BEC中級閱讀疑難詞匯7

(1)slow down 放緩

Can we slow down and walk for a bit? I'm getting a stitch.

咱們放慢速度步行一會兒好嗎? 我覺得腰部突然一陣劇痛。

(2)retention rate 保留率

The retention rate of daidzin in water solution is only 50%.

對大豆黃苷水溶液的截留率只有50%。

(3)mount up 上升

His debts continued tomount up.

他的債務在不斷增長。

(4)prove to be vt. 證明是(判明 ... 是)

Perhaps this book willprove to be of some use to you in your studies.

也許這本書會對你的研究有用處。

(5)disperse vi.使分散;使消失 vt.分散;驅散

The crowd dispersed.

人群紛紛散開。

(6)architecture n.建筑學(術,業(yè));建筑式樣(風格)

The style ofarchitecture originated from the ancient Greeks.

這種建筑風格起源于古希臘。

(7)take a percentage of 拿走一部分

What was I going to do, take a percentage of their dirt?

我能怎么著，從他們的土里拿提成?

(8)straightforward a.正直的，坦率的;易懂的，簡單的

His straightforward, modest manner took into camp everybody he knew.

他爽直而謙虛的態(tài)度使所有認識他的人都上了當。

(9)turn out 結果是

I knew it would turn out to be one of those days when I overslept.

我明白，如果我睡過頭，那結果會是很不妙的。

(10)in a row 一個接一個地，接連不斷地

The team has chalked up its fifth win in a row.

這隊一連五次取得勝利。

(11)biased a.有偏見的

He was biased against the plan from the beginning.

他從一開始就對這個計劃有偏見。