n. 毫米；公厘 And whichever cell covers a tenth of a millimetre fastest (probably taking about an hour to do so) will be declared the winner. 最快跑完十分之一毫米路程（大概需要一小时）的细胞将获得冠军。 If the ground stations tracking the satellites are not accurate to the millimetre, then the satellites cannot be accurate either. 如果跟踪这些人造卫星的地面站位置不能精确到毫米，那么人造卫星也是不可能精确的。 The bugs, which are less than a millimetre long, feed on scales of human skin and produce allergens which are easily inhaled during sleep. 这些体长不超过一毫米的屋尘螨依靠吃人皮肤的鳞屑生存，并且释放一些很容易被人睡觉时吸入的过敏素。 —————————————— van 范 van n. 先锋；厢式货车；增值网 vt. 用车搬运 n. (Van)人名；(老、泰、柬、缅)万 They loaded up the van with sacks of flour. 他们把一袋袋面粉装上运货车。 He pulled the van to the right to avoid the dog. 他把客货车向右一闪以免压着狗。 I recognised him immediately as the man in the blue van. 我立刻就认出他就是开蓝色运货车的那个男人。 —————————————— ease 缓解 ease vt. 减轻，缓和；使安心 n. 轻松，舒适；安逸，悠闲 vi. 减轻，缓和；放松；灵活地移动 The pain began to ease up. 疼痛开始缓解。 I was struck with ease after finishing the article. 写完那篇文章之后，我突然感到一阵轻松。 Doctors have temporarily removed about half of her skull to ease pressure. 医生已临时取掉了她近一半的头骨以减轻压力。 —————————————— blame 怪 blame vt. 责备；归咎于 n. 责备；责任；过失 He took all the blame to himself. 他自己承担全部责任。 I have nothing to blame myself for. 我自己是无可责备的。 You will bring the blame of others upon yourself if you fail in this. 如果你在这件事上失败了， 就会招来别人的非议。 —————————————— conduct 行为 conduct vi. 导电；带领 vt. 管理；引导；表现 n. 进行；行为；实施 Can you justify your conduct to me? 你能向我证明你的行为是正确的吗? I blushed for your degraded conduct. 我为你的卑劣行为感到脸红。 She was displeased by his conduct. 她对他的行为感到不快。 —————————————— pond 池塘 pond vt. 筑成池塘 vi. 筑成池塘 n. 池塘 n. (Pond)人名；(英、法)庞德 The path descends to the pond. 小路下斜通到池塘。 This pond often catches in winter. 这个池塘在冬天常常结冰。 Wild flowers and grasses rimmed the little pond. 各种野花和野草环绕着这个小池塘。 —————————————— extra 额外的 extra adv. 特别地，非常；另外 n. 临时演员；号外；额外的事物；上等产品 adj. 额外的，另外收费的；特大的 So what happened to the extra planet? 这个特别的行星发生了什么？ The boss browbeat me into taking on all this extra work. 老板威逼我接受所有这个额外的工作。 Some owners are duplexing their old houses for extra income. 为得到额外的收益，有些房产主正在双倍扩建其旧房。 —————————————— deviate 偏离 deviate vi. 脱离；越轨 vt. 使偏离 We hope our leaders do not deviate far from a market-oriented global economic system. To do so would risk damaging a system that has served us well for thirty years. 我们希望我们的领导人们不会偏离市场导向的全球经济体系太远，否则一个为我们良好运行了三十年的体系将会有受损的危险。 The original designed degree of friction was obviously chosen to maximize the balance between the two forces at play; any change can only deviate from that, and away from that original ideal balance. 原始的设计中，选择这样的摩擦角度显然是为了最大程度的平衡运行中的两种力；任何改变都只会背离这种初衷，也无法达到这种理想的平衡。 If the lines deviate too much, the computer voice tells them to slow down. 如果红线偏离的角度太大，电脑语音会警示进食者慢下来。 —————————————— organism 生物 organism n. 有机体；生物体；微生物 The organism was evolved from … 生物是由…进化而成的。 The sequence helps determine the traits of an organism. 该序列有助于确定一个生物体的特性。 In any situation, you have a variety of pressures on an organism: What is the atmosphere, is there food available, what is the competition for resources? 在任何情况下，生物都有各种各样的生存压力，大气是什么样的，能否得到食物，资源的竞争是什么样的？ —————————————— administer 管理 administer vt. 管理；执行；给予 vi. 给予帮助；执行遗产管理人的职责；担当管理人 They had the right to administer their own internal affairs. 他们有权管辖他们自己的内部事务。 This allows you to administer your server from remote computers. 它允许你从远程计算机管理你的服务器。 In order for you to administer these different resources, the appliance provides both a graphical user interface and a command line interface. 为了帮助您管理这些不同的资源，该设备提供了一个图形用户界面和一个命令行界面。 —————————————— watt 瓦特 watt n. 瓦特 n. (Watt)人名；(英、葡)瓦特 The number of lumens a bulb produces for each watt it consumes. 一个灯管消耗每单位瓦特所产生的流明数。 The Bank will evoke the memory of the inventor James Watt and his Birmingham business partner, Matthew Boulton on the new note. 英格兰银行将在新版钞票上唤起对发明家詹姆斯·瓦特和他的伯明翰商业伙伴马修·博尔顿的回忆。 During the day, the Nutmeg collects energy from solar panels on the roof of the wheelhouse, and from a 450-watt turbine up the mast. 白天，“肉豆蔻”可以通过舵手室里的太阳能电池板，收集太阳能，和桅杆上一个450瓦特的涡轮机。 —————————————— verdict 判决 verdict n. 结论；裁定 The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. 陪审团宣布了被告无罪的裁决。 Two of the judges disagreed with the verdict. 两位法官对此裁决有异议。 She popped off about the injustice of the verdict. 她怒气冲冲地说判决的不公平。 —————————————— vertical 垂直 vertical adj. 垂直的，直立的；[解剖] 头顶的，顶点的 n. 垂直线，垂直面 The vertical lift is 20 feet. 举起的垂直高度是 20 英尺。 For the effect, you need to specify a size, with the horizontal size first, and then the vertical size. 为实现这个效果，您需要指定一个尺寸，首先是水平尺寸，然后是垂直尺寸。 Now this chart shows the vertical sequence of some of these alarms. This is largely on pressure, a pressure control programme. 现在，这个图表展示出了,一些金警报的垂直顺序,这些大部分是在压力，一个压力控制项目。 —————————————— positive 积极的 positive adj. 积极的；[数] 正的，[医][化学] 阳性的；确定的，肯定的；实际的，真实的；绝对的 n. 正数；[摄] 正片 But not all the news is so positive. 但是并非所有的消息都是正面的。 "All of the evidence suggests we have reasons to be positive, " he said. “所有的证据表明，我们是有理由如此肯定的，”他说。 For every trait, you can interpret it in a positive and a negative manner. 对于每一个特点，你都能用积极和消极的态度来解释它。 —————————————— graze 吃草 graze vt. 放牧；擦伤 vi. 吃草；擦伤 n. 放牧；轻擦 There is good grassland here for your cattle and horses to graze on. 这里有良好的草场可供你的牛马放牧。 There is good grassland here for your cattle and horses to graze on. 这里有很好的草地供你们放牧牛马。 When I find them I pour a little olive oil into the entrance of the hole. Then I anoint the head and nose of each sheep with the same oil and allow them to graze. 我会走遍整片草地，找到所有蛇洞，往里面倒入一些橄榄油，在每一只羊的头和鼻子上也涂上橄榄油，之后它们就能去吃草了。 —————————————— clarify 澄清 clarify vt. 澄清；阐明 vi. 得到澄清；变得明晰；得到净化 He issued a statement to clarify the situation. 他发表了一项声明以澄清形势。 First of all, let's clarify what you should not do with them. 首先，让我们来阐明您 不应该用它来做什么。 When you make these choices, you clarify your vision and you move in the right direction. 在做这些选择的时候，你就澄清了自己的梦想并朝着正确的方向前进。 —————————————— significant 重要的 significant adj. 重大的；有效的；有意义的；值得注意的；意味深长的 n. 象征；有意义的事物 But if they do, it will be significant for a few reasons. 但是，如果他们真的这样做，这必有几个重要的原因。 But above all, the most significant assessment they will make will be how it affects the subjects psychologically. 但首先，他们将作出的最重要的评估是，它在心理上将如何影响被试者们。 For example, we say, “I love you” to our parents or significant other when we hang up the phone, not because we mean it, but out of habit. 比方说，我们会在电话里和父母或者某个重要的人说“我爱你”，并不因为我们真的想这么说，而是因为习惯。 —————————————— remedy 补救措施 remedy vt. 补救；治疗；纠正 n. 补救；治疗；赔偿 Your only remedy is to go to law. 你唯一的补救办法是诉诸法律。 Others will be won over once they see the assistance we will provide, to remedy the damage to Mother Earth and the widespread pollution . 其他人将被赢回一旦他们看到我们提供的援助，为了治疗地球母亲的伤害和广泛的污染。 That is why acknowledging our past shortcomings—and highlighting our efforts to remedy them—is a means of promoting our values. 这就是为什么我们承认过去的缺点，并强调我们会努力补救，是推广我们价值观的一种手段。 —————————————— participate 参与 participate vi. 参与，参加；分享 vt. 分享；分担 [ 过去式participated 过去分词participated 现在分词participating ] All of us will participate in the profits. 我们大家都将分享到利润。 Did you love and participate in his family? 你是否爱教会、参与在他的家中？ Although there are races where turtles are lined up on a track and others that allow adults to participate, these are the exception rather than the rule. 虽然也有些比赛是将乌龟排成一排在跑道上比赛，还有些比赛是允许成年人参与，但这些都是例外而非比赛规则。 —————————————— impetus 动力 impetus n. 动力；促进；冲力 Children need an impetus to study. 儿童学习需要动力。 They have also provided most of the impetus for the adoption of these practices. 同时，它们也为这些实践方法的采用提供了很大推动力。 And so that really was a major impetus, plus my wife always telling me that I should tell this story. 所以，这确实是一个主要的动力，另外我的妻子总是告诉我应该把这个故事公诸于众。 —————————————— mix 混合 mix vt. 配制；混淆；使混和；使结交 vi. 参与；相混合；交往 n. 混合；混合物；混乱 n. (Mix)人名；(德、英)米克斯 You mix it with lye. 你把它和碱液混合。 People from different classes used to mix very little. 不同阶层的人过去很少交往。 In this case, now you mix them together, relative to the ideal solution where there are no interactions, now they want to be together. 在这种情况，现在你把它们混合在一起，相对于没有,相互作用的理想溶液，现在它们想要在一起。 —————————————— whilst 同时 whilst conj. 同时；时时，有时；当…的时候 Origami can represent precision, delicacy, imagination and attention to detail whilst also suggesting shapes, objects, animals and letters. 折纸能细腻表达准确、精美、想象与专注，同时又可表示形状、对象、动物和字母。 Learning how to stop the latter whilst preserving the useful functions of reactive oxygen species should be a major research priority in the next few years. 如何阻止这种情况的发生，同时保持它们对人体的有益作用应该是接下来的几年中人们优先研究的主要问题。 Indeed, it is important to keep fit and healthy, whilst we all aspire to improve the way we look and feel in order to make good first and lasting impressions. 事实上，为了得到一个良好的初次印象和持续印象，在保持体形和健康的同时，我们也渴望提高自己看待和感受他人的方式。 —————————————— initiative 倡议 initiative n. 主动权；首创精神 adj. 主动的；自发的；起始的 Such initiative is highly commendable. 这种积极性是很可贵的。 I put it all down to his hard work and initiative. 我把这一切归因于他工作既勤奋又主动。 In this way they brought into full play the initiative, wisdom and power of the masses. 这样他们就使群众的积极性、智慧和力量都充分发挥出来。 —————————————— initiate 启动 initiate vt. 开始，创始；发起；使初步了解 n. 开始；新加入者，接受初步知识者 adj. 新加入的；接受初步知识的 Initiate verify and sync from this node. 从这个节点启动检查和同步。 Instead, you must initiate a transfer request to copy data into your local store. 相反，您必须发起一个传输请求将数据复制到本地存储中。 Moreover the business workers that initiate those methods are to be traced to corresponding system actors (User Roles) living in the System Use Case model. 此外，发起那些方法的业务操作者将追溯到相应的位于系统用例模型中的系统参与者（用户角色）。 —————————————— dignity 尊严 dignity n. 尊严；高贵 They have to be treated well, with dignity. 必须善待申请人，让人有尊严。 We do this because we believe in the dignity and value of every person. 我们这样做是因为我们相信每个人的尊严和价值。 This award must be shared with everyone who strives for justice and dignity. 我一定要与所有为正义和尊严奋斗的人分享此奖。 —————————————— disposition 性格 disposition n. 处置；[心理] 性情；[军] 部署；倾向 She has a good disposition. 她的性情好。 The twin brothers are alike in appearance but differ greatly in disposition. 这对孪生兄弟外貌很相像， 但性格却相差很大。 These descriptions help to realize the disposition of the leading character. 这些描写有助于使主人公的性格显得真实。 —————————————— inject 注入 inject vt. 注入；注射 Once you inject one class, it leads to injecting the next and the next. 注入一个类后，它会导致注入下一个类，依此类推。 For DI to work, you must have an interface whose concrete class you can inject into the consumer of the behavior you desire. 为了让 DI 工作，必须拥有一个接口，可以把这个接口的具体类注入到需要的行为的消费者中。 I discussed the motivation and definition of DI and showed an example of how a container can inject dependencies from one component into another. 我讨论了 DI 的动机和定义，并用一个示例，演示了容器如何可以把依赖项从一个组件注入到另一个组件。 —————————————— lot 很多 lot n. 份额；许多；命运；阄 adv. （与形容词和副词连用）很，非常；（与动词连用）非常 pron. 大量，许多 vt. 分组，把…划分（常与out连用）；把（土地）划分成块 vi. 抽签，拈阄 He said a lot to hearten me. 他对我说了许多鼓励的话。 This project involves a lot of complex technical problems. 这个方案牵涉到许多复杂的技术问题。 We followed a policy aimed at bettering the lot of the poorest areas. 我们奉行一项旨在改善极贫困地区命运的政策。 —————————————— endow 赋予 endow vt. 赋予；捐赠；天生具有 Flesh simulations can endow computer-generated characters with realistically bulging muscles and rippling fat. 皮肤模拟可以赋予电脑合成人物具有真实感的健壮肌肉或者肥厚脂肪。 Rather than hiding this division, the EU now needs a model in which fast-lane nations act as pioneers who endow the whole project with new purpose. 欧盟不应掩盖分歧，而是需要采用一种模式，让行驶在快车道的成员国充当先锋，为整个欧洲一体化项目赋予新的目标。 You may either positively or passively endow. 赋予也可以分成主动的赋予与被动的赋予。 —————————————— impressive 令人印象深刻的 impressive adj. 感人的；令人钦佩的；给人以深刻印象的 The results I have seen show an impressive and rapid impact on health outcomes. 我所看到的结果表明，这对健康产生了深刻和迅速的影响。 Elizabeth Dole gave an impressive and effective nominating speech for her husband, leaving the podium to speak in a conversational way as she walked among the delegates. 伊丽莎白·多尔为她的丈夫发表了一场感人且效果不错的提名演说，她离开讲坛，用对话的方式走到代表中间交谈。 You have been able to do some impressive things, but one of the goals of SOAP is interoperability. 您本来可以做一些令人印象深刻的工作，但 SOAP 的目标之一是互操作性。 —————————————— primitive 原始的 primitive adj. 原始的，远古的；简单的，粗糙的 n. 原始人 Primitive tribes lived by fishing, hunting and gathering. 原始部落靠渔猎采集为生。 Primitive man hunted wild animals with crude stone implements. 原始社会的人用粗糙的石器猎取野兽。 A service operation can have any number of inputs and outputs with types of messages or primitive types. 一个服务操作可以有各种类型信息或者原始类型的输入和输出。 —————————————— knee 膝盖 knee n. 膝盖，膝 vt. 用膝盖碰 n. (Knee)人名；(英)尼 My book slid off my knee. 书从我的膝盖上滑落了。 He delivered a hard kick to her knee. 他朝她的膝盖狠狠地踢了一脚。 Mother swabbed me with gentian violet on my knee. 妈妈在我的膝盖上擦了点儿紫药水。 —————————————— nutrition 营养 nutrition n. 营养，营养学；营养品 It is all part of the big picture in nutrition. 他们可以是营养的大图画中的一部分。 There is so much conflicting advice about diet and nutrition. 有如此多的相互矛盾的意见是关于饮食和营养。 Some experts have suggested offering a course on food and nutrition in schools to inject health consciousness into children. 一些专家建议学校通过提供一些关于食物和营养的课程来提高孩子的健康意识。 —————————————— push 推 push vt. 推动，增加；对…施加压力，逼迫；按；说服 vi. 推进；增加；努力争取 n. 推，决心；大规模攻势；矢志的追求 She was slid downstairs by his push. 她被他一推滑倒，跌到了楼下。 You push and I'll pull. 你推我拉。 The extension bridge is steep,so the tricyclist has to get off his tricycle and push it up. 引桥陡滑，三轮车车夫必须下车把三轮车推上桥。 —————————————— summon 召唤 summon vt. 召唤；召集；鼓起；振作 He said he would summon officials to testify in parliament. 他说将召集有关官员在国会上证实此事。 Parliament has powers to introduce and pass legislation, summon and impeach ministers or the president. 议会拥有提出和通过法律、召集弹劾内阁成员或总统的权力。 They also get irritated and impatient with the timidity of the men who take an age to summon the nerve to ask them out. 她们也会对那些花了很长时间的才鼓起勇气向她们的表白的男人的胆怯而生气和失去耐心。 —————————————— highlight 突出 highlight vt. 突出；强调；使显著；加亮 n. 最精彩的部分；最重要的事情；加亮区 You can highlight this by investigating the nature of the workload. 可以通过调查工作量的性质来突出这一点。 Of course we must highlight that the system can hardly be inaccurate. 当然我们必须强调这一点，即该系统根本不可能出错。 Highlight only those achievements that make you the best candidate for the job. 只突出让你显得最适合这个职位的那些成就。 —————————————— require 需要 require vt. 需要；要求；命令 What clause do you require in the contract? 你要求在合同中订上什么条款? There have been fires in turbines and stuff like that but nothing like this. So what did they require? 在管道里曾经有过火灾等类似的事,但没有这样的事，所以他们要求的是什么呢？ This does require some time and patience. 这确实需要一些时间和耐心。 —————————————— consequent 顺向 consequent n. 结果 adj. 随之发生的；作为结果的 If we got an if then statement are we asserting an antecedent, an if clause or the consequent, Q the then clause, or are we saying if P then Q. 如果我们的论述中有如果,我们在主张先行词，假设条件句或者结果，然后从句，或者我们说如果P那么。 But disasters are similar to battlefields in their degree of confusion and complexity, and in the consequent unreliability and incompleteness of the information available. 但是，灾难现场和战场，在混乱和复杂程度上甚为相似；在随之发生的不信任和信息接收的不完全上也一样。 The first two waves were the financial crisis and the consequent global economic crisis. 最初的两波浪潮为金融危机和随之发生的全球经济危机。 —————————————— proclaim 宣告 proclaim vt. 宣告，公布；声明；表明；赞扬 Its mistake is not to lie, but to proclaim that it will lie, for its very honesty undermines the value of its deceit. 政府的错误不在于撒谎，而在于提前就声明它将会撒谎，因为，政府的诚实正在削减其欺骗的价值。 Even as we proclaim our love for peace and our hatred of war, there are still convulsions in our world that endanger us all. 尽管我们宣告自己热爱和平、憎恨战争，但我们的世界仍存在危及我们所有人的动荡。 The Iraqi people, he insists, will persist and overcome these attacks, and raise its [their] voice to show [and] proclaim that it [they] will not be silenced [by terrorism]. 他坚称，伊拉克人民将坚持战斗，必将战胜这些袭击，并将奋起呐喊，展示并宣告他们不会因为受到恐怖主义的威胁而保持沉默。 —————————————— neutral 中性 neutral adj. 中立的，中性的；中立国的；非彩色的 n. 中立国；中立者；非彩色；齿轮的空档 You cannot be completely neutral in this world. 在此世间，你无法做到绝对的中立。 Of course, this is a power, like my brand of fictional magic, that is morally neutral. 当然，这种能力，就像在我虚构的魔法世界里一样，在道德上是中立的。 He said why don't we choose something neutral? 他说，为什么不选择一些中立的字体？ —————————————— frequent 频繁的 frequent adj. 频繁的；时常发生的；惯常的 vt. 常到，常去；时常出入于 Your shirts have faded from frequent washing. 你的衬衣由于经常洗涤已经褪色。 The two factories maintain frequent contacts. 两个厂经常打交道。 There are frequent contacts between the peoples of the two countries. 两国人民之间交往频繁。 —————————————— assure 保证 assure vt. 保证；担保；使确信；弄清楚 I assure you I'll be there. 我向你保证我一定到那儿去。 I assure you. 我向你保证。 I can assure you of the reliability of the information. 我可以向你保证这消息是可靠的。 —————————————— general 一般 general adj. 一般的，普通的；综合的；大体的 n. 一般；将军，上将；常规 n. (General)人名；(英)杰纳勒尔 The general designated an officer to the command. 该将军任命一名军官担任指挥官。 They dismounted the general by stealing his horse. 他们盗走将军的马匹使他丧失坐骑。 The general's speech was pitched as a call to arms. 将军的讲话是一个要大家拿起武器的号召。 —————————————— ascribe 把 ascribe vt. 归因于；归咎于 Some ascribe healing powers to the muddy shores and mineral-rich salts. 一些人把这些归因于泥泞的海岸和高矿物质含量。 It is too easy to ascribe project problems to individuals or unique events; my experience has been that most problems are systemic and will repeat until the root causes are dealt with. 我们很容易将项目中的问题归咎于个人或者独特的事件，但是我的经验是绝大多数问题是系统的，它们会一直重复直到根本的原因被解决。 The Monetary Maniacs may ascribe the entire move to low interest rates. 货币至上论者可能会将整个上涨归因于低利率。 —————————————— sole 唯一的 sole n. 鞋底；脚底；基础；鳎目鱼 adj. 唯一的；单独的；仅有的 vt. 触底；上鞋底 n. (Sole)人名；(意、西、芬、塞、罗、南非)索莱 Practice is the sole criterion of truth. 实践是检验真理的唯一标准。 This soldier was the sole survivor of the battle. 这名士兵是这场战斗唯一的生还者。 We will increase our turnover if you appoint us as your sole agent. 如果你方指定我们作为独家代理，我们将增加我们的销售量。 —————————————— attendance 出席 attendance n. 出席；到场；出席人数；考勤 The attendance has dropped away recently. 近来出席人数越来越少。 Manchester City claim that most of their fans come from Manchester, but they only have a 44,000 average attendance. 曼城宣称他们的球迷基本都是本地人，但是到场观众却只有平均44,000人左右。 During the workshop, attendance by all of the project's stakeholders is critical to ensure success. 在讨论会期间，项目的所有参与者的出席对于确保成功至关重要。 —————————————— analogy 类比 analogy n. 类比；类推；类似 The analogy is rather farfetched. 这个比方有点驴唇不对马嘴。 Everyone has analogy fatigue at this point. 在这一点上，人人都有类比疲劳。 That is my analogy of where we are. 我是这么类比我们现在的处境。 —————————————— recipient 收件人 recipient n. 容器，接受者；容纳者 adj. 容易接受的，感受性强的 If you know when that is, tell your recipient. 如果你知道这个期限，告诉你的接收者。 The entry above will always have the request associated with the initiator reference and the response associated with the recipient reference. 上面的条目将始终具有与发起者引用相关联的请求和与接收者引用相关联的响应。 The data supplied with each request operation sent to a business state machine must carry enough information to identify which state machine instance should be the recipient of the data. 与发送给业务状态机的每个请求操作一起提供的数据必须提供足够的信息，以确定哪个状态机实例应当是该数据的接收者。 —————————————— spiral 螺旋 spiral n. 螺旋；旋涡；螺旋形之物 adj. 螺旋形的；盘旋的 vt. 使成螺旋形；使作螺旋形上升 vi. 盘旋；成螺旋形；螺旋形上升（过去式spiraled/spiralled，过去分词spiraled/spiralled，现在分词spiraling/spiralling，第三人称单数spirals，副词spirally） He recruited some of the workers to start making spiral bulbs for TCP. 他招募了那家工厂的一些工人，开始为TCP生产螺旋形灯泡。 In this case, the orbit of the rotating asteroid will very slowly spiral in toward the sun. 在这样的情况下，旋转小行星的运行轨道将非常缓慢地向朝着太阳的方向盘旋。 So then, anchor in the heart of One, then simply feel yourself as if you are drifting down the sacred spiral, staying within, into the Fifth. 锚定在合一的心，然后简单的感觉你自己，感觉你就像飘落的神圣螺旋，保持在内在，进入第五维度。 —————————————— splash 飞溅 splash vt. 溅，泼；用...使液体飞溅 n. 飞溅的水；污点；卖弄 vi. 溅湿；溅开 Don't splash my shoes. 别溅到我的鞋上。 This finding is similar to observations in Thailand, where a seawall at Patong Beach caused a splash-up of the tsunami wave and buildings behind it only suffered modest structural damages. 这个发现和在泰国观察到的是相似的，在那一个在巴东海滩的防波堤引起了一个海啸波的溅起，并且其后的建筑物只受到了适度的结构破坏。 Now copy the splash into the window we work in. 现在，将喷溅图片拖入我们工作的窗口。 —————————————— genuine 真正的 genuine adj. 真实的，真正的；诚恳的 How about some genuine enthusiasm? 一些真正的热情如何？ The only moral tenet governing the conduct of business in the shop was that the goods should be genuine and the price fair. 货真价实，是商店唯一的道德。 There is no genuine Maya tradition behind any of this. 但没有任何真实的玛雅传统支持这些说法。 —————————————— sulfur 硫 sulfur vt. 用硫磺处理 n. 硫磺；硫磺色 Well, this chlorine has taken one electron from the sulfur. 对了，这个氯从硫那里得到了一个电子。 When mixed with sulfur, phosphorus, and the kind of heat you get from, say, friction, it's very unstable. 当与硫磺、磷、你从某处获得的某种热量（比如说摩擦力）混合时，它就变得很不稳定。 These pollutants are called aerosols and they include soot as well as compounds of nitrogen and sulfur and other stuff into the air. 通常，我们称这些污染物为悬浮微粒，它们包含烟尘以及氮硫与进入大气的其他物质的混合物。 —————————————— fixture 夹具 fixture n. 设备；固定装置；固定于某处不大可能移动之物 Automats, or automated cafeterias, were popular, and it was also the time when laundromats, still a fixture in the urban landscape, appeared on the scene. 自动售货机或者自动食堂都广受欢迎，而且自助洗衣店也在那时登场，至今仍然是城市景观中的一个固定装置。 But in fact, we get it seriously wrong in the design of each and every fixture; our bodies are designed to squat and we sit on toilets. Our showers aim water down when they should aim water up. 但事实上，我们在设计每一个固定装置时都大错特错：我们被要求下蹲以坐在座便器上；我们的淋浴器本应该吸水反而放水。 In addition, the astronauts installed a backup ammonia jumper cable between the port 4 and 5 trusses of the station and transferred a power and data grapple fixture from the shuttle to the station. 另外宇航员们还安装了一个空间站4号端口和5号端口之间的氨跨接电缆备件，并且将一个发动机和数据绑缚设备从航天飞机转移到空间站上。 —————————————— editorial 编辑 editorial adj. 编辑的；社论的 n. 社论 The editorial needs to be rewritten. 这篇社论需要重写。 The editor dummied up the editorial page. 编辑制好了社论版样张。 The newspaper editorial defamed the politician. 该报社论诬蔑这名政治家。 —————————————— spectacular 壮观的 spectacular adj. 壮观的，惊人的；公开展示的 Both are valid observations! But for a first batch, these apps do look rather spectacular. 这都是事实，但是作为第一批应用程序，它们看起来还蛮壮观的。 You wander off to one side, into the nave, and suddenly you come across this spectacular altar, or a beautiful painting that was totally unexpected. 你走到一头，进入中殿，突然你看到了壮观的祭坛，或者一幅绝美的画卷，类似这样的完全意想不到的东西。 They were wrong. And they were wrong in a spectacular fashion. “他们错了，而且以一种惊人的方式犯下错误”。 —————————————— background 背景 background n. 背景；隐蔽的位置 vt. 作…的背景 adj. 背景的；发布背景材料的 He dubbed out the background noise. 他抹去了背景噪音。 Her background disinclined her from resistance. 她的背景使她无意抵抗。 We do not differentiate between our workers on the basis of their background or ethnic origin. 我们不以工人们的背景或种族来源区别对待他们。 —————————————— casual 休闲 casual adj. 随便的；非正式的；临时的；偶然的 n. 便装；临时工人；待命士兵 We are the casual acquaintance of a long railway journey. 我们是在火车长途旅行中偶然结识的朋友。 I had no idea how to get beyond casual friendships to anything romantic, no idea at all. 我不知道如何越过随便的友谊进入到任何浪漫的关系，根本没有任何主意。 These traditions continue at the company where workers amble about the offices in jeans and casual shirts. 这些传统在公司得以延续，工作人员穿着牛仔裤和非正式的衬衣在公司漫步。 —————————————— folk 民间 folk n. 民族；人们；亲属（复数） adj. 民间的 n. (Folk)人名；(英、匈、捷)福克 Folk art covers a wide range. 民间艺术包罗甚广。 Do you like folk music? 你喜欢民间音乐吗？ This song is based on an old folk tune. 这支歌是根据一首古老的民歌曲调创作的。 —————————————— mask 面具 mask n. 面具；口罩；掩饰 vi. 掩饰；戴面具；化装 vt. 掩饰；戴面具；使模糊 We tore from them the mask of democracy. 我们撕下了他们民主的假面具。 They contrived a mask against poison gas. 他们设计了一种防毒面具。 He ripped away the mask of pretence which covered their activities. 他剥掉了遮盖他们行动的假面具。 —————————————— rupture 破裂 rupture n. 破裂；决裂；疝气 vi. 破裂；发疝气 vt. 使破裂；断绝；发生疝 As you can see here swelling and rupture of cladding, that you have to look at. 如你们在这看到的，这是覆盖层的膨胀和断裂，你们必须要观察的。 In the event of a large rupture, the system would vent directly to the atmosphere. 万一发生了大的破裂，这个系统就直接把放射性、物质排向大气。 Surgery is often the best treatment option to repair an Achilles tendon rupture. 外科手术常常是修复阿基里斯腱断裂的最佳治疗选择。 —————————————— clutch 离合器 clutch n. 离合器；控制；手；紧急关头 vi. 攫；企图抓住 vt. 抓住；紧握 adj. 没有手提带或背带的；紧要关头的 At this stage, your clutch is your enemy, steer clear of it! 此时，离合器是你的大敌，千万不要动它！ Careless use of the clutch may damage the gears. 离合器使用不慎可能损坏传动装置. Aboard the Corvo, Colt became fascinated with the ship's wheel, particularly the way it could alternately spin or be locked in a fixed position through the use of a clutch. 登上科尔沃号后，柯尔特开始痴迷于轮船的舵轮，尤其是其通过使用离合器来进行交替旋转或者锁定在特定的位置的方式。 —————————————— fat 脂肪 fat adj. 肥的，胖的；油腻的；丰满的 n. 脂肪，肥肉 vt. 养肥；在…中加入脂肪 vi. 长肥 n. (Fat)人名；(法、西、塞)法特；(东南亚国家华语)发 The sofa was squished by his fat body. 沙发被他肥胖的身体压得吱吱响。 The pickpocket relieved the fat passenger of all his money. 扒手把那位胖旅客的钱全偷走了。 After a summer here the poorest sheep and cattle grow strong and fat. 经过一个夏天， 连最差的牛羊在这里也长得又肥又壮了。 —————————————— smuggle 走私 smuggle vt. 走私；偷运 vi. 走私，私运；偷带 Bolivia has arrested three other police officers suspected of helping him smuggle cocaine to the US. 玻利维亚还逮捕了其他三名涉嫌帮助他向美国走私可卡因的警察。 With no neighbouring countries and rigid customs controls at ports and airports, it will be difficult for anyone to smuggle in contraband cigarettes. 没有邻国，加之在海港和空港实行严格的海关监管，不管是谁，走私禁运品香烟都将是非常困难的事。 Ogden says the Justice Department will also investigate and prosecute those who smuggle guns and cash into Mexico. 他说，司法部还将调查和起诉那些向墨西哥走私枪支和现金的人。 —————————————— shrewd 精明的 shrewd adj. 精明的；狡猾的；机灵的 n. 精明（的人）；机灵（的人） "No shrewd user" of a biological weapon "is going to give you that opportunity," he warned. “没有一个精明的生物武器使用者会给你那个机会，”他警告说。 And like any shrewd borrower, Milton promises that the credit extended will prove an excellent investment. 就像那些精明的借贷人，弥尔顿保证这将是一个,收益很好的投资。 A minority of shrewd billionaires have succeeded in prospering despite the tumultuous conditions. 有少数精明的亿万富翁得以在动荡的环境中获取成功。 —————————————— liberal 自由 liberal adj. 自由主义的；慷慨的；不拘泥的；宽大的 n. 自由主义者 n. (Liberal)人名；(葡)利贝拉尔 They disagreed on how to define “liberal”. 他们对如何解释“liberal”一词的词义有不同意见。 But there is something much more important and even more revolting; it is the change in values imposed by this liberal ideology. 但还有一些是更重要的也是更令人厌恶的，即由这个自由的意识形态强加于价值观的变化。 He added that it should be democratic and liberal without shortcomings. 他补充说，新宪法必须是民主和自由的，而且不能有缺点。 —————————————— college 大学 college n. 大学；学院；学会 She enrolled in college yesterday. 她昨天注册入大学。 We diverted our funds to paying for college. 我们把我们的资金转而为学院付款。 They presented a sum of money to the college in memory of their son. 他们向学院赠送了一笔款项以纪念他们的儿子。 —————————————— machine 机 machine n. 机械，机器；机构；机械般工作的人 vt. 用机器制造 n. (Machine)人名；(意)马基内 Do you know how to handle the machine? 你知道这机器应怎样操作吗? This machine grinds up these rocks into powder. 这部机器把这些石块磨成粉末。 You can pump up the tyres by hand or with this special machine. 这可以用手或用这个特殊的机器给车胎打气。 —————————————— disperse 分散 disperse vt. 分散；使散开；传播 vi. 分散 adj. 分散的 The police fired into the air in an attempt to disperse the crowd. 警察朝天开枪，企图驱散人群。 It was only when the ash from the disintegrating moon rained down on their faces and breasts that they began to disperse. 当灰尘从即将碎裂的月亮上面落下来拂过她们的脸庞和乳房的时候，她们才开始散开。 Even central banks, until recently keen to disperse some of their gold holdings, could soon be sniffing around for more of the precious metal, analysts say. 分析师称,即便是近期还热衷于要分散部分黄金储备的各国央行,可能很快也会到处寻求吸纳更多黄金. —————————————— bond 债券 bond n. 债券；结合；约定；粘合剂；纽带 vi. 结合，团结在一起 vt. 使结合；以…作保 n. (Bond)人名；(英、德、西、刚(金)、瑞典)邦德 The bond bears interest. 这债券生息。 Sure, the stock and bond holders will get wiped out, but the infrastructure will still be there. 可以肯定的是，那些股票和债券的持有者将被抛弃，但是基础还在那里。 So what we can actually directly compare is the dissociation energy or the bond strength of nitrogen versus hydrogen. 因此实际上我们可以直接进行比较,对氮分子与氢分子的离解能,或键的强度。 —————————————— never 从来没有 never adv. 从未；决不 We never deviate from our principles. 我们从不违背自己的原则。 He never referred to his sisters in his letters. 他在信里从未提到过他的姊妹。 She never knew why they blackballed her from the club. 她从不知道为什么他们投反对票阻止她加入俱乐部。 —————————————— reap 收获 reap vt. 收获，获得；收割 vi. 收割，收获 n. (Reap)人名；(英)里普 The peasants leaned down to reap wheat. 农民们俯身收割小麦。 We do not yet reap rewards equal to those of men. 当然,我们获得的酬劳还难以与男人们相媲美。 You work hard after you learn how to work smart and as a result, reap the best benefits of both worlds. 在你知道怎样精明的工作以后再去努力工作，你就会在这两个世界里获得最大利益。 —————————————— fraud 欺诈 fraud n. 欺骗；骗子；诡计 n. (Fraud)人名；(法)弗罗 How can he do fraud on the Internet? 就这样怎么可能在网络上诈骗呢？ The prosecutor accused the defendant of fraud. 原告控告被告犯有欺诈罪。 “We discovered some evidence of money laundering, fraud, and embezzlement, ” he said. “我们发现了一些洗钱、欺诈和贪污的证据，”他说。 —————————————— given 鉴于 given adj. 赠予的；沉溺的；规定的 prep. 考虑到 v. 给予（give的过去分词） n. (Given)人名；(英、土)吉文 She specified that she be given her son. 她提出把儿子交给她抚养作为条件。 His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。 Her parents pleaded that she should be given one more chance. 她父母请求再给她一次机会。 —————————————— trace 跟踪 trace vi. 追溯；沿路走 vt. 追踪，查探；描绘；回溯 n. 痕迹，踪迹；微量；[仪] 迹线；缰绳 But I leave no trace and have no friends. 但我不会留下任何痕迹，而且我也没有朋友。 They then try to trace through every piece of data linked through those. 然后它们尝试去追踪通过这些数据连接到每一块数据。 We could not reason out which way the robbers escaped, because we were unable to find any trace of them. 我们推断不出这些强盗是从哪个方向逃走的，因为我们找不到他们的任何踪迹。 —————————————— humorous 幽默的 humorous adj. 诙谐的，幽默的；滑稽的，可笑的 His humorous remark lightened the tense atmosphere. 他的一番幽默的话缓和了紧张气氛。 The poet ranted his humorous verses before a big crowd. 这位诗人在大庭广众之下大声朗诵他的幽默诗句。 I’m not exactly sure what she does there, but it seems to be related to humorous poems. 我并不确切地知道她为什么会出现在那些结果中，但似乎与幽默诗歌有关。 —————————————— fracture 骨折 fracture n. 破裂，断裂；[外科] 骨折 vi. 破裂；折断 vt. 使破裂 A doctor can reduce a fracture or dislocation. 医生能使骨折或脱臼复原。 The more risk factors you have, the higher your fracture risk. 以上的这些危险因素，你占得越多，就越有可能骨折。 The more weight a woman gains after age 25, the lower her risk of fracture. 如果一个女性在25岁以后体重增加，就减少了骨折的风险。 —————————————— statue 雕像 statue n. 雕像，塑像 vt. 以雕像装饰 She superseded the old statue. 她把那个旧的塑像扔掉了。 He is like a thin ivory statue. 他就像一尊薄薄的象牙雕像。 They uncovered the statue at the beginning of the ceremony. 仪式开始时， 他们揭去了塑像的罩子。 —————————————— vent 发泄 vent n. （感情的）发泄；出口；通风孔 vt. 发泄感情；放出…；给…开孔 vi. 放出；（通过排泄等）减轻压力 n. (Vent)人名；(德)芬特；(英、捷、芬)文特 We need to vent our feelings. 我们需要发泄我们的情感。 I understand why you need to vent. 我很理解问什么你需要发泄。 She longed to be alone that she might give full vent to her sorrow and despair. 她渴望独处， 以便充分发泄悲痛和失望的心情。 —————————————— aerial 空中 aerial adj. 空中的，航空的；空气的；空想的 n. [电讯] 天线 The birds perched upon the television aerial. 那些鸟栖在电视天线上. The aerial can be adjusted to the frequency of those signals by lengthening or shortening the spout. 靠加长或缩短这根水柱，天线就能调节到相应的信号频率。 After class, he told them about his adventures in aerospace, and he showed them some aerial photographs. 下课，他告诉学生们他在太空的冒险，并向他们展示一些空中拍摄的照片。 —————————————— ministry 部 ministry n. （政府的）部门 Under the ministry there are six departments. 部下面设6个司。 Small residential areas have become a priority with the Ministry of Construction. 建设居民小区是建设部要优先解决的问题。 He began his diplomatic career as an interpreter at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 他以在外交部当译员开始他的外交生涯。 —————————————— fire 火 fire n. 火；火灾；炮火；炉火；热情；激情；磨难 vt. 点燃；解雇；开除；使发光；烧制；激动；放枪 vi. 着火；射击；开枪；激动；烧火 The skiers basked by the fire. 滑雪者坐在火旁取暖。 They huddled up around the fire. 他们蜷缩着围挤在火旁。 They were succoured from the fire by the rescue helicopter. 他们被援救的直升机从大火中解救了出来。 —————————————— opera 歌剧 opera n. 歌剧；歌剧院；歌剧团 n. (Opera)人名；(意)奥佩拉 We have taken a box at the opera. 我们已经在歌剧院定了个包厢。 She dialled into the opera broadcast. 她调到歌剧广播节目。 The audience applauded wildly at the end of the opera. 观众在歌剧结束时狂热地鼓掌喝彩。 —————————————— vulnerable 脆弱的 vulnerable adj. 易受攻击的，易受…的攻击；易受伤害的；有弱点的 What causes me to feel this vulnerable and guarded? 是什么让我觉得如此脆弱和谨慎？ Not only network is vulnerable, any piece of software is. 不仅网络是脆弱的，任何一个软件都是脆弱的。 In fact, it may be one of the few places where they can make themselves feel entirely vulnerable to another human being. 实际上，这也是为数不多的一个地方，能让他们在面对另一个人时，完全展露出自己脆弱的一面。 —————————————— anxiety 焦虑 anxiety n. 焦虑；渴望；挂念；令人焦虑的事 He was distracted by anxiety. 他因忧虑而心烦意乱。 Fear and anxiety were gnawing her. 恐惧与焦虑折磨着她。 The student was tortured with anxiety. 这个学生为焦虑所苦。 —————————————— jealous 嫉妒 jealous adj. 妒忌的；猜疑的；唯恐失去的；戒备的 I figured she was jealous. 我认为她是嫉妒。 He was jealous when he discovered that she loved someone else. 当他发现她爱别人的时候， 他吃醋了。 So how can you admit you're jealous of your friend? 所以你怎么可以会允许自己妒忌你的朋友呢？ —————————————— aesthetic 审美 aesthetic adj. 美的；美学的；审美的，具有审美趣味的 He finds beauty all around him, and his aesthetic is like no other. 他能从周围的生活中发现美，他的审美观独一无二。 Historically, there are many reasons for environmental injustice: some economic, some aesthetic; some are simply due to a lack of community resources available. 历史上，环境的不公正的原因有许多：一些是经济的、一些是美学的；一些仅仅是由于缺乏可用的社区资源。 Above all, in each project a translator makes decisions on what might be called the aesthetic and contextual order. 首先，在每一个项目中，是译者决定文章是否可称得上具有美感，是否上下文通顺。 —————————————— glimpse 一瞥 glimpse n. 一瞥，一看 vi. 瞥见 vt. 瞥见 I had a glimpse of his true feelings. 我窥见到他的真实感情。 He caught a glimpse of his former lover in the theatre last night. 昨晚他在剧院里瞥见了他以前的情人。 Through science, he says, we can glimpse some basic structures of the reality beneath the veil, but much of it remains an infinite, eternal mystery. 他说，通过科学，我们可以瞥见实在在面纱下的某些基本结构，但它的大部分将保持无限和永久的神秘。 —————————————— circus 马戏团 circus n. 马戏；马戏团 The team performs under a circus tent. 这队在马戏团帐篷下演出。 The horses pranced in the circus ring. 马匹在马戏场上腾跳。 Circus monkeys are trained to be very docile and obedient. 马戏团的猴子训练得服服贴贴的。 —————————————— let 让 let vt. 允许，让；出租；假设；妨碍 vi. 出租；被承包 n. 障碍；出租屋 n. (Let)人名；(缅)莱；(俄)莱特 Let them do it at once. 让他们马上做这件事。 He banged on the door until she let him in. 他砰砰打门，一直到她开门让他进去为止。 Let me represent my ideas to you in another way. 让我用另一种方式向你说明我的想法。 —————————————— want 想要 want vt. 需要；希望；应该；缺少 n. 需要；缺乏；贫困；必需品 vi. 需要；缺少 Tell me which ones you want. 告诉我哪些是你需要的。 What colour do you want? 你要哪样颜色的? I want you to undertake all the arrangements. 我希望你来负责全面安排工作。 —————————————— invite 邀请 invite vt. 邀请，招待；招致 n. 邀请 Look about carefully before deciding whom to invite. 先仔细想好了再决定该邀请谁。 Do you want me to invite your accountant to this meeting? 你想让我把你的会计师也邀请到会议里么？ If you and the person share common interests, click Invite to my network, and that person will receive an e-mail inviting him or her to be one of your network contacts. 如果您和这名用户具有相同的兴趣，那么单击 邀请至我的网络，这名用户将收到一封电子邮件，邀请他或她加入到您的联系人圈子中。 —————————————— navy 海军 navy n. 海军 深蓝色的 He has enlisted in the navy. 他已应募加入了海军。 A captain ranks a commander in the navy. 在海军中，上校的军衔高于中校。 Being drafted into the navy derailed his career for three years. 由于应征参加海军，他的事业被耽搁了三年。 —————————————— threat 威胁 threat n. 威胁，恐吓；凶兆 Do you want to submit to his threat? 你真想向他的威胁屈服吗? He broke her by the threat of blackmail. 他用敲诈勒索的威胁使她屈服。 The workers' movement poses a direct threat to their interests. 工人运动对他们的利益造成了直接威胁。 —————————————— voluntary 自愿的 voluntary adj. 自愿的；志愿的；自发的；故意的 n. 志愿者；自愿行动 Also, treatment should be voluntary as far as possible, while service users should have plenty of contact and companionship with other service users. 另外，应当尽可能做到自愿接受治疗，而且服务使用者应当与使用服务的其他人有广泛的联系和友谊。 Participation in the program would be voluntary and participants could prepay the government loan at any time. 参加这以项目是自愿的，参与者可以在任何时间将贷款预付给政府。 One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny. 为了避免饿死和不进监狱，一个人应当尊重公众意见，但是除了这些目的之外如果还这么做，那就是对不必要专制的自愿遵从。 —————————————— electron 电子 electron n. 电子 We have the electron. 我们有了电子。 He is reading electron physics at Qinghua University. 他现在在清华大学攻读电子物理学。 Because we know as we go to infinity, even though the density gets smaller and smaller and smaller, we still have electron density very far away from the nucleus. 因为我们知道即使到了无穷远处，尽管电子密度会变得非常非常非常小，但我们仍然有一定的电子密度，无论离原子核多远。 —————————————— acquaint 了解 acquaint vt. 使熟悉；使认识 I'll acquaint you with my daughter when she arrives. 我女儿来后我将介绍你们认识。 Each of the next four sections will acquaint you with one of our classes, as well as the RDBMS feature onto which it maps. 下面的四节中，每一节都会帮助您熟悉我们的一个类，还有这些类映射到的 RDBMS 功能。 In this section, we will acquaint ourselves with the practical details of the platform through development of a real-world application on a phone interface. 在这一部分中，我们将通过开发一个现实的电话界面应用程序来熟悉这个平台的实践细节。 —————————————— assemble 组装 assemble vt. 集合，聚集；装配；收集 vi. 集合，聚集 The captain called the men to assemble. 队长命令部队集合。 Assemble an IEPD with all of the appropriate artifacts. 使用所有合适的工件来组装一个 IEPD。 The company prefabricated sections of houses and moved them to building sites for workers to assemble. 公司预制好房屋的各个部件，然后运到建筑工地由工人们将其组装起来。 —————————————— case 情况下 case n. 情况；实例；箱 vt. 包围；把…装于容器中 n. (Case)人名；(英)凯斯；(西)卡塞；(法)卡斯 No more clothes will go into this case. 这手提箱再也装不下衣服了。 In no case can we cheapen the quality of products. 在任何情况下我们都不能降低产品质量。 The lawyer cited a previous case to support his argument. 这位律师援引了一个以前的案例来证实他的论断。 —————————————— indicative 指示性 indicative adj. 象征的；指示的；表示…的 n. 陈述语气；陈述语气的动词形式 As a result of this normalization through familiarity, by the mid-1980s BDSM was no longer considered inherently indicative of mental illness. 通过这种熟悉的正常化的结果，1980年代中期BDSM便不再被认为是精神疾病的固有象征。 The catalog lists all the commodities we export, and the price list gives indicative prices for all our export articles. 目录里列出了我们出口的所有产品，价格表也给出了我们所有出口产品的指示性价格。 The way they deliberate every word before it comes out of their mouth is indicative of how they approach life: They look before they leap. 他们对每个将要从嘴里蹦出来的的字都仔细斟酌一番，这便是他们对待生活方式的一种象征：他们在行动之前一定会看清情况。 —————————————— income 收入 income n. 收入，收益；所得 His way of life conforms to his income. 他的生活方式与他的收入是相符的。 What you lose in income you will gain in experience. 你在收入方面的损失将会从获得的经验中得到补偿。 Not more than a quarter of your income should go in rent. 你的收入用于房租不应超过四分之一。 —————————————— naive 天真的 naive adj. 天真的,幼稚的 This is a naive argument, because other nations will not see the US action in this light. 这是个天真的论点，因为别的国家不会从这样的角度看待美国的行为。 Consider me naive, but I believe the majority of companies actually like their customers and users and want to provide them with a valuable service. 恕我天真，但是我相信大多数的公司确实喜爱他们的顾客和使用者，并且希望给他们顾客提供良好的服务。 Some US politicians have suggested that it ends the “too big to fail” problem but that is naive. 一些美国的政治家们表示这结束了“太大而不能倒”的问题，但是这是幼稚的。 —————————————— list 列表 list n. [计] 列表；清单；目录 vi. 列于表上 vt. 列出；记入名单内 n. (List)人名；(匈)李斯特；(英、德、法、西、捷)利斯特 He crossed his name off the list. 他把他的名字从名单上划掉。 No one could phony a list like that. 没有人能够假造像这样的一份清单。 They have lined through his name in the membership list. 他们已经在会员名单上划掉了他的名字。 —————————————— dubious 可疑的 dubious adj. 可疑的；暧昧的；无把握的；半信半疑的 The testimony given by him is dubious. 他所作的证据是可疑的。 You burst in on her doing something dubious and she is trying to neutralise it by involving you. 你在她做可疑事情的时候突然出现，她是在试图把你卷进来，从而息事宁人。 Now without doubt this is a dubious theory of classical anthropology. 现在毫无疑问这是一个关于古典人类学的可疑学说。 —————————————— torch 火炬 torch n. 火把，火炬；手电筒；启发之物 vi. 像火炬一样燃烧 vt. 用火炬点燃 He flashed the torch on for a second. 他把手电筒亮了一下。 Suddenly somebody flashed an electric torch. 手电筒霍然一亮。 A torch symbolizes the brightness (of the future). 火炬象征光明。 —————————————— issue 问题 issue n. 问题；流出；期号；发行物 vt. 发行，发布；发给；放出，排出 vi. 发行；流出；造成…结果；传下 The king adventured his crown upon the issue. 国王在此问题上拿他的王冠冒险。 His ideas and mine jump together on this issue. 在这个问题上，他和我的意见完全一致。 I suggest that you keep off political issue in negotiations with them. 我建议你在与他们谈判时避开政治问题。 —————————————— map 地图 map vt. 映射；计划；绘制地图；确定基因在染色体中的位置 n. 地图；示意图；染色体图 vi. 基因被安置 n. (Map)人名；(法)马普 Look it out in the map. 把它从地图上找出来。 He was talking while pointing at the map. 他一边用手指着地图一边讲话。 Beijing is indicated on the map by a red star. 在这幅地图上北京是用一颗红星标明的。 —————————————— introduce 介绍 introduce vt. 介绍；引进；提出；采用 Let me introduce him to you. 让我把他给你们介绍一下。 Allow me to introduce a friend to you. 让我给你介绍一个朋友。 On his first day as the new-comer,he breezed through the office to introduce himself. 他作为新来者上班后的第一天在办公室呆了一会儿，作了自我介绍。 —————————————— worthwhile 有价值的 worthwhile adj. 值得做的，值得花时间的 While this is an intellectually worthwhile goal, it does not usually add to the body of useful languages. 虽然这是在智力上值得做的目标，但是它通常不能添加到有用的语言体中。 Releases should be as small as possible while still delivering enough business value to make them worthwhile. 发行版应该尽可能地小，同时仍然提供足够的企业价值以证明它们值得。 This takes a little while to switch all of your plastic storage containers over to ceramic, glass or stainless steel but its definitely worthwhile. 把你所有的塑料存储容器换成陶瓷的，玻璃的，或者不锈钢的你会浪费你一点时间。 但这绝对是值得的。 —————————————— flavour 味道 flavour n. 香味；滋味 vt. 给……调味；给……增添风趣 My grandmother loves pounding sesame seeds up for special flavour. 我奶奶喜欢把芝麻捣碎了吃，这是为了特殊的香味。 When you have a cold, any food and drink sometimes has very little flavour to you. 你患感冒时, 任何酒菜有时都会毫无滋味。 Likewise, bell peppers, which have some pepper flavour but no capsaicin, are not at all popular in Mexico. 另外，同样具有辣椒风味但不含辣椒素的柿子椒在墨西哥也一点不受欢迎。 —————————————— basic 基本 basic adj. 基本的；基础的 n. 基础；要素 That law deprived me of my most basic rights. 那条法律把我的最基本权利都剥夺了。 He knows how to programme in BASIC languages. 他知道如何用BASIC 语言编程。 Family planning remains a basic state policy for China. 计划生育是中国的基本国策。 —————————————— converge 收敛 converge vt. 使汇聚 vi. 聚集；靠拢；收敛 The eye tends to follow these lines to the point where they converge. 人们的目光一直追随着这些线条直到会聚点。 This approach might not be any more reliable than measuring the execution times until they converge, but it is simpler to implement. 这种方法可能并不比度量执行时间直至收敛的方法更可靠，但是更容易实现。 It's very easy to estimate the scheduling cost of adding systems or replacing them when your machines will converge to a known state shortly. 当机器将很快收敛到一个已知状态时，就可以很容易地估计添加系统或替换它们的调度成本。 —————————————— infectious 传染性 infectious adj. 传染的；传染性的；易传染的 Prisoners, and prison staff, come and go from Kenyan prisons every day, bringing with them potentially infectious diseases in both directions. 囚犯和监狱工作人员每天从肯尼亚监狱来来去去，可能患有传染性的疾病地往两方向跑。 The new point of view was infectious, and the next child did likewise, and then the next, till the whole three of them wailed loud. 这个新观点是有传染性的，第二个孩子也同样哭起来，接着又是一个，后来三个孩子都一起嚎啕大哭起来。 And what I mean by decisive is the same sort of medical control that we have over most infectious diseases today. 我所指的‘决定性’医疗控制和我们对现在大多数传染性疾病采用的医疗控制是同一性质的。 —————————————— faith 信仰 faith n. 信仰；信念；信任；忠实 n. (Faith)人名；(匈)福伊特；(英)费思，费丝(女名)；(瑞典)法伊特 She began to lose faith in herself. 她开始对自己丧失信心。 They stood steadfast on their faith. 他们坚守他们的信念。 The failure did not kill their faith. 这次失败没有摧毁他们的信念。 —————————————— go 去 go vi. 走；达到；运转；趋于 n. 去；进行；尝试 vt. 忍受；出产；以…打赌 [复数 goes 第三人称单数 goes 过去式 went 过去分词 gone 现在分词 going] He decided to go do it. 他下决心去做这件事。 I go far to my work. 我上班走很远的路。 He jollied her along until she agreed to go with him. 他把她哄得高高兴兴地同意跟他一道去了。 —————————————— conversely 相反 conversely adv. 相反地 Conversely, start only what you know you can finish. 相反地，只开始那些你知道你能完成的。 Conversely, each and every version of every file can be traced back to the activity, and therefore the change request, that caused the change. 相反，每个文件的每一个版本都可以被追溯到这个活动，因此这个变更请求就可以引起变更。 Every action you do every day builds your life or, conversely, helps to destroy it. 每天你做的每个行动成就了你的生活，相反的，也可以帮助你去毁灭它。 —————————————— blade 叶片 blade n. 叶片；刀片，刀锋；剑 But the notches on the blade. 除了刀锋的那条凹槽。 The propeller blade has been mounted. 推进器的叶片已经安装好了。 But this does not necessarily mean it will ensure high available in every case, especially in blade environments. 但这不一定表示，它会确保每种情况下都高度可用，特别是在刀片环境中。 —————————————— anticipate 预测 anticipate vt. 预期，期望；占先，抢先；提前使用 The general misread the enemy's intentions, and didn't anticipate the attack. 将军对敌人的意图判断错误，没有预见到那次进攻。 So, even without understanding all that this file does, you can anticipate the next step. 这样，即使不能理解这个文件的全部功能，您也可以预期下一步。 But intervention is itself a sign of failure, a failure to anticipate the moment of crisis. 但是干预本身就是国家失败的标志，是一个可以预期危机的失败。 —————————————— occurrence 发生 occurrence n. 发生；出现；事件；发现 Each occurrence handles one modification to the document. 每次出现处理文档的一个修改。 The rule is that any given group must have only one occurrence of each member node. 规则是在任何给定的分组中，每个成员节点只能出现一次。 One of them is a word counter, which counts for certain word occurrence in several files. 其中之一是单词计数器，它统计某一单词在几个文件中出现的次数。 —————————————— possibility 可能性 possibility n. 可能性；可能发生的事物 We had to explore this possibility very gingerly. 我们必须极其小心地探索这个可能性。 They tried to foreclose the possibility of his meeting with the chairman. 他们设法排除他与董事长会面的可能性。 Once you have eliminated the obvious causes of death, you must consider the possibility of foul play. 一旦排除了明显的死因， 你就必须考虑到可能有人采取了卑劣手段。 —————————————— dominant 占主导地位的 dominant adj. 显性的；占优势的；支配的，统治的 n. 显性 This is the tyranny of the dominant signature, caused by the limitation of expressing the element with only one name. 这就是主导签名的专制，由只使用一个名称来表示元素的限制所导致的。 Numerous persons with only a few Negroid traits annually pass over and are ab-sorbed into the dominant Caucasoid population. 许许多多只有少许黑人特征的人每年都被当作白人而被吸收为占优势的高加索种群人口。 Fear once was the dominant driver in my life and I was dying inside because of it. 一旦恐惧成为了我生命中占有优势的掌控者，我的心灵将会因此而死去。 —————————————— beg 求 beg vt. 乞讨；恳求；回避正题 vi. 乞讨；请求 n. (Beg)人名；(德、塞、巴基)贝格 I beg you overlook my rudeness. 我请求你宽恕我的失礼。 I beg of you,stop this drinking. 我求你别再喝了。 Put me down, I beg you. 把我放下来，我求你了。 —————————————— adequate 足够的 adequate adj. 充足的；适当的；胜任的 I have no adequate preparation. 我没有充分的准备。 He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents. 他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。 To have an accurate SLA you should do adequate testing of your solution. 为拥有准确的 SLA，您应当对解决方案进行足够测试。 —————————————— meadow 草地 meadow n. 草地；牧场 n. (Meadow)人名；(英)梅多 The meadow has been ploughed up. 那片草地已用犁翻过。 The colt bounded through the meadow. 那匹马驹跳着跑过牧场。 There are many lambs capering in the meadow. 很多小羊在草地上蹦蹦跳跳。 —————————————— advanced 先进的 advanced adj. 先进的；高级的；晚期的；年老的 v. 前进；增加；上涨（advance的过去式和过去分词形式） We advanced towards the castle. 我们朝城堡前进。 The bugle sounded as the troops advanced. 军号吹响前进的号令。 This advanced method has been introduced in every factory. 这种先进的操作方法已在各厂推行。 —————————————— arise 出现 arise vi. 出现；上升；起立 n. (Arise)人名；(西)阿里塞；(日)在濑(姓) You have one idea, they have another, and problems arise. 你有一个主意，他们也有一个，问题出现了。 After such destruction many problems in resettlement often arise. 在这样的破坏之后重新定居中的许多问题常常由此产生。 Problems arise because we often do not know what data to capture and, after you capture it, how to analyze it. 问题又出现了，因为我们经常不知道去捕捉什么数据，在捕捉数据以后，怎样来分析它。 —————————————— count 数 count vt. 计算；认为 vi. 计数；有价值 n. 计数；计算；伯爵 n. (Count)人名；(法、德、南非)伯爵(欧洲贵族头衔)， 康特(人名) Isolated instances do not count. 个别情况不算数。 She can count up to one hundred and backward. 她能数到一百然后再倒着数回来。 I shall count up to ten and then we can begin. 我数到十然后我们就开始。 —————————————— lie 谎言 lie vi. 躺；说谎；位于；展现 vt. 谎骗 n. 谎言；位置 n. (Lie)人名；(罗、挪、瑞典)利；(中)李(普通话·威妥玛) Facts once again give the lie to the fallacy. 事实再一次揭穿了这一谎言。 All I need to do is lie down,and I can pop right off. 我惟一的需要就是躺下来，我马上可以入睡。 I like to lie on the sunny beach, basking in the sunshine. 我喜欢躺在充满阳光的海滩上晒太阳。 —————————————— nor 也不 nor conj. 也不；也不是 adv. 也不；也没有 n. (Nor)人名；(中)挪(广东话·威妥玛)；(马来、俄)诺尔；(柬)诺 This clock neither gains nor loses. 这钟走得既不快也不慢。 I neither lend nor owe. 我既没把钱借出也没欠债。 I never saw her again, nor I regret it. 此后我再也没见到过她，对此我一点儿也不后悔。 —————————————— bed 床上 bed n. 床；基础；河底， 海底 vt. 使睡觉；安置，嵌入；栽种 vi. 上床；分层 Go to bed. You look tired out. 去睡觉吧， 你看上去困乏极了。 She tossed about in her bed. 她在床上辗转反侧。 He offered me a bed. 他提供我一个床位。 —————————————— quantitative 定量 quantitative adj. 定量的；量的，数量的 And, he needed to get quantitative. 他需要得到定量的因素。 While I do not present any quantitative data on speed, the chart is arranged in order of speed, from fastest to slowest. 在速度方面，虽然我没有定量的数据，但这张表是按照速度顺序来安排的，从最快到最慢。 For this reason, we have included our track record and the other quantitative data in this submission as an additional annex so that you can assess it on a comparable basis. 由于这个原因，我们已在这次提交材料的附录中包括了我们的跟踪误差以及其它定量数据，这样，你就能在一个比较的基础上进行评估。 —————————————— trust 信任 trust n. 信任，信赖；责任；托拉斯 vt. 信任，信赖；盼望；赊卖给 vi. 信任，信赖；依靠 n. (Trust)人名；(英)特拉斯特 He betrayed my trust in him. 他辜负了我对他的信任。 I trust him completely. 我完全信任他。 I trust his word. 我相信他的话。 —————————————— busy 忙 busy adj. 忙碌的；热闹的；正被占用的 vt. 使忙于 n. (Busy)人名；(匈)布希；(法)比西 This is a busy main road. 这是一条繁忙的主要公路。 It's the busy time for them to harvest their fields. 现在正是他们在地里收割庄稼的繁忙季节。 The teacher got the children safely over the busy road. 老师使孩子们安全地穿过了这条热闹的马路。 —————————————— patient 病人 patient adj. 有耐心的，能容忍的 n. 病人；患者 n. (Patient)人名；(法)帕蒂安 She sat by the patient. 她守护在病人身旁。 The doctor went to see that patient day about. 这个医生每隔一天就去看那个病人一次。 The doctor doubted whether the patient would live through that month. 医生拿不准那个病人是否能活过那个月。 —————————————— confront 面对 confront vt. 面对；遭遇；比较 We must confront future with optimism. 我们必须乐观地面对未来。 I live in accordance to certain priorities as I have to confront them. 我以一些优先考虑的事为标准生活,因为我必须面对它们。 Although they pose no direct military threat, this attitude would tend to justify defense concerns and the development of weapons with which to confront them. 虽然他们没有摆出直接的军事威胁，这种态度将倾向为国防关注和对抗他们的武器的发展提供正当理由。 —————————————— apart 分开 apart adv. 相距；与众不同地；分离着 adj. 分离的；与众不同的 The two places are 10 li apart. 两地相距10里。 If you’re ready to forgive me, then nothing can tear us apart, I promise. 如果你已经准备原谅我了，那么没有任何东西可以将我们分离，我保证。 Apart from [Except for] a few grammatical mistakes， this composition of yours is well written. 除了几处语法错误之外， 你这篇作文写得不错。 —————————————— pencil 铅笔 pencil n. 铅笔；笔状物 vt. 用铅笔写；用眉笔涂 vi. 成铅笔状 He roughed in the buildings and trees with a pencil. 他用铅笔勾画出建筑物和树木的轮廓。 Do you usually take notes in class with a pen or pencil? 你在课堂上记笔记通常用钢笔还是铅笔? You must ink over your signature. Pencil writing is not allowed. 你必须把签名用墨水描一下。铅笔书写是不允许的。 —————————————— monument 纪念碑 monument n. 纪念碑；历史遗迹；不朽的作品 vt. 为…树碑 The soldier's name was inscribed on a monument. 那名战士的名字被刻在纪念碑上。 They set up a bronze statue [monument] to his memory. 他们立了一座铜像[纪念碑]纪念他。 The inscription of the monument has worn away over a long period of time. 年深月久， 碑文已经磨灭了。 —————————————— past 过去的 past n. 过去；往事 adj. 过去的；结束的 prep. 越过；晚于 adv. 过；经过 The story alluded to a mystery in her past. 故事影射她过去生活中的一个秘密。 We should often reflect on our past mistakes. 我们应当经常反省自己过去的错误。 Women have not yet been emancipated from all the inequalities of the past. 妇女仍没有完全从过去一切的不平等中解放出来。 —————————————— reach 达到 reach vi. 达到；延伸；伸出手；传开 vt. 达到；影响；抵达；伸出 n. 范围；延伸；河段；横风行驶 n. (Reach)人名；(柬)列 The loss is estimated to reach upwards of 30000 yuan. 据估计损失达30000元以上。 To reach iron-ore deposit,they had to bore through solid rock. 为了达到铁矿矿床，他们只好钻透坚硬的岩石。 But the determination to reach this goal carried me and my partners through the difficult times. 但决心达成这个目标进行的我和我的合作伙伴，通过艰难的时期。 —————————————— firm 公司 firm adj. 坚定的；牢固的；严格的；结实的 vt. 使坚定；使牢固 vi. 变坚实；变稳固 adv. 稳固地 n. 公司；商号 My firm was officed in the city. 我的公司在市里设有办公室。 I have been started in his firm for ten years. 我受雇在他的公司工作，已经有十年了。 I have not any power in the firm except to recommend. 我在公司里除了有建议之权外，什么实权也没有。 —————————————— lounge 休息室 lounge n. 休息室；闲逛；躺椅；（英）酒吧间 vi. 闲逛；懒洋洋地躺卧；闲混 vt. 虚度光阴 After dinner we all adjourned to the lounge. 饭后我们都到休息室去了。 Rather than hanging out in the lounge with coffee or a snack, take a brisk walk or do some gentle stretching. 轻快地散一会儿步或者做一些轻柔的拉伸运动，不要只是端着咖啡或者茶点在休息室闲逛。 He brings pizza for classes that perform well on tests, and he's plastered the teacher's lounge with statistics on each student's performance. 对于在考试中表现好的班级他奖励比萨饼，他沉醉于张贴在教师休息室里每个学生的成绩统计表当中。 —————————————— prone 倾向 prone adj. 俯卧的；有…倾向的，易于…的 n. (Prone)人名；(意、法)普罗内 One of the greatest threats to international health security arises from outbreaks of emerging and epidemic-prone diseases. 国际卫生安全的最大威胁之一源于新出现疾病和有流行倾向疾病的暴发。 The region lacks laboratory capacity for confirmation of epidemic-prone diseases and stockpiling of emergency medicines and equipment. 该地区缺乏确认易流行疾病的实验室能力和一定库存的应急药品和设备。 A study published in Journal of Consumer Research found that men who watched dirty videos were more prone to seek immediate gratification when it came to making choices about money, soda, and candy. 一个在消费者研究杂志发表的研究文章指出，那些看了黄色录像的男人们在关于金钱、汽水和糖果中做选择时会更有寻找立刻满足的倾向。 —————————————— subscribe 订阅 subscribe vi. 订阅；捐款；认购；赞成；签署 vt. 签署；赞成；捐助 I want to subscribe for some novels. 我想预订几本小说。 You can subscribe here for your newspapers. 你可以在这儿订阅你要的那几份报纸。 If all these instances subscribe to the same topic, it can cause serious problems. 如果所有这些实例都订阅到相同的主题，则可导致严重的问题。 —————————————— lucky 幸运的 lucky adj. 幸运的；侥幸的 Some people seem to be always lucky. 有些人似乎从来都是幸运的。 I have pitched on a perfect place for our picnic by lucky chance. 我幸运地偶然发现一个十分理想的野餐地点。 You were lucky she did not belt you in the mouth when you said that. 你真有运气，你说那些话时她没打你的嘴巴。 —————————————— toast 烤面包 toast n. 干杯；烤面包；接受敬酒的人；（在某领域）广受赞誉的人 vt. 向…祝酒，为…干杯 vi. 烤火，取暖；使暖和；烘烤（面包片等） How about toast and jelly? 烤面包和果酱怎么样？ She dabbed some butter on the toast. 她在吐司上抹了一点黄油。 I have juice, cereal, toast, and coffee for breakfast. 我的早餐包括果汁、麦片、面包和咖啡。 —————————————— bathroom 浴室 bathroom n. 浴室；厕所；盥洗室 The water shed from the bathroom. 水是从浴室中溢出来的。 My glasses steamed when I came into the bathroom. 我走进浴室时，眼镜上蒙上了一层水气。 She slipped off her dress and went to the bathroom. 她迅速脱去衣服，走进了浴室。 —————————————— bid 报价 bid vt. 投标；出价；表示；吩咐 vi. 投标；吩咐 n. 出价；叫牌；努力争取 n. (Bid)人名；(俄)比德 Do as I bid you. 照我吩咐你的去做。 Do as I bid. 照我的吩咐去做。 No other buyers have bid higher than this price. 没有别的买主的出价高过此价。 —————————————— render 渲染 render vt. 致使；提出；实施；着色；以…回报 vi. 给予补偿 n. 打底；交纳；粉刷 n. (Render)人名；(英、德)伦德尔 After the initialization, you render the scene to the screen. 初始化后，您就可以将场景渲染到屏幕上。 This would reduce Nokia to being a device-maker and render obsolete many of its investments in services. 这将是诺基亚降低成一个设备制造商，渲染其在服务方面的过时的投资。 Relocatable resources: Resources can be told where to render themselves, and this rendered location may be different from the resource tag placement in the view. 可重新定位的资源：我们可以指定在哪里渲染资源，这个渲染位置可能与视图中的资源标签位置不同。 —————————————— bubble 泡沫 bubble n. 气泡，泡沫，泡状物；透明圆形罩，圆形顶 vi. 沸腾，冒泡；发出气泡声 vt. 使冒泡；滔滔不绝地说 We may be heading into another bubble. 我们似乎在走向另一个泡沫。 The water began to bubble in the teapot. 水在茶壶里开始沸腾。 So how do you avoid an asset bubble? 那么如何才能避免资产泡沫呢? —————————————— pop 流行 pop n. 流行音乐；汽水；砰然声；枪击 vi. 突然出现；爆开；射击；瞪大；发出爆裂声 vt. 取出；开枪打；抛出；突然伸出；突然行动 adj. 流行的；通俗的；热门的 adv. 突然；砰地 abbr. 邮局协议（post office protocol） n. (Pop)人名；(罗、捷、塞)波普 She talks and thinks nothing but pop music. 除了流行音乐，她什么也不谈，什么也不想。 The radio station recently pumps out pop music. 这家广播电台近来连续播放流行音乐。 The newspaper report twisted what the pop singer had said. 报纸上的报道歪曲了这名流行歌手说的话。 —————————————— unlike 不像 unlike adj. 不同的，不相似的 prep. 和…不同，不像 He always brown-bagged his lunch,unlike other executives. 他总是用棕色纸袋自带午饭上班，不像其他管理人员。 However, unlike those frameworks, it does not require you to use this approach. 但是，不像这些框架，它不要求 您使用此方法。 Unlike in a conversation, there was no interrupting—one person could "speak" until she was finished, then the other responded. 不像在一段对话里，邮件没有打断这回事-一个人能「说」到她说完，接著另一方做出反应。 —————————————— tailor 裁缝 tailor vt. 剪裁；使合适 n. 裁缝 vi. 做裁缝 n. (Tailor)人名；(英)泰勒 In his youth his father bound him out to a tailor. 他年轻时他父亲叫他去给一个裁缝当学徒。 You can tailor this to fit the scope of your project. 您可以对此方法进行定制以适应项目的范围。 In fact, the first Key Principle of the latest version of RUP (7.0) is "Adapt the Process," so you need to tailor RUP to the size and needs of your organization and its projects. 事实上，RUP 最新版本（7.0）的第一个关键原则是“使过程适应组织和项目”，所以您需要将 RUP 按您的组织及其项目的大小和需求进行剪裁。 —————————————— drainage 排水 drainage n. 排水；排水系统；污水；排水面积 One of the big risks for any construction on peat bogs is that the disrupted drainage will cause whole hillsides of waterlogged or dried out peat to slide and eventually oxidise. 不管在泥炭沼泽上进行何种施工，最大的风险是扰乱排水后将会造成整个山坡被水淹没，或导致泥炭干涸而崩塌滑坡，且最终氧化。 This could be seen in the way he treated practical aspects of his work. Providing for adequate drainage and other engineering considerations mattered as much as arranging surface features. 这一点从他对待自己作品的实用角度可以看出。提供足够的排水系统和其他的工程考虑与安排地表特征同等重要。 In addition, the massive damage to infrastructure, such as roads, canals, irrigation and drainage systems, has been another drawback, particularly along the west coast of Sumatra. 此外，对基础设施的巨大破坏，如道路、沟渠、灌溉和排水系统等，是另一个损失，特别是沿苏门答腊岛的西海岸。 —————————————— ballet 芭蕾舞 ballet n. 芭蕾舞剧；芭蕾舞乐曲 n. (Ballet)人名；(西)巴列特；(法)巴莱 I also like classical music and ballet. 我还喜欢古典音乐和芭蕾舞。 She danced the principal role in the ballet. 她在这个芭蕾舞中担任主角。 Ballet dancers practise their skill every day. 芭蕾舞演员每天练功。 —————————————— flap 皮瓣 flap n. 拍打，拍打声；神经紧张；[航] 襟翼 vi. 拍动；神经紧张；鼓翼而飞；（帽边等）垂下 vt. 拍打；扔；拉下帽边；飘动 This clouding can be caused by an inflammation under the flap of cornea tissue. 这种浑浊是由角膜瓣下角膜组织的炎症反应所造成的。 Thomas and colleagues used high-speed cameras to capture the details of how wings of the locust Schistocerca gregaria deform as they flap by bending and twisting. 托马斯和同事用高速摄像机捕获非洲沙漠蝗的翅膀在弯曲和扭转着拍打时形状变化的细节。 He was slapping his tambourine against his maroon wide-wale corduroys, a flap of shaggy brown hair lapping at his face, his eyes closed. 他正闭着眼睛，向自己身上穿的酱紫色粗条灯芯绒衣服上拍打手鼓 一缕褐色的头发不羁地搭在脸上，随着节奏上下抖动。 —————————————— detach 分离 detach vt. 分离；派遣；使超然 We "detach" the response entity, as discussed before. 如上所述，我们“分离”了响应实体。 Put away (or “detach”) the data that your application does not need by storing the data into some persistent data store. 通过将数据存储到一些永久性数据存储中而收起（或 “分离”）应用程序不需要的数据。 And if I want to detach it, I just click and drag, and now I can go back and put different puzzle pieces there altogether. 另外，假如我想分离它，我只需要单击并拖动，然后就可以回到过去那个状态,再继续把不同的拼图放到一起。 —————————————— inhabitant 居民 inhabitant n. 居民；居住者 As an inhabitant of the 21st century, I try to be "green". 作为21世纪的居民，我想尽可能地过一种“绿色”生活； About 3000 BC, the inhabitant of the island has entered the Bronze Ware Period. 约在公元前3000年，克里特岛上的居民已经进入青铜器时代。 And in virtual reality, the outside world and all its inhabitant effectively ceases to exist. 在虚拟现实中，外部世界和及其所有居民有效的停止了存在。 —————————————— parliament 议会 parliament n. 议会，国会 The government succeeded in carrying its plan through Parliament. 政府成功地使计划在国会中获得通过。 The government collided with Parliament over its industrial plans. 政府在工业规划上与议会发生冲突。 Parliament has voted the town a large sum of money for a new road. 国会投票通过为该城镇提供一大笔资金修建一条新公路。 —————————————— skeptical 持怀疑态度 skeptical adj. 怀疑的；怀疑论的，不可知论的 So how do we strengthen our skeptical skills? 那么，我们如何加强自身的怀疑技能呢？ Not all theory that we read in this course is skeptical. 我们在这门课中提及的理论不全是怀疑性的。 Its members tend to be enthusiastic about the Web and enthusiastic about civic participation; they are skeptical of the Internet as a panacea for politics. 其成员倾向于对网络和公民的参与都充满热情；他们对于把互联网作为解决政治问题的灵丹妙药表示怀疑。 —————————————— symmetry 对称 symmetry n. 对称（性）；整齐，匀称 This addition may interfere with the symmetry of the building. 增建部分可能会有损这座建筑物的对称。 Everyone seems to like symmetry, but not everyone likes it as much. 似乎每个人都喜欢对称，但喜欢的程度不一样。 In writing you find symmetry at every level, from the phrases in a sentence to the plot of a novel. 在文字作品中你能在各个层次发现对称，从一句话里的短语到小说的情节。 —————————————— arouse 引起 arouse vt. 引起；唤醒；鼓励 vi. 激发；醒来；发奋 At dawn the farmers began to arouse. 黎明时农民们开始醒来。 We must arouse them to fight with enemies. 我们必须唤起他们同敌人斗争。 There's no set answer, but I just hope to arouse the feeling that you, too, have been like that some time. 固定的答案是不存在的，但我只是希望能唤起那样一种感觉——你，在某个时期，也曾经是那样的。 —————————————— gracious 亲切的 gracious adj. 亲切的；高尚的；和蔼的；雅致的 int. 天哪；哎呀 You are so gracious when I saw you . 当我见到您就觉得是那么亲切。 You may have asked your question out of a wish to be gracious, which I find commendable whether you are in a DS or a vanilla relationship. 你提出这个问题是出于一种高尚的愿望，无论这在主仆关系或普通关系中，我认为都是值得称赞的。 It sounds gracious on the surface—to say that God has no law, no standards, no expectations, no commandments, no threats—that he is simply there to affirm me in whatever I happen to be. 这听起来亲切的表面说，上帝没有法律，没有标准，没有期望，没有戒律，没有威胁，他就在那里，我肯定在什么我碰巧。 —————————————— name 的名字 name n. 名称，名字；姓名；名誉 vt. 命名，任命；指定；称呼；提名；叫出 adj. 姓名的；据以取名的 n. (Name)人名；(日)滑(姓)；(英)内姆 Please erase my name from the list. 请把我的名字从名单上擦去。 He stroked the name of himself with his pen. 他用钢笔划掉了他自己的名字。 They have lined through his name in the membership list. 他们已经在会员名单上划掉了他的名字。 —————————————— movie 电影 movie n. 电影；电影院；电影业 adj. 电影的 We missed the start of the movie. 我们没看到电影的开头部分。 He is the most sharply etched character in the movie. 他是影片中刻画得最深刻的人物形象。 We’ve decided to sex up the movie with some battles scenes. 我们决定加几场战斗镜头使电影更加刺激观众。 —————————————— bend 弯曲 bend vt. 使弯曲；使屈服；使致力；使朝向 vi. 弯曲，转弯；屈服；倾向；专心于 n. 弯曲 n. (Bend)人名；(瑞典)本德 Be careful or you'll bend this spoon. 当心，否则你会把这匙弄弯的。 This is too stiff, I can't bend it with my hands. 这东西太硬， 我无法用手把它弯过来。 Heat the glass tube to the point that it can bend. 将玻璃管加热， 以能弯曲为度。 —————————————— combat 战斗 combat vt. 反对；与…战斗 vi. 战斗；搏斗 n. 战斗；争论 adj. 战斗的；为…斗争的 n. (Combat)人名；(法)孔巴 The combat troops have been helmeted. 所有的作战部队均已配备了头盔。 A reporter interviewed the combat hero. 记者访问了这位战斗英雄。 To create such “combat” jewelry designer cuts the bullet to allow them to become part of the composition. 为了创造这样的“战斗”首饰，设计师们将子弹切开，让其成为作品的组成部分。 —————————————— coal 煤炭 coal vi. 上煤；加煤 vt. 给…加煤；把…烧成炭 n. 煤；煤块；木炭 We lead in the coal production. 我们在煤炭生产方面居先。 The region abounds in coal. 这个地区煤矿丰富。 Our stock of coal has not renewed yet. 我们的煤炭储存量还没有补充过。 —————————————— throat 喉咙 throat n. 喉咙；嗓子，嗓音；窄路 vt. 开沟于；用喉音说 This medicine will quell your sore throat. 这种药可减轻你的喉痛。 The thorn of bone may dislodge from his throat without surgery. 也许不用动手术就能去除他喉咙卡着的那块骨刺。 I hewed him on his neck with my left hand,and he released his hands that seized me by the throat. 我用左手掌一下子劈在了他的脖颈上，他那双紧掐住我喉咙的双手松了开来。 —————————————— charge 负责 charge n. 费用；电荷；掌管；控告；命令；负载 vt. 使充电；使承担；指责；装载；对…索费；向…冲去 vi. 充电；控告；索价；向前冲；记在账上 n. (Charge)人名；(法)沙尔热；(英)查奇 She had to retract her charge. 她只好撤回她的控告。 He denied the charge to the court. 他向法庭否认对他的控告。 Who is in charge here? 谁是这里的主管? —————————————— oppress 压迫 oppress vt. 压迫，压抑；使……烦恼；使……感到沉重 Moreover I have seen how the Egyptians oppress them. 我也看见埃及人怎样欺压他们。 Just as no self-appointed group has the right to oppress others, so no majority, even in a democracy, should take away the basic rights and freedoms of a minority group or individual. 正如没有任何一个自我任命的群体有权压迫其他人一样，多数派，即便是在民主制度下，也不应剥夺少数群体或个人的基本权利和自由。 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. 使我脱离那欺压我的恶人，就是围困我，要害我命的仇敌。 —————————————— gorgeous 华丽的 gorgeous adj. 华丽的，灿烂的；极好的 For instance, in 1957 most of the cars were gorgeous. 例如，在1957年大部分的汽车都是华丽的。 The planning and decoration of the palace amaze the visitors with its architectural forms and gorgeous furniture. 宅邸的设计和装饰让来访者大吃一惊，惊叹于其建筑形式和绚丽的家具。 Of the rest, only about 10% is circumstantial: big income or small, married or single, gorgeous or plain. 其余的，只有10%是来自周围环境：比如收入多或少、已婚或单身、华丽或淳朴等等。 —————————————— half 一半 half n. 一半；半场；半学年 adv. 一半地；部分地 adj. 一半的；不完全的；半途的 n. (Half)人名；(阿拉伯)哈勒夫；(德)哈尔夫；(英)哈夫 Divide it in half. 把它分成两半。 He endowed the hospital with half his fortune. 他把他的一半财产捐赠给了这家医院。 Mary bequeathed half of the company to her niece. 玛丽把她公司的一半遗赠给她侄女。 —————————————— forty 四十 forty n. 四十 adj. 四十的；四十个的 She can't be more than forty. 她不可能超过四十岁。 So I play with them for forty minutes. 所以我跟他们玩了四十分钟。 She was somewhat inclined to fat after forty. 四十岁以后她有点发胖了。 —————————————— give 给 give vt. 给；产生；让步；举办；授予 n. 弹性；弯曲；伸展性 vi. 捐赠；面向；有弹性；气候转暖 n. (Give)人名；(意)吉韦 Now you can give me some advice. 现在你可以给我一些忠告。 Give me some others. 给我一些其他的吧。 Give us some pointers on how to do the job. 这工作怎么搞法， 你给我们出一些点子。 —————————————— high 高 high adj. 高的；高级的；崇高的；高音调的 n. 高水平；天空；由麻醉品引起的快感；高压地带 adv. 高；奢侈地 n. (High)人名；(英)海伊 The high wall resounded our shouts of joy. 高大的墙壁回响着我们的欢呼声。 They dragged him down from his high position. 他们把他从高职位上拉了下来。 Ploughing through the deep snow in my high boots,I finally reached the farmhouse. 穿着高统靴艰难地在深雪里前进，最终我到了农庄的住宅。 —————————————— tempo 节奏 tempo n. 速度，发展速度；拍子 n. (Tempo)人名；(意)滕波 The tempo of the city itself is exhilarating . 而纽约这个城市的节奏也是令人兴奋的。 They started stronger than we did but we needed to be patient, intelligent and I think in the second half we increased the tempo of our passing and controlled the game. 比赛早期他们更强势，但是我们所要做的就是耐心等待与冷静思考。 下半场比赛我们加快了传球速度因而控制了比赛。 Gradually accelerate to your marathon goal pace, or even your tempo-run pace. 渐渐地增加到你的马拉松速度，甚至到你的节奏长跑速度。 —————————————— organ 器官 organ n. [生物] 器官；机构；风琴；管风琴；嗓音 n. (Organ)人名；(英)奥根 A barrel-organ was wheezing out an old tune. 一架手摇风琴正在呼哧呼哧地奏着一首古老的曲子。 Every organ of state must apply the principle of efficient and simple administration. 国家机关必须实行精简的原则。 It also gives advice on how and when doctors should raise the issue of organ donation. 它对医生何时和怎样对病人提出器官捐赠的问题也给予了指导。 —————————————— basket 篮子 basket n. 篮子；（篮球比赛的）得分；一篮之量；篮筐 vt. 装入篮 We bought a basket of peaches. 我们买了一筐桃子。 I tripped over a basket. 我被一个篮子绊倒了。 The baby cats nestled together in the basket. 几只小猫咪互相偎依着躺在篮子里。 —————————————— deem 认为 deem vt. 认为，视作；相信 vi. 认为，持某种看法；作某种评价 n. (Deem)人名；(英)迪姆 I deem it advisable to buy property now. 我认为现在购置房地产是明智的。 And by the way, these high-value points that we deem necessary have already been validated by our customers. 顺便说一下，这些我们认为是必要的高价值点已经被我们的客户确认是有效的。 Some observers expressed their concern that China would use the East Asia Summit to expand its influence in this region. Do you deem the concern reasonable? 一些观察家表示，担心中国利用此次东亚峰会扩大中国在这一地区的影响力，你认为这一担心是否有道理？ —————————————— trim 修剪 trim vt. 修剪；整理；装点 vi. 削减 n. 修剪；整齐；情形 adj. 整齐的 n. (Trim)人名；(意)特里姆 The military budget will trim a lot next year. 明年的军事预算会大幅削减。 The government decided to trim their policy according to the feedback. 政府决定根据反馈修改其政策。 Did you or did you not trim your pubic hair before we met? 你有还是没有在我们见面之前，修剪过你的阴毛？ —————————————— scissors 剪刀 scissors n. 剪刀；剪式跳法 v. 剪开；删除（scissor的第三人称单数） Never poke a finger or scissors into an electric socket. 千万不要把手指或剪刀插进电源插座。 But this only leaves him the options of Paper or Scissors. Countering with Rock should do the job. 但是他也只有“剪子”和“布”可以选择，用“石头”回击他吧，胜率会大一些。 The new enzymes act like scissors to remove these molecules from the blood cells, turning them into type O, which then do not cause immune reactions in recipients. 这种新的酶可以像剪刀一样从血细胞表面去除这些分子，让它们变成O型。 这样就不会导致受血者的免疫反应。 —————————————— widen 扩大 widen vt. 放宽 vi. 变宽 n. (Widen)人名；(德)维登 Widen one's field of vision. 开眼界， 拓宽视野。 They are trying to widen the discussion to include environmental issues. 他们正在尽量拓宽讨论范围以纳入环境问题。 Allowing work to consume you will only create and widen a divide between you and your loved ones. 让你的工作耗费你所有的时间只会建立和加宽你和你爱的人之间的分歧。 —————————————— spectacle 场面 spectacle n. 景象；场面；奇观；壮观；公开展示；表相，假相 n.（复）眼镜 A curious spectacle was witnessed. 目击了这一奇异的景象。 In Ramachandran’s account, then, we are treated to the spectacle of different parts of the brain — perhaps even different selves — arguing with one another. 在拉玛钱德朗的描述中，我们会欣赏到，大脑的不同部分——也许甚至是几个不同的“自我”在相互争辩的场面。 It was really an absurd spectacle. 这真是一个荒唐的场面。 —————————————— pay 支付 pay vt. 支付，付；偿还，补偿；给予 vi. 付款；偿还 n. 工资，薪水；付款；报答 adj. 收费的；需付费的 I pay them by the hour. 我按小时付给他们钱。 Part of their pay is taken out in houses. 他们的部分工资是以住房偿付的。 I must pay her. 我应该付她钱。 —————————————— protective 保护 protective adj. 防护的；关切保护的；保护贸易的 However, almost all of these are owned at least in part by the government and benefit from protective barriers in their home market. 然而，几乎所有这些中国公司至少部分地由政府拥有并从国内市场的保护性壁垒中渔利。 If melanin does have this protective effect, one question that comes to mind is why melanin is not found in all testicles. 如果黑色素的确拥有防护效果，另一个问题是黑色素为什么没有在其他所有的睾丸中被发现。 They anesthetized her to remove a piece of her scalp and skull and fold back a protective membrane underneath. 他们把她麻醉切去了她的一块头皮和颅骨，最后他们在下面用保护的假膜缝合起来。 —————————————— breakdown 分解 breakdown n. 故障；崩溃；分解；分类；衰弱；跺脚曳步舞 This shows you the response time breakdown for each page element. 这将针对每个页面元素显示响应时间分解。 Small shippers are most often disserviced by transportation breakdown. 小件托运者往往因运输故障而受损。 To capture response time breakdown data, you must enable it in a test or schedule, and configure the amount of data to be captured. 为了捕获响应时间分解数据，您必须在一个测试或者调度中启动它，然后配置将要捕获的数据的信息。 —————————————— put 把 put vt. 放；表达；移动；安置；赋予 vi. 出发；击；航行；发芽 n. 掷；笨蛋；投击；怪人 adj. 固定不动的 n. (Put)人名；(泰、缅)布 He put his possessions up for auction. 他把他的财产拿出来拍卖。 She put his failure to lack of experience. 她把他的失败归咎于缺乏经验。 I heaved him up and then put him down on the ground lightly. 我奋力把他举了起来，然后又把他轻轻地放到了地上。 —————————————— cater 满足 cater vt. 投合，迎合；满足需要；提供饮食及服务 n. (Cater)人名；(英)凯特 To be successful selling to them, you have to cater to their emotions and concerns more than ever before, even when selling products that men traditionally buy. 为了成功的向她们推销，你必须比以往更加迎合这部分人群的情感和关切，甚至传统上由男人来购买的产品也是一样。 We cater to different industries, and what separates them is not necessarily the business processes, but the unique products they handle. 我们迎合不同的行业，它们之间的区别不一定是商业过程，而是它们处理的那些独特产品。 To compete and secure a job, you need to have an online presence, manage it effectively, and cater to your network. 为了竞争并弄到一份工作，你必须拥有一个网站，有效地管理它并迎合你的网络。 —————————————— flush 冲洗 flush n. 激动，洋溢；面红；萌芽；旺盛；奔流 vt. 使齐平；发红，使发亮；用水冲洗；使激动 vi. 发红，脸红；奔涌；被冲洗 adj. 大量的；齐平的；丰足的，洋溢的；挥霍的 She began to flush with excitement. 她由于激动脸开始发红。 The engineer decided to flush the hold of the ship. 轮机师决定用水冲洗船舱。 But if we tried to promote what we really flush down the toilet, I think some people might be grossed out. 不过如果我们试着拿我们的厕所真正冲下去的东西来宣传，我想可能会冒犯到一些人。 —————————————— trifle 蛋糕 trifle n. 琐事；蛋糕；少量 vi. 开玩笑；闲混；嘲弄 vt. 浪费；虚度 Don't lose your temper over such a trifle. 不要为这点小事发脾气。 He got himself all worked up over a trifle. 他为了一点小事而非常激动。 I failed to finish the assignment but I did experience life through a trifle which seemed easy but difficult to do well. 我没有完成这次作业，但我的确通过一件看似简单、却难做好的小事体验到了生活。 —————————————— publication 出版 publication n. 出版；出版物；发表 The publication of this work lifted our hopes. 该书的出版鼓起了我们的希望。 But there was no movement in the readership of the publication. 但是，在刊物的读者当中却并没有这样的影响。 I have ground out some verses, which, I'm afraid, are too mediocre to appear in your publication. 我搜索枯肠做了几句诗， 恐怕过于平淡， 不配在你们刊物上发表。 —————————————— nod 点头 nod n. 点头；打盹；摆动 vt. 点头；点头表示 vi. 点头；打盹；摆动 She noticed him merely with a nod. 她仅以点头向他打招呼。 You nod. 你点头。 If the first robot judged the sounds to be similar, it would nod and store the notes for future use. 如果第一个机器人判断声音是类似的，它就会点头，并将那些音符存储起来供今后使用。 —————————————— condemn 谴责 condemn vt. 谴责；判刑，定罪；声讨 We condemn all sorts of slanders. 我们谴责一切诽谤中伤的言论。 Most people condemn war. 大多数人都谴责战争。 The fact is that to condemn Mugabe is no betrayal of the struggle he led against white-minority rule. 事实上，谴责穆加贝并不意味着背叛他所领导的反对少数白人统治的斗争。 —————————————— gossip 流言蜚语 gossip n. 小道传闻；随笔；爱说长道短的人 vi. 闲聊；传播流言蜚语 She discredited him with ugly gossip. 她用难听的流言蜚语臭他。 He discredited my good name with gossip. 他用流言蜚语败坏我的好名声。 The man loves to peddle gossip all over the office. 这个人喜欢满办公室散布流言蜚语。 —————————————— marble 大理石 marble n. 大理石；大理石制品；弹珠 adj. 大理石的；冷酷无情的 n. (Marble)人名；(英)马布尔 It is difficult to engrave in marble. 大理石很难雕刻。 They are quarrying the hillside for marble. 他们正从山坡上采大理石。 The lower story of the building was cased with marble. 大楼底层的外墙砌上了一层大理石。 —————————————— individual 个人 individual adj. 个人的；个别的；独特的 n. 个人，个体 No individual shall overtop the law. 任何个人的权力都不能凌驾于法律之上。 After all， individual strength is limited. 个人的力量毕竟是有限的。 The interests of the collective lie before the interests of the individual. 集体利益重于个人利益。 —————————————— inclusive 包容 inclusive adj. 包括的，包含的 But all of you insisted on an inclusive process driven by Member States. 但大家都一致坚持应通过由会员国推动的包容性进程开展改革。 An important question in US life: how to balance this wish to be inclusive with the need to maintain authentic competition and play to win? 在美国的社会生活中，一个重要的问题就是：如何平衡既要包容所有人又要保证权威性的竞争并且获胜？ As a convenience, I use the term "mechanism," as in the phrase "governance mechanism" to be all-inclusive of the components identified above. 为了方便起见，如在短语“治理机制”中一样，我使用术语“机制”来包括上面所识别的所有组成部分。 —————————————— regardless 不管 regardless adj. 不管的；不顾的；不注意的 adv. 不顾后果地；不管怎样，无论如何；不惜费用地 The fields give high and stable yields regardless of climatic circumstances. 不管天气条件如何， 这块地总是保持稳产高产。 Regardless of where we are and what we are doing, we want access to our data. 不管我们身在何处、在做什么，我们都想要访问到我们的数据。 The new tax laws were rammed through regardless of the opposition of the majority of the people. 不顾大多数人民的反对，新的税法强行通过了。 —————————————— handicap 障碍 handicap n. 障碍；不利条件，不利的因素 vt. 妨碍，阻碍；使不利 He certainly does not dwell on his handicap. 他肯定没有老是想着自己的残疾。 On whether this will prove a serious handicap for China, one might differ: my own view is that much of current US military spending is not only a waste of resources, but a temptation to folly. 至于这是否会成为中国的一大障碍，有些人可能看法不同，但我的个人观点是：美国当前大量的军事开支不仅仅是浪费资源，也会诱人干蠢事。 At a news conference on May 25th, Ms Lagarde conceded that being European was not necessarily an asset for a candidate to run the IMF, but hoped that it would not be regarded as a handicap either. 在5月25日的新闻发布会上，拉加德女士承认，作为竞选国际货币基金总裁候选人，欧洲人的身份并不一定是一份资产，但她希望也不要被看成一种障碍。 —————————————— marshal 元帅 marshal n. 元帅；司仪 vt. 整理；引领；编列 vi. 排列 n. (Marshal)人名；(英)马歇尔 Marshal walked next to me. 元帅走到我旁边。 Marshal and his wife were the only people our age in the group. 元帅和他的妻子是唯一的在我们这个时代的人本集团。 Marshal turned to watch her as she walked through the cafe, then he turned to us. 元帅转向看她，她走过的咖啡馆，然后他转过身来给我们。 —————————————— recommendation 建议 recommendation n. 推荐；建议；推荐信 No recommendation. 没有推荐。 We make this recommendation for two reasons. 我们提出此建议有两个原因。 I present an alternate classification of recommendation systems in my book. 在我的书中，我还提出了另外一中分类建议。 —————————————— range 范围 range n. 范围；幅度；排；山脉 vi. （在...内）变动；平行，列为一行；延伸；漫游；射程达到 vt. 漫游；放牧；使并列；归类于；来回走动 This is outside the range of our study. 这不属于我们研究的范围。 The government is proposing to put on a new range of taxes to pay for social services. 政府准备征收一系列新税，以应付社会的开支。 Because at least for that pair of constituents, I know the dependents for some range of concentrations. 因为至少,对那两个组分，我知道,它对某个浓度范围的依赖关系。 —————————————— massive 巨大的 massive adj. 大量的；巨大的，厚重的；魁伟的 Roads punched out of the wilderness by massive bulldozers. 巨大的推土机迅猛地从荒野中推出路来。 For example, during the elections, they have massive propaganda against Iran at that time. 例如，在选举期间，他们对伊朗进行大规模的负面宣传。 This massive investment indicates that there is demand for virtualization of resources inside the cloud. 这样巨大的投资表明，对云中资源的虚拟化存在着巨大的需求。 —————————————— himself 自己 himself pron. 他自己；他亲自，他本人 He repossessed himself of his farm. 他收回自己所有的农场。 He barred himself in. 他把自己关在里面。 He stroked the name of himself with his pen. 他用钢笔划掉了他自己的名字。 —————————————— cast 投 cast vt. 投，抛；计算；浇铸；投射（光、影、视线等） n. 投掷，抛；铸件，[古生] 铸型；演员阵容；脱落物 vi. 投，抛垂钓鱼钩；计算，把几个数字加起来 n. (Cast)人名；(法)卡斯特 Cast your care aside. 抛开你的忧虑吧。 His presence cast a shadow (up)on the meeting. 他的出席给会议投下了一个阴影。 The current developments cast a shadow over the future of the talk. 目前的形势给谈判的前途投下了阴影。 —————————————— eject 喷射 eject vt. 喷射；驱逐，逐出 So in this case, we don't have enough energy to eject an electron, so, an electron is not ejected. 所以在这种情况下，我们没有足够的能量,去逐出一个电子，这样没有电子被逐出。 So we see that we do not eject electrons in the case of the laser pointer, even if we have this intensity, it is still not related to the energy of an individual photon, so we won't see an effect. 所以我们看到我们用激光笔,还是没有逐出电子，即使我们有这样的强度，它仍然与一个单个的光子能量无关,所以我们不会看到光电效应。 He says Pyongyang's recent moves to eject international inspectors and resume activity at its main nuclear reactor have dealt a serious blow to the process. 他说，平壤最近驱逐国际核查人员以及恢复其主要核反应堆的作法都对和谈进程造成了严重的打击。 —————————————— blank 空白 blank adj. 空白的；空虚的；单调的 n. 空白；空虚；空白表格 vt. 使…无效；使…模糊；封锁 vi. 消失；成为空白 n. (Blank)人名；(法)布朗克；(英、德、西、俄、罗、捷、瑞典、芬)布兰克 When this dialog box opens, all of the fields are blank. 当这个对话框打开时，里面所有的字段都是空白。 The blank could be not doing something or choosing to do one thing over another. 空白处可以是没有做过什么事或者选择做了这件事而非另一件。 It's nice, though, only in that it will give us an opportunity to fill in the blank. 这是美好的，虽然，只有在那个里面它才会给我们一个机会,来填充那个空白表格。 —————————————— thanksgiving 感恩节 thanksgiving n. 感恩 That we all have Thanksgiving dinner together? 我们会一起用感恩节晚餐吗？ I gather all my thanksgiving and delight into my walking. 我将我所有的感恩和愉悦注入到走路中。 My roots will be on the table with Thanksgiving. 我的根将会在感恩节餐桌上得到体现。 —————————————— opportunity 机会 opportunity n. 时机，机会 He muffed a good opportunity for a promotion. 他错过一个晋升的大好机会。 We must exploit every opportunity to learn new things. 我们必须利用一切机会学习新事物。 John watched every opportunity because he wanted to get on. 约翰盯住每一个机会，因为他想获得成功。 —————————————— augment 增加 augment vi. 增加；增大 vt. 增加；增大 n. 增加；增大 This is in sharp contrast to heterosexual fathers, who often augment their work hours and career commitments after having children. 这跟直男爸爸们行程强烈对比。 后者有孩子以后经常增加工作时间，往事业投入更多精力。 The finding not only points to a promising way to augment practicing when learning a new physical skill, it could also help people regain skills after injuries such as stroke. 该发现不仅指出一个在学习一种技能时增加练习的充满前景的方法，还能帮助那些损伤后如中风的人们从新获得技能。 We will also examine more advanced topics that are not currently addressed in these APIs, and even demonstrate ways to augment the published methods. 我们还将研究更高级的问题，这些问题目前在这些 API 中尚未解决，我们甚至还将演示增加发布的方法的方法。 —————————————— ideal 理想的 ideal adj. 理想的；完美的；想象的；不切实际的 n. 理想；典范 The arrangements, if not ideal, are fairly satisfactory. 安排虽不算理想， 但也相当满意。 Even the ideal dog may be put down if it is not shown in perfect condition. 即使是理想的狗，如果不能以最佳的竞技状态参展，也有可能被淘汰。 But once you get past the ideal, where are you? 但是，一旦你错过了这些理想的食物，该怎么办？ —————————————— serve 服务 serve vt. 招待，供应；为…服务；对…有用；可作…用 vi. 服役，服务；适合，足够；发球；招待，侍候 n. 发球，轮到发球 n. (Serve)人名；(法)塞尔夫 He has a very good serve. 他发球发得好。 He played to popular prejudices to serve his political ends. 他迎合大众的偏见来为他的政治目的服务。 We should be modest and prudent, guard against arrogance and rashness, and serve the people heart and soul. 我们应该谦虚谨慎，戒骄戒躁， 全心全意为人民服务。 —————————————— henceforth 从今以后 henceforth adv. 今后；自此以后 Its contribution henceforth, the official said, should be “harmony”. 这位官员说，从今以后，它的贡献就是“和谐”。 Henceforth, each date in the studio would involve dedicated work on a couple of tunes, after which the band would disappear to learn the next few songs. 自此以后，在录音室里的每一天都将对许多曲子进行精心的加工，随后乐队成员都将消失去学习另外一些歌曲。 A government could simply pass a law saying that the wages of public workers, welfare cheques and government debts would henceforth be paid in a new currency, converted at an official fixed rate. 政府要颁布一则法律，声明从今以后工人工资，福利支票以及政府债务将采用新的货币，并按照官方指定的比率转换。 这并非难事。 —————————————— mobile 移动 mobile adj. 可移动的；机动的；易变的；非固定的 n. 运动物体 And in this mobile world, you have to carry it along with you. 在这个流动的世界里，你还得一直带着它们。 Not all desktop advances have made their way to every mobile platform yet, but the trends indicate they are on their way. 然而并非所有的桌面技术的发展进步都被用到了移动平台上，但是趋势表明它们正朝着 这个方向进发。 Because while waiting for him, I was texting another friend on my mobile! 因为在等他的时候，我就用我的手机给另一个朋友发短信！ —————————————— camera 相机 camera n. 照相机；摄影机 n. (Camera)人名；(英、意、西)卡梅拉 How do you thread the camera? 你怎么给这个照相机上胶卷? Is this camera new or secondhand? 这架照相机是新的还是旧的? You'd better declare the camera to the official. 你最好把照相机向海关官员申报纳税。 —————————————— equilibrium 平衡 equilibrium n. 均衡；平静；保持平衡的能力 So I release it at the equilibrium. 我在平衡状态，释放物体。 Because now we know this is an equilibrium problem. 因为现在我们知道这是一个平衡问题。 But we know thermodynamics is all about equilibrium. 但我们知道热力学都是关于平衡的。 —————————————— prime ' prime adj. 主要的；最好的；基本的 adv. 极好地 n. 初期；青年；精华；全盛时期 vt. 使准备好；填装 vi. 作准备 n. (Prime)人名；(英)普赖姆；(德)普里梅 Tohamy said that’s a shift from over a year ago, when commodity and energy costs were the prime concern. 托哈密说这与一年前相比，是一个转变，那时主要考虑因素自商品价格和能源价格。 Everyone got prime shelf time for their items, so they could sell to anyone in the world at a fair price. 每个人都能得到最好的商品展示时间，这使得他们能将产品以公平的价格卖给世界上的所有人。 While this is a single occurrence in this sample, for sizing purposes, you should determine how often these tasks run during prime shift. 虽然在这个示例中只出现了一次，但为了分级目的，您应该确定这些任务在主要班次期间的运行频率。 —————————————— irrespective 不管 irrespective adj. 无关的；不考虑的；不顾的 Labor standards and their enforcement apply to all workers, irrespective of their immigration status. 劳工标准及其执行应不论移民身份，实施于所有工人。 The Industry Models support the identification, analysis, and design of requirements-based solutions, irrespective of the target environment. 不论目标环境如何，行业模型支持基于需求的解决方案的识别、分析和设计。 As an academic, it's my job to tell the truth, to explain the scientific evidence before us, irrespective of how unfashionable my conclusions are. 作为一名学者，不论我的结论多么不受欢迎，但讲真话、解释摆在我们眼前的科学证据是我的职责。 —————————————— marsh 沼泽 marsh n. 沼泽；湿地 adj. 沼泽的；生长在沼泽地的 n. (Marsh)人名；(俄)马尔什；(英、瑞典)马什 He led them away from a marsh. 他把他们带离沼泽。 My urine and excrement are recycled by a system of ducts, pipes, wires, plants, and marsh-microbes, and redeemed into water and food which I can eat. 由众多的导管、管线、植物和沼泽微生物构成的系统回收了我的尿液和粪便，并将其还原成水和食物供我食用。 The chimp had a sweet and tactile side but could also be violent, messy and vicious. But as Marsh points out, that's what chimpanzees are like, that's how they behave. 这只猩猩有可爱和通人性的一面，但他也有粗暴、肮脏和邪恶的一面，但就像马什所指出的那样，黑猩猩本来就是那样的，都是本性的行为。 —————————————— central 中央 central adj. 中心的；主要的；中枢的 n. 电话总机 His view discords with the principles of the central committee. 他的观点与中央委员会的原则不符合。 Once you have a flat in central Berlin,you can always monetize it when the prices rise. 如果在柏林市中心有一套公寓，价格上涨时就可以随时把它变现。 We should recant all opinions which are in conflict with those proclaimed by the central leadership. 我们应当放弃所有与中央领导所宣布的有抵触的意见。 —————————————— proper 适当的 proper adj. 适当的；本身的；特有的；正派的 adv. 完全地 n. (Proper)人名；(英、德)普罗珀 The army must be kitted out with proper medical supplies. 军队必须配备适当的医药用品。 Don't fling your arms and legs about like that,make the proper swimming strokes. 你的手脚不要这样乱舞乱动，要正确地游泳划动。 Proper arrangements have been made for the children who were reft of their parents. 丧失了父母的孤儿们都得到了适当的安置。 —————————————— cabbage 卷心菜 cabbage n. 卷心菜，甘蓝菜，洋白菜；（俚)脑袋；（非正式、侮辱）植物人（常用于英式英语）；（俚）钱，尤指纸币（常用于美式俚语） The cabbage is overcooked. 白菜早就咕嘟烂了。 I hate eating cabbage. 我讨厌吃卷心菜。 When the water boils add the meat and the cabbage. 水开时加入肉和洋白菜。 —————————————— excursion 游览 excursion n. 偏移；远足；短程旅行；离题；游览，游览团 I joined their excursion. 我加入了他们的远足。 It could be a day trip or a two-week excursion to your dream destination. 可以是梦想目的地的一日游，也可是两个星期的短途旅行。 No better opportunity could have been afforded to His Majesty of seeing English rural scenery that this excursion through the loveliest parts of Berkshire. 在远足途中经过伯克郡最漂亮的地方，对于皇帝陛下而言，实在是饱览英国乡村美景的最好机会。 —————————————— luxury 奢侈品 luxury n. 奢侈，奢华；奢侈品；享受 adj. 奢侈的 She is rolling in luxury. 她过着奢华的生活。 It is a luxury to me. 它对我来说是一种奢侈。 She was enervated by the luxury of palace life. 宫廷的奢华生活使她变得萎靡不振。 —————————————— severe 严重的 severe adj. 严峻的；严厉的；剧烈的；苛刻的 She has contracted a severe fever. 她感染上了严重的热病。 He was subjected to severe criticism. 他受到严厉的批评。 The severe punishment was meted out to the unruly hooligan. 对那个嚣张的流氓已给予严厉惩处。 —————————————— capture 捕获 capture vt. 俘获；夺得；捕捉，拍摄,录制 n. 捕获；战利品，俘虏 With the capture of the escaped tiger， everyone felt relieved. 逃出来的老虎被捕获后， 大家都松了一口气。 After you capture the results in an array, you can do something with each line. 在捕捉数组中的结果之后，您可以对每行进行一些处理。 As always, the unit tests for that class should capture the functionality for each of its methods. 像往常那样，该类的单元测试应该捕获其每个方法的功能。 —————————————— automobile 汽车 automobile n. 汽车 vt. 驾驶汽车 [ 过去式 automobiled 过去分词 automobiled 现在分词 automobiling ] The parts of an automobile are standardized. 汽车零件是标准化了的。 Automobile accidents maim many people each year. 汽车车祸每年使许多人残废。 In old China there was hardly any machine-building industry, leave alone an automobile industry. 在旧中国几乎没有机器制造工业，更不消说汽车制造业了。 —————————————— vitamin 维生素 vitamin n. [生化] 维生素；[生化] 维他命 Vitamin C is destroyed when overheated. 维生素C受热过度就会被破坏。 If you give your child a vitamin, perhaps you should stick with this classic. 如果你给你的孩子服用一种维他命，可能你需要坚持这一个原则。 Take in lots of vitamin C with supplements or through fluids like orange juice. 与辅助食品一起或用液体如橙汁服用大量的维生素C。 —————————————— facet 方面 facet n. 面；方面；小平面 vt. 在…上琢面 To help you reflect, I’d share some questions you can ask yourself for each facet. 为了帮你回顾，我倾向分享一些你可以就每个方面自己问自己的问题。 Indeed, almost every facet of software development proffers at least one framework. 确实，几乎软件开发的每个方面都提供了至少一个框架。 After setting the daily tasks for each facet, all you need to do is ensuring that you do them. 在制定各个方面的各项任务之后，你所需要做的就是确保你会完成所有。 —————————————— depict 描述 depict vt. 描述；描画 You may not know this but women CAN get highly aroused even with just words, especially those that depict what you plan to do to them in bed. 你可能不知道这点，但脏话确实能够非常好地带动女性的情绪，特别是那些描述你即将在床上要做的动作的脏话。 You could also use it as a place to gather diagrams from the more detailed models of a solution, so that you can depict various architecturally significant viewpoints of that solution. 您还能够将它用作一个从解决方案的细节模型中收集图的地方，从而您就能够描述那个解决方案的各种各样的架构的重要观点。 How can we expect to be respected if we do not respect ourselves, if our media and our literature always depict us by our blackest traits? 如果我们的媒体与文学作品总是把我们最黑暗的特质描绘出来，而我们自己都不尊重自己，那我们又怎么能奢望别人来尊重我们呢？ —————————————— romantic 浪漫的 romantic adj. 浪漫的；多情的；空想的 n. 浪漫的人 vt. 使…浪漫化 You have to do something romantic. 你们应该做些浪漫的事。 The romantic act has passed her by. 浪漫色彩的举动对她没有产生影响。 This poem is typical of the Romantic period. 这首诗具有浪漫主义时期的特点。 —————————————— random 随机 random adj. [数] 随机的；任意的；胡乱的 n. 随意 adv. 胡乱地 As for the random part, I kiss my wife whenever she sneezes. 在随机部分，我会在我妻子每次打喷嚏的时候吻她。 But what happens when the order of the index column is random? 但是如果索引列的顺序是随机的，将会发生什么呢？ Replace some part of the file with random data. 用随机数据替换该文件的某些部分。 —————————————— reside 驻留 reside vi. 住，居住；属于 Of where I would reside! 其间便有我居住的地方。 Where do you reside now? 你现在住在哪里？ He lives with his parents, while the wife continues to reside in her precariously perched, upright half. 他和他父母居住，而他的妻子则不安全地继续栖息在房子的右半部分。 —————————————— depute 授权给 depute vt. 委任；授权给；指定…为代理人 The depute at the moment revolves around whether other delegates should attend. 此刻的辩论围绕著其他代表们是否应该参加。 “I hereby depute you to handle my affairs during my absence,” announced my boss, as he handed me the keys. “我特派你代理我出门期间的一切事物。” 我的老板一边递给我钥匙，一边宣布。 The royalty also plays an important part in the calculation of compensation amount on depute cases such as infringing trademark right and patent right. 许可使用费在侵犯商标专用权、专利权纠纷案件得赔偿数额计算中，也起着十分重要的作用。 —————————————— lick 舔 lick vt. 舔；卷过；鞭打 vt. （非正式）战胜 vi. 舔；轻轻拍打 n. 舔；打；少许 n. (Lick)人名；(英、匈)利克 Or, you can opt to lick up her back. 或者你可以选择去舔她的香背。 Lick my lips! 舔我的嘴唇！ When sweet old ladies bend down to stroke her, Polly snarls and growls; but when confronted by a male of thuggish appearance, she leaps about joyfully and tries to lick him. 当和蔼的老妇人弯下腰轻抚她时，波莉会咆哮吼叫；然而当看到一个面露凶相的男人时，她却会快活地跳起来想要舔他。 —————————————— evening 晚上 evening n. 晚上；傍晚；（联欢性的）晚会；后期 adj. 在晚上的；为晚上的；晚上用的 int. 晚上好（等于good evening） On Friday evening he passed this word along. 星期五晚上他传来了这句话。 She, with her friends, are swilling down every evening. 她和她的朋友们每天晚上狂欢滥饮。 He rubbed up against some interesting people at evening parties. 他在晚会上偶然会遇到一些有趣的人。 —————————————— need 需要 need n. 需要，要求；缺乏；必要之物 vt. 需要 vi. 需要 You need to touch up the poem. 你需要给这首诗润色一下。 That is what I need. 这正是我需要的。 You need to condition yourself if you are to play in the football match on Saturday. 如果你要参加星期六的足球比赛，就需要把你自己调整到最佳状态。 —————————————— camp 营 camp vi. 露营；扎营 vt. 扎营；使扎营 n. 露营 n. (Camp)人名；(英)坎普；(瑞典)坎普；(法)康 Jack and Harry bunked together at camp. 杰克和哈里在军营里合铺。 In this camp,only the officers mess together. 在这个营地，只有军官集中用膳。 The camp supplies dampened during the long rainy season. 营地的补给品在漫长的雨季里受潮了。 —————————————— obscene 淫秽 obscene adj. 淫秽的；猥亵的；可憎的 The obscene part of the film should be censored. 影片中的淫秽部分应予删除。 This is because some people found the term “black hole” obscene when translated into French or Russian, for example. 因为有些人发现当把“黑洞”这个词汇翻译成法语或俄语时，有淫秽的含义。 She lay with the covers off her, and the stump looked obscene to him. 她躺在那里，身上什么都没盖，她的断腿看上去几乎有些猥亵。 —————————————— vanish 消失 vanish vi. 消失；突然不见；成为零 vt. 使不见，使消失 n. 弱化音 I wait for their car to vanish before I put up the sign. 我默默等到他们的车消失在视线里，才挂上标示。 We proceed to add the rest of the sections until they vanish. 继续为余下的部分添加效果，直到它们消失在远处。 Semantic mismatches and incompatible data formats are a staple of data integration and are not likely to vanish. 语义不匹配和不兼容数据格式是数据集成的主要问题来源，不太可能消失。 —————————————— obedient 听话 obedient adj. 顺从的，服从的；孝顺的 The seeds that fell in good soil stand for those who hear the message and retain it in a good and obedient heart, and they persist until they bear fruit. 这些散落在优良土地上的种子代表着那些能够听见上帝的启示并将其保存于善良顺从的心中，并且将其存留至结出果实的人。 Continue to ask yourself hard questions about the nature of work. By asking tough questions you might be “unprofessional,” but you won't be an obedient thinker. 请继续扪心自问，关于工作的本质意义问题。通过对这些根本问题的反思，你可能会变成“非专业人士”，但你不会是一个听话的思想家。 All things are obedient to money. 一切事物都服从于金钱。 —————————————— pillar 支柱 pillar n. 柱子，柱形物；栋梁；墩 vt. 用柱支持 n. (Pillar)人名；(英)皮勒 We must serve this generation by showing them from Scripture how we are to live together in the church, the pillar and ground of the truth. 我们一定要根据圣经，向他们指出应该如何在那是真理的柱石和根基的教会里共同生活，以此服事这一代人。 The ill man had a pill and sat on the pillar in stillness until now. 那个坏人吃了一颗药丸后静止不动地坐在柱子上直到现在。 Our third policy approach, and a personal priority for me as Secretary, is to elevate and integrate development as a core pillar of American power. 我们的第三点方针和我个人作为国务卿的一个主要议程是，将发展提高和纳入到美国实力的核心支柱地位。 —————————————— educate 教育 educate vt. 教育；培养；训练 vi. 教育；训练 It takes patience to educate children. 教育儿童须要耐心。 They went to great expense to educate their son. 他们为教育孩子花费了大量钱财和心血。 It may be said that the teacher has done his very best to educate and help him. 老师对他的教育帮助可谓尽心尽力。 —————————————— cheque 支票 cheque n. 支票 The bank cashed his cheque. 银行兑了他的支票。 She credited your account with the amount of the cheque. 她把支票款项记入你的账户的贷方。 You may cash in this cheque at all times and all places. 你可以随时随地把这张支票兑成现金。 —————————————— recruit 招募 recruit n. 招聘；新兵；新成员 vt. 补充；聘用；征募；使…恢复健康 vi. 复原；征募新兵；得到补充；恢复健康 How do you recruit an army? 你如何征募一个部队？ The country's first act would be to recruit for the navy. 国家的第一个行动是为海军征募新兵。 Our football fan club began to recruit new members last week. 我们的足球球迷俱乐部上周开始招收新会员。 —————————————— literal 文字 literal adj. 文字的；逐字的；无夸张的 You should plan on using literal encoding instead, whenever possible. 您都应该计划改而使用文字编码，只要有可能的话。 What if you want to include the literal matched pattern in the replacement text? 如果您希望在替换文本中包括字面匹配的模式，该怎么办呢？ This version is very literal in vocabulary and word order, although the resulting English is quite wooden. 这个版本在词汇和词序的文字方面非常信达，结果英语是相当呆板的。 —————————————— neck 脖子 neck n. 脖子；衣领；海峡 vi. 搂著脖子亲吻；变狭窄 vt. 使变细；与…搂著脖子亲吻 n. (Neck)人名；(德、意、英)内克 He draped his arms round her neck. 他双手搂住了她的脖子。 The rain was dripping down his neck. 雨水沿着他的脖子往下滴。 The doll pivots at the waist and neck. 那洋娃娃的腰和颈可以转动。 —————————————— curtain 窗帘 curtain n. 幕；窗帘 vt. 遮蔽；装上门帘 I have enough material to curtain all the windows. 我有足够的料子把所有的窗户都挂上窗帘。 She peered at the neighbors from behind the curtain. 她从帘子后面凝视着邻居们。 Hearing someone come in, he hid himself behind the curtain. 听见有人进来了，他一闪身藏在了窗帘的后面。 —————————————— persist 坚持 persist vi. 存留，坚持；持续，固执 vt. 坚持说，反复说 But you must persist. 但是你必须坚持。 If you persist in doing that you will end up in trouble. 你要坚持做那件事的话，将来麻烦可多着呢。 So persist until your stars align and god opens the path for you. 因此坚持，直到你的星排成一条直线，直到上帝为你开放这条道路。 —————————————— segment 段 segment vi. 分割 n. 段；部分 vt. 分割 This segment is shared by all processes on the system. 这个段由系统上的所有进程共享。 Each segment contains rows from only one table defined in the table space. 每个段只能包含该表空间中定义的一个表中的行。 He set out to kill it by finding "the one best way" to do any job, and a system for telling managers how to find that way for every segment of their operations. 他开始通过寻找做任何工作的“唯一最佳方法”，以及告诉管理人员如何为他们操作的每一环节找到最佳方法的系统，来消除低效。 —————————————— home 首页 home n. 家，住宅；产地；家乡；避难所 adv. 在家，回家；深入地 adj. 国内的，家庭的；有效的 vt. 归巢，回家 n. (Home)人名；(德、芬)霍梅；(英、尼)霍姆 You should escort her home. 你应该陪她回家。 I dropped in on him on my way home. 我在回来的路上趁便去他家看了看。 Do you need I home you? 要不要我送你回家? —————————————— vivid 生动的 vivid adj. 生动的；鲜明的；鲜艳的 He sketched the situation in a few vivid words. 他用几句生动的语言简述了局势。 Jack and Mary described their journey in vivid detail. 杰克和玛丽以生动的细节叙述了他们的旅行。 The painter brushed over the canvas to bring out a more vivid effect. 画家给油画涂上一层色彩使画面更加生动。 —————————————— quarterly 季度 quarterly adj. 季度的，按季度的；一年四次的 adv. 按季度，[农] 一季一次地；纵横四分地 n. 季刊 n. (Quarterly)人名；(英)夸特利 The report breaks out quarterly profits and losses. 这份报告按季节把利润和亏损分类。 That is what our colleagues at Congressional Quarterly have done in this interactive graphic, which is so good that we decided to link to it rather than create our own version. 我们的同行在《国会季刊》互动式图表里做了这些，这个互动式图表太好了，我们决定直接链接，而不用创建我们自己的版本。 Quarterly reports come and go, but Greece will never repay these debts. 季度报告来来去去，而希腊是不会偿还这些债务的。 —————————————— objective 客观的 objective adj. 客观的；目标的；宾格的 n. 目的；目标；[光] 物镜；宾格 He kept on towards his objective. 他朝着他的目标前进。 We hope this objective will be attained. 我们希望这个目标能够达到。 We must hold by the objective laws to do anything. 做任何事都要遵循客观规律。 —————————————— litre 升 litre n. [计量] 公升（米制容量单位） n. (Litre)人名；(西)利特雷 He drank up a whole litre of beer. 他把一升啤酒都喝光了。 He drank off a whole litre of beer all at once. 他一口气喝完了一升啤酒。 Previously it was thought there was around 100, 000 microbial cells in every litre of seawater but scientists now think there could be one billion. 在此前的推测中，每一升海水中可能会有大约100,000个微生物细胞，但现在科学家设想这一数字有可能达到十亿。 —————————————— prefer 更喜欢 prefer vt. 更喜欢；宁愿；提出；提升 vi. 喜欢；愿意 Would you prefer milk or coffee? 你喜欢牛奶还是咖啡? Most people prefer buying to sewing. 大多数人宁愿买现成的衣服而不自己缝制了。 Which one would you prefer, tea or coffee? 你愿意喝点儿茶还是咖啡? —————————————— amend 修改 amend vt. 修改；改善，改进 vi. 改正，改善；改过自新 n. (Amend)人名；(德、英)阿门德 Actually, I need to amend this. 实际上，我需要稍做修改。 Congress may amend the proposed tax bill. 议会可能会修正提议的征税法。 Before you look in detail at the transform, amend the rule class to invoke this generated class. 在您详细察看转换之前，我们先要修正规则类，使其能够调用刚刚产生的类。 —————————————— patent 专利 patent vt. 授予专利；取得…的专利权 adj. 专利的；新奇的；显然的 n. 专利权；执照；专利品 How long does it take to patent an invention? 取得一项发明的专利用多长时间? Apple may claim a patent on its mousetrap, but can it claim to control all methods for catching mice? 苹果可以为它的捕鼠器申请专利，可是难道它能声称控制所有的抓老鼠方法吗？ So what to make of this? We checked in with a couple of patent experts to make more sense of the ruling. 那么，如何理解这一点？我们联系了一些专利方面的专家以便对该判决有更好的理解。 —————————————— peace 和平 peace n. 和平；平静；和睦；秩序 n. (Peace)人名；(英)皮斯 We all hanker for peace. 我们都渴望和平。 Let us walk in peace. 让我们和平地生活。 I believe this treaty will pave the way to peace in Europe. 我相信这个条约将为欧洲的和平铺平道路。 —————————————— control 控制 control n. 控制；管理；抑制；操纵装置 vt. 控制；管理；抑制 The tape market requires control. 音像市场需要控制。 We shall certainly not resign ourselves to foreign control. 我们决不会听任外国的控制。 Don't superheat the anger of the mass. Otherwise you will not be able to control them. 不要过分煽动群众的愤怒情绪，不然连你也不能控制局势啦。 —————————————— building 建筑 building n. 建筑；建筑物 v. 建筑；建立；增加（build的ing形式） It was rebuilt on the site of the old building. 它是在原来建筑物的旧址上重新建造的。 He highballed us and we dashed into the building. 他向我们发出信号后，我们就冲进了那幢大楼。 The building tones (in) well with the surroundings. 这建筑物和周围环境颜色很调和。 —————————————— particularly 特别是 particularly adv. 特别地，独特地；详细地，具体地；明确地，细致地 We are particularly grateful to him for his timely help. 我们特别感谢他的及时帮助。 The local press is particularly vulnerable to predigested news. 当地报纸特别容易发表经过简写的新闻。 It is particularly difficult to bear up against the midsummer heat. 仲夏酷暑尤其令人难熬。 —————————————— blue 蓝色的 blue n. 蓝色；[复数]（美国海、陆、空三军穿的）蓝色制服；蓝颜料；[the blue(s)][用作单数或复数]布鲁斯（歌曲）（一种伤感的美国黑人民歌 adj. 蓝色的；沮丧的，忧郁的；下流的 vt. 把…染成蓝色；使成蓝色；给…用上蓝剂；用上蓝剂于 vi. 变成蓝色，呈蓝色 n. （英、西、意）布卢（人名） The blue dress show you off. 那条蓝裙子使你光彩夺目。 The blue curtains clash against the brown furniture. 蓝色窗帘与褐色家具很不协调。 Wash the white clothes together, and the blue one separately. 那些白衣服放在一起洗， 这件蓝的要单洗。 —————————————— financial 金融 financial adj. 金融的；财政的，财务的 The strength of our country bulwarked us through the financial crisis. 我国的实力使我们得以安然渡过这次金融危机。 These countries have been seriously disadvantaged by the financial crisis. 这些国家由于金融危机而受到严重损失。 The government predicates that the market collapse was caused by Asian financial crisis. 政府宣布市场不景气是由于亚洲金融危机而引起的。 —————————————— outside 外 outside adj. 外面的，外部的；外来的 n. 外部；外观 adv. 在外面，向外面；在室外 prep. 在…范围之外 We oppose interference by any outside force. 我们反对任何外来势力插手干预。 National policies should not be determined by outside influence. 国家政策的制定不该受外部影响。 Members are asked not to ventilate club problems outside this meeting. 会员不得在这次会议之外公开谈论俱乐部问题。 —————————————— light 光 light n. 光；光线；灯；打火机；领悟；浅色；天窗 adj. 轻的；浅色的；明亮的；轻松的；容易的；清淡的 vi. 点着；变亮；着火 vt. 照亮；点燃；着火 adv. 轻地；清楚地；轻便地 n. (Light)人名；(英)莱特 Bamboo is light because it is hollow. 竹子很轻， 因为它中间是空的。 The sun gives us light. 太阳给我们带来光明。 Light emanated from all the windows of the house. 这座房子的所有窗户都射出灯光。 —————————————— awake 醒着的 awake vi. 觉醒，意识到；醒来；被唤起 vt. 唤醒；使觉醒；激起，唤起 adj. 醒着的 He is still awake. 他还醒着呢。 Nothing can awake her interest in this trip. 没有东西可唤起她对这次旅行的兴趣。 Maybe I should visit Robin in the morning, when she’ll have more energy and be more awake. 我也许应该早晨去探望罗宾，那时她会有更多的精神头儿，更清醒些的。 —————————————— impression 印象 impression n. 印象；效果，影响；压痕，印记；感想 I carried with me for years a vague impression that he was a cold-hearted man. 多年来我有一个模糊的印象，认为他是一个寡情的人。 Although she had only met the old man once， he had made an indelible impression on her. 虽然她和那老人只见过一面， 可却在她心上留下了不可磨灭的深刻印象。 You should be conservative in descriptions of your success, lest you leave the impression that you are bragging, or have something to prove. 在谈论你的成功时你应当保持矜持，否则的话会给别人留下你在夸口或者你在证明什么的印象。 —————————————— wrap 包装 wrap vt. 包；缠绕；隐藏；掩护 vi. 包起来；缠绕；穿外衣 n. 外套；围巾 You can wrap it up in tinfoil. 你可以用锡箔纸裹住它。 Please wrap this for me. 请帮我把这个包起来。 Then we buy wrapping paper and wrap it all up. 然后再买来包装纸，严严实实地包起来。 —————————————— commentary 评论 Separately and simultaneously, a commenting module can associate free from commentary, discussion, and debate with any node. 一个评论模块能独立或同时地将注释、讨论和辩论自由关联到任意节点。 The fashion commentary follows her even on less formal occasions, as when she strides across the South Lawn or steps off Air Force One. 甚至她在跨过白宫南草坪，或是从空军一号下来这样非正式的场合上，对其着装的评论也不曾停歇。 But even if he proposes good policies, the fact that Mr. Obama feels the need to wrap these policies in bad metaphors is a sad commentary on the state of our discourse. 然而，即便提出很好的政策，奥巴马感到有必要用这种不要词汇包装这一事实本身就是对我们当前讨论话题的状态一种不幸的注释。 —————————————— dreadfu dreadfu —————————————— likelihood 可能性 likelihood n. 可能性，可能 Add these numbers together and rank the likelihood of adoption. 把这些数字加起来，排列出采用的可能性。 When you choose your partners, you increase the likelihood of success. 当你选择合适的合作伙伴，增加成功的可能性。 I am not as sold as many of my interlocutors on the likelihood of high inflation. 我并不像我对话者中的许多那样热衷于高度通货膨胀的可能性。 —————————————— electronic 电子 electronic adj. 电子的 n. 电子电路；电子器件 The price of electronic products slump recently. 最近以来，电子产品的价格暴跌。 Electronic computers are now in common use all over the world. 电子计算机已在世界各地普遍使用。 The wide application of electronic computers in science and technology will free man from the labour of complicated measurement and computation. 电子计算机在科学技术方面广泛的应用将使人们从复杂的计量和计算中摆脱出来。 —————————————— afflict 折磨 afflict vt. 折磨；使痛苦；使苦恼 AIDS and cancer are maladies that afflict humanity. 爱滋病和癌症是折磨人类的疾病。 Lunacy, bankruptcy, suicide and other unthinkable fates sooner or later afflict the noblest of clans with an undertow of gloom. 疯狂的、破产的、自杀的以及其他的想象不到的天意迟早会以忧郁的回潮折磨家族的尊贵。 The question raised by the successive failures is whether either party has a cure for the maladies that afflict America. Or are those maladies beyond the power of politics to heal? 这一连串的失败所导致的问题是这两个政党对折磨美国的弊病还有没有良方，抑或这些弊病已超出了政治权力治疗的范围？ —————————————— look 看 look vt. 看；期待；注意；面向；看上去像 vi. 看；看起来；注意；面向 n. 看；样子；面容 n. (Look)人名；(瑞典)洛克；(英)卢克 Go to bed. You look tired out. 去睡觉吧， 你看上去困乏极了。 Hey! Look! How well the crops grow! 嘿， 你看这庄稼长得多好! How well you look! 你看来多么健康啊! —————————————— pension 养老金 pension n. 退休金，抚恤金；津贴；膳宿费 vt. 发给养老金或抚恤金 The firm granted him a pension. 公司赐予他年金。 Since then he has been drawing a pension. 从那时起他一直领退休金。 Our old-age pension will be uprated next month. 下个月将提高我们的养老金标准。 —————————————— fluent 流利的 fluent adj. 流畅的，流利的；液态的；畅流的 His Indian robes contrasted oddly with his fluent English. 他的印度长袍与他流利的英语形成奇特的对照。 As he answers my first question in fluent Spanish, he delves into one bag, extracts a camera and takes a photograph of me. 他用流利的西班牙语回答了我的第一个问题，并从包中拿出相机，为我拍了一张照片。 While he chatted with other tourists, I exchanged polite conversation in the darkness with a man seated in front of me, a Belgian who spoke fluent English. 当他与别的游客闲谈时，我便在暗中与前面座位上的一位老人聊了起来，老人是比利时人，能说流利的英语。 —————————————— mine 我的 mine n. 矿，矿藏；矿山，矿井；地雷，水雷 vt. 开采，采掘；在…布雷 vi. 开矿，采矿；埋设地雷 pron. 我的 n. (Mine)人名；(德、塞、土、毛里塔)米内 He always sets his watch by mine. 他总是以我的表为准对他的表。 I clasped his hand tight in both of mine. 我把他的手紧紧攥在我的两只手里。 That coat of mine buttons but this one zips. 我的那件外衣装有纽扣，而这件有拉链。 —————————————— passenger 乘客 passenger n. 旅客；乘客；过路人；碍手碍脚的人 He picked up a passenger's bag. 他偷了一位乘客的皮包。 The passenger berthed beside me. 这名乘客的铺位在我的旁边。 The pickpocket relieved the fat passenger of all his money. 扒手把那位胖旅客的钱全偷走了。 —————————————— transistor 晶体管 transistor n. 晶体管（收音机） Every transistor has at least three electrodes. 每个晶体管至少有三个电极。 The transistor became the basis of a new invention called the "computer" which I suspect those of you reading this may be familiar with. 晶体管后来成为了一项叫做“计算机”的新发明的基础，我想正在阅读本文的你对于这个应该比较熟悉吧。 When you got a transistor radio, you could walk around with it, and today you can put your whole record collection in your pocket. 而当你使用晶体管收音机时，你可以带着它到处走动，时至今日你可以把你收集的唱片装进口袋里。 —————————————— stubborn 顽固的 stubborn adj. 顽固的；顽强的；难处理的 The stubborn student finally began to buckle under. 那个倔强的学生最后开始屈从了。 If we want truly open government, we still have to do the hard work of addressing basic and stubborn inequalities. 如果我们真的想让政府公开化，我们仍然要为那顽固的不平和基础的选择努力。 Even in the towns she met with stubborn resistance. 甚至在城镇，她也遇到了顽固的抵抗。 —————————————— leak 泄漏 leak n. 泄漏；漏洞，裂缝 vt. 使渗漏，泄露 vi. 漏，渗；泄漏出去 n. (Leak)人名；(英)利克；(东南亚国家华语)力 The barrel began to spring a leak. 那个木桶开始破裂泄漏了。 He stanched the leak of the boat with a piece of cloth. 他用一块布堵住了船上的漏洞。 Well, if you forget where the memory is that you asked for, well, in fact, that is how you make a memory leak. 嗯，如果你忘了你申请的内存在哪里，呃，实际上，这就是造成内存泄露的原因。 —————————————— nut 螺母 nut n. 螺母，螺帽；坚果；难对付的人，难解的问题 vi. 采坚果 n. (Nut)人名；(阿拉伯)努特；(柬)努 This old nut won't bite [grip]. 这个旧螺母咬不住扣儿。 The beetles are the first animals found to have a screw-and-nut mechanism in their bodies. 人们也是第一次在这种甲虫身上看到动物有螺丝——螺母式的身体构造。 But what of my flight: was the captain right to ask that no nut products be consumed on the plane? 那么，我的航班上发生的事情呢：机长要求不要在飞机上吃坚果食品对吗？ —————————————— meter 计 meter n. 米；仪表；[计量] 公尺；韵律 vt. 用仪表测量 vi. 用表计量 n. (Meter)人名；(英)米特；(塞)梅特 They reset the gas meter. 他们将煤气表拨回到“0”位。 The iris of the eye is photographed from up to one meter away. 眼睛的虹膜最远可在一公尺外的距离接受摄影。 Also, if you recall, we added the row for meter to yard conversion. 此外，如果您还记得，我们添加了从米到码的转换行。 —————————————— stripe 条纹 stripe n. 条纹，斑纹；种类 vt. 加条纹于… Our swap will be a stripe, as we want performance and no redundancy is needed. 我们的交换分区是一个条带，因为我们想要性能和不需要冗余。 I was checking out your site before I went to work, and there was this cat (orange stripe I think) sitting in that box next to your bookcase. 我上班前登陆了一下您的网站，看到这只猫（看起来有橙色斑纹的）坐在您书架旁的箱子上。 Your first suit should be either navy blue or gray, possibly with a light chalk stripe (like a pinstripe, but softer), and in an all-season, medium weight. 你的第一套该选海军蓝或者灰色，可能带着浅白色条纹那种（像细条纹，不过更柔和），四季皆宜，重量适中。 —————————————— subway 地铁 subway n. 地铁；地道 vi. 乘地铁 We can subway to the station. 我们可以乘地铁去车站。 I can do anything on the subway. 我乘地铁的时候可以做任何事情。 He suggested we ride the subway from Manhattan to the meeting. 他建议我们从曼哈顿乘坐地铁去会议地点。 —————————————— visual 视觉 visual adj. 视觉的，视力的；栩栩如生的 This region processes information both from visual cues and from the motion of our eyes. 这个部分处理来自视觉的信号和以及我们眼睛的运动信号。 But we have to start working on that visual language design as well So we did a quick review on the Swatches, right? 但是我们必须同样,在视觉语言设计上开始工作,因此我们对样本块做了一个快速回顾，对吧？ Well, you could understand why he might fall into the trap of thinking of himself as located in Chicago with all the visual inputs coming from Chicago. 那么，你们能理解为什么他可能由于所有的视觉输入都是来自芝加哥的信息而陷入误以为自己在芝加哥的陷阱中。 —————————————— bulletin 公告 bulletin n. 公告，公报 vt. 公布，公告 You ever look in the course bulletin? 你们看到课程公报了吗？ The secretary of the office pastes a bulletin on the wall. 办公室秘书把一张公告贴在墙上。 He posted a bulletin on the board. 他在布告板上贴了一张公告。 —————————————— feed 饲料 feed vt. 喂养；供给；放牧；抚养（家庭等）；靠…为生 vi. 吃东西；流入 n. 饲料；饲养；（动物或婴儿的）一餐 We feed our dogs on fresh meat. 我们用新鲜的肉喂我们的狗。 What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽？ It doesn't pay to grow feed crops on such good soil.; 这么好的地， 种饲料划不来。 —————————————— tune 调优 tune n. 曲调；和谐；心情 vt. 调整；使一致；为…调音 vi. [电子][通信] 调谐；协调 n. (Tune)人名；(英)图恩 This poem goes to the tune of “This old Man”. 这首诗与《这位老人》的曲调相配。 He strummed on the piano and told me about the tune. 他在钢琴上弹了几下，然后告诉我就这个调子。 The piano is badly out of tune and jangles on my ears. 这架钢琴走调走得厉害，让我觉得非常刺耳。 —————————————— refugee 难民 refugee n. 难民，避难者；流亡者，逃亡者 I am refugee! 因为我是难民！ The account of her experiences as a refugee moved us to tears. 她的难民经历的描述感动得我们热泪盈眶。 It has rained for a week straight, the week in which you stumbled a refugee into my camp. 雨连续下了一个星期。就在这个星期里，你成为避难者，无意间进入了我的领地。 —————————————— plant 植物 plant n. 工厂，车间；植物；设备；庄稼 vt. 种植；培养；栽培；安置 vi. 种植 n. (Plant)人名；(英、西、意)普兰特；(法)普朗 The plant loves shade. 这种植物喜阴处。 This map shows the layout of the plant. 这张图展示了工厂的布局。 She moistenend the soil round the plant. 她把植物周围的土壤弄湿。 —————————————— comparative 比较 comparative adj. 比较的；相当的 n. 比较级；对手 This is your comparative advantage. 这是你们的比较优势。 Why don't we do some comparative advertising? 我们为什么不能做一些对比广告呢？ This dimension includes comparative assessment across source systems and between source and target systems. 这个维包括跨源系统以及源系统和目标系统之间的比较评估。 —————————————— culminate 达到高潮 culminate vi. 到绝顶；达到高潮；达到顶点 vt. 使结束；使达到高潮 A series of international meetings held over the last ten weeks will culminate in the Geneva meeting. 过去十周内举行的一系列国际会议将于这次日内瓦会议达到高潮。 Opponents of the planned set of nuclear reactors vow they will press forward with a mass rally set to culminate in Jaitapur next Monday. 反对建设一系列核反应堆的人们誓言，他们将在下星期一在贾拉普尔市举行大规模集会，将反对行动推向高潮。 Training is ongoing and will culminate in a joint NATO-Russia exercise with live aircraft in early to mid-2011. 培训正在进行之中，最终将于2011年中期，在北约与俄罗斯联合演习中和现场的飞机一起达到顶点。 —————————————— chamber 室 chamber n. （身体或器官内的）室，膛；房间；会所 adj. 室内的；私人的，秘密的 vt. 把…关在室内；装填（弹药等） n. (Chamber)人名；(英)钱伯 This rifle can chamber short or long cartridges. 这种来复枪的枪膛可以装短弹或长弹。 Then she went into a lonely forbidden chamber where no one was allowed to come, and poisoned a beautiful apple. 然后她进入一个荒凉的禁室，哪里没有人被允许进入，然后毒熏了一个漂亮的苹果。 I will tell you who he is, and what is become of him; but you had better hear the story in your own chamber; for it is time for your health that you had your broth after your bathing. 我会告诉你他是谁，和他怎么样了；但是你最好在你自己的房间听这个故事；因为为了你的健康是时候喝你洗澡之后的肉汤了。 —————————————— promise 承诺 promise n. 许诺，允诺；希望 vt. 允诺，许诺；给人以…的指望或希望 vi. 许诺；有指望，有前途 She broke her promise to me. 她没有承担对我的许诺。 I only honoured my promise to your father. 我只不过完成了我对你父亲的承诺。 In case I forget, please remind me of my promise. 假如我忘记了， 请提醒一下我的诺言。 —————————————— racket 球拍 racket n. 球拍；吵闹，喧闹 vt. 过着花天酒地的生活 vi. 过着花天酒地的生活 Can I try you new badminton racket? 我可以试用你的羽毛球拍吗？ My hands blistered from holding the racket. 我的手因握球拍而起了水疱。 Any sport featuring a ball, racket or flying object poses a potential risk of eye injury. 任何的球类活动中，球拍或者飞行的物体都会增加眼睛受伤的可能。 —————————————— inventory 库存 inventory n. 存货，存货清单；详细目录；财产清册 This concept appears in manufacturing where they count both scrap and inventory. 此概念会出现在制造业，在其中会计算废料和存货。 Some of the information in these rows is either duplicate or irrelevant for inventory projection. 在这些行中，有些信息是重复的，或者与库存反映无关。 If one of the manufacturing points operates too quickly, it will build up an inventory for the next station to consume. 如果其中一个制造点运作的太快，那么就将生成需要下一个岗位来消耗的存货。 —————————————— weld 焊接 weld vt. 焊接；使结合；使成整体 vi. 焊牢 n. 焊接；焊接点 n. (Weld)人名；(英)韦尔德 Weld abandoned tools onto the wheel. 把废弃的工具焊接上车轮。 In another building, workers weld solar cells together into strips, then align them by eye on a light box to form the rows and columns of cells that make up a complete solar panel. 在另一个车间里，工人将太阳能电池焊接成一条，然后将这些电池放在一个灯箱中，排成横列和数列，这样就制造成了一个完整的太阳能板。 Inside the gated compound, workers in tarred jerseys and goggles weld and drive screws. 在复合大门里，工人们穿着涂球衣，戴着焊接护目镜，旋入螺钉。 —————————————— religion 宗教 religion n. 宗教；宗教信仰 Maybe religion should help to straighten him out. 也许宗教信仰可以使他改邪归正。 He was a Catholic but didn't practise his religion. 他那时是天主教徒，但并不实践信仰。 Their interest localized on the subject of religion. 他们的兴趣集中在宗教问题上。 —————————————— bruise 瘀伤 bruise n. 擦伤；挫伤；青肿 vt. 使受瘀伤；使受挫伤 vi. 擦伤；受伤 Her feelings bruise easily. 她的感情易受伤害。 We both bruise too easily. 我们两人都太易受伤害。 Have you noticed that you bruise easily? 你是否感觉到自己很容易受挫伤？ —————————————— recent 最近 recent adj. 最近的；近代的 The recent flooding in the south was a calamity. 最近南方的洪水是一场灾难。 He sat by the window ruminating on recent underground accidents. 他坐在窗旁反复思考最近发生的井下事故。 The harshness of recent reality disentranced him from his idleness. 最近的严酷现实使他醒悟，不再游手好闲了。 —————————————— crisp 脆 crisp adj. 脆的；新鲜的；易碎的 vt. 使卷曲；使发脆 vi. 卷曲；发脆 n. 松脆物；油炸马铃薯片 n. (Crisp)人名；(英)克里斯普 These pears are sweet and crisp. 这种梨又甜又脆。 What a crisp voice she has! 听她的嗓音多脆! It should be extremely crisp, but not crunchy or tough. 面包皮应该非常酥脆，但是不会嘎吱作响或太硬。 —————————————— flaw 缺陷 flaw n. 瑕疵，缺点；一阵狂风；短暂的风暴；裂缝，裂纹 v. 使生裂缝，使有裂纹；使无效；使有缺陷 vi. 生裂缝；变的有缺陷 It was a large diamond, but it had a flaw. 这是颗大钻石, 但它有一点瑕疵。 But the flaw is that all of production is unplanned. 然而，这个缺陷就是：所有的生产都是无计划的。 Your goal with a "Who I Am" story should be to reveal some type of flaw about yourself or mistake that you've made. “我是谁”这个故事的目的应该是向你的成员们透露一些你的缺点或你以前曾经犯过的差错。 —————————————— precious 珍贵的 precious adj. 宝贵的；珍贵的；矫揉造作的 n. (Precious)人名；(英)普雷舍斯，普雷舍丝(女名) Time is precious to me. 我的时间非常珍贵。 You are loafing away your precious time! 你在虚度宝贵的光阴。 The precious gold rings and necklets were encased in box to preserve them. 珍贵的金戒指和项链珍藏在盒子里。 —————————————— circle 圆 circle n. 循环，周期；圆；圈子；圆形物 vi. 盘旋，旋转；环行 vt. 画圆圈；环绕…移动 They shut him from their circle. 他们把他排除在他们的圈子外。 She bent the wire into a circle. 她把铁丝弯成圆圈。 He described a circle on the blackboard with a piece of chalk. 他用粉笔在黑板上画出一个圈。 —————————————— punctual 守时 punctual adj. 准时的，守时的；精确的 He piqued himself on being punctual. 他对于自己能准时而感到骄傲。 Generally speaking, a chauffeur must be punctual. 一般说来，司机必须要准时。 If you don't show up, your friend will get angry, and that may be just the ticket to keeping you punctual. 假如你到时没露面，你的朋友就会生气，这或许正是督促你守时的一种手段。 —————————————— tempt 诱惑 tempt vt. 诱惑；引起；冒…的风险；使感兴趣 We dare not tempt them with weakness. 我们不敢以怯弱来引诱他们。 He hesitated, and then snatched it from my hold; as if he fancied I only intended to tempt and disappoint him. 他犹豫着，然后从我手里抢过去，好像他猜想我只是打算引诱他，再让他失望似的。 These are the detours that come in life that tempt you to try to cut corners as you run toward your goals but these shortcuts will only get you off track. 其实这样是在走弯路，因为他们到你的生命中引诱你去抄近路，你奔向自己的目标，但这些捷径，只会让你偏离轨道。 —————————————— owe 欠 owe vt. 欠；感激；应给予；应该把……归功于 vi. 欠钱 n. (Owe)人名；(瑞典、挪)奥弗 I owe him nothing. 我不欠他什么。 When can you give back the money that you owe? 你什么时候可以归还欠款? If I have improved in any way, I owe it all to you. 如果说我有一些进步， 这全归功于你。 —————————————— classmate 同学 classmate n. 同班同学 He acquainted his classmate with my sister. 他把我妹妹介绍给他的同班同学。 He acquainted his classmate with my younger brother. 他把我的弟弟介绍给他的同班同学。 The teacher said, I, I am your teacher; (then pointing to a girl) She, She is your classmate; You, You are my student. 老师说：我，我是你的老师；（然后指着一个女孩）她，她是你的同学；你，你是我的学生。 —————————————— contempt 蔑视 contempt n. 轻视，蔑视；耻辱 He interpreted the silence as contempt. 他把这沉默看做轻蔑的表示。 The judge ordered him to purge his contempt by apologizing to the court. 法官命令他做出道歉以赎蔑视法庭之罪。 Lo, I teach you the Superman: he is that sea; in him can your great contempt be submerged. 大家注意啦，我教你们什么是超人：他就是那大海；你们的大轻蔑可以被淹没在他之中。 —————————————— overcome 克服 overcome vt. 克服；胜过 vi. 克服；得胜 We can overcome any difficulty. 我们能战胜任何困难。 We can overcome any difficulty， however great. 不管多大困难， 我们都能克服。 If we rally round, we can overcome our present troubles. 如果我们同心协力，就能克服我们当前的困难。 —————————————— simply 简单的 simply adv. 简单地；仅仅；简直；朴素地；坦白地 I'm simply roasting in this fur overcoat. 我穿着这件皮大衣简直快热死了。 Most of these problems won't simply dissolve. 大多数这些问题不会简单地解决。 If anyone thinks he can draft more simply, I advise him to try his hand. 如果有人认为他能把草稿拟得更简单一点， 请他来试试看。 —————————————— transformation 转换 transformation n. [遗] 转化；转换；改革；变形 Transformation of what? 转换什么呢？ You have now completed the definition of your transformation. 现在，您已经完成了对您的转换的定义。 Or the transformation could be updated to do as much of this as practical by default. 或者这个转换能够在默认情况下像实际一样进行足够多的更新。 —————————————— contaminate 污染 contaminate vt. 污染，弄脏 Aflatoxins are carcinogenic fungal toxins that can contaminate corn, peanuts and other food crops such as tree nuts under certain conditions. 黄曲霉毒素是致癌的真菌毒素，可在某些条件下污染玉米、花生及其他粮食作物，如树坚果。 Paraffin is a known carcinogen, and hydrogen peroxide can harm the digestive system. Chopsticks irresponsibly disposed of can contaminate water and soil quality. 石蜡是一种已知的致癌物，而过氧化氢则对消化系统有害。随意丢弃木筷则可能污染水和土壤质量。 It is highly contagious and spreads through mucus, saliva or body fluids that can contaminate materials such as clothing, crates, truck beds, and hay and be transmitted to other animals. 它的传染性极强并可通过粘液、唾液或体液蔓延污染诸如服装、板条箱、卡车车厢和干草等，继而将病毒传播给其他动物。 —————————————— reliance 依赖 reliance n. 信赖；信心；受信赖的人或物 This can reduce their reliance on global agencies and help tackle the trade in medicines of poor quality, whether they are fake or substandard. 这可能减少它们对于全球机构的依赖，并帮助解决质量不良的药物的贸易，不论它们是假药还是劣药。 The plan could lessen the reliance on the mammoth pumps that not only remove storm water but also lower the natural water table of the area. 设计还可减轻该地区对众多庞大水泵的依赖，因水泵不仅可以抽掉暴风雨水，却也降低了本地区的地下水位。 The report strongly recommends a reduced reliance on direct payments, but it does not call for an immediate end to user fees in all settings. 报告强烈建议减少对直接付款的依赖，但并没有要求不分青红皂白一律立即停止使用者付费做法。 —————————————— rare 罕见的 rare adj. 稀有的；稀薄的；半熟的 adj. 杰出的；极度的；非常好的 adv. 非常；极其 vi. 用后腿站起；渴望 He is gifted with rare eloquence. 他天生具有罕见的口才。 I happened on a rare stone in a small jeweller's. 我在一家小珠宝店偶然发现了一块罕见的宝石。 All this, I can only themselves to themselves, to their own this rare gift. 而这一切，现在我只能自己给自己，给自己这份难得的礼物。 —————————————— stem 阀杆 stem n. 干；茎；船首；血统 vt. 阻止；除去…的茎；给…装柄 vi. 阻止；起源于某事物；逆行 This is a plant stem that has been pithed. 这是一根已经除去木髓的植物的茎。 The plant's stem curled round the branches of the tree. 那植物的茎缠绕在树枝上。 Count the seeds that remain on the stem. That is the number of children you will have. 数数留在蒲公英杆上的种子，那就是你将拥有的孩子的数量。 —————————————— clamp 夹 clamp vt. 夹紧，固定住 n. 夹钳，螺丝钳 They called it Brain, and it was basically a wheel-clamp for PCs. 他们把这段代码称之为“大脑”，它大致相当于一个个人电脑的“轮夹”。 Blades without clips are held by screws and the clamp on the handle. 失去金属夹的刀片由螺丝和把手上的夹子支撑。 My old artificial hand had a pretty basic open-close mechanism similar to a clamp. 我的旧人工手有一个基本的开合机构，如同一个夹子。 —————————————— consolidate 巩固 consolidate vt. 巩固，使固定；联合 vi. 巩固，加强 What do they have to consolidate? 他们还有什么可巩固的？ He believed that the European Economic Community should consolidate. 他认为欧洲经济共同体应该加强。 By doing this, the proposed change strategy is validated, and you can begin to build and consolidate the central tooling infrastructure. 通过这样做，被建议的变化策略得到了证实，现在您可以开始建立和巩固中心的加工基础架构。 —————————————— like 就像 like vt. 喜欢；想；愿意 vi. 喜欢；希望 prep. 像；如同 adj. 同样的；相似的 n. 爱好；同样的人或物 adv. 可能 conj. 好像 Which do you like best? 你最喜欢哪一个? I like him all the better for his criticism. 他提出了批评，我反而更喜欢他了。 I like to swap with you. 我愿意和你做交易。 —————————————— evaporate 蒸发 evaporate vt. 使……蒸发；使……脱水；使……消失 vi. 蒸发，挥发；消失，失踪 Some of the compounds in the oil evaporate, reducing their impact on the environment. 漏油中的一些化合物蒸发能够降低对环境的影响。 "A recent study in the Royal Astronomical Society Journal predicts that our oceans will evaporate in one billion years, " he says. 他说：“《皇家天文协会期刊》上的一项最新研究预言，我们的海洋将会在十亿年后消失。” Some comets, called sun-grazers, smash right into the sun or get so close that they break up and evaporate. 一些被称为“掠日彗星”的彗星，会被撕碎并坠入太阳，或者由于过于靠近太阳而解体蒸发。 —————————————— uniform 统一的 uniform adj. 统一的；一致的；相同的；均衡的；始终如一的 n. 制服 vt. 使穿制服；使成一样 Lamp that guy in uniform. 看一眼那个穿制服的家伙。 He looks quite smart in his uniform. 他穿着制服显得很帅。 The code that says, ‘this is our uniform’. 规则还这么写着“这是我们的制服”。 —————————————— examine 检查 examine vt. 检查；调查； 检测；考试 vi. 检查；调查 The feeling you have of them is yours to examine. 你对他们的感受是由你自己的检验的。 Please examine the insulation of the electric wires in my house. 请检查一下我屋子里电线的绝缘情况。 Examine what you like and dislike about your work life as well as what traits people like and dislike about you. 检测出在你的工作中你喜欢的和不喜欢的，还有那些别人喜欢你的或者不喜欢的特点。 —————————————— adjoin 毗邻 adjoin vi. 毗连，邻接 vt. 毗连，邻接 Our two houses adjoin. 我们俩的房屋邻接着。 The jewels glitter between her breasts enticing him to another happenstance of sex. The two adjoin like vacuums of self into another lustful foray of plight. 吊坠在她的胸前闪耀着，诱惑他与她进行再一次的性爱偶发事件，他们在一起就像是空虚的真我进入另一个欲望的困境变革。 "Living African elephant species interbreed where their ranges adjoin, with males of the bigger species out-competing the smaller for mates, " he explained in a press release. “现存的非洲象会在领地交界处发生品种间交配，较大体型的种类会将较小体型的淘汰出局，获得交配的权力。” 他在一次新闻发布会上解释道。 —————————————— law 法律 law n. 法律；规律；法治；法学；诉讼；司法界 vi. 起诉；控告 vt. 控告；对…起诉 n. (Law)人名；(东南亚国家华语)刘；(英、缅、柬)劳 We argued with them about the new law. 我们同他们辩论那项新法律。 Every citizen may claim the protection of the law. 每个公民都可以要求受到法律的保护。 Marriage without registration is not recognized by law. 法律不承认未经登记手续的婚姻。 —————————————— triumph 胜利 triumph n. 胜利，凯旋；欢欣 vi. 获得胜利，成功 They partook of our triumph. 他们分享我们的胜利。 An air of triumph exuded from her. 她身上显示出一种胜利的神态。 We trumpeted our triumph all over the school. 我们把我们的胜利向全校大声宣布。 —————————————— forever 永远 forever adv. 永远；不断地；常常 Victory will remain with us forever. 胜利将永远属于我们。 They will live forever in our hearts. 他们将永远活在我们心中。 His words will be forever imprinted on my mind. 他的话将永远铭刻在我的心中。 —————————————— nearly 近 nearly adv. 差不多，几乎；密切地 The room was nearly empty of furniture. 这房间里空荡荡的， 几乎没有家具。 He can play nearly every musical instrument. 他几乎能演奏每一件乐器。 He still owes nearly a hundred pounds on that car. 他买那辆车还欠着近一百英镑的债。 —————————————— communist 共产主义 communist n. 共产党员；共产主义者 adj. 共产主义的 They labelled him as a communist. 他们说他是一名共产党员。 The communist is shadowed by spies. 那个共产党员被奸细盯梢。 The communist is shadowed by spies. 那个共产党员受到密探的盯梢。 —————————————— roll 卷 roll vt. 卷；滚动，转动；辗 vi. 卷；滚动；转动；起伏，摇晃 n. 卷，卷形物；名单；摇晃 n. (Roll)人名；(英、法、德、俄、罗、葡、捷、挪、西、瑞典)罗尔 Hedgehogs can roll into balls. 刺猬能滚成一团，形成圆球。 The waters of the Huanghe River roll to the sea. 黄河之水滚滚入海。 This is always true, but this is only true when it is pure roll. 这永远都是成立的，但是,只有纯滚动的条件下才会成立。 —————————————— approval 批准 approval n. 批准；认可；赞成 They voiced their approval of the plan. 他们对这项计划表示赞成。 The students chorused their approval of the suggestion. 同学们对该建议齐声表示赞成。 She evidenced her approval by promising her full support。 她答应全力支持，以此来表明她的赞成。 —————————————— troop 部队 troop n. 军队；组；群；多数 vi. 群集；成群而行；结队 vt. 把（骑兵）编成骑兵连 The troop trotted the hills and valleys. 这支部队快步翻山越谷。 Accountability starts with the commander in charge of this troop. 军队的主管应该在开始就有责任。 When researchers showed one lemur how to manipulate a simple snack machine, all other lemurs in its troop successfully performed the same trick on their first try. 研究人员只要教会一只狐猴操作简单的小食机，同一群里所有其他狐猴都可以一试就成功掌握这个把戏。 —————————————— now 现在 now adv. 现在；如今；立刻 adj. 现在的 n. 现在；目前 conj. 由于；既然 Now you can give me some advice. 现在你可以给我一些忠告。 Now I like the film some. 现在我有点儿喜欢这部影片了。 Now we raised a ship far away on the horizon. 现在我们看到远处的地平线上有一艘轮船。 —————————————— keen 敏锐的 keen adj. 敏锐的，敏捷的；渴望的；强烈的；热心的；锐利的 n. 痛哭，挽歌 n. (Keen)人名；(英)基恩；(德)肯；(肯)金 The blind have a keen touch. 盲人有敏锐的触觉。 Their keen eyes can penetrate water to a depth of four meters. 他们目光敏锐，能够看到水深4米处。 The competition became so keen that many of smaller companies were frozen out. 竞争是如此激烈，许多较小的公司被排挤了出来。 —————————————— conform 符合 conform vi. 符合；遵照；适应环境 vt. 使遵守；使一致；使顺从 adj. 一致的；顺从的 It's not just humans, there's evidence that chimps conform as well. 不仅限于人类，也有证据表明黑猩猩也符合这项理论。 These must be in the best interest of the enterprise and also conform to applicable laws and regulations. 这些计划必须是为了企业利益最大化，并且符合需要遵从的法律及规章制度。 By embracing SOA, a customer organization can define its data model and service interfaces, and tender for competing solutions that conform to its interfaces and meet its requirements. 实施SOA以后，客户组织可以定义其数据模型和服务接口，还能对那些符合其接口和需求的计算解决方案进行投标。 —————————————— interview 面试 interview n. 接见，采访；面试，面谈 vt. 采访；接见；对…进行面谈；对某人进行面试 The televised interview was distilled from 20 hours of film. 这段电视采访是从20小时的胶片中精选的。 The manager will interview the candidates in order of arrival. 经理将按（到达）先后次序接见这些应征者。 The television interview will be aired to all parts of the country. 这个电视采访节目将向全国各地播放。 —————————————— male 男性 male adj. 男性的；雄性的；有力的 n. 男人；雄性动物 n. (Male)人名；(柬)马尔；(意、西、塞)马莱；(英)梅尔 The house descended through the male heirs for three centuries. 这座房子由男性继承人相传了三个世纪。 Some scientists thought that fight between the male animals headed up from their instinct. 有些科学家认为雄性动物之间的争斗源于其本能。 Many times when my father was sitting with his male friends, he would call out for me to come to him. 好几次当父亲和他的男性朋友坐在一起的时候，他会大声地喊我的名字，叫我到他跟前去。 —————————————— nine 9 nine n. 九，九个 num. 九；九个 adj. 九的，九个的 n. (Nine)人名；(塞)尼内 We work from nine to five. 我们从九点工作到五点。 They packed up at nine o'clock in the morning because of rain. 因为下雨，他们上午九点就不干活了。 Young people are full of vigour and vitality, like the sun at eight or nine in the morning. 青年人朝气蓬勃， 好像早晨八、九点钟的太阳。 —————————————— extensive 广泛的 extensive adj. 广泛的；大量的；广阔的 The subject boasts of an extensive literature. 这门学科的文献极为丰富。 His extensive experience in other parts of Asia helped him to overcome cultural barriers. 在亚洲其他地区的广泛经历帮助他克服了文化障碍。 In consideration of your extensive experience in the field， we are glad to appoint you as our agent. 考虑到你们在这一业务范围的丰富经验，我们很高兴指定你们为我们的代理。 —————————————— soar 高飞 soar vi. 高飞；高耸；往上飞舞 n. 高飞；高涨 n. (Soar)人名；(英、葡)索尔 The eagle can soar without flapping their wings. 老鹰无需振翼就能翱翔。 Let me but soar in that sky, in its lonely immensity. 就让我在那天空中飞翔，在它孤寂的浩瀚中。 You soar a mile above the ocean, then slowly circle for 20 minutes as the pilot guides you to a leisurely landing on the beach, whereupon gravity takes over again. 你们会在海洋上高飞一英里，然后慢慢盘旋20分钟，飞行员指导你从容地降落到海滩上，这时候地心引力再次起作用了。 —————————————— emotional 情感 emotional adj. 情绪的；易激动的；感动人的 He fuzzed up the plot line with a lot of emotional nonsense. 他说了一大堆情绪激动的废话使情节主线模糊不清。 Conceit,in many cases, describes a state of serious emotional insecurity. 在许多情况下，自负表示一种严重的情绪上的惶惶不安的心理状态。 But men process and express emotions differently than women, and they have no roadmap for how to combine the masculine requirement of being strong and emotional at the same time. 但是，比起女人，男人处理和表达情感的方式很不同，他们对如何将男性对强壮和感情的的需求同时结合起来没有一个规划图。 —————————————— hand 手 hand n. 手，手艺；帮助；指针；插手 vt. 传递，交给；支持；搀扶 n. (Hand)人名；(英、瑞典)汉德 Heave at my hand, I lift you up. 用力拉住我的手，我把你拉上来。 I clasped his hand tight in both of mine. 我把他的手紧紧攥在我的两只手里。 On hearing what I said, he shaked his hand and some wine swashed out of the glass. 听见我说的话后，他的手有点发抖，把手中端的酒都溅洒出来了。 —————————————— agitation 搅动 agitation n. 激动；搅动；煽动；烦乱 Her voice quivered with agitation. 她激动得声音发抖。 That proposal, unexpectedly, roused Linton from his lethargy, and threw him into a strange state of agitation. 出乎意料之外，那个建议却把林惇从他的昏沉中唤醒，使他堕入一种激动的奇怪状态。 Avoid or decrease your intake of caffeine so you can reduce agitation and so you can get to sleep a little earlier tonight. 避免或减少你对咖啡因的摄入，这样你就可以减少莫名的激动，所以你晚上就可以早些睡了。 —————————————— off 从 off prep. 离开；脱落 adv. 切断；走开 adj. 远离的；空闲的 He kissed all my face power off. 他把我脸上的脂粉都吻掉了。 You should rip the cover off the box first. 你首先应当把这个盒子的封套扯掉。 These birds have plucked all the flower heads off. 这些鸟把所有的头状花序都给啄掉了。 —————————————— repair 修复 repair vi. 修理；修复 vt. 修理；恢复；补救，纠正 n. 修理，修补；修补部位 The ship dry-docked for repair. 那条船进了干船坞待修。 The repair will run us some ￡30. 修理一下要花掉我们30镑左右。 He cannibalized his old bicycle to repair his tricycle. 他把旧自行车的零件拆下来修配他的三轮车。 —————————————— broad 广泛的 broad adj. 宽的，辽阔的；显著的；大概的 n. 宽阔部分 adv. 宽阔地 n. (Broad)人名；(英、德)布罗德 We place the hope on the broad masses. 我们把希望寄托于广大群众。 His work won the praise of the broad masses. 他的工作博得广大群众的称许。 We must rally the broad masses of the people round the Party. 我们必须将广大人民群众团结在党的周围。 —————————————— chess 国际象棋 chess n. 国际象棋，西洋棋 n. (Chess)人名；(英)切斯 We often recreated ourselves with chess. 我们常常以下棋作为消遣。 In chess, the idea is to unzip your opponent. 下棋的宗旨就是击败对手。 I would stake all my money on the chess with you. 我可以用我所有的钱跟你赌这盘棋。 —————————————— residential 住宅 residential adj. 住宅的；与居住有关的 It is the model of the American city that dominates, with its office blocks, residential complexes and shopping centres. 这是美国城市模式，美国城市的模式就是以住宅群和购物中心为主体的模式。 Today the U.S. government, directly or indirectly, underwrites nine of every 10 new residential mortgages, nearly twice the percentage before the crisis. 如今，每10笔新增住宅抵押贷款中，美国政府就直接或间接承销了九笔，是危机前比例的近两倍。 This study correlates the amount of fire damage in major residential fires to their distance from the nearest fire station. 这个研究将主要住宅区火灾损失的金额与它们到最近消防站的距离关联起来。 —————————————— additional 额外的 additional adj. 附加的，额外的 That is why we have the additional predicate in the example below. 这就是我们在下面的例子中使用附加谓词的原因。 The government is expected to lay an additional tax on us by the end of the year. 政府年底估计要向我们征收一项附加税。 When the general found there were no additional seats on the plane, he bumped a second lieutenant. 上将发现飞机上没有额外的座位时，他挤掉了一名少尉的座位。 —————————————— balance 平衡 balance n. 平衡；余额；匀称 vt. 使平衡；结算；使相称 vi. 保持平衡；相称；抵销 n. (Balance)人名；(西)巴兰塞 Can you balance on one foot? 你能独脚站着保持平衡吗? In his design the beam cantilevers out too far for balance. 在他的设计中，悬臂梁伸出太多，不能平衡。 To cool herself and regain mental balance she went out of the room and had a walk in the garden. 为了使自己冷静下来并重新得到心理上的平衡，她走出室外去花园散步。 —————————————— wrench 扳手 wrench n. 扳手，扳钳；扭伤；痛苦；歪曲；猛扭 vt. 扭伤；猛扭；曲解；折磨 vi. 扭伤；猛扭；猛绞 n. (Wrench)人名；(英)伦奇 Could you reproduce the wrench? 你能复制这个扳手吗？ I had to run around to several shops to get that wrench. 我跑了好几家商店， 才找到那种扳手。 As you go, apply slightly more pressure with the wrench until you have all the pins lifted up. 过程中，要不断略微增加在扳手上的力量直到你将所有的针脚都挑起来。 —————————————— rate 率 rate n. 比率，率；速度；价格；等级 vt. 认为；估价；责骂 vi. 责骂；被评价 n. (Rate)人名；(法、塞)拉特 We rate her performance one of the best we've ever seen. 我们认为她的表演是我们见过的最佳表演之一。 They have to quicken up their rate of work to fulfil the production quota. 为了完成生产指标，他们就得加快工作速度。 The oil was discharging from the tanker at the rate of thousands of gallons an hour. 石油以每小时数千加仑的速度正从油轮中流出来。 —————————————— susceptible 易受影响 susceptible adj. 易受影响的；易感动的；容许…的 n. 易得病的人 But what we don't know is why they become susceptible to this host of pathogens, viruses and fungus. 但是我们没有弄明白的是为什么蜜蜂们会对这些病原菌，病毒和真菌这么敏感。 I have been following news reports on women who appear to be more susceptible to aggressive acts, although jealousy and hate occurs for either gender. 尽管嫉妒和仇恨的产生没有性别的区分，但是我追踪报道的对象是那些对袭击事件比较敏感的女性是。 After all, if the government will never allow you to fail due to the problems the public would face, then you cannot be treated like other firms, since you are not susceptible to failure. 毕竟，政府如果因为公众可能会面对的问题，而绝对无法让你倒闭，那样你就无法被像其他公司一样对待了，此时你对破产不怎么敏感。 —————————————— perceive 感知 perceive vt. 察觉，感觉；理解；认知 vi. 感到，感知；认识到 How do you perceive them? 你又如何看待他们？ The concept reality means to each of us what we perceive, what we experience. 真实的概念对我们每个人都意味着我们感知的一切，经历的一切。 I enable myself to perceive reality through both perspectives at once. And I do not “believe” in one at the cost of disbelieving the other. 我只是通过一些随手可得的视角让自己感知现实的存在，并不愿意去相信那些必须以怀疑其他为代价的“信仰”。 —————————————— philosopher 哲学家 philosopher n. 哲学家；哲人 What advice do you have for our young philosopher? 对于我们年轻的哲学家们，您有什么忠告？ As a philosopher, I mean, which is how you were addressing me. 作为一个哲学家，我的意思是说，就是你们称呼我的那样。 And unfortunately, alas, the philosopher within me cannot make that decision for you. 不幸的是，哎呀，我内心深处的“哲学家”不能替你做决定。 —————————————— rainy 多雨的 rainy adj. 下雨的；多雨的 n. (Rainy)人名；(英)雷尼 The rainy weather would hold for a week. 这种阴雨天气将持续一周时间。 Things easily get mildewed in the rainy season. 梅雨季节东西容易发霉。 The camp supplies dampened during the long rainy season. 营地的补给品在漫长的雨季里受潮了。 —————————————— century 世纪 century n. 世纪，百年；（板球）一百分 We need to traverse the last century thoroughly. 我们需要全面研究上一个世纪。 As a playwriter,Shakespeare belongs to the 16th century. 作为一位剧作家，莎士比亚属于16世纪。 He was counted among the greatest writers of the century. 他被认为是本世纪的最伟大作家之一。 —————————————— criminal 刑事 criminal n. 罪犯 adj. 刑事的；犯罪的；罪恶的 The criminal broke away from his captors. 那名罪犯摆脱了抓捕他的人。 The criminal lit out for the countryside after the bank robbery. 这个罪犯在抢劫银行后迅速逃往乡下。 They bastinadoed the criminal on the soles of the feet and on the buttocks. 他们对罪犯的脚掌施笞蹠刑和对其臀部施棒刑。 —————————————— frequency 频率 frequency n. 频率；频繁 I have some people, as soon as they see it, oh, they have the frequency here. 有那么一些人，他们很快就能看出来，哦，它们这儿有频率。 Otherwise, you might ask the application to provide some measure of the expected frequency and severity of failures. 否则，您可能会要求应用程序提供一些预计频率和失效的严重程度的方法。 Because of the decoupled approach we discussed above, this does not have an impact on the frequency with which the service request against the target can be executed. 因为使用了我们前面讨论过的完全分离的方式，所以这不会对针对目标的、能够执行的服务请求的频率产生影响。 —————————————— whip 鞭子 whip vt. 抽打；煽动；搅打（蛋，奶油）；彻底击败 n. 鞭子；抽打；车夫；[机] 搅拌器 vi. 抽打；急走；拍击 Give him a taste of the whip. 让他尝尝鞭子的味道。 The dog groveled before his master when he saw the whip. 狗看到主人的鞭子就匍匐在主人面前。 You can't just whip them around and go in another direction. 你不能只是依靠不断鞭笞他们来走上另一个方向。 —————————————— fisherman 渔夫 fisherman n. 渔夫；渔人 But the young Fisherman laughed. 然年轻的渔夫却笑了。 But there was a price below which they dared not go, for it had happened that a fisherman in despair had given his pearls to the church. 但是有一个价格底线，他们不敢低于这个价格了，因为曾有渔夫因为价格太低而绝望得宁愿把珍珠募捐给教堂。 If a fisherman sold the squid processors a proportion of his expected catch a year ahead and squid turned out to be plentiful, he would do well. 如果一个渔民出售了鱿鱼加工机，他下一年的预期捕获物比例和捕获鱿鱼将是丰富的，他将做的很好。 —————————————— consult 咨询 consult vt. 查阅；商量；向…请教 vi. 请教；商议；当顾问 So they consult lawyers and I. 因此他们咨询律师和I. Consult your doctor and follow his or her recommendations. 向你的医生咨询并按照他或她的建议去做。 As with any vitamin or supplement, please consult your doctor before taking. 正如任何一种维生素或补品，服用前请咨询你的医生。 —————————————— heritage 遗产 If you could forget your heritage, your past and training. 如果你能忘掉你的传统，你的过往和知识。 He persistently asserted his right to a share in the heritage. 他始终声称他有分享那笔遗产的权利。 All of our cultural heritage which is useful should be inherited, but in a critical way. 凡属我国文化遗产中有用的东西， 都应当批判地继承。 —————————————— vinegar 醋 vinegar n. 醋 To do that, they would apply vinegar on their hair and then spend time in the sun. 她们的做法是将醋摸到头发上，然后花时间在太阳下去晒着。 These tart treats can help keep you thin, probably because of the vinegar that pickles them. 这些酸味食品可以帮助你保持纤瘦，也许因为其中有醋的缘故。 Stir together the soy, vinegar, fish sauce and sugar. 把酱油、醋、鱼酱和糖搅拌在一起。 —————————————— literacy 读写能力 literacy n. 读写能力；精通文学 He joined a literacy program and later one on television training. 他先是加入一项识字计划，后来接受一个电视培训。 Literacy is an essential foundation for development and prosperity. 识字是发展和繁荣必不可少的基础。 So people have the responsibility to know, they can do that through literacy. 因此公民有责任了解，文化素养便是他们了解外界的工具。 —————————————— error 错误 error n. 误差；错误；过失 How can she explain away her error? 她是怎样把错误解释过去的? The accident was caused by human error. 这一事故是人为错误造成的。 The lawyer parted error from crime for him in court. 在法庭上律师把他的错误与罪行区分开来。 —————————————— whirl 旋转 whirl n. 旋转，回旋；昏乱；一连串的事；短暂的旅行 vi. 旋转，回旋；急走；头晕眼花 vt. 使旋转；卷走，飞快地带走 To free electrons, something has to make them whirl fast enough to break away from their nuclei. 为了释放电子，必须使电子高速旋转而足以摆脱原子核的束缚。 Sometimes a waltz is being played, and against the green background the black profiles whirl obstinately like those cut-out silhouettes that are attached to a phonograph's turntable. 有时，当华尔兹演奏之际，绿色背景上的黑色侧影固执地旋转着，就像是附在唱机唱盘上的人像侧影一遍。 In any case, I learn not to separate these creatures bursting with violent energy from the sky where their desires whirl. 总之，我明白了，不应拆散这些有着狂暴精力的生物，他们爆发出的精力源于天空，他们的欲念亦回旋于九霄之上。 —————————————— presence 存在 presence n. 存在；出席；参加；风度；仪态 The boy felt constraint in her presence. 那男孩在她面前感到局促不安。 She darkened the festivities by her presence. 她的出席给这次庆祝活动笼罩上一层阴影。 His presence cast a shadow (up)on the meeting. 他的出席给会议投下了一个阴影。 —————————————— consist 由 consist vi. 