2017托福考试阅读高频词汇解析（三十四）

　　§ Headword

　　§ Synonym

　　§ 汉译

　　§ Antonym

　　§ absent

　　§ 缺席的, 缺少的

　　§ Present

　　§ The school confers a medal on any student who is not absent a single day.

　　§ define

　　§ 定义

　　§ All authors define it, explain it, and scare the hell out of those who have yet to discover it.

　　§ landform

　　§ 地形

　　§ Then, we analyzed the background causes of the disasters from the respects of geographicallocation, circulation factor, landform, geological structure and human factors.

　　§ depression

　　§ 沮丧

　　§ Both my mother and grandmother were diagnosed with depression. I saw more behavioralsymptoms in them, but I knew they were taking medication and they seemed to have it under control.

　　§ arid

　　§ 干旱的

　　§ Arid uplands are irrigated and planted with leafy gardens, whereas, on fertile plains, the parksare paved with stone.

　　§ exogenous

　　§ 外生的, 外因的

　　§ With exogenous red-lights flashing brightly in the euro zone, demand for the dollar is building.

　　§ sustain

　　§ maintain

　　§ 维持, 支撑

　　§ So if you are lucky enough to have one or two markets in which you can write and sustain regular work from, always remember that variety is the spice of life.

　　§ fertile

　　§ 富饶的

　　§ Infertile

　　§ Land that was once at the bottom of the sea now lies around the town in wide, fertile fields;where crabs once crawled, donkeys pick their way; in place of seaweed, roses grow.

　　§ silt

　　§ 淤泥, 泥沙

　　§ Silt turbidite (landslide) layers on the deep sea floor far off the coast from underwaterlandslides, likely caused by strong seismic shaking.

　　§ discharge

　　§ 解雇, 卸下

　　§ Few of those plants have ever been sanctioned for those emissions, nor were their discharge permits altered to prevent future pollution.

　　§ intervention

　　§ 介入, 调停

　　§ To our friends and allies, the Libyan intervention demonstrates what the international communitycan achieve when we stand together as one -- although the efforts in Libya are not yet over.

　　§ dam

　　§ 水坝, 障碍

　　§ Although this image is not perfect it is one of the few copyright free photos available of this dam- special permission is needed to go near it.

　　§ drastically

　　§ 彻底地

　　§ And that’s no accident because although this new style of printing comes with many advantages,it is simultaneously drastically transforming the market

　　§ irrigation

　　§ 灌溉

　　§ Since 1961, Peace Corps volunteers have worked on projects ranging from fish farming and theintroduction of small-scale irrigation systems to improved food processing and marketing.

　　§ humidity

　　§ 湿度, 湿气

　　§ High humidity means high levels of water vapor in the air ―the vapor that condenses and becomes visible as "fog" on windows of air-conditioned cars and buildings on steamy summer days.

　　§ originate

　　§ 引起, 发源

　　§ Research suggests that spiritual experiences originate deep within primitive areas of the humanbrain -- areas shared by other animals with brain structures like our own.

　　§ endogenous

　　§ 内生的, 内因性的

　　§ But there could be a cleverer way: to awaken our bodies' own "endogenous" stem cells toachieve natural regeneration.

　　§ limestone

　　§ 石灰岩

　　§ You bring iron ore from one part of the planet, carbon, limestone, you put it into this reactor andyou ship this all over the world.

　　§ massif

　　§ 山丘, 断层块

　　§ The study identified two mountain ranges raised almost entirely by mantle flow, according to the authors: the southern Meseta Central plateau in Spain and the Massif Central in France.

　　§ notably

　　§ especially, in particular, significantly

　　§ 显著地, 尤其

　　§ But the gathering of so many political heavyweights in one place can only be of concern to those not there, and notably President Bashir and his party.