TIME词汇单挑1000

TIME单挑1000
CHAPTER1 简易词 形容词副词 1
CHAPTER2 简易词 动词 11
CHAPTER3 简易词 名词 25
CHAPTER4 普通词 形容词副词 34
CHAPTER5 普通词 动词 43
CHAPTER6 普通词 名词 58
CHAPTER7 进阶词 形容词副词 72
CHAPTER8 进阶词 动词 78
CHAPTER9 进阶词 名词 86





















Chapter1 简易词 形容词副词
Chapter1 简易词 形容词副词
accustomed [ә＇kʌstәmd] adj 惯 used反unaccustomed
Even if they are willing to make the sacrifice in dollars whether Americans will give up long accustomed personal liberties is another question(TIME May 11995p68)
美国愿意金钱牺牲否愿意抛弃久已常未定数
affluent [＇æfluәnt] adj 富裕 prosperous wealthy反poor
Leeson and his wife Lisa never really seemed to fit into the affluent neocolonial lifestyle of Singapore or into the city’s multiethnic society( TIME Mar131995p40)
里森妻子丽莎似新加坡富裕新殖民生活方式直格格入似直未融入新加坡种族社会
ambiguous [æmˋbɪgjuəs]adj 模棱两暧昧 vague反obvious clear
Truman got the Korean War because he was ambiguous and Saddam took Kuwait because Bush didn’t say No straight out (TIME Feb191996 p36)
杜鲁门惹鲜战争立场明确萨达姆占领科威特布什没直截说
█ straight out 率直
anonymous [əˋnɑnəməs] adj 匿名知名 反known named
So he went on his own factfinding mission leaning heavily on a 49page white paper submitted last month by three anonymous hightech firms (TIME Feb27 1995 p31)
继续真相调查工作埋头审阅份厚达49页白皮书份白皮书月3家匿名高科技公司提出
appropriate [əˋproprɪˏet] adj 适宜 反inappropriate
So any protein that dissolves new blood vessels may not be appropriate for younger women who have not yet entered menopause (TIME Jan9 1996 p60)
未停妇女言足溶解新生血蛋白质许适宜
at stake [æt stek] 危急存亡关头丧失受损 at risk
At a news conference(US Undersecretary of Defense) Perry declared that the credibility of the international community (NATO) was at stake (TIME June 51995 p38)
记者招会（美国国防部长）佩里宣称北约国际组织正面信危机
available [əˋveləbl] adj （物）取买（空）见面参加
Most of the (smart) cards available in Atlanta will be worth between 10 and 50 and will be usable instead of cash at as many as 5000 points of purchase throughout the city
(TIME Jan8 1996 p13)
亚特兰出售IC卡部分值1015美元全市达5000商业网点充货币
bear [bɛr] adj (股市)跌熊市
Meanwhile pundits who do make a bear stand don’t last (TIME Mar3 1997 p53)
时股市跌专家坚持法
bilateral [bai＇lætәrәl] adj 双边
He would halt bilateral contact with North Korea until Pyongyang resumed negotiations with South Korea (TIME July 8 1996 p29)
壤恢复韩国谈判前会鲜进行双边接触
bland [blænd] adj 淡奇
As a result news coverage tends to be bland (TIME Feb10 1997 p56)
结果新闻报道淡味
blunt [blʌnt] adj 直言讳
Clinton’s summation was startlingly blunt It is better to have reached no agreement (on Japan’s opening it domestic market) than to have reached an empty agreement
(TIME Feb21 1994 p41)
克林顿语惊四座直言讳总结说：（日开放国市场议题）获形纸空文协议协议
bull [bul] adj （股市）涨头牛市
The bull market will endbut when is the question (TIME Mar3 1997 p53)
牛市会结束问题时结束
burgeoning [＇bɜdʒәniŋ] adj 正快速发展
Genetic information is the raw material of the burgeoning biotechnology industry which uses human DNA to build specialized proteins that may have some value as diseasefighting drugs
(TIME Jan16 1995 p54)

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基信息目前正蓬勃发展生物科技工业原料工业利类DNA制造特化蛋白质蛋白质许作治病药物
coherent [koˋhɪrənt] adj 前连贯条理 反muddled incoherent
Curry… impressed Clinton with his ability to fashion a coherent policy message that synthesized the often conflicting interests of the party’s traditional and moderate wings
(TIME June 5 1995 p22)
科里事够保守派温派相利益结合起做出份条理政策报告令克林顿赞赏
█ fashion v 制作 synthesize v 综合合成
comprehensive [kɑmprɪˋhɛnsɪv] adj 包罗广泛全面 complete 反partial
Grove delivered a sharp comprehensive report His bosses were impressed
(TIME Dec29 1997 Jan5 1998 p33)
葛罗夫呈递份深入周详报告令老板印象深刻
compulsory [kәm＇pʌlsәrɪ] adj 义务强制 mandatory
In 1919 while serving a compulsory stint in the military Nurmi entered a 20k march carrying a rifle a cartridge belt and a knapsack filled with 5 kg of sand (TIME June 24 1996 p66)
1919年军中服义务役时候努尔米带着支步枪腰系着弹带背背着装5公斤沙子背包参加20公里行军
█ stint n （某处事某事）段时间
conciliatory [kənˋsɪlɪəˏtɔrɪ] adj 解意
The executive director of the Christian Coalition told a prominent Jewish audience in a conciliatory speech that calling the US a Christian nation is wrong…
(TIME Apr17 1995 p13)
场意化解立演讲中基督教联盟执行席告诉台群犹太名流说美国做基督教国家
conscious [ˋkɑnʃəs] adj 意识…… aware
Times Books recently announced that it will publish a book of sociallyconscious poetry by former President Jimmy Carter (TIME July 18 1994 p9)
时代图书公司宣布出版前总统卡特写社会关怀诗集
conventional [kənˋvɛnʃənl] adj 传统般普通 traditional 反unconventional
The voicerecognition technology will not be on conventional desktop computers only it will be available in any sort of electronic information processing device (TIME July 17 1995 p44)
语音识技术仅运般台式电脑电子信息处理装置
critical [ˋkrɪtɪkl] adj 重关键位 crucial
We have only the foggiest idea the independent daily Segodnya complained last week who is actually at the helm in this country who is making the critical decisions
(TIME Jan9 1995 p50)
立场独立塞戈尼亚日报周抱怨说：谁真正国家领导者？谁做出重决策？知甚少
█ foggy adj 模糊朦胧
crucial [ˋkruʃəl] adj 关键重 critical
Understanding social cues creating works of art and spawning inventions are all crucial mental tasks that bear little relationship to how well a person can fill in a printed test form
(TIME Sept 11 1995 p60)
许重心智活动理解社交暗示创造艺术品孕育新发明实填写考卷力没什关系
cunning [ˋkʌnɪŋ] adj 狡猾精明 crafty
Perhaps the most cunning Disney trick is to take fairy tales in the public domain and reinvent them as corporate property A billiondollar example is Beauty and the Beast…
(TIME May 2 1994 p72)
迪斯尼公司精明盘算许童话事搬众舞台改头换面成公司资产耗资10亿美元排成美女野兽例子
dazzling [dæzəlɪŋ] adj 令目眩神移stunning
With computers doubling in speed and power every couple of years and with genetic engineering’s dazzling feats growing more and more routine the battered American faith in technologic progress has been growing stronger and giddier of late (TIME May 27 1996 p67)
着电脑速度功两年增加倍基工程领域中惊成变司空见惯美国科技发展方面备受击信心年已逐渐增强异常乐观趋势

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█ batter v 连番猛击毒
dedicated [ˈdedɪkeɪtɪd] adj 专注
In Singapore dedicated Net users are planning to maintain unfettered access by junping borders and dialing services in neighboring Malaysia (TIME Sept23 1996 p27)
新加坡网络迷正计划跨越国界领国马西亚拨号服务确保网络权
desperate [ˋdɛspərət] adj 迫切
Bereft of patrons desperate to rescue his economy Fidel Castro turns to an unusual solution…
(TIME Feb20 1995 p50)
资助断绝急挽救该国济卡斯特罗转求助项罕见解救道：……
█ to be bereft of 丧失（希喜悦等）
determined [dɪˈtɜːmɪnd] adj 坚定
Author Joe Kane came across a determined priest a Spaniard who had spent years teaching a tribe of hunter gatherers the Huaorani how to survive outside their rainforest habitat
(TIME Mar25 1996 p70)
作家乔·卡遇名性格坚毅西班牙籍教士名教士花年时间教华欧拉尼族离开世居雨林区生存道华欧拉尼族狩猎采集生
disabled [dɪsˈeɪbəld] adj 残障 handicapped
Seven years ago Dole spoke about the need to provide care and assistance for the hungry and the homeless and the disabled Nothing resembling that was heard last week
(TIME Apr24 1995 p52)
7年前尔谈必饥民游民残疾提供顾援助样话星期听
disastrous [dɪzˋæstrəs] adj 灾情惨重 terrible
The Kobe quake was only slightly bigger than the Northridge tremor but more disastrous
(TIME Jan30 1995 p34)
神户震规模仅稍诺斯里奇震造成灾情严重
distinct [dɪˋstɪŋkt] adj 易混淆独特
Many scientists consider the Khoisan a distinct race of very ancient organ
(TIME Jan16 1995 p54)
许科学家认（南非）克瓦桑族支独特民族渊源非常久远
dominant [ˋdɑmənənt] adj 宰强势 preeminent
Now as then the splintering of a Saddamless Iraq would leave Iran the dominant gulf power an unpalatable solution (TIME Sept23 1996 p35)
现情况时相没萨达姆·侯赛伊拉克会四分五裂波斯湾剩伊朗称霸种解决方案令法接受
█ splinter v 分裂 unpalatable adj 吃令快
doomed [dumd] adj ① 注定命定
He started at the top of course but the fact that he is staying there has frustrated the popular wisdom that an early front runner is doomed to fall (TIME June 5 195 p29)
开始领先时理然事般解直保持领先般认刚开始选希必定会败阵
█ wisdom n 法 front runner 赛中夺标
adj ② 注定失败毁灭劫数难逃
At the beginning of May 1945 it was clear to even the most zealous of Hitler’s followers that his Thousand Year Reich was doomed (TIME May 15 1995 p52)
1945年5月初希特勒狂热支持者明白千年帝国已劫数难逃
drastic [ˋdræstɪk] adj 剧烈 radical
The New Deal welfare safety net installed in the 1930s and augmented in the Great Society programs of the 1960s has been hauled off for the kind of drastic restitching that France Germany Italy and Sweden have been laboring over for the past year or more (TIME Aug12 1996 p25)
新政1930年代张社会福利安全网1060年代伟社会项计划更扩张安全网已取准备肆缝补年法国德国意利瑞典国家费周章做修补样
█ augment v 扩加强 to haul off 撤 restitching n 重新缝补
eccentric [ɪkˋsɛntrɪk] adj 特立独行行怪异 odd
The eccentric factbased best seller Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil sparks a rush to see where it all took place (TIME Apr3 1995 p79)
风格特异根真实事改编畅销书午夜善恶花园激起股潮涌事发生探究竟

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elevated [ˋɛləˏvetɪd] adj 崇高
It turns out however that not every man who reached the pinnacle of American leadership was a gleaming example of selfawareness empathy impulse control and other qualities that mark an elevated EQ (TIME Oct9 1995 p30)
然结果非攀登美国高领导层具觉理心克制动高情商特指闪光典范
elite [ɪˋlit] adj 精英优秀 n 精英
Ideally the UN should have a small elite standing rapiddevelopment force … trained and ready to go at once to a trouble spot that the Security Council has decided to become involved in
(TIME Oct23 1995 p30)
理想做法联合国建立支短精悍训练素常备懈快速反应部队旦某发生动乱安理会决定干预派场
enduring [ɪnˈdurɪŋ] adj 持久
The plain undecorated object representing the enduring role art has played throughout China’s history takes pride of place in the sumptuous Splendors of Imperial China which opened last week at New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art (TIME Apr1 1996 p47)
件朴实毫雕琢物品代表着艺术中国历史扮演历久衰角色周纽约会艺术博物馆开幕中国帝王瑰宝展盛展中件物品展示位置
█ to take pride of place （组事物中）视重
sumptuous adj 豪华昂贵
explicit [ɪkˋsplɪsɪt] adj 明白表示直言
But they won’t be able to filter the Internet They’re explicit about that
(TIME Feb17 1997 p46)
法滤国际互联网点已明白表示
exquisite [ɛkskwɪzɪt] adj 精巧
The show also includes an exquisite Seurat seascape some notable Cézannes and considerable painting by Courbet Gauguin Van Gogh and others (TIME Apr3 1995 p54)
次展出作品包括幅修拉出色海景画数幅塞尚名画库尔贝高更梵高等少画作
extravagant [ɪkˋstrævəɡənt] adj 奢侈挥霍
Could this fate befall James Cameron Hollywood’s most daring and extravagant auteur
(TIME July 18 1994 p55)
厄运降詹姆斯·卡梅伦位莱坞胆敢花钱导演身？
█ befall v （恶事）降 auteur n 法文指具强烈风格导演
fantastic [fænˋtæstɪk] adj 极难置信（口语）极起
Because of its fantastic capacity to see all possible combinations some distance into the future the machine (Deep Blue) once it determines that its own position is safe can take the kind of attacking chances no human would (TIME Feb26 1996 p42)
深蓝电脑具预见未组合惊力旦认定位置安全便敢着类敢风险进攻
ferocious [fəˋroʃəs] adj 凶猛
This puts Clinton in something of a nowin situation he is unlikely to gain much credit if the bailout succeeds but will catch ferocious flak if it fails (TIME Mar6 1995 p34)
紧急贷款果成功克林顿会博美名果失败会遭猛烈抨击克林顿两头讨
█ flak n 高射炮火抨击指责
flamboyant [flæmˋbɔɪənt] adj 显眼引注目奢华
 He is probably the least flamboyant of the Republican contenders (TIME Mar13 1995 p86)
角逐者中概受瞩目
fledgling [ˈflɛdʒlɪŋ] adj 初出茅庐羽毛刚羽
Early in this century a fledgling effort at behavioral genetics divided people into such classes as mesomorphs — physically robust psychologically assertive — and ectomorphs—skinny nervous sky (TIME Mar10 1997 p41)
世纪初行遗传学方面项初步研究分运动型体格（圣体壮硕坚持见）清瘦型体格（身体瘦削神紧张害羞）
█ assertive adj 武断分信
fluid [ˋfluɪd] adj 流动变化定 changeable
Information … is now too fluid to control It flows in over airways via satellites through microwave relays to cellular phones faxes

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televisions radios beepers modems
(TIME Aug19 1996 p52)
日咨询流动性太已制资讯传送方式空中卫星微波转接通移动电话传真机电视收音机传呼机调制解调器
formidable [ˋfɔrmɪdəbl] adj （敌）付（工作）艰难
Perot as kingmaker he says tactfully is a more formidable proposition than Perot as candate
(TIME Mar13 1995 p91)
委婉说道：佩罗抬轿助选出参选更难缠
█ kingmaker n 权选者
proposition n （口语）付注意事物
fragile [ˋfrædʒəl] adj （情势）脆弱禁起外力击 unstable
A revenuegenerating franchise is the most fragile thing in the world … No matter how good your product you are only 18 months away from failure (TIME June 5 1995 p32)
世界莫特许销权收入产品18月免淘汰安全期
futile [ˋfjutl] adj 徒劳功白费力气 pointless
Indeed for all the world’s governments … attempts to control the global flow of electroinformation are not only futile but counter productive as well
(TIME Spring 1995 Special Issue Welcome to Cyberspace p80)
试图控制电子资讯全球流动仅枉然会带副作世界国政府言毋庸置疑事
genuine [ˋdʒɛnjʊɪn] adj 1真非伪造2真诚非伪装
1real 2sincere 反fake
It is a challenge to portray a forsaken woman in a way that evokes genuine sympathy but Stevens manages (TIME Feb6 1995 p75)
弃妇描写令衷生起恻隐心件易事史蒂文斯做
hefty [ˋhɛftɪ] adj 重猛烈
Chow Yun Fat is angling for Hollywood stardom this time next year he could be in any of three hefty action films (TIME June 29 1996 p40)
周润发正设法莱坞摘星明年时已拍3部火爆动作片中部
█ angle v 钓鱼
to angle for…指（暗示手段诡计等）谋取博取
stardom n 明星位身份
hostile [ˋhɑstl] adj 带敌意 antagonistic 反receptive
Unlike most baseballplaying countries Cuba has no professional league to cream off its top talent and hostile relations with Washington keep its elite from migrating to the US major league
(TIME Feb5 1996 p13)
古巴部分棒球国家没职业棒球联盟愁顶尖高手挖角华盛顿交恶棒球精英会移民美国甲级联盟
█ to cream off…挑出（部分）提取（精华）
immense [ɪˋmɛns] adj 巨 enormous
His influence in the 1980s was so immense that Taiwanese distributors once asked a Hong Kong director if there was a role in a film for Chow Yunfat and if there wasn’t they’d commit to a deal (TIME May 6 1996 p62)
周润发80年代影响力非常台湾片商问某香港导演某部电影中没周润发角色果没求写角色进否生意免谈
█ to commit (oneself) to…答应保证
imminent [ˋɪmənənt] adj 迫发生
The time will come when the US will subside to become but one of many Great Powers It is inevitable but it is not imminent (TIME Aug4 1997 p21)
美国终日会衰退成众强权中员必然会快
█ subside v 消退
inaugural [ɪnˋɔɡjərəl] adj 职
After the oath he gave an inaugural address designed to reach out to all Americans to rally the nation to work together for a great common future (TIME Jan16 1995 p24)
宣誓发表全体美国象职演说呼吁全体国团结起家伟未起努力
indifferent [ɪnˋdɪfrənt] adj 漠关心 反concerned
Chechen militiamen hiding around the corner are indifferent to the Russian’s fate
(TIME Jan16 1995 p46)

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潜伏附车臣民兵俄罗斯命运点关心
█ around the corner 处发生
intact [] adj 完初 in one piece
But psychologists psychiatrists and other scientists are bitterly divided over the idea that the memory of repeated abuse can be completely wiped out and then recovered virtually intact
(TIME Apr17 1995 p54)
受虐遭遇否记忆中完全排进完全康复受害前没两样点心理学家精神学家科学家中存着巨分歧
lingering [lɪŋgərɪŋ] adj 流连
What remains largely unspoken is the lingering hope that such a mission might experience somewhere beneath the desolate Martian surface a close encounter with organisms that are alive today (TIME Aug19 1996 p44)
尚未说出口宿愿希项务火星荒芜表现活着生物进行距离接触
mean [min] adj 卑劣
This bill is mean It is downright lowdown What does it profit a great nation to conquer the world only to lose its soul (TIME Aug12 1996 p25)
提案太卑鄙简直耻透顶国家果失灵魂算征服全世界什？
█ downright adv 十足彻头彻尾
lowdown adj （口语）低贱卑鄙
mutual [mjutʃʊəl] adj 相互
That audience was amazing he says They were so sweet They were bathing us in affection To prove the feeling is mutual he heads back out into the spotlight (TIME Nov11 1996 p16)
观众真令惊讶说道太爱沐浴热情中表示种热情相互转身走回聚光灯
namely [ˋnemlɪ] adv that is
Namely he fails to take into account Quittner’s Law which says It is impossible to pay less than 3000 for this year’s computer (TIME Nov11 1996 p26)
错误没奎特纳定律考虑进条定律：少3000美元买年生产电脑
obscure [əbˋskjʊr] adj 默默闻 unknown
He’d met Marc Andreessen who as an undergraduate programmer had helped create the then obscure browsing software Mosaic which made it easy to navigate the World Wide Web
(TIME June 17 1996 p16)
马克·安德里森见面安德里森学读电脑时帮忙设计时尚默默闻马赛克浏览软件万维网中轻松寻找资讯
obsolete [ˋɑbsəˏlit] adj 落伍时 outdated
Indeed your average computer is virtually obsolete by the time it is skipped from the factory to the retail store (TIME Nov11 1996 p16)
实际般电脑工厂送零售店时候说已时
ominous [ˋɑmənəs] adj 吉祥详 meanacing
Observers are not surprised that business is flourishing despite the ominous political situation
(TIME Feb12 1996 p18)
政治形势恶劣观察家贸蓬勃发展意外
ostensibly [ɑsˋtɛnsəblɪ] adv 表面
At 333 am it touched down at Marseilles ostensibly for a refueling stop
(TIME Jan9 1955 p54)
凌晨3点33分艘船停马赛港表面添加燃料
outspoken [aʊtˋspokən] adj 率直客气 forthright
When he (Magic Johnson) tried to make a comeback in the fall of ’92 the fears of some outspoken NBA players forced him to call it off (TIME Feb12 1996 p39)
1992年秋季魔术师约翰逊想重返NBA直言讳球员（怕染艾滋病）消念头
█ comeback n 东山起卷土重
pending [ˋpɛndɪŋ] adj 审理中悬未决发生
According the chairman there are dozens of suits pending against the company
(TIME June 5 1995 p46)
根该总裁说法该公司现数十正审理中官司缠身
perpetual [pɚˋpɛtʃʊəl] adj 永久 permanent continual
California locked in a perpetual automotive smog requires that by 2003 10 of the cars offered for sale in the state produce zero emissions… (TIME Sept23 1996 p41)

