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Lesson_38

adolescent n.青少年 a.青春期的,青少年的
It is reported that over 40% of the adolescents are smokers in China. ;據(jù)報道,中國有40%的 青少年吸煙.
Parents should pay special attention to the psychological development ;父母要特別注意其 心理成長
of their children when they are in adolescent period. ;在孩子青春期時.

aerial n.天線 a.飛機的,航空的,由飛機 進(jìn)行的;空中的,架空的
An aerial cableway is set up across the Yellow River. ;一條架空索道橫跨于 黃河之上.

bias n.偏見,偏袒,偏心 vt.使有偏見
His experiences bias him against businessman. ;他的經(jīng)歷使他對商人 抱有偏見.

bizarre a.奇形怪狀的,怪誕的
The frost made bizarre patterns on the windowpane. ;霜凍在玻璃窗上形成了 奇形怪狀的圖案.

certainty n.必然的事, 確定的事實; 確實,確信
I can say with certainty that he is right. ;我可以肯定地說他是 對的.

chord n.和弦,和音;弦,心弦
The little boy touched the right chord and I gave him ten dollars. ;小男孩觸動了我的心弦, 于是給了他10美元.

clamp vt.(用夾具等)夾緊, 夾住,固定 n.夾頭,夾具,夾鉗
The Columbian police are going to clamp down on criminal activity in this area. ;哥倫比亞警方打算嚴(yán)厲打 擊這個地區(qū)的犯罪活動.

definitive a.最可靠的,權(quán)威性的; 決定性的
Professor Li Siguang made a definitive speech on the formation of rocks ;李四光教授對巖石的 形成作了權(quán)威的發(fā)言
at the seminar held in Paris. ;在巴黎舉辦的研討會上

depict vt.描繪,描述
Hemingway depicts the horrors of war in his works. ;海明威在他的作品中描述 了戰(zhàn)爭的恐怖.

eject vt.驅(qū)逐,逐出;噴射, 排出,彈出
Vesevius ejected a lot of lava?and ashes when it erupted last year. ;維蘇威火山去年噴發(fā)時, 噴射出大量的熔巖和火 山灰.

elapse vi.(時間)消逝,過去
Two years have elapsed since I entered the university. ;我進(jìn)大學(xué)讀書到現(xiàn)在, 億過去兩年了.

elite n.(總稱)上層人士,掌權(quán) 人物,實力集團(tuán);(總稱) 出類拔萃的人(或集團(tuán))
The Oxford University and Cambridge Uninersity have ;牛津大學(xué)和劍橋大學(xué)
educated the political and scientific elited for the British society. ;為英國社會培養(yǎng)了政治和 科學(xué)方面的精英.

feast n.盛宴,筵席;節(jié)日 vi.(~on)盡情地吃, 宴飲
On April 11, ;4月11日,
the former NBA star Rodman invited over 1500 people to his birthday feast. ;前NBA球星羅 得曼邀請了1500多人參 加他的生日盛宴.

feat n.偉績,偉業(yè),技藝
Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge is a marvelous engineering feat. ;南京長江大橋是了不起 的工程偉績.

genetic a.遺傳學(xué)的 n.[p遺傳學(xué)
More and moere doctors believe that cancer is a genetic disease. ;越來越多的醫(yī)生認(rèn)為癌癥 是遺傳病.

hierarchy n.等級制度;統(tǒng)治集團(tuán), 領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層
The Supreme Court is the head of a hierarchy of federal courts. ;最高法院是聯(lián)邦法院等級 系統(tǒng)中的最高機構(gòu).

imitation n.模仿;仿制,仿制品; 贗品
An artist who can only give imitation of others' styles will not achieve acclaim. ;一個只會模仿他人風(fēng)格的 藝術(shù)家是不會獲得人們稱 贊的.

impair vt.損害,損傷,削弱
Over 200,000 babies are born in the U.S. each year ;每年美國出生的嬰兒超過 20萬人
with deformed bodies and impaired minds because of defective genes. ;由于基因有缺陷,有畸形 軀體和心靈損傷.

impetus n.推動,促進(jìn),刺激; 推動力
The reform and open policy is the primary impetus behind China's economic recovery. ;改革開放政策是促進(jìn)中國 經(jīng)濟恢復(fù)的主要推動力.

layman n.門外漢,外行
Doctors sometimes confuse laymen with their jargon. ;醫(yī)生有的用專門術(shù)語把外 行人弄得稀里糊涂,

maneuver n.謹(jǐn)慎而熟練的動作,策 略;[p演習(xí) vt.使設(shè)法變動位置,操縱 vi.設(shè)法變動位置,用策略
I maneuvered myself out of an embarrassing position. ;我小施策略,使自己 擺脫困境.

manuscript n.手稿,原稿,底稿; 手寫本
Now in China,most writers,especially the young ones, ;現(xiàn)在中國大多數(shù)的作家, 尤其是年輕作家
can use computers to write their manuscripts. ;都能用電腦來寫搞了.

necessitate ;vt.使成為必要,需要
The increase in population necessitates a greater food supply. ;人口的增加需要更多的 事物供應(yīng).

offset vt.補償,抵消
He has to offset his small salary by living economically. ;他以節(jié)儉的生活來抵消 其低微的收入.

perfection n.完美,完善
The engineers in Honda Automobile Factory ;本田汽車廠的工程師們
are working toward the perfection of a new design. ;正在努力改進(jìn)一項新的 設(shè)計使之完美.

periodic a.周期的,定期的, 時而發(fā)生的
There is such an orchestra in the Caucasus. ;高加索確實有這樣一個 樂團(tuán).
All of the members are more than 100 years old. ;樂團(tuán)的所有成員都在百 歲以上,
They rehearse regularly and give periodic concerts. ;他們定期排練,定期開 音樂會.

permissible a.可允許的,許可的
The prison governor said ;監(jiān)獄長說
what the prisoner requested was unfortunately not permissible. ;囚犯的請求不大可能得 到批準(zhǔn).

recycle vt.回收利用(廢物等)
In Los Angeles alone, millions of pounds of paper are discarded or burned daily ;僅僅在洛杉磯,每天都有 數(shù)百萬磅的紙張被扔下或 燒掉,
rather than saved for recycling. ;而不是留著再次利用.

serial n.連續(xù)劇,連載故事 a.連續(xù)的,順序排列的
Jing Yong's Kongfu novels have appeared as serial novels in newspapers. ;金庸的武俠小說以連載小 說的形式出現(xiàn)在報紙上.