E.g. He was told to speak briefly; accordingly he cut short his remarks.
人家叫他說話簡短, 于是他就長話短說了.
account for—explain說明
E.g. How do you account for the company's alarmingly high staff turnover?
你怎么解釋這家公司高得令人憂慮的人員流動率?
accumulate—collect積聚-收集
E.g. However, as evidence began to accumulate, experts felt obliged to investigate.
然而, 由于證據(jù)開始增多了, 專家們感到必須進行調(diào)查了.
acute—intense急性的-劇烈的
E.g. Statistically, ninety-eight percent of all acute sunstroke cases are fatal.
據(jù)統(tǒng)計,急性中暑病例中有98%是致命的。
adhere—stick粘附-粘附
E.g. Small particles adhere to the seed.
小顆粒牢牢附著在種子上。
adjunct—addition輔助-附加
adorn—decorate裝飾--裝飾
adverse—negative相反的-負面的
E.g. My sister's taste in dresses is adverse to my own.
我妹妹的服飾審美觀完全與我相反.
advocate—proponent提倡者-支持者
aesthetical—artistic審美的-藝術(shù)的
E.g. It is much easier , no doubt, to talk about aesthetical matters in technical terms.
毋庸置疑, 用術(shù)語談論美學問題是輕而易舉的.
astound—surprise令人極為驚訝的-令人驚訝
attachment (to)—preference (for)喜愛-喜愛
E.g. As a teenager she formed a strong attachment to one of her teachers.
少女時代的她曾迷上了自己的一個老師。
attain—achieve獲得-獲得
attendant—accompanying伴隨的-伴隨的
attire—clothing衣服-衣服
attribute—characteristic特征
E.g. Politeness is an attribute of a gentleman.
彬彬有禮是紳士的本色.
aviation—navigation航空-航空
barren—infertile貧瘠的-貧瘠的
E.g. He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
他也想用這些水灌溉荒漠。
bias—prejudice偏見-偏見
E.g. Bias against women permeates every level of the judicial system.
各級司法機構(gòu)普遍存在對女性的偏見。
bizarre—odd-奇異的-奇怪的
E.g. His fast-paced novels are full of bizarre situations and madcap antics.
他那些快節(jié)奏的小說里充滿了怪誕的場景和荒唐的行為。
boost—raise促進-提高
E.g. Without a major boost in tourism, the economy will suffer even further.
旅游業(yè)如果沒有大的起色,經(jīng)濟狀況會每況愈下。
bound—limit限制-限制
classify—categorize分類-分類
E.g. . It is useful to classify all these particles into two groups.
把所有粒子分成兩大類是適當?shù)?
coarse—rough 粗糙-粗糙
E.g. She never wears clothes made of coarse material.
她從來不穿粗布衣服.
cohesion—unity凝聚-結(jié)合,統(tǒng)一
coin—create創(chuàng)造,杜撰-創(chuàng)造
E.g. When a noted leader on the art of management, Peter Drucker, coined the phrase "Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things," he was seeking to clarify the distinctions he associates with the terms.
collectively—together共同的-一起
comparably—similarly類似-同樣地
compile—put together收集-收集
E.g. There they compile precious documents on the manners, government, religion, fauna and flora of the country.
他們在這里搜集了不少關于風俗 、 政府 、 宗教 、 當?shù)貏又参锏确矫娴膶氋F資料.