由…组成；在于；符合 Technology does not consist merely of gadgets and machines, or seeds and genetic traits. 技术并不仅仅有装置和机械或者种子与遗传性状组成。 Most of these groups consist of graduate students and faculty, but some undergraduates join as well. 绝大多数的小组由研究生和教职人员组成，但是也有些大学生加入其中。 Some workflows are completely automatic, and some consist of manual tasks that must be performed by people. 有些工作流是完全自动的，而有些则由必须通过人来执行的手工任务组成。 —————————————— criticize 批评 criticize vt. 批评；评论；非难 vi. 批评；评论；苛求 I do not pretend to criticize,but… 我并不想妄加批评，不过… Would you like to read and criticize my new novel? 您愿意阅读并评论一下我的新小说吗? However, you can change your actions — how you communicate the criticism. Or whether you criticize at all. 尽管如此，你仍然可以改变你的行为--你该如何沟通你的批评，是批评还是不批评。 —————————————— have 有 have vt. 有；让；拿；从事；允许 aux. 已经 n. (Have)人名；(芬)哈韦；(德)哈弗 Have you anything to declare? 你有什么东西要申报吗? Do you have something to eat? 你有什么可吃的东西吗? I have ordered for you. 我已为你点好菜了。 —————————————— compute 计算 compute vt. 计算；估算；用计算机计算 vi. 计算；估算；推断 n. 计算；估计；推断 So, how do we compute this thing? 我们该怎样计算这个式子呢？ We have to compute the integral for flux. 我们需要计算通量的积分。 Who can compute the distance of the moon from the earth? 谁能计算出月球与地球的距离? —————————————— nonsense 废话 nonsense n. 胡说；废话 adj. 荒谬的 int. 胡说！ None of your nonsense! 别胡说八道了! He fuzzed up the plot line with a lot of emotional nonsense. 他说了一大堆情绪激动的废话使情节主线模糊不清。 But this is utter nonsense. 但是这是完全的废话。 —————————————— screw 螺杆 screw vt. 旋，拧；压榨；强迫 n. 螺旋；螺丝钉；吝啬鬼 vi. 转动，拧 That screw has loosened. 那个螺丝松了。 This screw is loose. 这个螺丝活动了。 The beetles are the first animals found to have a screw-and-nut mechanism in their bodies. 人们也是第一次在这种甲虫身上看到动物有螺丝——螺母式的身体构造。 —————————————— quench 淬火 quench vt. 熄灭，[机] 淬火；解渴；结束；冷浸 vi. 熄灭；平息 Check out these three videos and quench your thirst for techno-destruction. 看看这三个视频，平息一下你那摧毁科技的渴望吧。 Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel. 当日，跟随大卫的人向大卫起誓说，以后你不可再与我们一同出战，恐怕熄灭以色列的灯。 Get rid of the mirages, the bits of work that give you some value, but don’t quench your thirst. 走出自己的幻觉，不要再做那些只能给你带来一些价值的工作了，但是不要熄灭你的成功欲望。 —————————————— scratch 刮伤 scratch n. 擦伤；抓痕；刮擦声；乱写 adj. 打草稿用的；凑合的；碰巧的 vt. 抓；刮；挖出；乱涂 vi. 抓；搔；发刮擦声；勉强糊口；退出比赛 Scratch yourself if you itch. 如果你感到痒， 就搔好了。 An idea is like an itch: you need to scratch it, and when you do it feels better. 头脑里出现的想法就好像是被蚊虫叮了一样：您需要抓痒痒，这样做才感觉舒服一些。 For budgetary reasons, the redevelopment of these systems from scratch can be a poor option. 出于预算的原因，从零开始对这些系统重新开发是糟糕的选择。 —————————————— instinct 本能 instinct n. 本能，直觉；天性 adj. 充满着的 We choose our friends by instinct, but we keep them by judgement. 我们选择朋友靠的是本能，而保持友谊靠的是判断。 Some scientists thought that fight between the male animals headed up from their instinct. 有些科学家认为雄性动物之间的争斗源于其本能。 But she had no proof of this, and her instinct in the circumstances was to avoid its purlieus. 但是她没有这方面的证明，因此在这种情形下，她的本能就是避免接触这个社会。 —————————————— be 是 be vt. 是； 有，存在； 做，成为； 发生 n. (Be)人名；(缅)拜；(日)部(姓)；(朝)培；(中非)贝 Then you must be my cousin. 那么你一定是我的远亲了。 That will be his wife with him, I suppose. 我想，和他一起去的那位一定是他的夫人吧。 We reckon him to be the best goalkeeper in the world. 我们认为他是世界上最好的足球守门员。 —————————————— crop 作物 crop n. 产量；农作物；庄稼；平头 vt. 种植；收割；修剪；剪短 vi. 收获 Famine eventuated from the crop failure. 因庄稼歉收饥荒终于发生了。 Half the fruit crop froze out in the sudden severe autumn. 有一半水果作物在秋天突如其来的严寒中冻死了。 If low lands must be used for the bean crop, they should be ridged. 如果低地必须用于种植豆类作物， 就必须把地整成交替的垄和沟。 —————————————— piece 一块 piece n. 块；件；篇；硬币 vt. 修补；接合；凑合 How do you finger this piece? 你是如何弹奏这篇作品的? I'm fed up with that piece of junk. 那一大块肉把我撑得饱饱的。 Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is a glorious piece of music. 贝多芬的第九交响曲是壮丽的音乐篇章。 —————————————— tremendous 巨大的 tremendous adj. 极大的，巨大的；惊人的；极好的 Modern technology catalyzed tremendous economic growth in China. 现代技术促成了中国经济的巨大发展。 I say that because it gives tremendous liquidity to the markets. 我这样说是因为它给市场带来的巨大的流动性。 If you allow all the talent in your movement to contribute to that, you might have a tremendous success. 如果你让你那运动里的天才们来为它做贡献，你也许就会得到巨大的成功。 —————————————— pig 猪 pig n. 猪；猪肉 vi. 生小猪；像猪一样过活 n. 警察（俚语，带有攻击性） The pig nosed the trough down. 猪把食槽拱翻了。 The pig to be hogtied was on the counter. 被捆好四肢的猪就放在案子上。 He made a pig of himself and porked out on ham sandwiches all afternoon. 他像猪一样能吃，整个一下午都在把火腿三明治往肚子里塞。 —————————————— stiff 僵硬的 stiff adj. 呆板的；坚硬的；严厉的；拘谨的 adv. 僵硬地；彻底地 n. 死尸；令人讨厌者；流通票据；劳动者 vt. 诈骗；失信 He flexed his stiff arm slowly. 他慢慢地弯曲他那僵硬的手臂。 In the classroom the teacher is stiff and stern but after class he unbends. 在教室中教师是拘谨而且严肃的，但在课后他便变得平易近人了。 He has at bottom the feelings of a gentleman, but all these are plastered over with a stiff manner. 他内心富于有教养人的情感，但是全被他僵硬的举止掩盖了。 —————————————— loan 贷款 loan n. 贷款；借款 vi. 借出 vt. 借；借给 We obtained a loan from the government. 我们得了一笔政府贷款。 If you ask him for a loan, he'll come through. 如果你向他贷款，他会满足你的要求的。 The company won't keep going unless we can get some loan. 除非我们能搞到贷款，否则公司就维持不下去了。 —————————————— overthrow 推翻 overthrow n. 推翻；倾覆；瓦解 vt. 推翻；打倒；倾覆 They conspired to overthrow the government. 他们密谋推翻政府。 They are plotting to overthrow the government. 他们蓄谋推翻政府。 I was startled at the news that 129 persons were killed last Sunday in the attempt by rebel air force officers to overthrow the government in the capital. 上星期日在该国首都，由空军官员发动叛乱，在企图推翻政府的战斗中，有129人被打死，听到这一消息我感到十分震惊。 —————————————— association 协会 association n. 协会，联盟，社团；联合；联想 I have association with the socialists of the society. 我与协会内的社会主义者有交往。 This will show the relationship between them as an association. 这样将会作为一个联合显示它们之间的关系。 Members of the association kick over 40 dollars a month for a common fund. 该协会成员每月交纳40美元来建立一项共同基金。 —————————————— imagination 想象力 imagination n. [心理] 想象力；空想；幻想物 She has plenty of imagination. 她的想象力非常丰富。 Our imagination was quickened by his story. 他的故事激发了我们的想像力。 The writer's imagination seems to have dried up. 这位作家的想像力好像己经枯竭了。 —————————————— swift 斯威夫特 swift n. 褐雨燕 adj. 快的；迅速的；敏捷的；立刻的 adv. 迅速地 n. (Swift)人名；(英)斯威夫特 n. 苹果公司开创的新款编程语言，应用于iOS 8及以上的应用程序 The flood roared on, swift and violent. 水势迅猛异常。 Our efforts must begin with swift action to stimulate growth. 我们的努力必须以迅速行动刺激增长为开端。 Adjustment is unlikely to be easy or swift, though. 但是调整不可能容易或迅速。 —————————————— nickel 镍 nickel n. 镍；镍币；五分镍币 vt. 镀镍于 n. (Nickel)人名；(德、英)尼克尔 In fact, half of the increased global demand for nickel goes to China. 事实上，全球镍需求增加，半数是因为中国消费量的增加。 They take an atom of lead, accelerate it and have it collide with an atom of nickel. 他们选取一个铅原子，将其加速,让它与镍的原子碰撞。 "You don't need to carry 50 pounds of nickel, " one battery company man told me. 有个电池公司的人告诉我，“你根本不需要非用50磅的镍去做电池。” —————————————— gravity 重力 gravity n. 重力，地心引力；严重性；庄严 Nothing is pulling on you, only gravity. 只有重力，没有推拉与之抵消。 The stone rolled down the mountain by gravity. 这块石头由于重力作用而滚下山。 From the expressions on their faces, I realized the gravity of the situation. 从他们的脸部表情我晓悟到事情的严重性。 —————————————— mobilize 动员 mobilize vt. 动员，调动；集合，组织；使…流通；使…松动 vi. 组织；动员起来 That's a first for WHO, and another signal of the new way in which we are able to mobilize the strengths of our Organization in coordination with our Member States to make progress. 这对世界卫生组织来说是一个开端，也是采用一种新方法的另一个信号，以这种方法我们能够调动本组织的力量，与我们的会员国协同取得进展。 It is a necessary organizing principle that allows people to pool their resources for the common good and mobilize against common threats, whether they are floods or invading armies. 作为一个必要的组织原则，国家使人们可以为了共同利益而集合资源，可以动员起来对付共同威胁—不管是洪水还是侵略者。 Completion of this work, and its expansion to other countries, are now crucial and should form the basis for intensified efforts to mobilize the necessary resources from domestic and donor sources. 完成这项工作并将其推广到其它国家，在现在是至关重要的并应当构成强化努力的基础以便动员来自国内和捐助者的必要资源。 —————————————— ax 斧头 ax vt. 削减；用斧修整；解雇 n. 斧头 n. (Ax)人名；(德、芬)阿克斯 He grinds ax on the grindstone. 他在磨石上磨斧。 How do you sharpen your ax? 如何磨尖你的斧头呢？ Again he wielded his ax. 他再次挥舞了他的斧头。 —————————————— communicate 沟通 communicate vi. 通讯，传达；相通；交流；感染 vt. 传达；感染；显露 And communicate that to them. 并且和他们沟通。 Yet, they could communicate with her. 然而，他们可以与她沟通。 We learn a language in order to communicate. 我们学习一种语言是为了交流思想。 —————————————— hi 嗨 hi int. 嗨！（表示问候或用以唤起注意） n. (Hi)人名；(柬)希 Hi, still in the office? 你好，你还在办公室？ Hi, you must be Mary? 嗨.你一定是玛丽? Hi, glad to see you here. May I ask your name? 嗨，很高兴在这里见到你。我可以问一下你的名字吗？ —————————————— bread 面包 bread n. 面包；生计 vt. 在…上洒面包屑 He spread some butter on his bread. 他在面包上涂了些黄油。 He buttered a piece of bread for himself. 他为自己把一片面包涂上黄油。 She kept gazing at him, while spreading jam on the bread. 她在往面包上涂果酱时，眼睛一直在盯着他。 —————————————— propose 提出 propose vt. 建议；打算，计划；求婚 vi. 建议；求婚；打算 What do you propose we do? 你建议我们做什么? He circumvented their objection to the plan by having one of their own members propose it. 他设法使他们自己的人来提出这个计划而避过了他们的反对。 Normally, if I have any bright ideas about how this newspaper could be managed better, I propose them in private. 正常情况下，如果我对于如何改善这份报纸的管理有什么好主意，都会私下里提出。 —————————————— provocative 挑衅 provocative adj. 刺激的，挑拨的；气人的 n. 刺激物，挑拨物；兴奋剂 His provocative words only fuelled the argument further. 他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。 “Any effort, of course, must start with North Korea ceasing all provocative and belligerent behavior,” she said. 她说：“任何努力当然都必须从北韩停止一切挑衅和好战行为开始。” Your question was not merely provocative . 你的问题不仅仅是挑衅性的。 —————————————— comprehension 理解 comprehension n. 理解；包含 Not capturing enough information in the model prevents the right level of comprehension and communication. 未在模型中捕获足够的信息会妨碍适当级别的理解和传达。 While not yet in a state of nirvana, they have a degree of control and comprehension over their resources that most would envy. 虽然没有进入涅盘的一个状态中，但是他们已经实现了令大多数人羡慕的对资源控制和理解的一个程度。 I stumble around in this infinite space where messages circulate freely without fixed destination, while the whole of it remains forever beyond my comprehension. 我在这个信息漫无目的地自由传播的无限空间中踉跄而行，但其整体却永远超乎我的理解。 —————————————— outset 一开始就 outset n. 开始；开端 At the outset of his career he was full of optimism but not now. 一开始他对事业充满了信心，但现在不再是这样了。 Support for this objective must be designed into the system from the outset of the project. 从项目的开始，就应该把对这个目标的支持设计到系统中。 David advised him over and over not to produce it without an overall market research . the boss's ability was very outstanding at the outset of his career . 戴维一再建议，如果没有全面的市场调查就不要生产它。老板的能力在它事业开端的时候很突出，但现在他没有一盎司的常识。 —————————————— harvest 收获 harvest n. 收获；产量；结果 vt. 收割；得到 vi. 收割庄稼 It rained during the harvest. 收获期间下雨了。 They turned the soil after the harvest. 他们在收获后翻耕土壤。 His field has been hacked after harvest. 收获之后他的田地已经翻过了。 —————————————— abandon 放弃 abandon n. 放任；狂热 vt. 遗弃；放弃 Don't abandon yourself to despair. 不要自暴自弃。 He went through with his plan although all his friends advised him to abandon it. 尽管他所有的朋友忠告他放弃他的计划，但他坚持完成了该项计划。 Finding himself under fire from all quarters, he had no alternative but to abandon his scheme for the time being. 在这四面楚歌的情况下， 他没有别的办法， 只好暂时放弃他的计划。 —————————————— participant 参与者 participant adj. 参与的；有关系的 n. 参与者；关系者 Participant 1 (male): I say he should not be allowed to play. 参与者1（男性）：我说不应该允许他打篮球。 Service participant implementations may use these capabilities, but they do not need to be addressed in the model. 服务参与者执行可能会用到这些功能，但是它们不需要在模型中被处理。 Participant 2 (female): He should not be allowed to play for the semester, at least. 参与者2（女性）：至少这个学期不应该允许他打篮球了。 —————————————— invariably 总是 invariably adv. 总是；不变地；一定地 When questioned, he invariably dummy up. 一问到他，他总是不吱声。 But election time invariably shows up the flaws in their model. 但是一到选举时期，总是显示出他们模式的缺点。 So why do we invariably connect higher temperatures with droughts and desertification? 为什么我们总是将气候变暖与干旱、沙漠化联系起来？ —————————————— mathematics 数学 mathematics n. 数学；数学运算 He can beat me hollow at mathematics. 在数学上他造诣很高， 我是望尘莫及。 Faraday used no mathematics at all to prove his rule. 法拉第完全没有用数学方法来证明他的定律。 Most of the students in this class are good at mathematics. 这个班的学生多半数学很好。 —————————————— orthodox 正统的 orthodox adj. 正统的；传统的；惯常的；东正教的 n. 正统的人；正统的事物 And all of these are things that an Orthodox Christian can and should appreciate. 所有的这些都是一个东正教基督徒可以并且应该肯定的。 If reason should lead you to orthodox conclusions, well and good; you are still a Rationalist. 如果理性可以引领你到达传统的结论，那很好，你仍然是一个理性主义者。 It is not the faith of any orthodox creed or religion but the faith that we are called to do the good, or at least the good in so far as we can best determine it, and then to let it go. 它并非传统的教条亦非宗教，它是一种信仰，我们称之为去做善的事情，或至少到目前为止我们所能完全确定的善的事情，然后就让它继续下去。 —————————————— grope 摸索 grope vi. 摸索；探索 vt. 摸索 n. 摸索；触摸 n. (Grope)人名；(德)格罗佩 When there is a power failure, people grope about in flickering candlelight, cars hesitate in the streets because there are no traffic lights to guide them, and food spoils in silent refrigerators. 每当停电的时候，人们在摇曳的烛光下四处摸索；汽车在马路上彷徨-因为没有交通灯做导向；电冰箱不再“嗡嗡”，里面的食物也要变质了。 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night. 他们白昼遇见黑暗，午间摸索如在夜间。 A random unexpected grope is always welcome, even in public. Especially in public. 我们总是欢迎意想不到的随意触摸，即便是在公共场合；特别是在公共场合。 —————————————— structural 结构 structural adj. 结构的；建筑的 Team work: The structural aspect of architecture allows for the assignment of tasks to teams that can work both in parallel and physically separated from each other. 团队工作：体系结构的结构方面允许为不同的团队（可能是并行地工作，也可能在地理位置上是分开的）分配任务。 To be sure, the administration inherited this structural mess from the other guys. 当然，新政府是从其他人那里继承了这种结构性混乱。 This generally includes only the root element and its type and possibly some structural elements that form the basic framework of the message. 这一般只包含根元素和它的类型以及一些可能的结构元素（它们形成消息的基本框架）。 —————————————— adolescent 青少年 adolescent adj. 青春期的；未成熟的 n. 青少年 He led the adolescent side of the study. 他领导了青少年方面的研究。 It is very controversial as to whether or not an adolescent or young child should be allowed to explore their transsexual feelings. 对于一个青少年或是小孩子是否应该被允许去探究他们那种异性转化欲有很大的争论。 This was particularly true for hyperactivity and "bad" behavior, report the researchers in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 小儿与青少年医学档案的研究者报告说，这点对极度活跃和“不良”行为而言尤其正确。 —————————————— clinic 诊所 clinic n. 临床；诊所 He detoxed at a clinic. 他在诊所里戒毒。 He started his first clinic when he was 20 . 他20岁时，开了他立业的第一个诊所。 The clinic was accused of ping-ponging patients from one specialist to another. 那家诊所让病人从一个又一个专科医生那里接受不必要的检查，因而受到责难。 —————————————— one 一个 one pron. 一个人；任何人 adj. 一的；唯一的 n. 一 num. 一；一个 n. (One)人名；(老)温 Can you spare one of them for me? 你能把其中的一个匀给我吗? My children have no one to play with. 没有人跟我的孩子一起玩。 No one understands me. 没有人能谅解我。 —————————————— slum 贫民窟 slum vi. （为猎奇或救济等）去贫民窟 n. 贫民窟；陋巷；脏乱的地方 The slum must be inside you. 贫民窟一定是在你内心. But, she added, even after she had a classroom, she had no idea what might come of her effort to teach kids from the slum. 但她补充说，即使她有了教室后，她并不知道她对贫民窟的孩子施教会得出什么样的结果。 We advocate that slum-dwellers are citizens, and should be properly integrated into city planning. 我们认为，贫民区居民是公民，应该被正当地纳入城市规划。 —————————————— cloud 云 cloud n. 云；阴云；云状物；一大群；黑斑 vt. 使混乱；以云遮敝；使忧郁；玷污 vi. 阴沉；乌云密布 n. (Cloud)人名；(法)克卢；(英)克劳德 The rocket ascended into the cloud. 火箭高高飞入云端。 Why the Cloud? 为什么是云？ A cloud is a condensation of water vapour in the atmosphere. 云是由大气中的水蒸气凝结成的。 —————————————— married 结婚了 married adj. 已婚的，有配偶的；婚姻的，夫妇的；密切结合的 n. 已婚者 v. 结婚，与…结婚（marry的过去式） She is a married woman. 她是个已婚的女人。 He married well and happily and was a devoted father and husband. 他婚姻美满幸福, 是位尽职尽责的父亲， 忠实的丈夫。 How the two met, how they courted, how they married, no one knows. 他们二人怎样相遇，怎样求爱，怎样结婚，没人知道。 —————————————— assembly 组装 assembly n. 装配；集会，集合 This one is for assembly. 这一栋是装配用的。 Any kind of assembly was suppressed in this country. 该国过去禁止一切形式的集会。 The bill must clear through the assembly before it becomes legal. 这项法案必须经大会通过才算合法。 —————————————— lip 唇 lip n. 嘴唇；边缘 vt. 以嘴唇碰 adj. 口头上的 vi. 用嘴唇 n. (Lip)人名；(法)利普；(中)猎(广东话·威妥玛)；(柬)利；(东南亚国家华语)立 He pushed out his lower lip. 他努出他的下嘴唇。 I bit my lip to keep from crying out as we reached the basement door which was locked. 我紧咬嘴唇，尽力不让自己哭出来，随后我们到达地下室门口，门是锁着的。 But then he put them under a microscope and noticed that each of these small, insignificant shells had a tiny hole in its lip. 但后来，他把它们放在显微镜下观察，发现每个这些小小的，微不足道的贝壳唇部都有一个小孔。 —————————————— bean 豆 bean n. 豆；嘴峰；毫无价值的东西 vt. 击…的头部 n. (Bean)人名；(英)比恩 If low lands must be used for the bean crop, they should be ridged. 如果低地必须用于种植豆类作物， 就必须把地整成交替的垄和沟。 The bean who had cautiously stayed behind on the bank had to laugh at the event. 豆子一直谨慎地呆在岸上，看到这情景不由得放声哈哈大笑。 They spoke an unrecognized language and refused to eat anything other than pitch from bean pods. 他们说着一种不为人知的语言，拒绝吃任何食物除了豆荚的豆子。 —————————————— gold 黄金 gold n. 金，黄金；金色；金币 adj. 金的，金制的；金色的 n. (Gold)人名；(英、法、德、西、罗、捷、瑞典)戈尔德 All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的不都是金子 The miser gloated over his gold. 守财奴贪婪地看着他的金子。 The gold glinted in the sunlight. 金子在阳光下闪闪发光。 —————————————— divine 神圣的 divine adj. 神圣的；非凡的；天赐的；极好的 vt. 占卜；预言；用占卜勘探 vi. 占卜；预言；使用占卜勘探矿 n. 牧师；神学家 n. (Divine)人名；(英)迪万 The oracles were expected to divine the future. 传神谕者被期盼能预言未来。 I don't believe that astrologers are able to divine. 我不相信占星家能作预言。 In ancient mythology there was no impassable gulf separating the divine from the human beings. 在上古神话中， 神与人之间没有不可逾越的鸿沟。 —————————————— compare 比较 compare n. 比较 vt. 比拟，喻为；[语]构成 vi. 相比，匹敌；比较，区别；比拟（常与to连用） n. (Compare)人名；(意)孔帕雷 They don't begin to compare. 他们丝毫也不能相比。 How does your bike compare with mine? 你的自行车怎么能和我的自行车相比呢? Will you please compare the adverb “well”? 请你说出副词“well”的原级、比较级和最高级好吗? —————————————— shear 剪切 shear vt. 剪；修剪；剥夺 vi. 剪；剪切；修剪 n. [力] 切变；修剪；大剪刀 n. (Shear)人名；(英)希尔 Researchers at the University of Delaware developed shear-thickening fluids for use as liquid armour almost ten years ago. 差不多十年以前，美国特拉华大学的研究人员研制出这种剪切增稠液体用于液体盔甲。 For a tornado to form, cold air must sit above warm, moist air, and the wind needs to go in different directions at different heights, creating shear forces. 就龙卷风的形成而言，寒冷的空气必须处在暖湿的空气上部，而风应该在不同高度向不同的方向运动，以此创造出剪切力。 Ocean temperatures and wind shear are considered the two most important factors for predicting hurricanes, both in regular weather prediction studies and climate change studies. 在常规天气预报研究和气候变化研究中，海洋温度和风切变都被认为是预测飓风的两个最重要的因素。 —————————————— lord 主 lord n. 主；上帝 int. 主，天啊 vt. 使成贵族 vi. 作威作福，称王称霸 n. (Lord)人名；(瑞典)洛德；(法)洛尔 Please, Lord, do not do this to us. 请求，主，不要对我们这样做。 Lord, hear my prayer. 主啊，请听听我的祈祷吧。 No, my lord. 没有，我的主人。 —————————————— rally 集会 rally vi. 团结；重整；恢复；（网球等）连续对打 vt. 团结；集合；恢复健康、力量等 n. 集会；回复；公路赛车会 n. (Rally)人名；(罗)拉利 The rally began in an uproar. 大会在一片喧腾声中开始了。 He presided at the rally. 他主持了这个集会。 We must rally the broad masses of the people round the Party. 我们必须将广大人民群众团结在党的周围。 —————————————— appetite 食欲 appetite n. 食欲；嗜好 These dishes can quicken your appetite. 这些菜肴能刺激你的食欲。 Exercise will improve your appetite for food. 运动能增进你的食欲。 The smell from the garbage dulled her appetite. 闻到来自垃圾的臭味使她食欲大减。 —————————————— nearby 附近的 nearby adj. 附近的，邻近的 adv. 在附近 prep. 在…附近 The nearby mountains are clothed in snow. 附近的山峦盖上了白雪。 The hut was constructed from trees that grew in the nearby forest. 这棚屋是用附近森林里长的树木建造的。 They decided to pipe the water in from the Changjiang River nearby. 他们决定用管道把附近长江的水引过来。 —————————————— furnace 炉 furnace n. 火炉，熔炉 We had better fire up the furnace. 我们最好把炉子生起来。 It is time he banked up the furnace. 他该把炉子封起来了。 It was hot summer and at the edge of the desert it was like a furnace. 那是一个炎热的夏天，在沙漠的边缘，天热得像火炉一样。 —————————————— generate 生成 generate vt. 使形成；发生；生殖；产生物理反应 What you test or generate. 您要测试或生成的文件。 From the model, you can generate the DDL, though we have to be careful. 虽然你可以从模型中产生DDL，但是这个过程还是要小心。 The next step is to generate the report and then incorporate it as an affiliated document of the master document. 紧接着的步骤就是产生这个报告，然后将它作为主文档的附属文档与主文档合并。 —————————————— outstanding 杰出的 outstanding adj. 杰出的；显著的；未解决的；未偿付的 n. 未偿贷款 This is an outstanding example of strict economy. 这是厉行节约的一个出色范例。 The boy who won the scholarship was a quite outstanding student. 那个获得奖学金的男孩是个相当杰出的学生。 It is the custom of this academy to make an annual award for outstanding researchers in chemistry. 每年向杰出的化学研究人员发奖是这个学会的惯例。 —————————————— abolish 废除 abolish vt. 废除，废止；取消，革除 I asked them not to abolish AmeriCorps, as they had threatened to do. 我要求他们不要取消美国服务队，因为他们曾经威胁过要这么做。 If it is an unjust law you would abolish, that law was written with your own hand upon your own forehead. 如果那是一个你们想要废除的法律，这法律正是由你们的手写在你们的额头上的。 The Swedish Pirate Party proposes to abolish software patents, and if that is done, this issue would go away. 瑞典海盗党建议废除软件专利权，如果真的这样了，这个问题便不再是问题。 —————————————— compile 编译 compile vt. 编译；编制；编辑；[图情] 汇编 You only have to compile it. 您只须编译它。 Compile and run this job in the designer. 在设计器中编译和运行这个任务。 You can then edit, compile, and debug your project. 然后，您可以编辑、编译和调试您的项目。 —————————————— odd 奇怪的 odd adj. 奇数的；古怪的；剩余的；临时的；零散的 n. 奇数；怪人；奇特的事物 n. (Odd)人名；(英、西、挪、瑞典)奥德 I don't know what to make of his odd behaviour. 我不知道如何理解他的古怪行为。 For whatever odd reason, I was into him, despite the fact that all of my friends and family hated him. 可不知因为什么古怪的原因，我就是被他迷住了，尽管我的朋友和家人都讨厌他。 There is something odd about hearing the government talk about this topic, though. 听到政府在讨论这个话题，我们多少还是感到有些奇怪。 —————————————— lunch 午餐 lunch n. 午餐 vt. 吃午餐；供给午餐 vi. 吃午餐；供给午餐 She spread our lunch on the grass. 她在草地上摆好了我们的午饭。 After lunch, the conference resumed. 午饭以后，会议继续进行。 She promenaded the children along the sea front after lunch. 她午饭后领着孩子们沿着海滨区散步。 —————————————— energetic 精力充沛的 energetic adj. 精力充沛的；积极的；有力的 It was like an energetic movement through me. 就像一次穿过我的积极的运动。 If you have strong, mildly zany or energetic interviewees, then rely on them as much as possible to carry the story. 如果你遇到了强壮、稍微有点滑稽或者精力充沛的被采访者，那么尽可能地依靠他们表达故事。 For if many groups or individuals change and refine their energy field, this will attract another energetic reality to earth. 因为如果许多群体或个人改变并精炼他们的能量场，这就会吸引又一个积极现实来到地球。 —————————————— new 新 new adj. 新的，新鲜的；更新的；初见的 adv. 新近 n. (New)人名；(英)纽 We argued with them about the new law. 我们同他们辩论那项新法律。 They touted their new product around. 他们四处兜售他们的新产品。 I redirected his letters to his new house. 我把他的信件改寄到他的新住所。 —————————————— hostage 人质 hostage n. 人质；抵押品 The hostage's mouth was taped. 人质的嘴被用胶布封住了。 Don't fire!He hijacked a girl as a hostage. 别开枪!他劫持了一名女孩子作人质。 At this point, he threatened to kill a hostage. 在这个节骨眼上，他威胁杀死人质。 —————————————— terrific 很棒的 terrific adj. 极好的；极其的，非常的；可怕的 We have terrific leaders, great benefits, and a great spirit on the deck plates. 我们有着极好的领导、很好的福利以及甲板上的伟大精神。 There are some terrific programs out there, but they’re still too far and few between. 现在有了一些了不起的方案，但方案之间仍然还是相隔遥远且较少。 That's depressing stuff, but we're not all doom and gloom around here, and some areas in the country have terrific Internet. 那真是令人沮丧的事，但我们并没有就此郁闷和消沉，因为另有一些地区具备极好的网络条件。 —————————————— companion 同伴 companion n. 同伴；朋友；指南；手册 vt. 陪伴 n. (Companion)人名；(英)康帕宁 She is a dependable companion. 她是一位可靠的伴侣。 She longs to be his companion through life. 她渴望成为他的终身伴侣。 Without looking at either Manuel or the boy she turned to her companion and they went on up the road together. 没有看曼纽尔也没有看那个男孩，她转向她的同伴，他们一起沿着路继续走去。 —————————————— union 联盟 union n. 联盟，协会；工会；联合 Some of the union members did not want to picket. 工会的一些会员不想担任罢工纠察员。 Its effect is more radical than the agenda of any union. 其作用要比任何的联合议程都更具根本性。 Each join involves two remote operations, and the union merges the results of all three joins. 每个连接涉及两个远程操作，联合则将所有三个连接的结果合并。 —————————————— amplify 放大 amplify vt. 放大，扩大；增强；详述 vi. 详述 This will amplify the impact of our activities and our resources. 这将扩大我们各项活动和资源的影响。 But we must do more to amplify their voices and give them a seat at the table, whether in their village or at the global level, among nations. 但是我们必须进一步扩大他们的声音，给予他们一个代表席位，无论是在村里还是在全球层面，在各国之间。 Coastal features can then either reduce or amplify some of the energy as the wave reaches land. 而当波浪到达陆地后，当地的海岸地形特征则会削弱或增强某些能量。 —————————————— journalist 记者 journalist n. 新闻工作者；报人；记日志者 This journalist distorted the spokesman's remarks. 这名记者曲解了该发言人的话。 A journalist has tried to muscle in on my exclusive story. 一个记者一直想强行把我的独家报道弄到手。 A fellow journalist once told me that if you are not writing every day, then you are an amateur. 一个同行的记者曾经告诉我，如果你不每天写写，那么你是一个业余爱好者。 —————————————— uneasy 不安 uneasy adj. 不舒服的；心神不安的；不稳定的 Uneasy but eager, the whole family waited for the eggs to hatch. 全家都是惴惴不安地又很兴奋地等候“收蚕”。 They felt uneasy, as if they too should be taking special precautions but against what, they had no idea. 他们感到不安，好像他们也应该采取特殊的预防措施，但要抵抗什么，他们不知道。 Indeed, citizens of democracies should be uneasy about appointing “tsars” to decide who gets paid what, and all the more so when those decisions reflect power politics. 实际上，民主政体的民众应该对任命“沙皇”决定谁获得多少薪酬感到不安——当这些决定反映权力政治时更是如此。 —————————————— means 意味着 means n. 手段；方法；财产 v. 意思是；打算（mean的第三人称单数） [ 复数means ] His promotion means a raise in salary. 他的提升意味着要增加薪水。 He achieved his goal by peaceful means. 他通过和平手段达到了他的目的。 This numeral means a onefold increase in production. 这个数字意味着产量提高了一倍。 —————————————— prominent 著名的 prominent adj. 突出的，显著的；杰出的；卓越的 The newspapers gave prominent coverage to the news. 各报在显著位置上登载了这条消息。 In the process of practice it is not prominent this is because I should improve my English level. 但在实习的过程中这个优势却并不突出，这都是因为我的专业水平有待提高。 Of course, these individuals have been around since the beginning of human history and played a more prominent role in some eras than in others. 当然，这些个体自从人类历史开端以来就已经存在，并且在一些时代扮演着比另一些时代更突出的角色。 —————————————— scent 气味 scent n. 气味；嗅觉；痕迹；察觉能力 vt. 闻到；发觉；使充满…的气味；循着遗臭追踪 vi. 发出…的气味；有…的迹象；嗅着气味追赶 n. (Scent)人名；(英)森特 My dog snuffed the scent of games. 我的狗闻到了猎物的味道。 I can't bear this scent. 这气味我受不了。 If someone smells a flower and says he does not understand, the reply to him is: there is nothing to understand, it is only a scent. 倘若有人一面闻一朵花，一面说他不懂它，那对他的回答是：这里不需要理解，它仅仅是香气而已。 —————————————— fool 傻瓜 fool vi. 欺骗；开玩笑；戏弄 n. 傻瓜；愚人；受骗者 vt. 欺骗，愚弄 adj. 傻的 Better a witty fool man than a foolish wit. 宁做聪明的傻子， 不做愚蠢的聪明人。 Jack is not such a fool as he's made out to be. 杰克并不像人们说的那么傻。 You can’t fool yourself or others with this strategy. 你不能用这种策略来愚弄自己和他人。 —————————————— possess 拥有 possess vt. 控制；使掌握；持有；迷住；拥有，具备 Some animals possess the characteristic of man. 有些动物具有人类的特征。 Revolutionaries should possess the noble qualities of the proletariat. 革命者应该具有无产阶级的崇高品质。 Insects possess a biological clock that programmes the insect's growth,reproduction and dormant periods. 昆虫具有一种生物钟，它会按照遗传密码控制昆虫的生长、繁殖和休眠期。 —————————————— reserve 储备 reserve n. 储备，储存；自然保护区；预备队；缄默；[金融] 储备金 vt. 储备；保留；预约 vi. 预订 n. (Reserve)人名；(法)勒塞尔夫 I reserve the right to make my own decisions. 我保留自行做出决定的权利。 The workers of this nature reserve try to clean it by themselves but their efforts are not enough. 该自然保护区的工人们试图靠他们自己来清理，但他们的努力远远不够。 There should be other reserve currencies . 应该有其它的储备货币。 —————————————— shield 盾 shield n. 盾；防护物；保护者 vt. 遮蔽；包庇；避开；保卫 vi. 防御；起保护作用 n. (Shield)人名；(英)希尔德 He moved his shield quickly, and the sword glanced off. 他迅速移动盾牌，于是剑掠过了盾牌。 The knight's shield was emblazoned with his coat of arms. 骑士的盾牌上刻有盾徽。 The king's shield was emblazoned with his family coat of arms. 国王的盾牌装饰有他家族的盾徽。 —————————————— purify 净化 purify vt. 净化；使纯净 vi. 净化；变纯净 With Truthful Communication, I purify my speech. 我用真心交流净化我的言语。 With Stillness, Simplicity and Contentment, I purify my body. 我用平静、简单和满足净化我的行为。 Potting up green plants in the house will purify the air inside. 在房内盆栽绿色植物可以净化室内空气。 —————————————— experiment 实验 experiment vi. 尝试；进行实验 n. 实验，试验；尝试 Finally he succeeded in his experiment. 他终于试验成功。 He crystallized salt as part of his experiment. 他使盐结晶作为他的实验的一部分。 We have never doubted of the success of our experiment. 我们对我们的实验会获得成功从未怀疑过。 —————————————— independent 独立的 independent adj. 独立的；单独的；无党派的；不受约束的 n. 独立自主者；无党派者 A large number of independent African countries emerge at a historic moment. 一大批非洲独立国家应运而生。 The integrated country will rend into several independent regions sooner or later. 那个完整的国家早晚会分裂成几个独立的地区。 The question is, if I have a conservative, or path independent vector field, why is it the gradient of something? 现在的问题是，如果有一个保守的，或者路径独立的向量场，那它是某个东西的梯度吗？ —————————————— recently 最近 recently adv. 最近；新近 He is hammering at his studies recently. 他最近正在刻苦钻研他的学业。 Recently they have laid an underground pipeline. 他们最近铺了一条地下管道。 Some of the universities have been resegregated recently. 有些大学最近重新实行种族隔离。 —————————————— violate 违反 violate vt. 违反；侵犯，妨碍；亵渎 So how we do violate our own moral code? 那么，我们又是怎样违背自己的道德准则的呢？ Any attempt to insert records into a child table that violate this rule will result in an error. 任何操作想要违背此规则将数据插入一个子表中，将会导致产生一个错误。 Think of cases that violate them when reviewing the spec. 当审查规格时考虑一下违反它们的情况。 —————————————— resist 抵制 resist vi. 抵抗，抗拒；忍耐 vt. 抵抗；忍耐，忍住 n. [助剂] 抗蚀剂；防染剂 Why do I resist the description? 为什么我抵制这一称呼？ He could resist her charm no longer. 他再也抗拒不住她的魅力。 Some substances resist corrosion by air or water. 有些物质可以抗空气或水的腐蚀。 —————————————— blossom 开花 blossom vi. 开花；兴旺；发展成 n. 花；开花期；兴旺期；花开的状态 n. (Blossom)人名；(英)布洛瑟姆 A blossom develops from a bud. 花朵是从蓓蕾孕育而开放的。 Did the wisteria blossom this year? 紫藤今年开花吗? There is no blossom this year on the plum trees. 今年李子树不开花。 —————————————— shift 转变 shift n. 移动；变化；手段；轮班 vi. 移动；转变；转换 vt. 转移；改变；替换 But that shift affected only one segment of the population. 但是那次转变只影响到人口的一部分。 Once you have the vowels, you know which way to shift the rest of the letters. 知道了这些带元音的词后，您就知道了移动其余字的方法。 They need to shift from farming to industry, and they need to do so desperately. 他们需要从农业领域转移到工业领域。 他们需要拼命地那么做。 —————————————— switch 开关 switch vt. 转换；用鞭子等抽打 vi. 转换；抽打；换防 n. 开关；转换；鞭子 Switch from one module to another. 从一个模块转换到另一个模块。 The light switch came away from the wall. 电灯开关从墙上掉了下来。 Diddle the switch see if the light comes on. 上下快速拨动电灯开关看看是否来电了。 —————————————— specification 规范 specification n. 规格；说明书；详述 Unfortunately the specification does not say what those other means should be. 遗憾的是，该规范并没有指明这些其它方法是什么。 You can increase model precision through the specification and assemblage of model constraints. 您可以通过模型约束的规范和集合来增加模型的精确度。 It allows us to separate the specification of the object (how you interact with it) from the implementation. 它允许我们从实现中剥离对象的规范（如何与它交互）。 —————————————— burst 破裂 burst vi. 爆发，突发；爆炸 vt. 爆发，突发；爆炸 n. 爆发，突发；爆炸 n. (Burst)人名；(德、罗)布尔斯特 The doctor burst a blood vessel. 医生使一条血管破裂了。 The child pricked the balloon and it burst. 那孩子在气球上刺了个洞，气球就爆了。 Suddenly the leading car in the race burst into sight. 跑在最前面的那辆赛车突然出现在眼前。 —————————————— silicon 硅 silicon n. [化学] 硅；硅元素 For processing silicon. 对于硅处理。 But the brittleness of silicon limits its uses. 但是，硅的脆性也限制了其应用范围。 The company pioneered the use of the silicon chip. 这家公司首先使用硅片。 —————————————— terminate 终止 terminate vt. 使终止；使结束；解雇 vi. 结束，终止；结果 adj. 结束的 In this example, we want it to terminate. 在本例中，我们希望终止脚本。 At this point, the client and server terminate their connections. 此时，客户机和服务器将终止它们的连接。 If the work item does not exist, the trigger should fail and terminate. 如果工作项并不存在的话，那么触发器就会失败并终止。 —————————————— back 回来 back n. 后面；背部；靠背；足球等的后卫；书报等的末尾 vt. 支持；后退；背书；下赌注 vi. 后退；背靠；倒退 adv. 以前；向后地；来回地；上溯；回来；回原处 adj. 后面的；过去的；拖欠的 n. (Back)人名；(西、英、德、法、瑞典、捷)巴克 I'll back him against all the others. 我将支持他反对所有其他人。 They all rushed forward but I kept back. 他们都向前冲去，但我仍留在后面。 You have to hurdle to London and get the intelligence back. 你得克服困难到达伦敦把那份情报取回来。 —————————————— earnest 认真的 earnest adj. 认真的，热心的；重要的 n. 认真；定金；诚挚 n. (Earnest)人名；(英)欧内斯特 While you work, you should work in earnest. 当你工作时，你应认真工作。 If I were, this is the stage when I would prepare in earnest for them. 如果我有必要参加考试，我会在这个阶段认真准备考试。 The next day, an earnest editor wrote an editorial.He appealed to everyone to help each other. 第二天，一个诚挚的编辑写了一篇社论。 他呼吁每个人互相帮助。 —————————————— mount 山 mount vt. 增加；爬上；使骑上马；安装，架置；镶嵌，嵌入；准备上演；成立（军队等） vi. 爬；增加；上升 n. 山峰；底座；乘骑用马；攀，登；运载工具；底座 n. （英）芒特（人名） v. 登上；骑上 Until now one of the sides of the mount is red. 直到现在，这个山的一面仍然是红的。 The soldiers stood beside their horses, waiting for the order to mount. 士兵们站在马的旁边，等待上马的命令。 Worse yet, the team often grows too large because every area that could potentially mount a work effort using the new, smaller process framework must be represented on it. 更糟糕的是，团队经常会过于庞大，这是因为每一个领域都有可能使用新的、小型的处理过程框架潜在的增加工作量。 —————————————— maybe 也许 maybe adv. 也许；可能；大概 n. 可能性；不确定性 Maybe， she has changed her mind. 或许她已经改变了主意。 Maybe religion should help to straighten him out. 也许宗教信仰可以使他改邪归正。 Come with us, maybe you can serve me in this activity. 来吧，也许在这次行动中你会给我帮上忙。 —————————————— operator 操作符 operator n. 经营者；操作员；话务员；行家 What the number I gave you，operator? 接线员，我给你的号码是多少? The telephone operator cut us off before we had finished our conversation. 我们的话还没说完，电话接线员就中断了我们的通话。 By doing so, you are reducing their role to that of a software operator and wasting the wealth of experience they bring. 你这样做，是把他们当做软件操作员，是在减少他们的作用，也是在浪费他们所带来的经验价值。 —————————————— incredible 这是一种不可思议的力量！ incredible adj. 难以置信的，惊人的 It sounded incredible in common. 乍一听来， 简直不可思议。 "But you the community and the policy groups and staff and board have worked through them, which is absolutely incredible, " he said. 他说道：“但是你们这些社团、政策组织和委员会现在已经完成了这项工作，这绝对是难以置信的。” So when you take responsibility for your life and your results, you give yourself the opportunity to maximize your incredible potential. 所以当你对生活和你的结果负责时，你就会给自己一个机会，以使你惊人的潜力达到最大化。 —————————————— yearly 每年 yearly adj. 每年的 adv. 每年；一年一次 n. 年刊；年鉴 They breed twice yearly. 它们每年繁殖两次。 We all know that the efficiency of all types of machines is increasing yearly. 我们都知道，每年各种类型的机器的效率都在不断的提高。 On the prevention side, we have new WHO treatment guidelines that offer the first real prospect of reducing the yearly number of new infections. 在预防方面，我们制定了新的世卫组织治疗指南，使我们第一次真正有希望减少每年的新感染病例数。 —————————————— slide 幻灯片 slide n. 滑动；幻灯片；滑梯；雪崩 vi. 滑动；滑落；不知不觉陷入 vt. 滑动；使滑动；悄悄地迅速放置 Slide up or down to adjust volume. 上下方向滑动调整音量。 Let's slide down this grassy slope. 咱们顺着这草坡滑下去吧。 The moon struggled in its straitjacket: a tremor like that of an earthquake caused avalanches of empty cans to slide down from the mountain of refuse. 月亮与它的紧身衣搏斗着：发出一阵阵的震动，就像地震引起空的罐子从垃圾山上滑下来造成的震动那样。 —————————————— integral 积分 integral adj. 积分的；完整的，整体的；构成整体所必须的 n. 积分；部分；完整 We have to compute the integral for flux. 我们需要计算通量的积分。 This call and response is integral to the use case. 这个调用和响应对于用例来说是完整的。 What coordinates do we use to compute this integral? 那用什么坐标系来计算这个积分呢？ —————————————— existence 存在 existence n. 存在，实在；生存，生活；存在物，实在物 They are battling for their existence. 他们正为生存而斗争。 The old couple dragged on an unhappy existence for many years. 那对老夫妻过了多年不愉快的生活。 Because we depend on the arrow of time just for our existence. 因为我们依赖时间之箭正是为了我们的存在。 —————————————— sufficient 足够的 sufficient adj. 足够的；充分的 Do you have sufficient authority to install? 您是否拥有足够的安装权限？ Will there be sufficient stocks to meet our demand? 有足够的存货满足我们的需求吗? Proof that you have sufficient funds to support yourself and your family after you arrive in Canada. 证明你有足够的资金能够维持你和你家人在到达加拿大以后的生活。 —————————————— hard 硬 hard adj. 努力的；硬的；困难的；辛苦的；确实的；严厉的；猛烈的；冷酷无情的 adv. 努力地；困难地；辛苦地；接近地；猛烈地；牢固地 n. (Hard)人名；(英、芬、瑞典)哈德 This kind of beetles have hard shell. 这类甲虫有坚硬的外壳。 He ascribed his success to hard work. 他把自己的成就归功于努力工作。 He has won many young people to the Party by his hard work. 他通过努力工作争取了很多年轻人加入这个党。 —————————————— childhood 童年 childhood n. 童年时期；幼年时代 She likes to reminisce about her childhood. 她喜欢回忆她的童年时代。 All memory of the childhood faded from her mind. 她儿时的记忆从她脑海中逐渐消失。 The writer constructed the story from memories of her childhood. 作者根据她自己童年的回忆构思了这个故事。 —————————————— kilometer 公里 kilometer n. [计量] 公里；[计量] 千米（等于kilometre） She had to battle snowstorms, landslides, snakes and loneliness on her 350 kilometer journey. 在350公里的行程中，她要克服暴风雪、滑坡、蛇和孤独寂寞。 But it says food grown and harvested in the 30-kilometer exclusion zone after the emergency might be contaminated and should be avoided. 但是，该组织说，事故发生后，在30公里禁区内种植和收获的食物可能受到污染，应该避免食用。 For example, the researchers last week said they had managed to gather enough energy from a TV station a half-kilometer away to power a small temperature sensor. 例如，研究人员上周说，他们已经设法从半公里远的一座电视发射台收集了足够了能量给一个小型温度传感器供电。 —————————————— response 响应 response n. 响应；反应；回答 The response was far from warm. 反应冷淡。 They have made generous response to the appeals for funds. 他们对募集资金的呼吁作出了慷慨的响应。 His eloquent speech called out a response in the heart of every man. 他雄辩的演说在每个人的心里引起了反应。 —————————————— pitch 球场 pitch vi. 倾斜；投掷；搭帐篷；坠落 vt. 投；掷；定位于；用沥青涂；扎营；向前倾跌 n. 沥青；音高；程度；树脂；倾斜；投掷；球场 He bunted at the first pitch. 他触击第一个投球。 The batter took the pitch. 击球手放过这个投球没打。 He keyed the piano up to a concert pitch. 他把钢琴的音调调到了音乐会要求的音高标准。 —————————————— letter 信 letter n. 信；字母，文字；证书；文学，学问；字面意义 vt. 写字母于 vi. 写印刷体字母 n. (Letter)人名；(英)莱特 Please address the letter for me. 请在信里给我写上住址。 Her letter hints of her love to (towards) me. 她的来信暗示了她对我的爱。 The letter passed from one to another until everyone had read it. 这封信从一个人转手到另一个人直到每个人都看过。 —————————————— open 开放 open adj. 公开的；敞开的；空旷的；坦率的；营业着的 vi. 开始；展现 vt. 公开；打开 n. 公开；空旷；户外 The hotel is now open to guests. 这个旅馆现在已向客人开放。 Shall I open the window? —Yes,do. 我把窗户打开好吗? —好，打开吧。 The dollar declined on the open market. 美元在公开市场上下跌了。 —————————————— solid 固体 solid adj. 固体的；可靠的；立体的；结实的；一致的 n. 固体；立方体 n. (Solid)人名；(瑞典)索利德 My theory is established on the solid basis of facts. 我的理论是以可靠的事实作为根据的。 Matter exists in three states: solid, liquid and gas. 物质以三种形态存在: 固态、 液态和气态。 All substances, whether they are gaseous, liquid or solid, are made of atoms. 一切物质，不论它们是气体、液体还是固体， 都是由原子构成的。 —————————————— chat 聊天 chat vi. 聊天；闲谈 vt. 与…搭讪；与…攀谈 n. 聊天；闲谈 n. (Chat)人名；(英)查特(教名Carol、Carola、Caroline、Carolyn的昵称)；(西)查特；(越)质；(柬)乍；(泰)察；(捷)哈特；(中)质(广东话·威妥玛)；(法)沙 They're having a chat. 他们在聊天。 He often keeps aloof when we chat together. 当我们在一起聊天的时候，他常常避开不参与。 I find it quite boring to chat with those who are lacking in humour. 我觉得跟缺乏幽默的人聊天很乏味。 —————————————— music 音乐 music n. 音乐，乐曲 She enjoys music, and so do I. 她喜欢音乐，我也喜欢音乐。 He gets off on loud music,but I don't. 他一听到喧闹的音乐就兴奋，而我则不然。 Do you like music? 你喜欢音乐吗? —————————————— strengthen 加强 strengthen vt. 加强；巩固 vi. 变强；变坚挺 You strengthen it every time you think it. 每一次你想到它便更强化它。 We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies. 大敌当前， 我们必须加强团结。 In theory, everyone agrees that we need to strengthen and open up these institutions. 在理论上，每个人都同意我们需要加强和开放这些组织机构。 —————————————— lesson 教训 lesson n. 教训；课 vt. 教训；上课 He illustrates the lesson with a picture. 他用一张图片来说明这篇课文。 The teacher tied in what she said with Lesson 12. 老师把她所讲的和第12课联系在一起。 If someone puts you down,you should teach him a lesson. 如果有人奚落你，你就应该教训教训他。 —————————————— recorder 录音机 recorder n. 录音机；记录器；记录员；八孔直笛 And he told me all about the flight recorder. 他还告诉我有关飞行记录器的事。 The gramophone has been displaced by tape recorder. 留声机已被磁带录音机所取代。 Instead of using the HTTP recorder, you will create a blank test. 您将创建一个空白测试来代替 HTTP 记录器的使用。 —————————————— surroundings 周围的环境 surroundings n. 环境；周围的事物 You are my surroundings. 你是我的环境。 He became acclimatized to the new surroundings. 他对新的环境渐渐适应了。 The chameleon's skin replicates the pattern of its surroundings. 变色龙的皮肤可随环境的模式而改变颜色。 —————————————— anonymous 匿名 anonymous adj. 匿名的，无名的；无个性特征的 Why is it anonymous? 为什么它是匿名的？ Each chunk is executed as the body of an anonymous function. 每个块都是作为一个匿名函数体来执行的。 If so, then within that language, types likely can no longer be anonymous. 如果这样，那么在该语言中，类型可能不再是匿名的。 —————————————— hitherto 迄今为止 hitherto adv. 迄今；至今 And indeed, what have I done hitherto, in the years behind me? 的确，迄今为止，过去的这些年里我都做了些什么？ Hitherto the withering flowers can’t withstand the sunshine notwithstanding my care. 尽管有我的呵护,这些凋谢的花至今仍经不起阳光. In other words, they are claiming that, unless there is some hitherto undetected systematic, neutrinos are traveling faster than light. 换言之，他们声称，除非有迄今未被探测到的系统误差，中微子传播速度超过了光速。 —————————————— fluid 流体 fluid adj. 流动的；流畅的；不固定的 n. 流体；液体 The parting of the waters can be understood through fluid dynamics. 水域被分开是可以用流体动力学来理解的。 Perhaps the fur makes a difference, they say in a video intended for the 2010 APS Gallery of Fluid Motion. 他们在为2010年美国物理学会流体运动画廊而准备的视频中说，皮毛大概有差别。 At the heart of the phenomenon are what are known as Faraday waves, which arise when a fluid such as water vibrates, constrained by a closed boundary such as the edge of a singing bowl. 跳舞现象的核心是人们知道的法拉第波。 当流体，比如水发生震动时，法拉第波就产生了。 法拉第波会局限在像一只碗的边缘那样的闭合的边界里。 —————————————— mediterranean 地中海 Mediterranean n. 地中海 adj. 地中海的 The port town has lovely views of the Mediterranean. 这座海港城市有可爱的地中海景观。 If you’re on a cruise through the Mediterranean, you might only have one day in Athens. 假如你在一个穿越地中海的乘船观光团上，你就大概只能在雅典呆一天。 The Straits of Gibraltar are the strategic passage between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. 直布罗陀海峡是地中海通向大西洋的咽喉。 —————————————— signal 信号 signal n. 信号；暗号；导火线 vt. 标志；用信号通知 adj. 显著的；作为信号的 vi. 发信号 n. (Signal)人名；(瑞典)西格纳尔 It will distort the signal. 这将使信号畸变。 They beamed the signal to the satellite. 他们向卫星定向发出无线电信号。 The lighthouse flashes signal twice a minute. 灯塔一分钟发两次闪光信号。 —————————————— examination 检查 examination n. 考试；检查；查问 But I did tell you about the examination! 但我确实告诉过你有关考试的事。 Did he put all his students through the examination? 他使他的学生都通过考试了吗? You must pass the examination to get credit for the course. 你必须通过考试才能获得那门课程的学分。 —————————————— wave 波 wave vi. 波动；起伏；挥手示意；摇动；呈波形 vt. 卷（烫）发；向…挥手示意；使成波浪形 n. 波动；波浪；高潮；挥手示意；卷曲 He recognized us with a wave. 他挥手向我们致意。 Former low domes were planated by wave erosion. 波浪式的侵蚀将以前的矮圆丘夷成平地。 Though the wave of words is forever upon us, yet our depth is forever silent. 虽然言语的波浪永远在我们上面喧哗，而我们的深处却永远是沉默的。 —————————————— undergraduate 本科 undergraduate n. 大学生；大学肄业生 adj. 大学生的 An undergraduate was not good looking. 一名大学生长的不好看。 Each year, I pose this question to my undergraduate students. 每一年，我都会向我的本科学生们提出这个问题。 One day, after facing one crisis too many and tired of being treated like just another undergraduate, I phoned home for some consolation and understanding of my unique problems. 经历了太多的危机，也厌倦了受到与其他大学生相同的对待之后，有一天我给家里打了个电话，就我独有的问题寻求安慰和理解。 —————————————— price 价格 price n. 价格；价值；代价 vt. 给……定价；问……的价格 n. (Price)人名；(英)普赖斯；(法)普里斯；(葡、瑞典)普里塞 She balked at the price. 她对这价格犹豫不决。 Competition should beat the price down. 竞争一定会使价格下跌。 They are huckstering over the price of the rifle. 他们正为那支枪的价格讨价还价。 —————————————— idea 的想法 idea n. 想法；主意；概念 They all ridiculed the idea. 他们都嘲笑这个想法。 They mocked at the idea. 他们嘲笑这种想法。 The younger people might not like the idea. 年轻一些的人可能不喜欢这个主意。 —————————————— galaxy 星系 galaxy n. 银河；[天] 星系；银河系；一群显赫的人 n. 三星智能手机品牌 2015年三星中国公布Galaxy的中文名称为“盖乐世” [ 复数galaxies ] Is this one galaxy or two? 这是一个星系还是两个？ Anyone interesting on that side of the galaxy? 还有谁对这片星系有兴趣的？ "I estimate that there may be about two million such systems in our galaxy," he said. “我估计，有可能在我们的银河系中大约有两百万个这样的系统，”他说。 —————————————— stumble 跌倒 stumble vi. 踌躇，蹒跚；失足；犯错 vt. 使…困惑；使…绊倒 n. 绊倒；蹒跚而行 Some feared she would stumble. 有人担心她会犯错。 This isn't a topic that we stumble on today as a result of some belated sophistication we have achieved. 但我们今天不会在这个问题上花很多时间,因为我们已经在过时的观点上踌躇太久。 She whirled, one arm reaching for something near her side that wasn't there, and it made her stumble. 她突然转动身子，一只胳膊伸向身边，似乎想抓住什么，但没抓到，这让她绊了一跤。 —————————————— interesting 有趣的 interesting adj. 有趣的；引起兴趣的，令人关注的 Why not start with the most interesting one? 为什么不从最有趣的一个开始呢？ She volunteered an interesting piece of news. 她主动提供了一条有趣的新闻。 I tumbled upon an interesting book in the library. 我在图书馆偶然发现了一本有趣的书。 —————————————— eighty 八十年 eighty n. 八十；八十岁；八十年代 adj. 八十的，八十个的；八十岁的 num. 八十 Rainfall over the mid-west, Northern Plains, and the Rockies was fifty to eighty-five percent below normal. 在中西部，北部平原和洛矶山脉，当时的降水量是平常的百分之五十到八十。 Eighty percent of the migrant workers in Thailand are from Burma. They are particularly at risk, as they face ethnic and political conflict in their home country. 占有泰国的移工人口有百分之八十的缅甸员工处境特别危险，因为他们在原籍国面对种族和政治冲突。 At eighty-six, Grandpa was still quite a gardener, so I always watched for his earliest blooms and each new wave of spring flowers. 八十六岁的爷爷仍然是一个杰出的花匠，因此我总是观察着他最早盛开的花，以及一片又一片春的花海。 —————————————— evidence 证据 evidence n. 证据，证明；迹象；明显 vt. 证明 Let me adduce more evidence. 让我举出更多的证据。 They faced him with evidence of treachery. 他们使他面对其叛国的证据。 We can't go on evidence like that. 我们不能以那样的证据为根据。 —————————————— kid 孩子 kid n. 小孩；小山羊 vt. 欺骗；取笑；戏弄 vi. 欺骗；取笑；戏弄 adj. 小山羊皮制的；较年幼的 n. (Kid)人名；(英)基德 My mom and dad, I was their kid. 我的妈妈和爸爸，我是他们的孩子。 He often pals around with the kid next door. 他经常与邻居家的孩子结伴玩耍 Any of my friends and anyone knows that and there is not a chance on this planet I would ever, ever, ever do anything like that to a kid. 我所有的朋友以及每一个人都知道这一点。 我不会，绝不会，绝对绝对不会对一个孩子做这种事情，一丝可能性都没有。 —————————————— nice 不错的 nice adj. 精密的；美好的；细微的；和蔼的 n. (Nice)人名；(英)尼斯 Oh， what a nice little girl she is! 啊， 这是一个多么好的小姑娘! He always winks at nice girls in his class. 他总是向班里的漂亮姑娘挤眼。 How nice it would be if I could go with you! 要是我能跟你一块去， 那该多好哇! —————————————— priority 优先级 priority n. 优先；优先权；[数] 优先次序；优先考虑的事 If your career is at the top of your priority list then you might decide against having kids. 如果你的事业在优先名单上的最前面，同时你就可能决定了要反对让孩子们。 Now that you know how to change the priority of processes, how do you do this with threads? 您已经了解了如何更改进程的优先级，那么对于线程又该如何操作呢？ At a time of this economic crisis, our priority should be very clear about what we need to do. 在发生这种经济危机的时候，我们的首要任务应当是非常清楚地表明我们要做什么。 —————————————— cite 引用 cite vt. 引用；传讯；想起；表彰 Can you cite another case like this one? 你能举出另一个像这样的例子吗? This research tool will help you collect, organize and appropriately cite any sources you find over the Web. 这个研究工具会帮助你收集、组织并适当地引用你在网上发现的任何资源。 He continues to cite the article as evidence of his legitimacy. 他不断引用该文章作为自己研究合法性的证据。 —————————————— halt 停止 halt vi. 停止；立定；踌躇，犹豫 n. 停止；立定；休息 vt. 使停止；使立定 n. (Halt)人名；(德、芬)哈尔特 We should halt the policy immediately. 我们应该立即停止政策。 But this is where the parallels between the "norm" and myself come grinding to halt. 但这就是“普通”人和我自己这两条平行线相交而停止的地方。 Otherwise, the test has failed and the process should halt. 否则，测试就失败了，并且这个过程会停止。 —————————————— employment 就业 employment n. 使用；职业；雇用 The state of employment in this city is improving. 这个城市就业状况正在改善。 Taking it by and large, the conditions of employment are good. 从大体上说来， 就业条件是好的。 When we see how you make out, we'll talk about the possibility of more lasting employment. 当我们看到你工作有成绩时就会讨论较长时间雇用你的可能性。 —————————————— geometry 几何 geometry n. 几何学 几何结构 That evening, after I got through my geometry examination, I got around to doing my geography homework. 那天晚上，在我结束几何考试之后，我找时间做我的地理作业。 The math of the time could deal with a changeless, ideal world — consider the principles of geometry — but not with motion. 当时的数学可以对付一个一成不变的理想世界——想想几何原理，但没有考虑运动。 It has a vessel function solution and I would refer you to the text on solving these equations for this particular geometry to develop this vessel function. 它有一个管道功能解法,我会希望你到下一个，在解决,这些等式方面，为了这个几何，以此来,发展处这个管道功能。 —————————————— laboratory 实验室 laboratory n. 实验室，研究室 Is it possible to multiply bacteria in the laboratory? 有可能在实验室繁殖细菌吗? He would stay for hours at a stretch in the laboratory. 他在实验室里一蹲就是好几个小时。 Laboratory work needs not only accurate measurements but also correct calculation. 实验工作不但需要准确的测量， 而且需要准确的计算。 —————————————— ceiling 天花板 ceiling n. 天花板；上限 She banged her head on the low ceiling. 她的头砰地撞在低矮的天花板上。 The walls are green, while the ceiling is white. 墙是绿色的，而天花板是白色的。 I managed to bung up the hole in the ceiling with some paper. 我用一些纸极力把天花板的洞塞住。 —————————————— cushion 缓冲 cushion n. 垫子；起缓解作用之物；（猪等的）臀肉；银行储蓄 vt. 给…安上垫子；把…安置在垫子上；缓和…的冲击 She plumps up the sofa cushion. 她把沙发垫子拍得鼓鼓的。 The bush acted as a cushion to my fall. 矮树丛缓冲了我的下跌。 'Like Amazon, as long as the business is growing, this cash cushion provides an advantage in that the cash can be redeployed to fuel new growth initiatives, ' he said. 他说，和亚马逊一样，只要业务在增长，这种现金缓冲就能够提供一种优势，因为现金可以重新配置来推动新的增长计划。 —————————————— enterprise 企业 enterprise n. 企业；事业；进取心；事业心 The enterprise has excellent prospects. 这家企业的远景极其美好。 All our capital is locked up in that enterprise. 我们的资金全部搁死在那个企业了。 The funds needed will mainly be drawn from accumulation within the enterprise. 所需资金主要取给于企业内部的积累。 —————————————— suspension 悬架 suspension n. 悬浮；暂停；停职 A spokesman declined to explain the terms of the suspension. 一位发言人拒绝说明停职的详细情况。 Center of mass is way here below the suspension point. 重心大概是在这里,低于悬挂点的地方。 Zambia says it is rejecting what it called the unconstitutional change of government and called for Madagascar's suspension in the African Union and Southern African Development Community, SADC. 赞比亚表示不接受这次不符合宪法的政府更迭，并呼吁非洲联盟和南部非洲发展共同体暂停马达加斯加的成员国资格。 —————————————— chicken 鸡 chicken n. 鸡肉；小鸡；胆小鬼，懦夫 adj. 鸡肉的；胆怯的；幼小的 Chicken picked about the field. 鸡在田地到处啄食。 The hawk dived straight at the chicken. 鹰俯冲而下，直扑那只鸡。 We dined on a chicken,pork and fresh vegetables. 我们正餐吃鸡、猪肉和新鲜蔬菜。 —————————————— spring 春天 spring n. 春天；弹簧；泉水；活力；跳跃 adj. 春天的 vi. 生长；涌出；跃出；裂开 vt. 使跳起；使爆炸；突然提出；使弹开 n. (Spring)人名；(德)施普林；(英、芬、瑞典)斯普林 If winter comes, can spring be far behind? 如果冬天来了，春天还会遥远吗? Every spring they migrate towards the coast. 每年春季它们都向海滨移栖。 The spring thaw caused the river to deluge the region. 春天冰雪融化，使河水泛滥淹没了那地区。 —————————————— equal 平等的 equal adj. 平等的；相等的；胜任的 vt. 等于；比得上 n. 对手；匹敌；同辈；相等的事物 He has no equal in music. 他在音乐方面没有匹敌。 They refused to treat with us on equal terms. 他们拒绝在平等的基础上与我们谈判。 China has always insisted that all countries, big or small, should be equal. 中国历来主张国家不分大小， 应该一律平等。 —————————————— immediate 立即 immediate adj. 立即的；直接的；最接近的 But the benefits of these moves will not be immediate. 但是这些举措的好处并不会立即显现。 The immediate question is what message, if any, to send back. 直接的问题是，如果有的话，那么发送什么信息。 While on the road you will be able to email or SMS in questions to it and get back immediate intelligent answers. 同时在路上你将能够发电子邮件或短信来和它讨论问题并且立即得到聪明的回答。 —————————————— spontaneous 自发的 spontaneous adj. 自发的；自然的；无意识的 That tells us whether the change is spontaneous. 这可以告诉我们变化是否是自发的。 Yellow is an unstable and spontaneous color, so avoid using yellow if you want to suggest stability and safety. 黄色是不稳定且自发的颜色，所以如果你想暗示稳定性和安全性，应避免使用黄色。 Nevertheless, this knowledge applies without any doubt to one of the most important spontaneous market processes that every economist should be highly familiar with. 然而，这一知识被毋庸置疑的应用到一个最重要的，并为每个经济学家所熟知的自发市场过程中。 —————————————— regarding 关于 regarding prep. 关于，至于 Regarding money, that's no problem. 至于钱嘛，那不成问题。 I had nothing to say regarding this matter. 对于这件事我无话可说。 The proposal regarding safety in production was called up in the conference this morning. 有关安全生产的提案今天上午已在会上提出讨论。 —————————————— concert 音乐会 concert n. 音乐会；一致；和谐 vt. 使协调；协同安排 vi. 协调；协力 adj. 音乐会用的；在音乐会上演出的 We are queuing up to buy tickets for the concert. 我们正在排队等候买音乐会的入场券。 The advertisements for the concert fetched in large crowds. 音乐会的广告招徕了大量听众。 Please post up this advertisement for our concert in your shop window. 请把我们音乐会的广告张贴在你们商店的橱窗里。 —————————————— compatible 兼容的 compatible adj. 兼容的；能共处的；可并立的 So, how can you ensure that the file is compatible? 那么，您如何确保这个文件是可兼容的呢？ It should allow the dynamic substitution of compatible partners. 它应该允许动态替换相容的合作者。 Just as with LEGOs, the fact that everyone uses one compatible size means your designs can be shared with anyone who uses the library, no matter where they use it. 就像使用 LEGO 一样，所有的人都使用同一兼容尺寸这一事实，意味着设计可以在使用库的人之间共享，不论他们在哪里使用它。 —————————————— radio 广播 radio n. 收音机；无线电广播设备 vi. 用无线电进行通信 vt. 用无线电发送 n. (Radio)人名；(西)拉迪奥 I learned the news over the radio. 我是从收音机听到这个消息的。 His radio stopped on at midnight. 他在半夜还开着收音机。 I struck on turning on the radio on the way to the station. 在去车站的路上，我突然想到我的收音机还依然开着。 —————————————— cosmic 宇宙 cosmic adj. 宇宙的（等于cosmical） Because of its huge mass, the cluster acts as a cosmic magnifying glass, causing light to bend around it. 由于这个星系团的巨大质量，它相当于一个宇宙的放大镜，使光线在它的四周弯曲。 As a result, should one be seen, scientists should be able to trace its path back to the distant cosmic event that spawned it. 因此，一旦一个中微子被探测到，科学家就可以沿着它的路径追踪到那个遥远的，产生它的宇宙事例。 The upshot: One day your descendants, if they survive a swelling Sun and other cosmic and human perils, will have at least 960 hours to work with each day. 结论：如果你的后代能够幸免于火辣辣的太阳和其他宇宙及人类的灾难，那么将来有一天他们每天至少要工作960个小时。 —————————————— endeavor 努力 endeavor n. 努力；尽力（等于endeavour） vi. 努力；尽力（等于endeavour） vt. 努力；尽力（等于endeavour） She improved visibly from day to day, until Martin wondered if he was doing right, for he knew that all her compliance and endeavor was for his sake. 她一天比一天进步了，直到马丁怀疑起自己的做法是否得体。 因为他明白她的这一切迁就和努力都是为了他。 We cannot succeed in this endeavor alone, but we can lead it. 我们不可能独自完成这项努力，但我们可以发挥带头作用。 There is no more important partner for India in this endeavor than the United States. 对印度来说，在这一努力中没有比美国更为重要的伙伴了。 —————————————— north 北 north n. 北，北方 adj. 北方的；朝北的 adv. 在北方，向北方 The arrow points north. 箭头指向北边。 North covered West's jack with the queen. 北家用皇后吃掉西家的杰克。 The explorers dared the dangers of the ice north. 探险者们敢于冒北方冰雪严寒的危险。 —————————————— pacific 太平洋 pacific adj. 和平的；温和的；平静的 n. 太平洋 adj. 太平洋的 He saw action in the South Pacific. 他在南太平洋参加过战斗。 China faces the Pacific on the east. 中国东临太平洋。 He beachcombed on a South Pacific island. 他在南太平洋一个岛屿海滨流浪。 —————————————— tilt 倾斜 tilt vi. 倾斜；翘起；以言词或文字抨击 vt. 使倾斜；使翘起 n. 倾斜 n. (Tilt)人名；(英)蒂尔特 The light is dying, for one thing, as Earth’s orbit around the sun and tilt on its axis combine to carry us in this hemisphere further away from receiving the sun’s rays most directly. 光线也在是失去活力，首先，由于地球绕着太阳的轨道，由于地球倾斜的轴线与我们所处的北半球相结合，最直接从太阳所接收到的光线，就愈为遥远。 To generate lift, a bird has merely to tilt its wings, adjusting the flow of air below and above them. 鸟儿们只要倾斜翅膀，对从身体上方和下方通过的气流稍作调整，就能产生抬升力。 Once underwater, you can use the 'look around' button to tilt the view and see the extent of this great undersea canyon. 一旦深入海里面，你就能够用‘四处看看’按钮来倾斜视觉和看到扩展到海地的峡谷。 —————————————— pursue 追求 pursue vt. 继续；从事；追赶；纠缠 vi. 追赶；继续进行 Do you have the courage to pursue your dreams? 你有勇气去追求你的梦想吗？ We will pursue the subject of discussion tomorrow. 我们明天继续讨论这个题目。 You may smile， my friends， but I pursue the vision that eludes me. 你也许会讪笑，我的朋友，但是我追求那逃避我的幻象。 —————————————— jar jar jar n. 罐；广口瓶；震动；刺耳声 vi. 冲突；不一致；震惊；发刺耳声 vt. 震动；刺激；使震动 n. (Jar)人名；(罗)扎尔 This cover belongs to that jar. 这是那个坛子的盖子。 A jar full of ancient coins was raked up by them in the garden. 他们在花园里刨出一个装满古币的坛子。 If you go through your white flour in less than a year, however, you can safely keep it on the counter in an airtight jar or canister. 不过，如果您可以在不到一年的时间里用完您的白面粉，那您就可以放心的把它放在柜台上的一密闭瓶或罐中。 —————————————— guardian 《卫报》 guardian n. [法] 监护人，保护人；守护者 adj. 守护的 n. (Guardian)人名；(西)瓜尔迪安 Their uncle was declared guardian to the orphans. 这些孤儿的叔父成为他们的监护人。 The court constituted him legal guardian of the child. 法庭指定他为这个孩子的合法监护人。 The Guardian, I note, did not favour me with an obituary. 而我注意到，卫报连一份讣告都不愿为我写。 —————————————— perspective 的角度来看 perspective n. 观点；远景；透视图 adj. 透视的 The Table 1 below gives some perspective of this. 下面的表格1 给出了这个的一些观点。 There is much that might be said about friendships. They allow us to see ourselves from the perspective of another. 关于友谊的说法可能有很多种，这使得我们能从别人的观点里看到我们自己。 You specify an extension point for each of your applications, so the workbench can correctly launch the perspective for your application. 为每个应用程序指定一个扩展点，这样工作台就能够正确地启动应用程序的透视图。 —————————————— safeguard 维护 safeguard n. [安全] 保护；保卫；保护措施 vt. [安全] 保护，护卫 Safeguard your passwords and change them frequently. 经常保护和更改你的密码。 But I doubt whether any of this will be enough to safeguard our freedom. 即使如此，我还是怀疑这一切就真的足以保障我们的自由。 It reinforces the resolve of its neighbors to intensify their cooperation to safeguard peace and stability in the region against all provocations. 这种行为增强了其邻国为维护地区和平与稳定及防范一切挑衅行为进行合作的决心。 —————————————— pass 通过 pass n. 及格；经过；护照；途径；传球 vi. 经过；传递；变化；终止 vt. 通过；经过；传递 n. (Pass)人名；(英、法、德、俄)帕斯 We threaded along a narrow pass. 我们穿过一条狭窄的通道。 Surely you could pass any examination. 你确实能通过每门考试。 The player had to fade back so as to have room to pass the ball. 这位球员只好后退让过对方，以便有向前传球的空间。 —————————————— event 事件 event n. 事件，大事；项目；结果 The tragic event is sharply etched into my memory. 那起悲惨的事件深深地铭刻在我的记忆中。 This terrible event is etched for ever in my memory. 这个可怕事件永留在我的记忆中。 The publication of the new dictionary is one of the cultural event of the year. 这本新辞典的出版是今年文化界的一件大事。 —————————————— coffee 咖啡 coffee n. 咖啡；咖啡豆；咖啡色 n. (Coffee)人名；(英)科菲 She brewed some coffee for me. 她为我煮了些咖啡。 She creamed and sugared her coffee. 她往咖啡里加上奶油和糖。 A cup of coffee will soon perk you up. 你喝一杯咖啡马上精神会振作起来。 —————————————— condense 浓缩 condense vi. 浓缩；凝结 vt. 使浓缩；使压缩 As the heat diminishes, radioactive materials that have vaporized condense on the particles and fall back to Earth. 当核爆的热量减少，被蒸发放射性物质会浓缩到这些颗粒中，然后落到地面。 The gas cools off enough for the metal, rock and (far enough from the forming star) ice to condense out into tiny particles. 气体冷却到能够让金属、岩石和（离正在形成的星星足够远的）冰凝结成小微粒。 All of the protoplasm of the rod seems to condense into the granule, or young spore. in a hard dehydrated, resistant state. 杆菌中的所有原生质似乎都凝聚到此颗粒（即幼芽孢）中，使之处于一种干硬而有抵抗力的状态。 —————————————— lessen 减少 lessen vt. 使…变小；使…减轻；使…变少 vi. 减少；减轻；变小 n. (Lessen)人名；(德、罗)莱森 That your love would never lessen and never go? 你的爱绝不会减少，绝不会溜走？ She upbraided herself for the sentiment, but could not overcome or lessen it. 她为这种感情而自责，但她既不能抑制也不能减少这种感情。 But I hope that these suggestions will lessen your pain when dark thoughts are all around you. 但是，我希望我这些建议能够使你减轻当忧郁的想法围绕你的时候的痛苦。 —————————————— mediate 调解 mediate vi. 调解；斡旋；居中 vt. 调停；传达 adj. 间接的；居间的 The government must mediate the struggle for water resources. 政府必须通过调解解决对水资源的争夺。 The lawyer has been appointed to mediate between the employers and the union leaders. 这位律师被指定在雇主和工会领导人之间进行调解。 In short, you can mediate just about any type of destination in the service integration bus. 简而言之，您可以调解在服务集成中的关于任意类型的目标文件。 —————————————— collapse 崩溃 collapse vi. 倒塌；瓦解；暴跌 vt. 使倒塌，使崩溃；使萎陷；折叠 n. 倒塌；失败；衰竭 They do like to collapse. 它们确实喜欢崩溃。 The earthquake was the occasion of the building's collapse. 地震是房屋倒塌的起因。 The economy of this nation was brought into a state of disaster, and for a time even on the brink of collapse. 这个国家的经济被弄得百孔千疮， 一时甚至面临崩溃。 —————————————— contrary 相反 contrary adj. 相反的；对立的 adv. 相反地 n. 相反；反面 In some ways, to the contrary. 从某个相反的方向看来。 The plane is flying a contrary direction. 飞机向相反的方向飞去。 Therefore, we do not consider the inspection meeting as optional: on the contrary, the experience acquired with this case study lets us support inspection meetings. 因此，我们不需要将审查会议看作可选择的：相反，在这个案例研究中我们获得的经验是让我支持审查会议。 —————————————— eighteen 十八岁 eighteen n. 十八，十八个 adj. 十八个的，十八的 num. 十八 And the sums are all eighteen. 而三个数的总和都是十八。 The ages of the students of our class range from fifteen to eighteen. 我班同学的年龄在十五岁到十八岁之间。 I was deeply touched when, eighteen months ago in Berlin, he handed me a note asking me to do this as a birthday gift for him, at any time after his 75th birthday on 19 March 2003. 我们十八个月前在柏林见过面，他递来纸条请我在2003年3月19日——他75岁生日之后的任意一天做一次演讲，以作为他的生日礼物，当时我就被深深地感动了。 —————————————— earth 地球 earth n. 地球；地表，陆地；土地，土壤；尘事，俗事；兽穴 vt. 把（电线）[电] 接地；盖（土）；追赶入洞穴 vi. 躲进地洞 The moon rotates around the earth. 月球围绕着地球旋转。 Spring rains and warm sunlight quickened the earth. 春雨和温暖的阳光使大地复苏了。 The professor theorized about the age of the earth. 教授从理论上推测了地球的年龄。 —————————————— mood 情绪 mood n. 情绪，语气；心境；气氛 n. (Mood)人名；(英)穆德；(瑞典)莫德 The argument darkened his mood. 这场争论使他心情不好。 The scenery chimed perfectly with the eerie mood of the play. 这个剧的布景和它的恐怖气氛十分协调。 The government misjudged the mood of the country when it decided to call an election. 政府在决定举行一次大选时，错误地估计了本国人民的情绪。 —————————————— rectangular 矩形 rectangular adj. 矩形的；成直角的 Each elemental unit has a simple layout consisting of a rectangular box and a triangular roof. 每个元素单元都有一个包括矩形框架和三角形屋顶的简单布局。 This time the modules are rectangular but they also can be in a shape of a trapezium and letter L. 这个模块是矩形的但是它们也可以是不规则四边形或像字母L一样。 He takes off the Tom Cruise shades, and she sees the eyes of a goat—bright amber; rectangular pupils, dilating in the dusky evening. 他脱掉汤姆•克鲁斯式墨镜，这时她看到了一双山羊眼睛：明亮的琥珀眼球，矩形瞳孔，在昏暗的夜晚睁得大大的。 —————————————— propagate 传播 propagate vt. 传播；传送；繁殖；宣传 vi. 繁殖；增殖 Most plants propagate by seed. 大多数植物靠种子繁殖。 Rabbits propagate [breed] rapidly. 兔子繁殖迅速。 Animal and vegetable pests propagate with extreme rapidity. 动植物病害传播极快。 —————————————— absolute 绝对 absolute adj. 绝对的；完全的；专制的 n. 绝对；绝对事物 We have absolute confidence in victory. 我们有绝对胜利的把握。 Absolute perfection in a dictionary is rare. 绝对完美的词典是罕见的。 With only one node each for title, subtitle, and author, this is a shortcut to express the location path without entering the absolute path. 因为标题、子标题和作者各自只占一个节点，所以这是一种表达位置的快捷方式，无需输入绝对路径。 —————————————— grasp 掌握 grasp n. 抓住；理解；控制 vt. 抓住；领会 vi. 抓 All of this should be fairly easy to grasp. 所有这些都应当很容易掌握。 They help us grasp the diversity of life on the planet. 这些标本有助于我们把握地球生命的多样性。 HEEL HOLD: Stand sideways to the wall, one hand against it for support. Reach down with the other hand and grasp your ankle, pulling the heel of one leg up against your butt. 抓脚跟：侧立在墙边，一只手扶着墙，另外一只手向下抓住你的脚踝，然后将脚后跟提向你的臀部，这个方式可以很好拉伸你的股四头肌。 —————————————— everybody 每个人都 everybody pron. 每个人；人人 Everybody likes to join in this activity. 每个人都愿意参加这一活动。 Everybody spoke in praise of her devotion to the cause of education. 大家异口同声地称赞她献身教育事业的精神。 He spoofed the movement of his boss, which set everybody laughing. 他惟妙惟肖模仿他老板的动作引得大家一阵大笑。 —————————————— reckless 不计后果的 reckless adj. 鲁莽的，不顾后果的；粗心大意的 n. (Reckless)人名；(英)雷克利斯 Her attitude was reckless. 她的态度是轻率的。 He apologized for their reckless behavior. 他对他们的鲁莽行为道了歉。 But the banks inside the Circle of Death were more reckless than most. 但是死亡之圈的银行家却比大多数人更加鲁莽。 —————————————— external 外部 external adj. 外部的；表面的；[药] 外用的；外国的；外面的 n. 外部；外观；外面 The open cities will be testing grounds for our external policies. 使开放城市成为对外政策的窗口。 The ear canal also named middle ear splays out at the external position. 耳道亦称中耳，内小外大呈喇叭状。 We have external applications that need to be integrated into your system as well. 我们还有需要集成到您的系统之中的外部应用程序。 —————————————— cultivate 培养 cultivate vt. 培养；陶冶；耕作 Cultivate them. 培育它们。 They hope to cultivate a new strain that combines all these merits but does not have the defects. 他们希望培育出一种新的品种，兼有所有这些优点，而没有缺点。 Because I want to cultivate the relationship with myself. 因为我想培养和自己的关系。 —————————————— partition 分区 partition n. 划分，分开；[数] 分割；隔墙；隔离物 vt. [数] 分割；分隔；区分 We have shown you how to partition one table. 我们已经展示了如何划分一个表。 Each agent you define will exist in every partition. 您定义的每个代理将存在于每个分区中。 It ensures that partitions do not access the memory of another partition. 它可以确保该分区不会对另一个分区的内存进行访问。 —————————————— circular 圆形 circular adj. 循环的；圆形的；间接的 n. 通知，传单 The log was rent to pieces by a circular sawing machine. 原木被圆锯床锯成许多块。 Be aware that if you decide to use circular logging and offline recovery as your backup strategy, all transactions after the last offline backup will be lost. 注意，如果决定使用循环日志记录和脱机恢复作为您的备份策略，那么最后一次脱机备份以后的所有事务都将丢失。 Nor is it entirely circular. 它也不完全是圆形的。 —————————————— enormous 巨大的 enormous adj. 庞大的，巨大的；凶暴的，极恶的 It has enormous consequences for our troops. 它有巨大的后果为我们的军队。 In this case, however, the costs could be enormous. 在这一情形中，花费可能是巨大的。 But we can not ignore its enormous vitality for its simplicity! 可不因为它的简单而忽略了它巨大的生命力！ —————————————— silent 沉默 silent adj. 沉默的；寂静的；无记载的 n. 无声电影 She emitted one shrill cry and then was silent. 她发出一声尖叫，然后沉默了。 Immediately on his beginning to speak, everyone was silent. 他一讲话， 大家顿时安静下来。 Though the wave of words is forever upon us, yet our depth is forever silent. 虽然言语的波浪永远在我们上面喧哗，而我们的深处却永远是沉默的。 —————————————— fan 风扇 fan vt. 煽动；刺激；吹拂 vi. 成扇形散开；飘动 n. 迷；风扇；爱好者 n. (Fan)人名；(法、俄)法恩；(柬)方 He can juggle a fan into a bird. 他能把扇子变成小鸟。 The fan whirred in the corner of the room. 电扇在屋子的角落里嗡嗡地转动。 Our football fan club began to recruit new members last week. 我们的足球球迷俱乐部上周开始招收新会员。 —————————————— scandal 丑闻 scandal n. 丑闻；流言蜚语；诽谤；公愤 He could not but cough up his political scandal. 他迫不得已只好吐露出他的政治丑闻。 The president wondered who had leaked out the scandal. 总统想知道谁将丑闻泄露出去了。 The political scandal tarnished the reputation of the president. 这起政治丑闻败坏了总统的名誉。 —————————————— ear 耳朵 ear n. 耳朵；穗；听觉；倾听 vi. （美俚）听见；抽穗 n. (Ear)人名；(柬)伊 The soap has got into my ear. 肥皂弄到了我的一只耳朵里去了。 She drew me aside and whispered in my ear. 她把我拉到一旁，凑着我耳朵悄悄说话。 The machinist pressed his ear to the instrument in order to listen and tell where the abnormal sound came from. 机械师把耳朵紧贴在仪器上想听出和找出反常的声音出自何处。 —————————————— progressive 进步 progressive adj. 进步的；先进的 n. 改革论者；进步分子 The progressive future belongs to them, because they are already living it. 进步的未来属于他们，因为他们已经生活在其中。 Progressive enhancement helps us to do that because it forces us to focus on the content and build out from there. 渐进增强能够帮助我们做到这一点，因为它让我们关注内容并且从内容开始构建。 China needs to assimilate a good deal of foreign progressive culture, but she must not swallow anything and everything uncritically. 中国需要大量吸收外国的进步文化， 但决不能无批判地兼收并蓄。 —————————————— seed 种子 seed n. 种子；根据；精液；萌芽；子孙；原由 vt. 播种；结实；成熟；去…籽 vi. 播种；（植物）结实 n. (Seed)人名；(英)锡德 Most plants propagate by seed. 大多数植物靠种子繁殖。 It developed from a seed into a full-grown tree. 它从一粒种子长成一棵成熟的大树。 We must reserve some of this corn for next year's seed. 我们必须把这种玉米留出一些作为明年的种子。 —————————————— revelation 启示 revelation n. 启示；揭露；出乎意料的事；被揭露的真相 The revelation of his past lead to his resignation. 对他过去的揭露导致了他的辞职。 Here was my revelation. Suddenly I realized I was one of them. 我的启示就是：突然间我意识到自己也是他们的一分子。 So how do you decide? Well, you can give by reason or by revelation. 你要怎么决定呢？其实你可以理性地去给予，或者根据启示去给予。 —————————————— classify 分类 classify vt. 分类；分等 Classify them by branch, region, and year. 将他们按照支行、地区和年分类。 This is true regardless of how we classify the service. 不论我们如何分类服务，这一点都是不变的。 Men in the post office classify mail according to places it is to go. 邮局里的人员将信件按寄送地点分类。 —————————————— love 爱 love n. 恋爱；亲爱的；酷爱；喜爱的事物；爱情，爱意；疼爱；热爱；爱人，所爱之物 v. 爱，热爱；爱戴；赞美，称赞；喜爱；喜好；喜欢；爱慕 n. （英）洛夫（人名） Do you doubt that I love you? 我爱你，对此你有怀疑吗? Her letter hints of her love to (towards) me. 她的来信暗示了她对我的爱。 We should parent children with both love and discipline. 我们应该用爱和管教来当好孩子的父母。 —————————————— preach 传 preach vt. 说教；讲道；鼓吹；传道；反复灌输 vi. 说教；讲道；鼓吹；宣扬 n. 说教 Where is the democracy and liberalism they preach to the world? 他们向世界鼓吹的民主和自由在哪里呢？ But do NOT nag, scold, threaten or preach, because these do not work! 但记得不要唠叨，责骂，威胁或者说教，因为这些根本不管用！ Regina was able to preach in some synagogues because many of the other Rabbis had left Germany because of the Nazis. 雷吉纳能在犹太教堂里宣讲是因为许多其他的拉比因为纳粹的原因都已经离开德国。 —————————————— stitch 针 stitch n. 针脚，线迹；一针 vt. 缝，缝合 vi. 缝，缝合 A hole was torn in your jacket. Let me stitch up the torn jacket for you. 你的上衣撕了个口子，我给你缝缝吧。 Embroidery calls for great care. There must not be even a single sloppy stitch. 刺绣要求很高， 一针也不能马虎。 She has also studied everything from how to stitch her own wounds to how to cope with sleep deprivation and how to put out fires on board her 11.5-metre twin-mast ketch. 她还学习了相关知识，从如何缝合伤口，到如何应付睡眠不足的状况，再到如何扑灭高11.5米的双桅杆帆船上的火情，可谓应有尽有。 —————————————— possession 占有 possession n. 拥有；财产；领地；自制；着迷 The unlawful possession of drugs is a serious crime. 非法拥有毒品是严重犯罪行为。 Having the stolen goods in his possession implicated him in the robbery. 因藏有赃物使他涉有偷盗的嫌疑。 All these decisions are wretched because you are being pulled in two directions and because you are never in full possession of the facts. 所有这些决定都很不幸，因为你同时受到两个方向的牵引，而且因为你从来都不会真正全部拥有它们。 —————————————— buy 买 buy vt. 购买；获得；贿赂 vi. 买，采购 n. 购买，买卖；所购的物品 n. (Buy)人名；(法)比伊 Did you make this shirt or buy it? 这件衬衣是你自己做的还是买的? She asked from her mother enough money to buy the skirt. 她向她母亲要了足够的钱来买这条裙子。 I wonder at your allowing her to buy the expensive clothes. 我对你答应她买这么贵的衣服感到吃惊。 —————————————— repetition 重复 repetition n. 重复；背诵；副本 And the best way to do that is through repetition. 要做成那样的最好办法就是通过重复的方式。 No historical phenomenon is a mere repetition of the past. 任何历史现象都不会是简单的重复。 You should always look for such ways to eliminate repetition of constants and string literals in your programs. 您应该始终寻找这样的方法以消除程序中常量和字符串文字的重复。 —————————————— weed 杂草 weed vt. 除草；铲除 n. 杂草，野草；菸草 vi. 除草 n. (Weed)人名；(英)威德 You should weed the garden before supper. 晚饭前你该把花园的草除掉。 So not only has this great entrepreneur figured out a way to turn a weed into a market-ready fuel, but he does so by turning poor farmers into energy entrepreneurs. 这个伟大的企业家不但提出了将野草转化成市场化燃料的方案，而且通过将穷困农民转化成能源企业家的方式实现了这个方案。 A weed is any a plant growing where you don't want it. 杂草，就是生长在你不希望看见它们的地方的植物。 —————————————— backward 落后的 backward adj. 向后的；反向的；发展迟缓的 adv. 向后地；相反地 He cut the ball so that it bounded almost backward. 他斜削这个球，使其几乎向后弹起。 The backward place has changed into an industrial centre. 那落后的地方变成了工业中心。 Browse diagrams keep a history of the views it displays so that you can navigate forward and backward from each view. 浏览图可以保持它所显示视图的历史记录，因此您可以从任何一个视图向前或者向后导航。 —————————————— conjunction 结合 conjunction n. 结合；[语] 连接词；同时发生 The two clauses are joined by a conjunction. 这两个分句由一个连词连在一起。 Do your best to create some of the best sites on the web with the small amount of resources you possess in conjunction with a mass amount of personal drive to create beautifully functional designs. 尽量运用你拥有的少量资源结合你个人天马行空无边无际的创意和动力，去创造一些优美的功能强的设计，创造一些网络上最优秀的站点。 This conjunction is the only special feature of Valmiki Pratibha. 这种结合也是《瓦尔米基的天才》的唯一特征。 —————————————— anchor 锚 anchor n. 锚；抛锚停泊；靠山；新闻节目主播 vt. 抛锚；使固定；主持节目 vi. 抛锚 adj. 末棒的；最后一棒的 The ship dragged her anchor. 船拖曳着它的锚。 The sailor coiled the rope around the anchor. 水手把绳子盘缠在锚上。 They are going to up-anchor tomorrow morning. 他们准备明天早晨起锚。 —————————————— minority 少数民族 minority n. 少数民族；少数派；未成年 adj. 少数的；属于少数派的 Yes, there are some exceptions to this rule, but they are in the minority. 的确，对这个结果仍有一些人报以期待，但是他们只是少数的。 Students who maintain or lose weight on campus may be in the minority, but they seem to stick together. 校园里那些保持或者减轻了体重的学生们可能是少数，但是他们似乎团结在一起。 Again, this is what the leaders of a powerful, if minority, party think. Can this country be saved? 再说一次，这是一个有权力的政党——即使是少数派——的想法，这个国家能被拯救吗？ —————————————— hose 软管 hose n. 软管；长统袜；男性穿的紧身裤 vt. 用软管浇水；痛打 He squirted me with a hose. 他用水管把我喷了个透心凉。 He rigged a rubber hose to the tap in the kitchen. 他将一条橡皮软管安装在厨房的水龙头上。 You should connect the hose to the tap and then turn on the water. 你应当先把软管连接在水龙头上然后再打开水源。 —————————————— function 函数 function n. 功能；[数] 函数；职责；盛大的集会 vi. 运行；活动；行使职责 The machine doesn't function. 那机器不能运行了。 Her post should be determined only by her function in the company. 她的职位视其在公司的作用而定。 The chairman strictly prelimited the scope of the committee's function. 主席严格地限制了委员会的职能范围。 —————————————— murmur 杂音 murmur n. 低语；低语声；低声抱怨；潺潺声 vi. 低声说；私下抱怨；发出轻柔持续的声音 vt. 低声说 The noise of the city is a far-off murmur. 那时候，城市的喧嚣只变成远方的低语。 The breeze therefrom that ruffled our little world sounded in reality but little above a murmur. 那一阵从那而来的微风，吹皱了我们的小小世界，但它实际上的声音，只略高于低语。 My songs are one with my love, like the murmur of a stream, that sings with all its waves and currents. 我的歌和我的爱是一体，就像溪流的潺潺涟漪，以它的波浪和水流歌唱。 —————————————— benefit 好处 benefit n. 利益，好处；救济金 vt. 有益于，对…有益 vi. 受益，得益 The new railway will benefit the district. 新铁路将使这地区得益。 I enjoyed the great benefit of his instructions concerning the matter. 在这一问题上他的指教使我受益匪浅。 Do they get any benefit from this game? 他们能从游戏中得到什么利益吗？ —————————————— experimental 实验 experimental adj. 实验的；根据实验的；试验性的 His conclusions are underpinned by experimental findings. 试验的结果证实了他的结论。 Unless we get more funding we'll be prevented from finishing our experimental programme. 除非我们得到更多的拨款，否则就会妨碍完成这项试验计划。 We have rarely used them for production code, even after four years of usage in experimental code. 我们甚至在试验代码中用了四年之后还很少在生产代码中使用它们。 —————————————— lecture 讲座 lecture n. 演讲；讲稿；教训 vt. 演讲；训诫 vi. 讲课；讲演 He larded his lecture with many jokes. 他在讲座中加进了许多笑话。 She taped the lecture on her tape recorder. 她用录音机录下了这个讲座。 After he finished the book, he found time to lecture at various colleges. 他完成那本书后就有时间在各大学讲演。 —————————————— expedition 探险 expedition n. 远征；探险队；迅速 See also Lewis and Clark Expedition. 又见刘易斯和克拉克远征。 The expedition started out before sunrise. 太阳出来之前探险队就出发了。 He tells me he used to run an expedition company and, for years, escorted backpackers through the Madagascan rainforest. 他告诉我，他以前经营着一家探险公司，陪伴背包客穿越马达加斯加的雨林好几年。 —————————————— sore 痛 sore adj. 疼痛的，痛心的；剧烈的，极度的；恼火的，发怒的；厉害的，迫切的 n. 溃疡，痛处；恨事，伤心事 n. (Sore)人名；(法)索尔；(意)索雷 Her sore foot bothers her. 她的痛脚困扰着她。 She moved slowly, dragging her sore feet. 她拖着疼痛的双脚慢慢地移动。 This medicine will quell your sore throat. 这种药可减轻你的喉痛。 —————————————— boycott 抵制 boycott vt. 联合抵制；拒绝参加 n. 联合抵制 n. (Boycott)人名；(英)博伊科特 But villagers warned that they would boycott the vote, if it did. 但村民们告诫政府，如果政府真的这么做，他们就抵制选举。 If everyone votes for him anyway, will he persist with his boycott? 如果每个人都投票选他，他会坚持抵制的主张吗？ The party has threatened to boycott the election because it believes it will not be democratic. 该党威胁要抵制选举，因它认为这次选举将不会是民主的。 —————————————— cold 冷 cold adj. 寒冷的；冷淡的，不热情的；失去知觉的 n. 寒冷；感冒 adv. 完全地 Cold weather disagrees with her. 寒冷天气对她不适宜。 He lunched off cold meat and salad. 他午饭吃的是冷肉和色拉。 I don't know how they get through these cold winters. 我不知道他们是如何熬过这些寒冷的冬天的。 —————————————— masculine 男性化的 masculine adj. 男性的；阳性的；男子气概的 n. 男性；阳性，阳性词 Finally, for gender theory the masculine anger of the philosopher, Mr. 最后，在性别理论看来,哲人男性气质中的怒气。 When I send messages I take the risk of flirting with women and I get a lot of replies because I am not afraid to show my masculine side. 当我发送信息时，就承担着会与女人调情的风险，我得到了很多回复，因为我并不害怕展现我男子气概的那一面。 But men process and express emotions differently than women, and they have no roadmap for how to combine the masculine requirement of being strong and emotional at the same time. 但是，比起女人，男人处理和表达情感的方式很不同，他们对如何将男性对强壮和感情的的需求同时结合起来没有一个规划图。 —————————————— ambitious 雄心勃勃的 ambitious adj. 野心勃勃的；有雄心的；热望的；炫耀的 The program is laudably ambitious. 这项计划雄心勃勃， 值得称赞。 You have before you an ambitious and important agenda. 大家面临一个宏大和重要的议程。 The ambitious young man used his friends to further his career. 这位野心勃勃的年轻人利用朋友来推动他的事业的发展。 —————————————— casualty 伤亡 casualty n. 意外事故；伤亡人员；急诊室 We have had our first casualty. One runner has dropped out with cramp. 我们有了第一位伤员，有一位队员因腿部痉挛退出了。 Any history of bombing must also be a history of civilian casualty, for bombing saves the lives of soldiers only at the expense of other lives. 任何空袭的历史也必定是平民伤亡的历史，因为空袭救了士兵的性命只能以其他人的生命为代价。 The first item always on that was the overnight casualty report from Iraq and Afghanistan, and I would often come and see that had been circled by the president or that he would be reflecting on that. 上面的第一条永远是,这一晚在伊拉克和阿富汗,士兵的伤亡报告，我来的时候会看到那条消息,被布什总统圈了出来,他看着报告会陷入沉思。 —————————————— cord 绳 cord n. 绳索；束缚 vt. 用绳子捆绑 n. (Cord)人名；(法)科尔；(英)科德 The cord has been extended between two bamboo poles. 在两根竹竿之间拉起了一根绳子。 The first maxim:the custom just like a rope, if we wrap it with a new cord every day, without any longer, it will become unbreakable. 第一条箴言：习惯仿佛像一根缆绳，我们每天给它缠上一股新索，要不了多久，它就会变得 牢不可破。 After the cord was cut each sister took turns with their brother. 一旦没有了束缚，姐妹俩轮流抱着她们的小弟弟。 —————————————— assess 评估 assess vt. 评定；估价；对…征税 How do we assess the value? 我们咋评估这些价值呢？ They assess his house at 15000 yuan. 他们给他房子的估价为15000元。 How do you assess that? 那你该怎么评估收益？ —————————————— eccentric 偏心 eccentric adj. 古怪的，反常的 n. 古怪的人 He was better at teaching artillery than natural philosophy, and was disliked by some cadets for his brusqueness, lack of sympathy and eccentric behavior. 与自然哲学相较，他更擅长教授炮兵战术原则，因为他的直率，缺乏同情以及古怪的行为，一些学员并不喜欢他。 The scientists say that simply moving your mouth like other folks do allows you to intuit their potentially eccentric speech patterns, and get what they say. 科学家认为，只要模仿其他人的口音动动你的嘴皮子，就会让你直觉般地了解那古怪的话语模式，并懂得他们要说些什么。 The buyers, like the cars, are often eccentric with a weakness for the quirky and unique — along with a bit of money, too. 公司的客户和这里的汽车有些像，古怪精灵的，有点儿小钱，对新奇和独特的东西也没什么抵抗力。 —————————————— ponder 思考 ponder vt. 仔细考虑；衡量 vi. 考虑；沉思 n. (Ponder)人名；(英)庞德 We can ponder over the ways and means for raising funds before the construction work starts. 我们可以在建筑工程开工之前详细考虑各种筹款集资的措施。 Because if you never ponder on those negative thoughts and never say those negative words, they can never manifest into your world. 因为如果你从不消极地思考，就永远不会说消极的话，它们就永远不会出现在你的世界里。 In one of the tests, half of the participants were asked to ponder on the information they were given and then decide which among similar products to buy. 在一个试验中，一半的参与者被要求对他们所得到的信息进行仔细考虑，然后在那些相似的产品中做出购买决定。 —————————————— necessarily 一定 necessarily adv. 必要地；必定地，必然地 The intruder is not necessarily outside the company, but rather is executing code from outside of the application itself. 入侵者并不一定在公司外部，但他们是从应用程序自身的外部执行代码的。 The current outbreak seems to be entering this stage, though not necessarily because we have all developed immunity. 现在的流感爆发像是进入了这一阶段，不过并不一定是因为我们都有这种免疫力。 Equipment and technology upgrades do not necessarily solve the problem either. 设备和技术的升级并不能一定解决这个问题。 —————————————— static 静态 static adj. 静态的；静电的；静力的 n. 静电；静电干扰 Don't view things as static and isolated. 不要静止地孤立地看待事物。 Film divides motion up into a series of static images. 电影将动作分解为一系列静态画面。 The metaphysical world outlook sees things as isolated, static and one-sided. 形而上学宇宙观用孤立的、静止的和片面的观点去看世界。 —————————————— drawback 缺点 drawback n. 缺点，不利条件；退税 But they have one big drawback. 但社交网有一大弊端。 In our case, the only drawback I see is that I can’t share certain information with him. 在我们这段关系中，我看到的唯一缺点就是我不能和他分享某些信息。 The drawback of this approach is that it only moves the rules themselves and registered columns, but not the metadata associated with them (for example, the execution history). 该方法的缺点是，它只能移动规则本身和注册的列，不能移动与它们相关的元数据（例如，执行历史）。 —————————————— fare 票价 fare vi. 经营；进展；遭遇；过活 n. 票价；费用；旅客；食物 n. (Fare)人名；(瑞典)法勒；(法、意)法尔 So, then we had to select our fare. 然后我们需要选择我们的费用。 The new fare will be $5, beginning (from) next week. 新票价5美元，从下周起实行。 She dickered with the driver until he was willing to drive her for a reasonable fare. 她跟司机讨价还价，直至他愿意以合理的车费载她。 —————————————— architecture 体系结构 architecture n. 建筑学；建筑风格；建筑式样；架构 Architecture is his line. 搞建筑是他的本行。 The architecture dates as far back as 1950. 这座建筑物早在 1950 年就建成了。 This style of architecture is usually referred to the sixteenth century. 这种风格的建筑一般是属于16世纪的。 —————————————— company 公司 company n. 公司；陪伴，同伴；连队 vi. 交往 vt. 陪伴 n. (Company)人名；(西)孔帕尼；(英)康帕尼 They hope to expand their company. 他们希望扩大公司的规模。 Mary bequeathed half of the company to her niece. 玛丽把她公司的一半遗赠给她侄女。 They booted him out of the company for not working. 他们以他不工作为由把他开除出公司。 —————————————— allege 称 allege vt. 宣称，断言；提出…作为理由 The court papers allege she may be a voyeur. 法庭文件宣称她可能是一个偷窥狂。 Police officers are now routinely arresting people in order to add their DNA sample to the national police database, an inquiry will allege tomorrow. 明天将有一份调查宣称：警察官们如今例行抓人是为了采集他们的DNA样本放入国家警用数据库。 Invading Iraq was not the act of a war criminal or a buffoon, as his critics allege, but it was a controversial war that went badly wrong and made America, the victim of 9/11, look like an aggressor. 入侵伊拉克并非如批评者所宣称的那样是一个战犯或丑角的行为，但它却是一场充满争议的战争，而且不善的结局让美国，这个9.11的受害者看上去倒像个侵略者。 —————————————— tackle 解决 tackle n. 滑车；装备；用具；扭倒 vt. 处理；抓住；固定；与…交涉 vi. 扭倒；拦截抢球 What methods do you use to tackle them? 你用了什么方法来对付它们？ That depends on how you tackle the problem. 那取决于你如何处理这个问题。 If you have things to do or a brilliant idea on your mind to tackle later, make a note and, if need be, a plan. 如果你有必须要完成的事，或者是你的心有很多的想法要处理，如果需要写成一个计划的话就做笔记吧。 —————————————— lower 较低的 lower vt. 减弱，减少；放下，降下；贬低 vi. 降低；减弱；跌落 adj. 下游的；下级的；下等的 n. (Lower)人名；(英、意)洛厄 He pushed out his lower lip. 他努出他的下嘴唇。 This case comes under the jurisdiction of a lower court. 这个案件属于低一级法院的管辖范围。 The courses have been geared down to the lower ability of students in there special classes. 课程降低了要求，以适应这些特殊班能力较低的学生。 —————————————— hospital 医院 hospital n. 医院 n. (Hospital)人名；(英)霍斯皮特尔 We rushed him to the hospital. 我们把他急忙送往医院。 The hospital has three hundred beds. 这所医院有三百张病床。 His father flew out to see him in hospital. 他的父亲从远方乘飞机到医院来看他。 —————————————— subtract 减去 subtract vt. 减去；扣掉 For the first, subtract your age from 220 to find your maximum heart rate. 第一个公式是用220减去你的年龄从而得到你的最大心跳频率。 Subtract that from one, 100 multiply it by 100 and you have something between zero and 100. 用一减去后面那部分，再整体乘以,你就能得到0-100间的一些数值。 Thus, if you have staff activities in loops and want to run the above request, you need to ensure that you subtract only events which belong together. 因此，如果您在循环中具有人员活动，并且想要运行以上的请求，那么您必须确保您只减去了属于一起的事件。 —————————————— mend 修补 mend vt. 修理，修补；改善；修改 vi. 改善，好转 n. 好转，改进；修补处 Can you mend this broken chair? 你能修理这把破椅子吗? Can you ferret out how to mend the thing? 他能搞清楚如何修理这件东西? We must mend the roof,the rain is getting in. 我们一定要修理屋顶，雨水渗进来了。 —————————————— blast 爆炸 blast n. 爆炸；冲击波；一阵 vi. 猛攻 vt. 爆炸；损害；使枯萎 n. (Blast)人名；(德)布拉斯特 The blast was the largest so far in the new solar cycle. 这是在新的太阳活动周期中最大的一次爆炸。 There was no indication on Monday night of who was behind the blast. 目前还没有关于星期一晚上的这场爆炸背后的任何迹象。 It says the force of the blast caused her to crack her skull on her car's sunroof as she ducked the attack. 政府说，布托在躲避袭击的时候，爆炸产生的威力使她的头撞在车的天窗上，导致她头骨碎裂而死亡。 —————————————— consideration 考虑 consideration n. 考虑；原因；关心；报酬 The matter is under consideration. 这件事正在考虑中。 This proposal is hardly worth of serious consideration. 这个建议几乎不值得认真考虑。 This problem should be reserved for further consideration. 这个问题应留到以后进一步考虑。 —————————————— urge 冲动 urge vt. 力劝，催促；驱策，推进 n. 强烈的欲望，迫切要求；推动力 vi. 强烈要求 I regret that and urge them to reconsider. 我感到遗憾，并敦促他们重新考虑。 In preparation for lectures, I urge you to do some reading. 为了上课做准备，我强烈要求你们阅读这些。 I urge all of you who have not yet become Parties to do so, and thank those who have. 我敦促你们所有尚未成为缔约方的国家成为缔约方，并感谢已成为缔约方的国家。 —————————————— brisk 轻快的 brisk adj. 敏锐的，活泼的，轻快的；凛冽的 vi. 活跃起来；变得轻快 vt. 使……活泼；使……轻快；使……兴旺 n. (Brisk)人名；(法、芬)布里斯克 He wants to brisk her up. 他要她活泼起来。 It was, for a brief time, a brisk stroll into the future. 在一个短暂时间内，它是一次迈向未来的轻快漫步。 There is something special about clearing the head with a brisk walk or a powerful gym workout. 来一次轻快的散步或是一场激烈的健身锻炼，对于清脑会有特别的好处。 —————————————— transparent 透明的 transparent adj. 透明的；显然的；坦率的；易懂的 All of this is transparent to the user. 所有这些对用户而言都是透明的。 The picture book was interleaved with transparent paper. 这本画册页间夹有透明衬纸 He carefully stripped away the transparent paper and took out a valuable stamp. 他小心地剥去透明纸，拿出了一张名贵的邮票。 —————————————— differentiate 区分 differentiate vi. 区分，区别 vt. 区分，区别 A botanist can differentiate varieties of plants. 植物学家能区分各种不同的植物。 Its unusual nesting habits differentiate this bird from others. 这种鸟非同寻常的筑巢习惯是它区别于其他鸟的特征。 He was unable to differentiate even between the circle and the ellipse. 他甚至不能区别圆和椭圆。 —————————————— construction 建设 construction n. 建设；建筑物；解释；造句 The local government raised large sums for highway construction. 地方政府为建设公路筹措了巨额款项。 They bulldozed trees and rubbles from the area and started construction. 他们用推土机清除掉这地区的树木和瓦砾然后开始建设。 From now on,our major projects will be redirected to the housing construction. 今后我们的重点工程将转到住宅建设上去。 —————————————— agreeable 和蔼可亲的 agreeable adj. 令人愉快的；适合的；和蔼可亲的 To be idle sometimes is agreeable, but to be idle all the time might become monotonous . 一段时间空闲是令人愉快的，整日无所事事可能就单调乏味了。 The main reason you settle is because the unknown is not an agreeable place to reside; you can’t predict what will happen. 你安定下来的主要原因是因为未知并非一个惬意的居所；你无能预知将发生什么。 If the limits put forth are real but the parties share a mutual desire to reach a compromise, then a collaborative exercise in problem-solving will usually yield an agreeable outcome. 如果提出的限制是真实的，但各方共同的愿望相互达成妥协，然后协调工作解决问题，通常会产生一个令人愉快的结果。 —————————————— heighten 提高 heighten vt. 提高；增高；加强；使更显著 vi. 升高；变强 Both factors heighten the danger of a hacker break-in. 这两个因素提高了黑客入侵的危险。 Why, then, should they direct and heighten and provoke and curb every action of life? 既然如此，它们又为什么会指导、或加强、或引起、或阻止生命中的每个行为呢？ A few moments of silence each day will broaden your horizon, strengthen your self-awareness, and heighten your inner clarity. With clarity, you can do anything. 每天静默片刻可以开拓你的视野，加深你的个人意识，加强你内心的纯净。淡定下来，你可以做任何事。 —————————————— island 岛 island n. 岛；岛屿；安全岛；岛状物 adj. 岛的 vt. 孤立；使成岛状 n. (Island)人名；(英)艾兰 You can helicopter to the island. 你可以乘坐直升机去那个岛。 The bridge joins the island to the mainland. 这座大桥把小岛和大陆衔接起来。 This island was ceded to Spain more than one hundred years ago. 这个岛屿在一百多年以前就割让给西班牙了。 —————————————— scorn 嘲笑 scorn n. 轻蔑；嘲笑；藐视的对象 vt. 轻蔑；藐视；不屑做 vi. 表示轻蔑；表示鄙视 He is a target for scorn. 他是嘲笑的目标。 'All of these statements are false [and] have subjected the Plaintiff to humiliation, scorn and ridicule throughout the world, ' the lawsuit says. 起诉书说，所有这些说法都是不实的，使原告在全世界受到了羞辱、嘲笑和奚落。 From the moment it emerges, it is subjected to rigorous tests, opposition, scorn and prejudice. 自其出现开始，它就要面对严格的考验、反对、藐视以及偏见。 —————————————— handful 一些 handful n. 少数；一把；棘手事 They constitute but a handful of the number. 他们只不过是其中的一小撮。 Regardless, DNA tests of the next generation showed that even the most successful cricket lovers produce only a handful of offspring from hundreds of eggs. The rest get eaten. 无论如何，下一代的DNA检测揭示，即便是最成功的蟋蟀情侣，也只能从几百个蛋里制造出一把后代，剩下的都被吃掉了。 All the trouble are caused by a handful of malcontent. 这些是非都是由一小撮不满分子搬弄的。 —————————————— retort 反驳 retort n. 反驳，顶嘴；曲颈瓶 vt. 反驳，反击 vi. 反驳，回嘴 Dating executives retort that although the industry is not perfect, many of the criticisms levelled at it are unfair. 约会网站的董事们反驳，虽然这一产业不完美，但许多针对它的批评是不公正的。 The night before, he had imagined the reaction of the girl and her female allies to his message, and had composed an eloquent retort to throw at these petty-minded women. 昨天晚上，他曾经想象女孩和她的支持者们对他的留言会有怎样的反映，还为反驳这些心地狭窄的女人构思出雄辩的腹稿。 The pessimists retort that recent discoveries are still not enough. 悲观论者反驳认为新近的发现量仍不够。 —————————————— concern 关注 concern vt. 涉及，关系到；使担心 n. 关系；关心；关心的事；忧虑 Hardly a whisper of concern has been voiced. 几乎一点点关心也未曾表示过。 It was none of her concern, so she didn't butt in. 跟她毫无关系，因此她不得干涉。 Her fright and concern sunk her down in a deep swoon. 恐惧和担心使她昏厥在地。 —————————————— fortune 《财富》杂志 fortune n. 财富；命运；运气 vt. 给予财富 vi. 偶然发生 n. (Fortune)人名；(英)福琼；(法)福蒂纳 He gambled away all his fortune. 他赌博输掉了全部财产。 Fame and fortune beckoned to them. 名誉和运气诱惑着他们。 He endowed the hospital with half his fortune. 他把他的一半财产捐赠给了这家医院。 —————————————— cut 减少 cut n. 伤口；切口；削减；（服装等的）式样；削球；切入 vt. [机] 切割；削减；缩短；刺痛 vi. [机] 切割；相交；切牌；停拍；不出席 adj. 割下的；雕过的；缩减的 The doctor cut out his tonsils. 医生切除了他的扁桃腺。 Cut it into two exact halves. 把它切成同样大小的两半。 You must cut expenses this month. 这个月你必须缩减开支。 —————————————— exclusively 专门 exclusively adv. 唯一地；专有地；排外地 She trades at Mr. Martin’s store exclusively. 她专在马丁先生的店铺买东西。 A State Machine diagram must be owned by a State Machine and must fully and exclusively depict the semantics of that State Machine. 一个状态机图必须为一个状态机所拥有，并且必须全面的和专有的描述该状态机的语义学。 These are not involved as exclusively as ministers in "soul-work," but they certainly cultivate the inner life more than the third group. 他们虽不像牧师那样专门做“灵魂方面的工作”，但是肯定比第三群体更注重于建造人类的生命。 —————————————— pigeon 鸽子 pigeon n. 鸽子 n. (Pigeon)人名；(法)皮容；(英)皮金 Many journalists here choose to pigeon all but the most innocuous of stories. 除了平淡乏味的报道，这儿的新闻记者将一切通过鸽子传递出去。 As the name implies, pigeon is an awkward pose, and it happens to be the most challenging for me. 顾名思义，鸽子式是一个很棘手的姿势，它对于我来说是最有挑战性的。 Start slow with forward bends and calf stretches, move on to pigeon pose and plow at the end. 开始时缓慢的前倾伸展和小腿伸展，然后摆出鸽子的姿势再是犁头的姿势。 —————————————— eleven 11 eleven n. 十一；十一个 adj. 十一的；十一个的 num. 十一；十一个 Can I get to the airport by eleven? 十一点之前可以到达飞机场吗？ Thailand, Brazil and India each have a carrier, while the US has eleven. 泰国，巴西，和印度，每个国家都有航母，而美国有十一艘。 He could only stay out till eleven, because Grace would have school on Monday. 他只能在外面待到十一点，因为格雷斯星期一要上课。 —————————————— specialize 专业 specialize vi. 专门从事；详细说明；特化 vt. 使专门化；使适应特殊情况；详细说明 "You must specialize," he says. “你必须做到专门化。” 他说。 Or it may be made up solely of analysts who specialize in requirements gathering and use case development. 或者，这个团队可以仅由那些专门进行需求收集和用例开发的分析人员组成。 Rules govern how to specialize safely: Each new information type must map to an existing one, and new information types must be more restrictive than the existing one in the content that they allow. 规则可以监管如何安全地专门化：每一新信息类型必须映射到现有的一种类型，而且新信息类型必须比它们所允许的内容中现成的更加有限制性。 —————————————— bug 错误 bug n. 臭虫，小虫；故障；窃听器 vt. 烦扰，打扰；装窃听器 vi. 装置窃听器；打扰 We can't help you ,so bug off. 我们帮不了你，因此，你停止烦扰而走开吧。 Yes, that tree outside is your relative, as is every bug and blade of grass. 是的，外面那棵树是你的亲戚。 同样的，所有的虫子和青草都是。 A result is not necessarily a problem, mistake, or bug, but be sure to evaluate each result in the list to determine what action, if any, you need to take. 一个结果并不必须是一个问题、错误或者漏洞，但是请确保评价列表中的每一个结果，决定您所需要采取的行动。 —————————————— main 主要 main n. 主要部分，要点；体力；总管道 adj. 主要的，最重要的；全力的 n. (Main)人名；(德)迈因；(西)马因；(英、法)梅因 This is a busy main road. 这是一条繁忙的主要公路。 His main work is to receipt for each lot of goods. 他的主要工作是给每一批货物开收据。 The main problem is to prevent others cashing in before we have had time to market the product. 主要问题是在我们没有来得及在市场上销售产品之前，防止别人捞一把。 —————————————— junction 结 junction n. 连接，接合；交叉点；接合点 The cars collided at the junction. 汽车在交叉路口相撞。 This setup requires an SSL junction. 这个设置需要一个 SSL 连接。 In my last Wellness Junction article I discussed four food groups that can help you boost your metabolic rate. 在我最近的健康交界文章中我谈论了四种可以帮助你提高新陈代谢的食物。 —————————————— contemporary 当代 contemporary n. 同时代的人；同时期的东西 adj. 当代的；同时代的；属于同一时期的 He rubbished most of the novels written by contemporary writers. 他把大多数当代作家写的小说贬得一无是处。 The ivory Buddha carved by Shen Weizhong, a contemporary Chinese sculptor, is the world's smallest piece of sculpture, its size being just four-fifths that of a grain of rice. 中国当代雕刻工艺师沈为众雕刻的象牙佛像是世界上最小的雕刻。 这个象牙佛像只有一粒米的五分之四大。 This raises a question. Whether the relation between contemporary political science and liberalism is merely accidental or whether there is some intrinsic some necessary connection between them. 这导出一个问题，当代政治科学,与自由主义的关系仅是偶然,或之间，有些本质的,一些必然的,连结介于两者之间。 —————————————— version 版本 version n. 版本；译文；倒转术 So what else can we do with this version? 用这个版本我们是否可以做些其他的呢？ The distributors will probably bump up the price of the software when the next version is released. 当下一个软件版本公开发行时销售商可能将提高软件的价格。 In this situation, you can either catch up the resource from the stream, release your version of the resource to the stream, or merge your work and the stream resource. 在这种情况下，您可以捕获来自流的资源，将您制订的该资源的版本发布到流中，或者也可以把您的工作与流资源合并起来。 —————————————— chief 首席 chief n. 首领；酋长；主要部分 adj. 首席的；主要的；主任的 adv. 主要地；首要地 The chief handicrafts of this country are pottery and wood carving. 这个国家的主要手工艺是制陶和木雕。 The chief engineer was represented at the meeting by his secretary. 总工程师的秘书代表总工程师参加了会议。 From now on you should report to the chief engineer on all matters. 今后你的一切工作都要向总工程师负责。 —————————————— china 中国 china n. 瓷器 adj. 瓷制的 n. China，中国 adj. China，中国的 This ship was made in China. 这艘轮船是中国制造的。 We set sail from China for Japan. 我们从中国启航驶往日本。 She proposed to spend some time with her friends in China. 她打算与她的朋友一起在中国玩些日子。 —————————————— sincere 真诚的 sincere adj. 真诚的；诚挚的；真实的 He is sincere. 他是真诚的。 Sincere love together is the most all combined with pure, bless you. 真诚的爱情的结合是一切结合中最纯洁的，祝福你们。 In this beautiful day, let me with the most sincere blessings with you through. 在这美好日子里，让我用最真挚的祝福伴您渡过。 —————————————— ensue 随之而来 ensue vi. 跟着发生，接着发生；继起 vt. 追求 They argue that access should be made available because of the global benefits that would ensue. 为了继起的全球利益，他们主张应该让访问变得可行。 As a seasoned politician, he was also aware of the possible panic that would ensue should people come to believe a meltdown was imminent. 同时，作为一个经验丰富的政客，他也意识到了一旦民众相信熔毁即将发生，恐慌会随之而来。 By this account, men avoid aggression towards women because of the likely social censure that will ensue, whereas women will avoid targeting men because of their tendency to have greater strength. 按照这种解释，男人避免攻击女性是害怕可能随之而来的社会谴责，而女性避免攻击男性是因为男性往往力气比她们大。 —————————————— bench 板凳上 bench n. 长凳；工作台；替补队员 vt. 给…以席位；为…设置条凳 n. (Bench)人名；(英)本奇；(德)本希；(丹)本克 I looked at the empty bench next to me. 我看着身旁那张空空的长椅。 The bench tipped up. 长凳倾斜了。 The old man edged along on the bench towards the window. 那老人在长凳上侧身慢慢向窗口移动。 —————————————— statistics 统计数据 statistics n. 统计；统计学；[统计] 统计资料 The statistics must be lying. 统计数字一定有假。 The statistics do not add up. 统计的数字加不起来。 Statistics suggest that the population of this country will be double in ten years' time. 统计显示，这个国家人口在10年内将增加一倍。 —————————————— execute 执行 execute vt. 实行；执行；处死 Execute the script at least once on all the nodes. 在所有节点上至少执行此脚本一次。 We execute that instruction, we move to the next one. 我们执行那个指令，我们继续下一轮。 However, because you are running commands directly from the command line, there are limits to what you can execute directly with this method. 然而，因为您直接从命令行运行这些命令，所以对于直接使用该方法所能执行的操作，通常是有限制的。 —————————————— note 请注意 note n. 笔记；音符；票据；注解；纸币；便笺；照会；调子 vt. 注意；记录；注解 n. (Note)人名；(英)诺特 See the note below. 参见底下的注释。 They ended the discussion on a note of optimism. 他们在乐观的调子中结束了讨论。 Not to hold over this note into the next measure. 别把这个音符延长到下一拍。 —————————————— soluble 可溶性 soluble adj. [化学] 可溶的，可溶解的；可解决的 Which of the following vitamins are soluble in fat? Which in water? 下面哪些维生素是脂溶性的，哪些是水溶性的？ They are high in fiber, half of which is cholesterol-lowering soluble fiber. 它富含高纤维，其中一半是可以降低胆固醇的可溶性纤维。 According to the study, the soil of the Amazon rainforest is shallow, poor in nutrients and almost without soluble minerals. 根据这项研究，亚马逊雨林的土壤很浅，缺少营养物质，几乎没有可溶性矿物质。 —————————————— unify 统一 unify vt. 统一；使相同，使一致 Service Data Objects (SDOs) are designed to simplify and unify the way in which applications handle data. 设计服务数据对象（SDO）就是为了简化和统一应用程序处理数据的方式。 There was no excuse for what I did, but trying to come to grips with why I did it gave me at least a chance to finally unify my parallel lives. 我的过错是没有借口的，但我要试着好好想清楚我为何要这么做。 这至少能够提供一个机会，让我最终把我的平行生活统一成一条直线。 Because with 32 countries now participating in low-carbon trading schemes around the world, we will one day need a single commodity price for carbon to unify these diverse national efforts. 因在全球范围内已有32国家参与了低碳交易计划，为统一这些不同国家的努力我们将在某一天需要一个单一的碳商品价格。 —————————————— parcel 包裹 parcel n. 包裹，小包 vt. 打包；捆扎 n. (Parcel)人名；(英)帕斯尔 She dashed the parcel aside. 她把包裹掷在一边。 She unwrapped the parcel slowly. 她慢慢地解开包裹。 He lifted the parcel down from the shelf. 他把包裹从架子上拿了下来。 —————————————— energy 能源 energy n. [物] 能量；精力；活力；精神 The work drained my energy! 这项工作真消耗我的精力! He has dribbled away his time and energy. 他逐渐消磨掉了他的时间和精力。 There is energy working around us all the time whether we are aware of it or not. 在我们周围总是有能量在做功， 不管我们是否察觉到它。 —————————————— electrical 电 electrical adj. 有关电的；电气科学的 Their inventions have contributed to the development of electrical engineering. 他们的发明有助于电气工程学的发展。 The church was crowded, so electrical machinery was used to relay the service out to the people. 教堂里挤满了人， 所以就用电机设备把礼拜仪式向外面的人转播。 The electrical system in your house would be overloaded if you used too many electric home appliances at once. 如果你同时使用许多家用电器的话，你家里的电力系统就会超载。 —————————————— mild 温和的 mild adj. 温和的；轻微的；淡味的；文雅的；不含有害物质的的 n. （英国的一种）淡味麦芽啤酒 n. (Mild)人名；(瑞典)米尔德；(德、捷、芬)米尔德 She is mild in disposition. 她性情温和。 But you may get no symptoms at all, or only mild ones. 但你也可以完全没有症状，或是只有轻微症状。 In some years, the impact can be mild while in other years it can be quite severe. 在某些年份，其造成的影响可能是轻微的，而在其他年份可能会相当严重。 —————————————— nineteen 19 nineteen num. 十九 They were called up at the age of nineteen. 他们十九岁时被征召入伍。 Double what he had earned in nineteen years. 是他在十九年里所赚的一倍。 “We have done this every June for nineteen years,” he said. 每年逢六月，我们这样做，现已经有十九年了。 —————————————— verse 节 verse n. 诗，诗篇；韵文；诗节 vi. 作诗 vt. 使熟练，使精通 n. (Verse)人名；(德)费尔泽 He is good at verse. 他善于作诗。 Please turn this piece of prose into verse. 请把这段散文改写成诗歌。 Peter gives two explicit answers in verse 38 to what they need—what we need. 彼得给出了两个在38至诗他们需要什么，我们需要明确的答案。 —————————————— elapse 时间的过去 elapse vi. 消逝；时间过去 n. 流逝；时间的过去 Many years, however, usually elapse between such destructive. 不过，这种破坏性的地震之间往往相隔多年。 There is much debate among physicians and ethicists over how much time should elapse between cessation of heart function and declaration of death. 到底在心脏机能停止之后要多长时间才能宣布死亡，医生和伦理人士之间一直存在很大争议。 No matter how talented you are, at the beginning of time can only start from the most simple things, "mushroom" experience for the growing young people, is a step that must elapse before emergence. 无论你是多么优秀的人才，在刚开始的时候都只能从最简单的事情做起，“蘑菇”的经历对于成长中的年轻人来说，是羽化前必须经历的一步。 —————————————— mean 的意思是 mean adj. 平均的；卑鄙的；低劣的；吝啬的 vt. 意味；想要；意欲 n. 平均值 vi. 用意 n. (Mean)人名；(柬)棉 She knows what you mean. 她知道你的意思。 What do you mean by opening my letters without permission? 你未经允许就私拆我的信是什么意思? If you can bear with me a little longer, you will see what I mean. 如果你能再容忍我一会儿，你就会明白我的意思了。 —————————————— instruct 指导 instruct vt. 指导；通知；命令；教授 You could instruct users of your website to type all numbers in US format, but is that really the best answer? 您虽然可以指导您网站的用户输入所有数字时都采取美国格式，但 这真的是最佳答案吗？ When all options have been selected and you have decided what is to be monitored, instruct the Performance Monitor to begin monitoring this data by selecting the ADD button (Figure 3). 当您选取了所有的选项并且决定了监视什么时，就可以通过选择 ADD按钮来指示性能监视器开始监视此数据（图3）。 If you want to validate your data against a registered schema prior to storage, you need to instruct DB2 to do so. 如果您希望在存储之前针对一个已注册模式验证数据，那么需要对 DB2 发出这些命令。 —————————————— myself 我自己 myself pron. 我自己；我亲自；我的正常的健康状况和正常情绪 I prefer to do it myself. 我宁愿自己做这件事。 I have nothing to blame myself for. 我自己是无可责备的。 I need a cup of tea to relax myself. 我需要喝杯茶使自己轻松一下。 —————————————— invest 投资 invest vt. 投资；覆盖；耗费；授予；包围 vi. 投资，入股；花钱买 Astute salesmen know how to invest emotionally. 精明的商人懂得如何感情投资。 The broker advised me on how to invest my money. 经纪人告诉我怎样投资。 Why invest time and energy in something that we all hate? 为什么投入时间和精力去思考我们都讨厌的事情？ —————————————— metal 金属 metal n. 金属；合金 vt. 以金属覆盖 adj. 金属制的 n. (Metal)人名；(捷)梅塔尔；(瑞典)梅塔尔 They divined metal on the mountain. 他们用占卜杖在山上探测金属。 Does that metal pit after contact with acid? 那种金属同酸接触后是否会起凹点? You have to file away for hours to get this metal smooth. 你要想你这块金属光滑，必须用锉刀不停地锉上几小时。 —————————————— suppose 假设 suppose vt. 假设；认为；让（虚拟语气）；推想 vi. 猜想；料想 conj. 假使…结果会怎样 Let us suppose (that) the news is true. 我们假设这消息是正确的。 Let's first suppose the second defense line has been destroyed. 我们先来假定这第二条防线已被摧毁。 Let us suppose another planet with conditions similar to those on the earth. 让我们假定另外有一个具有和地球上相似条件的行星。 —————————————— permeate 渗透 permeate vt. 渗透，透过；弥漫 vi. 弥漫；透入；散布 Water will easily permeate a cotton dress. 水很容易渗透棉布衣服。 In a world where the benefits of space permeate almost every facet of our lives, irresponsible acts in space can have damaging consequences for all of us. 当今世界，利用太空的益处已渗透到我们生活中的几乎每一方面，不负责任的太空活动可能对全人类造成有害的后果。 The software teams have great talent and a clear road map, and Jobs' attention to detail and passion for perfection permeate Apple's culture from top to bottom. 软件团队拥有广大的人才队伍和清晰的路线图，和乔布斯对细节的关注及对完美的热情追求这种自上而下的苹果文化渗透。 —————————————— curriculum 课程 curriculum n. 课程 总课程 The curriculum must be preplanned. 课程设置必须事先计划好。 Where do you find your curriculum? 你在哪里找到你的课程的？ Once we plant the seeds of concurrency in these base courses, we then could expand on them throughout the curriculum. 一旦我们在这些基础课程中种下了并行的种子，那么我们就可以在课程中展开它们。 —————————————— ethics 道德 ethics n. 伦理学；伦理观；道德标准 It boils down to a question of ethics. 它可归结成一个伦理学问题。 Science and ethics tell us what we must do. 科学和道德规范告诉我们必须做什么。 But if we are to promote the ethics of Confucius, he was an upright and positive man of learning who believed that education was open to all. 但如果我们打算推广孔子的伦理学，他是一个正直和积极的学人，他相信教育是向所有人开放的。 —————————————— hit 打击 hit vt. 打击；袭击；碰撞；偶然发现；伤…的感情 vi. 打；打击；碰撞；偶然碰上 n. 打；打击；（演出等）成功；讽刺 He hit me, so I struck him back. 他打了我， 所以我才还手打他。 I hit him and he quickly countered. 我击中他，他马上进行还击。 He blacked out after they hit him on the head. 他们击打他的头之后，他晕过去了。 —————————————— oblige 迫使 oblige vt. 迫使；强制；赐，施恩惠；责成；义务 vi. 帮忙；施恩惠 Newspapers, magazines, TV and the Internet oblige us by constantly reporting the stuff. 报纸，杂志，电视和互联网的不断报道迫使我们接受这些东西。 He was urging Congress to pass a new “pay-as-you-go” (PAYGO) plan that would oblige it to pay for new spending either by raising taxes or by cutting outlays. 他当时正努力推动国会通过一个名为“随支随收”（PAYGO）的新计划，该计划是要通过征税或削减支出来迫使每项新支出都有钱埋单。 Why do we want to force clutter on our loved ones, oblige them to find a spot in their already cluttered homes for this gift we’ve given them, so they won’t offend us when we come to visit? 为什么我们要把这些东西强加给我们爱的人，迫使他们找出地方存放，而他们的家早就已被我们以前送的所谓礼物占满了，这样我们去看他们时就舒坦了吗？ —————————————— expire 到期 expire vi. 期满；终止；死亡；呼气 vt. 呼出（空气） However, most of these contracts expire this month. 不过，这些合同大部分在本月到期。 Allowing this bill to expire would be a disaster for our infrastructure and our economy. 该法案被终止对我们的基础建设和经济而言将是一场灾难。 If in your application you need to expire the use of an application based on idleness, you have to explicitly code this in your application. 如果在您的应用程序中，您需要基于闲置来决定使用应用程序的过期，您必须在应用程序中明确的用代码写出来。 —————————————— finish 完成 finish vt. 完成；结束；用完 vi. 结束，终止；终结 n. 结束；完美；回味（葡萄酒） I must bestir myself to finish the job. 我必须努力完成这件工作。 We can only finish half of it this afternoon at best. 今天下午我们充其量只能完成一半。 If we do the work turn and turn about, we can finish it quickly. 如果我们轮换着做这个工作，我们能很快地把它完成。 —————————————— palm 棕榈 palm n. 手掌；棕榈树；掌状物 vt. 将…藏于掌中 n. (Palm)人名；(英)帕姆；(瑞典)帕尔姆；(法、德、俄、捷、芬、挪)帕尔姆 A bird settled on his palm. 一只鸟停落在他的手掌上。 I kissed his palm. 我吻了他的手掌。 The palm of one's hand is slightly concave. 人的手掌是微凹的。 —————————————— tragedy 悲剧 tragedy n. 悲剧；灾难；惨案 The book ended in tragedy. 这本书以悲剧结尾。 They were devastated by the news of the tragedy. 他们被那个惨案的消息惊呆了。 In order to understand this tragedy,our teacher asked us to role-play. 为了理解这出悲剧，老师要求我们扮演适当的角色。 —————————————— dilute 稀释 dilute adj. 稀释的；淡的 vt. 稀释；冲淡；削弱 vi. 变稀薄；变淡 Dilute the juice (with water) before you drink it. 喝果汁之前，用水把它冲淡。 If for any reason you cannot avoid drinking alcohol, drink water soon after or dilute your alcoholic drink with ice or water. 要是你实在不能避免要喝酒，那么之后赶紧多喝水或是通过吃冰或饮水来稀释你所饮用的酒。 There the people-made pollutants increasingly surpass the ability of air and water to dilute the contaminants to safe levels. 在那里，人为的污染物质日益超越了空气和水将污染物分解稀释到安全水平的能力。 —————————————— frustrate 阻挠 frustrate vt. 挫败；阻挠；使感到灰心 vi. 失败；受挫 adj. 挫败的；无益的 They made their preparations to frustrate the conspiracy. 他们作好准备挫败这个阴谋。 The harder you think the less chance you have of remembering it, but it will frustrate you so I recommend twiddling your thumbs to keep the stress levels down. 你越是使劲的回想，你一越难有机会回忆起来，这样会让你很挫败。 因此我建议玩弄你的姆子来降低压力。 Of course, some people don't believe they've done anything wrong, or don't care, so telling them you forgive them would only frustrate them and you. 当然，有些人并不认为自己做错了什么，也不在乎这些事，因此如果你告诉他们你原谅他们，那只会让他们受挫也让自己受挫。 —————————————— overlap 重叠 overlap n. 重叠；重复 vi. 部分重叠；部分的同时发生 vt. 与…重叠；与…同时发生 But they do not always overlap. 但它们并不总是重叠的。 While you cannot plan for every disaster, many of the recovery procedures overlap. 虽然您无法为每个灾难做计划，但是许多恢复过程是重叠的。 "Because we have so much to do and only so much time, wherever we have overlap, I will, " she said. “因为我们有这么多的事要做但只有这么少的时间，无论何时需要我重复那些内容，我都会去做。” 她说。 —————————————— propaganda 宣传 propaganda n. 宣传；传道总会 They muted the propaganda campaign later. 后来，他们降低了宣传运动的调子。 Director of the Propaganda Department of a Provincial Party Committee; 省委宣传部部长 As with almost all propaganda techniques, the subject should attempt to find more information on the topic. 就像面对所有宣传手段一样，接受者应该试图收集关于话题的更多信息。 —————————————— component 组件 component adj. 组成的，构成的 n. 成分；组件；[电子] 元件 You need to assign these variables to each view component. 您需要分配这些变量到每一个视图组件。 In this example, the component itself provides the measurement. 在这个例子中，组件本身提供了度量。 There will be one interface partner for each interface on the component for which your process belongs. 在您的流程所属的组件上的每个接口都将有一个接口合作伙伴。 —————————————— complex 复杂的 complex adj. 复杂的；合成的 n. 复合体；综合设施 Not complex at all. 一点都不复杂。 Can they grapple with the complex situation? 他们能处理复杂的局面吗? This project involves a lot of complex technical problems. 这个方案牵涉到许多复杂的技术问题。 —————————————— provide 提供 provide vt. 提供；规定；准备；装备 vi. 规定；抚养；作准备 I provide him with all his rights. 我向他提供了他的所有权利。 He has two children to provide for. 他有两个孩子要抚养。 She laid herself out to provide us with every facility. 她想方设法为我们提供一切方便。 —————————————— imaginary 虚构的 imaginary adj. 虚构的，假想的；想像的；虚数的 This time it must of its nature be an imaginary one. 这次，由于其本质必须是一个想象的。 But I can meet all of those people in imaginary worlds. 但我可以在想象的世界中见到所有这些人。 I know that they have yet to taste anything but when food is described in the right way it creates an imaginary flavor in your mouth. 我知道他们还没有尝过任何东西，但是，当人们用正确的方法描述食物的时候，会在口中长生一种想象的味道。 —————————————— mother 母亲 mother n. 母亲；大娘；女修道院院长 vt. 生下；养育；像母亲般关怀或照管 adj. 母亲的；出生地的 His mother rode him on her back. 他的母亲让他骑在她的背上。 The boy was wailing for his mother. 那个男孩在为他的母亲痛哭。 The child keeps by his mother in the darkness. 那个孩子在黑暗中紧挨着他的母亲走。 —————————————— church 教堂 church n. 教堂；礼拜；教派 adj. 教会的；礼拜的 vt. 领…到教堂接受宗教仪式 n. (Church)人名；(英)丘奇 He entered the church alone at night. 他孑然一人在夜晚走进了那所教堂。 They planted the first church in that part of the city. 他们在那座城市的那一部分创办了第一座教堂。 I heard someone jabbering his prayers in the church. 我听见有人在教堂里喃喃祈祷。 —————————————— sympathize 同情 sympathize vi. 同情，怜悯；支持 Although he pretended to sympathize， he was laughing in his sleeve. 虽然他假装同情， 但他却在暗笑。 Maybe most of us will sympathize, shake our heads, and just go on, as we usually do. 也许我们中的大多数人会同情、摇头，然后只是一如既往地继续下去。 We cannot do good to others save at a cost to ourselves, and our afflictions are the price we pay for our ability to sympathize. 我们自己不出代价，就不能帮助别人；我们的痛苦就是我们所付的代价，叫我们以后能同情于他人的难堪。 —————————————— gray 灰色的 gray adj. 灰色的；苍白的；灰白头发的；阴郁的 n. 灰色；暗淡的光线 vi. 成为灰色或灰白 vt. 使成灰色或灰白 n. (Gray)人名；(意)格拉伊；(英、法、葡、瑞典)格雷 I like that little gray one. The kids like that one too. 我喜欢那只灰色的小鸭子， 孩子们也喜欢那只。 Once again he found himself inside the apartment in the enormous gray house. 他又一次发现自己在那所庞大的灰色的房子的房间里了。 If I live in the Pacific Ocean, I can be gray with black spots. 如果我生活在太平洋，我的颜色很可能是带有黑点的灰色。 —————————————— symposium 研讨会 symposium n. 讨论会，座谈会；专题论文集；酒宴，宴会 The general view of the symposium was that science communication should be driven by events and demand. 这次研讨会总的观点是科学传播应该是由具体事件和需求来决定。 At the symposium, he submitted a paper which he had written for some other occasion on the concept of caring about. 在那个研讨会上，他交了一篇,论文，是为其它一些场合写的,是关于关心这个概念。 Some other speakers at the symposium pointed out that the communicators should themselves be powerful enough to decide whether to involve the public in the process. 研讨会的其他一些演讲人指出传播者应该使自身有足够的能力去判定是否应该让大众参与到这个过程中来。 —————————————— transit 交通 transit n. 运输；经过 vt. 运送 vi. 经过 Transit systems regardless of size and capacity should have a plan for all possible disasters. 不管交通系统的规模和实力如何，都应该有一个应对所有可能灾害的计划。 Over on Maritime Community there was an article about Ship Spares In Transit and what the term means. 在海洋界，有一个条约是关于运输中的船用备件以及此条款的定义。 Whether your intentions are altruistic or selfish (or both), you owe it to yourself to explore the public transit options available to you in your city. 无论您的意图是利他还是利己（或者两者都有），您都应该利用那些您所在城市可用的公共交通选项。 —————————————— bud 芽 bud n. 芽，萌芽；蓓蕾 vi. 发芽，萌芽 vt. 使发芽 n. (Bud)人名；(英)巴德；(中)布特(蒙语·汉语拼音)；(罗、匈)布德 A blossom develops from a bud. 花朵是从蓓蕾孕育而开放的。 Nip it in the bud. 把它消灭在萌芽状态。 These dots were markers that enabled them to measure every change in the size and shape of the flower as it went from bud to bloom. 这些点作为记号可以使他们测量到百合花从花蕾到开花过程中大小和形状的每一次变化。 —————————————— cereal 麦片 cereal n. 谷类，谷物；谷类食品；谷类植物 adj. 谷类的；谷类制成的 She dribbled some milk onto the cereal. 她把一些奶滴在燕麦片上。 Cereal dribbled from the little girl's mouth. 麦片碎屑从小女孩嘴边落下。 I like to add it to cereal, oatmeal, or the aforementioned Greek Yogurt. 我喜欢把它添加在谷类，燕麦片或者前面提到的希腊酸奶。 —————————————— apprehension 忧虑 apprehension n. 理解；恐惧；逮捕；忧惧 Victory after apprehension and fear. 胜利在忧虑和恐惧以后。 He knew that his apprehension was in part due to his lack of knowledge of Six Sigma. 他知道他的忧虑部分原因是对六西格玛原则的不了解。 Mice with altered digestive bacteria showed less apprehension and were less afraid to go into the well-lit box, a common sign the animals are under the influence of drugs or illness. 肠道细菌水平改变了的小鼠显现出了更少的恐惧，更敢于走进有光照的箱子。 这是动物中毒或生病后的普遍症状。 —————————————— east 东 east n. 东方；东风；东方国家 adj. 东方的；向东的；从东方来的 adv. 向东方，在东方 n. (East)人名；(英)伊斯特 The lighthouse bears due east. 灯塔位于正东方某处。 He traversed alone the whole continent of Africa from east to west. 他只身长途跋涉， 从东向西横穿整个非洲大陆。 He traversed alone the whole continent of Africa from east to west. 他独自一人从东到西横越整个非洲大陆。 —————————————— theme 主题 theme n. 主题；主旋律；题目 adj. 以奇想主题布置的 The theme carried through all his writing. 这个主题贯彻在他所有的作品中。 This article marries theme and style well. 这篇文章的主题和风格结合得很好。 The preacher amplified on the theme of brotherly love. 牧师进一步阐述了兄弟般情谊这个主题。 —————————————— or 或 or conj. 或，或者；还是 n. (Or)人名；(中)柯(广东话·威妥玛)；(柬)奥；(土、匈、土库、阿塞、瑞典)奥尔 Are you against it or for it? 你对此事是反对呢还是赞成? He bucked against our play or suggestion. 他极力反对我们的计划或建议。 All substances, whether they are gaseous, liquid or solid, are made of atoms. 一切物质，不论它们是气体、液体还是固体， 都是由原子构成的。 —————————————— human 人类 human adj. 人的；人类的 n. 人；人类 n. (Human)人名；(英)休曼 The accident was caused by human error. 这一事故是人为错误造成的。 He never regarded the farmhands as human beings. 他从不把雇工当人看待。 The doctors will transplant a human heart into the patient. 医生们将把一颗人的心脏移植到这个病人身上。 —————————————— living 生活 living adj. 活的；现存的；活跃的；逼真的 n. 生活；生存；生计 v. 生活；居住（live的ing形式）；度过 n. (Living)人名；(英)利文 He set us an example of plain living. 他为我们树立了简朴生活的榜样。 You should fit your style of living to your circumstances. 你应当让你的生活方式适应环境。 If you domesticate this raccoon,it will have trouble living in the wild. 如果你驯养这只浣熊，它生活在野外将会有困难。 —————————————— minimize 最小化 minimize vt. 使减到最少；小看，极度轻视 vi. 最小化 At every stage we try to minimize waste. 在每个阶段，我们都努力减少浪费。 It might do us good to consider what we can do to minimize it. 考虑一下我们怎么做才能让它最小化，这是很有好处的。 This article discusses how to minimize privileges, so you can apply the same ideas to your programs. 本文讨论了如何最小化特权，您可以将同样的 思想应用到您的程序中。 —————————————— cottage 小屋 cottage n. 小屋；村舍；（农舍式的）小别墅 I saw a cottage nestling in the woods. 我看到隐映在树林中的乡村别墅。 He treated his friends in his country cottage. 他在他的乡间别墅款待了他的朋友们。 The pale smoke from the cottage chimney pencilled up. 白烟从农舍烟囱中成束上升。 —————————————— virtual 虚拟 virtual adj. [计] 虚拟的；实质上的，事实上的（但未在名义上或正式获承认） That displays any virtual machine instances you have. 这显示您拥有的任何虚拟机实例。 Two other concepts you should be familiar with are virtual Ethernet and shared Ethernet. 您应该熟悉的另外两个概念是虚拟以太网和共享以太网。 And in virtual reality, the outside world and all its inhabitant effectively ceases to exist. 在虚拟现实中，外部世界和及其所有居民有效的停止了存在。 —————————————— suffice 足够了 suffice vt. 使满足；足够…用；合格 vi. 足够；有能力 Here a single example will suffice. 这里只举一个例子就够了。 However for the majority of low-medium throughput scenarios, it should suffice. 然而对于中低吞吐量的大多数情况，这个算法应该足够用了。 The concepts in this section should suffice for strategic planning of an upgrade. 这一节的概念对于准备升级的策略来说应该足够了。 —————————————— talent 人才 talent n. 才能；天才；天资 Fate blessed him with great talent. 命运之神赋予他伟大的天才。 His report card can point up his talent for maths. 他的成绩报告单能清楚地表明他有数学才能。 He never prostituted his great acting talent by appearing in television advertisement. 他决不把他杰出的表演才能滥用在做电视广告上。 —————————————— appreciate 欣赏 appreciate vt. 欣赏；感激；领会；鉴别 vi. 增值；涨价 I appreciate your comment. 我欣赏你的意见。 I appreciate your generosity in the matter. 我很欣赏你在这件事上表现出来的宽大胸怀。 In order to appreciate the novel,one must be able to enter the spirit of the work. 要想欣赏这部小说，你必须领悟这部作品的精神。 —————————————— investigate 调查 investigate v. 调查；研究 We should not jump to conclusions. Let's investigate first. 我们不应草率下结论， 还是先调查一下吧。 We also have to investigate why she was not happy with her husband. 我们还必须调查为什么她和她丈夫在一起时会不开心。 These results caused us to investigate the makeup of our site more. 这些结果促使我们进一步调查我们的站点的组成。 —————————————— stair 楼梯 stair n. 楼梯，阶梯；梯级 n. (Stair)人名；(英、葡)斯泰尔 I often stair-stepped to train last year. 去年我常爬楼梯锻炼身体。 I've heard positive things about cycling and stair climbing, and that skating is great for training lateral muscles. 我听说骑自行车和爬楼梯是一项很好的方式，还听说滑冰对训练横向肌肉很有效。 Other options might include cross-country skiing, aerobic dancing, swimming, stair climbing, bicycling, jogging, elliptical training or rowing. 其他的方式可能包括越野滑雪，有氧舞蹈，游泳，爬楼梯，骑单车，慢跑或划船。 —————————————— suspicion 怀疑 suspicion n. 怀疑；嫌疑；疑心；一点儿 vt. 怀疑 Suspicion chased itself across his face. 他的脸上露出怀疑的神色。 His conduct roused the suspicion of the police. 他的举动引起了警察的怀疑。 The police booked him for suspicion of robbery. 警方把他作为盗窃嫌疑犯登记入册。 —————————————— resistance 电阻 resistance n. 阻力；电阻；抵抗；反抗；抵抗力 Where there is oppression there is resistance. 哪里有压迫哪里就有反抗。 An aircraft has to overcome the resistance of the air. 飞机须克服空气的阻力。 Very little resistance was put up by the surrounded men. 被围困者基本上没有进行反抗。 —————————————— academy 学院 academy n. 学院；研究院；学会；专科院校 The lecture was given under the auspices of the Academy of Sciences. 这次报告会是由科学院主办的。 The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 这项研究的成果会在国家科学学会汇刊上发表。 Later I return to the monument with Inga, an architecture student at Riga’s Academy of Arts who bristles with pride and knowledge about the city. 后来我又和英嘉一起来到了纪念碑，她是在里加艺术学院学建筑的学生，她对这座城市深有了解并为此而自豪。 —————————————— autonomy 自治 autonomy n. 自治，自治权 Give me some autonomy. 给我一些自主权。 One way or another, the days of Fed autonomy are coming to an end, as well they should. 无论哪个法案被通过，美联储自治的日子都将走到尽头，这也是他们应得的。 However, this decoupling and autonomy conflicts with the use of shared databases. 但是，这种解耦和自治与共享数据库的使用格格不入。 —————————————— clip 剪辑 clip n. （塑料或金属的）夹子；回纹针；修剪；剪报 vt. 剪；剪掉；缩短；给…剪毛（或发）用别针别在某物上，用夹子夹在某物上 vi. 剪；修剪；剪下报刊上的文章（或新闻、图片等）；迅速行动；用别针别在某物上，用夹子夹在某物上 Please clip these cards together. 请把这些卡片夹在一起。 You can put them on your desk or clip them to your monitor. They can be attached to your dashboard in your car. 你也可以将它们放在办公桌上或者将他们夹在电脑屏幕上面，甚至它们也可以被粘贴在你的汽车仪表盘上。 It even offered a video clip of these flying penguins, which became one of the most viewed videos on the Internet. 它甚至还提供了一个这些飞行企鹅的视频剪辑，成为了互联网上最受欢迎的视频。 —————————————— insect 昆虫 insect n. 昆虫；卑鄙的人 He instanced the fly as dirty insect. 他举出苍蝇作为肮脏昆虫的例子。 The traveller's face was covered with insect bites. 旅行者满脸都是被虫子叮咬的疙瘩。 Insects possess a biological clock that programmes the insect's growth,reproduction and dormant periods. 昆虫具有一种生物钟，它会按照遗传密码控制昆虫的生长、繁殖和休眠期。 —————————————— gasp 喘息 gasp vi. 喘气；喘息；渴望 vt. 气喘吁吁地说；喘着气说话 n. 喘气 Sometimes they just might hear me gasp as well! 只不过他们有时难免会听到我喘息！ It's the final gasp of the burst housing bubble. 它是房地产泡沫破灭前的最后一次喘息。 And I certainly serve customers with a smile. Sometimes they just might hear me gasp as well! 当然，对于顾客我面带微笑的。只不过他们有时难免会听到我喘息！ —————————————— spare 备用 spare vt. 节约，吝惜；饶恕；分出，分让 vi. 饶恕，宽恕；节约 adj. 多余的；瘦的；少量的 n. 剩余；备用零件 Reading engages his spare time. 阅读占去了他的空闲时间。 We will not pity nor spare, nor have mercy to the enemy. 对敌人我们不会同情，不会宽恕，也不会发慈悲。 The mistress of the house reluctantly installed the two refugees in a spare room. 女主人很不情愿地把两个难民安置在一个空闲的房间里。 —————————————— believe 相信 believe vi. 信任；料想；笃信宗教 vt. 相信；认为；信任 I believe on my good friend. 我信任我的好朋友。 We all believe the story to be true. 我们都相信这个故事是真的。 I believe this treaty will pave the way to peace in Europe. 我相信这个条约将为欧洲的和平铺平道路。 —————————————— masterpiece 杰作 masterpiece n. 杰作；绝无仅有的人 This book is his masterpiece. 这本书是他的杰作。 The book would be his masterpiece. 这本书将是他的杰作。 Every crystal was a masterpiece of design, and no one design was ever repeated. 每一片晶体都是设计上的杰作，而且没有一片是重复的。 —————————————— precipitate 沉淀 precipitate n. [化学] 沉淀物 vt. 使沉淀；促成；猛抛；使陷入 vi. [化学] 沉淀；猛地落下；冷凝成为雨或雪等 adj. 突如其来的；猛地落下的；急促的 The one thing that could precipitate a sudden Chinese move out of dollars is serious economic and financial mismanagement in the United States. 唯一一个可以促成中国逃离美元的原因可能是在美国投资金融管理不当和当地严重的经济问题。 Lloyd George suspected that the French were trying to precipitate the disintegration of Germany by sponsoring a break-away Rhineland state (as indeed they were). 劳埃德·乔治怀疑法国人正在通过资助莱茵州的分裂（法国人确实这样做了），试图促成德国的解体。 To recover the metallic gold, we now need to precipitate the gold that's in solution. 要想获得固态的金，我们现在就需要让溶液中的金沉淀。 —————————————— thermal 热 thermal adj. 热的；热量的；保热的 n. 上升的热气流 They planed to go to a thermal spring the next day for a break. 他们计划着第二天去一个热的温泉休息休息。 This would be a two group analysis where you have a thermal and a fast spectrum. 这个会是一个双群的分析,那样，你就有一个热能和快速的光谱。 If it does, a network of detectors could give us a more detailed picture of the thermal structure of the mantle. 如果是这样，一个探测器网络可以给我们提供关于热地幔结构的更详细的图片。 —————————————— body 身体 body n. 身体；主体；大量；团体；主要部分 vt. 赋以形体 n. (Body)人名；(英、法、罗)博迪 They dug his body up. 他们挖出他的尸体。 The body of the drowned sailor was washed up. 淹死的水手的尸体被冲到了岸边。 A hedgehog often contracts its body into a ball. 刺猬常常把它的身体收缩成一个圆球。 —————————————— curb 抑制 curb n. 抑制；路边；勒马绳 vt. 控制；勒住 We must curb the spread and use of these weapons. 我们必须遏制这类武器的扩散和使用。 We should increase input in agriculture, develop advanced technologies, curb market speculation, increase food assistance and intensify cooperation in agriculture and food. 我们应该加大农业投入，发展先进技术，抑制市场投机，增加粮食援助，加强农业和粮食合作。 Such measures include implementing the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, such as raising taxes on tobacco, banning tobacco advertising and legislating to curb smoking in public places. 这些措施包括《世界卫生组织烟草控制框架公约》的执行，如：提高烟草税、禁止烟草广告及通过立法抑制在公共场所吸烟等。 —————————————— force 力 force n. 力量；武力；军队；魄力 vt. 促使，推动；强迫；强加 n. (Force)人名；(意)福尔切；(英、法)福斯 We oppose interference by any outside force. 我们反对任何外来势力插手干预。 Don't force her into a distasteful marriage. 不能强迫她与她不喜欢的男人成婚。 The troops for the landing were taken from Alexander's force and that put a brake on his operations. 登陆部队是从亚历山大将军的兵力中抽调出来的， 这就削弱了他的军事力量。 —————————————— mystery 神秘 mystery n. 秘密，谜；神秘，神秘的事物；推理小说，推理剧；常作 mysteries 秘技，秘诀 The story is wrapped in mystery. 故事被神秘的气氛笼罩着。 He happened on a clue to the mystery. 他偶然发现了那秘密的线索。 The story alluded to a mystery in her past. 故事影射她过去生活中的一个秘密。 —————————————— bring 带 bring vt. 带来；促使；引起；使某人处于某种情况或境地 n. (Bring)人名；(英、瑞典)布林 Bring her to my house tomorrow. 明天把她带到我家来。 You might bring your new boyfriend over this evening. 今晚你不妨把你新交的男朋友带来。 We have to weigh the cost of the new system against the benefits it will bring. 我们必须权衡一下起用新系统所需的成本和它将带来的效益。 —————————————— opening 开放 opening n. 开始；机会；通路；空缺的职位 adj. 开始的 v. 开放（open的ing形式）；打开；公开 This is a very handy tool for opening cans. 这是一种很简便的开罐头工具。 Disconnect the power source from the computer before opening the back. 打开计算机的后部之前先切断它的电源。 Our headmaster rattled on for at least two hours at the opening ceremony. 我们的校长在开学典礼上唠唠叨叨地讲了至少两个小时。 —————————————— misunderstand 误解了 misunderstand vt. 误解；误会 Do not misunderstand me. 不要误解我的意思。 That can happen to us as well. Sometimes we misunderstand God and His Word. 我们也时常这样，有时，我们误解了神，不明白神的话。 Now in thinking about this question thinking about this question it's important not to misunderstand what we were asking. 思考这个问题的时候,在思考这个问题,重要的是不要误解,我们问的问题。 —————————————— beam 梁 beam n. 横梁；光线；电波；船宽；[计量] 秤杆 vt. 发送；以梁支撑；用…照射；流露 vi. 照射；堆满笑容 n. (Beam)人名；(阿拉伯)贝亚姆；(英)比姆 The beam has started. 横梁已经翘曲了。 And we have a beam. 我们有一个电子束。 It's possible that the beam may break if the loads outweigh its supports. 如果负荷过重，主梁的断裂是有可能发生的。 —————————————— census 人口普查 census vt. 实施统计调查 n. 人口普查，人口调查 If so, the next census in 2021 could show the beginnings of a shift towards normality. 如果真是这样，下一次2021年的人口普查会显示转向正常的开端。 In China, the 2010 census reveals there are now 118 boys for every 100 girls, a skewed sex ratio that is higher than a decade ago. 在中国，2010年人口普查结果显示，现在男女比例为118比100，这样一个不平衡的性别比例比十年前还要高。 Throughout much of the South, the number of same-sex couples living together increased in the 2010 census, especially in metropolitan areas. 遍及南方的许多地区，住在一起的同性恋的数量在2010年的人口普查中增加了，尤其在大城市。 —————————————— counterpart 对应 counterpart n. 副本；配对物；极相似的人或物 Each of them has a counterpart column in the database tables. 每个字段在数据库表中有一个对应的列。 If there is a RUP work product but no counterpart in your software project management process, should you add this work product? 如果在你的软件项目管理过程中存在RUP工作产品中没有副本，你是否应该增加这个工作产品？ The fund operates under the coordination of its Government counterpart, the Agency for the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Aceh (BRR). 资金的操作是在政府的对应机构，即亚奇恢复与重建机构（BRR），的协调下进行的。 —————————————— bell 贝尔 bell n. 铃，钟；钟声，铃声；钟状物 vt. 装钟于，系铃于 vi. 鸣钟；成钟状鼓起 The little bell tinkles. 小铃丁当作响。 He dinged the bell. 他使钟丁当作响。 The first bell started to ring,and then the others chimed in. 第一个钟声响起，其他钟接着奏出和谐的乐声。 —————————————— periodic 周期 periodic adj. 周期的；定期的 This periodic use of snapshots can be especially useful in detecting trends. 在探测趋势时，这种定期使用快照的方法特别有用。 Its causes range from selective logging and burning, to periodic harvesting of firewood. 它的原因包括从选择性砍伐和焚烧到定期采伐木柴。 If you happen to find this approach successful, please let us know so that we can plan periodic updates for future columns. 如果您碰巧发现这种方法很成功，请告诉我们，以便我们能够为今后的专栏计划定期的更新。 —————————————— sceptical 持怀疑态度 sceptical adj. 怀疑的；怀疑论的；习惯怀疑的 "There are valid and truly sceptical questions that need asking of climate science but they don't fit the narrative that parts of the media have constructed so they don't get aired," he says. 她指出，“有些合理的、真实的怀疑论问题需要气候学家来回答，但是他们并没对此作出合适的解释。 所以媒体就自己编造，这是他们没有继续宣扬的原因”。 I am extremely sceptical myself and personally think that Spain will win. But the odds of Holland v Spain were rather long in the beginning. 我自己是非常怀疑的，我觉得西班牙能赢，但是在开始荷兰和西班牙会师决赛这个可能性确实太小，他们都没拿过冠军。 But he added he was sceptical this would lead to an increase in actual sales anytime soon, and he expected house prices to continue to fall for some considerable time to come. 但是他补充道，他怀疑这些会在很短时间内带来实际销售量的增加，而且他预计在未来一段时间内房价将会继续下跌。 —————————————— dismay 沮丧 dismay n. 沮丧，灰心；惊慌 vt. 使沮丧；使惊慌 Technology commentators have reacted with fury and dismay to the Google ruling. 技术评论员对谷歌受到的判决感到愤怒和沮丧。 Unlicensed software, music, and videos are downloaded freely on the Internet, to the dismay of industry. 令娱乐工业沮丧的是，未经许可的软件、音乐和影像在互联网上无偿下载。 Can you work up anger and regret and dismay over that? 你会因此而变得生气，懊悔和沮丧吗？ —————————————— lame 蹩脚的 lame adj. 跛足的；僵痛的；不完全的；无说服力的；差劲的，蹩脚的 vi. 变跛 vt. 使跛；使成残废 The lame child lagged far behind. 那个跛足的孩子远远掉在后面。 The lame child lagged far behind. 那个跛足的孩子远远落在后面。 The soldier is lame from an old wound. 这个士兵由于受过伤而跛足。 —————————————— overlook 忽视 overlook vt. 忽略；俯瞰；远眺；检查；高耸于…之上 n. 忽视；眺望 He stood at the balcony to overlook neighbour's hallroom. 他站在阳台上俯瞰邻家的门厅。 This one is pretty basic but something many people overlook. 这是很根本的一点，但许多人还是会忽略。 Who did we overlook? 我们忽视了谁？ —————————————— peer 同行 peer n. 贵族；同等的人；同龄人 vi. 凝视，盯着看；窥视 vt. 封为贵族；与…同等 n. (Peer)人名；(英、巴基)皮尔 The queen created him a peer. 女王封他为贵族。 She does the same with techniques, like how to use peer reviews for validating requirements. 在技术上她同样也这么做，像如何利用同行的评论来确定需求。 My theory is that if one is doing it, all do it until the first one has the courage to break off; it’s peer pressure. 我的理论是，如果有人开始做这类节目，其他人也都会做下去，知道当中有人鼓起勇气放弃：这是同行压力。 —————————————— tour 之旅 tour n. 旅游，旅行；巡回演出 vt. 旅行，在……旅游；在……作巡回演出 vi. 旅行，旅游；作巡回演出 n. (Tour)人名；(瑞典)托尔；(英)图尔 He devilled her during the tour. 他在旅行中拿她打趣逗乐。 We tour by car every summer. 每年夏天我们都驾车出外旅行。 She had misread a date in the Tour Book. 她看错了《旅游手册》上的一个日期。 —————————————— claim 索赔 claim vi. 提出要求 vt. 要求；声称；需要；认领 n. 要求；声称；索赔；断言；值得 The judge disallowed their claim. 法官否决他们的要求。 She relinquished her claim to the property. 她放弃了对财产的要求。 Every citizen may claim the protection of the law. 每个公民都可以要求受到法律的保护。 —————————————— owner 老板 owner n. [经] 所有者；物主 The dog kited down the street towards its owner. 那狗迅速向它的主人跑去。 But there are literally hundreds of other opportunities that have no owner. 但是差不多存在数百个其他的没有所有者的机会。 Transitions within states should normally be synchronous, since there is no change of owner. 状态间的转换通常应该是同步的，因为所有者没有改变。 —————————————— indignation 愤怒 indignation n. 愤慨；愤怒；义愤 It caused some protest and indignation. 这引起了一些抗议和愤慨。 The rejection of this measure aroused the people to indignation. 对该议案的否决激起人民的愤慨。 The British ambassador to Israel expressed his indignation to the terrorism. 英国驻以色列的大使表达了对恐怖主义的愤慨。 —————————————— installment 分期付款 installment n. 安装；分期付款；部分；就职 I will cover these transitions in the next installment. 我将在接下来的部分中讨论这些转移。 As you can see, the client stub looks just like the code we used in the previous installment. 就象您能看到的，客户端的存根看上去就像我们在前面部分里使用过的代码。 In this installment of Mission:Messaging, I will walk you through the tasks to configure basic SSL channels with self-signed certificates, building two scripts as we go. 在《任务：消息传递》系列的这个部分，我将和您一起完成使用自签名证书配置基本 SSL 通道的任务，我们将构建两个脚本。 —————————————— bride 新娘 bride n. 新娘；姑娘，女朋友 n. (Bride)人名；(英)布赖德；(法)布里德 All the eyes were riveted on the bride. 所有人的眼睛都盯着新娘。 The bride and groom drink “cross-cupped wine” from one another's glasses. 新郎新娘喝交杯酒。 At the wedding party， the bride and the bridegroom expressed that they would live in harmony and mutual respect and grow old together. 婚礼上， 新娘和新郎表示要互敬互爱，白头偕老。 —————————————— medal 金牌 medal n. 勋章，奖章；纪念章 n. (Medal)人名；(西、捷)梅达尔 He received a medal for his heroism. 他由于英勇而获得一枚奖章。 The soldier was awarded a medal for his bravery. 那个士兵因勇敢而被授予一枚奖章。 The country bestowed its highest medal on the war hero. 国家给战争英雄颁发国家最高奖章。 —————————————— bridge 桥 bridge n. 桥；桥牌；桥接器；船桥 vt. 架桥；渡过 n. (Bridge)人名；(英)布里奇 The bridge buckled in the storm. 那座桥在暴风雨中塌陷了。 The bridge broke down in last earthquake. 那座桥在上次地震中坍塌了。 They recreate themselves with playing bridge. 他们以打桥牌作消遣。 —————————————— pick 选择 pick vi. 挑选；采摘；挖 vt. 拾取；精选；采摘；掘 n. 选择；鹤嘴锄；挖；掩护 n. (Pick)人名；(英、法、德、捷、匈、瑞典)皮克 Pick all the apples off the tree. 把树上的苹果都摘下来。 The Serpent tempted Eve to pick the forbidden fruit. 那条毒蛇诱使夏娃摘取禁果。 To solve the food problem, some boys went hunting in the forest,and the girls went out to pick wild vegetables. 为解决食物问题，一些男孩子去森林打猎，而女孩子则去采摘野菜。 —————————————— secondary 二次 secondary adj. 第二的；中等的；次要的；中级的 n. 副手；代理人 To this I answer: In my opinion all this is of secondary importance. 对此我的回答是这样的，在我看来这些都处于第二重要的地位。 A distinction should be made between the primary and secondary tasks. 要区别主要的和次要的任务。 For each set, you must designate one primary persona; the others are all secondary. 对每个组，您必须指派一个主要角色，其他的都是次要的。 —————————————— thrust 推力 thrust n. [力] 推力；刺 vt. 插；插入；推挤 vi. 插入；用向某人刺去；猛然或用力推 He thrust Martin aside. 他把马丁猛推到一旁。 Tom thrust me aside. 汤姆把我猛推到一边。 He thrust his hand between a sheaf of loosened papers and crackled them. 他把手插进一捆松散的纸张中，一把抓住而使发出窸窣之声。 —————————————— organic 有机 organic adj. [有化] 有机的；组织的；器官的；根本的 Let me tell you a story about organic chemistry. 让我告诉你一个关于有机化学的故事。 While on the road outside of the city, I noted at least one sign for an organic farm. 与此同时，在城市外围的马路上，我至少看到一个有机农场的标志。 But we also eat in local restaurants sometimes where the food is not necessarily organic, and who knows where it comes from? 但是有时我们也在当地的餐馆就餐，那里的食物不一定是有机的，而且谁知道它们是从哪里运过来的呢？ —————————————— few 几 few adj. 很少的；几乎没有的 pron. 很少 n. 很少数 n. (Few)人名；(英)菲尤 I met few people congenial to me in the department. 在那个单位里我没碰到几个意气相投的人。 The thief mooched few apples when we are not looking. 那个小偷乘我们不注意偷了几个苹果。 Year by year a few of these slang terms prove so useful that they graduate into respectable society. 年复一年， 这些俚语中的一些证明是十分有用的， 因而逐渐进入了上流社会。 —————————————— must 必须 must aux. 必须，一定；可以，应当；很可能 n. 绝对必要的事物；未发酵葡萄汁 n. (Must)人名；(匈)穆什特；(俄、瑞典)穆斯特 Then you must be my cousin. 那么你一定是我的远亲了。 You must compensate me for this loss. 你必须补偿我的这个损失。 We must start at once. 我们必须马上出发。 —————————————— noble 高贵的 noble adj. 高尚的；贵族的；惰性的；宏伟的 n. 贵族 vt. 抓住；逮捕 n. (Noble)人名；(英、法、意)诺布尔；(西)诺夫莱；(阿拉伯)努布莱 He would immolate himself for their noble cause. 他愿意为他们的崇高事业牺牲自己。 In old days wealth and power centralized in the hands of a few noble families. 从前，财富和权力集中在少数贵族家族的手中。 I would not hesitate to give my life for or against any other noble nation. 在保卫与反对任何其它崇高国家时候，我不会吝惜我的生命。 —————————————— leadership 领导 leadership n. 领导能力；领导阶层 He blessed us with his leadership. 在他的领导下，我们很幸福。 They roused themselves up to action under his leadership. 他们在他的领导下奋起采取行动。 Without correct leadership, the enthusiasm of the masses cannot be sustained. 没有正确的领导， 群众的积极性就不可能持久。 —————————————— transcend 超越 transcend vt. 胜过，超越 To free your mind you have to transcend the judge and the victim. 要使心灵得到解脱，必须超越法官和受害人。 What brings us together is that we have common interests which transcend those differences. 使我们走到一起的，是我们有超越这些分歧的共同利益。 As such, the emphasis tends to be on new approaches which transcend and outperform older methods of teaching and learning. 同样地，他们强调的重点趋向于一些新方法，这些新方法超越了那些教与学的旧方法。 —————————————— wrist 手腕 wrist n. 手腕；腕关节 vt. 用腕力移动 He received a bullet in the wrist. 他手腕上中了一弹。 She clasped a bracelet round her wrist. 她将手镯戴在手腕上。 The doctor lapped a bandage around the wounded soldier's wrist. 医生用绷带把伤兵的手腕包了起来。 —————————————— feedback 反馈 feedback n. 反馈；成果，资料；回复 We want to share our feedback and discuss this in the working group. 我们希望在这个工作组的每位能分享我们的反馈和讨论。 The government decided to trim their policy according to the feedback. 政府决定根据反馈修改其政策。 So I think part of it is the way you handle candid feedback, but the other part is being present. 因此我认为它一方面包括你要处理好坦白的反馈，而另一方面是你必须“出现”在那里。 —————————————— execution 执行 execution n. 执行，实行；完成；死刑 What is modeling for execution? 什么是为执行而建模？ Remember to do this for all execution groups. 请记住，对于所有的执行组都得这样做。 These should have variables map to the location in the execution environment. 这些应该让变量映射到执行环境中的位置上。 —————————————— raw 生 raw adj. 生的；未加工的；阴冷的；刺痛的；擦掉皮的；无经验的；（在艺术等方面）不成熟的 n. 擦伤处 vt. 擦伤 n. (Raw)人名；(英)罗 He doesn't eat raw garlic. 他吃不来生蒜。 The crow flew over the river with a lump of raw liver. 那只乌鸦口里含着一块生的肝脏飞到河的另一边。 But between them he saw—and right away he knew what it was—a raw human heart. 但他看到面包片里——他马上知道怎么回事了——是一颗未经加工过的人心。 —————————————— boundary 边界 boundary n. 边界；范围；分界线 The river determines the natural boundary between the two countries. 这条河流成为这两国间的天然边界线。 We know nothing about events which happen once objects pass this boundary. 一旦物体经过这个边界，我们对所发生的事一无所知。 And when I am on the curve I am on the boundary of the surface, so there is a direction along the surface that is the curve and the other one is pointing into the surface. 当我在曲线上时，我是在曲面的边上的，所以一个是沿着曲面的边指，那个就是曲线的定向,另外一个就要指向曲面里面的那个方向。 —————————————— commerce 商务 commerce n. 贸易；商业；商务 Commerce enriches a nation. 商业使一国富足。 Mercury was the presiding divinity over commerce. 墨丘利是商业之神。 I majored in commerce. 我主修商业专业。 —————————————— preferable 更可取的 preferable adj. 更好的，更可取的；更合意的 It is certainly preferable to dumping wastewater straight into the nearest big river or lake. 比起直接向最近的河流或湖泊直接倾倒废水，这当然是更好的选择。 The question is often asked whether it is preferable to use a separate log file for each application, or to combine the logging from all applications into a single output file. 经常碰到的问题是，对每个应用程序使用单独的日志文件比较可取，还是将所有应用程序的日志记录合并到单一的输出文件中比较可取。 As with all software, it is important to identify what benefit is being offered by its inclusion in your application, and whether there are alternative, preferable ways to achieve the same end result. 与使用所有软件一样，确定在应用程序中使用它可以提供什么好处，以及是否具有实现相同结果的更好替代方法是非常重要的。 —————————————— engineering 工程 engineering n. 工程，工程学 v. 设计；管理（engineer的ing形式）；建造 Their inventions have contributed to the development of electrical engineering. 他们的发明有助于电气工程学的发展。 It can and should use the best practices we have learned over decades of software development and system engineering. 它能够也应该使用在过去十几年间的软件开发和系统工程中所积累的最佳实践。 That happens more than you think, because this is not just engineering and science. 这种情况发生得比你想象的频繁得多，因为这不仅仅是工程学和科学。 —————————————— excuse 借口 excuse n. 借口；理由 vt. 原谅；为…申辩；给…免去 vi. 作为借口；请求宽恕；表示宽恕 Excuse her bad manners. 原谅她的坏态度。 I can't buy his excuse. 我不能相信他的借口。 One should not plead inexperience in excuse of his mistake. 一个人不应该借口缺乏经验来为其错误辩解。 —————————————— outward 向外 outward adj. 向外的；外面的；公开的；外服的；肉体的 adv. 向外（等于outwards）；在外；显而易见地 n. 外表；外面；物质世界 Radial gorges extend outward from the crater, especially in the east and southeast. 放射状的峡谷从陨石坑向外延伸，尤其在东部和东南部。 I had, up till then, perceived spiritual beauty only through the outward. It had come into me. 直到那一刻，通过外部的事物，我才认识到精神上的美，那种美已经走进我的心中。 The team found that at some positions in the disk, planets would be pushed inward, and that at other positions, planets would be pushed outward. 这个研究小组发现在盘状物的某些位置上行星会被向内推，而在另外的一些位置上行星会被向外推。 —————————————— square 广场 square adj. 平方的；正方形的；直角的；正直的 vt. 使成方形；与…一致 vi. 一致；成方形 n. 平方；广场；正方形 adv. 成直角地 Our school faces the square. 我们学校面向广场。 I saw him sticking by the square. 我看见他一直在广场附近闲荡。 The population density of that country is 685 per square mile. 那个国家的人口密度为每平方英里685人。 —————————————— formidable 强大的 formidable adj. 强大的；可怕的；令人敬畏的；艰难的 The task of assembling information about these plants is both vital and formidable. 搜集这些植物的信息的任务是很重要的也是很可怕的。 With him playing alongside [Chris] Kaman I think we will have a pair of excellent interior defenders, and that will make us a formidable team. 有他在卡曼的身旁，我想我们将构建出一对极出色的防守内线，并且将会让我们成为一个可怕的球队。 But I would still say good luck, because it is a very formidable task, particularly in the competitive market that already exists, and will be very much developing around the so-called clean cars. 但我依然要祝他好运，因为这是一个非常艰巨的任务，尤其是在这样一个已经充满竞争的市场， 在所谓的清洁汽车行业还有很多发展空间。 —————————————— professor 教授 professor n. 教授；教师；公开表示信仰的人 The professor improvised a poem in the class. 教授在课堂上即兴创作了一首诗。 The professor lambasted me for my careless mistake. 教授严厉批评了我的粗心错误。 We were laughing about that absent-minded professor. 我们都在笑那个心不在焉的教授。 —————————————— membership 会员 membership n. 资格；成员资格；会员身份 Membership of the club has fallen away this year. 今年俱乐部会员数量减少了。 We offer membership for one month, half a year and one year. 我们提供一个月，半年和一年的会员卡。 Membership of the club has ballooned beyond all expectations. 该俱乐部会员人数出乎意料地激增了。 —————————————— here 在这里 here adv. 在这里；此时 int. 嘿！；喂！ n. 这里 n. (Here)人名；(罗)赫尔施 I wondered how he came here. 我想知道他是怎样来到这儿的。 Fear not, my dear, for I am here. 不要害怕，亲爱的，因为有我在这里。 I wish we could migrate from here every winter, as the birds do! 但愿我们能像鸟儿一样，每年冬季从这里定期迁徙! —————————————— concentration 浓度 concentration n. 浓度；集中；浓缩；专心；集合 A gas in solution diffuses from a region of greater to one of less concentration. 溶液中的气体会由浓度高的部分扩散到浓度低的部分。 If you want to minimise the abuses of power then that kind of concentration of power is frankly quite dangerous. 如果你想最大限度地减少权力的滥用，那么坦率地说，这种权力集中是相当危险的。 When you think with full and strong concentration about something that you want to happen, and your mind does not resist the subject of your thought, your thought materializes. 当你用全部的、足够坚定的信念集中在你希望发生的事情上，以至于你的精神无法抵制你的这个想法，你的想法就实现了。 —————————————— policy 政策 policy n. 政策，方针；保险单 The policy guarantees us against all loss. 这项政策保证了我们免受全部损失。 We deprecated changing the policy at present. 我们不赞成目前的政策变动。 People hooted at the speaker when he began to explain his policy. 当他开始解释他的政策时，人们嘘叫着表示反对。 —————————————— inform 通知 inform vt. 通知；告诉；报告 vi. 告发；告密 Please inform us how to find his house. 请告诉我们他家在哪里。 I have the honour to inform you that ...; 我荣幸地通知你 ... If you wish to proceed to the MA,be sure to inform the university of your choice. 如果你想攻读文学硕士学位，务必通知你所选择的大学。 —————————————— loop 循环 loop vi. 打环；翻筋斗 n. 环；圈；弯曲部分；翻筋斗 vt. 使成环；以环连结；使翻筋斗 After this, we loop over the big result. 做完后，我们循环这个大结果。 Do nothing, close your loop and then down here do something. 不做什么，关闭你的循环，然后到这里做点事情。 I hacked up a loop program to test the computer's processing speed. 为测试计算机的运行速度，我设计了一个简单的循环程序。 —————————————— typewriter 打字机 typewriter n. 打字机 She tapped out a letter on the typewriter. 她用打字机打出了一封信。 He tapped out an article on the typewriter. 他用打字机打出了一篇文章。 The secretary transcribed those letters on the typewriter. 秘书用打字机打出了那些信。 —————————————— integrate 集成 integrate vt. 使…完整；使…成整体；求…的积分；表示…的总和 vi. 求积分；取消隔离；成为一体 adj. 整合的；完全的 n. 一体化；集成体 But what if you already have an existing user database that you need to integrate? 但是如果你已经有一个现存的用户数据库需要集成会怎样呢？ How should we integrate that kind of novel with novels that have more formal ambitions? 我们如何整合这种小说和那些,在形式目标上更明确的小说？ This includes skills about how to integrate these products with each other, as well as with existing systems, and how to optimize solutions running on them. 这包括有关这些产品彼此如何集成（以及如何与现有系统集成）和如何优化在其上运行的解决方案的技能。 —————————————— cart 车 cart n. 二轮运货马车 vt. 用车装载 vi. 驾运货马车；用运货车运送 n. (Cart)人名；(法)卡尔；(英、芬)卡特 The cart is piled high with straw. 大车上的稻草装得冒尖儿了。 The farmer piles a cart with straw. 农民在火车上装满稻草。 The milk cart squeaked out of the village. 运奶车吱吱地响着慢慢驶出了村子。 —————————————— imaginative 富有想象力的 imaginative adj. 富于想象的；有创造力的 She would explore this sense of imaginative and emotional imprisonment in her fiction. 在小说中，她回忆着想象力和情绪都被禁锢的感觉。 Most important, you need friends imaginative enough to buy all this stuff in Beijing and have it shipped on time and intact. 最重要的是，你需要有足够想象力的朋友在北京把这一切东西买好，并且准时寄到这里而且完好无损。 Is it time that cleanses these old weapons? Or the lingering myth of medieval chivalry that turns knightly swords and lances into imaginative wonders? 是时间洗净了那些武器么？或者挥之不去的中世纪骑士传说使得骑士剑和长矛成为想象力的奇观？ —————————————— encounter 遇到 encounter vt. 遭遇，邂逅；遇到 n. 遭遇，偶然碰见 vi. 遭遇；偶然相遇 We encounter so many problems in our work. 我们在工作中遇到如此多的问题。 What will be the nature of this encounter? 那么，这种遭遇的本质将会是什么？ If you undertake the project, you are bound to encounter difficulties. 如果你承接这项工程的话，免不了会遇到许多困难。 —————————————— friendship 友谊 friendship n. 友谊；友爱；友善 n. (Friendship)人名；(英)弗兰德希普 He has tried and won her friendship. 他经过努力赢得了她的友谊。 Their appearance at the reception declared their friendship to us. 他们出席招待会表明他们对我们友好。 I wish to propose a toast to our friendship. 我建议为我们的友谊干杯。 —————————————— honey 蜂蜜 honey n. 蜂蜜；宝贝；甜蜜 adj. 甘美的；蜂蜜似的 vt. 对…说甜言蜜语；加蜜使甜 vi. 奉承；说甜言蜜语 n. (Honey)人名；(英)霍尼 That place flows over with honey. 那个地方盛产蜂蜜。 Honey crystallizes if kept too long. 蜜存放日久即行结晶。 The honey will candy in half an hour. 再过半个小时蜂蜜就会凝结起来。 —————————————— leave 离开 leave vt. 离开；留下；遗忘；委托 vi. 离开，出发；留下 n. 许可，同意；休假 When did he leave? 他何时离开啦? You must cancel out all the charges before you leave the hotel. 你在离开旅馆前必须付清各项费用把账销了再走。 I know that you have decided to leave here, but please reconsider. 我知道你已决定离开这里，不过请你再考虑考虑。 —————————————— contribute 贡献 contribute vt. 贡献，出力；投稿；捐献 vi. 贡献，出力；投稿；捐献 [ 过去式 contributed 过去分词 contributed 现在分词 contributing ] How do you plan to contribute? 你打算如何做出贡献？ How much do you contribute? 你做出了多少贡献？ So we came up with the idea that if we show people what we do, and they contribute by paying to come in, hopefully we can secure the longevity of the parrots. 所以我们想到这个主意：如果我们告诉人们我们所做的事，他们通过出钱参观保护区做一点贡献，我们就有希望保障鹦鹉的寿命了。 —————————————— jewel 珠宝 jewel n. 宝石；珠宝 vt. 镶以宝石；饰以珠宝 The French jewel thief was caught by the English police and extradited to France. 那个法国珠宝窃贼被英国的警察抓获送回法国。 A couple of days ago, the policemen yanked the man in on a small charge and began to find out about the jewel robbery. 几天前，警察以轻微罪行逮捕了那个男人并着手就珠宝抢劫案进行调查。 We can even take hold of a black disappointment, break it open, and extract some jewel of grace. 我们甚至能随便抓住一个黑色的失望，把它劈开来，从其中抽出恩典的宝石来。 —————————————— beauty 美 beauty n. 美；美丽；美人；美好的东西 Her beauty captured him. 她的美貌迷住了他。 She is a regular beauty. 她是一个十足的美人。 We shall never forget the beauty of that lake. 我们永远不会忘怀那个湖上的美景。 —————————————— liquor 酒 liquor n. 酒，含酒精饮料；溶液；液体；烈酒 vi. 喝酒，灌酒 vt. 使喝醉 His tan was pinked by a liquor flush. 喝酒后他那晒黑的皮肤透出了红色。 He carries his liquor like a gentleman. 他酒量很大, 没有丝毫醉意。 This store handles the sort of liquor you need. 这家商店出售你要的那种酒。 —————————————— significance 意义 significance n. 意义；重要性；意思 And what was the significance of that? 那么其中的意义是什么呢？ Eugenics has a biological significance. 优生学具有生物学上的意义。 We attached no significance to his statement. 我们认为他的声明毫无意义。 —————————————— fireman 消防队员 fireman n. 消防队员；救火队员；锅炉工 n. (Fireman)人名；(英)法尔曼 Why would you like to be a fireman? 为什么你愿意是一名消防队员？ A fireman accidentally discovered the cause of the fire. 一个消防队员偶然发现了起火的原因。 When people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I never said fireman or astronaut. 每当有人来问我长大了要做什麽，我从来不会说消防员或是宇航员什麽的。 —————————————— mere 仅仅是 mere adj. 仅仅的；只不过的 n. 小湖；池塘 n. (Mere)人名；(日)目连(姓)；(西)梅雷 I am a mere beginner. 我只不过是一个初学者。 We discredited the story as mere rumour. 我们把那种传闻视为纯粹的谣言。 This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 —————————————— optional 可选 optional adj. 可选择的，随意的 n. 选修科目 We will not, however, treat this project as an extracurricular or optional activity. 但是，我们不会将这个项目当作业余的或随意的活动来对待。 By making the filter optional, you can choose to filter on both filters, only one filter, or choose not to filter at all. 通过使这个过滤器变成可选的，您就能够选择启用两个过滤器、只启用一个过滤器或者不启用过滤器。 Therefore, we do not consider the inspection meeting as optional: on the contrary, the experience acquired with this case study lets us support inspection meetings. 因此，我们不需要将审查会议看作可选择的：相反，在这个案例研究中我们获得的经验是让我支持审查会议。 —————————————— immerse 浸泡 immerse vt. 沉浸；使陷入 You can immerse yourself in it and absorb it. 你可以使自己沉浸其中并消化吸收。 Their rhythm lies not in what they bring to us, but rather in what we immerse ourselves in. 它的价值不在于带给我们什么，而在于我们自己沉浸其中。 Almost every night. He would almost immerse himself in whatever kind of alcohol came in handy. 几乎每天晚上，他都让自己沉浸在随手可及的任何美酒之中。 —————————————— valid 有效的 valid adj. 有效的；有根据的；合法的；正当的 This train ticket is valid for three days. 这张车票3日内有效。 They taught me that the only valid competition is with oneself. 他们教给我，唯一有效地竞争是和自己的竞争。 It either provides information or facilitates a change to business data from one valid and consistent state to another. 它提供信息或简化业务数据从一个有效的、一致的状态向另一个状态的转变。 —————————————— volt 伏特 volt n. 伏特（电压单位）；环骑；闪避 n. (Volt)人名；(捷)沃尔特 That is one electron volt. 就是一单位的电子伏特。 If I multiply these two, what is the coulomb times a volt? 如果我把这两个乘起来，库仑乘以伏特是多少？ What people did is they said let's define a unit of energy that represents a unit charge accelerated across a unit potential difference, and let's call that the electron volt. 前人们所做的就是他们说让我们确定,一个能量单位用来代表一单位电荷,加速穿过形成的一单位电势差，我们叫它电子伏特。 —————————————— enquiry 询盘 enquiry n. [计] 询问，[贸易] 询盘 This article focuses on the claim status enquiry process. 本文将重点放在索赔状态查询流程方面。 We received the enquiry sent by an American company. 我们收到了一家美国公司的询价单。 In Hume’s “Enquiry Concerning Human Nature,” he seeks to bring insight to the masses regarding the absurdity of religious belief. 在休谟的“询问人类本性”里，他力图使群众了解宗教信仰的荒谬。 —————————————— loss 损失 loss n. 减少；亏损；失败；遗失 n. (Loss)人名；(匈)洛什；(法、德、意)洛斯 You must compensate me for this loss. 你必须补偿我的这个损失。 You must overcompensate for my loss. 你必须超常赔偿我的损失。 The policy guarantees us against all loss. 这项政策保证了我们免受全部损失。 —————————————— slogan 口号 slogan n. 标语；呐喊声 Do I start with some slogan for myself? 我应该为自己的开始喊一些口号吗？ There you can see the slogan written up on the wall. 在那儿你会看到这条标语写在墙上。 That was their slogan. 这是他们的口号。 —————————————— symptom 症状 symptom n. [临床] 症状；征兆 Any other symptom? 有别的症状吗？ So, you must have to observe for the first symptom. 所以，你必须观察这些说谎的第一征兆。 With so many products on the shelves, you can no longer buy just by brand or symptom. 面对货架上的那么多的药，你可以不再只是根据牌子或症状来买药了 。 —————————————— injure 伤害 injure vt. 伤害，损害 Try not to injure the roots of trees and plants. 请尽量不要伤害到树木和植物的根系。 But when you use American weapons on your people, you injure us, too. 但是当您将美国的武器加之于您的国民，您同样伤害了我们。 If you try to make any moves you will injure yourself and the airplane. Just stay quiet. 如果你试图做任何动作，你会伤害自己和这架飞机，只需保持安静。 —————————————— apt 恰当的 apt adj. 恰当的；有…倾向的；灵敏的 n. (Apt)人名；(法、波、英)阿普特 It was an apt comment. 这是一个恰当的评论。 If he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyer's cases. 如果某人不善于详细查看事物， 仅限于用一事物去和另一事物对比、解释的话， 就让他去见识见识律师怎么办案子。 Though Anna Jarvis never married and never had kids, she is also known as the Mother of Mothers Day, an apt title for the lady who worked hard to bestow honor on all mothers. 虽然安娜贾维斯从未结婚，从未发生过，她也是作为母亲节母亲，一个恰当的标题为夫人谁努力在所有已知的母亲赐予荣誉的孩子。 —————————————— flee 逃离 flee vi. 逃走；消失，消散 vt. 逃跑，逃走；逃避 And we can emulate Jesus, who knew He had authority over Satan and commanded him to flee. 我们要努力赶上耶稣，他知道他拥有至高的权柄，能命令撒旦落荒而逃。 Others flee up through Africa towards the Mediterranean Coast and then across the Mediterranean. 有些人经由非洲北边逃离到地中海沿岸，再越过地中海。 They continue to flee their homes and nations and seek asylum because they are persecuted for being who they are. 他们因为自己生就的天性而被迫害，继续逃离他们的家园和国家寻求庇护。 —————————————— knife 刀 knife n. 刀；匕首 vt. 用刀切；（口）伤害 vi. 劈开；划过 Her heart stabbed as with a knife. 她的心有如刀绞一般被刺痛。 The knife cuts very well. 这把刀切起来很快。 He wrested the knife from the murderer. 他拼命从凶手手中夺下了刀。 —————————————— bow 弓 bow n. 弓；鞠躬；船首 vi. 鞠躬；弯腰 vt. 鞠躬；弯腰 adj. 弯曲的 n. (Bow)人名；(东南亚国家华语)茂；(英)鲍 They refused to bow force. 他们拒绝在暴力面前低头。 He swept her a bow. 他潇洒地向她一鞠躬。 He tried to bow his fiddle but always missed. 他试着用弓拉小提琴，但总是拉偏了。 —————————————— reduction 减少 reduction n. 减少；下降；缩小；还原反应 Is there any complexity reduction to be done in this area? 在这一领域是否已经完成了一些降低复杂度的工作？ These improvements were enabled by the reduction in defects. 这些改善是由于缺陷减少所带来的。 We are now seeing a trend towards the reduction of exports by China. 我们现在注意到一个趋势，那就是中国的出口在减少。 —————————————— overtake 超越 overtake vt. 赶上；压倒；突然来袭 vi. 超车 Overtake it or miss it for ever. 追上它抓住它，否则就永远失去了它。 We managed to overtake the last train. 我们设法赶上了末班火车。 They promised to overtake us in this forest. 他们保证能在这个林子里追到我门的。 —————————————— elephant 大象 elephant n. 象；大号图画纸 A trunk distinguishes the elephant. 长鼻是象的特征。 So the part of the elephant I experience applies what we know about people and how we apply that to UX design. 所以，我体验的那部分的大象就是我们对人的了解和我们将我们的了解应用于用户体验设计。 Big extinct birds such as the giant moa,thunderbirds and elephant birds all left eggshells behind them. 像恐鸟、雷鸟和象鸟这样已经灭绝的鸟类都留下了它们的蛋壳化石。 —————————————— catalog 目录 catalog n. [图情][计] 目录；登记 vt. 登记；为…编目录 vi. 编目录；按确定价格收入目录（等于catalogue） Next, upload the files to the catalog. 接下来，将文件上传到目录。 A picture of a cat on a log is a rebus for catalog. 谜画中有一只猫(cat)站在一根木头上，谜底是catalog。 I looked over the catalog you gave me this morning, and I'd like to discuss prices on your computer speakers. 今天早上我已经详细看过你给我的目录了。 我想讨论有关你们计算机扬声器的价格。 —————————————— business 业务 business n. 商业；[贸易] 生意；[贸易] 交易；事情 He drummed up some business for our company. 他为我们公司拉到了一些生意。 They folded the business after only two month and with great loss. 他们开业才两个月，因巨大亏损而把生意给停了。 His business went under because of competition from the large corporations. 由于大公司的竞争，他的生意陷入了困境。 —————————————— fur 皮毛 fur n. 皮，皮子；毛皮；软毛 n. 水垢 vt. 用毛皮覆盖；使穿毛皮服装 n. (Fur)人名；(法)菲尔；(瑞典)富尔 She splurged 30 thousand on a fur coat. 她花了三万元买了一件裘皮大衣。 She chattered on and on about her new fur coat. 提起她的新皮大衣，她就没完没了地絮叨起来。 She has replenished a leather [fur] coat recently. 她最近添置了一件皮袄。 —————————————— defy 藐视 defy vt. 藐视；公然反抗；挑衅；使落空 n. 挑战；对抗 We had to defy them whatever the cost. 无论付出什么代价，我们都得对抗他们。 In the mobile world we have devices that require us to defy those practices. 在移动世界，我们有设备要求我们挑战这些实践。 We have this instinctual response to people who defy social conventions in a way that threatens the group. 我们对于公然反抗社会传统，威胁到群体的人会有这种本能的反应。 —————————————— shave 刮胡子 shave vi. 剃须，剃毛 vt. 剃，削去；修剪；切成薄片；掠 n. 刮脸，剃胡子；修面；<口>侥幸逃过，幸免；剃刀，刮刀 I need [want] a shave. 我要修面。 As I tend to shave my chin last, I asked him why. 但我却倾向于最后刮下巴，所以我问他这是为什么。 I have to shave. 我得刮刮胡子。 —————————————— suitcase 手提箱 suitcase n. [轻] 手提箱；衣箱 He jammed his clothes into a black suitcase. 他把衣服塞进了一只黑手提箱。 She checked her suitcase in at the service desk. 她在服务台把手提箱寄存起来。 Do you think I can jam all these clothes in this suitcase? 你觉得我能把所有这些衣服塞进这个手提箱吗? —————————————— fix 修复 fix vt. 使固定；修理；安装；准备 vi. 固定；注视 n. 困境；方位；贿赂 n. (Fix)人名；(英、法、德、瑞典)菲克斯 You will fix this in the next step. 您将在下一步中修复此问题。 We'll just have to do without a car until they fix it. 在他们把汽车修理好之前，我们只好没有汽车而设法对付过去。 This series will look at how we got the bathrooms we have, What's wrong with them, and what we have to do to fix them. 这个系列将会关注我们是怎么得到我们现在所有的盥洗室，它们有什么毛病，我们应该怎么修理它们。 —————————————— vapour 蒸汽 vapour n. 蒸气（等于vapor）；水蒸气 The hot vapour spouted from a rusted pipe. 热蒸汽从一个生了锈的管子里喷了出来。 While other physicists have shown that passage through a vapour of chiral molecules can affect the spin polarization of electrons, the effect is minuscule compared with what is seen with DNA. 虽然其他物理学家已经证明，电子通过手性分子蒸气会影响其自旋极化。 但相较于DNA链实验给出的极化率而言，此效应的影响微不足道。 “Efficient” irrigation, though, is often used to describe systems that result in 85% of the water disappearing in vapour. 而“有效”灌溉通常指的都是一些让85%的水最终以水汽的形式逸散的作法。 —————————————— simulate 模拟 simulate vt. 模仿；假装；冒充 adj. 模仿的；假装的 If you attempt to simulate this process with 10 total tokens for each input, the simulation appears to work. 如果尝试对每个输入总共使用 10 个令牌来模拟此流程，模拟似乎可以工作。 This test application should simulate some part of the functionality of the APIs and applications to handle the raised interrupts. 这个测试应用程序应该模拟部分 API 和应用程序的功能来处理所触发的中断。 A significant advantage of models is that you can use them to simulate system behavior. 模型的一个重要的优势是，您可以使用它们来模拟系统行为。 —————————————— intention 意图 intention n. 意图；目的；意向；愈合 I advertised him of my intention. 我把我的打算告知他。 Good intention alone is not enough. 光有好的意愿还不够。 His silence threw out his real intention. 他的沉默显露出了他的真实意图。 —————————————— meat 肉 meat n. 肉，肉类（食用） We feed our dogs on fresh meat. 我们用新鲜的肉喂我们的狗。 He gorged himself on meat. 他肚子里塞饱了肉。 She allowed herself no meat and sweets. 她克制自己不吃肉和糖果。 —————————————— money 钱 money n. 钱；货币；财富 n. (Money)人名；(英)莫尼；(西、法)莫内 He entrusted his money to me. 他把他的钱托付给我。 She guzzled away all her money. 她把她的钱财都大吃大喝光了。 They diced away all their money. 他们掷骰子把钱都输光了。 —————————————— spite 尽管 spite n. 不顾；恶意；怨恨 vt. 刁难；使恼怒 He was there on the stroke in spite of the rain. 尽管下雨， 他还是准时到了。 We adhered to our original plan of swimming in spite of the bad weather. 尽管天气恶劣，我们仍然坚持按预定计划游泳。 In spite of her good salary, she measured out every dollar needed for household expenses. 她的工资尽管不错，但在家务开支上每一块钱她也要算一算。 —————————————— subsidy 补贴 subsidy n. 补贴；津贴；补助金 But the subsidy would not discourage their consumption. 但是，这些补贴不能阻碍消费。 The great advantage of a subsidy, indeed, from the standpoint of the public, is that it makes this fact so clear. 站在公众角度而言，补贴的最大好就是它使得财富专业的这样一个事实变得如此清晰。 If Copenhagen does not reach agreement on it we will do it next year, either via a subsidy, levy or tax. 如果在哥本哈根没有达成协议，我们明年就会自己来，不管是用补贴还是征税的方法。 —————————————— inch 英寸 inch n. 英寸；身高；少许 vt. 使缓慢地移动 vi. 慢慢前进 n. (Inch)人名；(英)英奇 It has been taken up an inch. 已经将它收短了一英寸。 When the candle was only half an inch high it flickered out and the room became dark. 蜡烛只有半英寸长时，烛光忽闪忽闪地熄灭了，于是房间一片漆黑。 She shortened the skirt by an inch. 她把裙子缩短了一英寸。 —————————————— project 项目 project vi. 设计；计划；表达；投射 vt. 设计；计划；发射；放映 n. 工程；计划；事业 Please count me in on this project. 请把我也算入这项计划的参加者。 This project involves much difficulty. 这一项目有许多困难。 I want to interest you in our new project. 他想让你热心于我们的新项目。 —————————————— politics 政治 politics n. 政治，政治学；政治活动；政纲 Politics cannot be equated with art. 政治不能同艺术等同起来。 She disinterested herself in politics. 她对政治不感兴趣。 One can't separate politics from economics. 不能把政治与经济割裂开来。 —————————————— verify 验证 verify vt. 核实；查证 We must verify his figures. 我们必须把他的数字核实一下。 I looked up the word in a dictionary to verify its spelling. 为了查证这个词的拼写方法，我从词典中查了一下这个词。 The only problem is that there is no way to verify the accuracy of those images, since only the dreamer ever "sees" them. 而唯一的问题是没有办法来检验这些图片的准确性因为只有做梦的人才曾经“看过”那些场景。 —————————————— sword 剑 sword n. 刀，剑；武力，战争 n. (Sword)人名；(英)索德 He girded his sword on. 他佩带上他的剑。 He jabbed at the tree angrily with his sword. 他生气地用他的剑猛戳那棵树。 The soldier impacted his sword into the ground. 那个战士将他的剑紧紧插入地下。 —————————————— football 足球 football n. 足球，橄榄球 vi. 踢足球；打橄榄球 Our school defeated that school at [in] football. 我校在足球比赛中打败了那个学校。 The finals of the football was held up by a heavy storm. 由于一场凶猛的暴风雨，那场足球决赛被迫停赛了。 You need to condition yourself if you are to play in the football match on Saturday. 如果你要参加星期六的足球比赛，就需要把你自己调整到最佳状态。 —————————————— sow 播种 sow vt. 播种；散布；使密布 vi. 播种 n. 母猪 n. (Sow)人名；(几、马里、乍、毛里塔、塞内)索乌 Sow the seeds before they are spiring. 在种子发芽前播种。 But do they go out weeping as they sow? 但是他们是否在播种时悲伤哭泣呢？ They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 流着眼泪播种的人，才会享受到收获时的欢乐。 —————————————— physical 物理 physical adj. [物] 物理的；身体的；物质的；根据自然规律的，符合自然法则的 n. 体格检查 Youth is the time of physical growth. 青年时期是长身体的时期。 They have cleared up the cause of the physical change. 他们已经搞清楚这个物理变化的成因。 He has always been very keen on doing physical exercises. 他锻炼身体一向很积极。 —————————————— upright 正直的 upright adj. 正直的，诚实的；垂直的，直立的；笔直的；合乎正道的 n. 垂直；竖立 In the film she was cast as a hardworking upright middleaged woman. 她在这部影片中扮演了一个勤劳正直的中年妇女。 But if we are to promote the ethics of Confucius, he was an upright and positive man of learning who believed that education was open to all. 但如果我们打算推广孔子的伦理学，他是一个正直和积极的学人，他相信教育是向所有人开放的。 Continue your love to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart. 愿你常施慈爱给认识你的人。 常以公义待心里正直的人。 —————————————— million 几百万 million n. 百万；无数 adj. 百万的；无数的 num. 百万 n. (Million)人名；(法、罗、埃塞)米利翁 The clerk was charged with embezzling $3 million from the bank where he worked. 这个职员被指控从他工作的银行盗窃了3百万美元。 If the owning rate is 15 percent, over 30 million video recorders will be needed. 如果拥有率为15％， 那么将需要3,000多万台录放像机。 So a city like Bangkok, with its 8 million residents, is quite overwhelming for someone like me. 因此，一个像曼谷这样拥有8万居民的城市，是能让我这样的人震撼的。 —————————————— routine 例程 routine n. [计] 程序；日常工作；例行公事 adj. 日常的；例行的 His routine work is to rub the coal through a sieve. 他的日常工作是用力筛煤。 This is an example of how to automate a routine activity. 下面是一个如何自动化一个日常活动的例子。 Beware of falling into the routine of coming home, turning on the TV or computer and zoning out from each other. 要小心陷入到这样的常规里，每天回到家，打开电视或者电脑，然后各自做各自的事情。 —————————————— profound 深刻的 profound adj. 深厚的；意义深远的；渊博的 This remark has profound implications. 这句话含义深刻。 Not all of your thoughts are profound. 你的思想不见得都很深刻。 And what is belief? It is a profound belief related to what you want to achieve. 那么什么是信念呢?它是一种和你想完成的事情有关的意义深远的信仰。 —————————————— web 网络 web n. 网；卷筒纸；蹼；织物；圈套 vt. 用网缠住；使中圈套 vi. 形成网 A spider can spin a web. 蜘蛛会结网。 I found this on the web. 这是我在网上找到的。 She entrapped herself in the web of her own lies. 她陷入了自己编造的谎话罗网。 —————————————— impatient 没耐心的 impatient adj. 焦躁的；不耐心的 He was impatient of all this waiting. 他等得心急了。 The impatient drivers were beeping their horns. 不耐烦的司机们在按喇叭发嘟嘟声。 One thing I’ve noticed is that when people have to wait, they become impatient or uncomfortable. 我注意到一件事，就是当人们在等待的时候，人们会变的没有耐心、焦躁不安。 —————————————— gleam 线 gleam n. 微光；闪光；瞬息的一现 vi. 闪烁；隐约地闪现 vt. 使闪烁；使发微光 There is no gleam of hope. 没有一线希望了。 Their hope did not last long; the gleam was quickly eclipsed. 希望没有延长多久，微光很快就消逝了。 Missing from mainstream coverage of Syria's uprising: love, hope and the gleam in the eyes of Syrian people awake as never before. 尽管错过了叙利亚起义主流，但叙利亚人民的爱心，希望和闪烁在人民眼中的光芒从未如今天一样被唤醒。 —————————————— stuff 的东西 stuff n. 东西；材料；填充物；素材资料 vt. 塞满；填塞；让吃饱 vi. 吃得过多 Why do they want all of this stuff? 为什么他们想要以上这些东西？ I like my stuff. 我喜欢我的东西。 Don't regurgitate the stuff given in the textbook. 不要照背课本中的东西。 —————————————— rig 钻井平台 rig n. 装备；钻探设备；服装；[船] 帆装 vt. 操纵；装配；装扮；装上索具 By and large it is their own leaders who have chosen to prevent, rig or disregard elections, for fear that if Arabs had a say most would vote to throw the rascals out. 总的来说，选择阻止、操纵或者是无视选举的人正是他们的领导人自己，因为他们害怕一旦阿拉伯人有了话语权，大部分人会投票把这些流氓领袖赶下台。 But it took a team of engineers to rig it up. 但是这需要一个工程师团队来操纵它。 The oil slick resulted from an accident at the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico. 这片浮油是由于处于墨西哥湾的“深海地平线”钻井平台的一次事故造成的。 —————————————— polar 极地 polar adj. 极地的；两极的；正好相反的 n. 极面；极线 n. (Polar)人名；(德、西)波拉尔 Well, what is the equation of this circle in polar coordinates? 那么，这个圆方程在极坐标系下相当于什么呢？ This image shows part of a polar crater that still holds on to some summer ice, as well as beautiful sand dunes sculpted by the wind. 这张照片展示了某个极地陨坑，陨坑中还保存着一些夏季冰的痕迹，在风的作用下形成了一些美丽的沙丘。 Yet, while not wanting to begrudge the polar bear his ice, we should be at least somewhat concerned at this recent shift in thinking. 然而，虽然我们并不想希望北极熊失去它的冰，我们至少应该对近期的这些意识上的转变有一点担心。 —————————————— versatile 多才多艺的 versatile adj. 多才多艺的；通用的，万能的；多面手的 He is a nimble and versatile wit. 他是一个机敏而又多才多艺的才子。 The more versatile the tool, the less you can predict how people will use it. 这个工具越多才多艺，你越难以预计人们可以用它来做些什么。 In this article, you learned how to create a very versatile OBEX client application. 在这篇文章中，学习了如何创建通用的 OBEX 客户机应用程序。 —————————————— change 改变 change vt. 改变；交换 n. 变化；找回的零钱 vi. 改变；兑换 We cannot change the past. 我们无法改变过去。 Tennis players change round every two games. 网球运动员每两局交换一次场地。 Not only is the position of the earth changing but the earth itself is undergoing change. 不但地球的位置在变化， 而且地球本身也在经历着变化。 —————————————— pessimistic 悲观 pessimistic adj. 悲观的，厌世的；悲观主义的 But he is pessimistic. 但他是悲观的。 On your second question, I think you're too pessimistic. We should be optimistic about it. 关于你的第二个问题，我认为你太悲观了，我们还是应持乐观态度。 And it is right to be pessimistic about what would happen if this dream were fulfilled — but for the wrong reasons. 并且，它对于永生的梦想实现后将会发生的事情，持完全悲观的态度——但却是出于错误的理由。 —————————————— consecutive 连续 consecutive adj. 连贯的；连续不断的 Two consecutive tasks in a business model may use different business items as the output and input. 业务模型中的两个连续任务可以使用不同的业务项作为输出和输入。 You may want to set up some more complex patterns, such as defining a minimum time between two consecutive builds, or only triggering a build after a certain number of changes. 您可能想要建立一些更为复杂的模式，比如在两个连续的构建之间定义一个最短时间，或者仅在一定数量的变化之后触发某个构建。 For several consecutive Fridays after that, she stated she was experiencing the Passion of Christ, supposedly suffering in her own body along with all his historic agonies. 在这之后的连续几个星期五，她说，她正在经历基督的受难史，据说她的身体遭受了他曾经遭受的一切痛苦。 —————————————— castle 城堡 castle n. 城堡；象棋中的车 vt. 置…于城堡中；筑城堡防御 n. (Castle)人名；(英)卡斯尔 We advanced towards the castle. 我们朝城堡前进。 The castle lies on a hilltop. 这个城堡座落在山顶上。 The king hight them to attack the castle. 国王命令他们向城堡发起进攻。 —————————————— cease 停止 cease vi. 停止；终了 vt. 停止；结束 n. 停止 Alright, and as for ‘the end of all of this, ’ have you ever seen anything in this world just cease to be? 好吧，至于‘所有这一切的终点’，你看到过这个世界中什么东西终止存在了吗？ We do not say to the world: Cease your struggles, they are foolish; we will give you the true slogan of struggle. 我们并不对这个世界说：‘停止你们的斗争吧，那都是愚蠢的’，而是给它一个真正的斗争口号。 Perhaps you may say that it would be rather a pity if Christian education were to cease, because you would then get no more Rationalists. 有人或许会说，停止基督教教育实在是一件很可惜的事情，因为那样的话你就只不过是个理性主义者了。 —————————————— gentle 温柔的 gentle adj. 温和的；文雅的 vt. 使温和，使驯服 n. 蛆，饵 n. (Gentle)人名；(英)金特尔 Jane is of such a gentle nature. 简的性格十分温柔。 Nothing can ruffle her gentle disposition. 她的温和性格使她遇到任何事情都不会恼火。 The long cruel winter came to an end at last, yielding to a gentle warm. 漫长的严冬终于接近尾声，被柔和温暖的气候所取代。 —————————————— virgin 维珍 virgin adj. 处女的；纯洁的；未经利用的，处于原始状态的 n. 处女 Which made me a virgin with no end in sight — a daunting predicament. 这样我还是一个处女，但视野没有尽头——一个退缩的困境。 No wonder so many men—in this country and around the world—are obsessed with finding a virgin. 难怪在这个国家以及世界各地有那么多男人都那么着迷于找到一个处女。 As if that wasn't enough, the biggest reason to stay a virgin was because sex is sacred —it creates life, and therefore is an act that unites us with God. 好像那样还不充分，保持处女的最大的原因是因为性是神圣的——它产生生命，所以那是一个把我们与上帝联合在一起的行为。 —————————————— disturbance 干扰 disturbance n. 干扰；骚乱；忧虑 The disturbance was repressed at last by the riot police. 骚乱最终被防暴警察镇压下来。 It's impossible to localize the effect of this political disturbance. 无法将这场政治骚乱的影响限制在局部范围内。 You can work in here without any disturbance. 在这儿你可不受任何干扰地工作。 —————————————— warehouse 仓库 warehouse n. 仓库；货栈；大商店 vt. 储入仓库；以他人名义购进（股票） The large warehouse backs on to the river. 这大货栈背朝江河。 I stored up the old furniture in the warehouse. 我把旧家具存放在了仓库里。 Bales of cotton were piled up in the warehouse. 大捆大捆的棉花堆积在仓库里。 —————————————— modern 现代 modern adj. 现代的，近代的；时髦的 n. 现代人；有思想的人 She loves modern music. 她喜欢现代音乐。 Trade is the lifeblood of most modern states. 贸易是大多数现代国家的生命线。 He always pontificates about the evils of modern society. 他经常对现代社会的弊病大发议论。 —————————————— invasion 入侵 invasion n. 入侵，侵略；侵袭；侵犯 It annoyed him, the invasion. 这使他气恼，那个入侵。 This to me is an invasion of my space and time. 这样的打扰对于我的空间与时间是一种侵犯。 At that time the government was unwilling to resist the foreign invasion. 那时政府对外国的入侵不愿进行抵抗。 —————————————— systematic(al 系统(al —————————————— interpret 解释 interpret vt. 说明；口译 vi. 解释；翻译 Will you please interpret for me? 你能为我翻译一下吗? Would you like me to interpret for you? 要不要我来帮你翻译? So how do you interpret that? 那么，该怎么解读呢？ —————————————— contrast 对比 contrast vi. 对比；形成对照 vt. 使对比；使与…对照 n. 对比；差别；对照物 This is an example of no contrast. 这就是一个没有对比的例子。 The contrast of white and orange was so beautiful! 显然白雪和橙黄色的对比是很美丽的。 But this one does offer some contrast. 但这次要拿出来做个对比。 —————————————— multiple 多个 multiple adj. 多重的；多样的；许多的 n. 倍数；[电] 并联 You can multicast events and data from one port or flow port to multiple ports or flow ports. 您可以从一个端口或流端口到多个端口或者流端口多点传播事件和数据。 These suites have served you well throughout the development process and in multiple environments. 在整个开发过程和多个环境中，这些组合为您很好地服务。 Also note that in this window, you can specify multiple tables, but for simplicity, only choose one table. 同时注意，在此窗口中，您可以指定多个表，但为了简单起见只选择了一个表。 —————————————— its 它的 its pron. 它的 n. (Its)人名；(俄)伊茨 He emphasized its importance to me. 他向我强调它的重要性。 The child read the story but did not comprehend its meaning. 这个孩子读了这篇故事，但不能理解它的意思。 The company disseminated information about its new programmes. 公司传播有关其新计划的信息。 —————————————— shower 淋浴 shower n. 淋浴；（倾泻般出现的）一阵，一大批；阵雨 vt. 大量地给予；把……弄湿 vi. 淋浴；下阵雨 I always shower after getting up. 起床后我总是洗个淋浴。 A cold shower always refreshes us in summer. 在夏天洗个冷水淋浴就会使我们感到凉爽。 A shower of heavy rainfall was pelting on the roof of my house. 一阵大雨重重地打在我的屋顶上。 —————————————— endure 忍受 endure vt. 忍耐；容忍 vi. 忍耐；持续 They could endure much pain. 他们能忍受很多痛苦。 Rather than being hoodwinked, I would endure anything. 除了受骗以外，我什么都可以承受。 A voice asks whether she is prepared to endure cold, hunger, mockery, prison and death, all of which await her on the other side. 一个声音询问她是否为忍受寒冷、饥饿、嘲笑、牢狱和死亡准备好了，所有的一切都在她的对面等待她。 —————————————— flower 花 flower n. 花；精华；开花植物 vi. 成熟，发育；开花；繁荣；旺盛 vt. 使开花；用花装饰 n. (Flower)人名；(英)弗劳尔 The bud develops into a flower. 蓓蕾会渐渐发育成为花朵。 This soap has a delicate, flower like fragrance. 这种肥皂有一股花一般的芳香。 These birds have plucked all the flower heads off. 这些鸟把所有的头状花序都给啄掉了。 —————————————— jet 飞机 jet n. 喷射，喷嘴；喷气式飞机；黑玉 adj. 墨黑的 vt. 射出 vi. 射出；[航] 乘喷气式飞机 A jet plane flashed by. 一架喷气式飞机在空中掠过。 The aircraft is powered by three jet engines. 这架飞机由三台喷气发动机驱动。 I guess most of the crew forgot about that jet that had us in its sights. 我猜想机组的大多数人现在已经忘掉那架置我们于其视距的喷气机。 —————————————— tide 潮 tide n. 趋势，潮流；潮汐 vt. 随潮漂流 Our boat gently dropped down with the tide. 我们的小船慢慢随潮顺流而下。 Whoever goes against the tide of history will come to no good end. 凡是逆历史潮流而动的人， 都没有好下场。 The Labour Party swept into on a tide of discontent over rising prices. 在人们对物价上涨不满的浪潮中，工党轻而易举地重新当选执政。 —————————————— cabin 小屋 cabin n. 小屋；客舱；船舱 vt. 把…关在小屋里 vi. 住在小屋里 n. (Cabin)人名；(法)卡班 The cabin was built of logs. 这小屋是用圆木造的。 The new paratrooper was almost kicked out of the cabin. 新来的伞兵几乎是被踢出机舱的。 During the fire, he was trapped under the cabin and was suffocated to death. 火患发生时， 他被困在舱底下窒息而死。 —————————————— good 好 good adj. 好的；优良的；愉快的；虔诚的 n. 好处；善行；慷慨的行为 adv. 好 n. (Good)人名；(英)古德；(瑞典)戈德 What good can they get from this? 他们能从这里捞到什么好处呢? You should not disparage good manners. 你不应该轻视好的风度。 Everyone helped and it was good that they did. 每个人都来帮忙，这样做是件好事。 —————————————— indeed 事实上 indeed adv. 的确；实在；真正地；甚至 int. 真的（表示惊讶、怀疑、讽刺等） He was indeed supported by your remarks. 你的话确实给了他很大的鼓励。 Such small defects count indeed for nothing. 这种小缺点实在算不上什么。 He is indeed the One. 他的确就是“那一个人”。 —————————————— token 令牌 token n. 表征；代币；记号 adj. 象征的；表意的；作为对某事的保证的 vt. 象征；代表 When the task is complete, the number decreases as the token flows out and on to the next step. 当任务完成时，随着令牌流出并继续到达下一个步骤，活动任务实例数量减少。 She later proclaimed that all who pass under the plant would have no harm come to them, only a kiss, a token of love. 她后来宣布说所有从槲寄生下经过的人将不会受到伤害，而会得到一个象征爱情的吻。 After normalization of attributes, you can count on every token in an attribute being separated from its neighbors by whitespace. 在属性规范化后，可以依靠的属性中的每个记号是通过空白来与其邻居区分开来。 —————————————— conception 概念 conception n. 怀孕；概念；设想；开始 This conception has been rigidified. 这种观念已被僵化。 You have no conception of our needs, only what you and your master thought to be our needs. 你对我们的需要毫无概念，只有那些你和你的总领认为我们需要的。 Well, this brings me to some criticisms or at least some questions about Hobbes' conception of the laws of nature. 好，这令我产生了批判的想法,至少是一些关于霍布斯,对于自然法概念的问题。 —————————————— prisoner 囚犯 prisoner n. 囚犯，犯人；俘虏；刑事被告 —————————————— slender 纤细的 slender adj. 细长的；苗条的；微薄的 The slender stalks are weighed down with flowers. 纤细的花梗被花儿压弯了。 She was a pale, slender spirit, exalted far beyond the flesh; but nevertheless the softness of her palm persisted in his thoughts. 她是个苍白、苗条的精灵，是远远超越于肉体之外的，可她那手心的柔嫩仍在他心里萦绕不去。 Behind the rotunda the slender trees with yellow leaves down drooping, and through them just a line of sea, and beyond the blue sky gold-veined clouds. 在圆形大厅后面是垂着黄叶的细长的树木，穿过树叶可见一线大海，在那之外便是漂浮着金色纹脉白云的蓝天。 —————————————— peaceful 和平 peaceful adj. 和平的，爱好和平的；平静的 She repined for a peaceful life. 她渴望过平静的生活。 He achieved his goal by peaceful means. 他通过和平手段达到了他的目的。 Also in the Muslim countries, we have to back to the real principles of Islam as a peaceful religion, like all other religions, as a charity religion, as a democracy religion while it was before. 同样在穆斯林国家中，我们也必须还原伊斯兰教真正的原则，如同其他宗教一样，这是一种和平的宗教，一种仁慈的宗教，一种像过去那样的民主的宗教。 —————————————— principle 原则 principle n. 原理，原则；主义，道义；本质，本义；根源，源泉 You are traducing our principle. 你在违反我们的原则。 These machines work on the same principle. 这些机器按照相同的原理运转。 In any inquiry,be careful to proceed on right principle. 在任何调查中，应注意按照正确的原则行事。 —————————————— fiction 小说 fiction n. 小说；虚构，编造；谎言 Don't braid fact with fiction. 别将事实与虚构混为一谈。 Fact is inextricably commingled with fiction. 事实与虚构混杂难分。 In the story,truth was interweaved with fiction. 这篇故事中，真实与虚构交织在一起。 —————————————— production 生产 production n. 成果；产品；生产；作品 The production figures this month have topped off. 本月的生产数字已达到最高点。 In production， we demand not only quantity but also quality. 我们的产品不但要求数量多， 而且要求质量高。 Their discussion gradually rounded into a plan for ensuring safety in production. 他们的讨论逐渐发展成一项保证安全生产的计划。 —————————————— he 他 he n. 男孩，男人；它（雄性动物） pron. 他 n. (He)人名；(日)户(姓)；(朝)海；(柬)赫 He found someone on him. 他发现有人在跟踪他。 He saw you and I. 他看见你和我了。 He winked at me. 他向我使个眼色。 —————————————— ambulance 救护车 ambulance n. [车辆][医] 救护车；战时流动医院 The old man had hopped off when the ambulance reached the hospital. 当救护车开到医院时，那老人已经死了。 THE town of Alpha in Queensland, Australia, has only 400 residents, including one part-time ambulance driver and a lone policeman, according to Mark Imber of Waratah Coal, an exploration firm. 据沃勒塔勘探煤炭公司的马克•安贝所说，澳大利亚昆士兰州阿尔法的一个小镇仅有400名居民，包括一名兼职救护车司机和一名警察。 He remembered being loaded into an ambulance. 他记得被送上一个救护车。 —————————————— fearful 可怕的 fearful adj. 可怕的；担心的；严重的 He felt like doing something fearful. 他想要做些可怕的事情。 What on earth are we fearful of, then? 我们害怕的东西到底是什么？ If a person is to tell the truth, then they should not be fearful in a way that would encourage lying in any way. 如果一个人将要说出真相，那么在某种程度上，他们就不用担心以任何方式的鼓励他们去说谎。 —————————————— undo 撤销 undo vt. 取消；解开；破坏；扰乱 vi. 撤消 If you really want to be obnoxious, you can do this because really these operators just undo themselves, right? 如果你的确有点反感，你可以这样做,因为这些操作符可以撤销它们自己，对不？ If the code performing the actions decides not to commit or cannot commit successfully, then it must roll back the transaction to undo the actions. 如果代码执行的操作决定不进行提交或者不能成功提交，那么它必须回滚该事务以取消这些操作。 You will understand the ways in which the software will get from any state to another state, and (very importantly) if you can define every operation, then you can track and undo it as well. 您将会理解软件从一个状态转到另一个状态的方式，而且（非常重要），如果您可以定义某个操作， 那么同样可以追踪并撤销它。 —————————————— silver 银 silver n. 银；银器；银币；银质奖章；餐具；银灰色 adj. 银的；含银的；有银色光泽的；口才流利的；第二十五周年的婚姻 vi. 变成银色 vt. 镀银；使有银色光泽 n. (Silver)人名；(法)西尔韦；(英、德、芬、瑞典)西尔弗 The silver spoon tarnished. 银匙失去光泽了。 Her teeth were capped with silver. 她的牙齿是包了银的。 The workers parted gold from silver in the workshop. 在车间里工人们把金子从银子中提炼出来。 —————————————— either 要么 either adj. 两者之中任一的；两者之中每一的 prep. 任何一个 conj. 也（用于否定句或否定词组后）；根本 pron. 任一，两方，随便哪一个；两者中的一个或另一个 Either you come in or you blast off. 你要么进来，要么就走开。 He was not interested in that plan,and I didn't bite either. 他对那个方案不感兴趣，我也毫无兴趣。 If you're not going, I'm not going either. 你不去， 我也不去。 —————————————— usage 使用 usage n. 使用；用法；惯例 The usage is now firmly established. 这种用法现已得到确认。 I am clear about the usage of this word at last. 这个词的用法我算是弄明白了。 This word has virtually dropped out of usage today. 这个词实际上现在已不再使用了。 —————————————— marvelous 不可思议的 marvelous adj. 了不起的；非凡的；令人惊异的；不平常的 Welcome to the marvelous world of data mapping, where every rule has an exception. 欢迎来到奇妙的数据映射世界，这里的每条规则都有例外。 It is all the same God, and that God showed me that the universe in which we live is a beautiful and marvelous mystery that is connected together forever and for always. 他们所谈的是同一个上帝，这位上帝向我展示了我们生活在其中的这个宇宙的美丽和奇妙的神秘，它们关联在一起，永永远远。 All the initial parameters of the system quickly converge upon termination, when history tells us human society is a system that displays marvelous continuing expansion. 系统的所有初始参数迅速向着终点汇聚，可历史却告诉我们，人类社会是一种显示非凡的不断膨胀的系统。 —————————————— cover 封面 cover vt. 包括；采访，报导；涉及 n. 封面，封皮；盖子；掩蔽物;幌子，借口 vi. 覆盖；代替 n. (Cover)人名；(英)科弗；(意)科韦尔 He tore at the cover of the parcel. 他用力撕包裹的封皮。 The cover of the parcel won't tear. 这包裹的封皮扯不开。 The leather cover of the new dictionary was embellished with gold letters. 这部新词典皮革封面上装饰着金字。 —————————————— grade 年级 grade n. 年级；等级；成绩；级别；阶段 vt. 评分；把…分等级 vi. 分等级；逐渐变化 n. (Grade)人名；(英)格雷德；(法、德、西、葡、塞、瑞典)格拉德 I am one grade below him. 我比他低一年级。 The clever boy jumped the fifth grade in school. 那个聪明的男孩跳过了小学五年级。 The parents want their child to skip to the second grade. 这家父母希望他们孩子能跳级到二年级。 —————————————— guard 警卫 guard n. 守卫；警戒；护卫队；防护装置 vi. 警惕 vt. 保卫；监视 n. (Guard)人名；(英)格尔德 The Chicago Bull bought a new guard. 芝加哥公牛队新雇了一名后卫。 The guard rebounded off the backboard. 后卫抢到篮板弹回的球。 The two stone lions, of grotesque shape, guard the entrance. 两只形态奇异的石狮子守卫着入口处。 —————————————— gaol 监狱 gaol vt. 监禁 n. 监狱 On September 28, 1830, before a crowd of thousands, Frank Knapp was hanged in front of Salem Gaol. 1830年9月28日，当着数千人的面，弗兰克·克纳普被吊死在萨勒姆监狱前面。 A policeman was escorting a prisoner to gaol when his hat was blown off, " shall I run and get it for you?" 一个警官押送一个犯人去拘留所， 这时他的帽子被风吹跑了， “我可以去拿还给你吗？” All were detained in the Salem Gaol, a grim edifice of granite blocks, iron-barred windows and brick-walled cells. 所有人都被拘禁在萨勒姆监狱中，这是一栋花岗岩砌成的大楼，铁窗森严，石壁牢固。 —————————————— government 政府 government n. 政府；政体；管辖 She was a woman of high position in the government. 她曾是个在政府中占有重要位置的女人。 Her special job is to liaise with government officials. 她的特殊任务是和政府官员取得联系。 Every member of the government plumped for the premier’s new suggestion. 政府每一位成员都坚决支持总理的新建议。 —————————————— sign 标志 sign n. 迹象；符号；记号；手势；指示牌 vi. 签署；签名 vt. 签署；示意 The sign “+” expresses addition. 符号 “+” 表示“加”。 This is an unusual sign. 这是一种不寻常的迹象。 Sign out before you exit the building. 离开大楼前签名登记离开。 —————————————— context 上下文 context n. 环境；上下文；来龙去脉 Can you guess the meaning of the word from the context? 你能从上下文猜出那词的意思吗? But we do need to be very careful about how we use them, and in what context. 但是在什么语境下和如何使用这些语词和概念我们应该特别加以小心。 With these functions, we can find out everything about the trigger or its context. 通过这些函数，我们可以查明关于触发器及其上下文的所有信息。 —————————————— authoritative 权威的 authoritative adj. 有权威的；命令式的；当局的 Except,I mean,you could use it, but not use it as authoritative. 我的意思是你可以使用它，但不要把它当作权威。 I’m not an expert and this is not authoritative or exhaustive, but hopefully you find it interesting. 本人非专家，以下非权威性分析，也不全面，但我还是希望你们能够觉得有趣。 And this means for Hobbes, first of all, adopting his book as the authoritative teaching on moral and political doctrine in the universities. 鉴于此，霍布斯的首要任务，是把他的著作作为权威的教学方式,在大学里讲授道德和政治学说。 —————————————— keyboard 键盘 keyboard n. 键盘 vt. 键入；用键盘式排字机排字 vi. 用键盘进行操作；作键盘式排字机排字 He hammered out “NO” on the keyboard. 他在键盘上用力敲出“不”字。 What do you think of the keyboard on this laptop? 你觉得这种笔记本电脑的键盘怎么样？ Look at the keyboard of any standard typewriter or computer. 看看任何标准的打字机或计算机的键盘。 —————————————— hurricane 飓风 hurricane n. 飓风，暴风 The hurricane devastated a large section of the coast. 飓风毁坏了沿海地区的大部分。 The hurricane demage was assessed at three million dollars. 飓风损害赔偿金的金额被确定为三百万美元。 The building can accommodate all of the offshore workers and protect them from hurricane damage. 这个建筑能容纳所有的海上工人并且保护他们不受飓风的伤害。 —————————————— beneath 下 beneath prep. 在…之下 adv. 在下方 Her cheeks grew hot beneath the gaze of so many eyes. 在众目睽睽之下， 她的脸红了。 The fortress on the hill covered the harbour area beneath. 山上的炮楼把下面的海港地区置于射程之内。 Across the world, forests and the soil beneath them absorb about a quarter of all carbon emissions. 纵观全球，森林与它们脚下的土壤能吸收大约碳排放总量的四分之一。 —————————————— phenomenon 现象 phenomenon n. 现象；奇迹；杰出的人才 How do you explain this phenomenon? 这种现象怎样解释? An eclipse is an interesting phenomenon. 日[月]蚀是一个有趣的现象。 How will this phenomenon change society and business? 这种现象将会怎样改变社会和商业？ —————————————— bicycle 自行车 bicycle n. 自行车 vi. 骑脚踏车 vt. 骑自行车运送 He lent his bicycle to me. 他把自行车借给我用了。 The man bumped me off the bicycle. 那人把我从自行车上撞下来。 He buckled his satchel on to his bicycle. 他把他的书包扣在他的自行车上。 —————————————— acre 英亩 acre n. 土地，地产；英亩 That was in 1958, and the government paid sixty dollars an acre. 那是在1958年，政府以六十美元一英亩的价格付了款。 It was about one acre in his garden, hedged in for planting vegetables. 他的花园中大约有一英亩的土地被他用树篱围了起来，用作蔬菜的耕种地。 He gets fewer cacao trees to the acre by planting inside the forest. But he avoids the drawbacks other farmers struggle with when they grow cacao trees on more open land. 在森林的种植中他仅得到了很少的土地用来种植可可树，但尽量避免在更加开放的土地上种植可可树这会与其他农民发生争执。 —————————————— worthless 一文不值 worthless adj. 无价值的；不值钱的；卑微的 Let out the secret and it is worthless. 戳破这窗户纸就一文不值。 He chucked his money away on a worthless plan. 他把钱白白花在一个毫无价值的计划上。 Their proposals are all worthless and designed out of sinister motives. 他们的建议不仅一钱不值， 而且包藏祸心。 —————————————— shatter 粉碎 shatter vt. 粉碎；打碎；破坏；破掉；使散开 vi. 粉碎；损坏；落叶 n. 碎片；乱七八糟的状态 Whitaker knows, and let that, so Nature counsels, comfort you, instead of enraging you; and if you can't be comforted, if you must shatter this hour of peace, think of the mark on the wall. 惠特克是知道的。 大自然忠告你说，不要为此感到恼怒，而要从中得到安慰；假如你无法得到安慰，假如你一定要破坏这一小时的平静，那就去想想墙上的斑点吧。 What’s great about expectations is that when you can shatter them, you create impact. 期望很好的一方面是当你粉碎这个期望的时候，你会引起反响。 If a singer hits a pitch that matches the frequency of one glass, the glass might absorb so much acoustic energy that it will shatter; the other glasses remain unaffected. 如果一个歌手唱到一定的音高，那么与之频率相对应的酒杯就会共振，有时杯子吸收了太多的能量而碎掉，但是其他的杯子却安然无恙。 —————————————— turnover 营业额 turnover n. 翻覆；[贸易] 营业额；流通量；半圆卷饼；失误 adj. 翻过来的；可翻转的 The store greatly reduced the prices to make a quick turnover. 这家商店实行大减价以迅速周转资金。 Please indicate your annual turnover, as this gives a sense of scale to the potential partnership you might form with the UN. 请注明您企业的年营业额，因为这会为您与联合国构建潜在的合作关系给出规模上的理解。 Velocity refers to speed, turnover, or movement. 周转率指速度、营业额，或者运动。 —————————————— powder 粉 powder n. 粉；粉末；[化工][军] 火药；尘土 vt. 使成粉末；撒粉；搽粉于 vi. 搽粉；变成粉末 What is the powder made of? 这些粉是由什么做成的？ The face powder adheres well to the skin. 这种扑面粉附着力强。 This machine grinds up these rocks into powder. 这部机器把这些石块磨成粉末。 —————————————— worship 敬拜 worship n. 崇拜；礼拜；尊敬 vt. 崇拜；尊敬；爱慕 vi. 拜神；做礼拜 What day did they worship on? 他们在什么日子做礼拜？ Whatever is at the center of your life is what you worship. 你的生活中心无论是什么都是你所崇拜的那个。 You pretend that this black hole which you worship exists. 你假装你崇拜的这个黑乎乎的洞是存在的。 —————————————— review 审查 review n. 回顾；复习；评论；检讨；检阅 vt. 回顾；检查；复审 vi. 回顾；复习功课；写评论 Superior courts may review decisions of lower courts. 高级法院可复审下级法院的判决。 The critic padded out the review with quotes from the author. 评论家引用作者的原文将他的评论写得极长。 First, review what you can expect to learn from this tutorial and how you can get the most out of it. 首先，检阅一下您期望从本教程中学习到什么，以及您如何才能最大限度地学到更多的知识。 —————————————— previous 以前的 previous adj. 以前的；早先的；过早的 adv. 在先；在…以前 He revoked his previous decision. 他改变了以前作出的决定。 She expressed agreement with the previous speaker. 她表示同意前一位发言人的意见。 The lawyer cited a previous case to support his argument. 这位律师援引了一个以前的案例来证实他的论断。 —————————————— annual 年度 annual adj. 年度的；每年的 n. 年刊，年鉴；一年生植物 They met at an annual convention in New York. 他们在纽约年会上会面。 We'll row the champion in the annual race this year. 今年我们将在年度划船比赛中与冠军保持者进行比赛。 It is the custom of this academy to make an annual award for outstanding researchers in chemistry. 每年向杰出的化学研究人员发奖是这个学会的惯例。 —————————————— affirm 确认 affirm vt. 肯定；断言 vi. 确认；断言 They affirm some personal rights for the slave, but not all. 他们肯定奴隶有一些人权，但不具备全部的。 Maybe was looking to me to affirm whatever that was, if only I could tune into it. 或许她是在向我确认那是什么，要是我能感受到那些想法就好了。 Every boy, as he grows up, wants to have his manhood affirmed and the most important person to affirm it is his dad. 在每个男孩的成长中，都想要证明他的男子汉气质，能肯定男孩的最重要的人就是他的父亲。 —————————————— advent 出现 advent n. 到来；出现；基督降临；基督降临节 With the advent of apps, though, it’s become more like my religion. 随着应用程序的出现，它变得更像我的信仰。 When I met him in 2002, he seemed mostly depressed by the advent of the Web. 2002年我遇到他的时候，他看起来似乎对网络的到来没有一点欣喜。 For these patients, our treatment options effectively go back to the era that predates the advent of antibiotics. 对于这类患者，我们的治疗选择实际上回到了抗生素出现以前的时期。 —————————————— nowadays 现在 nowadays adv. 现今；时下 n. 当今 News flies about rapidly nowadays. 现在消息传播很快。 He is a good player, as players go nowadays. 照目前一般水平而言，他是个好选手。 Nowadays tractors are used even in remote mountainous regions. 现在连偏僻的山区也用上了拖拉机。 —————————————— sophisticated 复杂的 sophisticated adj. 复杂的；精致的；久经世故的；富有经验的 v. 使变得世故；使迷惑；篡改（sophisticate的过去分词形式） So there are more sophisticated approaches, some of them are mechanical. 那么这里还有更复杂的方法，有的人是无意识的。 Most of these are not suitable for sophisticated UI evaluation but can serve you well for simulation and analysis of performance. 其中大多数并不适合于复杂的 UI 评估，但是它们可以很好地应用于模拟和性能分析。 I added statements to print to standard out, but why not use a more sophisticated logging mechanism to keep track of which files have been uploaded and when? 我增加了打印到标准输出的语句，但是为什么不采用一个更加成熟的日志机制来记录文件上载的时间和地点？ —————————————— flexible 灵活的 flexible adj. 灵活的；柔韧的；易弯曲的 We should stick to the principles and be flexible as well. 既要有原则性， 也要有灵活性。 In this way, you can be flexible in understanding the binding requirements. 以这样的方式，在理解绑定需求的时候你可以很灵活。 Are these the signs of a flexible man, a pragmatist rather than an ideologue? 这些是一个灵活的人，一个实用主义者而非理论家的标志吗？ —————————————— successor 的继任者 successor n. 继承者；后续的事物 Son and successor of David. 大卫的儿子和继承者。 The King designated Hussein as his successor. 国王选定侯赛因为他的接班人。 His successor inherited a lot of problems from him. 他的继任者从他手中接过不少问题。 —————————————— propel 推动 propel vt. 推进；驱使；激励；驱策 And scientists believe that making stone tools helped propel that evolution. 而科学家认为，制造石器帮助推进这种进化。 Once in space, ion engines steadily propel a spacecraft until it travels faster than it would have using a chemical rocket. 一旦进入太空，离子发动机将稳步推进航天器，最终达到的速度会比使用普通火箭的更高。 This little spheroid sports thousands of tiny hairs around the outer edge of its body called cilia that propel it at lightning speeds through freshwater scum. 这个小小的球状体的身体外壳上有着上千条细小的发丝，叫做纤毛，推进它以闪电般的速度穿行于淡水泡沫中。 —————————————— account 账户 account n. 账户；解释；账目，账单；理由；描述 vi. 解释；导致；报账 vt. 认为；把…视为 His account contradicted itself. 他的解释自相矛盾。 You must account to father what you have done. 你必须把你的所作所为对父亲解释清楚。 She credited your account with the amount of the cheque. 她把支票款项记入你的账户的贷方。 —————————————— headache 头痛 headache n. 头痛；麻烦；令人头痛之事 The headache excruciated her. 头疼折磨着她。 He was constantly tormented with headache. 他不断受到头痛的折磨。 A walk in the fresh air soon conjured her headache away. 在新鲜空气中散步奇迹般地消除了她的头痛。 —————————————— injection 注射 injection n. 注射；注射剂；充血；射入轨道 In either case, you have now set up your dependencies for injection. 不论使用哪个容器，现在已经设置了注入的依赖项。 Thus, throughout this article and the next, I refer to this style of coding as dependency injection. 所以，贯穿本文和下一篇文章，我都把这种形式的编码称为依赖注入。 Who had given me the injection? 是谁给我注射了这一针？ —————————————— pack 包 pack n. 包装；一群；背包；包裹；一副 vt. 包装；压紧；捆扎；挑选；塞满 vi. 挤；包装货物；被包装；群集 n. (Pack)人名；(英、德)帕克 The leader drew away from the pack. 那领头的马同群马拉开了距离。 A pack of wolves went ravening about in the forest. 一群狼在森林中到处觅食。 They ramped and raged like a pack of trapped beasts. 他们像一群被围困的野兽，张牙舞爪，暴跳如雷。 —————————————— pocket 口袋里 pocket n. 口袋；钱；容器 vt. 隐藏；忍受；将…放入衣袋 vi. 形成袋或囊 adj. 小型的，袖珍的；金钱上的 He wadded his cap into his pocket. 他把帽子卷紧塞进口袋。 The man abstracted a pen from my pocket. 那人从我口袋里偷去了一支笔。 If I calmly pocket the abuse, I'll be laughed at. 如果我平静地忍受这种辱骂，我会被耻笑的。 —————————————— norm 规范 norm n. 标准，规范 Those who believe that transparency has inherent value, or that it should be the norm, may initially have difficulties with this approach. 那些相信透明有着内在价值或认为其应该成为规范的人，对于这个方法一开始可能都会有困难。 Is uniqueness an asset or liability? Can you accept others when they behave differently from what you consider to be the norm? Do you love your own uniqueness? 与众不同到底是种优点还是种羁绊？你能接受那些在你看来与你的行为准则相左的人吗？你喜欢你自己的独特之处吗？ While in real life you hardly talk to strangers, here you get it as a social norm. 在现实生活中你几乎很少和陌生人说话，而这种事在这里成为一种社交规范。 —————————————— priest 牧师 priest n. 牧师；神父；教士 vt. 使成为神职人员；任命…为祭司 n. (Priest)人名；(英、德)普里斯特 He anointed the new high priest. 他在授予圣职仪式上给新的高级牧师涂圣油使他神圣化。 The weary priest droned a prayer. 疲惫不堪的牧师喃喃地念祷词。 He is the high priest of Israel and he teaches me about the Lord. 伊莱是以色列的高级教士，是他教会了我与上帝有关的一切。 —————————————— cube 多维数据集 cube n. 立方；立方体；骰子 vt. 使成立方形；使自乘二次；量…的体积 n. (Cube)人名；(瑞典、德)库贝 This way, I implicitly defined the outside of the cube as the front face and the inside as the back face. 通过这样的方式，也就隐式地将立方体的外部定义为正面，而将内部作为背面。 Looking at the cube from the front, you might assume that you always see the outside, but what if you could open the box? 从正前方查看立方体时，您总是会认为自己看的仅仅是外部，但如果盒子能打开呢？ We could help the quality by adding more triangles to each side of the cube. 可以为立方体的各边添加更多的三角形，从而提高其显示质量。 —————————————— careless 粗心的 careless adj. 粗心的；无忧无虑的；淡漠的 n. (Careless)人名；(英)凯尔利斯 A careless driver is a danger to the public. 粗心的驾驶员对于公众是一种危险。 My son often makes careless mathematics mistakes by pointing off the wrong figures. 我儿子在做数学题时经常出现粗心的错误，把小数点点错位。 The character was obviously wrong but he didn't pick it out. It shows how careless he was. 这么明显的错字他都没看出来，可见他很粗心。 —————————————— liquid 液体 liquid adj. 液体的；清澈的；明亮的；易变的 n. 液体，流体；流音 You have added too much liquid to the mixture. 你给这混合物加进了过多的液体。 All substances, whether they are gaseous, liquid or solid, are made of atoms. 一切物质，不论它们是气体、液体还是固体， 都是由原子构成的。 The first bubbles to escape from the liquid are a mixture of air and hydrogen. 从该液体中最先逸出的气泡是空气和氢的混合物。 —————————————— lorry 卡车 lorry n. （英）卡车；[车辆] 货车；运料车 n. (Lorry)人名；(法、德)洛里 His bicycle collided with a lorry. 他的自行车撞在一辆卡车上。 My car buckled up when it struck the lorry. 我的汽车撞上了运货卡车后毁坏了。 They tried to hush up the matter they hijacked a lorry driver. 他们想尽各种方法掩盖他们曾抢劫过一名卡车司机的事实。 —————————————— namely 即 namely adv. 也就是；即是；换句话说 In this part, we take a look at a special type of architecture, namely, business architecture. 在此部分，我们将了解一种特殊的体系结构类型，即业务体系结构。 In the next article in this series, I will explain another commonly misunderstood aspect of SOAP which is responsible for many interoperability issues, namely, data encoding. 在这个系列的下一篇文章中，我将解释 SOAP 经常被曲解的另一个方面，即数据编码，它造成了许多互操作性问题。 And this is where the second dimension of the problem comes in, namely the formal and informal monitoring systems intended to ensure scientific quality. 这也就是科学欺诈问题的第二个层次，即如何用正式的和非正式的监督机制来确保科学的质量。 —————————————— official 官方 official adj. 官方的；正式的；公务的 n. 官员；公务员；高级职员 You'd better declare the camera to the official. 你最好把照相机向海关官员申报纳税。 The reporter trapped the official into giving away a secret. 记者用计诱使那个官员泄露了一个秘密。 This passport has to be signed before the official can validate it. 这个护照必须先行签署，官方才能确认其有效。 —————————————— pressure 压力 pressure n. 压力；压迫，[物] 压强 vt. 迫使；密封；使……增压 He would not knuckle down under their pressure. 他不会在他们的压力下屈服的。 We will never capitulate to pressure from outside. 我们永远不会屈服于外界的压力。 He refused to give the document up, even under pressure. 即使受到压力，他仍拒绝交出文件。 —————————————— pink 粉红色的 pink n. 粉红色；化身，典范；石竹花；头面人物 vt. 扎，刺，戳；使…变粉红色；使…面红耳赤 vi. 变粉红色 adj. 粉红的；比较激进的；石竹科的；脸色发红的 n. (Pink)人名；(英、德、匈)平克；(法)潘克 These pink dresses are moving slowly. 这些粉红色的衣服卖得不快。 She was hatted a big white straw hat to match her pink dress. 她戴了一顶白色的大草帽来配搭那件粉红色的连衣裙。 Each item in a pair was identical to the other except for its colour: one was always pink, the other either green, blue, yellow or orange. 每对物件除了颜色之外都一模一样，其中一个总是粉红色的，另一个则可能是绿色、蓝色、黄色或者橙色。 —————————————— uphold 维护 uphold vt. 支撑；鼓励；赞成；举起 It is one that, as President, I consider a moral obligation to uphold. 这是一项，作为总统，我认为是我要维护的神圣职责。 Germany will continue to firmly uphold the one-China policy and such a policy will never be changed under any circumstances. 德国将继续坚定不移地坚持一个中国政策。 无论出现什么情况，这一政策都不会改变。 We uphold our most cherished values not only because doing so is right, but because it strengthens our country and keeps us safe. 我们维护我们最珍视的价值观，不仅仅因为这样做是正确的，还因为它令我们的国家变的强大，令我们变的安全。 —————————————— platform 平台 platform n. 平台；月台，站台；坛；讲台 Our train departs from platform 3. 本次列车从3号站台发车。 He backed up to the loading platform. 他(把车)倒退到装货平台。 The two pieces of wood were lashed together to form a platform. 两块木头被用绳子绑在一起做成了一个平台。 —————————————— tame 驯服 tame adj. 驯服的；平淡的；乏味的；顺从的 vt. 驯养；使变得平淡；制服 vi. 变得驯服 n. (Tame)人名；(捷)塔梅 Avoid initiating contact with a wild animal, even if it seems tame or you believe it to be vaccinated. 避免与野生动物密切接触，即使它看起来很驯服，即使你相信它已经接种了疫苗。 Sure, but the future numerous times they have to spend together, they have to tame the beast over-confident. 当然，在将来他们必须生活在一起，他们必须驯服自己心中过于自信的野兽。 "Please-- tame me!" he said. “请你驯服我吧！” 他说。 —————————————— analysis 分析 analysis n. 分析；分解；验定 My speech started with the situation analysis. 我以形势分析开始了我的演说。 The comment only slammed but had no analysis at all. 该篇评论只是在漫骂，根本没有分析评论。 His analysis really hit home. I had never seen myself in that light before. 他的分析的确击中要害， 我自己从未有过那样的见解。 —————————————— prospective 未来的 prospective adj. 未来的；预期的 n. 预期；展望 Prospective employers like to see what you have written. 未来的老板愿意看你所写过的东西。 Some are well placed to benefit from a prospective squeeze on space. 一些开发商已经准备好从预期的拥挤空间中受益。 We receive prospective results in the experiment. 我们在实验中得到了预期的结果。 —————————————— chimney 烟囱 chimney n. 烟囱 Smoke was pouring from the chimney. 烟不断从烟囱里冒出来。 If the flue overdraws, all the heat goes right up the chimney. 如果风管抽风过度的话，热量就会从烟囱直接跑掉了。 There is a bird fluttering about inside the chimney, how can we get it out? 烟囱里有一只鸟在扑打着，我们如何才能把它取出来? —————————————— explosive 爆炸 explosive adj. 爆炸的；爆炸性的；爆发性的 n. 炸药；爆炸物 The bomb and other explosive exploded. 炸弹和其他爆炸物爆炸了。 They rammed an explosive charge home and detonated it by remote control. 他们装好炸药，然后以遥控的方式将其引爆。 The explosive mixture in a rocket consists of both a fuel and a supply of oxygen. 火箭中的爆炸性混合物由燃料和氧气构成。 —————————————— bump 撞 bump n. 肿块，隆起物；撞击 vi. 碰撞，撞击；颠簸而行 vt. 碰，撞；颠簸 adv. 突然地，猛烈地 n. (Bump)人名；(英、西)邦普 There was no bump, no sound, nothing. Yet I know it was there, and I had driven over it. 虽然没有撞击，没有声音，什么动静都没有，但我知道它的存在，而且我从它的身上飞驰而过。 Though they are the largest and most widely scattered objects in the universe, galaxies do go bump in the night. 虽然它们是宇宙中最大和最空旷的物体，星系们还是会在夜空里撞在一起。 Modify the dimensional shift parameters to be highly sensitive, and every significant bump, drop, or shake can be recorded. 修改空间移位参数使其具有高灵敏度，任何较大的撞击、坠落或震动都会被记录下来。 —————————————— morning 早.... morning n. 早晨；黎明；初期 We go mushrooming every morning. 我们每天早上去采蘑菇。 He rambled in the park every morning. 他每天早晨在公园中遛弯儿。 They take the air in the park every morning. 他们每天早上在公园里呼吸新鲜空气。 —————————————— acquire 收购 acquire vt. 获得；取得；学到；捕获 The robot can acquire the object. 机器人能捕获该物体。 Freedom is something we all want, but many of us are not sure how to acquire it, or even what we mean by it. 或者你有财务上的困扰吗？ 自由是我们都想得到的，但我们当中很多人都不确信如何才能获得，甚至不知道它意味着什么。 Since his love is conditional, I can do something to acquire it, I can work for it; his love is not outside of my control as motherly love is. 既然他的爱是有条件的，我可以采取一些办法去获取它，我可以为之而努力；他的爱像母爱一样，并没有越出我的控制力。 —————————————— lamb 羊肉 lamb n. 羔羊，小羊；羔羊肉 vt. 生小羊，产羔羊 vi. 生小羊，产羔羊 n. (Lamb)人名；(英)兰姆；(德)兰布 I like lamb, too. 我也喜欢小羊肉。 Though lamb may be good, it is difficult to cook it to suit everyone's taste. 羊羔虽美， 众口难调。 Also, the Afghan culinary tradition is very tolerant in replacing meat in pilaf. You can change lamb in the meal with every kind of meat, except pork. 并且，在阿富汗的厨房传统中对于肉饭里肉类的更换是很宽容的，你可以把羊肉换成其它任何一种肉，猪肉除外。 —————————————— press 新闻 press vt. 压；按；逼迫；紧抱 vi. 压；逼；重压 n. 压；按；新闻；出版社；[印刷] 印刷机 n. (Press)人名；(英、德、俄、西、瑞典)普雷斯 He felt the press of modern life. 他感觉到现代生活的压力。 Don't press your opinions upon her. 不要紧逼她接受你的意见。 Press this button to start the engine. 要开动发动机就按这个按钮。 —————————————— genetic 遗传 genetic adj. 遗传的；基因的；起源的 This susceptibility might not be due merely to ethnic genetic differences. 这种易感性可能不仅仅是由于民族遗传差异。 One biologist developed a formula for how much genetic material would have to be to saved in the act of altruism for it to be worthwhile. 一位生物学家发展了一套公式，用来计算到底有多少遗传物质可以被保留下来的时候，利他的行为才是值得的。 So what is the genetic algorithm? 那么什么是遗传算法呢？ —————————————— faculty 教师 faculty n. 科，系；能力；全体教员 He spoke on behalf of all the members of the faculty and staff. 他代表全体教职员工讲了话。 He was one of a group of the faculty there who won a scholarship to study business in Canada through CIDA. 有一组南开教员通过加拿大开发署获得了在加学习商业的奖学金，李是其中的一位。 But what accounts for this peculiar faculty? 但什么是这种罕见的能力的原因呢？ —————————————— threaten 威胁 threaten vt. 威胁；恐吓；预示 vi. 威胁；可能来临 The clouds threaten snow. 乌云预示着要下雪。 Do you mean to threaten? 你是想威胁吗? Our military ties threaten no third party. 我们的军事关系， 不威胁任何第三方。 —————————————— turbulent 动荡不安的 turbulent adj. 骚乱的，混乱的；狂暴的；吵闹的；激流的，湍流的 The ship breasted the turbulent seas. 船顶着汹涌的海浪前进。(或：船破浪前进。) The present international situation remains tense and turbulent. 当前的国际局势依然紧张动荡。 In these turbulent times, there is only one answer: unity of purpose. 在这动荡的时刻，答案只有一个：统一目标。 —————————————— gauge 计 gauge n. 计量器；标准尺寸；容量规格 vt. 测量；估计；给…定规格 What gauge of wire do you require? 你需要什么规格的电线? His response will help you gauge what you should say next. 他的反应可以帮你衡量你接下来应该说的话。 Gauge values can go up and down. 测量值可能上升和下降。 —————————————— mankind 人类 mankind n. 人类；男性 A new age for mankind is dawning. 一个人类的新时代正在出现。 Asia is one of the places where mankind originated. 亚洲是人类的发源地之一。 One of writer's favourite themes is the fraternity of mankind. 作家最喜欢写的一个主题是人类的博爱。 —————————————— memory 内存 memory n. 记忆，记忆力；内存，[计] 存储器；回忆 n. (Memory)人名；(英)梅默里 All these facts were stored in his memory. 这些事都贮存在他的记忆之中。 This visit will always remain in my memory. 这次访问将永远留在我的记忆中。 That happy day will be for ever embedded in my memory. 那个幸福的日子将永远留在我的记忆中。 —————————————— blend 混合 blend vt. 混合 vi. 混合；协调 n. 混合；掺合物 Water does not blend with oil. 水和油不能混合。(或：水油不相融。) We blend that tea by mixing chamomile with pekoe. 我们用甘菊和香红茶混合调制成那种茶。 These cigarettes are a blend of the best tobaccoes. 这种香烟是用几种最好的烟草混合制成的。 —————————————— declaration 宣言 declaration n. （纳税品等的）申报；宣布；公告；申诉书 Another war declaration was handed down by the government. 政府又颁布了另一项战争宣言。 Who's the first man to subscribe to the Declaration of Independence? 谁是第一个在“独立宣言”上签名的人? We agree, and we seek to uphold this and the other Articles of the Declaration. 我们同意，并且我们试图拥护人权宣言上这一项和其它的内容。 —————————————— insane 疯狂的 insane adj. 疯狂的；精神病的；极愚蠢的 The doctor certified him insane. 医生确诊他精神失常。 Insane pumpkin carving of the Predator. 疯狂的南瓜雕刻——食肉动物。 Often, border police thought he must be insane. Some said they would permit him to cross, but not his motorcycle. 通常，边防警察都会认为他是一个精神病，有些人说，他们允许他过去，但不允许他的摩托车过去。 —————————————— burial 埋葬 burial n. 埋葬；葬礼；弃绝 adj. 埋葬的 The estimated time of burial was placed in the early Tang Dynasty. 埋藏的时间估计在唐朝早期。 So if you want to become part of the dirt you will go into, consider a simpler and closer to nature way of burial. 所以，如果你想成为你将融入的泥土的一部分，那你可以考虑一种更简单的、更接近自然的埋葬方式。 A thousand pounds of metal is an enormous amount of wealth in this era. To waste so much of it in a burial is pretty unusual. 在那个时代，一千磅的金属材料是一笔数额巨大的财富，耗费这么多的材料用来埋葬是相当不寻常的。 —————————————— gain 获得 gain n. 增加；利润；收获 vt. 获得；增加；赚到 vi. 增加；获利 n. (Gain)人名；(英、匈、法)盖恩 So what do you gain by this? 这样做可以得到什么呢？ What you lose in income you will gain in experience. 你在收入方面的损失将会从获得的经验中得到补偿。 Some persons gain goal and direction from their tensions and actually do better because of them. 一些人从他们的紧张中获得目标和方向，实际上却因此做得更好。 —————————————— pathetic 可怜的 pathetic adj. 可怜的，悲哀的；感伤的；乏味的 What do you mean "pathetic"? 你说“可怜”是什么意思？ I can think of a thousand way to end your miserable pathetic life, but why bother? 我可以想象用一千种方法来结束你可怜可悲的生命，但我干吗费事儿？ "I suppose every filmmaker has the naive, even pathetic dream that his film could be the one that finally stops a war, " said Maoz. 我猜每个电影导演都有这样一个幼稚的、可怜的梦想，梦想自己的电影可以最终制止一场战争。 —————————————— escape 逃避 escape vt. 逃避，避开，避免；被忘掉；被忽视 vi. 逃脱；避开；溜走；（气体，液体等）漏出；（未受伤或只受了一点伤害而）逃脱；声音（不自觉地）由…发出 n. 逃跑；逃亡；逃走；逃跑工具或方法；野生种；泄漏 The prisoners attempted to escape but failed. 囚犯们企图逃跑， 但是失败了。 Once being in danger of life, he would hit on the way to escape. 一旦到了有生命危险的关键时刻，他总能灵机一动想出逃脱的方法。 He thought of inculpating his brother to escape punishment himself. 他想归罪于他的兄弟以避免自己受罚。 —————————————— moon 月亮 moon n. 月亮；月球；月光；卫星 vi. 闲荡；出神 vt. 虚度 n. (Moon)人名；(瑞典)莫恩；(柬)蒙；(英)穆恩；(缅)孟 The moon eclipses the sun. 日食(或：月球遮住太阳)。 A troubled hound was baying the moon. 一条受惊不安的猎狗正在对月狂吠。 A cloud drifted by and covered the moon. 飘过来一片云彩挡住了月亮。 —————————————— implement 实现 implement vt. 实施，执行；实现，使生效 n. 工具，器具；手段 How do we implement this? 那我们怎么来执行呢？ How do you implement this practice? 您如何执行这个实践？ Otherwise, you would have to implement this feature yourself. 否则，您就需要自己想办法实现这个特性。 —————————————— addition 除了 addition n. 添加；[数] 加法；增加物 Therefore, these components are not affected by the addition of this field. 因此，这些组件不受添加这个字段的影响。 The addition of this mechanism means that you have more flexibility to create test cases. 这种机理的添加意味着您在创建测试用例时有更多的灵活性。 But what I do? I just separated, do I do the addition first or do the multiplication first? 那么我该怎么办？我就是要做一个分割，应该先做加法呢,是先做乘法呢？ —————————————— destined 注定 destined adj. 注定的；命定的；去往…的 v. 注定（destine的过去式和过去分词） Those who can draw lessons from failure are destined for success. 那些能从失败中吸取教训的人是注定会成功的。 Some revert to the letter of the gospel law: Since these people have heard the literal words of the gospel and refused to name the Name, they are destined for hell. 一些回复的信福音:因为这些法律人都听过福音的直译的话,拒绝的名字叫什么,它们都是注定下地狱的。 Perhaps we are only destined to dream of only flying without wings and never do it. 也许我们命中注定只能在梦中做无翼飞行，而在现实中永远叶做不到。 —————————————— raid 突袭 raid n. 袭击；突袭；搜捕；抢劫 vi. 对…进行突然袭击 vt. 袭击，突袭 n. (Raid)人名；(阿拉伯)拉伊德 They were going to raid Warsaw the next day. 他们将于次日袭击华沙。 The air-raid alarm went on drilling away from the gate. 从大门不停地传来刺耳的空袭警报。 Proletarian, be aware of the raid to the USSR planned by the carrion crows! 无产者们，要看到由吃腐肉的乌鸦计划的突袭苏联行动！ —————————————— efficient 非常高效。 efficient adj. 有效率的；有能力的；生效的 But how can we be more efficient? 可是我们怎么才能更有效率呢？ I've been looking out for an efficient teaching method. 我一直在寻求一种有效的教学法。 One fax machine in the world can do nothing, but if everyone has one, they build an increasingly efficient network of communications. 如果世界上只有一台传真机没什么用，但是如果每人一台，它们就会成为一个有效的传播网络。 —————————————— listen 听 listen vi. 听，倾听；听从，听信 n. 听，倾听 All those present to listen to her sad story were moved to tears. 凡在场听到她悲酸身世的人无不感动得流泪。 I'll run the whole tape through again. Please listen to it carefully. 我把这盘磁带从头至尾再放一遍，请仔细听。 The machinist pressed his ear to the instrument in order to listen and tell where the abnormal sound came from. 机械师把耳朵紧贴在仪器上想听出和找出反常的声音出自何处。 —————————————— disable 禁用 disable vt. 使失去能力；使残废；使无资格 I will disable it again after the migration. 我将在迁移结束后再次禁用它。 We can disable this behavior by defining the closure to be static. 我们可以通过将闭包定义为静态闭包禁用此行为。 Therefore, for performance reasons, you might be tempted to disable all diagnostics during normal operation of the system. 因此，出于性能方面的原因，您可能希望在系统正常运行期间禁用所有诊断功能。 —————————————— extract 提取 extract vt. 提取；取出；摘录；榨取 n. 汁；摘录；榨出物；选粹 In this case, you can use an extract. 在此情况下，您可以使用提取。 Wood ashes are leached to extract lye. 木炭被滤过以提取碱液。 Language teachers often extract examples from grammar books. 语言教师常从语法书里摘录例子。 —————————————— sanction 制裁 sanction n. 制裁，处罚；认可；支持 vt. 制裁，处罚；批准；鼓励 The church would not sanction his second marriage. 教会不会认可他的第二次婚姻。 In the service of the empress, this inept chauffeur faced no legal sanction for the mishap. 由于服侍太后，这位无能的司机在这场车祸中没有受到任何法律的制裁。 The new restrictions “do not exhaust our opportunities to sanction Iran, ” she said. 她说，新的限制措施“并未用尽我们制裁伊朗的机会”。 —————————————— profile 配置文件 profile n. 侧面；轮廓；外形；剖面；简况 vt. 描…的轮廓；扼要描述 vi. 给出轮廓 You can then export this profile so that other users can simply import the profile. 您可以输出这个轮廓，这样其他用户仅仅只需要输入这个轮廓即可。 I like to profile people in what they are doing and how they can help others. 我喜欢以人们正在做的事儿和他们帮助别人的方式来描述他人。 Profile class and enumerations are not supported in this release; therefore, they do not show up in the wizard. 配置文件类和列举在这个释放中是不被支持的；因此，它们不会显示在这个向导中。 —————————————— poem 诗 poem n. 诗 You need to touch up the poem. 你需要给这首诗润色一下。 The poem was all the rage then. 这首诗在当时十分流行。 Her latest poem has remarkable depth. 她最近的那首诗极有深度。 —————————————— subsidiary 子公司 subsidiary adj. 附属的；辅助的 n. 子公司；辅助者 The projects, which will be operated by subsidiary Exelon Generation Co., could power nearly 184, 000 homes, according to Energy Department figures. 这些项目将由艾斯能发电有限公司经营的子公司，近184,000家能电力，根据能源部的数字。 Employees of the subsidiary would have military experience and top security clearances. 该子公司的员工要具备军事经验，并拥有最高安全许可。 Some viewers in Japan and the United States already can surf the Web via their TV sets, and Microsoft subsidiary Web TV plans the same for Britain. 一些日本和美国的电视观众已经可以通过他们的电视来上网冲浪，微软的子公司环球网电视计划在英国同样实行这一举措。 —————————————— holiday 假期 holiday n. 假日；节日；休息日 vi. 外出度假 n. (Holiday)人名；(英)霍利迪 We'll holiday to China this summer. 今年夏天我们将去中国度假。 She is all perked out in her holiday clothes. 她穿着节日服装，从上到下打扮得漂漂亮亮。 We learned a lot of things from holiday courses. 我们从假期开设的课程中学到了许多东西。 —————————————— policeman 警察 policeman n. 警察，警员；[分化] 淀帚（橡皮头玻璃搅棒） He tried to corrupt the policeman with money. 他设法用金钱向警察行贿。 The thief withered under the stare of the policeman. 小偷在警察的逼视下显得惶恐不安。 I think he must be a policeman, he keeps fishing for information. 我想他肯定是警察，他不断地转弯抹角地打听消息。 —————————————— occupation 占领 occupation n. 职业；占有；消遣；占有期 But Afghanistan is scarred by decades of war and occupation. 但是阿富汗发生战争和被占领了近十年。 I remember one particular time, during the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, when he had been away for longer than usual. 有一次我记得特别清楚，那是在苏联占领阿富汗的时候，他离开家的时间比以往更长一些。 If you define a complex type describing a person, there will be many elements in the type, for the name, date of birth, address, occupation, and so on. 如果您定义一个用来描述人的复杂类型，那么类型中会有很多元素，比如针对姓名、出生日期、住址、职业等的元素。 —————————————— recognize 识别 recognize vt. 认出，识别；承认 vi. 确认，承认；具结 We have to recognize this. 我们必须认识到这一点。 He walked along in the shadows hoping no one would recognize him. 他在暗处向前走， 希望没有人能认出他来。 But I recognize him! 但是我还认识他！ —————————————— wing 翼 wing n. 翼；翅膀；飞翔；派别；侧厅，耳房，厢房 vt. 使飞；飞过；空运；增加…速度；装以翼 vi. 飞行 n. (Wing)人名；(英、印尼)温 But not over the wing. 但不要是在靠机翼的窗边。 The wing of the plane broke away in mid-air and the plane crashed. 那架飞机的机翼在空中脱落，飞机坠毁了。 I said, You think those parking spaces off the West Wing are yours, but they belong to the American people, and you have to earn the right to use them. 我说；“你们认为白宫西翼的停车场属于你们，但真正拥有它们的是美国人民，你们必须用实力去争取使用它们的权利。” —————————————— nightmare 噩梦 nightmare n. 恶梦；梦魇般的经历 adj. 可怕的；噩梦似的 I had a nightmare last night. 我昨夜做了一个恶梦。 He is troubled by [with] nightmare. 他为噩梦所折磨。 And it can be all those things, but it can also be a bit of a nightmare if you do everything wrong. 它可以是所有的那些好事情，但是如果你做错了什么的话，它也可以是一小段恶梦。 —————————————— foster 福斯特 foster vt. 培养；养育，抚育；抱（希望等） adj. 收养的，养育的 n. (Foster)人名；(英、捷、意、葡、法、德、俄、西)福斯特 He is going to run against Foster. 他准备与福斯特竞选。 Foster an enterprise culture of safety and security. 培育一个安全和可靠的企业文化。 If you have this quality in your relationship already, perhaps you can foster it so you can hold onto it. 如果在这段关系中你已经具备了这种能力，也许你可以培养它，因此掌握它。 —————————————— sober 清醒的 sober adj. 冷静的，清醒的；未醉的 vt. 使严肃；使醒酒，使清醒 n. (Sober)人名；(英)索伯 These bloody lessons would sober most people down. 这些血的教训总会令大多数人清醒了吧。 The lessons learned at the cost of blood helped to sober us. 血的教训使我们的头脑清醒了。 For us there is no reality nor for you either you sober locks. 对我们而言，不存在现实，对你,或者对你清醒的锁。 —————————————— fund 基金 fund n. 基金；资金；存款 vt. 投资；资助 n. (Fund)人名；(德)丰德 They clubbed a fund of money for poor children. 他们为贫穷的孩子们募集了一笔资金。 We donate to the school endowment fund every year. 我们每年向学校的捐赠基金捐款。 We have raised a five-thousand-pound fund for the Red Cross. 我们为红十字会筹集了一笔五千镑的资金。 —————————————— atomic 原子 atomic adj. 原子的，原子能的；微粒子的 When was the atomic age ushered in? 原子时代是什么时候开始的? The atomic icebreaker reeved the icebergs. 原子破冰船穿过冰山之间向前航行。 Electrons weigh very little, so they aren't even counted in the atomic weight. 电子非常轻，因此在原子量中甚至没有计算它。 —————————————— literature 文学 literature n. 文学；文献；文艺；著作 Are you majoring in English Literature? 你主修的是英国文学吗? The subject boasts of an extensive literature. 这门学科的文献极为丰富。 No man could occupy his place in French literature. 没有人能够取代他在法国文学中的地位。 —————————————— eclipse eclipse eclipse vt. 使黯然失色；形成蚀 n. 日蚀，月蚀；黯然失色 An eclipse is an interesting phenomenon. 日[月]蚀是一个有趣的现象。 Western Europe will see the beginning stages of the eclipse before moonset, while western Asia will get the later stages after moonrise. 欧洲西部将会在月落之前看到月食的开始阶段，而亚洲西部在月升之后将看到后期阶段。 The eclipse provides a crucial opportunity to fight superstitions by raising awareness to remove the fears foisted by some people and electronic media. 这次日食为我们提供了反对迷信、提高意识破除一些人和电子媒体灌输恐惧心理的重要机会。 —————————————— overcoat 大衣 overcoat n. 大衣，外套 I sprang 400 pounds for her overcoat. 给她买那件大衣，我花了400镑。 He placed his cap and overcoat on a chair. 他把帽子和大衣搁在一张椅子上。 She removed all the grease stains from her overcoat. 她把她大衣上所有油渍都去掉了。 —————————————— rat 老鼠 rat n. 鼠；卑鄙小人，叛徒 vi. 捕鼠；背叛，告密 n. (Rat)人名；(法、意、印、瑞典)拉特；(泰)叻 Rat-fleas communicate a disease to man. 鼠蚤会把疾病传染给人。 The hungry rat ravened down the poison bait. 饥饿的老鼠一口吞下毒饵。 But critics of the Princeton study say the findings are inconsistent — some of the rat groups, after all, showed no differences in weight gain. 但是普林斯顿研究所的评论家说这些发现是前后矛盾的，有一些鼠群在体重增加方面始终没有任何区别。 —————————————— undoubtedly 毫无疑问 undoubtedly adv. 确实地，毋庸置疑的 This is undoubtedly important. 这无疑是重要的。 Excess calories and fat undoubtedly contribute to this epidemic but another factor is that many manufactured or processed foods are not nutritionally balanced. 过多的热量和脂肪无疑对这一流行有贡献，但是另一个因素是许多加工食品并不营养均衡。 But to the extent that it celebrates black culture and nourishes black pride, it is a positive, important, undoubtedly permanent phenomenon. 但是从庆祝黑人文化和培养黑人自尊的意义上看，这无疑是一种积极的重要的恒久的现象。 —————————————— foresee 预见 foresee vt. 预见；预知 Finally, I foresee a day when I can stay at home all day. 最后，当我整天呆在家里时，我都能预见一天会发生什么。 I foresee the day when we shall read nothing but telegrams and prayers. 我预见有一天，除了电报和祷告，我们什么也读不到。 It is difficult to foresee the consequences that may arise from this action. 预见这一行动可能产生的后果是困难的。 —————————————— fancy 花俏的 fancy n. 幻想；想象力；爱好 adj. 想象的；奇特的；昂贵的；精选的 vt. 想象；喜爱；设想；自负 vi. 幻想；想象 n. (Fancy)人名；(法)方西 She got the highest score in fancy diving. 她在花式跳水中得了最高分。 The teacher's story titillated the fancy of the pupils. 老师的故事激发了学生们的想像力。 In my younger days girls never went in for cosmetics and fancy dresses. 在我们年轻时代，姑娘们从没有使用化妆品和穿花哨服装的习惯。 —————————————— example 例子 example n. 例子；榜样 vt. 作为…的例子；为…做出榜样 vi. 举例 I'll give you another example. 我再给你举另一个例子吧。 We drew courage from his example. 我们从他的榜样中得到了勇气。 I say so by way of example. 我这样说只是举例而已。 —————————————— evolve 进化 evolve vt. 发展，进化；进化；使逐步形成；推断出 vi. 发展，进展；进化；逐步形成 How will this phenomenal technology evolve, how will we adapt, and (more importantly) how will it adapt to us? 这项非凡的技术将如何发展？ 我们将如何适应它，以及（更重要地）它将如何适应我们？ But the universe as we observe it seems to evolve that way. 但宇宙貌似正如我们所观测的那样在不断地进行演变。 So the mystery is starting to clear around how diverse species with an array of features evolve. 所以围绕着拥有一系列特性的不同物种是怎么进化的谜团开始变得清晰。 —————————————— banana 香蕉 banana n. 香蕉；喜剧演员；大鹰钩鼻 n. (Banana)人名；(葡、津)巴纳纳 The area is under banana cultivation. 这个地区种植香蕉。 The banana bears two crops every year. 香蕉一年收两喷。 The technique turns the banana peel carbon into electricity. 这种技术将香蕉皮中的碳转化成电能。 —————————————— finally 最后 finally adv. 最后；终于；决定性地 His name finally came to her. 最后她想起了他的名字。 I finally beat her in that match. 我在那场比赛中最后打败了她。 She boggled at the suggestion at first,but finally agreed to do the job. 她起先对这个建议犹豫不定，但最后同意做这工作。 —————————————— candidate 候选人 candidate n. 候选人，候补者；应试者 I proposed him for (as) candidate. 我推荐他为候选人。 This candidate differed from the others. 这名候选人与众不同。 Most of them balloted against the candidate of president of the club. 他们大多数人投票反对俱乐部主席候选人。 —————————————— tunnel 隧道 tunnel n. 隧道；坑道；洞穴通道 vt. 挖；在…打开通道；在…挖掘隧道 vi. 挖掘隧道；打开通道 They blanked off the tunnel. 他们封锁了隧道。 A tunnel was to be blasted through the mountains. 一条隧道要被炸开，穿山而过。 A tunnel has been bored under the channel to link England and France. 为连接英国和法国，一条英吉利海峡隧道已被开凿。 —————————————— discriminate 歧视 discriminate vt. 歧视；区别；辨别 vi. 区别；辨别 I can discriminate right from wrong. 我能辨别是非。 He is able to discriminate good book from bad. 他具有区分优秀图书与低劣图书的能力。 The child can discriminate one thing from another. 这孩子能把一事物与另一事物区别开来。 —————————————— none 没有一个 none pron. 没有人；一个也没有；没有任何东西 adj. 没有的，一点没有的 adv. 决不，一点也不 n. (None)人名；(葡、罗)诺内；(日)野根(姓) None could outgun him. 没有人能够超过他。 None knows he's narking for the police. 没有人知道他在给警方做眼线。 None of this was discussed or communicated to me. He went his own way. 此事根本没有讨论过， 也没有通知过我， 是他独断独行。 —————————————— slope 坡 slope n. 斜坡；倾斜；斜率；扛枪姿势 vi. 倾斜；逃走 vt. 倾斜；使倾斜；扛 The tank was lumbering up a slope. 坦克正隆隆地开上一个斜坡。 The car could hardly get along on the slope. 汽车在斜坡上艰难地行进。 The slope began to ease off towards the edge of hill above. 那斜坡向上方的山边缘缓缓延伸开去。 —————————————— elbow 肘 elbow n. 肘部；弯头；扶手 vt. 推挤；用手肘推开 She dug her elbow into his ribs. 她用胳膊肘戳了一下他的肋部。 He jogged me with his elbow to give me warning. 他用肘轻推我以给我警告。 The injured man levered himself up on his elbow. 受伤者靠肘部费劲地抬起身子。 —————————————— fringe 边缘 fringe n. 边缘；穗；刘海 adj. 边缘的；附加的 vt. 加穗于 The company plans to beef up our fringe benefit. 公司打算增加我们的附加福利。 And the protests are not just a fringe phenomenon. 而抗议活动并不仅是一个边缘现象。 Monopoly unions do tend to raise the earnings and fringe benefits of workers in the industries where they exist. 垄断型工会在其存在的行业的确为提高工人的收入和附加福利做出了努力。 —————————————— instantaneous 瞬时 instantaneous adj. 瞬间的；即时的；猝发的 Only then can the user manipulate the data with the near instantaneous response of a true local application. 只有在这时，用户才能真正以本地应用程序接近即时响应的速度来处理数据。 So, the second method is almost always combined with the first, by checking the fields in instantaneous and then doing a batch validation before the form is submitted. 所以，第二种方法几乎总是和第一种方法结合在一起，先对域进行瞬时检查，然后在表单被提交之前执行批处理确认。 In today’s media world, not only is feedback instantaneous. Anyone with an Internet connection can be a publisher, can raise their voice, can tell the world what they see and what they think. 在现今的媒体世界，不仅读者反馈是即时的，任何人都可以通过因特网接入成为出版者，可以大声表达意见，可以告诉世界自己的所见所想。 —————————————— sexual 性 sexual adj. 性的；性别的；有性的 The sexual scandal will detract from the president's fame. 性丑闻将影响总统的名声。 The relationship may be sexual, but it does not have to be. 这段关系有可能涉及到性，但也不一定要如此。 The president turned aside all questions on the sexual scandal. 总统对所有关于性丑闻的问题都避而不答。 —————————————— equip 装备 equip vt. 装备，配备 They can't afford to equip their army. 他们无力装备自己的军队。 We spent several thousand dollars to equip our boat. 我们花了几千美元装备我们的船只。 If China is trying to equip every man with a car, then the demand for copper, coal, iron, gold, gas, uranium, which we also have, will be endless. 如果中国试图为每一个人配备一辆汽车，那么对于铜、煤炭、钢铁、黄金、天然气、铀的需求将是无止境的，而这些正是我们拥有的。 —————————————— elicit 引起 elicit vt. 抽出，引出；引起 And he does things I would never do. He lies to people himself, for example, to elicit the truth. 他做了一些我永远也不会做的事，比如为了引出真相，他自己都对人撒谎。 Stimulating other locations on the cortical surface might elicit a specific taste, a vivid childhood memory, or a fragment of a long-forgotten tune. 刺激其他临界面的位置可能会引起一种特定的味道、一个生动的童年回忆或一段忘却很久的曲调。 Women who cry in front of their husbands or lovers may elicit sympathy but they will make themselves less attractive to them, new research suggests. 最新研究显示，女人们在她们的丈夫或是情人面前哭泣可能会引起他们的同情，但也可能会削弱她们自身的吸引力。 —————————————— ingredient 成分 ingredient n. 原料；要素；组成部分 adj. 构成组成部分的 Start on the next common ingredient preparation. 开始准备下一种通用的配料。 But remember, none of these recipes for success will work without the key ingredient: willpower. 但请记住，这些成功的秘方在没有关键成分时都不会有效：那就是意志力。 For example, if genetic engineering simply moves a gene for a common food ingredient from one safe food crop to another, this does not expose consumers to new components in their food supply. 例如，如果基因工程单单从一种安全粮食作物的一种普通食物成分的基因转移到另一种作物，这并不使消费者受到事物供给中新成分的影响。 —————————————— mineral 矿物 mineral n. 矿物；（英）矿泉水；无机物；苏打水（常用复数表示） adj. 矿物的；矿质的 The country possesses rich mineral resources. 这个国家有丰富的矿产资源。 Or they could be trained to use weeds as indicators of the soil's mineral properties to help them manage nutrients. 或者可以训练他们使用杂草作为土壤矿物属性的指示器，从而帮助他们管理营养物质。 When these surfaces came into contact with the magnetite, an oxygen atom could be transferred from quartz to magnetite, forming a new mineral, hematite. 当这些表面和磁铁矿一接触，氧原子就能从石英砂转移到磁铁矿，形成了一种新的矿物，赤铁矿。 —————————————— choose 选择 choose vt. 选择，决定 vi. 选择，挑选 Choose any one you like. 任你挑选一个。 We have many patterns in stock for you to choose from. 我们有多种现存的式样供你选择。 The local shops have been marked in on this map so that people can choose a house in a suitable area. 这张地图已将当地的一些商店增加进去，这样人们就能在适当的地区内选择住所。 —————————————— alarm 报警 alarm n. 闹钟；警报，警告器；惊慌 vt. 警告；使惊恐 Me, I would have turned on the alarm; but not him. 要是我，我就会报警；而他自有过人之处。 The air-raid alarm went on drilling away from the gate. 从大门不停地传来刺耳的空袭警报。 Why does the rustle of sheets wake us up on some nights, but we sleep through the sound of our alarm clocks going off on others? 为什么我们在某些夜晚会被床单发出的沙沙声吵醒，却没有理会那些吵醒别人的闹钟声而睡过头呢？ —————————————— hurry 快点 hurry n. 匆忙，急忙 v. 仓促（做某事）；催促；（朝某方向）迅速移动；迅速处理 n. （英）赫里（人名） Hurry dear, coming is the bus. 快点，亲爱的，公共汽车到了。 Don't hurry, I can wait your leisure. 别急， 我可以等你有闲空时再说。 You must hurry up, or you'll be late today. 快点吧，要不然你今天准会迟到。 —————————————— currency 货币 currency n. 货币；通货 This currency exchanges at par. 这些货币平价兑换。 The currency has devalued at a rapid rate. 货币已以很快的速度贬值了。 You can change your sterling into the local currency at the airport. 你可以在机场把你的英镑兑换成当地的货币。 —————————————— edit 编辑 edit vt. 编辑；校订 n. 编辑工作 n. (Edit)人名；(罗、匈)埃迪特 We can edit them one by one. 我们可以逐一编辑它们。 It is not yet decided who will edit it. 由谁校订未决。 You can then edit, compile, and debug your project. 然后，您可以编辑、编译和调试您的项目。 —————————————— grin 露齿而笑 grin v. 露齿而笑，咧着嘴笑 n. 露齿笑 n. (Grin)人名；(法)格兰；(俄、罗、英)格林 She grinned an evil grin. 她又露出邪恶的笑容。 So why not grin? 那么，为什么不咧嘴微笑呢？ Look at him. Look at that fur, those eyes, that playful grin. 看看他，看看那皮毛，那眼睛，以及那活泼的咧嘴微笑。 —————————————— place 的地方 place n. 地方；住所；座位 vt. 放置；任命；寄予 vi. 名列前茅；取得名次 n. (Place)人名；(罗)普拉切；(法)普拉斯；(英)普莱斯 Hang it in an airy place. 把它挂在通风的地方。 He never stooped to the place like that. 他决不会堕落到去那种地方。 We have fastened on a perfect place for our holiday. 我们已经挑中了一个理想的地方去度假。 —————————————— refrain 不 refrain vi. 节制，克制；避免；制止 n. 叠句，副歌；重复 The first letter of a phrase or song refrain. 避免用一个词组或一首歌名的首字母。 Weeks later, in one of Barnett's final meetings with Google and Yahoo lawyers, he made it clear he had little patience for Google's "trust us" refrain. 几周后，在巴尼特与谷歌和雅虎的律师一次最后的会谈中，他明确表示，他几乎没有耐心再听谷歌唱“信任我们”叠句。 Or perhaps it's a pulsating refrain from Aerosmith's classic rock song “Love in an Elevator,” reminding you of well, you get the idea. 又或许是来自于史密斯飞船的摇滚歌曲“在电梯中相爱”，带着极其兴奋的副歌同时提醒你，你应该想起来了。 —————————————— ready 准备好了 ready adj. 准备好；现成的；迅速的；情愿的；快要…的 n. 现款；预备好的状态 adv. 迅速地；预先 vt. 使准备好 n. (Ready)人名；(英)雷迪 Lunch is almost ready. 午饭快准备好了。 They were ready to pinch themselves for years. 他们准备使自己过几年拮据的生活。 The cat crouched down, ready to spring on the mouse. 那只猫蹲下身来准备向老鼠猛扑过去。 —————————————— jungle 丛林 jungle n. 丛林，密林；危险地带 adj. 丛林的；蛮荒的 We went deep into the jungle. 我们走进丛林深处。 They cleaved a path through the jungle. 他们在丛林中开辟出一条路来。 Don't venture into the jungle without a guide. 没有向导，不要冒险进入丛林中。 —————————————— nationality 国籍 nationality n. 国籍，国家；民族；部落 What nationality are you? 你是什么国籍？ We were both of the same nationality. 我们俩是同一国籍的人。 For example, one bank could capture the nationality of its customers while another bank does not. 例如，一家银行可以捕获其客户的国籍，而另一家银行则不会进行此操作。 —————————————— journal 杂志 journal n. 日报，杂志；日记；分类账 The finding appears in the journal Science. 这项发现发表在《科学》期刊上。 When you have a realization, write it down in your journal. 当你有所领悟时，把它们记在你的日记里。 Somewhere in your journal, write down why you are glad you have your career, and all of the positive things it brings to your life. 在你日记中的一些地方，写下你对于你的职业感到满意的原因和所有为你的生活带来快乐的事情。 —————————————— abrupt 突然 abrupt adj. 生硬的；突然的；唐突的；陡峭的 Excuse me for my abrupt question. 请原谅我这个唐突的问题。 American officials seem not to have noticed this abrupt and dangerous change in global patterns of trade and finance. 美国官员似乎没有注意到全球贸易和金融格局发生的这个突然和危险的变化。 A severe facade rose above this door; a wall, perpendicular to the facade, almost touched the door, and flanked it with an abrupt right angle. 大门的上方便是那房屋的正面，气象庄严，一道和房屋正面垂直的墙紧靠在大门旁边，构成一个生硬的直角。 —————————————— alternate 备用 alternate vi. 交替；轮流 vt. 使交替；使轮流 adj. 交替的；轮流的 n. 替换物 The two patterns alternate over periods of two to seven years in the tropical Pacific. 在热带的太平洋地区，这两种现象的交替周期超过了两到七年。 Alternate nostril breathing optimizes both sides of your brain so you can access your whole brain, and all the benefits that go with it. 交替鼻孔呼吸能够充分利用左右大脑并提高整个大脑的使用能力，并充分利用随之而来的其他好处。 To make the tiger blink, you alternate the transparency between the two areas by locating both the areas and paths in the corresponding XML. 要让老虎眨眼，可以通过在相应的 XML 中定位这两个区域及其路径来在两个区域间交替透明性。 —————————————— ripple 涟漪 ripple n. 波纹；涟漪；[物] 涟波 vi. 起潺潺声 vt. 在…上形成波痕 n. (Ripple)人名；(英)里普尔 If this happens on a large scale, as it did in the 1930s, the ripple effect for the economy as a whole can be devastating. 如果这种情况大规模发生，就像1930年代那样，那么由此引发的涟漪效应对于整个经济来说是毁灭性的。 The ripple effects of these transitions will reach beyond the borders of their nations. 而权力过渡的涟漪效应，将会穿越边界，波及这些国家之外的地方。 Experts warn balancing the entire grid in real time is massively more complicated than occasionally reducing peak demand, and question whether ripple control could do the job. 专家们警告说，实时补偿整个电网比偶尔降低高峰需求要复杂得多，他们质疑脉动控制能否担当起这项工作。 —————————————— precede 之前 precede vt. 领先，在…之前；优于，高于 vi. 领先，在前面 Because nodes know nothing about the nodes that precede them, each node is itself the start of a list. 由于节点完全不了解它们之前的节点，所以每个节点本身都是一个列表的开始。 Because node structures go in only one direction, they know nothing about the sequence of nodes that precede them. 由于节点结构只指向一个方向，所以它们完全不了解它们之前的节点的顺序。 And if it is true, as Nietzsche claims, that a philosopher, to deserve our respect, must preach by example, you can appreciate the importance of that reply, for it will precede the definitive act. 如果真如尼采所说，一个值得我们尊敬的哲学家布道，必须举例证明之，那么您必会领悟答案的重要所在，因为它先于决定性的行动。 —————————————— discrete 离散 discrete adj. 离散的，不连续的 n. 分立元件；独立部件 Whatever course you have set for development, that course possesses discrete processes. 不论您为开发设置的什么过程，该过程拥有离散的过程。 By organizing the solution into discrete levels, architects are able to focus on a single aspect of the solution while ignoring for the moment all remaining complexities. 通过将解决方案组织到离散的层次，架构师可以将精力集中在解决方案的单个方面而忽略所有剩余的复杂性。 By organizing the solution into discrete levels, architects are able to focus on a single aspect of the solution while ignoring all remaining complexities. 通过将解决方案组织到离散的层次，架构师可以专注于解决方案的单个方面而忽略所有剩余的复杂性。 —————————————— mortgage 抵押贷款 mortgage vt. 抵押 n. 抵押 房屋抵押贷款 The bank refused to accept any mortgage on land. 银行拒绝接受任何土地抵押。 At this point, such claims have no bearing on the mortgage or housing crisis; they have bearing only on the holders of these securities themselves. 从这一点上来说，这些贷款凭证与抵押贷款或住房危机没有任何关系，他们只与拥有这些证券的持有者有关。 It is now up to the commercial banks to pass that on to their customers in the form of lower loan and mortgage rates but not all are enthusiastically willing to do that. 现在需要商业银行通过降低贷款和房贷利率来把降息的效应传导到它们的客户，但是并非所有商业银行都诚心愿意那样做。 —————————————— postulate 假设 postulate vt. 假定；要求；视…为理所当然 n. 基本条件；假定 As I postulate above, Release Engineering needs support from above to enable them to carry out the mandate to enforce consistency. 正如我前面所假定的那样，版本工程学需要获得上述支持从而执行命令来强迫执行一致性。 By definition, the universe encompasses all of space and time as we know it, so it is beyond the realm of the Big Bang model to postulate what the universe is expanding into. 据定义，宇宙包含我们所知的所有空间和时间，所以要求用大爆炸模型解释我们视界之外的宇宙超出了这个模型的限定范围。 It seems that they would look for any explanation rather than postulate a new particle. 他们似乎更愿意寻找任何可能的解释也不愿去假定存在这种新粒子。 —————————————— final 最后 final adj. 最终的；决定性的；不可更改的 n. 决赛；期末考试；当日报纸的末版 He advised them that this was his final notice. 他通知他们这是他的最后通牒。 France and Spain will meet in the soccer cup final. 法国队和西班牙队将在足球锦标赛决赛中交锋。 Education would be the best and final prevention against social evils. 教育是防止社会罪恶的最好和最终的方法。 —————————————— on 在 on adv. 向前地；作用中，行动中；继续着 prep. 向，朝……；关于；在……之上；在……时候 adj. 开着的；发生着的，正在进行中 n. (On)人名；(日)温(姓、名)；(缅、柬、印)翁 He patted me gently on the back. 他轻轻地在我背上拍了一下。 He misbehaved himself on something. 在某些事上他行为不端。 He found someone on him. 他发现有人在跟踪他。 —————————————— race 比赛 race n. 属，种；种族，人种；家庭，门弟 vt. 使参加比赛；和…竞赛；使急走，使全速行进 vi. 比速度，参加竞赛；全速行进 n. (Race)人名；(英)雷斯；(塞)拉采 Soon he fell behind in the race. 很快他在赛跑中落在了后面。 He is not going to race his horse next week. 他不打算让他的马参加下周的比赛。 They doped the horse up and it won the race. 他们给那匹马服用麻醉药(或兴奋剂)，它赢了比赛。 —————————————— eight 八 eight num. 八；八个；第八 adj. 八的 n. 八字形 We booked off after eight hour's work. 我们工作八个小时之后下班。 He slept eight hours. 他睡了八个小时。 All the workers checked on before eight o'clock this morning. 今天上午所有的工人都在八点以前到班。 —————————————— cue 提示 cue n. 提示，暗示；线索 vt. 给…暗示 n. (Cue)人名；(西)库埃 Will you cue me on my lines? 你愿意在我的台词方面给我提示吗? We can take the cue from our fears and plunge the world into chaos. 我们应该从我们的忧虑中以及世界陷入混乱中获取暗示。 In fact, you can take a cue from GCC: Maintain many sets of environment variables per application and switch from one pool to another depending on the work at-hand. 事实上，您可以从 GCC 获得一个暗示：可以为每个应用程序维护多个环境变量集合，根据手边的工作从一个集合切换到另一个集合。 —————————————— cavity 腔 cavity n. 腔；洞，凹处 In contrast to cavity QED systems, the researchers can custom tailor the circuitry in many areas. 相对于腔QED系统，研究人员可以在许多领域自定义定制电路。 Ultraviolet radiation and violent stellar winds have blown out an enormous cavity in the gas and dust enveloping the cluster, providing an unobstructed view of the cluster. 紫外线和猛烈的星际风，在气体以及包裹星群的灰尘上吹出了一个硕大的洞，（为人类）提供了一个畅通无阻的观察星群的视野。 In all lasers, light is repeatedly reflected within a mirrored cavity. 在所有的激光器中，光都在一个反射腔中重复反射。 —————————————— grand 大 grand adj. 宏伟的；豪华的；极重要的 n. 大钢琴；一千美元 n. (Grand)人名；(法)格朗；(英、瑞典)格兰德 This palace is grand. 这座宫殿很宏大。 And for all we know, this could be part of a grand tourism plan. 据我们所知，这可能是一个宏伟的观光计划的组成部分。 Sometimes we all expect our birthday to be a grand, joyous occasion and then it turns out quite flat. 有时候，我们都希望我们的生日是一个盛大、快乐的时刻，然后它变得非常平淡。 —————————————— foul 犯规 foul adj. 犯规的；邪恶的；污秽的；淤塞的 vt. 犯规；弄脏；淤塞；缠住，妨害 vi. 犯规；腐烂；缠结 n. 犯规；缠绕 adv. 违反规则地，不正当地 This is an obvious foul. 这是一次明显的犯规。 If a contestant injures himself while attempting to foul his opponent, the referee will not take any action in his favor. 如果参赛者在企图对对手犯规时弄伤了自己，那么裁判不会采取有利于他的判罚。 No harm, no foul, no guilt. 没有伤害，没有犯规，没有罪恶。 —————————————— series 系列 series n. 系列，连续；[电] 串联；级数；丛书 In some people's view, TV series is a kind of quasi-art. 在某些人看来， 电视连续剧是一种准艺术。 We share some of them with you in Part 1 of this series. 在本系列的第 1 部分我们与您共享其中的一些技巧和提示。 With this, we conclude our series of articles on this subject. 我们以这篇文章结束了关于这个主题的系列文章。 —————————————— baggage 行李 baggage n. 行李；[交] 辎重（军队的） She disencumbered him of his baggage. 她替他卸下身上的行李。 They ticketed my baggage at the airport. 在机场，他们给我的行李贴了行李条。 Their baggage was canoed across the river. 他们的行李用独木舟运过河去。 —————————————— architect 架构师 architect n. 建筑师 缔造者 But I am an architect. 但是我是一名建筑师。 They commissioned an architect to design the new library. 他们委托一位建筑师设计这座新图书馆。 The building was constructed from the design of that architect. 这幢大楼是按那位建筑师的设计建造的。 —————————————— beef 牛肉 beef n. 牛肉；肌肉；食用牛；牢骚 vi. 抱怨，告发；发牢骚 vt. 养；加强 The roast beef spread its delicious smell. 烤牛肉散发出诱人的香味。 He stabbed a piece of beef from the plate. 他从盘子里叉起一块牛肉。 Take the beef out of the refrigerator to defrost. 把牛肉从冰箱里拿出来解冻。 —————————————— cluster 集群 cluster n. 群；簇；丛；串 vi. 群聚；丛生 vt. 使聚集；聚集在某人的周围 n. (Cluster)人名；(英)克拉斯特 Do this for all nodes in the cluster. 对集群中的所有节点都这样做。 This can be done on any server of the cluster. 可以在集群的任何服务器中这样做。 Unless otherwise stated, you must run the tasks here on each and every node of the cluster. 除非特别声明，您必须在集群中的每一个节点上运行这里的任务。 —————————————— oval 椭圆形 oval adj. 椭圆的；卵形的 n. 椭圆形；卵形 n. (Oval)人名；(法)奥瓦尔 They call it the Oval Office. 他们管它叫椭圆办公室。 The leaf is oval in shape. 叶呈椭圆形。 I skipped over zero as we counted, but she confidently picked up the number and declared it an oval. 当我们数数时，我跳过了零，但我女儿很自信地说出了零，并且说零是一个椭圆。 —————————————— tube 管 tube n. 管；电子管；隧道；电视机 vt. 使成管状；把…装管；用管输送 vi. 乘地铁；不及格 Heat the glass tube to the point that it can bend. 将玻璃管加热， 以能弯曲为度。 We know they smear a liquid on the tube, but we don’t know where they secrete it from or what its chemical composition is. 我们知道它们在往玻璃管上抹一种液体，但我们不知道它们是从哪里分泌出来的，也不知道它的化学成分。 Hide items such as tins of food, tube of toothpaste, toys, shoes etc. around your house and let your kids find them. 准备一些罐头食品，几管牙膏，玩具，鞋子等等。 把它们藏在你的房子周围，让你的孩子去寻找。 —————————————— consumer 消费者 consumer n. 消费者；用户，顾客 So much of that depends on the consumer. 这在很大程度上依赖于消费者。 You know only what any consumer has to do to use the service and what any provider must do when implementing it. 您只知道任何一个消费者使用服务必须做什么，以及任何一个提供者执行它时必须做什么。 What color is the consumer when you put him on the marketplace? 你将消费者放入市场的时候，他该是什么颜色？ —————————————— curt curt curt adj. 简略的；简要的；草率的；简单粗暴的 n. (Curt)人名；(法)屈尔；(英)柯特；(德、西、芬、罗、瑞典)库尔特 “You’re just upset, ” Curt said. “你只是心情不好，”Curt说。 I didn’t want any of us to miss that game, because I knew that Curt’s career was coming to an end. 我不希望我们任何人错过赛事，因为我知道，Curt的投球生涯即将结束。 Whatever the reason, addressing the bullying of Billy has become a second job for his parents: Curt, a senior data analyst, and Penney, the owner of an office-supply company. 不管原因是什么，解决针对儿子的暴力问题成了他的父母的第二职业。 他的爸爸Curt是高级数据分析师，母亲penney是一家办公用品公司的老板。 —————————————— climb 爬 climb vi. 爬；攀登；上升 vt. 爬；攀登；上升 n. 爬；攀登 This hill is hard to climb. 这山很难爬。 He made a difficult climb. 他作了一次艰难的攀登。 The pilot of the airplane gunned his engine for a sharp climb. 飞机驾驶员为使飞机急剧上升而加大发动机的油门。 —————————————— gather 收集 gather vt. 收集；收割；使…聚集；使…皱起 vi. 聚集；化脓；皱起 n. 聚集；衣褶；收获量 n. (Gather)人名；(德)加特 He began to gather facts to develop his theory. 他开始收集论据以论证他的理论。 These little animals gather nuts from the ground in the autumn. 秋天，这些小动物把地上的坚果收集起来。 So what can we gather from this snapshot? 我们能从这张快照中收集到什么信息呢？ —————————————— retention 保留 retention n. 保留；扣留，滞留；记忆力；闭尿 In customer retention situations, the firm knows when the relationship is over. 在客户保留情况下，公司知道关系什么时候结束。 Data security, retention, and management will be part of your standards discussion as well as programming conventions. 数据安全性、保留和管理将是与标准有关的讨论以及编程约定的一部分。 If you scope variables appropriately and reduce the use of instance variables, you can reduce this kind of object retention. 如果您适当地限制了变量的范围并且减少实例变量的使用， 则可以减少此类对象保留。 —————————————— king 王 king n. 国王；最有势力者；王棋 vi. 统治；做国王 vt. 立…为王 adj. 主要的，最重要的，最大的 n. (King)人名；(德、英、葡、捷、西)金；(中)金(普通话·威妥玛)；(泰)京；(东南亚国家华语)京 The men intrigued against their king. 那些人阴谋反对他们的国王。 They divested the king of all his power. 他们剥夺了国王的所有权力。 They prostrated themselves before the king. 他们拜倒在国王的脚下。 —————————————— flood 洪水 flood vt. 淹没；充满；溢出 vi. 涌出；涌进；为水淹没 n. 洪水；泛滥；一大批 n. (Flood)人名；(英)弗勒德；(瑞典、芬)弗洛德 The flood submerged that village. 洪水淹了那个村子。 The flood swamped the whole village. 洪水淹没了整个村庄。 Flood struck the town this summer. 今年夏天该城遭受水灾。 —————————————— perhaps 也许 perhaps adv. 或许；（表示不确定）也许；（用于粗略的估计）或许；（表示勉强同意或其实不赞成）也许；可能 n. 假定；猜想；未定之事 Some sacred inspiration perhaps had come to him. 也许他得到了某种神的启示。 Straighten him out; he perhaps misunderstood what I said. 向他解释清楚，他也许误解了我的意思。 Perhaps the present concern with the values of liberal arts education portends an intellectual anemia. 现在关心大学文科教育的重要性也许意味着患了智力贫血症。 —————————————— preserve 保存 preserve vt. 保存；保护；维持；腌；禁猎 n. 保护区；禁猎地；加工成的食品 Duck eggs do not preserve satisfactorily. 鸭蛋腌制得令人不满意。 They were fighting in order to preserve their independence. 他们为了维护他们的独立而斗争 The ancient Egyptians knew ways to preserve dead bodies from decay. 古埃及人懂得保存尸体，使之不会腐烂的方法。 —————————————— steel 钢 steel n. 钢铁；钢制品；坚固 vt. 钢化；使冷酷 adj. 钢制的；钢铁业的；坚强的 n. (Steel)人名；(德)施特尔；(英)斯蒂尔 This bridge is made of steel. 这座桥是用钢材建造的。 This steel is manufactured from Swedish iron. 这种钢材是用瑞典的铁炼制的。 Japan might be able to unload more of its steel abroad. 日本或许能向国外倾销更多的钢铁。 —————————————— order 订单 order n. 命令；顺序；规则；[贸易] 定单 vt. 命令；整理；定购 vi. 命令；定货 The soldier disobeyed an order. 这名士兵违抗了命令。 He said that the order was outgrown for the situation. 他说在那种形势下，该命令已不适用了。 He polished off his work in order to see his girlfriend. 为了去见女朋友，他匆忙地做完手头的工作。 —————————————— quote 报价 quote vt. 报价；引述；举证 vi. 报价；引用；引证 n. 引用 No one can quote you a price lower than mine. 谁的报价也不会比我报的价更低。 If you quote this mentality to face problems, then you will achieve nothing. 如果你们报着这种心态去面对问题，那么你将一事无成。 The pen sends a message to the paper, which transmits the quote to her office. 这支笔给报纸发送了一条信息，将这个引用传送到她的办公室。 —————————————— seminar 研讨会 seminar n. 讨论会，研讨班 I suggest we telescope the seminar into an hour. 我建议将研讨会缩短为一个小时。 I had enrolled in the seminar out of sheer curiosity. 我加入这研讨会纯粹出于好奇心的作祟。 At another seminar, she talked to the person next to her. 下一次研讨会上她开始和旁边的人说话。 —————————————— image 图像 image n. 影像；想象；肖像；偶像 vt. 想象；反映；象征；作…的像 n. (Image)人名；(法)伊马热 His image was fixed in her mind. 他的形象铭记在她的心中。 The image escaped from her memory. 那形象已经从她的记忆中消失。 The image of the woman popped into his head out of the blue. 那个女人的形象突然出现在他的脑海里。 —————————————— traverse 遍历 traverse n. 穿过；横贯；横木 vt. 穿过；反对；详细研究；在…来回移动 vi. 横越；旋转；来回移动 adj. 横贯的 n. (Traverse)人名；(英)特拉弗斯；(法)特拉韦尔斯 Several railroads traverse the district. 有几条铁路线横贯这个地区。 Thus, it does not traverse the complete source code, unless you specify that action. 因此，它不会反对完成源代码，除非您明确规定这个行为。 They don't like dense forest either, so they traverse these high, open shoulders between the river and the woods, where they can see and run. 它们也不喜欢密集的树林，因此它们穿过河流和树林间这些高耸而开阔的山肩，在这里它们能够看得见，跑得快。 —————————————— bargain 讨价还价 bargain n. 交易；便宜货；契约 v. 讨价还价；议价；(谈价钱后)卖 If not, leave the “bargain” behind. 如果没有，请离开这个“特价商品”。 They lost the bargain. 他们没能成交。 We comparison-shopped supermarkets in London and Paris and found that most products were still a bargain. 我们比较了伦敦和巴黎的超市，发现大多数产品仍然便宜。 —————————————— process 过程 process vt. 处理；加工 n. 过程，进行；方法，步骤；作用；程序；推移 vi. 列队前进 adj. 经过特殊加工（或处理）的 I will tell you, sooner or later, all the complicated process. 我迟早要把这一复杂的过程全部告诉你。 This method of manufacture evolved out of a long process of trial. 这种制造方法是在长期试验过程中逐步形成的。 They reappraised the key role of the teacher in the learning process. 他们对教师在教学中的关键作用重新进行了评价。 —————————————— menace 威胁 menace n. 威胁；恐吓 vi. 恐吓；进行威胁 vt. 威胁；恐吓 At the local police station, he assembled a small armory of pistols and carbines, to deal with any unexpected menace that might appear. 在当地警察局，他组装了一个小型的手枪和卡宾枪兵器库，以对付可能出现的任何意外的威胁。 Except a menace —a danger you've chosen to inflict on all of us. 纯粹是一个威胁——一个你所选择的，殃及我们所有人的危险分子。 There’s a touch of demon in his stealthy menace. 在他鬼鬼祟祟的威胁中有一种恶魔的气质。 —————————————— puzzle 谜题 puzzle vt. 使…困惑；使…为难；苦思而得出 vi. 迷惑；冥思苦想 n. 谜；难题；迷惑 The puzzle defied solution. 这个谜无法解。 This one was quite the puzzle for me. 这一次对我来说是很困惑。 But this is still only half the puzzle. 不过，这也才解决了一半的难题。 —————————————— variety 各种 variety n. 多样；种类；杂耍；变化，多样化 The bowl contained a variety of fruit. 这个碗里盛着各种各样的水果。 The number and variety of tools for prototyping is far beyond what I can cover in this space. 用于进行原型设计的工具的数量和种类非常之多，我无法在这里一一介绍。 And then we do variety about their trips during the year, and all of those are led by students. 在接下来的一年，我们会开展各种远足活动，这些活动都是由学生自己领导的。 —————————————— railroad 铁路 railroad vt. 由铁道运输；铺设铁路；以捏造不实之罪使入狱 vi. 在铁路工作；乘火车旅行；筑铁路 n. 铁路；铁路公司 We railed off our paddyfield from the railroad. 我们用栏杆将稻田与铁路隔开。 The railroad connects two cities, namely, New York and Chicago. 这条铁路连接两个城市，即纽约与芝加哥。 The railroad runs extra trains to Beidaihe Beach during summer vacations. 暑假期间铁路局增开去北戴河海滨的列车。 —————————————— scan 扫描 scan vt. 扫描；浏览；细看；详细调查；标出格律 vi. 扫描；扫掠 n. 扫描；浏览；审视；细看 My fingers scan a book in braille. 我的手指扫描着一本盲文书。 Do you read it, scan it or skip over it to something shorter? 还是只是浏览一下？ 亦或跳过它去读些更短小的内容？ Even if we do update statistics for the table, the optimizer will have no choice but to sequentially scan it. 即使我们对该表更新了统计信息，优化程序也没有选择，只能对其进行顺序扫描。 —————————————— portray 描述 portray vt. 描绘；扮演 What was it like to see someone portray you? 看到有人扮演你是怎样的感觉？ A wide shot might best portray one desert, while a close-up of one plant struggling to survive on the side of a dune might best represent another. 描绘沙漠的全景时运用广角镜头是最合适的，而对沙丘一侧顽强生存的植物的特写则表现出另一种物质。 Though they were written a century or more ago, these words portray very accurately the situation or challenge in which we all find ourselves in these days. 虽然这段话是在一个世纪前写下的，这些话语却非常准确地描绘了我们在这些日子里所处的环境和面对的挑战。 —————————————— bureaucracy 官僚主义 bureaucracy n. 官僚主义；官僚机构；官僚政治 The masses won't go for bureaucracy. 对于官僚主义， 群众是不买账的。 There were a few articles in the newspaper inveighing against bureaucracy. 报纸上有几篇抨击官僚主义的文章。 He praised her ability to fight corruption and “entrenched bureaucracy,” and cited her working-class roots and her ability to understand the problems of working people. 他赞扬了佩林打击腐败和"根深蒂固的官僚主义"的能力，并提到她植根于工薪阶层并能够了解其面临的问题。 —————————————— disguise 伪装 disguise vt. 掩饰；假装；隐瞒 n. 伪装；假装；用作伪装的东西 She tried to disguise her real feelings. 她试图掩饰自己的真实情感。 Temptation comes to all of us, whether or not we succumb depends on our ability to recognize its disguise. 每个人都会受到诱惑，我们是否屈服与诱惑决定于我们识破其伪装的能力。 One of the best ways to slip in complex information is to disguise it with fun or the 'wow' factor. 悄悄插入复杂信息的最佳方式之一就是用有趣的或者令人惊奇的事实来伪装它。 —————————————— surge 飙升 surge n. 汹涌；大浪，波涛；汹涌澎湃；巨涌 v. 汹涌；起大浪，蜂拥而来 The crowds surge out of the sports stadium. 观众从运动场涌出。 But for some people merely imagining this scene creates an adrenaline surge. 但是对于某些人但是想象这一幕就会肾上腺素激增。 In anticipation of a demand surge, the oil majors have started opening their wallets for expensive gas projects like gas liquefaction plants and pricey gas shale wells. 由于预期需求将激增,石油业巨头已开始斥资投入昂贵的天然气项目,比如天然气液化厂和昂贵的天然气页岩井. —————————————— hopeless 绝望的 hopeless adj. 绝望的；不可救药的 We have to charge off the debt as hopeless. 我们只好把这笔债款作为无望收回而注销。 None of us are hopeless and we all have the power within ourselves to recover. 我们中没有人是无望的，我们都可以从我们身上找到力量去复原。 “Such a hopeless boy evoked my strong feeling to help him and love him, ” she wrote. 她写道，这样一个绝望的男孩唤起了我强烈的感觉，帮助他，喜欢他。 —————————————— inn 酒店 inn n. 客栈；旅馆 vi. 住旅馆 n. (Inn)人名；(柬)因 The tourists will tarry at an inn. 旅游者们将在一个旅店里逗留。 He keeps an inn there. 他在那里开了个小店。 He had no choice but to kip in that small inn. 他别无选择，只有在那个小旅店中住一宿了。 —————————————— feast 盛宴 feast vt. 享受；款待，宴请 n. 筵席，宴会；节日 vi. 享受；参加宴会 They liquored up at the feast. 他们在筵席上狂饮。 They foraged a pig for the feast. 他们为筵席搞到一头猪。 After the feast the prince belched hugely. 筵席之后王子猛打嗝。 —————————————— fist 的拳头 fist n. 拳，拳头；〈口〉笔迹；掌握；[印]指标参见号 vt. 紧握；握成拳；用拳打 I struck him with my fist. 我用拳头揍他。 He nailed him on the chin with the fist. 他一拳击中了他的下巴。 He raised his fist and said,“I'll larn you.” 他举起拳头说：“我会教训你的。” —————————————— bee 蜜蜂 bee n. 蜜蜂，蜂；勤劳的人 n. (Bee)人名；(赤几)贝埃；(东南亚国家华语)美；(英)比(女子教名Beatrix和Beatrice的昵称) He was stung by a bee. 他被蜜蜂螫了。 “I weighed each returning bee, but my results were the same, ” she said. “我称量每一只返回的蜜蜂，但得到了相同的结果”，她说。 In the process he hopes to learn how the countryside and urban areas can be made more bee-friendly. 在这个过程中他希望学习到在乡下和城里怎样才能培育出更多友好的蜜蜂。 —————————————— mission 任务 mission n. 使命，任务；代表团；布道 vt. 派遣；向……传教 She volunteered for a dangerous mission. 她自愿参加一项危险的任务。 The scouts started off on their mission on a stormy night. 侦察兵们在一个雷雨之夜出发去执行任务。 Their mission was to crack into the computer system of a major corporation. 他们的任务是侵入一家大公司的计算机系统。 —————————————— plot 情节 plot n. 情节；图；阴谋 vt. 密谋；绘图；划分；标绘 vi. 密谋；策划；绘制 n. (Plot)人名；(捷)普洛特；(法)普洛 What plot are you brewing? 你们在策划什么阴谋? He tipped the plot to us. 他把这个阴谋泄露给我们。 He roughcast the plot of the novel. 他简略写出了小说的情节。 —————————————— underline 下划线 underline vt. 强调；在…下面划线；预告 n. 下划线；下期节目预告 Write this down and underline it. 写下它并且强调它。 And, secondly, we need to underline the need for the government to take leadership on these issues. 其次是我们有必要强调，政府必须在处理这些问题时发挥领导作用。 This text includes different colors and font modification, such as underline, strikeout, bold, and italic text. 该文本包含不同的颜色和字体修饰，比如下划线、删除线、粗体和斜体。 —————————————— fresh 新鲜的 fresh adj. 新鲜的；清新的；淡水的；无经验的 n. 开始；新生；泛滥 adv. 刚刚，才；最新地 We feed our dogs on fresh meat. 我们用新鲜的肉喂我们的狗。 I believe in fresh air and exercise for my healthy. 我相信新鲜空气和锻炼对我身体有益。 To make sure that the eggs are fresh, we had better candle them one by one. 为了查明鸡蛋是否新鲜，我们最好将鸡蛋一一对着光检查一遍。 —————————————— rough 粗糙的 rough adj. 粗糙的；粗略的；粗野的；艰苦的；未经加工的 vt. 使粗糙；粗暴对待；草拟 n. 艰苦；高低不平的地面；未经加工的材料；粗糙的部分 vi. 举止粗野 adv. 粗糙地；粗略地；粗暴地 n. (Rough)人名；(英)拉夫 She ganged up on me with those rough boys. 她伙同那些粗野的男孩对付我。 If you go camping you'll have to rough it. 如果你去参加野营，你就得过艰苦简陋的生活。 I must talk to him about his rough behaviour. 我得好好说说他的粗野行为。 —————————————— mortal 凡人 mortal adj. 凡人的；致死的；终有一死的；不共戴天的 n. 人类，凡人 n. (Mortal)人名；(法、葡)莫塔尔 Their solidarity was important in the face of every catastrophe (disaster) such as hurricanes and other mortal misfortunes. 每一次面临诸如飓风和其他致命的灾难时，他们的团结一致是很重要的。 Meanwhile, nevertheless, it was sad to think of the perchance mortal agony through which he must struggle towards his triumph. 然而，一想到他为了赢得胜利而在挣扎中所经受的致命的折磨，同时又令人神伤。 The master seemed confounded a moment: he grew pale, and rose up, eyeing her all the while, with an expression of mortal hate. 主人仿佛愣了一下。 他变得苍白了，站起来，一直望着她，带着一种不共戴天的憎恨的表情。 —————————————— valve 阀 valve n. 阀；[解剖] 瓣膜；真空管；活门 vt. 装阀于；以活门调节 n. (Valve)人名；(俄、芬)瓦尔韦 We bled off the carradiator by opening a valve. 我们开阀从汽车的散热器中排气。 He quickly shut the valve, but one of his hand was hurt by a spine carelessly. 他快速地关闭了阀门，但他的一只手不小心被一个尖锐突起物划伤了。 So when the atria contract, the valves sandwiched between the atria and the ventricles open, and the blood in each atrium flows through its respective valve down into a ventricle. 所以当你的心房收缩时，夹在心房和心室之间的阀门就打开了，然后每个心房里的血液通过各自的阀门流向心室。 —————————————— kettle 水壶 kettle n. 壶；[化工] 釜；罐；鼓 n. (Kettle)人名；(英)凯特尔 Water overruns the kettle while boiling. 水开时从壶里溢了出来。 Could you plug in the electric kettle,please? 请你把电热壶的插头插上，可以吗? The boiling water bubbled furiously in the kettle. 开水在壶里翻滚。 —————————————— illness 疾病 illness n. 病；疾病 His illness finally got him. 他的病终于把他搞垮了。 How is he bearing up after his illness? 他生病后是如何坚持下来的? Only his courage carried him through his illness. 他完全是靠勇气渡过了疾病这一关。 —————————————— tile 瓷砖 tile n. 瓷砖，瓦片 vt. 铺以瓦；铺以瓷砖 n. (Tile)人名；(俄、塞、萨摩)蒂勒 But he points out that most roofs, whether tile or asphalt-shingle, have a life span of 20 to 25 years. 但他指出，无论是屋瓦还是基于沥青材料的盖屋板，多数的屋顶的生命周期都约为20-25年。 Today, when I slipped on the wet tile floor a boy in a wheelchair caught me before I slammed my head on the ground. 今天，我跌倒在湿滑的瓷砖地上，在我的头快撞上地面的时候，一个坐轮椅的男孩一把抓住了我。 He feels the floor of the post office move beneath him, and he tries to turn his eyes from her, to ground his gaze in something solid: postbox, ceiling tile, window. 他感到邮局的地板在脚下移动，他试图把视线从她身上挪开，让他的注视停留在某种结实可靠的东西上：邮箱、天花板上的瓷砖、窗户。 —————————————— studio 工作室 studio n. 工作室；[广播][电视] 演播室；画室；电影制片厂 The actor has signed with a film studio. 这位演员已与电影制片厂草签了（受雇）合约。 I think my small studio has not helped in this respect. 我认为我的小工作室在这方面不能有所帮助。 At that time “The Modern Times” directed by Chaplin was being remade in their film studio. 那时卓别林导演的《摩登时代》正在他们的电影制片厂重新摄制。 —————————————— typist 打字员 typist n. 打字员，打字者 Kitty was down on the junior typist. 基蒂仇视那个年轻的打字员。 Can she be a typist? 她会不会是打字员呢？ The publishing firm was advertising for a typist. 这家出版公司正在登广告招聘一名打字员。 —————————————— age 年龄 age n. 年龄；时代；寿命，使用年限；阶段 vi. 成熟；变老 vt. 使成熟；使变老，使上年纪 n. (Age)人名；(瑞典)阿格；(日)扬 (姓)；(西、荷)阿赫 Her age disqualified her for the job. 她因年龄而无资格做这项工作。 He guessed her age. 他猜对了她的年龄。 The age of a person is usually reckoned from his or her date of birth. 一个人的年龄一般是从他的或她的出生日期算起。 —————————————— glance 看 glance n. 一瞥；一滑；闪光 vi. 扫视，匆匆一看；反光；瞥闪，瞥见 vt. 扫视；瞥见；擦过 n. (Glance)人名；(英)格兰斯 Finally we'll take a brief glance into our temporal vortex and see how file systems might change in the future. 最后我们将会拿简短的一瞥进入我们的当时旋涡而且见到，未来，文件系统可能如何改变。 This is evidence, the researchers believe, that young chimps have a photographic memory which allows them to memorise a complex scene or pattern at a glance. 研究人员相信这就是证据，证明幼猩猩拥有图形记忆能力，能够使它们在一瞥之下记住复杂的景象或者图案。 Visitors glance at each new page, scan some of the text, and click on the first link that catches their interest or vaguely resembles the thing they’re looking for. 访问者扫视每一张网页，浏览其中一些文字，点击他们感兴趣的或者与他们正在查找的东西有点相关的第一个链接。 —————————————— lift 电梯 lift vt. 举起；提升；鼓舞；空运；抄袭 vi. 消散；升起；耸立 n. 电梯；举起；起重机；搭车 The vertical lift is 20 feet. 举起的垂直高度是 20 英尺。 The fog began to lift. 雾开始消散。 We have to walk up, for there is no lift. 我们得爬楼，因为这儿没电梯。 —————————————— commonplace 司空见惯的事 commonplace n. 老生常谈；司空见惯的事；普通的东西 adj. 平凡的；陈腐的 Chinese people seem to have gotten used to reading reports like these and gradually they have accepted them as commonplace. 中国人似乎已经习惯了看这些报道，并慢慢接受它们，把它们当成司空见惯的事了。 I'm sure that every reader can think of rewards that have lost their effectiveness due to their having become a commonplace occurrence within an organization. 我确信每个读者都可能认为奖励失去它们的有效性是因为它们已经变成组织中太平凡所事情。 The adoption of industry standards that allow expressing such abstractions, such as UML, is therefore commonplace in the industry today for documenting software systems. 采取业界标准可以表达这种抽象性，例如UML，因此在现今的产业中文档化软件系统是非常平常的事情。 —————————————— correlate 关联 correlate vi. 关联 vt. 使有相互关系；互相有关系 n. 相关物；相关联的人 adj. 关联的 This would cause problems if you tried to correlate sent and received messages. 这将导致您在关联发送与接收到的消息时产生问题。 This brings up the question of how you correlate a response to its respective request. 这就带来了一个问题，您如何将一个响应关联到其请求。 In the next paper, the authors will demonstrate how to receive the events and correlate them. 在下一篇文章中，作者将论述如何接收事件并将它们相关联。 —————————————— portable 可移植的 portable adj. 手提的，便携式的；轻便的 n. 手提式打字机 A portable collector can be generated from the workbench for use on another system. 可以从工作台中生成便携收集器以便在另一个系统上使用。 Many of these features are simple utility functions; almost all of them could in principle be done in portable code, but many of them would be exceedingly difficult. 这些特性中很多只是简单的工具函数；几乎所有特性原则上都可以在轻便的代码中完成，但有很多是特别难的。 I would really like to see a portable version of an application like this. 我很希望能够看到一个这样的程序的便携版本。 —————————————— instance 实例 instance n. 实例；情况；建议 vt. 举...为例 Create an image from this instance. 从这个实例创建一个镜像。 This is the adapter where all applications connect to the primary instance for each server. 所有的应用程序就是在该适配器中连接到每个服务器的主实例。 This is an administrative name for your convenience and can be anything you wish, but it must be unique in the bus instance. 这是一个方便您使用的管理名称，可以是您希望的任何名称，但是它在总线实例中必须是唯一的。 —————————————— shuttle 航天飞机 shuttle n. 航天飞机；穿梭；梭子；穿梭班机、公共汽车等 vt. 使穿梭般来回移动；短程穿梭般运送 vi. 穿梭往返 They stand guard with weapons as the human survivors of the battle are marched onto the shuttle. 他们站在一起用武器护卫着战后的人类幸存者鱼贯进入航天飞机。 The Shuttle galley was redesigned in 1991 to reduce the weight and volume and to update the electronics. 航天飞机上的厨房于1991年重新设计，以减少重量、体积和更新电子设备。 Simultaneously, a mysterious piece of debris flew high into the air near the shuttle, apparently from the flame trench. 同时，一个未知的碎片在太空梭附近飞向天空，显然这个碎片是来自下方的火焰的。 —————————————— community 社区 community n. 社区；[生态] 群落；共同体；团体 The community is densely populated. 这个社区人口稠密。 The new hospital will benefit the entire community. 新医院将有益于整个社区。 He believed that the European Economic Community should consolidate. 他认为欧洲经济共同体应该加强。 —————————————— rage 愤怒 rage n. 愤怒；狂暴，肆虐；情绪激动 vi. 大怒，发怒；流行，风行 n. (Rage)人名；(丹)拉厄 The poem was all the rage then. 这首诗在当时十分流行。 His words roused a great rage inside her. 他的话引起了她心中极大的愤怒。 An uncustomary access of rage shook my body. 一阵突然爆发的罕有愤怒使我全身发抖。 —————————————— own 自己的 own vt. 拥有；承认 vi. 承认 adj. 自己的；特有的 n. 自己的 n. (Own)人名；(阿拉伯)奥恩 Between us we own most of this company. 我们两人共同拥有这家公司的大部分。 He countered my plan with one of his own. 他提出自己的计划与我的计划抗衡。 She fainted away at the sight of her own blood. 她一见到自己的血就晕倒了过去。 —————————————— stage 阶段 stage n. 阶段；舞台；戏剧；驿站 vt. 举行；上演；筹划 vi. 举行；适于上演；乘驿车旅行 n. (Stage)人名；(英)斯特奇 They are merely passers-by on the stage of history. 他们不过是历史舞台上昙花一现的人物。 The proposal has not yet passed the discussion stage. 这个提案还没有通过讨论阶段。 We can mock up a model of the actual stage for the company to practise on. 我们可以先搭一个真实舞台的大样模型，好让剧团在上面排练。 —————————————— forest 森林 forest vt. 植树于，使成为森林 n. 森林 n. (Forest)人名；(法)福雷；(英、西)福雷斯特 A path winds through the forest. 一条小路蜿蜒穿过森林。 Down with the lords of the forest. 除掉森林的主人(指树木)。 It was here that we dossed down for our first night in the forest. 我们就是在这儿凑合着睡下，在森林里度过了我们的第一个夜晚。 —————————————— hardship 困难 hardship n. 困苦；苦难；艰难险阻 After years of worry and hardship, her health broke. 经过多年的忧虑和艰苦之后，她的健康变得衰弱了。 After several years of hardship fortune smiled at him. 经过数年的苦难之后，他开始转运了。 People who go through the hardship of training tend to improve their performance. 经历过艰难训练的人们倾向于改善他们的表现。 —————————————— brittle 脆 brittle adj. 易碎的，脆弱的；易生气的 Brittle things break easily. 脆的东西容易破碎。 All that sun, water and chlorine made your hair dry, rough, brittle, and frizzy? 所有那些阳光、水和氯使你的头发干燥、粗糙、脆弱以及卷曲？ But their brittle interpretation of sovereignty is an old-fashioned, and even dangerous, notion in world affairs. 但他们的脆弱解释却是在世界事务中主权是一个过时的甚至是危险的概念。 —————————————— cousin 表兄 cousin n. 堂兄弟姊妹；表兄弟姊妹 He feeds on his cousin. 他靠他的表兄生活。 Don't haze the new roommate, he's my cousin. 别戏弄新来的室友，他是我表弟。 He factored his cousin's estate for five years. 他经管他表兄弟的财产有五年之久。 —————————————— hostile 充满敌意的 hostile adj. 敌对的，敌方的；怀敌意的 n. 敌对 His strength did not avail against the hostile onslaught. 他的力量阻挡不住敌方的冲击。 As a controversial public figure he has breasted much hostile criticism. 作为一名有争议的公众人物，他毅然对付了许多带有敌意的批评。 They are not hostile towards us, rather, they want to help us but we have not grown enough in order to establish direct contact with them. 他们对我们没有敌意，相反，他们希望帮助我们，但是我们的发展不足以建立与他们的直接联系。 —————————————— strain 应变 strain n. 张力；拉紧；负担；扭伤；血缘 vi. 拉紧；尽力 vt. 拉紧；滥用；滤去；竭力 n. (Strain)人名；(英)斯特兰 n. （植物、动物的）品种；种类 His confidence cracked under the strain. 他因紧张而失去信心。 The professor buckled under the strain of the work. 教授因工作过度紧张而身体垮了。 Whatever might have caused some muscle strain, it could be the source of your back pain. 不管怎样都有可能导致某些肌肉的紧张，它可能是背痛的原因。 —————————————— abstract 文摘 abstract n. 摘要；抽象；抽象的概念 adj. 抽象的；深奥的 vt. 摘要；提取；使……抽象化；转移(注意力、兴趣等)；使心不在焉 vi. 做摘要；写梗概 Don't speak in such abstract terms. 不要这样抽象地谈问题。 They can abstract precious medicines from ordinary substances. 他们能从普通物质中提取贵重药物。 But for those of us living in China there’s nothing abstract about it. 但对于我们这些生活在中国的人来说，它表现得一点也不抽象。 —————————————— fear 恐惧 fear n. 害怕；恐惧；敬畏；担心 vt. 害怕；敬畏；为…担心 vi. 害怕；敬畏；为…担心 Fear caused his hair to rise. 恐惧使他的毛发竖立起来。 I fear he will miseducate my son. 我担心他会教坏我儿子。 The knight felt no fear in the midst of battle. 那武士在战斗中毫不感到惧怕。 —————————————— particular 特定的 particular adj. 特别的；详细的；独有的；挑剔的 n. 详细说明；个别项目 I have nothing particular to do this evening. 今晚我没有什么特殊的事要做。 We aren't able to cater for your particular needs. 我们不能满足你的特殊需要。 The scientists doing the experiment have pounced on the effect of the particular moment. 做实验的科学家们抓住了这个特殊时机的效果。 —————————————— petrol 汽油 petrol n. （英）汽油 You can use petrol to take out that stain. 你可以用汽油去掉那个污渍。 Can you look for something to substitute for petrol? 你能找点什么东西来当汽油用吗? All the petrol pumps have been switched over to show decimal values. 所有汽油加油泵现在都已改成十进位显示了。 —————————————— news 新闻 news n. 新闻，消息；新闻报导 This news bodes ill for her. 这消息对她是不好的预兆。 On hearing the news, she made off. 她一听到这消息就立即离开了。 After I told her the news, she stared at me in astonishment. 我把消息告诉她之后，她惊骇得睁大了眼睛盯着我。 —————————————— epoch 时代 epoch n. [地质] 世；新纪元；新时代；时间上的一点 The epoch of revolution creates great figures. 革命时代造就伟大的人物。 The Renaissance was an epoch of unparalleled cultural achievement. 文艺复兴是一个文化上取得空前成就的时代。 That’s what the place looked like at some remote epoch. 这是这个地方在某个久远的时代的样子。 —————————————— torture 酷刑 torture vt. 折磨；拷问；歪曲 n. 折磨；拷问；歪曲 No torture would make him talk. 任何严刑拷打都不能使他开口。 We have suffered 30 years of humiliation and torture. 我们已经遭受了30年的羞辱和折磨。 Through those long years of imprisonment and torture, he remained faithful and unyielding. 在那些遭受囚禁和酷刑的漫长岁月里， 他始终坚贞不屈。 —————————————— practise 练习 practise vi. 练习，实践；实施，实行；从事 vt. 练习，实践；实施，实行 Don't prattle about your theory. You must practise it and prove it. 不要空谈你的理论，你必须去实践它并检验它。 We can mock up a model of the actual stage for the company to practise on. 我们可以先搭一个真实舞台的大样模型，好让剧团在上面排练。 The Constitution also provides that the organs of state must practise democratic centralism. 宪法还规定国家机关应实行民主集中制。 —————————————— ensure 确保 ensure vt. 保证，确保；使安全 I cannot ensure his being on time. 我不能保证他会准时。 What do you do to ensure availability? 你用什么办法来保证可用性呢？ In order to ensure success we must have a complete and thorough plan. 为了保证成功， 我们必须要有一个周密的计划。 —————————————— semiconductor 半导体 semiconductor n. [电子][物] 半导体 In semiconductor receivers transistors take the place of vacuum tubes. 在半导体收音机中晶体管代替了真空管。 What was happening was this: in its pure state of repeating units of one titanium and two oxygen atoms, titanium dioxide is a semiconductor. 发生的事是这样的：在纯净的一个钛和两个氧原子组成的重复单位下，二氧化钛是一种半导体。 They can then be printed onto a roll of metal foil that becomes a continuous semiconductor. 然后他们可以把这种墨水印刷在一卷金属箔上，从而制成连续的半导体。 —————————————— estate 房地产 estate n. 房地产；财产；身份 His sons have dilapidated the estate. 他的儿子们已把财产挥霍殆尽。 She cashed in on her real-estate investments. 她在房地产的投资上赚了钱。 He factored his cousin's estate for five years. 他经管他表兄弟的财产有五年之久。 —————————————— establishment 建立 establishment n. 确立，制定；公司；设施 The committee will work toward the establishment of a school for the handicapped. 该委员会将为建立一所残疾学校而努力。 With test infrastructures, one symptom of high maintenance costs is the establishment of a "tools team" to maintain the infrastructure. 使用测试基础结构，高维护成本的一个征兆是建立一支"工具团队"来维护基础结构。 They called for the establishment of independent expert committees to investigate claims of scientific misconduct. 他们要求成立独立的专家委员会来调查声称的学术不端行为。 —————————————— barrier 障碍 barrier n. 障碍物，屏障；界线 vt. 把…关入栅栏 n. (Barrier)人名；(法)巴里耶 Some people experience shyness as a barrier to communication, but this can be broken down gradually. 有些人觉得羞怯成为交际上的障碍，但这是可以逐渐克服的 。 If you have been avoiding the decision making process, why not break through that barrier right here and now? 如果一直以来你总是想要避开做决策的过程，那为何不此时此刻就突破这个障碍呢？ It is one of seven barrier islands that, along with some mainland areas of Mississippi and Florida, make up the Gulf Islands National Seashore. 它是在密西西比和佛罗里达的一些大陆地区沿岸，组成海湾群岛国家海滨的七座屏障岛屿中的一座。 —————————————— logical 逻辑 logical adj. 合逻辑的，合理的；逻辑学的 You can only change these by updating the document that contains the logical entity. 您只能通过更新包含逻辑实体的文档来更改这些实体。 It is a logical approach, because in the event of a server failure, only one application is at risk. 这是一种合理的方法，因为在发生服务器故障的情况下，只有一个应用程序面临风险。 Furthermore, we would like to factor out those implementation details completely from the logical model and have them details "pasted in" as parameters during the code generation process. 此外，我们想要完全地从逻辑模型分析出那些实现细节，并且在代码生成过程中将它们这些细节作为参数“粘贴进来”。 —————————————— confer 授予 confer vt. 授予；给予 vi. 协商 n. (Confer)人名；(英)康弗 It seems only fair to confer a similar accolade on North Korea's dictator-in-waiting: the Phantom Leader, perhaps. 对于这位朝鲜的储君，需要再授予他一个类似的称号：傀儡领袖，似乎只有这样才略显公平。 When governments try to confer an advantage to their exporters through currency depreciation, they risk a war of debasement. 当政府试图通过货币贬值给予出口商们好处时，他们正在承担贬值大战的风险。 Preferred stock represents your ownership in a company, just like common stock, but most preferred shares do not confer any voting rights, unlike common stock. 优先股代表你在一家公司里的所有权，就像普通股一样，但大多数优先股不授予任何投票权，不像普通股股票。 —————————————— incidentally 顺便说一下 incidentally adv. 顺便；偶然地；附带地 Incidentally, here's another study tip based on research evidence about how the brain learns by association. 顺便，这是另一个有研究证据的关于大脑如何通过联系进行学习的提示。 Those movies all sound great to me, and, incidentally, I am prepared to write any of them, if there is interest. 这些电影听上去很棒，顺便说一句，如果有人感兴趣，我准备好了把它们任何一个写成剧本。 Notice, incidentally, that I said the manager lets his programmers pair. 请注意，顺便说说，我假设该经理 让他的程序员结对工作。 —————————————— material 材料 material adj. 重要的；物质的，实质性的；肉体的 n. 材料，原料；物资；布料 She pinned the material together. 她把材料别在一起。 Can you dig the material out of the archives? 你能从档案中找出这份资料吗? Do you know how he weaves the material into elaborate plots? 你知道他是怎样用这些材料编出复杂情节的吗? —————————————— steady 稳定的 steady adj. 稳定的；不变的；沉着的 vi. 稳固 vt. 使稳定；稳固；使坚定 adv. 稳定地；稳固地 n. 关系固定的情侣；固定支架 What is steady state? 什么是稳定状态？ Our ship began to steady again after a storm. 暴风雨过后，我们的轮船又开始变得平稳了。 However, progress is steady, and what you can do at this point is very useful. 但是，其进度是平稳的，并且您此时所能做的事情是很有用的。 —————————————— copy 复制 copy vi. 复制；复印；抄袭 vt. 复制；复印；抄袭 n. 副本；一册；摹仿 In this example we maintain only one copy of the data. 在这个例子中，我们仅维护数据的一个副本。 But this does not yet get us to our goal of zero copy. 但是这个代码尚未达到我们的零拷贝要求。 This is a mark that discriminates the original from the copy. 这是一个使原作与复制品有区别的标志。 —————————————— zone 区 zone n. 地带；地区；联防 vi. 分成区 vt. 使分成地带；环绕 n. (Zone)人名；(塞)佐内 Then we add the picture to the "trash" zone. 然后，把这个照片添加到 “垃圾” 区中。 They circumnavigated the danger zone and speeded along. 他们绕过危险地带疾驶而去。 There are ways to move it, but you must create your volumes in the same availability zone as your server. 有办法可以移动它们，但是您必须在同一可用性区域中创建您的卷作为服务器。 —————————————— pore 孔隙 pore vi. 细想；凝视；熟读 n. 气孔；小孔 vt. 使注视 n. (Pore)人名；(西、芬、加纳、法)波雷 Every beautiful thing has a natural pride in its own beauty, and today the world is allowing its pride to seep from every pore. 每一个美丽的事物都会为其自身的美丽而自发地感到骄傲，今天世界让它的骄傲从每个毛孔渗出。 We now have obtained the first molecular structure of an ion channel, providing us with a three-dimensional understanding of the ion channel pore. 现在我们获得了第一个离子通道的分子结构，提供了对三维结构离子通道孔的了解。 They try to do so in 2011, but competing versions of reality seep in—and out—through every electronic pore. 2011年，他们企图故技重施，但现实的巨大改变浸透了每一个电子毛孔。 —————————————— reflection 反射 reflection n. 反射；沉思；映象 I think the causes of this require mature reflection. 我认为这事的原因需要充分地思考。 It also will measure the brightness of each laser reflection. 它还将测量每一道激光反射的光亮度。 Any given culture is a reflection of the politics and economics of a given society. 一定的文化是一定社会的政治和经济的反映。 —————————————— northwest 西北 northwest adj. 西北的；向西北的；来自西北的 n. 西北 adv. 在西北；向西北；来自西北 The northwest wind will spring up this evening. 今天傍晚将开始刮西北风。 The captain put the wheel over and steered northwest. 船长转动舵轮，向西北方向驶去。 In the northwest of China, long dry periods wasted the land. 在中国西北，长期的干旱使土地荒废了。 —————————————— condition 条件 condition n. 条件；情况；环境；身份 vt. 决定；使适应；使健康；以…为条件 I starve for your help in such a condition. 在这种情况下，我最需要的是你的帮助。 This condition was annexed to the agreement. 这个条件被附加于协议上。 You need to condition yourself if you are to play in the football match on Saturday. 如果你要参加星期六的足球比赛，就需要把你自己调整到最佳状态。 —————————————— collection 集合 collection n. 采集，聚集；[税收] 征收；收藏品；募捐 He has a fine collection of stamps. 他收集了一些精美的邮票。 He catalogued all the insects in his collection. 他将所收集的昆虫编成目录。 This collection is made up of three parts: poems, essays and short stories. 这本集子是由诗、散文和短篇小说三部分组合而成的。 —————————————— collide 碰撞 collide vi. 碰撞；抵触，冲突 vt. 使碰撞；使相撞 If all goes well, the machine will accelerate and collide particles in December. 如果各方面进展顺利，对撞机将在十二月进行粒子的加速和碰撞。 That’s a consumer’s dream, but eventually it’s going to collide with reality: if newspapers’ profits vanish, so will their product. 这是一个消费者的美梦，它最终将受到现实的抵触：如果报纸的利润消失殆尽，它们的产品也一样。 This means that when you want to create two modules with the same interface, you must give the exports different names or the names of the queues and WSDL files will collide, with undesirable results. 这意味着，当需要创建两个具有相同接口的模块时，您必须为导出指定不同的名称，否则队列和 WSDL 文件的名称将发生冲突，并且会带来不必要的结果。 —————————————— qualification 资格 qualification n. 资格；条件；限制；赋予资格 They had every qualification for success. 他们具备获得成功的各种条件。 There are a few different scenarios for how database vendors deal with the qualification of their objects. 关于数据库供应商如何处理他们的对象的资格问题，有几个不同的场景。 The principle of equal voting enables all the voters to elect and be elected with the same qualification and right. It allows no difference in the weight and efficiency of the ballot. 平等选举的原则使得所有选民都可以在相同的条件及权利的基础上享有选举权和被选举权，所有选票的权重以及有效性 不应该有任何差别。 —————————————— old 老 old adj. 陈旧的，古老的；年老的 n. 古时 n. (Old)人名；(英)奥尔德 You should toss out all those old magazines. 你应该把那些旧杂志都处理掉。 I chanced on this old photograph in his drawer. 我在他的抽屉里偶然发现了这张旧照片。 They checked back among the old files, but could find nothing of this date. 他们在旧档案中查阅，但没能找到这个年代的任何资料。 —————————————— great 伟大的 great adj. 伟大的，重大的；极好的，好的；主要的 n. 大师；大人物；伟人们 We have great expectations of him. 我们对他抱着很大的期望。 English poetry is one of their great heritages. 英国诗歌是他们的伟大遗产之一。 They have raised a monument in memory of the great writer. 他们修建了一座纪念碑来纪念这位伟大的作家。 —————————————— laughter 笑声 laughter n. 笑；笑声 I almost died of laughter. 我几乎要笑死了。 She cloaked her sorrow with laughter. 她用笑来掩饰她的悲痛。 They all howled with laughter except me. 除了我以外，他们全都哈哈大笑起来。 —————————————— preclude 排除 preclude vt. 排除；妨碍；阻止 And although a modified waterfall approach does not preclude the use of feedback, it does not facilitate, accommodate, or encourage it. 虽然一个改进的瀑布型开发方法并不排除反馈的使用，但是它并没有促进、支持和鼓励反馈的使用。 The covenant with Yahweh will also, we shall see soon, preclude alliances with other human competitors. 接下来我们也会看到，与耶和华缔结的契约，同样阻止了和敌人的结盟。 Indeed, if you could preclude hardware failures and Mother Nature, a UNIX system might run perpetually. 实际上，如果可以排除硬件故障和自然力，UNIX 有可能永远运行下去。 —————————————— preparation 准备 preparation n. 预备；准备 I have no adequate preparation. 我没有充分的准备。 I will discuss each of these design decisions for optimal preparation. 为了提供最好的准备，我将讨论每个设计决策。 This requires preparation and planning at both the business and IT levels. 这要求同时在业务层和 IT 层进行准备和规划。 —————————————— ban 禁止 ban vt. 禁止，取缔 n. 禁令，禁忌 n. (Ban)人名；(日)蕃(名)；(缅、老、柬)班；(东南亚国家华语)万；(法)邦；(中)饼(广东话·威妥玛)；(德、塞、罗、阿拉伯)巴恩；(英)班恩 The film came under the ban of censor. 该影片被审查官员禁止上映。 A ban might be misunderstood abroad, and not only in the Muslim world. 禁令可能会在国外也被误解，而不仅是在穆斯林世界。 It is not clear whether the ban was issued because they tried to flee. 目前不清楚发布这个禁令是否是因为他们试图逃离埃及。 —————————————— pronounce 发音 pronounce vt. 发音；宣判；断言 vi. 发音；作出判断 How do you pronounce this word? 这个字怎么发音? You must raise the a of “man” to e when you pronounce“men.” 对“men”一词发音时，必须将“man”一词的a音作舌位升高发出e音。 It's not always obvious how you pronounce a word when you see it. 当你看到一个单词的时候你并不总是清楚它该如何发音。 —————————————— not 不 not adv. 表示否定，不 n. “非”（计算机中逻辑运算的一种） I know him, but not very well. 我跟他认识倒认认识 ,就是不太熟。 They booted him out of the company for not working. 他们以他不工作为由把他开除出公司。 Tell him not to dash up. 叫他不要冲向前去。 —————————————— reality 现实 reality n. 现实；实际；真实 If we redouble our efforts, our dream will translate into reality. 如果我们加倍努力，我们的梦想会变成现实。 If you want knowledge, you must take part in the practice of changing reality. 你要有知识， 你就得参加变革现实的实践。 The long-cherished dream of conquering the Huanghe River will become a reality. 征服黄河的梦想将会成为现实。 —————————————— brother 哥哥 brother n. 兄弟；同事；战友 int. 我的老兄！ n. (Brother)人名；(英)布拉泽 He looked to his brother for help. 他希望得到他兄弟的帮助。 He knows my brother. 他认识我弟弟。 I always confounded him with his twin brother. 我总分不清他和他的孪生兄弟。 —————————————— exception 异常 exception n. 例外；异议 There is no rule without an exception. 有规则必有例外。 These regulations apply to everyone, without exception. 这些规章对谁都适用，没有例外。 Everyone should keep discipline and you are no exception. 每个人都应该遵守纪律， 你也毫无例外。 —————————————— cruel 残酷的 cruel adj. 残酷的，残忍的；使人痛苦的，让人受难的；无情的，严酷的 It's cruel to make fun of a cripple. 取笑瘸子是残忍的。 It's cruel to make fun of a cripple. 逗弄瘸子是残忍的。 But no animal escapes the cruel knife in the end. 但是没有动物能逃过最终那残忍的屠刀。 —————————————— postage 邮资 postage n. 邮资，邮费 The sum covers the cost inclusive of postage. 款项包括邮资在内的全部费用。 But uploading party pictures and tagging them with your friends' names so that they will automatically see them the next time they sign on saves time, postage and paper. 但是，上传聚会的照片，并把它们标上朋友的名字，这样，下次登陆时他们就能自动看到它们，因而这节省时间、邮资和纸张。 The sender of a message is responsible only for using the correct packaging, supplying an accurate address, and applying the appropriate postage. 消息的发送方只负责使用正确的包装，提供正确的地址，并附上适当的邮资。 —————————————— hinder 阻碍 hinder vi. 成为阻碍 vt. 阻碍；打扰 adj. 后面的 n. (Hinder)人名；(芬)欣德 I wouldn't hinder your work,I'm going swimming right now. 我不会妨碍你工作，我这就去游泳。 These are irrelevant and do not hinder the performance of the application. 这些是不相关的，并不会妨碍应用程序的性能。 They find it important to do certain things in the right way, but this need does not hinder their lives and can actually help them achieve great success. 这种人认为，以正确的方式做某些事很重要，但是这种习惯并没有妨碍他们的生活，反而能够帮助他们取得巨大的成功。 —————————————— readily 容易 readily adv. 容易地；乐意地；无困难地 Without them, humanity might not have so readily spread across the globe. 没有他们，人类可能就不会这么容易地遍及整个地球。 She made the proposal, and I readily consented (to it). 她提出了这个建议，我欣然同意。 Notwithstanding, we should learn to readily forgive others. 尽管如此，我们应学会欣然地原谅他人。 —————————————— vacant 空 vacant adj. 空虚的；空的；空缺的；空闲的；茫然的 n. (Vacant)人名；(法)瓦康 Please leave the front row of seats vacant. 请把前面一排座位空出来。 There are many vacant seats in the carriage. 车厢里空得很。 All three are vacant; she's making no attempt to rent them out. 三套房子都是空的，她也不打算把将它们出租出去。 —————————————— minister 部长 minister n. 部长；大臣；牧师 vi. 执行牧师职务；辅助或伺候某人 He solicited aid from the minister. 他请求部长给他以支持。 The minister complained that the newspapers had misquoted him. 部长抱怨说报纸错误地引用了他的讲话。 The minister of foreign affairs has redesigned a new foreign policy. 外交部长已重新制订了一套新外交政策。 —————————————— middle 中间 middle adj. 中间的，中部的；中级的，中等的 n. 中间，中央；腰部 A baby is wobbling in the middle of the yard. 一个小孩正在院子中间蹒跚学步。 In the middle of the bridge,his old car spluttered out. 在过桥走到桥中间时，他的那辆破车劈啪响着熄了火。 He finally rummaged out her reply in the middle drawer of his desk. 他最后从写字台中间抽屉里翻找出她的复信。 —————————————— innumerable 无数的 innumerable adj. 无数的，数不清的 In the endless flow of absolute truth there are innumerable relative truths. 在绝对真理的长河中有无数相对真理。 Time is forever dividing itself toward innumerable futures and in one of them I am your enemy. 因为时间永远分岔，通向无数的将来。 在将来的某个时刻，我可以成为您的敌人。 It tells us that there is no Intelligence controlling the cosmos, and that life itself is the result of a blind process of natural selection, in which innumerable species failed to survive. 它告诉我们不存在控制宇宙的神，生命本身是自然选择这一盲目进程的结果，在这过程中无数的物种未能幸存。 —————————————— melt 融化 melt vi. 熔化，溶解；渐混 vt. 使融化；使熔化；使软化；使感动 n. 熔化；熔化物 If you warm ice it will melt into water. 如果你把冰加热，它会融化成水。 Heat will melt iron. 热将使铁熔化。 The ice will melt when the sun shines on it. 有太阳照射时，冰就融化。 —————————————— climax 高潮 climax n. 高潮；顶点；层进法；极点 The fifth scene was the climax of the play. 第五场是全剧的高潮。 The enthusiasm of the audience was heightened by the climax of the play. 全剧的高潮令观众的情绪高涨。 Horses rarely climax, despite masturbating dozens of times per day—so what motivates the dalliance of a stallion or, for that matter, a mare? 马很少高潮，尽管它们每天自慰大把的时间——所以就此而言，是什么激发了种马或母马的这种闲情逸致？ —————————————— brown 布朗 brown adj. 棕色的，褐色的；太阳晒黑的 vi. 变成褐色 n. 褐色，棕色 vt. 使变成褐色 n. (Brown)人名；(英、意、芬、捷、德、法、西、葡)布朗 My money has never ridden on that brown horse. 我的钱从来不曾押在那匹棕色的马上。 Mr Brown contracted friendship with his neighbour. 布朗先生与他的邻居交了朋友。 The blue curtains clash against the brown furniture. 蓝色窗帘与褐色家具很不协调。 —————————————— privilege 特权 privilege n. 特权；优待 vt. 给与…特权；特免 You have earned this privilege. 你获得者这项特权。 Or maybe they just have bad taste, but that is their privilege. 或者他们只是有很差的品味，但那是他们的特权。 What a privilege for me to have witnessed this amazing moment. 能够目睹这个时刻的惊人场面，使我感到很荣幸。 —————————————— creative 有创意的 creative adj. 创造性的 Creative work appealed to him irresistibly. 搞创造对他有无法抗拒的吸引力。 She was misplaced in that job; she ought to be doing something more creative. 她被不恰当地安排在那个工作岗位上；她应该从事一些更有创意的工作。 How optimistic would you be, how creative? 你会如何乐观？ 如何有创造力？ —————————————— temple 寺庙 temple n. 庙宇；寺院；神殿；太阳穴 n. (Temple)人名；(法)唐普勒；(英)坦普尔 They lighted the temple with many candles. 他们用许多蜡烛照亮这个寺庙。 The entire valley reverberated with the sound of the temple bells. 整个山谷回荡着庙宇的钟声。 After the fire, nothing remained of the magnificent buildings of the temple. 大火过后， 寺院里的那些雄伟建筑已荡然无存。 —————————————— car 车 car n. 汽车；车厢 n. (Car)人名；(土)贾尔；(法、西)卡尔；(塞)察尔 I handed him into his car. 我把他搀上了他的车。 She battered up her car in the accident. 她在事故中把自己的汽车撞坏了。 The car beeped at us until we fastened our seatbelts. 汽车冲我们发嘟嘟声，直到我们扣紧安全带。 —————————————— flow 流 flow vi. 流动，涌流；川流不息；飘扬 vt. 淹没，溢过 n. 流动；流量；涨潮，泛滥 n. (Flow)人名；(英)弗洛 The flow then continues as in the Sign in process. 然后该流将像在“登录”流程中那样继续进行。 Money tends to flow to businesses that are succeeding. 金钱总是流往成功的企业。 Therefore, for every object in the call flow, there can only be one other object connected to it. 因此，对于调用流中的每个对象，都可以只有另外一个对象连接到其上。 —————————————— guidance 指导 guidance n. 指导，引导；领导 We respectfully request your guidance. 敬祈指导。 Your presence and guidance are requested. 敬请莅临指导。 Children need discipline, but they need guidance even more. 孩子要管， 但更要引导。 —————————————— squeeze 挤压 squeeze vt. 挤；紧握；勒索 vi. 压榨 n. 压榨；紧握；拥挤；佣金 Some are well placed to benefit from a prospective squeeze on space. 一些开发商已经准备好从预期的拥挤空间中受益。 The cost of the recession will push the budget deficit to some 12% of GDP this year, but the squeeze on the defence budget began years ago. 经济衰退的代价固然会将今年的预算赤字推高至国内生产总值的12%左右，但是对军费的挤压在多年前就开始了。 With time stopped you would be able to squeeze as much pleasure out of every morsel of food, delicious kiss, majestic mountain or awe inspiring sunrise. 时间停下来了，你就可以从每一小块食物、甜蜜的亲吻、壮丽的高山或令人敬畏的日出中挤出尽可能多的快乐。 —————————————— slap 耳光 slap vt. 拍击；侮辱；掌击；掴…的耳光 n. 掴；侮辱；掌击；拍打声 vi. 掴；拍击 adv. 直接地；猛然地；恰好 It felt like a slap in the face. 这感觉像是在脸上的一耳光。 She fetched him a terrific slap in the face. 她狠狠地打了他一记耳光。 If you are dating a man whose beauty regime makes yours look like a slap in the face with a damp towel, then competing with him means buying better products than he does. 如果和你约会的男子的美容产品比你的要好得多，这让你觉得是公开的侮辱。 那么，与他竞争就意味着去购买比他买的还好的美容品。 —————————————— rigid 刚性 rigid adj. 严格的；僵硬的，死板的；坚硬的；精确的 In the times of the emperors, the formality within the Forbidden City was rigid beyond belief. 在帝王时代， 紫禁城内的礼仪异常严格， 令人难以置信。 My suggestion is to free yourself from rigid notes, and instead write down ideas in branches and connections. 我的建议是，把你自己从死板的笔记中解放出来，用分支和关联的方法来把概念写下来。 I like this approach much better than that of a development environment that forces me to use a rigid workspace and IDE. 相对于那些强迫我使用严格的工作空间和 IDE 的开发环境，我更喜欢这种方法。 —————————————— regular 常规的 regular adj. 定期的；有规律的；合格的；整齐的；普通的 n. 常客；正式队员；中坚分子 adv. 定期地；经常地 n. (Regular)人名；(以)雷古拉尔 He decided to call off his regular press conference. 他决定取消他的定期记者招待会。 He is a regular contributor to children's magazines. 他经常为儿童刊物写稿。 Besides his regular wages,the chauffeur picks up money in tips. 那位司机除领取正常工资之外，还可以收点小费。 —————————————— arch 拱 arch n. 弓形，拱形；拱门 adj. 主要的 vt. 使…弯成弓形；用拱连接 vi. 拱起；成为弓形 n. (Arch)人名；(德)阿尔希；(英)阿奇 She twined the bridal arch with flowers. 她将新娘拱形头饰用花缠起来。 Looking from a distance like a gigantic arch, it is a continuous loop, a kind of square doughnut. 从远处看像一座巨大的拱门，实际上它是一个连续的环，有点像方形面包圈。 To start, slot your foot (big toe up, pinky toe down) into the crack up to the arch of your foot, keeping your knee out to the side. 