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attendant n.服務人員,侍者,隨從 a.伴隨的,隨之而產生的
The leakage of the 100 thousand ton oil and the attendant circumstance ;10萬噸原油泄漏以及其后 的情況
threatened the marine lives. ;對海洋生物產生巨 大威脅.

brace n.支架,托架 vt.支住,撐牢;使防備, 使受鍛煉,使繃緊
He braced one of his feet against the wall and stood on the other foot for three hours. ;他用一只腳頂著墻角站 穩(wěn),用單腳立地達3小時 之久.

bull n.公牛,雄獸;(對股市行 情)看漲的人,買進證券 (或商品等)投機圖利者
When it is a bull market,a lot of people will be attracted to the stock market, ;當股市上漲的時候,很多 人被吸引入市,
without realizing the coming risks. ;全然不顧風險在逼近.

closet n.櫥,壁櫥 a.私下的,隱蔽的 vt.把…引進密室會談
Two days before the election, ;在選舉前兩天,
the candidate suddenly came out of the closet and denounced the proposed law. ;競選人忽然打破緘默, 公開譴責提議的法律.

commodity n.商品,貨物
Air conditioners are one of the many commodities that Haier sells abroad. ;空調是海爾許多種出口 商品中的一種.

cradle n.搖籃;策源地,發(fā)源地 vt.輕輕地抱,捧
China was the source cradle of Eastern civilization, ;中國是東方文明的起源,
just as Greece was the cradle of Western culture. ;正如希臘是西方文化的發(fā) 源地一樣.

deviate vi.(~from) 背離,偏離
In India,a train deviated from the track, ;在印度,一輛火車脫軌 翻轉,
turned over and killed over 100 passengers. ;并使得100余人喪生.

dine vi.進餐
Toward evening we were told that the manager's going to dine with us tonight. ;傍晚是有人通知我們, 今晚經理要和我們一起 吃飯.

disregard vt.不理會,漠視 n.忽視,漠視
He utterly disregarded my warnings and met with an accident. ;他全然不知我的警告, 結果出了事故.

equator n.(地球)赤道
The equator divides the earth equally into the nothern and southern hemisphers. ;赤道把地球等分為南北 兩個半球.

escort n.護衛(wèi)者,護送者 vt.護送,護衛(wèi)
When the head of a state pays a visit, there will always be a group of escorts. ;國家元首出訪時,總會 有大批護衛(wèi)者.

grieve vi.感到悲痛,傷心 vt.使傷心,為...而傷心
It grieves me to think that ;令我一想起就傷心的是,
China's football team has never appeared in the finals of the World Cup. ;中國國家足球隊從來沒打 進過世界杯決賽.

hostage n.人質;抵押品
National policies cannot be made hostage to another country. ;一個國家的政策不能被另 一個國家所操縱.

irrigation n.灌溉
In areas where there is no source of water, irrigation channels are built for crops. ;在沒有水源的地方,修建 了灌溉渠來種莊稼.

longitude n.經線,經度
By agreement, ;按照約定,
the longitude passing through Greenwich of Observatory is called the prime meridian. ;經過倫敦格林尼治天文臺 的經線被稱為本初子午線 (零度經線).

melody n.旋律,曲調; 悅耳的音樂
The success of a popular composer depends on his melody. ;人們喜愛的作曲家成功的 秘訣在于他譜寫的優(yōu)美的 音樂.

missionary n.傳教主
In many western countries,missionaries not only preached, ;在許多西方國家,傳教士 們不僅布道,
but brought different ways of thinking as well. ;也帶來了不同的思維 方式.

mortgage n.抵押,抵押貸款 vt.抵押
In order to start my new firm,I had to mortgage my house for the loan. ;為了開設新的公司,我只 好以房子作抵押以獲得 貸款.

prophet n.先知;預言者
Though a great footballer himself, ;盡管是個偉大的足球 運動員,
Pele is a bad prophet who never predicted the result of the World Cup. ;貝利是個蹩腳的預言家. 他關于世界杯的預言從來 都是不準的.

