2017托福考试阅读高频词汇解析(九)
来源 :中华考试网 2017-05-03
中§ shaft
§ 杆(矛)
§ The lathe turns off a shaft in just one minute.
§ spear
§ 矛
§ And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
§ anthropologist
§ 人类学家
§ Fisher, a biological anthropologist, says she wrote her latest book because she wanted to uncover the science behind “why you love who you love and perhaps even help people find the one”.
§ interpretation
§ 解释, 说明
§ I disagree somewhat with their exact classification of what each of them means, so I will substitute my own interpretation for some.
§ engraving
§ carving
§ 雕刻
§ About a year ago I picked up a small bench-top CNC machine for making circuit boards and electronics enclosures. Configured correctly though, it can also do simpleengraving.
§ notation
§ symbol
§ 记号
§ We made sure the customer fully understood the diagramming notation and the contents of each diagram, since their review and approval was critical.
§ phases
§ 位相(月亮、行星的)
§ To reduce your frustration with this process, it helps to know the six phases people go through whenever they are experiencing any type of change, be it personal or professional.
§ consciously
§ 有意识地
§ Unconsciously
§ The term refers to the habit we all have of thinking — consciously or not — that once something has had contact with another thing, their parts are in some way joined.
§ figurine
§ 小雕像
§ This recycled fair trade plastic bag chicken figurine is handcrafted by disadvantaged crafters in the townships near Cape Town, South Africa, and produced exclusively for Wow!
§ exaggerate
§ 夸张
§ However, far too often we exaggerate its impact and indulge in fearmongering with imagery of devastation of biblical proportions.
§ fertility
§ 生育能力
§ The belief is that if the couple survives this torture, they will not only have abundantfertility, but that none of their children will die.