首先，把脚尖到足弓的部分楔入裂缝中去（大脚趾在上，小指在下），膝盖保持向外。 —————————————— naked 裸体 naked adj. 裸体的；无装饰的；无证据的；直率的 She gazes down at the man lying naked in her bed. 她向下端详着在她的床上躺着的赤裸的男人。 You would touch with your fingers the naked body of your dreams. 你们想用你们的手指触摸你们梦想赤裸的身躯。 Some feel betrayed by the boycotts and naked politicking of the opposition parties, particularly the SPLM. 反对党赤裸裸的政治活动和抵制让一些人觉得被出卖，特别是SPLM。 —————————————— fork 叉 fork n. 叉；餐叉；耙 vt. 叉起；使成叉状 vi. 分叉；分歧 n. (Fork)人名；(英、德)福克 We parted at the fork of a road. 我们在叉路口分手。 He thrust the fork into the fish. 他把叉子戳进鱼里。 The fork may be torn or cut during childbirth, and its appearance may change or it may be obliterated altogether. 分娩时这个叉可能被撕裂或者剪开，所以它的外貌可能改变或者完全消失不见。 —————————————— critical 至关重要的 critical adj. 鉴定的；[核] 临界的；批评的，爱挑剔的；危险的；决定性的；评论的 We had better call in a specialist at this critical moment. 在这个关键时刻我们最好请一位专家来。 He was critic and theorist. What I discovered was his critical writings. 他也是批评家和理论家,我发现的是他的批评作品。 All of our cultural heritage which is useful should be inherited, but in a critical way. 凡属我国文化遗产中有用的东西， 都应当批判地继承。 —————————————— gum 口香糖 gum n. 口香糖；树胶；橡皮 vt. 用胶粘，涂以树胶；使…有粘性 n. (Gum)人名；(英)古姆 To sweeten your oral cavity,you can have a piece of chewing gum. 吃口香糖可以清洁口腔、去除异味。 This old stamp isn't sticky any more; I shall have to gum it down onto the envelope. 这张旧邮票已经没有粘性了，我得用胶水把它贴到信封上。 Afterwards, one of the monks gave us some gum. 后来，其中一个僧人给了我们一些口香糖。 —————————————— predict 预测 predict vt. 预报，预言；预知 vi. 作出预言；作预料，作预报 No one had enough foresight to predict the winner. 谁也没有足够的先见能预测哪一个获胜。 And then we predict which target he wants to go to. 然后我们预测他想到达哪个目标点。 It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue. 预言这次对话可能有什么结果， 现在还为时过早。 —————————————— revolve 旋转 revolve vi. 旋转；循环出现；反复考虑 vt. 使…旋转；使…循环；反复考虑 n. 旋转；循环；旋转舞台 How many hours does it take this planet to revolve? 这颗星球旋转一周需要多少个小时？ We must revolve the problem before giving an answer. 我们必须在回答之前把问题仔细考虑一下。 And even being around larger pals can put you at risk of gaining weight yourself, as socializing with them is likely to revolve more around eating or watching TV and less about exercising. 甚至仅仅呆在胖友身边也会让人发胖，因为和他们打交道的时候往往围绕吃饭、看电视之类的活动，运动则少之又少。 —————————————— filter 过滤器 filter vi. 滤过；渗入；慢慢传开 n. 滤波器；[化工] 过滤器；筛选；滤光器 vt. 过滤；渗透；用过滤法除去 n. (Filter)人名；(德)菲尔特 Filter out all the dirt before using the water. 在用这水之前先将其中所有污物滤去。 The crankcase has to drain before you put on the new filter. 在安放新过滤器之前，曲轴箱必须滴干。 At this time of day you need to filter out the red light to take a good photo. 在一天的这个时候，你需要过滤掉红光才能把相照好。 —————————————— witness 见证 witness n. 证人；目击者；证据 vt. 目击；证明；为…作证 vi. 作证人 n. (Witness)人名；(津)威特尼斯 I think she will witness against him. 我认为她会证明他有罪。 The reporters buttonholed the witness outside the courtroom. 在法庭外面记者们强留证人长谈。 Her account of the incident approximates to that of the other witness. 她对事件的叙述与另一位目击者的叙述相近。 —————————————— block 块 block n. 块；街区；大厦；障碍物 vt. 阻止；阻塞；限制；封盖 adj. 成批的，大块的；交通堵塞的 n. (Block)人名；(英、法、德、西、葡、芬、罗)布洛克 Hold on to the third block, then turn left. 一直往前走，到第三个街区后向左拐。 He rough-hewed a statue out of a block of jade rapidly but then polished it slowly over a long period. 他用一块玉石很快地凿出塑像的毛坯，然后花很长一段时间慢慢加以修饰。 Note that the resource adapter should not block in this method. 注意，资源适配器不应当阻塞在这个方法中。 —————————————— enthusiasm 热情 enthusiasm n. 热心，热忱，热情 He commended them for their enthusiasm. 他称赞他们的热情。 She showed simulated enthusiasm towards us. 她向我们表示了虚假的热情。 Without correct leadership, the enthusiasm of the masses cannot be sustained. 没有正确的领导， 群众的积极性就不可能持久。 —————————————— betray 背叛 betray vt. 背叛；出卖；泄露（秘密）；露出…迹象 Then I began to betray her. 后来，我开始背叛她了。 Their betray disorganized the party. 他们的背叛瓦解了该党。 Only they will not abandon me, only they will not betray. 只有它们不会遗弃我，只有它们不会背叛。 —————————————— mathematical 数学 mathematical adj. 数学的，数学上的；精确的 He was lacking in mathematical training. 他数学方面训练不够。 Each of them is declared as in the mathematical model. 每个都是作为一个数学模型来声明的。 Obviously, this is an abstraction of these mathematical concepts. 显然，这些是一些抽象的数学概念。 —————————————— guy 的家伙 guy n. 男人，家伙 vt. 嘲弄，取笑 vi. 逃跑 n. (Guy)人名；(西)吉；(法)居伊；(英)盖伊 He really whaled on that guy. 他确实狠狠揍了那家伙一顿。 This guy often stirs up troubles. 这家伙就爱干煽风点火的勾当。 That perverse guy has been nagging at me all day. 那个故意与我作对的家伙让我终日不得安宁。 —————————————— constitute 构成 constitute vt. 组成，构成；建立；任命 Four quarts constitute a gallon. 四夸脱构成一加仑。 They do not constitute a complete and continuous set of memoranda. 他们不能构成一个完整的、持续的一整套备忘录。 They constitute your memories; where you were, what you were doing, what you were interested in, what you were thinking of. 它们组成了你的回忆；你曾在哪里，你曾做了什么，你曾对什么感兴趣，你曾思考过什么。 —————————————— commission 委员会 commission n. 委员会；佣金；犯；委任；委任状 vt. 委任；使服役；委托制作 Minister in Charge of the State Education Commission; 国家教育委员会主任 The report was submitted to the commission for its consideration. 这份报告已呈报委员会审批。 He took his commission out before turning in the rest of the money. 他扣除自己的佣金后上缴余款。 —————————————— poet 诗人 poet n. 诗人 Li Bai was a Tang poet of superb talent. 李白是唐代一位才气横溢的诗人。 He is the only poet in this country that deserves the name. 他是这个国家唯一的一位名副其实的诗人。 A poet's work may be potentiated by his experience of war and of suffering. 诗人对于战争以及苦难的体验会使其作品更有力量。 —————————————— tough 艰难的 tough adj. 艰苦的，困难的；坚强的，不屈不挠的；坚韧的，牢固的；强壮的，结实的 n. 恶棍 vt. 坚持；忍受，忍耐 adv. 强硬地，顽强地 n. (Tough)人名；(英)图赫 Conditions are rather tough here. 这里条件比较艰苦。 You may not agree with some tough decisions I have made. 你可能不同意我曾经做出的一些强硬的决定。 He is a yellow-bellied guy; don't send him on such a tough assignment! 他是个胆小的， 不要给他这么艰难的工作。 —————————————— color 颜色 color n. 颜色；肤色；颜料；脸色 vt. 粉饰；给...涂颜色；歪曲 vi. 变色；获得颜色 Well, which color do you like? 那么你喜欢什么颜色？ Color is fixed in dyeing. 染印时颜色被固定住，不易再褪。 I like that color. 我喜欢这个颜色。 —————————————— silly 愚蠢的 silly adj. 愚蠢的；不明事理的；没头脑的 n. 傻瓜 n. (Silly)人名；(匈)希伊；(法)西利 How can you explain such a silly remark? 你怎能解释这样一个愚蠢的意见? She tormented me with some silly questions. 她问了些无聊问题烦扰我。 He's been plaguing me with silly questions all day! 他整天老是拿愚蠢的问题来烦我! —————————————— hysterical 歇斯底里的 hysterical adj. 歇斯底里的；异常兴奋的 “Hysterical” was how one man described to me the mood in his home, adding that the hysteria was followed by humiliation and shame. 一个人对我描述他全家的情绪，用的词是“歇斯底里”，并补充说，其次便是屈辱感和羞耻感。 All he can to calm myself down, he seems some hysterical, he wants to tell the person of whole world, I finally have the news magazine sent him manuscripts culverts. 一整天他都无法让自己的心平静下来，他开心的似乎有些歇斯底里，他想要告诉全世界的人这个消息，终于有杂志社给他发约稿涵。 Or, indeed, not to be, ah, clenched with hysterical panic — for there can be few things more humiliating than being asked to relax, anally speaking, by a stranger in a white coat. 或 者，说实在的，千万不要因歇斯底里的恐惧而紧张—因为很少有比被一位身穿白大褂的陌生人要求放松(意思是放松肛门周边的肌肉哦)更丢脸的事了。 —————————————— breath 呼吸 breath n. 呼吸，气息；一口气，（呼吸的）一次；瞬间，瞬息；微风；迹象；无声音，气音 His breath was steadied in his sleep. 睡着之后，他的呼吸变得均匀平缓了。 He took a deep breath and dived into the water. 他深深吸了口气，然后跳进水里。 In winter, the weather in the North can ice people's breath. 冬天，北方的天气冷得可以使人们呼出的呵气立即结冰。 —————————————— lately 最近 lately adv. 近来，不久前 George has taken up with Lucy lately. 近来乔治和露西好上了。 We've seen very little of him lately. 最近我们很少见到他。 Orders have been falling off lately;we must advertise more. 近来订货减少，我们必须加大广告力度。 —————————————— float 浮动 float vt. 使漂浮；实行 vi. 浮动；飘动，散播；摇摆；付诸实施 n. 彩车，花车；漂流物；浮舟；浮萍 n. (Float)人名；(英)弗洛特 Blood cells like red blood cells float in the plasma. 血细胞就是像在血浆里漂浮的红色血细胞. Strange thoughts float into my mind when I am nearly asleep. 我快要入睡时，心中浮现出一些奇异的想法。 My men will haul them down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will float them in rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate them and you can take them away. 我的仆人必将这木料从利巴嫩运到海里，扎成筏子，浮海运到你所指定我的地方，在那里拆开，你就可以收取，你也要成全我的心愿，将食物给我的家。 —————————————— champion 冠军 champion n. 冠军；拥护者；战士 vt. 支持；拥护 adj. 优胜的；第一流的 n. (Champion)人名；(英)钱皮恩；(法)尚皮翁 The challenger delivered a series of punches to the champion. 那位挑战者向(拳击)冠军发动一连串猛击。 The champion was disenthroned in the second round of the match. 这名冠军的头衔在第二轮比赛中被撤销。 The world champion was dethroned in the third round of the match by a young challenger. 这名世界冠军在比赛的第三回合被一名年轻的挑战者撵下了台。 —————————————— healthy 健康的 healthy adj. 健康的，健全的；有益于健康的 It's healthy for children to play in the fresh air. 孩子们在空气新鲜的地方玩耍对他们的健康有益。 Your mode of life speaks well for your healthy condition. 你的有规律的生活说明你的健康状况良好。 A healthy tooth percussed with a metal instrument gives a metallic sound. 用金属器械对健康的牙齿作叩诊则发出金属声。 —————————————— quarrel 争吵 quarrel vi. 吵架；争论；挑剔 n. 吵架；反目；怨言；争吵的原因；方头凿 They have patched up their quarrel. 他们已经停止了争吵。 My patience is almost worn away by their endless quarrel. 他们不停的争吵使我的忍耐接近于极限了。 He homed on a pointless quarrel when we discussed the plan of cooperation. 在讨论我们双方的合作方案时，他把讨论引入了无谓的争吵。 —————————————— niece 侄女 niece n. 外甥女，侄女 n. (Niece)人名；(英)尼斯 Mary bequeathed half of the company to her niece. 玛丽把她公司的一半遗赠给她侄女。 If someone comes to your house to meet your niece at midnight, what more do you do? 如果有人来到你的房子里，午夜里来与你的侄女相会，你会做什么？ But this time my dear niece,before your make the decision please think over what I said. 但是这一次我亲爱的侄女，在你做决定以前请你仔细考虑我所说的。 —————————————— lease 租赁 lease n. 租约；租期；租赁物；租赁权 vt. 出租；租得 vi. 出租 They bargained over the terms of a lease. 他们就租约的条件进行谈判。 If your tenant signs a lease with an option to buy, the option payments are generally rental income. 如果你的承租人签订了一个租赁购买合同，分期付款一般来说是租金收入。 Retail client with three profitable stores in China told me that it has put its expansion on hold because present retail lease rates would be so high on any new stores, they would not be profitable. 一个在中国拥有三家盈利商店的零售商客户告诉我，现在他们已经叫停在中国的业务扩张，因为目前开一家新店的零售租赁费率是如此之高，很难盈利。 —————————————— muddy 泥泞的 muddy adj. 泥泞的；模糊的；混乱的 vt. 使污浊；使沾上泥；把…弄糊涂 vi. 变得泥泞；沾满烂泥 The old car was labouring along the muddy road. 那辆旧车在泥泞的路上吃力地朝前开着。 Don’t track up my clean floor with your muddy shoes! 你鞋上满是泥，别踩脏了我干净的地板! We were swagging on the muddy road when we saw a small village. 我们在泥泞的道路上一直颠簸着，终于看见了一座小村庄。 —————————————— offensive 进攻 offensive adj. 攻击的；冒犯的；无礼的；讨厌的 n. 攻势；攻击 Offensive is the best defence. 进攻是最好的防御。 The enemy launched a fresh offensive. 敌人重新发起进攻。 You need to hold an intelligent conversation and not use profanity or offensive language. 你需要保持一种聪慧的交谈，不要使用亵渎的、冒犯的语言。 —————————————— mysterious 神秘的 mysterious adj. 神秘的；不可思议的；难解的 The mysterious woman passenger vanished. 这位神秘的女乘客突然不见了。 The mysterious rider dissolved into the mists. 那个神秘的骑手在雾中消失了。 He agreed that the holes could not have anything to do with protons, so there had to be some mysterious reason why they did not occur in nature. 他同意空穴与质子没有任何关系的观点，所以在它们为何没有出现在自然界这一点的背后必然隐藏着某些神秘的原因。 —————————————— can 可以 can vt. 将…装入密封罐中保存 aux. 能； 能够； 可以； 可能 n. 罐头； （用金属或塑料制作的）容器； （马口铁或其他金属制作的）食品罐头 What can I do for you? 我能帮你什么忙吗? Can you cite another case like this one? 你能举出另一个像这样的例子吗? Do it how you can. 你尽可能试着做做看。 —————————————— realm 领域 realm n. 领域，范围；王国 The king banished the traitor from the realm. 国王把背叛者驱逐出王国。 Listing 10 provides some of the passwords we use in this security realm and their digests. 清单 10 提供了我们在这个安全领域中使用的一些密码以及它们的摘要。 So, in the bright realm of values, we have no excuse behind us, nor justification before us. 所以在敞亮的价值领域中，人们身后没有借口，面前没有理由。 —————————————— exceptional 异常 exceptional adj. 异常的，例外的 n. 超常的学生 Its flesh has exceptional delicacies. 它的肉异常鲜美。 We all believe we live in an exceptional time, perhaps even a critical moment in the history of the species. 我们都喜欢相信我们生活在一个特殊的时间，甚至也许是人类有史以来最为关键的时刻。 I have never seen the video cable go bad, but I think that in exceptional circumstances it is possible. 我从来没有见过视频电缆出现问题，但我认为在特殊情况下那也是种可能。 —————————————— perish 灭亡 perish vt. 使麻木；毁坏 vi. 死亡；毁灭；腐烂；枯萎 But estimates of their ages depend on theories of how stars live and perish. 不过，估计它们的年龄取决于恒星如何生存与死亡的理论。 We fight against the idea of allowing even the most weak and sickly human perish and do everything we can to keep human beings alive. 对于那种即使是仅允许最体弱多病的的人灭亡的想法，我们是极力反对的，并且尽我们一切努力使人们活着。 "Publish or perish" is the traditional saying. “发表或毁灭”是传统的说法。 —————————————— lonely 孤独的 lonely adj. 寂寞的；偏僻的 n. 孤独者 I am lonely without you. 没有你，我是孤独的。 She has a soft place in her heart for all lonely people. 她同情所有孤独的人。 You cannot imagine how lonely and helpless one can be on the outside after eighteen years in prison. 您是无法想象得到，一个服刑十八年的人到了外界可能会多么的孤独和无助的。 —————————————— thus 因此 thus adv. 因此；从而；这样；如此 conj. 因此 n. 乳香 Thus the first worker's league came into being. 第一个工人联盟就这样产生了。 She misinterpreted the implications of his letter and thus misunderstood his intentions. 她没有正确理解他信中的含义， 因而误解了他的意图。 Agriculture has developed rapidly, thus providing light industry with ample raw materials. 农业迅速发展，从而为轻工业提供了充足的原料。 —————————————— her 她的 her pron. 她（she的宾格）；她的（she的所有格）；她（指某个国家；一艘船） n. （法）埃尔（人名） He decoyed her away. 他把她诱骗走了。 What an inspiration she was to all around her! 她对于她周围所有的人是一种多么大的鼓舞! I have distrusted her ever since she cheated me. 自从她骗我以后，我就不信任她了。 —————————————— conserve 节约 conserve vt. 保存；将…做成蜜饯；使守恒 n. 果酱；蜜饯 So the body needs salt and knows how to find it and how to conserve it. 所以我们的身体需要盐、知道怎么去找到盐，也知道如何节约用盐。 They conserve energy by avoiding the cold outdoors, opting instead to remain in dark lodgings inside their pile of wood and mud. 他们节约能源，避免受到室外的寒冷，反而选择留在黑暗的住所内，里面包含的了许多的椿木和泥。 Some automobile makers and customizers can fit your tank with a kind of foam used in race cars to protect fuel tanks and conserve fuel. 一些汽车制造商和定制服务商可以在你的油箱里填入一种用于赛车的泡沫材料来保护油箱和节约燃料。 —————————————— breadth 宽度 breadth n. 宽度，幅度；宽宏 The room is four metres in breadth. 这个房间4米宽。 Its length is rather disproportioned to its breadth. 其长度和宽度很不相称。 In some cases, particularly with the free editions, there are restrictions on the breadth and depth of features and functionality available for you to use. 在某些情况下，特别是免费版本，对于您可以使用的特性和功能在广度和深度上有一定限制。 —————————————— chin 下巴 chin n. 下巴；聊天；引体向上动作 vt. 用下巴夹住；与…聊天；在单杠上作引体向上动作 vi. 闲谈；作引体向上动作 n. (Chin)人名；(泰)真；(柬)金；(越)九；(西)钦 Orange juice dribbled down his chin. 橙子汁沿着他的下巴往下滴。 He nailed him on the chin with the fist. 他一拳击中了他的下巴。 He threw a hard right to the opponent's chin. 他用右拳狠击对手的下巴。 —————————————— unemployment 失业 unemployment n. 失业；失业率；失业人数 She was burbling on her unemployment. 她絮絮不休她的失业问题。 We are battling against inflation and unemployment. 我们正与通货膨胀和失业做斗争。 His whole life is a fight against poverty and unemployment. 他的一生是与贫苦和失业斗争的一生。 —————————————— front 前面 front n. 前面；正面；前线 vt. 面对；朝向；对付 vi. 朝向 adj. 前面的；正面的 adv. 在前面；向前 n. (Front)人名；(法)弗龙 He sat pouting in front of her desk. 他坐在她的书桌前，一副生气的样子。 Your tale conflicts with what I have on the paper in front of me. 你的说法与我从面前报纸上看来的说法不一样。 They walked along the path and their little son hotched in front of them. 他们在小径上散步，他们的小儿子蹦蹦跳跳地走在他们的前头。 —————————————— veteran 经验丰富的 veteran n. 老兵；老手；富有经验的人；老运动员 adj. 经验丰富的；老兵的 The baseball veteran loved to coach young players. 这位棒球老手喜欢指导年轻选手。 The hope that veteran’s advocates like Rieckhoff have is that soldiers get a fair shake and a fuller understanding of the difficult job they do. 像里克霍夫那样的老兵拥护者们则希望士兵们得到公平合理的对待，更充分地了解他们工作的艰难所在。 But it is firing back at Taibbi, the son of veteran NBC television reporter Mike Taibbi. 但这次它进行了还击，针对NBC老牌记者迈克·泰比的儿子小泰比。 —————————————— atom 原子 atom n. 原子 Well, I could put atom one here. 好，我可以在这里放一个原子。 Might be an atom there. 可能这里有一个原子。 The power of the atom can be used to produce electricity. 原子能可以用来发电。 —————————————— tap 利用 tap vt. 轻敲；轻打；装上嘴子 vi. 轻拍；轻击；轻叩 n. 水龙头；轻打 n. (Tap)人名；(柬)塔；(朝)塔 vt. 采用，利用 What I did was (to) turn off the tap. 我所做的就是把水龙头关了。 He rigged a rubber hose to the tap in the kitchen. 他将一条橡皮软管安装在厨房的水龙头上。 You should connect the hose to the tap and then turn on the water. 你应当先把软管连接在水龙头上然后再打开水源。 —————————————— civilization 文明 civilization n. 文明；文化 All civilization ought to be aroused against war. 应唤起整个文明世界来反对战争。 The Chinese civilization is one of the oldest in the world. 中国文化是世界上最古老的文化之一。 The Sung Dynasty contributed three great inventions to world civilization. 宋朝为世界文明做出了三大发明的贡献。 —————————————— microscope 显微镜 microscope n. 显微镜 The slightest movement will defocus the microscope. 最轻微的运动都会使显微镜散焦。 The microscope magnified the object two hundred times. 这架显微镜把实物放大了200倍。 The microscope capacitates small objects to be observed. 显微镜可以观察到微小的物体。 —————————————— employer 雇主 employer n. 雇主，老板 His employer docked his pay. 他的雇主扣了他的工资。 His employer laid false charges against him. 他的雇主对他提出诬告。 In order to validate the agreement between yourself and your employer, you must both sign it. 为了使你和你的雇主之间的合同具有法律效力，你们双方必须在合同上签字。 —————————————— proximity 接近 proximity n. 接近，[数]邻近；接近；接近度，距离；亲近 Should they be “embedded” with development groups, so that their desks are in close physical proximity to those of programmers? 应该将他们 “嵌入” 开发小组中，以便他们的办公桌靠近程序员的办公桌吗？ If you live near an event space or major urban center, you can collect parking fees from attendees willing to pay for proximity. 如果你住在一个活动场地附近或者城市的主要中心，你可以从参加者那里得到靠近你车道的停车费。 We then heavily factored in cost of living and—to a lesser extent—sunny days, home price projections, and proximity to hospitals, golf courses, and other amenities. 此外，我们纳入了主要的生活费用因素——在较小的范围内——晴天、房价预测以及邻近医院、高尔夫球场和其它便利设施。 —————————————— poll 民意调查 poll n. 投票；民意测验；投票数；投票所 vt. 投票；剪短；对…进行民意测验；获得选票 vi. 投票 adj. 无角的；剪过毛的；修过枝的 n. (Poll)人名；(德、匈、罗、英)波尔 Who else do they poll for? 它还为谁做民意调查？ In an informal poll of my friends and colleagues, I discovered that no one remembered the mascot of the 1988 games. 我在自己的朋友和同事中做了个非正式的调查，发现没有一个人记得1988年奥运会的吉祥物。 From the online poll, at the time of writing, only 32% of users had managed to upgrade, or do a clean install, without any problems. 从网上投票，截止到写这篇文章的时候，只有32%的用户在执行版本升级或者全新安装中，没有出现问题。 —————————————— ripe 成熟的 ripe adj. 熟的，成熟的；时机成熟的 vt. 搜查；调查 vi. 进行搜查 n. (Ripe)人名；(意、瑞典)里佩 These grapes are ripe. 这些葡萄熟了。 The peaches are ripe. 桃子成熟了。 The ripe apples throw out a sweet,intense smell. 成熟苹果放出浓郁的香味。 —————————————— optimum 最优 optimum adj. 最适宜的 n. 最佳效果；最适宜条件 If we treat good diet as a cornerstone of optimum nutrition and do regular exercise, we will have much bigger chance to do and enjoy something else. 如果我们处理好饮食的一个基础就是最佳营养和做适量运动，我们将有更大的机会和享受做别的事情。 These fields provide a big picture for monitoring production load and analyzing pool usage so you can define the optimum value for your maximum pool size. 这些字段为监视生产负载和分析池使用情况提供了一个总体概貌，有助于您为最大池大小定义一个最佳值。 If the backend resource is not providing adequate levels of performance, then neither is the application accessing the backend resource performing at optimum levels. 如果后端资源没有提供足够级别的性能，那么访问后端资源的应用程序也不在最佳的级别运行。 —————————————— regret 后悔 regret n. 遗憾；抱歉；悲叹 vt. 后悔；惋惜；哀悼 vi. 感到后悔；感到抱歉 I regret that I cannot come. 我来不了，很抱歉。 We express our deep regret at untimely death of your husband. 我们对你丈夫的早逝表示深切哀悼。 Much to my regret, I am unable to accept your kind invitation. 不能接受您的盛情邀请， 深为抱歉。 —————————————— identify 识别 identify vt. 确定；鉴定；识别，辨认出；使参与；把…看成一样 vi. 确定；认同；一致 Identify where you want to be. 确定您想要到哪里。 Identify when, where, and how you’ll implement them. 确定时间，地点，和怎样实行他们。 The contents of this file identify the module in the module administration page. 这个文件的内容用于在模块管理页面中识别该模块。 —————————————— protein 蛋白质 protein n. 蛋白质；朊 adj. 蛋白质的 So, ideally, how much protein should you eat? 因此，理想地说，您应该吃多少蛋白质？ I know that I get around 90g of protein from that. 我知道我会从中得到90克左右的蛋白质。 China was the first country in the world to synthesize crystalline insulin, a bioactive protein. 中国在世界上最早用人工方法合成一种有生物活力的蛋白质 --结晶胰岛素。 —————————————— cheat 作弊 cheat vt. 欺骗；骗取 vi. 欺骗；作弊 n. 欺骗，作弊；骗子 It is beneath him to cheat. 他那行骗行为有失他的身份。 Don't go to that shop —they often cheat their customers. 别去那家商店，他们常常欺骗顾客。 Your trust in her is misplaced; she'll cheat you if she can. 你对她信任错了，她一有机会就会欺骗你的。 —————————————— divert 转移 divert vt. 转移；使…欢娱；使…转向 vi. 转移 n. (Divert)人名；(法)迪韦尔 Otherwise it will divert resources where they’re needed. 否则它会将资源转移到需要的地方。 The passenger is stabilised and monitored with the assistance of a doctor on the flight and the decision is made to continue the journey rather than divert to the nearest airport. 最终在航班上一名医生的协助下，患病乘客状况得以稳定并处于监控中，机组决定继续航程而不用转移到就近机场。 But to look away, you have to really look away, meaning you have to divert enough of your attention to something else while you’re looking away. 不但要移开目光，还要真的是把注意力转移开。 也就是说你必须放足够的注意力在其他的事情上。 —————————————— coincidence 巧合 coincidence n. 巧合；一致；同时发生 Is this coincidence? 这是巧合吗？ And when you add these two up, you have an amazing coincidence that we have discussed before. 如果你加上这两个，会发现以前我们讨论过的,惊人的巧合。 For nothing happens by accident in God’s world, and there is no such thing as coincidence. 因为在上帝的世界里，没有一件事是偶然发生的，也没有巧合这回事。 —————————————— character 字符 character n. 性格，品质；特性；角色；[计] 字符 vt. 印，刻；使具有特征 n. (Character)人名；(英)克拉克特 It well assorts with her character. 这与她的性格很相配。 The struggle fetched out his true character. 这场斗争揭示出了他的真实品质。 She resembles her sister in appearance but not in character. 她外貌上像她的姐姐， 性格上却不同。 —————————————— religious 宗教 religious adj. 宗教的；虔诚的；严谨的；修道的 n. 修道士；尼姑 She disowned her religious belief. 她放弃了自己的宗教信仰。 They were animated by religious zeal. 他们被宗教热情所驱使。 He began to pore upon religious problems. 他开始考虑宗教问题。 —————————————— embed 嵌入 embed vt. 栽种；使嵌入，使插入；使深留脑中 Finally you could embed one type of document inside of another. 最终你可以在一个类型的文件中嵌入另一个。 You can use these APIs from the debugger, or you can embed them in your programs, instead. 您可以使用这些来自调试器的 API，或者反过来，您可以将它们嵌入到您的程序中。 You can use it as part of your production system, embed and distribute it in your applications, or simply use it for development purposes. 可以把它作为生产系统的一部分使用，将其嵌入和部署到应用程序中，或者只是使用它进行开发。 —————————————— alien 外星人 alien adj. 外国的；相异的，性质不同的；不相容的 n. 外国人，外侨；外星人 vt. 让渡，转让 n. (Alien)人名；(法)阿利安 Print your name and Alien Registration number on the back of each photo. 在每张照片的背面写上你的名字和外国人注册号。 Also, Arkansas must still have seemed an alien place for her to settle, though she no longer felt it was the other side of the moon. 另外，阿肯色州在她看来肯定仍是一个非常陌生的地方来成家立命，尽管她已经不再觉得它远在月球的另一面。 It should not be a completely alien user experience. The user still needs to know or easily figure out how to get done what they need to get done. 我认为这抓住了差异化的用户体验的本质，它不应该是一个完全陌生的用户体验，用户需要知道如何更容易去做事情。 —————————————— assumption 假设 assumption n. 假定；设想；担任；采取 He based his assumption of her guilt on the fact that she had no alibi. 他以她不在犯罪现场的事实为根据做出她犯罪的假定。 This project was predicated on the assumption that the economy was expanding. 这一计划是以经济发展的设想为依据的。 Why have they received an assumption of being safe for us all without scientific evidence? 没有科学的证据，为什么它们已经得到一个假设它们对我们是安全的？ —————————————— conflict 冲突 conflict n. 冲突，矛盾；斗争；争执 vi. 冲突，抵触；争执；战斗 The hours of those two exams conflict. 那两门测验的钟点互有抵触。 The conflict between them seems ceaseless. 他们之间冲突似乎没个止息。 We should recant all opinions which are in conflict with those proclaimed by the central leadership. 我们应当放弃所有与中央领导所宣布的有抵触的意见。 —————————————— bureau 总务委员会 bureau 办公室，办公厅，办公处，事务所；书桌，写字台，办公桌；全体工作人员；局，所，署，处；售票窗口 Tu travailles au bureau aujourd'hui? 你今天在办公室工作吗? Et que faire des papiers qui arrivent chaque jour sur le bureau ? 怎么处理那些每天都会出现在办公桌上的纸张？ Dans ma chambre il y a un bureau, un chaise, un lit, et une armoire. 我的卧室里面有一张桌子，一把椅子，一张床，一个衣柜。 —————————————— length 长度 length n. 长度，长；时间的长短；（语）音长 He stepped off the length and width of the room. 他用步子量了量房间的长度和宽度。 The chief objection to this book is its great length. 这本书的主要缺点是篇幅太长。 We ranged steel pipes according to thickness and length. 我们把钢管按粗细和长短分类。 —————————————— regard 把 regard n. 注意；尊重；问候；凝视 vt. 注重，考虑；看待；尊敬；把…看作；与…有关 vi. 注意，注重；注视 n. (Regard)人名；(西、意)雷加德；(法)勒加尔 Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts. 把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。 I can regard you as my brother but you must obey what I tell you . 我可以把你看做我的兄弟，但是你必须听我的话。 We always regard him as a friend, but he showed his colours in the current emergency. 我们一贯把他看作朋友， 但在当前的紧急关头中， 他原形毕露了。 —————————————— access 访问 access vt. 使用；存取；接近 n. 进入；使用权；通路 You can turn on and off access to any of these groups. 您可以打开或关闭对任何这些组的访问。 Regardless of where we are and what we are doing, we want access to our data. 不管我们身在何处、在做什么，我们都想要访问到我们的数据。 It ensures that partitions do not access the memory of another partition. 它可以确保该分区不会对另一个分区的内存进行访问。 —————————————— synthesis 合成 synthesis n. 综合，[化学] 合成；综合体 As the fish moves, feeds, and excretes waste, it plays a key role in the cycle of carbon synthesis and degradation. 随着这种鱼的运动、进食和排泄废物，它在碳合成和降解循环过程中扮演了一个关键的角色。 He talked about how to produce medicine by synthesis. 他谈到如何用合成法来制造药品。 You should be capable of acquiring and applying knowledge at varying levels of abstraction simultaneously as well as creating new concepts through synthesis and invention. 您应该有能力同时在不同的抽象级别上获得并应用知识，以及通过综合和创造来创建新的概念。 —————————————— warrant 保证 warrant n. 根据；证明；正当理由；委任状 vt. 保证；担保；批准；辩解 Therefore, it is important to note that individual situations may warrant including additional characters in the list of special characters. 因此，要注意可能保证把额外字符包括到特殊字符列表中的个别情况，这一点很重要。 At Dean Miller's suggestion, I have allowed her to give the current student organizers the opportunity to propose a program for next semester that might warrant continuation of this event on campus. 根据米勒学监的建议，我允许她给学生机会，让他们给下学期的活动提出一个方案，保证这个活动得以在校园内继续开展。 Their findings support restrictions on lighting up within a few feet of other people. But they don't warrant more than that. 他们的观测结果支持了对在他人几尺之外吸烟的限制，但是除此之外，它们并不能证明更多。 —————————————— brow 眉毛 brow n. 眉，眉毛；额；表情 n. (Brow)人名；(西)布劳 Sweat was dripping off his brow. 汗珠正从他的额头滴下来。 He sloughed the sweat off his brow. 他擦去了额上的汗水。 Worry clouded his brow. 焦虑使他愁眉不展。 —————————————— proceeding 进行 proceeding n. 进行；程序；诉讼；事项 v. 开始；继续做；行进（proceed的ing形式） Work is proceeding slowly. 工作正在慢慢地继续进行着。 This forces the JVM to stop and wait for a debugger to be attached before proceeding. 这样可以强迫 JVM 停止，等到附加了调试程序后再继续进行其操作。 We would be well advised to study this emerging category of organizations before proceeding. 我们希望在真正实施前可以对这种新型的架构进行仔细研究. —————————————— parent 父 parent n. 父亲（或母亲）；父母亲；根源 n. (Parent)人名；(法)帕朗；(英、西)帕伦特 You know your parent and you know your situation. 你了解你的父母和你自己的情况。 No parent can duck out of his duty to his children. 没有父母可以逃避对子女的责任。 We should parent children with both love and discipline. 我们应该用爱和管教来当好孩子的父母。 —————————————— fifteen 15 fifteen n. 十五；十五个；十五人组成的橄榄球队 adj. 十五的 num. 十五 His heart clanged like fifteen buckets in a single well. 他心头上十五个吊桶打水， 七上八下。 The ages of the students of our class range from fifteen to eighteen. 我班同学的年龄在十五岁到十八岁之间。 For best results, the bottom of the fence should extend about fifteen centimeters into the ground. 为了达到最好的效果，篱笆的底部应该打入地下大约十五厘米深。 —————————————— affection 感情 affection n. 喜爱，感情；影响；感染 She is glad to embosom his affection. 她喜悦地珍重他的爱情。 He got up a strange affection for the little girl. 他对这个小姑娘产生了一种奇怪的感情。 The dog has transferred its affection to its new master. 那狗已把它的感情转移到新主人身上。 —————————————— electricity 电 electricity n. 电力；电流；强烈的紧张情绪 The electricity is off,so we must reset it. 电流切断了，我们必须把它重新接通。 A dynamo transforms mechanical energy into electricity. 发电机使机械能转换为电。 Wires convey electricity from power stations to the users. 电线将电流从发电站传送到用户。 —————————————— overflow 溢出 overflow vi. 溢出；泛滥；充溢 n. 充满，洋溢；泛滥；超值；溢值 vt. 使溢出；使泛滥；使充溢 We must harness the rivers which overflow annually. 我们必须治理那些每年泛滥的河流。 This space is also used for overflow: if there are more parameters than registers available for use, then they need to go in the stack space. 这个空间也用来在溢出情况中使用：如果参数个数多于可用寄存器的数目，那么它们就需要进入堆栈空间中。 The overflow buffer is used to satisfy peak memory requirements for any heap in the instance shared memory region whenever a heap exceeds its configured size. 每当某个堆超出了其配置的大小时，便可以使用溢出缓冲区来满足实例共享内存区内任何堆的峰值需求。 —————————————— clumsy 笨手笨脚 clumsy adj. 笨拙的 笨拙地 不得当的 不得当地 How clumsy of me to break the vase! 我打碎了这个花瓶，我是有多笨！ He is so clumsy that he can't even push the small cart ahead. 他真是笨手笨脚，连小推车都不会推。 Why had I been so clumsy and nervous around a harmless boy? 为什么我会对一个无害的男孩子那么笨拙和紧张？ —————————————— string 字符串 string n. 线，弦，细绳；一串，一行 He pulled too hard and the string broke. 他拖得太用力，绳子断了。 The kidnapper strangled the child with a piece of string. 绑票的人用一根绳子把这孩子勒死了。 This piece of string is too short. Join another piece on to it. 这条绳子太短， 再续上一截儿吧。 —————————————— earnings 收益 earnings n. 收入 He drinks half his earnings. 他喝酒喝掉了一半收入。 His earnings come to ￡5,000 a year. 他的薪金收入每年达五千英镑。 You can sell all of your stocks and sit on the beach, but you cannot cash in the next 10 years of earnings. 你可以卖掉你的所有股票，坐在海滩上享受悠闲，但你不能变现你未来10年的工作收入。 —————————————— ore 矿石 ore n. 矿；矿石 n. (Ore)人名；(意、瑞典)奥雷；(英)奥尔 This ore assays high in gold. 这种矿石被验明含金量高。 How many tons of ore can this machine crush in an hour? 这机器每小时可以破碎多少吨矿石? It is possible to premix the ore at the shipping point,thus saving time at the ironworks. 为节省铁厂的时间，在装货点预先混合矿石的做法是可行的。 —————————————— swell 膨胀 swell vi. 膨胀；肿胀；隆起 vt. 使膨胀；使隆起 n. 肿胀；隆起 adj. 漂亮的；一流的 n. (Swell)人名；(英)斯韦尔 The captured frustrations become part of Him, and swell His bulk until He threatens to fill all space. 所有挫折都变成了他的一部分，使其主体膨胀，直到快要塞满整个空间。 But stars like our sun swell into bloated red giants when the nuclear fuel in their cores is depleted. 但是，像太阳这样的恒星，当核心的核燃料耗尽时，就会发生膨胀，成为胀大的红巨星。 Many cat lovers live with a dilemma: they want to pick up the animals and hold them close, but if they do, their eyes will swell up and they'll start sneezing. 很多爱猫人都面临着进退两难的境地：他们想抱起猫咪紧紧搂着它们，但如果这样做的话，他们的眼睛就会肿起来，而且开始打喷嚏。 —————————————— jump 跳 jump n. 跳跃；暴涨；惊跳 vt. 跳跃；使跳跃；跳过；突升 vi. 跳跃；暴涨；猛增 n. (Jump)人名；(英)江普 Gather up your muscles and jump. 收缩你的肌肉后再跳。 You can jump this chapter. 你可以跳过这一章不读。 A horse must be carefully mouthed before he is taught to jump. 教马跳跃之前必须小心使它习惯于马嚼子。 —————————————— hardly 几乎没有 hardly adv. 几乎不，简直不；刚刚 She can hardly restrain herself. 她几乎克制不住自己。 I can hardly express my gratitude to you for your help. 对于你的帮助， 我几乎难以表达我的谢意。 The house fits into the scenery so well that you can hardly see it. 这座房子与周围景色十分协调一致，你几乎看不见房子。 —————————————— bankrupt 破产 bankrupt adj. 破产的 vt. 使破产 n. [经] 破产者 The court adjudicated the company bankrupt. 法庭宣判那家公司破产。 They thought we would to bankrupt, but we managed. 他们以为我们会破产，但我们设法支撑了下来。 We must recover our losses immediately,or we shall be bankrupt. 我们必须立即弥补上我们的损失，否则我们将破产。 —————————————— path 路径 path n. 道路；小路；轨道 He tooled skillfully along the path. 他熟练地驾车沿小路行驶。 The path twists up on the mountainside. 这条山路在山腰盘旋而上。 A winding path rambled across the village into the distance. 一条弯弯曲曲的小路穿过村庄伸向远方。 —————————————— amongst 在 amongst prep. 在…之中；在…当中（等于among） Amongst others we have lots of Tutorials. 除此之外，我们还有很多的教程。 There may be asset sharing by the users amongst the communities. 有一些资产可能是被社区中的用户所共享的。 Thou art the Brother amongst my brothers, but I heed them not, I divide not my earnings with them, thus sharing my all with thee. 你是我弟兄的弟兄，但是我不理他们，不把我赚得的和他们平分，我以为这样做，才能和你分享我的一切。 —————————————— complicated 复杂的 complicated adj. 难懂的，复杂的 This problem is very complicated,we have to restudy it. 这个问题很复杂，我们得重新研究一下。 Do not be rather unsophisticated in the complicated political struggle. 在错综复杂的政治斗争中不要太天真了! We should learn to discern and analyze the essentials of complicated questions. 我们应该学会认识和分析复杂问题的本质。 —————————————— continual 持续的 continual adj. 持续不断的；频繁的 Write down your nightmare, or tell someone else about it to stop the continual thoughts. 将你的噩梦记录下来，或者告诉你的朋友以防止连续的坏想法。 So the whole idea of requirements is to have continual agreement between the stakeholders and us. 那么需求的整体思想是保持涉众和我们之间的连续的一致。 Through continual monitoring of the legislation, loopholes detrimental to the effectiveness of the law have been identified and addressed. 通过对该法开展持续的立法监控，已经成功发现并解决了有损该法有效性的漏洞。 —————————————— jacket 夹克 jacket n. 羽绒滑雪衫；西装短外套；短上衣，夹克；土豆皮；书籍的护封；文件套，公文夹 vt. 给…穿夹克；给…装护套；给…包上护封；〈口〉打 The bitter wind cut through his jacket. 刺骨的冷风吹透了他的夹克衫。 The acid has burnt a hole in my jacket. 这种酸把我的上衣烧了一个窟窿。 When I grew out of my jacket,I gave it to my little brother. 我长得穿不下我的夹克衫了，便把它给我弟弟穿。 —————————————— could 可以 could aux. 能够 v. 能（can的过去式） Could you lend me your dictionary? 你能把字典借我用用吗? I could do it, he mused. 我能做这件事，他沉思着。 Could I borrow your pen? 我可以借用你的笔吗? —————————————— likewise 同样的 likewise adv. 同样地；也 Scans of his chest, abdomen, and pelvis likewise showed nothing. 扫描他的胸部，腹部和骨盆也没有什么发现。 She mentioned how her uncle likewise had been questioned by the police. 她提到她的叔叔也遭警察盘问的事。 Likewise, one organization might have that "extra something" in its business process model that gives it an edge over the competition while another organization struggles in this area. 同样的，一个组织可能在其业务过程模型中会拥有使其在竞争中具有优势的“额外内容”，而另一个组织将在此领域内挣扎。 —————————————— turbine 涡轮 turbine n. [动力] 涡轮；[动力] 涡轮机 Then the steam passes into the turbine. 然后蒸气进入汽轮机。 So why not attach the magnets directly to the external, rotating parts of the turbine? 那为什么不把磁体直接放置在涡轮机外部旋转的部件上呢？ It extends six legs into the seabed to stabilize itself before installation of the pylon on which each turbine sits. 在安装每架涡轮机的支柱前，这艘安装船先将六条腿伸入海床中，以便稳定船只本身。 —————————————— decimal 小数 decimal adj. 小数的；十进位的 n. 小数 The last figure of the decimal 0.63 repeats. 小数0.63的末位数是循环的。 The little dot near the centre is the decimal point. 怪圈中心近处的那个小圆圈，就是小数点。 Britain converted to decimal currency on February 15th, 1971. 英国于1971年2月15日改用十进位币制。 —————————————— progress 进步 progress n. 进步，发展；前进 vi. 前进，进步；进行 n. (Progress)人名；(赞)普罗格雷斯 All these things cramped his progress. 这一切妨碍了他的进步。 The book treats of the progress of civilization. 这本书论述了文明的进步。 I will keep you posted about the progress of my research. 我将把我的研究项目的进展情况汇报给你。 —————————————— distort 扭曲 distort vt. 扭曲；使失真；曲解 vi. 扭曲；变形 But the more they control and distort the agenda of those institutions, the more they weaken them. 他们越是控制和扭曲这些机构的职责，这些机构的功能就越被弱化。 If you don't account for the timing of these events, they can seriously distort your timing results. 如果您不处理这些事件的计时问题，那么它们会严重歪曲您的计时结果。 Massive objects like the sun can bend light, but colossal clouds of dark matter create "bubbles" in the cosmos that magnify, distort and duplicate the light of galaxies or stars behind them. 巨大的星体，例如太阳能够使光弯曲，但是庞大的暗物质云会产生宇宙“气泡”，由星系或星体发出的光经过这些“气泡”会被放大，扭曲和复制。 —————————————— rot 腐烂 rot n. 腐烂；腐败；腐坏 vi. 腐烂；腐败；堕落 vt. 使腐烂；使腐朽；使堕落 int. （表示厌恶、蔑视、烦恼等）胡说；糟了 n. (Rot)人名；(法、德、俄、塞、捷、瑞典)罗特 Much rain will make the fruit rot. 这么多雨会使水果腐烂。 His body will rot. 他的尸体将腐烂。 The lower branches of the peach tree began to rot off. 桃树下部的树枝由于腐朽而开始往下掉。 —————————————— person 人 person n. 人；身体；容貌，外表；人称 n. (Person)人名；(法、俄、德)佩尔松；(瑞典)佩尔松；(英)珀森 What can you do with a person like that? 碰上这么一个人，你有什么办法? The age of a person is usually reckoned from his or her date of birth. 一个人的年龄一般是从他的或她的出生日期算起。 She is an attractive person. 她是个吸引男人的人。 —————————————— comb 梳子 comb n. 梳子；蜂巢；鸡冠 vt. 梳头发；梳毛 vi. （浪）涌起 Your hair needs a good comb. 你的头发得好好梳一梳。 She pawed through her purse for a comb. 她在手提包里乱翻一气找梳子。 If it was meant as a disguise, he should have grown it out more for a "comb-over" effect. 如果这个装扮是为了不被别人认出，那他应该蓄更多的胡子，形成一个“梳子”效应。 —————————————— misery 痛苦 misery n. 痛苦，悲惨；不幸；苦恼；穷困 n. (Misery)人名；(法)米斯里 One usually associates poverty with misery. 人们一说到贫穷，常常就联想起悲惨的境遇。 The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people. 旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。 The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth. 一个动物的一生就是痛苦和奴役，这是一个不争的事实。 —————————————— cafeteria 自助餐厅 cafeteria n. 自助餐厅 Deposit your lunch tray at the cafeteria door. 把你的午餐托盘放在自助餐馆门口。 We walked back around the cafeteria, to the south buildings by the gym. 我们往回走，绕过自助餐厅，走到南边体育馆旁的建筑物那里。 One girl sat next to me in both Trig and Spanish, and she walked with me to the cafeteria for lunch. 有个女孩在三角函数课和西班牙语课上都坐在我旁边，午餐时间她和我一起去自助餐厅。 —————————————— flatter 平 flatter vt. 奉承；谄媚；使高兴 Of course to flatter someone is to say nice things about them. 当然了，奉承某人就是指对某人说中听的话。 In William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar it is said that a sure way to flatter Caesar is to remind him how he hates flatterers. 在剧作《凯撒大帝》中，莎士比亚写道，奉承凯撒大帝最稳妥的方法就是，告诉他他是如何地憎恨奉承者。 Atlas, the flatter of the two, has a diameter of only 18 kilometres from pole to pole, but is almost 40 kilometres across its waist. 阿特拉斯是两者中较平整的一个，从南极点到北极点的直径只有18公里，但是它的赤道周长却有40公里。 —————————————— composition 作文 composition n. 作文，作曲，作品；[材] 构成；合成物；成分 The teacher singled out one composition for class discussion. 教师挑选出一篇作文来供课堂上讨论。 Your composition is good except for some overcolouring here and there. 你的作文很好，除了个别地方有些过分润色。 After leafing through the student's composition,the teacher pointed out some slight mistakes. 在草草读完学生的作文以后，老师指出了一些小错误。 —————————————— talk 说话 talk vt. 说；谈话；讨论 vi. 谈话；说闲话 n. 谈话；演讲；空谈 He distracted her with talk. 他用谈话分散她的注意力。 I have something to talk with you. 我有点儿事要和你谈一谈。 Did you ever talk it over with him? 你可曾跟他谈过这个问题? —————————————— concerning 有关 concerning prep. 关于；就…而言 v. 涉及；使关心（concern的ing形式）；忧虑 He heard nothing concerning this matter. 关于这件事他什么都没听到。 The issue now is to see how the measures will be implemented, especially those concerning the labour market. 现在的问题是要看如何实施这些措施，特别是那些与劳动力市场有关的措施。 Better information: The government should improve its data collection concerning the number of migrants in South Africa, their health needs, and the costs of their care. 更良好的资料：关于南非内的移民人数、他们的卫生需要和医疗费用的资料，政府应该改善收集其资料的方法。 —————————————— exquisite 精致的 exquisite adj. 精致的；细腻的；优美的，高雅的；异常的；剧烈的 n. 服饰过于讲究的男子 This exquisite embroidery won people's great admiration. 这件精美的绣品， 使人惊叹不已。 And then to look below and to see the model of the Statue of Freedom, it’s an exquisite sculpture. 而且，你向下看，你可以看到自由雕像的模型，这尊自由雕像的模型非常精美。 The food and service are exquisite. 食品和服务都是很精致的。 —————————————— pie 派 pie n. 馅饼；饼图；爱说话的人 vt. 使杂乱 Hey, free pie! 嘿，免费馅饼！ She quartered the pie and gave each one a piece. 她把饼分成四份，分给每人一块。 Can you see the little fellow walking into the pie? 你能看到那个正贪婪吃馅饼的小家伙吗? —————————————— recover 恢复 recover vt. 恢复；弥补；重新获得 vi. 恢复；胜诉；重新得球 n. 还原至预备姿势 n. (Recover)人名；(西)雷科韦尔 I sincerely hope you will soon recover. 我诚恳地盼望你早日康复。 We must recover our losses immediately,or we shall be bankrupt. 我们必须立即弥补上我们的损失，否则我们将破产。 He managed to recover the contents of both websites, but what lessons are to be learned from this event? 他设法恢复了这两个站点的内容，但是从这个事件中我们应该得到什么教训呢？ —————————————— bush 布什 bush n. 灌木；矮树丛 vt. 以灌木装饰；使…精疲力竭 vi. 丛生；浓密地生长 adj. 如灌木般长得低矮的；粗野的 The rabbit started from the bush. 野兔从灌木丛中突然窜了出来。 The premier accredited Mr. Bush as his representative. 总理委托布什先生作为他的代表。 Who will win the next election,Bush or Gore? —Who can tell ! 谁会赢得下次大选，布什还是戈尔? —谁说得上来。 —————————————— movement 运动 movement n. 运动；活动；运转；乐章 They disintegrated the labour movement. 他们瓦解了工人运动。 They collect funds to finance the movement. 他们为这一运动筹募基金。 He led them in launching a patriotic movement. 他领导他们开展了一场爱国运动。 —————————————— county 县 county n. 郡，县 Ours is a small county. 我们那儿是个小县份。 The criminal has been sent to the county seat under guard. 这个罪犯已经解到县里去了。 At the time, I was playing as an amateur for Cambridge University against professional county teams. 当时我作为“业余爱好者”还在为剑桥大学比赛对抗专业的郡里的队伍。 —————————————— stoop 弯腰 stoop vi. 弯腰；屈服；堕落 n. 弯腰，屈背；屈服 vt. 辱没，堕落；俯曲 n. (Stoop)人名；(法、荷、葡)斯托普 Try not to stoop or hunch your shoulders too much, and try to exercise your legs when possible. 不要过多地俯曲或者隆起肩膀，如果可能的话，活动一下你的双腿。 "I had been injured in both legs and had undergone an operation in which part of a bone in one leg was used to replace the shattered bone in the other. So I was unable to stoop,"he said. 我的两条腿都有伤，都做过手术，一条腿有过粉碎性骨折，并且用另一条腿的骨头做过移植手术，这就是我不能弯腰的原因。 When they had advanced about twenty yards, Danglars looked back and saw Fernand stoop, pick up the crumpled paper, and putting it into his pocket then rush out of the arbor towards Pillon. 他们大约向前走了二十码左右，腾格拉尔回过头来，看见弗尔南多正在弯腰捡起那张揉皱的纸，并塞进他的口袋里，然后冲出凉棚，向皮隆方面奔去。 —————————————— stall 摊位 stall n. 货摊；畜栏；托辞 vi. 停止，停转；拖延 vt. 拖延；使停转；使陷于泥中 n. (Stall)人名；(瑞典)斯塔尔 My friend who has a food stall in the caravanserai is no exception and grins at me with an entire set of glinting gold. 我的一位朋友也不例外，他在商队旅馆里有一食品摊位，正朝我咧嘴微笑，露出一排金色的牙齿。 Economists have long speculated that weak growth of this sort is like an aircraft's “stall speed”, below which it risks falling out of the sky. 经济学家们推测，这种类型的弱势增长就好像飞机的“失速速度”，一旦低于这个临界点，那么就有可能从空中坠落。 When this happens enough times, the thread pool will eventually be empty, and the system will stall because no threads are available to process tasks. 当这种情况发生的次数足够多时，线程池最终就为空，而且系统将停止，因为没有可用的线程来处理任务。 —————————————— linger 徘徊 linger vi. 徘徊；苟延残喘；磨蹭 vt. 消磨；缓慢度过 n. (Linger)人名；(德、捷、瑞典)林格；(法)兰热 His last words still linger in our ears. 他的临终嘱咐仍萦绕在我们耳际。 There they linger for two or three weeks, maybe four. 它们在那里消磨两、三个星期，或四个星期。 The night would linger long enough for what would come or not come. 夜晚还会逗留足够长的时间以至于发生什么或者不发生什么。 —————————————— jaw 下巴 jaw n. 颌；下巴；狭窄入口；唠叨 vi. 教训；唠叨 vt. 教训；对…唠叨 n. (Jaw)人名；(冈)乔 The champion answered with a right to the jaw. 优胜者以正中下颌的一击回敬。 A strong square jaw is a sign of firm character. 强健的方下巴是刚毅性格的标志。 He was slugged on his jaw and fell down on the ground. 他的下巴上挨了重重一拳，摔倒在地上。 —————————————— skim 脱脂 skim vt. 略读；撇去…的浮物；从…表面飞掠而过；去除；（为逃税而）隐瞒（部分收入） vi. 浏览；掠过 n. 撇；撇去的东西；表层物；瞒报所得的收入 adj. 脱脂的；撇去浮沫的；表层的 Opt for low-fat or skim milk for all of the vitamins without the added fat. 如要包括所有的维生素，而不必增加脂肪的话，可选择低脂肪或脱脂牛奶。 Just be careful about what you add to your coffee — stick to skim milk and very little sugar. 不过，在往咖啡里添加东西时要注意——要坚持用脱脂牛奶和极少量的糖。 Skim the textbook for anything in bold, or key definitions, sections, and charts, and highlight those portions. 略读教科书中的粗体部分，或关键的定义，重点段落和图表，并勾划这些部分。 —————————————— vague 模糊的 vague adj. 模糊的；含糊的；不明确的；暧昧的 n. (Vague)人名；(法)瓦格；(英)韦格 One must not be vague on matters of principle. 在原则问题上不能含糊。 I carried with me for years a vague impression that he was a cold-hearted man. 多年来我有一个模糊的印象，认为他是一个寡情的人。 Most of us have some sort of vague idea about what happens to our assets when we die. 我们大多数人都有一些关于当我们死后我们的财产会怎样的模糊的想法。 —————————————— volunteer 志愿者 volunteer n. 志愿者；志愿兵 adj. 志愿的 vi. 自愿 vt. 自愿 And for this I need one volunteer. 为此，我需要一个志愿者。 I volunteer because I have the time. 我参加志愿者是因为我有时间。 But if you like, I can arrange a visit from a canine volunteer. 但是如果你愿意的话，我可以安排一位“狗义工”来看你。 —————————————— comprehensive 全面的 comprehensive adj. 综合的；广泛的；有理解力的 n. 综合学校；专业综合测验 This one is designed to be the most comprehensive. 这次调查是所有调查中最全面的一次。 No one yet has a comprehensive plan for how we could do so again, but everyone agrees on what the biggest parts of the plan would be. 到目前为止，没有人能够提出一个综合计划来告诉我们如何这样去做，但每一个人都同意这一计划的最大组成部分是什么。 In the interest of time, this survey is not comprehensive, but I feel almost certain that we could find problems in all of his testimony and speeches. 由于时间关系，此项调查并不全面，但我几乎可以确信我们已从他的证言及讲话当中发现了问题所在。 —————————————— philosophy 哲学 philosophy n. 哲学；哲理；人生观 All these questions relate to philosophy. 这些问题都跟哲学有关。 Romans took over from the Greeks not only their philosophy but their arts. 罗马人不仅承袭了希腊人的哲学而且还承袭了他们的艺术。 Philosophy is the scientific knowledge that summarizes the nature and society. 哲学是关于自然和社会知识总结、概括的一门学科。 —————————————— prolong 延长 prolong vt. 延长；拖延 We know what to do to prevent infections and save or prolong lives. 我们知道该怎么去做，来预防感染并且拯救或者延长生命。 But this new era must not repeat or prolong the mistakes of its predecessor. 但是这个新纪元必须不能重复或延长其前任的错误。 What factors shorten, prolong or amplify the effect of deception? 什么因素会缩短、延长或扩张欺骗的结果？ —————————————— intimate 亲密的 intimate adj. 亲密的；私人的；精通的；有性关系的 n. 知己；至交 vt. 暗示；通知；宣布 Religion had an intimate association with alchemy during the Middle Ages. 在中世纪， 宗教和炼金术密切相联。 Some people feel that, because they are in an intimate relationship, they have the right to express themselves, whenever, for whatever reason. 有些人认为，因为他们的亲密关系，所以他们有权在任何时候因为任何理由进行自我表达。 What depths of anguish do they intimate? 它们暗示了痛苦的何等深度？ —————————————— lung 肺 lung n. 肺；呼吸器 n. (Lung)人名；(越)珑；(罗、塞、匈、瑞典、德)伦格 They forced air into his lung. 他们把空气吹入他的肺里。 The broken ribs perforated into his lung. 折断的肋骨刺穿了他的肺。 Learning that smoking has done harm to his lung, Tom now wants to kick. 得知抽烟已损害了他的肺脏后，汤姆现在想戒掉恶习。 —————————————— hurt 伤害 hurt vt. 使受伤；损害；使疼痛；使痛心 vi. 感到疼痛；有坏处；带来痛苦 n. 痛苦；危害；痛苦的原因 adj. 受伤的；痛苦的；受损的 n. (Hurt)人名；(德、匈、捷)胡特；(英)赫特 Now she still hurt for his death. 至今她还在为他的去世而伤心。 He will rue the day when he hurt her pride deeply. 他悔不该那天使她的自尊心受到很大伤害。 We stand against hurting others as we don't like to be hurt. 就像我们不愿被伤害一样，我们也反对伤害他人。 —————————————— president 总统 president n. 总统；董事长；校长 The President misspoke on that. 在那一点上总统讲错了。 They divested the president of all his power. 他们剥夺了总统的全部权力。 The president and some governors have the power to kill a bill by pocketing it. 总统和一些省长有权用不予签署的办法否决一项议案。 —————————————— expression 表达式 expression n. 表现，表示，表达；表情，脸色，态度，腔调，声调；式，符号；词句，语句，措辞，说法 Father discourage the expression of enthusiasm. 父亲不准有热情的表示。 Language is a means for the expression of thought. 语言是一种表达思想的方式。 This time the teacher will not mark our English exercises for spelling and grammar, but she will be looking for pleasing expression. 这次对我们的英语练习老师将不特别注意拼写和语法，而是着重找使她满意的表达法。 —————————————— pleasant 愉快的 pleasant adj. 令人愉快的，舒适的；讨人喜欢的，和蔼可亲的 n. (Pleasant)人名；(英)普莱曾特 They often remember the pleasant days they had with you. 他们时常想起与你共度的愉快的时光。 We often remember the pleasant old days we had with you. 我们时常忆起与你共同度过的愉快的往日。 Let's get off the subject of work!Let's talk about something pleasant! 我们别谈工作了!让我们谈些愉快的事情吧! —————————————— invention 发明 invention n. 发明；发明物；虚构；发明才能 He demonstrated the new invention to us. 他向我们演示那项新发明。 They accredited the invention of the telephone to Bell. 他们把电话的发明归功于贝尔。 We must not let news about this secret invention get out. 我们决不能让这项秘密发明的消息泄露出去。 —————————————— lever 杆 lever n. 杠杆；控制杆 vt. 用杠杆撬动；把…作为杠杆 vi. 用杠杆撬 n. (Lever)人名；(法)勒韦；(英)利弗；(德)莱韦尔 The worker depressed the lever to start the machine. 工人压下控制杆开动机器。 Be sure your lever is in neutral before you start up your car. 在发动汽车前，你一定要确保汽车的变速杆处于空挡位。 When I got to this result I pointed out that therefore you can use the lever rule. 当我得到我指出的这个结果,由此你们就能用到杠杆定律。 —————————————— measurement 测量 measurement n. 测量；[计量] 度量；尺寸；量度制 In this example, the component itself provides the measurement. 在这个例子中，组件本身提供了度量。 The wide application of electronic computers in science and technology will free man from the labour of complicated measurement and computation. 电子计算机在科学技术方面广泛的应用将使人们从复杂的计量和计算中摆脱出来。 I mentioned throughput and how page rate provides a consistent measurement for many of the performance tests that you will run. 我前面提到了吞吐量和页面速率如何为您将要运行的许多性能测试提供一致的度量。 —————————————— pupil 学生 pupil n. 学生；[解剖] 瞳孔；未成年人 The pupil bagged school. 这名小学生逃学。 The pupil divided the pencils by colour. 这名小学生按颜色把铅笔分类。 The heavy bag weighted the pupil to one side. 沉重的书包压得那小学生歪向一边。 —————————————— uncover 发现 uncover vt. 发现；揭开；揭露 vi. 发现；揭示；揭去盖子 In the course of solving that problem, they may uncover others. She takes the same approach with each new problem. 在解决问题的过程中可能会发现其他问题，她会采取同样的方法面对每个新问题。 Let yourself feel love and passion towards yourself, your life and everything you do then begin to recover, uncover or discover your true potential. 让自己感受爱和激情正在走进自己、你的生活以及你随后开始恢复、揭示或发现你真正潜力的任何事情。 Did you uncover anything that surprised you? 你发现了什么令你惊奇的事吗？ —————————————— argue 认为 argue vi. 争论，辩论；提出理由 vt. 辩论，争论；证明；说服 n. (Argue)人名；(英、法)阿格 Jack would argue and eff all day long. 杰克常会整天争论不休骂骂咧咧。 Her temperament disposed her to argue readily with people. 她的急躁脾气使她动不动就与人争吵。 Jim was beginning to argue wildly again,getting his facts wrong,so his elder brother cut him down. 吉姆又激烈地争辩起来，把论据都搞错了，于是他的哥哥就把他击败了。 —————————————— hillside 山坡上 hillside n. 山坡，山腹；山腰 The airplane crashed on a hillside. 飞机在山坡上坠毁。 They are quarrying the hillside for marble. 他们正从山坡上采大理石。 They sat and had their lunch on a grassy hillside. 他们坐在长满草的山坡上吃午饭。 —————————————— release 释放 release vt. 释放；发射；让与；允许发表 n. 释放；发布；让与 We have to release the news before 5 o'clock tomorrow morning. 我们必须在明晨五点以前将这条新闻发布出去。 Profile class and enumerations are not supported in this release; therefore, they do not show up in the wizard. 配置文件类和列举在这个释放中是不被支持的；因此，它们不会显示在这个向导中。 In this situation, you can either catch up the resource from the stream, release your version of the resource to the stream, or merge your work and the stream resource. 在这种情况下，您可以捕获来自流的资源，将您制订的该资源的版本发布到流中，或者也可以把您的工作与流资源合并起来。 —————————————— compress 压缩 compress vi. 受压缩小 vt. 压缩，压紧；精简 You can compress archives on the fly with standard compression types, or specify an external compression program of your choice. 您可以通过标准的压缩类型来动态压缩归档文件，或指定一个自己选择的外部压缩程序。 When they pull data to load into the production environment, they simply pull data from both file systems, and compress, then pass on to their production cluster. 当拉出数据载入到生产环境中时，只需要从这两个文件系统拉出数据，压缩，然后传送到生产集群中。 When they are found, doctors pass a tube with a balloon into the narrowed area and inflate the balloon to compress plaque deposits against the side of the artery. 当它们被发现后，医生通过一个软管把一个小气球进入狭小的区域并且膨胀这个气球去压缩动脉边沉淀下来的血小板。 —————————————— remnant 遗迹 remnant n. 剩余 adj. 剩余的 n. (Remnant)人名；(英)雷姆南特 I will sell this remnant to you, at cost. 我愿将此剩货照成本卖给你。 The Ainu settlers in Hokkaido are the last remnant of a prehistoric race. 北海道的阿伊努人是史前某个种族的最后残存者。 It is the remnant of a supernova that was recorded by Chinese and Arab astronomers in 1054. 早在1054年，中国和阿拉伯天文学家就有关于它是超新星残余的记载。 —————————————— weary 疲惫的 weary adj. 疲倦的；厌烦的；令人厌烦的 vi. 疲倦；厌烦 vt. 使疲倦；使厌烦 The weary priest droned a prayer. 疲惫不堪的牧师喃喃地念祷词。 He haggled home and felt very weary. 他蹒跚地走回家，感到十分疲乏。 Young people weary of countless restrictions and fetters. 年轻人对各种清规戒律感到厌烦。 —————————————— cash 现金 cash n. 现款，现金 vt. 将…兑现；支付现款 n. (Cash)人名；(英)卡什 The purchases were paid for with cash. 这些购置是用现款支付的。 I bought the car from the store for cash. 我用现金从这家商店买下这辆汽车。 The dealer reduced the price for cash down. 这家商店对付现金的人减价优惠。 —————————————— facility 设施 facility n. 设施；设备；容易；灵巧 It describes completely the facility and its safety basis. 它完整的描述了设备,和它的安全基础。 In 1989, he and his wife Raisa personally visited the facility, above. 1989年，他和他的妻子赖莎亲自访问了上述设施。 If so, this facility will need to be available at the disaster recovery environment. 如果是这样，在灾难恢复环境中也需要可以使用这个设施。 —————————————— acquisition 收购 acquisition n. 获得物，获得；收购 In fact you could consider the nurturing of this awareness as fundamental to skills acquisition. 事实上你可以把这种对认知的培养作为获得技能的基本法则。 “If females have a biological predisposition to favour colours such as pink, this preference should be evident regardless of experience of the acquisition of gender concepts, ” they said. 她们说：“如果女性是生理上倾向于喜欢粉红这类颜色，那么不管性别概念获取的经验如何，这种偏好都应该是明显的。” This might be the first step in a move towards a more service oriented architecture or perhaps the integration of a batch system acquired by acquisition into a more transactional environment. 这可能是第一步，帮助过渡到面向服务特征更明显的体系结构，或者在收购后将获得的批处理系统集成到更为事务化的环境。 —————————————— confirm 确认 confirm vt. 确认；确定；证实；批准；使巩固 Confirm they have received your package. 确认他们已经收到你的包裹。 From the measured results, we either reject the theory or confirm it. 从这些标准的结果中，我们或者抛弃或者确认这些理论。 You can do a quick test to confirm this in any database by opening a view and then pressing the down arrow. 您可以在任何数据库中做一个简短的测试来确认这一点，方法是打开一个视图，然后按向下箭头键。 —————————————— lofty 崇高的 lofty adj. 高的；崇高的；高级的；高傲的 n. (Lofty)人名；(英)洛夫蒂 Virtue is lofty, but it requires you to give. 美德是高尚的，但美德需要付出和给予。 The people all over the country resounded his lofty moral character. 全国人民都赞扬他高尚的品德。 Let us work together with wisdom and courage to build such a new order and advance the lofty cause of peace and development for mankind. 让我们拿出智慧和勇气，为推动建立这种新秩序，为人类和平与发展的崇高事业，团结奋斗，携手共进。 —————————————— elect 选举 elect adj. 选出的；当选的；卓越的 n. 被选的人；特殊阶层；上帝的选民 vt. 选举；选择；推选 vi. 作出选择；进行选举 First-year students may elect French, Spanish, or German. 一年级学生可选修法语、西班牙语或德语。 Before we elect him to parliament, We want to know what he stands for. 在我们选他当国会议员之前，我们要知道他的主张。 In many cases we need also to take account of the responsibility of patients for their own health, and voters for the governments they elect. 在许多情况下，我们也需要考虑患者对自己健康负有的责任，以及选举者对他们选出来的政府负有的责任。 —————————————— arctic 北极 arctic adj. 北极的；极寒的 n. 北极圈；御寒防水套鞋 n. (Arctic)人名；(英)阿克蒂克 What’s notable this year is that the pattern of high pressure over the Arctic is more pronounced than at any time since 1950. 今年占上风的是北极上空的高气压，而且值得注意的是，这次高气压的强度是1950年以来最大的。 Like smoke signals from infinity, these shape-shifters in the Arctic night sky have the quality of some half-imagined fairytale. 这些在北极夜空中的移形换影像源于无限处的烟雾信号一样具有一些半想象童话的性质。 Conversely, he said, mammals that live in arctic regions develop a layer of fat to insulate against the cold. 他还说：相反，居住在北极地区的哺乳动物长出了一层脂肪，起到了御寒的作用。 —————————————— tale 故事 tale n. 故事；传说；叙述；流言蜚语 n. (Tale)人名；(塞)塔莱 He spun a tale of his adventures. 他编造了一个他自己冒险的故事。 I didn't credit that absurd tale. 我不相信那个荒谬绝伦的故事。 A long tale gives a child fidgets. 太长的故事会使小孩子烦躁不安。 —————————————— chain 链 chain n. 链；束缚；枷锁 vt. 束缚；囚禁；用铁链锁住 I have detached the watch from the chain. 我已把表从表链上取了下来。 These jewels are strung together on a silver chain. 这些宝石穿在一根银链上。 The chain has fallen foul of some plants in the water. 锚链与水中的一些植物缠在一起了。 —————————————— conductor 导体 conductor n. 导体；售票员；领导者；管理人 Wood is a poor conductor of heat and electricity. 木头是热和电的不良导体。 But manufacturers continue to use copper because it's a better conductor of heat. 但制造商仍继续使用铜，因为它是一个更好的热导体。 He was like the orchestra conductor who brought everyone together and focused them into a single melody. 他就像交响乐队的指挥，将所有人汇集在一起，让他们共同奏出一个和音。 —————————————— blunder 错误 blunder vi. 跌跌撞撞地走；犯大错 vt. 做错 n. 大错 You just committed the blunder to end all blunders. 你正好犯了一个超过所有大错的最大错误。 Sadly, we are still living with the consequences of that moral and strategic blunder. 可悲的是，我们仍然要容忍那些道德和战略大错的后果。 The move is a blunder because it glorifies Mr Assange, and also because it confuses a cause with a symptom. 此举是一个弥天大错，因为它不仅美化了阿桑奇，而且还混淆了原因与症状。 —————————————— ours 我们的 ours pron. 我们的 n. (Ours)人名；(法)乌尔斯 His opinion jarred with ours. 他的意见与我们的不一致。 Ours is a small county. 我们那儿是个小县份。 What do you think of these products and do you think they could stack up against ours? 你认为这些产品怎么样，能和我们的产品相匹敌吗? —————————————— oven 烤箱 oven n. 炉，灶；烤炉，烤箱 n. (Oven)人名；(荷)奥芬 His cheeks shone red before the glowing oven. 他的脸被炉火映得通红。 When the timer beeped, we took the cake out of the oven. 定时器嘟嘟响过，我们把蛋糕取出炉。 The cake baking in the oven made the whole house fragrant. 炉上烤的蛋糕使满屋子气味喷香。 —————————————— melody 旋律 melody n. 旋律；歌曲；美妙的音乐 n. (Melody)人名；(英)梅洛迪 Well,but classical music has melody. 但是，古典音乐也有旋律啊。 This minimal contact could be enough for males from another group to the new melody. 对于雄性来说这微小的联系已经足够收到别的种群的新旋律了。 What but the melody of song can tell us of the goings and comings of the unknown bird? 除了歌的曲调，谁还能告诉我们这只无名的鸟的来来去去呢？ —————————————— pole 极 pole n. 杆；极点；电极 vt. 用竿支撑 n. (Pole)人名；(英)波尔；(俄)波列；(塞)波莱 She banged up against the pole. 她砰地一声撞在电线杆上。 I can't get the pole to stand up. 这杆子我竖不起来。 He kept probing the crusty snow with a pole. 他老是用一根杆子探测硬雪。 —————————————— competitive 有竞争力的 competitive adj. 竞争的；比赛的；求胜心切的 But we also have some competitive advantages that we should explore more. 但是我们也有一些应该进行更多探索的竞争优势。 Competitive intelligence or in other words knowing who your competitors are and what they do and how they do it is essential for any business. 竞争智能，或者换句话说，弄清楚谁是你的竞争者，以及他们做什么和怎样在做，是任何商业的要义。 But it did come from success in competitive markets. 但它确实来自在竞争市场上的成功。 —————————————— baby 婴儿 baby n. 婴儿，婴孩；孩子气的人 vt. 纵容，娇纵；把……当婴儿般对待 adj. 婴儿的；幼小的 n. (Baby)人名；(法、葡)巴比；(英)巴比，芭比(女名)；(俄)巴贝 She spooned the milk to her baby. 她用匙给她的婴孩喂奶。 The doctor delivered her of a baby. 这医生为她接生了一个婴儿。 Her baby rolled off the bed this morning. 她的婴儿今天早晨从床上滚了下来。 —————————————— bind 绑定 bind vi. 结合；装订；有约束力；过紧 vt. 绑；约束；装订；包扎；凝固 n. 捆绑；困境；讨厌的事情；植物的藤蔓 n. (Bind)人名；(德)宾德 They can bring us freedom in our relationships or bind us to them. 它们能为在我们的人际关系中带来自由亦或使我们受到语言的束缚。 Next, bind each data node in the data instance to the XFDL items on the form. 接下来，将数据实例中的每个数据节点绑定到表单上的 XFDL 元素。 On the other hand, some of the promises we make bind us legally and financially. 而另一方面呢，有些承诺会在法律上和经济上给我们束缚感。 —————————————— except 除了 except vt. 不计；把…除外 vi. 反对 prep. 除…之外 conj. 除了；要不是 They were all there except me. 除了我以外他们都在那里。 We all went except him. 除他以外， 我们都去了。 They all howled with laughter except me. 除了我以外，他们全都哈哈大笑起来。 —————————————— utility 实用程序 utility n. 实用；效用；公共设施；功用 adj. 实用的；通用的；有多种用途的 This is the deeper meaning of marginal utility: that when society is free, even the most marginal among us need not be marginalized. 这正是边际效用的深层含义：如果这个社会是自由的，即使是我们中最边际的人也不应该被边缘化。 Luckily, this utility library does most of the work for you. 幸运的是，此实用库能够为您做大部分工作。 There’s another term for this: Utility computing. 上述平台还有另一个术语：效用计算。 —————————————— accord 协议 accord n. 符合；一致；协议；自愿 vt. 使一致；给予 vi. 符合；一致 Our information does not accord with his reports. 我们所了解的情况与他的报告不一致。 His behaviour does not accord with his principles. 他的行为与他的原则不相符合。 Mitigation really focused on the fact that for the first time in the Copenhagen Accord all the major economies agreed to implement either targets or actions. 关于减缓的讨论真正聚焦这样的事实，既首次在哥本哈根协议中，所有主要经济体同意实施或目标或行动。 —————————————— extinguish 扑灭 extinguish vt. 熄灭；压制；偿清 Look for and extinguish small fires. Eliminate fire hazards. 查找和扑灭小型火灾，以消除火灾危险。 But just because it's difficult, we can not give up the will to extinguish its lethal flame. 但是仅仅因为它是困难的，我们不能放弃将其致命的火焰扑灭。 If you have a cookout, extinguish coals with water and discard them in a designated receptacle. 如果你要进行野炊，请结束后用水熄灭煤炭，然后把它扔在指定的容器里。 —————————————— carry 携带 carry vt. 拿，扛；携带；支持；搬运 vi. 能达到；被携带；被搬运 n. 运载；[计] 进位；射程 n. (Carry)人名；(英)卡里 Three students were chosen to carry out the experiment. 挑选了三名学生进行这项实验。 Fold a piece of paper round the flowers so that they'll be easier to carry. 用一张纸把花包起来，这样它们易于携带。 You must have a job that allows you to do this, have plenty of time to carry out your work, or both. 你必须有一份能让你实现这种生活的工作，有足够的时间来开展工作，或两者兼而有之。 —————————————— reveal 揭示 reveal vt. 显示；透露；揭露；泄露 n. 揭露；暴露；门侧，窗侧 However, he declined to reveal everything about his diet. 然而 他拒绝透露任何有关他的饮食. I should be glad to give you any help if you reveal your thoughts to me. 如果你把你的想法透露给我，我愿意尽全力帮助你。 Not yet because that would reveal which ones we have seen and which we have not. 对不起，现在还不能细说，因为这会暴露我们看到和没看到的。 —————————————— stereotype 刻板印象 stereotype vt. 使用铅版；套用老套，使一成不变 n. 陈腔滥调，老套；铅版 They surveyed 399 students of both sexes in an intro physics class about whether they agreed with the stereotype that men are generally better at physics. 他们在物理概论课上抽取了399名男女学生进行调查，看他们是否认同“男生比女生更精通物理”这个刻板思想。 We're all familiar with the stereotype that men want sex wherever and whenever they can get it. 我们家庭还在进行着一成不变的性爱：就是男人随时随地得到他们想要的。 You can then add the measures for the goals as attributes of the corresponding classes, and stereotype them as . 然后，您就能够为这些目标添加方法，作为相应的类属性，并且将它们模板化为 。 —————————————— personnel 人员 personnel 私人的，个人的；〈语〉人称的；自私的 人员，职工(总称) , Mesure de l'équipement de production, le perfectionnement et l'excellente gestion du personnel technique. 实力雄厚，生产设备先进，有高级管理人员和优秀的技术人才。 Et nous sommes les grandes sociétés multinationales ont des liens étroits, nous avons à leur fournir le personnel nécessaire situation. 我们与世界各大跨国公司均有密切联系，我们为他们提供所需人才的资讯情况。 La Société est à produire les mêmes produits Résines exportations, le personnel actuel de 200 personnes, couvre une superficie de 3000 mètres carrés. 本公司主要是生产同出口树脂工艺制品，现有全体员工共200人，占地面积约有3000平方米左右。 —————————————— suspect 怀疑 suspect n. 嫌疑犯 adj. 可疑的；不可信的 vt. 怀疑；猜想 vi. 怀疑；猜想 They tailed after the suspect. 他们跟踪那个嫌疑犯。 Why do you suspect the truth of the information? 你为什么凭空怀疑这消息的真实性? The police detained the suspect to make further inquiries. 警察拘留了那个嫌疑犯以便进一步审查。 —————————————— grandfather 祖父 grandfather n. 祖父；始祖 vt. 不受新规定限制 His grandfather lies in the churchyard. 他祖父葬于教堂的墓地。 His grandfather is always carping about the young. 他的祖父总是指摘青年人不懂事。 It was sad to see all grandfather’s lovely things being auctioned off. 看到祖父所有心爱之物在拍卖是令人伤心的。 —————————————— rhythm 节奏 rhythm n. 节奏；韵律 They drummed a rhythm for dancers. 他们为跳舞者敲出节奏。 She rippled a lively rhythm on the violin. 她在小提琴上奏出明快的节奏。 Cadence means the rise and fall of the voice in reading with rhythm. 顿挫抑扬是形容朗读时声音的高低曲折和和谐的的节奏。 —————————————— trail 小道 trail vt. 追踪；拖；蔓延；落后于 n. 小径；痕迹；尾部；踪迹；一串，一系列 vi. 飘出；蔓生；垂下；拖曳 n. (Trail)人名；(英)特雷尔 The road pinched down to a trail. 大路渐渐变窄，成了羊肠小道。 She and some tramps found the trail of rabbit. 她和一些流浪者发现了野兔的踪迹。 The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation. 迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。 —————————————— group 集团 group n. 组；团体 adj. 群的；团体的 vi. 聚合 vt. 把…聚集；把…分组 We linked up with the other group on the hilltop. 我们在山顶和另一个小组汇合。 Working together for two months welded them into a group. 在一起工作两个月使他们形成了一个团体。 He distanced himself from the actions of the illegal group. 他使自己远离非法集团的行动。 —————————————— software 软件 software n. 软件 The company deals in both hardware and software. 这家公司既经营硬件，又经营软件。 The computer comes bundled with software and diskettes. 电脑与软件和软磁盘被一起提供来的。 The distributors will probably bump up the price of the software when the next version is released. 当下一个软件版本公开发行时销售商可能将提高软件的价格。 —————————————— kiss 吻 kiss vt. 吻；（风等）轻拂 vi. 接吻；（风等）轻触 n. 吻；轻拂 n. (Kiss)人名；(德、英、俄)基斯；(匈、罗)基什 She planted a kiss on his cheek. 她在他的脸颊上使劲地吻了一下。 He blew her a kiss. 他给了她一个飞吻。 He tried to kiss her but she fended him off. 他想吻她，但她把他挡开了。 —————————————— ray 雷 ray n. 射线；光线；【鱼类】鳐形目(Rajiformes)鱼 vt. 放射；显出 vi. 放射光线；浮现 She has two big eyes that ray out intelligence. 她有两只闪烁着智慧之光的大眼睛。 Each of these shapes can either go on forever (a ray) or stop after a fixed distance (a segment), you can also pick based on a Bounds object. 各种形状都既可以行进到极远处（射线）或停止在固定的距离上（分段），你也可以基于一个边界对象做拣选。 Ray Fair, my colleague at Yale, for one, warns that any trend up or down may suddenly be reversed if there is an economic “regime change” — a shift big enough to make people change their thinking. 我在耶鲁大学的同事雷．费尔警告说，任何向上或向下的趋势可能会突然发生逆转，如果是经济的“政权更替”一个足够大的改变可使人们改变他们的想法。 —————————————— simplicity 简单 simplicity n. 朴素；简易；天真；愚蠢 I like simplicity in life. 生活中我喜欢简单。 One of the things that makes the game so popular is its simplicity. 让这游戏变得如此流行的原因之一其实是它的简单。 But we can not ignore its enormous vitality for its simplicity! 可不因为它的简单而忽略了它巨大的生命力！ —————————————— trigger 触发 trigger vt. 引发，引起；触发 vi. 松开扳柄 n. 扳机；[电子] 触发器；制滑机 n. (Trigger)人名；(英)特里杰 To fire the gun, just pull the trigger. 开枪只需扣一下扳机就可以了。 This mentalist yearn easily trigger a large-scale consumption campaign. 这种心态容易引发一场大规模消费高潮。 With these functions, we can find out everything about the trigger or its context. 通过这些函数，我们可以查明关于触发器及其上下文的所有信息。 —————————————— sum 总和 sum n. 金额；总数 vi. 概括 vt. 总结；合计 n. (Sum)人名；(英)萨姆；(柬)孙；(俄、德、捷)苏姆；(越)森 He knocked up a good sum last year. 他去年赚得了相当可观的一笔钱。 When you add all the figures together,the sum is 125. 你把这些数字都加起来，总数就是125。 They presented a sum of money to the college in memory of their son. 他们向学院赠送了一笔款项以纪念他们的儿子。 —————————————— interior 室内 interior n. 内部；本质 adj. 内部的；国内的；本质的 What you beheld was the interior of a cloister. 你所看见的是一个修道院的内部。 He lashed out half a small fortune on the interior decoration. 他在室内装饰上花了很多钱。 To some degree, all of us have learned or developed techniques to make the external environment conform to our mental (interior) environment. 从某种程度上说，我们都学到了一些技术，以让外部环境和我们的心理（内部）环境协调一致。 —————————————— better 更好的 better n. 长辈；较好者；打赌的人（等于bettor） adv. 更好的；更多的；较大程度地 adj. 较好的 vt. 改善；胜过 vi. 变得较好 n. (Better)人名；(西、瑞典、德)贝特尔 If he will help us, so much the better. 假如他肯帮助我们那就更好了。 I like him all the better for his criticism. 他提出了批评，我反而更喜欢他了。 You can feed better here than in most other cities. 你在这里能比在其他大部分城市吃得更好。 —————————————— automatic 自动 automatic adj. 自动的；无意识的；必然的 n. 自动机械；自动手枪 This is an automatic press that performs shaping operations, such as bumping, heading and pocketing. 这是一台进行造型操作，如碰撞、装头和压袋的自动压力机。 One caveat to node removal: the node must be running in order for this automatic removal process to proceed. 关于删除节点的一个警告就是要进行此自动删除过程必须按顺序运行节点。 In this article, we have described the importance of automatic logoff and its relation with regulatory compliances. 在本文中，我们描述了自动下线的重要性及其与法规遵从性的关系。 —————————————— alter 改变 alter vt. 改变，更改 vi. 改变；修改 n. (Alter)人名；(英)奥尔特；(德、捷、葡、爱沙、立陶、拉脱、俄、西、罗、瑞典)阿尔特 Sophistry cannot alter history. 诡辩改变不了历史。 In doing translation, one should not alter the meaning of the original to suit one's own taste. 翻译时不应根据自己的好恶改变原文的意思。 But this does not in any way alter the fact that they are now, from a practical point of view, irrational. 但这却丝毫改变不了这样一个事实，即从实用的观点来看，他们今天仍是不合理的。 —————————————— restrict 限制 restrict vt. 限制；约束；限定 But what if you want to restrict your search based on some condition that applies to data in an XML column? 但是，如果您想根据某种应用于 XML 列中数据的条件对搜索进行限制，那么应该怎么做呢？ Why restrict the table to only two keywords per book? 为什么要将这个表限制为每本书只有两个关键字？ This level of protection lets the application allow or restrict other applications to access the system resource. 这种级别的保护让应用程序允许或限制其他应用程序访问系统资源。 —————————————— motive 动机 motive n. 动机，目的；主题 adj. 发动的；成为动机的 vt. 使产生动机，激起 What’s your motive? 你的动机在那里？ Jealousy was assigned as motive for the crime. 把这一犯罪行为的动机归因于忌妒。 The man privately admits that his motive is profits. 那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。 —————————————— code 代码 code n. 代码，密码；编码；法典 vt. 编码；制成法典 vi. 指定遗传密码 n. (Code)人名；(英、法、西)科德 The spy sent his message in code. 这个间谍用密码发送情报。 But we have not yet implemented this in the code. 但我们在代码中尚未实现此功能。 The hacker came smack up against the company's policy of keeping its records in code. 这个计算机黑客突然碰壁了，因这家公司实行了用密码保存公司纪录的政策。 —————————————— quarter 季度 quarter n. 四分之一；地区；季度；一刻钟；两角五分；节 vi. 住宿；驻扎 vt. 将…四等分；供某人住宿 num. 四分之一 She pays her rent by the quarter. 她按季度付房租。 The clothes should soak for a quarter before washing. 洗这些衣服之前应浸泡一刻钟 Our basketball team began to choke up in the last quarter. 我们的篮球队在最后一节因过度紧张而开始失常了。 —————————————— poor 可怜的 poor adj. 贫穷的；可怜的；贫乏的；卑鄙的 n. (Poor)人名；(英、伊朗)普尔 The poor girl thrilled with horror. 可怜的小姑娘恐惧得发抖。 You should allow for her poor eyesight. 你应该体谅到她的视力差。 He played the poor fish until it rolled, belly up, from exhaustion. 他让那可怜的鱼儿挣扎，直到肚子朝天、精疲力竭为止。 —————————————— record 记录 record vt. 记录，记载；标明；将...录音 vi. 记录；录音 n. 档案，履历；唱片；最高纪录 adj. 创纪录的 n. (Record)人名；(法)勒科尔；(英)雷科德 I'm giving you this information for the record. 我向你提供这个情报， 以供记录在案。 The achievement he made heads the world record. 他创造的成绩打破了世界纪录。 What he said was completely spread on the record. 他所说的每一句话全都被记录在案。 —————————————— quick 快速 quick n. 核心；伤口的嫩肉 adj. 快的；迅速的，敏捷的；灵敏的 adv. 迅速地，快 n. (Quick)人名；(英、德、瑞典、芬)奎克 They are pressing us to make a quick decision. 他们正在敦促我们迅速做出决定。 We were quite astonished at her quick reaction. 我们对她的反应如此之快感到非常惊讶。 He downed his opponent with a quick right to the jaw. 他迅速准确击中对手的下颌而把他击倒。 —————————————— begin 开始 begin vt. 开始 vi. 开始；首先 n. (Begin)人名；(以、德)贝京；(英)贝让 She is very honest, to begin with. 首先，她很诚实。 Begin the job the day after tomorrow. 后天开始干这活吧。 I shall count up to ten and then we can begin. 我数到十然后我们就开始。 —————————————— scenery 风景 scenery n. 风景；景色；舞台布景 What magnificent northern scenery! 好一派北国风光! The beauty of the scenery bedazed all of us. 风景之美使我们都眼花缭乱。 Nothing took away from the beauty of the scenery. 什么也减损不了这景色的美。 —————————————— boy 男孩 boy n. 男孩；男人 n. (Boy)人名；(英、德、西、意、刚(金)、印尼、瑞典)博伊；(法)布瓦 Go along, you naughty boy! 走开，你这顽皮的孩子! Who may the boy be? 这个男孩会是谁呢? The boy emptied out all his pockets onto the table. 这男孩把口袋里的东西都掏出来放在桌上。 —————————————— obstacle 障碍 obstacle n. 障碍，干扰；妨害物 Form your obstacle into a question and ask colleagues and friends how to overcome it. 把你的障碍当作一个问题写进表格，问同事和朋友们如何克服它。 But the acceptability of such new stoves to the rural poor is an obstacle. 但是农村的穷人对这类新型炉灶的接受程度是一个障碍。 If you become an obstacle to others’ success, they will despise you for it. 如果你成为阻碍别人成功的绊脚石，别人就会看不起你。 —————————————— excess 多余的 excess n. 超过，超额；过度，过量；无节制 adj. 额外的，过量的；附加的 Luggage in excess of 20kg is taxed. 行李超过20公斤要付费。 All this caused the current excess. 所有这些导致如今的过剩。 Consumers have more access to more music than ever before in history, although an excess of choice provides challenges in itself. 消费者比历史上任何时期都能接触到更多的音乐，尽管过多的选择本身就是一项挑战。 —————————————— widow 寡妇 widow vt. 使成寡妇 n. 寡妇；孀妇 The sorrowful widow begged for mercy. 伤心的寡妇乞怜。 Tony hobnobbed with an attractive widow when he lived in Metz. 托尼在梅斯居住期间曾与一名漂亮的寡妇交往甚密。 She was a widow, with four children, one of whom was disabled. 她是一个寡妇、四个孩子的母亲、其中一个还有缺陷。 —————————————— electrician 电工 electrician n. 电工；电气技师 The electrician refitted my old radio set. 电工将我的旧收音机加以改装。 The electrician took the houselights down. 电工将剧场中观众席上的灯光减弱了一点。 I've heard an electrician got hurt when he hiked. 我听说有个电工在高空检修电线时摔伤了。 —————————————— besides 除了 besides adv. 此外；而且 prep. 除…之外 There's no one here besides Tom and me. 这里除了汤姆和我，没有别人。 He gave me a book, a pen and some money besides. 他给了我一本书，一支钢笔，此外还给了我一些钱。 Besides the two novels, I have bought two atlases. 我买了两本小说，另外还买了两本地图册。 —————————————— world-wide 全球范围内 world-wide adj. 遍及全世界的 Ken would not have him keep the names on the larger list of people world-wide. It was irrelevant, he said. 肯并不打算让他的老同事保留那份包括全球长寿者在内的名单，他说，那些人已经无关紧要了。 It also underscored how the stagnation threatening the auto industry world-wide likely will continue well into next year. 这种状况也昭示，经济陷入滞胀给全球汽车业带来的威胁可能还会持续到明年。 We must capture not only the global business process to be followed world-wide, but also the local adjustments specific to each region or country. 我们必须不但获取全世界遵循的全球业务过程，而且还要获取针对每个地区或国家的本地调整。 —————————————— bracket 支架 bracket n. 支架；括号；墙上凸出的托架 vt. 括在一起；把…归入同一类；排除 Policy expressions really are just logic expressions using a pointy-bracket format, with assertions as clauses. 实际上，策略表达式只是使用一个尖括号格式的逻辑表达式，断言是子句。 When we detect an open bracket, we have found the start of a tag and return the collected characters after we have reversed their sequence. 当检测到一个开括号时，我们就找到了一个标签的开头，并将收集到的字符在逆转顺序之后返回。 The second part of the class signature (following the closing angle bracket) gives the superclass and superinterface (if any) signatures. 类签名的第二部分（尖括号外）给出了超类和超接口（若存在）的签名。 —————————————— erupt 爆发 erupt vi. 爆发；喷出；发疹；长牙 vt. 爆发；喷出 Geysers and volcanoes erupt. 喷泉和火山均能喷发。 Steam and hot water erupt from geysers. 从间歇泉中喷出蒸汽和热水。 Look for some of them to erupt next year. 其中一些可能会在下一年爆发。 —————————————— hunt 亨特 hunt vt. 打猎；搜索 vi. 打猎；搜寻 n. 狩猎；搜寻 n. (Hunt)人名；(德、瑞典)洪特；(英)亨特；(法)安 These things can hunt in the trees as well as on the ground. 这让毒狼不仅能在地面上狩猎还能在树上进退自如。 Father looked stern at us for a while, then we went to go and watch him hunt. 父亲用严厉的眼神看了我们一会儿，然后我们就外出看父亲打猎去了。 Maybe it was easier when the only thing on the table was what you could hunt and gather. 当桌面上只有那些你所能搜索和收集到的事物，生活也许会更简单一些。 —————————————— friction 摩擦 friction n. 摩擦，[力] 摩擦力 Friction acts on moving bodies and brings them to a stop. 摩擦力作用于运动着的物体， 并使其停止。 These attributes include the density of the object and the friction. 这些属性包括物体的密度和摩擦力。 In most machines friction consumes effort, with the result that less work is got out than is put in. 在大多数机器中，摩擦要消耗功，以致造成输出的功要小于输入的功。 —————————————— noon 中午 noon n. 中午；正午；全盛期 n. (Noon)人名；(朝)嫩；(英、巴基)努恩 We'd like to book out at noon. 我们想在中午结账离开旅馆。 I will hit the town before noon. 我可在中午之前到达镇上。 You must check your luggage in before noon. 你必须在中午以前将行李交运。 —————————————— trap 陷阱 trap vt. 诱捕；使…受限制；使…陷入困境 n. 陷阱；圈套；[建] 存水湾 vi. 设陷阱 n. (Trap)人名；(英)特拉普 His offer smelt of a clear trap. 他的提议明显是一个圈套。 The deer was beguiled into a trap. 那只鹿被诱入陷阱。 He used some cheese to trap the rat. 他用了些乳酪诱捕耗子。 —————————————— exclude 排除 exclude vt. 排除；排斥；拒绝接纳；逐出 This allows you to see only the methods executing when GC went wrong, for example, or to exclude data analyzed during application startup. 这允许您，例如，只看到在 GC 出现问题时执行的方法；或者排除在应用程序启动期间分析的数据。 But we would exclude them from our smaller dictionaries. 但我们将把它们从较小的词典中排除出去。 We don't exclude the possibility of acquisitions if it strengthens our competitiveness. 我们不排除收购的可能性，只要这能加强我们的竞争力。 —————————————— holy 神圣的 holy adj. 圣洁的，神圣的；至善的 n. 神圣的东西 （俚）太棒了 n. (Holy)人名；(英、德、匈)霍利 The infidels defiled the holy shrine. 异教徒亵渎神圣的神殿。 She was still a holy and pure young girl. 她仍是一个圣洁的少女。 In this, you are a microcosm of Me—the Divine All, the Holy Everything the Sum and the Substance. 在这一点上，你是我——一切神性、神圣万物、一切总和及实质——的一个微缩。 —————————————— reputation 声誉 reputation n. 名声，名誉；声望 He tried to lie away her reputation. 他极力以谎言毁损她的名誉。 The book is well worthy of his reputation. 这本书完全配得上他的声望。 Why is he always trying to vilify my reputation? 为什么他总是想方设法毁坏我的名誉? —————————————— left 左 left adj. 左边的；左派的；剩下的 adv. 在左面 n. 左边；左派；激进分子 v. 离开（leave的过去式） He downed the champion with a left hook. 他以一个左钩拳击倒了卫冕冠军。 The student left the university to go out into the world and find himself. 这个学生离开了大学进入社会去发现自己的才能所在。 I hewed him on his neck with my left hand,and he released his hands that seized me by the throat. 我用左手掌一下子劈在了他的脖颈上，他那双紧掐住我喉咙的双手松了开来。 —————————————— polite 有礼貌的 polite adj. 有礼貌的，客气的；文雅的；上流的；优雅的 He is very polite to people. 他对人很客气。 It's still polite to give up your seat to an old man. 把座位让给老人仍是个有礼貌的行为。 It is not polite to interrupt when someone is talking. 在别人讲话时插嘴是不礼貌的。 —————————————— pleasure 快乐 pleasure n. 快乐；希望；娱乐；令人高兴的事 vt. 使高兴；使满意 vi. 高兴；寻欢作乐 I pleasure in your company. 和你在一起我感到高兴。 Travel gives us a worthy and improving pleasure. 旅行给予我们一种高尚有益的快乐。 She cried out with pleasure when she saw her little sister. 当她见到小妹妹时她高兴得叫喊起来。 —————————————— curiosity 好奇心 curiosity n. 好奇，好奇心；珍品，古董，古玩 The rumors excite her curiosity. 谣言引起了她的好奇心。 That matter piqued his curiosity. 那件事激发了他的好奇心。 He yielded to curiosity. 他受好奇心的驱使。 —————————————— relevant 有关 relevant adj. 相关的；切题的；中肯的；有重大关系的；有意义的，目的明确的 Consider also whether you have all of the relevant information. 还要考虑你是否拥有所有的相关信息。 He will mention the relevant laws that fence out undesirable immigrants. 他将提及有关禁止不受欢迎的移民入境的法律。 The inventory should include the relevant talents and experiences of you and those on your team plus other physical and intangible resources you have. 这个发掘应该包括相关的人才、你的经验、和那些你团队中的人，加上其他你有的物质的和无形的资源。 —————————————— coat 外套 coat n. 外套 vt. 覆盖…的表面 n. (Coat)人名；(法)科阿 He hung up my coat. 他把我的外套挂起来。 Do up your coat. 把你的上衣扣好。 Flinging aside his coat,he chased after his attacker. 他把外衣扔到一边，去追逐袭击他的人。 —————————————— refute 反驳 refute vt. 反驳，驳斥；驳倒 We can easily refute his argument. 我们可以很容易地驳倒他的论点。 You can point out ,if you are man, a majority of poets and scientists are male; you could refute, if you are woman, most criminals are male as well . 如果你是男子，你可以指出，大多数诗人和科学家都是男性；如果你是女子，你可以反驳说大多数罪犯也都是男人。 Future housing data will confirm or refute whether the housing market's pain is starting to fade. 未来的住房行业数据将加强或者驳斥房屋市场的疼痛是否会开始逐渐消失。 —————————————— mountain 山 mountain n. 山；山脉 n. (Mountain)人名；(英)芒廷 The road passes over a steep mountain. 这条路翻越一架陡峭的高山。 They bathed in a cool mountain stream. 他们在清凉的山间溪流中游泳。 The road opens out after over the mountain. 翻过山之后，道路变得宽一些了。 —————————————— void 无效 void adj. 空的；无效的；无人的 n. 空虚；空间；空隙 vt. 使无效；排放 n. (Void)人名；(俄)沃伊德 The will was adjudged void. 那份遗嘱被宣告无效。 There was an aching void in his heart. 他心中有悲痛的空虚感. We can do this because of the void response for both the requestor and provider. 我们可以这样做是因为请求者和提供者中的响应都是无效的。 —————————————— enable 启用 enable vt. 使能够，使成为可能；授予权利或方法 The bird's large wings enable it to fly. 这鸟的大翅膀使它能飞。 This document will enable her to pass through the enemy lines unmolested. 这证件将使她能平安无事地通过敌人防线。 They have the advantage, however, of getting feedback from the market, which should enable them to correct their mistakes. 但他们有获得市场反馈的优势，这应该使他们能够纠正自己的错误。 —————————————— peach 桃子 peach n. 桃子；桃树；桃红色；受人喜欢的人（或物） adj. 桃色的；用桃子制成的 vi. 告密 vt. 告发 n. (Peach)人名；(英)皮奇 Those boys rifled the peach trees in our garden. 那些男孩子把我们花园里的桃树抢摘光了。 The peach trees cast all their blossoms after the heavy rain. 大雨过后，桃花全部落掉。 There are a few apple trees scattered among these peach trees. 这片桃树中杂有几棵苹果树。 —————————————— radical 激进的 radical adj. 激进的；根本的；彻底的 n. 基础；激进分子；[物化] 原子团；[数] 根数 The government is putting through some radical social reforms. 政府正在实行某些彻底的社会改革。 What then, is the interest of such an analysis, from a radical left point of view? 那么，这种关于利益论的分析，是从一个激进的左倾的观点推导出来的吗？ He pushes his ideas to their most radical conclusions. 他将自己的概念,推向最彻底的结论。 —————————————— exclaim 惊叫 exclaim vi. 呼喊，惊叫；大声叫嚷 vt. 大声说出 The spectacular sunrise made us exclaim in surprise. 壮观的日出让我们惊叹不已。 The bus driver navigates the route, parts of which have been blocked by recent snowfalls, while the passengers gasp and exclaim, because the trail is almost too small for the bus at times. 巴士司机驾驶的路线，其中部分路段被近期的降雪堵塞了，而且因为这条小路对巴士车而言显得太窄了，游客们见此情景，有人开始紧张地喘息和惊叫。 On the basis of this philosophical belief, I exclaim the existence of objective laws of Web evolution. 基于这样一个哲学信仰，我断定互联网进化客观规律一定是实际存在的。 —————————————— occasion 场合 occasion n. 时机，机会；场合；理由 vt. 引起，惹起 Try to dress appropriately for each occasion. 试图为每个场合适当地打扮。 What you said on the occasion was not appropriate. 在这种场合你说这样的话是不相宜的。 Conversation on such an occasion is not expected to soar above polite commonplaces. 不能指望在这种场合的谈话会超越平常的客套。 —————————————— leg 腿 leg n. 腿；支柱 The blow bruised her leg. 这打击使她的腿青肿。 The dog struck at my leg. 那条狗咬伤了我的腿。 The doctor knifes carefully along a bone in his leg. 医生小心地沿着他的一块腿骨用刀切过。 —————————————— ignorance 无知 ignorance n. 无知，愚昧；不知，不懂 What knocks me most is his ignorance. 最让我吃惊的是他的无知。 No plea can be set up on the ground of ignorance. 以无知为理由而提出的抗辩是不能成立的。 His mind was besotted with fear,ignorance and superstition. 他的头脑被恐惧、愚昧和迷信所麻痹。 —————————————— brand 品牌 brand vt. 铭刻于，铭记；打烙印于；印…商标于 n. 商标，牌子；烙印 n. (Brand)人名；(英、德、俄、西、意、罗、葡、捷、芬、瑞典、匈)布兰德；(法)布朗 That brand dyes well. 那种牌子的染料染色好。 Do you think IBM out-techs any other brand? 你认为IBM 品牌比其他品牌在技术上占有优势吗? They have sold out of the brand that I like. 他们已经卖完了我喜欢的那个牌子。 —————————————— monkey 猴子 monkey n. 猴子；顽童 vi. 胡闹；捣蛋 vt. 嘲弄 The monkey is beating up and down. 那只猴子到处乱窜。 The monkey engulfed the food whole. 这只猴子囫囵吞下食物。 The monkey had deflowered an entire section of the garden. 这只猴子把花园中一整块地方的花都糟蹋了。 —————————————— capsule 胶囊 capsule n. 胶囊；[植] 蒴果；太空舱；小容器 adj. 压缩的；概要的 vt. 压缩；简述 You can take extracts of these in liquid or capsule form. 你可以服用由这些药用菌提取的口服液或胶囊。 The patient swallowed the capsule without drinking water. 这个病人不喝水就吞下了胶囊。 Yet this was the problem facing him when a capsule returned to earth in 2006 from a probe called Stardust. 然而，当2006年一个太空舱从一个叫做“星尘”的探测器回到地球时，他又一次面对了这个问题。 —————————————— superiority 优势 superiority n. 优越，优势；优越性 She was prepossessed with the notion of her own superiority. 她满脑子充满着优越感。 Ultimately, our aim should not be to assert the superiority of the physical world over the virtual, but to make them work together. 最终，我们的目标不应是证明实体世界相对于虚拟世界的优越性，而是让它们和谐共存。 Well, in the quest for data storage superiority, a group of scientists from the University of Southampton say they've found forever and they, too, would like to share it with you. 然而，在研究优越性的数据存储过程中，一组来自于 南安普敦大学的科学家们表示他们已经找到了永久，同样，他们也愿意和你一起分享。 —————————————— flat 平 flat adj. 平的；单调的；不景气的；干脆的；平坦的；扁平的；浅的 adv. （尤指贴着另一表面）平直地；断然地；水平地；直接地，完全地 n. 平地；公寓；平面 vt. 使变平；[音乐]使（音调）下降，尤指降半音 vi. 逐渐变平；[音乐]以降调唱（或奏） n. （法）弗拉特（人名）；（英）弗莱特（人名） Have you occupied this flat? 你已租下这套公寓了吗? I have sublet a flat to my friend for the summer. 夏天我把一套公寓转租给一个朋友。 It's cheaper for you to hire a flat when you stay in Europe. 你在欧洲停留期间，租借一套公寓住可省一些钱。 —————————————— pretend 假装 pretend vi. 假装，伪装，佯装 adj. 假装的 vt. 假装，伪装，模拟 Don't pretend to know what you don't know. 不要不懂装懂。 Don't pretend to know [understand] when you don't. 不要不懂装懂。 If you pretend to know what you don't know, you'll only make a fool of yourself. 不懂装懂就会闹笑话。 —————————————— disclose 披露 disclose vt. 公开；揭露 I cannot disclose more of what we are doing but something has to be changed. 至于我们现在正在做什么，我不能透露过多，但事情一定会有所改观。 And if you do wish to disclose your name, you certainly can, per the directions on this page. 如果你非常想公开你的名字，你当然也可以，通过这个页面上的指示。 She declined to disclose what caused the glitch. 但她拒绝透露导致该问题的原因。 —————————————— fortnight 两周 fortnight n. 两星期 After a fortnight’s torture, the unfortunate man got an opportunity to escape the misfortune. 经过两星期的拷打后那个不幸的人得到了逃脱不幸的机会. The product, which is really a mix of antibodies derived from human blood, is known generically as immune globulin and is applied intravenously once a fortnight. 这款产品实际上是源自人类血液的抗体的混合体，在属类上被称为免疫球蛋白，使用时每隔两个星期通过静脉注射一次。 I was summoned to Wuthering Heights, within a fortnight of your leaving us, she said; and I obeyed joyfully, for Catherine's sake. 你离开我们还不到两个星期，我就被召到呼啸山庄来了，她说，为了凯瑟琳的缘故，我欢欢喜喜地服从了。 —————————————— fertile 肥沃的 fertile adj. 富饶的，肥沃的；能生育的 Anything grows in this fertile ground. 这片肥沃的土地上长什么都行。 The plants luxuriated in the fertile soil. 植物在肥沃的土壤里茂盛生长。 The desert continually encroaches on the fertile land. 沙漠在不断地侵蚀肥沃土地。 —————————————— fatigue 疲劳 fatigue n. 疲劳，疲乏；杂役 vt. 使疲劳；使心智衰弱 vi. 疲劳 adj. 疲劳的 Some of them fell out from fatigue. 他们中的几位由于疲劳而掉队。 Everyone has analogy fatigue at this point. 在这一点上，人人都有类比疲劳。 Your emotions overrule your stomach and fatigue. 你的情绪否决了你的肚子和疲劳。 —————————————— corn 玉米 corn n. （美）玉米；（英）谷物；[皮肤] 鸡眼 vt. 腌；使成颗粒 n. (Corn)人名；(英、法、瑞典)科恩 Corn acreage pushed into first place. 玉米的种植面积居于首位。 This corn ears well. 这株玉米抽穗很好。 She swore she saw him putting the helicopter down in a corn-field. 她肯定地说她看到他把那架直升飞机降落到了玉米地里。 —————————————— language 语言 language n. 语言；语言文字；表达能力 We learn a language in order to communicate. 我们学习一种语言是为了交流思想。 It is a language in which nouns are freely verbalized. 它是名词随意可以变成动词的一种语言。 The language teacher pounds Latin into the heads of students. 语言教师不断地向学生的脑袋灌输拉丁文。 —————————————— liter 升 liter n. [计量] 公升（容量单位） n. (Liter)人名；(英)利特 So this is moles per liter per second, right? It's disappearance of some concentration for time. 所以这里的单位是摩尔每升每秒，对吗？这代表浓度随着时间的减少。 Containers must be placed and well-sealed in one transparent plastic bag with a press-seal, of a maximum capacity of one liter (quart). 这些东西必须被密封放置在一个有冲压密封圈的，最大容量为一公升（一夸脱）的透明塑料袋中。 You cannot reasonably tell a child he is allowed only one soda a week if you keep two-liter bottles of Coke and Sprite in the refrigerator. 如果你坚持每星期在冰箱里防止两升瓶装的可口可乐和雪碧，那么你将无法合理地告诉孩子，他每周只能喝一小杯苏打汽水。 —————————————— plea 请求 plea n. 恳求，请求；辩解，辩护；借口，托辞 I conjure you to hear my plea. 我恳求你听取我的请求。 No plea can be set up on the ground of ignorance. 以无知为理由而提出的抗辩是不能成立的。 He entered a plea of “not guilty” to the charges filed against him. 他针对对他的指控提出“无罪”的抗辩。 —————————————— constant 常数 constant adj. 不变的；恒定的；经常的 n. [数] 常数；恒量 n. (Constant)人名；(德)康斯坦特 He was harried by constant bothering of his fans. 他的崇拜者的不断打扰令他十分苦恼。 Constant vigilance is necessary in order to avoid accidents. 为了避免意外事故， 必须经常保持警惕。 The pages of the dictionary had curled up from constant use. 字典的书页由于经常使用都卷起来了。 —————————————— fuse 保险丝 fuse vi. 融合；熔化，熔融 vt. 使融合；使熔化，使熔融 n. 保险丝，熔线；导火线，雷管 n. (Fuse)人名；(意)富塞；(法)菲斯 He struck a match reignited the fuse. 他划了根火柴，重新点着了导火索。 If you plug in all these appliances at once,you'll fuse all the lights, 如果你把所有电器同时接上电，保险丝就会烧断，所有的电灯将熄灭。 The images fuse together and transform into other images in a rhythmic frenzy, as if they were moving oil paintings. 各种图像融合到一起，以一种有节奏的狂乱转化成别的图像，就好像是会移动的油画般。 —————————————— factory 工厂 factory n. 工厂；制造厂；代理店 This factory expands to the riverside. 这个工厂的地界扩展到河边。 Some officials will look over our factory this Friday. 本周五一些官员将察看我们的厂子。 She rounded out her education by practising in a large factory for a year. 她在一个大工厂里实习了一年，使她所受的教育更趋完善。 —————————————— installation 安装 installation n. 安装，装置；就职 The installation of these products should be straightforward. 这两个产品的安装应该很简单。 The ship docked in Portsmouth for installation of new equipment. 船在朴次茅斯港停泊安装新设备。 These are preinstalled so that you can test and use them without spending time on installation and configuration. 它们是预安装的，所以您可以测试和使用它们，而不用在安装和配置上花费时间。 —————————————— incidence 发病率 incidence n. 发生率；影响；[光] 入射；影响范围 Western states have the highest incidence of suicide. 西部的州有更高的自杀发生率。 There is little seasonal variation in the incidence of the disease. 在该病的发病率方面存在着极小的季节性差别。 The incidence of this disease has dropped considerably in the past few years. 近几年这种病的发病率大大降低了。 —————————————— trick 技巧 trick n. 诡计；恶作剧；窍门；花招；骗局；欺诈 vt. 欺骗；哄骗；装饰；打扮 vi. 哄骗；戏弄 adj. 特技的；欺诈的；有决窍的 n. (Trick)人名；(英)特里克 How did she look through his trick? 她是怎么识破他的把戏? Your trick won't be slipped over me. 你的诡计再也骗不了我了。 This is another trick I encourage you to try. 这是我鼓励你试一下的另一个技巧。 —————————————— maid 女仆 maid n. 女仆；少女 vt. 侍候；做新娘的女傧相 vi. 当女仆 He gave his maid $100 for a month's work. 他付给他的女仆一个月的报酬为100美元。 She doubled as secretary and maid in the play. 她在剧中兼演秘书和女佣。 If you make her dinner, buy her a nice bunch of roses, and get her an incredibly personal and loving gift, then it might be time to break out the French maid costume. 如果你为她烹调一顿晚餐，买一束漂亮的玫瑰，给她一个不可思议的她个人十分喜欢的礼物，那么这可能是时候拿出那套法国女仆套装了。 —————————————— shabby 破旧的 shabby adj. 破旧的；卑鄙的；吝啬的；低劣的 I will go back to my peaceful house although it is humble and shabby. 我要回去我的房子，尽管它简陋，尽管它破旧，至少那里自由自在。 He hesitated and told me he was brought up in a shabby and dirty town. 他吞吞吐吐地告诉我，他是在一个破旧肮脏的小镇上长大的。 Many of the ill are placed in shabby institutions, while others are left in the care of family members. 很多精神病患者被安置在破旧不堪的福利机构中，而另一些患者则由家人照顾。 —————————————— convenient 方便 convenient adj. 方便的；[废语]适当的；[口语]近便的；实用的 But it would be convenient—if it would work. 但如果它能行得通——交易就会变得很方便。 I live just by the market, and it's very convenient to go shopping. 我家就住在商场旁边， 买东西很方便。 It's not convenient to talk here.; This isn't the right place to talk. 这里谈话不方便。 —————————————— learned 学会了 learned adj. 博学的；有学问的；学术上的 n. (Learned)人名；(英)勒尼德 He learned honesty from his mother. 他从母亲那里学会诚实。 We learned a great deal under his teaching. 在他的教导下，我们学到很多东西。 Have you learned the particulars of the accident? 你了解了事故的详细情况了吗? —————————————— finite 有限的 finite adj. 有限的；限定的 n. 有限之物 But if they actually do something, the code will require finite time to execute. 但如果它们有实际的事可做，这个代码将需要有限次地执行。 Your answer—how and to whom you want to allocate your finite attention—will increasingly attract the attention of others. 你的答案——你希望如何以及向谁分配你有限的注意力——将日益引起其他人的关注。 Then, during compilation, we can determine a finite bound on the set of legal instantiations and simply generate class files for all instantiations in this bound. 然后，在编译期间，我们可以对一组合法的实例化确定有限界限， 并且仅为该界限中的所有实例化生成类文件。 —————————————— pope 教皇 pope n. 教皇，罗马教皇；权威，大师 He was the first pope to visit the White House. 他是访问白宫的第一位教皇。 Then we flew on to Denver, where we welcomed Pope John Paul II to the United States. 接着我们又飞往丹佛，在那里迎接访问美国的教皇约翰.保罗二世。 Their Pope can just stick his head out anytime he wants and watch all of us down here? 他们的教皇随时只要把脑袋伸出来就可以看到下面我们所有人？ —————————————— suicide 自杀 suicide n. 自杀；自杀行为；自杀者 adj. 自杀的 vt. 自杀 vi. 自杀 He cheated the law by suicide. 他以自杀逃避法律的制裁。 The possibility of suicide was ruled out. 自杀的可能性已被排除。 He attempted to end his trouble by suicide. 他想以自杀来了却他的心病。 —————————————— furnish 提供 furnish vt. 提供；供应；装备 They will furnish food to him. 他们将会提供伙食给他。 We shall be pleased if you will furnish us with your quotation for this product. 如果贵方能向我方提供该产品报盘的话，我方会很高兴的。 You know,we want to totally furnish our new office building.This is a list of what we need.Could you give me a ballpark figure for everything on this list? 您知道.我们想要彻底装备我们的新办公大楼.这是一张单子.上面列出了我们需要的家具.您能就这张表上的所有商品给我一个大概的价格吗? —————————————— fond 喜欢 fond adj. 喜欢的；温柔的；宠爱的 n. (Fond)人名；(法)丰；(瑞典)丰德 He is fond of worldly enjoyments. 他喜爱世俗的享乐。 He was fond of rapping with men of his age. 他喜欢与他年龄相同的人聊天。 He is fond of retracing the experiences of his youth. 他喜欢回想少年时代的经历。 —————————————— bright 明亮的 bright adj. 明亮的，鲜明的；聪明的；愉快的 adv. 明亮地；光明地；欢快地 n. 车头灯光 n. (Bright)人名；(英)布赖特 The bright future is before us. 光明的未来就在我们前面。 Bright light spreads all over the room. 明亮的灯光照亮了屋中的每个角落。 The bright headlights were highlighting the way, and I found her favourite CD. 明亮的车灯照亮了道路，我终于找回了她最喜欢的那张CD盘。 —————————————— parade 游行 parade n. 游行；阅兵；炫耀；行进；阅兵场 vt. 游行；炫耀；列队行进 vi. 游行；炫耀；列队行进 n. (Parade)人名；(法、德)帕拉德 Some boys tailed after the parade. 有些小男孩儿紧紧跟在游行队伍后面。 The troops lined up in parade formation. 部队排成阅兵队形。 She was dressed up for the Easter parade. 她为参加复活节游行精心打扮一番。 —————————————— slack 松弛 slack adj. 松弛的；疏忽的；不流畅的 vi. 松懈；减弱 n. 煤末；峡谷 vt. 放松；使缓慢 adv. 马虎地；缓慢地 n. (Slack)人名；(英)斯莱克 Don't slack off in your studies. 学习上不可懈怠。 Ask them to be more careful. Don't let them get slack. 你要他们仔细点， 不要马马虎虎。 The devil wants you to think your part does not matter, so you will slack off. 魔鬼想你认为你那个部分是无关重要的，那么你就会松懈下来了。 —————————————— passive 被动 passive adj. 被动的，消极的；被动语态的 n. 被动语态 This sentence is passive in form but active in sense. 这个句子形式是被动的,而意思是主动的。 In OO systems, though, even objects that you think of as passive have responsibilities and operations defined on them. 而在 OO系统里，即使被认为是被动的对象也有定义于其上的职责和操作。 Learning to watch is the key, if you learn to not control your thoughts and remain passive, you will see that almost all your thoughts are random. 关键是学会观察，如果你学不会控制你的思想并且一直保持着消极的态度，你会发现几乎你所有的思绪都是混乱随机的。 —————————————— hardware 硬件 hardware n. 计算机硬件；五金器具 Do I have the hardware? 有必备的硬件设施么？ The company deals in both hardware and software. 这家公司既经营硬件，又经营软件。 Some of them do have specific hardware and software requirements. 它们中有一些需要特定的硬件和软件。 —————————————— prohibit 禁止 prohibit vt. 阻止，禁止 What kind of plants do you prohibit? 你们禁止的是哪种植物？ The rules for references between objects of different lifetimes may prohibit member variables in the thread object itself from containing references to these objects. 具有不同生存期的对象之间的引用规则可能会禁止线程对象自身的成员变量包含对这些对象的引用。 He hoped that after peace the British Government would not prohibit the publication of the Soviet Constitution. 列宁希望实现和平之后，英国政府不会禁止《苏维埃宪法》的发行。 —————————————— evolution 进化 evolution n. 演变；进化论；进展 Darwin's theory of evolution; 达尔文的进化论学说 I think objections from the theory of the evolution. 我认为反对的声音来自进化论学说吧。 It has passed through an interesting procedure of evolution. 它经过了一个有趣的进化过程。 —————————————— invitation 邀请 invitation n. 邀请；引诱；请帖；邀请函 I hated to barge in without an invitation. 我讨厌不经邀请，擅自闯入。 She refused his invitation to the tea party. 他请她参加茶会，她拒绝了他的邀请。 He will take it amiss if you refuse his invitation. 如果你拒绝他的邀请，他会生气的。 —————————————— rip 把 rip vt. 撕；锯 vi. 裂开，被撕裂 n. 裂口，裂缝 n. (Rip)人名；(塞)里普 Then she gingerly secured the loose paint flakes around the rip with a liquid adhesive. 然后她小心翼翼地将裂口周围松动的油漆薄片用液体粘合剂固定起来。 In my latest photo set, for example, I dress up in pigtails and a polka-dotted dress and play with a doll. And then I rip the doll to shreds and try to stuff myself instead. 比如，在我最新的照片集中 我梳起了小辫子，穿上有带圆点的衣服，在玩一个布娃娃，然后我把这个布娃娃撕成了碎片并试图塞进我嘴里。 The wrong words can rip people apart and make them wonder if they ever had anything in common at all, the right ones can draw people closer and make them wonder how they ever lived apart. 错误的措辞可以撕裂一个人，让他们开始纳闷：彼此是否曾经志趣相投。 正确的词语能够把人和人之间的距离拉得更紧密，使他们怀疑他们是否曾经分离过。 —————————————— accuracy 精度 accuracy n. [数] 精确度，准确性 Convinced of the accuracy of the data, they stuck to their opinion. 由于深信数据准确无误， 他们坚持自己的意见。 At first he insisted on the accuracy of his account, however, he agreed with what I said. 一开始他坚持他的说法准确，可他还是同意了我的论点。 The only problem is that there is no way to verify the accuracy of those images, since only the dreamer ever "sees" them. 而唯一的问题是没有办法来检验这些图片的准确性因为只有做梦的人才曾经“看过”那些场景。 —————————————— beat 击败 beat vt. 打；打败 vi. 打；打败；拍打；有节奏地舒张与收缩 n. 拍子；敲击；有规律的一连串敲打 adj. 筋疲力尽的；疲惫不堪的 n. (Beat)人名；(德)贝亚特 I finally beat her in that match. 我在那场比赛中最后打败了她。 They beat him unconscious. 他们把他打昏了。 They blustered about how they would beat us all up. 他们威胁说他们要如何痛打我们大家。 —————————————— tow 拖 tow n. 拖；麻的粗纤维；拖曳所用之绳 vt. 拖；牵引；曳 vi. 被拖带；拖行 n. (Tow)人名；(东南亚国家华语)道 The glider uncoupled from the tow plane. 滑翔机与拖行机分开。 Such a dream took a step forward recently when a French team simulated how to tow an iceberg from the Arctic to countries that need fresh drinking water. 近来人们离这个梦想更近了一步，一个法国小组模拟了如何将冰山拖到需要清洁饮用水的国家。 A female cop surveys a field near a highway, her firearm in tow. 一位女警视察一处高速公路旁的田野时拖着她的枪。 —————————————— of 的 of prep. 关于；属于；…的；由…组成的 We have nothing to complain of. 我们没有什么可发牢骚的。 I have nothing to repent of. 我没有什么可后悔的。 She speaks well of you. 她一直在说你的好话 —————————————— seam 缝 seam n. 缝；接缝 vt. 缝合；接合；使留下伤痕 vi. 裂开；产生裂缝 This seam of coal reposes on a layer of clay. 这个煤层处于一层黏土岩之上。 The moon has a tall ridge running along its equator, like a walnut's seam. 土卫八有高的山脊沿着其赤道，像胡桃木的接缝一样。 Lee brings out a small vintage teddy bear (seen above) and starts to sew the back seam closed. 李先生说着拿出了一个小泰迪熊（见上图），在熊的背上缝起针来。 —————————————— towel 毛巾 towel n. 毛巾，手巾；[纸] 纸巾 vt. 用毛巾擦 vi. 用毛巾擦干身体 He dried his hair with a towel. 他用毛巾把头发擦干。 He dried off the towel. 他拧干了毛巾。 She twisted a wet towel and dried her face. 她拧干一块温毛巾擦脸。 —————————————— luminous 发光的 luminous adj. 发光的；明亮的；清楚的 The sound it emits at once gives a luminous comprehension of every phase of its nature. 它发出的声音立刻就给出了有关它的本质的短语的清楚的理解。 That's because, as well as neutrinos, it can detect the light given off by luminous organisms and bacteria. 这是因为，在监测中微子的同时，它还能够监测到发光生物体和细菌发出的光亮。 They pass along the base of a waterfall and come to a basin, or pond, completely surrounded by the luminous weeping willows. 他们从一条瀑布的底端穿过，来到了一个完全由发光的垂柳包围着的盆地——或者说池塘。 —————————————— timber 木材 timber n. 木材；木料 n. (Timber)人名；(瑞典)廷贝尔 The sun checks timber. 太阳会晒裂木材。 They have tailed the timber in the wall. 他们已经将木料的一端嵌进墙里。 This is the cableway which the lumberjacks use to haul out their timber. 这就是林业工人用以运送木材的空中索道。 —————————————— realistic 现实的 realistic adj. 现实的；现实主义的；逼真的；实在论的 But I have to be realistic. 但我必须面对现实。 They will have to be realistic with their demands. 他们将必须现实地对待自己的需求。 We must be realistic in our self-estimation, neither being conceited nor belittling ourselves. 我们对自己的估计应该实事求是， 不要自高自大， 也不要妄自菲薄。 —————————————— cassette 盒式磁带 cassette n. 盒式磁带；暗盒；珠宝箱；片匣 I think I've broken your cassette recorder. 我想我已弄坏了你的盒式磁带录音机了。 Then she flipped the cassette over and turned up the volume. 接着她伸手够到盒式录音带把音量放大。 Mary Ann put in a cassette, and the sound that rose from the speakers was unlike any I’d ever heard. 玛丽安把磁带放进去，随后从扬声器中响起的声音，是我过去从来没有听到过的动静。 —————————————— neat 整洁的 neat adj. 灵巧的；整洁的；优雅的；齐整的；未搀水的；平滑的 So you can do some neat things. 所以你们可以做一些对齐。 She endeavours to keep things neat in her apartment. 她力图把她房间里的一切东西保持整洁。 It also allows for neat packaging. 它还允许进行整洁的打包。 —————————————— sulphur 硫 sulphur n. 硫磺；硫磺色 vt. 使硫化；用硫磺处理 Sulphur may poison a fuel cell. 硫会对燃料电池产生抑制作用。 Stink the rats out by burning sulphur. 用点燃的硫酸把耗子(从洞中)熏出来。 But they say concentrations of smoke and major air pollutants such as sulphur dioxide have now decreased, mainly due to less coal burning by industry and homes. 但是他们也说烟雾浓度和主要的空气污染物质比如硫磺和二氧化碳却减少了，这主要归功于工业用煤和民用煤的减少。 —————————————— decent 体面的 decent adj. 正派的；得体的；相当好的 There isn't even a decent table in this room. 这屋里连张像样的桌子也没有。 He was the only thing there that seemed decent: and I thought he never looked better. 他是那里唯一的看上去很体面的人；我认为他从来没有这样好看过。 A decent argument can almost certainly be made against all of those statements, which is why this award is so close this year, especially between Kobe and Paul. 一个得体的争论几乎可以明确的作出来对抗所有这些争论，那就是为什么今年这个奖项如此激烈，特别是在科比和保罗之间。 —————————————— greedy 贪婪的 greedy adj. 贪婪的；贪吃的；渴望的 He was dominated by greedy egotism. 他被贪婪的私欲所左右。 There is no peace where men are greedy. 在人们贪婪的情况下是永远不会有安宁的。 And then the lights go off, and the din of the tourists turns from a momentary grumble of protest to a greedy growl to whispered disappointment. 这时灯光熄灭了，一时间游客的噪声从短暂的抗议的抱怨声变成了贪婪的咆哮声，接着变成了低语的失望声。 —————————————— mourn 哀悼 mourn v. 哀悼；忧伤；服丧 At the center, pet owners mourn together. 而在中心，宠物主人在一起哀悼。 If this era is over, few will mourn its passing. 如果这个时代结束，很少人会哀悼它的消逝。 We mourn with husbands and wives, children and parents, friends and loved ones. 我们与丈夫和妻子，子女和父母，朋友和亲人们一起哀悼。 —————————————— reciprocal 互惠 reciprocal adj. 互惠的；相互的；倒数的，彼此相反的 n. [数] 倒数；互相起作用的事物 That's why we talk about reciprocal love. 这就是为什么我们讨论相互的爱。 Originally, I speculated that this effect was reciprocal: Women who got what they wanted were more likely to indulge their partners' wishes. 起初，我推测这个作用是互惠的：女性得到了她们想要的就可能去满足在她们伴侣的要求。 Confucius for example advocates the cultivation of reciprocal perspectives. 例如，孔子提倡,相互主义概念的培养。 —————————————— segregate 隔离 segregate vt. 使隔离；使分离；在…实行种族隔离 But we must now ensure that we break the barriers which segregate people with disabilities and force them to the margins of society. 但我们现在必须确保打破屏障，打破那些将残疾人分隔开来并且迫使他们走向社会边缘的屏障。 We must do more to break the barriers which segregate people with disabilities, in many cases forcing them to the margins of society. 我们必须在打破隔离残疾人群的障碍做出更多。 在许多场合中，这些障碍将他们逼到了社会的边缘。 Workarounds attempt to segregate the process of retrieving data, via delegate objects, from the subsequent process of accessing that data. 工作区尝试通过委托对象使数据检索过程与后续的数据访问过程相 隔离。 —————————————— configuration 配置 configuration n. 配置；结构；外形 In this article, however, we deal with only one such configuration. 然而在本文中，我们只涉及其中的一种配置。 You can run with it right away on any database tool without further configuration. 您可以在任何数据库工具上立即运行它而无需进一步配置。 With this, you have built the source mappings and configuration for the connector. 至此，您已经为这个连接器构建了源映射和配置。 —————————————— symphony 交响乐团 symphony n. 交响乐；谐声，和声 He helped to accouche choral symphony. 他曾帮助创作合唱交响曲。 Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is a glorious piece of music. 贝多芬的第九交响曲是壮丽的音乐篇章。 The London Symphony Orchestra broadcasts every Sunday on London Station. 伦敦交响乐团每星期日都在伦敦电台演出节目。 —————————————— judgement 判断 judgement n. 意见；判断力；[法] 审判；评价 He trusted in his judgement. 他相信他的判断。 All action is based on judgement. 一切行动均以判断为基础。 The judgement is often biased by interest. 判断往往因利害关系而有偏差。 —————————————— gymnasium 体育馆 gymnasium n. 体育馆；健身房 The next day, the arsonist was arrested at a gymnasium. 第二天，纵火犯在一家体育馆被逮捕了。 I stood in the packed gymnasium, in a crowd of anxious spouses, children and relatives. 我站在拥挤的体育馆，站在急切配偶的人群中，有子女和亲属。 In 1961 they opened a museum, and twenty years later there appeared a memorial in honor of the teachers and pupils of the gymnasium who died during WWII. 在1961年，图书馆开放，二十年后出现了向在第二次世界大战中死去的体育馆的教师和学生们表达敬意的纪念馆。 —————————————— economical 经济 economical adj. 经济的；节约的；合算的 I want most economical packing. 我要最经济的包装。 We must find economical methods for extracting oil from shale. 我们必须找到从页岩中采油的经济方法。 The government should take effective measures to live through this economical crisis. 政府应采取有效的措施度过这场经济危机。 —————————————— storage 存储 storage n. 存储；仓库；贮藏所 But not all cloud storage is the same. 但是并非所有云存储都是相同的。 I want to upload data to the computer network storage from my office computer. 我想将资料从办公室电脑转送到计算机中心网络的储存中。 You pay for capacity, storage, and bandwidth as you use them. 您会在使用容量、存储和带宽时为它们付费。 —————————————— before 之前 before prep. 在…之前，先于 adv. 以前；在前 conj. 在…以前；在…之前 They fell down before him. 他们拜倒在他面前。 Write her before you go. 你去之前先给他写封信。 I have seen him before. 我以前曾经见到过他。 —————————————— enemy 敌人 enemy n. 敌人，仇敌；敌军 adj. 敌人的，敌方的 We avenged ourselves on our enemy. 我们向我们的敌人报仇。 We began upon our enemy. 我们攻击我们的敌人。 He manoeuvred the enemy out of their position. 他用计谋使敌人离开他们的阵地。 —————————————— herself 自己 herself pron. 她自己（she的反身代词）；她亲自 She cares only for herself. 她只关心她自己。 She defended herself from the attack. 她保护自己以免遭受袭击。 She barred herself in. 她把自己关在里面。 —————————————— horse 马 horse n. 马；骑兵；脚架；海洛因 vt. 使骑马；系马于；捉弄 vi. 骑马；作弄人 n. (Horse)人名；(瑞典)霍尔瑟 He bet $50 that his horse would win. 他拿50美元打赌，说他的马将会赢。 He bet on that horse. 他把赌注下在那匹马上。 Do you like to horse with me this afternoon? 今天下午你愿意陪我去骑马吗? —————————————— later 晚些时候 later adv. 后来；稍后；随后 adj. 更迟的；更后的 n. (Later)人名；(德)拉特 I'll ring you later. 我以后给你打电话。 He was a slave ten years ago and was ransomed later by an old rich woman. 十年前他是个奴隶，后来被一位有钱的老太太用钱赎了出来。 I went there once again ten years later, but nothing changed. All stood there. 十年之后我又去了那里，可什么变化也没有，一切还是老样子。 —————————————— diversion 转移 diversion n. 转移；消遣；分散注意力 We had for a short time a tutor of whom this was a pet diversion. 有一位教我们时间很短的家庭老师，这样的行为就是他最得意的消遣。 Strangers and travelers were welcome sources of diversion, and brought news of the outside world. 陌生人和旅游者是受欢迎的消遣的来源，他们带来外部世界的新闻。 Up to a quarter of what governments spend on medicines each year is lost to fraud, bribery and diversion of pharmaceuticals, says the World Health Organization. 世界卫生组织说，各国政府每年在医药上的投入可能有多达四分之一因为制药商的欺诈、行贿和转移而损失。 —————————————— imply 暗示 imply vt. 意味；暗示；隐含 So what does this imply for China? 那么，这对中国意味着什么？ “I never meant to imply you should do anything unethical,” he says. “我从未暗示过应该去做违背道德的事情。” 他说道。 All of these freedoms imply not only an end to feudalism, but also the willingness of the sovereign state to cede such power to non-state actors. 所有这些自由不仅意味着封建制度的结束，而且也意味着主权国家愿意将这样的权力转让给非国家行为体。 —————————————— invisible 看不见的 invisible adj. 无形的，看不见的；无形的；不显眼的，暗藏的 She was invisible in the dusk of the room. 她在昏暗的房间里， 别人看不见她。 The turtle's shell blended into the mud, making it almost invisible. 龟壳潜入泥中，使它几乎不被看见。 We act as though we were free, not only accepting but even demanding that an invisible injunction tell us what to do and think. 我们的行为好像我们是自由的一样，不仅仅接受甚至要求一个隐形的命令告诉我们去做什么跟想什么。 —————————————— heat 热 heat n. 高温；压力；热度；热烈 vt. 使激动；把…加热 Heat will melt iron. 热将使铁熔化。 The two materials will bond if you heat them. 如果你加热两种材料，它们会黏合起来。 Heat radiates from the heating radiator and spreads to every corner of the room. 热从暖气片散发出来并传播到室内各个角落。 —————————————— radar 雷达 radar n. [雷达] 雷达，无线电探测器 n. (Radar)人名；(塞)拉达尔 They acquired the target by radar. 他们用雷达捕获了目标。 Enemy planes were picked up by our radar. 敌机被我们的雷达发现了。 Our radar pinpointed accurately the attacking planes. 我们的雷达准确地对准来袭的敌机。 —————————————— certify 证明 certify v. 证明；保证 We can certify for his honesty. 我们可以保证他的诚实。 I can certify to his innocency. 我可以证明他清白。 We can certify for him competence as an editor. 我们可以保证他能胜任编辑工作。 —————————————— rejoice 喜乐 rejoice vi. 高兴；庆祝 vt. 使高兴 We are victorious, wherefore let us rejoice. 我们胜利了，因此我们尽情欢乐。 And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons. 你我将带着喜悦共度每一个季节。 Is the passing of time causing you and me to despair or rejoice? 是时间的流逝导致你和我去绝望或欣喜吗？ —————————————— milk 牛奶 milk n. 牛奶；乳状物 vt. 榨取；挤…的奶 vi. 挤奶 n. (Milk)人名；(英)米尔克 She spooned the milk to her baby. 她用匙给她的婴孩喂奶。 She soaked bread in milk. 她把面包浸在牛奶里。 She dribbled some milk onto the cereal. 她把一些奶滴在燕麦片上。 —————————————— instruction 指令 instruction n. 指令，命令；指示；教导；用法说明 We execute that instruction, we move to the next one. 我们执行那个指令，我们继续下一轮。 The instruction should be carried out without any reservation. 应当不折不扣地执行这个指示。 He taught each one as if the future of the world depended on his instruction. 他在教育学生时，仿佛世界的未来完全掌握在他的教导中。 —————————————— pollution 污染 pollution n. 污染 污染物 They devised proposals to deal with air pollution. 他们构想出处理空气污染的方案。 The problem of pollution in the city can not be wished away. 这座城市里的污染问题不可能凭主观愿望使之消失。 The lake yielded up a poor fish harvest last year because of pollution. 这个湖因为污染去年渔业歉收。 —————————————— increasingly 越来越多的 increasingly adv. 越来越多地；渐增地 The commercial world is now being increasingly computerized. 商业界目前正在日益计算机化。 They are playing an increasingly important part [role] in safeguarding peace. 他们对保卫和平起着越来越重要的作用。 This region is becoming increasingly important both strategically and economically. 这个地区的战略地位和经济地位变得越来越重要了。 —————————————— especially 特别是 especially adv. 特别；尤其；格外 I like to swim, especially in the sea. 我喜欢游泳，尤其喜欢在大海中游泳。 We're in bad need of medical workers, especially surgeons. 这里最需要医务人员，特别是外科医生。 The sea is very beautiful, especially when sunshine overshines it. 尤其当阳光照耀在大海之上时，大海显得格外漂亮。 —————————————— terror 恐怖 terror n. 恐怖；恐怖行动；恐怖时期；可怕的人 n. (Terror)人名；(南非)特罗尔 The war terror was honeycombed among the people. 在民众中充满了战争的恐怖。 During the reign of the white terror， many progressives fell victim to the secret police. 在白色恐怖时期， 许多进步人士成为秘密警察的受害者。 For the first time, the Arab world stood with Israel in condemning terror and promising to work against it. 这是阿拉伯世界和以色列第一次站在一起谴责恐怖行为，承诺联手反对它。 —————————————— committee 委员会 committee n. 委员会 The committee have thought carefully over this plan. 委员会已经仔细考虑了这个计划。 We shall relegate this problem to the organizing committee. 我们将把这个问题委托组织委员会处理。 The committee integrated some of the suggestions into its plan. 该委员会将部分建议纳入了它的计划。 —————————————— manufacturer 制造商 manufacturer n. 制造商；[经] 厂商 The auto manufacturer discontinued that car back in 1999. 汽车制造商在1999年停止生产那种汽车坐垫。 All the goods are labelled with the address of the manufacturer. 所有商品均标明了生产厂家的地址。 The manufacturer of this excellent violin has really sweated the details. 这把精美的小提琴的每个小地方都经过制造人的细致雕琢。 —————————————— scholar 学者 scholar n. 学者；奖学金获得者 My wish is to become a scholar. 我的愿望是成为一名学者。 As a scholar, he is far above me. 他作为一名学者，比我高明得多。 His manners proclaim him a scholar. 从他的举止可以看出他是一名学者。 —————————————— singular 单数 singular adj. 单数的；单一的；非凡的；异常的 n. 单数 I was struck with the man's singular appearance. 那个人的奇特外貌给我留下了深刻的印象。 A singular glow came from the unidentified flying object. 从不明飞行物上发出奇特的光。 In “The boy runs”, boy is a singular noun and runs agree with it in number. 在 “The boy runs” 此句中，boy 是单数名词， runs 在数方面与它呼应。 —————————————— cent 分 cent n. 分；一分的硬币；森特（等于半音程的百分之一） n. (Cent)人名；(法)桑 He turned all his pockets inside out but found no cent whatever. 他把所有口袋都翻了出来，但一分钱都没找到。 Respond by letting them know how much, to the cent, they owe you for superfluous texts the next time you’re together. 下次你们在一起时，让他们知道因为这多余的信息，他们欠你多少钱，精确到美分。 They found transgenes in about one per cent of more than 100 sampled fields. 他们在100多个取样田地中，发现了大约百分之一含有转基因。 —————————————— intelligible 可理解的 intelligible adj. 可理解的；明了的；仅能用智力了解的 It is an entirely rational, intelligible process but no less miraculous for that. 这完全是一个理性的，可以理解的过程，但是依然那么不可思议。 The simplest and most intelligible answer to this question is that Truth is the object of Logic. 对于这个问题的最简单、最明了的答复是，真理就是逻辑学的对象。 Seems very hard to understand; now this is a real problem for Descartes because Descartes thinks causation is ultimately intelligible. 这似乎很难理解;,这对于笛卡尔来说，这真是个问题,因为他认为因果关系最终还是可以理解的。 —————————————— pint 一品脱的量 pint n. 品脱；一品脱的量；一品脱牛奶或啤酒 n. (Pint)人名；(德、俄、匈)平特 But it would have to feel like an existing pint glass to the consumer. 对消费者来说，新款杯子同现有的品脱玻璃杯将会类似。 Great, now that your back make sure you celebrate your effort. Pat your self on the back; grab a pint of ice cream. 好极了，既然你的背影确信你的努力值得庆祝，那就自己拍拍后背，或者抓一品脱的冰淇淋吃。 After a pint of blood is collected, it is processed into its transfusible components: plasma, platelets and red blood cells. 当血液捐献者的一品脱血液采集来以后，需要分离成不同输血成分：血浆，血小板和红细胞。 —————————————— attach 附加 attach vt. 使依附；贴上；系上；使依恋 vi. 附加；附属；伴随 With the skin gone, to what can the hair attach itself? 皮之不存， 毛将焉附? In this example, we attach the policy directly in the WSDL. 在这个示例中，我们直接将策略附加到 WSDL 中。 You can attach files, sounds, and images to messages like you can with e-mails. 您可以将文件、声音和图像像附加到电子邮件一样附加到消息。 —————————————— object 对象 object n. 目标；物体；客体；宾语 vt. 提出…作为反对的理由 vi. 反对；拒绝 The robot can acquire the object. 机器人能捕获该物体。 Our object is to further cement trade relations. 我们的目标是进一步巩固贸易关系。 In order to compass our object we must work hard. 为了达到我们的目标，我们必须努力工作。 —————————————— below 下面 below adv. 在下面，在较低处；在本页下面 prep. 在…下面 n. (Below)人名；(英、德、芬、瑞典)贝洛 He had a bruise just below his right eye. 就在他的右眼下面有一块伤痕。 The vegetables store well at temperature below 20℃. 这些蔬菜在20摄氏度以下能够很好地贮藏。 The total shipment will be invoiced to you at 10% below export list prices. 全部货物将按低于出口商品价格的10%开发票给你。 —————————————— prescription 处方 prescription n. 药方；指示；惯例 adj. 凭处方方可购买的 The druggist dispensed a prescription. 药剂师照药方配了药。 Is there any special prescription with it? 有没有特别的药方来治疗它？ The prescription was being pounded down in the mortar. 处方所开的药正在钵中磨研。 —————————————— intellect 智力 intellect n. 智力，理解力；知识分子；思维逻辑领悟力；智力高的人 Their power does not come from rank or title but from intellect and perseverance. 他们的权力并非来自等级或头衔，而是来自他们的智慧和毅力。 They do so in the hope that intellect, or some lost piece of knowledge, can save the world from the rise of the dragons. 他们这样做更是希望通过这些智慧或者失落的稀有知识经验能够拯救这个觉醒的巨龙们脚下的世界。 Our strength is derived from many sources, but most of all, we owe our success to the ingenuity, intellect and creativity of our people. 我们的力量来自许多源泉，但其中最重要的是，我们的成功归功于我们人民的聪明、智慧和创造性。 —————————————— hammer 锤 hammer vi. 锤击；敲打；重复 n. 铁锤；链球；[解剖] 锤骨；音锤 vt. 锤击；锤打 n. (Hammer)人名；(法)阿梅；(德、英、芬、捷、瑞典、荷、丹、挪)哈默 Hammer and nail? 锤子与钉子？ Eventually, you give up and go back to the hammer. 最后，您放弃了这个工具，还是用回原来的锤子。 I had no hammer,so I had to pound the nail in with a stone. 我没有锤子，所以只得用石头把钉子敲进去。 —————————————— education 教育 education n. 教育；培养；教育学 He received part of his education in England. 他有一部分教育是在英国接受的。 His rudeness rooted in his lack of education. 他的粗鲁是由于缺乏教育而形成的。 Education and travel have equipped him to deal with all sorts of people. 教育和旅行使他善于与各种各样的人打交道。 —————————————— resultant 合成 resultant n. 合力；结果；[化学] 生成物 adj. 结果的；合成的 It is the resultant from those two. 它是这两者相互结合的结果。 RDA allows differences in models to be identified and these differences accepted or rejected, merging accepted changes into a resultant model. RDA 可以识别模型中的差异，接受或拒绝这些差异，将接受的更改并入到一个结果模型中。 You can build an XML query visually by selecting sample resultant nodes from a tree representation of a schema or XML document and dragging the nodes onto a return grid. 您可以通过从一个模式或 XML 文档的树型表示中选择示例结果节点，并将这些节点拖放到一个返回网格中，从而可视化地构造一个 XML 查询。 —————————————— carpenter 卡彭特 carpenter n. 木匠，木工 vi. 当木匠，做木匠工作 vt. 制作 n. (Carpenter)人名；(英、葡、法)卡彭特 He is a carpenter by profession. 他以木工为业。 At an early age, I was apprenticed to a carpenter. 我小时候曾给木匠当过学徒。 That carpenter wanted to become a lawyer， but he was advised to stick to his last. 那个木匠想当律师， 但别人劝他安分守己地干他自己的老本行。 —————————————— period 期 period n. 周期，期间；时期；月经；课时；（语法学）句点，句号 adj. 某一时代的 There were many important events in this period. 在这一时期里发生了许多重大的事件。 Adolescence is the transition period between childhood and manhood. 青春期是儿童和成人阶段的过渡时期。 He rough-hewed a statue out of a block of jade rapidly but then polished it slowly over a long period. 他用一块玉石很快地凿出塑像的毛坯，然后花很长一段时间慢慢加以修饰。 —————————————— boost 提高 boost vt. 促进；增加；支援 vi. 宣扬；偷窃 n. 推动；帮助；宣扬 n. (Boost)人名；(英)布斯特；(德)博斯特 He always boost his company. 他老是宣扬他的公司。 But how to boost growth? 但怎样刺激经济增长？ So go out there and boost your brainpower, your mind will thank you. 所以走出去提升你的智力，你的思想会感谢你自己。 —————————————— craft 工艺 craft n. 工艺；手艺；太空船 vt. 精巧地制作 n. (Craft)人名；(英、德、罗)克拉夫特 The craft has been passed down over five generations. 这种手艺已经传了五代。 At the craft fair the children were shown how to dip candles. 在工艺博览会上给孩子们表演如何制造蜡烛。 Programmers know that their craft is not just science and technology but art. 程序员知道他们的手艺不只是科学和技术，而是艺术。 —————————————— element 元素 element n. 元素；要素；原理；成分；自然环境 n. (Element)人名；(德)埃勒门特；(英)埃利门特 Hydrogen is a one-valence element. 氢是一价的元素。 Otherwise, run the evaluator on each element of the list. 否则，要对列表中的每一个元素运行求值程序。 When an element is caused to combine with oxygen it is oxidized. 当使一种元素与氧化合时，即称其被氧化。 —————————————— butter 黄油 butter vt. 涂黄油于；讨好 n. 黄油；奶油；奉承话 n. (Butter)人名；(英)巴特；(德、匈)布特 He spread some butter on his bread. 他在面包上涂了些黄油。 He has churned out more butter this week than last. 他本周制作的黄油比上周多。 Cream your butter before adding the sugar and flour. 加糖和面粉之前要先把黄油搅成乳脂状。 —————————————— lover 情人 lover n. 爱人，恋人；爱好者 n. (Lover)人名；(英)洛弗 n. 小三；第三者 She ran away with her lover. 她与她的情人私奔了。 She eloped with her lover last week. 她和她的情人上星期私奔了。 He caught a glimpse of his former lover in the theatre last night. 昨晚他在剧院里瞥见了他以前的情人。 —————————————— marry 结婚 marry vt. 嫁；娶；与……结婚 vi. 结婚 n. (Marry)人名；(阿拉伯)马雷；(法)马里 He wanted to marry her, and she would have him. 他想娶她为妻，她也愿意嫁给他。 If you marry a woman such as she, she'll drag you down. 如果你和她那样的女人结婚，她会毁掉你的。 Jane braved the wrath of her parents by refusing to marry the man they had chosen. 简无畏地冒犯她父母的愤怒，拒绝嫁给他们早已选定的那个男人。 —————————————— contrive 设计 contrive vt. 设计；发明；图谋 vi. 谋划；设法做到 I can contrive without your help. 没有你的帮助，我也能设法做到。 In contrast with Tom’s goals of socializing, I contrive to learn new and complex things. 汤姆来的目的是社交。 相比之下，我想设法学些新鲜、复杂一点的东西。 A skillful cook, who understands how to oblige his guests, will contrive to make it as expensive as they please . 手艺高明的厨师既懂得如何投客人之所好，自然要想尽法子把这道菜做得越贵重越好。 —————————————— prompt 提示 prompt adj. 敏捷的，迅速的；立刻的 vt. 提示；促进；激起；（给演员）提白 n. 提示；付款期限；DOS命令：改变DOS系统提示符的风格 adv. 准时地 I'll prompt her if she forgets her lines. 如果她忘掉台词我将给她提示。 Although you do not receive a prompt to restart the computer after you remove the service, you must restart the computer before you reinstall the service. 虽然您不会收到一个提示重新启动计算机，在删除该服务后，您必须重新启动计算机，再重新安装该服务。 As each component started, you saw some messages appear on the command prompt window. 在每个组件启动时，您已看到一些信息出现在命令提示窗口中。 —————————————— margin 保证金 margin n. 边缘；利润，余裕；页边的空白 vt. 加边于；加旁注于 n. (Margin)人名；(俄、意)马尔金 Well, not only is this false advertising and not only does this hurt the profit margin of Trojan, it also puts you at risk. 告诉你，这不只是造成了虚假的广告宣传，也不仅只是危害到特洛伊公司的利润率，它还危害到你。 You have to understand the cost structure of technology, what its impact is on your margin and what the impact of your technology investment is on growth, shrinkage, and market share. 您必须理解技术的成本结构，它对您的利润的影响如何，以及您的技术投资对增长、收缩和市场份额的影响是什么。 From that overlook in the Awash, we could also look west, farther into the past to the foothills of the escarpment forming the western margin of the study area. 从阿瓦什的那处远眺点俯视出去，我们还可以看到整个研究区域的西部边缘，那里是悬崖的前陆，属于更古老的史前时代。 —————————————— tendency 趋势 tendency n. 倾向，趋势；癖好 There is a tendency to externalize all religions. 存在把一切宗教都视为仅具外表形式的倾向。 We have a tendency to think that everything is about us. 我们有一种倾向，认为任何事都要围着我们转。 When you think of a “life without limits” you have a tendency to think that you can do anything. 当你思考“生命没有限制”的时候，你会有一种倾向，觉得自己能做任何事情。 —————————————— slam 大满贯 slam vt. 砰地关上；猛力抨击 vi. 砰地关上；猛力抨击 n. 猛击；砰然声 n. (Slam)人名；(阿拉伯)萨拉姆；(罗)斯拉姆 He won several Grand Slam titles, dozens of other tournaments and also was a successful doubles player. 他赢得了几个大满贯赛事和其他锦标赛的冠军，并且也是一名成功的双打选手。 Saying that it's good for a specific player needs to build confidence early in a Slam is sort of like saying that a player needs to win more sets in order to advance. 如果说某位球员需要在大满贯赛事的前几轮建立自信，这样对其有好处，这有点像是说一位球员需要赢得更多盘比赛以晋级。 I simply think Nadal wants to finally win the slam that has eluded him, and I think it will happen this year. 我想纳达尔会想要赢下这座一直将他拒之门外的大满贯奖杯的，今年正是时候。 —————————————— bald 秃头 bald adj. 秃顶的；光秃的；单调的；无装饰的 vi. 变秃 n. (Bald)人名；(英)鲍尔德；(德、法、波)巴尔德 He's getting bald.; He's going baldish. 他的头开始秃了。 There is a whole world of anxiety and disillusion behind those bald employment figures. 在那些光秃秃的就业数字背后是整个世界的焦虑和幻灭。 They do not yet know how they would be able to trigger hair to grow in bald patches without causing excessive growth all over the body. 他们目前还没有弄清楚的是怎样在不让毛发在全身过度地生长的情况下，使得头发得以在秃斑块上正常地生长。 —————————————— shrug 耸耸肩 shrug vt. 耸肩，耸肩表示 n. 耸肩 vi. 耸肩 When someone asks me this I just shrug and smile. 当有人问我这个问题时，我就是耸耸肩，笑下。 I shrug. 我耸耸肩。 A shrug, a sigh, or any of a number of expressive sounds as well as speech can follow it. 耸肩、叹气或者其他任何具有表达意味的声音都可以作为引语跟随其后。 —————————————— communism 共产主义 communism n. 共产主义 Yet you say we are the slave to Communism. 你们还反而说我们是共产主义的奴隶。 Both of them believed in communism and they communicated well. 他们两人都信仰共产主义并且两人交流得很好。 That's why The Black Book of Communism must be owned and read and understood by every thinking person. 这就是为什么每个有思想的人都必须拥有、阅读和理解《共产主义黑皮书》的原因。 —————————————— bold 大胆的 bold adj. 大胆的，英勇的；黑体的；厚颜无耻的；险峻的 n. (Bold)人名；(英、德、罗、捷、瑞典)博尔德 He was staggered by her bold act. 她的大胆举动令他目瞪口呆。 The style of the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team in a competition is indomitable, bold and vigorous. 中国女排比赛时， 作风顽强，大胆泼辣。 A bold worker boasted that he could do it well. 一个大胆的工人吹嘘他能很好完成任务。 —————————————— hen 母鸡 hen n. 母鸡；女人；雌禽 n. (Hen)人名；(日)边(姓)；(法)昂；(波、柬)亨 The chickens gathered under the hen. 小鸡聚集在母鸡翅膀下面。 The chickens gathered under the hen. 小鸡集聚在母鸡翅膀下面。 The hen sits in the hencoop [henroost]. 母鸡卧窝。 —————————————— helpful 有帮助的 helpful adj. 有帮助的；有益的 Her copy of 《Evangeline》 has many helpful notes at the back. 她那本《伊万杰琳》后面有许多有用的注解。 Your experiences may well be helpful to other readers, and to me. 你的经历或许对读者，还有我都是有帮助的。 But what I have found helpful is for me to be mentally prepared to face rejection. 但是我发现对我有帮助的是在心理上做好面对拒绝的准备。 —————————————— stake 股份 stake n. 桩，棍子；赌注；火刑；奖金 vt. 资助，支持；系…于桩上；把…押下打赌 vi. 打赌 n. (Stake)人名；(瑞典)斯塔克 They planted a stake in the ground. 他们在地上栽了一根木桩。 The boy tethered the goat to a stake. 男孩把山羊拴在木桩上。 Nor is the value of your company tied to the whimsical sentiment of investors, including those that have no stake in it. 你公司的价值也不与那些满怀异想天开之情的投资者（包括那些没有股权的人）联系在一起。 —————————————— trunk 树干 trunk n. 树干；躯干；象鼻；汽车车尾的行李箱 vt. 把…放入旅行箱内 adj. 干线的；躯干的；箱子的 n. (Trunk)人名；(德、匈、西)特伦克 Blue cloth lined the trunk. 这箱子用蓝布做衬里。 The bark was riven off from the trunk. 树皮从树干上被扯了下来。 They dredged up some old toys from the bottom of the trunk. 他们从树干底部挖出一些旧玩具。 —————————————— outcome 结果 outcome n. 结果，结局；成果 The settling way will hang on the outcome of our discussion. 解决的方法待我们的讨论结果而定。 It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue. 预言这次对话可能有什么结果， 现在还为时过早。 Five minutes from the end, the outcome of the match was still in doubt. 比赛只剩下5分钟了， 可是结局仍然难以预料。 —————————————— purple 紫色的 purple adj. 紫色的；帝王的；华而不实的 n. 紫色；紫袍 vi. 变成紫色 vt. 使成紫色 A purple may be made by dyeing a blue over a red. 红色染上蓝色便可成为紫色。 She had a purple dress on with a silver-white necklace. 她穿着一条紫色的连衣裙配着一条银白色的项链。 Not only do we know the names of the carrots (Purple Haze, Rainbow, White Satin), we know the names of the farmers who grow them. 我们不仅知道胡萝卜的名称（紫雾，彩虹，白丝缎），我们还要知道种植它们的农夫的名字。 —————————————— seek 寻求 seek vt. 寻求；寻找；探索；搜索 vi. 寻找；探索；搜索 He went forth and seek his fortune. 他动身去寻找他的未来。 I will seek them out. 我一定要把他们找出来。 Let me seek someone to supply when you having a holiday. 你休假期间，我设法找个人来接替一下你的工作吧。 —————————————— bacteria 细菌 bacteria n. [微] 细菌 Bacteria will not breed in alcohol. 细菌在酒精里不会繁殖。 Is it possible to multiply bacteria in the laboratory? 有可能在实验室繁殖细菌吗? But she correctly points out that bacteria are everywhere: on us, in us and all around us. 但是她正确地指出细菌无处不在：在我们身上，在我们体内以及在我们周围。 —————————————— publish 发布 publish vt. 出版；发表；公布 vi. 出版；发行；刊印 We publish about 35 letters each week. 我们每周大约发表35封信件。 But how do you create and publish an ebook? 但是你要怎样来创作并发行一本电子书呢？ The reporter intimated to me that he would publish the story. 这位记者向我暗示他将发表这篇文章。 —————————————— violet 紫罗兰色的 violet n. 紫罗兰；堇菜；羞怯的人 adj. 紫色的；紫罗兰色的 n. (Violet)人名；(西)比奥莱特；(法)维奥莱；(印、匈、英)维奥莱特 And what of the violet hue? 这个和紫色色调又什么关系么？ She inhaled the violet perfume, saying “How sweet!” 她一边闻紫罗兰的芳香， 一边说“好香啊！” The ceiling was richly gilt and picked out in violet. 天花板金碧辉煌，衬托着紫蓝色。 —————————————— throughout 在 throughout adv. 自始至终，到处；全部 prep. 贯穿，遍及 These magazines are sold at bookstores throughout the country. 这些杂志在全国各地书店均有发售。 Why not hold spider of the week contests in your home throughout this season? 在这整个蜘蛛出没的季节里，为什么不在你家里举行蜘蛛周竞赛？ Many minority groups throughout history have been disinherited by the majority. 贯穿全部历史许多少数民族已被大民族剥夺了应享的权利。 —————————————— rust 生锈 rust n. 锈；生锈；[植保] 锈病 vt. 使生锈；腐蚀 vi. 生锈；成铁锈色；变迟钝 n. (Rust)人名；(英)拉斯特；(德、捷、瑞典)鲁斯特；(法)吕斯特 Oil it regularly to prevent rust. 经常擦油， 以免生锈。 Iron exposed to damp air will rust. 放在空气潮湿地方的铁会生锈。 The tools will corrode with rust if never used. 这些工具如长期不用会长铁锈而损坏。 —————————————— frighten 吓 frighten vt. 使惊吓；吓唬… vi. 害怕，惊恐 He doesn't frighten easily. 他不容易受惊吓。 "I frighten them to death," she says. “我把他们到吓死了。” 她说。 Don't put your prices too high or you'll frighten the customers off. 要价别太高， 否则会把顾客吓跑的。 —————————————— unload 卸载 unload vt. 卸；摆脱…之负担；倾销 vi. 卸货；退子弹 Let’s begin to unload now. 让我们现在开始卸货。 Japan might be able to unload more of its steel abroad. 日本或许能向国外倾销更多的钢铁。 Unload jobs can be grouped together with load jobs in the same project. 卸载作业可以和同一项目中的加载作业组合在一起。 —————————————— despise 鄙视 despise vt. 轻视，鄙视 As to you, I despise you. 至于你，我看不起你。 I despise such people; they've no character. 我藐视这种人， 他们没骨气。 Strategically we should despise all our enemies, but tactically we should take them all seriously. 在战略上我们要藐视一切敌人， 在战术上我们要重视一切敌人。 —————————————— breast 乳房 breast n. 乳房，胸部；胸怀；心情 vt. 以胸对着；与…搏斗 The sword bore through her breast. 剑刺穿了她的胸部。 The coat is too tight at the breast. 这件衣服胸部太紧了。 What we can do then? To have augmentation mammaplasty if our breast are small or not good shape? 那么我们能做些什么呢？如果胸部小或者形状不好，我们需要做丰胸手术吗？ —————————————— sleeve 袖 sleeve n. [机] 套筒，[机] 套管；袖子，[服装] 袖套 vt. 给……装袖子；给……装套筒 He twitched me by the sleeve. 他急扯我的袖子。 Don't sleeve your nose! 别用袖子擦鼻子! He pulled my sleeve, attracted my attention in this way. 他扯了扯我的衣袖以引起我的注意。 —————————————— feminine 女性化的 feminine adj. 女性的；妇女（似）的；阴性的；娇柔的 But are the ads about self-care and feminine indulgence all that much better? 但是那些关于自我照顾和女性放纵的广告真的有那么好吗？ Should he decide to transition to an adult female, he can take female hormones as well, which would raise his voice, grow breasts and develop other feminine physical characteristics. 如果他决定变成成年女性，他也可以接受女性激素，这将会提高他的声调，使他胸部丰满并发育出其他女性的身体特征。 The family we stayed with that night was headed by a widow of about 34. Tall and athletic, with graceful feminine curves, she looked me straight in the eye. 我们那个晚上所住的人家是由一位年约34岁、体格高大健壮的寡妇当家，她有着优雅的女性曲线，径直看着我。 —————————————— festival 节日 festival n. 节日；庆祝，纪念活动；欢乐 adj. 节日的，喜庆的；快乐的 This festival descends from a Chinese rite. 这个节日源自一个中国的仪式。 They are gathering flowers for the festival. 他们正在采集节日用花。 The attendants at the festival was averaged at about one hundred persons. 参加节庆的人大约有百人之众。 —————————————— maintenance 维护 maintenance n. 维护，维修；保持；生活费用 The maintenance process is not configurable; it starts at midnight every 24 hours. 维护处理是不可配置的，它每隔 24 小时在午夜启动。 Each layer communicates only with the layer immediately above or below it, which facilitates maintenance by isolating problems. 每个层仅与另一层之上或之下直接通信，这样，通过隔离问题简化了维护。 With this naming convention, it is possible to perform maintenance on one cluster without impacting any other clusters in which the queue manager participates. 使用这种命名约定，就可以在其中一个集群上执行维护，而不影响到队列管理器参与的其他集群。 —————————————— stagger 错开 stagger vt. 蹒跚；使交错；使犹豫 vi. 蹒跚；犹豫 n. 蹒跚；交错安排 adj. 交错的；错开的 They planned to stagger our rehearsing hours. 他们打算错开我们的排演时间。 However, if you stagger and overlap multiple evolutions, then you can effectively manipulate the phases. 然而，如果您交错并重叠多个演进，那么您可以有效地操纵这些阶段。 Some customers choose to upgrade or renew their entire infrastructure at once, while others prefer to stagger upgrades. 有些客户可能选择立即升级或更新其整个基础结构，而有些可能选择交错升级。 —————————————— hatch 孵化 hatch n. 孵化；舱口 vt. 孵；策划 vi. 孵化 n. (Hatch)人名；(西)阿奇；(英)哈奇 When will the baby chickens hatch out? 小鸡什么时候孵出? It is the very hatch from where a cosmonaut came out to the Moon. 这是一个舱口，宇航员会从这里出来，搞个啥月球漫步的。 The problems do not end if crocodiles successfully hatch from the eggs. 即使鳄鱼成功地从卵中孵化出来，这些问题也不会终止。 —————————————— redundant 冗余 redundant adj. 多余的，过剩的；被解雇的，失业的；冗长的，累赘的 This word is redundant, it can be left out. 这个字是多余的， 可以去掉。 But that is what the two men sitting in this office are saying: they are making me redundant. 但这正是坐在这间办公室的两个男人所说的话：他们认为我是多余的。 The check is actually redundant in this example, because the constructor for the default socket implementation performs the same check. 在这个示例中，检查实际上是多余的，因为缺省套接字实现的构造函数也执行相同的检查。 —————————————— month 月 month n. 月，一个月的时间 The magazine comes out once a month. 这个杂志一个月出一期。 The doctor doubted whether the patient would live through that month. 医生拿不准那个病人是否能活过那个月。 Which do you think is the best one that showed in Broadway this month? 这个月在百老汇上演的节目中，你认为哪一个最好? —————————————— hazard 危害 hazard vt. 赌运气；冒…的危险，使遭受危险 n. 危险，冒险；冒险的事 n. (Hazard)人名；(法)阿扎尔；(英)哈泽德 If not, turn on your hazard warning lights or turn signal. 如果没有救助，打开你的危险警告灯或转向灯。 I mean really, once they eliminated the choking hazard, it was all downhill for me. 我是说真的，一旦他们消除了窒息的危险，那就都是我要走的下坡路。 What is moral hazard? 什么是道德风险？ —————————————— essay 文章 essay n. 散文；试图；随笔 vt. 尝试；对…做试验 Her essay topped all the rest. 她的文章比其他人的都好。 I finished the essay through her help. 我借助她的帮助完成了这篇文章。 She cobbled together an essay in half an hour. 她用半小时胡乱拼凑了一篇文章。 —————————————— concise 简洁的 concise adj. 简明的，简洁的 Be sure to make it clear and concise and avoid long-windedness. 注意简明扼要， 反对长篇大论。 Because we only had to override one simple method, this was a concise way to achieve our goal. 因为我们只需要覆盖一个简单的方法，所以这是实现我们目标的简明方法。 However, if possible, it is good practice to avoid them where possible to keep the code concise. 但是，好的实践方法是：如果可能，尽量避免使用它们，从而保持代码简练。 —————————————— labour 劳动力 labour n. 劳动力，人工；分娩 vi. 劳动；分娩；费力地前进 She lives by honest labour. 她靠正当的劳动生活。 He lives by honest labour. 他靠正当的劳动生活。 Education must be combined with productive labour. 教育必须与生产劳动相结合。 —————————————— unfold 展开 unfold vt. 打开；呈现 vi. 展开；显露 He cannot glimpse his part in the great story that is about to unfold. 他无法瞥见自己在那段还未展开的史诗中所扮演的角色。 I would rather withhold than uphold you unfold the gold foil on the threshold. 我宁愿扣留而不支持你展开黄金箔在门槛上。 If you simply sit back and let life unfold without a clear focus, the results may not be to your liking. 如果你什么都不做也没有明确的目标，仅仅让生活自己展开，那你得到的结果也许并非是你所喜欢的。 —————————————— quest 追求 quest n. 追求；寻找 vi. 追求；寻找 vt. 探索 n. (Quest)人名；(德)奎斯特 What is your quest? 您寻求的是什么？ But it is indeed because he loves them with the same passion and each time with his whole self that he must repeat his gift and his profound quest. 然而，他的确是怀有同样的激情，每次全身心地爱她们，正是因为如此，他必须重复着他的天赋和那种深邃的感情追求。 Make it part of your quest for better health. 让它成为你对健康追求的一部分吧。 —————————————— accommodate 适应 accommodate vt. 容纳；使适应；供应；调解 vi. 适应；调解 She tried to accommodate her way of life to his. 她试图使自己的生活方式与他的生活方式相适应。 You can change the sizes of these fields to accommodate your content. 您可以更改这些字段的大小，以适应您的内容。 The runway of this airport is undergoing expansion to accommodate large planes. 这个机场的跑道正在扩建以适应大型飞机起落。 —————————————— feeble 微弱的 feeble adj. 微弱的，无力的；虚弱的；薄弱的 The reactionaries are fierce in appearance but feeble in reality. 反动派看起来很强大， 实际上十分虚弱。 All of this ancient mystery that theologians agree cannot be fully understood to our feeble minds. 神学家都认为我们薄弱的智力,是无法完全理解这些古老的谜题的。 You stammer some feeble responses by way of reply, feeling your strength ebb away until you find an excuse to leave. 你结结巴巴地作出一个无力的回应，同时感觉自己的力量在消退，直到你找到一个借口离开。 —————————————— troublesome 麻烦 troublesome adj. 麻烦的；讨厌的；使人苦恼的 The boss lumbered me with a troublesome job. 老板硬要我干一件麻烦的差事。 Another troublesome area is the management of the keys used for encryption and authentication. 另一个麻烦的领域是用于进行加密和身份验证的密钥的管理。 Moreover animals have parasites or carry a variety of viruses once transmitted to humans would be a very troublesome thing. 况且动物体内会有寄生虫或携带各种各样的病毒，一旦传染给人类将会是非常麻烦的事。 —————————————— eve 夏娃 eve n. 夏娃； 前夕；傍晚；重大事件关头 It all started with Adam and Eve. 这种想法从亚当和夏娃以来就开始了。 Don't peek at your presents before Christmas Eve. 不到圣诞节前夜不许偷看你们的礼物。 The Serpent tempted Eve to pick the forbidden fruit. 那条毒蛇诱使夏娃摘取禁果。 —————————————— resign 辞职 resign vt. 辞职；放弃；委托；使听从 vi. 辞职 n. 辞去职务 It is said he would resign. 人们都传说他要辞职了。 He's going to resign. ——So I hear. 他打算要辞职。——我也听说了。 All the employees resign because the employer is too unreasonable. 因为老板太不讲理，雇员全体辞职。 —————————————— motion 运动 motion n. 动作；移动；手势；请求；意向；议案 vi. 运动；打手势 vt. 运动；向…打手势 Motion itself is a contradiction. 运动本身就是矛盾。 Watch my motion carefully. 仔细瞧我的动作! He drew and fired in one smooth motion. 他以一个快速动作拔出手枪就射击。 —————————————— history 历史 history n. 历史，历史学；历史记录；来历 Her name will be ranked with the names of history. 她的名字将与伟大的历史名人并列。 Our history textbooks only go up to the World War Ⅱ. 我们的历史教科书仅写到第二次世界大战。 As historians we brood about the study of the history. 作为历史学家，我们关心的是研究历史。 —————————————— formulate 制定 formulate vt. 规划；用公式表示；明确地表达 If a question asks you to take a position on some issue, try to formulate a more nuanced answer. 如果一个问题问你在某些问题中采取什么立场，那么尝试制订更细致的回答。 By visualizing where you want to be, you start helping your mind formulate ways to achieve that next goal in your life. 通过把你想达到的程度形象化，你就开始帮助自己的头脑制定目标——为了达到你生活中的下一个目标。 With so much content floating around these days, if you want your writing to be read then you've got to take up an interesting topic, thoughtfully formulate your thoughts, and back up your argument. 每天面对这么多漂浮在你身边的信息和内容，如果您希望您的文字被别人阅读，那么你可要找一个有趣的话题，花店功夫制定您的想法，并支持你的论点。 —————————————— grim 严峻的 grim adj. 冷酷的；糟糕的；残忍的 n. (Grim)人名；(英、德、俄、捷、匈)格里姆 Not all of their conclusions were that grim. 其实并非所有结论都是那么的严峻。 Straighten out these distortions and the picture is grim. 澄清这些扭曲和图片是严酷的。 All of which only underscores for Israelis the grim logic of developments in the region. 所有这些仅仅进一步加强了以色列人的严酷的生存逻辑。 —————————————— impossible 不可能的 impossible adj. 不可能的；不可能存在的；难以忍受的；不真实的 n. 不可能；不可能的事 It is impossible for me to recoup. 叫我来弥补损失是不可能的。 It is impossible to dissociate language from culture. 把语言与文化分离是不可能的。 It seems impossible to settle these disputes left over by history. 解决这些历史遗留下来的争端似乎是不可能的。 —————————————— intact 完整的 intact adj. 完整的；原封不动的；未受损伤的 The money was returned intact by its finder. 钱原封未动地被捡拾者送还。 "This is one of the largest intact savannas in Africa," he said. “这里是非洲最大最完整的热带草原，”埃尔坎说。 But if it were animated in a more traditional 2D style, the soul of each film would remain intact. 但如果用更传统的2D风格动画，每一部电影的灵魂仍然会原封不动的保留。 —————————————— by 通过 by prep. 通过；被；依据；经由；在附近；在……之前 adv. 通过；经过；附近；[互联网] 白俄罗斯的国家代码顶级域名 They met force by force. 他们以暴力对付暴力。 She was bemused by all the questions. 她被所有这些问题难住了。 I defeated him by knocking down his argument. 我通过驳斥他的论点挫败了他。 —————————————— cradle 摇篮 cradle n. 摇篮；发源地；发祥地；支船架 vt. 抚育；把...搁在支架上；把...放在摇篮内 The baby was rocked asleep in the cradle. 婴儿在摇篮里被摇得入睡了。 O! The Huanghe （River）， cradle of the Chinese nation. 啊! 黄河， 你是中华民族的摇篮。 The sea is running high; the boat is rocking like a cradle. 海上波涛汹涌，小船像摇篮似的来回摇摆。 —————————————— secretary 秘书 secretary n. 秘书；书记；部长；大臣 His secretary got it down. 他的秘书把它记了下来。 He buzzed for his secretary to come. 他按蜂鸣器叫他的秘书来。 His secretary will act for him in all his affairs. 他的秘书将代他处理他的全部事务。 —————————————— attend 参加 attend vt. 出席；上（大学等）；照料；招待；陪伴 vi. 出席；致力于；照料；照顾 Who will attend the meeting? 哪些人出席这次会议? He mistook the time and did not attend the meeting. 他误时了， 以致没有参加那个会议。 Please fills me in on what happened at the meeting that I couldn't attend. 请把我未能参加的那次会议情况告诉我。 —————————————— generation 一代 generation n. 一代；产生；一代人；生殖 They belonged to a younger generation. 他们属于年轻的一代。 How will the war impact on his generation? 战争对他这一代会有什么影响呢? These new ideas are penetrating into the minds of the younger generation. 这些新思想正在渗透到年轻一代人的头脑里。 —————————————— make 使 make vt. 使得；进行；布置，准备，整理；制造；认为；获得；形成；安排；引起；构成 vi. 开始；前进；增大；被制造 n. 制造；构造；性情 n. (Make)人名；(塞、南非)马克 What do you make of Asa? 你认为阿萨是什么样的人? It overburns to make her tell the truth. 逼她说出实情这件事做得有点过分。 Did you make this shirt or buy it? 这件衬衣是你自己做的还是买的? —————————————— groan 呻吟 groan vi. 呻吟；抱怨；发吱嘎声 vt. 呻吟；抱怨 n. 呻吟；叹息；吱嘎声 The people groan under the burden of taxes. 人民在重税下痛苦呻吟。 But the animal I most hoped to find, I don't see at first; I hear it, though — a sustained groan that electrifies the forest quiet. 一开始我并没有发现我在寻找的那个小动物，然而我却听见了一阵打破森林里这片平静的呻吟声。 In reality, some people are vocal and may moan and groan, other folks may muffle any sounds with a pillow, and yet others may not make a single peep. 真实之中，有些人作声，可能叫唤或呻吟，其他某些人则可能用枕头把骚声闷住，还有一些人则可能不单是叽咕叽咕喃呢作声。 —————————————— inland 内陆 inland n. 内地；内陆 adj. 内陆的；内地的；国内的 adv. 在内地；向内地；向内陆；在内陆 The next day, we drove inland. 第二天，我们乘车开往内陆。 We beached the boat and headed inland. 我们想使船靠岸，朝内陆方向驶去。 An incident happened in an inland town. 一个事情发生在内陆的一个小镇。 —————————————— compound 复合 compound n. [化学] 化合物；混合物；复合词 adj. 复合的；混合的 v. 合成；混合；恶化，加重；和解，妥协 What our compound does in allow more of them to survive. 我们的化合物作用就是让更多的神经元存活下来。 Water is a compound containing the elements hydrogen and oxygen. 水是含有氢元素和氧元素的化合物。 Then your subconscious mind will give you compound interest in all these fields of expression. 那么，你的潜意识将会为你带来所有这些领域的复合利息。 —————————————— bloom 布鲁姆 bloom n. 花；青春；旺盛 vt. 使开花；使茂盛 vi. 开花；茂盛 n. (Bloom)人名；(瑞典、西)布洛姆；(英)布卢姆 The roses bloom every few days. 玫瑰每隔几天开花。 She is Orlando Bloom’s girl friend. You have no opportunity. 她可是奥兰多布鲁姆的女朋友，你没有机会了。 These dots were markers that enabled them to measure every change in the size and shape of the flower as it went from bud to bloom. 这些点作为记号可以使他们测量到百合花从花蕾到开花过程中大小和形状的每一次变化。 —————————————— successive 连续的 successive adj. 连续的；继承的；依次的；接替的 Using this method of successive division, you can turn your design into components. 按照这种连续的划分方法，可以将设计转换为组件。 A high-priority thread could then receive two, or ten, or a hundred successive "time-slices" rather than just one this way. 那么，高优先级线程就可能接收到两个，或多个，或一百个连续的“时间片”，而不只是原来的一个。 Versioning does not obsolete the service development life cycle, but it enables the life cycle to play out over successive generations. 版本治理并不会使服务开发生命周期过时，而会允许生命周期扩展到多个连续的代。 —————————————— agenda 议程 agenda n. 议程；日常工作事项；日程表 Let's proceed to the next item on the agenda. 让我们进入下一项议程。 We now proceed to the next item on the agenda. 我们现在着手讨论下一项议题。 