2017托福考试阅读高频词汇解析(二十二)
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中§ 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.