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2017托福考试阅读高频词汇解析(二十二)

来源 :中华考试网 2017-05-10

  § metallurgy

  § 冶金术

  § You might say, well what's the person who studied chemical metallurgy doing teaching chemistryhere? Well, after my Ph.D., MIT I came here as a postdoctoral fellow in 1977.

  § penetrate

  § pierce

  § 渗透, 穿透

  § Because water is the softest substance in the world, but yet it can penetrate the hardest rock or anything -- granite, you name it.

  § savannah

  § 大草原, 热带草原

  § Only 60 years ago, the land around Moyale was savannah with plenty of grass, big trees andelephants, lions and rhino.

  § roughly

  § approximately

  § 大约地

  § This could be estimated at 1000 litres of hydrogen for 330 grams of chlorophyll per day whereasfor example colza produces roughly only 1000 litres of oil per hectare . . .

  § profound

  § thoughtful

  § 意义深远的

  § This means profound change in nearly every important relationship we have —as familymembers, neighbors, citizens of nations and the world.

  § complexity

  § complication

  § 复杂性

  § At the top end of the complexity spectrum, you could end up with refinement cycles within refinement cycles, each with different iteration frequencies.

  § blacksmith

  § 铁匠

  § He was the only blacksmith for miles a round and since he did very good work, his shop wasfrequently crowded with neighbors and old friends and other shopkeepers from the village.

  § productive

  § prolific

  § 多产的, 丰富的

  § They need to do two things: invest in the productive capacity of agriculture and improve theoperation of food markets.

  § warrior

  § 勇士

  § Sammi one of these three means the sacred bird, also means warrior bold and passionateChristian wisdom, rich, intelligent mind and it is the perfect character.

  § symbolic

  § representative

  § 代表性的

  § And if anywhere along your schedule you have the opportunity, as a symbolic gesture of support, to stop in to those stations, thank those firefighters, we would greatly appreciate that.

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