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永久散汽车污染烟雾苦加利福尼亚州强制求公元2003年前州销售汽车10完全排放废气
persistent [] adj 固执顽固
A small but persistent group of critics many of them supported by the oil and coal industries still don’t buy it (TIME July 8 1996 p41)
群数固执见批评者信套中受业煤矿业支持
persuasive [pɚˋswesɪv] adj 说服力
Could it be that religious faith has some direct influence on physiology and health Harvard’s Herbert Benson is probably the most persuasive proponent of this view
(TIME June 24 p40)
宗教信仰生理健康直接影响？哈佛赫伯特·森概理具说服力提倡者
pervasive [pɚˋvesɪv] adj 遍布
The local US attorney Eddie Jordan has called corruption in the (police) department pervasive rampant and systemic (TIME Mar20 1995 p45)
美国律师乔丹说该警察局贪污成风非常猖獗整警局已成贪污体
█ systemic adj （毒物疾病等）影响全身
phony [fonɪ] adj 伪造
A police raid on a Tokyo trading company netted 2000 pieces of counterfeit Nike merchandise including phony Air Maxes (TIME Oct7 1996 p12)
警方突袭东京贸易公司搜出2000件耐克产品赝品中包括Air Maxes运动鞋仿品
█ net v 捕获 counterfeit adj 伪造
poignant [ˋpɔɪnjənt] adj 尖刻切中害辛酸感 moving
That’s sort of a poignant irony (TIME Feb20 1995 p38)
段话点尖刻讽刺味
█ to be sort of 分点……
preliminary [prɪˋlɪməˏnɛrɪ] adj 初步
The American Society of Travel Agents said in a preliminary estimate that as many as 10000 of its 25000 members could be put out of business (TIME Feb27 1995 p47)
美国旅行社协会初步判断该协会25万家会员社中1万家关门
previous [ˋprivɪəs] adj 先前
But it is known that Senator Kennedy gave a toast more poignant than the one the previous evening (TIME Oct7 1996 p42)
听说肯尼迪参议员敬酒词前晚更加辛酸感
primary [ˋpraɪˏmɛrɪ] adj 初原始
Sigmund Freud dismissed religious mysticism as infantile helplessness and regression to primary narcissism (TIME June 24 1996 p39)
弗洛伊德宗教神秘义斥幼稚退化原始恋
█ regression n 倒退退化
profound [prəˋfaʊnd] adj 1 重深刻 2 （理念作品）深奥思想渊博
1 great 2 deep 反shallow
By creating breakthroughs in agriculture and diseasefighting the manipulation of DNA should lead to profound improvements in human health (TIME July 17 1995 p40)
通农业疾病防治方面突破DNA控制应幅度改善类健康状况
prominent [ˋprɑmənənt] adj 著名杰出 wellknown
Abe Lincoln was a prominent railroad lawyer in 1860 but he campaigned for the White House as the simple Midwestern railsplitter (TIME June 10 1996 p58)
1860年林肯已代理铁路诉讼案名律师仅中西部伐木工身份出马竞选总统
promising [ˋprɑmɪsɪn] adj 前景 反unpromising
On the horizon are the remedies that may prove more promising (TIME Apr3 1995 p62)
更疗法问世
█ on the horizon
radical [ˋrædɪkl] adj 1 彻底 2 根基3 基金
fundamental 反conservative reactionary
More than at any other time in the past 25 years men are living in a state of radical disconnection from the womenandchildren part of the human race (TIME May 6 1996 p53)
25年男完全脱离妇女童独居住情形目前严重
rebel [ˋrɛbl] adj 背叛 n 叛军 v 反叛
Yeltsin ruled out direct peace talks with rebel leader Jokhar Dudayev (TIME Jan30 1

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叶利钦决定叛军领袖杜达耶夫举行谈判
█ to rule out 拒绝考虑排
reckless [ˋrɛklɪs] adj 鲁莽顾果
Sports equipment designed to make football safer encouraged more reckless moves and ended up making the sport more dangerous than unpadded unhelmeted rugby (TIME May 27 1996 p67)
美式橄榄球护具保护球员现反鼓励球员更顾果横直撞结果美式橄榄球起护垫头盔英式橄榄球更危险
█ to end up 结果变成
reminiscent (of) [ˏrɛməˋnɪsnt] adj 想起……
Last week 21 orphans and 13 Red Cross workers trying to guard them were murdered in a scene reminiscent of Nazi Germany the children were picked out of a group of 500 simply because they looked like Tutsi (TIME May 16 1994 p56)
周21名婴试图保护婴13名红十字会工作员遭杀害种情景——500群体中孩长图西族挑出杀害——令想起纳粹德国
renowned [rɪˋˈnaund] adj 著名
With his boyish face and slender build he (David Ho) could more easily pass for a teenager than for a 44yearold father of three or for that matter for a worldrenowned scientist
(TIME Dec30 1996 Jan6 1997 p24)
娃娃脸瘦瘦身材起更青少年位44岁育3名子女父亲更世界知名科学家
rugged [ˋrʌɡɪd] adj 崎岖岩石（）体格粗壮性坚毅
The man had previously completed (Army Ranger) training in rugged forest desert and mountain terrains (TIME Feb27 1995 p11)
先前已崎岖森林沙漠山区受陆军突击部队全部训练
savage [ˋsævɪdʒ] adj 野蛮残暴 vicious
And the old soldiers rows of military medals pinned to their civilian clothes are reminiscing about the war the friends they lost and the savage tragic history of the country they saved
(TIME May 8 1995 p78)
老兵便服排排军功章正追忆战争失友拯救国家页页残暴苦难史
█ reminisce v 回想追忆
sensible [ˋsɛnsəbl] adj 合理明智
Sensible is not the criterion for a placard (TIME Mar13 1995 p31)
否合理非评判宣传标语坏标准
█ criterion n (批评判断检验事务)标准
sensitive [ˋsɛnsətɪv] adj 敏感细腻
The following year Woo’s A Better Tomorrow … introduced Chow Yunfat as the sullen brutal antihero and Cheung as his sensitive counterpart (TIME Jan29 1996 p40)
第二年吴宇森英雄色中周润发郁郁寡欢凶残反英雄形象出现相演手戏张国荣扮演性情敏感角色
shrewd [ʃrud] adj 敏锐洞察力
Mailer’s research and his shrewd eye lead him to believe …that Oswald did kill Kennedy and that …he acted alone (TIME May 1 1995 p94)
梅勒研究加敏锐观察认奥斯瓦尔德确杀害肯尼迪凶手凶手
significant [] adj 重影响深远 important 反insignificant
The President’s ambition to stand taller in the world faces one significant US made handicap brutal cutbacks in funding American foreign policy (TIME Nov18 1996 p30)
克林顿总统雄心勃勃想世界舞台更加昂首阔步面美国制造出重障碍：国会会留情面删减美国外交费
sluggish [ˋslʌɡɪʃ] adj 迟缓景气
The Parisbased OECD predicted a sluggish rate of growth in 1994 for the G7 leading industrialized countries (TIME Jan3 1994 p17)
总部设巴黎济合作开发组织预测1994年七工业国济增长率会趋迟缓
sophisticated [səˋfɪstɪˏketɪd] adj
1 (技术产品)尖端先进2 （）老世3 （）精通老练
1 advanced 2 refined 反unsophisticated
Once the calling of wildeye Cassandras and 19th century writers and social scientists on the radical fringe longrange forecasting has become a sophisticated and quite profitable industry
(TIME July 15 1996 p38)
种长远预测工作前专属眼神狂乱预言家19世纪激进非流作家社会学家成先进工业利润相高

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█ calling n 职业
Cassandra凶事提出预警见信者Cassandra希腊神话中特洛伊国王女阿波罗取芳心赋予预言力求爱遂令准信预言
fringe n （处）边缘远离核心位置较受重视位
staggering [ˋstæɡərɪŋ] adj 令惊愕 astounding
The Pope’s literary output is staggering His letters sermons and speeches fill nearly 150 volumes
(TIME Dec26 1996 p60)
教皇著作令吃惊信件布道词演讲计150卷
strapped (for cash) [ˋstræpt] adj 身分文阮囊羞涩
Because of reduced oil prices and Gulf War debt Saudi Arabia is so strapped for cash that it barely met the deadline for its latest 375 million payment on its US weapons contracts
(TIME Mar14 1994 p21)
油价跌加海湾战争时背负债务沙特阿拉伯已国库空虚力美国签订武器购买合期支付笔375亿美元
subject (to) [ˋsʌbdʒɪkt] adj 受……支配受……影响
Offers of assistance from 60 countries the UN and the World Health Organization poured in Some were subject to endless bureaucratic wrangling (TIME Feb6 1995 p15)
60国家联合国世界卫生组织援助量涌入援助受制该国官场里穷争执
█ wrangling n 争争执
substantial [səbˋstænʃəl] adj 量重significant 反insubstantial
In 1994 when he was 23 he plowed his substantial savings into creating WARP to develop and publish video games (TIME Apr 14 1997 p35)
1994年23岁时投入笔积蓄创立WARP公司开发发行电脑游戏
█ to plow into 投（资）入
subtle [ˋsʌtl] adj 隐晦明显难捉摸 反blatant obvious
Even when it seems beyond the reach of any one government electronic information can be controlled in ways both subtle and obvious (TIME Aug19 1996 p52)
表面电子资讯政府实控制控制手法隐蔽明显
sweeping [swipɪŋ] adj 全面规模影响深远 farreaching
A House subcommittee…will vote next week on the SmokeFree Environment Act perhaps the most sweeping antismoking legislation Congress has ever seriously considered
(TIME Apr18 1994 p58)
众议院分组委员会周烟害环境法案进行投票项法案国会史重禁烟法案全面禁烟法案
tangible [ˋtændʒəbl] adj 触形
In fact compared with more tangible assaults on the President’s character—namely Paula Jones’ pending sexualharassment lawsuit and the federal investigation into Whitewater—words in a book can barely hurt him (TIME Feb13 1995 p27)
事实起总统格更具体抨击——宝拉·琼斯提正审理中性骚扰案联邦着手调查白水案——书词具杀伤力
thriving [ˋθraɪvɪŋ] adj 兴盛
Most countries offer few opportunities for female soccer players but Norway has a thriving women’s professional league and the US a burgeoning coed youth soccer movement
(TIME June 3 1996 p17)
部分国家女足队员赛机会挪威蓬勃女足职业联盟美国青年男女混合足球运动正快速发展
█ coed adj 男女皆收coeducational略
tremendous [trɪˋmɛndəs] adj 巨 enormous
Some 65 million years ago a comet or asteroid at least five miles wide struck the earth and blasted out a tremendous crater (TIME Jan9 1995 p59)
约6500万年前颗宽少5英里彗星行星撞球表炸出洞
tricky [ˋtrɪkɪ] adj 棘手 awkward
Getting in and out of the fast lanes is always tricky even today It will be even trickier when you have to change lanes and hand off control to the computer at the same time
(TIME Nov4 1996 p53)

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天进出快车道然需技巧更棘手变换车道时车子控制权交电脑
unanimous [juˋnænəməs] adj 意见致
The 1993 Supreme Court decision was not unanimous (TIME Feb6 1995 p66)
1993年高法院判决非法官意见致情况做出
unprecedented [ʌnˋprɛsəˏdɛntɪd] adj 史前例
In an unprecedented move Zedillo chose a member of the opposition party as Attorney General
(TIME May 29 1995 p40)
塞迪约破天荒挑选位反士出司法部长
urgent [ˋədʒənt] adj 紧急 pressing
All this suggests that sumo the institution is in urgent need of its of its own purification
(TIME Sept30 1996 p28)
切表示相扑界清迫眉睫
venerable [ˋvɛnərəbl] adj 受尊敬
You could almost say this venerable institution with its great credibility and history has been infiltrated slowly by the type of people it was not intended to deal with
(TIME Dec12 1994 p64)
甚说极受信赖拥光荣历史备受尊重机构已遭愿交道流物慢慢渗入
█ infiltrate v 渗入渗透
vigorous [ˋvɪɡərəs] adj 精力旺盛充满活力 dynamic
It’s a signal as well that the US economy may be starting to slacken after one of its most vigorous years in a decade (TIME Feb6 1995 p49)
显示美国济历10年相繁荣年正开始衰退
█ slacken v 减缓减弱
volatile [ˋvɑlənˏtɛrɪ] adj 善变 unstable
When properly combined three volatile elements generate American celebrity the media the public and the spinmeisters who manipulate them (TIME June 26 1995 p30)
面3善变素果搭配美国名声噪3素媒体公众操媒体公众形象包装高手
█ spinmeister n spinmeister复合字spin指（某著作政策形式事件）予新解读扭曲（营造作者政治物利局面良公众形象）meister德文英文master（高手手）两字合起指善利媒体塑造良公众形象类似spin doctor（指媒体发言政治物等处理媒体问题顾问）
voluntary [ˋvɑlənˏtɛrɪ] adj 志愿愿 反obligatory
It has been 16 months since Australia’s Northern Territory became the first place in the world to legalize voluntary euthanasia (TIME Oct7 1996 p39)
澳利亚北方区成世界第愿安乐死合法化方已16月
vulnerable [ˋvʌlnərəbl] adj 易受伤脆弱
The long time lag between the weapons’ arrival and the Bosnians’ training would leave them extremely vulnerable to snap Serb offensives… (TIME Oct10 1994 p44)
武器运达波斯尼亚受训练熟悉装备前段长长空挡期间根起塞尔维亚突袭
█ lag n （时间间）空挡

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abandon [əˋbændən] v 抛弃 give up反stay with
Zhu (Mingjiang) was forced as a teenager to abandon his education and like tens of thousands of other intellectual young Chinese during the 1960s and 70s was sent to the countryside to be reeducated by peasant
朱明江少年时期迫失学六七十年代成千万中国知识青年样送乡间接受农民教育
abolish [əˋbɑlɪʃ] v 废
Man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life
生命限类手中握力量消灭类切贫穷状态灭绝类生命形态
abuse [əˋbjuz] v&n 滥虐
The term is much abused lately in its strictest sense virtual reality means creating an artificial environment so convincing it can’t be distinguished from the real thing
仿真词常滥严格加定义仿真表示创造工环境接事实令真伪难辨
acknowledge [əkˋnɑlɪdʒ] v 承认 admit
Johnson acknowledged that he has in the past taken AZT the antiviral drug typically administered when a person’s helper Tcell count drops to 500
约翰逊承认服AZT种药物般开体辅助性T细胞数量少500服
acquire [əˋkwaɪr] v 获取取
Even very young children learn by imitation by watching how others act when they see someone in distress these children acquire a repertoire of sensitive responses
非常幼孩童通模仿学观察伤心者反应中学情绪反应存记忆中
█ distress n 痛苦悲痛 a repertoire of 许方面
adapt [əˋdæpt] v 适应 adjust
John Woo believes the communists are too smart to kill a cash like the Hong Kong movie business and that local moviemakers will adapt
吴宇森相信产聪明会扼杀香港电影业金母鸡香港电影业生会适应
address [ˋædrɛs] v 处理 反ignore
Scientists first raised alarms about climate change in the late 1980s but the international community has taken few concrete steps to address the problem
科学家首先1980年代末期提出气候改变警告国际社会未采取什具体行动处理问题
affect [əˋfɛkt] v 影响
They insist that the issue (workfamily dilemma) be seen as affecting both men and women
坚持认（工作家庭难兼顾）问题应该视男性女性双方影响
amount [əˋmaʊnt] v 等
The morning in Seattle addressing hundreds of analysts and media Gates hit a rare rhetorical high offering up what amounted to his new digital gospel
天早西雅图盖茨数百名分析家媒体士罕见慷慨激昂措词发表篇声明等揭示数字时代新信条
█ hit v 达（某水）rhetorical adj 措辞high adj 高水准
appeal [əˋpil] v 呼吁
In a letter released after his death Dent appealed to those who attacked his decision If you disagree with voluntary euthanasia then don’t use it but don’t deny me the right to use it if and when I want to
邓特死公开封信中呼吁攻击作决定：果赞成愿安乐死采果想采决定什时候采请尊重权利
appreciate [əˋpriʃɪˏet] v 喜欢
Patients appreciate the service and the physicians seem to enjoy providing it
患者喜欢项服务医生似乐意提供
arouse [əˋraʊz] v 引起
Any stranger who wanted to buy a large amount of ANFO (ammonium nitrate and fuel oil) would immediately arouse suspicion
想批购买硝酸铵燃料油路明士会立令生疑
assemble [əˋsɛmbl] v 组合 gather
Prosecutors sought to assemble a detailed chronology of the murder night with a parade of witnesses…

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检察官陆续访谈名证拼组出谋杀案晚详细程
█ chronology n  （事件）发生程记载
assert [əˋsət] v 张断言宣称 declare
Finally since quantum physics asserts that matter and energy are interchangeable we are not individual beings at all but merely local expressions of an infinite universal field of energy
然量子物理张物质量互换根独立体宇宙间限量场局部表现已
assign [əˋsaɪn] v 指派
The new top officer of the Navy…promised to speed up plans to assign women to all surface vessels and perhaps even allow them aboard submarines the Navy’s last allmale bastion
位新海军高级官员承诺加速推动派遣女兵登舰服务计划甚女兵进驻潜水艇——抗拒女性进入海军点
█ bastion n 强力护卫某俗观念体制组织堡垒
associate [əˋsoʃɪət] v ……联想起
Comets have long been associated with war upheaval and disaster
长久总彗星战争动乱灾难联系起
assure [əˋʃʊr] v 保证 guarantee
But even such battlehardened successes do not assure victory for AmEx in its quest to reclaim the top standing it lost in 1989 in the 562 billion creditcard industry
历艰苦奋斗成功表示美国运通公司必营业额达5620亿美金信卡业务中愿重登龙头宝座美国运通公司1989年失项宝座
ban [bæn] v&n 禁止 v prohibit bar
Beijing bans overseas exhibits of preMing dynasty paintings and calligraphy because of the extreme vulnerability of the ancient brocade silk and paper
北京禁止明前书画出国展览年代久远锦缎丝绸纸张极脆弱
█ vulnerability n 脆弱易受伤害
betray [bɪˋtre] v 背叛
They take a soapopera plot – betrothed teenager falls for stranger perfect mother is betrayed by her neighbors exprostitute tries to live an honorable life …
采通俗肥皂剧剧情：已定亲少年爱陌生贤妻良母遭邻居出卖良妓女想尊严生活……
█ plot n (说等)情节构想 betrothed adj 已订婚
boast [bost] v 夸耀
Boasts Mayor Bill Campbell During the Olympics Atlanta will be the safest city in this country certainly and on the globe probably
市长坎贝尔夸口说：奥运期间亚特兰全国甚全世界安全方
champion [ˋtʃæmpɪən] v 提倡 advocate
Psychiatrist Brian Weiss is perhaps the most exotic He champions reincarnation therapy
心理医生布赖恩·韦斯特异位提倡轮回疗法
characterize [ˋkærɪktəˏraɪz] v ……特征 describe
I can’t characterize my music as religious although religious music is very close and dear to me says Kancheli a devout Orthodox Christian
音乐视宗教音乐然宗教音乐常接触挚爱虔诚东征教徒坎利说
claim [klem] v 声称 maintain
In fact authorities claim that onethird of Taiwan’s more than 1200 known black societies were dissolved during the amnesty
事实局声称台湾已知1200黑社会帮派中13次特赦中解散
collapse [kəˋlæps] v 崩溃倒塌
As baby boomers save for retirement colleges for the kids or a rainy day (say when the US Social Security system collapses) their investment rates will soar
婴潮时期出生口正存钱备养老女教育基金时需（例旦美国会保险机制崩溃时）投资例会幅增加
█ a rainy day 苦日子
collide [kəˋlaɪd] v 碰撞 crash into
Traveling at speeds of 130000 mph mountain size fragments of the comet ShoemarkerLavy 9 tore huge holes in Jupiter’s atmosphere throughout the week giving astronomers a glimpse of the titanic forces released when celestial objects collide
整整星期苏梅克列维9号彗星众碎片庞山身躯