If there is no objection, the agenda is adopted. 如果没有意见， 议程就通过了。 —————————————— visualize 可视化 visualize vt. 形象，形象化；想像，设想 vi. 显现 I cannot visualize what he looked like. 我想像不出他是什么样子。 You can visualize all of your code and look for references, or you can do a Find, looking for text in your code. 您可以将您所有的代码都可视化，并且寻找引用，或者您可以做一个查询，寻找代码中的文本。 Either way, the leader must be able to visualize where he wants to be, where he wants his company to be, or where he wants his family to be. 无论是哪一种，一个领导者必须要设想好他的目标，他想在公司里达到什么位置，或者他想在他的家庭里有什么地位。 —————————————— reporter 记者 reporter n. 记者 The reporter wrote the novel down. 记者写文章贬低这本小说。 The reporter took the speech down with a recorder. 记者用录音机录下了那篇讲演。 As I went to the door, a reporter sprang out before me. 我刚走到门口，一个记者突然出现在我的面前。 —————————————— curve 曲线 curve n. 曲线；弯曲；曲线球；曲线图表 vt. 弯；使弯曲 vi. 成曲形 adj. 弯曲的；曲线形的 The highway banks sharply on this curve. 高速公路在这个弯曲处明显地形成从内侧至外侧向上倾斜的弯道。 His plane swooped a beautiful curve up and down. 他的飞机在上下翻飞时画出了一条美丽的曲线。 The words suffixed with a curve are boldfaced in the printing. 下加曲线的词语在印刷中用黑体。 —————————————— automation 自动化 automation n. 自动化；自动操作 They phrase in new machinery for increased automation. 他们逐步采用新机器以提高自动化程度。 This factory has phased in new machinery for increased automation. 这家工厂已开始逐渐使用新机器以提高自动化程度。 Then you could have your test automation read, parse, and use the data in this file. 然后您可以让您的测试自动化读取、解析和使用该文件中的数据。 —————————————— attendant 服务员 attendant adj. 伴随的；侍候的 n. 服务员，侍者；随员，陪从 She walks into a small pet shop and explains her need to the attendant. 她走进一家小型宠物店，向服务员说明了自己想要的宠物。 Such patients run an increased probability of hospitalization, with all the attendant costs to the patient and to the health care system that hospitalization entails. 此类患者趋于住院治疗的的几率增加，随之而来的患者和医疗保健系统住院治疗所承担的费用也增加。 Ambler's dinosaur troubles began because we humans, with our attendant minds, think we are more like Ambler than ants. 安伯乐恐龙烦恼的产生是因为我们人类——带着伴随我们的思想——认为我们比蚂蚁更像安伯乐。 —————————————— horizontal 水平 horizontal adj. 水平的；地平线的；同一阶层的 n. 水平线，水平面；水平位置 The vertical line meets the horizontal one here. 垂直线与水平线在此相交。 I'd like to discuss with you this horizontal portion. 我想和你们讨论下,这个水平的部分。 For the effect, you need to specify a size, with the horizontal size first, and then the vertical size. 为实现这个效果，您需要指定一个尺寸，首先是水平尺寸，然后是垂直尺寸。 —————————————— idle 闲置 idle adj. 闲置的；懒惰的；停顿的 vi. 无所事事；虚度；空转 vt. 虚度；使空转 Ragweed pioneers idle fields. 豚草常是闲置耕地的先锋植物。 For the most reliable results, the system should be idle when you run this command. 为了使结果尽可能准确，在运行这个命令时系统应该是空闲的。 In this strategy, people accept that their team members will have idle time during each iteration. 在此策略中，人们接受他们的团队成员将在每次迭代中有空闲时间。 —————————————— solidarity 团结 solidarity n. 团结，团结一致 The solidarity among China's various nationalities is as firm as a rock. 中国各族人民之间的团结坚如磐石。 The great friendship and militant solidarity between the peoples of our two countries are unbreakable. 我们两国人民的伟大友谊与战斗团结是坚不可摧的。 These achievements show the power of determination and global solidarity, but they also remind us of the challenges. 这些成就显示了决心和全球团结的力量，但它们还提醒我们关注种种挑战。 —————————————— variation 变异 variation n. 变化；[生物] 变异，变种 This variation is not all due to censorship. 这种变异并非仅仅是由于审查。 Another variation of this problem is the use of validators. 这个问题的另一种变异是对校验的的使用。 The first is that 1000 genes, each with low risk, together explain so much of the variation in schizophrenia risk. 首先是1000个基因，每个风险都很小，联合起来解释了精神分裂风险中如此多的变异。 —————————————— fantastic 神奇的 fantastic adj. 奇异的；空想的；异想天开的；古怪的；极好的，极出色的；不可思议的；不切实际的 n. 古怪的人 So, in a sense, we want her to break the date because it gives us a fantastic reality check. 在某种意义上，我们希望她取消约会，因为这给了我们一次奇妙的现实检验。 We don't have that, but we have a fantastic community of people who live near us and we have to look after them so they come back time and time again. 而我们没有这种条件，但我们有不可思议的一社区的人们住在我们附近，我们必须关心他们，他们才能一次又一次地回来光顾我们。 The shadow of her silhouette had lingered all those mornings when I dreamed in fantastic colors, but not by my door. 她的幻影一直徘徊在我梦幻到奇妙的颜色的那些早晨，但不在我门旁。 —————————————— bulk 散装 bulk n. 体积，容量；大多数，大部分；大块 vt. 使扩大，使形成大量；使显得重要 n. (Bulk)人名；(土)布尔克 Do you know if a piece of lead will weigh down an equal bulk of iron? 你知道一块铅是否比同样体积的铁重? By raising the value of LOGBUFSZ to 64 (256K) or more, the log buffer will not fill, and there will only be one log write (at commit) for the bulk insert. 如果将 LOGBUFSZ 的值增加到 64 页（256K）或者更大，缓冲池就不会被填满，这样的话对于该批量插入就只有一次日志写（在提交时）。 The very wealthy pay the most taxes per person, but the bulk of tax revenue comes from those who are not so wealthy. 非常有钱的人每人支付的税也最多，但是大部分的税收却来自于那些不那么富有的人。 —————————————— meantime 同时 In the meantime, what can you do? 在这期间您能做什么呢？ In the meantime, you have to insulate yourself from his moods. 同时，你必须将你自己隔绝在他的情绪之外。 Each month around sixty new women were sent out from Auschwitz and the same number were sent back, minus those who had died in the meantime. 每个月大约都有六十个新来的妇女从奥斯维辛集中营被送出，同样数目的人被送进来，减去那些同时死亡的人。 —————————————— coast 海岸 coast vi. 滑行；沿岸航行 vt. 沿…岸航行 n. 海岸；滑坡 n. (Coast)人名；(英)科斯特 The croakers schooled along the coast. 黄鱼沿着海岸成群地游动。 They pioneered a new route to the coast. 他们开辟了一条通往海岸的新路线。 The Vikings raped and pillaged all along the coast. 北欧海盗沿着海岸大肆奸淫劫掠。 —————————————— maximum 最大 maximum n. [数] 极大，最大限度；最大量 adj. 最高的；最多的；最大极限的 The maximum number of marks for the subject is 100. 该科最高分数为百分。 You can charge them at maximum rate and the rest of the energy goes out as heat. 虽然你能以最高比率给它们充电，但剩余的能量则作为热量跑出来了。 But you only get the maximum benefit if you implement all of them, because their power comes from their interaction. 但您只能在实现所有方法的情况下获得最大收益，因为它们的力量来自它们之间的交互。 —————————————— velocity 速度 velocity n. 【物】速度 You have a certain velocity. 你拥有一定的速度。 What is the velocity of this particle? 那么粒子的速度又是多少？ Out of that pops the velocity, as we discussed. 除此之外是速度，如我们讨论过的那样。 —————————————— humble 卑微的 humble adj. 谦逊的；简陋的；（级别或地位）低下的；不大的 vt. 使谦恭；轻松打败（尤指强大的对手）；低声下气 Defeat and failure make people humble. 挫折与失败会使人谦卑。 Iris excused herself with humble words. 艾丽斯用谦逊的言词为自己辩解。 He fought many hard battles and achieved notable merits， but he remains humble in spirits. 他参加过许多战役， 立下了汗马功劳， 但他仍然很谦虚。 —————————————— knot 结 knot n. （绳等的）结；节瘤，疙瘩；海里/小时（航速单位） vt. 打结 vi. 打结 n. (Knot)人名；(英)诺特 She tied a pretty knot at the end of her pigtails. 她在辫子的末梢打了一个花结。 At the end of a hectic day do you have a twinge in your back, knot in your stomach, or pounding in your head? 在繁忙的一天结束之时,你会有背部刺痛的感觉,胃像打结一样,或者头会嗡嗡做响吗? Adie pulls her hair back and twists it into a knot. “I like this one,” she says touching the purse with yellow and orange flowers. 爱狄将头发往后一拢，拧几下，打了个结。“我喜欢这个，”她拿起一个钱包说到，上面有些黄色和橙色的花。 —————————————— deficiency 缺乏 deficiency n. 缺陷，缺点；缺乏；不足的数额 Though fully aware that the source of unhappiness is in us, we nevertheless turn a personal defect into a metaphysical deficiency. 虽然我们充分的意识到痛苦的来源在于我们自身，但我们仍然把形而上学的缺乏变成个人的缺陷。 They also show deficiency in the development of social poise, which might not be available otherwise and this deprives them of their privilege. 同时，他们也暴露出在社交方面的不足，这点或许在其他方面察觉不到，由此剥夺了他们社会交往的权利。 To live in despair is a mark of great endurance, whereas to grow dull and stupid after a great unhappiness is a mark of deficiency. 生活在绝望之中象征着巨大的忍耐力，而在经历巨大的痛苦之后变得迟钝愚蠢则是缺乏忍耐力的表现。 —————————————— ounce 盎司 ounce n. 盎司；少量；雪豹 One ounce of almonds contains nearly half the recommended daily amount. 一盎司杏仁大约包含每日需求量的一半。 I knew every ounce would weigh on me like a little anchor, so I was determined not to include a single item that was unnecessary or superfluous. 我意识到每盎司的重量都会成为一个小小的船锚压迫着我，所以我决定不带任何一样不必要的或多余的东西。 She recommends moderate consumption of "real" chocolate—the kind with a high percentage of cocoa butter. A serving of chocolate is one ounce, slightly less than a chocolate bar. 她建议要吃巧克力要适量，而且要吃“真巧克力”，就是那种高可可脂含量的巧克力，每次只吃一盎司，也就是比一块巧克力棒稍少。 —————————————— hell 地狱 hell n. 地狱；究竟（作加强语气词）；训斥；黑暗势力 vi. 过放荡生活；飞驰 int. 该死；见鬼（表示惊奇、烦恼、厌恶、恼怒、失望等） n. (Hell)人名；(柬)海；(西)埃利；(德、匈、捷、罗、芬、瑞典)黑尔 The hell yawns for that rogue. 地狱张着大口在等待着那个恶棍。 Where the hell were we going? 见鬼，我们这是要到哪里去？ I'll see you in hell before I sell you my car. 我宁愿下地狱，也不会把我的车卖给你。 —————————————— peel 皮 peel v. 剥，剥落；削 n. 皮 n. (Peel)人名；(英)皮尔 Please peel an apple for me. 请给我削个苹果。 Peel and dice the carrots. 把胡萝卜削皮并切成丁。 He nibbled away the apple peel, then ate the flesh. 他先慢慢地咬去苹果皮，然后再吃果肉。 —————————————— consensus 共识 consensus n. 一致；舆论；合意 Take a straw poll of your friends and we guarantee that you will find no consensus. 在你的朋友中进行一个民意投票，我们保证你不会得到一致的意见。 In 30 years of reporting on the region, I have never encountered this kind of consensus in these quarters. 在该地区30年来的报道中,我从未遇到过在这种地区人们竟有这样的共识。 The implications for today depend on which of these interpretations you believe, which means that consensus about the "lessons" of these conflicts will be elusive and fragile. 这些暗示都是取决于哪些解释是你相信的。 这就意味着人们对于这些冲突的“教训”的共识 是脆弱的，易被忘记的。 —————————————— elite 精英 elite n. 精英；精华；中坚分子 Above all, we must look beyond an “elite retail" model of research. 首要的一点，我们必须超越“精英零售型”的研究模式。 The court is one of the few institutions in which people have to do some elite thinking. 在像最高法院这类为数不多的机构里，人们必须做一些精英化的思考。 But what if the basis for all this stress and disappointment—the idea that getting into an elite college makes a big difference in life—is wrong? 但是，如果所有这些紧张和失望产生的根源——那种认为进不了精英学校会让生活有天壤之别的想法——是错误的呢？ —————————————— careful 小心 careful adj. 仔细的，小心的 The accident taught him to be more careful. 这起事故的教训使他变得更小心。 The sleeping child was covered over by the careful mother. 这位细心的母亲给入睡的小孩盖好被子。 The serious automobile accident emphasizes the need for careful driving. 这次严重的车祸唤起人们务必谨慎驾驶。 —————————————— diminish 减少 diminish vt. 使减少；使变小 vi. 减少，缩小；变小 Time will not diminish our friendship. 时间的流逝将不会减弱我们的友谊。 Time will never make our friendship diminish. 时间的流逝永不会使我们的友谊减弱。 But our minds are not evolved to think about strangers, and we obsess, needlessly, about what people think of us and how these insults will diminish us in the eyes of others. 但是当我们想到那些陌生人，当我们被别人的看法和那些侮辱在别人眼中会怎样削弱自己的想法所缠绕时，我们的思想是不会演化的。 —————————————— elsewhere 在其他地方 elsewhere adv. 在别处；到别处 Let's try and get something to eat elsewhere. 咱们想法到别处弄点吃的。 He was there all right, but his mind was elsewhere. 他人在那儿， 心可想着别的事。 The criteria will be different from those that pertain elsewhere. 这里的标准将不同于其他地方适用的标准。 —————————————— honest 诚实的 honest adj. 诚实的，实在的；可靠的；坦率的 Honest men despise lies and liars. 诚实的人蔑视谎言和撒谎者。 He is honest in business. 他做生意很实在。 He is an honest boy. 他是个诚实的男孩。 —————————————— luck 运气 luck n. 运气；幸运；带来好运的东西 vi. 靠运气，走运；凑巧碰上 n. (Luck)人名；(德、瑞典)卢克；(英)勒克；(法)吕克 Her streak of bad luck seems to be bottoming out. 她这一阵子坏运气似乎到头了。 He wanted to win the horse No. 12 by straining his luck. 他想凭他运气把赌注押在了12号马上。 Some shared traits have nothing to do with ability and everything to do with luck or genetics. 某些共性与能力毫无关系，而所有的共性都与运气或遗传基因有关。 —————————————— bull 牛 bull n. 公牛；看好股市者；粗壮如牛的人；胡说八道；印玺 adj. 大型的；公牛似的；雄性的 vt. 企图抬高证券价格；吓唬；强力实现 vi. 价格上涨；走运；猛推；吹牛 n. (Bull)人名；(英、葡、瑞典、芬、挪、德)布尔 A bullock is a castrated bull. 阉牛是切除了睾丸的公牛。 He was tossed by the bull. 他被这头公牛用角挑了起来。 He glared at me like a bull at a red rag. 他像公牛怒视红布一样对我怒目而视。 —————————————— planet 地球 planet n. 行星 n. (Planet)人名；(法)普拉内；(西、葡)普拉内特 They claimed to have discovered a new planet. 他们宣称发现了一颗新的行星。 How do you distinguish between a star and a planet? 你如何区分恒星和行星? Let us suppose another planet with conditions similar to those on the earth. 让我们假定另外有一个具有和地球上相似条件的行星。 —————————————— everywhere 到处都是 everywhere adv. 到处 n. 每个地方 Everywhere seemed to be quiet. 到处似乎都很安静。 They were smiled at and entertained everywhere. 他们到处受到的是微笑和款待。 The city was honeycombed with violence and crimes everywhere. 这个城市到处充斥着暴力和犯罪。 —————————————— cattle 牛 cattle n. 牛；牲畜（骂人的话）；家畜；无价值的人 n. (Cattle)人名；(意)卡特莱 The cattle trod the chemical in. 牛把化学药品踩进了土里。 They caught him rustling cattle in their farmyard. 他们撞见他在他们的场院里偷牛。 They mowed the field so as to provide the cattle with fodder. 他们把地里的草割下来以便给牛提供饲料。 —————————————— following 后 following adj. 下面的；其次的，接着的 n. 下列事物；一批追随者 v. 跟随；沿行（follow的ing形式） Note what he mentions following. 注意看他下面又要说什么了。 We thrashed out the following plan. 我们通过讨论拟出如下计划。 The donor engraved the following inscription upon it. 捐献者在它上面刻下了如下铭文。 —————————————— concrete 混凝土 concrete adj. 混凝土的；实在的，具体的；有形的 vi. 凝结 vt. 使凝固；用混凝土修筑 n. 具体物；凝结物 The path is paved with concrete slabs. 这条路是用混凝土板铺成的。 Various concrete measures were enumerated in the plan. 计划中列举了各种具体办法。 We should make a concrete analysis of each specific question. 对于每个具体问题要进行具体分析。 —————————————— fox 福克斯 fox vt. 欺骗；使变酸 n. 狐狸；狡猾的人 vi. 假装；耍狡猾手段 n. (Fox)人名；(英、法、德、意、西、瑞典)福克斯 The clever fox escaped the hunter. 伶俐的狐狸逃过了猎人的追捕。 The sly fox nimbly eluded the dogs. 那只狡猾的狐狸灵活地躲避开那群狗。 He ordered his hound to hark away when the fox was scurrying out of its cave. 狐狸刚一窜出洞，他就命令他的猎犬冲了过去。 —————————————— corrupt 腐败的 corrupt adj. 腐败的，贪污的；堕落的 vt. 使腐烂；使堕落，使恶化 vi. 堕落，腐化；腐烂 They posted this organization as corrupt. 他们公开谴责该组织腐败。 The congressman laced into the government for being corrupt. 国会议员谴责政府腐败。 The corrupt mayor should be removed from office and prosecuted. 这个腐化堕落的市长应当撤职查办。 —————————————— foolish 愚蠢的 foolish adj. 愚蠢的；傻的 Let me disabuse you of that foolish idea. 让我纠正你那种愚蠢的想法。 Can you persuade her out of her foolish plans? 你能劝她放弃那些愚蠢的计划吗? You ought to be ashamed of your foolish behaviour. 你应当为自己的愚蠢行为而感到羞耻。 —————————————— population 人口 population n. 人口；[生物] 种群，[生物] 群体；全体居民 The population gravitates towards the city. 人口有向城市集中的倾向。 The population density of that country is 685 per square mile. 那个国家的人口密度为每平方英里685人。 The increasing population density will even further congeal traffic. 日益增加的人口密度将使交通更加瘫痪。 —————————————— remove 删除 remove vt. 移动，迁移；开除；调动 vi. 移动，迁移；搬家 n. 移动；距离；搬家 This section shows you how to remove an adapter. 这一部分向您展示了如何删除适配器。 The story is being bandied about that you are going to remove to London. 人们传说你要迁移到伦敦。 It is difficult to remove overnight all the grievances [problems] accumulated over the years. 积怨很深， 一下子难以消除。 —————————————— board 董事会 board n. 董事会；木板；甲板；膳食 vt. 上（飞机、车、船等）；用板盖上；给提供膳宿 vi. 寄宿 n. (Board)人名；(英、西)博德 The board split in half. 那块板被劈成了两半。 The board of directors canvassed his design thoroughly. 董事会彻底讨论了他的设计。 They railroaded the plan through the board of directors. 他们迫使董事会通过这项计划。 —————————————— prevalent 普遍的 prevalent adj. 流行的；普遍的，广传的 There is a prevalent "us vs. them" mentality in almost all of these environments. 在几乎所有这种环境中，都普遍存在“我们对他们”的心态。 And I think there is too little written on how to integrate them together even though it is a very prevalent practice. Especially in the large HPC labs and universities. 尽管将两者集成在一起是非常普遍的实践（尤其是在一些大型的 HPC 实验室和大学里），但是我发现很少有文章对此进行介绍。 The behaviors we consider to be the most evil are also the most prevalent, and in some cases the most unique, to humans and chimps. 我们认为最邪恶的行径同时也是最普遍的，在某些情形下对于人类和黑猩猩来说，也是最独特的。 —————————————— instrument 仪器 instrument n. 仪器；工具；乐器；手段；器械 This instrument is highly sensitive. 这架仪器很灵敏。 This instrument monitors the patient's heartbeats. 这台仪器监听病人的心跳。 A healthy tooth percussed with a metal instrument gives a metallic sound. 用金属器械对健康的牙齿作叩诊则发出金属声。 —————————————— submit 提交 submit vt. 使服从；主张；呈递 vi. 提交；服从 You still need to submit the form, but to where? 您仍需要提交表单，但是提交到何处？ They submit only the data model or a portion thereof. 它们只提交数据模型或者其中的一部分。 In this example, the attacker needs to wait until the user clicks the submit button before he receives his data. 在本例中，攻击者需要等待一段时间，直到用户单击提交按钮之后才能接收到他的数据。 —————————————— inner 内心的 inner adj. 内部的；内心的；精神的 n. 内部 What you said opened up his inner world. 你所说的揭示了他的内心世界。 Next, we have to create the inner table. 接下来，我们必须要创建内部表格。 Not just your outside life, but your inner life as well. 不仅仅是你的外面人生，你的内部生活也是一样。 —————————————— courtesy 礼貌 courtesy n. 礼貌；好意；恩惠 adj. 殷勤的；被承认的；出于礼节的 He is wanting in courtesy. 他缺乏礼貌。 She called on us merely for the sake of courtesy. 她来访只是为了礼貌。 "How would you feel?" is a good way to help the child understand what courtesy is all about. 比如问孩子“要是你，你会怎么想？” 是帮助孩子了解礼貌究竟何为的一个很好的方式。 —————————————— attain 达到 attain vt. 达到，实现；获得；到达 vi. 达到；获得；到达 n. 成就 How can we attain fulfillment in this world ? 在这个世界上我们怎样才能获得满足? Whenever you have an aim you must sacrifice something of freedom to attain it. 无论何时，只要有目标，你就要牺牲一定的自由以达到它。 But I would like this life which moves and yearns in me, to be able itself to attain to comeliness, though but in transitory performance. 但是我宁愿这个在我身体上活动着、渴望着的生命本身能够实现些许美好，哪怕只是昙花一现的表现。 —————————————— governor 州长 governor n. 主管人员；统治者，管理者；[自] 调节器；地方长官 The governor pardoned the thief. 州长赦免了这个小偷。 He announced for the U.S. governor. 他宣布竞选美国州长。 He was formally inducted into the office of governor. 他正式就任州长之职了。 —————————————— appeal 上诉 appeal vi. 呼吁，恳求；上诉；诉诸，求助；有吸引力，迎合爱好；（体育比赛中）诉诸裁判 n. 呼吁，请求；吸引力，感染力；上诉；诉诸裁判 vt. 将…上诉，对…上诉 The sentence of the court was quashed on appeal. 经过上诉，法院的判决被宣布无效。 The right of individuals to appeal to a higher court is provided for in the constitution. 个人向上一级法院提出上诉，这是宪法所赋予的权利。 Both these things appeal to him. 这两样都对他有吸引力。 —————————————— medieval 中世纪的 medieval adj. 中世纪的；原始的；仿中世纪的；老式的 The poet tried to tell himself that he should be looking inward at his soul--the medieval view. 这位诗人试着说服自己，按照中世纪的观点，他应该看到人们内在的灵魂。 But still they are different sects, and that's related to the question of the synthesis among those four ingredients of medieval love, which still exist as ingredients in Catholic theology. 但他们终归是不同的教派，这与以上提到的中世纪的爱情的,四种成分的综合有关，这四种成分至今还存在于天主教神学中。 Legend has it that a student once asked a medieval rabbi if he could, while standing on one foot, tell the questioner all he needed to know about being a good person. 有个故事是这样的：一名学生请教一位中世纪拉比，当时这位拉比正在练单脚站立，学生问拉比能否告诉他如何才能做一个好人。 —————————————— crew 机组人员 crew n. 队，组；全体人员，全体船员 vi. 一起工作 vt. 使当船员 n. (Crew)人名；(英、西)克鲁 He rowed No.8 in the Cambridge crew. 他是剑桥大学划船队的8号划手。 Captain White scourged his crew without mercy. 船长怀特无情地鞭挞船员。 I had to learn to work with everyone on the crew. 我必须学着跟组里的每个人一起工作。 —————————————— infer 推断出 infer vt. 推断；推论 vi. 推断；作出推论 We can infer the meaning of the word in the context. 我们可以从上下文中推断这个词的含义。 I can infer from what you've said that you will do it. 从你的话中我可以推断出你会去做的。 Because once we know that, we can infer which of the three hypotheses is correct. 因为一旦我们知道，我们可以推断这三个假设是正确的。 —————————————— jail 监狱 jail n. 监狱；监牢；拘留所 vt. 监禁；下狱 n. (Jail)人名；(英)杰尔 They carted him off to jail. 他们把他押到监狱。 He has done five years in the jail. 他已在这所监狱里服刑五年。 Its jail. 它的监狱。 —————————————— crush 粉碎 crush vt. 压碎；弄皱，变形；使…挤入 vi. 挤；被压碎 n. 粉碎；迷恋；压榨；拥挤的人群 How many tons of ore can this machine crush in an hour? 这机器每小时可以破碎多少吨矿石? As soon as the bus stopped, more than fifty people tried to crush in. 公共汽车一停住，五十多人马上一齐往上挤。 I stand on a platform overlooking the crush, next to the slaughterman. 我站在一个屠夫旁边在平台上俯瞰“粉碎”过程。 —————————————— accessory 附件 accessory n. 配件；附件；[法] 从犯 adj. 副的；同谋的；附属的 And the only accessory inside is a wall charger. 盒子内唯一的附件就是一个充电器。 Behind them, smaller companies—accessory makers, vendors, and Asian component suppliers—fill out the rest of the available floor space, right up to the back wall. 在其之后，嗨哟更小的企业——配件制造商、供应商和亚洲的零件供应商——填满了剩余的摊位，一直摆到大厅的后面。 To keep track of who was taking what, he installed small digital kiosks next to each cabinet and asked employees to swipe their badge and mark which accessory they took. 为了追踪谁拿了哪些东西，他在每个储藏柜旁安装了小型数字商亭，要求领取配件的员工自行刷卡，并标注自己领取了哪些配件。 —————————————— prepare 准备 prepare vt. 准备；使适合；装备；起草 vi. 预备；做好思想准备 How do I prepare for the exams? 我要怎样为这些考试做准备？ We must prepare a room for our guest. 我们必须为客人预备一个房间。 Dust off your old skills and prepare for new responsibilities. 把你荒疏已久的技艺重新练好，准备担负新任务。 —————————————— prescribe 开 prescribe vi. 规定；开药方 vt. 规定；开处方 Some physicians prescribe other stimulants in the place of brandy. 有些医生处方以别的兴奋剂代替白兰地。 Planning, as they employ the term, means: plans made by others will prescribe to me what I am to do and how to do it. 按照他们使用这个词的方式，“计划”的意思是指：由他人所制定的计划将规定我应该做什么以及如何做。 For example, a model may be a PIM with respect to choice of communication middleware if that model does not prescribe a particular choice of middleware technology. 例如，如果一个模型没有 规定一种特定的中间件技术的选择，那这个模型对于通讯中间件来说就是一个 PIM 。 —————————————— truth 真理 truth n. 真理；事实；诚实；实质 Can you deny the truth of her statement? 你能否认她的声明的真实性吗? Why do you suspect the truth of the information? 你为什么凭空怀疑这消息的真实性? Only social practice can be the criterion of truth. 真理的标准只能是社会的实践。 —————————————— pale 苍白的 pale adj. 苍白的；无力的；暗淡的 n. 前哨；栅栏；范围 vt. 使失色；使变苍白；用栅栏围 vi. 失色；变苍白；变得暗淡 n. (Pale)人名；(塞)帕莱 Why do your face look like so pale?What wrong with you? 为什么你的脸色看起来是如此苍白？发生什么事了吗？ However, the lack of blood and iron in the meat gives it a pale appearance nothing like a fillet of beef or pork. 然而，这块肉里面缺乏血和铁，导致它只有一个苍白的外观，看起来一点都不想猪牛的里脊肉。 I’m humbled by the experience, and regardless of how hard I try, my images pale in comparison to the Canyon’s majesty. 我的这点儿经验多么卑微，无论多么努力尝试，与大峡谷的威严相比，我的想象如此苍白。 —————————————— competent 主管 competent adj. 胜任的；有能力的；能干的；足够的 People believe you're competent when they think you know what to do and how to do it. 只要人们认为你知道该做什么和如何做好，人们便会相信你能够胜任。 It used to be the case that a competent journalist could cover any story that was put before of him or her. 过去有一种情况是这样的，一名能干的记者能够报道任何摆在他(她)面前的故事。 The trials need to be approved by ethics committees and competent regulatory authorities. 这类试验必须得到道德委员会和主管的管制当局同意。 —————————————— gesture 手势 gesture n. 姿态；手势 vi. 作手势；用动作示意 vt. 用动作表示 Her refusal was merely a deliberate gesture. 她的拒绝只是故作姿态。 By accepting such a gesture, he only proved that his ego is at least the size of his statue. 他接受这样一个姿势，唯一表明的就是，他的自我意识至少跟那座雕像一样巨大。 He extends his argument to the body itself: posture, gesture, even habits of chewing food. 他将他的论点衍伸到身体本身：姿势、手势、甚至是咀嚼食物的习惯。 —————————————— medium 媒介 medium adj. 中间的，中等的；半生熟的 n. 方法；媒体；媒介；中间物 Well, it would be in any other medium. 当然，在其它任何媒介中也不会不同。 Through the medium of the Syrians Greek culture penetrated Persia. 通过叙利亚人作媒介， 希腊文化渗透到波斯。 The store sells big ones, small ones, medium ones, or what have you. 那家商店卖大号的、小号的、中号的，应有尽有。 —————————————— rainbow 彩虹 rainbow n. 彩虹；五彩缤纷的排列；幻想 adj. 五彩缤纷的；彩虹状的 vt. 使呈彩虹状；如彩虹般装饰 vi. 呈彩虹状 n. (Rainbow)人名；(英)雷恩博 Not only do we know the names of the carrots (Purple Haze, Rainbow, White Satin), we know the names of the farmers who grow them. 我们不仅知道胡萝卜的名称（紫雾，彩虹，白丝缎），我们还要知道种植它们的农夫的名字。 He was vacationing in Hawaii when he noticed the rainbow outside his hotel every afternoon. 在夏威夷度假的时候，他注意到旅馆外每天下午出现的彩虹。 I want a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. 我自己也希望在彩虹的末端出现一罐金子。 —————————————— party 方 party n. 政党，党派；聚会，派对；当事人 [复数 parties] vi. 参加社交聚会 [ 过去式 partied 过去分词 partied 现在分词 partying ] He betrayed his party and country. 他背叛了他的党和国家。 He telegraphed me to go to the party. 他发电报要我去参加那个聚会。 They flopped over to the other party. 他们参加了其他的党派。 —————————————— tenant 租户 tenant n. 承租人；房客；佃户；居住者 vt. 租借（常用于被动语态） n. (Tenant)人名；(法)特南 Can you help me find a new tenant for my flat? 你能帮我找到一个新房客因为我的公寓吗? In this model, there are some configuration elements that are unique to each tenant. 在这个模型中，有一些配置元素对于每个租户是独特的。 Any tenant can publish assets to this public community, as well as view or import assets from this community. 任何租户可以向这个公共社区发布资产，以及从该社区查看或导入资产。 —————————————— police 警察 police n. 警察，警方；治安 vt. 监督；管辖；维持治安；为…配备警察 adj. 警察的；有关警察的 He dodged when the police fired at him. 警察向他开枪时，他躲开了。 The informer betrayed them to the police. 告密者把他们出卖给了警察。 He stalled the police for ten minutes so his accomplice could get away. 他在警察面前拖延了十分钟，使他的同谋得以逃走。 —————————————— meaning 意义 meaning n. 意义；含义；意图 adj. 意味深长的 v. 意味；意思是（mean的ing形式） Do you take my meaning? 你明白我的意思了吗? The child read the story but did not comprehend its meaning. 这个孩子读了这篇故事，但不能理解它的意思。 I don't argue with the facts,only with the meaning you give them. 我并不否认这些事实，只是不同意你给它们赋予的含义。 —————————————— chemist 化学家 chemist n. 化学家；化学工作者；药剂师；炼金术士 Would you rather be an alchemist or a chemist? 那么，你想做一个炼金术士，还是一个化学家呢？ One day, the chemist dissolved some material in hot water. 一天，化学家将一些物质溶解在热水里。 The chemist, on the other hand, approaches her problem by first understanding proven principles and theories, then using these principles to achieve her goal. 与之相对的，化学家会首先从那些被证明是正确的理论入手，再利用这些原理的支持来达到自己的目标。 —————————————— include 包括 include vt. 包含，包括 However, we include it to prepare for an example below. 不过，我们在这里包含它是为下一个示例做准备。 If the donor bears the tax, the value of gift has to be grossed up to include the tax. 如果捐款人承担税款，则捐款数额需要把应缴税款包括在内。 One of the hazards of living in those days will include getting conked by spare rocket parts falling from the sky. 生活在那些日子的危险事件将包括头部会被天空掉下来的火箭零件击中。 —————————————— liable 承担责任 liable adj. 有责任的，有义务的；应受罚的；有…倾向的；易…的 Further, the so-called no-bailout clause specified that member states should not be liable for, nor assume, the commitments or debts of any other. 所谓的“不救援”条款进一步规定成员各国不必承担也没有义务为其他任何一个成员国的义务或债务负责。 But if we become aware of the existence of the libel on our system, by complaint or any other means, and do nothing about it, we will be liable, along with the student. 但是如果我们都意识到了这条帖子的诽谤性质，除了抱怨或其他一些牢骚，却对它无动于衷，那我们就和这个学生一样需要承担法律责任了。 Once you discover and report this, you're not liable for money the bank lost, but neither are you entitled to compensation for the time and effort you spend straightening the matter out. 一旦你发现问题并报告此事，虽然你不必对银行损失的资金负法律责任，但你为此所花的时间和精力却只能自己承担。 —————————————— maths 数学 maths n. 数学（等于mathematics） n. (Maths)人名；(瑞典)马茨 He surpassed me in maths. 他的数学比我学得好。 I'm swotting at maths for the final examination. 我正在为期末考试刻苦攻读数学。 His report card can point up his talent for maths. 他的成绩报告单能清楚地表明他有数学才能。 —————————————— gradual 循序渐进的 gradual adj. 逐渐的；平缓的 n. 弥撒升阶圣歌集 Age brought a gradual diminution of his strength and energy. 年龄使他的体力和精力逐渐减退。 Real men embrace the stiffness in our muscles as we rise from bed each morning and the gradual loss of our sexual drive. 正像我们每天早晨从床上起来，我们的性欲冲动逐渐消失一样，真正的男人应欣然接受僵硬的肌肉。 This change might manifest itself as an epiphany at some point during the project, or it might seep in as a gradual change. 这种更改可能在项目开发的过程中的某个时候突然出现，也有可能成为一点一点渐进的改变。 —————————————— barren 贫瘠的 barren adj. 贫瘠的；不生育的；无益的；沉闷无趣的；空洞的 n. 荒地 n. (Barren)人名；(西、英)巴伦 The formerly [once] barren land has been changed into stretches of fertile fields. 昔日的荒地今天成了良田。 We should see nothing but barren fields, overrun with weeds and biers; and the farmer would feel that a winter of want and distress is before him. 我们只会看到贫瘠的土地，野草疯长，荆棘丛生。 这个时候农民们就会感觉到，一个匮乏而忧伤的冬季就在他们面前。 Without the "oxygen elevator" in its mantle the earth would probably be a barren planet hostile to life. 在其地幔中如果没有“氧气提升机”，地球很可能是一个生命难以存在的荒芜星球。 —————————————— sticky 黏糊糊的 sticky adj. 粘的；粘性的 This old stamp isn't sticky any more; I shall have to gum it down onto the envelope. 这张旧邮票已经没有粘性了，我得用胶水把它贴到信封上。 I hope you will clean out all those sticky old sweet papers and empty envelopes from your drawer this time. 我希望你这次将清除掉你抽屉中所有的黏糊糊的旧糖纸和空信封。 MMS can kill the germs and viruses that cause respiratory problems, but eventually everyone faces the mechanical problem of "coughing up" dried mucus and sticky phlegm. MMS可以杀死引起呼吸道问题的细菌和病毒，但最终每个人都要面临机械般地“咳嗽出”干黏液和黏痰的问题。 —————————————— dominate 占据主导地位 dominate vt. 控制；支配；占优势；在…中占主要地位 vi. 占优势；处于支配地位 She must dominate her passions. 她必须控制自己的情感。 They had the ambition to dominate this small country. 他们有控制这个小国的野心。 No one nation can or should try to dominate another nation. 没有哪一个国家能够或应该试图主宰另一个国家。 —————————————— spade 铲 spade n. 铁锹，铲子 vt. 铲；把……弄实抹平 vi. 铲 n. (Spade)人名；(英)斯佩德；(法)斯帕德 He laid the spade by the door. 他把铲子放在门边。 I dug with a spade. 我用铁铲挖掘。 For young kids a pail and spade make a good gift or even a colorful beach ball. 对孩子们来说，桶和铁锹是很好的礼物，或者色彩鲜艳的沙滩球也可以。 —————————————— pose 构成 pose vt. 造成，形成；摆姿势；装模作样；提出…讨论 vi. 摆姿势；佯装；矫揉造作 n. 姿势，姿态；装模作样 Are you willing to pose for me ? 你愿意摆姿势让我为你拍照吗？ This passion pose gives you the best of both worlds! 这种激情的姿势能给你最好的两人世界！ He says the levels do not pose any immediate danger to human health. 他还表示，这一水平并不对人体健康构成立即的威胁。 —————————————— cool 很酷的 cool adj. 凉爽的；冷静的；出色的 vt. 使…冷却；使…平静下来 vi. 变凉；平息 n. 凉爽；凉爽的空气 adv. 冷静地 n. (Cool)人名；(法)科尔；(英)库尔 The cool autumn wind clarified my mind. 凉爽的秋风使我的头脑清醒过来。 You could think of it cool if you can stand back. 如果你能置身事外，你就能冷静地思考这件事。 To cool herself and regain mental balance she went out of the room and had a walk in the garden. 为了使自己冷静下来并重新得到心理上的平衡，她走出室外去花园散步。 —————————————— globe 全球 globe n. 地球；地球仪；球体 vt. 使…成球形 vi. 成球状 We directed radio waves around the globe. 我们向全球发射无线电波。 Without them, humanity might not have so readily spread across the globe. 没有他们，人类可能就不会这么容易地遍及整个地球。 I asked him why he was willing to share so much with me—an outsider from the other side of the globe. 我问他为什麽他愿意与我分享这麽多——我只是一个来自地球另一边的陌生人。 —————————————— temperament 气质 temperament n. 气质，性情，性格；急躁 He has an artistic temperament. 他有艺术家的气质。 For people who earn that much or more, individual temperament and life circumstances have much more sway over their lightness of heart than money. 对于赚到这个数目或更多的人来说，个性气质和生活情况对心情畅快的影响比金钱的影响要大得多。 They were pleased by the temperament of their turkeys, some of which they keep near their house along the Pacific coast. 他们对火鸡们的性情很满意，其中一些火鸡还被安置在了他们太平洋海岸的房子附近。 —————————————— ethnic 少数民族 ethnic adj. 种族的；人种的 This susceptibility might not be due merely to ethnic genetic differences. 这种易感性可能不仅仅是由于民族遗传差异。 We do not differentiate between our workers on the basis of their background or ethnic origin. 我们不以工人们的背景或种族来源区别对待他们。 But then it explodes, as it did recently, with all the problems of ethnic strife that have never been resolved. 但是然后正如肯尼亚近来遇到的，它的所有未曾解决的民族冲突问题爆发了。 —————————————— cling 抓住 cling vi. 坚持，墨守；紧贴；附着 Despite the low rate of success at the market, parents cling to the hope that they will find a suitable match for their offspring. 尽管在市场上取得成功的几率比较低，家长们还是坚持希望要为他们的后代找到一个合适的配偶。 Often opposition comes not only from the conservatives, who cling to tradition, but also from the extremist militants, who favor neither the old nor the new. 通常，反对者不光是那些墨守成规的保守派，也有可能来自既不喜新亦不厌旧的极端主义好斗者。 The all-powerful and benevolent God is strongly disconfirmed for residents of Haiti, yet they continue to cling to the view that God is both good and all powerful. 饱受地震蹂躏的海地居民的经历证明全能和仁慈的上帝不存在，但这不妨碍他们继续坚持认为上帝对他们友好而又法力无边。 —————————————— pipe 管 pipe n. 管；烟斗；笛 vi. 吹笛；尖叫 vt. 用管道输送；尖声唱；用管乐器演奏 n. (Pipe)人名；(匈)皮佩；(英)派普 They blew out the blocked pipe. 他们把堵塞的管子吹通了。 He tapped the ashes out of the pipe. 他把烟灰从烟斗里磕出来。 Let the rainwater run through this pipe. 让雨水从这个管道中流过去。 —————————————— protect 保护 protect vt. 保护，防卫；警戒 We have to protect them. 我们必须保护它们。 Laws protect the enjoyment of their rights. 法律保障他们享受自己的权利。 These regulations were made to protect women. 这些规则是为保护妇女而制定的。 —————————————— carbon 碳 carbon n. [化学] 碳；碳棒；复写纸 adj. 碳的；碳处理的 n. (Carbon)人名；(西)卡尔翁；(法)卡尔邦；(英)卡本 Across the world, forests and the soil beneath them absorb about a quarter of all carbon emissions. 纵观全球，森林与它们脚下的土壤能吸收大约碳排放总量的四分之一。 By removing whales, sharks and large fish, we’ve reduced the amount of carbon stored in these populations. 由于猎杀鲸鱼，鲨鱼和大型鱼类，我们也就减少了碳在这些物种群的储存量。 All that growth takes lots of steel and cement and hence pours carbon into the air—but in time it should drive down emissions. 所有这些发展都需要大量的钢铁和水泥，并因此会向空气中排放碳——但是国家将能够及时地降低排放量。 —————————————— five 五 five n. 五，五个；五美元钞票 num. 五，五个 adj. 五的；五个的 n. (Five)人名；(挪)菲弗 We work from nine to five. 我们从九点工作到五点。 They ran this short story in five issues. 他们把这篇短篇小说连载了五期。 He finds it hard to focus his thoughts on one thing for longer than five minutes. 他发现他很难把他的注意力集中在一件事情上超过五分钟。 —————————————— invert 反 invert vt. 使…转化；使…颠倒；使…反转；使…前后倒置 n. 颠倒的事物；倒置物；倒悬者 adj. 转化的 Select Invert Tree to change the view to child-parent format. 选择 Invert Tree，可以将该视图更改为子-父的形式。 But once it completes its calculation, it might have to broadcast the results, so its requirements would invert. 但一旦完成了计算，它也许会广播计算结果，因此发送和接收的容量需求又得调转。 This is precisely what data warehousing applications do offering the possibility to aggregate information along a variety of axis and to invert relationships in the data. 他所说的正是数据仓库应用的功能——沿着某些变量轴聚合信息并转化数据间的关系。 —————————————— garage 车库 garage n. 车库；汽车修理厂；飞机库 vt. 把……送入车库；把（汽车）开进车库 n. （阿拉伯）贾拉杰（人名） My car towed his car to a garage. 我的车将他的车拖到了汽车修理厂。 The garage floor was swilled down by father. 爸爸把车库地面用水冲洗干净了。 The car knocked against the garage door and damaged it. 汽车撞到了车库的门上，把门弄坏了。 —————————————— jazz 爵士乐 jazz n. 爵士乐，爵士舞；喧闹 vi. 奏爵士乐，跳爵士舞；游荡 vt. 奏爵士乐；使活泼 adj. 爵士乐的；喧吵的 n. (Jazz)人名；(德)雅茨 Jack is great on cycling and jazz. 杰克热衷于骑自行车和听爵士音乐。 Do you like jazz? 你喜欢爵士乐吗？ This was the first time I really listened to jazz, and it bowled me over. 那是我人生第一次真真正正的听爵士乐﹐我深深的被它所震撼著。 —————————————— monitor 监控 monitor n. 监视器；监听器；监控器；显示屏；班长 vt. 监控 We selected him as our monitor. 我们选他作我们的班长。 We re-elected him monitor. 我们再一次选举他为班长。 The country health agency has dedicated one inspector to monitor conditions in nursing homes. 该国卫生机构已指定一名检查员监测各疗养院的情况。 —————————————— signature 签名 signature n. 署名；签名；信号 Jim witnessed my signature on the new agreement. 吉姆和我一起在新的协议上签名。 Two witnesses must certify that this is your signature. 必须有两个证人证明这是你的签字。 You must ink over your signature. Pencil writing is not allowed. 你必须把签名用墨水描一下。铅笔书写是不允许的。 —————————————— warmth 温暖 warmth n. 温暖；热情；激动 They fell a lack of warmth in his exceeding formal congratulatory speech. 他们感到他那过于刻板的祝词缺乏热情。 Of one accord, they went out of their room to enjoy the warmth of the sun. 他俩不约而同地走出房间去享受那温暖的阳光。 This warmth over the telephone. 这种透过电话的温暖。 —————————————— mercury 汞 mercury n. [化]汞，水银 [天]水星 温度表 精神，元气 No mercury? 也没有汞？ Some thieves have eaten off their irons with mercury water. 有些窃贼用汞水腐蚀他们的镣铐。 Alas, Mercury, as said, will be retrograde, so we have to factor this into the mix of the month. 哎，可是如上所说的，水星要逆行了，所以这个月我们要把这个因素考虑在内。 —————————————— probably 可能 probably adv. 大概；或许；很可能 That photograph probably won't enlarge well. 那张照片可能不会放大得很好。 The plane would probably disintegrate at that high speed. 飞机以那么高速飞行也许会四分五裂。 The distributors will probably bump up the price of the software when the next version is released. 当下一个软件版本公开发行时销售商可能将提高软件的价格。 —————————————— brave 勇敢的 brave adj. 勇敢的；华丽的 vt. 勇敢地面对 n. 勇士 n. (Brave)人名；(英)布雷夫；(俄)布拉韦 He bragged about how brave he was. 他夸耀自己多么勇敢。 The soldier is accounted as a brave man. 这名士兵被认为是个勇敢的人。 He's a brave man. I'm sure he will not kowtow to the enemy. 他是一个勇敢的人，我相信他不会向敌人卑躬屈膝的。 —————————————— early 早期 early adj. 早期的；早熟的 adv. 提早；在初期 n. (Early)人名；(英)厄尔利 We have to get off early tomorrow. 我们明天一早必须动身。 Why did you come so early this morning? 今天早晨你为什么来得这么早? We all desire your early reply to this inquiry. 我们都希望你对此询问尽早答复。 —————————————— tragic 悲剧 tragic adj. 悲剧的；悲痛的，不幸的 The tragic news distressed us all. 悲惨的消息使我们大家很悲伤。 And this turn of events is, as I said, tragic. 正如我前面所说的，事件的这种转变是悲惨的。 The tragic event is sharply etched into my memory. 那起悲惨的事件深深地铭刻在我的记忆中。 —————————————— undermine 破坏 undermine vt. 破坏，渐渐破坏；挖掘地基 His enemies are spreading rumours to undermine his authority. 他的敌人在散布谣言来暗中破坏他的威信。 That’s why I won’t accept any attempts to undermine the independence of this agency. 这就是为什么我不会容忍任何破坏这一机构的独立性的企图。 In fact, the huge inheritance does not do him any good, but tends to undermine his vigor and passion for life. 实际上，这么大笔的遗产对他不仅没有什么好处，反而会损害他的活力和对生活的激情。 —————————————— brake 刹车 brake vi. 刹车 n. 闸，刹车；阻碍 vt. 刹车 n. (Brake)人名；(英)布雷克；(德)布拉克 When it's icy brake gently. 道路结冰时要缓慢地刹车。 The driver jammed his foot on the brake. 司机用脚猛踩刹车。 He suddenly stepped on the brake and the car stopped at once. 他突然间踩下了制动踏板，车子一下子就停了下来。 —————————————— beach 海滩 beach n. 海滩；湖滨 vt. 将…拖上岸 vi. 搁浅；定居 n. (Beach)人名；(英)比奇 We hauled on the boat up the beach. 我们用力拖小船，把它拖到了沙滩上。 They love to run about on the beach. 他们喜欢在海滩上跑来跑去。 We basked ourselves on the sunny beach. 我们在阳光充足的海滩上晒太阳。 —————————————— aircraft 飞机 aircraft n. 飞机，航空器 Aircraft bombarded the enemy warship. 飞机轰炸了敌军舰。 They managed to talk the aircraft down through the fog. 他们设法通过雷达引导飞机穿雾着陆。 All aircraft at London Airport were grounded by fog yesterday. 昨天由于大雾伦敦机场所有飞机停飞。 —————————————— loaf 面包 loaf n. 条，一条面包；块；游荡 vt. 游荡；游手好闲；虚度光阴 vi. 游荡；游手好闲；虚度光阴 Plan how you will store the meals in your freezer. Do you need freezer bags, foil loaf pans or tin foil? 考虑一下你准备怎样把这些菜存在冰箱里，你需要保鲜袋、铝箔面包锅或是锡箔吗？ He goes to smaller stores, chats with familiar people and gets milk and eggs and a small loaf of fresh bread. 他去了几个小店铺，见到熟人聊几句，买了牛奶，鸡蛋和一小块新鲜的面包，继续往前走。 The price of the omnipresent crisp, golden loaf seemed to epitomize the rising cost of living and the shortage of cash in consumers' pockets. 无所不在的松脆的、金色的面包条的价格似乎概括了生活费用上升和消费者口袋里现金短缺的现象。 —————————————— food 食物 food n. 食物；养料 This food disagrees with her. 这种食物对她有害。 He vomited all the food he had eaten. 他把他吃的食物全都呕吐出来了。 We cannot exist without air, food and water. 我们没有空气、食物和水就不能生存。 —————————————— industrialize 工业化 industrialize vt. 使工业化 vi. 实现工业化 All are trying to industrialize and diversify their economies. 这些国家都正在努力实现工业化和经济多元化。 The poultry sector continues to grow and industrialize in many parts of the world. 在世界上很多国家，家禽业朝着工业化的方向不断发展。 At the turn of the century, Africa is trying once more, as it did in independence days, to industrialize. 在这世纪之交，非洲再一次努力实现工业化，如同在独立之初所做的那样。 —————————————— ignorant 无知的 ignorant adj. 无知的；愚昧的 The intensely critical spirit is often the narrow-minded and ignorant one. 极爱吹毛求疵的人往往是心胸狭窄和无知的人。 If that be true of men of intelligence, how much more true is it of the ignorant and illiterate, or those of feeble intellect. 若对有知识智慧的人都如此，那么对无知的人和文盲或那些智力低下的人就更可想而知了。 Only the most ignorant architect does not consider what has gone before. 只有那些最无知的架构师才放弃考虑过去的经验。 —————————————— justify 证明 justify vi. 证明合法；整理版面 vt. 证明…是正当的；替…辩护 He attempts to justify his conduct. 他试图为他的行为辩护。 "They feel no need at all to justify the choice, " says Lee. 李说， “他们觉得不需要为自己的选择做任何辩解”。 No need to justify your shortcomings or wrong actions, simply own up to your mistakes and recognize that you need help in changing them. 没有必要为了你的缺点或错误的行为进行辩护，爽快地承认自己的错误并承认改变它们，你需要帮助。 —————————————— interpretation 解释 interpretation n. 解释；翻译；演出 Is there only one interpretation? 是只有一种解释吗？ The contract admits of no other interpretation. 这契约不容许做别的解释。 His interpretation is coherent and intelligible. 他的翻译通顺易懂。 —————————————— racial 种族 racial adj. 种族的；人种的 Racial tensions exploded into riots. 种族间的紧张关系爆发成骚乱。 He went on record as opposing racial discrimination. 他公开表示反对种族歧视。 The answer from some scientists who still do what could be called "racial science" appears to be yes on both counts. 来自仍然在做可以称之为“种族科学”的科学家们的答案，似乎这两个理由都对。 —————————————— plead 辩护 plead vt. 借口；为...辩护；托称 vi. 恳求；辩护 The defendant was given a copy fo information before he was called upon to plead. 被告在被传唤进行辩护之前收到一份警方起诉书副本。 How can I surrender, God? I plead. How can I let go of everything good in my life? 主啊，我怎么能向你投降呢？我恳求你，放过我吧。我怎么能放弃生活中这些美好的东西呢？ Players howl, shrug, punch the air, raise their palms and sometimes chase referees 90 feet to plead their case. 球员们或嗥叫、或耸肩、或空击、或扬掌，有时为了恳求申诉甚至追出裁判90英尺之远。 —————————————— messenger 信使 messenger n. 报信者，送信者；先驱 n. (Messenger)人名；(德)梅森格；(英)梅辛杰 She signed herself “A Peace Messenger.” 她在署名中把自己称作“和平使者”。 The president dispatched a messenger to tell the premier what happened. 总统派出一名信使向首相禀报所发生的事。 It breathes and takes wing, becoming a messenger in one or more of our innumerable transactions with the world and with each other. 它呼吸并翱翔着，或多或少的成为了我们人与世界和人与人之间不计其数交流联络的信使。 —————————————— emotion 情感 emotion n. 情感；情绪 He displayed no sign of emotion. 他丝毫不露感情。 Emotion swells and subsides. 情绪忽高忽低。 Don't hold your emotion in, cry if you want to. 别抑制你的情感，想哭你就哭一通吧。 —————————————— sportsman 运动员 sportsman n. 运动员；运动家；冒险家 n. (Sportsman)人名；(英)斯波茨曼 If you train hard, you'll make a good sportsman. 如果刻苦训练你就能成为一名优秀的运动员。 How can you ask a sportsman something only known by a coach or a referee? 你怎能向运动员问一些只有教练或者裁判才知道答案的问题？ The message was that if you're a successful sportsman, you get access to these kinds of objects. 所传递的信息就是如果你是个成功的运动员，你就能获得这类物品。 —————————————— crisis 危机 crisis n. 危机；危险期；决定性时刻 adj. 危机的；用于处理危机的 Many companies have been sent under in the economic crisis. 在这次经济危机中，已有许多公司倒闭了。 The strength of our country bulwarked us through the financial crisis. 我国的实力使我们得以安然渡过这次金融危机。 The government predicates that the market collapse was caused by Asian financial crisis. 政府宣布市场不景气是由于亚洲金融危机而引起的。 —————————————— content 内容 content n. 内容，目录；满足；容量 adj. 满意的 vt. 使满足 n. (Content)人名；(法)孔唐 You have to content yourself with what you have. 你必须满足于现状。 Be not content with the commonplace in character. 不要满足于普通的共性。 If you tear off the rhetorical top-dressing from his article, you will find there is very little solid content. 如果从他的文章中剥去堆砌的华丽词藻，你会发现其中少有实际内容。 —————————————— tedious 单调乏味的 tedious adj. 沉闷的；冗长乏味的 We are bored by the speaker's tedious talk. 讲演者那冗长乏味的讲话使我们感到厌烦。 The audience coughed down the tedious speaker. 听众用咳嗽声阻挠演讲人的沉闷发言。 There's no point in labouring at a tedious task. 辛苦地干单调乏味的工作没有意义。 —————————————— fight 战斗 fight vi. 打架；与…打仗，与…斗争；反对…提案 n. 打架；战斗，斗志 The noise of the distant fight breezed up louder than ever. 远处的打闹声随风传来，比以往任何时候都要大。 These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死， 也不愿投降。 The guerrillas would fight to death before they surrendered. 游击队员宁愿战斗到死， 也不愿投降。 —————————————— petty 小 petty adj. 琐碎的；小气的；小规模的 n. (Petty)人名；(英、法)佩蒂 You will know what he cares about and you will know what he considers insignificant, petty, or distracting. 你就会知道他所关心的，和那些他看为不重要的、琐碎的和烦扰的事物。 The days stretch out in an endless vista. So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life. 时日在无穷的展望中延展着，于是我们干着琐碎的事情，几乎意识不到我们对生活的倦怠态度。 The accountant said that we could use petty cash to buy paper but not to buy a new printer. 会计说我们可以用零用现金去买纸，但是不能用它买一个新的打印机。 —————————————— trial 试验 trial n. 试验；审讯；努力；磨炼 adj. 试验的；审讯的 n. (Trial)人名；(法)特里亚尔 We purpose another trial. 我们打算再试一下。 The trial was recessed by the presiding judge. 审判长宣布审讯暂时中止。 This method of manufacture evolved out of a long process of trial. 这种制造方法是在长期试验过程中逐步形成的。 —————————————— constrain 限制 constrain vt. 驱使；强迫；束缚 Within the J2EE application, you can define and name security roles and constrain resource access based on those roles. 在 J2EE 应用程序内，您可以基于这些角色定义和命名安全角色及约束资源访问。 It is an architecturally neutral but formal specification of the requirements that does not over-constrain the SOA solution. 它是与体系结构无关的但是正式的需求规范，它它并不过度约束 SOA 解决方案。 Assertions constrain the existence of elements and attributes and their values. 断言约束元素和属性的存在和它们的值。 —————————————— fold 褶皱 fold vt. 折叠；合拢；抱住；笼罩 n. 折痕；信徒；羊栏 vi. 折叠起来；彻底失败 Each fold in the skirt should be exactly the same width. 裙子每条皱折的宽度应该完全一样。 Don't fold down the corners of the page, it damages the book. 别把书页角折起来，这要把书弄坏了。 Fold the card. 折叠这张卡片。 —————————————— supervise 监督 supervise vt. 监督，管理；指导 vi. 监督，管理；指导 But how do you supervise this? 但你怎样监督呢？ She wants to supervise the cosmetics shop. 她想自己管理那间化妆品店。 We must supervise and speed up the fulfilment of assigned tasks. 已经布置了的工作， 应当认真督促检查。 —————————————— virtue 美德 virtue n. 美德；优点；贞操；功效 n. (Virtue)人名；(英)弗丘 Virtue will prevail against evil. 美德定将战胜邪恶。 Honesty is a virtue. 诚实是一种美德。 Teachers should impress the children with the virtue of always telling the truth. 老师应当让孩子们牢记说实话的美德。 —————————————— invaluable 无价的 invaluable adj. 无价的；非常贵重的 Their insights were invaluable to me in putting the "how to" parts of these posts together. 在写这些通告的“如何去做”这部分时，他们的见识对我来说是无价的。 Once you get used to this infrastructure, you will find it totally invaluable for all the projects you work on. 一旦习惯了这种基础结构，将发现它对于您从事的所有项目来说都是无价的。 What you draw is an invaluable and unique representation of how you saw at that moment in that place according to your abilities. 每幅画都是无价的、独特的，它们如实的表述你在那个地点、在那个时刻、那时你能理解的视角。 —————————————— boom 繁荣 boom vt. 使兴旺；发隆隆声 vi. 急速发展；发隆隆声 n. 繁荣；吊杆；隆隆声 n. (Boom)人名；(法、德)博姆 How long can the present business boom last? 目前这种商业繁荣能持续多久? So why the boom? 为什么如此繁荣？ The country is basking in a great boom in industry. 这个国家的工业正处于蓬勃发展之中。 —————————————— lightning 闪电 lightning adj. 闪电的；快速的 n. 闪电 vi. 闪电 Lightning streaks from cloud to cloud. 闪电划过朵朵乌云。 Lightning usually accompanies thunder. 闪电通常伴有雷声。 Franklin's experiments showed that the lightning is an electrical discharge. 富兰克林的实验表明闪电是一种放电。 —————————————— eligible 符合条件的 eligible adj. 合格的，合适的；符合条件的；有资格当选的 n. 合格者；适任者；有资格者 He is an eligible young man. 他是一个合格的年轻人。 Any number of eligible products can be installed to a package group. 可以在一个包组中安装任意数量的符合条件的产品。 This set is input to the cost-based optimizer that decides whether to use any of the eligible indexes or not. 将该组索引输入到基于成本的优化器，这个优化器决定是否使用任何合适的索引。 —————————————— embody 体现 embody vt. 体现，使具体化；具体表达 n. (Embody)人名；(英)恩博迪 As a ballerina, to embody the duality of the Swan Queen and the black swan can be a fiendishly difficult task. 作为一名芭蕾舞女演员，去体现天鹅女王和黑天鹅的两面性可能是一个残忍的困难的任务。 Any narrative, any model, that could embody the fundamental organizing principles of human affairs can only be vague in its formative stages. 任何能体现人类事务中组织性的原则的叙述性，模范式的言语，在他的形成阶段都是模糊地。 All you have to do is unite mentally and emotionally with the good you wish to embody. 你所需要做的就是，在精神和情感方面，将你所希望体现的好的德行合为一体。 —————————————— limp 跛行 limp adj. 柔软的，无力的；软弱的 vi. 跛行，一拐一拐地走；缓慢费力地前进 n. 跛行 n. (Limp)人名；(英)林普 Your muscles are feeling loose and limp, so relaxed, so deliciously serene, so wonderfully lazy. 你的肌肉放松且柔软，如此的放松，如此平静至极，如此懒散至极。 Like many invertebrates, squid appear limp and squishy—but once they get a grip on you, they're incredibly powerful. 和许多无脊椎动物一样，鱿鱼看上去柔软黏糊——可是一旦它们将你抓住就变得无比有力。 In one attempt in 1971, a car careened into one carrying Mr. Kim, injuring both his hip joints and causing him to limp for the rest of his life. 在1971年的一次行动中，一辆汽车撞向载有金大中的轿车，导致他两侧髋关节受伤，在此后的岁月里走路一直一瘸一拐。 —————————————— persistent 持续的 persistent adj. 固执的，坚持的；持久稳固的 Why is autocracy so persistent in this part of the world? 为什么在世界的这个地方独裁如此持续存在？ If you really can’t find any, at least the experience teaches you to be persistent in any situation. 如果你实在学不到什么东西，至少这种体验可以教给你在任何情况下都要坚持。 So do not make the messages persistent if the business need does not exist. 因此，如果不存在这种业务需求，就不要将消息变成持久消息。 —————————————— critic 评论家 critic n. 批评家，评论家；爱挑剔的人 The critic’s criticism was turned against himself. 批评家的批评反被别人用来批评他。 When I showed at the Tate in 1992 almost every critic hated it. 1992年我在泰特美术馆举办展览的时候，几乎每个评论家都讨厌它。 He was critic and theorist. What I discovered was his critical writings. 他也是批评家和理论家,我发现的是他的批评作品。 —————————————— explicit 显式的 explicit adj. 明确的；清楚的；直率的；详述的 Peter gives two explicit answers in verse 38 to what they need—what we need. 彼得给出了两个在38至诗他们需要什么，我们需要明确的答案。 Unfortunately, you do not receive an explicit error message if this error condition occurs. 不幸的是，出现这种错误条件时您不会收到明确的错误消息。 Both of these can be used to set explicit registrations, or you can use asterisks in the names as wildcard characters to affect multiple connections in one modify command. 这两者可用于设置明确的注册，或者您可以在名称中使用星号作为通配符以便影响一个修改命令中的多个连接。 —————————————— aggressive 咄咄逼人的 aggressive adj. 侵略性的；好斗的；有进取心的；有闯劲的 The female of the species is very aggressive. 这个物种中雌性是非常好斗的。 He assumed the style of an aggressive go-getter. 他具有一个积极进取的、有冲劲和进取心的人的风度。 If you take this strategy, track the cost of development closely and compare it to those who take more aggressive mitigation strategies. 如果您采用了此策略，就紧紧地追踪开发成本并与那些采用了更积极的缓解策略的人比较。 —————————————— peasant 农民 peasant n. 农民；乡下人 The peasant led us down the hill. 那个农民带我们朝山下走。 The old peasant ran 10~20 pigs a year. 这位老农民一年饲养10至20口猪。 A local peasant led the guerrillas through the forest. 一位当地的农民领着游击队员穿过森林。 —————————————— manipulate 操作 manipulate vt. 操纵；操作；巧妙地处理；篡改 Do you know how to manipulate a computer ? 你知道怎样操作计算机吗? He quickly learned how to manipulate the controls of a plane. 他很快学会了操作飞机的操纵装置。 The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's accounts. 这个会计因企图篡改公司账目而被捕。 —————————————— preliminary 初步 preliminary n. 准备；预赛；初步措施 adj. 初步的；开始的；预备的 A physical examination is a preliminary to joining the army. 体格检查是参军的初步。 He has easily won the preliminary contest for the high jump. 他轻松地通过了跳高预赛。 As yet, we have only preliminary thoughts on the first question and none to report on the second. 到现在为止，我们只是初步思考了第一个问题，第二个问题还没有相关的报告。 —————————————— savage 野蛮人 savage adj. 野蛮的；残酷的；狂怒的；荒凉的 n. 未开化的；粗鲁的人；残暴成性的人 vt. 乱咬；粗暴的对待 n. (Savage)人名；(西)萨瓦赫；(英、德)萨维奇 Sir Thomas Picton's portrait hangs in a court room in Wales, sword in hand, as if menacing defendants or reminding them how lucky they are to live in times when the law is less savage than in his day. 托马斯·皮克顿爵士的肖像悬挂于威尔士一家法庭之中，利剑在手，好像在威胁着被告，或是在提醒被告，他们活在法律比起他的时代没有那么残酷的当下是多么幸运。 One of the biggest, Savage Kingdom, in Florida, was closed by the Department of Agriculture in 2006. 最大的老虎农场之一，佛罗里达州的野人王国已经于2006年被农业部关闭。 Iraq has not yet turned the page, either on the last blood-soaked decade or the years of deprivation under a savage dictatorship that preceded it. 那就是，无论就过去的血雨腥风的十年，还是在萨达姆残酷独裁统治时期而言，伊拉克远没有开启一个新篇章。 —————————————— oral 口服 oral adj. 口头的，口述的 n. 口试 n. (Oral)人名；(土)奥拉尔 He lucked out on the oral examination. 他侥幸通过了口语考试。 The job, which involved the transcription of oral history tapes, had about it a quality of penance that suited me, though after a time I discovered to my chagrin that I was having fun. 这份工作是把口述历史录音带用文字记录下来，而这倒是有一种对我很相宜的苦修味道，尽管过了一阵子，我不无懊恼地发现，我正乐在其中。 But oral traditions have not disappeared. 但口述传统并未消失。 —————————————— notebook 笔记本 notebook n. 笔记本，笔记簿；手册 Copy this page in your notebook. 把这一页抄到你的笔记本上。 She rummaged in the desk drawers for her notebook. 她在书桌抽屉里翻找她的笔记本。 She immediately copied the letter in her notebook. 她立即把这封信抄在她的笔记本里。 —————————————— species 物种 species n. [生物] 物种；种类 adj. 物种上的 Darwin stated that the species originate by descent. 达尔文阐明了物种的起源。 That genus of plants differentiates into three species. 那个属种的植物衍生出三个变种。 Many species are in peril of extinction because of our destruction of their natural habitat. 许多物种由于我们破坏了它们的自然环境， 现在正面临灭绝的危险。 —————————————— extend 扩展 extend vt. 延伸；扩大；推广；伸出；给予；使竭尽全力；对…估价 vi. 延伸；扩大；伸展；使疏开 But how do we extend our careers? 但是怎样延长我们的职业生涯呢？ Our playing fields extend as far as those trees. 我们的操场延伸到那些树前。 We would like to extend this capability to software systems and architectures. 我们希望将此功能扩展到软件系统和体系结构中。 —————————————— entrepreneur 企业家 entrepreneur n. 企业家；承包人；主办者 How would you define personal growth as an entrepreneur? 你会如何定义,一个企业家的个人成长？ “You have to be an optimist to be an inventor or entrepreneur, ” he concludes. 要成为一位发明家或企业家，你必须得是个乐天派。 Yet almost every entrepreneur I have known regrets not spending enough time with their children when they were growing up. 但几乎我认识的所有企业家都为子女成长时期与他们相处时间不够而感到遗憾。 —————————————— ankle 脚踝 ankle n. 踝关节，踝 Her ankle disjointed when she fell. 她跌了一跤，脚踝脱臼了。 She twisted her ankle when she fell. 她摔倒时扭伤了脚踝。 Ankle sprains accounted for about half of all injuries. 踝关节扭伤大约占所有受伤情况的一半。 —————————————— band 乐队 band n. 带，环；[物] 波段；(演奏流行音乐的) 乐队 vi. 用带绑扎；给...镶边 n. n.乐队；队；一群 We band ourselves against a common enemy. 我们联合起来反对共同的敌人。 The saxophonist doubled the drum in the band. 那位萨克斯管吹奏员在乐队中兼作鼓手。 If we band together, we can give our argument strength. 如果我们联合起来，我们能为我们的辩论增添力量。 —————————————— relay 继电器 relay vi. 转播；接替 n. [电] 继电器；接替，接替人员；驿马 vt. 转播；使接替；分程传递 The broadcasting station will relay the news of the President's death. 广播电台将转播总统逝世的消息。 The church was crowded, so electrical machinery was used to relay the service out to the people. 教堂里挤满了人， 所以就用电机设备把礼拜仪式向外面的人转播。 In this type of network, devices not only communicate with each other, but they also act as relay points for other nodes in the network. 在这种网络之下，每个设备不仅跟其它设备联系，它还可以在整个网络中扮演中继点的角色。 —————————————— proportion 比例 proportion n. 比例，占比；部分；面积；均衡 vt. 使成比例；使均衡；分摊 Resources can be allocated in any proportion of each other. 每种资源可以采取任何比例来进行分配。 Which countries have the highest proportion of female graduates? 那些国家的女性毕业生比例最高？ "Under our plan, the proportion of modern weapons and technology used by the army must radically increase between now and 2020, " he said. 他说，根据我们的计划，从现在到2020年，军队对于现代武器和技术的使用比例必须从根本上增加。 —————————————— auxiliary 辅助 auxiliary n. 助动词；辅助者，辅助物；附属机构 adj. 辅助的；副的；附加的 The primary constructor in a derived class must invoke one of the parent class constructors, either the primary constructor or an auxiliary constructor. 子类的主构造函数必须调用父类的一个构造函数，无论是主构造函数或者是辅助构造函数。 This avoids cluttering up the core content with auxiliary material. 这样可以避免把核心内容与辅助资料混在一起。 Does the integration layer support auxiliary functionalities like exception handling, event management, auditing, logging and support for access control? 集成层支持异常处理、事件管理、审计、日志记录等辅助功能并支持访问控制吗？ —————————————— forgive 原谅 forgive vt. 原谅；免除（债务、义务等） vi. 表示原谅 Will you forgive me the debt? 你能免除我的债务吗? I can't forgive him for pissing me about. 我不能原谅他对我举止鲁莽。 Can you ever forgive me for forgetting your birthday? 我忘记了你的生日，你能原谅我吗? —————————————— faint 微弱的 faint adj. 模糊的；头晕的；虚弱的；[医] 衰弱的 vi. 昏倒；变得微弱；变得没气力 n. [中医] 昏厥，昏倒 A faint hope still flickered in her breast. 一种微弱的希望仍在她的心中闪动着。 He could discern a faint light ahead in the forest. 他能看到前面森林里有一线微弱的灯光。 So, guys, you might not have a clue what you want these days, but hopefully now you have a faint idea of what women want. 所以，男人们，你们也许完全不知道你们想要什么，但但愿你们现在能对女人想要什么有个模糊的概念。 —————————————— mistake 错误 mistake n. 错误；误会；过失 vt. 弄错；误解 vi. 弄错；误解 She blasted to make him admit his mistake. 她激烈批评使他承认自己的错误。 He compounded his mistake by arguing with the teacher. 他与老师争吵就更加重了他的错误。 One should not plead inexperience in excuse of his mistake. 一个人不应该借口缺乏经验来为其错误辩解。 —————————————— shelf 架子上 shelf n. 架子；搁板；搁板状物；暗礁 He lifted the parcel down from the shelf. 他把包裹从架子上拿了下来。 Please lift the box down from the shelf for me. 请帮我把这只箱子从搁板上抬下来。 She muddled all the different kinds of books together on one shelf. 她把各种不同类型的书都混放在一个书架上。 —————————————— attempt 尝试 attempt n. 企图，试图；攻击 vt. 企图，试图；尝试 He gave up the attempt in despair. 他在绝望中放弃了这种尝试。 He always honies up to you, so he must have some attempt at you. 他一直对你甜言蜜语，所以他一定对你有什么企图。 Any attempt to set back the wheel of history is doomed to failure. 任何要使历史倒退的企图都是注定要失败的。 —————————————— gigantic 巨大的 gigantic adj. 巨大的，庞大的 Looking from a distance like a gigantic arch, it is a continuous loop, a kind of square doughnut. 从远处看像一座巨大的拱门，实际上它是一个连续的环，有点像方形面包圈。 In a new study, British scientists have discovered that the gigantic females can swim for thousands of miles in a perfectly straight line. 在一项新的研究中，英国的科学家发现，巨大的雌性龟能在几乎完全直线的航道上游行上千英里。 The clouds roll around the Sierra behind us and then out to sea, and, sitting on the beach, the gigantic strikes flash around us like a giant strobe. 乌云从我们身后的塞拉利昂卷来，然后朝海上方向滚去。 坐在沙滩上，我们身边打起巨大的闪电，像打开了天上的大闸门。 —————————————— fasten 系 fasten vt. 使固定；集中于；扎牢；强加于 vi. 扣紧；抓住；集中注意力 n. (Fasten)人名；(英)法森 Fasten your seat belt. 系好你的安全带。 Please fasten these tags on your hand-carry luggage. 请把这些标签系在您的手提行李上。 OK, to work. A word of warning: fasten your seat belts. 好了，开始工作，一些警告的话：,系紧你们的安全带。 —————————————— cock 旋塞 cock n. 公鸡；龙头；雄鸟；头目 vt. 使竖起；使耸立；使朝上 vi. 翘起；竖起；大摇大摆 n. (Cock)人名；(英、西、瑞典)科克 The cock has crowed for the third time. 鸡唱三遍。 The cock's feathers ruffled at the sight of the dog. 公鸡一遇到狗羽毛便直竖起来。 To the cock, there is always defiance, challenge, danger and death on the clear air; or the possibility thereof. 对于公鸡，洁净的空气中总是存在着或有可能存在着对抗、挑战、危险和死亡。 —————————————— probable 可能的 probable adj. 很可能的；可信的 n. 很可能的事；大有希望的候选者 But without wondering if it is probable, I can say that it is logical. 然而，无需考虑它是否可信，但我敢说这个结局是合乎逻辑的。 When probable manipulation is detected, a spam rank factor is applied to a site, depending upon the type and severity of the infraction. 如果检测到一个网站很有可能在操纵排名，将视违规的类型和严重性给予该网站一个垃圾等级系数。 If it is constant over time, a probable deadlock or hang could have occurred. 如果它长时间不变，那么很可能是发生了死锁或挂起。 —————————————— goods 货物 goods n. 商品；动产；合意的人；真本领 Please deliver the goods to my house. 请把这些货物送到我家里。 They lightered the goods down to the city. 他们将货物驳运到了这个城市。 If we raise our import duties on their goods,they may retaliate against us. 如果我们提高他们的货物的进口税，他们可能要对我们进行报复。 —————————————— fence 栅栏 fence n. 栅栏；围墙；剑术 vt. 防护；用篱笆围住；练习剑术 vi. 击剑；搪塞；围以栅栏；跳过栅栏 He swung himself over the fence. 他纵身一跃跳过了篱笆。 This fence should be propped up. 这栅栏该用东西支一支。 The fence divides my land from hers. 栅栏把我的地与她的地分隔开来。 —————————————— exhibition 展览 exhibition n. 展览，显示；展览会；展览品 All visitors to the exhibition must report to the main service desk. 到展览会参观的人都必须先到总服务台报到。 Our country will tie up with another country to host this exhibition. 我国将和另外一个国家联合主办这次展览会。 You go to the exhibition centre, I must hie myself to tell the new matters. 你去展览中心吧，我得赶紧汇报一下这个新情况。 —————————————— credit 信贷 credit n. 信用，信誉；[金融] 贷款；学分；信任；声望 vt. 相信，信任；把…归给，归功于；赞颂 I didn't credit that absurd tale. 我不相信那个荒谬绝伦的故事。 I think our credit has been overextended to diversify. 我认为我们的贷款到目前为止太分散了。 You must pass the examination to get credit for the course. 你必须通过考试才能获得那门课程的学分。 —————————————— grey 灰色 grey adj. 灰色的；灰白的 vt. 使变成灰色；使变老 vi. 变成灰色；老化 n. 灰色 n. (Grey)人名；(英、法)格雷 Where I grew up they were all grey. 在我长大的地方，它们都是灰色的。 He often interchanges his black hat with his grey hat. 他经常将他的黑帽子与他的灰帽子交换着戴。 You will always have some grey areas, particularly at the extremity of your education and experience. 你会一直有一些灰色地带，尤其是在你的教育和经历的极限边缘。 —————————————— flour 面粉 flour n. 面粉；粉状物质 vt. 撒粉于；把…磨成粉 n. (Flour)人名；(法)弗卢尔 He added some flour to thicken the soup. 他加了一些面粉使汤浓些。 Add in the lemon after mixing the flour and sugar. 在面粉和糖混合之后倒入柠檬汁。 The villagers used to pound the grain into flour by hand. 村民们过去常用手工把粮食捣成粉。 —————————————— bank 银行 bank n. 银行；岸；浅滩；储库 vt. 将…存入银行；倾斜转弯 vi. 堆积；倾斜转弯 n. (Bank)人名；(英、德、俄)班克；(法、匈)邦克 I bank at the First National. 我在第一国民银行有账户。 Who do you bank with? 你在哪家银行存款? These figures check with the bank statement. 这些数字与银行结单核对无误。 —————————————— corresponding 相应的 corresponding adj. 相当的，相应的；一致的；通信的 v. 类似（correspond的ing形式）；相配 It then visits the corresponding nodes in each pattern. 然后它访问每个图案中的对应节点。 You can then add the measures for the goals as attributes of the corresponding classes, and stereotype them as . 然后，您就能够为这些目标添加方法，作为相应的类属性，并且将它们模板化为 。 As with an operation map, you connect inputs and outputs of one operation to the corresponding inputs and outputs of another operation. 与操作映射一样，您将一个操作的输入和输出连接到另一个操作的对应输入和输出。 —————————————— most 大多数 most adv. 最；非常，极其；最多；几乎 adj. 大部分的，多数的；最多的 n. 大部分，大多数 n. (Most)人名；(德、俄、法、芬、捷、英)莫斯特 Between us we own most of this company. 我们两人共同拥有这家公司的大部分。 Someone came out with a most useful suggestion. 有人提出了一个非常有益的建议。 She dwells in the country during most of the year. 一年中的大部分时间她居住在乡下。 —————————————— garment 服装 garment n. 衣服，服装；外表，外观 vt. 给…穿衣服 n. (Garment)人名；(英)加门特 The garment is studded with pearls. 衣服上缀满了珠子。 She disguised her true sex under a man's garment. 她穿着男人的衣服隐瞒自己的真实性别。 China will host an exhibition of international garment machinery. 中国将主办国际服装机械展览会。 —————————————— inertia 惯性 inertia n. [力] 惯性；惰性，迟钝；不活动 Inertia carried the car to the pavement. 惯性使汽车驶到了人行道上。 Galileo and Descartes replaced that with the idea of inertia. 伽利略和笛卡尔用惯性的概念将其取代。 But the internal inertia against doing so appears too great at this time. 但反对这种作为的内部惰性这次似乎显得太过强大了。 —————————————— latitude 纬度 latitude n. 纬度；界限；活动范围 I thought at this Time the Rain felt Cold, and I was something chilly, which I knew was not usual in that Latitude. 我感到这回的雨有点寒意，身子感到有点发冷。 我知道，在这个纬度上，这是不常有的事。 Each card has not only a date but the latitude and longitude, salinity measures, temperatures and depth of each data point. 每个卡片不仅记有日期，还有每个数据点的纬度和经度，盐度，温度和深度的测量。 Research shows that the latitude of your birthplace and how much solar radiation you were exposed to in the womb affects your health, wealth, happiness, longevity and creativity. 研究显示，你的出生地的纬度，也就是说，你在子宫中会受到多少太阳的照射，会影响你的健康、财富、幸福、寿命甚至是创造力。 —————————————— mad 疯了 mad adj. 疯狂的；发疯的；愚蠢的；着迷的 n. 狂怒 He must be either mad or drunk. 他要么是疯了，要么是喝醉了。 Her behaviour drives me mad. 她的行为真会把我逼疯了。 He must be mad. 他一定是疯了。 —————————————— orange 橙色 orange adj. 橙色的；橘色的 n. 橙；橙色；桔子 n. (Orange)人名；(英)奥林奇；(法)奥朗热 The orange skin squirted in my eye. 橘皮汁喷进了我的眼睛。 Orange juice dribbled down his chin. 橙子汁沿着他的下巴往下滴。 The orange juice has been concentrated. 橘子汁已经过浓缩。 —————————————— fault 的错 fault n. 故障；[地质] 断层；错误；缺点；毛病；（网球等）发球失误 vi. 弄错；产生断层 vt. （通常用于疑问句或否定句）挑剔 This is my fault. 这是我的过错。 He raved about the unjust punishment made by the manager regarding his fault. 他愤愤不平地诉说着经理对他的错误所作的不公正处罚。 The scientists positioned the seismic activity as being along the San Andreas fault. 科学家们找到了沿着圣安德烈亚斯断层的地震活动位置。 —————————————— elastic 弹性 elastic adj. 有弹性的；灵活的；易伸缩的 n. 松紧带；橡皮圈 Rubber is an elastic material. 橡胶是一种弹性材料。 These regulations are elastic. 这些规定是有弹性的。 Too tight, too big, or might have fit had not the elastic given way years ago. 太紧，太大，或是几年前本可能合适却已没有弹性的都会被拿走。 —————————————— oppose 反对 oppose vt. 反对；对抗，抗争 vi. 反对 We oppose interference by any outside force. 我们反对任何外来势力插手干预。 Oppose extravagant eating and drinking and pay attention to thrift and economy. 反对大吃大喝， 注意节约。 We firmly oppose ourselves to seizing on others' faultsm to putting hats on people, and to wielding the big stick. 我们坚决反对抓辫子， 戴帽子，打棍子。 —————————————— embassy 大使馆 embassy n. 大使馆；大使馆全体人员 You have to visit the consulate or embassy. 你必须到领事馆或大使馆去。 Explosive shells torn into the walls of the embassy. 爆炸的炮弹炸穿了大使馆的墙壁。 He was quartered at the embassy when he arrived in Paris. 他到达巴黎后被安排在使馆里住下。 —————————————— qualify 有资格 qualify vt. 限制；使具有资格；证明…合格 vi. 取得资格，有资格 You must qualify yourself for the post. 你必须使自己具备担任这一工作的资格。 This degree will qualify you for teaching. 这个学位将使你有资格当教师。 All of us qualify. 我们都有资格。 —————————————— obscure 晦涩难懂的 obscure adj. 昏暗的，朦胧的；晦涩的，不清楚的；隐蔽的；不著名的，无名的 vt. 使…模糊不清，掩盖；隐藏；使难理解 n. 某种模糊的或不清楚的东西 The meaning is still obscure to me. 我对这意义还很模糊。 Last night, an obscure project peered upon my mind. 昨晚，一个计划在我脑中模糊出现。 That amounts to clarifying the premise: "If God does not exist, I am god, " which still remains rather obscure. 这等于说是澄清了一个仍然相当晦涩的前提假设：“如果上帝不存在，我就是神。” —————————————— tangle 纠结 tangle n. 纠纷；混乱状态 vt. 使纠缠；处于混乱状态 vi. 缠结；乱作一团 The threads tangle easily. 这线容易缠结。 The resulting black-aluminum modules are assembled using the logic of language and form a web-like tangle that can be reassembled in an infinite number of ways. 里奇的构想所产生的各种黑色铝制模块是运用语言逻辑和缠结网络形式组装起来的，这些模块可以以无限的方式重新组合。 So I started on the outside, to the back, hoping to avoid the tangle of swimmers at the start. 所以在室外的游泳开始后，我跟在最后，希望可以避开一开始大家混乱出发的场面。 —————————————— withhold 保留 withhold vt. 保留，不给；隐瞒；抑制 vi. 忍住；克制 Only in the administration's second year did it withhold some aid. 奥巴马政府执政第二年才保留了一部分的支援。 They must be prepared to justify any exemption and to withhold only the exempt portion of any record while releasing the balance. 它们必须准备对任何例外作出解释，并且只得保留符合例外的内容，而将其余部分公开。 The emails made front-page news for several weeks and prompted a torrent of allegations about the conduct of some climate scientists and their attempts to withhold data. 这些电子邮件在几个星期里成为了头版新闻，而且带来了关于一些气候科学家的行为以及他们保留数据的尝试的大量指控。 —————————————— contend 认为 contend vi. 竞争；奋斗；斗争；争论 vt. 主张；为...斗争 Whatever caused the ancient fluctuations in isotope ratios, the researchers contend, those variations are a sign that climate back then varied from year to year just as it does today. 研究者们主张，不论是什么因素导致了氧同位素在古代的波动，这些波动确实证明了当时气候也曾逐年变化，就如同现在一样。 So, while we accept Christ and are covered with His righteousness, we still must contend with the sin nature within us. 因此，当我们接受了耶稣，并且在他的义的翅膀下的时候，我们依旧必须和我们内心的罪行相抗衡。 Developing nations have always had to contend with infectious diseases. 发展中国家常常要与传染性疾病作斗争。 —————————————— grave 坟墓 grave adj. 重大的；严肃的；黯淡的 n. 墓穴，坟墓；死亡 vt. 雕刻；铭记 n. (Grave)人名；(英)格雷夫；(德、瑞典)格拉弗；(法)格拉夫；(俄、葡)格拉韦 His grave is marked by a fine stela. 他的墓前有一块精致的石碑。 They sorrowed for his death at his grave. 他们在他的墓前为他哀悼。 This ultimatum was bound to create a grave crisis. 这一纸最后通牒必然会引起严重危机。 —————————————— shutter 快门 shutter n. 快门；百叶窗；关闭物；遮板 vt. 为…装百叶窗；以百叶窗遮闭 Next, they came to a bar that had a wooden shutter. 接下来他们来到一个有木百叶窗的酒吧。 I leave the shutter open and just sit in awe of it all. 我让快门一直打开，坐在一边，对大自然的一切充满敬畏。 So you have these two parameters, shutter speed and aperture size, both of which do essentially the same thing: control how much light gets in. 现在你已经了解了这两个参数——快门速度和光圈大小，他们从本质上来说有同一个功能：控制进入相机的光线总量。 —————————————— therefore 因此 therefore adv. 因此；所以 He killed, therefore I killed him. 他杀了人，因此我杀了他。 He was busy, therefore, he couldn't come. 他忙得很，所以没有来。 It rained and therefore the football match was postponed. 天下雨， 足球赛因此而延期了。 —————————————— jeopardize 危害 jeopardize vt. 危害；使陷危地；使受危困 His foolish behaviour may jeopardize his whole future. 他的愚蠢行为可能会危及他的整个前途。 However, he did not want to jeopardize his health for life after playing. 然而，姚明不想因为比赛而危及自己一生的健康。 They mean well, but they could still be minimizing the abuse or you could jeopardize their safety by obtaining their help. 或许他们帮了你，你也可能会因此而危及到他们的安全，但他们的出发点还是好的。 —————————————— accordance 根据 accordance n. 一致；和谐 The method makes publishing more efficient, which is in exact accordance with market demand. 这种方式使出版更有效率，完全是按照市场需求来出版的。 They aim to provide detailed editorial feedback in accordance with the standards of journals such as Nature and Science — where many of them have been published. 他们的目标是按照《自然》和《科学》等期刊的标准提供详细的编辑反馈——他们之中的许多人在这些杂志上发表过论文。 He and I are in accordance about the end goal; that is, members of both cultures need more understanding of the other’s culture. 他和我都有一致的最终目标，那就是，两种文化的成员都需要更多的了解对方的文化。 —————————————— leading 领先的 leading adj. 领导的；主要的 n. 领导；铅板；行距 v. 领导（lead的ing形式） He is leading in the bicycle race. 他在自行车赛中领先。 He was asked to take a leading position in the factory. 他们要求他在这家工厂担任一个领导职务。 Your job as a supporting actor is to play np to the leading character. 作为配角演员，你的任务就是给主要演员当配角。 —————————————— possible 可能的 possible adj. 可能的；合理的；合适的 n. 可能性；合适的人；可能的事物 It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue. 预言这次对话可能有什么结果， 现在还为时过早。 They have chased down all possible clues but cannot find the lost girl. 他们已经找遍了一切可能的线索，但仍未找到这个遗失的女孩。 The temporary cease-fire agreement does not preclude possible retaliatory attacks later. 临时停火协议不能防止以后发生报复性攻击的可能性。 —————————————— wind 风 wind n. 风；呼吸；气味；卷绕 vt. 缠绕；上发条；使弯曲；吹号角；绕住或缠住某人 vi. 缠绕；上发条；吹响号角 n. (Wind)人名；(英、德、瑞典)温德 Their faces burned in the wind. 他们的脸被风吹得发烫。 The bitter wind cut through his jacket. 刺骨的冷风吹透了他的夹克衫。 We must paper out the cold wind in winter. 冬天我们必须用纸糊起来挡御寒风。 —————————————— collar 领 collar n. 衣领；颈圈 vt. 抓住；给…上领子；给…套上颈圈 n. (Collar)人名；(法)科拉尔；(西)科利亚尔；(英)科勒 Starch my shirt's collar, please. 请把我的衬衣领浆硬。 The girl's shirt collar is laced. 女孩的衬衣衣领饰有花边。 The collar on my coat has worn thin,so I must patch it. 我大衣的领子已经磨薄了，所以我得补一补。 —————————————— indulge 放纵 indulge vt. 满足；纵容；使高兴；使沉迷于… vi. 沉溺；满足；放任 What would you do if you had this power, the power of this magic ring, where you could commit any crime, indulge any vice, commit any outrage and be sure you could always get away with it? 你们如果也拥有这般神力，透过来自神奇戒指的魔力，将可以违犯任何罪行，放纵自己，干下任何不道德的行为或暴行,也不用担心,因为永远可以藉由神力遁逃？ Both rich and poor have special reason to indulge. 穷人和有钱人都有沉迷的特殊理由。 My philosophy is to try a little of everything but not over-indulge. 我的人生哲学就是：每样事物都尝试一点，但不要过度沉迷。 —————————————— plentiful 丰富的 plentiful adj. 丰富的；许多的；丰饶的；众多的 The pigs battened on the plentiful fodder. 那些猪饲料充足，吃得膘肥体壮。 But put wind turbines just offshore, in the water, and you can take advantage of plentiful space and stronger winds. 但是，如果把风力涡轮机放在靠近海岸的海面上就可以利用丰富的空间和更强的风。 If a fisherman sold the squid processors a proportion of his expected catch a year ahead and squid turned out to be plentiful, he would do well. 如果一个渔民出售了鱿鱼加工机，他下一年的预期捕获物比例和捕获鱿鱼将是丰富的，他将做的很好。 —————————————— donate 捐赠 donate vt. 捐赠；捐献 vi. 捐赠；捐献 n. 捐赠；捐献 n. (Donate)人名；(西)多纳特 Donate books to your local library or school. 向当地的图书馆或学校捐赠图书。 We donate to the school endowment fund every year. 我们每年向学校的捐赠基金捐款。 What we could do is to donate some money for them. 我们所能做的就是为他们捐赠一些钱和衣物。 —————————————— reinforce 加强 reinforce vt. 加强，加固；强化；补充 vi. 求援；得到增援；给予更多的支持 n. 加强；加固物；加固材料 Reinforce this by cultivating an attitude of gratitude. 通过培养感激的态度加强这一观点。 But I do expect some commitment to reinforce coordination. 但我认为会做出一些承诺以加强协调。 Then they seek out the passages from the bible that reinforce their answers. 然后他们从圣经中寻找那些加强他们答案的经文。 —————————————— notable 值得注意的 notable adj. 值得注意的，显著的；著名的 n. 名人，显要人物 It's difficult to level down the notable difference between the two. 很难消除两者之间的显著差别。 The book stands out as one of the notable landmarks in the progress of modern science. 这部著作是现代科学发展史上著名的里程碑之一。 If there are any notable inconsistencies or discrepancies, think through how you are going to explain the situation. 如果有任何显著的不相符或让人起疑的情况，要想好该如何去解释这个情况。 —————————————— administration 政府 administration n. 管理；行政；实施；行政机构 The enterprise has been put under local administration. 这个企业已划归地方管理。 The teachers are responsible to the school administration. 教师向学校行政负责。 The administration of city schools was centralized last year. 市立学校从去年开始集中管理。 —————————————— crane 起重机 crane n. 吊车，起重机；鹤 vi. 伸着脖子看；迟疑，踌躇 vt. 用起重机起吊；伸长脖子 n. (Crane)人名；(意、葡)克拉内；(英、法、西)克兰 The crane made rumbling sound. 吊车发出隆隆的响声。 This machine is called a crane. 这种机器叫做起重机。 The crane lifted the heavy stone from the ground. 起重机把沉重的石头从地上吊了起来。 —————————————— notify 通知 notify vt. 通告，通知；公布 Actually I meant to notify you beforehand. 实际上我是想事先通知你的。 Please notify them of the change of the office's address. 请把办公地址的更改通知他们。 It should notify an administrator in case of a system error. 在系统出错的情况下，它应该能够通知管理员。 —————————————— intricate 错综复杂的 intricate adj. 复杂的；错综的，缠结的 The first one is an intricate network of what appears to be huge metallic stripes. 第一个结构是一个复杂的网络，好像是由巨大的金属线条组成。 They said the paint used was also characteristic of that period, as was the intricate and costly style of the lace ruff worn by the man in the portrait. 他们还说，所用的油漆也具有是那个时期的特征，肖像画里男人所穿戴的复杂而又昂贵的花边环状领款式的情况也是这样。 In this article, you learned about some of the more intricate problems that can occur in class loading. 在这篇文章中，学习了一些在类装入中可能发生的更复杂的问题。 —————————————— minus - minus prep. 减，减去 n. 负号，减号；不足；负数 adj. 减的；负的 n. (Minus)人名；(英)米纳斯 It is the value plus or minus something. 而是这个值加上或减去某个东西。 The temperature dropped to minus ten degrees centigrade. 温度降到摄氏零下十度。 Nine minus four is five.; Four from nine is five.; Subtract four from nine and you have five. 九减四得五。 —————————————— paint 油漆 paint vt. 油漆；绘画；装饰；涂色于；描绘；（用语言，文字等）描写；擦脂粉等 vi. 油漆；描绘；绘画；化妆 n. 油漆；颜料，涂料；绘画作品；胭脂等化妆品；色彩，装饰 n. 潘（人名） They spotted the wall with green paint. 他们用绿色涂料装饰墙壁。 The boy could not paint on,because his mother wanted him to be a teacher. 这男孩不能再绘画了，因为他母亲想让他成为一名教师。 Thoughtless boys defaced the gate of the school with rude message in blue paint. 轻率的男孩们用蓝油漆在学校大门上涂写了一些粗鲁话。 —————————————— move 移动 move n. 移动；步骤；迁居；策略 vi. 移动；搬家，迁移；离开 vt. 移动；感动 We must move at once in this matter. 对这件事我们必须立刻采取行动。 He came to help us move. 他是来帮我们搬家的。 His parents are going to move in with him. 他的父母准备搬来和他住在一起。 —————————————— loosen 放松 loosen vt. 放松；松开 vi. 放松；松开 n. (Loosen)人名；(德)洛森 You need to take some exercise to loosen up you muscles. 你需要做些活动以松弛肌肉。 The vibration during operation often caused the nuts to loosen. 机器运转时的震动常使螺母变得松动。 Naturally, the following tips are far from being all the answers to loosen up, as there are hundreds of ways to do so. 当然，以下的提示还远远不能穷尽所有可以放松的答案，因为有数以百计可以达到同样目的的方法。 —————————————— palace 宫 palace n. 宫殿；宅邸；豪华住宅 The palace contains many art treasures. 这宫殿里藏有许多艺术瑰宝。 They tunnelled their way into an underground palace. 他们掘隧道进入了一个地下宫殿。 Once one is accustomed to such a splendid palace it no longer dazzles. 如此豪华的宫殿人们一旦司空见惯了，那它就不再会引人赞叹。 —————————————— advisable 明智的 advisable adj. 明智的，可取的，适当的 I deem it advisable to buy property now. 我认为现在购置房地产是明智的。 It would't be advisable for us to kiss off their objections. 对人家的意见不予理睬是不明智的。 This means that it is most advisable for us to combine these two ways of learning. 这就等于是说我们最可取的作法就是将两种学习方式结合起来。 —————————————— mall 购物中心 mall n. 购物商场；林荫路；铁圈球场 n. (Mall)人名；(英)玛尔(女子教名 Mary 的昵称)；(阿拉伯)迈勒；(尼)马尔 In the winter I head for the mall. 在冬日里,我前往这个购物商场。 I saw you with your girlfriend at the mall! 我看到你跟你女朋友在购物中心里！ This way you can walk that extra distance from the mall or store back to your car. 这样，从商场或店铺到你的车子，你又可以走额外一段路程了。 —————————————— manuscript 手稿 manuscript n. [图情] 手稿；原稿 adj. 手写的 The editors have polished the manuscript. 编辑们为这篇底稿进行了润色。 I must return this manuscript to the author. 我必须把这篇文章底稿退还给作者。 He always checked the manuscript over carefully before passing it to the typist. 他总是先将手稿仔细检查一遍再交给打字员。 —————————————— power 权力 power n. 力量，能力；电力，功率；政权，势力；[数] 幂 vt. 激励；供以动力；使…有力量 vi. 快速前进 adj. 借影响有权势人物以操纵权力的 n. (Power)人名；(英、葡)鲍尔 She thirsts for power. 她渴望得到权力。 It is within my power. 那是在我的权力以内。 They divested the king of all his power. 他们剥夺了国王的所有权力。 —————————————— pull 拉 pull vt. 拉；拔；拖 vi. 拉，拖；拔 n. 拉，拉绳；拉力，牵引力；拖 n. (Pull)人名；(法)皮尔；(德、瑞典)普尔 Can you pull the nail out of my shoe? 你可以把我鞋上的钉子拔出来吗? She went into the garden to pull a few onions for dinner. 她去园子里拔了几个洋葱准备做饭。 Growth occurs because you feel a push, or pull, to move in a direction. 成长出现是当你由于感觉朝着某个方向有一个推或拉力。 —————————————— indication 指示 indication n. 指示，指出；迹象；象征 He gave every indication of being a fool. 他处处显出蠢人的迹象。 But he has seen no indication Iran is ready to do that. 但是他没有看到伊朗会立即这样做的任何迹象。 There was no indication on Monday night of who was behind the blast. 目前还没有关于星期一晚上的这场爆炸背后的任何迹象。 —————————————— bleed 流血 bleed vt. 使出血；榨取 vi. 流血；渗出；悲痛 Bleed photos off the edge of the page. 出血的照片就可以超出页边。 This means your blood does not clot and you will bleed uncontrollably. 这意味着你的血液不会凝固，你会控制不住地出血。 One morning, she started to bleed. 有天早上，老人开始出血。 —————————————— elementary 小学 elementary adj. 基本的；初级的；[化学] 元素的 With a funny rate that contains all the elementary rate constants as part of it. 一个有趣的速率包含所有基本的速率常数,作为它的一部分。 My little sister, Becky, was born that year, and I started Year One at Winston Elementary, near the military base. 我的妹妹，贝琪，在那年出生了，而我则开始在离军方基地不远的温斯顿小学上一年级。 It deconvolves that reaction of sodium plus chlorine into elementary steps that are related to electron transfer and acquisition. 它将钠和氯的反应,分解成基本的步骤,这些步骤是直接与电子的转移和获得有关的。 —————————————— temptation 诱惑 temptation n. 引诱；诱惑物 I was overwhelmed by such a temptation. 我经受不住那样的诱惑。 The temptation was warring with his conscience. 诱惑在与他的良心进行斗争。 We think temptation lies around us, but God says it begins within us. 我们以为诱惑是在我们四周，但神说它发自我们心内。 —————————————— loyal 忠诚的 loyal adj. 忠诚的，忠心的；忠贞的 n. 效忠的臣民；忠实信徒 n. (Loyal)人名；(英、德、西、匈、法)洛亚尔 Some of our formerly loyal members have fallen away. 我们以前的一些忠诚的成员现在已经背叛了我们。 Some of their most loyal members have now fallen off. 他们一些最忠诚的会员现已经退出了。 Some of the elitists are loyal consumers and others are, or have been, top executives. 部分精英是忠诚的消费者，而其余的是、或者曾经是高级主管。 —————————————— tip 提示 tip vi. 给小费；翻倒；倾覆 vt. 给小费；倾斜；翻倒；装顶端 n. 小费；尖端；小建议，小窍门；轻拍 Well then this tip is for you. 那么这个提示就是给你的。 Don't forget to add in the tip. 别忘了把小费也算上。 He forgot to add in the tip. 他忘了把小费也算上。 —————————————— unit 单位 unit n. 单位，单元；装置；[军] 部队；部件 When all the unit tests have run? 何时运行完所有单元测试？ The cavalry unit must be remounted immediately. 骑兵部队必须立即补充新马。 Third, they help you think through the interface and requirements of each unit. 第三，它们可以帮助您思考每个单元的接口和要求。 —————————————— inward 向内 inward adj. 向内的；内部的；精神的；本质上的；熟悉的 adv. 向内；内心里 n. 内部；内脏；密友 n. (Inward)人名；(英)英沃德 The team found that at some positions in the disk, planets would be pushed inward, and that at other positions, planets would be pushed outward. 这个研究小组发现在盘状物的某些位置上行星会被向内推，而在另外的一些位置上行星会被向外推。 Because if we are not able to educate our people, I can assure you we will turn inward, we will protect, we will be afraid of the world. 因为如果我们不能让我们的人民受教育，我可以向你们保证，我们就会内向，就会保守，就会害怕世界。 People with flat feet usually have flexible joints that cause their ankles to roll too far inward at heel-strike. 平足的人通常有灵活的关节，这导致他们的脚踝在脚跟踏地的时候过度的向内翻转了。 —————————————— rabbit 兔子 rabbit n. 兔子，野兔 vt. 让…见鬼去吧 vi. 猎兔 The rabbit disappeared in the bushes. 那只兔子消失在树丛中。 Mother rabbit told him that he was old enough to eat other food, but not keep pestering her to suckle. 兔妈妈让他不要老缠着妈妈吃奶，他已经能够自己去吃些别的东西啦。 She and some tramps found the trail of rabbit. 她和一些流浪者发现了野兔的踪迹。 —————————————— stimulus 刺激 stimulus n. 刺激；激励；刺激物 Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts. 把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。 The answer is that yes, I believe that stimulus can have major benefits in our current situation — but these benefits have to be weighed against the costs. 我的答复是，没错，我相信在当前的形势下，刺激可以产生大的效益——但是这种效益必须与付出的成本加以比较与权衡。 This depends not on the stimuli but on the combination of stimulus and response. 它并不取决于刺激源，而是取决于刺激源和回应的组合。 —————————————— liberate 解放 liberate vt. 解放；放出；释放 Each of these has the potential to liberate many more poor women in the coming years. 每一种都会在即将到来的几年中，携有解放更多贫困妇女的潜力。 No one can sell you a guide or solution that will give you what you need to liberate yourself. 没有人能卖给你一份指南或者解决方案，从而把你解放自己所需要的东西给你。 Your ability to adopt more effective methods that I propose in these articles is the key that will liberate you and allow you to spend more time on activities that matter to you. 我在这些文章中所建议的这些更为有效的方法是会解放你的关键性因素，采用这些方法会让你花费更多的时间用在那些对你来说重要的活动上。 —————————————— national 国家 national adj. 国家的；国民的；民族的；国立的 n. 国民 I bank at the First National. 我在第一国民银行有账户。 I bank at the National Bank. 我在国民银行存钱。 Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 —————————————— field 场 field n. 领域；牧场；旷野；战场；运动场 vi. 担任场外队员 adj. 扫描场；田赛的；野生的 vt. 把暴晒于场上；使上场 n. (Field)人名；(英、法、德、葡)菲尔德 They will also scope out another new field. 他们还将要开拓一个新的领域。 He can outthink me only in the field of the society. 只有在社会学的领域上他会比我思考得深刻。 After years of hard work, she has finally arrived in her field. 经过多年的努力工作之后她终于在她的领域功成名就了。 —————————————— aggravate 加剧 aggravate vt. 加重；使恶化；激怒 Her questions aggravate him. 她的问题激怒了他。 This might irritate your bladder and aggravate your condition. 这可能会刺激您的膀胱，并加剧您的病情。 Prolonged sitting can aggravate the injury, as can a tight lower back. 久坐会加重这个问题，因为久坐会让腰背部紧张。 —————————————— analyse 分析 analyse vt. 分析；分解；细察 Next, you need to analyse the metrics. 接下来，你需要分析这个矩阵。 We should analyse what they said and not just agree with everything. 对他们的意见要加以分析， 不要随声附和。 We should develop the students' ability to analyse and solve problems. 我们应该培养学生分析问题和解决问题的能力。 —————————————— engage 参与 engage vt. 吸引，占用；使参加；雇佣；使订婚；预定 vi. 从事；答应，保证；交战；啮合 The teeth in one wheel engage with those of another. 一个齿轮的齿与另一齿轮的齿相啮合。 In our handout on conclusions, we call these "that's my story and I'm sticking to it" conclusions: they do nothing to engage readers and make them glad they read the essay. 我们把这种类型的结论叫做，“这是我的故事，我坚持这样的说法。” 它不能把读者吸引到结论上，而且这样的阅读和竟然，通常也不会让人愉悦。 She taught so beautifully about how can you engage students. However, the teachers have the lecturer of the students remaining in the classroom. 她完美地阐述了,应如何吸引学生，然而，老师有权选择如何教育,留在教室里的学生。 —————————————— public 公共 public adj. 公众的；政府的；公用的；公立的 n. 公众；社会；公共场所 n. (Public)人名；(英)帕布利克 We should let the public know the truth. 我们应该让公众了解事情的真相。 They have legislated against gambling in public places. 他们已经制定法律，禁止在公共场所赌博。 As a politician, he is able to withstand public criticism. 作为一名政治家，他经得住公众批评。 —————————————— ward 病房 ward n. 病房；保卫；监视 vt. 避开；保卫；守护 n. (Ward)人名；(英)沃德；(德、芬、瑞典、葡)瓦尔德 He tiptoed out of the ward. 他蹑着脚走出病房。 The problem is likely to be the way Ward chooses to describe that catastrophe. 这个问题很可能就是沃德选择用来描述这场灾难的方式。 According to hospital records, no patients in the ward where she worked showed signs of influenza-like illness while hospitalized. 根据医院记录，在她工作的病房里，没有患者在住院期间显示象流感一样的疾病体征。 —————————————— sacrifice 牺牲 sacrifice n. 牺牲；祭品；供奉 vt. 牺牲；献祭；亏本出售 vi. 献祭；奉献 He is ready to sacrifice inclination to his country. 为了祖国的利益他乐于牺牲个人所好。 Whenever you have an aim you must sacrifice something of freedom to attain it. 无论何时，只要有目标，你就要牺牲一定的自由以达到它。 To emancipate all mankind, we will balk at no sacrifice. even that of our lives. 为了全人类的解放， 即使牺牲生命也在所不惜。 —————————————— pierce 皮尔斯 pierce vt. 刺穿；洞察；响彻；深深地打动 vi. 进入；透入 This week in our series, we talk about the presidency of Franklin Pierce. 本周，我们继续向你讲述富兰克林.皮尔斯的总统任期。 The company hired the President's special trade representative to lobby Mr. Pierce. 公司雇用了总统的特别商业顾问去游说皮尔斯先生。 He married Jane Pierce, daughter of a colonist, and continued his efforts to improve the quality and quantity of Virginia tobacco. 他娶了简.皮尔斯，一个殖民者的女儿，然后继续不遗余力地提高维吉尼亚烟草的质量和产量。 —————————————— undertake 承担 undertake vt. 承担，保证；从事；同意；试图 Who will undertake responsibility for this work? 谁将承担这项工作的责任? Do not undertake a project unless you can implement it. 不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。 If you undertake the project, you are bound to encounter difficulties. 如果你承接这项工程的话，免不了会遇到许多困难。 —————————————— how 如何 how adv. 如何；多少；多么 n. 方法；方式 conj. 如何 n. (How)人名；(英)豪 She bitched about how everyone hated her. 她抱怨每个人如何恨她。 How well you look! 你看来多么健康啊! How dare you thunder out your orders at me? 你怎么竟敢对我大声发号施令? —————————————— eighth 第八 eighth adj. 第八的；八分之一的 num. 第八；八分之一 Until then, students could leave after the eighth grade, and a lot of them did. 那时，学生上完八年级就可以辍学，许多学生的确这样做了。 Then, in eighth or ninth grade, I studied astronomy, cosmology, and the origins of the universe. 后来，在八、九年级的时候，我在学习天文学，宇宙学和宇宙的起源。 You know, sometimes I’ll go to an eighth-grade graduation and there’s all that pomp and circumstance and gowns and flowers. 你知道吗，有时候我去参加八年级（初中）毕业典礼，那里张灯结彩、花团锦簇、学生一个个礼服盛装。 —————————————— lamp 灯 lamp n. 灯；照射器 vt. 照亮 vi. 发亮 n. (Lamp)人名；(英、德、匈、瑞典)兰普 They blew out the lamp and began to talk. 他们吹熄了灯， 就打开了话匣子了。 My lamp uses 60 watts; my toaster uses 600 watts. 我的灯用60瓦， 我的烤面包器用600瓦。 There was a depression in the carpet where the lamp had stood. 地毯上放过落地灯的地方有个凹痕。 —————————————— grow 成长 grow vi. 发展；生长；渐渐变得… vt. 使生长；种植；扩展 n. (Grow)人名；(英)格罗 Hey! Look! How well the crops grow! 嘿， 你看这庄稼长得多好! After a summer here the poorest sheep and cattle grow strong and fat. 经过一个夏天， 连最差的牛羊在这里也长得又肥又壮了。 All her hair was burned off in the fire,but the doctors have promised that it will soon grow in again. 她的头发在大火中全部被烧掉，但医生向她保证它们很快会重新长出来。 —————————————— pardon 请再说一遍 pardon n. 原谅；赦免；宽恕 vt. 原谅；赦免；宽恕 n. (Pardon)人名；(德、法、捷)帕尔东 He craved the teacher's pardon. 他恳求老师原谅他。 I earnestly pray for your pardon. 我恳切地请求你原谅。 Please pardon me for not arriving soon. 请原谅我没能早点来。 —————————————— build 构建 build vt. 建立；建筑 vi. 建筑；建造 n. 构造；体形；体格 Bury the old world and build a new one. 埋葬旧世界， 建设新世界。 They landed up the pond to build a chicken farm. 他们把池塘填没，建一个养鸡场。 Plans are being drawn up to build a hydroelectric station here. 这里正筹划建设一座水力发电站。 —————————————— ourselves 我们自己 ourselves pron. 我们自己；我们亲自 We must rely on ourselves. 我们必须依靠自己。 We should inure ourselves to hard life. 我们应该使自己习惯艰苦生活。 We have to invest in science for ourselves. 我们需要为我们自己而投资科学。 —————————————— thrive 茁壮成长 thrive vi. 繁荣，兴旺；茁壮成长 A business cannot thrive without good management. 企业没有良好的管理不会兴旺。 If you are yourself at work, you will either thrive or wither, and if you wither chances are that you are in the wrong place to begin with. 如果你在工作中坚持做自己，你要么茁壮成长，要么逐渐枯萎，当你枯萎的时候，还会有机会在你枯萎的错误地方重新开始。 We can thrive in our own tradition, even as we learn from others, and come to respect their teachings. 即使我们向他人学习并学会尊重他们的教导，我们仍可以在自己的传统中茁壮成长。 —————————————— communication 沟通 communication n. 通讯，[通信] 通信；交流；信函 Everything you do is based on some type of communication. 你做的每件事都是建立在某个交流形式的基础上的。 This increases the communication between the database and the application. 这增加了数据库与应用之间的通信成本。 How you'll do this is another mystery, though, as there is going to be no communication between the two of you during the experiment. 不过，你将如何做到这一点则是另一个谜，因为在实验过程中你们两人没有交流的机会。 —————————————— cure 治愈 cure vt. 治疗；治愈；使硫化；加工处理 vi. 治病；痊愈；受治疗；被硫化；被加工处理 n. 治疗；治愈；[临床] 疗法 n. (Cure)人名；(罗)库雷；(法)屈尔；(英)丘尔；(塞)楚雷 But does it cure your depression? 但是它不能治疗抑郁吗？ Dr.Watson is great on exercise as a cure for obesity. 沃森医生把运动看做是治疗肥胖症的良方。 If you have insomnia, try my simple cure. 如果你有失眠症，试试我的简单疗法。 —————————————— alternative 替代 alternative adj. 供选择的；选择性的；交替的 n. 二中择一；供替代的选择 What other alternative do we have? 我们有其他什么替代方法？ He said there is no alternative for him but to maintain order under any circumstances. 他说，他没有任何选择，在任何情况下他只有去维持秩序。 But it may be an alternative when you have to finish a prototype in limited time. 但是，当您需要在有限的时间内完成一个原型时，这也许是一种选择。 —————————————— constituent 组成 constituent n. 成分；选民；委托人 adj. 构成的；选举的 This process or activity is broken down into its constituent tasks. 这个过程或者活动被分解为若干个组成的任务。 At a lower level of decomposition it, too, could be described in terms of its constituent components. 在一个更低层级的分解中，它还可以进一步被描述为它自身的组成要素。 It also helps to show the ownership relationship between the identified major contributors and the constituent data types for each of the major contributors. 它还可以帮助显示标识的主要占用者和每个主要占用者的组成数据类型之间的所属关系。 —————————————— welfare 福利 welfare n. 福利；幸福；福利事业；安宁 adj. 福利的；接受社会救济的 The subject touches our welfare. 这题目关系到我们的福利。 Their talk ran upon the problems of social welfare and social security system. 他们的谈话涉及社会福利和社会保障制度问题。 In his model, this would have only modest effects on global welfare; but how confident can we be of that? 在他的模型中，这只会对全球的福利产生些许影响；但我们对之能够相信多少？ —————————————— limit 限制 limit n. 限制；限度；界线 vt. 限制；限定 Don't drive so fast! You must keep within the speed limit. 别开得那么快! 你必须把速度限制在规定的范围内。 The General Assembly may limit the time to be allowed to each speaker. 大会可限制每一发言者的发言时间。 We try our best to limit our expenditure to the original sum,but we may run over by a few pounds. 我们尽量把开销限制在原定的数目之内，但可能会超出几镑。 —————————————— cafe 咖啡馆 cafe n. 咖啡馆；小餐馆 We went to a cafe and lazed the whole afternoon away there. 我们去了一间咖啡馆，在那儿消磨了整个下午。 Marshal turned to watch her as she walked through the cafe, then he turned to us. 元帅转向看她，她走过的咖啡馆，然后他转过身来给我们。 At a cat “cafe,” the emphasis is not on food and beverages but relaxing in the company of cats. 在猫咪咖啡馆，重点不在于食物和饮料，而在于有猫咪陪伴的那份轻松愉快。 —————————————— pill 药丸 pill n. 药丸；弹丸，子弹；口服避孕药 vt. 把…制成丸剂；使服用药丸；抢劫，掠夺（古语） vi. 做成药丸；服药丸 n. (Pill)人名；(英)皮尔 This pill is to be sucked， not swallowed. 此丸宜含服。 Another one stands in front of him, holding the pill cup. 另一个勤杂工站在他身前，拿着装有药片的纸杯。 If you find yourself in this predicament, I encourage you to take the blue pill and wake up from your impending nightmare. 如果你发现你正处于这种困境中，我鼓励你吃下蓝色的药丸然后从即将发生的噩梦中醒过来。 —————————————— hero 英雄 hero n. 英雄；男主角，男主人公 The soldier acted like a real hero. 那个士兵的举动像一个真正的英雄。 In his veins dances the blood of hero. 他的血管里沸腾着英雄的热血。 A reporter interviewed the combat hero. 记者访问了这位战斗英雄。 —————————————— dissipate 消散 dissipate vt. 浪费；使…消散 vi. 驱散；放荡 Don't dissipate your efforts. 不要浪费你的精力。 In fact, by acknowledging their presence and providing a channel for them to dissipate, we can dissolve our emotions gradually. 其实，承认它们的存在，并为其提供一个消散的通道，我们才能逐渐化解这些情感。 In Russia, suspicion of products that are discounted has only recently begun to dissipate. 在俄罗斯，人们对打折商品的疑虑直到最近才开始消散。 —————————————— steer 引导 steer vt. 控制，引导；驾驶 vi. 驾驶，掌舵；行驶 n. 阉牛 n. (Steer)人名；(英)斯蒂尔；(德、匈)施特尔 The fan's feelings finally became impossible to steer. 最后，球迷的情绪变得无法控制了。 Since you are the sole captain of your life, don’t allow others to steer the ship. 因为你是你的生命之舟上唯一的船长，不允许他人去掌舵你这艘大船。 Now I use the word steer, because if you simply demand a cessation of contact by your children with a set of undesirable peers, you will get nothing but resistance. 现在我使用言语来引导孩子，因为如果你只是简单的要求孩子停止与周围不良同伴的联系的话，你能得到的只会是抵抗。 —————————————— deficit 赤字 deficit n. 赤字；不足额 We have a great deficit this year. 我们今年有很大亏损。 They must retrench their expenditure for the purpose of making up the deficit. 为了弥补赤字，他们必须压缩开支。 These measures would not enlarge the budget deficit because they would be paid for. 这些措施不会扩大预算赤字，因为他们都是被买过单的了。 —————————————— premise 前提 premise vt. 引出，预先提出；作为…的前提 n. 前提；上述各项；房屋连地基 vi. 作出前提 There is only one premise. 这只是一个前提。 If that premise is true then that conclusion is false. 如果那个前提是真的，那么结论就是假的。 But we leave them out in the identification of the premise and conclusion. 但是我们去掉了它们,在识别前提和论点的时候。 —————————————— prior 之前 prior adj. 优先的；在先的，在前的 adv. 在前，居先 n. (Prior)人名；(法、西、葡、捷)普里奥尔；(英)普赖尔；(意)普廖尔 Some teams estimate the size of all of the items in their backlog prior to any development. 有些团队在任何开发之前都要对他们积压中所有条目的大小进行评估。 Our batch file converts all of the topics in a directory using the same information type, which means that we have to separate each type prior to migration. 我们的批处理文件是用同样的信息类型转换一个目录中的所有主题，就是说在迁移之前我们必须把每种类型先分开。 If the only thing you take from the article is doing load testing prior to putting an application in production, it will have been well worth writing it. 如果您从本文学到的惟一一件事情就是在将应用程序投入生产之前进行负载测试，那么本文就已经很值得撰写了。 —————————————— boss 老板 boss n. 老板；首领；工头 vt. 指挥，调遣；当…的领导 vi. 当首领，发号施令 n. (Boss)人名；(英、法、德、西、瑞典)博斯 He openly crawled to the boss. 他公开地对老板拍马屁。 He loured at the boss. 他对老板怒目而视。 I myself agree with you, but I can't speak for my boss. 我同意你的提议，可我的话并不能代表我的老板。 —————————————— operational 操作 operational adj. 操作的；运作的 You have the peace of mind that comes with knowing your code is operational. 你将有一个平和的心态，因为你知道你的代码是可运行的。 The additional cost of hardware and operational support will factor into each decision. 其他硬件成本和运营支持也是每个决策考虑的因素。 The data in this log contains information about the devices connected to the system and any faults and problems recorded by the system during the boot and operational process. 此日志中的数据包含关于连接到系统的设备的信息，以及在启动和操作过程中系统记录的任何错误和问题的信息。 —————————————— diffuse 扩散 diffuse adj. 弥漫的；散开的 vt. 扩散；传播；漫射 vi. 传播；四散 The printing press helped diffuse scientific knowledge. 印刷品有助于传播科学知识。 Such collisions would have left lasting marks in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, the diffuse light left over from the Big Bang that pervades the universe, the researchers say. 研究人员说，这种碰撞会在宇宙微波背景（CMB）的辐射中留在下持久的标记，那就是大爆炸所遗留下来遍及宇宙的漫射光。 The chemicals diffuse quickly across the minute gap between the neurons and dock with receptors on the surface of the receiving neuron. 这些化学物质迅速扩散通过神经元之间的小间隙，与接收神经元表面的受体对接。 —————————————— proposal 建议 proposal n. 提议，建议；求婚 They reacted against my proposal. 他们反对我的建议。 I disapproved strongly of his proposal. 我强烈反对他的建议。 The chairman leapt at our proposal in the meeting. 在会议上，主席欣然接受了我们的建议。 —————————————— fair 公平 fair adj. 公平的；美丽的，白皙的；[气象] 晴朗的 adv. 公平地；直接地；清楚地 vi. 转晴 n. 展览会；市集；美人 n. (Fair)人名；(英、芬)费尔 We stand for fair play. 我们主张公平竞赛。 I trust you to be fair. 我相信你会是公正的。 It's not very fair to blame me for that. 为那件事而埋怨我是不太公平的。 —————————————— sue 苏 sue vt. 控告；请求 vi. 控告；提出请求 n. (Sue)人名；(日)末(名)；(法)休；(英)休(女子教名Susan、Susanna的昵称) I can sue you for slander. 我可以控告你进行诬陷。 She dared me to sue her. 她问我敢不敢去控告她。 Jim and Sue were partnered for the dance. 吉姆和休在跳舞场上是很好的舞伴。 —————————————— express 表达 express vt. 表达；快递 adj. 明确的；迅速的；专门的 n. 快车，快递，专使；捷运公司 I cannot express to you how grateful I am. 我无法向你表达我是多么感激。 The audiences stamped loudly to express their grievances. 听众大声地踏脚以表达他们的不满。 The value of this exercise is that it challenges the students to express themselves freely. 这项练习的价值在于它能促使学生自由地表达自己的思想。 —————————————— postman 邮递员 postman n. 邮递员；邮差 That postman is in charge of this route. 那个邮递员负责这条投递线路。 The old man often stands here to watch out for the postman. 老人常常站在这儿等邮递员。 One person communicates with another, only it happens faster than a postman takes to drop a letter through a door. 这无非是一个人与另一个人传递信息，只不过比邮差把信扔到门里快一些。 —————————————— pump 泵 pump vt. 打气；用抽水机抽… n. 泵，抽水机；打气筒 vi. 抽水 n. (Pump)人名；(捷)蓬普；(英)庞普 The pump sucked water from the basement. 水泵把地下室里的水抽出来了。 The pump analogizes with the human heart. 水泵被用来比拟人的心脏。 The water regurgitated as soon as the pump stopped. 水泵一停，水马上就向回流。 —————————————— nature 自然 nature n. 自然；性质；本性；种类 n. (Nature)人名；(法)纳蒂尔 A life force indwells in nature. 生命力永存于大自然中。 The need to be loved inheres in human nature. 对爱的需求生来即存在于人的本性中。 Many poets and artists have drawn their inspiration from nature. 许多诗人和艺术家从大自然中获得灵感。 —————————————— mirror 镜子 mirror n. 镜子；真实的写照；榜样 vt. 反射；反映 They centred the mirror on the wall. 他们把镜子挂在墙壁的中央。 Before going out, she surveyed herself in the mirror. 出门之前，她在镜子中审视自己。 Stop posturing in front of that mirror and listen to me. 别对着那面镜子摆姿势了，听我的吧。 —————————————— bay 湾 bay n. 海湾；狗吠声 vt. 向…吠叫 vi. 吠叫；大声叫嚷 n. (Bay)人名；(越)七；(英、老)贝；(德、意、罗、捷、土、丹)巴伊；(匈)鲍伊；(瑞典)巴伊 Is it near Wood Bay? 它是近的木头海湾吗？ But then we burst out to the Bay of Angels. 然后，我们终于冲出人群来到了天使湾。 The ships in the bay present a beautiful sight. 海湾内的船舶呈现一派美丽的景象。 —————————————— mutual 相互 mutual adj. 共同的；相互的，彼此的 They were divided by mutual suspicion and jealousies. 他们因为相互猜疑嫉妒而不和。 Democracy is based on good will and mutual understanding. 民主建立在善意和相互理解的基础上。 The Chinese Government never regards aid to other countries as a kind of unilateral alms but as sth. mutual. 中国政府从来不把对外援助看作是单方面的恩赐， 而认为援助是相互的。 —————————————— terrain 外地 terrain 土地，地面，地方，地带；地势，地形；土壤；阵地；场地，场所，体质； 地层 Yuanyuguangtai nos associés à trouver un terrain vaste, de coopérer de bonne foi. 我们愿与广大的商界同仁广泛寻找共同点、真诚合作。 Par son aspect, la Truffe est plutôt arrondie, mais peut être irrégulière en raison du terrain. 松露的外形是园的，但因其生长在地下的原因，常浮现不规矩的外形。 Alors que les Français ont changé leurs habitudes et vont au cinéma pendant l'été, Hollywood occupe le terrain avec huit blockbusters. Comédie, dessin animé, action, fantastique. 法国人一改他们的习惯，在暑期走进电影院。好莱坞以八颗重磅炸弹占据了法国的电影市场。内容覆盖了喜剧片、动画片、动作片、科幻片等。 —————————————— bath 浴 bath n. 沐浴；浴室；浴盆 vt. 洗澡 vi. 洗澡 She ran a hot bath for her husband. 她给丈夫放了一盆热的洗澡水。 She dried herself down after a bath. 她洗澡后把身体擦干。 Blinded by the stream,he had to fish around for the soap in his bath. 他在浴室里被蒸气熏得睁不开眼，只好摸索着寻找肥皂。 —————————————— foreigner 外国人 foreigner n. 外地人，外国人 They took him for a foreigner. 他们误以为他是一个外国人。 He sounds like a foreigner. 他的发音像个外国人。 Before lunch he learned the foreigner how to use chopsticks. 午饭前他教那个外国人怎样使筷子。 —————————————— thereby 从而 thereby adv. 从而，因此；在那附近；在那方面 This gives you the opportunity to pray for and bless the other, thereby blessing yourself. 它其实是给了你一个机会，去为他人祈祷和祝福，从而赐福给你自己。 And although we cannot easily anticipate the new powers we will thereby gain, we should not underestimate the potential magnitude of the possible changes. 虽然我们无法轻易预测我们将因此获得什么样的新力量，我们不应低估这一可能变化的巨大潜力。 However, doing so would dramatically expand the message payload of the service, thereby possibly impacting its performance profile. 然而，这样做会显著扩展该服务的消息有效负载，从而可能影响其性能状况。 —————————————— my 我的 my pron. 我的 int. 哎呀（表示惊奇等）；喔唷 n. (My)人名；(越)美；(老、柬)米 Then you must be my cousin. 那么你一定是我的远亲了。 My children have no one to play with. 没有人跟我的孩子一起玩。 He hung up my coat. 他把我的外套挂起来。 —————————————— sorrow 悲伤 sorrow n. 悲伤；懊悔；伤心事 vi. 懊悔；遗憾；感到悲伤 vt. 为…悲痛 At last she keened her sorrow to me. 终于她向我哭诉了悲痛之情。 She cloaked her sorrow with laughter. 她用笑来掩饰她的悲痛。 Her coming charmed away all his sorrow. 她的到来驱散了他的一切悲痛。 —————————————— legislation 立法 legislation n. 立法；法律 But policy and legislation can only go so far. 但政策和立法只能走这么远。 The new government dismantled their predecessors' legislation. 新政府废除了前任政府的立法。 The UN should be a key player, but legislation has to start at all levels, down to the local. 联合国应该成为一个关键参与者，但是立法应该从所有层次启动，直到地方层次。 —————————————— plaster 石膏 plaster n. 石膏；灰泥；膏药 vt. 减轻；粘贴；涂以灰泥；敷以膏药；使平服 n. (Plaster)人名；(英、德)普拉斯特 They chinked the holes in the walls with plaster. 他们用灰泥堵塞住墙上的洞。 The peeling plaster must be raked out before painting the wall. 在涂饰墙壁之前必须先将剥落的灰泥刮掉。 The plaster on the wall of this house had peeled off through years of neglect. 这房子长年累月没修缮， 墙上的灰泥都剥落了。 —————————————— incline 斜坡 incline vi. 倾斜；倾向；易于 vt. 使倾斜；使倾向于 n. 倾斜；斜面；斜坡 He paraded up the incline toward the church. 他大踏步朝着教堂在斜坡上走着。 Reaching the roof means a trip through the kitchen window, then up an incline. 到达屋顶意味着要先通过厨房窗口，然后走过一段斜坡。 As it lost weight, it started to incline its orbit toward the earth: it was dangerous, above and beyond anything else. 当它失重的时候，它开始将轨道向地球倾斜；这是危险的，甚至比其他任何东西都危险。 —————————————— aboard 上 aboard adv. 在飞机上；[船] 在船上；在火车上 prep. 在…上 Everyone was soon aboard the plane. 大家很快登上了飞机。 Her father, however, remained aboard and was among those who drowned when the giant ship finally went down in the early hours of next day. 然而，她的父亲仍然在船上，第二天凌晨这艘巨大的游轮终于沉没，她的父亲成了众多溺水者中的一个。 If you plan to cruise, how many crew may be aboard? 如果你计划巡航，船上将有多少位水手？ —————————————— embrace 拥抱 embrace vt. 拥抱；信奉，皈依；包含 vi. 拥抱 n. 拥抱 Embrace it. 拥抱它。 Embrace it! 拥抱它吧！ They embrace. 他们拥抱。 —————————————— exercise 锻炼 exercise n. 运动；练习；运用；操练；礼拜；典礼 vt. 锻炼；练习；使用；使忙碌；使惊恐 vi. 运动；练习 Your biceps will develop quickly with that exercise. 经那种锻炼，你的肌肉会很快发达的。 Good health depends upon good food, exercise, and getting enough sleep. 健康依赖于良好的食物、运动和充足的睡眠。 The value of this exercise is that it challenges the students to express themselves freely. 这项练习的价值在于它能促使学生自由地表达自己的思想。 —————————————— despatch 匆匆离开 despatch vt. 派遣；发送；匆匆吃下 vi. 匆匆离开 n. 派遣；发送（等于dispatch） Men would not have had the information or wherewithal to build computers, to fly to the moon, or write and despatch editorials like this one. 人类将不会获得知识和必要的资金来制造计算机，去飞往月球，或者写作和发表像本文这样的社论。 In that despatch Mr Chun reportedly says some Chinese officials were willing to "face the new reality" that North Korea was of little value to China as a buffer state. 据说，千英宇提到一些中国官员愿意“面对新的现实”，即对于中国而言，朝鲜已经失去了作为一个缓冲国家的作用。 The organisations and businesses taking part in the programme are Transport for London, the Government Car and Despatch Agency, the Metropolitan Police Service, News International and Sky. 参加该规划的组织和企业包括大伦敦交通委员会，政府汽车及调遣局，所在地的警察总部等。 —————————————— representative 代表 representative adj. 典型的，有代表性的；代议制的 n. 代表；典型；众议员 We all voted for him as our representative. 大家都推举他当代表。 And that is very representative of what we see. 这是非常有代表性的就是我们看到的。 You should come or send a representative at least. 你应该来，或者说，至少派一位代表来。 —————————————— shot 拍摄 shot n. 发射；炮弹；射手；镜头 adj. 用尽的；破旧的；杂色的，闪光的 v. 射击（shoot的过去式和过去分词） He shot the ball before he was tackled. 他在遭阻截铲断前起脚射门。 Then she sees the man who shot at Jack run by. 接着，她看到向杰克射击的那个人在附近跑过。 He then shot himself as police stormed the building. 到警察攻击这幢建筑时，他开枪自杀身亡。 —————————————— competence 能力 competence n. 能力，胜任；权限；作证能力；足以过舒适生活的收入 We can certify for him competence as an editor. 我们可以保证他能胜任编辑工作。 Your scholarship and research competence will be questioned if any of the above applies to your proposal. 如果你的研究计划里有任何上述问题，你的学术和研究能力就会受到质疑。 It is easy to criticize the competence of those with greater responsibilities than ourselves, and even easier to fantasize about how we would do the job better. 对那些责任比我们更大的管理者的能力说三道四很容易，幻想自己在那个位置上肯定会做得更好更是不费吹灰之力。 —————————————— familiar 熟悉 familiar adj. 熟悉的；常见的；亲近的 n. 常客；密友 n. (Familiar)人名；(西)法米利亚尔 Your name is familiar to me. 你的名字我是熟悉的。 I liked to meander through familiar streets. 我喜欢闲逛穿过熟悉的街道。 This in itself was an encounter with the past, like retuning to a place that once was familiar but has changed its appearance. 这本身就是跟过去的一次邂逅，就像回到曾经熟悉的、但却已经改变了其外貌的一个地方一样。 —————————————— ancient 古老的 ancient adj. 古代的；古老的，过时的；年老的 n. 古代人；老人 Some ancient towns have walls round them. 有些古老的城市周围有城墙。 These ancient weapons are all cast out of bronze. 这些古兵器都是用青铜铸成的。 These magnificent ancient buildings demonstrate the great intelligence of the labouring people. 这些壮丽的古代建筑显示了劳动人民的高度智慧。 —————————————— commodity 商品 commodity n. 商品，货物；日用品 There is an abundance of commodity supplies on the markets. 商品供应充足。 Commodity prices remain stable and there are plenty of goods on the market. 商品价格稳定, 市场货源充足。 For commodity services, this may not be an issue. 对于商品服务，也许这不能算是问题。 —————————————— increase 增加 increase n. 增加，增长；提高 vi. 增加，增大；繁殖 vt. 增加，加大 n. (Increase)人名；(英)英克里斯 The miners are staying down for pay increase. 矿工们在井下静坐罢工，以要求增加工资。 This numeral means a onefold increase in production. 这个数字意味着产量提高了一倍。 The manager has receded from his promise to increase wages. 经理未能履行增长工资的诺言。 —————————————— nominate 提名 nominate vt. 推荐；提名；任命；指定 However, you can nominate an execution group for the handling of content-based filtering requests. 不过，您可以指定一个执行组来处理基于内容的过滤请求。 First, you can nominate your own object of today: something that represents human ingenuity and the challenges facing humanity in 2010. 第一，你可以提名一个当代的物品：2010年的物品中能够代表人类智慧和人类面临的挑战的。 Then, nominate one lead project manager and one lead architect from each application area to represent that area at the project level. 在任何应用领域，任命一个项目经理和一个构架师都代表着该领域在项目上的水平。 —————————————— baffle 挡板 baffle vt. 使…困惑；使…受挫折；用挡板控制 n. 挡板；困惑 vi. 做徒劳挣扎 Sometimes the decisions baffle and enrage me. 有时候作出的决定使我困惑甚至愤怒。 It used to baffle me why the media loved to do a hatchet job on single women, until I sensed something fishy going on. 我常常为媒体对单身女性的攻击和诽谤而感到困惑，直到有一天我意识到这里边的猫腻。 The presence of a baffle lock appears to override Ms Martin's autonomy. 设置障碍似乎践踏了马丁女士的自主性。 —————————————— edible 可食用的 edible adj. 可食用的 n. 食品；食物 But blood is edible, I point out. 但血液是可食用的，我指出。 Ah, but this was theatrical edible blood, which looks gory but can be eaten by vegetarians, with no health risk. 啊，但这是戏剧性的可食用血液，看起来血淋淋的，但是素食主义者可以吃，没有健康风险。 When edible fruits ripen, they change their colours or scent which appeal to humans, to ‘invite’ us to take them. 当可食用的水果成熟时，它们改变自己的颜色和香味，以吸引人类，邀请我们食用它们。 —————————————— latter 后者 latter adj. 后者的；近来的；后面的；较后的 n. (Latter)人名；(英、德、捷)拉特 This article focuses on the latter. 这篇文章的重点在后者。 If you opt for the latter, you will also have to connect your local workstation to the external Ethernet switch. 如果您选择的是后者，那么您还必须 将本地工作站连接到那个外部的以太网交换机。 Notice that the error handler for the latter undoes the work of the former so that data is not left in an inconsistent state. 请注意针对后者的错误处理程序可撤销前者所做的工作，以使数据不会处在一种不一致的状态。 —————————————— recite 背诵 recite vt. 背诵；叙述；列举 vi. 背诵；叙述 He is going to recite a poem. 他将要朗诵一首诗。 The little boy refused to recite at the evening party. 这个小男孩拒不在晚会上朗诵。 Will I ever really need to recite the dates of prominent historical events? 我将来真的需要背那些重要的历史事件的发生日期么？ —————————————— maintain 维护 maintain vt. 维持；继续；维修；主张；供养 We must maintain friendly relations with them. 我们必须和他们保持友好关系。 Policemen preserve [maintain] order in the streets. 警察在街上维持秩序。 Even if we cannot agree, we should maintain our contact. 即使我们不能取得一致， 我们也要保持联系。 —————————————— outline 大纲 outline n. 轮廓；大纲；概要；略图 vt. 概述；略述；描画…轮廓 The fog blurred the outline of the plane. 浓雾使飞机轮廓模糊不清。 It may be briefly summarized in the following outline. 这可以用下面的提纲简短地加以概括。 She pencilled the rough outline of the mountain in front of her house. 她用铅笔画出房屋前的山的轮廓图。 —————————————— noun 名词 noun n. 名词 n. (Noun)人名；(以)努恩 In “the black cat” the adjective “black”modifies the noun “cat”. 在“那只黑猫”中，形容词“黑的”修饰名词“猫”。 On the spines of books shelved in certain libraries and bookstores you will see OATES but this is a descriptive term, this is not a noun. 在某些图书馆或书店里某些图书的书脊上，你会看见“欧茨”，但这里的“欧茨”不能作名词解，它是个描述性的词语。 The first recorded use of the noun "paedophile" was in 1951. 将“恋童癖”作为名词使用的最早记录是在1951年。 —————————————— countryside 农村 countryside n. 农村，乡下；乡下的全体居民 She bundled him off to the countryside. 她匆匆把他撵到乡下去。 The criminal lit out for the countryside after the bank robbery. 这个罪犯在抢劫银行后迅速逃往乡下。 Living in a countryside tends to insulate us from the outside world. 住在农村会使我们与外面的世界隔绝。 —————————————— refuse 拒绝 refuse n. 垃圾；废物 vt. 拒绝；不愿；抵制 vi. 拒绝 I never thought he should refuse. 我万没有想到他会拒绝。 He will take it amiss if you refuse his invitation. 如果你拒绝他的邀请，他会生气的。 The moon struggled in its straitjacket: a tremor like that of an earthquake caused avalanches of empty cans to slide down from the mountain of refuse. 月亮与它的紧身衣搏斗着：发出一阵阵的震动，就像地震引起空的罐子从垃圾山上滑下来造成的震动那样。 —————————————— compliment 赞美 compliment n. 恭维；称赞；问候；致意；道贺 vt. 恭维；称赞 Compliment her often. 经常赞美她。 Compliment someone with a genuine comment on what you appreciate or respect about them. 对他人就你一直欣赏或敬重的某一点表示真诚的赞美。 If you grew up with harsh criticism and ridicule and impatience, then be sure to compliment, love, and exercise patience with your children. 如果你在苛刻的批评，嘲笑和焦躁下成长，请确保一定要称赞，疼爱并且寻来耐心地对待你的孩子。 —————————————— insight 洞察力 insight n. 洞察力；洞悉 n. (Insight)人名；(英)因赛特 Where do you get all of your insight from? 你从哪儿得到所有这些见解的？ It provides an interesting insight to how open source projects work and some of the problems they encounter. 它包括对开源代码如何工作有趣的见解以及他们遇到过的一些问题。 Yet spouses do not lack insight. 然而配偶们并不缺乏洞察力。 —————————————— revolutionary 革命 revolutionary adj. 革命的；旋转的；大变革的 n. 革命者 The worker was labelled as a revolutionary. 这个工人被说成是一名革命者。 The revolutionary war has deteriorated the country. 这场革命战争已使该国解体。 Our revolutionary cause needs a good number of non-party people with high ideals. 我们的革命事业还需要一批党外的志士仁人。 —————————————— bottom 底 bottom n. 底部；末端；臀部；尽头 adj. 底部的 vt. 装底；测量深浅；查明真相 vi. 到达底部；建立基础 n. (Bottom)人名；(英)博顿 This bottom of bucket has worn through. 这个桶底已经磨穿了。 The children carefully printed their names in capitals at the bottom of their pictures. 孩子们在他们的画底下用印刷体大写字母仔细地写上自己的名字。 When you add up the money at the bottom of the page, carry the total over onto the next page. 你在这页的底端加上银钱的总数以后，要把这个总数转入下一页。 —————————————— internal 内部 internal adj. 内部的；内在的；国内的 He tried the baths there for an internal malady. 他到那儿洗温泉对他的内科病进行浴疗。 The fundamental cause of the development of a thing lies in its internal contradictoriness. 事物发展的根本原因在于其内部矛盾。 Coexistence necessitates the total noninterference by any power in the internal affairs of another. 共处必需是任何国家都决不干涉别国的内部事务。 —————————————— prison 监狱 prison n. 监狱；监禁；拘留所 vt. 监禁，关押 n. (Prison)人名；(德)普里松 The officials discharged him from prison. 官员们从监狱中释放了他。 Armed guards escorted the criminals to prison. 武装警卫把罪犯解送到监狱。 They were railroaded to prison by their enemies. 他们被敌人捏造罪名强行投入监狱。 —————————————— numerous 众多 numerous adj. 许多的，很多的 I have numerous engagements next week. 下星期我有许多约会。 Numerous factories have sprung up in this once desolate erea. 过去这一带满目苍凉， 现在却有了无数的工厂。 Numerous small contributions soon bulk up into a considerable sum. 许多小额捐助不久就积成了一笔可观的款子。 —————————————— speciality 专业 speciality n. 专业，专长；特性 His speciality was psychology -- one important branch on the great tree of knowledge. 他的专业是心理学，这是知识之树上的一个重要分枝。 This is the kind of original speciality that shows the Maastricht art fair at its best. 马斯特里赫特艺术博览会展示的正是这种原始特性。 And the second part of the book is devoted to India’s speciality: ideas that have prevailed in theory, but not in practice, leaving reformers with nothing more to say, but plenty still to do. 本书第二部份著重探讨印度的专长：理论充满创意，却都没有实行，让改革家已经无话好说，却还有一大堆需要去做。 —————————————— beside 旁边 beside prep. 在旁边；与…相比；和…无关 The passenger berthed beside me. 这名乘客的铺位在我的旁边。 Sit down beside me. 坐在我旁边。 I sat beside the window of the train,watching the trees ribbon past the window. 我坐在火车的窗子旁边，看着那些树木在窗外像一条条带子似的倏忽而过。 —————————————— substance 物质 substance n. 物质；实质；资产；主旨 This substance will fly off. 这种物质会挥发掉。 We can distinguish one kind of substance from another by its properties. 我们可以根据物质的特性把一种物质与另一种物质辨别开来。 To this class of substance belong mica, porcelain, quartz, glass, wood, etc. 属于这类物质的有云母、瓷器、石英、玻璃、木材等等。 —————————————— faithful 忠实的 faithful adj. 忠实的，忠诚的；如实的；准确可靠的 n. (Faithful)人名；(英)费思富尔 He entrusted his children to a faithful friend. 他把他的孩子嘱托给一位忠实的朋友照料。 After a few years of faithful service,she rose to head nurse. 她忠实地工作了几年之后，升为护士长。 Millions of faithful people have been martyred, have lost everything, or have come to the end of life with nothing to show for it. But the end of life is not the end! 千千万万忠心的人，有的作了殉道者，有的丧失所有，也有的到了生命终点仍是籍籍无名，不过这个"生命的终点"，却绝非真正的终点！ —————————————— fill 填满 fill vt. 装满，使充满；满足；堵塞；任职 vi. 被充满，膨胀 n. 满足；填满的量；装填物 n. (Fill)人名；(德、俄、匈)菲尔 I'll fill in the other details for you. 我将为你补充其他细节。 More gravel is needed to fill the hollow in the drive. 需要更多的砾石来填平车道上的坑洼。 They will jog in another piece of scenery to fill the space. 他们会另外加一块布景填充空间的。 —————————————— multiply 乘 multiply vt. 乘；使增加；使繁殖；使相乘 vi. 乘；繁殖；增加 adv. 多样地；复合地 adj. 多层的；多样的 This will multiply our chances of success. 这将增加我们成功的机会。 To reduce pounds to pence you multiply by a hundred. 镑乘以一百就折合成便士。 Is it possible to multiply bacteria in the laboratory? 有可能在实验室繁殖细菌吗? —————————————— expend 消耗 expend vt. 花费；消耗；用光；耗尽 To produce and sustain this growth, they must expend vast amounts of energy. 为了制造和维持这种增长，人们必须要消耗巨大的能量。 The military should not be permitted to expend considerable national resources in this effort, without congressional and public oversight. 军队在没有国会和大众的监督下，不允许在这方面消耗大量的国家资源。 But both of these concepts are paradoxical in nature. Because, in some scenarios, when we expend energy, we actually gain more of it. And when we spend time, we open more up in our lives. 在某些情况下，当我们消耗精力时，我们实际上能从中得到更多的精力，而我们花费时间时，我们会对生活敞开更多时间，这两个概念从本质上来讲是矛盾的。 —————————————— reply 回复 reply vi. 回答；[法] 答辩；回击 n. 回答；[法] 答辩 vt. 回答；答复 I feel puzzled at his reply. 对他的答复我感到困惑不解。 We all desire your early reply to this inquiry. 我们都希望你对此询问尽早答复。 I should scope out his real goal before I give him a definite reply. 我得先琢磨一下他的真正意图，才能给他一个明确的答复。 —————————————— country 国家 country n. 国家，国土；国民；乡下，农村；乡村；故乡 adj. 祖国的，故乡的；地方的，乡村的；国家的；粗鲁的；乡村音乐的 They placarded all over the country. 他们在全国到处张贴布告。 These soldiers deserved well of their country. 这些战士有功于他们的国家。 They contracted an alliance with another country. 他们与另外一个国家结成了同盟。 —————————————— powerful 强大的 powerful adj. 强大的；强有力的 adv. 很；非常 They maintain a very powerful fleet in Oriental waters. 他们在远东海域保持着一支非常强大的舰队。 The army pinned the enemy to its ground by powerful infantry attacks. 部队以强大的步兵进攻来牵制敌人使其不能离开。 Jack quickly established himself as a powerful member of the new company. 杰克在新公司里使自己很快成为一名强有力的成员。 —————————————— specialist 专家 specialist n. 专家；专门医师 adj. 专家的；专业的 We had better call in a specialist at this critical moment. 在这个关键时刻我们最好请一位专家来。 The clinic was accused of ping-ponging patients from one specialist to another. 那家诊所让病人从一个又一个专科医生那里接受不必要的检查，因而受到责难。 We have eliminated all statistical tables, which are of interest only to the specialist. 我们删去了全部统计表格，因只有专家才对这些表格感兴趣。 —————————————— store 商店 store n. 商店；储备，贮藏；仓库 vt. 贮藏，储存 n. (Store)人名；(德)施托雷 Our goods are sold only at this store. 我们的货物只在这一家商店经销。 They have tagged all the items in the store. 他们已经给店里所有的商品贴了价签。 This store has risen in my opinion since they changed the manager. 自从这个百货店换了经理后我对它的评价比过去好了。 —————————————— finance 金融 finance n. 财政，财政学；金融 vt. 负担经费，供给…经费 vi. 筹措资金 n. (Finance)人名；(法)菲南斯 He does not understand finance at all. 他对财务一窍不通。 The budget of the finance has been hacked almost in half. 财政预算几乎被削减了一半。 This long-drawn-out war brought their country's finance to the verge of bankruptcy. 这场旷日持久的战争使他们国家财政濒于破产的边缘。 —————————————— summit 峰会 summit n. 顶点；最高级会议；最高阶层 adj. 最高级的；政府首脑的 What have these four games to do with the G20 summit? 这四个游戏什么地方与本次G20峰会有关？ But are these the summit of our values, of our aspirations of society? 但这些是我们的价值观、我们对社会的抱负的顶点吗？ We have to hustle the preparations for a summit meeting between the USA and China. 我们得赶快做好中美两国间最高级会晤的准备工作。 —————————————— rear 后 rear vt. 培养；树立；栽种 vi. 暴跳；高耸 adv. 向后；在后面 adj. 后方的；后面的；背面的 n. 后面；屁股；后方部队 A truck rear-ended his car. 一辆卡车撞入他的汽车尾部。 The enemy rear is weakly defended. 敌人后方空虚。 Two big external emergency buttons at the rear of the car allow people outside to shut down all systems. 在车的后面设置了两个大型的外部应急按钮，它们允许人们下车关闭所有系统。 —————————————— transform 变换 transform vt. 改变，使…变形；转换 vi. 变换，改变；转化 How do we transform one type of file to another? 我们如何将一种文件类型转换为另一种类型？ In order to transform their environment, he drew up the project with painstaking accuracy. 为了改造环境， 他苦心孤诣地制订了这个计划。 You can transform your life! 你可以改变你的人生！ —————————————— merry 快乐 merry adj. 愉快的；微醉的；嬉戏作乐的 n. 甜樱桃 n. (Merry)人名；(英、法、西)梅里 There was a merry smile on his face. 愉快的笑容浮现在他的脸上。 It keeps you on a merry-go-round of conditioning yourself to believe that is just the way things are. 它会使你进入到一个“旋转木马”的境地之中，去让你相信事情本来就该这样子。 When he laughed, was witty, in a merry humor, one could scarce sees his eyes, and by and by, when he was serious and positive, he opened his eyes round. 当他笑时，他是睿智的，带有令人愉快的幽默，都看不见他的眼睛了，不一会儿，他变得严肃和积极了，便圆睁着眼睛。 —————————————— naturally 自然 naturally adv. 自然地 自然而然地 轻而易举 天生地 大方地 Her hair curls naturally. 她的头发是天然卷曲的。 The responsibility naturally fell on our shoulders. 责任自然地落到了我们肩上。 The effects of the drug naturally wear off within a few hours. 这药的效力几个小时后会自然消失。 —————————————— outlet 出口 outlet n. 出口，排放孔；[电] 电源插座；销路；发泄的方法；批发商店 The huge outlet debouched the wastewater. 大出口排出废水。 The problem is to keep these impulses, without making war the outlet for them. 问题是要控制这些冲动，不要使他们把战争做为他们的出路。 There are some people who need maintenance, and it helps them to have some outlet. 有些人需要继续代理，它帮助他们找到生活或情感的出路。 —————————————— fifth 第五 fifth adj. 第五的；五分之一的 n. 第五；五分之一 num. 第五 His fifth book is The World Without Us. 《没有我们的世界》是他的第五部作品。 The clever boy jumped the fifth grade in school. 那个聪明的男孩跳过了小学五年级。 What do you want to convey if you are Saks Fifth Avenue? 那如果你是萨克斯第五大道,你会希望传达什么呢？ —————————————— pain 疼痛 pain n. 疼痛；努力 vt. 使…痛苦；使…烦恼 vi. 感到疼痛；引起疼痛 n. (Pain)人名；(意)帕因；(俄)派因；(法)潘；(英)佩因 He uttered a cry of pain. 他发出一声疼痛的叫喊。 She gave me some medicine to dull the pain. 她给了我一些可减轻疼痛的药。 The doctor rid her of her pain by dressing the wound with ointment. 医生在她的伤口上贴上药膏止住了她的疼痛。 —————————————— bad 坏 bad adj. 坏的；严重的；劣质的 n. 坏事；坏人 adv. 很，非常；坏地；邪恶地 n. (Bad)人名；(罗)巴德 She bucked down at the bad news. 她一听到这坏消息就悲伤起来。 In his childhood,he lapsed into some bad habits. 在童年时，他不慎养成了一些坏习惯。 His father let him not to haunt with us the bad girls. 他父亲不让他和我们这些坏女孩交往。 —————————————— pilot 飞行员 pilot n. 飞行员；领航员 adj. 试点的 v. 驾驶；领航；试用 n. (Pilot)人名；(意、印)皮洛特；(法)皮洛 The pilot bailed out of the burning plane. 这名飞行员从燃烧的飞机上往下跳伞。 The pilot ditched the plane and climbed out on his raft. 飞行员使飞机在水上迫降并爬出飞机乘上充气救生筏。 Because of the snow, the pilot had to land the plane at an airport in another city. 由于大雪，飞行员只得把飞机降落到另一座城市的一个飞机场。 —————————————— however 然而 however adv. 无论如何；不管怎样（接副词或形容词）；然而；可是 conj. 无论以何种方式; 不管怎样 They, however, maintained a distance from us. 然而他们（在思想感情上）与我们仍有距离。 I'd like to go with you; however, my hands are full. 我很想和你一块儿去，可是我忙不过来。 However, I have no idea where to go. 但是，我拿不定主意去哪儿。 —————————————— advocate 提倡 advocate vt. 提倡，主张，拥护 n. 提倡者；支持者；律师 I guess that makes me an advocate of death panels. 我想正是这使我成为“死亡项目”的支持者。 SIMM does not advocate or require a linear movement from one maturity level to the next. SIMM 并不提倡或要求从一个成熟度到下一个成熟度的线性迁移。 Moreover, we should advocate a more frugal lifestyle so as to reduce the growing scale of waste pollution. 此外，我们应该提倡一种更加节俭的生活方式，以减小垃圾污染的增长规模。 —————————————— thesis 论文 thesis n. 论文；论点 What do you think of the thesis? 你认为这篇论文怎样? Do some critical thinking and write your thesis statement down in one sentence. 做一些批判性的思考，并用一句话陈述出你的论点。 It is what you profess. Well, the thesis is also, another way to think of it, an answer to a question. 它就是你要表达的东西，这个论文也是，另一种思考它的方式，关于一个问题的答案。 —————————————— purse 钱包 purse n. (女士)手提袋；(国家、家庭、团体等的) 财力 vt. （嘴巴）皱起，使缩拢；撅嘴 What have you done with my purse? 你把我的钱包藏到哪儿去了? Who knocked off my purse ? 谁偷了我的钱包呢? She rummaged some change out of her purse. 她从钱包里翻出了一些零钱。 —————————————— cherish 珍惜 cherish vt. 珍爱 vt. 怀有（感情等）；抱有（希望等） Life is hope, so we should cherish life. 生命就是希望,所以我们要珍爱生命. Many people search for love without success so if you have found it then cherish it and count yourself lucky. 许多人没能成功的找到爱，因此如果你已经找到了，珍惜它并认为自己是幸运的。 My only other advice is to cherish every moment with those you love at every stage of your journey, as I have done this summer. 我唯一一个额外的建议就是在你人生旅途的每一段，珍爱与你所爱的每一个瞬间，正像我在今年夏天所做的那样。 —————————————— badge 徽章 badge n. 徽章；证章；标记 vt. 授给…徽章 The boy pins a badge on his jacket. 这个男孩子把一枚徽章别在外套上。 The policeman's badge deflected the bullet. 那名警察的徽章使子弹偏转了。 If you get noticed by the propagandists, wear that attention like a badge of honor. 如果你注意到这个宣传，谨记那些就像你的荣誉徽章一样。 —————————————— oriental 东方 oriental adj. 东方的；东方人的 n. 东方人 What we can learn from Oriental countries is a higher level of service. 我们能从东方国家学习到的是更加高等级的服务。 Is it possible to level out the difference between Oriental and European ideas as regards matrimony? 有可能消除东方与欧洲在婚姻观上的差别吗? The grass was as soft and thick and fine as an immense green Oriental rug. 上面的青草非常柔软，浓厚，纯粹，真像一块东方的绿色大地毯。 —————————————— resolve 解决 resolve vt. 决定；溶解；使…分解；决心要做… vi. 解决；决心；分解 n. 坚决；决定要做的事 This did not shake his resolve. 这事并未动摇他的决心。 Some compounds can easily resolve. 有些化合物易于分解。 His resolve was even more hardened to escape from captivity although it was impossible. 尽管逃脱囚禁是根本不可能的事情，可他却更加坚定了逃脱的决心。 —————————————— affect 影响 affect vt. 影响；感染；感动；假装 vi. 倾向；喜欢 n. 情感；引起感情的因素 Staying away so long from office will affect promotion. 长期离职会影响晋级。 Don't get chewed up about the new law;it won't affect you. 别为新法律焦虑不安，它不会影响你的。 They do, however, greatly affect the implementation of those patterns. 然而，它们的确对那些模式的 实现影响很大。 —————————————— utmost 最大限度 utmost n. 极限；最大可能 adj. 极度的；最远的 This is of utmost importance. 这是至关重要的。 He would keep his pledge to the utmost of his power. 他将极力信守他的誓言。 Your privacy on the Internet is of utmost importance to the World Health Organization (WHO). 你在因特网上的隐私权对世界卫生组织是至关重要的。 —————————————— formation 形成 formation n. 形成；构造；编队 These disks are the remnants of planetary formation. 这些圆盘是行星形成的剩余物质。 The fighting planes,flying in formation, one by one, peeled away to left and right. 编队飞行的战斗机一架架地向左右两边飞离编队。 So there are two other models, then, models different from the immigration model, two other models for understanding the formation of Israel, that build on this archaeological evidence. 那么还有两个其他的模型，与移民模型不同的两个模型，这两个模型也是为了说明以色列的形成，它们是依据考古学证据。 —————————————— convey 传达 convey vt. 传达；运输；让与 Please convey my gratitude to her. 请向她转达我的谢意。 I can't convey my feelings in words. 我无法用言语表达我的心情。 What personality do we want it to convey? 我们希望它传达什么样的特色呢？ —————————————— laugh 笑 laugh n. 笑；引人发笑的事或人 vi. 笑 vt. 以笑表示；使…笑得 Read some jokes and laugh off your worries. 读点笑话，借笑摆脱你的烦恼吧。 His words fetched a laugh from all present. 他的一席话使在场的人都笑了。 We tried to laugh the girl out of that slight accident. 我们试图以谈笑的方式使女孩忘掉那起小事故。 —————————————— correct 正确的 correct vt. 改正；告诫 vi. 调整；纠正错误 adj. 正确的；恰当的；端正的 The committee lacked a correct estimate of his ability. 委员会对他的能力缺乏正确的评价。 Without correct leadership, the enthusiasm of the masses cannot be sustained. 没有正确的领导， 群众的积极性就不可能持久。 Several different figures have been bandied about,but this is the only correct one. 好几个不同的数字被随意地引用了，但只有这个数字才是正确的数字。 —————————————— prevent 防止 prevent vt. 预防，防止；阻止 vi. 妨碍，阻止 We must prevent the trouble from spreading. 我们必须防止这个乱子扩大。 The food in the cooler can prevent spoiling. 冰箱里的食品可以防止腐败。 These rules are intended to prevent accidents. 这些规则旨在防止事故发生。 —————————————— close 关闭 close adj. 紧密的；亲密的；亲近的 vt. 关；结束；使靠近 vi. 关；结束；关闭 adv. 紧密地 n. 结束 n. (Close)人名；(西)克洛塞；(英、法)克洛斯 Your son is playing close in. 你的儿子正在附近玩耍。 I'm close with her. 我和她关系密切。 They have decided to close that branch down. 他们决定把那个分公司关了。 —————————————— water 水 water n. 水；海水；雨水；海域，大片的水 vt. 使湿；供以水；给…浇水 vi. 加水；流泪；流口水 n. (Water)人名；(英)沃特 The ball drifted on the water. 那只皮球在水面上漂荡。 He drained the tank of all water. 他排去储水箱中所有的水。 I saw his head immerge into water. 我看到他的头浸没于水中了。 —————————————— proficiency 熟练 proficiency n. 精通，熟练 I brought her proficiency up to the required level. 我把她的熟练程度提高到所规定的水平。 With study and practice, almost anyone can do it with some level of proficiency, but most people don't learn how to think critically or analytically—nor are they even aware of its value. 通过学习和实践，几乎任何人都能以不同的熟练程度来掌握它，但是大多数人都不会去学习如何进行批判性或分析性思维，或者说，他们根本意识不到其价值。 How do you think of your proficiency in written and spoken English? 你认为你的书面英语和口语熟练程度如何？ —————————————— conservative 保守的 conservative adj. 保守的 n. 保守派，守旧者 He listed himself as a conservative. 他自称是一个保守主义者。 The more conservative politicians were trying to deradicalize the liberation movement. 较保守的政治家正试图使解放运动放弃偏激的立场。 The young people are the most eager to learn and the least conservative in their thinking. 青年人最肯学习，最少保守思想。 —————————————— organize 组织 organize vt. 组织；使有系统化；给予生机；组织成立工会等 vi. 组织起来；成立组织 How do you organize your team? 您是如何组织项目团队的？ How well do you plan and organize? 你的计划和组织准备得怎么样了？ Do you have any ideas or tips on how to organize magazines? 你有任何有关如何整理杂志的见解或窍门吗？ —————————————— hint 提示 hint n. 暗示；线索 vt. 暗示；示意 vi. 示意 n. (Hint)人名；(英)欣特；(法)安特 This brings up another hint. 这会带来另一种提示。 You were too obtuse to take the hint. 你太迟钝了， 没有理解这种暗示。 I gave him a gentle [mild] hint and he didn't get it. 我给了他一委婉的暗示， 但他没有领会。 —————————————— suppress 抑制 suppress vt. 抑制；镇压；废止 They suppress the ingenuity of our people and businesses. 它们抑制我们的人民和企业的创造力。 This will suppress almost all diagnostics produced by the script. 这将抑制脚本生成的几乎所有诊断消息。 But he must suppress his feelings beneath his calm surface. 但他必须抑制平静的外表下面的感情。 —————————————— program 程序 program n. 程序；计划；大纲 vt. 用程序指令；为…制订计划；为…安排节目 vi. 编程序；安排节目；设计电脑程式 We beamed the program at America. 我们向美国播送节目。 This computer program matters very much. 这套电脑程序非常重要。 Can this program be run on this computer? 这个程序能用于这种电子计算机吗? —————————————— novelty 新奇的事物 novelty n. 新奇；新奇的事物；新颖小巧而廉价的物品 I guess like a lot of Americans, I underestimate my own appetite for novelty and the gambles that come with the new. 我想我与许多美国人一样，低估了自己对新奇事物的欲望和伴随着新事物而来的风险博弈。 We're still in transition and the transition will take many years, but I believe fundraising with social media tools will not just be a niche source of income or novelty. 我们仍处在转型过程中，而这一转型将历时数年，但我相信使用社会媒体工作募款不仅仅是一个细分的或新颖性的收入来源。 The most important of those is still a gun, but in the world of “Noodle Shop” this is a novelty rather than standard equipment. 这些道具中最重要的莫过于枪了，但是在“面馆”的世界中，枪还只是新奇物品，离标准装备依然相去甚远。 —————————————— chair 椅子 chair n. 椅子；讲座；（会议的）主席位；大学教授的职位 vt. 担任（会议的）主席；使…入座；使就任要职 n. (Chair)人名；(法)谢尔 The chair should be reseated. 这把椅子该换椅面了。 He planked himself in the chair. 他自己安坐在椅子上。 She threw a chair at me,but luckily I dodged. 她拿椅子向我扔过来，但我侥幸地躲开了。 —————————————— spokesman 发言人 spokesman n. 发言人；代言人 The spokesman wrong-footed them with this question. 发言人谈到这个问题使他们乱了阵脚。 They drew lots to decide who should be their spokesman. 他们抽签决定谁是他们的发言人。 The spokesman finally disclosed the facts to the press. 发言人最终向新闻界公开了事实真相。 —————————————— strive 努力 strive vi. 努力；奋斗；抗争 We must strive and fend. 我们必须努力奋斗。 You must understand that and strive for balance in your life. 你必须懂得这一点并在生活中努力保持平衡。 For all of these dimensions you should strive for increasing your endurance and your strength. 对于这些不同的范畴你需要努力提高你的耐力和体力。 —————————————— hunger 饥饿 hunger n. 饿，饥饿；渴望 vi. 渴望；挨饿 vt. 使……挨饿 n. (Hunger)人名；(德、波)洪格尔；(英)亨格 Do you hunger? I feel hungry. 你饿不饿，我有点饿了。 They were driven by poverty and hunger to steal. 他们行窃是为贫穷与饥饿所迫。 Some bread will keep off hunger for a while. 吃些面包会抵挡一会儿饥饿感。 —————————————— perplex 使复杂化 perplex vt. 使困惑，使为难；使复杂化 But don’t perplex the issue; it isn’t so complicated. 但不要使问题复杂化了。 它没有那么复杂。 But these potentially anonymous weapons continue to perplex and confound our thinking about the future of war and terrorism. 但是，这些潜在的不为人知的武器继续困扰着我们，并影响着我们对于未来战争和恐怖主义的看法。 I used to draw a comparison between him and Hindley Earnshaw, and perplex myself to explain satisfactorily why their conduct was so opposite in similar circumstances. 我总是拿他和辛德雷·恩萧相比，我想来想去也难以满意地解释出为什么他们在相似的情况下，行为却如此相反。 —————————————— cylinder 油缸 cylinder n. 圆筒；汽缸；[数] 柱面；圆柱状物 The piston is reciprocating inside cylinder. 活塞在汽缸内部往复运动。 This large gear turns the small one to rotate the cylinder. 这个大齿轮带动小齿轮使滚筒旋转。 You see a green cylinder with a clock next to it while you create this array. 在创建此阵列时，您会看到一个绿色的圆筒，旁边还有一个时钟。 —————————————— extreme 极端的 extreme adj. 极端的；极度的；偏激的；尽头的 n. 极端；末端；最大程度；极端的事物 The policy was followed to an absurd extreme. 这项政策被执行到了极端荒谬的程度。 This plastic behaves strangely under extreme heat or cold. 这种塑料在极热或极冷情况下都会奇怪地起反应。 It was extreme because it was in your head, that most solitary of places. 它之所以极端，因为它就在世上最孤独的地方——你的头脑里。 —————————————— female 女 female adj. 女性的；雌性的；柔弱的，柔和的 n. 女人；[动] 雌性动物 Do they have any place in female leadership? 她们是否在女性领导上有任何作用？ Don't let her join us, who will hex us as a female. 别让她参加咱们的活动，女人会给咱们带来厄运的。 He's always squinting at my female secretary as we talked about our business. 在我们进行贸易谈判时，他一直在瞟看我的女秘书。 —————————————— pursuit 追求 pursuit n. 追赶，追求；职业，工作 After a pursuit lasting all day we finally caught up with them. 经过一整天的追赶， 我们终于赶上了他们。 Everyone pursues happiness, but in the pursuit of your own happiness, you must not harm others, or harm the country. 每个人都在追求幸福，但你不能为了追求自己的幸福而坑害了别人，甚至坑害了国家。 What other obstacles have you come across in the pursuit of compassion? 当你在追求同情心时，你要跨越哪些障碍？ —————————————— manner 的方式 manner n. 方式；习惯；种类；规矩；风俗 n. (Manner)人名；(德、芬、瑞典)曼纳 Her hospitality thawed out his aloof manner. 她的盛情缓和了他的冷淡态度。 It's an engaging manner that easily deceives. 那是一种极易骗人的迷人的态度。 I don't quarrel with your opinion, but with your manner. 我并不反对你的意见，但不赞成你的态度。 —————————————— volcano 火山 volcano n. 火山 A volcano spouts flame and lava. 火山喷出火焰和岩浆。 The volcano erupted molten lava. 火山喷出了熔岩。 Lava boiled up from the crater of the volcano. 熔岩从火山口喷出。 —————————————— frost 霜 frost vt. 结霜于；冻坏 vi. 结霜；受冻 n. 霜；冰冻，严寒；冷淡 n. (Frost)人名；(英、捷、葡、瑞典、德、匈、罗、丹、俄)弗罗斯特 The flowers in the garden died from frost. 花园中的花朵因霜冻而凋谢了。 Rocks are disintegrated by rain and frost. 岩石被雨和霜剥蚀了。 These seedlings were killed off by the severe frost. 这些幼苗由于严霜而冻死了。 —————————————— shipment 装运 shipment n. 装货；装载的货物 The machine has been knocked down ready for shipment. 机器已拆好准备装船。 The total shipment will be invoiced to you at 10% below export list prices. 全部货物将按低于出口商品价格的10%开发票给你。 We should be obliged if you could arrange for the immediate shipment of this order. 如果贵方能马上安排发送这笔我方所订货物的话，我方会非常感激的。 —————————————— fruit 水果 fruit n. 水果；产物 vi. 结果实 vt. 使……结果实 n. (Fruit)人名；(法)弗吕；(英)弗鲁特 They candy fruit in autumn every year. 他们每年秋天都做蜜饯水果。 Those children have finished off the fruit. 那些孩子们把水果都吃光了。 The farmer peddled his fruit from house to house. 那个农民挨家挨户兜售他的水果。 —————————————— moderate 温和的 moderate adj. 稳健的，温和的；适度的，中等的；有节制的 vi. 变缓和，变弱 vt. 节制；减轻 Moderate exercise subserves digestion. 适度锻炼有助于消化。 She should moderate her language when children are present. 在孩子面前，她说话应该节制。 A moderate increase in both investment and consumption will play an active role in stimulating the market. 适度地增加投资和提高消费水平对启动市场将起积极作用。 —————————————— minimum 最低 minimum n. 最小值；最低限度；最小化；最小量 adj. 最小的；最低的 Am I at the minimum feature set yet? 我现在是在关注最小特性集合吗？ This is the minimum quantity we require. 这是我们所要求的最小数量。 Employers frequently pay workers below the minimum wage, and some employers do not pay their workers at all. 雇主常付给工人低于最低工资的薪水，而且有些雇主根本给他们的工人支薪。 —————————————— arc 弧 arc n. 弧（度）；弧光（全称electric arc）；弧形物；天穹 adj. 圆弧的；反三角函数的 vt. 形成电弧；走弧线 n. (Arc)人名；(法)阿尔克 The rainbow described an arc in the sky. 彩虹在天空形成了一道圆弧。 The muscles in her back tightened, pulling down from her spine and causing her back to arc slightly. 她后背上的肌肉绷紧着，使她脊梁骨向下沉，背部有点弯成了一个弧形。 Conceptually it's just one link to the software you want, but in practice there are many possible resources from which you can get it, and each of these is a separate arc. 从概念上看，这个链接仅仅是指向所需软件的一个简单链接，但实际上，可以从许多可能的资源中获得这个链接，并且每个资源都是一个独立的弧。 —————————————— locomotive 机车 locomotive adj. 火车头的；运动的；移动的 n. 机车；火车头 This locomotive runs upon electricity. 这台机车是用电运转的。 At the conductor's whistle the engine-driver starts his locomotive-engine. 乘务员哨声一响， 司机开动机车。 I am awaked almost every night by the panting of the locomotive. It interrupts my dreams. 几乎每晚，我都被机车的声音吵醒，它侵扰我的梦境。 —————————————— operation 操作 operation n. 操作；经营；[外科] 手术；[数][计] 运算 The operation was a marvel of medical skill. 这次手术是医术上的一个奇迹。 Her mother began operation of a small grocery. 她母亲开始经营一家小杂货店。 He took the machine apart to show every detail of its operation. 他把机器拆开， 让大家看操作的每个细节。 —————————————— environment 环境 environment n. 环境，外界 The solution lies in the improvement of the economic environment. 解决办法在于改善经济环境。 They assimilated their customs and behaviour to the new environment. 他们改变了他们的风俗和行为以适应新环境。 In order to transform their environment, he drew up the project with painstaking accuracy. 为了改造环境， 他苦心孤诣地制订了这个计划。 —————————————— poverty 贫困 poverty n. 贫困；困难；缺少；低劣 We must fend against poverty. 我们必须抵御贫穷。 She often alluded to her poverty. 她常常谈起她的贫穷。 They were driven by poverty and hunger to steal. 他们行窃是为贫穷与饥饿所迫。 —————————————— corner 角落里 corner n. 角落，拐角处；地区，偏僻处；困境，窘境 vi. 囤积；相交成角 vt. 垄断；迫至一隅；使陷入绝境；把…难住 n. (Corner)人名；(法)科尔内；(英)科纳 He was slighted in the corner. 他被冷落在屋里的角落。 I saw they split in the corner. 我看见他们在街角处分的手。 Drop me at the next corner. 让我在下一个街角下车。 —————————————— vain 是徒劳的 vain adj. 徒劳的；自负的；无结果的；无用的 Our efforts were not in vain.; We didn't waste our energy. 我们的力气没有白费。 I have searched my mind in vain for a polite way to tell that reader to go to hell. 我白费心机的绞尽脑汁想找到一个礼貌的说法，但现在要告诉这位读者，让他见鬼去吧。 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain. 宠爱是欺诈的，美丽是空虚的。 —————————————— ooman ooman —————————————— bake 烤 bake vt. 烤，烘焙 vi. 烘面包；被烤干；受热 n. 烤；烘烤食品 n. (Bake)人名；(德、瑞典)巴克 Bake the bread in a hot oven for 45 minutes. 在热烤炉里烘面包45分钟。 On cold days she would bake some bread or drink coffee in the kitchen, reading something. 在天冷的日子里，她会烘烤一些面包或者在厨房里喝着咖啡，做一些阅读。 So when you fry, bake, grill, or roast potatoes you could be generating potentially harmful carcinogens. 因此当你油炸、烘烤、烧烤或者炒土豆时，有可能会产生有害的致癌物。 —————————————— manage 管理 manage vt. 管理；经营；控制；设法 vi. 处理；应付过去 Can you manage without help? 你能无需帮助而自己设法干吗? So how you do manage this complexity? 那么您如何管理这种复杂性呢？ He took great pains to manage the factory well. 为了管理好工厂，他可真是煞费苦心。 —————————————— blush 脸红 blush vi. 脸红；感到惭愧 n. 脸红；红色；羞愧 vt. 红著脸表示；使成红色 n. (Blush)人名；(英)布拉什 His words raised a blush on her cheeks. 他的话使她脸红。 The nun fulfills his fantasy with a kiss that would make a hooker blush. 修女用吻满足驾驶员的幻想，这是会让妓女脸红的事。 If you look into the eyes of the one you love,you blush; But in front of the person you like,you smile. 假如你凝视的是心爱的人,你会脸红;但假如你凝视的是喜欢的人,你会微笑. —————————————— commitment 承诺 commitment n. 承诺，保证；委托；承担义务；献身 But I do expect some commitment to reinforce coordination. 但我认为会做出一些承诺以加强协调。 To do this, we must have commitment at the highest level of government. 要做到这一点，我们必须获得政府最高层的承诺。 This principle is an extension of both the commitment principle and the success principle. 这个原则是对承担义务原则和成功原则的一种扩展。 —————————————— comet 彗星 comet n. [天] 彗星 n. (Comet)人名；(法)科梅 As the comet nears the sun, its ice melts, releasing gas and dust that stream away into space. 当彗星靠近太阳时，它的冰层融化，释放的气体和尘埃远远地飘向太空。 Given enough time, the comet-like planet could theoretically evaporate away completely, but it would take about a trillion years. 理论上只要有足够时间，彗星样的行星最终会完全蒸发掉。 但那大约需要一万亿年。 He was an early proponent of the theory that life on Earth may have come from Mars in rocks ejected by asteroid and comet impacts. 他是这项理论早期的支持者：地球生命也许来自火星，通过小行星和彗星冲撞而由岩石喷射而出。 —————————————— quartz 石英 quartz n. 石英 To this class of substance belong mica, porcelain, quartz, glass, wood, etc. 属于这类物质的有云母、瓷器、石英、玻璃、木材等等。 A quartz wristwatch, by comparison, is sensitive to about a millionth of a degree, or 10-6 degrees. 相比而言，一个石英手表敏感度大概是一度的百万分之一，或是10-6度。 When these surfaces came into contact with the magnetite, an oxygen atom could be transferred from quartz to magnetite, forming a new mineral, hematite. 当这些表面和磁铁矿一接触，氧原子就能从石英砂转移到磁铁矿，形成了一种新的矿物，赤铁矿。 —————————————— bag 袋 bag n. 袋；猎获物；（俚）一瓶啤酒 vt. 猎获；把…装入袋中；占据，私吞；使膨大 vi. 松垂 I have subjected your bag to your driver. 我早把你的包交给你的司机了。 The heavy bag weighted the pupil to one side. 沉重的书包压得那小学生歪向一边。 He blew the bag up and then popped it between his hands. 他把袋子吹鼓起来，然后用两手砰的一声把它拍破。 —————————————— northern 北部 northern adj. 北部的；北方的 n. 北部方言 In parts of Northern France,farmers still plough up shell fragments and weapons. 在法国北部某些地方，农民犁地时还常常翻出弹片和武器。 One of the storms could hit the northern Philippines this week and the other early next week. 其中一个风暴可能于本周抵达菲律宾北部,另一个将在下周初抵达。 The northern part of the city used to be sparsely populated, but has now become a cultural centre. 城北过去很冷落， 现在成了文化区。 —————————————— tractor 拖拉机 tractor n. 拖拉机；牵引机 Iron-ox is another name for tractor. 铁牛是拖拉机的别名。 The tractor hauled the fertilizer away. 拖拉机把肥料拉走了。 In addition to the tractor, we have acquired a new rice transplanter. 除了拖拉机， 我们又添了一台插秧机。 —————————————— consistent 一致的 consistent adj. 始终如一的，一致的；坚持的 That has been our consistent stand. 这是我们一贯的主张。 These actions are consistent with his principles. 这些行为与他的原则是一致的。 From one endpoint to the other, data binding must ensure that data is consistent. 数据绑定必须保证从这个端点到那个端点数据是一致的。 —————————————— happy 快乐 happy adj. 幸福的；高兴的；巧妙的 n. (Happy)人名；(英、瑞典、喀)哈皮 He's very happy that day and halloed everyone he met. 那天他特别高兴，和遇到的每一个人都打招呼。 That happy day will be for ever embedded in my memory. 那个幸福的日子将永远留在我的记忆中。 The pianist played the happy pair out with the wedding March. 钢琴师弹奏结婚进行曲送走这幸福的一对。 —————————————— sphere 球 sphere n. 范围；球体 vt. 包围；放入球内；使…成球形 adj. 球体的 He rounded the clay into a sphere. 他把粘土揉成球形。 All parts of the sphere were nicely counterpoised. 球的各个部分均呈平衡。 Both were essential and neither was superior to the other; they were not in conflict but complementary, each with its own sphere of competence. 两者都是必需的，没有一者高于另一者；它们互不冲突反而互补，各自有其本身的职权范围。 —————————————— trench 沟 trench n. 沟，沟渠；战壕；堑壕 vt. 掘沟 vi. 挖战壕；侵害 n. (Trench)人名；(英、西)特伦奇 The trench was bricked over. 壕沟被用砖覆盖起来了。 The race is on for the next human return to the deepest point in the ocean: the subduction zone of the Pacific's Mariana Trench. 