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Unit6

□legacy □allegory □magnification □utensil

□facade □stocky □propitious □embroidery

□mystify □cryopreservation □bountiful □benzene

legacy [ˈlɛɡəsi]

【考法】 NOUN A legacy is money or property which someone leaves to you when they die. 遗产;遗赠

【例句】 You could make a real difference to someone’s life by leaving them a generous legacy.

慷慨留下您的遗产,改写他人的人生。

allegory [ˈæləgɔri]

【考法】 NOUN An allegory is a story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else. Allegories are often moral, religious, or political. 寓言;讽喻

【例句】 The book is a kind of allegory of Latin American history.

这本书是对拉丁美洲历史的一种讽喻。

magnification [ˌmæɡnɪfɪˈkeʃən]

【考法】 NOUN Magnification is the degree to which a lens, mirror, or other device can magnify an object, or the degree to which the object is magnified. 放大率;放大倍数

【例句】 The electron microscope uses a beam of electrons to produce images at high magnifications.

电子显微镜利用电子束形成高倍影像。

utensil [juˈtɛnsəl]

【考法】 NOUN Utensils are tools or objects that you use in order to help you to cook or to do other tasks in your home. 器皿;用具

【例句】 Masidun is a utensil used when twisting hempen threads in old times.

麻丝墩是旧时绩麻所用的一种器具。

facade [fəˈsɑːd]

【考法】 NOUN The facade of a building, especially a large one, is its front wall or the wall that faces the street. (尤指大型建筑物的)正面,临街的一面

【例句】 The facade of the building was checkerboarded with black and white tiles.

建筑物的正面用黑白花砖砌成棋盘格图样。

stocky [ˈstɑki]

【考法】 ADJ A stocky person has a body that is broad, solid, and often short. 结实的;矮壮的;粗壮的

【例句】 Herbivorous boys are fragile, do not have a stocky body—skinny.

食草族男孩是脆弱的,他们没有强健的身体——瘦得皮包骨。

propitious [prəˈpɪʃəs]

【考法】 ADJ If something is propitious, it is likely to lead to success. 顺利的;有利的

【例句】 They should wait for the most propitious moment between now and the next election.

他们应等待从现在到下次选举之间的最有利时机。

embroidery [ɛmˈbrɔɪdəri]

【考法】 NOUN Embroidery is the activity of stitching designs onto cloth. 刺绣

【例句】 She learned sewing, knitting and embroidery.

她学了缝纫、编织和刺绣。

mystify [ˈmɪstəˌfaɪ]

【考法】 VERB If you are mystified by something, you find it impossible to explain or understand. 使困惑不解;使大为惊奇

【例句】 The audience must have been totally mystified by the plot.

观众一定是让剧情完全搞晕了。

cryopreservation [ˈkraiəuˌpresəˈveiʃən]

【考法】 NOUN 低温贮藏

【例句】 Seeds must be stored at minus 20 degrees Celsius, that is, well below freezing, and plants that rely on cryopreservation must be far colder.

种子必须储存在零下20摄氏度,而依赖于低温贮藏的植物必须储存在更冷的条件下。

bountiful [ˈbaʊntəfəl]

【考法】 ADJ A bountiful supply or amount of something pleasant is a large one. 大量的;丰富的

【例句】 State aid is less bountiful than it was before.

国家提供的援助比以往减少了。

benzene [ˈbɛnˌzin, bɛnˈzin]

【考法】 NOUN Benzene is a clear, colourless liquid which is used to make plastics. 苯(一种无色透明液体,用于制作塑料)

【例句】 As for paint and glue, they emit volatile organic compounds and benzene.

至于油漆和胶水,它们会释放出挥发性的有机化合物以及苯。 tbufLDT3HCboyqvWUwT00PBD9svujqlGZWmwy5TrWNvqjlk99aFN9RVxf2mlsRK5

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