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Unit4

□predecessor □cumulus □contemplate □coalescence

□rust □utopian □feast □serrated

□zooplankton □apoptosis □stray □humoral

predecessor [ˈpredəsesə(r)]

【考法】 NOUN Your predecessor is the person who had your job before you. 前任;前辈

【例句】 He maintained that he learned everything he knew from his predecessor Kenneth Sisam.

他坚称他所知道的一切都获自前任肯尼思·赛瑟姆。

cumulus [ˈkjumjələs]

【考法】 NOUN Cumulus is a type of thick white cloud formed when hot air rises very quickly. 积云

【例句】 .huge cumulus clouds.

巨大的积云

contemplate [ˈkɑntəmpleɪt]

【考法】 VERB If you contemplate an action, you think about whether to do it or not. 考虑;思量;思忖

【例句】 For a time he contemplated a career as an army medical doctor.

有段时间,他考虑去当军医。

coalescence [ˌkoəˈlɛsns]

【考法】 NOUN the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts 合并;联合

【例句】 The stability of any foam ultimately relies on the hindrance of bubble coalescence.

任何泡沫的稳定性归根到底都依赖于阻止泡泡们的合并。

rust [rʌst]

【考法】 NOUN Rust is a brown substance that forms on iron or steel, for example when it comes into contact with water. 锈;铁锈

【例句】 .a decaying tractor, red with rust.

锈迹斑斑的破拖拉机

utopian [juːˈtəupiən]

【考法】 ADJ If you describe a plan or idea as utopian, you are criticizing it because it is unrealistic and shows a belief that things can be improved much more than is possible. (计划、想法)空想的,不切实际的

【例句】 He was pursuing a utopian dream of world prosperity.

他怀揣着一个实现世界繁荣的乌托邦之梦。

feast [fist]

【考法】 NOUN A feast is a large and special meal. 宴会;筵席;盛宴

【例句】 Lunch was a feast of meat and vegetables, cheese, yoghurt and fruit, with unlimited wine.

午餐很丰盛,有肉、蔬菜、奶酪、酸奶、水果,酒无限量供应。

serrated [ˈsɛˌretɪd]

【考法】 ADJ A serrated object such as a knife or blade has a row of V-shaped points along the edge. (刀、刀片等)锯齿状的,有锯齿的

【例句】 Bread knives should have a serrated edge.

面包刀的刀刃应该有波浪齿。

zooplankton [ˌzoəˈplæŋktən]

【考法】 NOUN the animal constituent of plankton, which consists mainly of small crustaceans and fish larvae 浮游动物

【例句】 Sommer notes that fish eat only certain kinds of zooplankton, so more analysis is needed to gauge the impact on the food supply.

Sommer指出,鱼只吃某些种类的浮游动物,所以需要进行更多的分析,才能测定全球变暖对鱼类食物供应的影响。

apoptosis [ˌæpəpˈtosɪs]

【考法】 NOUN the programmed death of some of an organism’s cells as part of its natural growth and development 细胞凋亡

【例句】 Once they had the right combination, the researchers designed a synthetic gene which codes for a pro tein that promotes apoptosis, or programmed cell death.

确认了正确的组合之后,研究人员设计了一种合成基因。它对一种能够促成细胞凋亡(一种受控的细胞死亡)的蛋白质进行编码。

stray [stre]

【考法】 VERB If someone strays somewhere, they wander away from where they are supposed to be. 迷路;偏离;走失

【例句】 Tourists often get lost and stray into dangerous areas.

游客常会迷路并误入危险区域。

humoral [ˈhjuːmərəl]

【考法】 ADJ denoting or relating to a type of immunity caused by free antibodies circulating in the blood 体液性抗体免疫的,体液的

【例句】 In this manner, the humoral immune system is related to, and interacts with, the nonspecific immune system.

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