有个比赛正在为选出下一个即将回到大海最深处的人上演：太平洋的马里亚纳海沟的潜没区域。 All places at the pacific trench, (the pacific ring of fire) should be evacuated now, because there will be earthquakes and volcanic explosions. 太平洋海沟的所有地方（太平洋火环带）应该立刻疏散，因为将有地震和火山爆发。 —————————————— unanimous 一致 unanimous adj. 全体一致的；意见一致的；无异议的 But what do the other department managers think? Do we have unanimous agreement with this offer? 但是其它部门主管怎么想?对于这个提议.大家都一致同意吗? The view was unanimous and adamant: we must finish the job. 大家的观点是一致和坚定的：我们必须完成任务。 If jurors cannot reach a unanimous verdict on their first vote, they must hear the views of the presiding judge, after which they may decide by simple majority. 如果陪审员们在第一次投票时无法达成全体一致，他们必须听取主任法官的意见，这之后他们可以通过简单多数作出决定。 —————————————— goose 鹅 goose n. 鹅；鹅肉；傻瓜；雌鹅 vt. 突然加大油门；嘘骂 n. (Goose)人名；(德)戈泽；(英)古斯 The boy ploated your goose. 小男孩拔你的鹅的毛。 Do you like smoked goose? 你喜欢吃熏鹅吗? As they all stood looking in awe Jack pulled a strange goose and a golden harp out of his jacket. 他们站在那里敬畏地看着，杰克从他的夹克里掏出一只奇怪的鹅和一支金色的竖琴。 —————————————— commander 指挥官 commander n. 指挥官；司令官 The commander rallied his troops around him. 指挥官重新集结他的部队。 The general was relieved of his office as a supreme commander. 将军被解除了最高指挥官的职务。 We would like you to talk to Earth Commander. 我们希望您能和地球司令高格谈一谈。 —————————————— complete 完整的 complete adj. 完整的；完全的；彻底的 vt. 完成 He will assist you to complete the task. 这项任务由他辅助你去完成。 Her pride drove her to complete the job. 她的自尊心促使她去完成这项工作。 They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood. 他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。 —————————————— staff 工作人员 staff n. 职员；参谋；棒；支撑 adj. 职员的；行政工作的 vt. 供给人员；给…配备职员 vi. 雇用工作人员 n. (Staff)人名；(德、匈)施塔夫；(瑞典、英)斯塔夫 All the staff in the office clamoured against his divorce. 办公室的职员们对他的离婚纷纷表示反对。 The bank staff anticipated his dismissal by stealing money. 那名银行职员因偷钱而遭提前开除。 He bucked at the suggestion to reduce his staff. 他反对减少他的人员的建议。 —————————————— suspend 暂停 suspend vt. 延缓，推迟；使暂停；使悬浮 vi. 悬浮；禁赛 Above all, he insists that the internet does not suspend the usual workings of power politics. 最重要的，他坚称互联网并不能中止权力政治通常的运行方式。 You can suspend it again and place it in the background; the clock continues to run while you do other work at your terminal. 您可以再次暂停它并将它放到后台；此时，即使您在终端窗口运行其他程序，时钟仍会继续运行。 The US, Britain, and France want to threaten oil and gas sanctions if Tehran does not suspend the enrichment of uranium, but those threats carry less weight without Russian support. 如果德黑兰不暂停铀浓缩活动，美国、英国和法国则想以石油和天然气制裁来威胁伊朗，但没有俄罗斯的支持，这些威胁的份量将大打折扣。 —————————————— sociology 社会学 sociology n. 社会学；群体生态学 Out with every theory of human behavior, from linguistics to sociology. 从语言学、社会学的人类行为原理里解脱吧。 Basic courses in sociology and psychology as well as other humanities courses give students plenty of opportunity to explore their own emotions. 社会学和心理学的基础，以及其他人文学科的课程，赋予学生大量的机会去探索其个人情感。 And I spent part of my second grade year in Sweden, where my father was on sabbatical as a professor of sociology. 因为我父亲休假的缘故，我的小学二年级有一段时间是在瑞典上的，那个时候他是一名社会学教授。 —————————————— toss 扔 toss n. 投掷；摇荡；投掷的距离；掷币赌胜负 vt. 投掷；使…不安；突然抬起；使…上下摇动；与…掷币打赌 vi. 辗转；被乱扔；颠簸；掷钱币决定某事 n. (Toss)人名；(瑞典)托斯 I'll toss you for who pays the bill. 我和你掷钱币决定谁来付账。 I'll toss you for who does the cleaning. 我和你掷硬币决定谁来做打扫。 Australia won the toss and put England in to bat. 澳大利亚队掷币获胜，要求英格兰队首先击球。 —————————————— lubricate 润滑 lubricate vi. 润滑；涂油；起润滑剂作用 vt. 使…润滑；给…加润滑油 Garage doors. Yes these need regular maintenance too. Check the door, tighten bolts and lubricate the spring as per manufacturers instructions. 车库门。是的，这些地方也需要维护。按照生产厂家的说明书，检查一下门，拧紧螺丝，给弹簧上好润滑油。 Abstainers seem to have a harder time making strong friendship bonds, perhaps because they don't have alcohol to lubricate their social interactions. 不饮酒的人似乎更难以建立牢固的友谊，这可能是因为他们在社会交往中没有酒作为润滑剂。 Now is time to wash the windows and screens and lubricate the tracks. 现在是擦窗户、擦纱窗（窗帘）、给幕帘轨道上润滑油的时候了。 —————————————— lock 锁 lock vt. 锁，锁上；隐藏 vi. 锁；锁住；卡住 n. 锁；水闸；刹车 n. (Lock)人名；(英、丹、德、瑞典)洛克 As you are leaving last, lock up. 你是最后一个离开，把门锁好。 Lock up all the doors before you go out. 出门之前锁上所有的门。 They pew their churches and sometimes lock them. 他们在教堂中安座位，有时又把教堂锁上。 —————————————— expertise 专业知识 expertise n. 专门知识；专门技术；专家的意见 This led to development organizations with bodies of expertise in these areas. 这导致了在这些领域的具有专门技术的开发组织。 It is not like I came into this country (on my own). They called me into this country for my expertise. 不像我（完全靠自己）来到这个国家，而是他们因为我的专业技能而找我来的。 We must also provide support to the avian influenza network for diagnostic expertise and exchange of isolates with the WHO. 我们还必须支持提供诊断专门技术和与世卫组织交换分离种群的禽流感网络。 —————————————— split 分裂 split vt. 分离；使分离；劈开；离开；分解 vi. 离开；被劈开；断绝关系 n. 劈开；裂缝 adj. 劈开的 Let's split the night club. 咱们离开这个夜总会吧。 They tried to split the United Church of Catholicism. 他们曾试图分裂联合天主教会。 They have split up for a long time,but they're better now. 他们之间关系一直不好，不过现在好多了。 —————————————— management 管理 management n. 管理；管理人员；管理部门；操纵；经营手段 You'll have to clear it with management. 此事你必须得到管理部门准许。 They promised to rap with the management. 他们答应与管理部门保持一致立场。 They referred their plan to the management. 他们将计划提交管理部门。 —————————————— peculiar 特有的 peculiar adj. 特殊的；独特的；奇怪的；罕见的 n. 特权；特有财产 It was a local phrase which had a peculiar meaning, and there was no reply. 这是当地的一句土话，有它特殊的意思，但是没有人回答这句话。 It is a peculiar fact that those who most often express this reluctance do not have the time to measure and objectively review their own time expenditure. 一个很奇怪的事实是，那些经常表示他们这个问题的人却没有时间度量和客观地回顾一下他们自己的时间支出。 But what accounts for this peculiar faculty? 但什么是这种罕见的能力的原因呢？ —————————————— class 类 class n. 阶级；班级；种类；班；等级 vt. 分类；把…分等级；把…归入某等级，把…看作（或分类、归类）；把…编入某一班级 adj. 极好的；很好的，优秀的，出色的 vi. 属于…类（或等级），被列为某类（或某级） n. （英、德）克拉斯（人名） I have to bat out a term paper before class. 我必须在上课前匆匆写出一篇学期论文。 The teacher came down on her for talking in class. 老师因为她在上课时说话而严厉申斥她。 You have to work hard to keep ahead in your class. 要想在全班保持成绩领先，你就必需努力学习。 —————————————— isolate 隔离 isolate vt. 使隔离；使孤立；使绝缘 n. [生物] 隔离种群 vi. 隔离；孤立 adj. 隔离的；孤立的 We know how to isolate poultry. 我们知道如何隔离家禽。 Do not isolate yourself from others. 不要把自己孤立起来。 Computers and networks isolate us from one another. 计算机和网络将我们孤立开来。 —————————————— neighbour 邻居 neighbour n. n. 邻居;同胞；仁慈的人 vt. 邻接 vi. 住在邻近；毗邻；友善，和睦 adj. 邻居的；邻近的 He denounced his neighbour for helping the criminal. 他告发他的邻居帮助罪犯。 Our neighbour is always carrying on at her children. 我们那个邻居总是向孩子们发脾气。 What an unpleasant woman your neighbour is, always griping about one thing or another,never satisfied. 你的女邻居多么令人讨厌，总是抱怨这抱怨那，从来没有满足的时候。 —————————————— check 检查 check vt. 检查，核对；制止，抑制；在…上打勾 vi. 核实，查核；中止；打勾；[象棋]将一军 n. <美>支票；制止，抑制；检验，核对 n. （英）切克（人名） Her letter enclosed a check. 她信函内附有一张支票。 Please check out these names and numbers. 请把这些姓名和号码检查一下。 Each month we reconcile our check book with the bank statement. 我们每个月都把支票簿与银行结账单核对一次。 —————————————— notion 概念 notion n. 概念；见解；打算 I will examine this notion below. 我将在下面分析此概念。 These days, even hotels are flogging the notion that anything is better if you cyberize it. 眼下，就连各旅馆也在大力宣传这样的观念：任何东西一经网络化将更具优势。 We reviewed the notion that these were prescriptive and deterministic. Any computer code that you wanna use for the safety analysis you have to have NRC approval. 我们回顾了这些规定的和确定性的,概念，任何的计算机准则,你们要在必须得到NRC的同意的,安全分析中使用的。 —————————————— optimistic 乐观 optimistic adj. 乐观的；乐观主义的 How optimistic would you be, how creative? 你会如何乐观？ 如何有创造力？ So we should all maintain an optimistic belief that the world is more forgiving than is commonly supposed. 因此我们都应该保持一种乐观的信念：这个世界比人们普遍认为的更为宽容。 He said he is optimistic his government will be able to manage the outbreak effectively. 他说，他是乐观的,他的政府将能够有效地处理流感疫情的爆发。 —————————————— native 本机 native adj. 本国的；土著的；天然的；与生俱来的；天赋的 n. 本地人；土产；当地居民 I'm a native of this place.; I was born here. 我是本地人。 He speaks English well enough to pass for a native speaker. 他英语流利得使人会以为他讲本国语呢。 But she says all the teachers are trained in native culture and history. 但是她说全部教师已经进行了本地文化和历史的培训。 —————————————— portrait 肖像 portrait n. 肖像；描写；半身雕塑像 n. (Portrait)人名；(法)波特雷 Hang the portrait straight. 把画像挂端正。 The portrait of some woman. 一些女人的肖像。 The artist has reproduced your features very well in this portrait. 这位艺术家在这幅画像中把你的容貌重现得维妙维肖。 —————————————— stride 步 stride n. 大步；步幅；进展 vt. 跨过；大踏步走过；跨坐在… vi. 跨；跨过；大步行走 Instead of flying off the handle every time something bad happens, you could take it all in stride. 在糟糕的事情发生后，不必每一次都停下来处理它，你可以大步前进将其抛在脑后。 Locomotion really is priced by the step, so increased stride length has tremendous economical advantages. 移动能力是由步长决定的，因此增加步幅有着巨大的经济优势。 Shorten your stride. 缩短你的跨步。 —————————————— insurance 保险 insurance n. 保险；保险费；保险契约；赔偿金 She canvassed for insurance during her spare time. 她在业余时间里兜揽保险业务。 My house was insured with a local insurance company. 我的房子是向当地一家保险公司保的险。 I balanced the benefits against the costs of medical insurance. 我权衡了医疗保险的好处和它的花费。 —————————————— ill 生病了 ill adj. 生病的；坏的；邪恶的；不吉利的 adv. 不利地；恶劣地；几乎不 n. 疾病；不幸 n. (Ill)人名；(捷、匈)伊尔 She was coddled when she was ill. 她患病时得到了无微不至的照料。 How did he get so ill? 他怎么病成这样了? On hearing that her husband was ill, she balled of that work and hurried back home. 一听丈夫得病，她就把那项工作草草了事并赶回家去。 —————————————— reception 接待 reception n. 接待；接收；招待会；感受；反应 An electrical storm blanketed out TV reception. 雷电干扰了电视接收。 Reception of TV programmes is unsatisfactory here. 这里电视节目的接收情况不佳。 She was asked to pour at a little reception for the performers after the concert. 她被请来主持在音乐会之后为演出者举行的小型招待会。 —————————————— funny 有趣的 funny adj. 有趣的，好笑的，滑稽的；（口）稀奇的，古怪的，奇异的；有病的，不舒服的；狡猾的，欺骗（性）的，可疑的，不光明 n. 滑稽人物；笑话，有趣的故事；滑稽连环漫画栏；（英）（比赛用）单人双桨小艇 He convulsed the audience with his funny acts. 他以滑稽的动作使观众哄堂大笑。 They were immensely diverted by her funny stories. 他们被她的滑稽故事逗得乐不可支。 The little boy looks very funny when he knots his eyebrows. 那个小男孩皱着眉头的样子很有趣。 —————————————— master 主 master vt. 控制；精通；征服 n. 硕士；主人；大师；教师 adj. 主人的；主要的；熟练的 n. (Master)人名；(英)马斯特 The puppy was fawning on its master. 小狗向它的主人摇尾乞怜。 If only I could be master of this subject. 我多么希望能精通这门学科。 The dog has transferred its affection to its new master. 那狗已把它的感情转移到新主人身上。 —————————————— various 各种各样的 various adj. 各种各样的；多方面的 Uncleanliness is the root of various diseases. 不注意清洁是各种疾病的根源。 She's always going on about her various illnesses. 她老是唠唠叨叨地诉说她患的多种疾病。 These data have been collected from various sources. 这些数据是从各方面搜集来的。 —————————————— tank 坦克 tank n. 坦克；水槽；池塘 vt. 把…贮放在柜内；打败 vi. 乘坦克行进 n. (Tank)人名；(德、土、阿塞、土库、挪)汤克 —————————————— buzz 嗡嗡声 buzz vt. 使嗡嗡叫；暗中散布 vi. 作嗡嗡声；东奔西忙 n. 嗡嗡声 n. (Buzz)人名；(英)巴兹 Slow down too. Don't take action on an idea for a week and see if it still seems like a great idea after the initial buzz wears off. 要慢下来.对一个想法不采取行动,过一个礼拜,当初期的嗡嗡声在耳边渐渐平息时，看看它似乎仍是一个很好的想法。 Even when I pressed hard on the accelerator to pass a group of slower cars on the highway, I didn't hear the sewing-machine buzz typical of small engines. 我在高速公路上要超越一溜速度很慢的车子时猛踩了油门，没有听到小型发动机常见的那种缝纫机般的嗡嗡声。 We live in the buzz. 我们生活在忙乱中。 —————————————— confident 自信 confident adj. 自信的；确信的 That confident fellow always keeps himself to himself. 那个自信的家伙总是离群索居。 All you have to do in this case is be there for the child, comfort them, love them and stay confident. 在这种情形下，你必须要做的是和孩子呆在一起，安慰他们，爱抚他们，给他们信心。 In his model, this would have only modest effects on global welfare; but how confident can we be of that? 在他的模型中，这只会对全球的福利产生些许影响；但我们对之能够相信多少？ —————————————— chord 和弦 chord n. 弦；和弦；香水的基调 n. (Chord)人名；(英)科德 This poem has struck a responsive chord in the hearts of its readers. 这首诗引起了读者的共鸣。 First of foremost, they have to be enriched with wisdom and motivation that strikes a chord within you. 第一点也是最为重要的一点是，他们都充满智慧和激励，能够扣动你的心弦。 If so,how many chords are involved in this chord change and are they changing at a regular or irregular rate? 是否有和弦的转变，这次和弦转变一共用了多少和弦,他们的变化率是规则还是不规则的？ —————————————— rural 农村 rural adj. 农村的，乡下的；田园的，有乡村风味的 These works have a strong flavour of rural life. 这些作品具有浓郁的农村生活气息。 Many rural areas around the city have been suburbanized now. 该市四周的乡村现在都已成为该市的郊区了。 The picture indicates that we should improve rural environment and conditions. 这幅图说明我们应该改进农村的环境和条件。 —————————————— oath 誓言 oath n. 誓言，誓约；诅咒，咒骂 You cannot call back your oath. 你不能收回你的誓言。 You are being swerved from your oath. 你现在的行为背离了你的誓言。 He ground out an oath. 他咬牙切齿地诅咒。 —————————————— capital 资本 capital n. 首都，省会；资金；大写字母；资本家 adj. 首都的；重要的；大写的 n. (Capital)人名；(法)卡皮塔尔 She was disenamoured of working in the capital. 她不再迷恋在首都工作了。 All our capital is locked up in that enterprise. 我们的资金全部搁死在那个企业了。 I remember meeting you one evening at the Capital Theatre. 我记得有一天晚上在首都剧场遇到你。 —————————————— orientation 取向 orientation n. 方向；定向；适应；情况介绍；向东方 And I need to choose my orientation. 我需要选择一个正方向。 The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation. 迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。 If so, this would add to a growing list of physiological and biological markers of sexual orientation. 如果是这样，这可能会给生理和生物学上的性取向标记增加一长串名单。 —————————————— disastrous 灾难性的 disastrous adj. 灾难性的；损失惨重的；悲伤的 The consequences of these actions were disastrous. 这些行动的结果是灾难性的。 Yet as I said, there’s a push for a repeat of this disastrous performance. 然而，正如我前面所说的那样，有人推动要重演灾难性的这一幕。 Since I have been on my own, however, I have been far more appreciative of it, conscious of how disastrous it would be to lose it. 然而，自从我得依靠我自己以来，我对这份工作就喜欢多了，因为我意识到了，如果失去这份工作，那将是灾难。 —————————————— prey 猎物 prey vi. 捕食；掠夺；折磨 n. 捕食；牺牲者；被捕食的动物 n. (Prey)人名；(英、法)普雷；(德)普赖 The lion bounded on the prey. 那头狮子向猎物猛扑过去。 Yet the prey can maintain their numbers by growing fast, reproducing fast and eating not just the next victim below them in the food web but also algae. 另外这些猎物可能通过快速生长、快速繁殖和不仅吃它们下级食物链上的生物而且吃海藻，来维持它们的数量。 Some of us start out slow, but acceleration can yield some surprising results when it comes to predators and prey, or basically anyone involved in a chase. 我们当中一些人一开始时可能很慢，但当涉及到捕猎者和猎物之间或任何一场追逐中，加速度可以让人出乎意料。 —————————————— analytical 分析 analytical adj. 分析的；解析的；善于分析的 Perhaps you have experienced one or more of these curses of the analytical thinker yourself. 也许你自己也曾经历过一两个这样的分析型思想者之咒。 The data, however, is unstructured to an analytical system because there is no meaning associated with it. 不过，该数据对分析系统而言是非结构化的，因为它没有与之关联的意思。 Thus the topology model, which represents the analytical state of the IT system or its piece, may not be able to express all of the capabilities or requirements (or even the members) of that unit. 于是这个代表这个 IT 系统或者它的一部分分析状态的拓扑模型，可能就不能表现那个单元的所有性能或者需求（或者甚至是成员）。 —————————————— terrify 吓到 terrify vt. 恐吓；使恐怖；使害怕 It is frequently a conscious strategy employed on a large scale by armed groups to humiliate opponents, terrify individuals and destroy societies. 它是武装集团常常有意大规模使用的策略，以羞辱对手、恐吓个人，摧毁社区。 The valley of Elah is where the Philistines sent out their Goliath to terrify the Israelites, and where young David felled the giant with his trusty slingshot. 以拉谷地是古腓力斯国派出他们的英雄歌力亚恐吓以色列人的地方，在这里，年轻的大卫王用自己可靠的弹弓击倒了巨人歌力亚。 While the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, might be God’s sworn defender, he wasn’t above using the swords of heretics to swell his army and terrify his enemies. 神圣罗马帝国的君王查理五世曾发誓要当上帝守护者，而今，却要用异教徒的刀剑去壮大自己的军队，恐吓敌军。 —————————————— because 因为 because conj. 因为 I did it because they asked me to do it! 我做这事是因为他们请我做啊！ They bumped her off because she knew too much. 因为她知道太多，所以他们把她干掉了。 We could not reason out which way the robbers escaped, because we were unable to find any trace of them. 我们推断不出这些强盗是从哪个方向逃走的，因为我们找不到他们的任何踪迹。 —————————————— perfect 完美的 perfect adj. 完美的；最好的；精通的 vt. 使完美；使熟练 n. 完成式 n. (Perfect)人名；(英)珀费克特 His perfect performance killed the audience. 他完美的表演征服了所有的观众。 The audience was knocked over by her perfect performance. 观众为她的完美演技深深感动了。 The new method is not perfect; even so, it's much better than the old one. 新方法并不完美，就算如此， 它还是比老方法好得多。 —————————————— grass 草 grass n. 草；草地，草坪 vt. 放牧；使……长满草；使……吃草 vi. 长草 n. (Grass)人名；(法、德、俄、瑞典、英)格拉斯 The grass scotched my finger. 那草割破了我的手指。 She spread our lunch on the grass. 她在草地上摆好了我们的午饭。 Some tribes migrate with their cattle in search of fresh grass. 一些部落为寻找嫩草带着他们的牲口迁徙。 —————————————— clasp 扣 clasp n. 扣子，钩子；握手 vt. 紧抱；扣紧；紧紧缠绕 vi. 扣住 She caught the clasp on her necklace. 她扣好项链上的搭扣。 At the core of CLASP are thirty new activities that can be integrated into a software development process. 在CLASP的核心有三十个新的活动，他们可以集成到一个软件开发过程。 When you do fall, tuck your knees in, release the clasp of your hands, relax, and tumble out of the pose onto your back like a child doing a somersault. 万一失去平衡，要先卷曲膝盖，松开扣紧的手指，身体向后背的方向滚落，就像小孩子翻跟头那样。 —————————————— compel 强迫 compel vt. 强迫，迫使；强使发生 n. (Compel)人名；(法)孔佩尔 Can they compel obedience from us? 他们能迫使我们屈服吗? Nothing can compel me to do such a thing. 没有什么可以强迫我做这件事。 These facts compel us to act along with our friends and allies. 这些事实迫使我们与我们的友邦和盟国共同行动。 —————————————— concession 让步 concession n. 让步；特许（权）；承认；退位 We can not make heavy concession to the matter. 我们在这个问题上不能过于让步。 As a concession to his reasonable demand, the doctor allowed him to work. 医生向他的合理要求让步了， 允许他工作。 I am prepared to make some concession on minor details, but I cannot compromise on fundamentals. 在一些细节上我可以作些让步，但在基本原则上我是不会妥协的。 —————————————— stationary 静止的 stationary adj. 固定的；静止的；定居的；常备军的 n. 不动的人；驻军 A burst of light is seen by two observers: one stationary on a platform, the other moving in a train. 两个观察员看到了一束光的爆发：他们一个静止在平台上，还有一个在火车上移动。 Mike Davis needed a way to use his laptop in his truck and have a nice stationary platform to put it on. 迈克·戴维斯需要在他的卡车里使用他的笔记本，并且要有一个既好看又固定的平台来摆放它。 To the stationary one on the platform, the light expanded also, but in addition Einstein saw the movement of the train caused one side to meet the wave earlier than the other side. 对于静止在平台上的观察员而言，光也扩大了，但除此以外，爱因斯坦看到了由于火车运动而形成了火车的一边比另一边要早接收到光波。 —————————————— his 他的 his pron. 他的 n. (His)人名；(法)伊斯 His mother rode him on her back. 他的母亲让他骑在她的背上。 I thanked him for his help. 对他的帮助， 我向他致谢。 He stated his views to me. 他向我说明了他的观点。 —————————————— limitation 限制 limitation n. 限制；限度；极限；追诉时效；有效期限；缺陷 Free composition as an exercise has its limitation. 作为练习的自由命题的作文有其局限性。 Another limitation of the study was that it was not randomized. 这项研究的另一个局限性是它没有随机化。 It also suggests some supported methods for working around this limitation on these platforms. 它同时还给出了一些在这些限制平台上工作的支持方法。 —————————————— opponent 对手 opponent n. 对手；反对者；敌手 adj. 对立的；敌对的 She bowled out her opponent. 她打败了她的对手。 The soldier jabbed at his opponent. 那个战士猛击他的对手。 He avowed himself an opponent of all alliances. 他声称他是所有联盟的反对者。 —————————————— scrap 废 scrap n. 碎片；残余物；打架；少量 vt. 废弃；使解体；拆毁 adj. 废弃的；零碎的 vi. 吵架 A man comes round regularly collecting scrap. 有个男人定时来收废品。 This concept appears in manufacturing where they count both scrap and inventory. 此概念会出现在制造业，在其中会计算废料和存货。 However, scrap and rework are not limited to code; they also result from design changes and can be monitored in the design model. 然而，废弃和返工不仅限于代码；他们也会从设计的变更所导致，并且能够在设计模型中被监视。 —————————————— alcohol 酒精 alcohol n. 酒精，乙醇 He was stupefied with alcohol. 他喝酒喝得神志不清了。 Bacteria will not breed in alcohol. 细菌在酒精里不会繁殖。 The dental surgeon disinfected dental instruments with alcohol. 牙医用酒精给牙科医疗器械消毒。 —————————————— province 省 province n. 省；领域；职权 I met the three rising stars in the capital of the province. 在省城我遇到了这3位新星。 The arrangement of light industry in the province needs adjustment. 那个省的轻工业布局需要调整。 Among the mineral deposits of the province, tin occupies first place; copper comes second. 该省矿藏，以锡最多，铜次之。 —————————————— section 部分 section n. 截面；部分；部门；地区；章节 vi. 被切割成片；被分成部分 vt. 把…分段；将…切片；对…进行划分 I do precisely that in the next section. 我在下一节精确地这一操作。 They decided to draw and prove up a small section. 他们决定绘制和试印一小部分。 This section of the country is drizzly in the winter. 该国的这一地区在冬天经常细雨蒙蒙。 —————————————— vary 不同 vary vi. 变化；变异；违反 vt. 改变；使多样化；变奏 n. (Vary)人名；(英、法、罗、柬)瓦里 I can vary the speed at will. 我可以随意改变速度。 You can use the slider to vary this probability. 您可以用调节滑块来改变这个概率。 Cherries vary in colour from almost black to yellow. 樱桃的颜色由近乎黑到黄各不相同。 —————————————— comparable 类似的 comparable adj. 可比较的；比得上的 You created the model based on other comparable houses in the neighborhood and what they sold for (the model), then put the values of your own house into this model to produce an expected price. 这个模型建立在邻近地区内的其他有可比性的房子的售价的基础上（模型），然后再把您自己房子的值放入此模型来产生一个预期价格。 If you have a comparable production server in place, measuring its actual load patterns over a period of time can go a long way towards getting accurate concurrency rates and is highly recommended. 如果您在适当位置有一个可比较的产品服务器，经过一段时间测量其实际负载模式可能对获取精确并发比率有很大的帮助，强烈推荐。 I don't know why, as we eat shrimps, which are very comparable. 我不知道为什么，就像我们吃基围虾，两者是有可比性的。 —————————————— blow 打击 blow n. 吹；打击；殴打 vi. 风吹；喘气 vt. 风吹 n. (Blow)人名；(英)布洛 She can bear off the blow. 她能忍受这次打击。 The accident subjected her to a deadly blow. 这次意外使她受到致命的打击。 The blow on his head stunned him for a moment. 击在他头上的一拳使他有一阵儿昏了过去。 —————————————— fade 褪色 fade vi. 褪色；凋谢；逐渐消失 vt. 使褪色 adj. 平淡的；乏味的 n. [电影][电视] 淡出；[电影][电视] 淡入 n. (Fade)人名；(法)法德 Beauty will fade, but not goodness. 美貌会凋谢，但美德不会。 The colour in this material does not fade. 这布料不褪色。 You may touch base with these people from time to time but don't really know them all that well and in general they fade fast. 随时间推移，你可能只接触这些人的基础部分，但并不完全很好地了解他们，通常这种关系也会很快褪色。 —————————————— deliberate 深思熟虑的 deliberate adj. 故意的；深思熟虑的；从容的 vt. 仔细考虑；商议 I hope you will deliberate on these issues. 我希望你们对这些问题进行商议。 This can happen for a variety of reasons, and these reasons can be unintended as well as deliberate. 这一情况可能是由多种原因造成的，这些原因可能是无意的，也可能是故意的。 You can only intervene if you believe this is a deliberate tactic to waste time. 如果您相信这种故意的战术是用来浪费时间的，那么你只能去干预它。 —————————————— doubtless 毫无疑问 doubtless adv. 无疑地；确定地；大概，多半 adj. 无疑的；确定的 It was doubtless his own fault. 这无疑是他自己的错。 And then they pointed to the empty loom, for they believed the other could doubtless see the cloth. 然后他们指着空的纺织机，因为他们相信别人无疑能看到那织物。 Nature and fertility would have been all-important; they would have worshipped sun gods, water gods, moon gods and doubtless bison gods. 最重要的一点肯定是自然资源的丰饶多产，他们崇拜太阳神、水神、月亮神，无疑还有野牛神。 —————————————— shortly 不久 shortly adv. 立刻；简短地；唐突地 He will be able to take up his normal routine shortly. 他不久就能处理日常事务。 Shortly after we were married in 1972, Barbara and I began praying every day together. 在1972年我们婚后不久，芭芭拉和我开始每天在一起祈祷。 But I remember an anecdote I once heard from one of my German friends. Shortly after the unification, an Ossie and a Weissie meet in Berlin. 但我记得从一个德国朋友那里听来的这样一件轶事：统一后不久，一个东德人与一个西德人在柏林相遇。 —————————————— layman 门外汉 layman n. 外行；门外汉；俗人；一般信徒 n. (Layman)人名；(英)莱曼 Where the law is concerned, I am only a layman. 谈到法律， 我不过是门外汉。 I'm a layman. What I'm going to say may expose myself to ridicule, yet I still want to say a few words. 我是个外行， 我说的话可能贻笑大方， 可我还是要说几句。 And yet, there is one context in which economists talk about job scarcity in the same terms as an ordinary layman guilty of make-work bias. 然而，存在一个场合，在这里经济学家与犯有“造作工作成见”罪的普通门外汉从同一角度谈论岗位稀缺。 —————————————— pillow 枕头 pillow n. 枕头 vt. 垫；枕于…；使…靠在 vi. 枕着头；靠在枕上 n. (Pillow)人名；(英)皮洛 She buried face in the pillow. 她把脸埋在枕头里。 She fluffed up the pillow. 她把枕头拍松。 She was sobbing her loneliness into her pillow. 她伏枕啜泣以泄心中的孤寂。 —————————————— hierarchy 层次结构 hierarchy n. 层级；等级制度 What is Call Hierarchy? 什么是层级调用？ We need two new Classes at either end of the inheritance hierarchy to do this. 在继承层次的每个端点，我们需要两个新类来完成这个。 Thus you have only one hierarchy of loggers for all users. You lose isolation. 这样，所有的用户只有一个层次结构，您会失去隔离性。 —————————————— consequently 因此 consequently adv. 因此；结果；所以 Consequently I am able to show interest in him as a person. 结果是，我可以对作为一个人的他感到有了兴趣。 Consequently, heroes have to be respected because since they have helped us, we need to care about them and their causes as well. 所以，英雄是需要被尊敬的，他们帮助我们之后，我们也应该关注他们，了解他们的初衷。 Consequently, individuals and organizations take comfort in knowing all the answers and risks from the start. 从而，个体和组织都从在开始时就知道所有答案和风险中得到安慰。 —————————————— criticism 批评 criticism n. 批评；考证；苛求 He toned down his criticism. 他降低了批评的调子。 I like him all the better for his criticism. 他提出了批评，我反而更喜欢他了。 Why have you singled out this incident for criticism? 你为什么单挑这件事批评呀? —————————————— lab 实验室 lab n. 实验室，研究室 Have you been in this lab before ? 你们曾经来过这个实验室吗？ This strategy works in the lab but would not go over well in an office. 这一策略在实验室中可行，但是到了办公室就不那么奏效了。 He has distilled many wonderful stories from his experiences as a crime lab technician. 他从他作为犯罪实验室技术员的经验中，写出许多精彩的故事。 —————————————— commute 上下班 commute vi. （搭乘车、船等）通勤；代偿 vt. 减刑；交换；用……交换；使……变成 n. 通勤（口语） These cars have the fuel efficiency, reliability and space to get you through your daily commute with ease. 这些汽车所具备的燃油效率、性能和空间可以使您轻松度过每日上下班的时光。 Leaving the car at home and sharing your commute with others can help you reach your gallon goal very quickly. 把汽车在家里和与其他人分享您的通勤，可以帮助您很快达到一加仑的目标。 One in three employees with a commute longer than 90 minutes say they have had recurring neck or back pain within in the past 12 months. 在上下班时间超过90分钟的雇员里面，有三分之一的人表示在过去的12个月里经常发生脖子或者背痛。 —————————————— tactics 战术 tactics n. 策略；战术；用兵学 Tactics differs from strategy. 战术有别于战略。 We still talk about teams, players and tactics every day. 我们依然会每天讨论球队、球员还有战术。 If that requires the use of bare-knuckle tactics, so be it. 即使这需要使出“不戴拳套”的格斗战术，也在所不惜。 —————————————— explode 爆炸 explode vi. 爆炸，爆发；激增 vt. 使爆炸；爆炸；推翻 They help you cool down when you feel like your anger might explode. 当你感觉自己要怒火爆发的时候，它们会帮助你冷静下来。 The grenade just near my foot hissed white smoke, but it didn't explode. 就落在我脚边的那颗手榴弹嘶嘶地冒着白烟，可它并没爆炸。 We really have no idea how these markets work or how these complex systems work or how they might just explode one day in a very unpredictable manner. 我们真是完全不知道市场如何运作，或者这些复杂系统如何运作，或者他们可能以一个完全意想不到的方式在一天之内爆发。 —————————————— overhead 开销 overhead adv. 在头顶上；在空中；在高处 adj. 高架的；在头上的；在头顶上的 n. 天花板；[会计] 经常费用；间接费用；吊脚架空层 The thunder crashed overhead. 头顶上雷声隆隆。 The fireworks cracked overhead. 鞭炮在头顶上空噼啪地爆响。 A number of birds are circling overhead. 很多鸟在头顶上空盘旋。 —————————————— consumption 消费 consumption n. 消费；消耗；肺痨 Water consumption decreased during the winter. 冬季期间水消耗量减少。 This mentalist yearn easily trigger a large-scale consumption campaign. 这种心态容易引发一场大规模消费高潮。 A moderate increase in both investment and consumption will play an active role in stimulating the market. 适度地增加投资和提高消费水平对启动市场将起积极作用。 —————————————— diet 饮食 diet n. 饮食；食物；规定饮食 vi. 节食 vt. [医] 照规定饮食 n. (Diet)人名；(法)迪耶 We must diet and take more exercise. 我们必须节食并多锻炼。 She attributes her great age to carefully planned diet. 她认为她的高寿是精心安排饮食的结果。 More exercise and a change of diet will tone up your body. 多进行锻炼并改变饮食会使你身强体壮。 —————————————— doctrine 学说 doctrine n. 主义；学说；教义；信条 What is his doctrine of Christ? 他关于基督的教义是什么？ The doctrine of surplus value is the cornerstone of Marx's economic theory. 剩余价值学说是马克思经济理论的基石。 How, then, should one support any social or political doctrine? 那么，人凭什么支撑任何社会或政治学说呢？ —————————————— sensation 感觉 sensation n. 感觉；轰动；感动 The new book has created a great sensation. 这本新书引起了巨大轰动。 They were an instant sensation on the Internet. 在网上，他们是立即引起了轰动。 Working with one's head causes a sensation of hunger quite as much as muscular work. 脑力劳动与体力劳动引起的饥饿感觉是完全一样的。 —————————————— riot 防暴 riot n. 暴乱；放纵；蔓延 vi. 骚乱；放荡 vt. 浪费，挥霍 n. (Riot)人名；(法)里奥；(西)里奥特 Their scuffle was stopped by the riot police. 他们的殴斗被防暴警察制止了。 The government succeeded in quenching the riot. 政府成功平息了暴乱。 The disturbance was repressed at last by the riot police. 骚乱最终被防暴警察镇压下来。 —————————————— dome 圆顶 dome n. 圆屋顶 vi. 成圆顶状 vt. 加圆屋顶于…上 n. (Dome)人名；(法)多姆 We are all under the dome. 我们都生活在穹顶下。 It has 5 halls with historical documents, 5 halls on the first floor and another one right under the dome of the building. 建筑包含有5个放有历史文献的大厅，这5个大厅在一楼，另有一间在建筑的圆顶之下。 To this day, no building in Florence may rise above the dome. 时至今日，在佛罗伦萨没有任何一栋建筑高过这个圆顶的。 —————————————— lead 铅 lead n. 领导；铅；导线；榜样 vt. 领导；致使；引导；指挥 vi. 领导；导致；用水砣测深 adj. 带头的；最重要的 n. (Lead)人名；(英)利德 Lead is one of the softer metals. 铅是硬度较低的金属之一。 Now they lead in the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction. 现在他们在制造大规模杀人武器方面领先。 Do you know if a piece of lead will weigh down an equal bulk of iron? 你知道一块铅是否比同样体积的铁重? —————————————— bullet 子弹 bullet n. 子弹；只选某党全部候选人的投票；豆子 vi. 射出；迅速行进 n. (Bullet)人名；(法)比莱 A bullet lamed the soldier for life. 一粒子弹让这个士兵一生跛足。 The policeman's badge deflected the bullet. 那名警察的徽章使子弹偏转了。 The revolver was loaded with only one bullet. 这支左轮手枪仅上了一颗子弹。 —————————————— ratio 比 ratio n. 比率，比例 From the database snapshot, note the counters in Listing 3 and monitor the ratio among these counters. 在数据库快照中，注意清单 3 中的计数器并监控这些计数器之间的比例。 Number of virtual processors especially the number of CPU virtual processors should be in proper ratio with physical CPU in the system. 虚拟处理器的数目，特别是 CPU 虚拟处理器的数目应该与系统中物理 CPU 成合适的比例。 So this ratio immediately gives you the transmitter velocity. 这个比例马上让你们,得到发射机的速度。 —————————————— compartment 室 compartment n. [建] 隔间；区划；卧车上的小客房 vt. 分隔；划分 Nikolai ushered me into his compartment and introduced me to his friends Victor and Walli. 尼古拉把我带到他的车厢里，把我介绍给他的朋友维克多和瓦利。 So easily did we get into our compartment, however, that I felt sure the worst was yet to come. 接着我们竟那样容易地走进了车厢，以至于我总觉得最糟糕的情况还会到来。 She staffs one of two 'silver bullets, ' Airstream-type trailers fitted out with communications suites, a compartment for the VIP and his or her aides, and lavatories. 她是两辆流线型“银弹”拖车上的工作人员，此类拖车配备有通信套间，一节专供VIP及其助手的车厢，以及洗手间。 —————————————— ball 球 ball n. 球；舞会 vi. 成团块 vt. 捏成球形 n. (Ball)人名；(土)巴勒；(英、西)鲍尔；(法、德、俄、罗、捷)巴尔 The ball drifted on the water. 那只皮球在水面上漂荡。 He clouted the ball into the south stands. 他把球打到南边的看台上去。 He cut the ball so that it bounded almost backward. 他斜削这个球，使其几乎向后弹起。 —————————————— argument 论点 argument n. 论证；论据；争吵；内容提要 His argument appealed to me. 他的论据引起了我的兴趣。 That supports the argument. 那足以证明这论点。 I defeated him by knocking down his argument. 我通过驳斥他的论点挫败了他。 —————————————— election 选举 election n. 选举；当选；选择权；上帝的选拔 This party may go out at next election. 该政党在下次选举时可能下台。 He defeated his opponents in this election. 他在这次选举中击败了对手。 They canvassed for her and helped her to win this election. 他们为她竞选游说，帮她赢得这次竞选。 —————————————— clothing 服装 clothing n. （总称）[服装] 服装；帆装 v. 覆盖（clothe的ing形式）；给…穿衣 The man denuded her of clothing. 那男人剥光了她的衣服。 He denuded her of clothing. 他剥光了她的衣服。 Now the hard winter has gone, we can cast off our winter clothing. 严冬已过，现在我们可以把冬天的衣服脱掉收起来了。 —————————————— endless 没完没了的 endless adj. 无止境的；连续的；环状的；漫无目的的 On all sides of us, endless pressure. 我们的每一边，都是无尽的压力。 The endless noise is driving me crazy. 这种无休止的噪音使我受不了啦。 Children seem to be endued with endless vitality. 儿童们仿佛赋有无限活力。 —————————————— for 为 for prep. 为，为了；因为；给；对于；至于；适合于 conj. 因为 She brewed some coffee for me. 她为我煮了些咖啡。 I thanked him for his help. 对他的帮助， 我向他致谢。 I have ordered for you. 我已为你点好菜了。 —————————————— rim rim rim n. 边，边缘；轮辋；圆圈 vi. 作…的边，装边于 vt. 作…的边，装边于 n. (Rim)人名；(俄)里姆 So the Pacific Rim has helped shape my view of the world. 因此，太平洋周边地区影响了我的世界观的形成。 Statuses, like wireless signal and battery life, are displayed along the rim of one of the screens. 至于类如无线信号、电池电量等状态信息则被显示在其中一块屏幕的边沿。 "There could still be some reorientation, and we should still look out for fractures, but this rim effect would be very important, " Melosh said. “仍然会有一些重定位过程，我们也仍然会发现裂纹，但这种边沿效应也是非常重要的。” 迈罗氏说。 —————————————— belief 信仰 belief n. 相信，信赖；信仰；教义 He holds right this belief. 他就持有这种信念。 They apostatized from their belief. 他们放弃了自己的信仰。 The chairman premised his speech on the belief that the rich want to help the poor. 主席的讲话是基于富人愿意帮助穷人这样一种信念。 —————————————— sponsor 赞助商 sponsor n. 赞助者；主办者；保证人 vt. 赞助；发起 These and other challenges were presented to contestants by businesses that sponsor the competition, including some of Europe’s leading energy companies. 向参赛者提出这些和其他挑战的是赞助这次竞赛的企业，其中包括欧洲一些主要的能源公司。 When you define the project, you make sure that you have an agreement with the project sponsor on what work should be completed in this project. 在你定义项目的时候，你要确保和项目发起人在项目应该完成的所有工作内容上达成一致意见。 It is important that your sponsor be truly committed to the value of the project to ensure that funds and support are not in jeopardy if adoption is not immediate. 发起人必须真正认可项目的价值，这一点很重要，只有这样才能确保在推广没有立即见效时资金和支持不会随之消失。 —————————————— occupy 占领 occupy vt. 占据，占领；居住；使忙碌 It will not occupy much space. 它不会占很多地方。 We do not seek to occupy other nations. 我们绝不会占领另一个国家。 It is to amuse myself that I dwell on such subjects as the lack of external comforts: they never occupy my thoughts, except at the moment when I miss them. 若是我告诉你在这里表面生活上的不舒适，那仅仅是哄哄自己的，这些从来没有占据过我的思想，除非在我想念这些的时候。 —————————————— weakness 弱点 weakness n. 弱点；软弱；嗜好 You should know your weakness. 你应清楚自己的弱点。 Do not take our restraint for a sign of weakness. 不要把我方的克制看做是软弱可欺。 In his campaign speeches, he kept pounding at the weakness of the government's foreign policy. 他在竞选演说中不断地抨击政府外交政策的弱点。 —————————————— trivial 微不足道的 trivial adj. 不重要的，琐碎的；琐细的 Trivial formalities have been done away with. 繁琐礼节都取消了。 It's useless to fire away with such trivial details. 喋喋不休地谈这些琐碎细节是无用的。 Be patient. Don't lose your temper over trivial matters. 忍着点， 别为了一点小事发火。 —————————————— lend 借 lend vt. 贷；增添，提供；把……借给 vi. 贷款 n. (Lend)人名；(德)伦德 Could you lend me your dictionary? 你能把字典借我用用吗? He promised to lend me some money,but he has ratted on me. 他答应借给我一些钱，但是他说了话不算数。 All these plans presuppose that the bank will be willing to lend us the money. 这些计划是预先假定银行会愿意借钱给我们而制定的。 —————————————— heal 治愈 heal vt. 治愈，痊愈；和解 vi. 痊愈 n. (Heal)人名；(英)希尔 This kind of ointment will heal the scald. 这种软膏能使烫伤痊愈。 The wound on your hand would heal over soon. 你手上的伤口很快就能愈合。 He could heal you of your pneumonia, you'd better go to see him as soon as possible. 他可以治好你的肺炎，你最好尽快去找他给你医治。 —————————————— flutter 颤振 flutter vi. 飘动；鼓翼；烦扰 vt. 拍；使焦急；使飘动 n. 摆动；鼓翼；烦扰 This means you position your eyes till they're but a breath away from her nipples and then flutter them open and close. 这意味着，你的双眼就位于离她乳头只不过一息之远的地方，就在那里停下来，然后睁开又闭上，颤动它们。 No one else leant over her, and whispered soothing words to her, or was near enough to hear the flutter of her beating heart. 没有其他任何人向她弯下身去，低声地对她说些安慰的话，或跟她挨得很近，可以听到她颤动的心房正在怦怦地跳动。 As he pushes open the gate and passes up the wide white walk, he sees a flutter of female garments; his wife, looking fresh and cool and sweet, steps down from the veranda to meet him. 他推开前门，沿着宽阔的白色的步行道走去，看到女人飘动的衣衫；他的妻子，看上去气色很好，那么从容，那么甜蜜，从门廊的台阶走下来迎接他。 —————————————— original 原始 original n. 原件；原作；原物；原型 adj. 原始的；最初的；独创的；新颖的 Of the original ten, four or so remain. 在原有的十个中，留下约四个左右。 She was distracted from her original interest. 她改变了自己原有的兴趣。 They accepted his advice and rescinded the original plan. 他们听从了他的劝告，撤销了原计划。 —————————————— opaque 不透明的 opaque adj. 不透明的；不传热的；迟钝的 n. 不透明物 vt. 使不透明；使不反光 You can do that, but I find the syntax kind of opaque. 您可以这样做，但是我发现语法有些不透明。 Unlike the other two, this is not an opaque type; its structure is documented. 与另外两个数据类型不同，这是一个透明的类型；其结构在文档中有介绍。 As a systems or server-side programmer, perhaps you think of PDF as just another opaque content type. 作为系统或服务器端程序员，您可能仅仅把 PDF 看成另一种不透明的内容类型。 —————————————— available 可用 available adj. 可获得的；可购得的；可找到的；有空的 We must utilize all available resources. 我们必须利用可以得到的一切资源。 He truncated a news item to fit the available space. 他删节一则新闻以适合可用的版面。 When you do go out, look for available deals and discounts. 如果一定要出去吃，记得查找可用的优惠和折扣。 —————————————— pace 速度 pace n. 一步；步速；步伐；速度 vi. 踱步；缓慢而行 vt. 踱步于；用步测 n. (Pace)人名；(捷)帕采；(英)佩斯；(法)帕斯；(罗)帕切 We have to quicken our pace. 我们必须加快步伐。 His pace began to remit. 他的步伐开始减慢。 Quickening his pace, he soon left all the other runners behind. 他加快速度， 不一会就把别的运动员都甩在后头了。 —————————————— politician 政治家 politician n. 政治家，政客 The newspaper editorial defamed the politician. 该报社论诬蔑这名政治家。 The politician deluded the voters with election promises. 那政客用竞选诺言欺骗选民。 Her testimony works against his chance of success as a politician. 她的证词使他作为一个政治家很难有成功的机会。 —————————————— trade 贸易 trade n. 贸易，交易；行业；职业 vi. 交易，买卖；以物易物 vt. 用…进行交换 We developed trade with them for mutual benefit. 我们以互利为目的与他们发展贸易。 Our object is to further cement trade relations. 我们的目标是进一步巩固贸易关系。 The customs figures show a steady decline in British trade. 关税数字表明英国的贸易一直在走下坡路。 —————————————— renaissance 文艺复兴时期的 renaissance n. 文艺复兴（欧洲14至17世纪） This was the time of the early Renaissance and the beginning of the age of exploration in Europe. 郑和开拓了一条新路。这时，也是欧洲早期文艺复兴和探索时代的开始。 Ours can be a time of a new renaissance of values, of justice, of freedom from want and from fear. 我们的时代可以成为一个从匮乏和恐惧走向价值、公正、自由的新的复兴时代。 This is a renaissance. 这是一场复兴。 —————————————— urban 城市 urban adj. 城市的；住在都市的 n. (Urban)人名；(西)乌尔万；(斯洛伐)乌尔班；(德、俄、罗、匈、塞、波、捷、瑞典、意)乌尔班；(英)厄本；(法)于尔邦 The spread of urban areas endangers wildlife. 扩大城市面积危害着野生物。 The directions of urban development have been marked out. 城市发展的规划已制定出来了。 The police drummed up new methods of dealing with urban crime. 警方找到了对付城市犯罪的新方法。 —————————————— honourable 尊敬的 honourable adj. 荣誉的；值得尊敬的；表示尊敬的；正直的 Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. 他在这三个勇士里是最尊贵的，所以作他们的首领，只是不及前三个勇士。 I want these honourable African ministers to know: you have my full support. 我希望告知这些尊贵的非洲部长：我将全力支持你们。 He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. 他比那三十个勇士都尊贵，只是不及前三个勇士。 —————————————— accelerate 加速 accelerate vt. 使……加快；使……增速 vi. 加速；促进；增加 How do you plan to accelerate the development of these technologies? 目前您打算如何加快这方面的技术研发？ At that point, post 2012, the social software market growth will accelerate as will the overall impact of social media on business and society. 在这一点上，社区软件市场在2012年以后将加速增长，使得社区媒体对企业和社会产生全面的冲击。 For that reason, it was only a matter of time until the technologies of the network would reinforce this natural tendency, and accelerate it. 由于这个原因，网络技术将会加强这个网络时代的“自然规律”，并加速它的进程，而这一切都只是时间问题。 —————————————— primary 主 primary adj. 主要的；初级的；基本的 n. 原色；最主要者 Our company has targeted career women as our primary customers. 我们公司将职业妇女作为主要客源。 A distinction should be made between the primary and secondary tasks. 要区别主要的和次要的任务。 For each set, you must designate one primary persona; the others are all secondary. 对每个组，您必须指派一个主要角色，其他的都是次要的。 —————————————— fun 有趣的 fun n. 乐趣；玩笑；有趣的人或事 adj. 供娱乐用的 vi. 开玩笑 Without me there would be no fun. 没有了我，也就没有了乐趣。 I don't mind good, clean fun, but enough is enough. 我并不介意有趣、健康的玩笑， 但要适可而止。 Never point a gun at someone, even in fun,as it might be loaded. 切切不要把枪对准某个人，即使是开玩笑，因为枪里可能装有子弹。 —————————————— treat 治疗 treat vt. 治疗；对待；探讨；视为 vi. 探讨；请客；协商 n. 请客；款待 n. (Treat)人名；(英)特里特 How you treat yourself. 你怎样对待自己。 He'll kick out if you treat him like that. 如果你那样对待他，他会反抗的。 This is my treat. 这次由我请客。 —————————————— mat 垫 mat n. 垫；垫子；衬边 vt. 缠结；铺席于……上 vi. 纠缠在一起 adj. 无光泽的 n. (Mat)人名；(土)马特；(柬)马；(英)马特，玛特(女名)(教名Matthew、Martha、Matilda的昵称) We shall have frost tonight, don't forget to cover up the cabbages with the mat. 今天夜里有霜冻， 别忘了用席子把白菜苫好。 The mat makes your computer run cooler on both your legs and hard surfaces, and that may extend its life. 这种垫子可以使你的电脑在大腿和硬物表面更凉爽的运行，这样也可以延长它的使用寿命。 Having your own yoga mat is nice, because you know only your feet and hands have been on it, but most studios have mats you can use. 最好有一块属于你自己的瑜伽垫，因为你知道你自己的手和脚在上面的感受，但是多数的培训机构都有瑜伽垫可供使用。 —————————————— sail 帆 sail vi. 航行；启航，开船 n. 帆，篷；航行 vt. 航行 When does your steamer sail? 你们的轮船什么时候启航? We discerned a sail on the horizon. 我们看见了地平线上的一张帆。 They controlled the speed by rounding in the small sail. 他们通过将小帆的绳索拉紧来控制速度。 —————————————— quotation 报价 quotation n. [贸易] 报价单；引用语；引证 What do you think of our quotation? 你觉得我方报价怎么样？ What’s your quotation? 你的报价是多少？ First of all, the quotation for each tour includes all expenses in the destination country. 首先，我社每项旅游的报价含游客在旅游过所需的一切费用。 —————————————— enlarge 扩大 enlarge vi. 扩大；放大；详述 vt. 扩大；使增大；扩展 They've decided to enlarge the company. 他们已决定扩展公司。 That photograph probably won't enlarge well. 那张照片可能不会放大得很好。 These measures would not enlarge the budget deficit because they would be paid for. 这些措施不会扩大预算赤字，因为他们都是被买过单的了。 —————————————— inevitable 不可避免的 inevitable adj. 必然的，不可避免的 That is inevitable on both sides of the relationship. 在双方的关系方面，这是不可避免的。 But I do not believe their default is at all inevitable. 不过，我并不认为这些违约都是不可避免的。 The kind of logic that says, "This was all inevitable," is impossible with that data in your hands. 这种逻辑可以这样说，“这些都是不可避免的，”是不可能有数据在你们手里。 —————————————— outer 外 outer adj. 外面的，外部的；远离中心的 n. 环外命中 The two modules will dock in outer space. 两个宇宙飞船上的舱将在外层空间对接。 Imagine that you and I go in outer space. 设想一下你和我将去到外太空。 The scientists are still working on inventing new methods of reaching outer space. 科学家们仍致力于发明到达外层空间的新方法。 —————————————— bit 位 bit n. [计] 比特（二进位制信息单位）；少量；马嚼子；辅币；老一套；一点，一块 vt. 控制 adj. 很小的；微不足道的 adv. 有点儿；相当 vt. 咬（bite的过去式和过去分词） She took a pear and bit into it. 她拿起一只梨，一口咬下去。 The dog bit me on the leg. 那条狗咬了我的腿。 The boy bit his girl friend, and got bitten back. 男孩咬了他的女朋友，又被她回咬了一口。 —————————————— ecology 生态 ecology n. 生态学；社会生态学 Having gone through the earthquake, he cared for nature more than before. So he started to study ecology. 在经历了地震之后，他比以前更注意大自然了，因此开始学习起生态学来。 Whether or not the unique ecology of this island can be saved, she says, she is determined to keep its good name. 当被问到这个岛的生态还有没有被挽救过来的余地时，她只是说，她要维护这个岛的好名声。 Future research, he says, should look at the behavior and ecology of these worms to understand what caused the new species to arise. 他说，未来的研究应该看看这些蠕虫的行为与生态学，以了解新物种的出现是由什么造成的。 —————————————— withdraw 撤回 withdraw vt. 撤退；收回；撤消；拉开 vi. 撤退；离开 The leader promised to support the plan;you can't withdraw now. 领导已答应支持这项计划，你们不能收回承诺。 But as the winter went on, I found it harder and harder to withdraw—either from the events we read and heard about, or from the zeal that seized the students in the seminar. 但随着冬天的消逝，我发现我越来越难以撤出了——要么是我们读到或听到的那些事件，要么就是抓住研讨会上的学生们的热情使然。 Sometimes this will make us withdraw, but it can also motivate us to shift our attention or change our learning strategy, he says. 有时困惑会使我们撤退，但它也能激励我们转移注意力或者改变我们的学习策略，他如是说道。 —————————————— lake 湖 lake n. 湖；深红色颜料；胭脂红 vt. （使）血球溶解 vi. （使）血球溶解 n. (Lake)人名；(德、塞、瑞典)拉克；(英)莱克 The tree hung half over the edge of the lake. 松树的一半突出在湖的边缘之上。 The lake usually freezes over by mid January. 这条湖通常在一月中旬冰封。 We shall never forget the beauty of that lake. 我们永远不会忘怀那个湖上的美景。 —————————————— criterion 标准 criterion n. （批评判断的）标准；准则；规范；准据 Practice is the sole criterion of truth. 实践是检验真理的惟一标准。 Practice is the sole criterion of truth. 实践是检验真理的唯一标准。 Only social practice can be the criterion of truth. 真理的标准只能是社会的实践。 —————————————— latent 潜在的 latent adj. 潜在的；潜伏的；隐藏的 So in that sense, there is a certain degree of latent support for him. 所以从这种意义上讲，姆拉迪奇有一定的潜在支持度。 Are the organisms actually doing this in Mono Lake, or do they have the latent ability to do so? 那些生活在莫诺湖中的有机体实际上是否是这样生存的呢，或者它们是否有着这种潜在的能力呢？ Load related problems can be found in several areas: validation of ability to meet response and scalability criteria, determination of scaling factors, and the search for latent bugs. 与负载有关的问题可以在几个地方发现：验证能力是否满足响应和可伸缩性标准、确定扩展因素以及搜索潜在的错误。 —————————————— sculpture 雕塑 sculpture n. 雕塑；雕刻；刻蚀 vt. 雕塑；雕刻；刻蚀 vi. 从事雕刻 He wanted to sculpture when he grew up. 他长大后想从事雕塑工作。 She has built these scraps of metal into a sculpture. 她把这些金属下脚料制成一尊雕刻品。 The ivory Buddha carved by Shen Weizhong, a contemporary Chinese sculptor, is the world's smallest piece of sculpture, its size being just four-fifths that of a grain of rice. 中国当代雕刻工艺师沈为众雕刻的象牙佛像是世界上最小的雕刻。 这个象牙佛像只有一粒米的五分之四大。 —————————————— unknown 未知的 unknown adj. 未知的；陌生的，默默无闻的 n. 未知数；未知的事物，默默无闻的人 His present whereabouts is unknown. 他去处不明。 We decided to chart out that unknown area. 我们决定对那个陌生地区进行勘察。 Imagination bodies forth the forms of things unknown. 想像力使未知事物的形象呈现于人们心中。 —————————————— unite 团结起来 unite vt. 使…混合；使…联合；使…团结 vi. 团结；联合；混合 The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it. 与其说是海洋分割这个世界，不如说是统一这个世界。 Care must be taken to unite with all those that can be united with. 必须注意团结一切可以团结的人。 And whether you voted for me, or you voted for Barack, the time is now to unite as a single party with a single purpose. 不管你给我投了票，还是给巴拉克投了票，现在，作为一个党派团结起来，朝同一个目标奋斗的时刻来了。 —————————————— secure 安全 secure adj. 安全的；无虑的；有把握的；稳当的 vt. 保护；弄到；招致；缚住 vi. 获得安全；船抛锚；停止工作 In nearly all secure programs, your first line of defense is to check every piece of data you receive. 在几乎所有安全的程序中，您的第一道防线就是检查您所接收到的每一条数据。 Does not test for integration issues: The security of a system requires that all of the system components be secure when integrated with each other. 不能测试整合问题：一个系统的安全性需要在与其它控件整合时保证这个系统的所有控件都是安全的。 So we came up with the idea that if we show people what we do, and they contribute by paying to come in, hopefully we can secure the longevity of the parrots. 所以我们想到这个主意：如果我们告诉人们我们所做的事，他们通过出钱参观保护区做一点贡献，我们就有希望保障鹦鹉的寿命了。 —————————————— brutal 残酷的 brutal adj. 残忍的；野蛮的，不讲理的 Her baby was rent away from her arms by a brutal bandit. 她的婴儿被一个野蛮的强盗从她怀里抢走。 I can only assume this gets the bride ready for the brutal reality of marriage. 我只能假设，这样可以是新娘对残酷的婚姻现实做好准备。 While harsh internal criticism may be brutal to hear, the ability to have that kind of dialogue is often a sign of a healthy company. 虽然犀利的内部批评听起来可能有些残忍，但是，有能力展开这样的对话通常表明这是一个健康的公司。 —————————————— pearl 珍珠 pearl n. 珍珠；珍珠色；杰出者；珍品 adj. 镶珍珠的；珍珠状的 vi. 采珍珠；成珍珠状 vt. 使成珠状；用珍珠装饰；使呈珍珠色 Pearl Harbour Incident （1941， 12，7） 珍珠港事件 How can I pull the pearl from the burning oyster? 我怎样做才能算是从燃烧的牡蛎中取出珍珠？ Real pearl is forming in there but it cannot be used in jewelry. 真正的珍珠是在其中形成的，但不能用它来制作珠宝。 —————————————— solar 太阳能 solar adj. 太阳的；日光的；利用太阳光的；与太阳相关的 n. 日光浴室 n. (Solar)人名；(法、英、意、西、塞、捷)索拉尔 This house was solar-heated. 这所房屋是用太阳能供暖、供电的。 I especially like his solar work. 我尤其喜欢他的太阳能作品。 Research shows that the latitude of your birthplace and how much solar radiation you were exposed to in the womb affects your health, wealth, happiness, longevity and creativity. 研究显示，你的出生地的纬度，也就是说，你在子宫中会受到多少太阳的照射，会影响你的健康、财富、幸福、寿命甚至是创造力。 —————————————— engine 引擎 engine n. 引擎，发动机；机车，火车头；工具 Press this button to start the engine. 要开动发动机就按这个按钮。 I waited in the car while idling the engine. 我在汽车里待着而让发动机空转着。 At last the engine of my car sputtered out on the way to the border. 在开往边境的路上，我的汽车发动机发出爆裂声后熄掉了。 —————————————— touch 触摸 touch vt. 接触；触动；使轻度受害 vi. 触摸；涉及；接近；提到 n. 接触；触觉；格调；少许 n. (Touch)人名；(柬)杜；(英)陶奇 The blind have a keen touch. 盲人有敏锐的触觉。 You might get in touch with him. 你不妨同他联系一下。 I will hole you like a hive if you dare to touch my wife once. 如果你胆敢碰我妻子一个手指头，我就把你打成筛子。 —————————————— bucket 桶 bucket n. 桶，水桶；铲斗；一桶的量 v. 倾盆而下；颠簸着行进 n. (Bucket)人名；(德)布克特 The horse kicked over a milk bucket. 那匹马踢翻了一个牛奶桶。 Peter has fainted;this bucket of water should fetch him round. 彼得昏过去了，这桶水会使他苏醒过来。 She reeled up her fishing line and went back with an empty bucket. 她把鱼线收回，提着一个空桶回来了。 —————————————— clothes 衣服 clothes n. 衣服 Your clothes fit well. 你的衣服很合身。 The child threw his clothes about in the bedroom. 这孩子把衣服扔的卧室里到处都是。 Do you think I can jam all these clothes in this suitcase? 你觉得我能把所有这些衣服塞进这个手提箱吗? —————————————— generator 发电机 generator n. 发电机；发生器；生产者 This generator drives an energetic wind of electrons and ions away from the neutron star. 这个发电机制造出强劲的能量风，把电子和离子吹离中子星。 Now we then have to condense that steam and recirculate it back either to a steam generator or back to the core. 现在，我们需要压缩蒸气,将它流通回去，或者到一个蒸气发电机,或回到核心。 But what we wanna be able to do is kind of think through how this reactor, steam generator and pressuriser are interconnected with all the systems. 但是我们想要能够做的就是思考,这个电站，蒸汽发生器，和加压的,是如何的与所有的系统相互作用的。 —————————————— invent 发明 invent vt. 发明；创造；虚构 So they need to invent a new term. 所以，他们需要创造一个新的术语。 As a couple, you have the opportunity to invent your own rituals together. 作为一对恋人，你们也有机会去创造你们自己的规矩。 “If I could only invent something that would make me invisible,” he said. 他说：“只要我能发明一样能使我隐形的东西就可以了。” —————————————— lump 肿块 lump n. 块，块状；肿块；瘤；很多；笨人 vt. 混在一起；使成块状；忍耐；笨重地移动 vi. 结块 adj. 成团的；总共的 adv. 很；非常 You are the one with a lump. 你是那个有了肿块的人。 One day, I noticed a lump in her skin. 有一天，我注意到她皮肤上有个肿块。 Then the lump or cancer attaches itself to this wall. 然后肿块或癌就附着在那钙壁上。 —————————————— match 匹配 match vt. 使比赛；使相配；敌得过，比得上；相配；与…竞争 vi. 比赛；匹配；相配，相称；相比 n. 比赛，竞赛；匹配；对手；火柴 He missed out at the match. 他在这次比赛中失败了。 All the newspapers reported on the football match of France versus Italy. 所有的报纸都报道了法国队对意大利队的足球比赛。 You need to condition yourself if you are to play in the football match on Saturday. 如果你要参加星期六的足球比赛，就需要把你自己调整到最佳状态。 —————————————— kit 工具包 kit n. 工具箱；成套工具 vt. 装备 vi. 装备 n. (Kit)人名；(俄)基特；(东南亚国家华语)吉；(英)基特，姬特(女名)(教名 Christopher、Katherine 的昵称) Here’s the most basic computer maintenance kit that I think any user should have. 这些是最基本的电脑维护工具包，我觉得任何用户都应该有。 Inside the kit are the benchmark facilities for loading the database and driving the benchmark. 这个工具包中有用于装载数据库和驱动基准的一些基准工具。 A weekend with this book and the NXT kit is all you need to become an intermediate developer with the NXT system. 一个周末的时间，以及该书和 NXT 工具包，就是您成为 NXT 系统中级开发人员所需的全部。 —————————————— nurse 护士 nurse vt. 看护，护理；照顾；培养；给…喂奶 vi. 照料，护理；喂奶；当保姆 n. 护士；奶妈，保姆 n. (Nurse)人名；(英)纳斯 The nurse dosed the patient with aspirin. 护士给病人服阿司匹林。 The patient nurse administered to the dying man. 耐心的护士照料那名垂死的男人。 The patient nurse ministered to the dying old man. 耐心的护士照料着那个垂死的老人。 —————————————— pine 松 pine vi. 渴望，痛苦；憔悴 n. [林] 松树；凤梨，菠萝 vt. 为…悲哀；哀悼 adj. 松木的；似松的 n. (Pine)人名；(英)派因 The wall was paneled with pine. 四周的墙都镶(或贴)上松木板。 A tall pine dominated the landscape. 一棵高耸的松树俯视全景。 That was material from after In Pine Effect really. 那真的是自《松树效应》以后截取的素材。 —————————————— vulgar 粗俗的 vulgar adj. 粗俗的；通俗的；本土的 n. 平民，百姓 The speaker played to the gallery by indulging in vulgar jokes. 为了哗众取宠， 那位演讲者大讲特讲粗俗的笑话。 Beneath his tissue-thin veneer of good manners,he was a very vulgar man. 剥去他那彬彬有礼的薄层外表，他其实是个很庸俗的人。 Nobody ever suggested that he was corrupt, or ambitious in any vulgar way, or that anything he did was actuated by fear or malice. 没有任何人用任何粗俗的方式提到过他腐败或者有野心，或者他做的任何事是由恐惧或者敌意促成的。 —————————————— ingenious 巧妙的 ingenious adj. 有独创性的；机灵的，精制的；心灵手巧的 He studied the Namib beetle, an ingenious species that lives in one of the driest places on earth. 他研究了纳米布甲虫，这是一种机灵的物种，生活在世界上最干燥的地方之一。 He thinks it was an ingenious experiment and perhaps even representative of the future of advertising. 他认为那是一个巧妙的的试验，甚至可能是未来广告的典型。 So we continue to listen out for the signal from aliens through ever more ingenious methods. But we are transmitting too. 我们用更精巧的方法继续聆听外星人发出的信号。但是我们也在发射信号。 —————————————— hamper 阻碍 hamper vt. 妨碍；束缚；使困累 n. 食盒，食篮；阻碍物 Similar restrictions hamper the distribution of foreign books and magazines. 类似的限制阻碍了国外书籍和杂志的销售。 But the lack of resources and capacity may hamper their efforts, experts have said. 但是专家说，缺乏资源和能力可能妨碍他们的举措。 The artery should get wider when blood flow in the area increases, but diseases such as atherosclerosis hamper this effect. 局部血流增加时，动脉应该增粗，但是诸如动脉粥样硬化之类的疾病妨碍这种作用。 —————————————— gallon 每加仑 gallon n. 加仑（容量单位） n. (Gallon)人名；(法、意、瑞典)加隆 Four quarts constitute a gallon. 四夸脱构成一加仑。 The subsidy of 45 cents per gallon remains. 每加仑45美分的补贴仍然在执行。 We just harvest them and grow a bunch in a 42-gallon [160-liter] barrel so we can spray it out in a food-rich environment. 我们只是把它们收集起来，培养成42加仑（160升）一桶，这样我们就能把它们洒在一个食物丰富的环境里。 —————————————— regulation 监管 regulation n. 管理；规则；校准 adj. 规定的；平常的 Some of this relates to the complexity of the subject for those unfamiliar with finance, accounting or regulation. 一部分原因就是，对于不熟悉金融、会计或法规的人而言，这些主题十分复杂。 It opposes separating the regulation of a company from its products, saying each regulator will only have half the information. 它反对将对公司的监管从产品中分离出来，这样每个监管机构只能获知一半信息。 The proclamation may be part of a larger feud within the government, and perhaps in the business world as well, over parceling out regulation of the booming industry. 在这个正在急速壮大的产业中制定规则的宣言可能成为政府内部更大的争执的一部分，商业世界可能也是如此。 —————————————— crowd 人群 crowd n. 群众,一伙;一堆,许多,大众 v. 拥挤,挤满,挤进 vt. 挤满,将...塞进;催促,催逼 vi. 挤,拥挤,聚集 She lost her son in the crowd. 她在人群中看不见她儿子了。 They twisted through the crowd. 他们迂回穿过人群。 He missed her in the crowd. 他没有在人群中看到她。 —————————————— composite 复合 composite n. 复合材料；合成物；菊科 adj. 复合的；合成的；菊科的 vt. 使合成；使混合 This "composite" pattern then provides guidance to developers on how to code the components themselves. 然后这个 "合成" 模式提供向导来帮助开发者为组件编码。 Then, along with other services, they can assemble it into a composite application as part of an SOA solution. 然后，同其他服务一起，它被合成到一个应用程序中，作为SOA解决方案的一部分。 Although read-only in this form, it could be used as the starting point for creating an administration tool for migrating composite applications. 虽然是只读形式，但是它可以作为一个起点，在此基础上创建用于迁移复合应用程序的管理工具。 —————————————— provoke 引发 provoke vt. 驱使；激怒；煽动；惹起 I said [did] nothing to provoke him. 我可没惹他呀! They have only to provoke an enemy into an attack. 他们只要惹怒敌人， 使其发动进攻即可。 They were huddled together near a fire. They looked at me with dull eyes, then looked away, as if afraid to provoke me. 当时他们卷缩在一个火堆旁，用木纳的眼光看着我，然后又很快把目光移开，似乎害怕惹恼我。 —————————————— pea 豌豆 pea n. 豌豆 n. (Pea)人名；(意)佩亚 In the morning you should wash and filter the pea.Then we pour it into a pan and put it on fire. 早上起来我们只需要把豌豆清洗和筛选一下，然后就把它放进锅里，打开火开始煮。 Long-term consumption of grass pea can lead to paralysis, as the plant produces a neurotoxin — giving people a choice between starvation or paralysis. 长期食用草豌豆可能导致瘫痪，因为这种植物制造一种神经毒素——这让人们需要在饥饿或瘫痪之间做出选择。 People who have lots of papillae have been dubbed supertasters for their ability to really perceive, say, the bitterness in arugula or the subtle sweetness of a pea. 有许多乳突的人被称为味觉超敏感者，因为他们的实际感知能力很强，比如他们能品尝出芝麻菜的苦味或是豌豆的微小甜味。 —————————————— challenge 挑战 challenge n. 挑战；怀疑 vt. 向…挑战；对…质疑 She looked at me with challenge. 她带着挑战的目光看着我。 He threw out a challenge. 他提出了一个挑战。 I challenge the truth of your story. 我对你说的情况表示怀疑。 —————————————— spectator 观众 spectator n. 观众；旁观者 The role of a work is to communicate its message to the spectator. 一部艺术作品的作用在于把它的含义传达给观众。 I had been a spectator, and then suddenly a participant, a player, and member of the jury. 我是个旁观者，这时却突然成了一个参与者，一个参加者，陪审团的成员。 When we watch a person running about looking for something in a field, the wise man can set a puzzle for all the spectator to solve: what has that person lost? 当我们看见一个人在一片田野里跑来跑去在寻找东西时，智者可以弄出一个难题给一切旁观者去解答：那个人失掉了什么东西呢？ —————————————— sponge 海绵 sponge vt. 抹掉；用海绵擦拭；讨得 vi. 采集海绵；过寄生生活；海绵般地吸收 n. 海绵；海绵状物 A sponge absorbs water. 海绵吸水。 Sponge yourself down, and then take a shower. 先用海绵擦洗一下，再冲淋浴。 He poured water on it, Then he squeezed the sponge. 他倒水在上面然后压榨那块海绵。 —————————————— resume 的简历 resume n. 摘要；[管理] 履历，简历 vt. 重新开始，继续；恢复，重新占用 vi. 重新开始，继续 It symptomatizes that they will resume their relations. 这表明他们将恢复关系。 You can resume or pause the endpoints through these panels. 您可以通过这些面板恢复或暂停端点。 How soon should agriculture resume after a disaster? 灾难之后应该如何尽快恢复农业？ —————————————— beard 胡子 beard vt. 公然反对；抓…的胡须 n. 胡须；颌毛 vi. 充当掩护；充当男随员 n. (Beard)人名；(英)比尔德 He razors his beard every morning. 他每天早晨刮胡子。 He razor-cuts his face clean of beard every day. 他每天用剃刀把脸上的胡子刮干净。 It took courage for her to beard the board of directors. 她要公然反对董事会还需要勇气。 —————————————— snack 零食 snack n. 小吃，快餐；一份，部分 vi. 吃快餐，吃点心 So how to we snack? 我们怎么计划零食？ So steam it, eat it raw as a snack, or add it to soups and salads. 所以最好是蒸熟，或像零食一样生吃，也可以加到汤里或是沙拉中。 Beginning with breakfast, list every food, drink, and snack you consume in the left column. 从早饭开始，在左面一栏列出你吃的每一样食物、饮料和零食。 —————————————— major 主要 major adj. 主要的；重要的；主修的；较多的 n. [人类] 成年人；主修科目；陆军少校 vi. 主修 n. (Major)人名；(西)马霍尔；(法)马若尔；(捷、德、塞、瑞典)马约尔；(英)梅杰 We were broadcasting on all the major channels. 我们在全部主要频道播送节目。 The politician tried to disaffect every major voting bloc. 该政客企图煽起每个主要的选举集团的不满。 Their first major design took off in high schools and colleges. 他们的头一个重要的设计在大中学校流行开来。 —————————————— distil 蒸馏 distil vi. 蒸馏；提炼；渗出 vt. 蒸馏；提取…的精华；使渗出 By the tenth century, Arabs had figured out how to distil it; the streets of Cairo were lit by the stuff. 在第十世纪，阿拉伯人想出了如何蒸馏石油。 开罗用这种材料来照亮大街。 Try a variety of materials to extract the oils. They will not always smell the same after extraction as before, as some oils are easier to distil this way. 尝试一下用各种材料来提炼精油。它们提炼后的气味经常与提炼之前不同，并且有一些精油更容易用这种方法提炼。 When they took the paper out, Shereshevskii could remember it exactly…Shereshevskii could remember, but he couldn’t distil. 当他们再次把这张纸拿到所罗门·舍雷舍夫斯基面前时，他依旧能准确地记起来。 他能记得事实，却无法提炼。 —————————————— local 当地的 local n. [计] 局部；当地居民；本地新闻 adj. 当地的；局部的；地方性的；乡土的 Every evening the local people perambulate around the park. 每天晚上，当地居民常在这公园里散步。 You can change your sterling into the local currency at the airport. 你可以在机场把你的英镑兑换成当地的货币。 The local shops have been marked in on this map so that people can choose a house in a suitable area. 这张地图已将当地的一些商店增加进去，这样人们就能在适当的地区内选择住所。 —————————————— arbitrary 任意的 arbitrary adj. [数] 任意的；武断的；专制的 Then you have another criteria which is the accident source term, this is an arbitrary definition of what the source term would be in the event of an accident. 然后，你们还有其他的标准,也就是事故来源规定，这是关于来源规定是什么的任意定义,在一个事故的发生中。 Of all the things that shape who we are, few seem more arbitrary than the sequence in which we and our siblings pop out of the womb. 在所有塑造我们成为现在这个样子的因素中，几乎没什么比我们和我们的兄弟姐妹从娘胎里钻出来的顺序更随意的了。 This is an arbitrary block of XML, which means it can be formatted to match any XML schema. 这是一个任意的 XML 块，这意味着可以对它进行格式化来匹配任何 XML 模式。 —————————————— mature 成熟的 mature adj. 成熟的；充分考虑的；到期的；成年人的 vi. 成熟；到期 vt. 使…成熟；使…长成；慎重作出 I'll let you have an answer after mature consideration. 我考虑成熟后再给你回答。 Mature women are more likely to climax during intercourse than young girls. 成熟的妇女在性交中比年轻的姑娘更易达到性高潮。 That may be because I am a wordsmith, but also because it is the most mature. 这可能是因为我是一个富文本编辑器用户 ，而且还因为它是目前最成熟的。 —————————————— musician 音乐家 musician n. 音乐家 I do not think much of her as a musician. 她作为一名音乐家，我认为不怎么样。 Each musician must concentrate on playing his or her part while also staying in tune and in sync with the band. 每个音乐家必须集中精力演奏他或她自己的部分，同时还要与乐队保持合拍和同步。 Each musician is an active member of the symphony. 每个音乐家都是交响乐中活跃的一个分子。 —————————————— wedge 楔 wedge vt. 楔入；挤进；楔住 vi. 楔入；挤进 n. 楔子；楔形物；导致分裂的东西 n. (Wedge)人名；(英)韦奇 Please wedge this cabinet to keep it from tipping. 请在橱底楔入楔子以防它倾斜。 Then, you can look at the amount of area inside this triangular wedge. 然后你可以看到在这三角形楔形物里的面积。 Prized vintages from the 19th century have sold for thousands of dollars a wedge. 正如19世纪珍贵的葡萄酒现在可以卖到数千美元一楔。 —————————————— stock 股票 stock n. 股份，股票；库存；血统；树干；家畜 adj. 存货的，常备的；平凡的 vt. 进货；备有；装把手于… vi. 囤积；办货；出新芽 n. (Stock)人名；(德、匈、捷)施托克；(英、法、葡、瑞典)斯托克 The stock market will soon rally. 股票行情不久即将回升。 All stock prices have jumped up this month. 本月所有股票的价格都已暴涨。 His father owns some stock in that railroad. 他的父亲在那条铁路上有些股份。 —————————————— rouse 劳斯 rouse vt. 唤醒；激起，使振奋；惊起 vi. 醒来；奋起 n. 觉醒；奋起 n. (Rouse)人名；(英)劳斯 I asked, in order to rouse him; for he would not stir. 我问，为的是要唤醒他，因为他一动也不动。 “We’re stuck in the short term, can’t rouse ourselves to do much that’s inspiring, ” he said. “我们陷入了短期行为，没能唤醒我们自己去做更多振奋人心的事。” 他说。 Illness, fever, stress, injury or even sunlight, among many factors, could rouse the virus. 生病，燥热，压力，伤口，甚至是暴露在阳光下等都会将这些病毒唤醒。 —————————————— scheme 计划 scheme n. 计划；组合；体制；诡计 vi. 搞阴谋；拟订计划 vt. 计划；策划 n. (Scheme)人名；(瑞典)谢默 He set his face against the scheme from the first. 从一开始他就坚决反对这项计划。 I really think that this interesting scheme will work out. 我确实认为这个有趣的方案可能成功。 Finding his own scheme met with no support, the Mayor faced round and supported the ideas of his Councillors. 市长发现自己的方案得不到支持，便改变主意，赞同市议员们的意见。 —————————————— verbal 口头 verbal adj. 口头的；言语的；动词的；照字面的 n. 动词的非谓语形式 Choose one thing each from your first list, and make a verbal agreement to continue to do it. 从你们的第一张表里选择一件事，达成口头的协定继续这样做下去。 Ask for your purpose in this state of stillness without expecting a verbal answer from your mind. 在这种宁静的状态下询问你的目标，不要指望从你大脑里得到一个口头的答案。 Then, choose one thing each from your second list, and make a verbal agreement to each other to improve or change it. 然后从你们的第二张表里选择一件事，达成口头的协定去改进或者改变它。 —————————————— hill 山 hill n. 小山；丘陵；斜坡；山冈 n. (Hill)人名；(法、西)伊尔；(德、英、匈、捷、罗、芬、瑞典)希尔 My bike spanked down the hill. 我的自行车疾驶滑下了山坡。 The hill was high and steep,so we roped up. 山高路陡，所以我们得用一条绳子相互系在一起。 The slope began to ease off towards the edge of hill above. 那斜坡向上方的山边缘缓缓延伸开去。 —————————————— intend 意愿 intend vt. 打算；想要；意指 vi. 有打算 But what, then, did he intend? 但他到底打算做什么呢？ I intend you to take over. 我打算让你来接管。 Oddly enough, that is precisely what I intend. 说也奇怪， 那正是我的打算。 —————————————— manufacture 制造 manufacture n. 制造；产品；制造业 vt. 制造；加工；捏造 vi. 制造 The equipment is of our own manufacture. 这设备是我们自己制造的。 This method of manufacture evolved out of a long process of trial. 这种制造方法是在长期试验过程中逐步形成的。 The question of what we will design and manufacture and sell however, was postponed. 对我们将设计、制造和销售什么产品的问题暂时不进行讨论。 —————————————— recycle 回收 recycle vt. 使再循环；使…重新利用 vi. 重复利用 n. 再生；再循环；重复利用 They recycle empty tins so as to use the metal. 他们回收空罐头盒以利用其金属。 My only other vice is drinking beer, but I recycle the cans. 我的另外一个坏处是喝啤酒，但是我回收啤酒罐。 Generally speaking, every time you drink a can of beer and you recycle it, some part of that can will be back up in a shop within the next 60 days. 一般说来，每喝掉一罐啤酒，然后对这个铝合金啤酒罐进行回收，那么不到60天，这个罐子中的一部分材料就会再度回到商店里。 —————————————— intrigue 阴谋 intrigue n. 阴谋；诡计；复杂的事；私通 vt. 用诡计取得；激起...的兴趣 vi. 私通；密谋 He never dirtied his hands with political intrigue. 他从不参与政治阴谋玷污自己。 Intrigue and deceit seem to dog the management of just about every political party. 阴谋与欺骗看来尾随着几乎每一个政党的管理。 Whether or not any geostrategic intrigue is at play, there is no doubt that the growing energy diversification movement in the Middle East will have important ramifications for the region. 不管这些地缘政治的阴谋是否得逞，中东地区能源多样化无疑会对该地区开辟其它各种能源产生重大的的影响。 —————————————— tariff 关税 tariff n. 关税表；收费表 vt. 定税率；征收关税 Tariff increases comprise only about a third of these actions and a half for developing countries. 关税提高仅占这些措施的三分之一左右，对于发展中国家占一半。 But this trade deal isn't simply about who pays what tariff at our borders. 然而，这项贸易协定并非只涉及谁在我们的边界支付多少关税的问题。 In the modern era, thanks to a half century of tariff-reducing global trade negotiations, protection is far less extreme. But it is no less political. 半个世纪以来，经过旨在降低关税的全球贸易谈判，当代保护主义远不如过去那样极端化，但其政治性并没有减弱。 —————————————— workman 工人 workman n. 工匠；技工；男工 n. (Workman)人名；(英)沃克曼 One day, he was sitting on his father's knee. The boy picked up a small piece of steel and a workman's tool, a hammer. 一天，他坐在他父亲的膝盖上，拾起了一块钢和一把工匠的锤子。 After assessing the owners' personalities, however, Workman and his colleagues didn't find strong correlations between the humans and preconceived notions about their pups. 在测量主人的人格之后，Workman和他的同事还是没有发现人与他们狗狗之间任何预想特质之间的强相关。 Mr. Hill’s book, “The Step Diet” (Workman, 2004), is ideal if you’re determined to keep weight off. 对于下定决心减轻体重的你来说，希尔先生的书《步骤减肥餐》（The Step Diet Workman 2004）很理想。 —————————————— onion 洋葱 onion n. 洋葱；洋葱头 Let's prick the onion plant out. 让我们把洋葱幼苗移出来。 I always fry potatoes in hot fat with a bit of onion. 我用热油炒土豆时总是加少些洋葱。 As you peel away the onion skin,you will find another skin underneath. 你剥去洋葱皮时，你会发现皮下还有皮。 —————————————— conceive 怀孕 conceive vt. 怀孕；构思；以为；持有 vi. 怀孕；设想；考虑 We can't conceive of living without a telephone. 我们简直设想不出没有电话人怎么活下去。 The doctor told her that she couldn't conceive again. 医生告诉她不能再怀孕了。 All women don't conceive the first time they have sex, as they should have unprotected sex at the right time of the month for pregnancy to occur. 所有女人都不会在第一次做爱的时候怀孕，因为他们要选择一个月中正确的时间做无防卫的性爱才能让怀孕发生。 —————————————— ash 灰 ash n. 灰；灰烬 n. (Ash)人名；(英、俄、捷)阿什 Ash and cinders blazed down from the erupting volcano. 炽热的火山灰和火山渣从爆发的火山纷纷喷发落下。 If the ash cloud were to drift in another direction flights could be sent around or above it. 届时如果火山灰云飘向另一个方向，航班将可以在其周围或上方飞行。 A child like Erica could get this far without knowing what ash was, until she saw it spewing from a mountain. 像埃里卡这样的孩子能长这么大了却不知道灰是什么，直到她看到灰从山上喷涌而出。 —————————————— radiant 辐射 radiant adj. 辐射的；容光焕发的；光芒四射的 n. 光点；发光的物体 With Mindfulness clear and radiant, I purify my mind. 我用清晰的光芒四射的智慧净化我的思想。 One of the best ways to make your face look more radiant is to boost your smile with an instant teeth whitener. 让你的脸看起来更光芒四射的最佳方法之一是，使用速效牙齿增白剂，给你的笑容添彩。 Or the moments when our two children were born and her face became radiant as she emerged from the unreachable realm of labor into exultation. 像是当我们的两个孩子出生时．她从旁人无法触及的分娩痛楚的情形中露出的欢喜时容光焕发的那一刻。 —————————————— abundant 丰富的 abundant adj. 丰富的；充裕的；盛产 Our country is abundant in minerals. 我国矿产非常丰富。 Our world should also be abundant and merged. 我们的世界也应该是丰富的，融合的。 Our country has a vast territory and abundant resources. 我国土地辽阔， 资源丰富。 —————————————— reform 改革 reform n. 改革，改良；改正 vt. 改革，革新；重新组成 vi. 重组；改过 adj. 改革的；改革教会的 At first they resisted the call for reform. 起初，他们对改革的号召加以抵制。 We have never doubted of the success of our reform. 我们从未怀疑过我们的改革会获得成功。 Without the reform of the economic management system our industry will rot. 没有经济管理体制的改革，我们的工业就会逐渐衰退。 —————————————— axis 轴 axis n. 轴；轴线；轴心国 They are generally round but stretch longer along one axis than along the other. 总体上它们是圆的，但沿一根轴比另一根轴延伸得要更长一些。 Imagine it like this: If you spin something, the direction of the axis tends to wobble. 这样想一下：如果你旋转什么东西，这个轴的方向将会变化。 In this case I will assume the cylinder is falling with the axis of the cylinder parallel to the ground (so the person would land on the back). 在这种情况下，我假设该圆柱是以柱轴跟地面平行的方式下落的（这样才能使人背部着地）。 —————————————— avail 效果 avail n. 效用，利益 vt. 有益于，有益于；使对某人有利。 vi. 有益于，有益于；使对某人有利。 I am afraid my eloquence did not avail against the facts. 恐怕我的雄辩也无补于事实了。 We try to help, giving our time and soul, but it’s to no avail. 我们试图付出时间和灵魂来帮助，但一切都无济于事。 My attacker rushed me again. He rammed me in the chest with his head and body, striking me over and over again with all his might, still to no avail. 我的袭击者又冲向了我，用他的脑袋和身体撞击我的胸膛，一次又一次，竭尽全力却无济于事。 —————————————— observation 观察 observation n. 观察；监视；观察报告 Every observation we make involves the exchange of energy. 我们所做的每个观测,包含了能量的交换。 When experiments are to be made, one cannot rely too much upon the human senses to make accurate observation. 在做实验时，不能过分依靠人类的感觉去做精确的观察。 Well, the first observation is that the velocity vector what can I say about the velocity vector of this motion? 首先，第一个观察到的就是速度向量,关于这个运动中的速度向量，我可以说点什么呢？ —————————————— card 卡 card n. 卡片；纸牌；明信片 vt. 记于卡片上 n. (Card)人名；(英)卡德 She bosomed her birthday card. 她把生日贺卡揣在怀里。 He listed all the members' names on the card. 他把所有会员的名字都记在卡片上。 The crews of the Card and its consorts had eaten Christmas dinner in Casablanca before sailing. 在起航前“卡德”号和僚舰上的官兵已在卡萨布兰卡吃了圣诞晚餐。 —————————————— variable 变量 variable adj. 变量的；可变的；易变的，多变的；变异的，[生物] 畸变的 n. [数] 变量；可变物，可变因素 Next, we will define our other variable. 接下来，我们将定义另一个变量。 A variable in a computer program references a location in memory. 计算机程序中的变量引用存储单元。 And you have not declared any other variable for the workflow so far. 迄今为止，您不能为工作流声明任何其他变量。 —————————————— suck 吸 suck vt. 吸吮；吸取 vi. 吸吮；糟糕；巴结 n. 吮吸 Plants suck moisture from the earth. 植物从土壤中吸收水分。 They just want to suck on our blood. 他们只是想吸我们的血而已。 They slit open the organisms and suck out the cytoplasm. 它们撕开海藻那单细胞的机体，将细胞质吸出来。 —————————————— pour 为了 pour 为了；向，往；因为，由于；交换，替代；作为；就…来说，对于，至于，说到；尽管；结果是，以至于 赞成，同意 Au revoir,et merci pour tout. 再见，感谢您所作的一切。 Bienvenue pour visiter des amis en coopération. 欢迎广大朋友参观考察合作。 Pour nos agriculteurs est un bon projet, le revenu est assez bon! 对于我们农民来说是一个不错的项目，收益也相当好！ —————————————— fit 适合 fit vt. 安装；使……适应；使……合身；与……相符 vi. 符合，配合；适合；合身 adj. 健康的；合适的；恰当的；准备好的 n. 合身；发作；痉挛 n. (Fit)人名；(捷、罗)菲特 These shoes fit me beautifully. 这双鞋我穿着正合适。 This coat does not fit me. 这上衣并不适合我穿。 You should fit your style of living to your circumstances. 你应当让你的生活方式适应环境。 —————————————— modify 修改 modify vt. 修改，修饰；更改 vi. 修改 We recommend that you not modify this behavior. 我们建议您不要修改此行为。 As you can see below, you can modify, delete and add tags. 如你下面看到的，你可以修改、编辑、删除和添加标签。 You can use it as a template or modify it to use as your project template. 您可以将它作为一个模板来使用，或将其修改作为您的项目模板来使用。 —————————————— supplement 补充 supplement vt. 增补，补充 n. 增补，补充；补充物；增刊，副刊 I use cloth napkins and cleaning cloths entirely, and I supplement with paper. 我完全使用餐巾布和清洁布，有时候补充使用餐巾纸。 I say "almost” because some women will find they need to supplement their newborn’s diet with formula. 我说“几乎”是因为一些女性发现他们需要为新生儿购买配方食品来作补充。 In addition, in the fourth article in this series, you will learn how to write your own analyzers to supplement those shipped with the tool itself. 此外，在本系列的第四篇文章中，您将学习如何编写 您自己的分析程序以补充该工具本身所提供的那些分析程序。 —————————————— invade 入侵 invade vt. 侵略；侵袭；侵扰；涌入 vi. 侵略；侵入；侵袭；侵犯 Germs invade the organism. 病菌会侵入机体。 Why do you tell your people to invade our land and kill us, when your religion says no one must kill anyone made in the image of your God? 你们为何要告诉你们的人民入侵我们的土地，杀死我们的人，而你们的宗教却说，按照上帝的形状造的人，任何人都不得杀害？ And that helps the wasp shrink so small that it can avoid most predators and invade the eggs of other insects. 这使得黄蜂可以缩到如此之小以至于它可以避免大多数食肉动物和其他昆虫的卵入侵。 —————————————— it 它 it abbr. 信息技术information technology abbr. 意大利Italy；意大利的Italian She shows me how to do it. 她告诉我怎样做这事。 Did you ever talk it over with him? 你可曾跟他谈过这个问题? I have looked it up in the encyclopedia. 我已经在百科全书中查到它了。 —————————————— civilian 平民 civilian adj. 民用的；百姓的，平民的 n. 平民，百姓 The enemy soldier disguised as civilian. 一名敌兵伪装成了平民。 But the civilian world cannot be far behind. 但是平民的世界不能落后。 Therefore, for us to have the people with us, we must avoid civilian casualties. 因此，我们必须避免平民死伤，这样才能赢得人民的支持。 —————————————— induce 诱导 induce vt. 诱导；引起；引诱；感应 That fluidity should induce some humility on the part of would-be media scolds, though it rarely does. 那种易变性应当引起对一些有预谋的媒体责骂保持某种谦卑,尽管那很难做到。 When their initial lure had played out, the pioneers of the West found other attractions to induce them to stay on. 这些西部拓荒者的最初的诱惑力逐渐消失之后，他们又转而寻找别的兴趣诱使他们继续留下。 Using blood to nourish and grow the stem cells, Zhu managed to induce them to differentiate into three lineages: first bone and cartilage, then muscle, and then neuron. 利用血液去培育干细胞获得成功以后，朱敏设法诱导它们分化成三种细胞系：先是骨骼和软骨细胞，然后是肌细胞，再是神经元。 —————————————— weep 哭泣 weep vi. 哭泣；流泪；哀悼；滴落；渗出液体 vt. 哭泣；流泪；悲叹；流出或渗出液体 n. 哭泣；眼泪；滴下 But be warned: You will read it and weep. 但是提醒一句：你阅读它，可能会流泪。 He turned to leave,whereat she began to weep. 他转身离去，于是她哭了起来。 Allow yourself to weep for things you have lost. 容许你为自己已经失去的事物而哭泣。 —————————————— asset 资产 asset n. 资产；优点；有用的东西；有利条件；财产；有价值的人或物 n. （法）阿塞（人名） You then need to categorize the asset in the next screen. 然后在下一个屏幕中，需要对资产进行分类。 On the other hand, your debt is an asset to the bank, but it is your liability. 在另一方面，你的债务是银行的一种资产，但它却是你的债务。 You could prefix the configuration names with abbreviations for the asset registry to which they belong. 您可以将这些配置的名称的前缀设定为它们所属的资产注册的缩写。 —————————————— wire 线 wire n. 电线；金属丝；电报 vt. 拍电报；给…装电线 vi. 打电报 n. (Wire)人名；(英)怀尔 He twisted the wire into a U shape. 他把金属丝拗成了一个U字形。 You feed the wire in here and it come out at the other end. 你把铁丝从这里插进去，它会从那一头出来。 The electrician led the wire in through a hole in the wall. 电工把线从墙上的一个洞引了进来。 —————————————— painful 痛苦的 painful adj. 痛苦的；疼痛的；令人不快的 He is seized with a painful sickness. 他得了一种痛苦的疾病。 It doesn't do to dwell over much on one's painful memories. 过分沉溺于自己的痛苦回忆之中是不行的。 Above all, of course, it is drawing all the inferences from that painful independence. 当然，这首要的就是从那痛苦的独立之中得出所有的结论。 —————————————— domain 域 domain n. 领域；域名；产业；地产 n. (Domain)人名；(英、法)多曼 But there would be other domain. 但是也还有其他领域的人。 The domain is vast. 领域广大。 Next, I have my domain objects implement the interface. 下一步，我使我的域对象实现该界面。 —————————————— entry 条目 entry n. 进入；入口；条目；登记；报关手续；对土地的侵占 The authorities deported her for illegal entry. 当局以她非法入境为由将她驱逐出境。 It then fills in that entry in the table and jumps there. 然后它会在表中填入这个条目并跳转到那个已加载函数。 I've lost the key of my house, so I'll have to force an entry. 我把房门钥匙丢失了，因此我只能强行进入了。 —————————————— location 位置 location n. 位置（形容词locational）；地点；外景拍摄场地 This corner would make a good location for a gas station. 这个拐角将是设立一个加油站的好地点。 In some editors, you may have to specify the location of these files through other configuration means. 在一些编辑器里，您可能必须通过其他的构造方式指定这些文件的位置。 At each location on the sequence, we can measure all these different attributes of chromatin. 在序列的每个位置上，我们都可以测量染色质的这些不同属性。 —————————————— evident 很明显 evident adj. 明显的；明白的 Nevertheless, in some cases, the demand for a product or process is all too evident. 不过，在有些情况下，对某种产品或工艺的需求是极其明显的。 The role of friendship in their health and well-being is evident in almost every chapter. 几乎在每一章中友谊在她们健康和精神状态中的作用是很明显的。 “If females have a biological predisposition to favour colours such as pink, this preference should be evident regardless of experience of the acquisition of gender concepts, ” they said. 她们说：“如果女性是生理上倾向于喜欢粉红这类颜色，那么不管性别概念获取的经验如何，这种偏好都应该是明显的。” —————————————— physician 医生 physician n. [医] 医师；内科医师 The old physician was unfrocked by the Medical Association. 这位老医生被医师公会除名。 It provides the physician with information that enables him to provide you with very "personalized" treatment. 它向内科医师提供这些信息，以使他能够向您提供非常“个性化的”治疗。 I think to need no more of your drugs, my kind physician, good though they be, and administered by a friendly hand. 我想我已经不再需要你的药了，我的好心的医生，虽说那些药很好，又是一只友好的手给的。 —————————————— pedestrian 行人 pedestrian adj. 徒步的；缺乏想像力的 n. 行人；步行者 The speeding car barely missed the pedestrian. 疾驰的汽车差点撞上那个行人。 With 36 meters or 12 levels above the road surface, this bridge became the highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore. 超过路面36米高的12级台阶，使亨德生波浪桥成为了新加坡最高的步行桥。 In Paris, France, years ago, a new type of pedestrian appeared. 多年以前，在法国巴黎，出现了一种新式的步行方式。 —————————————— lodge 洛奇 lodge n. 旅馆；门房；集会处；山林小屋 vt. 提出；寄存；借住；嵌入 vi. 寄宿；临时住宿 n. (Lodge)人名；(英、西)洛奇 We are not terrified by these interferences, we can either ignore them or lodge protests. 这些干涉对我们来说，没有什么了不起，我们可以置之不理，也可以提出抗议。 At about that time, they received a letter from a local chief asking them to build a lodge on his community's land to provide jobs. 正在此时，他们接到一封当地酋长写来的信件，请求他们去他的土地上开办生态旅馆，为当地人提供就业机会。 And we drove a rented car up the highway to the sun, where we watched marmosets scramble around above the snow line, then spent a few days at Kootenai Lodge on Swan Lake. 接着我们驾驶一辆租借的车沿着公路，开向太阳升起的地方，观看狨猴沿着长年积雪的雪线爬行，随后在斯旺莱克的库特内旅馆住了几天。 —————————————— pulse 脉冲 pulse n. [电子] 脉冲；脉搏 vt. 使跳动 vi. 跳动，脉跳 The doctor felt my pulse and looked down my throat. 大夫摸了摸我的脉，又瞧了瞧我的嗓子。 One may feel the social, economic, and political pulse of the state. 任何人都可以感觉到这个国家的社会、经济和政治的脉搏。 If the black holes in a binary system merge, then an even stronger pulse of gravitational waves radiates away from the system. 如果双黑洞结合在一起，那么更强的引力波脉冲波将从这个双黑洞的二元体系辐射开来。 —————————————— zinc 锌 zinc vt. 镀锌于…；涂锌于…；用锌处理 n. 锌 Copper and zinc are fused to make brass. 铜与锌熔合后形成黄铜。 Zinc displaces the hydrogen of dilute acids. 锌置换了稀酸中的氢。 Some microbes like nothing better than to be nestled in a toxic sludge of heavy metals like zinc, arsenic and cadmium. 对于一些微生物而言，没有什么比生活在充满了锌、砷和镉之类的重金属的有毒淤泥中更加惬意的。 —————————————— cope 应对 cope vi. 处理；对付；竞争 n. 长袍 n. (Cope)人名；(英)科普；(西)科佩 She decathected from him in order to cope with his impending bankruptcy. 为了对付他的即将来临的破产，她不再依恋他。 Yet the main need of people whose livelihoods have been devastated by droughts is knowledge on how to cope, he said. 他说，然而那些生计已经受到干旱破坏的人们需求的是如何应对干旱的知识。 So we must learn to cope with it. 所以我们必须学会处理它。 —————————————— timely 及时的 timely adj. 及时的；适时的 adv. 及时地；早 The pain worked off because he received timely treatment. 由于得到及时治疗，他的疼痛逐渐消失了。 So I think we are very timely with our new proposal that meets exactly the new requirements of the public. 所以我认为，我们现在提出新的计划是非常及时的，我们恰恰呼应了公众的新的要求。 Risk, by itself, will not threaten the success of a project if it is recognized and addressed in a timely fashion. 如果风险自身被公认为一种适时的方式的话，那么它将不会对项目的成功构成威胁。 —————————————— announce 宣布 announce vt. 宣布；述说；预示；播报 vi. 宣布参加竞选；当播音员 We dashed off a letter to announce the news. 我们匆忙写了一封信宣布这消息。 They are hoping that she will announce for governor. 他们希望她将宣布参加竞选州长。 That would pave the way for Obama to announce the US targets soon after. 这将为奥巴马不久后宣布美国的减排目标铺平了道路。 —————————————— leader 领袖 leader n. 领导者；首领；指挥者 n. (Leader)人名；(英)利德 They echoed every word of their leader. 他们随声附和他们领导人的每句话。 As the leader of this office, she can work with everyone. 作为办公室的领导，她和每个人都合作得很好。 Who was the leader of feminism? 谁是女权主义的领导人？ —————————————— shed 流 shed vt. 流出；摆脱；散发；倾吐 vi. 流出；脱落；散布 n. 小屋，棚；分水岭 The shed was roofed with dried straw. 小屋上面用干草盖上了屋顶。 The walls of the dilapidated shed lean outward. 那座破棚屋的墙向外倾。 They were boxed up in a small shed during the flood. 洪水泛滥时他们被困在一间小棚里。 —————————————— say 说 say vt. 讲；说明；例如；声称；假设；指明 vi. 讲；表示；念；假定；背诵 n. (Say)人名；(土)萨伊；(法、老、柬)赛；(英)塞伊；(匈、罗)绍伊 Do as I say,not as I do. 照我说的去做，别照我做的去做。 He sat there mulling over what he should say. 他坐在那里仔细考虑他该说些什么。 What did you say? 你刚才说什么? —————————————— presumably 大概 presumably adv. 大概；推测起来；可假定 Well, presumably. 好了，想必。 She too was not awake, and presumably unaware of others’ presence with her. 她也处于昏迷状态中,大概不知道有人和她在一起。 The book provides many examples of this kind, some a bit too anecdotal for my taste, but presumably they are on the whole backed by statistically significant data. 书中提供了很多这样的例子，有一些在我看来有点道听途说，但推测起来它们整体上是受有统计意义的数据支撑的。 —————————————— belong 属于 belong vi. 属于，应归入；居住；适宜；应被放置 Because he built me, I belong entirely to him. 因为他造就了我，我完全属于他。 To this class of substance belong mica, porcelain, quartz, glass, wood, etc. 属于这类物质的有云母、瓷器、石英、玻璃、木材等等。 Once you have a picture of the room in your mind take everything out that does not belong. 一旦你有房间的写照在心底，那就把所有不属于其中的东西都全出去。 —————————————— voyage 航行 voyage n. 航行；航程；旅行记 vi. 航行；航海 vt. 飞过；渡过 The captain victualed his ship for the voyage. 船长为他的船储备食物，以备航程中食用。 I augur from all circumstances a prosperous voyage. 从各种情况推断， 我预料航行将会顺利。 On this account we should be more cautious on this voyage. 以此， 我们应该在这次航行中格外小心谨慎。 —————————————— personal 个人 personal adj. 个人的；身体的；亲自的 n. 人事消息栏；人称代名词 She has no personal ambition. 她没有个人野心。 A judge can't let personal feelings colour his decisions. 法官不能让个人感情影响他的裁决。 Her actions manifested a complete disregard for personal safety. 她的行为证明她完全不顾个人安危。 —————————————— youngster 年轻人 youngster n. 年轻人；少年 Gender and family income did not explain the relationship between BMI and financial help, nor did whether or not a youngster engaged in risky behavior. 性别和家庭收入不能解释BMI和财务帮助的关系，也不能解释一个年轻人是否热衷于冒险行为。 Roberto Mancini has recently been full of praise for the youngster, and recent comments he made in the Italian press would suggest he is one of the biggest admirers of the England star. 罗伯托.曼奇尼近期对这个年轻人大加赞赏，而且他在意大利新闻发布会上刚做出的评价暗示卡罗尔将会成为英格兰明显最大钦佩者之一。 Jiang said he was proud to back the youngster. 江逢灿说他对能支持这个年轻人感到自豪。 —————————————— balloon 气球 balloon vi. 激增；膨胀如气球 n. 气球 vt. 使像气球般鼓起；使激增 adj. 像气球般鼓起的 n. (Balloon)人名；(法)巴隆 The balloon burst with a bang. 气球啪的一声爆炸了。 Gas dilates the balloon. 气体使气球膨胀。 His overcoat was swollen like a full balloon by the wind. 他的大衣被风吹得鼓成了一个圆气球的样子。 —————————————— enroll 招收 enroll vt. 登记；使加入；把...记入名册；使入伍 vi. 参加；登记；注册；记入名册 The school will enroll new students in August. 这所学校将于八月份招收新生。 Build a queue manager and enroll it in the cluster. 构建队列管理器并在集群中对其进行注册。 You might enroll your child in public speaking or theatre to build confidence in speaking in front of others. 你还可以让你的孩子参加演讲或戏剧，这样他就有自信在公众面前发言。 —————————————— eagle 鹰 eagle n. 鹰；鹰状标饰 n. (Eagle)人名；(英)伊格尔 The eagle drooped its wings. 那只鹰收拢双翅做俯冲。 Maybe they could not hold on to the arrival of the spring, but the female eagle thought what if their father could bring back the food? 它们或许已经挨不到春天的到来了。雌鹰这样想，但如果它们的爸爸会把食物带来呢？ The wings of the eagle trademark is about to fall on the letters on the Buick. 而整个商标是一只展翅的雄鹰即将落在别克的英文字母上。 —————————————— astonish 使惊讶 astonish vt. 使惊讶 The gigantic creation you're about to see might even astonish the most serious cartoon enthusiasts. 而接下来你要看到的这个巨型机器人恐怕是连铁杆卡通迷也要为之大吃一惊。 You can fast-forward to the matt finish of this piece by scrubbing regularly with a mild abrasive like Astonish Orange Cream Cleaner. 要想快速得到这种粗面效果，也可以用超级乳状清洁剂这样的温和磨料用力摩擦家具表面。 These great revolutionary barricades were assembling points for heroism.The improbable was simple there. These men did not astonish each other. 这些伟大的革命街垒是英雄们的聚会之所，不可思议的事在这里是极其普遍的，在他们之间甚至都不以为奇了。 —————————————— biology 生物学 biology n. （一个地区全部的）生物；生物学 In biology class we had to dissect a frog. 上生物课时我们得解剖青蛙。 I couldn’t touch the first question in the biology paper. 我无法解答生物学试卷上的头一道题。 Students are flocking to such fields as genetics and molecular biology. 大学生正在大量从事诸如遗传学和分子生物学等领域的研究。 —————————————— importance 重要性 importance n. 价值；重要；重大；傲慢 He emphasized its importance to me. 他向我强调它的重要性。 Do you realize the importance of this question? 你意识到这个问题的重要性吗? The conference underscored the importance of modern industry. 会议强调了现代工业的重要性。 —————————————— leisure 休闲 leisure n. 闲暇；空闲；安逸 adj. 空闲的；有闲的；业余的 n. (Leisure)人名；(英)莱热 Please read it over at your leisure. 请你在闲暇时候读一读。 Allow yourself to have leisure time. 允许你自己有闲暇的时间。 Modern life is compartmentalized into work and leisure. 现代生活分成工作和闲暇两部分。 —————————————— tentative 试探性的 tentative adj. 试验性的，暂定的；踌躇的 n. 假设，试验 Our separation was tough on us all and tentative from the start. 分居对我们所有人来说难以忍受，因此从一开始是尝试性的。 The government tended to have a tentative negotiation with those terrorists. 政府趋向于同那些恐怖分子进行试探性的谈判。 While tentative, this science is telling us that each of us is a package composed of Mommy's genes, Daddy's genes and the bacterial genes that have moved in and stayed. 试验的同时，这种科学也在告诉我们我们每一个人都是由母亲的基因、父亲的基因和进入或停留在体内的细菌的基因组成的基因包。 —————————————— pair 一对 pair n. 一对，一双，一副 vt. 把…组成一对 n. (Pair)人名；(英、法)佩尔 This pair of shoes are shapeable. 这双鞋的样子很好看。 It took half an hour to pair the shoes up. 花了半个小时才把这些鞋一双一双地配成对。 The pianist played the happy pair out with the wedding March. 钢琴师弹奏结婚进行曲送走这幸福的一对。 —————————————— primarily 主要是 primarily adv. 首先；主要地，根本上 However, my interest is primarily in software for engineering and manufacturing. 不过，我的兴趣点主要在工程和制造软件上。 However, we will only have one plug-in for this exercise, primarily to limit the scope of this article. 然而，我们将只能拥有这一运用的唯一插件，从根本上限制了这篇文章的作用域。 This is primarily why the effect sizes in these studies are so small: because behavior is so polygenic. 这就是主要的原因为什么这些研究的效果量如此之小：因为行为是这么多基因的。 —————————————— paradox 悖论 paradox n. 悖论，反论；似非而是的论点；自相矛盾的人或事 Or is this a paradox of faith? 又或者,这是个信仰的悖论吗？ Above all, it was an age of paradox and power. 总之，它是一个充满矛盾和力量的时代。 This presents a paradox. 这产生一个悖论。 —————————————— factor 因素 factor n. 因素；要素；[物] 因数；代理人 vi. 做代理商 vt. 把…作为因素计入；代理经营；把…分解成 n. (Factor)人名；(英)法克特 We have to factor that into the calculus. 我们要在微积分学中考虑这些因素。 This important factor was scanted by most of us. 这一重要因素被我们大多数人所忽视。 But the second factor is how far away we are from the nucleus. 但还有第二个因素,那就是我们离原子核有多远。 —————————————— feel 感觉 feel vt. 感觉；认为；触摸；试探 vi. 觉得；摸索 n. 感觉；触摸 Do you feel attracted to her? 你感到她对你有吸引力吗? I do feel deeply the strength of the collective. 我确实深深地感到了集体的力量。 You will feel to suffocate at the top of the peak,but you never stop. 在山顶你会感到呼吸困难，可是这时你千万不要停下脚步。 —————————————— degenerate 简并 degenerate vt. 使退化；恶化 vi. 退化；堕落 adj. 退化的；堕落的 n. 堕落的人 What about the degenerate cases? 退化的情形是怎样的？ And all is well, provided that the light returns and that the eclipse does not degenerate into night. 一切都很好，只要光明重现，只要暂时的隐没不要退化成黑夜就是了。 That happens to be the question the Nazis’ “Degenerate” show posed about modern art. 这也碰巧是纳粹“堕落”艺术展给现代艺术提出的问题。 —————————————— haul 拉 haul n. 拖，拉；用力拖拉；努力得到的结果；捕获物；一网捕获的鱼量；拖运距离 vt. 拖运；拖拉 vi. 拖，拉；改变主意；改变方向 n. (Haul)人名；(德)豪尔 They grab Jake and haul him to his feet. 他们抓住杰克，把他拖到跟前。 Air France was trying to maintain its full long-haul schedule, while canceling some flights on other routes. 法国航空取消了其他部分线路的航运，以图维持其排满的长途货运日程。 During the day they just felt too heavy to haul around. 白天的时候，拖着这些书到处走太沉了。 —————————————— considerate 体贴的 considerate adj. 体贴的；体谅的；考虑周到的 He expressed gratitude to the King for his warm reception and considerate arrangement. 他对国王陛下的热情款待和周到安排表示衷心感谢。 As a way to practice, make it a goal to do 5 little things each day that are kind and considerate. 作为练习的途径，把每天做5件小事作为一个目标，那就是很善良和考虑周到了。 You have a choice in how you behave towards others. You can be generous, considerate and caring to the people around you or you can be selfish, self centered and always put your own interests first. 你可以选择如何对待别人.你可以是慷慨的,周到的和关怀的对待你周围的人,也可以是自私的,自我为中心的,并且常常把自己的兴趣放在首位. —————————————— statistical 统计 statistical adj. 统计的；统计学的 The statistician diagrammed the statistical results. 统计员用图表来表示统计结果。 We have eliminated all statistical tables, which are of interest only to the specialist. 我们删去了全部统计表格，因只有专家才对这些表格感兴趣。 So actually if you look at early development of quantum mechanics, really it was all predicated on statistical mechanics. 那么实际上如果你看,量子力学的早期发展，它的确都是以统计力学为依据的。 —————————————— ought 应该 ought aux. 应该，应当；大概 vi. 应该，应当；大概 All of us ought to go. 我们大家都应该去。 You ought to channel your abilities into something useful. 你应当把你的才能用到有用的事情上。 You ought to be careful about this kind of feverish cold, it often kicks back when you think you are better. 你应当对这种有发烧症状的感冒小心些，它常常在你以为好转的时候复发。 —————————————— reliable 可靠的 reliable adj. 可靠的；可信赖的 n. 可靠的人 It is difficult to obtain reliable evidence. 很难获得可靠的证据。 Judged by the ordinary standards,he was reliable. 用一般的标准衡量，他是可信赖的。 Judging by the ordinary standards, he was reliable. 用一般标准来衡量， 他是可信赖的。 —————————————— removal 删除 removal n. 免职；移动；排除；搬迁 Those dogs were debarked by removal of the true vocal cords. 那些狗被切除了声带。 The difficult decision is whether Colonel Qaddafi’s removal, dead or alive, should be an explicit aim of the enforcers. 困难的决定是卡扎菲上校到底是搬迁是死还是活，这应该是实施者要明确的目的。 If you requested removal of an entire URL, then "Removed" should mean that that entire URL no longer appears in our search results. 如果你请求删除整个网站，那么“已经删除”就意味着整个网站不再出现在我们的搜索结果中。 —————————————— merely 仅仅是 merely adv. 仅仅，只不过；只是 She noticed him merely with a nod. 她仅以点头向他打招呼。 The whole plan is based on merely his own supposition. 整个计划只是建立在他的主观臆断上。 I think you're overly dramatizing; he merely brushed against you. 我认为你过分夸张了，他只不过碰了你一下。 —————————————— speculate 推测 speculate vi. 推测；投机；思索 vt. 推断 I can only speculate whether it will make any impact on mobile phones. 关于它是否会给手机带来深刻的影响，我只能靠推测。 You can prototype and speculate all you want, but that’s at best indirect influence on what the rest of a company is doing. 你可以对你所想要的创建原型和推测，但是那最多也只能是对于公司其他人所做工作产生间接地影响。 We don't have to speculate because the President tells us himself in his autobiography, Dreams from My Father. 不必猜测，因为这位总统在自传中已经告诉了我们——《来自父亲的梦想》。 —————————————— glow 发光 glow vi. 发热；洋溢；绚丽夺目 n. 灼热；色彩鲜艳；兴高采烈 These are bioluminescent chromatophores, and they glow in the dark like fireflies. 这些是荧光的色素细胞，它们在黑暗中像萤火虫一样发光。 And Edison’s bulb is, at its core, a burning filament that casts the glow of a flame. 爱迪生的灯泡则是，在它的中心，有一个燃烧的灯丝产生火焰的光芒。 Astronomers then measure this glow and use it to correct telescope settings to overcome the blurring effect of the atmosphere on far-off images. 天文学家然后测量这个辉光，用它来纠正望远镜的设置以克服大气对遥远图像所造成的模糊效果。 —————————————— submerge 淹没 submerge vt. 淹没；把…浸入；沉浸 vi. 淹没；潜入水中；湮没 If sea levels rise, it means some parts of land will submerge under water. 一旦海平面升高，意味着一部分陆地将淹没在水下。 South Korea feared that a sudden release of water from the dam could submerge part of Seoul, and hurried to build a counter-dam downstream called Peace Dam. 韩国担心，朝鲜突然开闸放水会将首尔部分地区淹没，于是赶紧建立了一个顺流区的抗洪坝，名为“和平大坝”。 At the first sign of danger the submarine would submerge. 一有危险迹象，潜艇就会潜入水中。 —————————————— deadly 致命的 deadly adj. 致命的；非常的；死一般的 adv. 非常；如死一般地 The shock was deadly to him. 这次打击对他是致命的。 The accident subjected her to a deadly blow. 这次意外使她受到致命的打击。 The combination of topography and weather can be deadly as well. 地形和天气相结合也可能是很致命的。 —————————————— every 每一个 every adj. 每一的，每个的；每隔…的 n. (Every)人名；(英)埃夫里 They cocktailed once every week. 他们每星期喝一次鸡尾酒。 We go mushrooming every morning. 我们每天早上去采蘑菇。 Every spring they migrate towards the coast. 每年春季它们都向海滨移栖。 —————————————— leaflet 传单 leaflet n. 小叶；传单 The students went to factories to leaflet the workers. 学生们到工厂向工人们散发传单。 Promote your event or issue in a leaflet delivered by volunteers by ad mail, or by direct mail. 筹建你的活动，你可以选择自愿者散发传单，反复的发送邮件或者直接邮寄。 "Gillett and Hicks Out Now, " proclaimed a leaflet distributed by the Spirit of Shankly supporters group and held up by thousands during You'll Never Walk Alone. “希克斯和吉列马上离开”，成千上万尚克利精神支持者边唱你将永远不会独行队歌边发放的宣传单上这样写到。 —————————————— stability 稳定 stability n. 稳定性；坚定，恒心 But what of long term stability? 但长期的稳定是什么呢？ Peace and stability in the world need the active involvement of China. 世界和平和稳定需有中国的积极参与。 While I certainly do not deny the importance of ensuring server stability, you have to balance the need for adequate testing with the need for adequate security. 尽管我当然不会否认确保服务器稳定性的重要性，但是你也得在合适的测试需要和恰当的安全需求之间做出平衡。 —————————————— panic 恐慌 panic n. 恐慌，惊慌；大恐慌 adj. 恐慌的；没有理由的 vt. 使恐慌 vi. 十分惊慌 n. (Panic)人名；(罗)帕尼克 Her face distorted in panic. 她的脸因恐慌而变相了。 The panic-stricken fled in all directions. 惊慌的人群向四面八方逃去。 They ascribed courage to me for something I did out of sheer panic. 由于我纯粹因惊慌而做的事，他们认为我很有勇气。 —————————————— specifically 具体地说 specifically adv. 特别地；明确地 You do not have to specifically program these features into your application. 您无需将这些特性特别地编程到您的应用程序中去。 These myths go above and beyond walking under ladders and opening umbrellas inside (although those are adhered to as well!); these are specifically for those working in the arts. 这些神话超越了在梯子下行走或者从里面打开伞（尽快那些是有根据的）;这些事专门对那些艺术工作而言的。 And this is really interesting to think about because you can imagine in our body we have concentrations of all types of ions, and specifically, some seem very, very similar to each other. 这是非常令人感兴趣的,因为大家可以想象一下，在我们的体内我们有,一定浓度的任何类型的离子，而且特别地，其中有一些非常非常地相似。 —————————————— probability 概率 probability n. 可能性；机率；[数] 或然率 You can use the slider to vary this probability. 您可以用调节滑块来改变这个概率。 Therefore, I do not think we should go in for complete skepticism, but for a doctrine of degrees of probability. 因而我绝不认为我们应当赞成彻底的怀疑主义，而是赞成可能性程度的学说。 So, do not be surprised if this assumption is invalidated in future releases, though I think the probability of that is low. 因此，如果这种假设在将来的版本中无效，也不用感到惊奇；不过我认为这种可能性非常小。 —————————————— low 低 low adj. 低的，浅的；卑贱的；粗俗的；消沉的 adv. 低声地；谦卑地，低下地 n. 低；低价；低点；牛叫声 vi. 牛叫 n. (Low)人名；(英、德)洛 She banged her head on the low ceiling. 她的头砰地撞在低矮的天花板上。 He had to duck his head to get through the low doorway. 他只得把头低下才能通过那低矮的门道。 There were fewer temporary engineers to plug in in that city because of low pay. 由于报酬低，该城市雇用得到的临时工程师就更少了。 —————————————— yoke 轭 yoke n. 轭；束缚；牛轭 vt. 结合；给…上轭 vi. 结合；匹配 n. (Yoke)人名；(日)与家(姓) So we can harness them to the yoke? 因此 我们可以给他们装上枷锁？ For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. 因为我的轭是容易的，我的担子是轻省的。 As a farmer, you should learn how to yoke the oxen together. 作为农民，你应该学会怎样把一对牛用轭连起来。 —————————————— lazy 懒惰的 lazy adj. 懒惰的；懒洋洋的；怠惰的；慢吞吞的 n. (Lazy)人名；(德)拉齐 The coach often chews out lazy players. 教练经常训斥偷懒的运动员。 He would not demean himself to a lazy worker. 他不愿降低身份当个懒工人。 The teacher at last beat the facts into the lazy boy's head. 老师终于把这些事实灌输到那个懒孩子的脑袋中去了。 —————————————— vision 愿景 vision n. 视力；美景；眼力；幻象；想象力；幻视（漫威漫画旗下超级英雄） vt. 想象；显现；梦见 Widen one's field of vision. 开眼界， 拓宽视野。 But his vision inspired those around him. 他的想象力鼓舞着他周围的人。 An enterpriser should have the wide vision. 一个企业家应具有开阔的视野。 —————————————— universal 通用 universal adj. 普遍的；通用的；宇宙的；全世界的；全体的 n. 一般概念；普通性 Social development suggests universal exploration. 社会的进步促使人类做出对宇宙空间的探索。 First of all we should make primary education universal. 首先我们应普及初等教育。 Einstein's theory of relativity won for him universal esteem. 爱因斯坦的相对论赢得了全世界对他的崇敬。 —————————————— equipment 设备 equipment n. 设备，装备；器材 We left our equipment out that night. 那天晚上我们把设备放在了外面。 They strapped on a variety of equipment. 他们用皮带把各种装备捆好。 The plant was dismantled of all its equipment and furniture. 这家工厂的设备和家具全被拆除了。 —————————————— telegram 电报 telegram n. 电报 vt. 用电报发送 vi. 发电报 What do you make of this telegram? 你怎么理解这份电报的意思? He was not alarmed at receiving the telegram. 他接到这封电报时并不心慌。 They rifled through the whole file but could not find the secret telegram. 他们把整个卷宗翻了一遍，也没有找到那份秘密电报。 —————————————— bottle 瓶 bottle n. 瓶子；一瓶的容量 vt. 控制；把…装入瓶中 vi. （街头艺人演出后）收拢钱币 He filled the bottle with wine. 他用酒装满了那只瓶子。 That drunkard flung out the empty bottle. 那个醉汉把空瓶扔了出来。 They polished him off by crowning him with a Coca-Cola bottle. 他们用可口可乐瓶子揍他的脑袋，把他打昏过去。 —————————————— consequence 结果 consequence n. 结果；重要性；推论 What will the consequence be? 这会有什么后果呢？ So, what's the consequence of forming these gas ions? 所以，形成这些气态离子的结果是什么呢？ This is an inevitable consequence of consciousness. 这是意识的一个不可避免的结果。 —————————————— lunar 月球 lunar adj. 月亮的，月球的；阴历的；银的；微亮的 n. (Lunar)人名；(西)卢纳尔 In the lunar calendar, the years are designated by the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. 阴历用干支纪年。 The astronauts gazed down upon the lunar craters, the first humans to see them from so close. 航天员们向下凝视着月球的环形火山口，这是人类首次从这样近的距离看到它们。 Although subtle, these colour variations tell us important things about the chemistry and evolution of the lunar surface. 虽然很微妙，但这些颜色的变化告诉我们，月球表面发生的化学变化和演变史。 —————————————— cap 帽 cap n. 盖；帽子 vi. 脱帽致意 vt. 覆盖；胜过；给…戴帽；加盖于 n. (Cap)人名；(法、德、罗)卡普；(塞、捷)察普 With a sudden stretch, John took Tom's cap. 约翰突然一伸手， 拿走了汤姆的帽子。 Please hand me that parcel [those pictures; my cap]. 请把那包东西[那几张画; 我的帽子]递给我。 Next we venture back outside to the ruins of a mud-brick house, pulverized by bombs. I find fragments of an artillery shell, a prayer cap. 接下来，我们又冒险回到外面一处被炸弹炸得支离破碎的泥砖房废墟中，我发现一些炮弹壳，和一顶祈祷帽。 —————————————— collect 收集 collect vt. 收集；募捐 vi. 收集；聚集；募捐 adv. 由收件人付款地 adj. 由收件人付款的 n. (Collect)人名；(英)科莱克特 Will you collect all the students to the classroom? 您把全体学生召集到教室中好吗? The party depends on whether or not we can collect enough money. 这次聚会取决于我们能否收集到足够的钱。 Next comes the actual statement itself, which contains the actual information on what you collect and what you do with it. 接下来是实际语句本身，其中包含一些信息，说明了您将收集哪些信息以及将如何处理这些信息。 —————————————— combine 结合 combine vt. 使化合；使联合，使结合 vi. 联合，结合；化合 n. 联合收割机；联合企业 A somnambulist can happily combine sleep and exercise. 梦游者能把睡眠和运动巧妙地结合在一起。 Combine your errands so you’re not doing any unnecessary driving. 结合您的差事，这样您就不用做一些不必要的驾驶。 He organizes his effort, partly in order that he may combine some other advantage with the advantage of walking, but principally in order to be sure that the effort shall be an adequate effort. 他有条有理安排自己的努力，多少是为了把一些其他的益处和散步的益处结合起来，不过主要还是为了确信这番努力是一项令人满意的努力。 —————————————— generally 一般 generally adv. 通常；普遍地，一般地 The discovery of America is generally referred to Columbus. 一般人都说美洲是哥伦布发现的。 The prices of fruit generally run up during the winter months. 水果的价格在冬季几个月里一般总要上涨。 This dictionary is generally conceded to be the best in China. 这部词典普遍被认为是中国最好的词典。 —————————————— keep 保持 keep vt. 保持；经营；遵守；饲养 vi. 保持；继续不断 n. 保持；生计；生活费 n. (Keep)人名；(英)基普 Keep these animals out of the fields. 别让这些动物进庄稼地里去。 If he continues to keep ahead, he will win the race. 如果他继续保持领先地位，他将赢得这场比赛。 Everyone should keep discipline and you are no exception. 每个人都应该遵守纪律， 你也毫无例外。 —————————————— quality 质量 quality n. 质量，[统计] 品质；特性；才能 adj. 优质的；高品质的；<英俚>棒极了 His action speaks well for his good quality. 他的举止表明他具有良好的品质。 In no case can we cheapen the quality of products. 在任何情况下我们都不能降低产品质量。 In production， we demand not only quantity but also quality. 我们的产品不但要求数量多， 而且要求质量高。 —————————————— gas 气体 gas n. 气体；[矿业] 瓦斯；汽油；毒气 vt. 加油；毒（死） vi. 加油；放出气体；空谈 n. (Gas)人名；(法、德、西)加斯 Gas has hardly any weight. 气体几乎没有重量。 Gas dilates the balloon. 气体使气球膨胀。 A gas in solution diffuses from a region of greater to one of less concentration. 溶液中的气体会由浓度高的部分扩散到浓度低的部分。 —————————————— needle 针 needle n. 针；指针；刺激；针状物 vi. 缝纫；做针线 vt. 刺激；用针缝 n. (Needle)人名；(英)尼德尔 She can needle herself if need be. 必要时她会给她自己打针的。 She feel very awkward with a needle. 她做针线活时感到很不对劲。 The doctor stuck my finger with a needle to get blood sample. 医师用一根针刺破我的手指取血样。 —————————————— sparkle 闪耀 sparkle n. 闪耀；火花；活力 vt. 使闪耀；使发光 vi. 闪耀；发泡；活跃 The stars sparkle in the dark sky. 夜晚的天空上星星闪闪发光。 He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of peace; I wanted all to sparkle and dance in a glorious jubilee. 他要一切都处在一种恬静的心醉神迷之中里；而我要一切在灿烂的欢欣中闪耀飞舞。 The dew made everything on the ground sparkle, and reaffirmed his belief that this was truly God's country. 露水使得地面上的万物都闪闪发光，这也让他再次坚定了自己的信念：这真的是上帝的领土。 —————————————— cause 导致 cause n. 原因；事业；目标 vt. 引起；使遭受 He lives for nothing but his cause. 他只为自己的事业生活。 He would immolate himself for their noble cause. 他愿意为他们的崇高事业牺牲自己。 In this matter we must place the common cause above all else. 在这件事情上， 我们必须把共同事业放在高于一切的位置上。 —————————————— paw 爪子 paw vt. 抓，扒；亲昵地抚摸 vi. 用爪子抓；翻找 n. 爪子；手 But Lion opens his paw. 但是狮子张开了他的爪子。 But it returned to the other dog, and put a paw on its head. 但是，这只狗接着又回到另一只狗身边，将一只小爪放到了它的头上。 One day a lion was sleeping peacefully in the forest when a mouse ran across his paw. 一天，狮子正在森林里安静地睡觉，就在这时，一只老鼠从他爪子上跑过。 —————————————— extraordinary 非凡的 extraordinary adj. 非凡的；特别的；离奇的；临时的；特派的 I am an extraordinary person. 我是一个非凡的人。 He is a man of extraordinary will power. 他是个具有非凡意志的人。 Looking back on it, the degree of skill in that one shower scene was extraordinary and I became obsessed with the film as I grew up because nothing had ever affected me in that way. 每当回过头来看的时候，淋浴的这段场景使用的技巧程度非同寻常，于是随着成长我开始着迷于电影，因为没有任何其他东西能如此的影响到我。 —————————————— cloth 布 cloth n. 布；织物；桌布 adj. 布制的 n. (Cloth)人名；(德)克洛特 She lined the trunk with strong cloth. 她用很结实的布给衣箱做衬里。 The shop laid the cloth by for a customer. 商店为一个顾客保留着这些布料。 She embroidered the cloth with a pattern in yellow and green stitches. 她用黄绿两种线在那块布上绣了一个图案。 —————————————— forth 出来 forth adv. 向前，向外；自…以后 n. (Forth)人名；(德)福特；(英)福思 Forth from the hall egressed the bands. 乐队从大厅里走了出来。 Each side set forth its position on this question. 各方阐述了自己对这一问题的立场。 Suddenly blood sprang forth, for which we all had intense fear. 血一下子涌了出来，我们都感到十分害怕。 —————————————— headline 标题 headline n. 大标题；内容提要；栏外标题；头版头条新闻 vt. 给…加标题；使成为注意中心；大力宣传 Of course not. No headline, no communication. 当然不，没有标题，就没有交流。 The news was blazed in headline of the newspaper. 这家报纸把那条消息以大字标题宣扬出去。 The banner headline leaped out at me from the newspaper. 报纸上的通栏标题跃然映入我的眼帘。 —————————————— house 房子 house n. 住宅；家庭；机构；议会；某种用途的建筑物 vt. 覆盖；给…房子住；把…储藏在房内 vi. 住 n. (House)人名；(英)豪斯 He ordered us out of the house. 他命令我们离开这所房子。 I forbid you the house. 我不准你进入房子。 She huffed off the house when her mother scolded her. 她母亲责骂她时，她气鼓鼓地离开了家。 —————————————— read 读 read vt. 阅读；读懂，理解 vi. 读；读起来 n. 阅读；读物 adj. 有学问的 n. (Read)人名；(英)里德 How do you read this passage? 你怎么理解这段话? She read out the letter to all of us. 她把那封信读给我们大家听。 He gasped out when he read the letter. 他读了这封信后，惊奇得吁了一口气。 —————————————— prophet 先知 prophet n. 先知；预言者；提倡者 The pity is that you are not a prophet. 可惜你不能未卜先知。 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD. 连先知带祭司都是亵渎的，就是在我殿中我也看见他们的恶。 这是耶和华说的。 A few years ago I purchase a copy of the book An Encounter With A Prophet. The author advanced similar ideas about forgiveness. 很多年前，我购买了一本名为《与先知的偶遇》这本书，那个作者提出了类似的关于宽恕的观点。 —————————————— revise 修改 revise vt. 修正；复习；校订 vi. 修订；校订；复习功课 n. 修订；校订 n. (Revise)人名；(法)勒维斯 Revise it as you go. 随着进展来修改它。 Revise the goals until all parties agree on them and understand them. 修订目标，直到各方理解他们，并对此达成一致意见。 Every time you fail, go back to your plan and revise it. 在执行计划失败时，就回过头看自己的计划并修改它。 —————————————— rebel 反政府武装 rebel vi. 反叛；反抗；造反 n. 反叛者；叛徒 adj. 反抗的；造反的 n. (Rebel)人名；(德)雷贝尔；(英)里贝尔；(法)勒贝尔 The rebel troops,at last,submitted to the government. 最后，反叛部队向政府投降了。 Everyone says that if something like that were to happen again, they would lose all trust in the country, perhaps even rebel. 他说，“每个人都说如果这样的事儿再来一遍，他们将对国家失去信任，甚至很可能造反。” I was startled at the news that 129 persons were killed last Sunday in the attempt by rebel air force officers to overthrow the government in the capital. 上星期日在该国首都，由空军官员发动叛乱，在企图推翻政府的战斗中，有129人被打死，听到这一消息我感到十分震惊。 —————————————— consider 考虑 consider vt. 考虑；认为；考虑到；细想 vi. 考虑；认为；细想 You have to consider what to do next. 你必须考虑下一步该做什么。 Take whatever measures you consider best. 采取任何你认为最好的措施。 But we have the sponsors to consider. 但我们必须考虑赞助商。 —————————————— warfare 战争 warfare n. 战争；冲突 Metal-wheeled chariots are the prototype of the tanks of modern warfare. 金属轮战车是现代战争中坦克的原型。 Even among the various tribes of the First Nations there was warfare and invasion long before any Europeans showed up in the Americas. 即使在那些第一民族的各个部落里，在欧洲人在美国出现的很早之前就已经有了战争和侵略。 In "Class Warfare, " he proposes a range of ways to fix the education system. 在《课堂战争》一书中，他提出了完善教育体系的一系列方法。 —————————————— type 类型 type n. 类型，品种；模范；样式 vt. 打字；测定（血等）类型 vi. 打字 n. (Type)人名；(英)泰普 Her beauty is of the Italian type. 她的美是意大利型的。 He banged out a new story on the type-writer. 他匆忙地在打字机上赶写出一部新小说。 He urged me to diversity and not keep all my money in one investment type. 他鼓励我分散投资，别把我所有资金集中于一种投资方式。 —————————————— tense 紧张的 tense adj. 紧张的；拉紧的 vt. 变得紧张；使拉紧 vi. 拉紧，变得紧张 n. 时态 The tense silence was punctuated by bursts of gunfire. 紧张的寂静不时为一阵阵的炮火声所打破。 The present international situation remains tense and turbulent. 当前的国际局势依然紧张动荡。 She was very tense, but she preserved an appearance of nonchalance. 她内心很紧张， 可外表却装着满不在乎的样子。 —————————————— bewilder 使不知所措 bewilder vt. 使迷惑，使不知所措 Some hard problems in arithmetic bewilder me. 算术上一些难题使我糊涂。 Iran expelled or imprisoned the mainstream media for a reason: to blind the world, to bewilder it, to make it forgetful. 伊朗之所以驱逐或者监禁主流媒体记者，原因之一就是要对世界搞障眼法，令其困惑，并使其遗忘。 I am surrounding myself with shadows, which bewilder me, by aping the realties of life. 我把我自己包围在与现实生活似是而非以致使我迷惘的阴影之中。 —————————————— plenty 很多 plenty n. 丰富，大量；充足 adj. 足够的，很多的 adv. 足够 n. (Plenty)人名；(英)普伦蒂 She has plenty of imagination. 她的想象力非常丰富。 You have plenty of time to read. 你有大量的时间读书。 After all, we have plenty of reasons not to. 毕竟，我们总有很多理由不说实话。 —————————————— pretty 漂亮的 pretty adj. 漂亮的；可爱的；优美的 adv. 相当地；颇 n. 漂亮的人 n. (Pretty)人名；(英)普雷蒂 All of them played pretty well. 他们所有人都打的很不错。 This one is pretty basic but something many people overlook. 这是很根本的一点，但许多人还是会忽略。 But I ran plenty of searches on this, and everything seems to work out pretty well. 但是我在这个应用程序上进行了大量的搜索，所有的一切都很好的运行。 —————————————— game 游戏 game n. 游戏；比赛 adj. 勇敢的 vi. 赌博 n. (Game)人名；(英)盖姆；(法)加姆；(西)加梅 I dived in when the game started. 游戏开始时我就参加进去了。 Tell me about the game. 告诉我比赛的情况。 At the end of the game the audience rose to their exciting exhibition. 比赛结束时观众对他们的精彩表演热烈地欢呼鼓掌。 —————————————— waken 唤醒 waken vt. 唤醒；使觉醒 vi. 醒来；觉醒 Go waken his father. 快去把他父亲叫醒。 In the morning, when the birds are roused by the stir of milking the cows, I will waken you. 明日清晨，鸟雀被挤奶姑娘惊起时我会将你唤醒。 Lose not a chance to waken love Be firm, and just, and true; So shall a light that cannot fade Beam on thee from on high. 别错失去了唤醒爱的良机，为人要坚定，正直，忠诚；因此上方照耀着你的那道光芒就不会消失。 —————————————— physicist 物理学家 physicist n. 物理学家；唯物论者 My father is a physicist, and whenever and I had some tough physics problem in my homework I would come to him for help. 我的父亲是个物理学家，无论什么时候我在家庭作业中遇到棘手的物理难题，我都会跑去问他。 Madame Curie was the physicist with expertise in chemistry that, in 1898, discovered the radioactive substances of radium and polonium in Paris, France. 居里夫人是一位具有化学专门知识的物理学家。 1898年，她在法国巴黎发现了放射性物质的镭和钋。 I enjoy moaning about bad science in films as much as the next physicist, but you can be certain that no one enjoys hearing it! 我喜欢一个接一个的物理学家对糟糕的科学的悲啼，但是你们可以确定的是没有人享受听它们！ —————————————— frontier 前沿 frontier n. 前沿；边界；国境 adj. 边界的；开拓的 n. (Frontier)人名；(法)弗龙捷 They lined the north-western frontier with soldiers. 他们沿西北边境线驻扎了士兵。 The incident on the frontier touched off a major war. 边境发生的这起事件触发了一场大战。 The frontier town boomed when gold was discovered nearby. 当那个边疆城镇附近发现金矿时它迅速而蓬勃发展起来。 —————————————— watertight 水密 watertight adj. 水密的；不漏水的；无懈可击的 The impact buckled the Titanic's hull and sent sea water pouring into six of its supposedly watertight compartments. 撞击使得泰坦尼克号的船体发生弯曲，海水随之涌进了六个本该不进水的水密舱室。 It aims to preserve "the Mediterranean diet" and "the watertight-bulkhead technology of Chinese junks" among many other traditions. 该保护名录旨在保护文化，包括：地中海饮食、中国帆船的水密舱壁技术。 Though the Katmai had watertight doors, they were not in good condition, and the crew often left them open at sea. 尽管卡特迈号上设置了水密门，但维护状况都较差，出航的时候船员们就让水密门一直敞开着。 —————————————— quantity 数量 quantity n. 量，数量；大量；总量 We've always put quality before quantity. 我们总是认为质量比数量重要。 Don't strive merely for quantity of production. 在生产中不要单纯地追求数量。 In production， we demand not only quantity but also quality. 我们的产品不但要求数量多， 而且要求质量高。 —————————————— neither 既不 neither conj. 也不；既不 adv. 两个都不；既不……也不 adj. 两者都不的 pron. 两者都不 I neither lend nor owe. 我既没把钱借出也没欠债。 His family owned neither land nor house. 他家既无房子又无地。 She lives in retirement, neither making nor receiving visits. 她过着隐退的生活， 既不访客， 也不见客。 —————————————— care 护理 Cast your care aside. 抛开你的忧虑吧。 The children should be taken good care of. 这些孩子应该受到良好的照顾。 The tropical plants thrived well under our care. 在我们的照料下，这些热带植物茁壮生长。 —————————————— fast 快 fast adj. 快速的，迅速的；紧的，稳固的 adv. 迅速地；紧紧地；彻底地 vi. 禁食，斋戒 n. 斋戒；绝食 n. (Fast)人名；(德、英、俄、芬、捷、瑞典)法斯特 His son learns fast and well. 他的儿子学得又快又好。 John pitched a fast ball to him and he stroke it out. 约翰给他掷了一个快球，而他把球打出去了。 How fast can you post to the port with this urgent message? 你带着这份紧急信件能有多快通过驿站到达港口? —————————————— quiet 安静的 quiet adj. 安静的；安定的；不动的；温顺的 n. 安静；和平 vt. 使平息；安慰 vi. 平静下来 Everywhere seemed to be quiet. 到处似乎都很安静。 They were quiet during the alert. 警戒期间他们保持安静。 The room is small but very quiet. 这房间虽小，可是很安静。 —————————————— publicity 宣传 publicity n. 宣传，宣扬；公开；广告；注意 He consciously stood off her in the publicity. 他有意在公开场合避开她。 My story had attracted publicity, so there were radio and television interviews. 我的遭遇引起了舆论界的注意， 广播、电视记者接踵而来。 Those opposing action on climate change understand this well and frequently use images of electric light at night in their publicity as a metaphor for excitement, civilisation, and progress. 那些反对环保行动的人深知这一点，经常在他们的宣传中使用夜晚电灯的形象，作为兴奋、文明和进步的隐喻。 —————————————— crazy 疯狂的 crazy adj. 疯狂的；狂热的，着迷的 You'd be crazy to drop out. 你要退学真是发疯了。 She drove me crazy. 她把我逼得发疯。 Now I can see how crazy that sounds, but at the time, it seemed perfectly reasonable to me. I was all about those cuts — like they were something about me that only I knew. 现在，我知道这听起来有多么疯狂，但同时，它对我来说似乎非常合理，这就是我所有对于切割的想法——就像切割对我来说有着只有我知道的意义。 —————————————— irony 具有讽刺意味的 irony n. 讽刺；反语；具有讽刺意味的事 adj. 铁的；似铁的 The irony in all this? 还有比这更讽刺的吗？ What irony! 多么讽刺！ He paused to let the irony of this sink in. 他停顿一下，以便让大家领会其中的讽刺意味。 —————————————— clash 冲突 clash n. 冲突，不协调；碰撞声，铿锵声 vi. 冲突，抵触；砰地相碰撞，发出铿锵声 vt. 使碰撞作声 Those black shoes clash with that white skirt. 那些黑鞋与那条白色的裙子很不协调。 It's a pity the two concerts clash; I want to go to both. 可惜两个音乐会时间冲突， 我都想去听。 It seems that the armed clash is necessitated between the two countries. 看来两国间的军事冲突是不可避免的了。 —————————————— hour 小时 hour n. 小时；钟头；课时；…点钟 n. (Hour)人名；(法)乌尔；(柬)胡 He spoke at the UN for an hour. 他在联合国大会上演讲了一个小时。 I pay them by the hour. 我按小时付给他们钱。 I suggest we telescope the seminar into an hour. 我建议将研讨会缩短为一个小时。 —————————————— popular 受欢迎的 popular adj. 流行的，通俗的；受欢迎的；大众的；普及的 The song is becoming widely popular. 这首歌正在广泛流行开来。 The measure falls in with popular demand. 这种方法适合大众的要求。 Crowds flocked after the popular singer as she left the theatre. 当受欢迎的歌手离开剧院时，一大群人尾追着她。 —————————————— surplus 盈余 surplus n. 剩余；[贸易] 顺差；盈余；过剩 adj. 剩余的；过剩的 Brazil has a big surplus of coffee. 巴西有很多剩余咖啡。 Western countries often dumped surplus goods into Third World countries. 西方国家常向第三世界国家倾销剩余货物。 The doctrine of surplus value is the cornerstone of Marx's economic theory. 剩余价值学说是马克思经济理论的基石。 —————————————— impress 留下深刻印象 impress vt. 盖印；强征；传送；给予某人深刻印象 vi. 给人印象 n. 印象，印记；特征，痕迹 She did not impress me at all. 她没给我留下丝毫印象。 You will not be able to build self respect if you are permanently striving to impress others with outer displays. 如果你永远在努力用外在的显示来加深别人对你的印象，你将不能够建立自我尊重。 You found all the really cool animations and sounds and used 85% of them in your presentation, to impress everyone with your flair. 在你的演讲中85%的幻灯片都用到了很酷的动画和声音，本来是为了给大家留下深刻的印象。 —————————————— hoist 提升机 hoist n. 起重机；升起，吊起 vi. 升起；吊起 vt. （用绳索，起重机等）使升起 n. (Hoist)人名；(英)霍伊斯特 I did frame three of my four walls on the ground, then raised them with the chain hoist. 我只在地面装好四面墙的三个框架，再用链式起重机把它们举起来。 Designers envision building the skybridges at the saddle and then using a jacking mechanism to hoist them into place. 设计师构想在三脚基底上建立天空之桥，然后升起机械结构让它们能扬起升空。 Worry, by its very nature, means thinking about the future—and if you hoist yourself into awareness of the present moment, worrying melts away. 担心，由于其本身的性质，意味着考虑未来——如果你把自己提升到当下时刻的意识里，担心就化为乌有了。 —————————————— vocal 直言不讳的 vocal adj. 歌唱的；声音的，有声的 adj. 直言不讳的 n. 声乐作品；元音 n. Vocal)人名；(西)博卡尔 Those dogs were debarked by removal of the true vocal cords. 那些狗被切除了声带。 He built these two warbling toasters, gave them both a vocal range and the ability to adapt, then put them in a room together for two weeks. 他造了这两个鸣啭啁啾的烤面包机，给了它们一个声带范围和适应能力，然后把它们放在同一个房间里两个星期。 Each call has an animal's unique vocal stamp on it. 每一声叫唤都带有一个动物独特的声音印章。 —————————————— brain 大脑 brain n. 头脑，智力；脑袋 vt. 猛击…的头部 n. (Brain)人名；(英)布雷恩 I'll brain you if you don't keep quiet. 如果你不保持安静的话，我就敲你的脑袋。 The difficult question tasked my brain. 这个难题让我大费脑筋。 Can your brain absorb all this information? 你的脑袋能吸收这全部信息吗? —————————————— interim 临时 interim adj. 临时的，暂时的；中间的；间歇的 n. 过渡时期，中间时期；暂定 Please give me an interim receipt. 请给我一张临时的收据。 If we had thought carefully over the interim period, we could have avoided this. 如果我们在这个过渡时期谨慎地思考，我们可以避开它。 In fact you can also define interim levels of maturity: what is the next major maturity goal, defining roadmaps to attain each of these goals with clear business value. 实际上，您还可以定义临时的成熟度级别：下一个主要成熟度目标是什么，定义路线图以实现这些目标（具有明确的商业价值）。 —————————————— likely 可能 likely adj. 很可能的；合适的；有希望的 adv. 很可能；或许 Of the two possibilities,this is the more likely than that. 在可能发生的两件事中，这件事比那件事更有可能发生。 Noticing that there was likely to be trouble, the coward sneaked away. 那个胆小鬼看到有可能发生骚乱时就溜开了。 If you gallop through your work, you are more likely to make mistakes. 如果你匆匆完成你的工作，你就更可能出错了。 —————————————— farmer 农民 farmer n. 农夫，农民 n. (Farmer)人名；(英)法默；(法)法尔梅；(西)法梅尔 She dickered with the farmer for the best fruit. 她要买最好的水果而跟农民讨价还价。 The farmer peddled his fruit from house to house. 那个农民挨家挨户兜售他的水果。 As a farmer, you should learn how to yoke the oxen together. 作为农民，你应该学会怎样把一对牛用轭连起来。 —————————————— sometime 的某个时候 sometime adv. 改天；来日；在某一时候 adj. 以前的；某一时间的 What I meant was that you can find it sometime during the week. 我的意思是说不定你可以在这个星期的某个时候找到它。 I can go to the grocery store because, dammit, you just have to go sometime. 我可以去杂货店，因为，见鬼，你有时就是要去一趟。 In Bombay [Mumbai], I was just was one of the girls, nothing special, but sometimes now I enjoy being that outside voice, I sometime relish it. 在孟买，我不过是女孩子之一，没有什么特别的，但是有时我喜欢成为那个局外的声音，我有时喜欢，有时讨厌。 —————————————— cement 水泥 cement vt. 巩固，加强；用水泥涂；接合 vi. 粘牢 n. 水泥；接合剂 They decided to cement the pavement. 他们决定在人行道上铺上水泥。 Our object is to further cement trade relations. 我们的目标是进一步巩固贸易关系。 Harry was coated in sand and cement,but we picked him up and dusted him down. 哈里满身全是沙子和水泥，我们把他扶起来，给他掸掸干净。 —————————————— reject 拒绝 reject vt. 拒绝；排斥；抵制；丢弃 n. 被弃之物或人；次品 I reject these choices. 我拒绝这些选择。 They can either accept or reject your invitation. 他们可以接受，也可以拒绝您的邀请。 If that is not what you want, reject them completely. 如果您并不想这样做，那么就完全地拒绝它。 —————————————— restless 不安分的 restless adj. 焦躁不安的；不安宁的；得不到满足的 The mind of most people is very restless. 大多数人的思想都是焦躁不安的。 Under completely natural circumstances, I would have been feeling restless and ready at some point after the inauguration. 在完全自然的情况下，我原本会觉得非常不安并在就职典礼后就准备好。 He had been restless and was so happy we were all staying by his side. Mummy and I both slept in the same single bed which was no mean feat. 之前他很焦躁不安，虽然妈妈和我一起睡在一张单人床上并不舒服，但是我们一直陪在爸爸身边让他很开心。 —————————————— marginal 边际 marginal adj. 边缘的；临界的；末端的 Marginal cultures in the past have rightfully entered the mainstream through business, taking money from the majority and infusing it into their own tribes. 过去，边缘文化曾通过商业活动合法地进入主流社会，从多数人那里挣得金钱，并注入到自己的部落。 And every year, like some sort of magic clockwork, it does more and more for less and less, bringing the marginal costs of technology in the units that we individuals consume closer to zero. 每年，就像某些神奇的发条装置一样，它能以越来越少的成本做越来越多的事情；由于大规模消费的存在，技术的单位边际成本渐趋于零。 But I never questioned his history of marginal employment again. 但我没有再问过他的边缘就业经历了。 —————————————— aware 意识到 aware adj. 意识到的；知道的；有…方面知识的；懂世故的 n. (Aware)人名；(阿拉伯、索)阿瓦雷 But you always have to be aware of that possibility. 但是，你永远要意识到那种可能性。 Yon can only humbug those who are not aware of your tricks. 你只能欺骗还不清楚你的伎俩的那些人。 Does our extension need to be aware of any differences between them? 我们的 扩展是否需要知道它们之间的任何区别？ —————————————— adjacent 相邻 adjacent adj. 邻近的，毗连的 The house adjacent to ours is under repairs. 与我家相邻的房子正在修缮。 In the same manner, enter US in the adjacent cell. 以同样的方式，在相邻的单元格中输入 US。 Next, we need to define the region of adjacent cells. 然后，我们需要定义邻近单元的区域。 —————————————— brush 刷 brush n. 刷子；画笔；毛笔；争吵；与某人有效冲突；灌木丛地带；矮树丛；狐狸尾巴 vt. 刷；画； vi. 刷；擦过；掠过；（经过时）轻触 Polish your shoes with a brush. 用刷子把你的鞋子擦亮。 Pass up the paint pot and brush. 把油漆罐和刷子递上来。 He dipped the brush into the paint bucket. 他拿画笔蘸颜料桶中的颜料。 —————————————— costume 服装 costume n. 服装，装束；戏装，剧装 vt. 给…穿上服装 The advertisements of costume in Paris broadened his outlook. 巴黎的服装广告使他大开眼界。 She blacked herself up and rigged her costume for the evening performance. 她在脸上抹了黑油彩，身上穿了戏装以参加晚上的演出。 Your statesman regards a campus backdrop and academic robes as the ideal stage set and costume for the utterance of large, grave thoughts. 你们政治家认为站在校园幕布前，穿着学士服是发表伟大的、重要的思想的最理想舞台和装束。 —————————————— delegate 委托 delegate vt. 委派…为代表 n. 代表 They drafted him to serve as their delegate. 他们选派他作他们的代表。 Each delegate could then be invoked separately. 然后可以单独调用每个委托。 These classes delegate responsibility for base class behavior to an instance of the base class. 这些类将基础类行为的责任委托给基础类的一个实例。 —————————————— cheese 奶酪 cheese n. [食品] 奶酪；干酪；要人 vt. 停止 adj. 叛变的；胆小的 Maggots breed in cheese. 蛆在乳酪里孳生。 He used some cheese to trap the rat. 他用了些乳酪诱捕耗子。 The cheese was ripened. 干酪成熟可吃了。 —————————————— ventilate 通风 ventilate vt. 使通风；给…装通风设备；宣布 Ventilate as much as possible to completely air out the room or spill zone with outside air. 尽可能地通风，以彻底用室外空气置换房间或泄漏区域的空气。 Safety officials said it would take at least 96 hours to ventilate the mine of deadly methane gas to make it safe for search crews to enter. 安全官员们说，要给弥漫着甲烷这种致命气体的矿井通风至少96小时，救援人员才能安全下井搜救。 For newly-decorated houses, residents should let them ventilate for several months before moving in. 对于新装修的房屋，居民应该放置几个月，让室内通风，然后再入住。 —————————————— representation 表示 representation n. 代表；表现；表示法；陈述 It gives me back a representation. 它会返回给我一种表示。 It should be used only as a tool, assisting in messaging and data representation by applications. 它应该只作为工具使用，帮助应用程序进行消息传递和数据表示。 I end with a summary of the results, and I suggest some other factors that make one representation easier to use than another. 并对结果进行总结来结束本文，而且提出了促使一种表示比另一种更容易使用的一些其它因素。 —————————————— guilty 有罪 guilty adj. 有罪的；内疚的 She defied him to prove her guilty. 她量他不敢证明她有罪。 Justice has prevailed,the guilty man has been punished. 正义已经获胜，有罪的人受到了惩罚。 They thought the religious sect was guilty of brainwashing. 他们认为那个教派犯了洗脑的错误。 —————————————— living-room 起居室 living-room n. 起居室；客厅 Next he began to write in the living-room. 接下来，他在起居室开始写作。 The balcony of the living-room is cantilevered. 起居室的阳台是用悬臂支撑的。 One day shortly after my wife and I were married, we set about picking new living-room wallpaper from a book of samples. 婚后不久的一天，我和妻子着手从一本样品手册中挑选起居室的壁纸。 —————————————— radioactive 放射性 radioactive adj. [核] 放射性的；有辐射的 The radiation radius of the radioactive radium radiator in the stadium is variable. 放射性的镭暖气装置的辐射半径在体育场是易变的。 Madame Curie was the physicist with expertise in chemistry that, in 1898, discovered the radioactive substances of radium and polonium in Paris, France. 居里夫人是一位具有化学专门知识的物理学家。 1898年，她在法国巴黎发现了放射性物质的镭和钋。 Radioactive iodine loses half its strength in a week. 放射性碘在一周内会失去一半威力。 —————————————— helicopter 直升机 helicopter n. [航] 直升飞机 vi. [航] 乘直升飞机 vt. 由直升机运送 You can helicopter to the island. 你可以乘坐直升机去那个岛。 The helicopter is staying over our heads. 那架直升机就在我们头顶的上方。 They were succoured from the fire by the rescue helicopter. 他们被援救的直升机从大火中解救了出来。 —————————————— magic 魔法 magic n. 巫术；魔法；戏法 adj. 不可思议的；有魔力的；魔术的 n. (Magic)人名；(英)马吉克 Belief in magic still exists. 对魔法的迷信仍存在着。 The Chicago Bulls iced Orlando Magic 88 to 65. 芝加哥公牛队以88比65打败奥兰多魔术队。 Then how about some magic around an otherwise inconspicuous chair? 那么给一把毫不显眼的椅子施点魔法如何？ —————————————— rival 竞争对手 rival n. 对手；竞争者 vt. 与…竞争；比得上某人 vi. 竞争 adj. 竞争的 n. (Rival)人名；(英、法、西)里瓦尔 The boxer whaled his rival 3 to 0. 拳击手以3比0击败了对手。 He prayed down his rival. 他以祈祷来降伏了对手。 He lost out to his rival. 他输给了自己的对手。 —————————————— wheel 轮 wheel n. 车轮；方向盘；转动 vt. 转动；使变换方向；给…装轮子 vi. 旋转；突然转变方向；盘旋飞行 The mechanic has trued up a wheel. 机修工已经装准了一个轮子。 The car crashed when the wheel flew off. 一只轮胎飞脱而出，汽车就撞坏了。 The driver demounted the tire from the wheel. 司机把轮胎从轮毂上拆卸下来。 —————————————— frank 弗兰克 frank adj. 坦白的，直率的；老实的 n. 免费邮寄特权 vt. 免费邮寄 Frank treated us to dinner. 弗兰克请我们吃饭。 Frank talked away like a chatter box. 弗兰克像个话匣子说个没完。 Frank is just toying withher affections. 弗兰克只是在玩弄她的感情。 —————————————— streamline 简化 streamline vt. 把…做成流线型；使现代化；组织；使合理化；使简单化 n. 流线；流线型 adj. 流线型的 Can you streamline this kind of airship? 你能把这种飞艇设计成流线型吗? Even when we streamline our test cases to only those that "should pass," we can fall into this trap. 即使当我们将我们的测试用例流线处理为那些只“应该通过”的内容时，我们也可能落入该圈套。 One example of this is a big sales application in which each geographical region maintains only its own data to streamline performance. 大型销售应用程序就是这样的一个例子，其中每个地理区域仅维护本区域的数据以便简化性能。 —————————————— behalf 代表 behalf n. 代表；利益 And on behalf of the other honorees, I say thank you. 我代表获得此一荣誉的其他人向你们表示感谢。 My husband could not be here tonight, but I want to thank you on his behalf. 我丈夫今晚因故不能前来， 我谨代表他向你们致谢。 On behalf of my Government I have the honour to make to you the following communications. 我荣幸地代表我国政府向您转达如下内容。 —————————————— reclaim 回收 reclaim vt. 开拓；回收再利用；改造某人，使某人悔改 vi. 抗议，喊叫 n. 改造，感化；再生胶 You can reclaim unwanted file systems or disk space to save resources. 可以回收空闲的文件系统或磁盘空间以节省资源。 The time during which the application is halted is referred to as pause time because application progress is paused for the GC to reclaim free space. 应用程序暂停的持续时间被称作暂停时间，因为这段时间暂停了应用程序进程使 GC 可以回收自由空间。 These processes have no direct impact on the user experience, and the system can kill them at any time to reclaim memory for a foreground, visible, or service process. 这些进程对用户体验没有直接的影响，系统可能在任意时间终止它们，以回收内存供前台进程、可见进程及服务进程使用。 —————————————— paradise 天堂 paradise n. 天堂 至福境地 The bird of Paradise is fabled to have no feet. 相传天堂的鸟没有脚。 On that rainy night, I dreamed to fly to my paradise. 在那个落雨之夜，我梦想着飞向我的天堂。 Paradise is there, behind that door, in the next room; but I have lost the key. 天堂就在那边，在那扇门后，在隔壁的房里；但是我把钥匙丢了。 —————————————— captain 队长 captain n. 队长，首领；船长；上尉；海军上校 vt. 指挥；率领 Captain Gordon was hurried off before I walked to him. 在我走向戈登上尉之前，他就匆匆走开了。 The football team deepsixed the captain's attempt to call Sunday practice. 这支足球队拒绝队长叫他们星期日练球的要求。 The captain refused to leave his sinking ship while there were others on board. 在船上还有其他人的时候， 船长不肯离开正在下沉的船。 —————————————— slim 苗条的 slim adj. 苗条的；修长的；微小的；差的 vt. 使…体重减轻；使…苗条 vi. 减轻体重；变细 n. (Slim)人名；(阿拉伯)萨利姆；(英、西)斯利姆 I remember her as a slim young girl. 我把她作为一个苗条的少女记得她。 She is tall and slim. 她身量修长。 The slim Muslim reached his climax when he found the axis of the galaxy. 苗条的穆斯林在发现银河的轴线时达到了(人生的)顶点. —————————————— barber 理发师 barber vt. 为…理发；修整 n. 理发师 vi. 当理发师 n. (Barber)人名；(西)巴尔韦尔；(英)巴伯；(罗)巴尔伯 His father apprenticed him to a barber. 他父亲送他去当理发师的徒弟。 We have the same barber, but not much else in common. 我们有相同的理发师，但再无其他共同点。 You may want to jot down when you plan to begin, whether you have outside deadlines which must be maintained, and how much flexibility is available for the person in the barber shop. 无论你是有外在的完成工作的截止期限必须遵守，还是像理发店里的人那样对时间随心所欲，你都应该在你计划开始工作的时候就写下那些时间限制。 —————————————— fruitful 富有成果的 fruitful adj. 富有成效的；多产的；果实结得多的 The work will be more fruitful under this plan. 按照这一方案， 做这工作将更有成效。 We are certain that this will be a fruitful collaboration. 我们确信这将是一个富有成效的合作。 We have carried out fruitful cooperation and exchanges in the fields of politics, economics, education and culture. 双方在政治、经济、文化、教育等领域开展了富有成效的交流与合作。 —————————————— migrate 迁移 migrate vi. 移动；随季节而移居；移往 vt. 使移居；使移植 Some birds migrate as season changes. 有些鸟随季节迁徙。 Some tribes migrate with their cattle in search of fresh grass. 一些部落为寻找嫩草带着他们的牲口迁徙。 I wish we could migrate from here every winter, as the birds do! 但愿我们能像鸟儿一样，每年冬季从这里定期迁徙! —————————————— budget 预算 budget n. 预算，预算费 vt. 安排，预定；把…编入预算 vi. 编预算，做预算 adj. 廉价的 The congress approved the budget. 国会批准了国家预算。 She stretched money to keep within a budget. 为了不超出预算，她精打细算地花钱。 With a limited budget the society is handicapped in its operation. 由于该协会的预算有限， 其活动受到限制。 —————————————— spy 间谍 spy vt. 侦察；发现；暗中监视 vi. 侦察；当间谍 n. 间谍；密探 They have tracked down the spy. 他们已经追捕到那个间谍。 She delated him to the police for a spy. 她向警方告发他是一个间谍。 It was the spy's suspicious manner that first put us on to him. 最初引起我们对这个间谍警惕的是他的可疑的举止。 —————————————— precaution 预防措施 precaution n. 预防，警惕；预防措施 vt. 警惕；预先警告 The fact woke them up to the need for the safety precaution. 事实使他们认识到安全防范的必要性。 This is a precaution that can protect your work colleagues and others. 这是一种预防措施，可保护同事和他人不受感染。 Because our crew are amateurs and not professional there's much more precaution taken in everything we do. 因为我们的船员是业余爱好者或非专业人士，我们做任何事都要加倍防范。 —————————————— lobby 游说团体 lobby n. 大厅；休息室；会客室；游说议员的团体 vt. 对……进行游说 vi. 游说议员 The delegates entered the assembly hall by way of the lobby. 代表们通过大厅进入会场。 The company hired the President's special trade representative to lobby Mr. Pierce. 公司雇用了总统的特别商业顾问去游说皮尔斯先生。 It held the record for the highest lobby in the world until the Shanghai Park Hyatt eclipsed it. 它在世界上保持了最高的大厅的记录，直到上海公园凯悦使它黯然失色为止。 —————————————— offence 犯罪 offence n. 犯罪；违反；过错；攻击 He was punished for an offence. 他因犯罪而受罚。 His case should be subsumed under the title of criminal offence. 他的案子应归入刑事犯罪。 Your pardon, once again, good sir, if my speech give the shadow of offence. 如果我的话有丝毫冒犯的话，我的好先生，就再次请你原谅。 —————————————— capacity 能力 capacity n. 能力；容量；资格，地位；生产力 You have the capacity for anything. 你有成就一切的能力。 I really admire his capacity for work. 我真钦佩他的工作能力。 The professor in his lecture went beyond the capacity of his audience. 这位教授的讲课超过了听众的接受能力。 —————————————— preceding 前 preceding adj. 在前的；前述的 v. 在...之前（precede的ing形式） Fully qualify the column name by preceding it with the correlation name. 通过在列名前面加上关联名，对它进行完全限定。 When you invoke a build phase, you also invoke all the preceding build phases. 您调用一个构建阶段时，也就调用了所有前面的构建阶段。 To uniquely identify a system, it might take one or more of the elements in the preceding list to construct the identifier. 要唯一地标识一个系统，可能需要使用前面的列表中的一个或多个元素来构造其标识符。 —————————————— appendix 附录 appendix n. 附录；阑尾；附加物 The final list together with an appendix would be sent to the manager for his approval. 最后的名单连同一份附录将被送到经理那里等候他的批准。 This appendix should give you a good overview of the DOM data model and show you how to access the information you are looking for. 这个附录应该可以使您对 DOM 数据模型有一个很好的全面了解，并且展示了如何访问所要查找的信息。 The highlight of his day is lumbering to the mailbox, leaning on his mother, who was told recently by doctors that she had carcinoid tumors in her appendix and colon. 除了去医院的时候，他的一天的重要事情就是，靠着他母亲，打开邮箱。 他母亲最近也被告知，在她的阑尾和结肠发现良性肿瘤。 —————————————— garbage 垃圾 garbage n. 垃圾；废物 n. (Garbage)人名；(法)加尔巴热 That garbage can was belted with blue paint. 那只垃圾箱被漆上蓝色条纹标记。 They fouled the water by throwing in garbage. 他们向水中倾倒垃圾弄脏了水。 The smell from the garbage dulled her appetite. 闻到来自垃圾的臭味使她食欲大减。 —————————————— crack 裂纹 crack vt. 使破裂；打开；变声 vi. 破裂；爆裂 n. 裂缝；声变；噼啪声 adj. 最好的；高明的 Dust blew through every crack in the room. 灰尘随风从每个裂缝钻进房间里。 Don't pour hot water into the glass or it will crack. 不要把热水倒入玻璃杯里，否则杯子会破裂。 The rainwater dripped through a crack on the ceiling. 雨水从天花板的裂缝中滴下。 —————————————— physics 物理 physics n. 物理学；物理现象 They are digging at physics. 他们在钻研物理学。 I have to swot up my physics now. 我这几天得在物理学上下点功夫了。 He is reading electron physics at Qinghua University. 他现在在清华大学攻读电子物理学。 —————————————— less 少 less adv. 较少地；较小地；更小地 adj. 较少的；较小的 prep. 减去 n. 较少；较小 n. (Less)人名；(德、意、匈、芬)莱斯 Speak less, your voice hoarsened. 少说些话吧，你的声音都粗哑了。 If you upend the box it will take less space. 如果你将盒子竖起来，它就可以少占些空间。 You should bestow more time to work and less to daydreaming. 你应多花点时间去工作而少花点时间去幻想。 —————————————— eloquent 有说服力的 eloquent adj. 意味深长的；雄辩的，有口才的；有说服力的；动人的 His eloquent speech called out a response in the heart of every man. 他雄辩的演说在每个人的心里引起了反应。 If you’re not feeling eloquent enough to explain your decision to others, let us say it for you. 如果你感到你没有足够的口才向他人解释你的决定，让我们替你说。 The night before, he had imagined the reaction of the girl and her female allies to his message, and had composed an eloquent retort to throw at these petty-minded women. 昨天晚上，他曾经想象女孩和她的支持者们对他的留言会有怎样的反映，还为反驳这些心地狭窄的女人构思出雄辩的腹稿。 —————————————— fame 名声 fame n. 名声，名望；传闻，传说 vt. 使闻名，使有名望 He owed his fame to good fortune. 他把他获得的名望归因于好运。 In those years he just fought for fame. 那些年，他只是为成名而奋斗。 His fame was obscured by that of his wife . 他妻子的名声使他的名声相形见绌。 —————————————— property 财产 property n. 性质，性能；财产；所有权 He forfeited his property by crime. 他因犯罪被剥夺财产。 He settled his property on his friend. 他把财产赠给了他的朋友。 He deeded the property to his daughter. 他立契约把财产转让给女儿。 —————————————— mayor 大 —————————————— mud 泥 mud vt. 弄脏；用泥涂 vi. 钻入泥中 n. 泥；诽谤的话；无价值的东西 My car was stuck in the mud. 我的汽车陷在泥里不能动弹。 They daubed mud all over themselves. 他们用泥涂满全身。 I dirty my trousers when I step on the mud. 我一脚擩在烂泥里， 把裤子弄脏了。 —————————————— accordingly 相应的 accordingly adv. 因此，于是；相应地；照著 Accordingly, we may not bother to help them by hurting them. 因此，我们可能不操心通过伤害来帮助他们。 If you have specific issues that you wish to deal with, then increase this accordingly, perhaps every day for a few weeks. 如果你要处理某些具体问题，那就相应的增加自我催眠，可能在几周的时间里每一天都进行。 One of our contributions as a global institution is to ensure that the world understands that and takes action accordingly. 作为一个全球机构，我们的贡献之一就是保证世界明白这个道理并采取相应的行动。 —————————————— comfortable 舒适的 comfortable adj. 舒适的，舒服的 n. 盖被 We have a comfortable new residence. 我们有了一个舒适的新居。 Wealth empowered him to live a comfortable life. 财富使他能够过舒适的生活。 She leads a happy and comfortable life, never lacking for money or friends. 她过着幸福而舒适的生活，从未缺过钱或朋友。 —————————————— objection 反对 objection n. 异议，反对；缺陷，缺点；妨碍；拒绝的理由 She broke in with a ridiculous objection. 她突然插嘴提了个可笑的异议。 The headmaster is trying to knock off every objection. 校长正努力排除一切反对意见。 He circumvented their objection to the plan by having one of their own members propose it. 他设法使他们自己的人来提出这个计划而避过了他们的反对。 —————————————— sour 酸 sour adj. 酸的；发酵的；刺耳的；酸臭的；讨厌的 vi. 发酵；变酸；厌烦 vt. 使变酸；使失望 n. 酸味；苦事 n. (Sour)人名；(柬)索 This pear tastes a bit sour. 这梨带点酸味。 What do they use to sour the mash? 他们是用的什么把饲料煮得带有酸味的? The fruit is still green and eats sour. 果子还青， 吃起来很酸。 —————————————— synthetic 合成 synthetic adj. 综合的；合成的，人造的 n. 合成物 Some of the new synthetic dress materials do not crush. 有些新的合成衣料不起皱。 With the code demonstrated here, you can apply this next level of navigational system to any application through the use of synthetic keyboard and mouse events. 使用本文演示的代码，您将可以通过合成的键盘和鼠标事件将这种新一代导航系统应用到任何应用程序。 So we think synthetic cells are going to have tremendous potential, not only for understanding the basis of biology but for hopefully environmental and society issues. 我们认为，合成细胞将具有巨大的前景，不仅仅是在理解生物学基础上，而且很可能帮我们应对环境和社会问题。 —————————————— script 脚本 script n. 脚本；手迹；书写用的字母 vt. 把…改编为剧本 vi. 写电影脚本 And what about the script? 那剧本怎么样呢？ I have two issues with this script. 对于这个脚本，我有两个问题。 She smacked the script on the floor. 她把脚本啪的一声扔到了地板上。 —————————————— hence 因此 hence adv. 因此；今后 Hence, some or all the clusters of Figure 7 can be of the dynamic variety. 因此，图 7 中的部分或所有集群都可以具有动态多样性。 Diagrams are crucial, since without them, it is difficult to develop an understanding of the model and, hence, the system it represents. 图是决定性的，因为没有它们，理解模型是很困难的，因此理解模型代表的系统也是很困难的。 All that growth takes lots of steel and cement and hence pours carbon into the air—but in time it should drive down emissions. 所有这些发展都需要大量的钢铁和水泥，并因此会向空气中排放碳——但是国家将能够及时地降低排放量。 —————————————— commonwealth 英联邦 commonwealth n. 联邦；共和国；国民整体 This is in the earliest years of the commonwealth government. 这是在联邦政府刚成立不久的几年间。 As the governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts I am confident each and every one of you will serve with distinction, honor and integrity. 作为马萨诸塞联邦的长官，我确信你们每一个人都将正直、卓越的服务于此项工作，并为之带来荣耀。 The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said people "should be aware" of the outbreak, but it was not currently advising people against travelling to affected areas of Mexico and the US. 外交部和联邦办公室表示人们应该意识到疫情的爆发,目前并不建议人们不要去墨西哥和美国的已感染区域旅行. —————————————— headquarters 总部 headquarters n. 总部；指挥部；司令部 The company's headquarters is based in London. 这家公司的总部设在伦敦。 The headquarters dispatched troops to the front. 司令部迅速派遣部队到前线。 The diplomatic dispatches were dispatched to the UN Headquarters. 外交急件被送往联合国总部。 —————————————— quit 辞职 quit vt. 离开；放弃；停止；使…解除 vi. 离开；辞职；停止 n. 离开；[计] 退出 adj. 摆脱了…的；已经了结的 n. (Quit)人名；(英)奎特 The workers quit work at noon. 工人在中午时停止工作。 So he quit. 因此他退出。 There are no failures in life, only those who quit before success. 生活中没有失败者，只有那些在成功前就放弃的人。 —————————————— relief 救援 relief n. 救济；减轻，解除；安慰；浮雕 His family has been on relief ever since he died. 自他去世后, 他的家属一直靠救济过日子。 The doctor's treatment gave no relief to the patient. 那医生的治疗并未使病人的病情减轻。 Needy and handicapped people depend on government relief for their support. 穷人和残疾人依靠政府的救济维持生计。 —————————————— hole 洞 hole n. 洞，孔；洞穴，穴；突破口 vi. 凿洞，穿孔；（高尔夫球等）进洞 vt. 凿洞 n. (Hole)人名；(瑞典、挪)霍勒；(英)霍尔 Mary burned a hole in her dress. 玛丽在外衣上烧了一个洞。 Try to mend this hole in my shirt. 请设法把我这个衬衫上的洞补好。 They fired the badger out of the hole. 他们用火把獾从洞中熏出来。 —————————————— alleviate 缓解 alleviate vt. 减轻，缓和 You can alleviate this somewhat by having an abstract superclass that contains empty implementations of all methods for all visitors. 您可以使用一个抽象超类，在其中包含所有访问者的所有类的空实现，从而略微缓解难度。 In this article, you have learned how to alleviate some of the restrictions and problems that developers unknowingly create for their consumers during development time. 在本文中，您了解了如何减轻开发人员在进行开发时不知不觉为用户制造的一些限制和问题。 He not only feels a sorrow of the same kind with that which they feel, but as if he had derived a part of it to himself, what he feels seems to alleviate the weight of what they feel. 说倾听者和他们一起分担忧愁似乎不大合适，他不仅和他们一样感觉到了悲伤，而且似乎在他们的心理负担减轻了之后，自己又得到了一些悲伤。 —————————————— gift 礼物 gift n. 礼物；天赋；赠品 vt. 赋予；向…赠送 n. (Gift)人名；(英)吉夫特 My son was hugging the gift from his aunt. 我儿子紧紧抱着他姑姑给他的礼物。 He pledged his gold watch to pay for her birthday gift. 为给她买生日礼物他抵押了他的金表。 I redeemed my promise to my daughter by sending her a gift on her birthday. 女儿生日那一天我送给她一件礼物，履行了我对她的诺言。 —————————————— alike 都 alike adj. 相似的；相同的 adv. 以同样的方式；类似于 They are much alike in character. 他们的性格很相似。 The twin sisters are so much alike that it is almost impossible to know one from the other. 这两个孪生姐妹长相极为相像，几乎无法把她们俩区分开。 Do you think that they meant allowing anyone to use their brand in any way they chose on a share and share alike basis? 你认为他们的意思是允许任何人用任何方式来用他们的品牌并且以相同的方式来共享基础？ —————————————— gay 同性恋 gay adj. 快乐的；放荡的；艳丽的 n. 同性恋者 n. (Gay)人名；(西)加伊；(英、法、瑞典、毛里塔)盖伊 And, yes, we know that some of them are gay. 的确，我们知道，其中有一些人是同性恋。 No man could switch him off when he talked about his gay social life. 当他谈起他放荡不羁的社交生活时，没人能让他不说下去。 Gay and straight can be a real us-and-them situation. This is so frustrating if all you want to be is yourself. 同性恋和异性恋正是一种真正的“我们和他们”的情形，这让你感到很沮丧，你想要的只是做你自己。 —————————————— shriek 尖叫 shriek vi. 尖叫；促人注意 vt. 尖声发出 n. 尖声；尖锐的响声 Her shriek was dulled by the loud crash of thunder. 她的尖叫声在震耳的雷声中变得低沉了。 If they happened to crawl under my dress or I sat on them accidentally they would punish me with a sting that made me shriek with pain. 如果他们恰巧爬到我裙子底下，或我正好坐在他们上面时他们就会用那能疼得让我尖叫的刺痛来惩罚我。 Parents clap and shriek with laughter while children look on with bemused grins as the daily ritual is performed. 家长和困惑的孩子们一起尖叫和笑著拍著手鼓掌，作为例行表演仪式天天上演。 —————————————— counter 计数器 counter n. 柜台；对立面；计数器；（某些棋盘游戏的）筹码 vt. 反击，还击；反向移动，对着干；反驳，回答 vi. 逆向移动，对着干；反驳 adj. 相反的 adv. 反方向地；背道而驰地 She riffed through the items on the counter. 