2017托福考试阅读高频词汇解析（二十四）

　　§ Headword

　　§ Synonym

　　§ 汉译

　　§ Antonym

　　§ paleontologist

　　§ 古生物学家

　　§ Even the tracks alone say a lot about the feeding behavior of the ancient birds, commented paleontologist Martin Lockley of the University of Colorado in Denver.

　　§ demise

　　§ death, extermination

　　§ 灭绝

　　§ The euro. In spite of all the talk about the euro’s demise, and the problems of Greece and Spainand Italy, the currency is surviving, as is the economic union it represents.

　　§ tectonic

　　§ (地)构造的

　　§ The major earthquakes and active volcanoes occurring there are caused by the westward movement of the Pacific tectonic plate and other plates leading to subduction under Asia.

　　§ shallow

　　§ superficial

　　§ 浅的

　　§ It not only shows how people lived at the time is also of great interest to natural scientists because the waters around it are so shallow.

　　§ continent

　　§ 大陆

　　§ In an article in which he cites the world wars that ravaged the continent, he adds: "Europe needs to advance together or risk fragmentation.

　　§ diverse

　　§ varied, dissimilar

　　§ 多样的

　　§ Similar

　　§ But these things come together because of our ability to work with one another and findcommon purpose no matter how diverse we might be.

　　§ geochemical

　　§ 地质化学的

　　§ Geochemical analyses allow us to build a picture of what the environment was like and the kindof land that our ancestors would have lived and worked on.