2017托福考试阅读高频词汇解析(五十五)
来源 :中华考试网 2017-05-28
中geological
地质的
Within a few years, he would be accepted into scientific organizations like the Geological Society and the Royal Society.
feature
characteristic
外貌、特征
The business people on one of our projects really wanted this feature, so we implemented part of it on one of the screens for them.
volcano
火山
But the volcano erupted again and he even started arguing belligerently that we were not on the motorway at all, despite the blue signs.
solar system
太阳系
Although some of these nebulas appear like planets on the sky (hence their name), they actually surround stars far outside our Solar System.
extensive
大量的
His extensive experience in other parts of Asia helped him to overcome cultural barriers.
impact cratering
陨石坑
Mimas, one of the smaller round moons of Saturn, sports Herschel crater, one of the larger impact craters in the entire Solar System.
bulge
凸起
The film business is like a snake digesting a large meal: the production bulge caused by the surge of money in 2006 and 2007 will take a year or so to work its way through the system.
diameter
直径
But it would take a telescope with the effective diameter of the sun to actually take photographs of something the size of an elephant strolling on an exoplanet only 4.3 light-years away.
collision
碰撞
So, I am actually able to put this into scientific formulae and work out, when one billiard ball moves towards another, how in the past that collision would have happened?
plate
板块
If you want your friend to try something they should pick it up from your plate with their own chopsticks.
crust
地壳
Theoretical models predict that the crust is unstable in the hours leading up to a major earthquake, but detecting that instability in the real world has proven a challenge.
shield volcano
盾状火山
The volcanics in TRF are obviously different from shield-forming basaltic volcanics of the Tianchi volcano in characters of volcanic geology, petrology and volcanic chronology.
sloping
斜的
They lived on a sloping street where the houses press against one another, side by side, like children in a line holding hands.
molten rock
熔岩
Cradling one of the world's largest and least studied lava lakes—more than 700 feet across and possibly miles deep—Nyiragongo has twice sent molten rock racing toward residents of Goma.
distinctive
unique
独特的
Ordinary
Of course, the root and the main current of any culture must bear its own distinctive national features.
lava
岩浆
We flew over the lava flowing into the sea and the moment I saw it I knew I had to come back at night to capture the majesty of it.
reveal
expose
暴露
Not yet because that would reveal which ones we have seen and which we have not.
plain
平原
It is the coastal plain, and that provides, or that is the main highway out of Egypt or down to Egypt.
gravity
地心引力
From the expressions on their faces, I realized the gravity of the situation.
eventual
final
最终的
However, the Battle for Manila between Spain and the US turned out to be a farce, which sought to exclude the Filipinos from the eventual occupation of Manila.
respective
各自的
If there are any new capabilities, you can add them in this capability map and extend them as per the respectivebusiness requirements.
Venus
金星
“No one expected Venus to be the poisonous hell that it is, or Mars to have the river valleys that it does,” he said.
ongoing
current
正在进行的
Rootein – Unlike Habit Forge, this is an ongoing habit tracker. There is also a mobile version for you to track your habits on the go.
eruption
喷发
Our work was like that of geologists who compile the signs of an imminent earthquake or volcanic eruption.
estimate
assessment
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.
slope
斜坡
The slope began to ease off towards the edge of hill above.
intermittently
断断续续的
Pockets of thick fog get trapped along the ridgelines, magpies nest among the outcrops, and springsintermittently spray over the rocks.
prominent
noticeable
明显的
Of course, these individuals have been around since the beginning of human history and played a moreprominent role in some eras than in others.
cratering
成坑(天文)
Cratering will generally result from an underground burst, just as for a surface burst.
pitted
使留下疤痕、斑点
Boxing’s beginnings in America go back to slave days, when plantation owners pitted slaves against one another and wagered on the outcomes.
meteoroid
流星
Shortly before the uninhabited space station reached orbit in .May 1973,aeroaynamic pressure ripped off ameteoroid and heat shield.
dust
尘
His car stood in the garage for a long time, with thick dust.
considerably
greatly
非常
The incidence of this disease has dropped considerably in the past few years.
counterpart
对应物(人)
If there is a RUP work product but no counterpart in your software project management process, should you add this work product?
correspond
与...一致
Yet, the length of time does not correspond to an observed reality; it could be from five years to fifty years.
obliterate
毁坏
In the past three years, its market share gains have even been accelerating, making some people wonder whether the company will eventually obliterate what remains of its competition in search.
primarily