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13万英里时速木星气层出数洞天文学家窥星体相撞时释放出巨力量
█ titanic n 巨
command [kəˋmænd] v 博（尊敬）
Along with enthusiasm sumo commands a large measure of reverence
狂热外相扑博民众普遍崇敬
compel [kəmˋpɛl] v 逼迫
They tried to push me a Russian general to shoot my own people in the capital of my own state No such force exists that would compel me to do this
身俄国军祖国首射杀胞世界力量逼迫做样事
compromise [kəmˋpɛl] v 承认
If they think I am prepared to compromise they’re in fantasy land
果算妥协做梦
concede [kənˋsid] v 承认 admit acknowledge
After three decades of spraying fireant territory with the killer compounds however the US government was forced to concede defeat
然火蚁分布区杀虫剂喷洒30年美国政府承认失败
█ compound n 化合物
condemn [kənˋdɛm] v 谴责 denounce 反praise endorse
Washington has been urging Arafat to condemn the terrorism
华盛顿局直敦促阿拉法特谴责恐怖义
conduct [ˋkɑndʌkt] v 营处理进行 carry out
The project called the New Economic Equation conducted focus groups around the US with men and women on all rungs of the socioeconomic ladder
成新济模式计划针美国国特定群体进行研究社会济阶层男男女女
█ rung n （社会）阶层
confront [kənˋfrʌnt] v 面抗 face
It’s hard to love someone who we see as an enemy someone who kills children for profit But God says we must love our enemies Loving them means we must confront them with the truth of their sin
眼中敌利杀死孩童付出爱心容易事帝说必须爱敌爱意味着实面罪行
conquer [ˋkɔŋkɚ] v 征服克服
Conquering the lightspeed computer industry means leaping ahead one cognitive generation and landing in the right place
征服光速般突飞猛进电脑业意味着跃入知识世纪找准位置
█ cognitive adj 认知（力）
constitute [ˋkɑnstəˏtut] v 构成
Among other things such studies help doctors determine what constitutes a safe dose of a ddrug before trying it out on people
提类实验少帮医生解种新药安全剂量少然试身
contemplate [ˋkɑntəmˏplet] v 考虑思索 consider
Congress is contemplating hearings on the advertising of alcoholic beverages
国会正考虑含酒精饮料广告举行听证会
contend [kənˋtɛnd] v
1竞争抗
Of all the infectious disease humans will have to contend with as the world gets warmer malaria may be the worst
着世界变愈愈温暖类必须抗传染性疾病中疟疾厉害
2坚称力辩
These attempts to undermine their country and its culture the authors contend have made the Chinese people particularly the youth sick and full of aversion
作者坚称企图破坏中国文化举动已中国尤中国青年心生厌恶极强烈反感
█ aversion n 嫌恶反感
contribute [kənˋtrɪbjʊt] v 贡献出力 donate
French officials who regularly complain about the American refusal to contribute ground troops tried again to persuade Washington to take part
美国愿派遣面部队屡怨言法国官员次试图说服华盛顿局出兵
convert [kənˋvət] v 转变
Using a strategy Arthur calls target leverage link and lock Microsoft proceeded to convert DOS users to Windows users Windows users to Word users and so on down the product line
实行阿瑟说策略设定目标导潮流连接商品锁定市场微软公司陆续

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DOS户转换成Windows户Windows户变成Word户方式原户转成该公司续产品户
convey [kənˋve] v 表达传达 communicate
Its report released early this month conveys guarded optimism
该组月初公布报告表达审慎乐观态度
convince [kənˋvɪns] v 说服 persuade
If the CIA is not interested that’s their business I am convinced that we should continue the research
果中央情报局感兴趣事相信应该继续方面研究
cope [kop] v 妥善应付 manage contend
Struggling to cope with last December’s staggering 17 billion bankruptcy officials in California’s Orange Country announced plans to sell off area assets such as libraries courts and a juveniledetention facility
年12月加州奥兰治郡17亿美元巨额负债宣告破产应付问题忙焦头烂额该郡官员宣布拟出售该郡称2包括数栋图书馆数栋法院处少年拘留
counter [ˋkaʊntɚ] v 反驳
The defense will call Nobel laureate Kary Mullis… to testify that the (blood) samples used by the prosecution were too small to ensure reliable results But deputy district attorney Lisa Kahn is an expert on DNA testing and will be expected to counter such objections
辩方请诺贝尔奖穆里斯证实检方血迹采样数量太少构成足够证该副检察官坎恩DNA测定专家想必会述异议提出反驳
credit [ˋkrɛdɪt] v 褒奖
DIA credited psychics with creating accurate pictures of Soviet submarine construction hidden from US spy satellites …
国防部情报局褒奖灵媒精确画出连美国间谍卫星查出前苏联潜艇建造基
█ psychic n 灵媒
curb [kəb] v 限制规范克制 check restrain
When a company gets to be big enough it either curbs its youthful ways or it invites the kind of scrutiny Microsoft is now getting
公司发展相强盛时候收敛锐气现微软公司样引起普遍注目
demonstrate [ˋdɛmənˏstret] v 显示 show
The fossil demonstrates that brooding behavior evolved long before there were birds
化石显示早鸟类出现前孵蛋行已演化出
deprive [dɪˋpraɪv] v 剥夺
Those who have escaped the region [ Haiti ] claim the army has conducted a scorchedearth policy in an attempt to deprive [ the ousted President ] Aristide’s allies of their food and livelihood
逃出海士声称海军方已实施焦土政策企图逃亡总统阿里斯蒂德支持者断炊维生
█ scorch v 烧焦 oust v 逐出
detect [dɪˋtɛkt] v 发现检测
More important over the past four years the scientists have not been able to detect even a trace of HIV in the child’s system
更重4年里科学家直未孩子身检测出艾滋病毒迹象
deteriorate [dɪˋtɪrɪəˏret] v 恶化 反improve
The paranoia is so deep says Jay Printz sheriff of Ravalli County Montana another hotbed of militia activity I just hope it doesn’t deteriorate into armed confrontations
蒙州拉瓦里县民兵活动猖獗方该县警长普林兹说：迫害妄想症已严重希会完全恶化武装突
█ hotbed v （罪恶等）温床
devastate [ˋdɛvəsˏtet] v 彻底破坏 ravage wreck
Damming rivers for hydropower plants has devastated river systems submerged farmland and displaced thousands of people
拦河筑坝建立水力发电厂破坏河川生态体系淹没农田数千迫迁居乡
█ submerge v 淹没
devote [dɪˋvot] v 致力献身 dedicate
In 1902 Alfred Stieglitz Edward Steichen and other now venerated American photographers formed a group devoted to convincing doubters that photography was a worthy form of artistic expression
1902年阿尔弗雷德·施蒂格利茨爱德华·施泰肯甚受敬重美国摄影师组织团体

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致力相信摄影种高尚艺术表达方式
█ venerate v 敬重崇拜
diagnose [ˏdaɪəɡˋnos] v 诊断
Diagnosed with prostate career in 1991 Dent began his journey to death several weeks ago
1991年邓特诊断患前列腺癌数周开始死亡旅
dismiss [] v 轻视忽略 discount
Some educators dismiss as simplistic and overdone the nation that girls eagerly await such feminine software as Barbie CDROMS
女孩子渴芭种女性化’软件光碟出现教育界士认种观念太单纯太夸值顾
█ overdone adj 太火太度
displace [dɪsˋples] v 撤换强迫迁居
Knight however does not believe empires last forever Business cycles will displace frontrunners even Nike耐特知道帝国永恒景气循环会换掉领先者耐克
█ frontrunner n 赛中希夺标
distinguish [dɪˋstɪŋɡwɪʃ] v 区分分辨 tell apart differentiate
Although this antibody treatment cannot distinguish between normal and misbehaving T cells the gambit has proved successful
然种抗体疗法法分辨T细胞正常否结果证明招相成功
document [ˋdɑkjəmənt] v 文件文献记录
There’s no documented evidence it had any value to the intelligence community
记录证明计划情报机构价值
duplicate [ˋdupləkət] v 复制
The suspicion that there were subversives in the atomic weapons program was encouraged by the Soviets’ ability to produce their own atom bomb four years after Oppenheimer’s success at Los Alamos then to duplicate the Hbomb a mere nine months after the first thermonuclear explosion by the US
奥海默洛斯阿拉莫斯（原子研究中心）成功研制出原子弹四年前苏联行制造出原子弹然美国进行第次热核爆炸仅9月前苏联复制出氢弹前苏联种力更加怀疑原子武器计划中否潜伏奸
█ subversive n 破坏者颠覆分子
echo [ˋɛko] v 回响 resound reverberate
If there is no tree how will the soil hold the water The question echoes across a subcontinent
 没树土涵养水分？问题整印度次陆激起反响
eliminate [ɪˋlɪməˏnet] v 消
In just six months Gates has refocused the work force onto Netrelated projects mercilessly eliminated a dozen others that were Holy Grails a year ago and geared up an Internetcontent group that will spend tens of millions of the dollars this year
仅仅6月盖茨已全员工作重点转网络相关计划毫留情砍掉12年前必保目标成立国际互联网容组会微软年耗费数千美万美元
█ Holy Grail 传说耶稣晚餐时圣杯成中世纪武士生追寻圣物引申崇高神圣目标to gear up 准备绪
embrace [ɪmˋbres] v（欣然）接受采取
In the end Dole and Dominici are likely to embrace at least some tax cuts to go along with deep cuts in spending
尔民尼奇少会接受某减税案配合某幅消减支出案子利通
endorse [ɪnˋdɔrs] v 宣传赞支持
By paying Jordan and other athletes millions to endorse his shoes the chairman and chief executive of Nike has helped turn them into household names and shaped sports to his liking
耐克董事长兼总裁付乔丹运动员百万美元请球鞋做宣传运动员成家喻户晓物喜塑造项运动
engage [ɪnˋɡedʒ] v 事
Like so many promising HIV treatments Ho’s strategy could fail It could even backfire if it is mistakenly touted as a kind of morning after treatment that allows people to relax their guard and engage in risky sexual behavior
许前景艾滋病毒治疗方式样疗法会失败甚收反效果——果种方法错误成种事补救治疗方式宣传导致放松警戒事危险性行话

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enhance [ɪnˋhæns] v 增强
In the largest study almost 40 of those who took the placebo reported enhanced sexual function
次规模研究中服药效安慰剂中40声称性力增加
placebo n 指具药性会产生心理治疗作药
ensure [ɪnˋʃʊr] v 保证（进展利）确保（位）
In a controversial new book called Blindside journalist Eamonn Fingleton argues that these firms help ensure that Japan will overtake the US as the world’s leading economy by the year 2000
Blindside部颇具争议新书中记者埃蒙·芬格顿辩称公司应助确保日2000年前超越美国成世界首屈指济国
█ overtake v 超
evade [ɪˋved] v 躲
Last December DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency) officers working through private brokers bought parts of a Russian SA10 airdefense missile system from Belarus a former Soviet republic The system is being dissected to see how US Air Force planes can evade radar
年12月国防情报局官员通私掮客前苏联贝拉鲁斯国购尔罗斯萨姆10防空导弹系统零件系统正仔细检查探究美国军飞机躲雷达
█ dissect v 肢解详细检查
exceed [ɪkˋsid] v 超越
Toy manufacturers pray for a product’s sales to double after the launch of TV ads and for demand to exceed supply temporarily …
玩具厂商期盼电视广告出销售量涨倍段时间供应求
exhibit [ɪɡˋzɪbɪt] v 显示显露 demonstrate show
Infants as young as three months old exhibit empathy when they get upset at the sound of another baby crying
3月婴听婴哭时会感难表示情心
expand [ɪkˋspænd] v 扩张
For his part Yeltsin fears pressure from a NATO that is likely to expand closer to Russia’s western border
叶利钦说北西洋公约组织压力令担心该组织扩张会更逼俄罗斯西部边界
explode [ɪkˋsplod] v 爆炸性增长
Gates in April 1994 called on offsite meeting of his top staff to talk about a technology that had been around for 20 years but had suddenly exploded
1994年4月盖茨召集高级职员开场会者散居远距离会议谈项已20年历史突然放异彩技术
fascinate [ˋfæsnˏet] v 着迷
Young who is fascinated by technology has started a company that makes devices for the disabled as well as hightech toys
科技深着迷杨格开家公司生产高科技玩具制造残疾品
file [faɪl] v 提出（控诉）
In response the cult’s leaders had its lawyers file suit
该教派领袖律师提出起诉作回应
flourish [ˋflʌrɪʃ] v 兴盛繁荣蓬勃发展 thrive 反decline
Malaria for example has been flourishing in recent years owing to unusually hot weather
方说年异常高温疟疾非常流行
forge [fɔrdʒ] v 制造出
In 1992 the board looking to forge a new image for the company eased him out as chairman despite his lobbying to stay on a few more years
然董事会游说希现职年心想公司塑造新形象董事会1992年暗中排挤出担董事长
█ to ease out …悄悄发走lobby v 游说疏通
frustrate [ˋfrʌstret] v 挫折
For the Republicans in the House the past two months have been a frustrating lesson in the meaning of checks and balances
众议院议员言两月权力制衡直意
fuel [ˋfjuəl] v 添加燃料助长 feed
The shocking 1995 rape of a 12yearold Okinawan girl by US servicemen fueled deepseated resentment felt by residents toward the continued presence of 47000 US troops…
绳居民47万名美军长期驻扎夙怀满1995年令震惊12岁重生女孩美军强暴事件满情绪更高涨

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█ resentment n 满愤恨
fund [fʌnd] v 资助
S Fred Singer president of the industryfunded Science and Environment Policy Project argues that Epstein and his colleagues fail to note the positive health benefits of warmer nights and winters
费雷德·辛格企业界资助科学环境政策计划负责辩解说爱泼斯坦僚未注意较暖夜晚暖冬带正面助健康处
fuss [fʌs] v 烦恼烦忧 flap
Selling goods abroad has been such a vital part of Asian miracle that the region fusses over export statistics the way other cultures follow sports scores
长久商品出口直亚洲济奇迹中极重部分区国家斤斤计较出口统计数字文化圈国家密切注意运动成绩样
generate [ˋdʒɛnəˏret] v 发（电） produce
The energy of the flywheel is stored in this rapid rotation which generates electricity on demand
飞轮量储存快速旋转中需时候产生电力
halt [hɔlt] v 停止
Workers finally abandoned their search for the last two missing bodies in the rubble of the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building soon the FBI too will halt its search of the dangerously unstable structure
工作员终放弃穆拉联邦楼瓦砾堆中搜寻两具失踪遗体工作久联邦调查局停止栋岌岌危楼搜寻工作
█ rubble n 瓦砾残堆
herald [ˋhɛrəld] v 作先锋预告
In 1985 Chen’s Yellow Earth in a sensational debut at the Hong Kong Film Festival heralded the emergence of a pristine passionate intelligence in cinema from the People’s Republic
1985年陈凯歌黄土香港电影节首映造成轰动预示种纯朴热情中国电影诞生
sensational adj 轰动pristine adj 质朴首玷污
host [host] v 办
CyberCash launches CyberCoins with a respectable roster of partners some 30 Web hosting companies will offer CyberCash to their client sites and by year’s end CyberCash expects about 100 Web sites to take them up on it
网络现金公司发行网络硬币时合作厂商名单相观：约30家提供网络服务公司提供网络现金服务客户时网络现金公司预期年底前会约100网站加入
█ respectable adj （数量等）观roster n 登记簿名册
hug [hʌɡ] v 拥抱 embrace
Reading to a child while touching hugging and holding him or her can be a wonderful antidote to the impersonal tendencies of the information age…
孩念事时摸摸拥抱抱起神奇解药消弥资讯时代情感越越淡趋势
█ impersonal adj 情味
identify [aɪˋdɛntəˏfaɪ] v 指认
A single mother receiving state welfare who won’t help identify the father of her child will lose at least 25 of her benefits
领受州政府福利金未婚妈妈帮助政府指认孩子生父福利金少会扣减25
ignore [ɪɡˋnɔr] v 忽视 disregard overlook
No traditional toy company today can ignore computer technology
没家传统型玩具公司忽视电脑科技
implement [ˋɪmpləmənt] v 实行 carry out
US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright referred ominously to the importance of implementing a halfforgotten 1995 auto trade agreement
美国国务卿契尔布赖特提执行已快淡忘1995年美日汽车贸易协定非常重话中透露出详信息
impose [ɪmˋpoz] v （义务惩罚）加……
Moving through the US Congress right now is a telecommunicationsreform bill that would impose fines of as much as 100000 for indecency in cyberspace
刻美国国会正审理电讯改革方案该法案网络传播流容者处高达10万美金罚款
infect [ɪnˋfɛkt] v 感染
Doctors at UCLA announced that a fiveyearold boy infected with HIV at birth has been symptomfree ever since

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南加州学医生宣布名出生染艾滋病毒5岁男孩没症状出现
inspire [ɪnˋspaɪr] v 引发导致
None of the year’s mass responses could hold a candle in scope and complexity to astonishing grief inspired by Princess Diana’s caraccident death of course
然年公众集体反应没件涵盖范围复杂程度戴安娜王妃车祸身亡引起场悲痛相
█ to hold a candle to ……相scope n 范围
install [ɪnˋstɔl] v 安装设立
The fastest international link ever installed this pipeline could be the first step toward laying a permanent network that will eventually hardwire every nation in the world into the Internet
条通讯线路目前装设传输速度快国际线路铺设永久性网络全国国连国际互联网起步
institute [ˋɪnstəˏtut] v 设置
Mindful of the burnout suffered by child prodigies… the WTA has instituted new age restrictions players 14 and under are barred from tour events and players 15 to 17 will be gently introduced to topflight competition
鉴天球员揠苗助长带恶果女子网球联盟已制定新年龄限制14岁14岁球员禁止参加巡回赛15岁17岁球员循序渐进参加高级球赛
█ to be mindful of 留心……to suffer burnout 太快走红太早成功导致专业生涯初期已油灯枯江郎topflight adj 流高级
invade [ɪnˋved] v 侵略
After the virus infects the cells of the respiratory system and begins replicating neuraminidase cuts the newly formed copies free to invade other cells
呼吸系统细胞染病毒病毒开始复制神氨酸酵素会新生病毒切便侵犯细胞
█ replicate v 复制neuraminidase n 身精氨酸酵素病毒体散播复制体时需酵素
issue [ˋɪʃʊ] v 发行 release
On Nov21 Free as a Bird will be issued as part of The Beatles Anthology Volume 1
翱翔11月21日市收录甲壳虫精选第集中
justify [ˋdʒʌstəˏfaɪ] v 证明……合理
According to a White House source the Clinton Administration doesn’t feel the changes in Cuba have been substantial enough to justify a diplomatic rapprochement…
根白宫消息士说法克林顿政府觉古巴改变够足两国复交
█ rapprochement n 建交复交
launch [lɔntʃ] v 1 发动展开（攻击等）2 发售推出（新产品） 1 start
Democrats too have launched a guerrilla operation to snag women in this presidential election
次总统选举中民发动场游击战攻势企图拉拢女性选民
█ snag v （口语）抓取
lift [lɪft] v 撤解
It is an article of faith in Havana that if only Washington would lift the 33yearold trade embargo a vast infusion of American cash would rescue Cuba’s economy
华盛顿局撤销古巴33年久贸易禁运措施笔美国资金涌入解救古巴济哈瓦已家公认事
█ an article of faith 信条embargo v 禁运infusion n 注入
maintain [menˋten] v 坚称 claim
The key to success Akimoto and other cable executive maintain is to provide customers with local telephone service practically free of charge a comeon that has worked well for cable companies in Britain
Akimoto线电视坚称顾客提供实性市电话免费服务成功关键英国线电视公司种方式招揽顾客非常成功
█ comeon n 招揽顾客方式
merge [mədʒ] v 合
Viacom Paramount’s preferred suitor announced an agreement to merge with videorental giant Blockbuster Entertainment
Viacom公司派拉蒙公司中意合象宣布已意录带出租业巨Blockbuster娱乐公司合
█ suitor n 求婚者
muster [ˋmʌstɚ] v 召集 summon gather
But all he could muster on the House floor were 30 votes mostly from congressional nobodies like himself

