calendar [?k?lind?] n. 歷法,日歷
【擴】kalendar 日歷
【搭】solar calendar 陽歷 wall calendar 掛歷 lunar calendar 陰歷
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A: I like that color calendar.
B: I'll give it to you if you like.
A:我喜歡那本彩色的日歷。
B:喜歡就送給你了。
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historian [hi?st??ri?n] n. 歷史學(xué)家
unique [ju??ni?k] adj. 無與倫比的,獨特的
【擴】idiographic 獨特的
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A: This is our specialty.
B: Surely it is unique.
A:這是本店的特色商品。
B:這種商品確實很獨特。
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steadily [?stedili] adv. 不斷地
【擴】continuously 不斷地 constantly 不斷地,經(jīng)常地
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A: Our demand for this product is steadily on the increase.
B: How much do you order this time?
A:我們對該產(chǎn)品的需求正在穩(wěn)步地增長。
B:你們這次準(zhǔn)備訂購多少呢?
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sole [s?ul] adj. 唯一的
【擴】only 唯一的
【搭】sole one 唯一一個
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A: Unless you increase the turnover we can hardly appoint you our sole agent.
B: I'll consider it, and tell you my decision tomorrow.
A:除非貴方增加交易額,否則我們無法指定貴方為我們的獨家代理。
B:我考慮考慮,明天告訴你我的決定。
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video [?vidi?u] n. 錄像
CD-ROM [?si?-di?-?r?m] n. (只讀)光盤驅(qū)動器
bewilder [bi?wild?] v. 令人眼花繚亂
【派】bewilderment 迷惑
【例】The traffic in big cities bewilders me.
大城市的交通讓我眼花繚亂。
deduce [di?dju?s] v. 推斷,推理
【擴】conclude 推斷出 forejudge 推斷
【搭】deduce from 從……推斷出
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A: I deduce from the large crowd that the speaker is very popular.
B: Yes, he is the professor who is the most popular among the students in our school.
A:從聽眾很多這一點,我可以推斷,演講者大受歡迎。
B:是的,他是最受我們學(xué)校學(xué)生歡迎的教授。
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scanty [?sk?nti] adj. 不足的,貧乏的
【擴】skimp 不足的 lacking 缺少的
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A: The rainfall was rather scanty this month.
B: Yes, it rained only twice altogether.
A:這個月的雨量不足。
B:是的,總共只下了兩場雨。
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mammoth [?m?m?θ] n. (古生物)長毛象
tusk [t?sk] n. 獠牙,長牙,象牙
nomad [?n?um?d] n. 游牧民
correlate [?k?rileit] v. 使相互聯(lián)系
【派】correlation 相互關(guān)系,關(guān)聯(lián)
【擴】interrelate 相關(guān),相互關(guān)聯(lián)
【搭】correlate with 與……相關(guān)聯(lián)
【例】 This doesn't correlate with what we've known already.
這同我們已經(jīng)知道的沒有關(guān)系。
clue [klu?] n. 線索
insignificant [insiɡ?nifik?nt] adj. 不重要的
【擴】unimportant 不重要的
【例】This problem was insignificant compared to others we faced.
這一問題與我們面臨的其他問題相比算不了什么。
shed [?ed] v. 使流出,瀉
advent [??dvent] n. 出現(xiàn),到來,來臨
【搭】with the advent of 隨著……的出現(xiàn)
【例】People are much better informed since the advent of the Internet.
自從有了網(wǎng)絡(luò),人們的消息靈通多了。
agriculture [??ɡri?k?lt??] n. 農(nóng)業(yè)
assumption [??s?mp??n] n. 假定,設(shè)想
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A: The facts proved her assumption was wrong.
B: But she doesn't think that way.
A:事實證明她的設(shè)想是錯的。
B:但她并不那么認(rèn)為。
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dot [d?t] n. 小圓點
symbol [?simb?l] n. 符號
engrave [in?ɡreiv] v. 雕刻
【派】engraving 雕刻印刷品
【擴】sculpture 雕刻
【例】The stone was engraved with inscription in memory of him.
石碑上刻有紀(jì)念他的碑文。
ivory [?aiv?ri] n. 象牙制品
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A: May I see that ivory horse?
B: Sure. Here you are.
A:我可以看看那個象牙做的馬嗎?
B:當(dāng)然可以,給你。
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phase [feiz] n. 月相,天相
primitive [?primitiv] n. 原始人;adj. 原始的
【派】primitiveness 原始
【擴】primordial 原始的 aboriginal 原始的,土著的
【例】Primitive made himself primitive tools from sharp stones and animal bones.
原始人用尖石塊和獸骨為自己制作原始的工具。
depict [di?pikt] v. 描畫,描繪