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Unit5

□pollination □exude □curvaceous □relapse

□monogamous □prophetic □askance □transparency

□detachment □slain □proton □mar

pollination [ˌpɑləˈneʃən]

【考法】 VERB To pollinate a plant or tree means to fertilize it with pollen. This is often done by insects. (常指昆虫)给……传授花粉

【例句】 Many of the indigenous insects are needed to pollinate the local plants.

需要很多种土生昆虫给当地植物授粉。

exude [ɪgˈzuːd]

【考法】 VERB If someone exudes a quality or feeling, or if it exudes, they show that they have it to a great ex tent. 充分显露

【例句】 The guerrillas exude confidence. Every town, they say, is under their control.

游击队员们显得信心十足,他们说每座城镇都在他们的控制之下。

curvaceous [kɛːˈveɪʃəs]

【考法】 ADJ If someone describes a woman as curvaceous, they think she is attractive because of the curves of her body. 曲线美的

【例句】 Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes.

好莱坞似乎到处都是曲线动人的金发女郎。

relapse [rɪˈlæps]

【考法】 VERB If you say that someone relapses into a way of behaving that is undesirable, you mean that they start to behave in that way again. 故态复萌;重新陷入;倒退

【例句】 I wish I did,’said Phil Jordan, relapsing into his usual gloom.

“我要是那样做了就好了,”菲尔·乔丹说道,又像往常一样消沉起来。

monogamous [məˈnɒɡəməs]

【考法】 ADJ Someone who is monogamous or who has a monogamous relationship has a sexual relationship with only one partner. 一夫一妻制的;有单一性伴侣的

【例句】 Do you believe that men are not naturally monogamous?.

你相信人类并非本来就是一夫一妻制的吗?

prophetic [prəˈfɛtɪk]

【考法】 ADJ If something was prophetic, it described or suggested something that did actually happen later. 预言(性)的;预示的

【例句】 This ominous warning soon proved prophetic.

这个不祥的警告很快证明是有预见性的。

askance [əˈskæns]

【考法】 ADV If you look askance at someone or something, you have a doubtful or suspicious attitude towards them. 质疑地;怀疑地

【例句】 They have always looked askance at the western notion of democracy.

他们一直都怀疑西方的民主观。

transparency [trænsˈpɛrənsi, -ˈpær-]

【考法】 NOUN A transparency is a small piece of photographic film with a frame around it which can be pro jected onto a screen so that you can see the picture. (用于投影的)透明正片,幻灯片

【例句】 This is an age of transparency, and you have to join it.

这是一个透明的时代,你必须参与进去。

detachment [dɪˈtætʃmənt]

【考法】 NOUN Detachment is the feeling that you have of not being personally involved in something or of having no emotional interest in it. 超然;冷漠;冷静;客观

【例句】 .a doctor’s professional detachment.

医生职业性的冷静

slain [slen]

【考法】 VERB Slain is the past participle of slay. 杀死

【例句】 Two Australian tourists were slain.

两位澳大利亚游客被谋杀了。

proton [ˈproʊtɑn]

【考法】 NOUN A proton is an atomic particle that has a positive electrical charge. 质子

【例句】 So we get at the number of neutrons indirectly because we know the proton number here.

所以,我们可以间接得到中子数,因为我们知道质子数了。

mar [mɑː]

【考法】 VERB To mar something means to spoil or damage it. 破坏;损坏;毁坏

【例句】 A number of problems marred the smooth running of this event.

许多问题影响了这件事的顺利进行。 9ACGT8uoyxCwbjqdYK+4YQ1Br5PDH9BREEWi2PMdqvsQ8bTLbYWw2iiYR2A1svcu

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