她迅速地浏览了一遍柜台上的货品。 A large crowd of customers swarmed before the counter. 柜台前挤满了一大群顾客。 If you go through your white flour in less than a year, however, you can safely keep it on the counter in an airtight jar or canister. 不过，如果您可以在不到一年的时间里用完您的白面粉，那您就可以放心的把它放在柜台上的一密闭瓶或罐中。 —————————————— appliance 设备 appliance n. 器具；器械；装置 Since none of us are that handy and we also had a prior bad experience with appliance repair, we decided to buy a new washer. 由于我们没有一个人擅长修理，并且之前有过一次糟糕的电器修理经历，我们决定买个新的洗衣机就。 The red metal is a crucial cog in the global economy as its use in electronics and construction means it is found in almost every appliance and building. 铜在电子和建筑行业用途广泛，几乎在每台电器和每座建筑中都不可或缺，这种红色金属是全球经济中的重要一环。 The device most often used to do this is a load balancer, which is an appliance that accepts requests from the outside world and hands them off to the next available application server. 进行这一操作最常用的设备是一个负载均衡器，这是一个从外部接收请求并将它们移交给下一个可用应用程序服务器的装置。 —————————————— hollow 空心 hollow adj. 空的；中空的，空腹的；凹的；虚伪的 n. 洞；山谷；窟窿 vt. 使成为空洞 vi. 形成空洞 adv. 彻底地；无用地 n. (Hollow)人名；(英)霍洛 The hollow ball floated. 空心球浮在水面上。 Bamboo is light because it is hollow. 竹子很轻， 因为它中间是空的。 Beware of hollow promises. 谨防空洞的承诺。 —————————————— attorney 律师 attorney n. 律师；代理人；检查官 The attorney for the defense challenged the juror. 被告辩护律师不同意这位陪审员。 He delegated his power of attorney to his sister-in-law. 他把他的代理人的权力委托给他的嫂子。 The attorney for the defense challenged the evidence as hearsay. 被告辩护律师驳斥该证据为道听途说。 —————————————— install 安装 install vt. 安装；任命；安顿 How do I install and interact with that tool? 我该如何安装该工具并与其进行相互？ Do they realize not to install programs without your permission? 他们知道没有你的允许不能安装程序吗？ It has been rather costly to install the machinery, but it should pay off in the long run. 安装这套机械代价很高，但从长远来看它会赚钱的。 —————————————— horn 角 horn n. 喇叭，号角；角 vt. 装角于 n. (Horn)人名；(英、德、匈、捷、罗、波、芬、希、瑞典)霍恩；(法)奥尔恩；(柬)洪 A horn tooted in the distance. 喇叭在远处嘟嘟响着。 The sound of the automobile horn rasped on the ear. 汽车的喇叭声很刺耳。 But my faithfulness and my mercy [shall be] with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. 只是我的信实，和我的慈爱，要与他同在。因我的名，他的角必被高举。 —————————————— corridor 走廊 corridor 走廊 The room opens into a corridor. 这房间通向走廊。 She disappeared down the corridor. 她消失在走廊尽头。 We groped our way along the dark corridor. 我们摸索着走过黑暗的走廊。 —————————————— hut 小屋 hut n. 小屋；临时营房 vt. 使住在小屋中；驻扎 vi. 住在小屋中；驻扎 n. (Hut)人名；(阿拉伯、罗、塞)胡特 He thatched his hut with straw. 他用稻草给小屋盖顶。 We can hut on the mountain tonight. 今晚我们可以住在山上的棚屋里。 The hut was constructed from trees that grew in the nearby forest. 这棚屋是用附近森林里长的树木建造的。 —————————————— phrase 短语 phrase n. 短语, 习语, 措辞, 乐句 vt. 措词, 将(乐曲)分成乐句 It's difficult to tick off in a phrase. 很难用一句话概括。 He hashed a phrase in order to colour the sentence. 他反复推敲一个习语以使该句增色。 Sources differ in their speculation on where this phrase came from. 在猜测这个短语源自哪里时，资料并不一致。 —————————————— commence 开始 commence v. 开始；着手；<英>获得学位 The performances will commence in a minute. 演出马上就开始。 I shall forthwith commence the duties of the high trust to which you have called me. 现在我就将开始你们召唤我上任的被赋予如此高度信任的职务。 A new round of legislative jockeying will commence when congressional appropriations committees—the panels that cut federal checks—turn their attention to the space program after the election. 新一轮的立法争夺将开始，当国会拨款委员会—-削减联邦支票的专家团---在选举后把注意力转向太空计划时。 —————————————— miniature 微型 miniature adj. 微型的，小规模的 n. 缩图；微型画；微型图画绘画术 vt. 是…的缩影 Paris is France in miniature. 巴黎是法国的缩影。 As a kind of miniature information center, KIOSKs play an important role in providing the public with information. 作为一种微型的信息中心，KIOSK 在为公众提供信息服务中扮演着重要的角色。 After lunch, I wandered through narrow alleyways, past an ancient mill and over a miniature replica of the Old Bridge. 午餐后，我在狭窄的小巷中随意溜达，走过一个古旧的磨房，还走上一座复制的小型老桥。 —————————————— pledge 承诺 pledge n. 保证，誓言；抵押；抵押品，典当物 vt. 保证，许诺；用……抵押；举杯祝……健康 n. (Pledge)人名；(英)普莱奇 I have left the watch as pledge for borrowed money. 我留下这块手表作为借款的抵押物。 He would keep his pledge to the utmost of his power. 他将极力信守他的誓言。 At this moment, in this election, we must pledge once more to march into the future. 在这一时刻，在这次选举中，我们必须再一次保证，向未来挺进。 —————————————— repertoire 曲目 repertoire n. 全部节目；计算机指令系统；（美）某人或机器的全部技能 "It's nice to have this validation of just how much the sexual repertoire is changing," he said. “很高兴确认到底有多少性爱剧目在改变，”他说。 Composers took advantage of its technical capabilities, and they created an amazing repertoire that really blossomed in the 19th century. 作曲家们充分利用了它的技术能力，他们创造了一个在19世纪真正繁荣的惊人曲目。 So long as it involves another stimulating item to add to your repertoire, just about any sexual height can be attained, providing that it does not become habitual. 只要它在你的剧目中增加其它刺激的项目，在任何的性高度上可以得到的但绝不能是是习惯性的东西。 —————————————— approximate 近似 approximate vt. 近似；使…接近；粗略估计 vi. 接近于；近似于 adj. [数] 近似的；大概的 However, once the user had requested a help file, the appropriate JAR file will be downloaded during this request, with a window informing the user of an approximate download time. 然而，一旦用户请求了一个帮助文件，在请求过程中适当的 JAR 就会被下载，并伴有一个通知用户大致的下载时间的窗口。 The model downloaded to a smart phone finds an approximate solution for a new set of parameters by reference to the precomputed solutions. 这个模型会被下载到智能手机上，通过引用预先计算好的结果来找到一个对应新的参数组的近似结果。 This page shows a timeline of the major events in the novel (with the occasional external historical event) and the approximate ages of the characters at the time. 本页展示的是该小说主要事件的时间表（偶然的外部历史事件）和那时候的人物的大致年龄。 —————————————— moment 时刻 moment n. 片刻，瞬间，时刻；重要，契机 n. (Moment)人名；(英)莫门特 She treasured every moment with her husband. 她珍视和丈夫相处的每一刻。 At the last moment the player was able to hit the ball in. 在最后一刻， 那位运动员终于击进了一球。 He dissimulated his intentions right up to the moment of the attack. 一直到进攻的时刻他仍掩饰自己的意图。 —————————————— orbit 轨道 orbit n. 轨道；眼眶；势力范围；生活常规 vi. 盘旋；绕轨道运行 vt. 绕…轨道而行 The orbit of a space satellite decayed. 人造卫星轨道的能量消减了。 They successfully lofted a spaceship into orbit. 他们成功地将一艘宇宙飞船射入轨道。 So if I'm going in orbit like this, I either fire my rocket like this, or I fire my rocket like this, but that is difficult enough what we do now. 如果我在轨道中这样走，或者以这样的方式发射火箭，或者这样发射火箭，但是我们现在做的,就已经很困难了。 —————————————— optimism 乐观 optimism n. 乐观；乐观主义 They ended the discussion on a note of optimism. 他们在乐观的调子中结束了讨论。 There was a glow on his face, wrinkled by a life time of suffering, that inspired one with a feeling of unshakable optimism. 他那饱经风霜的多皱的脸上发着光彩， 使人产生一种乐观的感觉。 And if you want it with someone, I wonder how you might go about it and what courage and optimism will help you to move in that direction. 如果你想和某人一起拥有它，我好奇你会怎样进行，又是怎样的勇气和乐观能帮你在这个方向上走下去。 —————————————— sin 罪 sin n. 罪恶；罪孽；过失 vi. 犯罪；犯过失 vt. 犯罪 n. (Sin)人名；(罗)西恩；(匈)欣；(柬、阿拉伯)辛；(缅)信 We forgave him his sin. 我们宽恕他的罪行。 What will you do to atone for this sin? 你将做什么来赎这罪呢? Catholics go to confession to be purged of sin. 天主教徒通过告解以获得赦罪。 —————————————— spatial 空间 spatial adj. 空间的；存在于空间的；受空间条件限制的 So, what do we know about spatial distribution? 关于空间分布，我们了解哪些东西？ That new function operates on all the spatial data types. 这个新函数可以操作所有空间数据类型。 And there is no evidence of a correlation between acquiring spatial skills and an interest in mathematics or science. 而且也没有关于获得空间技能与对数学或科学的兴趣之间的关联性的证据。 —————————————— knowledge 知识 knowledge n. 知识，学问；知道，认识；学科 n. (Knowledge)人名；(南非)诺利奇 The door to knowledge is study. 通向知识的门径是学习。 All knowledge originates from labour. 一切知识起源于劳动。 The student trotted out his knowledge. 这个学生炫耀他的知识。 —————————————— facilitate 促进 facilitate vt. 促进；帮助；使容易 Modern inventions facilitate housework. 许多现代发明便利了家务劳动。 All of these agencies and people either complement or facilitate our work, or express the health needs of populations. 所有这些机构和人士要么补充或便利我们的工作，要么表达人民的卫生需求。 However, partitioning a system from only one perspective will not likely facilitate the allocation of all stakeholder needs. 然而，只从一个透视图来分割系统，可能将不会促进所有涉众要求的分配。 —————————————— substantial 实质性的 substantial adj. 大量的；实质的；内容充实的 n. 本质；重要材料 This sounds promising, but as far as we know, substantial investigation of the applicable rules has yet to be done. 这听起来十分有前途，但是据我所知，人们对可应用的规则已经进行了大量的研究。 Worse yet, the code in each of the existing applications must be modified to include the new interfaces, thus generating substantial testing costs. 而更糟的是，必须修改每个已有的应用程序中的代码以包括进新的接口，因而将发生大量的测试费用。 The thesis may at first strike one as extreme, but substantial evidence exists to support it. 这一论文起初给人以偏激的印象，但是存在大量的证据支持这一观点。 —————————————— restraint 克制 restraint n. 抑制，克制；约束 Do not take our restraint for a sign of weakness. 不要把我方的克制看做是软弱可欺。 Slavery is natural because we cannot rule ourselves without the restraint of the passions. 奴役是自然的演变,因为我们无法管理我们自己,若无克制激情。 We lived together so closely, but because it was a place of decorum and restraint and because on top of that we were teenagers, we hid so much. 我们生活在一起，非常紧密，可是学校却有那么多的规矩和约束，而我们不过是十几岁的少年，因此，我们隐藏起了自己。 —————————————— friendly 友好的 friendly adj. 友好的；亲切的；支持的；融洽的，和睦的 adv. 友善地；温和地 n. (Friendly)人名；(英)弗兰德利 This shows him to be liberal and friendly. 这表明了他的心胸宽广和友好。 We must maintain friendly relations with them. 我们必须和他们保持友好关系。 They broke off friendly relations with another country. 他们断绝了与另一国家的友好关系。 —————————————— perform 执行 perform vt. 执行；完成；演奏 vi. 执行，机器运转；表演 So, how do you perform this process? 那么，您如何执行该步骤呢？ We should always perform before the workers, peasants and soldiers. 我们应该经常为工农兵演出。 They clapped together a stage so that they could have somewhere to perform. 他们匆忙搭起一个舞台，以便有地方演出。 —————————————— superior 优越的 superior adj. 上级的；优秀的，出众的；高傲的 n. 上级，长官；优胜者，高手；长者 We overwhelmed the enemy by superior forces. 我们以优势兵力打垮了敌军。 When, and only when, these behaviors occur does an authority relationship exist between the superior and subordinate. 当且仅当这些行为发生时，在上级和下级之间才存在一种权威关系。 While previous jobs that use these stages will continue to run, you should use the new functionality because it has superior productivity and performance. 在使用这些阶段的以前作业将继续运行时，您应该使用新的功能，因为其具有优越的生产率和性能。 —————————————— symbol 象征 symbol n. 象征；符号；标志 Her perfume might be your symbol, or her face, or anything. 她的香水或许是你的象征，或者她的脸，或者任何东西。 If it helps you to visualize your ego self by identifying it as a symbol or as an object please do so. 如果用一个符号或一个物体来代表你的小我意识，对你形象化你的小我意识有帮助，请那样做吧。 In that way, it is both the symbol of our faith in technology, and the sign of our entrapment in the past. 那样的话，这就一方面成为我们对自己技术有信心的标志，同时也是落入过去圈套的一个标志。 —————————————— creep 蠕变 creep vi. 爬行；蔓延；慢慢地移动；起鸡皮疙瘩 n. 爬行；毛骨悚然的感觉；谄媚者 Yet did the physician, in his dark way, creep frightfully near the secret. 不过，医生以他那不为人知的手段，已经可怕地爬近了秘密。 So how do we break away from all the “feature creep” that we’ve added to our lives? 那么，到底怎么做我们才能彻底地摆脱这样的功能蔓延呢？ As you can see in this simple example of iterative traveling, we've encountered similar events to software risks, feature creep, unexpected breakdowns beyond our control, and recovery plans. 如您在本迭代旅行的简单实例中所见到的，对于软件风险、特性蔓延、超出控制的未预料的崩溃，和恢复计划，我们遇到了相似的事件。 —————————————— compact 紧凑的 compact n. 合同，契约；小粉盒 adj. 紧凑的，紧密的；简洁的 vt. 使简洁；使紧密结合 This compact approach does have some limitations. 这种紧凑的方法确实有一些缺陷。 I think this is the most desirable of the compact cars. 我认为这款车型是紧凑型车中最诱人的一款。 That is this rewritten in a much more compact notation because you have the value of this. 这就使你在重写的时候能有一个更紧凑的标记,因为你已经有了这个值的概念。 —————————————— tug 拖轮 tug n. 拖船；拖曳；苦干 vi. 用力拉；竞争；努力做 vt. 用力拉；较量；用拖船拖 The ship steamed athwart the tug. 船朝着那条拖船横向驶去。 Finally, scientists measure the star's wobble due to the planet's gravitational tug, known as the radial velocity. 最后，科学家们测量恒星的摆动，由于地球的引力拖船，由于径向速度而闻名。 During translation, source and target language play a game of tug of war, creating an unceasing tension that may enrich our work-or not, depending on how well we can handle it. 在从事翻译的过程中，源语言和目标语言常常像是在玩儿“拔河”游戏，生成一种持续的“拉力”，也许会充实我们的工作——也许相反，这取决于我们如何能很好地把握它。 —————————————— ascertain 确定 ascertain vt. 确定；查明；探知 It's difficult to ascertain the coal deposits. 煤储量很难探明。 If, then, we see meanness and smallness in the people whom we meet, it would be well to ascertain if we ourselves are not causing such qualities to emanate from us. 如果我们在我们遇到的人身上看到了卑鄙和小气，那么，最好是确定一下我们自己是否没有使这些品质从我们这里散发出来。 Graphic artists usually produce the visual images; the role of the editor is to conceptualize the graphic, find the information it should contain or illustrate, and ascertain its accuracy. 图像艺术家通常负责提供视觉形像，而编辑的作用是将这些形像赋予思想，找出它应代表或显示的资讯，并确定其准确性。 —————————————— grammar 语法 grammar n. 语法；语法书 She talked to the pupil about his grammar mistakes. 她找学生谈话，批评他犯语法错误。 Language teachers often extract examples from grammar books. 语言教师常从语法书里摘录例子。 This time the teacher will not mark our English exercises for spelling and grammar, but she will be looking for pleasing expression. 这次对我们的英语练习老师将不特别注意拼写和语法，而是着重找使她满意的表达法。 —————————————— forward 向前 forward adj. 向前的；早的；迅速的 adv. 向前地；向将来 vt. 促进；转寄；运送 n. 前锋 n. (Forward)人名；(英)福沃德 They all rushed forward but I kept back. 他们都向前冲去，但我仍留在后面。 Please forward any letters to me while I'm on holiday. 我外出度假期间请把给我的信件都转寄给我。 The footballer pretended to run forward,then cut back and took the ball the other way. 这个足球运动员假装向前跑去，接着突然转变方向，把球带往另一边。 —————————————— hobby 爱好 hobby n. 嗜好；业余爱好 n. (Hobby)人名；(英)霍比 He turned from his work to a hobby. 他不干工作却搞起了业余爱好。 Reading is the only hobby I can speak of. 读书是我唯一值得一提的爱好。 He pursued his hobby of collecting old almanacs for so many years. 多年来他一直保持着收集旧历书的嗜好。 —————————————— nursery 托儿所 nursery n. 苗圃；托儿所；温床 The babies were bawling in the nursery. 托儿所的婴儿都在啼哭。 In theory, this means that half of the nursery space (that is, the survivor space) is unused at any point in time. 理论上，这意味着托儿所空间的一半（即幸存者空间）在任何时点上都未使用。 Because the expectation is that most objects will be garbage, a nursery collection generally results in a very brief pause. 由于预期的情况是多数对象都将是垃圾，因此一次托儿所收集通常导致很短的暂停。 —————————————— thickness 厚度 thickness n. 厚度；层；浓度；含混不清 What's the thickness of the wall? 这堵墙有多厚? So I will go with this for the thickness of one sheet. 因此，我将以这个数据来表示每张汽泡纸的厚度。 When you cut up a log into boards the thickness of your saw matters. 当你要把一根原木切割成一块块木板时，你的锯的厚度很关键。 —————————————— youth 青年 youth n. 青年；青春；年轻；青少年时期 He carpentered in his youth. 他年轻时当过木匠。 She keeps her youth well. 她善于保养她的青春。 She desired the love of the handsome youth. 她渴望得到那个美貌青年的爱情。 —————————————— motor 电动机 motor n. 发动机，马达；汽车 adj. 汽车的；机动的 vi. 乘汽车 vt. 以汽车载运 Let me motor your daughter (to) home. 让我开汽车送你女儿回家。 There is something wrong with the motor, it would not kick over. 发动机出故障了，它发动不起来。 Someone in the workshop ran away with the design drawing of the new motor. 车间里有人把新电机的设计图纸偷走。 —————————————— orient 东方 orient vt. 使适应；确定方向；使朝东 n. 东方；东方诸国 adj. 东方的 vi. 向东 n. (Orient)人名；(西)奥连特；(法)奥里安 San Francisco is generally known as the U.S.“gateway to the Orient”. 旧金山是美国 “通向东方的大门”。 Population control is not just an innovation from the Orient, however; it also has an impressive pedigree among the sages of the West. 但是人口控制并不只是一项来自东方的伟大发明；西方的“伟人”们对此的贡献亦有斑斑史迹。 Orient Securities would own 67% of the venture. 东方证券将持有合资企业67%的股份。 —————————————— pendulum 摆 pendulum n. 钟摆；摇锤；摇摆不定的事态 I want you to realize that these results for a pendulum have their restrictions. 我想让你们意识到,这些钟摆的结果,有一定的限制。 Maybe they give in, and the pendulum swings back into sweetness. 也许他们会屈服，然后钟摆会摆回原来的甜蜜。 But now the pendulum seems to be swinging the other way. 但现在钟摆似乎转到另一方向去了。 —————————————— abundance 丰富 abundance n. 充裕，丰富 They have an abundance mentality. 她们有丰富的心理世界。 But I vote for infinite abundance, on demand. 但我投票赞成无限丰富的按需租赁。 By measuring these energy fingerprints in Hyperion data, the group estimated the abundance of sulfur and other deposits at the spring. 通过测量海波龙数据中的这些能量指纹，研究小组估计出泉水一带丰富的硫及其他沉积。 —————————————— goodbye 再见 goodbye int. 再见 放弃 告别 Then I said goodbye. 然后我说再见。 The boy waved goodbye to his grandmother. 男孩向他的奶奶挥手再见。 She fluttered her handkerchief from the train window as a goodbye. 她在火车的窗口挥动着手绢道别。 —————————————— admit 承认 admit vt. 承认；准许进入；可容纳 vi. 承认；容许 She blasted to make him admit his mistake. 她激烈批评使他承认自己的错误。 She prefers to brazen it out rather than admit defeat. 她宁可厚着脸皮赖下去，也不愿承认失败。 Don't try to explain away the situation. If you have made mistakes, just admit them. 不要再分辩了， 有错误就承认嘛! —————————————— metric 度规 metric adj. 公制的；米制的；公尺的 n. 度量标准 We only did one metric! 我们只执行一种度量！ For every metric, you should specify what action you should take based on certain threshold values. 对于每个度量标准，您应该指定根据某个阀值应该采取什么行动。 For each metric, the MC definition defines one or more maps that set its value. 对于每个度量，MC 定义定义了更新其值的一个或多个映射。 —————————————— pot 锅 pot n. 壶；盆；罐 vt. 把…装罐；射击；节略 vi. 随手射击 n. (Pot)人名；(柬)布特；(捷)波特；(法)波 He brewed a pot of tea for us. 他为我们泡了一壶茶。 His big belly swells out like a pot. 他的大肚子鼓胀着像个大锅。 The hot oil in the pot spluttered out onto my hand. 锅里的热油飞溅出来落在了我的手上。 —————————————— visible 可见 visible adj. 明显的；看得见的；现有的；可得到的 n. 可见物；进出口贸易中的有形项目 Note that some of these classes are not visible. 注意这些类中有些是不可见的。 Its scope determines whether it is visible to other tests or not. 它的范围决定了对于其他的测试而言，它是否可见。 This application is not normally visible because it is a system application, but it is there. 因为此应用程序是一个系统应用程序，所以它通常不可见，但确实存在。 —————————————— percentage 百分比 percentage n. 百分比；百分率，百分数 Whisky contains a large percentage of alcohol. 威士忌含有酒精的百分比很高。 What was the percentage of each main transaction? 每一个主交易所占的比例是多少？ We aggregate each layer and express it as some percentage of the previous layer. 我们合计每一层并将其表示为前一个层的某个百分比。 —————————————— explore 探索 explore vt. 探索；探测；探险 vi. 探索；探测；探险 They explore each other. 他们互相探索着。 Let us explore the possibilities for improvement. 让我们探索改善的可能性。 All he had ever done was poke a team or explore the trail or push cattle along. 他所做的事就是激励队伍向前、探索道路或者驱赶畜群。 —————————————— bear 熊 bear vt. 结果实，开花（正式） vt. 忍受；承受；具有；支撑 n. 熊 n. (Bear)人名；(英)贝尔 She can bear off the blow. 她能忍受这次打击。 The bear lumped along. 那只熊笨拙地行走着。 She won't bear coals. 她是不会忍受侮辱的。 —————————————— heaven 天堂 heaven n. 天堂；天空；极乐 n. (Heaven)人名；(英)希文 Whom have I in heaven but you? 除你以外，在天上我有谁呢？ Many peasants called on Heaven to help them. 很多农民乞求上天的帮助。 The dying old man cast up his eyes to heaven and prayed devoutly. 垂死的老人举目望天，虔诚地祈祷。 —————————————— inspire 激励 inspire vt. 激发；鼓舞；启示；产生；使生灵感 His spirit will carry on, and it will inspire all of us to achieve more. 他的精神将得到传承，并激励我们所有人取得更大成就。 We emulate these people since they all inspire us and motivate us to reach our own goals as well. 我们要尽力赶超这些人，因为他们启发了我们，也激励着我们去实现自己的目标。 You, and only you, have the power to inspire and encourage yourself to become a successful single. 你，只有你自己才是那个激励和鼓舞自己成为一个成功单身人士的人。 —————————————— incur 承担 incur vt. 招致，引发；蒙受 The currency curriculum made the excursionist incur loss of time and money. 流通（货币）课程使得旅行者招致了时间和金钱的损失。 Long term dependence on the library may incur extended licensing costs and dependence on the vendor for regular updates and support. 对库的长期依赖可能招致额外的许可证花费，也要依赖厂商来提供正规的升级和支持。 Consequently, it must incur a long pause to defragment, or compact, the heap to coalesce many smaller free memory areas into larger free memory areas to satisfy a large allocation request. 因此，必然会引发长时间的暂停来整理碎片或进行压缩，堆将很多小块的自由内存区域整合为一块大的自由内存区域，从而满足大型分配请求。 —————————————— mill 机 mill vi. 乱转；被碾磨 n. 工厂；磨坊；磨粉机；制造厂；压榨机 vt. 搅拌；碾磨；磨细；使乱转 n. (Mill)人名；(英、德、俄、瑞典)米尔 After the mill closes,the local economy may tailspin. 制造厂关闭后，当地经济可能突然陷于困境。 He was assigned to the heat-treatment shop of the mill. 他被分到厂里的热处理车间。 This old mill has been grinding away for over 50 years. 这个老磨坊已经辗磨了50年。 —————————————— score 分数 score n. 分数；二十；配乐；刻痕 vt. 获得；评价；划线，刻划；把…记下 vi. 得分；记分；刻痕 n. (Score)人名；(英)斯科尔 Famine plagued a score of nations. 二十来个国家遭受饥荒。 Their team beat ours by a large score. 他们队以很高比分打败了我们队。 She bragged endlessly about her high score. 她没完没了地夸耀自己的高分数。 —————————————— productive 富有成效的 productive adj. 能生产的；生产的，生产性的；多产的；富有成效的 Education must be combined with productive labour. 教育必须与生产劳动相结合。 As their boss, what can you do to ensure that they are as productive as possible? 作为他们的老板，你能够做些什么来确保他们尽量富有成效？ By this, we mean how is your team going to use the tools in a way that can best make you productive? 说到这一点，我们的意思是您的团队将怎样用一种可以最大限度提高生产力的方法来使用这些工具？ —————————————— leaf 叶 leaf n. 叶子；（书籍等的）一张；扇页 vi. 生叶；翻书页 vt. 翻…的页，匆匆翻阅 n. (Leaf)人名；(英)利夫 The leaf is oval in shape. 叶呈椭圆形。 These trees come into leaf in February. 这些树二月里长叶子。 Each node can be either a branch or a leaf. 每个节点都可以是一个分支或者是一个叶子。 —————————————— handwriting 笔迹 handwriting n. 笔迹；书法；书写；手稿 v. 亲手写（handwrite的ing形式） Whose handwriting is this? Can you identify it? 这是谁的笔迹， 你辨认得出来吗? Mary disguised her handwriting by writing with her left hand. 玛丽用左手写字以伪装自己的笔迹。 Although his composition was flawless, the teacher was always cavilling at his handwriting. 虽然他的作文写得完美无瑕，但老师对他的书法总是百般挑剔。 —————————————— knob 旋钮 knob n. 把手；瘤；球形突出物 vi. 鼓起 vt. 使有球形突出物 n. (Knob)人名；(匈、捷)克诺布 She twiddled the knob. 她轻轻地转动把手。 He twisted the knob of the door and went inside. 他转动门把手，然后走了进去。 Think of it as a volume knob, for example, that can't be turned any further. 例如我们可以认为它是一个音量调节旋钮，现在它已经无法再进行调节了。 —————————————— degrade 降低 degrade vt. 贬低；使……丢脸；使……降级；使……降解 vi. 降级，降低；退化 This will degrade performance. 这样将降低性能。 As they degrade, the phosphates migrate into the soil. 它们在降解以后，磷酸盐会进入土壤。 Be sure not to use either paper towels, which can leave lint and other fibers, or solutions like window cleaner, which can degrade your display. 请确认没有用纸毛巾，如果用这些将能够留下棉和其它一些纤维，或者像用一些擦窗器，它将降低你的显示。 —————————————— mark 马克 mark n. 标志；马克；符号；痕迹 vi. 作记号 vt. 标志；做标记于；打分数 n. (Mark)人名；(老)马 This mark represents a village. 这个符号表示村庄。 Confession is one mark of repentance. 坦白是悔悟的一个标志。 This is a mark that discriminates the original from the copy. 这是一个使原作与复制品有区别的标志。 —————————————— present 现在 present vt. 提出；介绍；呈现；赠送 vi. 举枪瞄准 adj. 现在的；出席的 n. 现在；礼物；瞄准 He gave her a beautiful present. 他送她一件漂亮的礼物。 She sniffed at his present. 她对他的礼物嗤之以鼻。 How long can the present business boom last? 目前这种商业繁荣能持续多久? —————————————— survive 生存 survive vt. 幸存；生还；幸免于；比...活得长 vi. 幸存；活下来 It astonished her that he was able to survive. 他竟然活了下来，使她大为惊讶。 All of these because I had to survive with all my families in the US. 这些都是因为我必须,带着我的家人在美国生存。 Millions have migrated to the cities because they could not survive in rural areas. 数百万人因无法在乡村生活而移居城市。 —————————————— incorporate 合并 incorporate vt. 包含，吸收；体现；把……合并 vi. 合并；混合；组成公司 adj. 合并的；一体化的；组成公司的 It allows you to harness existing technologies and incorporate them into one application. 它允许您利用现有的技术并将它们合并到同一个应用程序中。 The next step is to generate the report and then incorporate it as an affiliated document of the master document. 紧接着的步骤就是产生这个报告，然后将它作为主文档的附属文档与主文档合并。 Languages tend to incorporate patterns and other common idioms, where they disappear as part of the language abstraction itself. 语言趋向于包含模式和其他常见惯例，它们作为语言抽象自身的一部分出现。 —————————————— optical 光学 optical adj. 光学的；眼睛的，视觉的 All the optical effects have disappeared. 所有的视觉效果都不见了。 He began experimenting to set optical images in 1793. 他在1793年就开始试验凝固光学图像。 The key development lies in the ability of the sphere, an optical device, not only to remain invisible itself but to slow light. 研究的关键在于光纤球的功能开发，这种光学设备不仅要保持自身的隐形，还要能使光线减速。 —————————————— expansion 扩张 expansion n. 膨胀；阐述；扩张物 Their desire for expansion has increased. 他们的扩张欲望有增无减。 Future expansion of the business calls for two new factories. 将来业务扩大需要建造两个新工厂。 We only know it exists because of its effect on the expansion of the Universe. 我们只能根据它对宇宙膨胀所起的作用来认识到它的存在。 —————————————— cheek 脸颊 cheek n. 面颊，脸颊；臀部 vt. 无礼地向…讲话，对…大胆无礼 n. (Cheek)人名；(英)奇克 He pecked her on the cheek. 他轻轻地吻了一下她的面颊。 She kissed her baby on the cheek. 她在她孩子的脸颊上亲了一下。 She pressed a kiss on my cheek then hared off. 她在我的脸上印下一个吻，跑开了。 —————————————— ivory 象牙 ivory n. 象牙；乳白色；长牙 adj. 乳白色的；象牙制的 n. (Ivory)人名；(英)艾沃里 It is carved from ivory. 它是用象牙雕成的。 The panel had a veneer of gold and ivory. 这木板上面镶饰了一层金和象牙。 What exquisite [delicate] ivory carvings these are! 这几件象牙雕刻做得真细! —————————————— landscape 景观 landscape n. 风景；风景画；景色；山水画；乡村风景画；地形；（文件的）横向打印格式 vt. 对…做景观美化，给…做园林美化；从事庭园设计 vi. 美化（环境等），使景色宜人；从事景观美化工作，做庭园设计师 Mist often blurs the landscape. 薄雾常常使风景暗淡。 The boy painted a landscape on paper. 这个男孩子在纸上画了一张风景画。 He thumbtacked the picture of landscape to the wall. 他用图钉把那张风景画钉在墙上。 —————————————— portion 部分 portion n. 部分；一份；命运 vt. 分配；给…嫁妆 Give a portion of each day to recreation. 每天抽一部分时间用于娱乐。 He carved up the roast beef and gave each of us a portion. 他把烤牛肉切成块，给我们每人一份。 She applied a portion of her salary each month to savings. 她每月把一部分薪金用于储蓄。 —————————————— laundry 洗衣 laundry n. 洗衣店，洗衣房；要洗的衣服；洗熨；洗好的衣服 Don't do the laundry yourself,I'll do it. 你不用亲自洗衣服，让我来。 What if I've to send something to the laundry? 如果我有些衣物要送去洗衣房，那怎么办？ I have a baby and with our family of four, I do a load of laundry almost every week day. 我家一共有四个人，包括一个婴孩。 我几乎每个工作日都要做大量的洗衣工作。 —————————————— fax 传真 fax vt. 传真 n. 传真 n. (Fax)人名；(英、法)法克斯 Can I fax this paper? 我可以传真这份文件吗？ I can fax or E-mail that information to you this afternoon. 我可以在今天下午把资料传真或寄电子邮件给你。 Do not send them your application by fax, for instance, if they ask for it by post. 比如，如果公司要求邮寄申请书，就不要把申请书通过传真机传输给他们。 —————————————— displace 取代 displace vt. 取代；置换；转移；把…免职；排水 I'm trying to displace him in his job. 我在试图取代他的工作。 Those resources can displace nuclear power. 那些能源能取代核能。 China cannot displace the United States from Asia; only the United States can. 中国不能取代美国在亚洲的位置；只有美国有这个能力。 —————————————— message 消息 message n. 消息；差使；启示；预言；广告词 vi. 报信，报告；[通信] 报文 vt. 通知 He erased the message. 他抹去了磁带上的信息。 They must radiocast the message at once. 他们必须立即广播这条信息。 It emerged from the message that all was well. 从获知的消息来看，一切都很好。 —————————————— provided 提供 provided conj. 假如；倘若 v. 提供；给予（provide的过去式） The new law provided for equality of human rights. 新法律规定人人有平等的权利。 The local government provided special buses for the guests. 地方政府为宾客提供了专车。 The template can be any empty model, but you can use the one provided with this example for convenience. 这个模版可以是任何一个空模型，但是您可以利用它提供便利的案例。 —————————————— intellectual 知识 intellectual adj. 智力的；聪明的；理智的 n. 知识分子；凭理智做事者 Newton was an intellectual giant. 牛顿是一个智力巨人。 How can I call myself an intellectual if I can't write and publish words as I wish? 如果我不能按自己的意愿写作和发表文字，我如何称自己为一个知识分子？ Perhaps the present concern with the values of liberal arts education portends an intellectual anemia. 现在关心大学文科教育的重要性也许意味着患了智力贫血症。 —————————————— help 帮助 help vt. 帮助；促进；治疗；补救 n. 帮助；补救办法；帮忙者；有益的东西 vi. 帮助；有用；招待 n. (Help)人名；(芬)海尔普 I thanked him for his help. 对他的帮助， 我向他致谢。 She depreciates all our efforts to help her. 她贬低我们帮助她的一切努力。 Whenever we met with difficulties, they came to help us. 每当我们遇到困难时， 他们总来帮助我们。 —————————————— cotton 棉花 cotton n. 棉花；棉布；棉线 vi. 一致；理解；和谐；亲近 adj. 棉的；棉制的 n. (Cotton)人名；(英、西、葡)科顿；(法)戈登 Cotton was picked and weighed up. 棉花已摘下来， 并已称重。 Cotton and cloth are being rationed out now. 棉花和棉布现在正实行定量配给。 Hoe the wheat today, and the cotton tomorrow. 今天给小麦松土除草，明天锄棉花。 —————————————— awkward 尴尬的 awkward adj. 尴尬的；笨拙的；棘手的；不合适的 The president laughed off the awkward situation. 总统对尴尬的处境一笑置之。 Unfortunately, they’re all friends of mine, which makes it awkward. 不幸的是，他们都是我的朋友，这就更尴尬了。 The crisis could not have come at a politically more awkward moment. 这场危机不可能在政治上更尴尬的时刻来临了。 —————————————— proud 骄傲 proud adj. 自豪的；得意的；自负的 n. (Proud)人名；(英)普劳德 He is too proud to take notice of others. 他很骄傲， 不理睬别人。 Ask her, she is proud of them How do you reach them? 问她，她以他们而感到骄傲,你是怎样与他们联系上的？ She is so proud that she will not condescend to speak to us. 她非常骄傲，不肯放下架子同我们说一句话。 —————————————— sample 样本 sample vt. 取样；尝试；抽样检查 n. 样品；样本；例子 adj. 试样的，样品的；作为例子的 n. (Sample)人名；(英)桑普尔 Show me a sample, please. 请拿一个试样给我看看。 Results of the sample must be translated. 取样检查的结果必须附加说明。 You can select either a sample template or your own template, if you have one in the Web project that you created for this exercise. 如果您为这个练习在项目中创建了一个模版，那么您要么选择一个样本模版，要么选择您自己的模版。 —————————————— nobody 没有人 nobody pron. 无人，没有人；没有任何人 n. 无名小卒；小人物 Nobody can read the future. 谁也不能预卜未来。 Nobody asked his opinion, so he butted out. 没人问他的意见，因此他没多嘴。 Nobody can keep me back from taking the job. 没有人能阻拦我接受这项工作。 —————————————— pregnant 怀孕了 pregnant adj. 怀孕的；富有意义的 Do pregnant women really yearn for sour pickles? 是怀孕的妇女都馋酸泡菜吗? Helen aborted when she was three months pregnant. 海伦怀孕三个月时流产了。 Pregnant women should avoid all strenuous activities, but sewing is not one of them. 怀孕的女人应该避免所有繁重的活动，但是针线活不属于这种。 —————————————— pretext 借口 pretext n. 借口；托辞 vt. 以…为借口 You never know when an annoying person borrows this on the pretext of needing a pen and never return it. 你永远不知道什么时候会有一个烦人的家伙以需要钢笔为借口借走这支钢笔而永远不再归还。 No man of vice can be condemned unless he ceases to look upon vice as a pretext and turns it into a goal. 我们不能去责难一个邪恶的人，除非他不再将邪恶看作借口而是将其变为最终目标。 He believes that one of his colleagues paid a paramilitary group to force him "out of my job, my research group and my country, under the pretext that I am a member of a guerrilla group". 他相信他的一位同事买通了一个准军事组织强迫他“辞职、离开研究组、离开我的祖国，借口是我参与了一个游击队组织”。 —————————————— normally 正常情况下 normally adv. 正常地；通常地，一般地 The patient began to breathe normally. 病人开始正常呼吸了。 He began to breathe in and out normally. 他正常呼气和吸气。 To do that, you have to drill into rocks much harder than those you normally encounter in oil fields. 要做到这一点，你必须在岩石上打钻，而那些岩石比你通常在油田遇到的要硬的多。 —————————————— astronaut 宇航员 astronaut n. 宇航员，航天员；太空旅行者 So why become an astronaut at all? 那么，为什么要成为一名宇航员呢？ Yes, I have wanted to be an astronaut. 是的，我想过成为一个宇航员。 Many different qualities go towards the making of an astronaut. 一名宇航员必须具备许多不同的素质。 —————————————— thorough 彻底的 thorough adj. 彻底的；十分的；周密的 In order to ensure success we must have a complete and thorough plan. 为了保证成功， 我们必须要有一个周密的计划。 He had made a thorough investigation. No wonder he knew so much about it. 他对此事做了彻底的调查，怪不得他了解得那么多。 One way is to have a thorough set of unit tests for the code: the code should pass the tests both before and after refactoring. 第一种方法是对代码进行一套完全彻底的单元测试：在重构之前和之后都必须通过这样的测试。 —————————————— lane 车道 lane n. 小巷；[航][水运] 航线；车道；罚球区 n. (Lane)人名；(英、俄)莱恩；(老)兰；(德、法、意、葡、塞、瑞典)拉内 Stay in this lane. 保持在这条车道。 I live in the last house but one in this lane. 我住在这条胡同里倒数第二家。 The road was broadened into a four-lane highway. 此路被扩大成四车道的公路。 —————————————— clever 聪明的 clever adj. 聪明的；机灵的；熟练的 [ 比较级cleverer 最高级 cleverest ] She is a bright [clever] girl. 她是一个聪明的女孩。 The clever boy jumped the fifth grade in school. 那个聪明的男孩跳过了小学五年级。 That book has a good plot and much clever dialogue. 这本书的情节引人入胜， 并有许多巧妙的对白。 —————————————— cellar 地窖 cellar n. 地窖；酒窖；地下室 vt. 把…藏入地窖 n. (Cellar)人名；(捷)采拉尔 Spiders cobwebbed the cellar. 蜘蛛使地窖布满了蛛网。 They laid up a store of vegetables in the cellar. 他们在地窖里贮藏了蔬菜。 The tornado is coming, so we had better batten down the hatches here and get to the cellar. 龙卷风即将来临，因此我们最好把这里的舱口封上，到地下室去。 —————————————— underneath 下面 underneath prep. 在…的下面；在…的形式下；在…的支配下 adv. 在下面；在底下 n. 下面；底部 adj. 下面的；底层的 She ran a straight line underneath the sentence which she thought important. 她在她认为重要的句子下面画上一条直线。 Underneath each I listed what I loved most about working on it and what I was most proud of about the results. 在每件事下面我列出了自己在这个过程中最喜欢什么以及对结果最感自豪的又是什么。 This not only provides you with another form of visualization, it also uses a formal, technical model underneath. 这不仅为您提供了另一种形式的可视化，而且还使用了底层的正式技术模型。 —————————————— harden 变硬 harden vi. 变硬，变坚固；变坚强；变冷酷 vt. 使…变硬；使…坚强；使…冷酷；使…麻木不仁 n. (Harden)人名；(英、德、罗、瑞典)哈登；(法)阿尔当 The pop star's inert brain must "harden" for at least two weeks before doctors can conduct their neuropathology tests. 杰克逊死亡的大脑必须经过至少两周的“硬化”，医生们才能进行神经病理学检验。 He noticed her face harden, but it was with the hardness of resolution, for still the soft color was in her cheeks and she was all glowing and melting. 他注意到她的脸色僵硬了，却是下定了决心的僵硬，因为她面颊上还有温柔的红晕，仍然陶醉，仍然容光焕发。 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. 经上说，你们今日若听他的话，就不可硬着心，像惹他发怒的日子一样。 —————————————— mouth 口 mouth n. 口，嘴；河口 vt. 做作地说，装腔作势地说；喃喃地说出 vi. 装腔作势说话 Blood streams out of his mouth. 血从他的嘴角流了出来。 The blood caked around his mouth. 他的嘴的周围粘着血块。 Her mouth quirked gently. 她的嘴微微一撇。 —————————————— glory 荣耀 glory n. 光荣，荣誉；赞颂 vi. 自豪，骄傲；狂喜 n. (Glory)人名；(法)格洛里 Thine is the power and the glory. 权力与光荣属于你。 You can do anything to the glory of God. 你可以为了神的荣耀做任何事情。 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. 所以我求你们，不要因我为你们所受的患难丧胆。 这原是你们的荣耀。 —————————————— trend 趋势 trend n. 趋势，倾向；走向 vi. 趋向，伸向 vt. 使…趋向 n. (Trend)人名；(英)特伦德 The general trend of history is unalterable. 历史发展的总趋势是不可改变的。 He characterized briefly the main trend in the world today. 他简单扼要地描述了当前世界的主要倾向。 The industrial trades are now being homogenized, and it is a general trend. 现代工业企业正朝着单一化发展，而且这将成为总的趋势。 —————————————— reflect 反映 reflect vt. 反映；反射，照出；表达；显示;反省 vi. 反射，映现；深思 His actions reflect his thoughts. 他的行为反映他的思想。 Their actions clearly reflect their thoughts. 他们的行动清楚地反映了他们的思想。 I am so cheerful and yet so sad that my tears reflect at once both heaven and earth. 我是如此兴高采烈，而又如此悲伤，以至于我的眼泪立刻反映了人间与天堂。 —————————————— literary 文学 literary adj. 文学的；书面的；精通文学的 My father often contributes to a literary journal. 我的父亲常在一个文学刊物上投稿。 He often undervalued the literary works of young writers. 他经常低估青年作家的文学作品。 Well, there are two reasons, one because I want you to hear literary art. 有两个原因，其一，因为我希望你们能听到文学的艺术。 —————————————— quite 相当 quite adv. 很；相当；完全 He is quite understanding. 他是很体谅人的。 His idea did not quite fit in with our aim. 他的想法和我们的目标不完全一致。 The boy who won the scholarship was a quite outstanding student. 那个获得奖学金的男孩是个相当杰出的学生。 —————————————— queen 女王 queen n. 女王，王后；（纸牌中的）皇后；（蜜蜂等的）蜂王 vt. 使…成为女王或王后 vi. 做女王 n. (Queen)人名；(英)奎因 They cringed before the queen. 他们在女王面前卑躬屈膝。 The bishop and queen are badly posted. (国际象棋中的)象和皇后的位置布得太差了。 They were bowing as the king and queen walking in. 当国王和王后进来时他们屈膝致敬。 —————————————— repeat 重复 repeat vt. 重复；复制；背诵 n. 重复；副本 vi. 重做；重复发生 I repeat that for each role. 对于每个角色，我重复它。 Repeat this for all the files in the lists. 对于列表中的所有文件，重复这个步骤。 She could repeat many poems from memory at the age of five. 她五岁时就能背诵很多首诗。 —————————————— morality 道德 morality n. 道德；品行，美德 This is about honor and morality. 这是有关荣誉与道德。 Animals do not have this morality. 而动物则没有这种道德。 How do you perceive the morality of career? 您是如何理解职业道德的？ —————————————— many 许多 many pron. 许多；许多人 adj. 许多的 n. (Many)人名；(法)马尼 We encounter so many problems in our work. 我们在工作中遇到如此多的问题。 In the zoo we saw many monkeys running round in the cage. 我们在动物园里看见许多猴子在笼子里跑来跑去。 Her copy of 《Evangeline》 has many helpful notes at the back. 她那本《伊万杰琳》后面有许多有用的注解。 —————————————— evil 邪恶的 evil adj. 邪恶的；不幸的；有害的；讨厌的 n. 罪恶，邪恶；不幸 Virtue will prevail against evil. 美德定将战胜邪恶。 Deliver us from evil. 拯救我们脱离邪恶。 This evil practice should be wiped out [off] the face of the earth. 这种恶习必须从世界上铲除干净。 —————————————— exceed 超过 exceed vt. 超过；胜过 vi. 超过其他 Exports yearly exceed imports. 输出每年超过输入。 The number of results sets actually returned must not exceed this number. 实际返回的结果集的数量一定不能超过这个数字。 But, to be great in my business, I have to exceed the customer's expectations! 但是我要做出不一般的成绩，我的服务就要超出顾客的期望！ —————————————— last 去年 last n. 末尾，最后；上个；鞋楦（做鞋的模型） adj. 最后的；最近的，最新的；仅剩的；最不可能…的 vi. 持续；维持，够用；持久 vt. 度过，拖过；使维持 adv. 最后地；上次，最近；最后一点 n. (Last)人名；(英、德、葡、罗、瑞典)拉斯特 She rested her last hope on her husband. 她把最后的希望寄托在丈夫身上。 I have not heard from him since writing last. 自上次写信以后， 我没有接到过他的信。 It suddenly came back to me where I saw him last. 我突然想起来我上次是在什么地方见到他的。 —————————————— ninth 第九 ninth num. 第九 adj. 第九的；九分之一的 n. 九分之一 Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is a glorious piece of music. 贝多芬的第九交响曲是壮丽的音乐篇章。 In that region, Chile went from ninth to first, overall, as Chilean mobile web use increased by 3200% over the past year. 智利从这一地区的第九跃升到第一位，因为智利的移动网络用户在过去一年增长了 3200% 。 Then, in eighth or ninth grade, I studied astronomy, cosmology, and the origins of the universe. 后来，在八、九年级的时候，我在学习天文学，宇宙学和宇宙的起源。 —————————————— retire 退休 retire vi. 退休；撤退；退却 vt. 退休；离开；收回 n. 退休；退隐；退兵信号 When I retire， I shall make my home in the country. 退休后我将在乡间安家。 How could I have divined that he would wish to retire so soon? 我怎能猜到他会愿意这么快就退休呢? I am exactly where I want to be and have no plans to ever retire. 我现在就在成为我想成为的人，我也从来没有过退休的计划。 —————————————— billion 欧元 billion n. 十亿；大量 num. 十亿 adj. 十亿的 n. (Billion)人名；(法)比利翁 The new estimates now tell us that more than one billion people experience some form of disability. 最新估计数字现在使我们看到，有十多亿人存有某种形式的残疾情况。 We must never forget: these diseases affect the “bottom billion”, the poorest of the poor living in the hardest to reach places. 我们决不应忘记：这些疾病影响“低层十亿人”，他们是生活在最偏远地区的穷人中的最贫穷者。 When this eventually began to accumulate in atmosphere, 2.5 billion years ago, it cooled the planet and killed some life forms. 当这（氧气）开始在大气中积聚时，2.5亿年前，它让地球降温并且还杀死了一些形式的生命。 —————————————— infant 婴儿 infant n. 婴儿；幼儿；未成年人 adj. 婴儿的；幼稚的；初期的；未成年的 n. (Infant)人名；(英)因方特 What is it like to look at the world like an infant? 像婴幼儿那样看世界是一个什么样子？ Mother with her toddler perambulated the infant in tow. 母亲与蹒跚学步的孩子一起用童车推着婴儿走。 So if you put an infant on Mars, they would adapt to varying degrees of the new environment. 这么一来，如果你把一个婴儿放在火星上，他就得适应各种不同的新环境。 —————————————— license 许可证 license n. 执照，许可证；特许 vt. 许可；特许；发许可证给 No special license will be regranted to anyone from now on. 特殊许可证今后不得向任何人再行发放。 Remind me to renew the driver's license.It will lapse next month. 提醒我更换驾驶执照，它下个月就失效了。 The next time the client connects to the server, it will obtain another license. 在客户端下一次连接到服务器时，它将获得另一个许可证。 —————————————— market 市场 market n. 市场；行情；股票市场；市面；集市；销路；商店 vt. 在市场上出售 vi. 做买卖 n. (Market)人名；(塞)马尔凯特 They rigged the market. 他们垄断了市场。 The market absorbed all the computers we could build. 市场吸纳了我们所能生产的全部电脑。 He often rakes around the market for some art treasure. 他经常在市场上到处寻找艺术珍品。 —————————————— steep 陡峭的 steep adj. 陡峭的；不合理的；夸大的；急剧升降的 vt. 泡；浸；使…充满 vi. 泡；沉浸 n. 峭壁；浸渍 The road passes over a steep mountain. 这条路翻越一架陡峭的高山。 The hill was high and steep,so we roped up. 山高路陡，所以我们得用一条绳子相互系在一起。 Who would have expected that he could climb up that steep cliff? 这么陡的峭壁, 谁知他竟爬上去了。 —————————————— distract 分散 distract vt. 转移；分心 Several people talking at once distract a listener. 几个人同时讲话会使听者分散注意力。 I owe you this duty and nothing will distract me from it. 这是我对你的一个义务，任何事情都不能让我分心。 If we let them, such irritants can distract us from the enjoyment of life. 如果我们允许，这种刺激能使我们从生活的快乐中转移出去。 —————————————— exemplify 例证 exemplify vt. 例证；例示 All these recipes exemplify my cooking: healthy, delicious and quick. 所有这些食谱例证了我的饭菜：健康、美味、快捷。 Table 1 shows examples of possible formats for numbers that exemplify why the Globalize plugin is the best solution. 表 1 显示了数字的一些可能格式，也例证了 Globalize 插件为何是最佳解决方案。 Samson, one of the heroes of the Hebrew scriptures, seems to exemplify a different understanding of the power of hair: his awesome strength abandoned him as soon as his locks were trimmed. 参孙，希伯来圣经里的英雄之一，似乎例证了一种对头发的力量的不同理解：他的非凡力量随着头发被剪掉而消失。 —————————————— convince 说服 convince vt. 说服；使确信，使信服 It requires a lot of talking to convince him. 要说服他很费口舌。 But how do you convince someone to live this small? 但是你怎么能说服这些人住进这些小房子里呢？ But they have yet to convince everyone, especially people living in the area. 但他们还未能说服所有人，特别是居住在这一地区的人们。 —————————————— intelligent 聪明的 intelligent adj. 智能的；聪明的；理解力强的 Intelligent people cannot be led by the nose. 聪明的人不会让人牵着鼻子走。 He is so intelligent that he always keeps ahead of his competitors. 他非常聪明，总是胜过他的竞争对手一筹。 While on the road you will be able to email or SMS in questions to it and get back immediate intelligent answers. 同时在路上你将能够发电子邮件或短信来和它讨论问题并且立即得到聪明的回答。 —————————————— poetry 诗歌 poetry n. 诗；诗意，诗情；诗歌艺术 Poetry belongs with music. 诗歌与音乐相近。 English poetry is one of their great heritages. 英国诗歌是他们的伟大遗产之一。 Her love for him is enshrined forever in her poetry. 她对他的爱被永远珍藏在她的诗中。 —————————————— package 包 package n. 包，包裹；套装软件，[计] 程序包 adj. 一揽子的 vt. 打包；将…包装 He planked down the package. 他猛然放下包裹。 He seized the package from my hand. 他从我手中夺走了包裹。 She directed her package to her boy friend. 她在包裹上写上她男友的姓名地址。 —————————————— carpet 地毯 carpet vt. 在…上铺地毯，把地毯铺在…上；斥责 n. 地毯；地毯状覆盖物 n. (Carpet)人名；(罗)卡尔佩特 We dragged the carpet out of the room. 我们费力地把地毯拖出房间。 The armchair blends well with the colour of the carpet. 扶手椅与地毯的颜色很好的混成一体。 There is only one bed in the room, so one of them has to improvise on the carpet. 房间里只有一张床，所以他们中得有一人必须凑合睡在地毯上。 —————————————— antarctic 南极 —————————————— enlighten 启发 enlighten vt. 启发，启蒙；教导，开导；照耀 Can you enlighten her on this subject? 对这个问题你能启发启发她吗? I hope the results of my research will enlighten my colleagues. 我希望我的研究成果会对我的同事们有所启发。 The more horrible the events about which we read and heard, the more certain we became of our responsibility to enlighten and accuse. 我们读到和听到的那些事件愈是可怖，我们受到的启发和谴责的责任感则愈是确定无疑。 —————————————— fortunately 幸运的是 Fortunately, you have the power to change all that. 幸运的是，你还有能力去改变所有这一切。 Fortunately, there is a workaround to this problem: we store all the special characters in a reference source, load them from that source, and use them at run time. 幸运的是，针对此问题有一个变通方法：我们将所有的特殊字符存储在引用源中，然后从那个源中装入，并在运行时使用它们。 Fortunately, we know how to handle situations like this. 幸运的是，我们知道如何处理这种情况。 —————————————— opposite 相反 opposite adj. 相反的；对面的；对立的 n. 对立面；反义词 prep. 在…的对面 adv. 在对面 We have opposite views on this. 我们对此有相反的看法。 His house is opposite mine. 他家就在我家对面。 Idealism is opposite to materialism. 唯心论和唯物论是对立的。 —————————————— engagement 订婚 engagement n. 婚约；约会；交战；诺言 He broke off his engagement to her. 他和她解除了婚约。 When Mary broke off the engagement, John seemed to go into a flat spin. 玛丽毁除婚约， 约翰似乎神经失常。 Besides the interview on the day of the engagement, we have heard nothing from either him or from Kate. 除了订婚那天的采访之外，我们再没听到有关他或者凯特的任何消息。 —————————————— chronic 慢性 chronic adj. 慢性的；长期的；习惯性的 n. (Chronic)人名；(英)克罗尼克 "We have ample reason to conclude that chronic anger is bad for us," he said. “我们有足够的理由作出长期的生气有害健康这个结论，”他说。 "I believe that the power of nature can cure chronic diseases, so I stopped treatment after the surgery," he said. “我相信大自然有治愈慢性疾病的力量，所以我在手术后就停止其他治疗。” 他说。 The chronic procrastinators I know have spent years of their life looped in this cycle. 我所知道的习惯性的拖拉者数年来都是在这样的怪圈中打转。 —————————————— ceremony 仪式 ceremony n. 典礼，仪式；礼节，礼仪；客套，虚礼 The opening ceremony was a fine spectacle. 开幕式典礼是个壮观的场面。 They uncovered the statue at the beginning of the ceremony. 仪式开始时， 他们揭去了塑像的罩子。 Our headmaster rattled on for at least two hours at the opening ceremony. 我们的校长在开学典礼上唠唠叨叨地讲了至少两个小时。 —————————————— antique 古董 antique adj. 古老的，年代久远的；过时的，古董的；古风的，古式的 n. 古董，古玩；古风，古希腊和古罗马艺术风格 vi. 觅购古玩 This carved chest is a genuine antique. 这只雕花盒子是件古玩真品。 He delights in browing through antique stores. 他喜爱逛古董店随意观看商品。 They won’t only be using rare, antique pottery this time, however. 然而，这一次他们不会只使用那些稀有的古式陶瓷。 —————————————— oh 哦 oh int. 哦；哎呀（表示惊讶或恐惧等） Oh， what a nice little girl she is! 啊， 这是一个多么好的小姑娘! Oh， what a surprise! 啊! 多么令人惊奇呀! What have you been doing today? Oh, nothing, just fucking around. 你今天干什么来着? 啊，什么也没干，只是闲逛。 —————————————— calm 平静 calm adj. 静的，平静的；沉着的 vt. 使平静；使镇定 vi. 平静下来；镇定下来 n. 风平浪静 n. (Calm)人名；(法、德)卡尔姆 He answered with a calm voice. 他以平静的声音回答。 She has to take sedatives to calm her nerves. 她必须服镇静剂来使她的神经镇定。 He prides himself on remaining calm in an emergency. 他为自己在紧急关头十分镇定而感到骄傲。 —————————————— private 私人 private adj. 私人的；私有的；私下的 n. 列兵；二等兵 I was swagged out of the door by the guards of the private club. 我被那家私人俱乐部的门卫用力推出了门。 They started up in the business as a private detective after he left the police. 在他辞掉警察工作后，他们开始从事私人侦探业务。 The private secretary denied the general manager to all those without appointments. 私人秘书拒绝那些未经预约的客人会见总经理。 —————————————— indifferent 冷漠 indifferent adj. 漠不关心的；无关紧要的；中性的，中立的 Is he actually so utterly indifferent for my life? 他对我的生命真的是这样完全漠不关心吗？ But no matter how indifferent the universe may be to our choices and decisions, these choices and decisions are ours to make. 但是不论世界对我们所做的选择和决定有多么漠不关心，这些选择和决定终究是我们自己做出的。 I would like so much to tell people, especially young people, that if you are thoughtless and indifferent to others on your road in life, then you are missing life itself. 我非常想告诉人们，特别是年轻人，如果你在人生路上对他人毫不关心、冷漠相待，那么你就在与生活本身擦肩而过。 —————————————— prospect 前景 prospect n. 前途；预期；景色 vi. 勘探，找矿 vt. 勘探，勘察 The prospect is cheerful. 前景乐观。 They felt relieved at this prospect. 看到这样的前景， 他们放心了。 The prospect of bankruptcy of his company beetled over the general manager. 总经理面临他的公司破产的阴暗前景。 —————————————— blaze 大火 blaze vt. 在树皮上刻路标；公开宣布 n. 火焰，烈火；光辉；情感爆发 vi. 燃烧；照耀，发光；激发 n. (Blaze)人名；(法)布拉兹；(马其)布拉热 This clump of paper birch trunks was backlit by a blaze of reds and yellows. 这一堆纸桦树的树干是由红色和黄色的火焰来作为它的背光。 So if he sang and played during the blaze, it was likely on a different instrument. 那么如果他在大火时忘情声乐，那么用的也是另外一种乐器。 And for as long as the economy continues to blaze, it is metallurgical coal imports that will be stoking the furnace. 只要一个经济体继续“燃烧”，就只有冶金煤的进口才可以为熔炉的运作不断添煤生火。 —————————————— bypass 绕过 bypass vt. 绕开；忽视；设旁路；迂回 n. 旁路；[公路] 支路 You want to bypass them because otherwise you may not be able to, say, open windows. 您需要绕过这些特性，否则就不能执行一些操作，例如打开窗口。 And to do the same sort of attack to bypass authentication, you might do something like Listing 5. 要执行类似的攻击以绕过身份验证，您可能会使用类似清单 5 的方法。 If they just registered, we know who it is and, immediately after registering, the user information is stored and we can bypass the login page. 如果他们只是注册，我们知道了他是谁，并且在注册后，立即存储用户信息，我们就可以绕过登录页面了。 —————————————— guide 指南 guide n. 指南；向导；入门书 vt. 引导；带领；操纵 vi. 担任向导 n. (Guide)人名；(法、葡)吉德 The guide led us through the maze of caves. 那个向导领我们穿过迷宫般的曲折洞穴。 A trained dog can act as a guide to a blind person. 受过训练的狗可以充当盲人的向导。 A trained dog can act as a guide to a blind person. 经过训练的狗能担任盲人的向导。 —————————————— hopeful 充满希望的 hopeful adj. 有希望的；有前途的 n. 有希望成功的人 The future doesn't seem very hopeful. 前途似乎不太乐观。 I guarantee you in a year or two it will not look as hopeful. 我向你保证在一两年内，事情看上去就不会这么乐观了。 But with the new strategy there is a clear reference to reintegration and the peace process, and that is a hopeful sign. 但是这个新的战略中明确提到了团结与和平进程。 这是个很有希望的信号。 —————————————— session 会话 session n. 会议；（法庭的）开庭；（议会等的）开会；学期；讲习会 The legislative session prorogued yesterday. 立法会议昨天休会。 This question will come forward at the next session. 这个问题将在下次会议上被提出讨论。 It seems that the suit has to hang over till its next session. 看来这个诉讼案得留到下次开庭时处理了。 —————————————— revolution 革命 revolution n. 革命；旋转；运行；循环 The epoch of revolution creates great figures. 革命时代造就伟大的人物。 Some people were decapitated during the French Revolution. 法国大革命期间，有些人被砍了头。 We associate the name of Mao Zedong with Chinese revolution. 我们把毛泽东的名字同中国革命联系在一起。 —————————————— kind 类 kind n. 种类；性质 adj. 和蔼的；宽容的；令人感激的 n. (Kind)人名；(德、俄、法、捷)金德；(瑞典)欣德 The bat judges distances by a kind of echo-location. 蝙蝠用一种回声测定法来判断距离。 She can differentiate this kind of rose from the others. 她能把这种玫瑰花从其他品种中区分开来。 This is a kind of white wine that will drink deliciously for many years. 这是一种许多年后喝起来仍甘美爽口的白葡萄酒。 —————————————— diagnose 诊断 diagnose vt. 诊断；断定 vi. 诊断；判断 How did they diagnose you? 他们怎么给你的诊断的？ What tools do you need to help you diagnose the problem, and where do you get them? 您需要什么工具来帮助您诊断问题，可以从哪里获得这些工具？ Evidently this springs from some defect in their nature, but it is one not altogether easy either to diagnose of to cure. 这种情形显然源于他们本性上的某种缺陷，但是这种缺陷既不容易诊断也不容易治疗。 —————————————— narrow 狭窄的 narrow adj. 狭窄的，有限的；勉强的；精密的；度量小的 n. 海峡；狭窄部分，隘路 vt. 使变狭窄 vi. 变窄 We threaded along a narrow pass. 我们穿过一条狭窄的通道。 He was chambered in a narrow basement. 他被关进一个狭窄的地下室里。 A narrow mountain path crooks through the forest. 一条狭窄的山路弯弯曲曲地穿过森林。 —————————————— superb 一流的 superb adj. 极好的；华丽的；宏伟的 n. (Superb)人名；(罗)苏佩尔布 People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 Fast reflexes and superb athletic ability won him what his other talents probably might not have: recognition in the world of white Australia. 他赢得了他的其他才能可能得不到的快速回应和高超的竞技能力：在澳大利亚白色人种世界里得到认可。 This is a superb concept. It should certainly be done. 这是一种极好的概念，当然应该实施。 —————————————— choke 窒息 choke vt. 呛；使窒息；阻塞；抑制；扑灭 vi. 窒息；阻塞；说不出话来 n. 窒息；噎；[动力] 阻气门 Choke remittances, and such places will suffer. 抑制汇款，这样的地方将受损。 Small blockages or collapses of the canal would choke the intricate irrigation networks. 运河的小堵塞或倒塌都会阻塞整个负责的灌溉网络。 But there’s another possible explanation for this effect, which was nicely summarized by Sian Beilock, a psychologist at the University of Chicago and author of the forthcoming Choke. 但是这种结果还有一种可能的解释，此点由芝加哥大学心理学家、随处可见的《窒息》一书的作者赛义恩·白洛克做了很漂亮的概括。 —————————————— offend 冒犯 offend vt. 冒犯；使…不愉快 vi. 违反；进攻；引起不舒服 School officials say they try to choose names that will not offend anyone. 学校官员说他们努力选择的名字将不冒犯任何人。 Your website should be accessible by all and not offend or exclude anybody. 您的网站应便于所有人查阅，不冒犯或排除任何人。 Some of the most popular expressions are those that are guaranteed not to offend anyone. 一些最流行的表达是那些保证不会得罪任何人的表达。 —————————————— chemistry 化学 chemistry n. 化学；化学过程 She commenced studying chemistry. 她开始学习化学。 Our chemistry teacher rears all kinds of birds. 我们的化学老师养着各种鸟。 He is mugging up on his chemistry for the final examination. 为了应付期末考试，他正在拼命突击化学。 —————————————— client 客户端 client n. [经] 客户；顾客；委托人 What about your client? 那你的客户呢？ It is impossible for the client to recover. 该诉讼委托人不可能胜诉。 The client left his visiting card on his desk. 客户将自己的名片留在他的桌上。 —————————————— disrupt 破坏 disrupt vt. 破坏；使瓦解；使分裂；使中断；使陷于混乱 adj. 分裂的，中断的；分散的 But people went with the flow, and no one let those issues disrupt the class. 但是人们跟着流程走，而没有人会允许这些问题扰乱课堂。 Chatty colleagues not only disrupt their own schedules, but also prevent you from completing your task on time. 爱讲闲话的同事不仅扰乱自己的日程安排，也会阻碍你按时完成工作。 It also assumes that components to be deleted will not disrupt the interoperability of remaining components with others. 同样，它也假定要删除的组件将不会破坏剩余组件之间的互操作性。 —————————————— mainland 大陆 mainland n. 大陆；本土 adj. 大陆的；本土的 n. (Mainland)人名；(英)梅因兰 They have relatives on the mainland. 他们在大陆有亲戚。 The bridge joins the island to the mainland. 这座大桥把小岛和大陆衔接起来。 “That one looks like the same junk we have on the mainland, ” he said. “这款和我们在大陆看到的那些垃圾一样。” 他说道。 —————————————— pray 祈祷 pray vt. 祈祷；恳求；央求 vi. 祈祷；请；恳求 n. (Pray)人名；(匈)普劳伊；(英)普雷 Tell me the reason,pray. 请把理由告诉我吧。 We all pray for the victims of Japan. 我们都在为日本的受害者祈祷。 I would never believe that Londoners would pray for rain. 我永远也不相信伦敦人会祈求老天爷下雨。 —————————————— wax 蜡 wax n. 蜡；蜡状物 vt. 给…上蜡 vi. 月亮渐满；增大 adj. 蜡制的；似蜡的 n. (Wax)人名；(德、罗、匈、英)瓦克斯 Wax polish preserves wood and leather. 上光蜡可以保护木材和皮革。 A candle gutters when the melted wax runs down its sides. 融化的蜡从蜡烛的边上淌下时，蜡烛产生融流。 The candle guttered out when the melted wax ran down its sides. 熔化的蜡沿着蜡烛四周淌下，蜡烛就渐渐熄灭了。 —————————————— snap 提前 snap vt. 突然折断，拉断；猛咬；啪地关上 vi. 咬；厉声说；咯嗒一声关上 n. 猛咬；劈啪声；突然折断 adj. 突然的 The jaws of another snap inches from his leg, and he chops into it with the machete. 其他的斑溪猛咬向他，嘴巴离他的腿就几英寸，他慌忙用刀抵挡。 What if you decided to paint a picture or snap a photograph every single day for the next month? 要是你从下个月开始，每天画一幅画，或者按动快门拍下一些精彩的瞬间，又怎么样？ You should be able to do acute and chronic administration either via injection or via the drinking fluid, mice and rats LOVE them some sweetened milk and they’d slurp up milky coffee in a snap. 你们会通过注射剂或饮用液体做一次激烈的长期的管理，老鼠和鼠类喜欢一些甜牛奶并且它们会突然出声地喝掉牛奶咖啡。 —————————————— submarine 潜艇 submarine n. 潜水艇；海底生物 adj. 海底的；水下的 vt. 用潜水艇攻击 vi. 在下疾行；在下滑动 The submarine is driven by nuclear power. 这艘潜艇是由核动力驱动的。 The captain dived his submarine deep to escape from the destroyers. 海军上校使他的潜艇深深下潜以逃避驱逐艇。 And so would your head, she threatened, if you were not in a pressurized suit or submarine. 同样，你的头也会这样，她威胁我们，如果你们没穿密封服或者不在潜艇里。 —————————————— club 俱乐部 club n. 俱乐部，社团；夜总会；棍棒；（扑克牌中的）梅花 vt. 用棍棒打；募集 vi. 集资；组成俱乐部 adj. 俱乐部的 n. (Club)人名；(英)克拉布 We affiliated ourselves with their club. 我们加入了他们的俱乐部。 He has nosed the secrets of that “Club”. 他已侦察出那家“俱乐部”的秘密。 She never knew why they blackballed her from the club. 她从不知道为什么他们投反对票阻止她加入俱乐部。 —————————————— mail 邮件 mail n. 邮件；邮政，邮递；盔甲 vt. 邮寄；给…穿盔甲 vi. 邮寄；寄出 n. (Mail)人名；(法)马伊 Mail is backing up at the post office. 邮件积滞在那个邮局里。 The post office got behind in delivering Christmas mail. 邮局没有及时发送圣诞节邮件。 A boat goes over to the island once a week with mail and provisions. 有艘船每周一次带着邮件和供给驶向该岛。 —————————————— belt 带 belt n. 带；腰带；地带 vt. 用带子系住；用皮带抽打 vi. 猛击 n. (Belt)人名；(英、法、德、西)贝尔特 His stomach bulged out over his belt. 他的肚子在皮带上凸出来。 She wears a dress pouched over a belt. 她穿着腰带上方蓬松如袋的连衣裙。 He undid his belt because it was too tight. 他解开了他的腰带，因为它太紧了。 —————————————— kill 杀了 kill vt. 杀死；扼杀；使终止；抵消 vi. 杀死 n. 杀戮；屠杀 adj. 致命的；致死的 n. (Kill)人名；(德)基尔 Fat the pig up and kill it. 把猪养肥再杀它。 They fumigated the room to kill the vermin. 他们用烟熏房间以杀死害虫。 He witnessed to having seen the accused kill the boy. 他作证说曾看到被告杀了那男孩。 —————————————— cathedral 大教堂 cathedral n. 大教堂 The clergyman has been beneficed in that cathedral. 这位教士被请到该大教堂担任有俸圣职。 But an official says the church calls itself the Washington National Cathedral because many services of national interest have been held there. 但是一位官员说，该教堂称自己为华盛顿国家教堂，因为许多涉及国家利益的服务在这里举行。 Then, the rich merchant hired the architect to build a very big and modern cathedral on that place. 随后，富商便雇佣了这位建筑师，让他在这个地方盖一栋很大很现代的大教堂。 —————————————— recipe 配方 recipe n. 食谱；[临床] 处方；秘诀；烹饪法 I have yet to think of a recipe that is not in their database. 我还没有想到一个食谱是不在他们的数据库里的。 Every week try something new, whether it is a new recipe, a new hair style, a new workout or a new route to work. 每周尝试一些新的东西，不论是一个新的食谱，一个新的发型，一种新的锻炼或者一种新的工作方式。 In the kitchen, the recipe provides a list of ingredients and some instructions on how to mix those ingredients together. 在烹饪法中，菜谱提供原料的列表，并就如何将这些原料混合到一起提供一些说明。 —————————————— birthday 生日 birthday n. 生日，诞辰；诞生的日子 She bosomed her birthday card. 她把生日贺卡揣在怀里。 Can you ever forgive me for forgetting your birthday? 我忘记了你的生日，你能原谅我吗? I redeemed my promise to my daughter by sending her a gift on her birthday. 女儿生日那一天我送给她一件礼物，履行了我对她的诺言。 —————————————— necessary 必要的 necessary adj. 必要的；必需的；必然的 n. 必需品 n. (Necessary)人名；(英)内塞瑟里 I can spook a letter for you, if necessary. 如果有必要，我可以代你写封信的。 It is necessary, I think, to head up the chapters. 我认为给每一章都加上个标题是很有必要的。 Constant vigilance is necessary in order to avoid accidents. 为了避免意外事故， 必须经常保持警惕。 —————————————— overall 整体 overall adj. 全部的；全体的；一切在内的 adv. 全部地；总的说来 n. 工装裤；罩衫 All these govern the overall security model of the system. 所有这些内容控制着系统的总体安全模型。 If your application requirements permit the use of the near cache, then you should use it, but otherwise, you need to move on to the next possibility for improving your overall performance. 如果您的应用程序需求允许使用近缓存，那么您就应该使用它，若不然，您就需要继续寻找能提高总体性能的可行方法。 This module provides the overall control for the application. 此模块为应用程序提供全面的控制。 —————————————— breathe 呼吸 breathe vi. 呼吸；低语；松口气；（风）轻拂 vt. 呼吸；使喘息；流露；低声说 Just breathe that pure sea air! 且请呼吸海上的纯净空气。 The patient began to breathe normally. 病人开始正常呼吸了。 They know how to breathe. 他们知道怎么呼吸。 —————————————— germ 细菌 germ n. [植] 胚芽，萌芽；细菌 vi. 萌芽 This germ is found on things used by the patients. 这种细菌附着在病人使用过的东西上。 But the miracle of life persists, the mysterious germ of growth and renewal that is the seed itself. 但生命的奇迹依然持续，那就是种子所孕育的萌芽和再生的神奇力量。 Instead, the cells could be converted into germ cells for use in assisted breeding programmes to help diversify the gene pools of endangered species, she says. 相反地，她说，这些细胞可以转换成用于协助繁殖计划的生殖细胞，以帮助增加濒危物种基因库里的品种。 —————————————— classification 分类 classification n. 分类；类别，等级 I present an alternate classification of recommendation systems in my book. 在我的书中，我还提出了另外一中分类建议。 These support interactions with the Access Control model and with the Classification Systems. 这些界面支持与访问控制模型和分类系统进行交互。 I disagree somewhat with their exact classification of what each of them means, so I will substitute my own interpretation for some. 我不同意他们这样对每种意味着什么的精确地分类方式，因此我将用一些我自己的解释来取代。 —————————————— foot 脚 foot n. 脚；英尺；步调；末尾 vi. 步行；跳舞；总计 vt. 支付；给……换底 n. (Foot)人名；(英)富特 Can you balance on one foot? 你能独脚站着保持平衡吗? My foot [nose] tickles. 我的脚[鼻子]痒。 My foot stumped some empty bottles, which woke him up. 我的脚踢到了几个空瓶子上，响声把他惊醒了。 —————————————— scar 疤痕 scar vt. 伤害；给留下伤痕 vi. 结疤；痊愈 n. 创伤；伤痕 His right arm carries a scar. 他的右臂上留有一个伤疤。 Her face is disfigured with the scar. 她的面孔被伤疤破了相。 The scar mars his face. 这个疤痕有损于他的容貌。 —————————————— venture 合资企业 venture vt. 敢于 vi. 冒险；投机 n. 企业；风险；冒险 n. (Venture)人名；(法)旺蒂尔 Don't venture into the jungle without a guide. 没有向导，不要冒险进入丛林中。 The insecurity of the venture kept investors away. 这种冒险事业的不安全性使投资者望而却步。 He tamed the urge to participate in the new venture. 他抑制住想参加新的冒险的冲动。 —————————————— matter 事 matter n. 物质；事件 vi. 有关系；要紧 n. (Matter)人名；(英、法)马特；(西)马特尔 We have to ravel the matter out. 我们必须把事情弄个水落石出。 I dif-fer with you on this matter. 我不同意你对这件事的看法。 I saw some persons haunting around your house, what's the matter with you? 我看见有几个人常在你家周围转悠，你那里发生什么事了? —————————————— inlet 入口 inlet n. 入口，进口；插入物；水湾 v. 引进; 嵌入; 插入; These cannulas have inlet valves that allow the surgeon to inflate the abdominal cavity with carbon dioxide gas. 套管里有进气阀门。 外科医生通过这些阀门向病人腹腔内充入二氧化碳气体用于扩大腹腔。 The upper portion of the air intake is incorporated with an intake ramp designed to generate a rearward leaning oblique shock wave to aid the inlet compression process. 进气口的上部为进气口混合斜面设计，这样设计的目的是为了产生斜振波以帮助进气压缩过程。 The police had blocked the inlet to the inn. 警方已经封锁了客栈的入口。 —————————————— heart 心 heart n. 心脏；感情；勇气；心形；要点 vt. 鼓励；铭记 vi. 结心 n. (Heart)人名；(英)哈特 Her heart stabbed as with a knife. 她的心有如刀绞一般被刺痛。 His ingratitude cut me to the heart. 他的忘恩负义伤透了我的心。 The sight of her grief tore at his heart. 看她那么伤心，他的心都要碎了。 —————————————— rotten 腐烂的 rotten adj. 腐烂的；堕落的；恶臭的；虚弱的；极坏的 adv. 非常 n. (Rotten)人名；(法、德)罗滕 Scoop out the rotten part of the pear. 把梨烂的地方剜掉。 Those rotten eggs have stunk the place. 那些臭蛋把这个地方弄得恶臭。 The one where you tell the guards where other men hide a rotten apple and the soldiers shoot those men. 那个你向守卫告密说哪个人藏了一个烂苹果（坏家伙），，士兵就把这些人射死的地方。 —————————————— remainder 剩余部分 remainder n. [数] 余数，残余；剩余物；其余的人 adj. 剩余的；吃剩的 vt. 廉价出售；削价出售 vi. 廉价出售；削价出售 Take 4 from 9 and the remainder is 5. 9减4，余数为5。 I spent the remainder of the afternoon in play. 我把这一下午其余的时间用在游戏上了。 They measured and lofted the remainder of the crop. 他们把剩下的庄稼过了秤并贮藏在阁楼顶层。 —————————————— typical 典型的 typical adj. 典型的；特有的；象征性的 The question is small but typical. 问题虽小， 但很典型。 This painting is a typical Rembrandt. 这幅画是一幅典型的伦勃朗作品。 But, in the more typical case, there will have been parallel changes. 但是，在更加典型的情况下，会有平行变更被检测到。 —————————————— endurance 耐力 endurance n. 忍耐力；忍耐；持久；耐久 But, for me, it was also an endurance test. 但是，于我，也是一次耐久性的实验。 It is not only an embarrassment for sufferers but a test of endurance for family and friends. 这不仅对当事人来说很尴尬，对于家人和朋友也是一种忍耐力的考验。 For all of these dimensions you should strive for increasing your endurance and your strength. 对于这些不同的范畴你需要努力提高你的耐力和体力。 —————————————— father 父亲 father n. 父亲，爸爸；神父；祖先；前辈 vt. 发明，创立；当…的父亲 His father flew out to see him in hospital. 他的父亲从远方乘飞机到医院来看他。 His father owns some stock in that railroad. 他的父亲在那条铁路上有些股份。 She took one of the parcels from her father to lighten his load. 她从父亲那儿拿过一个包以减轻他的负担。 —————————————— crown 皇冠 crown n. 王冠；花冠；王权；顶点 vt. 加冕；居…之顶；表彰；使圆满完成 n. (Crown)人名；(英)克朗 The gold crown was encrusted with precious gems. 金制的王冠镶有许多贵重的宝石。 He took the gold crown from his head， and placed it on hers， and asked her name， and if she would be his wife， and queen over all the flowers. 因此他从头上取下金王冠，把它戴到她的头上。 他问了她的姓名，问她愿不愿意做他的妻子——这样她就可以做一切花儿的皇后了。 Be this my crown, O Lord. 主啊！ 愿这是我的王冠。 —————————————— fellowship 奖学金 fellowship n. 团体；友谊；奖学金；研究员职位 A graduate fellowship was an escape that landed me in another city — Miami — with at least enough money to get by. 研究生奖学金对我来说是个逃避的机会，我因此可以到另外一个城市---迈阿密，至少有钱生活。 She will use the two-year fellowship to carry out her work at the Institute for Research and Development in Dakar, Senegal. 她将使用为期两年的奖学金在塞内加尔达喀尔的研究和发展研究所进行她的研究工作。 This is the question of fellowship. 这是团契相交的问题。 —————————————— connect 连接 connect vt. 连接；联合；关连 vi. 连接，连结；联合 Go seek them out and connect with them. 把他们找出来并与他们取得联系。 Where do the two railroads connect [link up]? 两条铁路在何处连接? A good student must connect what he reads with what he sees around him. 好学生必须会把他在书本里读到的东西与他在周围所看到的事物联系起来。 —————————————— conventional 传统的 conventional adj. 符合习俗的，传统的；常见的；惯例的 The first of these is conventional. 这些功能中第一个是常规的。 The conventional practice flourishes in the United States. 这种常规做法在美国很盛行。 So if you look at this part of the curve, this chart, everything to the right is in fact what you might see in a conventional fossil boil or natural gas plant. 所以，如果你们观察曲线的这部分，这个图表，右边的每一件事事实上是你们会在,传统的化石沸腾或自然气体电站看到的。 —————————————— highly 高度 highly adv. 高度地；非常；非常赞许地 I realized that what was all around me was highly contaminated. 我知道我周围所有的一切都被高度污染了。 This situation brings back, in a highly visible and universally relevant way, some of the problems I mentioned at the start. 这种情况以高度可见和普遍相关的方式使我们又回到我在一开始提到的一些问题。 However, do these highly tight categorizations about the scientific status of a discipline have any correspondence in the history of science? 然而，这些高度严格的学科科学地位分类在科学史上具有任何学科与之相符的吗？ —————————————— experience 经验 experience n. 经验；经历；体验 vt. 经验；经历；体验 She was a housewife of experience. 她是一个有经验的主妇。 His experience fits him for the job. 他的经历使他能胜任这项工作。 In some things we can trust to our experience. 在某些事情上我们可以依靠我们的经验。 —————————————— scrutiny 审查 scrutiny n. 详细审查；监视；细看；选票复查 The most serious penalty of all surely demands equal if not greater scrutiny. 如果不需要审查，所有最严重的惩罚当然要求一定要公平。 When each cast is held to this level of scrutiny, you may find yourself factoring out many of these casts by adding methods to the relevant subclasses. 当对每个类型强制转换进行这种级别的详细审查时，您可能会发现通过向相关的子类添加方法，您将许多这些类型强制转换分解了。 They must also be able to protect the fruits of their news gathering from scrutiny by government or private entities in order to maintain their editorial independence. 记者也只有在可以保护自己新闻采编的成果不受政府或私人实体审查的情况下，才能保持编辑的独立性。 —————————————— trait 特征 trait n. 特性，特点；品质；少许 n. (Trait)人名；(法)特雷 How often do you show this trait? 你多久会展现出这种特质一次？ That was her trait. 那是她的特点。 For every trait, you can interpret it in a positive and a negative manner. 对于每一个特点，你都能用积极和消极的态度来解释它。 —————————————— judge 法官 judge vt. 判断；审判 n. 法官；裁判员 vi. 审判；判决 n. (Judge)人名；(英)贾奇 The judge dispenses the law without bias. 这名法官执法公正无私。 The judge dedicated his life to fighting corruption. 这名法官毕生致力于反腐败斗争。 An eminent judge has been disbarred for accepting bribes. 一位著名法官因受贿已被取消了从业资格。 —————————————— slit 狭缝 slit vt. 撕裂；使有狭缝 n. 裂缝；投币口 vi. 纵裂 And his shirt had a long slit. 他的衬衣上有一条细长裂缝。 An explicit example of this is the double slit experiment. 对于这，一个明确的例子是双缝实验。 You can show that if you put a detector on either slit the wave probability function changes but that not explaining why it happens, its just saying this is the way it does happen. 可以向别人展示，如果在任何一条缝旁边放一个检测器,波概率函数会发生变化,但是那并不能解释为什么会发生，它只告诉人们变化就是这样产生的。 —————————————— intelligence 情报 intelligence n. 智力；情报工作；情报机关；理解力；才智，智慧；天分 Intelligence was her main asset. 智力是她的主要财富。 You have to hurdle to London and get the intelligence back. 你得克服困难到达伦敦把那份情报取回来。 She has shown no abnormality in intelligence or in disposition. 她在智力或性情上都未显示出任何反常。 —————————————— discount 折扣 discount n. 折扣；贴现率 vi. 贴现；打折扣出售商品 vt. 打折扣；将…贴现；贬损；低估；忽视 We can discount ten percent for you . 我们可以给你10%的折扣。 The store will discount 5% for cash payment. 本店对现金付款打九五折。 The store promised to discount prices at 10%. 该店承诺所有商品打10%的折扣。 —————————————— international 国际 international n. 国际组织；国际体育比赛；外国居留者；国际股票 adj. 国际的；两国（或以上）国家的；超越国界的；国际关系的；世界的 We want [need] a peaceful international environment. 我们需要一个和平的国际环境。 They have developed an interest in international affairs. 他们对国际事务产生了兴趣。 China will host an exhibition of international garment machinery. 中国将主办国际服装机械展览会。 —————————————— grocer 杂货商 grocer n. 杂货店；食品商 The cook and the grocer haggled over the price of eggs. 厨师和杂货商为蛋价计较个没完。 He never overcharged when I went shopping in his grocer. 我去他的杂货店买东西时他从不向我乱索价。 Just as our exchanges with the local grocer free us from backbreaking farm work, so do imports from around the world move us even more toward the very economic specialization that enriches us. 就好像我们与当地的杂货店交易，我们就不用非常辛苦地从事农业劳动，来自全世界的进口品让我们更快地走向经济专业化，使我们富裕。 —————————————— theoretical 理论 theoretical adj. 理论的；理论上的；假设的；推理的 The meaningless abstraction bespattered political and theoretical books. 那些毫无意义的抽象语言有损于政治理论书籍的价值。 These risks are not merely theoretical. 这并不只是理论上的风险。 But when it comes down to it, if I had to put my life savings on who would win that theoretical match, how could I go with anyone but the hottest player on the planet? 但归根结底，如果我必须将我的毕生积蓄押在谁将赢得这场理论上存在的比赛上，我怎么可能放弃这个星球最炙手可热的球员而选其他人呢？ —————————————— costly 昂贵的 costly adj. 昂贵的；代价高的 n. (Costly)人名；(英)科斯特利 It has been rather costly to install the machinery, but it should pay off in the long run. 安装这套机械代价很高，但从长远来看它会赚钱的。 Migrating those applications to GAE might be costly, because you not only need to identify the issues and create workarounds, but also do quality assurance for the entire application all over again. 将这些应用程序迁移到 GAE 可能是昂贵的，因为您不仅需要识别问题并创建解决方法，而且还要从头再为整个应用程序做质量保证。 Actions need not be complex or costly. 行动不需要多么复杂或昂贵。 —————————————— penetrate 穿透 penetrate vt. 渗透；穿透；洞察 vi. 渗透；刺入；看透 We cannot penetrate into the nature of substances. 我们无法渗透到物质的本质中。 If the burst does not penetrate the surface, the only other hazard will be from ground or water shock. 如果爆炸没有穿透表面，那么地面或水面冲击是唯一能够带来伤害的。 Cracks can always be found for it to penetrate, levels where it can go on developing, ways in which, even in this suffocating milieu, it can arrange itself into stories. 生活总能够找到一些裂隙去穿透，一些层面去发展，一些即使是在这样令人窒息的环境中，还是能够去形成自己的故事的方式。 —————————————— interest 感兴趣 interest n. 兴趣，爱好；利息；趣味；同行 vt. 使……感兴趣；引起……的关心；使……参与 His report aroused the interest of all. 他的报告引起了大家的兴趣。 This subject has no interest for [to] me. 这题目对我来说没有什么趣味。 The new novel engaged his attention and interest. 这部新小说引起了他的注意和兴趣。 —————————————— scarcely 几乎没有 scarcely adv. 几乎不，简直不；简直没有 He was scarcely able to cope with the situation. 他几乎不知道如何去应付这个局面。 If we would not do it, we could scarcely call ourselves libertarians, and most of us would only do it if primarily guided by a passion for justice. 如果我们不会，我们就几乎很难称自己为自由意志主义者，而且我们中的大部分人只会在正义激情的指引下这样做。 In fact, he believes that collaboration comes so naturally to them, they scarcely give it a second thought. 事实上，他认为这种合作对于他们显得很自然，他们几乎没有第二种想法。 —————————————— lavatory 厕所 lavatory n. 厕所，盥洗室 There’s an alcove with a small sink and mirror, and a door to the tiny, but private lavatory. 壁龛里有一个小小的洗脸盆和一面镜子，一扇门通往一个微型但私用的厕所间。 Where is the lavatory? 盥洗室在哪里？ The following year, the city opened the world's largest public lavatory, which can accommodate 1, 000 people over four floors and which featured crocodile and Virgin Mary themed urinals. 第二年，重庆建造了世界最大的公共厕所，有四层楼，可以同时容纳1,000人如厕。 而小便器的样子也以鳄鱼和圣母为主题。 —————————————— interact 交互 interact vt. 互相影响；互相作用 vi. 互相影响；互相作用 n. 幕间剧；幕间休息 How do we interact with this thing? 我们怎样与这个东西互动？ It allows us to separate the specification of the object (how you interact with it) from the implementation. 它允许我们从实现中剥离对象的规范（如何与它交互）。 It is important not to have any expectations, or we might simply interact with what we think is inside us, leading to further denial. 不要有任何期望，这很重要，否则我们可能只是和自己以为的内心进行了互动，而导致更多的自我否定。 —————————————— appraisal 评估 appraisal n. 评价；估价（尤指估价财产，以便征税）；估计 So that on this question of appraisal and bestowal. 所以在关于评价和赋予的问题上。 So in that example, she was ignored earlier because her appraisal was so low. 所以在那个例子里，她之前被忽略,因为她的评价很低。 Remember I have two kinds of appraisal? 记得我说的两种评价么？ —————————————— influential 有影响力的 influential adj. 有影响的；有势力的 n. 有影响力的人物 This seems to be the most influential organization that represents the interests of Jews in America. 这个组织好象是美国最有影响的、代表犹太人利益的组织。 He spread the sounds of his religious viewpoint through his reggae music and became one of the most influential and popular artists of his time. 他通过他的瑞格舞音乐传播他的宗教观点声音，并且成为他们那个时代最有影响力和流行的艺术家。 In ways that will endure and perhaps extend beyond your lifetime, you can be as powerful and influential in the lives of others as the most important people in your life have been in yours. 这种权力可以贯穿你的一生，也许还可以超越你的生命，就像你生命中最重要的人物对你具有的权力与影响一样，你对他人的工作生活也具有如此权力与影响。 —————————————— pest 害虫 pest n. 害虫；有害之物；讨厌的人 n. (Pest)人名；(德、捷)佩斯特 The destiny of the pest in chestnut is not known before reaching the destination. 栗子中害虫的命运在到达目的地之前是未知的。 "The major pest was controlled and so the farmers stopped spraying insecticides, " he told SciDev.Net. “主要的害虫被控制了，因此农民停止了喷洒杀虫剂，”他告诉本网站说。 All projects offer more than emergency assistance, helping countries also to develop pest management strategies to prevent further outbreaks in the medium and long term. 所有项目不仅提供紧急援助，还帮助各国制定病虫害治理战略，以防止中长期内进一步爆发森林病虫害。 —————————————— embark 开始 embark vi. 从事，着手；上船或飞机 vt. 使从事；使上船 But are we, the fans, ready for them to embark on something new? 但是我们这些粉丝准备好他们从事别的事了吗？ Experts argue that although most companies see the need to reform in a crisis, many embark on the wrong kind of change. 专家辩称，尽管多少公司在危机中看到改革的需求，许多公司会从事一类错误的变革。 We'll also include some lessons learned from our experience that will hopefully help you if you decide to embark on a similar project. 我们还将提供一些经验教训，如果您决定着手一个类似的项目，这些经验教训可能会提供帮助。 —————————————— sturdy 坚固的 sturdy adj. 坚定的；强健的；健全的 n. 羊晕倒病 n. (Sturdy)人名；(英)斯特迪 Get yourself a sturdy file box and a set of file folders, and set up a folder for each class. 准备一个坚固的文件盒以及一些文件夹，为所学的每一门课都建立一个文件夹。 Indeed, with no other form of transportation on Iona, I count on my sturdy legs and a bit of discipline to get me from one place to another. 事实上，在爱奥那岛上没有其他的交通工具，我依靠强健的腿和一点自律从一个地方走到另外的一个地方。 One yearns for a full-blooded, sturdy, and capable personality; these are all so many shadows, flitting about, out of touch with the world. 他们渴望地道的、健全的和有行为能力的人格；这些都是众多飞来飞去的阴影，与这个世界没有关联。 —————————————— evaluate 评估 evaluate vt. 评价；估价；求…的值 vi. 评价；估价 Don't evaluate people by their clothes. 不要根据衣着来评价人。 Track and evaluate your results. 跟踪和评估你的结果。 Next, divide each of these by the type of work to be done: build, evaluate and buy, adapt and extend, and so on. 接下来，根据需要完成的工作的类型，对每一项活动进行划分：构建、评估和购买、改写和扩展，等等。 —————————————— guess 猜一猜 guess vt. 猜测；认为；推测；猜中 vi. 猜；推测；猜中 n. 猜测；推测 n. (Guess)人名；(英)格斯；(德)居斯 n. 盖尔斯（美国服装品牌） Try to second-guess the match. 猜一下这场比赛的胜利。 Don't answer by guess, work the problem out. 不要凭猜想回答， 把这道题算出来。 Someone hoodwinked my eyes and let me guess who she was. 有人蒙住了我的双眼，让我猜一猜她是谁。 —————————————— cross 交叉 cross n. 交叉，十字；十字架，十字形物 vi. 交叉；杂交；横过 vt. 杂交；渡过；使相交 adj. 交叉的，相反的；乖戾的；生气的 He paid for it on the cross. 他在十字架上已经为你偿还。 The general pinned the Military Cross on the brave soldier’s chest. 将军把军事十字勋章别在那位勇敢的士兵胸前。 The Chinese Red Cross contributed a generous sum to the relief of the physically disabled. 中国红十字会慷慨捐赠一笔巨款以救济残疾人。 —————————————— perception 感知 perception n. 知觉；[生理] 感觉；看法；洞察力；获取 This matters, because China will be influenced by its perception of US policies and capabilities. 这很重要，因为中国对美国政策与能力的认知将对其产生影响。 Since the past is the past, and we can’t go back and change it ,is it possible to change our reality and our perception of the world? 过去的已经过去，我们不能回溯时间去改变它，那么，我们还可不可以做到，改变我们生活的现实或者我们对世界的看法吗？ There is no such perception, when we think we have insight into the way the physical things behave, at bottom there is this assumption of uniformity which is based on no insight whatever. 当我们认为，已经洞悉了物质行为规律的时候，其实并没有那种感知的存在,无论怎样，从本质上来说假设的一致性也没有以洞察力为根基。 —————————————— far 远 far adv. 很；遥远地；久远地；到很远的距离；到很深的程度 adj. 远的；久远的 n. 远方 n. (Far)人名；(德、西、塞)法尔 I go far to my work. 我上班走很远的路。 Now we raised a ship far away on the horizon. 现在我们看到远处的地平线上有一艘轮船。 When we design this plan,we should look far ahead into the future. 在构思这个计划时我们应展望遥远的未来。 —————————————— plague 瘟疫 plague n. 瘟疫；灾祸；麻烦；讨厌的人 vt. 折磨；使苦恼；使得灾祸 A terrible plague hit the whole Europe. 一场可怕的瘟疫袭击了整个欧洲。 The population was decimated by a plague. 人口中的大部分被一场瘟疫所毁。 Half of the population was wiped out by the plague. 一半的人口在瘟疫中丧生。 —————————————— versus 与 versus prep. 对；与...相对；对抗 Today's football match is France versus Brazil. 今天的足球赛是法国队对巴西队。 Second,interest in people versus things and abstract rule systems. 第二，对人、事物和抽象规律系统的兴趣。 What functionality should go in this release versus the next patch release, given our window of opportunity? 在已知机会的大小的情况下，对比下一个修补版本，在此版本中应该加入什么功能？ —————————————— between 之间的 between prep. 在…之间 adv. 在中间 He supplements his regular meals by eating between meals. 他在两餐之间吃点东西来补充正餐。 The little girl went between her sister and her sister's boyfriend. 这小姑娘充当她姐姐和她姐姐男朋友之间的信使。 The object of these experiments was to find the connection, if any, between the two phenomena. 这些实验的目的就是探索这两种现象之间的联系，如果存在着任何联系的话。 —————————————— flesh 肉 flesh n. 肉；肉体 vt. 喂肉给…；使发胖 vi. 长胖 n. (Flesh)人名；(英)弗莱什 The bullet entered the flesh. 子弹射进肉里。 The nail grows into flesh. 指甲长进肉里了。 The flesh around the ankle had swollen up. 脚踝四周的皮肉肿起来了。 —————————————— flag 国旗 flag vi. 标记；衰退；枯萎 vt. 标记；插旗 n. 标志；旗子 He draped the flag over the body. 他把旗帜覆盖在遗体上。 We draped the flag round the coffin. 我们把旗帜覆盖在灵柩上。 You can get anything of these prizes,if you can string this flag up on the top of the flagpole. 如果你能把这面旗子挂到旗杆顶部，你就可以拿这些奖品中的任何一件。 —————————————— imperative 必要的 imperative adj. 必要的，不可避免的；紧急的；命令的，专横的；势在必行的；[语]祈使的 n. 必要的事；命令；需要；规则；[语]祈使语气 The undertaking was not easy, she said, but it felt imperative. 她说，这个选择并不轻松，但她感觉是必要的。 This is part of reform for a healthy future, and it is imperative. 这势在必行，是为了健康的未来实行改革进程的一部分。 As we look to the future, we recognize the imperative for decisive and concerted action. 展望未来，我们认识到决定性和协调一致的行动势在必行。 —————————————— chorus 合唱 chorus n. 合唱队；齐声；歌舞队 vt. 合唱；异口同声地说 vi. 合唱；异口同声地说话 n. (Chorus)人名；(法)肖吕斯 All of us joined lustily in the chorus. 我们全都劲头十足地加入了合唱。 In college there was no time for Band, but I joined the University of Houston Chorus, and traveled to performances around the state with that august group. I loved it. 进大学后没有时间参加乐队，但是我加入了休斯顿大学的合唱队，并且和这个尊贵的团体一起巡游全国演出，我很喜欢。 Be an Early Bird: The morning chorus just after sunrise is the best time of day to spot spring birds, as that is the time when most birds are singing and foraging. 做个“早起鸟”：太阳刚刚升起的早晨鸟儿的合唱是春季的一天中观察鸟儿的最佳时间，因为这事是大多是鸟儿歌唱和觅食的时候。 —————————————— subjective 主观的 subjective adj. 主观的；个人的；自觉的 Try to avoid being subjective and one-sided when looking at problems. 看问题要避免主观片面。 You should not rest your argument upon subjective and groundless conclusions. 你不能以主观臆断作为你的论据。 We should not put subjective reasons on a par with objective reasons in our analysis. 不能把客观原因与主观原因平列起来分析。 —————————————— permission 许可 permission n. 允许，许可 With your permission, he'll go. 如果你允许，他会去的。 The boy rushed off as soon as his father gave him permission. 一得到父亲的许可，这个男孩就急急忙忙地跑掉了。 It is forbidden to reprint any article from this magazine without special permission. 本杂志中的各篇文章未经特殊许可一律不得转载。 —————————————— subordinate 下属 subordinate n. 下属，下级；部属，属下 adj. 从属的；次要的 vt. 使……居下位；使……服从 Order the subordinate (troops) to act immediately! 命令所属（部队）立即行动! All the other issues were subordinate to this one. 相对这个问题，其他问题都是次要的。 In the army, lieutenants are subordinate to captains. 在陆军中, 中尉是上尉的下级。 —————————————— exile 流亡 exile n. 流放，充军；放逐，被放逐者；流犯 vt. 放逐，流放；使背井离乡 Napoleon's exile to Elba was brief. 拿破仑被放逐到厄尔巴岛的时间很短。 So the work was probably concluded shortly after that date: so in exile or towards the end of the exilic period. 因此这部作品很可能就是在那个日期不久后结束的：,也就是在流放期间或流放即将结束时。 Though Mueller left Romania for Germany in 1987, she continued to wrestle with the themes of oppression and exile in her novels and poems. 尽管米勒1987年离开罗马尼亚定居德国，但她继续在小说和诗歌中探索着压迫和流亡的主题。 —————————————— pride 骄傲 pride n. 自豪；骄傲；自尊心 vt. 使得意，以…自豪 vi. 自豪 n. (Pride)人名；(英)普赖德 You have pride and so have I. 你有自尊心，我也有。 Her pride drove her to complete the job. 她的自尊心促使她去完成这项工作。 He will rue the day when he hurt her pride deeply. 他悔不该那天使她的自尊心受到很大伤害。 —————————————— tyre 轮胎 tyre vt. 装轮胎于 n. [橡胶] 轮胎；轮箍 n. (Tyre)人名；(英)泰尔 The back tyre of my bicycle is down. 我的自行车后胎没气了。 He saw a dagger sticking in his car's tyre. 他看到一把匕首插在他汽车的轮胎上。 The tyre is flat. 车胎瘪了。 —————————————— kidney 肾脏 kidney n. [解剖] 肾脏；腰子；个性 n. (Kidney)人名；(英)基德尼 Sugars are reabsorbed in the kidney. 在肾脏内糖被再吸收。 You can live with just part of a liver or a colon, or only one kidney or lung. 人在只有部分肝脏或结肠，或者只有一个肾或肺叶的情况下尚能存活。 At one point the doctor thought her kidney was packing up,but she's all right till now. 有一阵子大夫认为她的一个肾有毛病，但直到现在她也没事儿。 —————————————— reconcile 调和 reconcile vt. 使一致；使和解；调停，调解；使顺从 All efforts to reconcile her with her husband were in vain. 使她与她丈夫和解的一切努力都白费了。 Since we couldn't reconcile our difference,we decided to get a divorce. 既然我们无法调和彼此的分歧，因此我们决定离婚。 The teacher in charge of our class had to reconcile disputes among the students. 我们的班主任必须调解学生中的纠纷。 —————————————— triangle 三角形 triangle n. 三角（形）；三角关系；三角形之物；三人一组 He swept a triangle with his finger. 他用手指在空中画了个三角形。 So, we have to find the area of the triangle. 因此我们必须求出三角形的面积。 Imagine this as a pyramid and not a triangle. 想象一下这是个金字塔，不说三角形。 —————————————— playground 操场上 playground n. 运动场，操场；游乐场 She is parading the playground in her new dress. 她身穿新衣招摇地在操场上走来走去。 The playground of the school has been walled in. 学校操场已用墙围住。 I like going to the playground with my friends because we are happy there. 我喜欢和朋友们一起去游乐场，因为在那里我们很开心。 —————————————— favourite 最喜欢的 favourite adj. 特别受喜爱的 n. 特别喜爱的人（或物） The crowd cheered their favourite horse on. 群众为他们喜爱的赛马加油。 Father always fetches the conversation round to his favourite subject. 父亲总是把谈话转到他喜爱的话题上去。 The audience crowded in the hall, yammering for the appearance of their favourite actress. 观众们挤在大厅里，吵嚷着要他们最喜欢的女演员出场。 —————————————— congress 国会 congress n. 国会；代表大会；会议；社交 Congress is behind the plan. (美)国会支持此项计划。 Congress has enacted a new tax law. 国会已颁布了一项新的税法。 The president muscled the bill through Congress. 总统强使这个法案在国会获得通过。 —————————————— commercial 商业 commercial adj. 商业的；营利的；靠广告收入的 n. 商业广告 This newspaper circulates mostly in the commercial districts. 这份报纸大部分在商业区内销售。 The commercial bank is willing to lend money to these customers. 这家商业银行愿意把钱贷给这些客户。 Commodities can be sold by the commercial departments on a commission basis. 委托商业部门代销。 —————————————— twin 双胞胎 twin vt. 使成对 n. 双胞胎中一人 adj. 双胞胎的 vi. 成对；生双胞胎 n. (Twin)人名；(英)特温 I always confounded him with his twin brother. 我总分不清他和他的孪生兄弟。 The twin brothers were removed from our class. 这一对孪生兄弟已从我们班转走。 The twin brothers bled for their country and died without any regrets. 这对孪生兄弟为国流血牺牲， 死而无憾。 —————————————— damn 该死的 damn vt. 谴责；罚…下地狱 vi. 谴责 n. 一点；诅咒 adj. 可恶的 adv. 非常 int. 讨厌 Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead! 该死的鱼雷!全速前进! Damn you all! she wants none of your tears! 你们都该死！ 她才不要你们的眼泪哩！ So I gave it to my mom, and now, every time I walk by her room, I see that damn jewelry box. 所以我把它送给了我妈。 可是现在，每次我走过她的房间，都会看到那个该死的首饰柜。 —————————————— clarity 清晰 clarity n. 清楚，明晰；透明 n. (Clarity)人名；(英)克拉里蒂 This is done for consistency and clarity only. 这样做只是为了一致性和清晰。 Without one, the other suffers; together, both provide clarity and truth. 这两种行为结合在一起提供了明晰和真理，是缺一不可的。 Plan to the extent where you get clarity on what you have to do next, then take action right away. 计划一定要包括你要很清楚下一件事情你要做什么，然后马上行动。 —————————————— amuse 娱乐 amuse vt. 娱乐；消遣；使发笑；使愉快 I trumped up a story to amuse the children. 我编了一个故事逗孩子们开心。 In displaying this letter in such a prominent place, my colleague was seeking to amuse his visitors with its Indian-English verbosity. 我的同事把这封信挂在这么显眼的位置, 其实是想向展示他的印度式英语的冗长来娱乐客人. Some scientists think people have fabricated these stories to amuse or to trick their friends, but other scientists feel these accounts are quite true. 一些科学家认为人们编造这些故事来逗朋友乐或是跟朋友开玩笑，可其它科学家感到这些记录相当真实。 —————————————— exert 发挥 exert vt. 运用，发挥；施以影响 Its best hope is that China can exert influence over Pyongyang to return to the negotiating table. 在这一点上最富希望的是：中国可以施加影响于平壤，使其回到谈判桌上来。 These organisations exert great influence in public life. But we have no means of discovering on whose behalf they do it. 这些组织在公共生活中发挥着巨大的影响，我们却没办法发现它们代表着谁的利益。 These are the vital ways to exert pressure on the SPDC. 这些都是向委员会施加压力的主要方法。 —————————————— fierce 激烈的 fierce adj. 凶猛的；猛烈的；暴躁的 n. (Fierce)人名；(英)菲尔斯 Some students riot in fierce argument. 有些学生热衷于激烈的辩论。 The room bore traces of a fierce struggle. 这个房间留有激烈搏斗的痕迹。 They lagged the other automakers in the fierce competition. 在激烈的竞争中他们落后于其他汽车制造商。 —————————————— indoors 在室内 indoors adv. 在室内，在户内 When I’m indoors my attention usually settles on something inward, but when I’m outside it’s a different experience. 当我在室内时，我的注意力通常集中于内心的某处。 但是如果我在室外则完全是另外一种体验。 Indoors, you put a white sheet on the ground, spray some insecticide on walls and ceilings, and the mosquitoes literally drop at your feet. 在室内，你在地上放一个白床单，然后在天花板和墙上喷上一些杀虫剂，蚊子就一个一个地掉在你的脚边。 Stay indoors during extremely cold or wet weather. 在极冷或潮湿的天气就留在室内。 —————————————— end 结束 end n. 结束；目标；尽头；末端；死亡 vi. 结束，终止；终结 vt. 结束，终止；终结 n. (End)人名；(英、德)恩德 His death marked the end of an era. 他的逝世标志着一个时代的结束。 Pass the message down to the people at the end of the table. 把这份电报往下传给坐在桌子末端的人们。 The paper published an extra to announce the end of the war. 那家报纸出版号外宣布战争结束的消息。 —————————————— circuit 电路 circuit n. [电子] 电路，回路；巡回；一圈；环道 vi. 环行 vt. 绕回…环行 The electrician killed the live circuit. 那位电工切断了通电电路。 The worker broke the circuit by disconnecting the wires. 这名工人通过割断电线切断了电路。 The question is, how do you put it all together, and represent it in circuit language? 问题是，你如何将其全放在一起，并用电路语言表示出来？ —————————————— brace 撑 brace n. 支柱；[语] 大括号；曲柄 vt. 支撑；振作起来；激励；撑牢 vi. 支持；打起精神 adj. 曲柄的 n. (Brace)人名；(英)布雷斯；(法)布拉斯 The gentle curve of the plywood louver creates its own structural brace and rigidity while softening the daylight around its profile. 百叶窗的柔和曲线的胶合板创建其自身的结构支撑和刚度，同时围绕日光其轮廓。 Most problems with the content of the configuration file are introduced when a semicolon or brace is missing. 配置文件内容方面的大多数问题都是由于缺失分号或大括号而引起的。 I would be on crutches for a couple of months and in a soft leg brace after that. 我还需要拄几个月拐杖，之后我要戴一个柔软的大腿支架。 —————————————— cave 洞穴 cave vt. 使凹陷，使塌落；在…挖洞穴 vi. 凹陷，塌落；投降 n. 洞穴，窑洞 n. (Cave)人名；(西)卡韦；(英)凯夫；(法)卡夫 Suddenly a rabbit sprang out of its cave. 突然一只野兔从洞里窜了出来。 His voice reverberated from the walls of the cave. 他的声音从洞穴的壁上反射回来。 A mouse started out as I went into the cave, which startled me. 我刚要走进山洞，一只老鼠突然窜了出来，把我吓了一跳。 —————————————— heap 堆 heap n. 堆；许多；累积 vt. 堆；堆积 vi. 堆起来 n. (Heap)人名；(芬)海亚普；(东南亚国家华语)协；(英)希普 Can you tell how many jin of apples there are in this heap? 你估一估这堆苹果有几斤。 There is one database heap per database, and the database manager uses it on behalf of all applications connected to the database. 每个数据库都有一个数据库堆，数据库管理器使用它来代表连接到数据库上的所有应用程序。 Much of this work involves copying objects from one address to another within the heap. 这些工作大多需要在堆内部将对象从一处复制到另一处。 —————————————— virtually 几乎 virtually adv. 事实上，几乎；实质上 She has virtually become our adviser. 她无形中成了我们的顾问。 This word has virtually dropped out of usage today. 这个词实际上现在已不再使用了。 They still do, with some now virtually the size of continents. 它们现在仍然这样，大小几乎要跟上大陆的面积。 —————————————— essence 本质 essence n. 本质，实质；精华；香精 n. (Essence)人名；(英)埃森丝 That, in essence, is the conundrum of consciousness. 而这才是意识之谜的实质所在。 The teacher cannot pin down the essence of ancient poetry. 老师不能清楚地解释古代诗歌的实质。 The two things are the same in outward form but different in essence. 这两样东西表面相同， 但实质不同。 —————————————— heir 继承人 heir n. [法] 继承人；后嗣；嗣子 She acknowledged him as her heir. 她承认他为自己的继承人。 He claims to be the rightful heir. 他要求做合法的继承人。 The signal agreed on between my father and me was that if he was her heir without being her husband I was to kick him under the table and he would not propose — otherwise he would. 我与父亲约定的信号是，假如他已经是继承人，我就在桌子下踢踢父亲的腿，那么他 不会求婚——否则，他就会当晚求婚。 —————————————— elevate 提升 elevate vt. 提升；举起；振奋情绪等；提升…的职位 Soon they will elevate you to a high rank in their society. 很快你就会被提升到他们的社会中较高的阶层。 Every ten years or so, a new dominant platform emerges to elevate computing to another level. 每隔大概十年，一个新的平台就会诞生并占据市场，把计算提升到新的水平。 We’re not going to become Confucians, but we can elevate education on our list of priorities without relinquishing creativity and independent thought. 我们美国人并不打算成为儒家弟子，但我们可以提升教育的优先度，同时不放弃创造性和独立思考。 —————————————— late 晚些时候 late adj. 晚的；迟的；已故的；最近的 adv. 晚；迟；最近；在晚期 Better late than never. 晚做总比不做好。 His boss jacked him up for being late again. 他的老板因他再次迟到而责备他。 She radiotelephoned her mother to say she would be late. 她给母亲打无线电话说她要晚到。 —————————————— hay 干草 hay n. 干草 vt. 把晒干 vi. 割草晒干 He ignited the wood with a band of hay. 他用一把干草引燃了这些木柴。 Cows feed on hay. 奶牛以干草为生。 A stack of hay will self-ignite if it stays for a long time. 干草堆放久了就会自燃。 —————————————— violent 暴力 violent adj. 暴力的；猛烈的 The medicine produced a violent reaction. 这药物引起剧烈的反应。 They launched out into a violent debate over proposal. 他们就一项提案开始了一场激烈的辩论。 The speaker lashed the young people into violent action. 那个演讲者煽动青年人搞暴力行动。 —————————————— wicked 邪恶的 wicked adj. 邪恶的；恶劣的；不道德的；顽皮的 Rich as Croesus and wicked as the black man below. 像克罗伊斯一样富有， 可又像地狱里的撒旦一样邪恶。 She looked at me as if I were the wicked stepmother. 她用那种眼神看着我，好像我是邪恶的后妈一样。 "You paragon of beauty, " said the wicked woman, "all has just happened as I expected, " and then she went away quickly. “你这个经典的美人，”邪恶的女人说，“一切都进展的如我所希望的，”然后她就很快的离开了。 —————————————— vehicle 车辆 vehicle n. [车辆] 车辆；工具；交通工具；运载工具；传播媒介；媒介物 I want to have an all-electric vehicle in my lifetime. 我想要在我的生活中有一个全电气化的车。 The red traffic light indicates that every person and vehicle must stop. 红色信号灯表示人和车辆不能通行。 Why do you trade your existing car down? Most people want newer vehicle. 你为什么把现有的小汽车折价换成低档车?大多数人都想要新一点的车子。 —————————————— applicable 适用的 applicable adj. 可适用的；可应用的；合适的 Objective evolutionary laws, however, do not applicable at the very beginning of an evolutionary event. 然而，客观的进化规律在每个进化事件的开始都是不适用的。 In this discussion, the emphasis is on the catalog asset, but the treatment is applicable to any asset group. 在当前的讨论中，重点是在目录资产上，但是处理方法对于任何资产组都是适用的。 If you have an idea at work, or want to get a raise, or want to convince your kids to go see a movie then there is something applicable from the marketing world. 如果你在工作中有一个主意，或是想得到加薪，或是想说服孩子去看场电影，那么，这里面就有一些东西是营销世界中所适用的。 —————————————— cell 细胞 cell n. 细胞；电池；蜂房的巢室；单人小室 vi. 住在牢房或小室中 n. (Cell)人名；(英)塞尔 The radio won't work, if you swap the cell's poles over. 如果你把电池的正负极颠倒了，收音机就不会响了。 This terminates each row and starts a new one after every cell. 这样便会在每个单元后结束一行并开始一个新行。 One of its purposes is to register for all notifications which occur on that cell, node, or server. 其目的之一就是为该单元、节点或服务器上发生的所有通知进行注册。 —————————————— graph 图 graph n. 图表；曲线图 vt. 用曲线图表示 n. (Graph)人名；(英)格拉夫 See the graph above and below for the numbers. 看看上面的曲线图和下面的数字吧。 I first saw a graph similar to this one in a software magazine article. 我在一本软件杂志的文章中第一次看到与此类似的图。 If you break apart a complex formula into components, you can try to imagine what it would like as a graph or how each component influences each other. 如果你把一条复杂的公式分解成好几个部分，你可以尝试想象如果它是一个图表的话会是什么样子，或每个部分是如何相互影响的。 —————————————— political 政治 political adj. 政治的；党派的 She disaffiliated from the political group. 她退出了那个政治团体。 I suggest that you keep off political issue in negotiations with them. 我建议你在与他们谈判时避开政治问题。 The people all over the country were revulsed by the political corruption. 全国人民对这种政治上的腐败现象都极为反感。 —————————————— certainly 当然 certainly adv. 当然；行（用于回答）；必定 The news certainly got her down. 这消息肯定使她沮丧。 You can certainly use my dictionary. 你当然可以用我的字典了。 She certainly knows how to sex up the men. 她当然知道如何去勾引这些男人。 —————————————— print 打印 print n. 印刷业；印花布；印刷字体；印章；印记 vt. 印刷；打印；刊载；用印刷体写；在…印花样 vi. 印刷；出版；用印刷体写 Please write your name and address in print. 姓名和地址请用印刷体书写。 They bought a new machine to print the posters. 他们购置了新机器用来印海报。 How many copies shall we print from the negative? 用这张底片我们要印多少张相片? —————————————— much 多 much adv. 非常，很 adj. 大量的 n. 许多，大量 pron. 许多，大量 n. (Much)人名；(德)穆赫；(英)马奇 The teacher expects much of me. 老师对我寄予很大希望。 The book contains much new information. 这本书有很多的新信息。 He has not much money,but he rubs along all right. 他没有很多的钱，可是他可以凑合着过日子。 —————————————— rapid 快速 rapid adj. 迅速的，急促的；飞快的；险峻的 n. 急流；高速交通工具，高速交通网 He has made rapid and brilliant progress in his studies. 他在学业上有着迅速而突出的进步。 The problem of pollution arises along with the rapid development of industry. 随着工业的迅速发展， 产生了污染问题。 For someone to realize the value of information, you need to organize data to permit rapid discovery and utilization. 要使某人实现信息的价值，您需要相应地组织数据以允许快速的发现和利用。 —————————————— farewell 告别 farewell n. 告别，辞别；再见；再会 int. 别了！（常含有永别或不容易再见面的意思）；再会！ adj. 告别的 This is your farewell kiss, you dog! 这是你的告别之吻，你这条狗！ He bade his wife farewell and set out on his journey. 他辞别了妻子便启程了。 What sort of farewell is that? 那是什么样的告别语？ —————————————— precision 精度 precision n. 精度，[数] 精密度；精确 adj. 精密的，精确的 This precision instrument is worth 10,000 yuan. 这台精密仪器价值一万元。 Planes fly daily over regular routes with timetable precision. 飞机每天精确地按时刻表飞行在各条航线上。 However, it should be understood that this complexity provides precision in the definition of the concrete elements. 然而，应该理解的是，正是这一复杂性为具体元素提供了精确的定义。 —————————————— metallic 金属 metallic adj. 金属的，含金属的 And, in some instances, they can be made to behave more nearly metallic. 而且，在一些情况下，它们能表现出更接近金属的性质。 A healthy tooth percussed with a metal instrument gives a metallic sound. 用金属器械对健康的牙齿作叩诊则发出金属声。 The first one is an intricate network of what appears to be huge metallic stripes. 第一个结构是一个复杂的网络，好像是由巨大的金属线条组成。 —————————————— tick 蜱虫 tick vt. 标记号于；滴答地记录 n. 滴答声；扁虱；记号；赊欠 vi. 发出滴答声；标以记号 n. (Tick)人名；(匈、芬)蒂克 Your job is to tick the names of those present at the meeting. 你的工作是在出席会议的人员的名字前面作记号。 The tickler pricked a tick on the nickname Nickel. 挠痒者在绰号“镍币”上刺了个勾号。 He put a tick by her name on the list. 在名单上他在她的名字旁打了一个勾号。 —————————————— caution 谨慎 caution n. 小心，谨慎；警告，警示 vt. 警告 I suggest you use caution with this one. 对于这个方法我建议谨慎使用。 All reports emanating from that country should be treated with caution. 所有来自那个国家的报告都应谨慎处理。 The Italian did what generations of his managerial countrymen have done before him and opted for caution away from home. 这位意大利人所做的都是他的前辈教练已经做过的事，在客场做战时都倾向于谨慎。 —————————————— lens 镜头 lens n. 透镜，镜头；眼睛中的水晶体；晶状体；隐形眼镜；汽车的灯玻璃 vt. 给……摄影 The lens of the eye accommodate to distance. 眼球晶状体能根据距离进行调节。 Here is what I imagine you do have, which I will possess, however briefly, from the safe distance of an observer behind a lens. 这就是我猜想你们所拥有的，从镜头后的旁观者这个安全距离上，我要将其占据，虽然只是暂时的。 Through this clear lens, problems become challenges, and challenges become opportunities for learning. 通过这个清晰透镜，问题变为挑战，挑战变为学习的机会。 —————————————— laser 激光 laser n. 激光 n. (Laser)人名；(德)拉泽 It also will measure the brightness of each laser reflection. 它还将测量每一道激光反射的光亮度。 This is a virtual keyboard with laser impressions on any table or other surface. 这是一个可以在任何桌面或其他表面投射的激光虚拟键盘。 Since I had promised to focus on the economy like a laser beam, I began with that. 由于我曾许诺将“像一束激光那样”专注于经济，所以我先从经济入手。 —————————————— magazine 杂志 magazine n. 杂志；弹药库；胶卷盒 This magazine will discontinue next week. 这份杂志将于下周停刊。 His article was crowded out of the magazine. 他的文章由于杂志稿多而被挤掉。 Have you looked up the magazine he mentioned yesterday? 你找到他昨天提到的那本杂志吗? —————————————— geography 地理位置 geography n. 地理；地形 There are proposals to phrase out the hitherto separate Department of Economic Geography. 许多人建议要逐步取消到目前为止还是独立的经济地理系。 None of these places is doomed. Human agency can triumph over determinism. But we should not be naive either: Geography is one more strike against them. 这些地方没有一个注定就是如此。人的能动作用是可以打破宿命论的。但是，我们也不该那么天真幼稚：地理又一次捉弄了他们。 It has to do solely with geography, so something about the height, width, and depth of wherever we are reminds us of somewhere else. 这种感觉只与地理有关，因此与我们所处之地的高度、宽度以及深度相关的事物会让我们想起其他某个地方。 —————————————— hatred 仇恨 hatred n. 憎恨；怨恨；敌意 He is unselfish and above small jealousy and hatred. 他毫不自私， 没有一点忌妒和怨恨之意。 He dropped the photograph and ground his foot into it to show his hatred of his wife's lover. 他把照片扔在地上，使劲地用脚践踏，以表示对他妻子情人的仇恨。 This poem fully expresses the author's love for the ordinary people and hatred for the ruling class. 这首诗酣畅淋漓地抒发了作者对普通人民的爱和对统治阶级的恨。 —————————————— rag 破布 rag n. 破布；碎屑 vt. 戏弄；责骂 vi. 变破碎；穿着讲究 One's got a rag in his hand, and you can smell the ether. 有个家伙拿了块抹布，你可以老远就闻到乙醚的气味。 The witch that came To wash the steps with pail and rag Was once the beauty Abishag, The picture pride of Hollywood. 向我们走来的女巫,提着水桶和抹布擦洗台阶,她曾经像亚比沙一样美，好莱坞里最值得骄傲的记忆。 Sometimes all it takes is a wipe with a damp rag. 有时候它起的作用和抹布抹一下差不多。 —————————————— somewhat 有些 somewhat n. 几分；某物 adv. 有点；多少；几分；稍微 His explanation overreached somewhat. 他的辩解多少有点过火。 I'm somewhat suspicious of his intentions. 对他的意图我有几分怀疑。 I am somewhat disappointed in some of our inventions. 对我们的某些发明我感到有些失望。 —————————————— simultaneous 同时 simultaneous adj. 同时的；联立的；同时发生的 n. 同时译员 This event was almost simultaneous with that one. 这件事几乎是与那件事同时发生的。 The conference hall is provided with facilities for simultaneous interpretation in five languages. 这个会议大厅配有五种语言的同声传译设备。 By setting the maximum number of simultaneous tasks, you can visually see the work backing up for your tasks. 通过设置最大同时任务数量，您能够可视化地看到您的任务所积压的工作。 —————————————— moral 道德 moral adj. 道德的；精神上的；品性端正的 n. 道德；寓意 n. (Moral)人名；(德、法、西、葡、土)莫拉尔 He lives by a strict moral code. 他按照严格的道德准则生活。 Faith undergirds moral principles. 信仰能加强道德原则。 The moral offen-sive remarks in the book had to be expurgated before it could be printed. 这本书在付印前必须删去道德上冲撞的话语。 —————————————— layer 层 layer n. 层，层次；膜；[植]压条；放置者，计划者 vt. 把…分层堆放；借助压条法；生根繁殖；将（头发）剪成不同层次 vi. 形成或分成层次；[植]通过压条法而生根 A thin layer of ice formed over the lake. 湖面上凝结了一层薄冰。 This seam of coal reposes on a layer of clay. 这个煤层处于一层黏土岩之上。 When the Nile is in flood, it deposits a layer of mud on the fields. 尼罗河泛滥时， 在田野上沉积下一层泥。 —————————————— only 只有 only adv. 只，仅仅；不料 adj. 唯一的，仅有的；最合适的 conj. 但是；不过；可是 She cares only for herself. 她只关心她自己。 In this camp,only the officers mess together. 在这个营地，只有军官集中用膳。 He can outthink me only in the field of the society. 只有在社会学的领域上他会比我思考得深刻。 —————————————— exposure 曝光 exposure n. 暴露；曝光；揭露；陈列 Although that exposure was small compared with their portfolios, it could have a big impact because they have so little equity as a cushion. 尽管与它们的投资组合相比，暴露出的只是一小部分，但会造成巨大的冲击，因为它们的缓冲余地很小。 No matter what level of exposure you have, your lung cells know it and they are responding. 无论你暴露在什么样的烟雾环境中，你的肺部细胞都知道，并且会起反应。 So in the NRC world these are the multiple barriers to public exposure and public risk. 在NRC的世界里，这些都是多重障碍,对于公众暴露和公众危险来说。 —————————————— denial 否认 denial n. 否认；拒绝；节制；背弃 You can be in denial about something happening to you or to someone else. 你可以因发生在自身或是他人身上的事件而进入否认状态。 It means facing difficulties without denial, as well as fully enjoying the beauty of each moment. 它意味着不拒绝面对困难，同样也完全地享受目前每一秒钟的美好。 Most organizations think of threat detection and threat denial but rarely do they plan, with a qualified security professional, what to do if or when their systems are breached. 大多数组织都考虑到了威胁检测和威胁拒绝，但很少为此作出规划，对于一名合格的安全专家，如果系统遭到破坏怎么办。 —————————————— fling 舞 fling vt. 掷，抛；嘲笑；使陷入；轻蔑地投射；猛动 n. 掷，抛；嘲弄；急冲 vi. 猛冲，急行 Fling me back the ball,will you? 把球掷回给我，好吗? In so doing they fearlessly fling themselves into the air and catch onto a branch of the tree they are landing in. 这种情况下，它们无畏的把自己抛向空中，抓住要着陆的树枝。 The book's advice ranges from how to conduct a sleaze-free office fling or a disease-free one night stand, to how to smoke at social occasions and what to do when you meet a celebrity. 本书给出了大量建议，从如何策划一次“体面”的办公室嘲弄或者“卫生”的一夜情，到如何在社交场合吸烟和如何在名人面前表现得体。 —————————————— retrieve 检索 retrieve vt. [计] 检索；恢复；重新得到 vi. 找回猎物 n. [计] 检索；恢复，取回 She tried hard to retrieve her luxurious life. 她极力设法恢复她的奢华生活。 You simply create a queue, then drop and retrieve messages on it. 您仅需创建一个队列，然后在其上删除和检索消息。 As with the original form, however, there’s a performance issue if you have to perform nine lookups to retrieve each of the nine virtualized fields. 然而与最初的表单一样，如果必须执行九个查找来检索那九个虚拟字段中的每一个字段，这样就会存在性能问题。 —————————————— entity 实体 entity n. 实体；存在；本质 This ensures that I have the right business entity. 这就确保了我得到了正确的业务实体。 Now, add to this all the permutations of getting partial attributes from each entity. 现在，将所有这些添加到从每个实体获取部分属性的排列中。 With this approach each data entity includes both the attributes and the inherited attributes of the class that it represents. 使用这种方法，每个数据实体就既包含属性又包含它所表示的类继承的属性。 —————————————— bomb 炸弹 bomb vt. 轰炸，投弹于 vi. 轰炸，投弹；失败 n. 炸弹 The bomb and other explosive exploded. 炸弹和其他爆炸物爆炸了。 The bomb fizzled out,and no one was hurt. 炸弹嘶嘶冒烟后熄灭，无人受伤。 Our windows were shocked into pieces by the explosion of a bomb. 我们的窗子被一颗炸弹的爆炸震得粉碎。 —————————————— upset 心烦意乱 upset vt. 使心烦；颠覆；扰乱 vi. 翻倒 adj. 心烦的；混乱的；弄翻的 n. 混乱；翻倒；颠覆 Losing the ring upset her very much. 指环的遗失使她很心烦意乱。 The news upset them. 这个消息使他们很难过。 This tells your partner that, regardless of how upset you are with him or her, you still want to be in the relationship. 这样会告诉你的伴侣，不论今天和他或她在一起多么沮丧，你仍然希望继续与他相爱下去。 —————————————— sentiment 情绪 sentiment n. 感情，情绪；情操；观点；多愁善感 He has illustrated this sentiment thoroughly in a drama. 他在一出戏剧里充分地表现了这种感情。 They were busy canvassing and drumming up sentiment against the new government. 他们当时正忙于游说，挑起对新政府的不满情绪。 Petty-bourgeois sentiment should be done away with. 要抛弃小资产阶级的伤感情调。 —————————————— beautiful 美丽的 beautiful adj. 美丽的 出色地 出色的 迷人的 迷人地 We have over 30 beautiful designs to select from. 我们有30多种美丽的图案可供选择。 I fell upon a beautiful passage in one of his articles. 在他的文章中我偶然发现了一篇精美的文章。 In the beautiful park, there is a path winding along the lake. 在这座美丽的公园里有一条蜿蜒的小路绕湖向前。 —————————————— link 链接 link n. [计] 链环，环节；联系，关系 vt. 连接，连结；联合，结合 vi. 连接起来；联系在一起；将人或物连接或联系起来 n. (Link)人名；(英、德、塞、捷、匈、瑞典)林克 How do you link to it? 你怎样连接到它？ They have planned to link up the two areas by telephone. 他们计划用电话把两个地区连接起来。 A tunnel has been bored under the channel to link England and France. 为连接英国和法国，一条英吉利海峡隧道已被开凿。 —————————————— compulsory 强制 compulsory adj. 义务的；必修的；被强制的 n. （花样滑冰、竞技体操等的）规定动作 It was settled by compulsory arbitration. 此事已通过强制性仲裁得到解决。 Government-granted monopoly privilege in the form of compulsory producer cartels or patents do not protect property rights; they invade them. 政府批出的特权是强制生产者同盟垄断或专利的形式不仅不受保护，反而要制裁他们。 The new compulsory course consists of seven parts, he said. 这项新设立的必修课程由七个部分组成。 —————————————— frog 青蛙 frog n. 青蛙；[铁路] 辙叉；饰扣 vi. 捕蛙 n. (Frog)人名；(俄)弗罗格 The tadpole has become a frog. 这个蝌蚪已长成青蛙。 A tadpole metamorphoses into a frog. 蝌蚪会变成青蛙。 The frog darted out its tongue to catch a mosquito. 这只青蛙突然伸出舌头捕捉蚊子。 —————————————— editor 编辑器 editor n. 编者，编辑；社论撰写人；编辑装置 I hacked up on the editor. 我对编辑程序做了简单的修改。 How did the editor respond to our suggestion? 编辑对我们的建议反应如何? We can certify for him competence as an editor. 我们可以保证他能胜任编辑工作。 —————————————— generous 慷慨的 generous adj. 慷慨的，大方的；宽宏大量的；有雅量的 Mr. Liang is a generous man. 梁先生是位宽宏大量的人。 What prompted her to be so generous? 是什么原因使得她如此大方呢? They have made generous response to the appeals for funds. 他们对募集资金的呼吁作出了慷慨的响应。 —————————————— mechanical 机械 mechanical adj. 机械的；力学的；呆板的；无意识的；手工操作的 Several firms of mechanical engineering have been syndicated. 几家机械工程公司已组成了机械工程辛迪加。 So there are more sophisticated approaches, some of them are mechanical. 那么这里还有更复杂的方法，有的人是无意识的。 This should be a largely mechanical process. 这应该是一个非常机械的 过程。 —————————————— mind 心 mind n. 理智，精神；意见；智力；记忆力 vt. 介意；专心于；照料 vi. 介意；注意 These ideas have been forming in my mind. 这些想法在我的头脑中已经形成。 I don't know how the idea germinated in my mind. 我不知道这个想法在我的头脑中是怎么产生的。 His mind could no longer distinguish between illusion and reality. 他的头脑已不再能分清幻觉和现实。 —————————————— modest 适度的 modest adj. 谦虚的，谦逊的；适度的；端庄的；羞怯的 n. (Modest)人名；(罗)莫代斯特；(德)莫德斯特；(俄)莫杰斯特 This headmaster is very modest. 这位校长很谦虚。 Be modest, otherwise you will lag behind. 要谦虚，否则就要落后。 He had always been modest and prudent and remained so after he had become famous. 他一直谦虚谨慎， 成名之后仍然如此。 —————————————— amends 补偿 amends n. 赔偿；赔罪 v. 修订（amend的第三人称单数）；改进 Full amends was made. 作了全部赔偿。 And they've actually come back to make amends. 他们回来真的是要赔偿我们。 The emperor has tried to make amends with Japan's neighbors during his visits in Asia by speaking openly of the suffering inflicted by Japanese troops during World War II. 在天皇访问亚洲国家期间，他也曾公开提到二战期间日军队这些国家人民造成的痛苦，并试图以此为日本的邻邦赔罪。 —————————————— brief 短暂的 brief adj. 简短的，简洁的；短暂的，草率的 n. 摘要，简报；概要，诉书 vt. 简报，摘要；作…的提要 n. (Brief)人名；(英)布里夫 His article was brief and forceful. 他的文章简短有力。 What he said was brief but significant. 他的讲话虽然简短， 可是非常有意思。 We decided to round off our tour of Europe with a brief visit to Madrid. 我们决定去马德里作一次短暂的访问，以此结束我们的欧洲之行。 —————————————— crash 崩溃 crash n. 撞碎；坠毁；破产；轰隆声；睡觉 vi. 摔碎；坠落；发出隆隆声；(金融企业等)破产 vt. 打碎；使坠毁、撞坏；擅自闯入 He narrowly escaped in the air crash. 他险些在飞机失事中遇难。 The reporters besieged me with questions about the plane crash. 记者们纷纷向我提出有关这次飞机失事的问题。 This sequence of function calls shows you the path to the crash. 这个函数调用序列显示了造成崩溃的代码路径。 —————————————— solution 解决方案 solution n. 解决方案；溶液；溶解；解答 The puzzle defied solution. 这个谜无法解。 Water precipitates camphor from its alcoholic solution. 水使樟脑从其酒精溶液中沉淀。 A gas in solution diffuses from a region of greater to one of less concentration. 溶液中的气体会由浓度高的部分扩散到浓度低的部分。 —————————————— suit 西装 suit vt. 适合；使适应 n. 诉讼；恳求；套装，西装；一套外衣 vi. 合适；相称 Will the date suit you? 这个日期对你合适么? The car bespattered my suit with mud. 汽车把我的衣服溅了一身泥浆。 He always twists the facts to suit his own purpose. 他总是曲解事实以适合自己的意图。 —————————————— impair 损害 impair vt. 损害；削弱；减少 For example, it can impair orientation and sense of smell in young clownfish, making them more vulnerable to predators. 例如，它能削弱幼年小丑鱼的方向感和嗅觉，让它们更容易受到捕食者的攻击。 They apprehend that every farther step forward on the road toward the socialization of enterprises will seriously impair the quantity and the quality of the products of every industry. 他们认识到，在向企业的社会主义化道路上每深入一步都将会严重地损害每个产业所生产的产品的数量和质量。 Never, ever build an environment where the loss of a solitary resource would impair the environment. 永远不要构建这样一个环境，即其中单个资源的丧失会损害整个环境。 —————————————— industrial 工业 industrial adj. 工业的，产业的；从事工业的；供工业用的；来自勤劳的 n. 工业股票；工业工人 Shanghai is the most important industrial base of China. 上海是中国最重要的工业基地。 The government collided with Parliament over its industrial plans. 政府在工业规划上与议会发生冲突。 The government collided with Parliament over its industrial plans. 在工业计划方面政府与国会有严重分歧。 —————————————— log 日志 log vi. 伐木 vt. 切；伐木；航行 n. 记录；航行日志；原木 They log for a living. 他们以伐木为生。 Do you know how to log in to the system? 你知道怎么登录进入这个系统吗？ These messages do not write to the server log file. 这些消息并不写到服务器日志文件中。 —————————————— thirst 渴 thirst n. 渴望；口渴；热望 vi. 渴望；口渴 When everything is over, the thirst for life is gone. 一切都过去之后，对于生活的渴求也消散了。 Our God in His gracious thirst will drink us all, the dewdrop and the tear. 我们的上帝在他慈悲的干渴里，会把我们——露珠和眼泪——都喝下去。 Who drinks the poison may go astray; and they may have the unbearable hunger and thirst, or the strong curiosity. 谁喝了毒药可能走入歧途，他们可能有难以忍受的饥饿和干渴，或强烈的好奇心。 —————————————— thoughtful 深思熟虑的 thoughtful adj. 深思的；体贴的；关切的 She had always been silent and thoughtful, and now she was more so than ever. 她一直就是一个沉静和深思的孩子，现在她变得更是这样了。 You act as if you can have a thoughtful boyfriend or a sexy boyfriend, but not both. 照你的说法，你好像可以有一个体贴的男友，也可以有一个性感的男友，但不能两者兼得。 Her friends were looking with round thoughtful eyes at her and him, and she could see that they had been talking of her. 苔丝的朋友们把眼睛睁得圆圆的，带着深思，看着她和安琪尔，她也看得出来她们一直在议论她。 —————————————— commit 提交 commit vt. 犯罪，做错事；把...交托给；指派…作战；使…承担义务 Your commit message should be at the top of the log. 您的提交消息应该在日志的最上面。 But you cannot hope to master anything unless you commit to mastery of one thing. 但除非你承诺要掌握某事，否则就永远没有希望掌握任何事。 So many children who commit violent crimes have themselves been brutalized by years of abuse and neglect. 那么多犯暴力罪行的孩子们由于多年受到的虐待和忽视使他们自己残酷无情。 —————————————— fever 发烧 fever n. 发烧，发热；狂热 vt. 使发烧；使狂热；使患热病 vi. 发烧；狂热；患热病 He soon rallied from his fever. 他的发烧很快就好了。 A fever often denotes an infection. 发烧常常是传染病的征兆。 Her forehead was flushed with fever. 她的前额由于发烧而发烫。 —————————————— painting 绘画 painting n. 绘画；油画；着色 v. 绘画（paint的ing形式）；涂色于 n. (Painting)人名；(英)佩因廷 Someone stole a painting from the museum. 有人从博物馆盗走了一幅画。 He shows a great aptitude for [in] painting. 他在绘画上表现出很高的才能。 He gave me a painting with his name subscribed. 他送给我一张他亲笔署名的绘画。 —————————————— partner 合作伙伴 partner n. 伙伴；合伙人；配偶 vi. 合伙；合股；成为搭档 vt. 使合作；与…合伙 n. (Partner)人名；(英、德)帕特纳 Partner joins the company. 合伙人入伙合营 She deferred to her partner in everything. 她事事都听从她的合伙人的意见。 I differed with my partner sometimes,but we usually agree. 我有时与我的伙伴争论，但我们通常是一致的。 —————————————— failure 失败 failure n. 失败；故障；失败者；破产 I regretted over my failure. 我为我的失败而遗憾。 They pegged it as the cause of failure. 他们认为这就是失败的原因。 His failure knelled the bankruptcy of the company. 他的失败宣告了公司的破产。 —————————————— republican 共和党人 republican adj. 共和国的；共和政体的；共和主义的；拥护共和政体的 n. 共和主义者 I hated to give up Dick Morris, but by then he had become so involved with Republican candidates and officeholders that he was compromised in the eyes of virtually all Democrats. 虽然我不愿意弃用迪克.莫里斯，但在那时，他已经与共和党的候选人和官员过从太密，因此，他在几乎所有民主党人眼里有妥协的嫌疑。 The Republican burden is their record of denial, evasion, and neglect. 共和党的负担是他们否认、逃避和疏忽的履历。 You do not have to be a republican to agree that this needs to be discussed. 你不必为了同意这也需要讨论的事而成为一个共和党。 —————————————— continuous 连续 continuous adj. 连续的，持续的；继续的；连绵不断的 Continuous farming impoverishes the soil. 连续耕作使土壤变得贫瘠。 Continuous bombing spearheaded the way to occupying the city. 持续不停的轰炸为攻克该城铺平了道路。 Continuous integration does not mean you integrate every second, but it does mean you should integrate early and often. 持续的集成并不意味着每秒都要集成，但它 的确意味着您应该尽早并且经常集成。 —————————————— output 输出 output n. 输出，输出量；产量；出产 vt. 输出 They often understated their coal output. 他们常常少报他们的煤炭产量。 We should phase the input and output of the machine. 我们应该使机器的输入功率和输出功率的相位同步。 The output of cars shows a marked increase over last year. 汽车的产量比较去年有显著的增长。 —————————————— sensible 明智的 sensible adj. 明智的; 通情达理的; 合乎情理的; 意识到的，能感觉到的; n. 可感觉到的东西; 敏感的人; As mentioned above, sometimes it is perfectly sensible to spawn a new thread for each new task. 如同上面所提到的，有时，为每个新任务生成一个新线程是十分明智的。 As for the stuff you do need, choose a sensible place for it — all of it — and commit to keeping it there. 把那些你确确实实需要用到的东西——所有的——放在一个明显的地方，而且保证它们能一直在呆在这个地方。 It therefore is sensible of those major corporations to offer health club memberships to all their employees. 因此，那些大公司向全体员工提供健康俱乐部会员身份是很明智的决策。 —————————————— award 奖 award vt. 授予；判定 n. 奖品；判决 He begrudged his friend the award. 他羡慕他的朋友获奖。 This new invention won the highest award. 这项新发明获得最高奖。 It is the custom of this academy to make an annual award for outstanding researchers in chemistry. 每年向杰出的化学研究人员发奖是这个学会的惯例。 —————————————— refreshment 点心 refreshment n. 点心；起提神作用的东西；精力恢复 There is a refreshment kitchenette and barbecue. 有一个小的点心厨房和烧烤设备。 There is a widespread recognition of the need for refreshment of the mind and the heart. 人们广泛地认同我们的精神和心灵是需要更新恢复的。 What tastes good to people, as well as what is tasteful to offer as refreshment to guests, can be very different from one culture to another. 人们认为好吃的东西或者款待客人的美味点心，随着文化的不同而可能非常不一样。 —————————————— health 健康 health n. 健康；卫生；保健；兴旺 He inquired after her health. 他问起她的健康情况。 We all desire happiness and health. 我们都渴望幸福和健康。 They drink to his health. 他们为他的健康干杯。 —————————————— junior 初级 junior adj. 年少的；后进的；下级的 n. 年少者，晚辈；地位较低者；大学三年级学生 n. (Junior)人名；(英)朱尼尔；(德)尤尼奥尔 She was displaced by her junior clerk. 她被她的下级职员顶替。 As a junior, we should respect the old. 作为一个晚辈，我们应该尊敬老人。 I started the job as a junior secretary. 刚开始这份工作时，我是初级秘书。 —————————————— railway 铁路 railway n. （英）铁路；轨道；铁道部门 vi. 乘火车旅行 This railway has been splayed for 60 miles. 这条铁路已延长了60英里。 There the railway forks to A and B (places). 这条铁路在那儿分叉通向甲乙两地。 The railway slopes up slightly at this point. 铁路从这里开始有个微微向上的坡度。 —————————————— kilogram 公斤 kilogram n. 公斤；千克 By comparison, one kilogram of tomatoes requires 160 litres of water. 相比之下，生产一公斤的番茄需要160升水。 For example, the kilogram scale allows you to assign a number to an object indicating its weight based upon standardized displacements of measuring instruments. 例如，千克尺度允许您给一个物体分配数字，根据测量仪器的标准化的偏移量指示该物体的重量。 It was then necessary to produce the two prototype standards (metre and kilogram) on to which the measurements would be copied for distribution across France. 就在那时，需要去产生两个标准的原型（米，公斤），根据这两个标准的原型，度量衡才能复制到法国各地。 —————————————— robot 机器人 robot n. 机器人；遥控设备，自动机械；机械般工作的人 What if the worker is a robot? 那如果工人是机器人怎么办？ The robot, of course, was me. 而我，当然就是那个机器人。 The robot can acquire the object. 机器人能捕获该物体。 —————————————— security 安全 security n. 安全；保证；证券；抵押品 adj. 安全的；保安的；保密的 Their talk ran upon the problems of social welfare and social security system. 他们的谈话涉及社会福利和社会保障制度问题。 With technical details of the security system already circulating on the Internet, instructions for cracking it will almost certainly make their way into the computer underground. 由于保安系统的技术资料已在因特网上流传，如何侵入该系统的指令也当然会流入非法人员所用的计算机中。 It's your duty to superintend the security affairs. 主管安全保卫工作是你的职责。 —————————————— articulate 善于表达 articulate vt. 清晰地发（音）；明确有力地表达；用关节连接；使相互连贯 vi. 发音；清楚地讲话；用关节连接起来 adj. 发音清晰的；口才好的；有关节的 n. 【动物学】有节体的动物 After the injury the bones did not articulate as well as before. 受伤后骨的关节不如以前连接得好。 Be careful to articulate your words so that everyone in the room can understand you. 小心使你的话发音清晰，使室内每人都能听懂。 Their chief achievement was to articulate a language of control and design that worked for biology, social sciences, and computers. 他们最主要的成就是清晰描述了控制和设计语言，为生物学、社会科学和计算机学效力。 —————————————— scale 规模 scale n. 规模；比例；鳞；刻度；天平；数值范围 vi. 衡量；攀登；剥落；生水垢 vt. 测量；攀登；刮鳞；依比例决定 n. (Scale)人名；(意)斯卡莱 The scale is an inch to the mile. 比例是用一吋代表一哩。 The scale of the map is 1: 460000. 这张地图的比例尺是四十六万分之一。 But nothing on this scale. 但这与男女比例无关。 —————————————— rotate 旋转 rotate vi. 旋转；循环 vt. 使旋转；使转动；使轮流 adj. [植] 辐状的 This large gear turns the small one to rotate the cylinder. 这个大齿轮带动小齿轮使滚筒旋转。 No worries there. We just have to close in with the camera, and rotate it. 你不用担心这里，我们只需将它拉近摄像机，并旋转就可以了。 In this example, you rotate a square on its center, but do not fill the square. 在这个例子中，您会以中心为原点旋转一个正方形，但不填充这个正方形。 —————————————— city 城市 city n. 城市，都市 adj. 城市的；都会的 He tried his fortune in another city. 他在另一个城市碰碰运气。 They lightered the goods down to the city. 他们将货物驳运到了这个城市。 They planted the first church in that part of the city. 他们在那座城市的那一部分创办了第一座教堂。 —————————————— solemn 庄严的 solemn adj. 庄严的，严肃的；隆重的，郑重的 The ceremony proceeded in a solemn atmosphere. 仪式在庄严的气氛中进行。 He gave us his solemn word, then he welshed on us. 他向我们郑重承诺然后又对我们食言了。 His behaviour was not in keeping with the solemn occasion. 他的举止与这庄严的场合不协调。 —————————————— rifle 步枪 rifle n. 步枪；来复枪 vt. 用步枪射击；抢夺；偷走 The rifle recoils when it is fired. 步枪射出子弹后要反冲一下。 This rifle can chamber short or long cartridges. 这种来复枪的枪膛可以装短弹或长弹。 They are huckstering over the price of the rifle. 他们正为那支枪的价格讨价还价。 —————————————— professional 专业 professional adj. 专业的；职业的；职业性的 n. 专业人员；职业运动员 A professional golfer usually has it all over an amateur. 职业高尔夫球员通常胜过业余的。 The football team was disciplined by a professional trainer. 这支足球队受过专业教练员的训练。 The work of interior design could be outsourced to those professional companies. 室内装修的工作可外包给那些专业装修公司去做。 —————————————— bachelor 本科 bachelor n. 学士；单身汉；（尚未交配的）小雄兽 n. (Bachelor)人名；(英)巴彻勒 Distrusting women, he remained a bachelor all his life. 由于不信任女人， 他做了一辈子单身汉。 If that is our idea of bachelor then we can see just by consulting our own ideas that all bachelors must be unmarried. 如果那就是我们关于单身汉的理解,接下来通过自身意识的理解，认为所有的单身汉必须是未婚的。 I fail to understand that some men want both; they want to get married and they even want to live like a bachelor with all hook ups and freedom. 我不明白那些想两个都要的男人们；他们想要结婚，他们还想要像单身汉一样自由的生活钩住所有的女人。 —————————————— petition 请愿书 petition n. 请愿；请愿书；祈求；[法] 诉状 vi. 请愿；请求 vt. 请愿；请求；恳求 These names will all be added to the petition. 这些名字都将被添加到请愿书中。 What options do you have to wage an effective petition effort? 你有什么选择来进行一场有效率的请愿努力呢? Also, please fill out the petition below and tell us how you intend to masturbate for peace. 并且，请填写下边的请愿，告诉我们你如何打算为和平而自我性爱。 —————————————— ownership 所有权 ownership n. 所有权；物主身份 What, then, constitutes “ownership”? 那么，什么是“所有权”？ The matter in dispute is the ownership of the house. 眼下的纠纷是这所房子的所有权问题。 The two sides continued to dispute the ownership of the territory. 双方继续争夺那片领土的所有权。 —————————————— ultimate 最终 ultimate adj. 最终的；极限的；根本的 n. 终极；根本；基本原则 The brain is the ultimate fountain of ideas. 大脑是思想的根本源泉。 Happiness is the ultimate aim of everything we do. 我们所做一切的最终目的就是幸福。 But is this where we should end, so close to our ultimate goal? 但是，我们在这么接近我们最终目标的地方就至此为止吗？ —————————————— impart 传授 impart vt. 给予（尤指抽象事物），传授；告知，透露 If Campbell returns to Arsenal, he wants the impart the knowledge of those past glories to the present squad. 如果坎贝尔回到阿森纳，那么他想向现在的队伍传授过去那些获得荣誉的经验。 Impart urgency and convenience: in most instances, the sole objective of the cold call is to get an appointment. 告知急迫性和便利性：大部分情况下，冷不防打电话的唯一目的就是预约见面。 The episodes are each a few minutes in length — enough time, say, for Mr. Buffett and his animated acolytes to impart the importance of location when setting up a lemonade stand. 每集动画片长度只有几分钟，可以说，对巴菲特先生和他的动画助手们来说传授在搭建柠茶摊时选择位置的重要性已经足够了。 —————————————— avenue 大道 avenue n. 大街；林荫大道；[比喻](达到某物的)途径，手段，方法，渠道 What do you want to convey if you are Saks Fifth Avenue? 那如果你是萨克斯第五大道,你会希望传达什么呢？ Walk along Second Avenue and you can see it on the right. 沿着第二大街走，然后你能看到它在右边。 In the carriage, on the way down Fifth Avenue, they talked pointedly of Mrs. Mingott, of her age, her spirit, and all her wonderful attributes. 沿第五大街下行，他们在马车里重点谈论的是明戈特太太：她的年纪，她的精神，以及她那些不可思议的性情。 —————————————— stabilize 稳定 stabilize vt. 使稳固，使安定 vi. 稳定，安定 Stabilize your feet. 稳定你的脚。 The gyroscope in tank is used to stabilize the aim system of the gun. 坦克中的陀螺仪用于稳定火炮的瞄准系统。 When the contents of an individual subsystem stabilize, you can then divide the subsystem. 当个人子系统的内容稳定之后，您就可以分解子系统了。 —————————————— o'clock 点 o'clock abbr. …点钟（等于of the clock） At eight o'clock, I must be at my landlord's. 八点钟，我得到达我房东家。 I shall stay here until twelve o'clock. 我将留在这里一直到十二点钟。 You might catch him in about eleven o'clock. 十一点钟左右你也许可以碰上他在办公室。 —————————————— tourist 旅游 tourist n. 旅行者，观光客 adj. 旅游的 vt. 在旅行参观 vi. 旅游；观光 adv. 坐旅游车厢；坐经济舱 The touring car had decanted us at a tourist spot for touring. 旅游汽车把我们带到一个观光旅游胜地去游览。 Beijing has a multitude of attractions to beguile the foreign tourist. 北京有许多能迷住外国旅游者的景物。 If you really must leave and have the resources to do so, go to the country of your choice on a tourist visa. 如果你真的需要出国，并且有足够的资源能够出国，那就申请旅游签证去你想去的国家旅游一次。 —————————————— yield 收益率 yield vt. 屈服；出产，产生；放弃 vi. 屈服，投降 n. 产量；收益 We shall never yield to a conqueror. 我们绝不会向征服者屈服。 We must do everything to raise the per unit yield. 我们要千方百计提高单位面积产量。 The yield of rice will rise to 700 kilograms per mu. 水稻的产量将上升到每亩700公斤。 —————————————— pork 猪肉 pork n. 猪肉 vt. 与女子性交 n. (Pork)人名；(俄)波尔克 She permits herself pork twice a week. 她规定自己一星期只吃二次肉。 We dined on a chicken,pork and fresh vegetables. 我们正餐吃鸡、猪肉和新鲜蔬菜。 However, the lack of blood and iron in the meat gives it a pale appearance nothing like a fillet of beef or pork. 然而，这块肉里面缺乏血和铁，导致它只有一个苍白的外观，看起来一点都不想猪牛的里脊肉。 —————————————— cheap 便宜的 cheap adj. 便宜的；小气的；不值钱的 adv. 便宜地 The car went very cheap. 这车卖得非常便宜。 Her neck was bedaubed with cheap necklace. 她脖子上戴着廉价的项链。 They also could supply your need of cheap goods. 他们还能满足你买廉价货的需要。 —————————————— aluminium 铝 aluminium adj. 铝的 n. 铝 If necessary, we can use aluminium instead of steel. 如果必要，我们可用铝代钢。 Aluminium requires lots of expensive electricity to produce. 生产铝需要耗用很多昂贵的电能。 It accounted for about 46% of global coal consumption in 2009, according to the World Coal Institute, an industry body, and consumes a similar share of the world’s zinc and aluminium. 根据世界煤炭学会（一个行业组织）的报告：2009年中国的煤炭消耗量占世界煤炭总消耗量的约46%，同时中国消耗了同等比例的锌和铝。 —————————————— certainty 确定 certainty n. 必然；确实；确实的事情 And, if we know it for a certainty, how do we know it? 如果我们确实知道这些情况，我们又是如何得知的呢？ Therefore certainty is not only something of no use, but is in fact damaging, if we value reliability. 因此如果考虑可靠性的价值，确定性不仅仅没有用处，而且事实上还有害处。 In an election year, this is no certainty. 在选举年，这有很大的不确定性。 —————————————— conscientious 有责任心的 conscientious adj. 认真的；尽责的；本着良心的；小心谨慎的 She is very conscientious and never skimps her work. 她办事认真， 从不敷衍了事。 To give the devil his due, he is quite a conscientious worker. 平心而论， 他工作还是认真的。 Don't do your work in a slipshod manner. You should be conscientious and have a sense of responsibility. 对工作不能随随便便， 要认真负责。 —————————————— pile 桩 pile n. 堆；大量；建筑群 vt. 累积；打桩于 vi. 挤；堆积；积累 n. (Pile)人名；(西)皮莱；(英)派尔 The envelope was buried under a pile of papers on the desk. 那个信封被盖在桌上那堆文件的下面。 Time had caused the old books to disintegrate into a pile of fragments. 年代久远使那些书变成了一堆碎纸片。 It snowed almost every day for the next four months, while I sat on the couch and watched it pile up. 之后的四个月，差不多每个月都在下雪，而我就坐在沙发上，看着雪一点点堆积起来。 —————————————— region 地区 region n. 地区；范围；部位 The region abounds in coal. 这个地区煤矿丰富。 The spring thaw caused the river to deluge the region. 春天冰雪融化，使河水泛滥淹没了那地区。 Jack distributes computers for the computer rental service in that region. 杰克把电脑运送给那个地区的电脑出租公司。 —————————————— know 知道 know vt. 知道；认识；懂得 vi. 了解；熟悉；确信 I know him, but not very well. 我跟他认识倒认认识 ,就是不太熟。 Do you know her whereabouts? 你知道她的下落吗? I know what you are after. 我知道你在追求什么。 —————————————— grease 油脂 grease vt. 涂脂于；贿赂 n. 油脂；贿赂 Grease fouled the drain. 油污堵塞了下水道。 If it contained salt, starch, and grease, we sold it. 反正只要是咸味，含淀粉和油脂的，我们就卖。 The protein of the eggs and the grease of the bacon form a great mixture that powers you through the day. 鸡蛋中丰富的蛋白质和培根中充分的油脂混合在一起为你的一天提供充分的能量。 —————————————— permit 许可证 permit vi. 许可；允许 vt. 许可；允许 n. 许可证，执照 No entrance without a permit. 没有许可证不准入内。 We must never permit anything of the sort. 我们绝不允许存在这样的情况。 Do not permit the child to make undue noise, get out of the chair, or run around the restaurant because it is not safe and is unfair to other customers. 不要允许孩子制造出过多的噪音，或让他们站到椅子上，抑或是在餐厅到处乱跑。 因为这样不安全而且也会打扰到其他客人。 —————————————— remote 远程 remote adj. 遥远的；偏僻的；疏远的 n. 远程 Nowadays tractors are used even in remote mountainous regions. 现在连偏僻的山区也用上了拖拉机。 In those remote mountains people used to farm by the slash and burn method. 那个偏僻山区， 过去是刀耕火种。 What happens if you need to upload or download data between your workstation and the remote host? 如果需要在您的工作站和远程主机之间上传或下载数据，会发生什么？ —————————————— strap 带 strap vt. 用带捆绑；用皮条抽打；约束 n. 带；皮带；磨刀皮带；鞭打 vi. 精力旺盛地工作；受束缚 Buckle the strap tighter. 把皮带扣得更紧些。 The rough strap galled the horse's skin. 粗糙的皮带磨伤了马的皮肤。 The strap is too loose. Tighten it up a bit. 带子太松了， 再勒一勒。 —————————————— eliminate 消除 eliminate vt. 消除；排除 We now turn our attention to these topics, the associated threats, and how to eliminate the threats. 我们现在把注意力放在这些主题、相关的威胁和如何消除这些威胁上。 That way, the junta would not only eliminate its political opponents; it would steal their children. 就这样，军政权不仅要消灭他们的政治对手，还偷走了他们的孩子。 If through strong diplomacy with Russia and our other partners we can reduce or eliminate that threat, it obviously shapes the way at which we look at missile defense. 如果我们能通过与俄罗斯及其他合作伙伴展开的强有力外交减低或消除这种威胁，那么这将显然会影响我们对导弹防御的看法。 —————————————— report 报告 report n. 报告；报道；成绩单 vt. 报告；报导；使报到 vi. 报告；报到；写报导 n. (Report)人名；(匈)雷波特 His name figures in my report. 他的名字在我的报告中很突出。 Have you looked at their report? 你看过他们的报告了吗? After hours of discussion, the committee let through his report. 经过数小时的讨论之后，委员会通过了他的报告。 —————————————— cat 猫 cat n. 猫，猫科动物 The cat nuzzled up to my leg. 猫咪在我的腿边蹭来蹭去。 Our cat eats out of her own dish. 我们的猫吃自己盘子里的食物。 My cat spat at a dog. 我的猫向一只狗呜呜地低鸣。 —————————————— chase 追逐 chase vt. 追逐；追捕；试图赢得；雕镂 vi. 追逐；追赶；奔跑 n. 追逐；追赶；追击 n. (Chase)人名；(英)蔡斯；(法)沙斯 Whatever you do, do not chase yield. 不管怎样，不要追逐高收益。 The police grabbed the robbers after a long chase. 警察经过长距离追赶后逮住了抢劫犯。 When my children were born, we only released photographs so that the paparazzi could not chase them. 当我的孩子出生时，我们只是公布了照片，因此让狗仔队不能追逐他们。 —————————————— novel 小说 novel adj. 新奇的；异常的 n. 小说 n. (Novel)人名；(法、西、英)诺韦尔 He identifies with the heroine of the novel. 他同情小说中的女主人公。 The new novel engaged his attention and interest. 这部新小说引起了他的注意和兴趣。 Would you like to read and criticize my new novel? 您愿意阅读并评论一下我的新小说吗? —————————————— treatment 治疗 treatment n. 治疗，疗法；处理；对待 She is under treatment. 她正在进行治疗。 The pain worked off because he received timely treatment. 由于得到及时治疗，他的疼痛逐渐消失了。 What sort of commitment do I have to make to use this treatment? 如果采取此疗法的话，我需要作出什么类型的承诺？ —————————————— model 模型 model n. 模型；典型；模范；模特儿；样式 vt. 模拟；塑造；模仿 vi. 做模型；做模特儿 adj. 模范的；作模型用的 n. (Model)人名；(德、俄、英)莫德尔 This plane model miniatures the airplane. 这个飞机模型是飞机的缩影。 He drafted the model of the atomic warhead. 他画了原子弹头模型的草图。 We can mock up a model of the actual stage for the company to practise on. 我们可以先搭一个真实舞台的大样模型，好让剧团在上面排练。 —————————————— notice 请注意 notice n. 通知，布告；注意；公告 vt. 通知；注意到；留心 vi. 引起注意 Pass this notice along, please. 请把这通知传下去。 The secretary tacked a meeting notice on the bulletin board. 秘书将一个会议通知钉在布告栏上。 Outside the cinema, a man on a ladder was plastering an advertisement for a film on top of the old notice. 在电影院外面，一个站在梯子上的男人正把一张电影广告贴在旧布告的顶上。 —————————————— paralyze 麻痹 paralyze vt. 使麻痹；使瘫痪 You can bet that would truly paralyze the flow of credit: Does anyone believe Washington can manage banks? 你可以打赌，这会使流动的信贷真正限于瘫痪：真有人相信华盛顿可以经营银行吗？ After a swimming accident threatened to paralyze the 28-year-old a decade ago, the Brazilian midfielder fought to become the biggest international success since Pele. 十年前游泳时一场意外差点使现年28岁的卡卡瘫痪，如今这位巴西籍的中场球员已然继贝利之后成为当今足坛最耀眼的球星。 For example, injecting botox into muscle groups near the eyes will temporarily paralyze those muscles, keeping them from scrunching up. 例如，注射肉毒杆菌毒素到眼睛附近的肌肉组织，会暂时性的麻痹那些肌肉，使它们不皱起。 —————————————— long 长 long n. 长时间；[语] 长音节；（服装的）长尺寸；长裤 adj. 长的；过长的；做多头的；长时间的；冗长的，长音 vi. 渴望；热望 adv. 长期地；始终 n. （英、法、德、瑞典）朗（人名）；（柬）隆（人名） We were tired out after that long walk. 走了那么长一段路，我们都累坏了。 She began (her talk) by saying that she would not speak very long. 她从说她不会说得很长开始(她的谈话)。 Their clothes were all bunched up after being in suitcases for so long. 他们的衣服在衣箱里放的时间这么长，以至都打褶了。 —————————————— cripple 削弱 cripple vt. 削弱；使跛；使残废 n. 跛子；残废 adj. 跛的；残废的 I was abandoned by family and friends as a supposedly hopeless cripple. 我被家庭和朋友当作一个恐怕是毫无希望的跛子抛弃了。 If the Japanese and Turks were to take on the United States, that would be the place they would have to strike first, to blind us, to cripple us. 如果日本人和土耳其人要占领美国，他们首先要在空间攻击美国，从而使美国失去辨别能力，实力受到削弱。 But an agreement modified along those lines would effectively cripple the Google project, because it would mean that most orphan works would be digitally invisible. 但由此修订的版本，会大大削弱谷歌的这项计划，因为这样一来，很多孤儿作品数字化后，大家看不见。 —————————————— fashion 时尚 fashion n. 时尚；时装；样式；时髦人物 vt. 使用；改变；做成…的形状 But our viewers like fashion. 但是我们的观众喜欢时尚。 She designed new dresses for the fashion show. 她为时装展览会设计服装。 And we will get you out of here in an orderly fashion. 我将带你们离开这儿,到一个有序的时尚学科去。 —————————————— alliance 联盟 alliance n. 联盟，联合；联姻 This is an alliance for offensive and defence. 这是一个攻守同盟。 They made an alliance against the common enemy. 他们联合起来抵御共同敌人。 They contracted an alliance with another country. 他们与另外一个国家结成了同盟。 —————————————— first 第一个 first adv. 第一；首先；优先；宁愿 n. 第一；开始；冠军 adj. 第一的；基本的；最早的 num. 第一 n. (First)人名；(英)弗斯特；(捷)菲尔斯特 I wonder who first thought of the idea. 我纳闷谁先想到这个主意的。 You should rip the cover off the box first. 你首先应当把这个盒子的封套扯掉。 It was here that we dossed down for our first night in the forest. 我们就是在这儿凑合着睡下，在森林里度过了我们的第一个夜晚。 —————————————— military 军事 military adj. 军事的；军人的；适于战争的 n. 军队；军人 His book incorporates his military thinking. 他的书体现了他的军事思想。 The general pinned the Military Cross on the brave soldier’s chest. 将军把军事十字勋章别在那位勇敢的士兵胸前。 All the fighters landed safely on the airport after the military maneuver. 在军事演习后，所有战斗机都安全降落在机场上。 —————————————— fuss 大惊小怪 fuss vi. 小题大作；忙乱；焦燥；焦急；无事自扰 n. 大惊小怪，大惊小怪的人；小题大作；忙乱 vt. 使烦恼，使烦忧 n. (Fuss)人名；(匈)富什；(法)菲斯 She’d make such a goddamn fuss over what we talked about at dinner, aiming at Topics of Common Interest, topics that celebrated our cohesion as a family. 她该死的小题大作的限定我们餐桌上谈话的内容，只能针对大家都感兴趣的话题，庆祝我们家庭团结在一起的话题。 These days I only kick up a fuss if a film completely fails to be consistent with itself, or a "science thing" is just completely at odds with its own logic. 这些日子以来我反而引发关于一个片子是否完全的不符合它本身，或是“一样虚构的东西”正好完全得与它自身的逻辑相违背的小题大做的事。 Joseph Doss, president of the International Bottled Water Association, also dismissed the fuss about the safety of bottled water at the hearing. 世界瓶装水协会主席-约瑟夫多斯也认为听证会上关于瓶装水安全的讨论过于小题大做了。 —————————————— fate 命运 fate n. 命运 vt. 注定 n. (Fate)人名；(英)费特 Her fate rests with her father. 她的命运全在父亲的手中。 Fate blessed him with great talent. 命运之神赋予他伟大的天才。 Fate brought us together. 命运将我们连在一起。 —————————————— tribute 致敬 tribute n. 礼物；[税收] 贡物；颂词；（尤指对死者的）致敬，悼念，吊唁礼物 If you have not served, this is a great place to offer your thanks by uploading a tribute video. 若您还未服役，您可以通过上传致敬视频来表达谢意，这可是一个很棒的平台。 His goal celebration consists of pointing to the sky, a tribute to his mum Pat, who died in 2008. 他的进球庆祝动作由指向天空组成，这是为了向在2008年逝世的母亲表示致敬。 The Israelites sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab. 他是左手便利的。 以色列人托他送礼物给摩押王伊矶伦。 —————————————— annoy 骚扰 annoy vt. 骚扰；惹恼；打搅 vi. 惹恼；令人讨厌；打搅 n. 烦恼（等于annoyance） He is not doing this to annoy you. 他做这件事并非是要惹你烦恼。 We can annoy the enemy by air raids. 我们可以用空袭骚扰敌人。 I am convinced that some people complain just to annoy me, for something to do, or they simply enjoy complaining. 我以为身边的人抱怨是为了令我烦恼、是为了解决某些事、又或者他们就是喜欢抱怨。 —————————————— fashionable 时尚 fashionable adj. 流行的；时髦的；上流社会的 It was fashionable in the past that women were laced in. 在过去，妇女束腰时髦。 She wears a fashionable hair style prevailing in the city. 她的发型是这个城市流行的款式。 Some people want to buy it because it is fashionable and some because of its function. 一些人因为它流行想买，而一些人是为了它的功能才想买。 —————————————— refusal 拒绝 refusal n. 拒绝；优先取舍权；推却；取舍权 Tom tempered his refusal with a smile. 汤姆微笑着加以婉转拒绝。 The Thenardier made one of those movements of surprise which signify neither assent nor refusal. 德纳第妈妈一惊，那是一种既不表示同意，也不表示拒绝的动作。 The only thing preventing us from passing these bills is the refusal by some in Congress to put country ahead of party. 阻止我们通过这些法案的唯一原因是因为在国会的一些议员拒绝把国家利益放在党派利益之上。 —————————————— badly 严重 badly adv. 非常，很；严重地，厉害地；恶劣地 They all dressed well [badly]. 他们的穿着都不错[不好]。 I slept very badly last night. 昨天夜里我睡得很不好。 This news cut him up badly. 这个消息使他非常难过。 —————————————— fish 鱼 fish vi. 捕鱼，钓鱼；用钩捞取 n. 鱼，鱼类 vt. 钓鱼，捕鱼；搜寻 n. (Fish)人名；(英、西)菲什；(俄)菲施 Between us we landed the fish. 我们合力把鱼拖上岸来。 They tied into some fish yesterday. 他们昨天捉到了一些鱼。 This pan smells of fish. 这个盘子有股鱼腥味。 —————————————— couple 夫妇 couple n. 对；夫妇；数个 vi. 结合；成婚 vt. 结合；连接；连合 n. (Couple)人名；(法)库普勒 The old couple will winter in the south. 那对老夫妇将在南方过冬。 The couple enjoys lounging about the streets at weekends. 这对夫妇喜欢在周末逛街。 The young couple was betrothed with the approval of both families. 这对年轻的情侣在双方家庭的同意下订了婚。 —————————————— everything 一切 everything pron. 每件事物；最重要的东西；（有关的）一切；万事 Money means everything to her. 她认为钱就是一切。 She bore down everything before her. 她克服了面前一切困难。 She demands to be informed of everything. 她要求所有情况都得向她通报。 —————————————— altitude 高度 altitude n. 高地；高度；[数] 顶垂线；（等级和地位等的）高级；海拔 Is there any evidence that altitude actually affects the results of football matches? 是否有任何证据显示海拔真的会影响足球比赛的结果呢？ As for the altitude problem we’ll try to overcome it with specific training in Sestriere, at high elevation. 至于海拔问题，我们会通过在塞斯特雷高海拔地区进行针对性训练来努力克服。 Each pixel of the image is associated with information such as altitude, latitude, longitude and distance from the observer. 图像中的每一个像素都和海拔、维度、经度以及与观测者的距离等信息相关联。 —————————————— foundation 基金会 foundation n. 基础；地基；基金会；根据；创立 The ground was excavated for a foundation. 地面被挖空作为地基。 Find on what foundation the proposition bottoms. 找出这个命题建立在什么基础上。 He laid the foundation of the science of bacteriology. 他为细菌学科学奠定了基础。 —————————————— enclosure 外壳 enclosure n. 附件；围墙；围场 Down below, the mare paced the small enclosure and snorted nervously. 母马在下面的围场里踱步并发出紧张的哼声。 For each item, the stylesheet prints some basic information: title, description and a link to the enclosure. 对于每一项，样式表将输出基本的信息：标题、描述和附件链接。 For their hibernation studies, the researchers monitored five bears, setting the animals up in wooden den boxes in an enclosure deep in the woods. 在他们的冬眠研究中，研究人员监视了五头熊，将它们安置在森林深处围起来的木盒子中。 —————————————— coarse 粗 coarse adj. 粗糙的；粗俗的；下等的 His shirt and pants were made of coarse fabric. 他的衬衣和裤子由粗糙的布料做成。 Why has it retained the power to outrage when other coarse language has found its way onto the playground? 为什么它保留着当其他粗俗的语言发现它在娱乐场上的出现引起愤怒的能力？ You have a proxy server that performs important authorization to limit who can access what applications at a coarse grained level. 有一个代理服务器，它执行重要的授权，以很粗的粒度限制谁可以访问什么应用程序。 —————————————— manual 手册 manual adj. 手工的；体力的 n. 手册，指南 All we ever got was manual labour and illness. 我们曾经得到的只有体力劳动和疾病。 The framework will automatically locate and execute files for you, without requiring any manual intervention. 这个框架将自动地查找并执行文件，而不需要任何手动干预。 If you, like us, find that your application requires a great deal of manual coding, we suggest you create your own set of widget classes to simplify the code you write. 如果您像我们一样发现某些应用程序需要大量手工编码，那么我们建议您创建自己的窗口小部件类集合，以简化编写的代码。 —————————————— directory 目录 directory n. [计] 目录；工商名录；姓名地址录 adj. 指导的；咨询的 Think of it like a directory within a file system. 可以将它想象为文件系统内的一个目录。 Examine this directory to debug problems, or to see the status of activation. 检查这个目录以调试相关的问题，或者查看激活的状态。 However, as soon as you do that, the directory itself and all its subdirectories pop right back up again. 但在您删除后，目录本身及其所有子目录又会立即出现在原来的位置。 —————————————— fabricate 制造 fabricate vt. 制造；伪造；装配 However, if the goal is to design and fabricate a cold fusion reactor in one year, your job of designing a system for measuring performance will be much more difficult. 但是，如果目标是要在一年内设计并制造一个冷聚变反应堆，那么你设计的监测衡量机制就会非常复杂。 Gas reactors require enrichments in the order of up to 20%. So we need to fabricate the uranium into pellets which are clad in zirconium tubes which are placed into the reactor core. 气体反应堆要求充实，以此能,达到20%，所以，我们需要制造出在芯块中的铀,那是锆管道的金属外壳,那被放置入一个反应堆核心里去。 It angers me that people would fabricate a story like that. 人们编造这样的谎话让我感到愤怒。 —————————————— alphabet 字母 alphabet n. 字母表，字母系统；入门，初步 n. Google创建的名为Alphabet的公司，改变Google原有公司架构，旨在使其当下主要业务和长期投资项目间的区别更加清晰。 M precedes N in the alphabet. 在字母表上M在N的前面。 The alphabet is usually ascribed to the phoenicians. 通常把字母表归因于腓尼基人。 I was playing a game the other day, in which you have to come up with fruit that starts with every letter of the alphabet. 有一天，我正在打游戏，玩法是以字母表中的每一个字母依次开始，然后你必须想出某种水果。 —————————————— represent 代表 represent vt. 代表；表现；描绘；回忆；再赠送 vi. 代表；提出异议 Who are they and what do they represent? 他们是谁？又代表了什么重要性？ They have delegated him to represent their city at the convention. 他们选举他代表他们市去参加代表大会。 What do these electrons represent? 这些电子代表什么？ —————————————— premature 不成熟的 premature adj. 早产的；不成熟的；比预期早的 n. 早产儿；过早发生的事物 It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue. 预言这次对话可能有什么结果， 现在还为时过早。 We think this kind of variability must have something to do with premature ageing. 我们认为，这种发病年龄的差异一定与过早老化有关。 Second, it helps you avoid the pitfalls of premature optimization in your migration. 其次，它可以帮助您避免迁移过程中的过早优化陷阱。 —————————————— precise 精确的 precise adj. 精确的；明确的；严格的 Links have to be precise and lead to the destination they describe. 链接必须是准确的，并能链接到它们描述的目的地。 Is it "if, " or "when, " or "then I." Know and memorize the precise construction of each transitional sentence. 是用“如果”，“当时”，“然后我”知道吗？ 请记住每一个转折复句的精确结构。 This protocol provides the precise failover sequence for each of the application nodes in the cluster. 这个协议为集群中的每个应用程序节点提供了精确的故障转移顺序。 —————————————— vein 静脉 vein n. 血管；叶脉；[地质] 岩脉；纹理；翅脉；性情 vt. 使成脉络；象脉络般分布于 n. (Vein)人名；(英)维因；(塞)魏因 The doctor injects glucose into the patient's vein. 医生把葡萄糖注射入病人的静脉。 Look at these pictures: the children only cry because they can’t find another vein for an injection. 看这些图片：孩子们只能痛哭，因为他们已经不能找到身体上其他的静脉让他们注射毒品。 I occasionally doze off, only to be awakened by the agonizing pain of another collapsed vein and infiltrating fluids. 我时不时地会打一会瞌睡，但每次都被静脉萎缩和输液的液体漏出引起难忍的痛苦弄醒。 —————————————— alert 警报 alert vt. 警告；使警觉，使意识到 adj. 警惕的，警觉的；留心的 n. 警戒，警惕；警报 n. (Alert)人名；(西)阿莱尔特 They were quiet during the alert. 警戒期间他们保持安静。 Hearing this, I was instantly on the alert. 我一听这话，当下就警惕起来。 We downgraded the military alert from emergency to standby. 我们把军事戒备从紧急状态降至待命状态。 —————————————— comment 评论 comment n. 评论；意见；批评 vi. 发表评论；发表意见 vt. 为…作评语 n. (Comment)人名；(德)科门特；(法)科芒 I appreciate your comment. 我欣赏你的意见。 The comment only slammed but had no analysis at all. 该篇评论只是在漫骂，根本没有分析评论。 Her comment evoked protests from the shocked listeners. 她的评论引起震惊的听众的抗议。 —————————————— chalk 粉笔 chalk vt. 用粉笔写；用白垩粉擦；记录；规划 n. 粉笔；白垩；用粉笔划的记号 adj. 