2017托福考试阅读高频词汇解析(八)
来源 :中华考试网 2017-05-03
中§ inject
§ pour into
§ 注射, 注入
§ I discussed the motivation and definition of DI and showed an example of how a container can inject dependencies from one component into another.
§ triple
§ 增至三倍
§ After escaping from whaling boats 150 years ago, it quickly evolved to triple in size, and switched from herbivory to eating flesh.
§ genetic
§ 基因的
§ Sometimes it is because in the new population, the genetic background for their other genes masks the effect of gene A on depression.
§ partial
§ 部分的
§ This lack of indifference toward the beloved may lead the lover to take measures which hurt the other when viewed within a partial perspective, but can be seen as beneficial from a global perspective.
§ strain
§ type
§ 品种, 类型
§ Whatever might have caused some muscle strain, it could be the source of your back pain.
§ abundant
§ ample, plentiful
§ 丰富的
§ Scarce
§ With its economies of scale and abundant labour, China is hoping to gain an edge in what promises to be a lucrative new industry.
Passage 2
§ Headword
§ Synonym
§ 汉译
§ Antonym
§ depletion
§ reduce
§ 消耗
§ Increase
§ This decreases the device thickness and depletion voltage and consequently reduces material quality requirements and cost of the detector material.
§ aquifer
§ 蓄水层
§ "Pumping from the Pleistocene aquifer has certainly had an adverse effect in terms of drawing down arsenic at significantly high concentrations over about 100 years," says Burgess.
§ rancher
§ 农场主
§ A few weeks ago a prominent white rancher near the border was killed, possibly by a smuggler or illegal immigrant.
§ semiarid
§ 半干旱的
§ The trees are most heavily concentrated in the south of Maranhão, in the transition zone between Brazil's semiarid northeast and the Amazon rainforest.
§ intensity
§ 强度, 密度
§ Now at any point in the day starting at 5 in the morning, there can be that same level of intensity and pressure to get something out.
§ wheat
§ 小麦
§ But the prices of wheat, corn and soyabean are all high, so any big shift towards one crop will come at the expense of the others.
§ inhabit
§ settle
§ 居住
§ This clustering makes each of us more productive, which in turn makes the place weinhabit even more so—and our collective creativity and economic wealth grow accordingly.
§ sandstone
§ 砂岩
§ Red maple leaves and gold on a cottonwood announce the arrival of fall in the pinksandstone canyons of Zion National Park in Utah.
§ accumulate
§ 累积, 聚集
§ Scatter
§ It is the business of the scientist to accumulate knowledge about the universe and all that is in it, and to find, if he is able, common factors which underlie and account for the facts that he knows.
§ estimate
§ evaluation
§ 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.