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议会争取支持者30部分样角色
navigate [ˋnævəˏɡet] v 航行行进
Once their link to the Net is established viewers will in theory be able to navigate Websites with their trusty remotes as easily as they now surf TV channel
旦全球资讯网连线理观众信赖遥控器漫游处网站电视换台样容易
negotiate [nɪˋɡoʃɪˏet] v 谈判通谈判达成谈成
Veterans can negotiate their own contracts as free agents while young players must accept what their team pays them as long as it meets the minimum salary
老球员纪身份球员谈成合约年轻球员球队薪水符合低水接受份
observe [əbˋzəv] v 遵守举行 honor
After obtaining the three signatures required — from his own doctor a cancer specialist and a psychiatrist – and observing the nineday coolingoff period Dent was free to choose the time of his own passing
3必——医生位癌症专家位精神医师——签字规定9天冷静期邓肯选择死亡时间
█ coolingoff period 做重决定前冷激情段时间
outrage [ˋaʊtˏredʒ] v ……愤慨
Outraged cyberpurists responded by deluging Siegel and Canter with angry Email messages following them with a steady stream of abuse as they fled from one electronic home to another
张保持网络纯洁勃然怒愤怒电子邮件回敬西格尔坎特信箱垃圾成灾两断更换网址辱骂信件直影形摆脱掉
█ abuse n 辱骂谩骂
overhaul [ˏovɚˋhɔl] v 翻修
Gore has also shouldered thankless but meaty tasks that give him something to attend to besides foreign funerals reinventing government overhauling telecommunications law smoothing relations with Moscow
戈尔接没掌声吃重工作出国参加丧礼外事做改造政府修改通讯法规改善俄关系
█ shoulder v 负起(责）担（工作）thankless adj 吃力讨功赏
meaty adj 角色吃重容丰富smoothe v 滑利
oversee [ˏovɚˋsi] v 监督 supervise
My emphasis now says Anwar Ibrahim the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister who is overseeing the financing for all the projects… is on the financial services and foreign media
负责监计划资金调度副总理兼财务部长瓦尔·易卜拉辛说：现重点放金融服务业外国传媒
overwhelm [ˏovɚˋhwɛlm] v 压倒 overpower
And then came the death of Princess Di the response to which was at once overwhelming and bewildering
然发生戴安娜王妃身亡事件公众死讯反应排山倒海令解
perceive [pɚˋsiv] v （……）视
A major problem say nutrition experts is that most people perceive their diets as temporary restrictions imposed from outside
营养学家说问题部分节食者作外力施加暂时性束缚
plague [pleɡ] v ……困扰……烦恼
Growing inventories have plague retailers too since they stocked up in anticipation of a strong Christmas season
存货增加零售商头痛已原期圣诞节前会销售旺季进少货
█ inventory n 存货清单
ponder [ˋpɑndɚ] v 思索 contemplate reflect upon
During a break in filming Broken Arrow …Woo casts his eye over the hundreds of technicians and ponders the contrasts in moviemaking between Asia and America
拍断箭休息时吴宇森着百名工作员思考着亚洲美国拍片
pose [poz] v 造成引起
The new legislation poses huge problems for some states such as California…
项新法州造成问题例加利福尼亚
preserve [prɪˋzəv] v 保存 conserve maintain 反destroy

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Today a handful of dedicated naturalists are giving time money and even the occasional home mortgage to help preserve a different kind of horse the seahorse
天群心奉献然义者献时间金钱甚时抵押房子贷款保存种马——海马
prevail [prɪˋvel] v 胜占优势 triumph be victorious
Microsoft could still prevail in court and in the market but it will not escape unscathed
法庭市场微软占风毫发损全身退
unscathed adj （肉体名誉）未受伤
promote [prəˋmot] v 1 促进鼓励2 促销推销商品 1 encourage 反1 discourage
In Bangkok he will promote the sevenmember Association of South East Asian Nations which Washington considers increasingly influential
曼谷会促进7会员国组成东盟发展华盛顿方面认东盟影响力日俱增
pursue [pɚˋsu]
v （继续）进行
Eventually he dropped out of school to pursue his education in the online world the poor man’s university
中途退学网络世界穷学继续学业
v 推行实行（计划调查研究） carry out
Another problem is that government officials often pursue selfserving agendas
问题政府官员通常推行利计划
█ selfserving 私利
v 追求追寻（目标等） strive for
Given our history these are extremely hard tasks and we are forced to pursue both goals at the same time
历史非常艰巨务迫时追求两项目标
reassure [ˏriəˋʃʊr] v ……安心……保证
He could see how anxious I was and he spent some of his last hour or two reassuring me reminding me that this was an act of love and that I should see it as such
出安生命结束际花两时放心提醒爱举动劝应该
reduce [rɪˋdus] v 简化减少降低 反increase
IBM made a map of the world at one tentrillionth scale from tiny blobs of gold while Stanford scientists reduced the first page of A Tale of Two Cities 25000fold
IBM黄金微粒做出副十兆分例世界图斯坦福学科学家双城记第页缩原25万分
reflect [rɪˋflɛkt] v 思索着说道
I’ve always believed in simplicity Klein reflects ’ve never been one to see women in reffles and all kinds of fanciful apparel To me it’s just silly
克莱思索着说道：敬仰简单风格喜欢女衣服堆褶子花哨装饰种衣服觉笑
█ ruffle n 褶边fanciful adj （设计等）新奇出心裁apparel n （华丽）衣服
refrain [rɪˋfren] v 抑制避免
Presenters and recipients at the next Academy Awards would be advised to refrain from rambling thankyou and unentertaining political proclamations
届奥斯卡颁奖典礼颁奖者奖者受规劝：应避免拉拉杂杂感谢词乏味政治宣言
█ rambling adj 谈话文章漫边际拉拉杂杂unentertaining adj 趣
register [ˋrɛdʒɪstɚ] v 登记注册
Here’s how the system works starting this week you’ll visit the CyberCash Web site download an empty electronic wallet onto your hard drive and register it with the company
套系统运作方式：周开始进入网络现金公司网站空电子皮夹载硬盘时该公司注册
reinforce [ˏriɪnˋfɔrs] v 强化加强 strengthen
If on the other hand the feelings they begin to express are not recognized and reinforced by the adults around them they not only cease to express those feelings but they also become less able to recognize them in themselves or others
方面孩开始表达感情时没受周围成肯定鼓励会停止继续表达感情感受力会降低

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release [rɪˋlis] v （录影带唱片等）发行（影片）放映
It’s been another hot year for customer electronics one that saw Toshiba release and impressive desktop PC Sony take a first crack at a personal computer and a swarm of companies come out with handheld devices…
消费性电子产品说年热销年东芝推出款令印象深刻台式电脑索尼公司首度尝试入电脑市场时少公司推出手提型设备
█ crack n （口语）尝试a swarm of 群
render [ˋrɛndɚ] v 提供（援助服务） give
Teaming up with Jim Clark then chairman of Silcon Graphics and now at Netscape Lincoln devised a plan to stuff the graphicsrendering power of a 90000 SGI Reality Engine park … into a box that will be 250 in the US
林肯时硅图公司总裁天网景公司总裁克拉克合作计划硅图价值9万美金现实引擎中图形生成技术塞美国售价250美元盒装游戏机里
█ to team up with ……合作 devise v 设计想出stuff v……塞进
replace [rɪˋples] v 取代
The White House is searching for a new World Bank president to replace Lewis Preston who is stepping down because of illness
白宫正寻觅选接病离职普雷斯顿出世界银行总裁
resemble [rɪˋzɛmbl] v
Ask Bill Gates about something he wants to talk about … and he acts like the teenage boy that he still resembles He grins His voice breaks
问尔·盖茨某感兴趣话题时外表年轻表现伙子似咧嘴笑连声音变
█ grin v 露齿笑
resent [rɪˋzɛnt] v 愤恨
While many of Clinton’s closest advisers resent Morris’ growing influence he has his admirers in the White House …
莫里斯愈愈红令克林顿身边心腹顾问表愤慨白宫莫里斯景仰者
reside [rɪˋzaɪd] v 居住 live
With Java data and programs … don’t have to be stored on you computer anymore They can reside anywhere on the Internet called up by whoever needs them whenever they need them
Java数程序需储存电脑里放国际互联网方需时调
resort [rɪˋzɔrt] v 诉诸动
There is no right to resort to violence when you don’t get your way
心欲时权动武力
restore [rɪˋstɔr] v 恢复
Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo’s plan to restore stability to his country’s wounded economy was rejected by investors for its lack of specific remedies causing the peso to fall to a record low against the dollar by week’s end
墨西哥总统赛迪略拟定计划企图该国残破济恢复稳定计划欠缺明确改善措施导致索周末贬值史低点投资商计划敬谢敏
resume [rɪˋzum] v 中断重新开始 recommence
A network of satellitelinked computer systems will guide the car safely to exit at which point the driver will resume control to the final destination
套卫星连接电脑系统网络会车安全引导出口时驾驶者重新操车辆前目
revive [rɪˋvaɪv] v 复兴
To revive the ancient tradition 129 members of the UN General Assembly cosponsored a resolution calling for a worldwide ceasefire during the 17 days of the Altanta Olympics
恢复古代传统联合国会129会员国推出决议案呼吁亚特兰奥运会进行17天期间全世界范围停止战火
rush [rʌʃ] v 匆促行事 hurry
No wonder nationstates are rushing to get their levers of control into cyberspace while less than 1 of the world’s population is online
全球网口1怪国迫想取进入网络世界控制权
sabotage [ˋsæbəˏtɑʒ] v （间接手段）破坏
Meanwhile the US and Israel regard Iran as a rogue state that seeks to export terror build nuclear weapons and sabotage the Middle East peace process
时美国色列视伊朗流氓国家认致力输出恐怖活动建立核力量破坏中东进程
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scatter [ˋskætɚ] v 散播散布
Epstein … notes that in recent years variants of the class of viruses that includes measles have killed seals in the North sea lions in the Serengeti and horses in Australia three very different animals widely scattered around the globe
爱泼斯坦指出年种麻疹类型滤性病毒变体已害死北海海豹塞伦加提狮子澳利亚马——分散世界区截然3种动物
shed [ʃɛd] v 泻出散发
Today the yellow arches of McDonald’s shed their plastic gleam on Red Square and gangsterism tules instead of socialist virtue
红场流泻着麦劳黄色拱形标志散发出虚幻光芒统领切社会义美德逞凶斗狠帮派行径
shrink [ʃrɪŋk] v 减少变(pt shrank pp shrunk) 反grow
Samsung Electronic for example which has seen its stock price shrink by half since the beginning of the year has cut back 16megabitchip production nearly 15
举例说韩国三星电子公司眼见股票价格年初开始跌原半已16GB芯片生产量减少15
slash [slæʃ] v 幅削减（费） cut
Time and again as La Mama’s grants from government have been slashed her theater has been on the verge of closing
着政府拉玛玛费削减剧场次濒倒闭
█ grant n （机构予）补助金
soar [sɔr] v 升高（价格）暴涨 rocket
Relations with Japan could soar Economic friction has eased The trade deficit has dropped 30 in the past year
日关系幅加强济摩擦已缓贸易赤字年年减少30
spark [spɑrk] v 刺激鼓舞 promote trigger
Chirac’s task now is to heal the wounds of a bruising campaign restore public confidence and spark a jobcreating burst of economic growth
希拉克眼重抚激烈竞选活动造成创伤重建民信心带动阵足创造业机会济增长
█ bruising adj 激烈a burst of 阵
split [splɪt] v 分裂
Relations between the countries hit a high after World War II when they coalesced to lead the world communist movement But they split in the 1960s over ideological difference
第二次世界战结束两国联手领导世界产义运动时两国关系达高点60年代意识形态相左分道扬镳
█ bit v 达high adj 高水准coalesce v 联合
stage [stedʒ] v 推出举办 hold
But then he felt compelled to stage an impromptu press conference at which he revealed that Russia’s military possesses something called an Elipton a weapon of mass destruction more powerful than a nuclear weapon
觉应该开场时记者招会会透露俄国军方拥种做埃利普顿规模毁灭武器威力核武器强
█ to feel compelled to… 觉应该……觉……应
stall [stɔl] v 停止阻挡
About 40000 refugees were stalled Saturday just outside Tanzania after the country closed its borders
坦桑尼亚关闭境星期六约4万名难民挡该国国境外边
steer [stɪr] v 引导带领 guide
Firmly I steer them away from cheap ugly weakling mailorder clones and toward absurdly powerful machines that cost a fortune and make the room lights dim when they power up
毅然决然带离价钱便宜外形丑陋功全邮购仿制品转功强离谱价格高昂开机时连房间灯光会暗机种
█ weakling adj 瘦弱 clone n 复制品克隆
stem [stɛm] v 源(from)遏制
And newborn blacks are expected to live an average of seven years less than whites That could stem from environmental factors including access to medical care since the gap was only six years as recently as 1985
黑新生婴均寿命预计白新生婴短7年源环境素（包括医疗福利方面）1985年项寿命差距6年
stimulate [ˋstɪmjəˏlet] v 刺激激励
During her campaign she predicted that the tax cuts would help stimulate job growth of 450000 over four years

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竞选时预言减税措施助未4年促成45万工作机会增加
strain [stren] v 拉紧度
Then there is the eyestraining challenge of reading screenfuls of text from 24 m to 36 m away the distance most people sit from their TV sets
24米36米远方阅读充满屏幕文字极耗费眼力挑战——般坐电视距离
stun [stʌn] v ……震惊 amaze shock
The main charge by Onaruto and Hashimoto was that sumo is frequently rigged And they stunned readers by naming manes and admitting that they themselves had helped fix bouts
鸣户桥指控相扑赛常作弊令读者吃惊指名道姓坦率承认参作弊
█ fix v 正手段操（选举赛陪审团等）买通（法官等）bout n 赛
submit [səbˋmɪt] v 提出
Last week House Speaker Newt Gingrich sent Clinton a letter urging him to submit within a month a plan outlining the cuts he could make to balance the budget in seven years
星期众议院议长金里奇寄封信克林顿促请月提出计划开列出7年衡预算需削减项费
█ outline v 概述
sue [su] v 控告
Seeking to change the system female spies sue the CIA for discrimination
改变中央情报局体制女情报员控告该局性歧视
suppress [səˋprɛs] v 压制阻止……生长发展 restrain restrict
I am not sure they will be successful in suppressing the flow of information
否成功阻止资讯流动点怀疑
surrender [səˋrɛndɚ] v 交出放弃投降
The World Wide Web the interconnected computer universe that teems with affluent consumers whose only means of spending money online is to surrender their credit card to insecure networks…
万维网电脑串联起世界里处钱消费者网络唯消费方式信卡交保险网络系统
█ to teem with 充满富
sustain [səˋsten] v 维持养活 keep going
Assisted by the assets stashed away under the pension plan the nation’s once anemic savings rate is up to a healthy 29 That in turn has been a factor in helping sustain Chile’s enviable 8 annual growth rate
存放退休金计划里资金注入智利度处贫血状态储蓄率升29良状态智利维持令艳羡8年增长率助力
█ anemic adj 贫血to stash away 储藏存放
tap [tæp] v 轻（电脑键）
A motorist lost in the San Fernando Valley can tap into GPS and get an instant position on the digitized map
圣福尔南峡谷驾车迷路键进入全球定位系统立数字化图找出位置
testify [ˋtɛstəˏfaɪ] v 作证
I may sound clinical and unemotional when I testify about these operations but it does not reflect my true feelings…
行动作证时觉客观冷静非心真正感受
█ clinical adj 冷静客观
threaten [ˋθrɛtn] v 扬言放话
Under the proposed reforms … anyone’s neighbor could threaten to convert his land into a toxicwaste dump and claim compensation from the government if he was not allowed to do it
已提出改革方案邻居放话土变毒废物弃置场政府准做政府索赔
█ claim v 求索讨
tolerate [ˋtɑləˏret] v 容忍 put up with
American capitalism likes entrepreneurs to have a gleam in their eye and even tolerates some clawing and scratching as long as the playing field is level and the fight is fair
美国资义喜欢企业家野心勃勃甚容忍彼激烈竞争切竞争合公原
█ a gleam in one’s eye 尚未形成想法claw v （爪）抓scratch v 抓
track [træk] v 追踪
Still other sensors (in smart cars) will track and record the wear on parts and systems alerting the driver to potential trouble and will even fla

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sh warning when pressure in the tires is too low
外（智慧汽车）传感器会追踪记录零件系统磨损情形提醒驾驶防备潜危机胎压低时传感器甚会闪灯警示
transcend [trænˋsɛnd] v 超越
But because she is an AfricanAmerican woman her importance to and impact on her times transcend the literary
非裔美国女性时重性影响力超越文学范围
transfer [trænsˋfə] v 转移转账转变
The software acts like an ATM allowing you to transfer 20 to 100 from your bank into your (electronic) wallet before heading off onto the Web
套软件功类似动提款机网采购前先银行账户转帐20100美元电子皮夹里
transform [trænsˋfɔrm] v 改变
They would more radically transform the system by ending the income tax entirely and by shifting to taxes on consumption
改革体制作法更激进方面整废税方面税收源转消费
undergo [ˏʌndɚˋɡo] v 接受（检查手术等）历(underwent undergone) go through
Foreigners who intend to spend more than three months in Russia must now undergo mandatory testing to prove they are not infected with HIV…
外国欲俄国境居留超3月必须接受强制性检测确定否染艾滋病毒
█ mandatory adj 强制
undermine [ˏʌndɚˋmaɪn] v 损坏破坏
The prosecution opened its murder case against OJ Simpson by presenting witnesses and evidence intended to undermine his public image as a genial exjock with a portrait of a jealous wife abuser
检方开始提出证物证起诉辛普森杀意通证物证破坏前位前运动员亲切善公众形象代满怀妒意虐老婆形象
█ genial adj 亲切友善jock n 运动员
undertake [ˏʌndɚˋtek] v 采执行  take on
His army he declared had been ordered to undertake measures to prevent any further strangulation of the city
宣称军队系奉命采取种措施防止城市形势更恶化
█ strangulation n （成长发展）受阻窒息
worship [ˋwəʃəp] v 崇拜崇敬 adore venerate
For most of this century scientists have worshipped the hardware of the brain and the software of the mind the messy powers of the heart were left to the poets
半世纪科学家崇拜脑项硬件加思想项软件情感种捉摸定东西留诗歌颂
█ messy adj 杂乱

