2017托福考试阅读高频词汇解析（十五）

　　§ Headword

　　§ Synonym

　　§ 汉译

　　§ Antonym

　　§ Pacific

　　§ 太平洋的

　　§ The United States, by the blessing of our geography, is both an Atlantic and a Pacific power, and we are committed to our relationships through both of these great oceans.

　　§ consist

　　§ be made up of

　　§ 组成

　　§ A simple way to do this is to look through the real names of the users and match those names which consist of one name followed by a space followed by another name.

　　§ primary

　　§ 原来, 最初

　　§ As voice programmers, a primary objective should be to make it simpler for users to interact byvoice—particularly for those who have no choice but to use voice and ears.

　　§ scattered

　　§ 散落的

　　§ When Barker and colleagues found where the scattered logs were coming from—a slope that had been eroded by a river—they dug in and found many more logs, as well as leaves and seedpods.

　　§ triangle

　　§ 三角形

　　§ Classes and books on software testing often use a sample program that accepts three numbersand then performs tests for the type of triangle with side lengths equal to those numbers.

　　§ estimate

　　§ 估计

　　§ The approach does not produce a detailed estimate but it does provide an accurate enough guess to compare projects or to decide whether to start a project.

　　§ speculation

　　§ 猜测

　　§ Charles died when something flew in one side of his skull and out the other and evidently therewas speculation as to whether he was shot by the enemy or due to some plot within his own ranks.

　　§ encounter

　　§ 偶遇

　　§ This in itself was an encounter with the past, like retuning to a place that once was familiar buthas changed its appearance.