2017托福考试阅读高频词汇解析(五十六)
来源 :中华考试网 2017-05-29
中decline
decrease, reduction,cut, drop
下降
The move stopped the pound's decline but failed to bring about a significant rally.
venetian
威尼斯城的
Dürer's work taught Venetian artists that landscape could be an independent element of a painting, rather than just a symbolic backdrop for religious subjects.
peninsula
island
半岛
As for whether they will touch upon the situation on the Korean Peninsula, we will know after their meetings.
procure
获得, 采办
No settlements were founded, experts believe that these brief raids were to procure supplies such as timber for other civilizations.
shipment
transportation
装运, 货物
The seller is not to take the responsibility for no delivery or shipment delay due to generally irresistible reason.
shipyard
factory
造船厂
A few years after college, an old family friend offered me an office job in Virginia with a salary and benefits, so I moved hundreds of miles away from my family to work for a shipyard.
florence
佛罗伦萨
So the scope of this project was more than the previous research in cities such as Florence and Rome, where only the presence and movements of tourists was mapped.
elicit
诱出
I elicit their understanding of what gave rise to the symptoms, their expected course, and their perceived seriousness.
resurgence
复兴, 再起
Then the crash, happened here and there. Only Israel got a double whammy of the Second Intifada and a resurgence of violence starting around the same time.
maritime
oceangraphy
海事的
This achievement rests above all on openness: openness of trade, openness of ideas, and openness of what I would call the ‘common areas’ — whether in the maritime, space, or cyber domains.
appeal
draw
呼吁
The right of individuals to appeal to a higher court is provided for in the constitution.
intermediary
媒介的, 中间人
Fourth, we have strengthened the service and coordinating functions of such intermediary organizations.
dominate
monopoly
控制
We are even more social than monkeys and apes and it is this ability to get on with each other that has helped us dominate the planet.
recruit
employment
招募
Every person you recruit to the Rebellion through your page will make your connection to the Force even stronger.
cargo
freight
货物
They say it could one day replace Nasa’s Space Shuttle to transport up to 12 tonnes of cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station.
demand
request
需求
Why do we have to define professionalism in terms of basic supply and demand?
compulsory
obligatory, mandatory
必须的, 强制的
voluntary;optional
Some subjects, such as mathematice, physics and English, are compulsory for the students in this department.
privilege
特权, 优惠
His loss will be felt deeply, not only by his family but also by his soldiers and others who, like me, had the privilege to serve with him, " he said.
stretch
伸展
You should be able to feel the stretch in your hip and down the IT band (in this case, along the right side of your right leg).
handle
deal with
处理
If you answered yes to one or more of the above, then you need to think about how you handle the matter of time in your application.
innovation
creation
创新
Large numbers of machine tools have been rushed out since the implementation of technological innovation.
reserve
book
预留
The workers of this nature reserve try to clean it by themselves but their efforts are not enough.
vessed
ship
船, 舰
capacity
容量
Imcapacity
If you go on living, you do so only through your capacity for objectification, your ability to free yourself, in writing, from the infinite strain.
outdated
old-fashioned
过时的, 落伍的
To what extent have they been able to identify all the outdated equipment out there – have companies managed to hide some of it from the government?
dung
紧紧抱住
Tom: No.Although 75% of its raw materials is elephant dung, it is light delicate fragrance instead of stink. This is due to its special fabrication technology.
display
show, exhibition
陈列, 展览
Her attention was engaged by the display of the new dress in the ship windows.
conventional
normal
传统的
So if you look at this part of the curve, this chart, everything to the right is in fact what you might see in a conventional fossil boil or natural gas plant.
establishment
建立
With test infrastructures, one symptom of high maintenance costs is the establishment of a "tools team" to maintain the infrastructure.
apparent
obvious
明显的
When the synthetic is contrasted with the natural one, the difference is very apparent.
replace
take over
代替, 取代
Irreplaceable
However, this will replace all of your work in this project, so backup anything you want to keep.
scarcity
lack
缺乏, 不足
This is indispensable in a region like the Near East, where the scarcity of water prohibits further agricultural expansion.
profitable
有利可图的
Unprofitable
Our cost of production allows us to be profitable everywhere, not only in Europe but also in China.
council
委员会, 理事会
Not only me, me and most of the Iraqis, they are concerned about this council.
deliver
ship, bring
投递, 发表
No one will believe those promises because they know that later it will not be in your interest to deliver.
previously
before, prior to, earlier
之前
Document these assumptions and constraints so that when you go to update your plan throughout the project you can remember some of the "unusual" decisions you made previously.
mediterranean
地中海
If you’re on a cruise through the Mediterranean, you might only have one day in Athens.
distribution
分布, 分配
The principle of distribution in socialist society is “from each according to his ability”and “to each according to his work”.
decay
rot, spoil, decompose
衰败, 腐烂
These materials are known as "radioisotopes"—versions of an element that, because they have an abnormal number of neutrons, frequently decay and release radiation.
contemporary
modern
当代的, 同时代的
The ivory Buddha carved by Shen Weizhong, a contemporary Chinese sculptor, is the world's smallest piece of sculpture, its size being just four-fifths that of a grain of rice.
conservation
preservation
保守
But he argues that in the long term the focus must shift to conservation, efficiency, and more rational pricing so that city users pay their fair share.
emigrate
移居国外
Immigrate
Although I had had several opportunities to emigrate, I stayed in Albania throughout the darkest and most dangerous period.
navigation
导航, 航行
However, since it performs module switching by launching other modules and is an integral part of the navigation structure, we include it here as well.
noble
高尚的
In old days wealth and power centralized in the hands of a few noble families.
propel
push, drive
推进
This little spheroid sports thousands of tiny hairs around the outer edge of its body called cilia that propel it at lightning speeds through freshwater scum.
oar
船桨
Suchen never understood what had driven her to grasp the oar at the last moment.