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access [ˋæksɛs] n （某物）机会权利
Theoretically at least whole populations will have direct access to information without waiting for it to be filtered through a government or a press
少理全体民直接取资讯必等候政府媒体滤
agenda [əˋdʒɛndə] n 议程行动计划
He has a modest domestic agenda centered on improving education and strengthening families and he believes most of those programs can run without much direct input from him
套保守政方案改善教育强化家庭重点相信政策部分需太直接参运作
ally [əˋlaɪ] n 盟邦 confederate 反enemy
Just as Clinton’s first official overseas trip in 1993 was to Asia … his first postelection trip will take him back to the region for visits with three other major allies Australia the Philippines and Thailand
正克林顿首趟外交旅1993年亚洲连第次出访回区访问外3盟国——澳利亚菲律宾泰国
amateur [ˋæməˏtɚ] n 业余爱者 反professional
In February their lovers’ quarrel in Central Park was captured on an amateur’s videotape which tabloid TV shows replayed over and over again
2月时情侣中央公园争吵场面位业余摄影师收入镜头中爱炒绯闻电视台整日重播段
█ tabloid adj 专报耸动煽情新闻
anarchy [ˋænɚkɪ] n 政府状态 chaos
Tirana is in total anarchy
拉完全陷入政府状态
anguish [ˋæŋɡwɪʃ] n （心理）苦楚烦恼 agony
Not since 1932 when Franklin D Roosevelt promised a New Deal to ease the economic and social anguish of the Great Depression has a US presidential race been so focused on domestic affairs
1932年罗斯福承诺新政减轻济萧条带济社会痛苦历美国总统竞选没次次样关注国事务
approach [əˋprotʃ] n 方法途径
The approach favored by IDEC Pharmaceuticals … is to target all active T cells with a custommade antibody that can temporarily knock the immune cells out of commission
IDEC制药公司偏爱方法利种特制抗体付活跃T细胞种抗体够免疫细胞暂时失功
█ custommade adj 订制非现成out of commission 损坏法运作
assault [əˋsɔlt] n 攻击 attack
Such assaults are most likely to injure the large service providers sober institutions more culturally attuned to their governmental attackers than the infoguerrillas of cyberspace
攻击手段击型服务供应者较配合政府指示正派机构游走网络世界反叛者反较受影响
█ sober adj 严肃持重to be attuned to 适应……配合
bailout [belˏaʊt] n 融资紧急救助
In Washington the Clinton Administration’s proposed 40 billion bailout of the weakened peso met with stiff opposition from Democrats
华盛顿克林顿政府提议400亿美元紧急救助幅贬值索遭民强硬反
boom [bum] n&v 繁荣暴涨 反slump
The wealth comes from initial public offerings of stock or IPOs which are experiencing an unprecedented boom in the great American bull market of the past two years
财富股票市两年美国股市暴涨创出前未佳绩
boost [bust] n 暴增
Companies such as K Mart have performed brilliantly slicing overhead and enjoying the resultant earnings boost but have failed to grow once the cutting stopped
卡马特百货集团样公司原表现奇佳砍固定支出享受利润暴涨旦停止裁减增长停滞
█ slice（面包肉等）切成薄片overhead常开支般费
boycott [ˋbɔɪˏkɑt] n 杯葛抵制
Harry Edwards the American sociologist who attempted to organize a black boycott of the 1968

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Games in Mexico City in a bid to call attention to the plight of black athletes in America…
唤起世关注美国黑运动员处困境美国社会学家哈里·爱德华兹试图发动黑运动员抵制1968年墨西哥运动会
█ bid n 努力试图
campaign [kæmˋpen] n （社会政治）运动竞选活动 v 参加竞选
Only once did Bill Clinton raise a significant example of foreign policy That came in the campaign’s final fortnight when he proposed that NATO begin admitting Central and East European nations to the Atlantic alliance by 1999
外交政策克林顿提出较重事例竞选进入两周时提出时提议说北西洋公约组织应该1999年前接受中欧东欧国家加入西洋联盟
chaos [ˋkeɑs] n 混乱
In the first few years there may be panic and chaos but the people will learn to fit into the new system very fast
头年许会慌张混乱快适应新体制
character [ˋkærɪktɚ] n 角色物
The world’s No1 toymaker whose products range from FisherPrice infant and preschool toys to Disneylicensed characters gets more than onethird of its nearly 4 billion in sales from the 292cmtall mannequin
家世界玩具制造商产品费雪牌婴服学龄前童玩具迪斯尼授权卡通物玩具应俱全光（芭）高292厘米娃娃占公司40亿美元营业额13
█mannequin n (艺术家)体模型
clash [klæʃ] n 突抵触
Perhaps the greatest threat in the clash between science and politics is that researchers might allow potential controversy to deter them from investigating sensitive subjects
科学政治突引发危险研究员会潜争议探索敏感题材
clout [klaʊt] n 权利影响力威信 weight
His leadership abilities and attempt to bring some clout to the traditionally rubberstamp Congress will be put to the test when it meets in March
领导试图增加知识橡皮图章国会影响力努力3月国会开会时面考验
coalition [ˏkoəˋlɪʃən] n 联合联合政府 alliance
The Rev Kang Shin Seok a Presbyterian minister who witnessed the mayhem now heads a coalition of victimized people’s groups
目击场暴力事件长老会牧师Kang Shin Seok现受难者团体组成联盟领导
combat [ˋkɑmbæt] n 战斗
Even now despite Beijing’s displeasure Washington is selling Taiwan combat aircraft and other equipment
现北京反华盛顿然出售战斗机装备台湾
commonplace [ˋkɑmənˏples] n 寻常事老生常谈 adj 寻常稀奇
It’s become commonplace to note that voters treated Bill Clinton in 1992 the way Wall Street treats a stock
现常听番话：选民1992年克林顿态度日华尔街股票态度样
compass [ˋkʌmpəs] n 指南针
A new Secretary of State will hold the compass Warren Christopher will vacate his State Department office by January
国务卿克里斯托弗1月离开国务院会新国务卿接掌
█vacate v 辞退（职位）出（位子）
compassion [kəmˋpæʃən] n 情悲悯
At home with the gap between rich and poor widening the seemingly ingrained American notions of compassion codified during the New Deal are colliding with the fears of those who feel financially strapped …
国着贫富差距日益悬殊似已深植美国心中新政期间化具体条文情心正济拮美国心中恐惧相突
█ingrained adj（惯想法）根深蒂固condify v ……编成法典collide v（意见目）相突抵触clash
conflict [ˋkɑnflɪkt] n 突
Even though Chechnya could not hope to win its secessionist war against Moscow Dudayev warned that continued fighting might well draw neighboring republics into a wider regional conflict

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车臣国敢奢脱离俄国战争赢莫斯科杜达耶夫警告说战争持续国卷入变成更范围区域突
consequence [ˋkɑnsəˏkwɛns] n 果
At home labor costs per unit of output are going down a consequence of rising productivity and falling oil prices are putting another damper on inflation
劳动生产效率提高国单位产量消耗劳动成逐渐降油价跌抑制通货膨胀
█to put a damper on 抑制扫兴
conspiracy [kənˋspɪrəsɪ] n 阴谋
Hale became the target of a flood of hate Email much of it accusing him of being part of a conspiracy to suppress the true nature of HaleBopp
海尔成众矢充满恨意电子邮件蜂拥部分指控隐瞒海尔波普彗星真相项阴谋员
█suppress v 隐瞒（姓名证事实等）
credibility [ˌkredɪˈbɪlɪti] n 信度
Whatever the reasons the fact remains that the organization (UN) desperately needs a rapidreaction capacity if it is to maintain credibility in emergencies
什理毋庸置疑事实联合国欲维持处理紧急事信度迫切需快速应变力
debut [dɪˋbju] n（法文）首演初次场表演
That day Jordan made his debut against the Indiana Pacers and though he shot only 7 of 28 he moved well considering he had been playing baseball for a year
天乔丹印第安步行者队赛中首度场投28球进7球考虑先前年棒球样成绩已出色
demonstration [ˏdɛmənˋstreʃən] n 抗议示威
Just two weeks ago 85000 people nearly 8 of Okinawa’s population joined the largest single demonstration in the island’s history to call for the Americans’ removal
仅两周前占绳口885万参加岛史次示威求美国撤走
disability [ˏdɪsəˋbɪlətɪ] n 伤残行力 handicap
Most aid including nearly all lowincome programs food stamps Medicaid and disability assistance will be denied during an immigrant’s first five years in the US
移民美国前5年部分救助金领取包括全部低收入户援助食品券医疗补助伤残援助
dispute [dɪˋspjut] n 争议
It has been a matter of dispute but now scholars of the subject agree that Bessette and Kennedy first met in 1992 when he chatted her up one day in Central Park as she was running
问题众说纷纭现专家意碧瑟肯尼迪初识应1992年该年某天中央公园正跑步搭讪
emergency [ɪˋmədʒənsɪ] n 紧急事件 crisis
President Kim Young Sam was worried The Korean economy he gravely told a July 2 emergency ministerial meeting is in trouble
韩国总统金泳三忧心忡忡7月2日阁紧急会议沉重说道：韩国济正处困境
encounter [ɪnˋkaʊntɚ] n 邂逅遭遇
In fact the most unnerving encounter I’ve ever had took place in the CompuServe adultchat area
事实心寒遭遇发生电脑服务网络成聊天区
█unnerve v 沮丧胆怯
epidemic [ˏɛpəˋdɛmɪk] n（传染病等）流行盛行
The AIDS epidemic has been in full swing for more than a decade now
艾滋病已肆流行10年
█in full swing 表示事物正火荼进行
equivalent [ɪˋkwɪvələnt] n 等东西
For the past 15 years doctors have tried to treat the underlying disorder with the pharmaceutical equivalent of a sledgehammer using anticancer drugs and steroids to beat down the body’s hyperactive defense forces
15年医师直抗癌药类固醇治疗种潜性疾病药长柄锤样垮患者体异常活跃防御系统
establishment [ɪˋstæblɪʃmənt] n 权势集团领导阶层流
He was the favorite of the girls whose screams dominated the early Beatles concerts but he was not a guy’s guy No way could he satisfy the emerging establishment of rock critics a male coterie

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早期甲壳虫演唱会里女生尖象男性观众欣赏获正兴起摇滚乐评流青睐领域男天
█coterie n 排外圈子集团circle
euphoria [juˋfɔrɪə] n 幸福感 elation
So after a period of euphoria the bond market tumbled
段繁荣期债券市场狂泻
█tumble v（价格）暴跌
expedition [ˏɛkspɪˋdɪʃən] n 远征队探险
So Mark Norell a leader of the joint US Mongolian expedition gave him a consolation prize digging out an unpromising specimen Norell had already found
美国蒙古联合探险队位领队马克·诺瑞尔安慰奖：挖诺瑞尔已找没什价值标
█unpromising adj（前景）
fantasy [ˋfæntəsɪ] n 幻想 dream
What we could take away from the grievous events is a grasp not of the Unabomber’s psychology but of our own which is full fantasies
悲惨事件中汲取解邮包炸弹制造者心理解心理里面充满实际幻想
█grievous adj（事）悲惨严重
feud [fjud] n 宿仇 vendetta
Still in both communities there is a growing sense that the blood feud and its cycle of violence must be broken if anyone is to prosper
双方越越清楚果繁荣必须突破彼间血海深仇暴力循环
flair [flɛr] n 天赋 talent gift
Phil Donahue invented the participatory approach to TV talk but Winfrey brought a womantowoman empathy and a flair for selfrevelation that he couldn’t match
唐纳修发明观众参电视脱口秀节目（持）温弗里女间感身受情心带进节目加善表白唐纳修
foe [fo] n 敌反者 enemy
Both speeches struck the same rhetorical chord that Dole is no ditherer but decisive muscular leader who will stand up to foreign foes
两演说采种修辞语调：尔知措果决强硬领袖敢抗外敌
█rhetorical adj 措辞ditherer n 慌乱知措
genre [ˋʒɑnrə] n（尤指艺术作品）形式
Lanier embodies a whole new genre of music that uses computers to create and disseminate its own distinctive sounds
拉尼尔运电脑创造发出独特声音表现出种全新音乐形式
glance [ɡlæns] n&v 瞥见
At first glance Jeanne Vertefeuille might have seemed an unlikely choice to hunt down the most damaging mole in the history of the Central Intelligence Agency
乍揪出中央情报局史危害双重间谍工作似轮韦特弗耶做
█mole n 长期潜伏（双重）间谍
glimpse [ɡlɪmps] n&v 瞥眼瞄眼
Mosaic (Webbrowsing program) was the first glimpse of a multimedia future that giants such as Microsoft had been predicting but not delivering
马赛克（网络游览器）首度窥探媒体未世界前微软样公司已预料未世界未实现
█deliver v 实现履行（诺言等）
grandeur [ˋɡrændʒɚ] n 伟富丽堂皇
We want to bring jazz to the people inn all its grandeur and glory And we don’t believe the music is above people
爵士乐伟光荣带家相信曲高寡
grasp [ɡræsp] n 掌握解 understanding
Even after working for more than 20 years in the Russian area I cannot hope to approach Yuri’s knowledge and intuitive grasp of what is going on in his homeland
俄国工作已20余年尤里祖国俄国现状认识直觉式理解敢指
greed [ɡrid] n 贪婪 avarice
Hollywood must examine itself Its greed is sickening It must judge the social impact not just the popularity impact of what it does
莱坞必须审视贪婪越越令厌恶莱坞必须作社会造成击非否受欢迎作出判断
impulse [ˋɪmpʌls] n 动
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on impulse without even leaving their chairs
网络购物中心正四处崛起诱顾客连起身离座必时动杀信卡购物
█to spring up突然出现突然产生
incentive [ɪnˋsɛntɪv] n 诱动机
The incentive to vote for a responsible budget that’s healthful in the long run but painful in the short run depends on whether you face election next year or in three years
促某议员投票赞成项长期益短期害重预算面第二年三年改选
inclination [ˏɪnkləˋneʃən] n 倾
But girls rarely seem to have either the chance or the inclination to get plugged in
女生似少玩电脑机会愿
█to plug in 插插头喻开启电脑
infrastructure [ˈɪnfrəˌstrʌktʃər] n 水电等基础设施
The bill for this infrastructure binge has topped 60 billion and some economists wonder whether Malaysia can afford it
场基础设施抢建热潮需费高达600亿美元济学家怀疑马西亚政府否承担起
█binge n（饮食花费等方面）放没节制
initiative [ɪˋnɪʃɪətɪv] n 动权进取心
The North (Vietnam) kept the initiative choosing when to attack and when to lie low and rebuilding its strength
北越保动权选择时出击时潜藏恢复实力
insight [ˋɪnˏsaɪt] n 洞察解
If this discovery is confirmed it will surely be one of the most stunning insights into our universe that science has ever uncovered
假证明属实疑问科学史解宇宙令叹观止项发现
integrity [ɪnˋtɛɡrətɪ] n 廉洁正直
Both prosecutors eventually paid for their integrity and grit In May 1992 Falcone and his wife… were ambushed and morally wounded by the Mafia’s men of honor on a road near Palermo
两名检察官廉洁勇气付出代价1992年5月法尔科妻子快巴勒莫路遭黑手天行道者伏击受重伤
█grit n（口语）勇气斗志ambush v 伏击
legend [ˋlɛdʒənd] n 传奇物
They are far too cool in Nashville to get excited about mere music legends
美国田纳西州首府纳什维尔批冷静光音乐界传奇物法激起热情
mandate [ˋmændet] n 委托授权
Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto…also has a new electoral mandate as head of an internationalist coalition no longer dominated by ambivalent socialists
首相桥龙太郎度赢选民付托出掌具国际派色彩立场矛盾社会义者持联合阁
█coalition n 联合政府
measure [ˋmɛʒɚ] n手段措施 step
There’s no single measure that’s fully adequate but a combination of measures taken together can make them relatively secure
单种措施够种方法结合起相安全
menace [ˋmɛnəs] n 威胁 threat
Still worried about the pesticides’ impact on the environment government scientists think they may have a better answer to the fireant menace
官方科学家担心杀虫剂会破坏环境认许更方法付种火蚁威胁
merchandise [ˋmətʃənˏdaɪz] n 商品 goods
That’s one reason why each restaurant is designed with a merchandise shop to tempt customers to buy such musthave souvenirs as jogging suits 20 T shirts or baby baseball togs
什家餐厅设计间商品店引诱消费者买必少纪念品慢跑服20美元件T恤孩棒球衣原
mess [mæs] n 杂乱
Army Captain Stuart Herrubgtin… remembers that the scene inside the embassy also was a monstrous mess
陆军尉赫林顿想起馆片混乱惨忍睹
█monstrous adj（加强语气）极度强烈
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Although they welcomed the news that Mexico will sell off many of the state’s power plants they had also hoped Zedillo would privatize parts of the country’s lucrative oil monopoly
墨西哥廉价出售许国营电厂表欢迎盼总统萨迪略该国赚钱垄断性石油公司予部分民营化
nomination [ˏnɑməˋneʃən] n 提名
The most worrisome oppose for Gore is that Gephardt will oppose the Vice President for their party’s presidential nomination in 2000
戈尔担心反杰哈特戈尔合争取公元2000年民总统候选提名
odds [ɑdz] n 性率 chances
Odds are better than ever that high tech will get their jobs
起时期高科技更抢走饭碗
opponent [əˋponənt] n 反者手 反supporter
Among the most extreme opponents there were even paranoiac suggestions that once gone the art might be hijacked and never returned
某反激烈甚神质暗示宝物旦出境会劫夺会
█paranoiac adj 偏执狂hijack v 劫持（飞机）劫夺（运输中货物）
ordeal [ˋɔrdil] n 苦难磨练
Laura B did not tell anyone about the assault because she claims she repressed all memory of the ordeal
劳拉姐没遭受攻击告诉声称已桩惨痛历完全压抑脑海深处
█repress v 压抑（感情欲等）
passion [ˋpæʃən] n 激情热情 feeling
Paleontology is much like politics passions run high and it’s easy to draw very different conclusions from the same set of facts
古生物学政治相：情绪激昂组事实中出截然结
peril [ˋpɛrəl] n 危险
Climate change threatens more than megastorms floods and droughts The real peril may be disease
气候改变带威胁止巨风暴洪水干旱真正危险疾病
persecution [‚pɜrsɪ＇kjuʃn] n 迫害
They must disappear by the change in sovereignty or face persecution
必须权转移前消失否面迫害
phase [fez] n 阶段 period
More significant is Clinton’s plan to take an enhanced role in transatlantic affairs in the next four years a transitional moment in European history when the postwar structures are being tidied up and the next historic phase has yet to begin
更重克林顿计划4年西洋两岸事务中扮演更积极角色者4年正欧洲历史渡时期：正值欧洲战结构重整历史阶段尚未
█to tidy up 整顿弄整齐
pledge [plɛdʒ] n 承诺保证 promise
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin deemed the comment a violation of the (PLO) Chairman’s pledge to forgo violence and threatened to stop the peace process
色列总理拉宾认段话违反巴解席放弃暴力承诺扬言中止进程
potential [pəˋtɛnʃəl] n 性 adj 潜 n possibility
Netscape’s Navigator had the potential to be the next Windows a method for launching programs and calling up information not only from the Internet but also from corporate networks and even from the user’s own PC
网景领航员潜力成视窗：通启动程序国际互联网公司网络甚电脑中调出资讯
priority [praɪˋɔrətɪ] n 首务优先
China is a big secondterm priority for Clinton because it cuts across security and economic issues…
克林顿言中国第二重点国家涉安全济事务
privilege [ˋprɪvlɪdʒ] n 特权
But Djilas’s criticism of the power and privilege granted to party leaders eventually led to years of imprisonment…
吉拉斯批评该领导拥权利特权终导致数年牢狱生活
█grant v 予授予
proliferation [prəˌlɪfəˈreɪʃən] n 扩散繁殖 spread
We have seen that the enemy is instability It is chaos But it is also what we call the global threats which are terrorism international drug trafficking environmental problems armsproliferation issues