用粉笔写的 vi. 变成白垩状 n. (Chalk)人名；(英)乔克 You may chalk it on the wall. 你可以用粉笔把它记在墙上。 The teacher beat chalk dust from erasers. 老师掸掉黑板擦上的粉笔灰。 The teacher delineated China on the blackboard with a coloured chalk. 老师用彩色粉笔在黑板上勾勒出中国的边界。 —————————————— jam 果酱 jam n. 果酱；拥挤；困境；扣篮 vt. 使堵塞；挤进，使塞满；混杂；压碎 vi. 堵塞；轧住 n. (Jam)人名；(伊朗、巴基)贾姆 They detoured around the traffic jam by heading south. 他们朝南绕过交通拥挤的人群。 She kept gazing at him, while spreading jam on the bread. 她在往面包上涂果酱时，眼睛一直在盯着他。 We successfully drove back to the centre of the city overing the jam quarter. 我们顺利地穿过拥挤的居民区，驱车回到了市中心。 —————————————— climate 气候 climate n. 气候；风气；思潮；风土 These two regions differ greatly in climate. 这两个地区气候差异很大。 You'll soon get acclimatized to the climate of the country. 不久你就会适应这个国家的气候。 With the changes in the world's climate, dinosaurs died, but many smaller animals lived on. It was the survival of the fittest. 随着世界气候的变迁， 恐龙绝迹了， 但许多较小的动物却继续活了下来。 这就是适者生存。 —————————————— bibliography 参考书目 bibliography n. 参考书目；文献目录 You can do so through footnotes, a bibliography, or some other kind of scholarly device. 你可以透过附注、参考书目或其他学术性工具方式交待。 A supplementary bibliography at the end of this volume comprises the most important of these new publications. 本书末的补充参考书目包括了这些最新出版的重要著作。 Although much of the Nixon visit to China has been covered by the principals themselves in their published memoirs, the bibliography and notes to On China give helpful leads to many other sources. 尽管尼克松访华的很多细节在双方当事人自己出版的回忆录里都有记载，但是通过《论中国》一书的参考书目和注释，很容易寻找更多的信息来源。 —————————————— relative 相对 relative adj. 相对的；有关系的；成比例的 n. 亲戚；相关物；[语] 关系词；亲缘植物 In the endless flow of absolute truth there are innumerable relative truths. 在绝对真理的长河中有无数相对真理。 Yes, that tree outside is your relative, as is every bug and blade of grass. 是的，外面那棵树是你的亲戚。 同样的，所有的虫子和青草都是。 The relative items in this report will be referred to the committee for discussion. 把这份报告中的有关事项提交委员会讨论。 —————————————— romance 浪漫 romance n. 传奇；浪漫史；风流韵事；冒险故事 vi. 虚构；渲染；写传奇 n. (Romance)人名；(西)罗曼塞 There is an air of romance about the old inn. 这家老客栈颇有些浪漫气氛。 The romance of the sea beckoned the young sailors. 航海的浪漫故事吸引着年轻水手们。 The author belongs among the romance writers more than among the novelists. 这位作者应归传奇作家，而不应划入小说家之列。 —————————————— texture 纹理 texture n. 质地；纹理；结构；本质，实质 This cloth has a silky texture. 这种布具有丝的质地。 What is the texture of your experience? 这次经历的实质是什么？ Gather some leaves which have an interesting texture and shape. 采集一些带有有趣的纹理和形状的叶子。 —————————————— tin 锡 tin n. 锡；罐头，罐；马口铁 adj. 锡制的 vt. 涂锡于；给…包马口铁 n. (Tin)人名；(缅、柬)丁；(印尼)婷；(越)信；(泰、土)廷 They'd mined the hillside for tin. 他们曾在小山坡上开采锡。 He stove the condensed milk from a hole on the tin. 他在罐头上凿了个孔，往出倒炼乳。 They were squashed into a small room as if in a tin. 他们就像被塞进罐头一样，挤在一间小房间内。 —————————————— audience 观众 audience n. 观众；听众；读者；接见；正式会见；拜会 The audience reacted readily to his speech. 听众对他的演说立即作出反应。 He stood up to speak but the audience cried him down. 他站起来讲话， 但听众把他轰了下去。 The audience laughed the performer out of the theatre. 观众用哄笑把那个表演者赶出了剧场。 —————————————— fatal 致命的 fatal adj. 致命的；重大的；毁灭性的；命中注定的 n. (Fatal)人名；(葡、芬)法塔尔 But this can be fatal. 然而这可能是致命的。 This short-sighted policy led to fatal results. 这个目光短浅的政策导致了致命的后果。 The virus causes fever and joint pain but is not usually fatal. 这一病毒会导致发热和关节痛，但是通常并不致命。 —————————————— ghost 鬼 ghost n. 鬼，幽灵 vt. 作祟于；替…捉刀；为人代笔 vi. 替人代笔 The boy contended that he saw a ghost. 这个男孩硬说他看见了鬼。 He loaded his friends up with ghost stories. 他向朋友大讲鬼故事。 He looked as if he had seen a spirit [ghost]. 他那副样子好像见到鬼了。 —————————————— negative 负 negative adj. [数] 负的；消极的；否定的；阴性的 n. 否定；负数；[摄] 底片 vt. 否定；拒绝 How many copies shall we print from the negative? 用这张底片我们要印多少张相片? Not only that, but it also focuses your thoughts and entire being on the negative. 不仅如此，那样还会让你的思想，你整个人只看到消极的东西。 You have to wind on after taking a picture, or your negative will be double-exposed. 照完一张照片后必须过卷，否则底片会重复曝光。 —————————————— refine 完善 refine vt. 精炼，提纯；改善；使…文雅 They refine sugar using this way. 他们用这种方法精制糖。 Their daily work is to refine crude oil. 他们每天的工作是精炼原油。 The input from actual or potential Customers will be invaluable in this phase to refine the business model. 从实际或潜在的客户那里来的输入在细化业务模型的此阶段是非常重要的。 —————————————— cruise 巡航 cruise vi. 巡航，巡游；漫游 vt. 巡航，巡游；漫游 n. 巡航，巡游；乘船游览 n. (Cruise)人名；(德)克鲁伊泽；(英)克鲁斯 If you plan to cruise, how many crew may be aboard? 如果你计划巡航，船上将有多少位水手？ Most travel in cruise ships to view the ice caps and wildlife such as penguins. 大多数巡游船的旅行是为了观看冰盖和企鹅之类的野生动物。 Its really hard where to start with this one as War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise was an amazing film and it was not just because of Tom, it was because of the money spent on it. 真不知道该从哪里开始对这部片子的评论。 要知道，汤姆·克鲁斯主演的《世界大战》十分精彩，而这并不仅仅因为主角是老汤，也因为花在拍片上的那些钱。 —————————————— depression 抑郁症 depression n. 沮丧；洼地；不景气；忧愁；低气压区 During a depression money circulates slowly. 在商业萧条时期， 货币流通滞缓。 Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom. 许多人把乌云与沮丧、阴郁联系起来。 The depression smashed him. 萧条的经济使他破产了。 —————————————— wander 漫步 wander vi. 徘徊；漫步；迷路；离题 vt. 游荡，漫游 n. (Wander)人名；(英)万德(女子教名) You might wander from the subject if you don't pay close attention. 如果你不认真的话，会离题的。 I say "the evening light, " because in the evening we wander out, and so that aspect is impressed on my mind. 我说“暮色”，是因为我们是傍晚时分外出漫步的，所以这一点在我印象中尤为深刻。 Wander through the British Museum and you see the ornate table decorations that bear witness to the central place of feasting in courts of all cultures. 漫步穿过大英博物馆，你会看到华丽的餐桌装饰，在基于各种文化的建筑之中，见证着这一盛宴的中心地带。 —————————————— grape 葡萄 grape n. 葡萄；葡萄酒；葡萄树；葡萄色 n. (Grape)人名；(法)格拉普；(德、瑞典)格拉佩 The team analysed tomato, apple, plum, peach, pear, grape and apricot waste such as the skin, revealing them all to be good sources of antioxidants. 研究小组在对废弃的番茄，苹果，李子，桃，梨，葡萄，杏分析后表明，这些果皮都是抗氧化剂的较好资源。 If no adaptation measures were taken, these increased heat spikes would "eliminate wine grape production in many areas of the United States," the scientists wrote. 如果不采取适当的措施，这些日益增加的热峰值“将在美国许多地区淘汰酿酒葡萄的生产。” 科学家们写道。 These exotic scent like the cherry on the cake decoration, fragrant wine can become more rich and varied, but not overwhelming, hide from the precious and natural grape aroma. 这些外来的香味像是装饰在蛋糕上的樱桃，可以让葡萄酒香变得更丰富多变，但却不能喧宾夺主，掩盖了来自葡萄珍贵而自然的香气。 —————————————— inherit 继承 inherit vt. 继承；遗传而得 vi. 成为继承人 The will has to be proved before we can inherit. 遗嘱要先公证，然后我们才能继承遗产。 Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one. 继承藏书虽好， 收集藏书更有意义。 Any format you implement must inherit from one of these classes. 所实现的任何格式都必须继承自这些类中的一个。 —————————————— continue 继续 continue vi. 继续，延续；仍旧，连续 vt. 继续说…；使…继续；使…延长 And they continue in the world. 它们在这个世界上持续着。 The state of affairs must not be allowed to continue. 不能让这种状况延续下去。 You are going to gross out people if you continue talking like that. 如果你继续像那样说话，就会引起人们的反感。 —————————————— panel 面板 panel n. 仪表板；嵌板；座谈小组，全体陪审员 vt. 嵌镶板 n. (Panel)人名；(英、法)帕内尔 On the next panel, keep the defaults. 在下一个面板中，保留缺省值。 She burned the image of a tiger into the wood panel. 她在木嵌板上烙出了虎的形象。 Although some of those items are disabled on this panel, they appear on all panels in the tutorial. 尽管 在这个面板中禁用了某些项，但它们是出现在教程的所有面板中。 —————————————— intuition 直觉 intuition n. 直觉；直觉力；直觉的知识 You may not like that, it may go against your intuition. 你也许不喜欢这个结论，它有悖于你的直觉。 Whether we call it gut feelings, a 'sixth sense,' or something else, we have all experienced intuition at one time or another. 不管我们是把它叫做直觉，一种'第六感觉'或者别的什么东西，我们都曾一度体验过直觉。 Use your intuition here: if you really feel that you should do it now, then follow your instinct. 这要靠你的直觉：如果你真得觉得现在是时候单干了，那么就跟随你的直觉。 —————————————— conference 会议 conference n. 会议；讨论；协商；联盟；（正式）讨论会；[工会、工党用语]（每年的）大会 vi. 举行或参加（系列）会议 The two parties clashed in the conference. 在会议中双方意见发生冲突。 The conference underscored the importance of modern industry. 会议强调了现代工业的重要性。 This conference capped weeks of negotiations between the two parties. 这次会议圆满结束了双方几周以来的谈判。 —————————————— acute 急性 acute adj. 严重的，[医] 急性的；敏锐的；激烈的；尖声的 A bad tooth can cause acute pain. 一颗蛀牙可以引起激烈的疼痛。 He is an acute observer. 他是一个敏锐的观察家。 Acute dysentery wracked and sapped life from his body. 急性痢疾严重伤害了他的肌体。 —————————————— terrible 可怕的 terrible adj. 可怕的；很糟的；令人讨厌的 adv. 很，非常 This terrible event is etched for ever in my memory. 这个可怕事件永留在我的记忆中。 She limpened instantly and fell when she heard the terrible news. 当她听到这个可怕的消息后立即就瘫倒了。 I want my face to carry the love that tells them that they and every one of us are worth more than our most terrible acts. 我想通过我的脸传递给他们一个信息，那就是他们和我们每一个人都可以更有价值，比起我们过去可怕的罪孽。 —————————————— array 数组 array n. 数组，阵列；排列，列阵；大批，一系列；衣服 vt. 排列，部署；打扮 We can do that by turning it into an array. 我们可以通过把它转为一个数组来完成以上操作。 In this case, it would store its decisions, and then update the array of nodes after its last decision. 在这种情况下，它将存储它的判定，然后在最后一个判定做出后更新数组的节点。 Even if you already know that a string is an array of characters, read this part. 即使你已经知道一个字符串是一个字符数组，你也应该阅读本部分。 —————————————— perpetual 永恒的 perpetual adj. 永久的；不断的；四季开花的；无期限的 This is my perpetual loyalty to my faith. 这是我对自己信仰永恒的忠诚。 That means perpetual debt for as long as the system exists. 那意味着只要系统存在，就有永恒的债务。 To be empty of thought, of goals, of ambition, of perpetual motion or entertainment. 没有想法，没有目标，没有野心，也没有不断的运动或者娱乐。 —————————————— sweater 毛衣 sweater n. 毛线衣，运动衫；大量出汗的人，发汗剂 Somebody pinched my sweater. 有人偷了我的运动衫。 The sweater is moth-eaten. 毛衣让蛀虫咬坏了。 Although spring was coming,he still left his sweater on. 尽管春天来临，他仍然穿着毛衣。 —————————————— enrich 丰富 enrich vt. 使充实；使肥沃；使富足 n. (Enrich)人名；(西)恩里奇 By identifying the purpose of your goals, you enrich your perspective. 通过确定目标的用意，你就充实了你的愿景。 Internet is invented to enrich our life,and to improve the efficiency of our rather than shackle us with a chain. 互联网发明是为了丰富我们的生活,连接你和我,为提高工作效率,而非束缚我们的枷锁. These impediments slow their speed, so they can enrich star-forming gas clouds with the ingredients for new generations of stars and planets. 重重障碍减缓了它们的速度，使它们能够以组成新一代恒星和行星的材料充实孕育恒星的气体云。 —————————————— illegal 非法 illegal adj. [法] 非法的；违法的；违反规则的 n. 非法移民，非法劳工 Such an illegal act should not be treated lightly. 这样的违法行为不可等闲视之。 He distanced himself from the actions of the illegal group. 他使自己远离非法集团的行动。 They bumped him off because he knew too much about their illegal activities. 他们把他谋杀了， 因为他对他们的非法活动知道得太多了。 —————————————— reaction 反应 reaction n. 反应，感应；反动，复古；反作用 I'll contact Jenny and get her reaction. 我将与珍妮联系，看看她的反应如何。 The medicine produced a violent reaction. 这药物引起剧烈的反应。 We were quite astonished at her quick reaction. 我们对她的反应如此之快感到非常惊讶。 —————————————— huge 巨大的 huge adj. 巨大的；庞大的；无限的 n. (Huge)人名；(英)休奇 The musical evening was voted a huge success by everyone. 人人都认为这次音乐晚会是一次巨大的成功。 With his huge body, he overbore his opponent under him dead. 他用他那庞大的身躯把对手死死地压在身下。 They swung huge car advertisements from the top of the tall buildings. 他们从高楼顶上向下悬挂了巨大的汽车广告。 —————————————— job 工作 job n. 工作；职业 vt. 承包；代客买卖 vi. 做零工 n. (Job)人名；(英)乔布；(法、葡)若布；(?-1605)约伯〈俄〉俄罗斯正教会莫斯科牧首。；(德、塞、捷、荷、意)约布 He is the man of all others for the job. 他是所有人之中最适于干这工作的人。 Give us some pointers on how to do the job. 这工作怎么搞法， 你给我们出一些点子。 Do they bother about punctuality in your job? 他们为你在工作中守时费心吗? —————————————— lose 失去 lose vt. 浪费；使沉溺于；使迷路；遗失；错过 vi. 失败；受损失 n. (Lose)人名；(英)洛斯；(德)洛泽 She began to lose faith in herself. 她开始对自己丧失信心。 What you lose in income you will gain in experience. 你在收入方面的损失将会从获得的经验中得到补偿。 He let me hold myself, not to lose confidence of future. 他让我振作起来，不要对未来失去信心。 —————————————— relate 联系 relate vt. 叙述；使…有联系 vi. 涉及；认同；符合；与…有某种联系 How can others relate to you? 其他人和你相处的如何？ It is difficult to relate these results with any known cause. 这些结果很难与任何已知的原因联系在一起。 We like XTP as well, because it represents a business challenge that customers can relate to. 我们也很喜欢XTP这个词，因为它表现了客户可能涉及到的业务挑战。 —————————————— majesty 陛下 majesty n. 威严；最高权威，王权；雄伟；权威 The majesty of the skyscraper awed me . 这幢摩天大厦的雄伟气势令我惊叹。 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them. 论到耶和华妆饰华美的殿，他建立得威严，他们却在其中制造可憎可厌的偶像，所以这殿我使他们看如污秽之物。 All the rest of Hell is filled with murky flame, and against this background Satan stands out in awful majesty. 地狱的其他空间都充满了黑暗的火焰，在这样的背景下，撒旦可怕而威严地站在那里。 —————————————— address 地址 address vt. 演说；从事；忙于；写姓名地址；向…致辞；与…说话；提出；处理 n. 地址；演讲；致辞；说话的技巧；称呼 Take his address down. 把他的地址记下来。 He wrote down my address, so that he might remember it. 他写下了我的地址，以便能够记住它。 Just a minute,let me stick down his address and telephone number. 等一下，让我把他的地址和电话号码记下来。 —————————————— emperor 皇帝 emperor n. 皇帝，君主 They bowed before the emperor as he entered the court. 皇帝进入朝廷时他们都向他鞠躬致敬。 The daughter of an emperor does not worry about finding a husband. 皇帝女儿不愁嫁。 The old chancellor who had offended against the emperor was relegated to the distant boundaries of the country. 触犯了皇帝的老宰相被流放到遥远的边疆。 —————————————— possibly 可能 possibly adv. 可能地；也许；大概 Possibly not, but we have to be careful. 也许不会，但我们必须万分小心。 You can not possibly make an all-embracing proposal. 你不可能提出一个包罗万象的建议。 I submit that the answer is that we already have enough — possibly more than enough. 我认为答案就是我们已经拥有足够的东西-可能比足够还多了。 —————————————— span 跨度 span n. 跨度，跨距；范围 vt. 跨越；持续；以手指测量 n. (Span)人名；(捷)斯潘 A bus can span multiple nodes and machines, and has one or more servers or clusters as its bus members. 一个总线可以跨多个节点和机器，拥有一个或多个服务器或集群作为其总线成员。 Configuration files, on the other hand, can provide an organized view of a web of relationships that span different components of an application. 而在另一方面 ，对于应用程序中跨越不同组件的关系网络，配置文件可以提供一个有组织的视图。 I basically know the answer: temperature is a noisy time series, so if you pick and choose your dates over a short time span you can usually make whatever case you want. 我基本上知道答案，气温是一条嘈杂的时间序列，所以如果你在一下相对较短的时间跨度里挑选数据，你可以得到任何你想要的结果。 —————————————— miserable 悲惨的 miserable adj. 悲惨的；痛苦的；卑鄙的 He racked off a miserable story. 他讲了一个很凄惨的故事。 The miserable scene was revived in my mind. 在我的脑海里又回忆起那幅悲惨的景象。 So, considering the miserable state of the economy, what can you do? 因此，考虑到目前悲惨的经济形势，你能做些什么呢？ —————————————— colony 殖民地 colony n. 殖民地；移民队；种群；动物栖息地 This was part of the program to ease him into the colony, to prepare him for the future. 这是计划的一部分，是为了让他放轻松，直到抵达殖民地，同时还让他为日后做好准备。 The FSB border officers should remember that when they treat us as if we were their colony. 联邦安全局的边境官们应该记住他们把我们这当成他们的殖民地的日子。 What happened to the lost colony of the Americas? 在过去的美国殖民地里发生了什么？ —————————————— construct 构造 construct vt. 建造，构造；创立 n. 构想，概念 You might need an activity that does nothing at all, such as when you have a construct that requires an activity, but there is no work to be done. 您可能需要一个根本不执行任何工作的活动，例如，当您拥有一个需要某个活动的构造，但没有要执行的任何工作时。 The only way to prove these ideas was to construct an artificial chromosome with those genes in them, and we had to do this in a cassette-based fashion. 证明这些想法的唯一途径就是用这些基因人工构建一个的染色体，而且我们必须用基于表达框的方式来达到这一目的。 Walter and Howie have established through their analysis that China is unlikely now to construct an economy or state which mirrors the ‘classical’ or ‘normal’ style of capitalism in the West. 沃尔特和豪伊通过他们的分析已经确定现在中国是不可能构建一个反映西方资本主义的“传统的”或“正常”模式的经济体或国家。 —————————————— yard 院子里 yard n. 院子；码（英制中丈量长度单位，1码=3英尺）；庭院；帆桁 vt. 把…关进或围在畜栏里 n. (Yard)人名；(英)亚德 The children are scootering in the yard. 孩子们在院子里骑踏板车玩呢。 He hurdled a fence and went into her yard. 他一跳跨过篱笆进了她家的院子。 The wind drifted the leaves across our yard. 树叶随风飘过我们的院子。 —————————————— rail 铁路 rail n. 铁轨；扶手；横杆；围栏 vi. 抱怨；责骂 vt. 铺铁轨；以横木围栏 The goods have been consigned by rail. 货物已交铁路托运。 This formerly inaccessible place can now be reached by road and rail. 这里过去是穷乡僻壤， 现在铁路公路都畅通了。 But, unlike the European car industry, the European rail industry is not far behind Japan. 不过，在欧洲，与汽车工业不同的是，铁路业并未落后日本多少。 —————————————— mock 模拟 mock n. 英国模拟考试（mocks） vt. 愚弄，嘲弄 adj. 仿制的，模拟的，虚假的，不诚实的 vt. 不尊重，蔑视 How should the service mock work? 服务模拟应该如何工作？ You may mock if you like. 你们喜欢的话可以去嘲笑。 Those who mock history will be mocked by history. 嘲弄历史的人必将被历史所嘲弄。 —————————————— privacy 隐私 privacy n. 隐私；秘密；隐居；隐居处 Instead, we should start worrying about who will be the next victim of these privacy violations. 相反，我们应该开始担心谁将是下一个隐私被侵犯的受害者。 It starts with information on what the user can do if he or she feels you have violated this privacy policy. 开头的信息说明：如果用户认为您违背了隐私策略，他或她可以做什么。 Privacy is the right of all. 隐私权就是所有的权利。 —————————————— contract 合同 contract vi. 收缩；感染；订约 vt. 感染；订约；使缩短 n. 合同；婚约 They lost on the contract. 他们在合同上赔了钱。 What clause do you require in the contract? 你要求在合同中订上什么条款? The contract admits of no other interpretation. 这契约不容许做别的解释。 —————————————— fulfil 履行 fulfil vt. 履行；完成；实践；满足 Right, we will fulfil the task. 是， 我们一定完成任务。 Thanks to our hard work, we can fulfil the task on time. 托赖大家的努力， 才能按时完成任务。 They have to quicken up their rate of work to fulfil the production quota. 为了完成生产指标，他们就得加快工作速度。 —————————————— penny 一分钱 penny n. （美）分；便士 He paid all his debts to the last penny. 他还清了全部债务，分文不欠。 Not a penny. 一分都不用。 It hit me when I left that I needed to focus on the things I could not lose, and those things cost not a penny and require not an ounce of strength. 当我们聊完天，离开之即，我意识到，不要计较那些已经消失不见的东西，也不要妄想那些不费一分钱，不消耗一丝力气就能得到的事情。 —————————————— interfere 影响 interfere vi. 干涉；妨碍；打扰 vt. 冲突；介入 Don't interfere in other's private concerns. 不要干涉别人的私事。 When others interfere, it always makes trouble. 别人一干涉， 麻烦就来了。 As chaos signals do not interfere with each other, many could operate in the same area. 因为混沌信号不会互相干扰，在同一地区能够进行更多的管理。 —————————————— loud 大声 loud adj. 大声的，高声的；不断的；喧吵的 adv. 大声地，高声地，响亮地 n. (Loud)人名；(英)劳德 Too loud sound would strain your ears. 过响的声音会损伤你的听力。 I heard some of the audience heckle me with loud whistles. 那天，我听到观众中有人大声吹口哨向我起哄。 These men misconducted themselves in the hall with loud talk. 这些人在大厅里大声说话，表现恶劣。 —————————————— gang 帮派 gang n. 群；一伙；一组 vt. 使成群结队；结伙伤害或恐吓某人 vi. 成群结队 n. (Gang)人名；(法)冈；(罗)甘格；(英)甘 Who tell you I hang about with a gang? 谁告诉你我和一帮坏孩子在鬼混? But the gang goes on. 但是该团伙仍在作案。 Don't think this gang is monolithic -- it can be split up. 不要以为这帮人是铁板一块， 他们是可以分化的。 —————————————— in 在 in prep. 按照（表示方式）；从事于；在…之内 adv. 进入；当选；（服装等）时髦；在屋里 adj. 在里面的；时髦的 n. 执政者；门路；知情者 n. (In)人名；(中)演(广东话·威妥玛)；(柬)殷(用于名字第一节)， 因；(日)寅 (名) In this point,I join with you. 在这一点上，我与你意见一致。 We all defer to her in these matters. 在这些事情上我们都听她的。 I have looked it up in the encyclopedia. 我已经在百科全书中查到它了。 —————————————— intrinsic 内在 intrinsic adj. 本质的，固有的 In any competitive race you do not win by emulating your rivals but by building on your intrinsic strengths. 在任何竞技比赛中，你都无法通过模仿对手而获胜，而是要以自身内在优势为基础。 Another problem is that the study does not establish whether intrinsic properties of junk food cause the reduced intelligence, or whether it’s something else. 另一个问题就是这项研究并没有成立是否垃圾食品的内在特性会降低智力，或者有其他什么原因。 He judged the strategies of the civil rights movement not only by their intrinsic moral virtue, but also by their effectiveness in ending discrimination against black people. 他对民权运动战略的评判不仅基于其内在的道德价值，还基于这些行动对结束歧视黑人的现象是否有效。 —————————————— destructive 具有破坏性的 destructive adj. 破坏的；毁灭性的；有害的，消极的 Which brings me back to the destructive effect of focusing on invisible monsters. 这个问题又将我们带到看不见怪物引起的破坏性作用上。 This destructive activity soon spread to other areas of the city and, in the days that followed, to other parts of the country. 这种破坏性活动很快蔓延到伦敦的其他地区，还在以后的几天里蔓延到了这个国家的其他城市。 We talk about "healthy" and "destructive" conflict, and generally we have worked very hard to eliminate it. 我们会谈到“健康的”和“破坏性的”冲突，一般来说，我们会努力消除冲突。 —————————————— tag 标签 tag n. 标签；名称；结束语；附属物 vt. 尾随，紧随；连接；起浑名；添饰 vi. 紧随 n. (Tag)人名；(丹)塔；(阿拉伯)塔杰 So, we choose to keep that tag. 因此，我们选择保留这个标签。 A tag was attached to each article. 每件物品上都系上了标签。 Don't forget to tag your suitcases with your name and address. 别忘了在你的衣箱上贴上写有你的姓名和住址的标签。 —————————————— interaction 交互 interaction n. 相互作用；[数] 交互作用 n. 互动 But you only get the maximum benefit if you implement all of them, because their power comes from their interaction. 但您只能在实现所有方法的情况下获得最大收益，因为它们的力量来自它们之间的交互。 The real power of the concept comes not from any one of these devices; it emerges from the interaction of all of them. 这个概念的很正力量并不来自于这些设备的任何一个；它来自于这些设备之间的交互。 At this level of analysis we describe the interaction between our system and its actors as a series of messages. 在这个层次的分析上，我们把系统与它的参与者之间的交互描述为一系列消息。 —————————————— cup 杯 cup n. 杯子；奖杯；酒杯 vt. 使成杯状；为…拔火罐 He flumped his cup on the table. 他砰地把杯子放在桌上。 He ladled some sugar into the cup. 他往杯子里舀进了一些糖。 When she heard the news, the cup in her hand slipped down onto the floor. 当她听到这一消息时，手中的杯子一下子滑落掉在了地上。 —————————————— colleague 的同事 colleague n. 同事，同僚 He has told me about the new colleague. 他已经向我告知新同事的情况。 John chanced upon a former colleague of his at the airport. 约翰在机场偶然碰到一个以前的同事。 I have suggested that she pay some other colleague to do the task. 我建议她给其他同事些钱，让他们去做这项工作。 —————————————— certain 某些 certain adj. 某一；必然的；确信；无疑的；有把握的 pron. 某些；某几个 n. (Certain)人名；(葡)塞尔塔因；(法)塞尔坦 They fast on certain days. 他们在某些天斋戒。 Certain mosquitoes transmit malaria. 某些蚊子传播疟疾。 By certain signs we may presage of heats and rains. 根据某些迹象，我们可以预告酷热和下雨。 —————————————— humour 幽默 humour n. 幽默（等于humor）；诙谐 vt. 迁就；使满足 He so overelaborated his jokes that they lost their humour. 他把笑话讲得太过详细，以致其幽默性丧失殆尽。 I find it quite boring to chat with those who are lacking in humour. 我觉得跟缺乏幽默的人聊天很乏味。 Citizens have the right to speak their minds, and one way to vent this out effectively is through political humour. 公民有权表达他们的想法，而把这发泄出来的唯一有效途径，就是通过政治幽默。 —————————————— life 生活 life n. 生活，生存；寿命 They did her out of her life savings. 他们骗取了她的生活储蓄金。 She talked at us about her family life. 她对我们滔滔不绝地讲她的家庭生活。 Guard the secret with your life: tell it to no one! 用你的生命来严守机密，请不要告诉任何人! —————————————— basement 地下室 basement n. 地下室；地窖 The pump sucked water from the basement. 水泵把地下室里的水抽出来了。 In the basement there's no room to stash. 在地下室，没有存东西的地方了。 They transformed the basement into a reading room. 他们把地下室改建成阅览室。 —————————————— compete 竞争 compete vi. 竞争；比赛；对抗 Compete only with yourself. 只与自己竞争。 They decided to compete with us. 他们决定跟我们竞争。 We know what it takes to compete for the jobs and industries of our time. 我们知道在我们的时代为工作和行业进行竞争需要什么。 —————————————— clearance 间隙 clearance n. 清除；空隙 The Protocol will help prevent and reduce the occurrence of the ERW and promote the clearance of the exiting and future ERW. 该议定书对预防和减少遗留爆炸物的产生、清除现有和将来可能产生的遗留爆炸物都具有积极作用。 Many bikes racing in the TTXGP series suffer ground-clearance issues when leaning into a turn, but the E1PC has no such trouble. 许多TTXGP系列赛事中的赛车在转弯倾斜时会遇到离地间隙问题，E1PC却没有这个麻烦。 Mine impact surveys, better information systems and more sophisticated mine clearing efforts now ensure that “mine clearance is safer and more productive than it was 10 years ago,” Kidd said. 基德说，对地雷影响所作的调查、信息系统的改进和更先进的清除地雷的方法现在已能确保"清除地雷的工作比10年前更安全，更富有成果"。 —————————————— waterproof 防水 waterproof adj. 防水的，不透水的 vt. 使防水 n. 防水材料 For this very reason, nothing more than mascara has to be definitely waterproof. 仅仅这个原因，就没有什么比睫毛膏更需要防水的了。 The eyeliner should be waterproof, as well as hypoallergenic if you have sensitive skin. 眼线应该是防水的，如果你是敏感肌肤还应选用低过敏材质的。 Not only is this keyboard waterproof and quite flexible, as you can roll it up and stuff it in your pocket, but it also lights up as you type! 这种键盘不仅防水而且具有高度的折叠性，你可以把它卷起来塞到口袋里，不过它只有爱使用的时候才会发光。 —————————————— handbook 手册 handbook n. 手册；指南 Look at your handbook every morning before you start your day. 每天清晨，在开始你新的一天时，看一看你的手册。 As far as we know the term "guerrilla gardening" originated in this Handbook in 1993. 自1993年这个手册成立以来，我们就知道了园艺游击队这个组织。 What I teach in the Healthy Eating Handbook is how to achieve this balance, and maintain it for life. 在我的健康饮食手册中我教给大家如何达到这种平衡，并且如何为生活去维护。 —————————————— live 生活 live adj. 活的；生动的；实况转播的；精力充沛的 vt. 经历；度过 vi. 活；居住；生存 n. (Live)人名；(法)利夫 They live in rooms which intercommunicate. 他们住在互通的房间里。 They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood. 他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。 The doctor doubted whether the patient would live through that month. 医生拿不准那个病人是否能活过那个月。 —————————————— tar 焦油 tar n. 焦油；柏油；水手 vt. 涂以焦油；玷污 n. (Tar)人名；(东南亚国家华语)大；(罗、塞、匈、阿拉伯)塔尔 Did the tar settle on the road? 路上的柏油干硬了吗? These comprise asphalt, tar and waxes. 其中包括沥青，焦油和蜡。 It can be anything: spoiled milk from the back of your fridge right down to tar and feathers. 它可以是任何玩意儿：从你冰箱后面那些变质的牛奶到沥青和羽毛。 —————————————— enquire 询问 enquire vi. 询问；调查；问候（等于inquire） vt. 询问；打听 She longed to enquire of the housekeeper whether her master were really absent, but had not courage for it. 她真想问问这位管家奶奶，主人是否真不在家，可是她没有勇气，只得作罢。 Then we have to enquire what is time. 那么我们必须要询问什么是时间。 They can be converted and composed into string formats, parsed for a particular field value, used to enquire about an object, resolve to get a complete binding, copied and freed as needed. 可以根据需要把它们转换和组合为字符串格式，解析它们以寻找特定的字段值，使用它们查询对象的相关信息，使用它们获得完整的绑定，复制和释放它们。 —————————————— formula 公式 formula n. [数] 公式，准则；配方；婴儿食品 But that formula forces us to return to the original Socratic question about the harmony of the soul and the city. 但那个公式迫使我们回到,原始的苏格拉底式问题,即有关灵魂与城市的和谐。 We developed a view for each of these tasks and coded the form formula in the view with the name of the XML display form. 我们为这些任务的每一个开发了一个视图，并且在视图中用 XML 显示表单的名称编码表单的公式。 That is how we get the formula.Any questions? 这就是我们怎样得到这一公式的，有问题吗？ —————————————— future 未来 future n. 未来；前途；期货；将来时 adj. 将来的，未来的 We discussed about our future plans. 我们讨论了我们的将来计划。 I deliberated with her on her future plans of work. 我和她一起商讨她将来的工作计划。 They are charting out the future of the organization. 他们正在明确规划这个组织的未来。 —————————————— assistance 援助 assistance 出席，参加，列席，在场；出席者，听众，在场者；帮助，救济，辅助，协助；救济机构 Assistance à la propriété, les procédures de transfert, permis d'exploitation, le design d'intérieur. 协办房产转名、过户手续、营业执照、室内装饰设计。 Le parquet a toutefois réclamé une expertise psychiatrique et a saisi le juge des enfants en assistance. 但是检察官要求做一个精神病检查并且提出要求少年法官的协助。 En raison de haute qualité et prix raisonnable, une livraison rapide, service dédié, le marché de l'accès rapide à l'assistance à la clientèle et sûr. 由于品质优良、价格合理、交货迅速、服务热忱，在市场上迅速获得客户的支持与肯定。 —————————————— liver 肝 liver n. 肝脏；生活者，居民 Cancer of the liver carried him off last year. 去年肝癌夺去了他的生命。 You have diabetes, or liver or kidney disease. 有糖尿病，或者是有肝病或肾病者。 Her life was finally extinguished by the onset of liver complaint. 她的生命之火终因肝病发作而被掐灭了。 —————————————— frown 皱眉 frown vi. 皱眉；不同意 vt. 皱眉，蹙额 n. 皱眉，蹙额 A frown creased his forehead. 眉头一皱使他的前额出现很多皱纹。 He gathered his brows into a frown. 他紧锁眉头。 You can frown. 你可以皱眉。 —————————————— loyalty 忠诚 loyalty n. 忠诚；忠心；忠实；忠于…感情 He put on so much loyalty that he overdid it. 他所表现出来的忠诚有些过分。 This reflects your great strength and loyalty. 这反映了你的巨大力量和忠诚。 Once he took the vow his loyalty never wavered. 一旦他发了誓， 他的忠诚从不动摇。 —————————————— harm 伤害 harm n. 伤害；损害 vt. 伤害；危害；损害 n. (Harm)人名；(德)哈尔姆 No harm would come to us. 我们不会受到伤害。 Can you discern that your enemies are doing harm to you? 你能识别出你的敌人正在损害你吗? We cannot shut our eyes to things that harm the interests of the masses. 对于损害群众利益的事情， 我们不能听之任之。 —————————————— earn 赚 earn vt. 赚，赚得；获得，挣得；使得到；博得 n. (Earn)人名；(泰)炎 She took in sewing and washing to earn a little. 她接缝洗活儿在家里做，来挣一点钱。 He sweats himself to earn as much money as possible. 他拼命干活以挣得尽可能多的钱。 For a time we took in sewing to earn a little money. 有一段时间， 我们接针线活做， 来挣一点钱。 —————————————— trumpet 小号 trumpet n. 喇叭；喇叭声 vt. 吹喇叭；吹嘘 vi. 吹喇叭；发出喇叭般的声音 Life is something like a trumpet. 生活有点像一个喇叭。 Musicians sitting in front of the trombone or trumpet have suffered from these shock waves. 那些坐在长号或者小号前的音乐家会遭受到这些冲击机。 At SW, you can order a melon duo, tofu salad and grilled royal trumpet mushrooms with polenta. 在 SW（牛排馆），你可以要一份瓜盅，豆腐沙拉和高档烤喇叭菇与玉米粥。 —————————————— fantasy 幻想 fantasy n. 幻想；白日梦；幻觉 adj. 虚幻的 vt. 空想；想像 vi. 耽于幻想；奏幻想曲（等于phantasy） To root up all evils is only a fantasy for the time being. 根除一切罪恶在目前只不过是一种幻想。 Smokers are an affront to this fantasy, and that is why no condemnation is strong enough for their presumption. 吸烟者是对这个幻想的侮辱，按他们的设想，这就是为什么强烈谴责吸烟者还是不够的。 What do I think, he asks, what should he do with an employee who spends company time in some little fantasy world. 我到底在想什么，他问我， 对于一个办公时间沉浸在某个小小的幻想世界里的员工，他应该怎么处理。 —————————————— mist 雾 mist n. 薄雾；视线模糊不清；模糊不清之物 vi. 下雾；变模糊 vt. 使模糊；使蒙上薄雾 Mist often blurs the landscape. 薄雾常常使风景暗淡。 The view dissolved in mist. 那景色在雾中消失了。 A flagpole loomed up through the mist. 在薄雾中隐隐可见一根旗杆。 —————————————— motel 汽车旅馆 motel n. 汽车旅馆 n. (Motel)人名；(德)莫特尔 The gas station just neighbours to the motel. 加油站就在汽车旅馆的附近。 The Hobbit Motel resembles an authentic hobbit hole built into the side of the mountain. 霍比特人汽车旅馆像真正的霍比特人洞穴一样建进了山的一边。 I also have to get back to the motel. The manager took my passport last night, and now he and the passport are nowhere to be found. 我也必须回到汽车旅馆去，因为旅馆经理昨天晚上拿走了我的护照，到现在为止他本人和我的护照都不知所踪。 —————————————— celebrate 庆祝 celebrate vt. 庆祝；举行；赞美；祝贺；宣告 vi. 庆祝；过节；举行宗教仪式 The winners peal the bells to celebrate victory. 胜利者让钟声齐鸣庆祝胜利。 Christians celebrate the resurrection of Christ from the death. 基督教徒们庆祝耶稣基督的复活。 We had a tea party to celebrate our headmaster's silver wedding. 我们为庆祝校长的银婚举行了一次茶会。 —————————————— repay 偿还 repay vi. 偿还；报答；报复 vt. 回报；报复；付还 She engaged herself to repay her debt within two months. 她答应在两个月内偿还她的债务。 I owe you a debt of gratitude which I shall never be able to repay. 我永远报答不尽你的恩情。 "We will borrow but repay," he said. 我们将借钱,但会偿还." 他说. —————————————— solitary 孤独的 solitary adj. 孤独的；独居的 n. 独居者；隐士 It was extreme because it was in your head, that most solitary of places. 它之所以极端，因为它就在世上最孤独的地方——你的头脑里。 The only exercise that Tess took at this time was after dark; and it was then, when out in the woods, that she seemed least solitary. 在这期间，苔丝唯一的活动是在天色黄昏以后；她走出屋外，来到树林里，那时候她似乎才不感到孤独。 Is all happiness solitary? 快乐都是孤独的么？ —————————————— replacement 更换 replacement n. 更换；复位；代替者；补充兵员 Replacement of sugar in your diet can be difficult. 在你的饮食中更换糖肯定是困难的。 What if you want to include the literal matched pattern in the replacement text? 如果您希望在替换文本中包括字面匹配的模式，该怎么办呢？ This replacement will have to be done in the future or we will be subject to shortage of power like California. has experienced. 这个替换过程在将来是一定会实现，否则我们将像加利福尼亚州所经历的那样受限制于能源短缺。 —————————————— circulation 循环 circulation n. 流通，传播；循环；发行量 The circulation of gossip is vicious. 传播流言蜚语是可恶的。 Do you know the circulation of this magazine? 你知道这本杂志的发行量吗？ We must constantly adjust the amount of money in circulation. 我们必须对货币的流通不断进行调节。 —————————————— porter 波特 porter n. 门房；服务员；行李搬运工；守门人 n. (Porter)人名；(英、西、葡)波特；(德)波特 Porter!Please take my suitcase to the train. 搬运工！ 请把我的皮箱拿上火车。 The pub is still one of the few places left where you can escape from the likes of Janet Street Porter. 酒店仍旧是不曾遗忘的地方之一，你能从那逃脱类似即尼特街道搬运工的事。 In the campaign and for eight years afterward, the Republicans would make good on theirs, and as Roger Porter had predicted, they got lots of help from some members of the press. 在其后的总统竞选以及担任总统的八年里，共和党人极尽威胁之能事，正如罗杰.波特所预知的，他们从一些媒体人士那里得到了很多的帮助。 —————————————— bound 绑定 bound adj. 有义务的；必定的；受约束的；装有封面的 vt. 束缚；使跳跃 n. 范围；跳跃 vi. 限制；弹起 Can you bound the United States? 你能说出美国的疆界吗? He is bound by affection. 他为爱情所束缚。 The newly emerging forces are bound to defeat what is corrupt and degenerate. 新生力量必然战胜腐朽力量。 —————————————— princess 公主 princess n. 公主；王妃；女巨头 n. (Princess)人名；(英)普琳西丝； The dancer was enamoured of the princess. 这名舞蹈演员爱恋着公主。 The wicked old woman charmed the princess with magic words. 这个老巫婆用咒语使公主中了魔。 I'm sorry to say I have to hold the ball back for half an hour, Princess Diana will join us. 很抱歉，我必须把舞会开始的时间推迟半个小时，黛安娜公主要来参加我们的舞会。 —————————————— roller 辊 roller n. [机] 滚筒；[机] 滚轴；辊子；滚转机 n. (Roller)人名；(英、德、俄、匈、罗、捷、瑞典)罗勒；(法)罗莱 By the ruler’s schedule, the molecule capsules will play an important role in the roller. 根据统治者的时间表，这种分子胶囊将在滚筒上起重要作用. Each of us had three minutes in which to bathe himself. Six greasy, slippery roller towels had to serve for the lot of us. 每个人只有三分钟的洗浴时间，并且这一屋子的人只能共用六条毛巾——六条卷在滚筒上的、粘兮兮又滑腻腻的毛巾。 Just use spray adhesive on the plywood and, with the help of another person, lay it flat on one end and use a paint roller to work out air bubbles toward the other person as they hold their end up. 把喷胶喷在夹板上，找个人打下手一起把聚酯薄膜平整地贴到夹板的一端，用油漆辊子推向打下手的人那一边，把气泡从那头挤出来。 —————————————— clap 鼓掌 clap vi. 鼓掌，拍手；啪地关上 vt. 拍手，鼓掌；轻轻拍打某人 n. 鼓掌；拍手声 n. (Clap)人名；(西、英)克拉普 One hand alone can't clap -- it takes two to make a quarrel. 一个巴掌拍不响。 I was about to clap as well, when car headlights from the driveway suddenly arced across the room. 我也正要鼓掌，这时私人车道上突然划过一道汽车的灯光，形成弧形掠过房间。 When I walked into the state Capitol, a hometown crowd was there to clap, cheer, and hug me for my performance. 我走进州议会大厦的时候，一群来自家乡的民众聚集在那里为我的表现鼓掌，喝彩，并且给我拥抱。 —————————————— conclude 结论 conclude vt. 推断；决定，作结论；结束 vi. 推断；断定；决定 We conclude with a discussion on how (not) to count them. 我们以怎样计算它们的讨论结束本文。 With this, we conclude our series of articles on this subject. 我们以这篇文章结束了关于这个主题的系列文章。 These features are full topics in and of themselves, so I must conclude by briefly touching only on the most popular of them: versioning. 这些特性本身都可以是个完整的主题，所以我必须简要地总结一下，只介绍它们当中最流行的那一个：版本管理。 —————————————— catch 抓 catch vt. 赶上；抓住；感染；了解 vi. 赶上；抓住 n. 捕捉；捕获物；窗钩 You walk on ahead. I shall soon catch you up. 你在前面先走，我很快就会赶上你。 They made the station in time to catch the train. 他们及时到达车站，赶上了那班火车。 If you belt down the road,you'll catch your train. 要是你顺这条路赶快跑去，你可以赶上火车。 —————————————— row 行 row n. 行，排；划船；街道；吵闹 vt. 划船；使……成排 vi. 划船；争吵 n. (Row)人名；(英)罗 We'll row the champion in the annual race this year. 今年我们将在年度划船比赛中与冠军保持者进行比赛。 The front row of soldiers were mown down by machinegun fire. 最前面的一排士兵被机枪火力扫射倒了。 The great photographer posed them in front of a row of tenement. 摄影大师让他们在一排公寓房面前摆好姿势。 —————————————— conspicuous 引人注目的 conspicuous adj. 显著的；显而易见的 She is a conspicuous figure. 她是个引人注目的人物。 But moths survive by being camouflaged, and [ladybugs] survive by being conspicuous and telling birds not to eat them. 然而飞蛾通过伪装自己生存，瓢虫却通过引人注目来告诉鸟类不要吃他们。 The code is unusually conspicuous, complex, and enigmatic; it attracts an inordinate amount of attention to itself, and this attention has to acquire the rigor of a method. 这种代码通常很显著，复杂，神秘;,它把大量的注意力都吸引到自己身上，这种注意力得有一种方法的严肃性。 —————————————— contemplate 考虑 contemplate vt. 沉思；注视；思忖；预期 vi. 冥思苦想；深思熟虑 He goes to the park every day to sit and contemplate. 他每天去公园，坐在那里沉思默想。 As we contemplate the great number of people who have died in this tragedy, we may feel very strongly that we ourselves, in some part or manner, also have died. 当我们对此次灾难中庞大的遇难人数进行沉思时，我们可能会强烈地感觉到我们自己的某种部分或以某种方式死亡了。 Time is only created by the inadequate ability of Nature to contemplate the divine. 时间是在沉思神圣时被自然的不充分的能力创造出来的。 —————————————— miracle 奇迹 miracle n. 奇迹，奇迹般的人或物；惊人的事例 n. (Miracle)人名；(英)米勒克尔；(意、西)米拉克莱 But I consider this a miracle. 但是我认为，这是一个奇迹。 Ah, the miracle of life. 啊，这生命的奇迹。 As long as you can see a spark of miracle in that person, this person can be your biggest inspiration and your teacher. 只要你能在他们身上看到奇迹的火花，那么这个人可能就是你最大的灵感并且会成为你的老师。 —————————————— charity 慈善机构 charity n. 慈善；施舍；慈善团体；宽容；施舍物 He disposed his money in charity. 他将自己的钱用于慈善事业。 What do you do in charity school? 你在慈善学校做些什么呢？ They dispensed the money to charity. 他们把钱捐给慈善事业。 —————————————— legitimate 合法的 legitimate adj. 合法的；正当的；合理的；正统的 vt. 使合法；认为正当（等于legitimize） Some of that is legitimate. 上述有些事情是合理的。 Must it do so in this situation in order to achieve its legitimate ends? 为了达到合法目的，政府在这种情形下必须得这么做吗？ So all of this is a legitimate source of concern. 因此，这些情况都是引发忧虑的合理根源。 —————————————— bike 自行车 bike n. 自行车；脚踏车 vi. 骑自行车（或摩托车） n. (Bike)人名；(土、土库、塞)比克 My bike spanked down the hill. 我的自行车疾驶滑下了山坡。 How much did she rush you for that bike? 她卖给你那辆自行车敲了你多少钱? Could I borrow your bike from you until next week? 我借用你的自行车，直到下周还你，好吗? —————————————— transplant 移植 transplant vt. 移植；迁移；使移居 n. 移植；移植器官；被移植物；移居者 vi. 移植；迁移；移居 Poppies do not transplant well. 罂粟经不起移植。 Some plants do not transplant well. 有些植物不宜移植。 The doctors will transplant a human heart into the patient. 医生们将把一颗人的心脏移植到这个病人身上。 —————————————— militant 激进分子 militant adj. 好战的 n. 富有战斗性的人；好斗者；激进分子 She was misrepresented in the press as a militant. 她被报界不符合事实地说成是一个激进分子。 On average, only one out of every seven U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan kills a militant leader. 平均而言，美国在巴基斯坦的无人机攻击只有七分之一击毙了激进头目。 Several days after the attack, the group released an audio recording of the militant leader it said proved he was still alive. 袭击几天后，塔利班公开了一份这位激进分子领导人的录音。 录音上说，马哈苏德仍然活着。 —————————————— quart 夸脱 quart n. 夸脱（容量单位）；一夸脱的容器 It will hold another quart. (它)还可以在装一夸脱。 The quarrelsome general quarreled about a quarter quart of oil in the headquarters. 好争吵的将军在司令部为四分之一夸脱油而争吵. As a gift, he brought a big fish and a quart of the largest oysters I had ever seen. 他给我们带来了一条大鱼还有一夸脱海蛎子，我从来没见过那么大的海蛎子。 —————————————— comparison 比较 comparison n. 比较；对照；比喻；比较关系 There is no comparison between the two. 二者不能相比。 We comparison-shopped supermarkets in London and Paris and found that most products were still a bargain. 我们比较了伦敦和巴黎的超市，发现大多数产品仍然便宜。 Your conclusion is wrong in comparison with their conclusion. 你们的结论与他们的相比是错误的。 —————————————— occur 发生 occur vi. 发生；出现；存在 Frosts often occur in November. 11月份经常出现霜冻。 Food shortages often occur in time of war. 在战争期间常常发生粮食短缺的情形。 The time when a solar eclipse will occur can be calculated. 日食发生的时间可以推算出来。 —————————————— fragile 脆弱的 fragile adj. 脆的；易碎的 This kind of paper is too fragile. 这纸太脆。 This is a victory, but a fragile one. 这是一个胜利，但也是脆弱的胜利。 Until that money comes through, fragile nuclear reactors should not be our only worry. 在拿到那笔钱之前，脆弱的核反应堆不应是我们唯一的担忧。 —————————————— straightforward 直截了当的 straightforward adj. 简单的；坦率的；明确的；径直的 adv. 直截了当地；坦率地 But how can you make this more straightforward? 但是如何能够使此过程变得更简单？ As you can see from this overview, developing an effective transaction strategy is not always a straightforward task. 从这篇概述中可以看到，开发一个有效的事务策略并非总是一项简单的任务。 Both work through a straightforward discipline in writing the requirements involving only the basic features of the products. 这两种方法都通过一种简单的原则来描写这些需求，只包括产品的基本特性。 —————————————— receiver 接收机 receiver n. 接收器；接受者；收信机；收款员，接待者 Gratitude is double happiness because it blesses both the giver and the receiver. 感恩是双份幸福，因为它同时祝福给予者和接受者。 You should see a trap arrive, and then you can open the message in your trap receiver. 您应该看到一个陷阱到达，您可以在您的陷阱接收器中打开该消息。 But during an asynchronous invocation, this message receiver starts a new thread to invoke the service and send the notification to the client. 但是在异步调用中，这个消息接收器会启动一个新的 线程来调用服务并向客户端发送通知。 —————————————— calculator 计算器 calculator n. 计算器；计算者 Additional laundering of the input is beyond the scope of this tip, so use your calculator with care. 对输入进行的额外处理超出了本技巧的范围，所以请小心使用这个计算器。 The natural next step in developing this service would be to allocate each user a particular calculator instance. 开发这个服务的下一步自然是为每个用户分配一个特定的计算器实例。 We do not currently expose these attributes via the calculator service. 目前，我们没有通过计算器服务来公开这些属性。 —————————————— peak 峰 peak n. 山峰；最高点；顶点；帽舌 vt. 使达到最高点；使竖起 vi. 消瘦；到达最高点；变憔悴 adj. 最高的；最大值的 n. (Peak)人名；(英)皮克 The book sales have begun to peak off. 图书销售达到最高峰后开始滑坡。 In order to get out of the peak-hour traffic, we must start early. 我们得早点儿动身以避开交通高峰期。 You could also sample the number of transactions per second and adjust this parameter to accommodate the peak number of transactions per second (or some large percentage of it). 您也可以对每秒的事务数目进行取样，并调整该参数以适应每秒事务数目的峰值（或它的某些较大比例）。 —————————————— plus + plus n. 正号，加号；好处；附加额 adj. 正的；附加的 prep. 加，加上 n. (Plus)人名；(德)普卢斯 Four plus two equals [is] six. 四加二等于六。 Three plus three makes six. 三加三等于六。 Two plus three makes five.; Two and three is five. 二加三等于五。 —————————————— hug 拥抱 hug vt. 拥抱；紧抱；抱有，坚持 vi. 拥抱；紧抱在一起；挤在一起 n. 拥抱；紧抱；固执 n. (Hug)人名；(英)胡克；(法)于格；(德、瑞典)胡格 They hug each other. 他们互相拥抱。 Hug your child and tell them you love them. 拥抱你的孩子并对他们说你爱他们。 He'll never change, and will hug his cherished beliefs. 他不会改变的，他将永守他所抱的信仰。 —————————————— confidential 保密 confidential adj. 机密的；表示信任的；获信任的 This must be kept absolutely secret.; This is strictly confidential. 这事绝对保密。 Soon after, I made confidential inquiry as to how and when it all happened. 不久之后，我对这一切是如何以及何时发生的做了秘密调查。 So talk directly with your counselor about what he or she considers confidential. 因此与你的辅导员直接谈谈，她或他认为什么是保密性。 —————————————— cry 哭 cry vt. 叫喊；哭出；大声说 n. 叫喊；叫声；口号；呼叫 vi. 哭；叫；喊 I've never known him to cry. 我从未见过他哭泣。 He uttered a cry of pain. 他发出一声疼痛的叫喊。 By accident he touched the hot metal, and yanked his hand away with a cry of pain. 他偶然摸着了烫金属，疼的大叫一声抽回了手。 —————————————— paper 纸 paper n. 纸；论文；文件；报纸 adj. 纸做的 vt. 用纸糊；用纸包装 vi. 贴糊墙纸；发交通违章传票 n. (Paper)人名；(俄)帕佩尔 He hammered away at the paper to me. 他一再向我强调这些文件的重要。 I have to bat out a term paper before class. 我必须在上课前匆匆写出一篇学期论文。 You should winnow out the inaccuracies of this paper this afternoon. 你今天下午把这篇文章中不精确的内容删掉。 —————————————— easy 容易 easy adj. 容易的；舒适的 adv. 不费力地，从容地 vi. 停止划桨 vt. 发出停划命令 I thought I'd go for that job, it looks easy. 我想我选那件工作，它看起来容易些。 The pavements are designed to provide easy access for people in wheelchairs. 这些人行道经专门设计使乘坐轮椅的人能方便地出入。 The shoes have elasticated gussets, making them easy to slip off and on. 这种鞋嵌入三角形松紧布，穿脱方便。 —————————————— pit 坑 pit n. 矿井；深坑；陷阱；（物体或人体表面上的）凹陷；（英国剧场的）正厅后排；正厅后排的观众 vt. 使竞争；窖藏；使凹下；去…之核；使留疤痕 vi. 凹陷；起凹点 n. (Pit)人名；(东南亚国家华语)必 She stops and peers into the pit. 她停下来朝坑里面瞟了一眼。 The tissue affected by edema will usually pit. 受浮肿影响的组织常在按后起凹陷。 The Jews were in a long row, naked; some were standing at the edge of a pit and behind them were soldiers with guns, shooting them in the neck. 那些犹太人光着身子长长地站在一排；有些人站在那个坑的边缘，他们后面站着荷枪实弹的士兵，在朝他们的脖子上开枪射击。 —————————————— problem 问题 problem n. 难题；引起麻烦的人 adj. 成问题的；难处理的 He explained the problem to me. 他对我解释这个问题。 That depends on how you tackle the problem. 那取决于你如何处理这个问题。 The problem of pollution in the city can not be wished away. 这座城市里的污染问题不可能凭主观愿望使之消失。 —————————————— interrupt 中断 interrupt vt. 中断；打断；插嘴；妨碍 vi. 打断；打扰 n. 中断 I'm sorry to interrupt your meditation. 很抱歉， 我打断了你的沉思。 It is not polite to interrupt when someone is talking. 在别人讲话时插嘴是不礼貌的。 Do not ever interrupt someone while they are talking, or explaining you something. 当别人在说话或是在向你解释什么的时候，不要打断他。 —————————————— phone 电话 phone n. 电话；耳机，听筒 vt. 打电话 vi. 打电话 n. (Phone)人名；(老、缅)蓬 You stop at home until I phone you. 我不给你打电话，你就呆在家里。 I bated my breath and waited by the phone. 我屏住呼吸并等候在电话机旁。 His phone was bugged. 他的电话被窃听了。 —————————————— picture 图片 picture n. 照片，图画；影片；景色；化身 vt. 画；想像；描写 He tore the picture in half. 他把那张画撕成两半。 The old picture carried her back 30 years to her wedding day. 这张老照片使她回想起30年前结婚那天的情景。 With this instant film the picture develops in only one minute. 用这种快速胶卷，照片仅用一分钟就会显影。 —————————————— authorize 授权 authorize vt. 批准，认可；授权给；委托代替 Do not authorize it to any transmit queues. 不要将其授权给任何传输队列。 "Microsoft did not authorize or license its technology for this use," it said. “微软不会授权或者许可技术在这种途径应用，”它说明道。 However, this step is very similar to the authentication step, in that you first extract and then authorize. 不过，此步骤非常类似于身份验证步骤，因为您首先进行提取，然后授权。 —————————————— extension 扩展 extension n. 延长；延期；扩大；伸展；电话分机 Moreover, the tool becomes an extension of yourself. 而且，这种工具将成为您的扩展。 This completes the creation and implementation of your transformation extension. 这完成了您的转换扩展的创建和实现。 This principle is an extension of both the commitment principle and the success principle. 这个原则是对承担义务原则和成功原则的一种扩展。 —————————————— transmit 传输 transmit vt. 传输；传播；发射；传达；遗传 vi. 传输；发射信号 Certain mosquitoes transmit malaria. 某些蚊子传播疟疾。 Anopheles mosquitos transmit malaria. 疟蚊传播疟疾。 Do not authorize it to any transmit queues. 不要将其授权给任何传输队列。 —————————————— fog 雾 fog n. 雾；烟雾，尘雾；迷惑 vt. 使模糊；使困惑；以雾笼罩 vi. 被雾笼罩；变模糊 n. (Fog)人名；(丹)福 A truck suddenly materialized out of the fog. 一辆卡车突然从雾里出现。 All aircraft at London Airport were grounded by fog yesterday. 昨天由于大雾伦敦机场所有飞机停飞。 The helicopter started down, and immediately they were blanketed in fog. 直升飞机开始降落并且他们立即被笼罩于雾中。 —————————————— harsh 严厉的 harsh adj. 严厉的；严酷的；刺耳的；粗糙的；刺目的 n. (Harsh)人名；(英)哈什 Do you think they would subscribe to such harsh terms? 你认为他们会接受这种苛刻的条件? When talking about cooperation agreement, they held out several harsh terms. 当会谈谈到合作协议时，他们提出了一些苛刻的条件。 But, if we are well trained, the underwater part of things is not really as harsh as you might think. 但是，如果我们受到良好的训练，水下部分的事情可能就不会真的像你想像的那么严酷。 —————————————— intersection 十字路口 intersection n. 交叉；十字路口；交集；交叉点 What you see is an intersection. 你看到的是一个交叉点。 How far is it to the next intersection? 到下个十字路口，还有多远？ The traffic banked up at the intersection. 车辆在交叉路口拥塞起来。 —————————————— normal 正常的 normal adj. 正常的；正规的，标准的 n. 正常；标准；常态 n. (Normal)人名；(德)诺马尔 The production snapped back to normal. 生产情况迅速恢复了正常。 Her temperature soon returned to normal. 她的体温很快恢复正常。 Some drugs can cause the inhibition of normal bodily activity. 有些药剂会对正常的身体功能产生抑制作用。 —————————————— apologize 道歉 apologize vi. 道歉；辩解；赔不是 vt. 道歉；谢罪；辩白 They might at least apologize. 他们至少该表示歉意。 He hastened to apologize. 他连忙道歉。 And I apologize to everyone (who) has to go through this. 还有我向所有必需承受这一切的人道歉。 —————————————— ending 结束 ending n. 结局；结尾 She got revved up by the tragic ending of the film. 她为这部电影的悲惨结局激动不已。 You already know the ending, but you want to know what happens next. 虽然你已经知道了结局，但仍然想知道接下来会发生什么。 But with the benefits ending next month, he fears that they will not keep up. 但是，随着下个月失业救济金的结束，他担心连房子都保不住了。 —————————————— method 方法 method n. 方法；条理；类函数 adj. 使用体验派表演方法的 Have you tried the new method? 你试过那个新的方法了吗? They are using a new prospecting method to quest for oil. 他们正在采用一种新的勘探方法寻找石油。 They have been questing for a new method of language teaching for years. 多年来他们一直在探索语言教学的一种新方法。 —————————————— horror 恐怖 horror n. 惊骇；惨状；极端厌恶；令人恐怖的事物 Her voice thrilled with horror. 她恐惧得声音发抖。 At the sight of the blood he drew back in horror. 他一看到血就惊恐地连忙后退。 Do not be like your fathers and brothers, who were unfaithful to the Lord , the God of their fathers, so that he made them an object of horror, as you see. 你们不要效法你们列祖和你们的弟兄。 他们干犯耶和华他们列祖的神，以致耶和华丢弃他们，使他们败亡（或作令人惊骇），正如你们所见的。 —————————————— lime 石灰 lime n. 石灰；酸橙；绿黄色 vt. 撒石灰于；涂粘鸟胶于 adj. 绿黄色的 n. (Lime)人名；(法)利姆 The lime has turned to powder. 石灰已经粉了。 Lime in the soil is detrimental to some plants. 土壤里的石灰对某些植物有害。 The wall was first pricked up with a coat lime. 墙壁先抹上一层石灰打底子。 —————————————— contribution 贡献 contribution n. 贡献；捐献；投稿 China ought to make a greater contribution to humanity. 中国应当对人类作出较大贡献。 We have to do all of that for their team contribution as well. 我们也应该根据他们团队的贡献来考核他们。 The Chinese people should make a greater contribution to mankind. 中国人应当对人类有较大的贡献。 —————————————— everyday 日常 everyday adj. 每天的，日常的 n. 平时；寻常日子 She cooks and washes everyday. 她每天煮饭洗衣。 I walk back after work everyday. 我每天下班步行回家。 The girl helps her mother to wash up after dinner everyday. 女孩每天晚饭后帮妈妈洗餐具。 —————————————— glad 很高兴 glad adj. 高兴的；乐意的；令人高兴的；灿烂美丽的 vt. 使高兴 n. (Glad)人名；(塞、瑞典)格拉德；(英)格莱德；(法、挪)格拉 She looked at her son,her eyes leaking glad tears. 她看着她的儿子，眼里流出高兴的眼泪。 I shall be glad when the last of my daughters is married off. 我最后的一个女儿嫁出去后我就高兴了。 I was very glad to read of your coming to China in the morning's paper. 我从晨报上看到你来华的消息，非常高兴。 —————————————— wound 伤口 wound n. 创伤，伤口 vt. 使受伤 vi. 受伤，伤害 Blood started out of his wound. 血从他的伤口涌了出来。 The blood around the wound clotted quickly. 伤口周围的血很快凝结起来。 Drain the wound (of blood )before you apply the bandage. 先挤出伤口中的血尔后包上绑带。 —————————————— flock 群 flock n. 群；棉束（等于floc） vt. 用棉束填满 vi. 聚集；成群而行 n. (Flock)人名；(德、瑞典)弗洛克 They raised a flock of sheep. 他们养着一群羊。 A flock of sheep are ranging over the grassland. 一群羊在草原上来回走动。 The shepherd re-collected his flock and went down the hillside. 牧羊人把他的羊群重新集合在一起，走下山坡。 —————————————— rigorous 严格的 rigorous adj. 严格的，严厉的；严密的；严酷的 Our teacher is so rigorous that he seldom lets up on us. 我们的老师很严格，他很少放松对我们的要求。 Migration is just a part of that lifecycle process, and therefore should involve rigorous testing at each stage of the project. 迁移仅仅只是生命周期过程中的一部分，因此严格的测试应该包括在项目的各个阶段当中。 The focus was on learning how to think critically, do research, communicate and improve writing skills, all in preparation for a rigorous high school curriculum. 注意力在于学习如何批判性地思考，做调查研究，沟通和提高写作技巧，所有都是为严密的高校课程做准备。 —————————————— anxious 焦虑 anxious adj. 焦虑的；担忧的；渴望的；急切的 Most parents are anxious for their children's advancement. 大多数父母都为自己孩子的进步感到焦虑。 We block out those things that cause stress and make us anxious. 我们将那些引起压力、使我们焦虑的事情拒之门外。 And to complicate matters, sex is an anxious experience for some people. 对于复杂的问题，性对一些人是种焦虑的体验。 —————————————— reign 统治 reign vi. 统治；支配；盛行；君临 n. 统治；统治时期；支配 It is the place where all is at peace, where joy and unconditional love reign, where there is no hatred, anger or fear. 它就是此处，只有全然的平和，全然的喜悦和无条件之爱的支配，这里没有任何的憎恨，愤怒或者恐惧。 And once people started paying for their health care themselves, you’d see more attention paid to bad behavior and more political pressure for the government to reign in costs. 而且一旦人们开始给他们自己买健康保险，你会把注意力更多的投入在坏的行为和政府更多的政治压力上，以此来支配成本。 What flowers grew in the reign of Charles the First? 查理一世在位的时候人们种些什么花呢? —————————————— locality 位置 locality n. 所在；位置；地点 Since the reference is part of the data structure, it has good cache locality. 由于引用是数据结构的一部分，所以它有一个好的缓存位置。 No matter how many superficial and ornamental techniques these films employ to suggest a specific locality and moment in time, they seem to exist outside space and time. 不管这些电影采用了多少表面和装饰性的技巧来暗示一个特定的地点和时代，它们看起来似乎是脱离了时间和空间而存在的。 Multiple file servers can be mapped to the same name, thus providing redundancy and locality of data access. 可以把多个文件服务器映射到同一个名称，从而为数据访问提供冗余和位置。 —————————————— validity 有效性 validity n. [计] 有效性；正确；正确性 So that satisfies the definition of validity. 所以这满足了有效性的定义。 Does this argument satisfy the definition of validity or does it not? 这个论点满足有效性的定义吗？,还是不满足？ While each of these might have some validity, in many cases the same general comments may also apply to many of the other projects you work on. 尽管其中每个问题可能具有某些正确性，但是在许多情况下，一般性评论还可能适用于您从事的其他项目。 —————————————— spacecraft 宇宙飞船 spacecraft n. [航] 宇宙飞船，航天器 Each of the papers in Science reports data from one of the spacecraft. 科学杂志上发表的论文分别报告了来自这些太空船的数据。 Once a year for about 50 days, the spacecraft turns back on for a checkup and recalibration. 每年大约有50天的时间，飞船被唤醒以进行检查和重新校准工作。 So the Icarus spacecraft is planned to take us beyond our solar system to neighboring stars, where should it go first? 因此伊卡洛斯航天器计划将让我们的视野从太阳系扩展到邻近的恒星，那么该从哪里开始呢？ —————————————— relax 放松 relax vi. 放松，休息；松懈，松弛；变从容；休养 vt. 放松；使休息；使松弛；缓和；使松懈 You must not relax in your efforts. 你不要松懈。 She likes to retreat to the country to relax at the weekend. 她喜欢在周末躲到乡村去轻松轻松。 The school discipline tends to relax a bit before summer holidays. 学校纪律在放暑假之前总是有些松弛。 —————————————— breeze 微风 breeze n. 微风；轻而易举的事；煤屑；焦炭渣；小风波 vi. 吹微风；逃走 n. (Breeze)人名；(法)布雷兹 The soft breeze stirs the leaves. 柔和的微风摇动着树叶。 A fresh breeze puffed across the lake. 凉爽的微风一阵阵吹过湖面。 The glassy surface of the lake was ruffled by the breeze. 微风吹皱了平静如镜的湖水。 —————————————— kitchen 厨房 kitchen n. 厨房；炊具；炊事人员 n. (Kitchen)人名；(英)基钦 I mop the kitchen floor twice a week. 我一星期两次用拖把拖厨房的地板。 He foraged in the kitchen for something to eat. 他在厨房中搜寻一些吃的东西。 He rigged a rubber hose to the tap in the kitchen. 他将一条橡皮软管安装在厨房的水龙头上。 —————————————— flank 侧面 flank n. 侧面；侧翼；侧腹 vt. 守侧面；位于…的侧面；攻击侧面 vi. 侧面与…相接 adv. 在左右两边 n. (Flank)人名；(瑞典、匈)弗兰克；(法)弗朗克 It seems to have lost an entire 40-kilometre-long flank in one catastrophic event, say the researchers. 研究人员说，它似乎在一次灾难性事件中已失去了长达40公里的整个侧翼。 Magma can erupt to the surface and form lava flows through the volcano’s summit (frequently forming a crater), but it can also erupt from lava domes and flank vents along the volcano’s sides. 岩浆能喷发出地表，并通过火山峰顶形成熔岩流（大多情况会形成火山口），但它也能通过火山山体侧面的火山岩圆顶和侧面出口喷发出来。 A cannula (a narrow tube-like instrument) is placed into the abdominal cavity in the upper abdomen or flank just below the ribs. 会在病人的肋骨下，从上腹部的前面或者侧面向腹腔放入一根狭窄的套管。 —————————————— nominal 名义上的 nominal adj. 名义上的；有名无实的；[会计] 票面上的 n. [语] 名词性词 For one, producers can raise prices without actually increasing the nominal prices of the goods they sell. 首先，生产者可以在没有实际增加货物名义价格的情况下提升销售价格。 One way out of the imbroglio, suggests a Japanese diplomat, might be for the government to ask prosecutors to impose a nominal fine on the captain and release him. 一位日本外交官称，走出尴尬局面的一种方法可能是日本政府要求检察官让该船长上交名义上的罚款，然后释放他。 In the long run, they said, monetary policy could only affect nominal incomes, not real incomes. 他们认为，长期来看，货币政策只能影响名义收入，而非真正的收入。 —————————————— patrol 巡逻 patrol n. 巡逻；巡逻队；侦察队 vt. 巡逻；巡查 vi. 巡逻；巡查 The highway patrol flagged us away from the accident. 高速公路上的巡逻警察示意我们避开事故地区。 They go out on patrol, and they get shot at or attacked almost every day. 他们外出巡逻，几乎每天都会遭遇枪击或者受到进攻。 During the riots last year, the nighttime patrol force was beefed up with volunteers. 去年骚乱期间志愿者增加了夜间巡逻力量。 —————————————— promising 有前途的 promising adj. 有希望的，有前途的 v. 许诺，答应（promise的现在分词形式） We're trying to bring along several promising young football player. 我们正设法培养出几个有前途的年轻足球运动员。 The leader was just double-talking, full of generalities and promising nothing. 这个领导人正在大讲空话，全是笼统的泛泛而谈，什么也没许诺。 For the first time, the Arab world stood with Israel in condemning terror and promising to work against it. 这是阿拉伯世界和以色列第一次站在一起谴责恐怖行为，承诺联手反对它。 —————————————— cooperate 合作 cooperate vi. 合作，配合；协力 You can fight it or cooperate with it. 你可以与生活对抗或与之合作。 He hesitated he would cooperate with the police. 他不情愿地表示他愿和警方合作。 Mr White had promised to cooperate with us, but he cried off at the last minute. 怀特先生本来答应与我们合作，但最后一刻打了退堂鼓。 —————————————— red 红色的 red n. 红色，红颜料；赤字 adj. 红色的；红肿的，充血的 n. (Red)人名；(英、德)雷德 They tried to huckster red socks to me. 他们企图强行向我推销红色短袜。 The machine sprang into operation when I touched the red button. 我一按那个红按钮，那部机器突然开动起来了。 The idea of redness is abstracted from the colour of all red objects. 红的概念是从所有红色物体中提取出来的。 —————————————— worthy 有价值的 worthy adj. 值得的；有价值的；配得上的，相称的；可尊敬的；应…的 n. 杰出人物；知名人士 n. (Worthy)人名；(英)沃西 No one is more worthy of your time and attention than the next. 没有什么比下一条信息更值得你花费时间和精力。 Men have to be careful what they cry at, because some subjects are more worthy of tears than others. 男人必须要谨慎他们是为了什么哭,因为有些东西是没有值得比眼泪更珍贵的了。 And then he can pledge to the voters that the last three weeks will feature a contest worthy of this moment in our history. 然后，他可以呼吁选民，在最后的三个星期将会描绘出一场我们历史上，让这个时刻值得的比赛特写。 —————————————— assimilate 同化 assimilate vt. 吸收；使同化；把…比作；使相似 vi. 吸收；同化 Europeans and Jews do not readily assimilate. 欧洲人和犹太人不易同化。 China needs to assimilate a good deal of foreign progressive culture, but she must not swallow anything and everything uncritically. 中国需要大量吸收外国的进步文化， 但决不能无批判地兼收并蓄。 You will also find that holding on to what is no longer there, or more correctly where you no longer are, impedes your own ability to observe, assimilate and respond. 你还会发现，固守已经一去不复返的东西，或者更确切的说，是你已经离开的地方，会妨碍你自身的观察、吸收和反应的能力。 —————————————— even 甚至 even adj. [数] 偶数的；平坦的；相等的 adv. 甚至；即使；还；实际上 vt. 使平坦；使相等 vi. 变平；变得可比较；成为相等 n. (Even)人名；(法)埃旺；(德)埃文；(英)埃文 He brushed straight by without even looking at me. 他径直擦身而过，甚至不看我一眼。 He refused to give the document up, even under pressure. 即使受到压力，他仍拒绝交出文件。 Microfilms might even take over from the libraries one day. 缩微胶卷甚至可能有朝一日取代图书馆。 —————————————— hospitality 热情好客 hospitality n. 好客；殷勤 He intrudes upon their hospitality. 他强使他们款待他。 I'll pay her back for her hospitality by inviting her to dinner. 我要请她吃饭以回报她的殷勤款待。 I am very grateful to you for the cordial hospitality you accorded me. 蒙热情招待， 十分感激。 —————————————— current 当前的 current adj. 现在的；流通的，通用的；最近的；草写的 n. （水，气，电）流；趋势；涌流 n. (Current)人名；(英)柯伦特 We always regard him as a friend, but he showed his colours in the current emergency. 我们一贯把他看作朋友， 但在当前的紧急关头中， 他原形毕露了。 The current from these parallel generators will add up to make a total flow of 500 amperes. 这些并联的发电机所产生的电流累计在一起， 总电流达到 500 安培。 What do you like the least about your current job? 你喜欢什么对你目前的工作中,最小的吗? —————————————— gentleman 绅士 gentleman n. 先生；绅士；有身份的人 She dipped to the gentleman. 她向绅士行屈膝礼。 You must show yourself as a gentleman. 你必须表现得像个君子。 He demeaned himself like a gentleman. 他举止颇有些绅士风度。 —————————————— machinery 机械 machinery n. 机械；机器；机构；机械装置 We should send a man to superintend the erection of machinery. 我们应派一个人去监督机器的安装。 China will host an exhibition of international garment machinery. 中国将主办国际服装机械展览会。 This factory has phased in new machinery for increased automation. 这家工厂已开始逐渐使用新机器以提高自动化程度。 —————————————— prejudice 偏见 prejudice n. 偏见；侵害 vt. 损害；使有偏见 He is free from prejudice to everybody. 他对所有的人都不带有任何成见。 What he said was tinctured with prejudice. 他说的话带有偏见。 If the recent success of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is anything to go by, then for many readers today the answer is yes. 如果最近获得成功的《傲慢与偏见与僵尸》可作为依照，那么现在很多读者的回答就是肯定的。 —————————————— react 反应 react vi. 反应；影响；反抗；起反作用 vt. 使发生相互作用；使起化学反应 To do this you need to react quickly. 要做到这一点，你需要快速反应。 I shouted at her,but she didn't react at all. 我向她大声喊叫，但她毫无反应。 An acid can react with a base to form a salt. 酸与碱产生化学反应而形成盐。 —————————————— limb 肢体 limb n. 肢，臂；分支；枝干 vt. 切断…的手足；从…上截下树枝 n. (Limb)人名；(朝)林；(英)利姆 Lobsters can reproduce a lost limb. 龙虾能使失去的肢体重新再生出来。 The doctor explains how he can stitch up blood vessels in a healthy limb, causing it to blacken with gangrene over a few days. 这名医生解释说，他可以将血管缝合到健康的肢体里，使肢体在数天之内因为坏疽而变黑。 From the blastema come skin, muscle, bone, blood vessels and neurons, ultimately growing into a limb virtually identical to the old one. 皮肤、肌肉、血管和神经元从芽基中长出来，最终生长成为和原来肢体几乎一模一样的新肢体。 —————————————— sustain 维持 sustain vt. 维持；支撑，承担；忍受；供养；证实 The pillars sustain the roof of the pit. 坑道顶用柱子支撑着。 How long will you sustain the rudeness of your boss? 对你上司的粗暴无礼你还能忍受多久? Wants, or desires, are things we would like to have but they do not sustain us. 想法或愿望，是我们想要拥有的东西但是他们不能维持我们的生活。 —————————————— jury 陪审团 jury n. [法] 陪审团；评判委员会 adj. 应急的 n. (Jury)人名；(西)胡里；(英、法)朱里；(德)尤里 His words weighed heavily with the jury. 他的话对陪审团发生重要影响。 The verdict of the jury was given in his favour. 陪审团作出了对他有利的结论。 The lawyer charged that the jury had been stacked against his client. 该律师说陪审团已产生了不利于他的当事人的偏见。 —————————————— launch 发射 launch vt. 发射（导弹、火箭等）；发起，发动；使…下水 vi. 开始；下水；起飞 n. 发射；发行，投放市场；下水；汽艇 We launch a big advertising campaign to promote our new toothpaste. 我们发动了一场声势浩大的广告宣传攻势，旨在推销新型牙膏。 The municipal government will launch an extensive public works program next year. 市政府将于明年开始一项大规模的市政工程计划。 You specify an extension point for each of your applications, so the workbench can correctly launch the perspective for your application. 为每个应用程序指定一个扩展点，这样工作台就能够正确地启动应用程序的透视图。 —————————————— motivate 激励 motivate vt. 刺激；使有动机；激发…的积极性 They motivate you and teach you safe workouts you can do at home. 在教练的激励和指导下，你可以在家安全的完成训练。 You have first got to motivate the children and then to teach them. 你首先得激发孩子们的学习兴趣，然后再去教他们。 To do that, you need to motivate them, listen to them, connect with them, and support them when they need it. 要做到这一点，你需要激励他们，倾听他们的心声，保持联络，并且在他们有需要时支持他们。 —————————————— cliff 悬崖 cliff n. 悬崖；绝壁 n. (Cliff)人名；(英)克利夫 He was hounded to the cliff. 他被追逼到了悬崖边上。 We can see the cliff that beetles over the sea. 我们可见那个高悬于大海上方的峭壁。 I hauled upon his hand and made him off the cliff. 我奋力拉住他的一只手，把他从悬崖边上拉了回来。 —————————————— inspect 检查 inspect vt. 检查；视察；检阅 vi. 进行检查；进行视察 Shall we inspect the next one ? 我们检查下一个电动机好吗？ While stopped at a breakpoint, you can also inspect the execution stack. 当在一个断点停止时，您还可以检查执行堆栈。 When I arrived in Jerusalem, I spent three days there to inspect how the wall of Jerusalem looked like. 当我到达耶路撒冷后，我花了三天的时间来检查了一下以前城墙的样子。 —————————————— pad 垫 pad n. 衬垫；护具；便笺簿；填补 vi. 步行；放轻脚步走 vt. 填补；走 n. (Pad)人名；(英)帕德(男子教名 Patrick 的昵称) Pad your schedule to allow time for this stuff. 要在你的时间表里为这类事情填补时间。 Use a laptop cooling pad that has a fan or two. 使用装有一个或两个风扇的笔记本电脑冷却垫。 I found this new messaging pad to be quite innovative and different from all the other items in the market. 我发现了这个新的按摩垫，还具创新意义的哦，和市场上的其他产品不太相同。 —————————————— favourable 有利的 favourable adj. 有利的，顺利的；赞成的 n. 有利 When circumstances are favourable, we must not forget that there will still be difficulties. 在顺利的情况下， 要看到还会有困难。 If you have the mutant gene, that might be co-expressed with favourable components of the human genome. 如果你有突变体基因，那这个突变基因有可能和人类基因组中的有利基因共同表达。 Intelligence experts say the trends are favourable but point to the IRA maxim that "you only need to get lucky once". 情报专家表示发展趋势是有利的，但是也提到了爱尔兰共和军的名言“你只需要幸运一次”。 —————————————— resident 居民 resident adj. 居住的；住院医师；定居的 n. 居民 Almost every resident is a tenant of the duchy, which has its regional office in the village. 这里几乎所有居民都是公国的住户，公国在村子里设有区域办事处。 Few of her former comrades enjoy this comfort; but, as another resident explained, the authorities like them to live there "to do propaganda and education work". 她以前的同志，很少人能享受能这种舒适生活；不过另一个居民解释说，当局希望他们住在那以“进行宣传教育工作”。 If there are no problems at the point of entry, the officer will authorize you to enter Canada as a permanent resident. 如果在这一点上没有问题，工作人员会签字证明你能够以永久居民的身份进入加拿大。 —————————————— him 他 him pron. 他（宾格） n. (Him)人名；(东南亚国家华语)欣；(柬)亨；(中)谦(广东话·威妥玛) I thanked him for his help. 对他的帮助， 我向他致谢。 He found someone on him. 他发现有人在跟踪他。 We all went except him. 除他以外， 我们都去了。 —————————————— hundred 几百 hundred n. 一百；许多 adj. 一百的；许多的 num. 百；百个 Plank down your one hundred dollars. 立即支付一百美元。 He came in third in the hundred-meter dash. 在百米竞赛中他跑了第三名。 The women doctors and women nurses in the hospital add up to two hundred and five. 这个医院的女医生、女护士共计二百零五人。 —————————————— measure 测量 measure n. 测量；措施；程度；尺寸 vt. 测量；估量；权衡 vi. 测量；估量 How do we measure poverty? 我们如何衡量贫困呢? Take a little time to measure up your chance before deciding. 做出决定前花点时间估量一下你的机会如何。 This measure is suited to some localities, but not to others. 这个措施有地方适用，有地方不适用。 —————————————— librarian 图书管理员 librarian n. 图书馆员；图书管理员 She put the novel on the library desk, and the librarian checked it in. 她把小说放在图书馆的柜台上，馆员将它登记收回。 Conversely, every librarian who engages in tool creation to any degree improves the state of librarianship for all of us. 相反，每一个不管以何种程度参与创造工具的图书馆员都为我们所有人提升了图书馆事业的状态。 I am a librarian too. 我也是一名图书馆员。 —————————————— steam 蒸汽 steam vt. 蒸，散发；用蒸汽处理 n. 蒸汽；精力 vi. 蒸，冒水汽 adj. 蒸汽的 Steam and hot water erupt from geysers. 从间歇泉中喷出蒸汽和热水。 We should let the steam off the boiler. 我们应该放掉锅炉里的蒸气。 The pressure of steam in the engine is controlled by this button. 发动机中蒸汽的压力由这个按钮控制。 —————————————— wrinkle 皱纹 wrinkle n. 皱纹 vi. 起皱 vt. 使起皱纹 His brow has acquired its first wrinkle. 他的额头已出现第一条皱纹。 Imagine a tub of frozen yoghurt, not a single line or wrinkle. 想象一下一桶没有一条线或皱纹的冻酸奶吧。 When skin is dry, says Narins, every wrinkle is accentuated, making you look older. 如果皮肤是干性的，她说，每个皱纹都会很显眼，让你显得更老。 —————————————— historic 历史 historic adj. 有历史意义的；历史上著名的 We are living in a great historic era. 我们正处在一个伟大的历史时代。 The invaders gutted the historic building. 侵略者们将那幢历史上有名的建筑洗劫一空。 The US and Europe need to welcome this historic shift. 美国和欧洲必须欢迎这个历史转变。 —————————————— breed 品种 breed vi. 繁殖；饲养；产生 vt. 繁殖；饲养；养育，教育；引起 n. [生物] 品种；种类，类型 n. (Breed)人名；(英)布里德 Bacteria will not breed in alcohol. 细菌在酒精里不会繁殖。 A strong breed emerged. 一个优良品种形成了。 Ideally, you could go online, pick out what breed you want, and it would come to your door with a red bow on it. 最理想地是，你可以在网上挑选你想饲养的宠物，它会带着一个红色的蝴蝶结来到你的门前。 —————————————— housewife 家庭主妇 housewife n. 家庭主妇 She was a housewife of experience. 她是一个有经验的主妇。 The housewife plied us with cakes. 主妇再三让我们吃蛋糕。 As a housewife, she has to do almost all the housework. 作为家庭主妇，她几乎做了全部家务。 —————————————— nucleus 核 nucleus n. 核，核心；原子核 We have a helium nucleus and one electron. 我们有一个氦核和一个电子。 But the second factor is how far away we are from the nucleus. 但还有第二个因素,那就是我们离原子核有多远。 Because we know as we go to infinity, even though the density gets smaller and smaller and smaller, we still have electron density very far away from the nucleus. 因为我们知道即使到了无穷远处，尽管电子密度会变得非常非常非常小，但我们仍然有一定的电子密度，无论离原子核多远。 —————————————— artificial 人工 artificial adj. 人造的；仿造的；虚伪的；非原产地的；武断的 When Jack nearly drowned, they brought him to by artificial respiration. 当杰克快淹死时，他们用人工呼吸使他恢复知觉。 But when he had gone the brief round of her he returned discouraged by the thought that all this frankness and innocence were only an artificial product. 然而对她进行一番解剖之后，他重又变得气馁起来，因为他想到，所有这些坦率与天真只不过是人为的产物。 Making robots that have to survive in real bodies, day to day on their own, is the only way to find artificial intelligence, or real intelligence. 制造一个能在真正的肉体里生存的，日复一日靠它自己的机器人，才是找到人工智能或者真正智能的唯一途径。 —————————————— conscious 有意识的 conscious adj. 意识到的；故意的；神志清醒的 Except for the difference that he is conscious, and that is why he is absurd. 但是不同的是，他是有意识的，这是他为什么荒谬的原因。 To do that, they need her to be conscious and responsive through the beginning of the operation process. 要做到这些，他们需要她在手术开始到结束的过程中保持神志清醒并能做出应答。 But some research suggests that denial might have a conscious component — on some level, you might choose to be in denial. 但是一些研究表明，否认可能包含有意识的成分——在某种程度上，你能够选择处于否认状态。 —————————————— habit 习惯 habit n. 习惯，习性；嗜好 vt. 使穿衣 He has no habit of smoking. 他没有吸烟的嗜好。 The habit carries over from my childhood. 这个习惯是从我的童年时代保留下来的。 The man is always poking about in the office, and that is a bad habit. 这个人经常在办公室打听别人的事，那是一种坏习惯。 —————————————— partial 部分 partial adj. 局部的；偏爱的；不公平的 It has only partial derivatives for each variable. 它只有关于每个变量的偏导数。 Now, add to this all the permutations of getting partial attributes from each entity. 现在，将所有这些添加到从每个实体获取部分属性的排列中。 But this is only a partial explanation, as I argue in my book. 但是这仅仅是一个有偏见的解释，就如我在书中所言。 —————————————— foam 泡沫 foam n. 泡沫；水沫；灭火泡沫 vi. 起泡沫；吐白沫；起着泡沫流动 vt. 使起泡沫；使成泡沫状物 The goblet was mantling with foam. 这个高脚杯盖满了泡沫。 A little while, and my longing shall gather dust and foam for another body. 再过一会儿，我的愿望就要为另一个躯体聚集微尘与泡沫。 The foam of it covered her lashes and brows and, with her red hair, for a minute she looked like a demented Queen Elizabeth. 泡沫盖在她的眼睫毛和眉毛上，加上她那头红发，看上去立刻像精神错乱的伊丽莎白女王。 —————————————— resent 怨恨 resent vt. 怨恨；愤恨；厌恶 Is there an area in your marriage where you are being tempted to resent your mate? 在你的婚姻当中是否有块区域时常令你陷入对配偶的怨恨？ They resent that women control the satisfaction of their desires and that women are fickle. 他们怨恨的是女人控制了对他们欲望的满足以及女人的多变。 If they are negative, or untested, they might resent you keeping it to yourself, adding unnecessary worry about any risk of infection they might have been in. 如果对方是阴性的或者还没有检测，他们也许会怨恨你保守这个秘密，使他们陷于潜在的感染风险而担惊受怕。 —————————————— graduate 研究生 graduate vt. 授予…学位；分等级；标上刻度 vi. 毕业；渐变 n. 研究生；毕业生 adj. 毕业的；研究生的 And you graduate after this term? 你将要在这学期后毕业是吗？ He needs three more credits to graduate. 他需要再修3个学分才能毕业。 I'd go for that job if I were a graduate. 如果我是个毕业生，我会设法获得那个职位。 —————————————— gratitude 感激之情 gratitude n. 感谢（的心情）；感激 I cherish for you the liveliest feeling of affection and gratitude. 我对你怀有最强烈的爱和感激之情。 To my father I dedicate this volume in token of affection and gratitude. 我谨以此书献给我的父亲， 以表示对他的爱戴和感激之情。 To my teacher I dedicate this dictionary in token of affection and gratitude. 我谨以此词典献给我的老师，以表示对他的爱戴和感激之情。 —————————————— concede 承认 concede vt. 承认；退让；给予，容许 vi. 让步 I concede! 我让步！ I concede that they may be hard to detect in the beginning, but like a concave bowl, with everything gathered together in the middle that you can only understand when you come out. 我承认，人们开始可能很难察觉，然而它们就像一只凹形的碗一样，所有的东西都集中在中间，你只有出来的时候才能了解。 Burton says that using the essays as part of an application would be fraudulent and that he discourages it, but both men concede it's a possibility. 波顿说使用这些论文作为申请的一部分是欺骗性的，他并不鼓励这一点，但这两位均承认存在这种可能性。 —————————————— insist 坚持 insist vt. 坚持，强调 vi. 坚持，强调 I insist that you go with me. 我坚持要你跟我一起去。 We can insist all we like that what happens in the presence of closed timelike curves be consistent. 我们可以坚持凭喜好认为，在封闭的时间型曲线中所出现的情况都是一致的。 So long as we insist on teaching all students the same subjects in the same way, progress will be incremental. 只要我们坚持用同一种方法对所有的学生教授同样的学科，就会慢慢地有进步。 —————————————— prize 奖 prize n. 奖品；奖赏；战利品 vt. 珍视；捕获；估价 adj. 获奖的 They coped with each other for the prize. 他们为了获得奖品而相互竞争。 Well he won the prize, but I made him sweat for it. 对，是他得胜获了奖，可我让他为此费了很大的劲。 He was awarded the Nobel Prize for achievements in physiology. 他因生理学方面的建树而被授予诺贝尔奖。 —————————————— fuel 燃料 fuel vi. 得到燃料 vt. 供以燃料，加燃料 n. 燃料；刺激因素 We must economize on fuel. 我们必须节约燃料。 The wood must be split up for fuel. 必须把这块木头劈开作燃料。 Many small plants in that country closed down for lack of fuel. 由于燃料不足， 那个国家很多小厂都关闭了。 —————————————— orchestra 管弦乐队 orchestra n. 管弦乐队；乐队演奏处 He directed an orchestra. 他指挥一个管弦乐队。 She conducted an orchestra of forty instruments. 她在一个拥有40种乐器的管弦乐队里当指挥。 The London Symphony Orchestra broadcasts every Sunday on London Station. 伦敦交响乐团每星期日都在伦敦电台演出节目。 —————————————— proceed 继续进行 proceed vi. 开始；继续进行；发生；行进 This technique encourages users to actually try out the service and proceed directly with using the service after registration. 这项技术鼓励用户实际地使用所提供的服务以及在注册后直接着手使用服务。 They need this to make a decision on which projects should proceed, which ones are in trouble, which ones are over or under budget. 他们需要这个能力来决定哪些项目可以继续进行下去，哪些出了麻烦，哪些在预算之内，哪些超出预算。 It will be hard to overcome decades of mistrust, but we will proceed with courage, rectitude and resolve. 要克服几十年的猜疑和不信任是困难的，但我们将凭借勇气、正直和决心继续前行。 —————————————— estimate 估计 estimate vi. 估计，估价 n. 估计，估价；判断，看法 vt. 估计，估量；判断，评价 I estimate the damage at 8000 yuan. 我估计那项损失达8000元。 You had better countercheck that last estimate. 你最好复核一下上次的估价。 The committee lacked a correct estimate of his ability. 委员会对他的能力缺乏正确的评价。 —————————————— total 总 total adj. 全部的；完全的；整个的 vt. 总数达 vi. 合计 n. 总数，合计 n. (Total)人名；(法、德)托塔尔 We have tallied up the total of the account. 我们已经算出了账目的总数。 They want to quintuple the total sales of their shop. 他们想使商店的销售总额增加至五倍。 When you add up the money at the bottom of the page, carry the total over onto the next page. 你在这页的底端加上银钱的总数以后，要把这个总数转入下一页。 —————————————— tolerate 容忍 tolerate vt. 忍受；默许；宽恕 We can't tolerate his mistakes. 我们不能容忍他的错误。 I can't tolerate that rude fellow. 我不能容忍那个粗鲁的家伙。 I can not tolerate to suffer the loss of 1% of the profit. 我不能容忍把百分之一的利润损失掉。 —————————————— flame 火焰 flame n. 火焰；热情；光辉 v. 焚烧；泛红 n. (Flame)人名；(法)弗拉姆；(西)弗拉梅 A volcano spouts flame and lava. 火山喷出火焰和岩浆。 The moon began to show her silver flame. 月儿开始发出银色的光辉。 The hillsides in June flame with azaleas. 六月的山坡一片杜鹃花红似火焰。 —————————————— adverse 不良 adverse adj. 不利的；相反的；敌对的（名词adverseness，副词adversely） My sister's taste in dresses is adverse to my own. 我妹妹的服饰审美观完全与我相反。 Currently, discrimination because of sex is defined as adverse action against another person, which would not have occurred had the person been of another sex. 如今，性别歧视被定义为做出对另一性别的人的反对行为，如果那个人是相反的性别就不会发生这种歧视了。 It points out that "as with all medicines, rare adverse reactions may only be detected once the vaccines are used in large numbers of people". 也指出，“和所有其它的药一样，只有当疫苗大范围的人群中使用之后，少有的不良反应才可能会发现”。 —————————————— bizarre 奇怪的 bizarre adj. 奇异的（指态度，容貌，款式等） The building was of bizarre construction. 这建筑构造奇异。 This is our first bizarre facts list of 2010. I hope you enjoy the facts. 这是在2010年我们推出的第一份怪异真相列表，我希望你们能喜欢。 This is bizarre, because there's really no good reason for it to do that, but this has been true from the beginning and some programs depend on that. 这是很奇怪的，因为实际上并不存在这样做的很好理由，但是它从一开始就是这样，并且有些程序还依赖这个特性。 —————————————— deprive 剥夺 deprive vt. 使丧失，剥夺 If you deprive them of education, the nation cannot progress. 如果剥夺了她们受教育的权利，国家就不能进步。 Bestow on an individual the useless and deprive him of the necessary, and you have the gamin. 你把一些无用的东西送给一个人，又从他身上把必需的东西剥夺掉，你便有了一个野孩。 People love to read stories, and there’s only one you in this world, so don’t deprive them of yours! 人们很喜欢看故事。 因为你是世界上独一无二的，所以你不应该剥夺人们了解你的权利。 —————————————— mould 模具 mould vi. 发霉 vt. 浇铸；用泥土覆盖 n. 模具；霉 n. (Mould)人名；(英)莫尔德 Clothes mould in wet weather. 天气潮湿时衣服会发霉。 These huge presses mould the car bodies. 这些巨大的压床模压出汽车车身。 Such oil can contain carcinogens and toxic mould. 这种油可能包含致癌物和有毒的霉。 —————————————— legal 法律 legal adj. 法律的；合法的；法定的；依照法律的 n. (Legal)人名；(法)勒加尔 We engage you as a legal adviser. 我们聘请你当法律顾问。 Gambling is legal in some countries. 在某些国家里赌钱是合法的。 The court constituted him legal guardian of the child. 法庭指定他为这个孩子的合法监护人。 —————————————— grace 格蕾丝 grace n. 优雅；恩惠；魅力；慈悲 vt. 使优美 n. (Grace)人名；(英)格雷斯，格雷丝 (女名)；(法)格拉斯 We all need grace in our lives. 在生活中我们都需要慈悲。 And she did so with grace and perfection! 而她做的非常优雅和完美！ The priest always preaches on grace to a large congregation. 牧师经常向广大会众讲关于恩典的道理。 —————————————— diploma 文凭 diploma n. 毕业证书，学位证书；公文，文书；奖状 vt. 发给…毕业文凭 The master diplomaed him a high school diploma. 校长发给他中学毕业证书。 If you have a lot of knowledge and practical experience in your field but no diploma to show for it, life experience credits may give you some of the recognition you deserve. 你知识渊博，在你的专业领域有很多的实践经验，但是这些不能通过证书来反映。 生活经历学分会带给你一些你应得的荣誉。 One of my aims when setting out on the diploma was to give my PR work a decent theoretical grounding, in the same way as I have with my marketing work. 我在开始学这个文凭时的其中一个目的是，为我的公共关系工作提供一个像样的理论基础，正如我对营销工作所做的一样。 —————————————— category 类别 category n. 种类，分类；[数] 范畴 In this post, I want to talk about the Content category. 在这篇文章中，我将要讨论的是“内容”这个类别。 This also grants read, edit, or delete access to each taxonomy and category that you have read, edit, or delete access to. 这还授予对您已具有读取、编辑或删除访问权的每种分类法和类别的读取、编辑或删除访问权。 However, there are others in this category that are not discussed here. 然而，在这个分类中仍然有其它没有被讨论的。 —————————————— territory 领土 territory n. 领土，领域；范围；地域；版图 Talks have broken down over the disputed territory. 对有争议的领土问题的谈判破裂了 。 They annexed the conquered territory to their country. 他们把战争中取得的领土并入版图。 The two sides continued to dispute the ownership of the territory. 双方继续争夺那片领土的所有权。 —————————————— tidy 整洁 tidy adj. 整齐的；相当大的 vt. 整理；收拾；弄整齐 vi. 整理；收拾 n. 椅子的背罩 n. (Tidy)人名；(英)泰迪 Please tidy away before you leave. 请你离开之前把一切整理好. Tidy the room up before the guests arrive. 客人来之前把这间屋子整理整理。 The room is small， but it's kept quite tidy. 屋子不大， 收拾得倒还干净。 —————————————— charm 魅力 charm n. 魅力，吸引力；魔力 vt. 使陶醉；行魔法 vi. 有魔力；用符咒 The skirt lends charm to her. 这条裙子使她增添了魅力。 He could resist her charm no longer. 他再也抗拒不住她的魅力。 Her fans were stormed by her performance and her charm. 她的表演和魅力使她的狂热爱好者倾倒。 —————————————— guarantee 保证 guarantee n. 保证；担保；保证人；保证书；抵押品 vt. 保证；担保 Unity is the guarantee of victory. 团结是胜利的保证。 The makers guarantee this special glass against breakage! 制造商保证这种特制玻璃不会打碎。 Simply making steel stronger does not necessarily guarantee freedom from laminar tearing. 仅仅增加钢强度并不能保证不发生片状撕裂。 —————————————— poke 戳 poke vi. 刺，捅；戳；伸出；刺探；闲荡 vt. 刺，捅；戳；拨开 n. 戳；刺；袋子；懒汉 Be careful not to poke someone in the eye with your umbrella. 注意别把伞戳着别人的眼睛。 I poke her in the stomach and she curls up like a hedgehog, giggling. 我用手戳她的胃，她就像只刺猬那样卷起来，咯咯咯的傻笑。 She startled one of the masked performers with a poke to the head because she was "curious" what it would feel like. 她对一个头上刺着锥子的蒙面怪物感到很是惊讶，因为她很“好奇”那名演员到底是怎么打扮成那副模样的。 —————————————— inferior 劣质 inferior adj. 差的；自卑的；下级的，下等的 n. 下级；次品 She swore by her inferior sherry to me. 她极力向我推荐她的劣质雪利酒。 During this serious period, the superior asked the inferior a series of questions about the supermarket. 在这段严肃时间内,上级问了下级一连串有关超级市场的问题。 He will not do so for long, for mercifully the public has the good sense not to buy the inferior article more than once. 他这样做的时间不会很长，因为庆幸的是，公众有良好的判断力，不会一而再地去购买劣质商品。 —————————————— nitrogen 氮 nitrogen n. [化学] 氮 Well, we know nitrogen has what? 对于氮气我们知道什么？ Nitrogen is one of the byproducts. 氮就是其中的一个副产品。 The plant requires nitrogen in order to make proteins. 植物需要氮以便制造蛋白质。 —————————————— executive 执行 executive adj. 行政的；经营的；执行的，经营管理的 n. 总经理；执行委员会；执行者；经理主管人员 Some of the executive staff were eased out to cut down expenses. 为了削减开支，有些行政人员被辞退了。 The President of the United States is the executive head of the government. 美国总统是政府的行政首脑。 His executive position entitled him to certain courtesies rarely accorded others. 他的行政职务使他享有某种极少给予别人的礼遇。 —————————————— find 找到 find vt. 查找，找到；发现；认为；感到；获得 vi. 裁决 n. 发现 n. (Find)人名；(丹)芬 Muster all the students you can find. 把能找到的学生都集合起来。 He jumbled up everything in the drawer to find his key. 他为了找到他的钥匙把整个抽屉都翻乱了。 The student left the university to go out into the world and find himself. 这个学生离开了大学进入社会去发现自己的才能所在。 —————————————— flight 飞行 flight n. 飞行；班机；逃走 vt. 射击；使惊飞 vi. 迁徙 n. (Flight)人名；(英)弗莱特 He flunked out of flight training. 他因不及格而退出飞行训练。 She booked me down for next flight. 她已为我登记坐下一个航班。 The rocket flight had to be aborted because of difficulties with computer. 因电脑出故障，这次火箭飞行只好中辍。 —————————————— specific 具体的 specific adj. 特殊的，特定的；明确的；详细的；[药] 具有特效的 n. 特性；细节；特效药 Some specific problems have yet to be solved. 还有一些具体问题要解决。 We should make a concrete analysis of each specific question. 对于每个具体问题要进行具体分析。 We should make decisions in accordance with specific conditions. 我们应当根据具体情况做出决定。 —————————————— amateur 业余 amateur n. 爱好者；业余爱好者；外行 adj. 业余的；外行的 He's no amateur in farming. 种庄稼他可不外行。 Only the baby video seems to be an amateur one. 只有这个婴儿的视频似乎是一个业余的。 A fellow journalist once told me that if you are not writing every day, then you are an amateur. 一个同行的记者曾经告诉我，如果你不每天写写，那么你是一个业余爱好者。 —————————————— interval 时间间隔 interval n. 间隔；间距；幕间休息 Or you could specify an interval that repeats weekly, with the days for Saturday and Sunday not selected. 或者，您可以指定一个每周重复的间隔，其中不选择星期六和星期日。 In both of these functions, if you want to wait for a finite time, you can specify the time interval in the second parameter. 在这两个函数中，如果您想等待有限的一段时间，则可以在第二个参数中指定时间间隔。 These allow you to quickly see where time is spent, as well as correlate transaction throughput and statement throughput over the time interval. 这些能让您快速看到时间花费在哪里，以及随着时间间隔，相关事务和语句的吞吐量。 —————————————— unity 团结 unity n. 团结；一致；联合；个体 n. (Unity)人名；(英)尤妮蒂 We want unity, not division. 我们要团结，不要分裂。 Unity is the guarantee of victory. 团结是胜利的保证。 A unity invariably tends to break up into different parts. 统一体总要分解为不同部分的。 —————————————— forget 忘记 forget vt. 忘记；忽略 vi. 忘记 n. (Forget)人名；(法)福尔热 I'll never forget your kindness. 我永远不会忘记您的好处。 In case I forget, please remind me about it. 我要忘了就请提醒我一下。 In case I forget, please remind me of my promise. 假如我忘记了， 请提醒一下我的诺言。 —————————————— litter 垃圾 litter n. 垃圾；轿，担架；一窝（动物的幼崽）；凌乱 vt. 乱丢；给…垫褥草；把…弄得乱七八糟 vi. 产仔；乱扔废弃物 n. (Litter)人名；(匈、德)利特 Don't litter the ground with paper. 勿随地乱扔纸屑。 Don't litter the place with wastepaper. 不要乱扔废纸。 I hate people who litter in the forest. 我讨厌那些在森林里乱扔垃圾的人。 —————————————— await 等待 await vt. 等候，等待；期待 We await your command. 我们等待你的口令。 We await your decision.; We are expecting you to make a decision. 我们期待你作出决定。 A voice asks whether she is prepared to endure cold, hunger, mockery, prison and death, all of which await her on the other side. 一个声音询问她是否为忍受寒冷、饥饿、嘲笑、牢狱和死亡准备好了，所有的一切都在她的对面等待她。 —————————————— hope 希望 hope n. 希望；期望；信心 vt. 希望；期望 vi. 希望；期待；信赖 n. (Hope)人名；(印)霍普；(法)奥普；(西)奥佩 I hope this coffee may sober him up. 我希望这杯咖啡能使他醒醒酒。 The star seemed to twinkle hope to us. 这颗星星似乎向我们闪烁希望。 He abandoned all hope. 他放弃一切希望。 —————————————— sack 袋 sack n. 麻布袋；洗劫 vt. 解雇；把……装入袋；劫掠 n. (Sack)人名；(英、法、葡、瑞典)萨克；(德)扎克 The chicken pecked a hole in the sack. 小鸡在布袋上啄了一个洞。 Don't stuff the sack too full or it'll burst. 别装得太多， 把口袋撑破了。 This sack of potatoes weighs a hundred jin at most. 这袋土豆也就一百斤。 —————————————— branch 分支 branch vt. 分支；出现分歧 vi. 分支；出现分歧 n. 树枝，分枝；分部；支流 n. (Branch)人名；(英)布兰奇 He rived a branch away from the tree. 他从这棵树上扯下一根树枝。 They have decided to close that branch down. 他们决定把那个分公司关了。 His speciality was psychology -- one important branch on the great tree of knowledge. 他的专业是心理学，这是知识之树上的一个重要分枝。 —————————————— but 但 but conj. 但是；而是；然而 adv. 仅仅，只 prep. 除…以外 n. (But)人名；(俄、罗)布特；(越)笔 I may go there, but that depends. 我可能去， 但那要看情况而定。 But I did tell you about the examination! 但我确实告诉过你有关考试的事。 I approached him, but he motioned me away. 我走近他，但他挥手叫我走开。 —————————————— acid 酸 acid n. 酸；<俚>迷幻药 adj. 酸的；讽刺的；刻薄的 Battery acid had eroded the engine. 电池酸腐蚀了发动机。 Roses will not root in such acid soil. 玫瑰在这种酸性土壤中不会生根。 Does that metal pit after contact with acid? 那种金属同酸接触后是否会起凹点? —————————————— false 假 false adj. 错误的；虚伪的；伪造的 adv. 欺诈地 The rumour proved to be false. 这个谣言传到最终是假的 She blasted away at his false idealism. 她猛烈抨击他的虚伪的理想主义。 But false hope is worse than no hope at all. 但是，虚假的希望比压根没有希望更糟糕。 —————————————— no 没有 no adv. 不 adj. 没有；不是 n. 不；否决票 abbr. 数字（number）；元素锘（nobelium）的符号 n. (No)人名；(柬)诺；(越)努 No one understands me. 没有人能谅解我。 He shot all his bullets, but no one hit. 他射出了所有的子弹却没有一发命中。 No, you must go. 你不去可不成。 —————————————— tissue 组织 tissue n. 组织；纸巾；薄纱；一套 vt. 饰以薄纱；用化妆纸揩去 The blood feeds the body tissue. 血液滋养着机体组织。 The tissue affected by edema will usually pit. 受浮肿影响的组织常在按后起凹陷。 They do this by “digesting” or breaking down the damaged tissue. 它们通过“消化”或分解受损组织达到这样的效果。 —————————————— classic 经典 classic adj. 经典的；古典的，传统的；最优秀的 n. 名著；经典著作；大艺术家 The classic example is that of event messages. 这种用例的经典示例是事件消息。 As part of one classic test, you watch letters flashed on a computer screen. 作为经典测试的一部分，你会看到一些字母在电脑屏幕上闪现。 This is a classic example of how a top-down scripting problem can be solved, but in the next section you change your approach completely and think in terms of objects. 这是如何解决自顶向下的脚本问题的经典示例，但是在下一个部分中，您将完全改变这种方法，并从对象的角度考虑问题。 —————————————— enhance 增强 enhance vt. 提高；加强；增加 How might you enhance the structure? 您会如何增强这个结构呢？ The computer can enhance the quality of photographs transmitted from space. 计算机可增强从太空发回的照片的质量。 [参见 computer-enhanced] The developers should not fear about the learning curve as it would enhance their knowledge. 开发者不应该惧怕学习曲线，因为它将增强他们的知识。 —————————————— grab 抓住 grab vt. 攫取；霸占；将…深深吸引 vi. 攫取；夺取 n. 攫取；霸占；夺取之物 If, however, you do want to grab their attention, do those things. 但是，如果你要抓住他们的注意力，上面说的事情可以做。 Grab one of these five popular startup managers and beat back the startup clutter. 抓住这五种流行的启动项管理器其中的一款，“反击”启动混乱。 For testing, you should grab a database dump of your production environment from a certain point in time so that you have something to test with. 为了测试，您应该从您的生产环境的某个时点抓取一个数据库转储，以便您拥有可以测试的数据。 —————————————— batch 批处理 batch n. 一批；一炉；一次所制之量 vt. 分批处理 n. (Batch)人名；(英)巴奇 Normally I see this in batch or static packages. 我通常会在批量或静态包中看到此情形。 While we are at it, notice that the prior servers probably do the wrong thing in that they feed each new batch of records only to one client. 在我们这样做的时候，请注意以前的服务器可能会犯错误，因为它们只向一个客户机提供每批新记录。 These allow you to perform batch creation and absorption of fragments. 这些可以让您执行一批创建和片断吸收操作。 —————————————— conviction 信念 conviction n. 定罪；确信；证明有罪；确信，坚定的信仰 This spark is the strength of conviction. 这个火花就是信念的力量。 Every other week, we broadcast our series "This I Believe" and invite you to send in your own essay about personal conviction. 每隔一周，我们播出系列节目“这是我的信念， ”并邀请您发表自己的散文，分享您的个人信念。 What grew chiefly upon me, rather, was the conviction that only those who are trustworthy know how to trust. 在我心中慢慢地成长起来的，主要的倒是这样的信念：只有可信任的人才会信任人。 —————————————— hat 帽子 hat n. 帽子 vt. 给……戴上帽子 vi. 供应帽子；制造帽子 n. (Hat)人名；(中)核(广东话·威妥玛) He charged me ten something for the hat. 他用十几块钱换了我那顶帽子。 She held up her hat to me, and I winked at her. 她向我抬了抬她的帽子，我则向她眨了眨眼。 My hat is upstairs, could you carry it down for me? 我的帽子在楼上，请你替我把它拿下来，好吗? —————————————— tuition 学费 tuition n. 学费；讲授 I have no income and I have to pay my tuition. 我没有收入，还得付学费。 我是穷人里面最穷的。 But before you can even pay the tuition, you have to get in. 然而即使你能付得起学费，你必须要先入园才行。 So an applicant from China or another country could have an edge if he or she can pay full tuition. 因此，来自中国或是其它国家的申请将因能够支付全额学费而有一定的优势。 —————————————— big 大 big adj. 大的；重要的；量大的 adv. 大量地；顺利；夸大地 n. (Big)人名；(土)比格 My big luggage could stow all of your clothes. 我的大旅行箱能装下你所有的衣服。 I believe that big profits will result therefrom. 我相信从那里将会产生很大利润。 We now have a big house of which we could not have dreamed years ago. 我们现有的一座大房子是我们多年前没能想像得到的。 —————————————— highway 高速公路 highway n. 公路，大路；捷径 He barreled along the highway. 他沿公路高速行驶。 His car breezed along the highway. 他的汽车沿公路疾驶。 I saw his white car rolling along the highway. 我看见他的白色汽车沿公路驶去。 —————————————— else 其他的 else adv. 其他；否则；另外 adj. 别的；其他的 n. (Else)人名；(英)埃尔斯；(德)埃尔泽；(芬、丹)埃尔塞 But what about everything else? 但对于其它的一切呢？ He prized it beyond everything else. 他爱惜这件东西胜过其他一切。 Where else can I go? 我还能去别的什么地方吗? —————————————— sketch 草图 sketch n. 素描；略图；梗概 vt. 画素描或速写 vi. 画素描或速写 n. (Sketch)人名；(英)斯凯奇 He squiggled a sketch on the ground. 他在地上胡乱地画了个草图。 The rough sketch has been blocked in. 略图已拟就。 So, let me sketch for you two basic positions on this question. 那么，让我给你们两个对于这个问题基本的态度的草图。 —————————————— stretch 拉伸 stretch vt. 伸展,张开；（大量地）使用，消耗（金钱，时间）；使竭尽所能；使全力以赴； vi. 伸展；足够买（或支付） n. 伸展，延伸 n. (Stretch)人名；(英)斯特雷奇 Vast meadows stretch to the east. 辽阔的草场向东伸展。 He got up with a stretch and a yawn. 他站起来伸伸懒腰， 打个呵欠。 With a sudden stretch, John took Tom's cap. 约翰突然一伸手， 拿走了汤姆的帽子。 —————————————— mercy 怜悯 mercy n. 仁慈，宽容；怜悯；幸运；善行 n. (Mercy)人名；(英)默西，默茜(女名)；(法)梅西 They were treated with mercy. 他们受到仁慈的待遇。 We will not pity nor spare, nor have mercy to the enemy. 对敌人我们不会同情，不会宽恕，也不会发慈悲。 But my faithfulness and my mercy [shall be] with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. 只是我的信实，和我的慈爱，要与他同在。因我的名，他的角必被高举。 —————————————— consent 同意 consent vi. 同意；赞成；答应 n. 同意；（意见等的）一致；赞成 n. (Consent)人名；(法)孔桑 I ought first to have asked your consent. 我本应该首先征得你的同意。 He threw me a smile that telegraphed consent. 他朝我微笑，流露出同意的神情。 He misinterpreted her silence as giving consent. 他把她的沉默误认为是同意。 —————————————— come 来 come vi. 来；开始；出现；发生；变成；到达 vt. 做；假装；将满（…岁） int. 嗨！ n. (Come)人名；(英)科姆；(阿尔巴)乔梅 Why did you come so early this morning? 今天早晨你为什么来得这么早? He would have come if you had phoned him. 要是你给他去了电话，他会来的。 You should come or send a representative at least. 你应该来，或者说，至少派一位代表来。 —————————————— bother 麻烦 bother vt. 烦扰，打扰；使……不安；使……恼怒 vi. 操心，麻烦；烦恼 n. 麻烦；烦恼 He didn't bother her with the details. 他没有用琐碎的细节来打扰她。(或：他没让她为细节问题操心。) I can't bother her with my little affairs. 我不能为我的这些琐碎事去麻烦她。 I have enough to contend with; don't bother me with your problems. 我的事都应付不过来了，别再拿你的事麻烦我了。 —————————————— stereo 立体声 stereo n. 立体声；立体声系统；铅版；立体照片 adj. 立体的；立体声的；立体感觉的 His stereo is earthed. 他的立体声收录机接地了。 Obviously, there’s not much sense of stereo-channel separation unless you have a very skinny head. 很明显，除非你有一个皮包骨的脑袋，通道分离的立体声没有太大的意义。 If you put this image into a stereo viewer, you can pick out the 3D atomic structure; for anything more complex than this, we need a different way to visualize what is going on. 如果您将这个图像放到立体图像查看器中，您可以分辨出 3D 原子结构；对于更加复杂的结构，我们需要采用不同的方式来可视化它们。 —————————————— eye 眼睛 eye n. 眼睛；视力；眼光；见解，观点 vt. 注视，看 n. (Eye)人名；(德)艾厄；(英)艾 He blacked her eye with that one punch. 他用那一猛拳把她的眼眶打得发青。 Every eye at the conference was focused on the rostrum. 代表们的眼光都集注在大会主席台上。 If you can hit him on his eye he will strike out wildly,which would exhaust his strength. 如果你能击中他的眼睛，他就会凶猛地进行反扑，这样就会耗尽他的体力。 —————————————— rotary 旋转 rotary adj. 旋转的，转动的；轮流的 n. 旋转式机器；[动力] 转缸式发动机 The rotary chair is used to assess middle ear injury of soldiers who may have experienced a concussion. 这是一张旋转椅，可以用来评估战场上遭受震荡而中耳损伤的士兵情况。 As a result, bacteria have developed a unique way of swimming: using tiny rotary motors called flagella, which resemble corkscrews. 结果细菌进化出独特的游泳方式：使用叫做鞭毛的像螺旋开瓶器的微型旋转马达。 This event was sponsored by Rotary International. 此次活动得到了扶轮国际的赞助。 —————————————— exposition 博览会 exposition n. 博览会；阐述；展览会 Do it quickly, or else we will miss the Electronics Exposition next month. 要弄快点，否则我们就要错过下个月的电子设备展览会了。 The forearm and torch of the Statue of Liberty on display at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, 1876. 1876年，在费城的百年纪念博览会，自由女神的前臂和火炬进行展示。 In this winter, your smile and some words are enough to enable passion of the Exposition warm our campus and our city. 在这个冬天，你的一个微笑，你的一些话语，足以让世博会的热情温暖我们的校园、我们的城市。 —————————————— accumulate 积累 accumulate vi. 累积；积聚 vt. 积攒 What is the moral of this fable? If you want to accumulate enduring wealth, do not lend to grasshoppers. 这则故事的寓意是什么？如果你希望积累长久的财富，就不要借钱给蚱蜢。 It is the business of the scientist to accumulate knowledge about the universe and all that is in it, and to find, if he is able, common factors which underlie and account for the facts that he knows. 科学家要做的事就是积累有关宇宙和宇宙中的一切事物的知识, 而且要是可能的话, 找出那些既能构成科学家所知事实的基础, 又能解释这些事实的共同因素。 Be sure to work with your DBA to ensure you accumulate statistics at the appropriate time, especially in a production environment. 一定要与您的 DBA 一起工作以确保在适当的时候积累统计信息，尤其是在生产环境中。 —————————————— chest 胸部 chest n. 胸，胸部；衣柜；箱子；金库 She snuggled up to his chest. 她偎依在他的胸前。 She plimmed her chest towards them. 她向他们挺起她的胸脯。 Help me lift the chest up on the table. 帮我把这个箱子搭到桌子上。 —————————————— muscle 肌肉 muscle n. 肌肉；力量 vt. 加强；使劲搬动；使劲挤出 vi. 使劲行进 He strained his muscle in the match. 他在那次比赛中拉伤了肌肉。 His muscle did not relax in the least. 他的肌肉一点也没放松。 The dancing lessons will muscle my legs. 跳舞课会使我的腿部肌肉发达。 —————————————— similarly 类似的 similarly adv. 同样地；类似于 Similarly, lawyers parcel out work based on who does that best. 同样，律师按各人所长分派工作。 If so, then it seems we similarly have no justification in thinking that the world we experience is the real world. 如果这样，那么似乎我们同样没有很好的理由认为我们经历的世界是现实世界。 Similarly, with happiness, I get an abundance of confidence in my skills and in my resilience towards temporary failures to achieve success. 同样地，拥有幸福，我从我的技能和对暂时失败的恢复力中得到了许多自信来实现成功。 —————————————— psychological 心理 psychological adj. 心理的；心理学的；精神上的 Since I have no psychological training my job is to get that person off the bridge as quickly as possible. 不过因为我没有接受过心理训练，我的任务就是尽快把想自杀的人从桥上弄下来。 In this article I will tell you about psychological curses, how they affect your life and how to prevent others from cursing you. 在文章中，我将会告诉大家一些心理诅咒，它们是如何影响你的生活，以及如何去防范他人诅咒你。 At the next session I suggested that for his psychological well-being he might consider, at least for now, forgoing a relationship with his parents. 在第二次会面中，我建议为了他的心理健康着想，最起码现在这段时间，他可以考虑放弃和他的父母联系。 —————————————— inhibit 抑制 inhibit vt. 抑制；禁止 They then had to inhibit that response and not press the button when a different stimulus appeared on the screen in its place. 然后，当屏幕的相应位置出现不同的刺激物时，他们必须抑制这种反应，而不去按下按钮。 The bacterium can also secrete chemicals that inhibit fungal growth, as well as hormones that stimulate the growth of its host plants. 这种细菌也能够分泌抑制真菌生长的化学物质，同时，它还能产生促进宿主植物生长的激素。 But they also seem to inhibit the development of the fatty plaques that can clog up blood vessels and cause strokes. 然而这种抗体看起来也抑制脂质斑块的形成，脂质斑块可以堵塞血管并导致中风。 —————————————— imitate 模仿 imitate vt. 模仿，仿效；仿造，仿制 People imitate diamonds with crystal. 人们用水晶仿造钻石。 Some parrots can imitate sounds and repeat words and sentences. 有些鹦鹉能模仿（人的）声音， 还能学人说一些单词和句子。 Humpback whales not only sing, they imitate the singing of other whales. 座头鲸不仅仅自己唱，它们还模仿别的鲸的歌声。 —————————————— empire 帝国 empire n. 帝国；帝王统治，君权 n. (Empire)人名；(法)昂皮尔 The empire was barbarizing rapidly. 该帝国迅速变得野蛮起来。 The empire absorbed many small nations. 该帝国吞并了许多小国。 The British Empire flourished in the 19th century. 英帝国在19世纪曾昌盛一时。 —————————————— comedy 喜剧 comedy n. 喜剧；喜剧性；有趣的事情 This ridiculous situation borders upon comedy. 这种可笑的局面近似于喜剧。 He also emphasized that the nominees would not be subdivided, as with the Golden Globes, which are awarded for best drama as well as best comedy or musical. 他同样也强调，提名影片不会像金球奖那样再被细分归类，比如颁发最佳剧情影片，最佳喜剧影片或是最佳音乐剧影片。 How often do you start a tale of fame and fortune, comedy, or tragedy with this phrase? 你会多长时间使用这个词组来开始一个名声和财富，喜剧，或者悲剧的故事？ —————————————— admission 入学 admission n. 承认；入场费；进入许可；坦白；录用 He wept for joy when he received the admission notice. 接到录取通知书的时候他高兴地落下了眼泪。 The admission notice he received from the university rejoiced his mother's heart. 他收到的大学录取通知书使他的母亲心花怒放。 But any admission of systemic flaws might also scare away customers. 但是任何对系统缺陷的承认也会吓跑消费者。 —————————————— bore 生 bore vi. 钻孔 vt. 钻孔；使烦扰 n. 孔；令人讨厌的人 n. (Bore)人名；(法)博尔；(塞、马里)博雷 Heathcliff bore his degradation pretty well at first, because Cathy taught him what she learnt, and worked or played with him in the fields. 起初这孩子还很能忍受他的降级，因为凯蒂把她所学的都教给他，还陪他在地里干活或玩耍。 In this article, I won't bore you with basic decisions, like whether you should test at all, or how you can convince your managers that the testing effort is worthwhile. 在本篇文章中，我不想谈论那些您已经十分熟悉的基本知识，比如是否需要测试或怎样才能说服经理让他认可测试是值得的。 If HIV infected blood remains within the bore (inside) of the needle or in the syringe and someone else then uses it to inject themselves, that blood can be flushed into the bloodstream. 如果有被污染的血液残留在针的内孔或注射器里，然后有人使用它进行毒品注射的话，残留的血液可能会进入血液循环系统中。 —————————————— aviation 航空 aviation n. 航空；飞行术；飞机制造业 No so fast, says Aviation Week. 没有这么快，《航空周刊》说。 International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); 国际民航组织 The center is part of the Army Research, Development and Engineering Command that provides research, development and engineering technology and services for the Army’s aviation and missile platforms. 该中心是美国陆军研究，开发和工程司令部的一部分，该司令部为陆军航空和导弹平台研究提供研究，开发，工程技术和服务。 —————————————— cynical 愤世嫉俗的 cynical adj. 愤世嫉俗的；冷嘲的 You might think she’d be cynical by now. 你也许会认为她现在一定愤世嫉俗。 He was so cynical that he sneered at everything that made life worth living. 他也太玩世不恭了，凡是对人生有意义的事，他一概加以嘲笑。 Using cynical language that would offend the gays and the military alike if it became public, they drafted a memo on how to handle the subject. 使用愤世嫉俗的语言,可能触犯同志、军事一样如果成为公众场合,他们起草了一份备忘录,说明如何处理这个问题。 —————————————— indicate 表明 indicate vt. 表明；指出；预示；象征 The clouds indicate the coming of rain. 云彩预示着即将下雨了。 These and other considerations indicate how easily you can hurt the one you love without intending to do so. 这些及其他要考虑的原因指出，你在无意之中可能多么容易地伤害你爱的人。 You have no way to indicate whether this method should or should not also be available to classes outside the JAR. 您没有办法来表明这个方法是否也应该或不应该对该 JAR 之外的类可用。 —————————————— fourteen 14 fourteen num. 十四；十四个；第十四 n. 十四的记号；十四岁；十四点钟；十五世纪 In the next twenty years it went through fourteen editions. 在后来的二十年里，该书再版了十四次。 When I arrived in Paris fourteen years ago I had only one piece of luggage. I left with 34 pieces of luggage. I still had only one pieces of luggage; my wife’s clothes accounted for the others. 十四年前我到巴黎时，只带着一个箱子，现在我离开时带着34个箱子，我自己仍然只有一个箱子，其它箱子里面都是我太太的衣服。 For a boy of fourteen his own home is the only Paradise. 对于一个十四岁的男孩来说，自己的家就像是个天堂。 —————————————— monthly 每月 monthly adj. 每月的，每月一次的；有效期为一个月的 n. 月刊 adv. 每月，每月一次 The magazine appears monthly. 此杂志按月出版。 He lives mainly on his monthly income. 他主要靠自己的月收入生活。 The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether. 我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。 —————————————— bet 打赌 bet n. 打赌，赌注；被打赌的事物 vt. 打赌；敢断定，确信 vi. 打赌 n. (Bet)人名；(意、以、瑞典、英)贝特 He bet $50 that his horse would win. 他拿50美元打赌，说他的马将会赢。 He bet on that horse. 他把赌注下在那匹马上。 He bet me $200 that his horse would come in first. 他拿200美元与我打赌说他的马会第一个进来。 —————————————— sweep 扫描 sweep vt. 扫除；猛拉；掸去 vi. 扫，打扫；席卷；扫视；袭击 n. 打扫，扫除；范围；全胜 Sweep the room out well. 把这房间好好打扫一下。 Rise at dawn and sweep the courtyard. 黎明即起，洒扫庭除。 Three of us sweep and mop the floor and the remainder clean the window. 我们之中三人扫地拖地板，其余的人擦玻璃。 —————————————— hello 你好 hello int. 喂；哈罗 n. 表示问候， 惊奇或唤起注意时的用语 n. (Hello)人名；(法)埃洛 Hello, who's speaking, please? 喂， 请问你是谁呀? Hello! This is little Li speaking. 喂， 我是小李。 “Hello?” he said. “你好吗？” 他说。 —————————————— upper 上 upper adj. 上面的，上部的；较高的 n. (Upper)人名；(英)厄珀 Can you reach those books on the upper shelf? 你能够到书架上面那一格上的书吗? My brother had gotten the upper hand in their fight, but I was kept standing by if necessary. 我弟弟在这场打斗中已占了上风，可我做好了随时冲上去的准备。 When it breaks this bond, that chlorine atom, a free chlorine atom comes down and reacts, this is ozone, with the ozone in the upper atmosphere. 当它打破这个化学键，氯原子，一个自由的氯原子下来,和在大气层的上方的臭氧反应，这就是臭氧，在大气上层有臭氧。 —————————————— ox 牛 ox n. 牛；公牛 The ox kills well. 那头牛的出肉率很高。 Chicago Ox team equalized two minutes before the end of the match. 芝加哥公牛队在比赛结束前两分钟扳平了比分。 Taking a glance at the stone, you will see that it is just like a crouched ox. 蓦然看去， 这石头像一头卧牛。 —————————————— angel 天使 angel n. 天使；守护神；善人 vt. 出钱支持 n. (Angel)人名；(德、塞、俄、保、瑞典、挪)安格尔；(土)安盖尔；(法、葡)安热尔；(西)安赫尔；(英、罗)安杰尔 I tell you, Billy, she’s an angel. 我对你说，比利，她真是一个天使。 Sometimes, in your life, you meet with people who play the role of healing angel for a while. 有时候，在你的生活中，你会遇到一些人在一段时间内扮演疗愈天使的角色。 She trusted him with her life even though she knew no one would believe her when she told them what the angel said. 即使她知道当她告诉他们这位天使所说的话，也没有人会相信之时，她也会用生命去相信他。 —————————————— nothing 没有什么 nothing neg. 没什么；毫不 n. 无；零；不关紧要之事 adv. 毫不；决不 pron. 无事；无物 int. 什么也没有 He put me down for nothing at all. 他无缘无故地斥责了我一顿。 I owe him nothing. 我不欠他什么。 They checked back among the old files, but could find nothing of this date. 他们在旧档案中查阅，但没能找到这个年代的任何资料。 —————————————— radius 半径 radius n. 半径，半径范围；[解剖] 桡骨；辐射光线；有效航程 n. (Radius)人名；(意、印尼)拉迪乌斯；(英)雷迪厄斯；(法)拉迪于斯 The radiation radius of the radioactive radium radiator in the stadium is variable. 放射性的镭暖气装置的辐射半径在体育场是易变的。 In their model, the radius is the distance from the centre of the animal to its skin. 在他们的模型中，半径是从动物中（重）心到其皮肤的距离。 Simply change the radius to 2000, and you should start to see some results, assuming, of course, that you put some data in the database on the same continent as your location. 只需将半径更改为 2000，您应当便会看到一些结果，当然，要假定您在数据库中相同的地区放置了一些数据作为您的位置。 —————————————— clock 时钟 clock n. 时钟；计时器 vt. 记录；记时 vi. 打卡；记录时间 n. (Clock)人名；(英)克洛克 This clock neither gains nor loses. 这钟走得既不快也不慢。 This clock can only ring the hours. 这座钟只能每小时报时一次。 Workers in a factory must clock in when they arrive. 工厂工人到达工厂时必须记录上班时间。 —————————————— conquer 征服 conquer vt. 战胜，征服；攻克，攻取 vi. 胜利；得胜 We all have to conquer some fears. 我们都必须克服某些恐惧。 How can I conquer my disinclination to meet people? 我怎样才能克服不愿与人交往呢? What do you think of my insecurities and what kinds of insecurities do you have in bed? How can I conquer mine? 对于我的这些顾虑你有何看法？你在床事上也有什么样的担心吗？我怎样才能克服自己的这些顾虑呢？ —————————————— obvious 明显的 obvious adj. 明显的；显著的；平淡无奇的 However, there are some obvious ones. 然而，还是有一些明显的。 This is so obvious. 这是很明显的。 Once you have eliminated the obvious causes of death, you must consider the possibility of foul play. 一旦排除了明显的死因， 你就必须考虑到可能有人采取了卑劣手段。 —————————————— indispensable 不可缺少的 indispensable adj. 不可缺少的；绝对必要的；责无旁贷的 n. 不可缺少之物；必不可少的人 One of the indispensable functions of an organization is to promote communication among these individuals. 组织的一项不可或缺的职能就是推动这些个体之间的沟通。 In the US one of the most influential and lucrative professions is law, a field in which writing skills are indispensable. 在美国最有影响力收入也最高的职业之一就是律师，而这一行中写作技能是绝对必要的。 One way to do indispensable work is to show up more hours than everyone else. 完成必不可少的工作的方法之一就是拿出比比别人更多的时间。 —————————————— pure 纯 pure adj. 纯的；纯粹的；纯洁的；清白的；纯理论的 n. (Pure)人名；(俄)普雷 Just breathe that pure sea air! 且请呼吸海上的纯净空气。 She can speak pure English. 她能讲纯正的英语。 It is a pure fabrication. 纯粹是假造事实。 —————————————— merit 优点 merit n. 优点，价值；功绩；功过 vt. 值得 vi. 应受报答 You have to look at each case on its own merit. 但是你要从它本身的价值去看每一件事情。 History affords us lessons that merit attention. 历史给我们提供了值得注意的借鉴。 At the end of this chapter we point out which of these areas we believe especially merit additional study. 本章的末尾，我们指出这些领域之中的一些尤其值得更多地进行研究。 —————————————— raise 提高 raise vt. 提高；筹集；养育；升起 vi. 上升 n. 高地；上升；加薪 n. (Raise)人名；(英)雷兹 They decided to raise the money by subscription. 他们决定靠募捐的办法来筹集这笔款子。 They are trying by all possible means to raise funds. 他们正在多方设法筹集资金。 If we raise our import duties on their goods,they may retaliate against us. 如果我们提高他们的货物的进口税，他们可能要对我们进行报复。 —————————————— glue 胶水 glue vt. 粘合；似胶般固着于 n. 胶；各种胶合物 Let's stick them together with glue. 咱们把它们胶在一起吧。 You can fix the toy plane's tail with this glue. 你可以用这种胶水把玩具飞机的机尾安好。 For me, the animations are a way to glue all this information together in some logical way. 对于我来说，动画是一种将所有此类信息以合乎逻辑的方式粘合在一起的方法。 —————————————— blunt 钝 blunt adj. 钝的，不锋利的；生硬的；直率的 vt. 使迟钝 n. (Blunt)人名；(英)布伦特 Wine can blunt the senses. 酒会使感觉迟钝。 No, if I may be so blunt. 恕我直言，我不这样认为。 The knife is blunt. 刀钝了。 —————————————— loose 宽松的 loose adj. 宽松的；散漫的；不牢固的；不精确的 vt. 释放；开船；放枪 vi. 变松；开火 adv. 松散地 n. 放纵；放任；发射 n. (Loose)人名；(捷、瑞典)洛塞；(英)卢斯；(德)洛泽 Mind that step; it's loose! 当心那块踏板，它松开了。 She trimmed off the loose threads. 她剪掉了松散的线头。 I have a loose tooth. 我的一个牙齿松动了。 —————————————— pasture 牧场 pasture n. 草地；牧场；牧草 vt. 放牧；吃草 n. (Pasture)人名；(英)帕斯彻；(法)帕斯蒂尔 The farmer laid the big field up for pasture. 农场主把这块大田留作牧场。 Regularly at daybreak they drive their herds to the pasture. 每天天一亮他们就把牲畜赶到草场上去。 Besides the mammoths, some other animals pasture in this valley as well. 除了猛犸象，还有一些其他动物在山谷牧场里。 —————————————— govern 管理 govern vt. 管理；支配；统治；控制 vi. 居支配地位；进行统治 n. (Govern)人名；(英)戈文 Who govern this country? 谁统治这个国家? Who are the men who really govern in this country? 谁是这个国家的真正统治者? All the hard and fast laws which govern the world we learnt by knocking up against them. 管理这个世界的所有谨严的法律，我们都是在触犯了它们之后才学到的。 —————————————— retrospect 回顾 retrospect n. 回顾，追溯 vi. 回顾，追溯；回想 vt. 回顾；追忆 In reading his memoirs, In retrospect, I discovered one of the reasons why. 回想一下，从阅读他的回忆录中，我发现了其中的原因之一。 I do think what I’ve discovered is that a journey can add depth and dimension to a life and even, in retrospect, represent it. 我认为我发现的道理是，一次旅行可以增加你生命的深度和广度，甚至在你回顾一生的时候可以侃侃而谈。 It describes financial bubbles in the 1600s to 1800s, most of which look ridiculous in retrospect but were very serious at the time. 它描述了1600年代到1800年代的经济泡沫，其中多数在回顾之下显得荒诞无稽，在当时却煞有介事。 —————————————— overseas 海外 overseas adv. 在海外，海外 adj. 海外的，国外的 The overseas companies were diversifying more rapidly. 海外公司正在更迅速地从事各种经营。 A group of baseball stars will tour overseas military bases. 一个棒球明星团将要到海外军事基地作巡回表演。 European powers no longer rule over great overseas dominions. 欧洲列强再也不能统治大块海外领地了。 —————————————— waggon 四轮运货马车 waggon n. 四轮运货马车；运货车 They mounted in front of the waggon, and Abraham grew reflective. 他们上了车，坐在马车的前面，亚伯拉罕开始沉思起来。 He was harnessed to the waggon of beehives in the place of Prince, and the load taken on towards Casterbridge. 他把那匹小马套上拉蜂箱的马车，代替了王子的位置，往卡斯特桥方向驶去了。 The rickety little waggon was already laden, and the girl led out the horse Prince, only a degree less rickety than the vehicle. 那辆摇摇晃晃的小马车已经装好了，苔丝把那匹名叫王子的马牵了出来，同那辆马车比起来，它摇晃的程度也好不了多少。 —————————————— practical 实用 practical adj. 实际的；实用性的 We should turn our thoughts to practical matters. 我们应把思想转向实际问题。 The booklet is very practical and handy of reference. 这本小册子很实用， 而且便于查考。 The new collections of custom furs around town reveal plenty of folderol, but there are practical things too. 市上大批新的定做的皮衣中有许多是华而不实的， 但也有一些实用的东西。 —————————————— profession 职业 profession n. 职业，专业；声明，宣布，表白 His profession is diplomacy. 他是职业外交人员。 He envies her the position she has achieved in her profession. 他妒忌她在她的职业中已取得的地位。 A lawyer or doctor who is struck off the official register of the profession is debarred from practising. 被从正式的职业登记册中除名的律师或医生不准继续开业。 —————————————— hook 钩 hook n. 挂钩，吊钩 vt. 钩住；引上钩 vi. 钩住；弯成钩状 n. (Hook)人名；(德、荷)霍克；(英)胡克 The fish hits the hook at one swoop. 那条鱼一下子就咬住了钩。 He downed the champion with a left hook. 他以一个左钩拳击倒了卫冕冠军。 She took off her overcoat and hanged it on the hook. 她脱下大衣，把它挂在了挂钩上。 —————————————— originate 产生 originate vt. 引起；创作 vi. 发源；发生；起航 But where did the innovation originate? 但是这些创新来源于哪里呢？ In this way, all the properties of the artificial market originate directly from the interactions among agents. 在这种方式下，人造市场的所有特性都直接源自于经纪间的相互作用。 An estimated 30 percent of new infectious diseases originate in bacteria, viruses, parasites, chemicals and toxins introduced along food production chains, he told an experts' meeting. 他在一次专家座谈会上称，估计约有30%的新型传染病源于混入了食物链中的细菌、病毒、寄生虫、化学制剂及毒素等。 —————————————— gardener 园丁 gardener n. 园丁；花匠；园艺家 n. (Gardener)人名；(英)加德纳 The gardener dribbled water on the plant . 园丁给植物洒水。 After years of gardening, the marks of the spade were impressed on the skin of the old gardener's hands. 经过多年的辛勤耕作，老园丁的双手留下了铁铲的印迹。 He had become an avid and accomplished gardener in France. 他在法国成为了一个热心的精湛的园丁。 —————————————— hedge 对冲 hedge v. 用树篱笆围住；避免作正面答复 n. 对冲，套期保值；树篱；障碍 n. (Hedge)人名；(英)赫奇 Along the river bank there is a hedge. 沿河岸有一排树篱芭。 We need to trim away the rough edges on that hedge. 我们需要把这树篱不平整的边缘剪掉。 —————————————— buffer 缓冲 buffer n. [计] 缓冲区；缓冲器，[车辆] 减震器 vt. 缓冲 Then repeat with the next buffer size in the next iteration of Step 3. 然后在步骤 3 的下一个迭代中重复下一个缓冲区大小。 This improves performance for these LOBs because you can access them through the buffer pool. 这提高了这些 LOB 的性能，因为可以通过缓冲区池对其进行访问。 By raising the value of LOGBUFSZ to 64 (256K) or more, the log buffer will not fill, and there will only be one log write (at commit) for the bulk insert. 如果将 LOGBUFSZ 的值增加到 64 页（256K）或者更大，缓冲池就不会被填满，这样的话对于该批量插入就只有一次日志写（在提交时）。 —————————————— potential 潜在的 potential n. 潜能；可能性；[电] 电势 adj. 潜在的；可能的；势的 So how do you approach this potential clientele to maximize your earning at the end of the month? 因此在当月末你怎样对待你的潜在的客户从而达到最大化你的收入？ The only catch is you have to know how to use it and how to maximize its potential once you have it. 你唯一必须知道的一点就是如何利用它，并在拥有这种能量后如何最大限度地发挥其潜力。 You have so much talent, intelligence and potential. 你有那么多才能，智慧和潜力。 —————————————— tolerant 宽容 tolerant adj. 宽容的；容忍的；有耐药力的 Why are we tolerant of some crimes? 人们为什么会容忍某些罪行呢？ A tolerant person usually has breadth of mind. 有宽容精神的人通常胸襟开阔。 I tend to be tolerant of most vices in life, and also in investing. 我倾向于容忍生活中的大部分不道德行为，在投资方面也是如此。 —————————————— kindness 善良 kindness n. 仁慈；好意；友好的行为 n. (Kindness)人名；(英)坎德尼斯 He did it all out of kindness. 他做这事完全出于好意。 Kindness is easily mistaken for love. 好意很容易被误解为爱情。 You will be recompensed for your kindness. 你的好意将会得到回报。 —————————————— head 头 head n. 头；头痛；上端；最前的部分；理解力 vt. 前进；用头顶；作为…的首领；站在…的前头；给…加标题 vi. 出发；成头状物；船驶往 adj. 头的；主要的；在顶端的 n. (Head)人名；(英)黑德 His head rested on my shoulder. 他的头靠在我的肩上。 She banged her head on the low ceiling. 她的头砰地撞在低矮的天花板上。 He blacked out after they hit him on the head. 他们击打他的头之后，他晕过去了。 —————————————— acknowledge 承认 acknowledge vt. 承认；答谢；报偿；告知已收到 He seemed by implication to acknowledge that fact. 他似乎含蓄的承认了那个事实。 Anyhow Tony intended to acknowledge him as his son. 不管怎样托尼打算承认他为自己的儿子。 She refused to acknowledge her cancer, but she demanded that everything reasonable and unreasonable be done for the illness she insisted did not exist. 她拒绝承认自己患了癌症，但又要求为这个她坚信并不存在的疾病做一切合理和不合理的治疗。 —————————————— dizzy 头晕 dizzy adj. 晕眩的；使人头晕的；昏乱的；心不在焉的；愚蠢的 vt. 使头晕眼花；使混乱；使茫然 n. (Dizzy)人名；(英)迪齐 Weapons like arrow,poison arrow and dizzy arrow. 武器有普通弓箭、毒箭和眩晕箭。 I felt dizzy when I looked down from the top of the television tower. 当我从电视塔顶往下看时，我感到头晕目眩。 I have been called a dizzy queen by some friends, and that's all right. 有些朋友叫我‘头晕的皇后’，我觉得这样的称呼没什么不好。 —————————————— cloudy 多云的 cloudy adj. 多云的；阴天的；愁容满面的 It was cloudy yesterday. 昨天是阴天。 Four of them walked under a cloudy sky and all ended up walking in circles, despite thinking they were going straight. 其中四人在多云的天空下行走最终全都绕着圈子，尽管他们思考着如何沿着直线走。 Men are subject to sudden changes of fortune as the moon is subject to the changes of being full and crescent, cloudy and clear. 人有旦夕祸福， 月有阴晴圆缺。 —————————————— glitter 闪闪发光的 glitter vi. 闪光；闪烁 n. 闪光；灿烂 Morning dews glitter in the sun. 晨露在阳光下闪烁。 There was stage smoke and glitter grit on the runway. 在展示台上有舞台烟幕和闪光的沙砾。 Smoothed flat by generations of wind and rain, they glitter in the sun. 它们被一代代的风雨磨平，在阳光下闪闪发光。 —————————————— senator 参议员 senator n. 参议员；（古罗马的）元老院议员；评议员，理事 n. (Senator)人名；(瑞典、斯威)塞纳托尔 The senator declaimed against the opposition. 这名参议员猛烈抨击反对派。 The senator disinfected his speech of the outdated information. 参议员去除演讲稿中的过时资料。 Her husband is a lobbyist, and familiar with almost every senator. 她的丈夫是位说客， 几乎跟每位参议员都熟。 —————————————— learning 学习 learning n. 学习；学问 v. 学习（learn的现在分词） Her child is learning to talk. 她的孩子正在学说话。 I'm learning English conversation. 我正在学英语会话。 They reappraised the key role of the teacher in the learning process. 他们对教师在教学中的关键作用重新进行了评价。 —————————————— royal 皇家 royal adj. 皇家的；盛大的；女王的；高贵的；第一流的 n. 王室；王室成员 News is flying about concerning a royal wedding. 有关皇室婚礼的消息不胫而走。 The British air fighting force is called the Royal Air Force. 英国的空军部队被称作皇家空军。 And yet the French have always loved Queen Elizabeth and the British royal family. Could it be because they have German blood? 而且法国人一直热爱伊丽莎白女王和英国王室家族，这难道是因为他们拥有德国血统的缘故吗？ —————————————— gap 差距 gap n. 间隙；缺口；差距；分歧 vi. 裂开 vt. 使形成缺口 What if there is a long time gap between the authorization and the capture? 如果在授权和捕获之间有一个长的时间间隙，那是什么呢？ The work fills (in) a gap which has hitherto existed in our archaeological literature. 这部著作填补了我国考古学文献中的一个空白。 These layers of demand give a gross and efficient view of the capacity gap. 这些需求层次给予了能力缺口的一个总体和有效的看法。 —————————————— historian 历史学家 historian n. 历史学家 I am a historian, and I teach in an American university. 我是一位历史学家，在美国一所大学任教。 The historian drew a horizontal line on the date to remember it. 历史学家在日期上画了一条水平线来记住这天。 We know Socrates primarily from the accounts of other writers: from his student, Plato, from Xenophon, the historian, as well as from the plays of Aristophanes. 我们认识苏格拉底最初都是源于其他作家的记录，来自他的学生，如柏拉图，来自历史学家色诺芬，还有戏剧《亚里斯多芬》。 —————————————— industry 行业 industry n. 产业；工业；勤勉 The conference underscored the importance of modern industry. 会议强调了现代工业的重要性。 The coal industry has decided to computerize in the near future. 煤炭工业已决定在不远的将来实现计算机化。 Our industry has leapt forward since we followed the policy of reform and opening. 自从我们奉行改革开放政策以来，我们的工业飞速发展。 —————————————— senior 高级 senior adj. 高级的；年长的；地位较高的；年资较深的，资格较老的 n. 上司；较年长者；毕业班学生 n. (Senior)人名；(英)西尼尔 My brother is senior to me by two years. 家兄比我年长两岁。 The senior revolutionary can play the situation coldly. 资深的革命者冷静地对付局势。 Because I know you like to read and collect it, so I ask some senior friends whether someone had National Geographic. 因为我知道你喜欢读而且喜欢收集，所以我问了一些年长一点的朋友是否有《国家地理》。 —————————————— electronics 电子产品 electronics n. 电子学；电子工业 I have no computer, no electronics in my life. 我的生活里没有电脑，没有电子产品。 The company branched out into electronics and computers. 这家公司另外开辟了电子器件和电脑业务。 In communications, the problem of electronics is how to convey information from one place to another. 在通讯系统中，电子学要解决的问题是如何把信息从一个地方传递到另一个地方。 —————————————— hungry 饿了 hungry adj. 饥饿的；渴望的；荒年的；不毛的 Here's a bite to eat if anyone's hungry. 这里有点吃的， 谁饿了可以先点补点补。 The hungry boy gulped down the bowl of soup. 饥饿的男孩大口大口地把那碗汤喝了下去。 I'm very hungry,and I can now stow away an ox. 我真是饿极了，现在我可以把一头牛吞下肚。 —————————————— assign 分配 assign vt. 分配；指派；[计][数] 赋值 vi. 将财产过户（尤指过户给债权人） So, yes, we assign the room to the new girl. 所以，是的，我把那个房间分配给了那个新来的女孩。 You need to assign these variables to each view component. 您需要分配这些变量到每一个视图组件。 Influenced by old ideas， some units assign posts according to seniority. 由于受旧观念的影响， 有些单位分配工作按资排辈。 —————————————— investment 投资 investment n. 投资；投入；封锁 They were discussing over the plan of investment. 他们就投资规划展开了讨论。 This is an investment that returns a good interest. 这是一项可获得丰硕利润的投资。 He urged me to diversity and not keep all my money in one investment type. 他鼓励我分散投资，别把我所有资金集中于一种投资方式。 —————————————— entertain 娱乐 entertain vt. 娱乐；招待；怀抱；容纳 vi. 款待 What did Nasmith do to entertain his students one winter day? 冬季的一天，内史密斯如何让他的学生娱乐的？ You can take your friend to the amusement places and entertain them there. 你可以带你的朋友去娱乐场所 ，在那里款待他们。 His favorite book was the Koran, so on occasion he would entertain those who would ask by reciting the Koran word for word. 他最喜欢的书是古兰经，所以有时候父亲会以逐字背诵古兰经的方式来娱乐那些挑战他的人。 —————————————— remind 提醒 remind vt. 提醒；使想起 Remind her to come earlier tomorrow morning. 提醒她明天上午早点来。 In case I forget, please remind me about it. 我要忘了就请提醒我一下。 In case I forget, please remind me of my promise. 假如我忘记了， 请提醒一下我的诺言。 —————————————— ridge 脊 ridge n. 山脊；山脉；屋脊 vt. 使成脊状；作垄 vi. 成脊状 n. (Ridge)人名；(英)里奇 The tracks of mountain goats polka-dotted the dust ridge. 山羊的踪迹使土灰色的山脊上布满着斑斑点点。 The ridge and pitch of the roof give each first floor room an individual character. 屋顶的屋脊和其间距使得一层的每一个房间都有了独立的特色。 Another center, the Johnson Ridge Observatory, replaced it, but it is open only in the warm months. 另一个中心，约翰逊岭天文台，取而代之的，但它是可以在温暖个月。 —————————————— twist 扭 twist vt. 捻；拧；扭伤；编织；使苦恼 n. 扭曲；拧；扭伤 vi. 扭动；弯曲 n. (Twist)人名；(英)特威斯特 Why do you hirple, and where did you twist your foot? 你怎么一瘸一拐的，你在哪儿扭伤了脚? The beginning of love is to let those we love just be themselves and not twist them with our own image.Otherwise, we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. 爱之初，让我们所爱的人只是做他们自己，不要依据自己的想象去扭曲他们，否则我们所爱的只是我们在他们身上的影子 。 She was patient- a martyr, indeed- but she forbore to pray for her enemies; lest, in spite of her forgiving aspirations, the words of the blessing should stubbornly twist themselves into a curse. 她事事忍让，确实是一位殉道者，但她不准自己为敌人祈祷——她尽管宽宏大量，却唯恐自己用来祝福的语言会顽强地扭曲成对他们的诅咒。 —————————————— urgent 紧急的 urgent adj. 紧急的；急迫的 He was urgent in his demands. 他的要求很迫切。 Some urgent business took me away from Shanghai. 有些紧急事务使我离开上海。 How fast can you post to the port with this urgent message? 你带着这份紧急信件能有多快通过驿站到达港口? —————————————— closet 衣橱 closet n. 壁橱；议事室，密室；小房间 adj. 秘密的，私下的；空谈的 vt. 把…关在私室中 n. (Closet)人名；(法)克洛塞 These boots belong in the closet. 这些靴子应搁在壁橱里。 My “half, ” however, included the closet. 呵，是我，但我的那“一半”包括衣橱。 A mouse darted out of the closet and ran across the room. 一只耗子从壁橱窜了出来并跑过房间。 —————————————— favour 支持 favour n. 偏爱；赞同；善行 vt. 赞成；喜爱；有助于 May I request a favour of you? 请您帮一下忙好吗? We favour your proposal. 我们赞同你的提议。 A teacher should not favour any of his pupils. 教师不应该偏爱任何一个学生。 —————————————— linear 线性 linear adj. 线的，线型的；直线的，线状的；长度的 Each of them are linear. 每一个都是线性的。 OK, so how do I picture these linear combinations? 好了，我该怎么画出这些线性组合呢？ In this way, a large pool of memory can be addressed as if it were linear. 按照这种方法，如果某个大的内存池是线性的，那么它就可以被寻址。 —————————————— bathe 洗澡 bathe vt. 沐浴；用水洗 vi. 洗澡；沐浴 n. 洗澡；游泳 n. (Bathe)人名；(德)巴特；(英)巴思 I like to bathe in the sea. 我喜欢在海里游泳(或洗澡)。 I like to bathe regularly. 我喜欢经常洗澡。 Go to the river and bathe just where I show you. 到河里去，就在我告诉你的那个地方洗澡。 —————————————— willing 愿意 willing adj. 乐意的；自愿的；心甘情愿的 v. 决心；用意志力驱使；将（财产等）遗赠某人（will的现在分词） n. (Willing)人名；(德、芬、瑞典)维林；(英)威林 The willing of living swelled in their mind. 他们又燃起了活下去的愿望。 Will you swear it that you are willing to subscribe yourself to your promise? 你愿意发誓兑现你的诺言吗? There is no shortage of bread for those willing and able to pay higher prices for it. 对于那些能够并且愿意支付高昂价格的人来说，并不存在面包短缺问题。 —————————————— if 如果 if conj. （表条件）如果；即使；是否；（表假设）假如 n. 条件；设想 Scratch yourself if you itch. 如果你感到痒， 就搔好了。 If you want to meet them,I can arrange it. 你如果想见他们，我可以安排会见。 If you polish the article, we will print it in the newspaper. 如果你把这篇文章润色一下，我们就在报纸上发表它。 —————————————— clause 条款 clause n. 条款；[计] 子句 n. (Clause)人名；(法)克洛斯 What clause do you require in the contract? 你要求在合同中订上什么条款? We should include an arbitration clause in the contract. 在合同中，我们应该加进仲裁的条款。 Some students learned how to be a lawyer, how to face the clients and how to make every clause of the contract clear. 有的学生学习如何成为一名律师，如何面对委托人并且如何使合同上的每个条款都非常清楚。 —————————————— gate 门 gate n. 大门；出入口；门道 vt. 给…装大门 n. (Gate)人名；(英)盖特；(法、瑞典)加特 He commanded the soldiers to shut the gate. 他命令士兵们把大门关上。 He wheeled my bicycle away from the front of my gate. 他从我家大门口把我的自行车推走了。 She blandished the gatekeeper into letting her through the gate of the theatre. 她用甜言蜜语哄得看门人让她进了戏院的门。 —————————————— forge 打造 forge n. 熔炉，锻铁炉；铁工厂 vi. 伪造；做锻工；前进 vt. 伪造；锻造；前进 n. (Forge)人名；(德)福格；(法)福尔热 Ultimately, it is the Libyan people themselves who will forge the path forward for Libya. 最终，是利比亚人民自己将为利比亚的未来开拓出前进的道路。 He not only interpreted the rules on visas loosely, enabling Jews to escape to Britain and Palestine, but he also helped to forge passports. 他不仅从宽解释有关签证的法规，使犹太人可以逃往英国和巴勒斯坦，而且还帮助犹太人伪造护照。 “I pledged to forge a new partnership, not simply between governments, but also between people on the issues that matter most in their daily lives,” he said. 他说，我承诺打造一种新的伙伴关系，不只是在政府之间，也包括人民之间的关系，以解决他们日常生活中最重要的问题。 —————————————— bunch 群 bunch n. 群；串；突出物 vi. 隆起；打褶；形成一串 vt. 使成一串；使打褶 n. (Bunch)人名；(英)邦奇 Check out the worst one of the bunch. 从这一群人中找出最糟的一个。 A bunch of red roses drip their golden scent. 一束红玫瑰花散发出浓郁的芳香。 Jack bunched his girlfriend a bunch of flowers. 杰克向他的女友赠送了一束花。 —————————————— explain 解释 explain v. 说明；解释 How do you explain this phenomenon? 这种现象怎样解释? How can she explain away her error? 她是怎样把错误解释过去的? She hastened to explain the situation. 她赶忙解释这个情况。 —————————————— compensate 补偿 compensate vi. 补偿，赔偿；抵消 vt. 补偿，赔偿；付报酬 So how will they compensate me? 那他们会怎样补偿我呢? You must compensate me for this loss. 你必须补偿我的这个损失。 Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 失去健康是无法补偿的。 —————————————— exotic 异国情调的 exotic adj. 异国的；外来的；异国情调的 This month, no location would be too far or too exotic to visit. 这个月，你不会觉得什么地方会是太远或是太奇特的。 Find out which of these are native plants and which are exotic (or nonnative). 找出其中哪些是原生植物，哪些是外来（或非本地的）。 But thinking of my husband as an exotic species gave me the distance I needed to consider our differences more objectively. 但是，将丈夫作为外来物种给了我空间，我需要这种空间来客观地考虑我们之间的差异。 —————————————— bowl 碗 bowl n. 碗；木球；大酒杯 vi. 玩保龄球；滑动；平稳快速移动 vt. 投球；旋转；平稳快速移动 He plopped the bowl on the table. 他把碗重重地往桌上一放。 He likes to bowl on Sunday. 他喜欢星期天去玩保龄球戏。 The hungry boy gulped down the bowl of soup. 饥饿的男孩大口大口地把那碗汤喝了下去。 —————————————— nervous 紧张 nervous adj. 神经的；紧张不安的；强健有力的 What's she so nervous about? 什么事情使她这样紧张? She was nervous at first but soon composed herself. 她起初很紧张，但很快就镇静下来。 The child's nervous illness often threw her into convulsion. 这孩子的神经性疾病常使她产生痉挛。 —————————————— plane 飞机 plane n. 飞机；平面；程度，水平 vi. 刨；乘飞机旅行；翱翔 vt. 刨平；用刨子刨；掠过水面 adj. 平的；平面的 n. (Plane)人名；(塞、瑞典、法)普拉内 I saw the plane hit against the peak. 我看见那架飞机撞在了山头上。 We checked in at the airport an hour before our plane took off. 我们在飞机起飞前一小时到达机场办理登机手续。 Because of the snow, the pilot had to land the plane at an airport in another city. 由于大雪，飞行员只得把飞机降落到另一座城市的一个飞机场。 —————————————— transport 运输 transport n. 运输；运输机；狂喜；流放犯 vt. 运输；流放；使狂喜 Meanwhile we must do a good job in transport and communications. 同时我们要搞好交通运输工作。 We reduce the traffic required to transport staff and customers to these locations. 我们将降低将职员和顾客运输到这些场所的交通流量。 He said that if he owned an airline, he would now be diversifying into other modes of transport. 他说，如果他有一家航空公司的话，他现在得将之转型到多种交通模式。 —————————————— timid 胆小 timid adj. 胆小的；羞怯的 I’m not afraid of timid alligators, but hungry Burmese pythons give me the willies. 我并不害怕胆小的鳄鱼，但是饥饿的缅甸蟒蛇使我心惊肉跳。 For as timid and unsure of himself that Yao looks on the offensive end, it’s on defense where he is truly lacking, no more than an open-door that invites penetration. 由于姚明在进攻端对自己的状态不确定和看上去有点怯懦，使得他在防守端也会迷失一样，不再像敞开大门一样让对手轻松渗透进来。 Prior to the quake, Japan was a timid nation worrying about its eventual decline. 在地震前，日本是一个忧虑于它的最终衰退的胆小的民族。 —————————————— convention 公约 convention n. 大会；[法] 惯例；[计] 约定；[法] 协定；习俗 What is your naming convention? 你的命名约定是什么？ Originality often triumphs over convention. 创新常常战胜惯例。 He sets at naught every convention of society. 他轻视所有的社会习俗。 —————————————— bribe 贿赂 bribe vt. 贿赂，收买 vi. 行贿 n. 贿赂 n. (Bribe)人名；(西)布里韦 The merchant offers a bribe to him. 这商人向他行贿。 The mayor lowered himself by accepting a bribe. 市长因受贿而降低了自己的身份。 The official demeaned himself by accepting the bribe. 这名官员因受贿而辱没自己。 —————————————— discrepancy 差异 discrepancy n. 不符；矛盾；相差 One area where this gap is often revealed is in a discrepancy between dedicated resources and estimated costs. 这种隔阂常常显露出的一个区域是专用的资源和估算的成本之间的差异。 At first, they questioned their findings, but then Polacheck and Kamm realized that the cause of the discrepancy is the existence of two competing mechanisms. 首先，他们质疑了他们的发现，但是接着珀拉切克和卡姆意识到这种差异的原因是两种竞争机制的存在。 We don't know why there is this discrepancy. 我们尚不清楚为什么会存在这种差异。 —————————————— therapy 治疗 therapy n. 治疗，疗法 Apply the power of prayer therapy in your life. 在你的生活中运用祈祷治疗这种能力。 Some patients in therapy want to learn to find satisfaction in what they do. 有些治疗中的病人想学习在他们所做的事情中找到乐趣。 You can do [some of that] in therapy but it's so powerful when you do it in a relationship. 你可以在治疗中去进行（这样的改变），但是当你在一段关系中这样做时，它很强大。 —————————————— exhaust 排气 exhaust vt. 排出；耗尽；使精疲力尽；彻底探讨 vi. 排气 n. 排气；废气；排气装置 Gases from an automobile exhaust through a pipe. 汽车通过排气管排放废气。 This is a trap to exhaust our limited resources. 这是一个想耗尽我们有限资源的圈套。 If you can hit him on his eye he will strike out wildly,which would exhaust his strength. 如果你能击中他的眼睛，他就会凶猛地进行反扑，这样就会耗尽他的体力。 —————————————— assume 假设 assume vt. 承担；假定；采取；呈现；僭取；篡夺；夺取；擅用；侵占 You assume his innocence before hearing the evidence against him. 在未听到对他不利的证言之前， 你假定他是无罪的。 For this reason, we must assume as little as possible about the use of these operations. 针对该原因，我们必须假设关于这些操作使用的可能性越少越好。 After all, we have no clue about the nature of these hypothetical aliens, why assume they're friendly? 毕竟，我们对这些假设的外星人的本性毫不了解，为什么要假设他们是友好的呢？ —————————————— succession 继承 succession n. 连续；继位；继承权；[生态] 演替 Three flower shows succeeded one another in quick succession. 3个花展一个接着一个相继举行。 There was a dispute about the rightful succession to the throne. 对于王位的合法继承权有过一场争论。 There is no constitution in Libya, so no clear constitutional succession. 在利比亚没有宪法，因此不会有明确的宪法继承。 —————————————— helpless 无助的 helpless adj. 无助的；无能的；没用的 I feel helpless without you. 没有你，我感到无助。 All of these actions presuppose they are lacking something, that they are small and helpless. 所有这些行为都预先假定他们缺少什么，他们是渺小且无助的。 You cannot imagine how lonely and helpless one can be on the outside after eighteen years in prison. 您是无法想象得到，一个服刑十八年的人到了外界可能会多么的孤独和无助的。 —————————————— ambassador 大使 ambassador n. 大使；代表；使节 She agreed to accompany the ambassador. 她同意陪大使。 An ambassador is entitled “Your Excellency”. 大使被尊称为“阁下”。 The ambassador refused to give any interviews to journalists or TV men. 该大使拒绝接见任何新闻记者或电视台记者。 —————————————— predecessor 前任 predecessor n. 前任，前辈 But this new era must not repeat or prolong the mistakes of its predecessor. 但是这个新纪元必须不能重复或延长其前任的错误。 They blame him for the rotten economy when really, in his view, they should blame his predecessor. 他们因为经济疲软而抱怨他，而在奥巴马看来，这都是他的前任种下的恶果。 This specification is not as far along in the IETF standards process as its predecessor, but the technology itself is quite mature and widely deployed. 此规范在 IETF 标准化过程中没有它的前辈走的远，但是技术本身已是相当成熟，并被广泛部署。 —————————————— juice 汁 juice n. （水果）汁，液；果汁 How about some pickle juice? 一些泡菜汁怎么样? Orange juice dribbled down his chin. 橙子汁沿着他的下巴往下滴。 The orange juice has been concentrated. 橘子汁已经过浓缩。 —————————————— revolt 反抗 revolt vi. 反抗；反叛；反感，厌恶 vt. 使反感；使恶心 n. 反抗；叛乱；反感 So why do they not revolt? 他们为什么不反抗呢？ Autocracy often causes the people to revolt. 独裁统治常常引起人民的反抗。 But the impulse behind them will have to be recovered in the Arab world, if revolt is to become revolution. 但是，如果要使起义变成革命的话，就必须在阿拉伯世界恢复这些现象背后的那种冲动。 —————————————— forehead 额头 forehead n. 额，前额 He dabbed his forehead with a handkerchief. 他用手帕轻拭额头(上的汗)。 He retook my hand and placed it on his forehead. 他再一次拿起我的手放在他的前额上。 Fetching the stick about,he strokes her in the forehead. 他挥动手杖在她的前额打了一下。 —————————————— nylon 尼龙 nylon n. 尼龙，[纺] 聚酰胺纤维；尼龙袜 How many products are made from nylon? 有多少种产品是由尼龙制造的? Nylon is made from air, coal and water. 尼龙是由空气、煤和水加工制成。 She picked up the new nylon umbrella on the sly. 她顺手牵羊拿走了那顶新尼龙伞。 —————————————— straw 稻草 straw n. 稻草；吸管；一文不值的东西 adj. 稻草的；无价值的 n. (Straw)人名；(英)斯特劳 He thatched his hut with straw. 他用稻草给小屋盖顶。 They bunched straw into sheaves. 他们把稻草扎成把。 He littered the stable with fresh straw. 他给马厩铺了新鲜稻草。 —————————————— courage 勇气 courage n. 勇气；胆量 n. (Courage)人名；(英)卡里奇；(法)库拉热 He mustered up all his courage. 他鼓起了全部勇气。 I infused her with courage. 我鼓起了她的勇气。 They ascribed courage to me for something I did out of sheer panic. 由于我纯粹因惊慌而做的事，他们认为我很有勇气。 —————————————— clay 粘土 clay n. [土壤] 粘土；泥土；肉体；似黏土的东西 vt. 用黏土处理 n. (Clay)人名；(英、法、西、意、葡)克莱 He rolled the clay into a ball. 他把粘土揉成一个球。 Bricks are made from clay. 砖是用黏土制成的。 He models in clay. 他用粘土做模型。 —————————————— clean 清洁 clean adj. 清洁的，干净的；清白的 vt. 使干净 vi. 打扫，清扫 adv. 完全地 n. 打扫 n. (Clean)人名；(英)克林 He razor-cuts his face clean of beard every day. 他每天用剃刀把脸上的胡子刮干净。 Iron corrodes unless it is greased or kept clean. 如果不涂油或保持清洁铁便会腐蚀。 He rubbed up the silverware with a clean dry cloth. 他用一块干净的干布将银器擦亮。 —————————————— more 更多的 more adv. 更多；此外；更大程度地 adj. 更多的；附加的 pron. 更多的数量 n. 更多 n. (More)人名；(英、法)莫尔；(意、西、以)莫雷 The accident taught him to be more careful. 这起事故的教训使他变得更小心。 The work will be more fruitful under this plan. 按照这一方案， 做这工作将更有成效。 The film deserves more attention from the public. 这部影片应受到公众的更多注意。 —————————————— part 部分 part n. 部分；角色；零件；一些；片段 vt. 分离；分配；分开 vi. 断裂；分手 adv. 部分地 adj. 部分的 n. (Part)人名；(英、瑞典)帕特；(泰)巴；(法)帕尔 He received part of his education in England. 他有一部分教育是在英国接受的。 He crystallized salt as part of his experiment. 他使盐结晶作为他的实验的一部分。 They planted the first church in that part of the city. 他们在那座城市的那一部分创办了第一座教堂。 —————————————— pause 暂停 pause n. 暂停；间歇 vi. 暂停，停顿，中止；踌躇 n. (Pause)人名；(德)保泽 But I pause at the door. 但我在门口停顿了一下。 He made a long pause, plainly overcome by the thought. 他停顿了很长时间，显然陷入了沉思。 You can resume or pause the endpoints through these panels. 您可以通过这些面板恢复或暂停端点。 —————————————— pet 宠物 pet n. 宠物；生气；受宠爱的人 vt. 宠爱 vi. 生气；爱抚 adj. 宠爱的 n. (Pet)人名；(俄)佩特；(柬)贝 He was narked to steal his neighbour's pet. 有人告密说，他偷了邻居的宠物。 The small dog was a great pet with the boys. 这条小狗是孩子们的宠物。 This can be dangerous for both you and your pet. 这对你和你的宠物而言都是很危险的。 —————————————— queer 酷儿 queer adj. 奇怪的；同性恋的；不舒服的；心智不平衡的 vt. 搞糟；使陷于不利地位 n. 同性恋者；怪人；伪造的货币 Did you hear those queer noises? 你可听到了哪些奇怪的声响? Silly mistakes and queer clothes often arouse ridicule. 荒谬的错误和古怪的服装常会引起人们的讪笑。 Sometimes I felt like I was the one who was queer, who was supposed to go through the process of publicly admitting it. 有时我甚至觉得我好像是那个该出柜的同性恋，一个应该努力试图获得公众承认的人。 —————————————— width 宽度 width n. 宽度；广度 Suppose the width of a rectangle is x metres. 设长方形的宽是 x 米。 He stepped off the length and width of the room. 他用步子量了量房间的长度和宽度。 Each fold in the skirt should be exactly the same width. 裙子每条皱折的宽度应该完全一样。 —————————————— overnight 在一夜之间 overnight adv. 通宵；突然；昨晚 adj. 晚上的；通宵的；前夜的 n. 头天晚上；一夜的逗留 vt. 连夜快递 vi. 过一夜 The snow drifted into huge mounds overnight. 雪一夜之间被吹积成许多大堆。 He was plunged into debt overnight by gambling. 由于赌博，他一夜之间负债累累。 We planned to overnight in Paris and then go to London by air. 我们打算在巴黎过一夜，然后坐飞机去伦敦。 —————————————— agony 痛苦 agony n. 苦恼；极大的痛苦；临死的挣扎 The old woman expired in agony. 老妇在极度痛苦中断气。 During that year of agony and the following year of my grieving, everything stopped for me. 在那一年的痛苦和接下来整整一年的悲恸中，我生活中的一切都停止了。 You pretend that despair and agony are only preliminaries, that ideally one should overcome them if one is not to become an automaton. 你假装绝望与痛苦只是准备工作，你假装理想的人应该战胜它们，如果人不想变成机器人的话。 —————————————— rib 肋骨 rib n. 肋骨；排骨；肋状物 vt. 戏弄；装肋于 We picked up the rib fragment, flipped it over and there were these two, clear marks. 我们捡起肋骨碎片，将它翻过来，就发现有这两处清晰的痕迹。 One bone was a piece of rib from a cow-sized mammal; the other, a leg bone fragment from a mammal the size of a goat. 其中一块化石是块肋骨，来自一头牛般大的哺乳动物，另外一块则是腿部骨头的碎片，来自一头山羊般大的哺乳动物。 If you sneeze too hard, you could fracture a rib. 要是打喷嚏用力过猛，你可能会折断肋骨的。 —————————————— accurate 准确的 accurate adj. 精确的 I see it as accurate. 我把它看作是精确的。 "It is not accurate, I can tell you, " he said. 他回答说：“我可以告诉你，它是不准确的。” Laboratory work needs not only accurate measurements but also correct calculation. 实验工作不但需要准确的测量， 而且需要准确的计算。 —————————————— confusion 混乱 confusion n. 混淆，混乱；困惑 His interference spilt over into confusion. 他的干预引起了混乱。 His speech flung the meeting into confusion. 他的发言使得会议陷入混乱。 He reaffirmed that he was wholly responsible for the confusion. 他再次表明对此混乱情况他负有全部责任。 —————————————— slice 片 slice n. 薄片；部分；菜刀，火铲 vt. 切下；把…分成部分；将…切成薄片 vi. 切开；割破 When you slice an onion, it makes your eyes sting. 切葱头辣眼睛。 When the thread completes its running slice on the CPU, it gets put back on the queue. 当线程在 CPU 上的时间片结束之后，它将被重新放回到这个队列中。 Attributes from any of the levels above the slice can be included to provide additional descriptions or information to the user. 这个切片之上的任何级的属性可以包含在其中，从而向用户提供额外的描述或信息。 —————————————— eventually 最终 eventually adv. 最后，终于 The two people eventually paired off last year. 去年这二位年轻人终于结婚了。 I have run down the word in my dictionary eventually. 我终于在我的字典里查到了这个词。 Rumors of the war eventually percolated through to us. 战争的谣言终于传到我们这里。 —————————————— civil 民事 civil adj. 公民的；民间的；文职的；有礼貌的；根据民法的 n. (Civil)人名；(土)吉维尔；(法)西维尔 The civil rights bill carried by a large majority. 公民权利法案获得大多数同意而通过。 For the many people who live in countries without a free press or civil society, it can be the only source of information they have on this issue. 对于生活在没有自由媒体或公民社会的国家中的许多人，这份报告可能是他们了解这个问题的唯一信息来源。 After he killed all those who might have harmed him because they were unhappy with the situation, he strengthened his power by instituting new civil and military institutions. 在杀害了所有那些由于不满现状也许会对他造成伤害的人以后，他组建了新的民事与军事机构，增强了自己的力量。 —————————————— verge 边缘 verge vi. 濒临，接近；处在边缘 n. 边缘 n. (Verge)人名；(英)弗奇；(西)贝尔赫 Albania was on the verge of turning into another Cuba or North Korea. 阿尔巴尼亚处于转变成另一个古巴或北朝鲜的边缘。 This long-drawn-out war brought their country's finance to the verge of bankruptcy. 这场旷日持久的战争使他们国家财政濒于破产的边缘。 Many of us feel that we ask ourselves these questions because we’re on the verge of regressing back into the shadows of mediocracy. 很多人都会不由自主的向自己问这些问题，因为此时的我们正处在倒退回到平庸的影子的边缘。 —————————————— consume 消费 consume vt. 消耗，消费；使…著迷；挥霍 vi. 耗尽，毁灭；耗尽生命 All we need to do to achieve that is produce more, consume less, or both. 为了达到目标，我们需要做的就是多生产，少消费，或者两者均衡。 Its model of only paying for what you consume was a radical innovation when it launched in 2006. 当它在2006年推出时，它为你消费的物品付费模式确实是一个积极的创新。 "In order to prevent this oxidation of cholesterol, we need to consume antioxidants, preferably natural antioxidants that you get from fruits and vegetables," he said in an interview. “为了防止这种胆固醇氧化，我们需要消耗抗氧化剂，最好是从水果和蔬菜得到的天然抗氧化剂， ”他在接受采访时说道。 —————————————— hotel 酒店 hotel n. 旅馆，饭店；客栈 vt. 使…在饭店下榻 vi. 进行旅馆式办公 n. (Hotel)人名；(法)奥泰尔 The hotel is now open to guests. 这个旅馆现在已向客人开放。 He was told to have out of the hotel. 有人通知他，让他离开他所住宿的旅馆。 What's he sucking around the hotel for? 他老在旅馆这儿转悠，想要干什么? —————————————— minute 一分钟 minute n. 分，分钟；片刻，一会儿；备忘录，笔记；会议记录 vt. 将…记录下来 adj. 微小的，详细的 [maɪˈnjuːt; US -ˈnuːt; maɪˋnut] He dingoed on his comrades at the last minute. 他在最后一分钟出卖了他的同志们。 The lighthouse flashes signal twice a minute. 灯塔一分钟发两次闪光信号。 With this instant film the picture develops in only one minute. 用这种快速胶卷，照片仅用一分钟就会显影。 —————————————— prince 王子 prince n. 王子，国君；亲王；贵族 n. (Prince)人名；(英、葡)普林斯；(法)普兰斯； The ringing bells proclaimed the birth of the prince. 鸣响的钟声宣布王子诞生了。 The young prince started a war by pretending to the crown. 这位年轻王子声称有权获得王位，从而发动了一场战争。 When his father died,the prince acceded to the position of head of state. 父王去世后，王子继承了国家元首的职位。 —————————————— pedal 踏板 pedal vi. 踩踏板；骑车 n. 踏板；脚蹬子 vt. 骑（自行车）；踩……的踏板 adj. 脚的；脚踏的 Portable pedal machines could be used in every office to improve the health of workers, according to scientists in the US. 日前，美国科学家提倡，为改善办公室人员的身体健康，办公室可以引入轻便型脚踏机器。 Each had his heart rate, power output, pedal cadence, enjoyment of the music and feelings of how hard the riding felt monitored throughout each session. 每个人的心率、消耗的能量、脚踏的节奏、享受音乐的程度和骑行的费力程度，在每个阶段都得到了很好地监控。 I suddenly pressed the brake pedal hard and we were both thrown forward. 我突然用力踩紧刹车踏板，结果我俩的身体都向前冲去。 —————————————— inflict 造成 inflict vt. 造成；使遭受（损伤、痛苦等）；给予（打击等） Whether you inflict pain on another human or to an animal, the great accountability is the same. 无论你们给另一个人或一个动物造成痛苦，其巨大责任都是一样的。 “I spent all this time telling them we could continue to inflict pain on their loved one or we could make him comfortable,” he said, his hands still moving. “我一直在和他们说，我们或者继续给他们的亲人造成痛苦或者我们可以让他走的舒服一些，”他说的同时手仍然在微微发抖。 Either way, they were serene and unwilling to inflict pain on others—exactly like those who were given word of social acceptance. 在任一种情况下，他们都很平静，不愿对他人造成痛苦——完全像那些收到通知被社会接受的人。 —————————————— nuclear 核 nuclear adj. 原子能的；[细胞] 细胞核的；中心的；原子核的 I'm out of my depth when it comes nuclear physics. 我对原子核物理学一窍不通。 The fuel was enriched with uranium 235 for the nuclear reactor. 核反应堆的燃料被铀235浓缩。 Until that money comes through, fragile nuclear reactors should not be our only worry. 在拿到那笔钱之前，脆弱的核反应堆不应是我们唯一的担忧。 —————————————— dock 码头 dock n. 码头；船坞；被告席；尾巴的骨肉部分 vt. 使靠码头；剪短 vi. 入船坞 n. (Dock)人名；(老)多；(英、法、瑞典)多克 They easied on approaching the dock. 船驶近码头时他们停止了划桨。 The ship disgorged its passengers at the dock. 船在码头下客。 The dockers disburdened the merchandise at the dock. 码头工人把货物卸在码头上。 —————————————— grind 磨 grind vt. 磨碎；磨快 vi. 磨碎；折磨 n. 磨；苦工作 n. (Grind)人名；(法、德)格林德 The rice will grind down into flour. 这米要磨成粉。 Jack, my knife has hebetated, can you help me to grind it? 杰克，菜刀变钝了，能帮我磨一下吗? The lenses for giant telescopes are very expensive to grind. 磨制巨型望远镜的镜片价格非常昂贵。 ——————————————