reliance n.依靠,依賴
No reliance is to be placed on his word. He has a glid tongue. ;他的話靠不住. 他巧舌如簧.

repay vt.歸還(款項);報答
As she has always been so good to me,I will repay her with kindness. ;她對我一直很好,我會 報答她對我的好意.

resent vt.對…表示憤恨,怨恨
Jenna,one of President Bush's twin daughters, ;事事都得征求父母的許 可,
resents having to ask her parents' permission is everything she does. ;布什總統(tǒng)孿生女兒 之一的詹娜很不高興.

rigorous a.嚴密的,縝密的; 嚴格的,嚴厲的
Having got a reliable report that a passenger who was to smuggle drugs, ;在得到可靠的情報,知道 有人將走私毒品之后,
the police carried to a rigorous search. ;警察進行了嚴格的搜查.

rim n.(圓形物體的)邊,緣 vt.環(huán)繞(圓形或環(huán)形物 的)邊緣
Grandma liked to do the washing-up, ;奶奶說她喜歡洗碗,
declaring she liked the pattern round the rim of plates. ;鄭重其事說她喜歡盤子 邊緣的圖案.
Mountains rimmed the valley. ;群山環(huán)繞著山谷.

royalty n.王族(成員); [常p(著作的)版稅
In this universally democratic world of today, ;在今天普通實現(xiàn)民主的 世界,
people naturally have special interest in royalty. ;人們自然對王室有著特殊 的興趣.

sensation n.(感官的)感覺能力; 感覺,知覺;轟動,引起 轟動的事件(或人物)
At times the Western mass media go a long way to pursue what is known as sensation. ;有時,為了達到轟動效 應,西方傳媒會不遺余 力.

shipment n.裝運,裝船; 裝載(或運輸)的貨物
To meet our urgent needs, ;我們急需該貨,
please arrange the shipment of the first of our order by the 1st available steamer. ;請搭乘最早的方便汽輪把 我們定單的首批貨物運 出來.

smuggle v.走私,非法私運; 偷運,偷帶
Among other reasons, smuggling is prohibited ;禁止走私,原因很多,
because it will make countries suffer losses in customs duties. ;其一便是國家會減少不少 關稅.

sociology n.社會學
The scientific study of nature and growth of society ;社會學是對社會和社會行 為的本質
and social behavior is known as sociology. ;和發(fā)展進行的科學研究.

spectacle n.(大規(guī)模)演出,場面; 景象,景觀; pl.眼鏡
Viewed from the top of Mount Tai,the sunrise was indeed a spectacle ;從泰山頂上看去,日出真 是個奇觀.
Don't make a spectacle of yourself. ;不要丟人現(xiàn)眼了.

stall n.貨攤;小隔間; (發(fā)動機的)熄火; [p劇場的正廳前座區(qū)
stall v.(使)(發(fā)動機)熄火; 拖延,推遲
As the engine stalled on the highway,I had to call 110 for emergency. ;由于引擎在高速公路上 熄火,我只好打110緊急 求助.

stride vi.大踏步走 n.大步;步伐,步態(tài); [常p進展,進步
All my students are striding forward in English. ;我所有學生的英語在大踏 步地取得進展.

sturdy a.強壯的,結實的, 堅固的;堅強的,堅定的
Without sturdy knowledge,this mathematical problem can't be solved easily ;沒有真才實學,這道數(shù)學 難題不會輕易就可以解 出來.

surgeon n.外科醫(yī)生
Surgeons need to know much more than medical knowledge. ;外科醫(yī)生不能只懂得醫(yī)學 知識.

swamp n.沼澤 vt.淹沒,浸沒; 難倒,壓倒
Be careful when stepping over the swamp,or you may sink in. ;踏入沼澤地時,請小心, 不然會陷入的.

thesis n.論文,畢業(yè)論文; 論題,論點
It pains the professo- rs to know students buy prewritten graduation thesis. ;得知大學生購買事先寫好 的畢業(yè)論文,教授們極為 痛心.

tribe n.部落;族(生物分類)
Some African tribes have no written languages.That's why they are so backward. ;一些非洲部落沒有書面文 字,這正是他們落后的原 因.