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已明白稳定敌混乱敌包括说全球威胁例恐怖义国际毒品走私环境问题武器扩散问题
propaganda [ˏprɑpəˋɡændə] n（偏颇正确官方）宣传
Today a handful of business groups each with political alliances control Russia’s media and news has once again become propaganda
现少数家拥政界盟友企业集团控制俄国媒体新闻次成宣传机器
prosponent [prəˋponənt] n 提议者支持者 advocate 反critic
Proponents imagine a morning someday in the next century when a smart car will pull out of the garage drive down local roads in the conventional manner and head for the smart way
倡议者想象世纪某天早智慧车车库里开出传统方式行驶方道路着智慧道路驶
prospect [ˋprɑspɛkt] n 成功率前景
But an eager startup looks at risk differently and so might consumers intrigued by the prospect of shopping in cyberspace
迫新兴公司风险法网际空间购物前景吸引消费者
█startup n 刚成立公司
prosperity [prɑsˋpɛrətɪ] n 繁荣 affluence
The peace and prosperity of the world in the next century depend in many ways on what Beijing does
世纪世界繁荣许方面取决北京行
recession [rɪˋsɛʃən] n 萧条退 slump
A more outrageous example is the Ministry of Finance which in the wake of five years of recession is widely considered too powerful for Japan’s own good
更离谱例子藏省连续5年济景气民普遍认藏省权力日济利益害
█outrageous adj 令法接受骇听闻in the wake of 着……
reign [ren] n&v 统治宰 rule
The (antiapartheid) movement publicly condemned her in 1989 for inflicting a reign of terror on Soweto with her gang of bodyguards
（反种族隔离）运动团体1989公开谴责帮贴身警卫索韦托施行恐慌统治
remains [rɪˋmenz] n 遗迹遗体
Tucked deep within the rock are what appear to be the chemical and fossil remains of microscopic organisms that lived on Mars 36 billion years ago
深嵌石块中间起36亿年前生存火星微生物化学残留化石遗迹
█tuck v ……挤进塞进
reputation [ˏrɛpjəˋteʃən] n 名声
That approach will likely prove particularly profitable in Asia and Europe where IBM has built a 50year reputation as a system integrator
着棋亚欧两洲会带特利润IBM区已系统集成商身份享誉50年
reservation [ˏrɛzɚˋveʃən] n 保留
The disease which first appeared on a Navajo reservation has since spread to 20 US states and killed 45 people nearly half of those infected
种疾病首先出现某纳瓦霍印第安保留扩散美国20州导致45丧生死亡数占感染数半
retail [ˋritel] n 零售
Some estimates place the overall movie tiein business at 10 billion annually in retail sales worldwide
估算全球零售电影相关商品收入年约100亿美元
█tiein n 搭配销售商品
revolt [rɪˋvolt] n 叛乱暴动 insurrection rebellion
Although much of the imperial collection amassed by China’s rulers has been lost it is miraculous that so many landmark words have survived a thousand years of violent dynastic changes revolts and theft
中国历代帝王收藏中已遗失划时代重作品历1000年改换代战争叛乱偷盗保存真奇迹
█amass v 积聚landmark n 里程碑划时代重事件
rival [ˋraɪvl] n 竞争手 v ……匹敌
Nonetheless Malaysia is in some ways more insular than its Asian rivals
马西亚某方面亚洲竞争手更具岛民特性

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█insular adj 岛国性心胸狭隘
sanction [ˋsæŋkʃən] n 制裁处罚
The bill would hold expression on the Net to the same standards of purity using far harsher criminal sanction including jail terms to enforce them
法案网络言设定样净化标准采更严厉刑法（包括坐牢）推行项法律
sanctuary [ˋsæŋktʃʊˏɛrɪ] n 避难庇护 haven
In the capital Kigali the Rwandan army shelled the national sports stadium where more than 5000 refugees from the country’s civil war had sought sanctuary
首基加利卢旺达军炮轰国家体育馆里面超5000名战前避难难民
scenario [sɪˋnærɪˏo] n 发生情况
Nunn said a handful of fanatics could crash a radiocontrolled drone aircraft into the building engulfing it with chemical weapons and causing tremendous death and destruction This scenario said Nunn is not farfetched and the technology is all readily available
努思说撮狂热分子操线遥控飞机进栋楼楼完全化学武器吞没造成极员死亡财务破坏努思说种假象情况非完全发生种技术容易取
█to crash (a plane or car) into …（飞机汽车）猛撞drone n 线遥控飞机汽车engulf v 吞没陷入farfetched adj（事想法）牵强住
scheme [skim] n 计划方案阴谋 plan
There are however as many variations on this latest getrichontheInternet scheme as there are firms that want to cash in on it
然国际互联网赚票方案许作法想利赚钱厂商样
█to cash in on ………赚钱
scorn [skɔrn] n 轻蔑鄙视 contempt disrespect
He heaps scorn on federal judges who have used the bench to enforce and expand civil rights accusing them of a paternalistic belief in black inferiority
利法官职务坚持扩黑民权联邦法官非常鄙视指控种家长式观念认定黑处劣势（需特保护）
█bench n 法官（职位）paternalistic adj 家长式统治理员工属孩样做切安排
scrutiny [ˋskrutnɪ] n 仔细检查注目
If that evidence stands up to the intense scientific scrutiny that is certain to follow it will confirm for the first time that life is not unique to Earth
果证够通必定面严格科学检验首度确认生命非球独
█to stand up to（理东西）耐起……
stretch [strɛtʃ] n 段时间距离 spell
But one of the effects of the unusual stretch of weather over the past 15 years has been to alert researchers to a new and perhaps even more immediate threat of the warming trend the rapid spread of diseasebearing bugs and pests
15年间气候异常产生结果研究员警觉气温升趋势带新许更立威胁带病原昆虫动物快速蔓延
strife [straɪf] n 斗争突 conflict
From strifetorn Georgia comes Giya Kancheli who may be the most important Soviet composer since Shostakovich
饱受战火折磨格鲁吉亚国出现坎利样物萧斯塔科维奇苏联重作曲家
tactic [ˋtæktɪk] n 战术策略
Turning to the welltested tactic of seeking a scapegoat he (Yeltsin) fired Moscow police chief Vladimir Pankratov and city chief prosecutor Gennadi Ponomaryov for failing to provide proper organization to deal with grave crimes
丢车保帅屡试爽策略叶利钦转采取项策略未设立适组织付严重犯罪名免掉莫斯科警察局长潘克拉托夫该市检察长波诺玛尤夫职务
█scapegoat n 代罪羔羊grave adj（事实疾病）严重
torture [ˋtɔrtʃɚ] n 苦刑折磨 torment
Twenty minutes of relaxation and 20 minutes of torture You never know what was next
20分钟舒缓2 0分钟苦刑根搞清楚分钟会什遭遇
transition [trænˋzɪʃən] n 渡（时期）转移

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Making the transition to true nohands smart roads… is an engineering challenge that will probably take another 20 years to complete
渡真正驾驶智慧型道路工程挑战花20年完成
turmoil [ˋtəmɔɪl] n 骚乱动乱
No one in authority in Washington or Tokyo will say publicly that current turmoil is likely to unhinge the 35yearold USJapan security alliance but week by week a sense of alarm is growing
华盛顿东京权威士愿意公开承认目前骚乱会已35年历史美日安全盟毁旦恐慌情日俱增
█unhinge v 分离拆卸
verdict [ˋvədɪkt] n 判决
Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss was convicted of running a callgirl ring and faces up to six years in prison Fleiss reacted to the verdict by throwing her head on the defense table
莱坞弗里斯女士营应召女郎站判罪面6年牢狱生活聆听判决弗里斯头猛然撞告席桌作回应
█convict v 判决（某）罪
version [ˋvəʒən] n 版
Indonesia’s government which vigorously suppressed the newsmagazine Tempo does not seem at all concerned that a digital version has appeared on the Net
印尼政府铁腕镇压新闻性杂志节拍该杂志电子版已网露面印尼政府全部意
veteran [vɛtərən] n 老兵老手
Consequently Cuba’s national team is made up largely of hardened veterans some of whom have played together for a decade
古巴国家代表队成员身百战老手中更肩10年球队友
wrath [ræθ] n 愤怒
After US soldiers prevented the mob from venting its wrath on several men suspected of throwing the bomb the crowd turned on the warehouse itself
民众欲满腔愤怒发泄数名丢掷炸弹嫌疑犯身遭美军阻止发泄象转仓库面
█vent v 发泄
yield [jild] n 产量
The federal government has built a maze of greenhouses labs and research facilities dedicated to spawning new highyield varieties of bugresistant wheat potatoes sunflowers and sugar beets
联邦政府建起系列温室实验室研究设施错落迷宫般设施培植高产防虫害麦马铃薯日葵甜菜新品种建立

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acute (a)1(感觉)强烈(事态)严重2(视觉 嗅觉等)敏锐 1severe 2keen
In the past the(Mexican)ruling classes emphasized our acute differences with the Anglo－Saxons in order to affirm our separate identity
(墨西哥)统治阶级刻意强调盎格鲁撒克逊间强烈处确立身众民族特性
affable (a)蔼亲 amicable
IndeedClinton was more than conciliatory when he met with Gingrich on Thursday and the new Speaker was affable in return
确星期四克林顿金里奇会面时显露十足解意金里奇位新众院议长投桃报李友善相
affiliated (a)(某较组织) 紧密关系附属〔某较组织〕
Games’ sponsor Visa International and three affiliated banks are using Atlanta as a beachhead for the introduction to the US of smart cards an electronic substitute for cash
奥运赞助商维萨卡国际机构3家合作银行正利亚兰作美国发行智卡立足点电子货币代现金交易
·beachhead(n)滩头阵立足点
aggressive (a)富略性挑衅belligerent
Says farmer Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger：Their whole foreign policy has turned suddenly much more aggressiveand that bodes no good for the nature of any people
前国防部长温伯格说： 外交政策突然整变更富侵略性民族天性说会结果
allegedly (adv)称说 (证足情况) 遭指控
Hard Rock creator Peter Morton sued Earl for allegedly purloining Hard Rock business plans The issue was settled without a trial
硬石餐厅创办彼·摩顿控告厄尔称偷取硬石营业计划件案子已庭外解
·purloin (v)偷
aloft (adv)高处空中
The bronze sculpture depict a man holding a pipe aloft as an offering to the Great Spirit
件铜雕表现烟斗高高直举起供奉神〔北美某印第安部落崇拜神抵〕男子
alternate (a)交代
The opposition says the government should concentrate on alternate energy sources and restrict the growth of industries like petrochemicals that consume a lot of energy
反说政府应专注开发代源土应该限制消耗量源工业石化业增长
ambivalent(a)感觉矛盾
Gates is ambivalent about his celebrity
声名噪盖茨感情矛盾
assorted(a)式样various
His personal arsenalincluding a Czech machine gun and assorted pistolsshotguns and Rifles was stashed in the trunk of his car
式器包括支捷克制机枪 式样手枪 猎枪 步枪全藏车子行李厢里
·arsenal(n)储藏武器stash (v)藏放
audacious(a)胆daring
Last yearafter months of deliberationCollins left his faculty post at the University of Michigan Medical School to lead the Human Genome Projectan audacious effort to decipher the complete genetic script contained inhuman cells
年科林斯数月考虑决定辞掉密歇根学医学院职务前持类基组工程项胆工程宗旨解读出类细胞中全部遗传信息
·decipher(v)译解(密码)
austere (a)()严肃(东西 生活)朴实
The Puppet master(1993)and last year＇s Good Men Good Womenwith their austere poignanciesplayed all the best festivalsthough they remain a coterie taste
戏梦生年男女朴素尖锐风格进影展然影片少数行欣赏
·poignancy (n)尖锐深刻Coterie ( n)(具排性)圈圈集团
avantgarde(a)前卫
Kosuke Tsumuraanother Miyake studentlaunched his KZelle line in 1992 and two years later debuted in Paris with avantgarde Mad Max costume
三宅生徒弟津村介1992年推出KZelle系列两年首次巴黎推出前卫锋飞车队服装展
benevolent (a)仁慈
Ruthless companydownsizing drives and continued layoffscoupled with rising pay for top managershave made their bosses look a good deal less benevolent
情公司缩编举措断解雇员工加付高层理员薪资节节涨

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老板起慈祥
·layoff (n)解雇a goad deal 常极
bewildered (a)迷惑张惶失措perplexed
One thing that has observers bewildered is how the White House could have put forward Foster’s nomination without getting the abortion issue squared away in advance
令观察家莫名妙点白宫敢提名福斯特事先解决堕胎议题
·to square away(难题)处理掉摆(放手进行事)
bizarre (a)怪异weird
FloodsDroughtsHurricaneTwistersAre all the bizarre weather extremes we’ve been having lately normal fluctuations in the planet＇s atmospheric systems？
洪水干旱飓风龙卷风究竟怪异气候极端现象球气系统正常变化？
·extremes (n)(行 情报)极端fluctuation (n)(气候 市价等)变动
blatant(a)刺刺极明显公然
What the network didn’t knowand didn’t bother to find out was that Jammal was a hoaxer and that large segments of its program were based on blatant and ludicrous pseudoscience
该电视台知道 未特意探究詹玛尔骗子该电视台节目部分根明显笑伪科学制作
bluechip (a)(行业中)获利赚钱
Such entreaties(to safeguard the patents of manufacturers) have become essential for Americans bluechip companies as they charge into the vast markets of China and its East Asian neighbors
恳求保护产品专利权已成美国绩优公司挺进中国东亚邻国广市场时必然做事
·entreaty (r)恳求乞求Charge (v)锋前
capricious (a)1(性情)善变反复常2(事物)变化常impulsive mercurialunpredictable反dependable
Earthquakes…are capricious beasts ruled by what physicists refer to as nonlinear dynamicswhich means precise forecasting of when and where they will occur is impossible
震变化莫测凶残杀手受物理学家谓非线性力学支配表示精确预测震时发生事
·nonlinear(a)非线性
chronic (a)1(疾病)慢性2(行 恶)常积成癖persistenthabitual
Psychiatrists stresshoweverthat a few injections of medication and some sessions with a psychotherapist are just the beginning Pedophilia is a chronic disorder
然心理学家强调药物注射心理治疗师交谈开始恋童癖种慢性病
·pedophilia(n)恋童癖
compatible (a)相容兼容 反incompatible
No one except Microsoft executives disputes the fact that Microsoft isin facta monopoly at least in IBMcompatible computeroperating systems Some 8 out of 10 desktop computers run the Microsoft software
事实微软公司少垄断IBM兼容电脑操作系统点微软没会异议10台台式电脑中约8台微软软件操作
·dispute〔v)(事实等)怀疑持异议
compelling (a)极吸引令法抗拒
Winfrey42had a troubled childhoodbut her genius was to realize that those troubles and similar ones experienced by ordinary people all over America could make for compelling television
42岁温弗里童年愉快天分意识问题全美普通百姓面类似问题成精彩感电视题材
complacent (a)满
That does not mean that the people of Kwangju are growing complacent or law enforcement agencies less vigilant
代表光州民已志意满代表执法局放松警戒心
·vigilant (a)提防带戒心
confidential(a)机密反public
Although labeled privileged and confidentialcopies of the telephone survey are mysteriously ending up in the hands of reporters and environmentalists in both Alabama and Missouri
份电话问卷副注明仅供特定士观机密神知鬼觉落入亚拉巴马密苏里两州记者环保士手中
·Privileged( a)仅供少数知道机密to end up变成
congenial (a)()意气相投(环境)令愉快agreeable
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stop pretending that we can do the job on the cheap and by remote control
果〔美国)真意领导世界世界变少令眼欺骗说件工作必花钱远远发号施令做
Consistent(a)前致
TIMECNN polls have shown a consistent majority of voters56％ VS34％in last week＇s survey favoring creation of a fullfledged new party
成立正式政TIMECNN合作项民意调查致显示半数选民意周调查56％鲜赞成 34％反
Conspicuous (a)显著 反inconspicuous
But the White House sees any conspicuous effort to placate Jackson as dangerous to its efforts to win back disaffected white moderates
白宫认柯张旗鼓安抚杰克逊举措利白宫挽政府满温派白心
·placate(v)安抚disaffected (a)(政府等)满
Consummate (a)造诣极高技艺精湛
But he did have a consummate technical command of his instrument which…gives his performances an irresistible strut and swagger
弹奏技巧确非常高明演出显神气活现盛气凌令法抗拒
·strut (n)神气活现昂首阔步swagger (v)摇摆走
daunting(a)令畏惧Intimidating
The Rosens instead plan to blow away the field in part because Harold and his team of engineers have solved a set of daunting technological issues just in the past year
罗森斯算扫群雄独占鳌头部分原哈罗德工程组年里已解决许棘手技木问题
·To blow away (尤指运动场)彻底败(敌) the field指某赛中竟争手
eclectic (a)兼容蓄兼采种观点方法diverse
Adams eclecticpoporiented music…is a radical departure from the expansive minimalism that marked his earlier stage works
先前亚斯舞台音乐全面简约义特色作品博采种风格走流行音乐取代表先前风格彻底背弃
eligible (a)合格
He may not be eligible because of a failure to make himself available for Davis Cup play in recent years
资格会问题直未参加戴维斯杯赛
enigmatic (a)谜般难解
The last Stalinist’s (Kim II Sung)sudden demise leaves his realm more enigmatic than ever
位斯林义者金日成猝逝国家变更难捉摸
epic (a)雄浑规模
After an infernal global odyssey and an epic chase by USintelligence agenciesthe mastermind of the Trade Center bombing is captured in Pakistan
美国情报员历气恼全球奔波规模追缉终巴基斯坦逮世界贸易中心爆炸案谋
·infernal (a)令恼怒odyssey ( n)长期险旅行
exuberant(a)兴奋难抑lively
We think says an exuberant Larry Gilbert Cyber Cash’ s vice president and general manager it’s going to be the core of electronic commerce on the Internet
电子货币公司副总裁兼总理赖瑞·吉尔伯特兴奋难抑说： 认成国际互联网电子交易核心
exultant (a)雀跃欣喜狂delighted
For the men and women who fought and won the war in EuropeVE day meant the exultantresounding vindication of good against evil
第二次世界战期间参加欧战取胜男男女女言德国投降日邪压正项令雀跃伟证明
注resounding (a)轰动极(成功)vindication(n)证明
fanatic (a)狂热(n)狂热分子 (a)fanatical(n)extremist
The two fanatic Puerto Rican nationalists who tried to assassinate Harry Truman in 1950 attacked him when he was living acrossthe street in Blair House while the White House was being renovated
两名狂热波黎民族义分子1950年试图暗杀杜鲁门攻击杜鲁门时白宫正翻修杜鲁门住白宫面布莱尔旅馆
feasible (a)行行通practicable
Reading to children is easyaffordable and feasible for parents no matter what their level of education or economic station in life
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孩子听容易 负担起行事
feeble (a) 1性格软弱敢采取强势作2虚弱脆弱ineffectual
Soldiers will vote in the next presidential election for a leader who will protest more vigorously the feeble overall reforms of the present government…
次总统选举时军支持候选敢更声反现政府软弱整体政策改革领导者
fervent (a)热烈强烈ardent
The Sony Playstation has acquired a fervent following
索尼公司游戏站游戏机推出获强烈响
forthcoming (a)
Whether more money will be forthcoming is an open question
否会更费尚未确定
fractious(a)倔强难驾驭
Italy’s embattled Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi reigned on Dec22 after serving just seven fractious months
坐困愁城意利总理贝鲁斯科尼已7月直法利施政12月22日辞职
·embattled (a)陷入困境
frantic (a)万火急着急
At time when American businesses are frantic to set up shop on the computer networks those networks and the telecommunications systems that carry their traffic are turning out to be terminally insecure
美国商界拼命电脑网络设立站点际赖传送产品讯息网络电传系统日益显极端安全
·terminally(adv)末期
fullfledged (v)充分训练发展成熟正式完全合格
Brown dwarfs are not quite big hot enough to ignites the nuclear fusion reaction that would make them shine as fullfledged stars
棕矮星体积够热度够高足引发核聚变反应棕矮星必须反应会发光成成熟星星
furious (a)(速度 活动)激烈力愤怒
There was Australian sculptor Henry R Pearce who rested his oars during an Olympic heat in Amsterdam in 1928 to let a family of ducks paddle across his path then picked up the stroke at furious pace and won by 20lengths…
澳利亚轻艇选手伯尔斯年阿姆斯特丹奥运会场预赛中停桨家子鸭子游航道然拾起桨拼命划船身长差距赢赛
genetic (a )遗传
In fact the diversity among individuals is so enormous that the whole concept of race becomes meaningless at the genetic level
事实间差异极遗传层面讲种族概括性涵义变毫意义
giddy (a)(速度 高度)令头昏眼花非常快乐异常兴奋
Clark and Andreessen find themselves riding the decade＇s giddiest economic bubble counting their stock options and cutting deals with everyone from telephone companies to Hollywood
克拉克安德里森发现正享受着90年代快速济增长面算着优先认股权面谈着生意电话公司莱坞生意象
·stock option优先认股权通常指企业予部高级项特权利特定期间特优惠价格购买该公司股票债券
gorgeous(a)美beautiful
The decline in estrogen often coincides with many life changes Your children grow up and move away You don’t look as gorgeous as you used toand your husband leaves you for a younger woman
雌激素减少伴着许生活土变化：孩子长搬出年轻貌美丈夫弃投年轻女子怀抱
heady (a) 令兴奋飘飘然心花怒放
In the heady days after Netscape’s ballistic initial public offering in August last year the stock shot from＄27 to＄71 during its first day of tradingBarksdale preached humility the company＇s cramped halls
年8月网景股票公开市股票迅速增值第交易日27美元跳升71美元段飘飘然日子里巴斯迪尔公司狭窄厅里谆谆教导公司员工谦虚点
·public offering(证券)公开发行shoot (v)(价格)暴涨preach(v)倡导鼓吹(理念 善行)cramped (a)(空间)狭
illiterate(a)识字
The Chinese in Singapore were the descendants of illiteratelandlesspeasants from Guangdong and Fujian
新加坡中国广东福建目识丁 田约贫苦农民裔


