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□tenet □sumac □taper □dirigible
□gangster □whine □soloist □analogy
【考法】 NOUN Some animals and insects produce chemicals called pheromones which affect the behaviour of other animals and insects of the same type, for example by attracting them sexually. 信息素（生物体释放的化学物质，能影响其他同类生物的行为）
【例句】 The findings also add support to the existence of pheromone-like compounds in humans.
这些发现同时为人体中存在类似费洛蒙的化合物提供了支持。
【考法】 ADJ If you are disinclined to do something, you do not want to do it. 不愿意的；不喜欢的
【例句】 He was disinclined to talk about himself, especially to his students.
他不愿意谈论他自己，尤其是当着学生的面。
【考法】 NOUN To have a reputation for something means to be known or remembered for it. 名声；名望；声誉
【例句】 Alice Munro has a reputation for being a very depressing writer.
艾丽斯·芒罗以文风沉郁闻名。
【考法】 NOUN A rod is a long, thin metal or wooden bar. 杆；棒；竿
【例句】 .a 15-foot thick roof that was reinforced with steel rods.
用钢筋加固的15英尺厚的屋顶
【考法】 NOUN The tenets of a theory or belief are the main principles on which it is based. （理论、信仰的）基本原则，根本信条
【例句】 Non-violence and patience are the central tenets of their faith.
非暴力和忍耐是他们的信仰的核心原则。
【考法】 NOUN any temperate or subtropical shrub or small tree of the anacardiaceous genus Rhus, having com pound leaves, clusters of green flowers, and red hairy fruits 漆树
【例句】 Furry ropes of poison sumac veined across the ground.
毒漆树毛茸茸的藤条落得满地都是。
【考法】 VERB If something tapers, or if you taper it, it becomes gradually thinner at one end. （使）一端逐渐变细；（使）变锥形
【例句】 Unlike other trees, it doesn’t taper very much. It stays fat all the way up.
和别的树不同，它不是越往上越细，而是上下一样粗。
【考法】 ADJ able to be steered or directed 可驾驶的；可指导的
【例句】 Han Solo is still the cocky smuggler pilot, but I played the smuggler up with a pirate feel and rather than a spaceship he now pilots a large dirigible-like airship.
在我的设计中，韩·索罗仍然作为一个自大的偷渡者飞行员形象出现，但他更像个海盗，而他驾驶的太空船，则是一艘巨大的飞艇。
【考法】 NOUN A gangster is a member of an organized group of violent criminals. 黑帮成员；匪徒
【例句】 During the prohibition era, Chicago was chock-full of hotels that moonlighted as gangster hideaways,headquarters, and quite often, grisly crime scenes.
在禁酒令时期，芝加哥到处是这样的酒店：它们兼做歹徒的藏身处、总部，并常常成为可怕的犯罪现场。
【考法】 VERB If you say that someone is whining, you mean that they are complaining in an annoying way about something unimportant. （令人讨厌地）抱怨；唠叨
【例句】 They come to me to whine about their troubles.
他们到我这儿来不停地唠叨他们的烦恼。
【考法】 NOUN A soloist is a musician or dancer who performs a solo. 独奏者；独唱者；独舞者
【例句】 .the relationship between soloist and orchestra.
独奏者与管弦乐队之间的关系
【考法】 NOUN If you make or draw an analogy between two things, you show that they are similar in some way. 相似；类似；类推；类比
【例句】 It is probably easier to make an analogy between the courses of the planets, and two trains travelling in the same direction.
将行星的运行比作两列火车朝同一方向行驶可能更容易些。