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□dissect □wolverine □gable □mutate
□grimly □prophet □corrode □artery
□trumpeter □muster □cynic □bead
【考法】 VERB If someone dissects the body of a dead person or animal, they carefully cut it up in order to ex amine it scientifically. 解剖（人体或动物躯体）
【例句】 We dissected a frog in biology class.
我们在生物课上解剖了一只青蛙。
【考法】 NOUN a large musteline mammal, Gulo gulo, of northern forests of Eurasia and North America having dark very thick water-resistant fur (Also called glutton) 狼獾
【例句】 As a result, the mighty wolverine appears to be among the first confirmed victims of a changing climate.
同时，强悍的狼獾可能会成为第一批被确认的气候变化的受害者。
【考法】 NOUN A gable is the triangular part at the top of the end wall of a building, between the two sloping sides of the roof. 三角墙；山墙
【例句】 I don’t like the ugly look of the hole in the gable.
我不喜欢山墙上的那个难看的窟窿。
【考法】 VERB If an animal or plant mutates, or something mutates it, it develops different characteristics as the result of a change in its genes. （使）变异；（使）突变
【例句】 The virus mutates in the carrier’s body.
病毒会在携带者体内发生变异。
【考法】 ADV If you say that something is grim, you think that it is very bad, ugly, or depressing. 糟糕地；讨厌地；丑陋地；令人沮丧地
【例句】 “We failed,”he announced grimly.
“我们失败了，”他严肃地宣布道。
【考法】 NOUN A prophet is a person who is believed to be chosen by God to say the things that God wants to tell people. 先知
【例句】 The pity is that you are not a prophet.
可惜你不能未卜先知。
【考法】 VERB If metal or stone corrodes, or is corroded, it is gradually destroyed by a chemical or by rust. （使）腐蚀；（使）侵蚀
【例句】 He has devised a process for making gold wires which neither corrode nor oxidise.
他设计了一种能够避免腐蚀或氧化的金丝制作流程。
【考法】 NOUN Arteries are the tubes in your body that carry blood from your heart to the rest of your body. 动脉
【例句】 .patients suffering from blocked arteries.
患动脉栓塞的病人
【考法】 NOUN A trumpeter is someone who plays a trumpet. 小号手；号兵；小号吹奏者
【例句】 A trumpeter was captured by his enemy in a battle.
在一场战争中，有个号兵被敌人抓住了。
【考法】 VERB If you muster something such as support, strength, or energy, you gather as much of it as you can in order to do something. 聚集（支持力量）；奋（力）；集中（精力）
【例句】 He travelled around West Africa trying to muster support for his movement.
他在西非四处奔走，为自己的运动争取支持。
【考法】 NOUN A cynic is someone who believes that people always act selfishly. 认为世人皆自私的人；愤世嫉俗者
【例句】 I have come to be very much of a cynic in these matters.
在这些事上我变得相当愤世嫉俗。
【考法】 NOUN Beads are small pieces of coloured glass, wood, or plastic with a hole through the middle.Beads are often put together on a piece of string or wire to make jewellery. 珠子；小珠
【例句】 Since then the researchers have reduced the bead’s size to about 250 micrometres.
自那以后，研究者已经将珠子的尺寸减小到大约250微米。