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识记单词

backdrop

僻 [ˈbækˌdrɒp] n. （事件的）背景

英 the general situation in which particular events happen

真 [2016年阅读Text 4] Against a backdrop of drastic changes in economy and population structure, younger Americans are drawing a new 21st-century road map to success, a latest poll has found.

翻译 最新一次民意调查显示，在经济与人口结构急剧变革的大背景下，年轻一代的美国人正在探索着21世纪通往成功的新方法。

backfire

僻 [ˌbækˈfaɪə(r)] vi. （计划）产生适得其反的结果

英 (of a plan) to have the opposite result from the one you intended

真 [2018年完形] Curiosity is often considered a good instinct—it can lead to new scientific advances, for instance—but sometimes such inquiry can backfire.

翻译 好奇心往往被视为一种好的本能——比如，它可以带来新的科学发现——但是有时候，这种探究会事与愿违。

benefit

僻 [ˈbenɪfɪt] n. （政府）补助金，救济金

英 the money given by the government to people who need financial help, for example because they cannot find a job

真 [2013年新题型] The hugely popular blog the Skint Foodie chronicles how Tony balances his love of good food with living on benefits.

翻译 一个名为“穷鬼美食家”的博客人气颇旺，它记录了博主托尼如何在爱吃美食与依靠救济金度日之间取得平衡。

bid

僻 [bɪd] n. 企图得到；努力争取

英 an attempt to achieve or get something

真 [2017年阅读Text 2] Parents would be looking at their emails while the children would be making excited bids for their attention.

翻译 当孩子兴奋地叫喊父母，想引起他们注意时，父母却在看着他们的电子邮件。

bite-sized

僻 [ˈbaɪtˌsaɪzd] adj. 一口能吃下去的；小块儿的

英 a bite-sized piece of food is small enough to put in your mouth whole

真 [2016年阅读Text 1] Breaking down problems into bite-sized chunks and using code to solve them becomes normal.

翻译 将问题分解成小的模块并用编码去解决问题变得习以为常。

block

僻 [blɒk] vt. 妨碍

英 to stop something from happening or succeeding

真 [2016年阅读Text 2] Some Congress members are trying to block the plan, and at least a dozen industry groups, four states, and three environmental groups are challenging it in federal court.

翻译 一些（美国）国会议员试图阻止这一计划，而且至少有12个行业组织、4个州和3个环境保护组织在联邦法庭上对这一计划提出质疑。

blow

僻 [bləʊ] n. 打击；不幸

英 an unexpected event that has a damaging effect on someone or something

真 [2017年阅读Text 3] Gap year experiences can lessen the blow when it comes to adjusting to college and being thrown into a brand new environment, making it easier to focus on academics and activities rather than acclimation blunders.

翻译 空档年的经历能够让学生在适应大学生活、突然置身一个全新环境的时候不至于受到太大冲击，使他们更容易将精力集中在学术及活动上，而非集中在适应犯错误上。

board

僻 [bɔː(r)d] n. 董事会；理事会；委员会

英 the group of people who are responsible for controlling and organizing a company or organization

真 [2011年阅读Text 1] Ruth Simmons joined Goldman Sachs's board as an outside director in January 2000; a year later she became president of Brown University.

翻译 2000年1月，露丝·西蒙斯以独立董事的身份加入了高盛公司董事会；一年之后，她出任布朗大学校长。

bottle

僻 [ˈbɒt(ə)l] vt. 装瓶

英 to put something into bottles or jars

真 [2010年阅读Text 3] Then beverage companies started bottling the production of far-off springs, and now office workers unthinkingly sip bottled water all day long.

翻译 然后饮料企业开始生产取自山泉的瓶装水，现在人们在办公室整天都会不假思索地抿着瓶装水。

brand

僻 [brænd] vt. 加污名于；谴责

英 to say that you think someone is the sort of person that is stated

真 [2013年阅读Text 2] We hail them as Americans in the making, or brand them as aliens to be kicked out.

翻译 我们要么把他们当作未来的美国同胞加以欢迎，要么给他们贴上外族的标签准备将他们驱逐出去。

brief

僻 [briːf] n. 诉讼要点；案情摘要

英 a document or set of documents containing the details about a court case

真 [2012年阅读Text 3] In October the Department of Justice filed a brief in the Myriad case, arguing that an isolated DNA molecule “is no less a product of nature ... than are cotton fibers that have been separated from cotton seeds.”

翻译 10月，（美国）司法部针对麦利亚德案发表案情摘要，认为分离的DNA分子“和从棉籽上分离出来的棉纤维一样，仅仅是自然的产物”。

brim

僻 [brɪm] n. （容器的）边

英 the very top edge of a container

真 [2016年阅读Text 1] Students also benefit from learning something about coding before they get to college, where introductory computer-science classes are packed to the brim, which can drive the less-experienced or -determined students away.

翻译 学生上大学之前学习有关编程的知识也是有帮助的，大学里的入门计算机科学课程排得满满当当，足以让那些缺乏经验或意志不坚定的学生望而却步。

buck

僻 [bʌk] vt. 抗拒；违逆

英 oppose or resist (something oppressive or inevitable)

真 [2019年新题型] While more families buck an older-generation proclivity to leave kids in the dark about real estate decisions, realty agents and psychologists have mixed views about the financial, personal and long-term effects kids' opinions may have.

翻译 尽管更多的家庭反对老一辈的倾向——在做出房产购买决定时把孩子的想法排除在外，但是这对于孩子的想法会产生什么样的财务、个人和长期影响，房地产代理商和心理学家的观点并不完全一致。

buy

僻 [baɪ] vt. 相信

英 to believe that something is true

真 [2016年阅读Text 2] Not everyone buys the win-win rhetoric.

翻译 不是所有人都认同这一双赢的说辞。

byproduct

僻 [ˈbaɪprɔdʌkt] n. 附带结果

英 something that is produced as a result of making something else, or something unexpected that happens as a result of something else

真 [2016年新题型] And in that, once more, we need to look to the example of our children, to whom happiness is not a goal but a natural byproduct of the way they live.

翻译 因此，我们应该再次向孩子们学习，对他们而言，快乐不是一个目标，而是其生活方式的自然产物。