§ Headword

　　§ Synonym

　　§ 汉译

　　§ Antonym

　　§ approximately

　　§ roughly

　　§ 大约地

　　§ Exactly

　　§ China has the world's largest number of terrestial vertebrates, with a total of 1,800 species, which accounts for approximately one-tenth of the same species of vertebrates in the world.

　　§ speculate

　　§ 推测

　　§ You can prototype and speculate all you want, but that’s at best indirect influence on what therest of a company is doing.

　　§ adorn

　　§ garnish, decorate

　　§ 装饰

　　§ His tables and chairs are still in the Elysee Palace in Paris and his sofas, bookcase and desk adorn other rooms.

　　§ specialist

　　§ professional, expert

　　§ 专家

　　§ The problem with specialization is that it makes you into a specialist. It cuts you off, not only from everything else in the world, but also from everything else in yourself.

　　§ candidate

　　§ applicant, contender

　　§ 候选人

　　§ Most of these candidate systems, such as atoms and semiconducting quantum dots, work forquantum computing, but only at very low temperatures.

　　§ controversial

　　§ contentious

　　§ 有争议的

　　§ As long as you avoid anything personal, political, or controversial – at least during firstencounters – and know which questions to ask, you’ll be talking the talk of certified socialite.

　　§ proponent

　　§ advocate

　　§ 支持者

　　§ Opponent

　　§ Well, ironically, he's a proponent of giving away content for free as a business model – and foryears he's been telling the music industry to adapt to it.

　　§ terraced

　　§ 有平台的

　　§ The poppy fields that once covered the fertile mountainsides are long gone, replaced by terraced tea plantations that cascade down the steep slopes to the valleys below.

　　§ evaporate

　　§ vaporize

　　§ 蒸发

　　§ Solidify

　　§ If you're willing to give it up, and let yourself evaporate into the breeze, it can take you across, and you can reach your destination," said the desert in its deep voice.

　　§ recede

　　§ retreat, withdraw

　　§ 撤退

　　§ An additional 32 people are missing, and officials are trying to verify scores more reporteddeaths as the floodwaters gradually recede from the most badly affected areas.

　　§ geological

　　§ 地质的

　　§ “What’s wonderful about looking at the past is the long lens of geological history,” saidWhiteside. “There is evidence that food web collapse is starting to occur in some marineecosystems.