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incessant (a)停断 constant 反intermittent
Offscreenthe couple’s marriage was marred by Amaz’s drinking gambling and incessant philandering
实际生活中明星夫妻婚姻毁阿玛兹酗酒赌博风流韵事断
·off screen (adv)(影视明星)实际生活mar(v)破坏糟蹋：philandering (n)玩弄女拈花惹草
incumbent(a)现职
Ronald Reagan crushed Jimmy Carter in 1980 in part because the incumbent Carter had been flummoxed by tine taking of American hostages in Iran
里根年击败卡特选总统部分美国伊朗挟持质事件职卡特总统知措
·flummox (v)惊慌失措
indignant(a)愤愤
It drew nearly 800 letters from readers (many predictably indignant)the fourth largest mail response to any story this year
篇报道引800封读者函(中许想知非常愤慨)杂志年激起读者函第四项报道
inherent (a)固天生intrinsic
Says Cardinal Edward Clancyhead of the Roman Catholic Church in Australia： With the introduction of the principle inherent in euthanasia our society as we know it begins immediately to unravel
澳利亚天教领袖 红衣教克兰西说：着安乐死种行里固原引进熟悉社会立开始瓦解
initial (a)首度初开始
Clouds and dust from the(cornet’ s)initial impact and gases from subsequent volcanoes could have spread around the globeblocking sunlight and altering the climate killing off the dinosaurs
(彗星)第击产生烟云灰尘火山喷出气体布满整球遮天蔽日改变气候恐龙死亡
·block (v)阻碍
integral (a)必需缺basicfundamental
When people understand that being gay or lesbian is an integral characteristicthey are more openminded about equality for gay Americans
知道男性恋女性恋倾类缺心理特质美国性恋者等权更坦然面
intricate(a)复杂反simple
A touch of paranoia is not a bad thing to bring to the computersoftware businesswhere shifting alliancesrapid technological charges and intricate codependencies make plotting longterm strategies hazardous
踏入电脑软件行业带点妄想件坏事行业里业者间分分合合科技日新月异互关系错综复杂制定长期发展策略反倒危险
·a touch of许微量hazardous (a)危险dangerous
invalid(a)效作废
If it is prove that the President—elect’s campaign received drugtrafficking moneyhe should resign because his mandate would he invalid
果证实总统竞选活动收受毒品走私获金钱选总统该辞职台选举授子权力属效
invariably (adv ) 必定变
Known as one of the best golfers in Taiwan’s officialdomLee Denghui can break 80 on a good day His drives off the tee are almost invariably long and true
李登辉认台湾官场高明高尔夫球手状况时出低80杆成绩球座挥出长远准
lavish(a)铺张奢华extravagant
The lavish dinner that chef John Folse prepared for a private party of Procter & Gamble executives tasted rich enough to make a cardiologist apoplectic
厨福尔斯宝洁公司高级私聚会准备奢华晚餐丰盛程度足心脏血专家脑中风
·apoplectic (a)中风
lethal(a)致命
Too often they have found the onedrug approach allows a few malignant cells to survive and blossom into an even more lethal tumor
发现单药物治疗方式会癌细胞存活演变成更命肿瘤
·malignant (a)恶性癌
lucrative(a)获利赚钱
With concert fees reportedly in the＄40000plus range the show seem a lucrative proposition
说场音乐会酬劳超4万美金表演笔赚钱生意
·proposition (n)(拟议中正兴办)事业生意ludicrous (a)笑滑稽ridiculous

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The surgeon denounces that allegation as ludicrous
名外科医生痛斥项指控指荒诞滑稽
·allegation (n)法律语(尤指证实)指控
malicious (a)怀恶意居心良
Earlier in the week Nichols was charged with malicious damage to the Alfred P Murray Federal Building
周早时候尼古拉遭指控罪名蓄意破坏穆拉联邦楼
mock (a)煞事假装
Clinton he reported with a tone of mock confidence was at a prayer breakfast across town with religions leaders
装出肯定语气报道说克林顿面城镇宗教领袖举行祈祷早餐会
(a)模拟演
The Pentagon revealed that three weeks ago Army Rangers and Navy Seals had conducted practice runs for an invasion of Haiti：Staging a mock attack on an isolated airfield at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida
美国国防部透露周前陆军突击部队海军海豹 特种部队已针入侵海进行数场演佛罗里达埃格林空军基孤立援机场进行模拟攻击
mundane (a)世俗
(Film critic)Libby’s columns serve as a continuing account of her amusingly mundane life and the peripheral role that movies play in it
影评家利专栏文章断描写快意生活电影生活中扮演次角色
·peripheral(a)周边 次
optional(a)选择非强制反mandatory 反compulsory
China is not Haiti or Bosnia places where America’s involvement may be desirable but is ultimately optional China is not optional
中国海波斯尼亚美国介入两国家许赔生意介入终究决定介入中国事务美国选择
perennial (a)长期持续 constantcontinual
As she did in her perennial best seller…Tanner argues that the sexes baffle and bewilder each other not because they have vastly different psychological makeupsbut because they have distinct conversational styles
正坦纳历久衰畅销书中述坚称男女两性会方感迷惘捉摸透非双方心理特性极差异截然话风格
·baffle (v)困惑张惶失措makeup (n)特质性格
placid(a)静tranquil
The flooding provoked the largest evacuation ever mobilized in the Netherlands：250000people were forced to flee their homes in Limburg and Gelderland two placid southern provinces of willows and windmills
洪水造成荷兰史规模疏散行动万迫逃离位林堡盖德兰家园南部两恬静省份四处见杨柳风车……
·evacuation (n)撤出疏散flee ( v)逃出
poised (a)准备做…… all set
China its treasury bursting with foreign reserves and its stock markets surgingis poised for stable growth
中国国库外汇充盈股市畅旺已具备稳定发展条件
·to burst with充满
precarious(a)岌岌危uncertainunstable 反stable反secure
We are in a very precarious position because investors’ confidence is disconnected from any hardhitting analysis of what is underlying the economy
正处非常危险状态中深层济素坦率分析已投资者信心搞支离破碎
·hardhitting (a)(难题争议)胆直言
predominant (a)
In the two small Central African nations of Rwanda and Burundi where politics is still dominated by the ancient rivalry between the predominant Hutu and minority Tutsi tribes pure tribal enmity was behind the bloodshed
位中非两国卢旺达 布隆迪政治居优势胡图族居少数图西族间世仇立左右次流血事件背纯粹种族仇恨作祟
·enmity(n)敌意立
Prestigious(a)名
Privileged and smarthe had been accepted by the prestigious AllIndia School of Medical Sciences at 17
条件优越加聪明岁进入极负盛名全印度医科学
·privileged (a)(钱居流阶层)占优势

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presumably(adv)推测概
The government also unveiled an emergency plan to lower the yen by among other things spending more on public works which would presumably stimulate the economy and thus perk up demand for imports
政府宣布项紧急应变计划日元贬值中重措施提高公支出举概刺激济进增加进需求
·to perk up……振作
prone (a)倾易
The tactic is only moderately effective and has side effects that can be as bad as the disease itselfleaving patients drained of energy and prone to sores and other infections
种方法疗效产生副作疾病身样严重耗患者精力患者容易产生疼痛受感染
quaint (a) 样式古老 罕见吸引
When a trend went out of stylewe used to be forgiving of it and think it was quaint…
流行流行总宽怀认饶富古趣
rampant(a)猖獗
They said that tax evasion is rampant that the yakuzaJapan’s mafiahas its hooks in the sportand most stinginglythat many of the matches are fixed
指出逃漏税相猖獗日黑社会插脚尖锐指控许场赛赛前已确定胜负
·stingingly (adv)(言词)刺伤尖刻fix(v)正手段操(赛 选举等)
rash (a) 鲁莽
Many of the rash killings are truly senseless Last week a 14yearold Brooklyn girl was charged with stabbing her 13yearold boyfriend to death simply because he wanted to break up with her
动杀行许真毫道理言星期布鲁克林区名14岁女孩控刺死13岁男友起男友想分手
·senseless (a)意义非理性stab(v)刺捅
requisite (a)必需缺required
TIME has picked 50 with the requisite ambition vision and community spirit to help guide us in the new millennium
时代杂志挑出50作1000年处事榜样具备缺雄心远见关怀社会精神
resurgent(a)复活复苏
The President’s Russia policy he charged was based not on recognition of Moscow’s threatening resurgent nationalism but on misguided romanticism
指责总统俄国政策建立莫斯科已复苏具威胁性民族义解建立错误浪漫义
robust (a)健康强健
Last week an Atlanta fertility clinic announced that the woman had given birth to two robustly healthy boys
星期亚特兰家孕症诊宣布名妇女已产两名强壮健康男婴
·fertility (n)繁殖力
sentimental (a)愁善感
Americans have sometimes sought a kind of moral cleansing in children＇s adventures It is part of an American theology of redemption by kidsa sentimental reassertion of the nation’s conception of its own innocence
美国时想着孩童险旅程寻求道德涤清惯源美国深信童带救赎——种温情义式重申强调美国纯真孩童
·theology(n)(某种)神学理reassertion (n) (宗教)救赎reassertion(意见 观念)次提出重申 redemption (n)赎回 偿 拯救 履行
sheer (a)完全
It’s true that farmers there will suffer as protective trade barriers fall But a deeper source of their discontent is sheer longstanding poverty
确旦废掉保护性贸易壁垒里农民日子会难农民心中更满长久未改善赤贫处境
simmering (a)(争吵 暴力)爆发
A major pact was signed by the two leaders(of China and Russia)and the Presidents of KazakhstanKyrgyastan and Tajikistan to quell long simmering disputes along Russia’s southern border
中俄领导哈萨克斯坦吉尔吉斯斯坦塔吉克斯坦三国总统签署项重协定解决俄罗斯南疆长久直甚静边界争端
simplistic (a)分单纯化
His lack of leadership allowed the reform forces to fragment and be swamped by such simplistic nationalists as Vladimir Zhirinovsky
领导方导致改革阵营分崩离析日里诺夫斯基种总事情太简单民族义分子搞晕头转
·fragment(v)分裂破碎to be swamped by(

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麻烦 物件等)量涌应付
simultaneously (adv)时
A couple of mathematical models…suggested that HIV would have a hard time simultaneously undergoing the minimum three mutations necessary to resist combination therapy
根组数学模型艾滋病毒时发生少三种突变抗混合治疗法发生样突变容易
snap (a)仓促突然
Snap decision making…is a survival skill if you are a hunter
机立断猎项求生技
speculative (a)投机热衷投机买卖
American investors pour speculative money into Mexico then snatch it back when times grow hard and Mexico needs it most
美国投资者抱着投机心态投资墨西哥然旦形势变坏墨西哥急需资金时突然撤回
·snatch (v)攫取抢走
sporadic ( a)零星时时反continuous
Once inside GroznyZarakhovich was struck by the large number of armed citizensmany of whom were making sporadic checks of entering cars
进格罗兹尼市札拉克维奇批武装市民吓跳中许市民正搭搭拦检进城车辆
sprawling(a)蔓延广
Chen and Zhang have both said they can not imagine shooting films outside their sprawling homeland
陈凯歌张艺谋说法想象幅员辽阔祖国拍片
stationary (a)静止固定
Agriculture boasts its kudzu the miracle vine promoted as a soil protector in the American Southeast and now despised as an unstoppable weedableas Tenner reports to overwhelm almost any stationary object
葛素魔藤称美国东南部奉土壤保护者率推广现贬掉杂草农业士夸引进葛特纳说法爬满静止物体
stringent (a)严格rigorous
The House approved and sent to the Senate for its expected approval a stringent ban on gifts from lobbyists
众议院通项针游说者赠礼制定严格禁令已送参院审认会通
sublime(a)卓越出色heavenly
By the final shotof a sublime Beauty and her transformed Beast borne magically aloft and soaring through the cloudsthe audience is as enchanted as the characters
部影片段名出色美女位已弃恶善野兽神奇高高举起高飞破云霄时观众剧中角色样着迷
·enchanted(a)陶醉着迷
subsequent (a)反prior
She spent her first eight years in what is now Slovakiaand after her parents’ divorce and her mother Melanie’s subsequent marriage to a Swiss computer executiveshe moved to TrubbachSwitzerland
8岁前生活现斯洛伐克国父母离异母亲米兰妮嫁名瑞士电脑公司搬瑞士杜鲁巴赫
tantalizing(a)令迫吊胃口
It is a tantalizing but daunting target
目标期害怕
tedious (a)冗长乏味boring
To do thisthe scientists will have to track the locations of hundreds of aftershocksa lengthy and tedious process
做表示科学家必须查出数百次余震发生位置程冗长乏味
tentative (a)初步未完全定案 uncertain反firm
Still it’s easy to understand the tentative sense of hope and excitement that has spread across the AIDS community in the months since the Vancouver conference Ho’ s speech provided the first concrete evidence that HIV is not insurmountable
温哥华会议月里艾滋病学界时间弥漫着希激动种感情难理解演讲首次提供明确证明艾滋病毒非攻克
·insurmountable(n) (障碍)克服
thrilling(a)令兴奋刺激exciting
Susan McCray…struggles daily to convince her students that learning can be thrilling for its own sake as well as a ticket to a better life
麦克瑞天努力学生相信学仅获更美满生活手段身足令入迷
trivial(a)微足道insignificant
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白水案未发现犯罪证表示案关紧
tumultuous(a)骚乱
Later the Kennedys visited France and the welcome was tumultuous
接着肯尼迪夫妇访问法国欢迎场面混乱
turbulent (a)动荡安
In a turbulent worldpeacelaw and some degree of order will have to be established before the human race can begin seriously to tackle the great problems and opportunities of the next century
动荡安世界类必须先建立法律某种程度秩序开始认真世纪重问题机会
·tackle (v)解决处理
untapped (a)未开发反exploited
On the contrary this is an age of uncommonly universal productivity in which the spread of education affluence and the means to communicate has released untapped mental powers in every corner of the planet
相反生产力全面爆发寻常时代教育财富传播工具普全球角落潜藏心智释放出
·affluence (n)富裕
vaunted(a)炫耀夸
His most vaunted exploits were exposed as largely fictitious
豪功绩戳穿知抵虚构
·exploit (n)伟业功绩fictitious (a)虚构想象
versatile (a)艺
He was the Beatles’ most versatile singer and not just as a balladeer
甲壳虫乐队中艺歌手民谣歌手
viable (a)行
Barksdate knows that longterm success lies in turning Navigator into a viable alternative to Windows
巴克斯代尔知道长久成功取决领航员转型成取代视窗代品
vocal (a)声说出张
In a blistering oped article in the Los Angeles TimesRoss PerotNAFTA’ S most vocal adversary declared the devaluation would cost the US thousands more jobs and as much as＄20 billion in lost investment capital
佩罗反设立北美贸易区力干洛杉叽时报写篇充满火药味专栏文章指出贬值美国丧失数千工作机会．流失高达200亿美元投资额
·blistering (a)（言词）充满怒气尖酸oped (n) (报纸)专栏文章
with a vengeance彻底完全
The communist northern tier of a peninsula once known as the Hermit Kingdom has lived up to that name with a vengeance
座半岛度称隐士王国．半岛北部产国家真成折扣隐士王国
·tier（n．）层 段 （133——163）

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abhor [əbˋhɔr] v 痛恨厌恶 detest
This cannot be right—even if it accords with all the experimental evidence Why Because it is just too ugly And everything in our experience tells us that nature abhors ugly
种情形定问题算实验证支持样什？太丑陋体验切告诉然厌恶丑陋
accelerate [əkˋsɛləˏret] v 加速
There are some who want to accelerate the pace on reform and those who want it to slow down
想加快改革步伐想放慢
accommodate [əˋkɑməˏdet] v 包容适应容纳
Netscape perpetually updates its browser to accommodate new Web application
网景断更新浏览器求新全球资讯网应软件相容
accumulate [əˋkjumjəˏlet] v 累积 build up
In sumo’s complicated multitiered ranking system there are contests in which a win is crucial for one wrestler to gain promotion but is meaningless to his opponent who may already have accumulated enough victories
相扑体制复杂层级众时场赛输赢中否升级事关重许已积累足够胜券手谓
█multitier adj 层
administer [ədˋmɪnəstɚ] v 药施行 give
That settled he administered a stimulant called atropine to strengthen her heartbeat
确定点剂阿托品兴奋剂增强心跳
adore [əˋdɔr] v 热爱
For sumo to maintain its special place in the Japanese heart it will have to deliver the naked display of girth strength and purity that people adore not the more recent images of greed and dishonesty
相扑想保持日心中特位热爱吨位力量纯洁真正表现出表现出贪婪欺瞒形象
█deliver v 履行（承诺事物）girth n 腰围
afflict [əˋflɪkt] v 折磨苦恼 affect
The message I take home he says is that disease afflicting plants and animals can send ripples through economies and societies no less disastrous than those affecting humans
说：重信息：加害植物动物病害会济社会领域中间接造成方面影响带灾害影响类疾病
█ripple n 水面涟漪喻间接方面影响
alleviate [əˋlivɪˏet] v 减轻 ease
The club’s 12000 members include AIDS patients who say marijuana stimulates their appetite and cancer sufferers who say it alleviates nausea caused by chemotherapy
俱乐部12万名会员中包括声称麻刺激食欲艾滋病患者声称麻减轻化学治疗引发作呕症状癌症患者
█chemotherapy n 化学治疗
annihilate [əˋnaɪəˏlet] v 毁灭
The Kurds are threatening to annihilate themselves because two rival leader each hope to establish and control an independent Kurdistan overlapping the borders of Iraq Turkey Syria and Iran
库尔德族正面毁灭危险两支敌派系领袖想伊拉克土耳叙利亚伊朗4国边界交叠处建立独立库尔德斯坦国置控制
█overlap v ……重叠
appease [əˋpiz] v 息安抚 placate
Most states have restricted the number of these school (100 in California 25 in Massachusetts) in an attempt to appease teachers’ unions and other opponents
部分州类学校数量设线（加州100麻省25）安抚教师工会反者
articulate [ɑrˋtɪkjəlɪt] v 清楚说明
The world has had a week to conjure up nightmare scenarios yet no one has articulated the most frightening peril posed by human cloning rampant selfsatisfaction
世已星期时间幻想种梦魇式景象没清楚说明复制类带骇危险：狂妄满
assassinate [əˋsæsnˏet] v 刺杀
While Vice President Nixon allegedly organized an illfated convert plan to assassinate Fidel Castro
说尼克松担副总统时策划桩注定失败刺杀卡斯特罗秘密计划

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█convert adj 秘密偷偷摸摸
assume [əˋsum] v 假定 presume
This occasion may have been the most important of Kennedy’s adult life so far publicly as well as privately and he carried it off with an imagination and delicacy that not everyone assumed he possessed
次婚礼该算肯尼迪成目前公私重桩事想象力细腻——非认具特质——完成举
backfire [bæk＇faiә] v 招致反效果
According to Tenner every technological endeavor is riddled with solutions that backfire
特纳法项科技努力深受弄巧成拙解决方案困扰
█to be riddled with 充满……
banish [ˋbænɪʃ] v 排 expel
We rewrote our legal and regulatory system in the past few decades essentially to banish human judgment from government decisions
十年重新写法律体系理规定基政府做决定时判断排外
bar [bɑr] v 禁止 ban
Pretoria was barred from every Olympic competition for 32 years
南非阻隔奥运会外达32年
bill [bɪl] v 宣传
In fact computers become outdated so fast you’re crazy to buy anything that’s billed as state of the art
事实电脑更新换代速度非常快买号称新技术产品太实际
blast [blæst] v 引爆炸开
Astronomers are not sure how our moon was formed but increasingly they have come to suspect it was born in violence blasted away from Earth by a collision with a planetlike object at least as big as Mars
天文学家确定月球形成越越认月球激烈情况诞生说月球球撞某状似行星体积少火星达物体猛烈撞击迸裂出
blossom [ˋblɑsəm] v 开花出现成果 bloom
Not only has their theory been confirmed but it has blossomed into a thriving branch of research
理仅获证实蔚显学
bode [bod] v 预示 augur
Nor do the ironies he culls from the history of medicine bode well for the diseasefree future imagined by some prophets of biotech
医学史挑出颇具讽刺性事件样预示生物科技想象出疾病未
█cull v 挑选
bounce [baʊns] v 弹起反弹
As we chat the Jeep changes lanes from smooth asphalt to rough cobblestone which sets us bouncing around in the backseat
聊着天吉普车坦柏油路车道拐颠簸鹅卵石路座弹弹
█asphalt n 沥青柏油
bully [ˋbʊlɪ] v 威吓欺负 push around
Beijing was delighted to hear him say China cannot be bullied by an American President
北京说中国受美国总统威吓感相高兴
bust [bʌst] v 逮捕搜查
Anyone would agree that a club openly selling an illegal drug to thousands of people deserves to get busted right
俱乐部里公开销售非法毒品数千应该予搜查点家会意吧
bypass [ˋbaɪˏpæs] v 避开绕 sidestep
Skeptics insist the real problem with the law is that most criminals bypass gun shops in favor of underground dealers
怀疑者坚称条法律真正问题部分罪犯避开枪店非法卖枪者买枪
capitalize (on) [ˋkæpətlˏaɪz] v 利 take advantage of
The question now is how effectively Arafat will capitalize on these assets
现问题阿拉法特效利资产
█effectively adv 效
circumvent [ˏsəkəmˋvɛnt] v 规避 get around
Last month American customs agents arrested a pair of Jordanian nationals … on charges of using a homebased front company in Midlothian Virginia to circumvent the Iraqi embargo
月美国海关员逮捕两名约旦籍士罪名弗吉尼亚州米德洛西安家家庭式公司作幌子规避伊拉克禁运措施

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█front n 掩护非法活动机构挂羊头卖狗肉者embargo n 贸易禁运
cite [saɪt] v（例证确认）提举出
Richard Ellis a professor of politics at Oregon’s Willamette University who is skeptical of the whole EQ theory cites two 19th century Presidents who did not fit the mold
俄勒冈州威勒梅特学政治学教授艾利斯整情商理持质疑态度举出19世纪两位符合种理总统
claim [klem] v 夺走（性命） take
A routine ascent turns into a desperate ordeal as a storm rakes Mount Everest claiming at least eight lives in the ultracold Death Zone
场暴风扫珠峰超冷死亡区夺走少8条命场例行登山行动变成艰险煎熬
█desperate adj 危急rake v（暴风雨等）掠
collaborate [kəˋlæbəˏret] v 合作
Earlier in the year two veterans of the sport collaborated on Yaocho (Match Rigging) a book stuffed with explosive revelations
年早时候两名已退休相扑运动选手合写八百长（操赛）书充满爆炸性幕
█to be stuffed with塞满
commit [kəˋmɪt] v 承诺作出保证
In Australia he (Clinton) will stress that politics security and economics guarantee the US determination to stay committed to a region that by the year 2000 will have a combined gross national product of 13 trillion twice that of Europe
澳利亚时克林顿强调政治安全济3项素会确保美国绝信守亚洲区做承诺区公元2000年时国民生产总值合计高达13兆亿美元欧洲两倍
complement [ˋkɑmpləˏmɛnt] v 补足
So undaunted she hired a new director designer conductor and soprano to complement her original cast
毫气馁原阵容外加聘导演设计师指挥女高音名
compliment [ˋkɑmpləˏmɛnt] v 赞美恭维
He paid me a compliment then reached over and put his right hand on my left butt cheek Fortunately the elevator had reached our floor so I just stepped aside and walked him to the (building’s) exit
恭维番然右手放左臀幸电梯门开身体旁侧陪着起走楼出口
comprehend [ˏkɑmprɪˋhɛnd] v 理解 understand
To comprehend the distrust between the two sides in this dispute look to Northern Ireland for guidance
解争议中双方疑惑北爱尔兰例子
comprise [kəmˋpraɪz] v 拥……构成
The US Pacific Command comprises 200 ships 2000 aircraft and 300000 soldiers sailors airmen and marines of whom 100000 are forward deployed in South Korea Japan and at sea
美国太洋指挥部辖200艘船舰2000架飞机30万名陆海空军陆战队中10万名部署韩国日海
conceal [kənˋsil] v 掩饰 反reveal
In a 1986 air strike at Libya he (Ronald Reagan) showed no qualms about ordering F111 bombers to blast Gaddafi’s living quarters as well as his command post and could scarcely conceal disappointment when the colonel escaped
1986年空袭利亚行动里根泰然命令F111轰炸机仅轰炸卡扎菲指挥部轰炸住卡扎菲校逃劫里根难掩饰失情
confiscate [ˋkɑnfɪsˏket] v 没收充公 seize
The influential criminologist cited trials in Indianapolis and Kansas City that suggested that violent crime can be cut drastically through campaigns to locate and confiscate illegal guns
位具影响力犯罪学家举印第安波里堪萨斯市案例表示通搜寻没收非法枪支活动暴力犯罪锐减
conjure (up) [ˋkʌndʒɚ] v 浮现脑际想起
He remains one of the handful of players and just about the only American who can conjure up the world of Josef Lhevinne Rachmaninoff and Horowitz
钢琴家中令想起列文拉赫曼尼诺夫赫洛维茨3位师风格旧中位中唯位美国
consult [kənˋsʌlt] v 咨询

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Gorton told the New York Times that he did not consult environmentalists about the bill because I already know what their views are
戈登告诉纽约时报说关项法案未征询环保士法已知道观点
contain [kənˋten] v 围堵遏制 control
For the Chinese a closer bond with Russia is a way of countering pressure from the US which they accuse of trying to contain their economic and military growth
中国说加强俄罗斯关系反抗美国压力项方法中国指控美国想遏制济军事力量增长
contract [kənˋtrækt] v 收缩
The cuts are irrational Christopher said two weeks ago when our global presence should be expanding not contracting
两星期前克里斯托弗说删减毫道理时候国际事务参应该愈愈积极非愈愈萎缩
contradict [ˏkɑntrəˋdɪkt] v ……矛盾抵触
A survey found that those who had given up cigarettes two decades ago had a higher risk of stroke than people who had never smoked The results contradict two other studies that show that after five years of abstinence a former smoker’s stroke risk is essentially the same as that of someone who never lit up
份调查发现戒烟20年未抽烟中风率更高外两项研究显示吸烟者戒烟5年中风率基未抽烟相前两项调查结果两项研究结果正相抵触
█abstinence n 禁戒（烟酒等）
convene [kənˋvin] v 召开会议
He wants a specific timetable to expand NATO eastward and pledged to convene a 1998 summit in Prague at which the Czech Republic Hungary and Poland would join the alliance
张订出北西洋公约组织东扩展明确日期表承诺1998年布拉格召开首脑会议届时捷克匈牙利波兰加入北约组织
coordinate [koˋɔrdnˏet] v 协调整合
London said it would establish an elected 90seat Northern Ireland Assembly Members of the new Assembly would join with parliamentarians from the Irish Republic in a new crossborder body to coordinate issues that affect both…
伦敦表示建立北爱尔兰议会90名民选议员组成新议会议员爱尔兰国国会议员合组跨国组织协调双方相关议题
covet [ˋkʌvɪt] v 垂涎觊觎 desire
The man represents the Internet industry’s most coveted market the estimated 85 to 90 of American homes that aren’t yet connected
名男子代表国际互联网业者渴掌握市场：尚未联网美国家庭估计样家庭约占美国家庭8590
crash [kræʃ] v 电脑死机
Every computer I’ve got has crashed
电脑全死机
crave [krev] v 渴求
People were craving the simple pleasures of the sea and the sun
渴着海洋阳光带种单纯乐趣
cripple [ˋkrɪpl] v 丧失活动力削弱
It was her own immune system attacking the joint in her body and crippling her so badly that she often had to use a wheelchair
免疫系统攻击体关节严重削弱行力必须常助轮椅
cruise [kruz] v 汽车定速行驶（船飞机）巡航
The Grand Cherokee wends its lazy way along the gently curving road cruising at 40 kmh through rural Michigan’s autumnal landscape of goldandorangedappled trees
型切诺基吉普车着弯度路缓缓前行时速40公里速度密歇根乡间秋色中缓缓行驶途见金橙色斑驳树木
█lazy adj 慢吞吞dappled adj 斑点花斑
crumble [ˋkrʌmbl] v 崩溃消失 fall apart
But the deal may not go through and with its demise the threedecadeold edifice of affirmative action may begin to crumble
笔交易谈成果鼓励雇少数民族妇女实行已30年赞助性制度开始消亡
█edifice n 体系
crunch [krʌntʃ] v 咬嚼引申电脑高速处理
The number of bits a chip can crunch is a rough measure of its power The old Atari games ran on 8bit machines Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo are 16bit systems

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芯片处理特数致功成正老式Atari游戏8位机器执行世嘉创世纪超级天堂16位系统
cultivate [ˋkʌltəˏvet] v 培养磨练
Nurmi who had never gone beyond elementary schooling cultivated his mind in adulthood and became a devoted fan of classical music often attending concerts but always alone
努尔米学历学成年陶冶心灵成古典音乐乐迷常参加音乐会孤单
defect [dɪˋfɛkt] v 变节
He preferred to defect to the South (Korea) while on a US trip during the summer and asked Mr A if he would arrange an invitation from former President Jimmy Carter
较倾趁夏天赴美访问时变节投奔韩国问A先生否居中安排前总统卡特邀访美
defy [dɪˋfaɪ] v 反抗
Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi vowed to defy a UN ban on flights to and from his country and threatened to quit the world organization altogether
联合国令禁止飞机出入利亚该国强卡扎菲发誓反抗扬言完全退出世界组织
denounce [dɪˋnaʊns] v 公开指责
The sound bites is to politics what the aphorism is to exposition the art of saying much with little Yet the high priests of the press denounce the sound bite staple of the 30second political ad as a degradation of political discourse
宣传妙语政治界格言说明文：言简意赅艺术然种30秒政治广告必备素饱受着新闻界高层权威抨击说降低政治话格调
deploy [dɪˋplɔɪ] v 部署
He wanted deploy in Europe Asia and the US an antiballisticmissile defense system of the Star Wars sort first proposed during the Reagan Administration
欧洲亚洲美国部署类似里根政时首先提出星球战反弹道导弹防御系统
depreciate [dɪˋpriʃɪˏet] v 贬值折旧 反appreciate
Recent studies have shown that by the time you’ve driven home your new 23gigabyte hard drive 32 megs of RAM 180megahertz StreamLined tangerineflake baby it has depreciated 76
根研究显示台新买配置23G硬盘32兆存扫描频率180赫兹流线型带着橘色斑点宝贝电脑载回家时已贬值76
█tangerine n 深橙色红橙色flake n 雪片点状花纹
tangerine flaked词出The KandyKolored Tangerine Flake Streamline Baby书书名代表辆汽车特颜色车身风格整书介绍60年代文化变化tangerine flaked成酷代名词
derail [dɪˋrel] v 出轨破坏 wreck
It (La Femme Nikita) became his first global hit and after an attempt to revive The Fifth Element in 1993 was derailed he scored another international smash with an unusual tale of hitmanmeetsLolita called The Professional also known as Leon
女尼基塔成第部全球卖座片1993年企图第五元素见天日尝试落空职业杀手（名莱昂）国际影坛放异彩描写杀手遇见女孩罕见事
█score v 获（利益成功）hitman n 职业杀手
derive [dəˋraɪv] v 源获 stem
Some scientists are beginning to look seriously at just what benefits patients may derive from spirituality
科学家开始认真研究病心灵学获益处
deter [dɪˋtə] v 制止妨碍 discourage
A miniLouvre Website exists on the Net allowing visitors to call up a grainy version of works such as Monet’s Pont Neuf Some in the real (as opposed to virtual) art world are concerned that onscreen viewing will deter actual museumgoing
网络处迷罗浮宫网站网者调出颗粒状质感作品呈现屏幕莫新桥真实艺术世界里（相虚拟世界）担心屏幕浏览阻碍现实博物馆运营
█grainy adj（片等）粒子粗致面线条形状模糊清
dictate [ˋdɪktet] v 指挥
Indeed the very shape and nature of working lives are being dictated by technology
事实类职业生活外貌质受科技支配控制

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diminish [dəˋmɪnɪʃ] v 减少衰退 反increase
She has talked of ending her program in the next year or two and moving on to other projects but her charismatic appeal is unlikely to diminish
提明年年结束现节目进行计划超群美丽似会稍减
█charismatic adj 富超魅力
discipline [ˋdɪsəplɪn] v 惩罚 punish
Brookner claimed she was denied promotion after she disciplined subordinates for drinking carousing and in one case wife beating
布鲁克纳宣称部属喝酒狂欢宴饮次老婆惩戒提升
disclose [dɪsˋkloz] v 揭发 reveal
Tax authorities disclosed in July that they had conducted their first ever investigation of a sumo stable
税务机关7月宣布已某相扑道馆进行首次查税工作
disdain [dɪsˋden] v 厌恶 contempt scorn
By his own account he does not simply disdain coffee he rages against it preaches of its evils overturns coffee urns in restaurants
套说法厌恶咖啡骂咖啡四处宣扬咖啡弊端餐厅里翻咖啡壶
█preach v 宣扬提倡
dissolve [dɪˋzɑlv] v 解体
When the Soviet Union dissolved and Russianstyle communism expired in the late 1980s many thought the bear and the dragon would become even more fundamentally antagonistic
80年代末期苏联解体俄国式产义结束认俄国熊中国龙基观念更加立
distract [dɪˋstrækt] v 分神 sidetrack
He played in Little while growing up in Delaware partly to distract himself from a horrible childhood marked by his mother’s dying of cancer
特拉华长时少年棒球联盟球做部分远离母亲死癌症记忆深刻悲惨童年
drain [dren] v 排干流掉逐渐耗竭
If the conflict descends into guerrilla warfare it may move off the world’s front pages but it will continue to drain Moscow’s resources and weaken Yeltsin
果战争转零星游击战场战争许会失世关注继续耗费莫斯科资源削弱叶利钦气势
dwarf [dwɔrf] v 令相形见绌
The social and economic changes that are taking place there (China) are so sweeping as to dwarf all others I see elsewhere in this dynamic part of the world
中国正进行社会济改变非常广泛相充满活力（亚洲）区国家改变反显微足道
elaborate [ɪˋlæbəˏret] v 详述 [ɪˋlæbərɪt] adj 精心制作精巧
Elaborates Time Zagat publisher of the Zagat restaurant guides …The food doesn’t have to be all that good as long as it doesn’t poison you You go because you are interested
扎加特餐厅指南发行扎加特解释说：食物没必太毒死里兴趣
embed [ɪmˋbɛd] v 植入深植
Already familiar in Western Europe and parts of Asia smart cards resemble credit cards but contain an embedded microchip that keeps track of values stored on the silicon
IC卡西欧亚洲某区已行年外型类似信卡卡中嵌入块微晶片记录该卡剩余款项
█to keep track of 时注意（某情况发展）
embody [ɪmˋbɑdɪ] v 体现 represent
Just as the 1889 Paris Exposition gave rise to the Eiffel Towel this (Internet) world’s fair will leave behind a structure that embodies its vision of the future a transoceanic railroad of highspeed fiberoptic links
1889年巴黎博览会时建起埃菲尔铁塔样次网络博览会会留项体现未远景实体建设：条高速光纤线路连结成越洋铁路
emulate [ˋɛmjəˏlet] v 仿效 imitate
Warner and Paramount the two newest entrants in the network derby see Fox not as a nemesis but as a network to emulate
华纳派拉蒙公司新加入电视台竞争两位角逐者眼中福克斯公司强敌效法象
█entrant n 参赛者 derby n 竞赛 nemesis n

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engineer [ˏɛndʒəˋnɪr] v 策划创造设计
Gerstner and Thoman however have engineered a corporate future that takes more from their corporate customers’ body language than their own
戈斯纳托曼创造公司（IBM）远景视客户非身体语言定
enlist [ɪnˋlɪst] v 招募
The US should be hardnosed on nuclear proliferation and intellectualproperty rights and may find it advantageous to enlist friends and allies support in that endeavor instead of going it alone
美国核武器扩散知识产权两问题应该采取强硬态度达目美国友盟邦支持单独奋斗利
█hardnosed（美俚）坚毅执拗精明务实
envision [ɪnˈvɪʒən] v 预见想象 imagine
Andreessen Barksdale and Clark envision a future Netscape product that will assume many of the computer’s operatingsystem functions browsing local files as seamlessly as it browses today’s Web
安德里森巴克斯戴尔克拉克想象网景未产品具备许电脑作业系统功现浏览3W环球网样毫阻碍浏览档案
█assume v 担负担 borrow v 浏览
eradicate [ɪˋrædɪˏket] v 根拔 eliminate
Several days later however Clinton reversed himself again saying it was more important to safeguard vital social programs than to eradicate the deficit in the relatively near future
数天克林顿态度180度转变说保住重社会计划较短时间消赤字更重
█reverse v 倒转彻底改变
erupt [ɪˋrʌpt] v 爆发
Then a controversy erupted over an unnamed woman’s decision to abort one of two healthy fetuses because she felt unable to care for twins
接着爆发场争议争执点名知名妇女觉力抚养双胞胎决定掉腹中两健康胎中
█abort v 堕胎 fetus n 胎
escalate [ˋɛskəˏlet] v 升高
His Zucca line does well at home but the escalating yen has kept it out of the export market
设计祖卡系列国卖持续升值日元法开外销市场
█line n 系列产品
escort [ˋɛskɔrt] v 护送伴
At some Spanish resorts tourists who flouted the law would be sternly escorted back to their hotels by the Civil Guard
西班牙某观光区游客违反条法律会国民卫队毫客气护送回旅馆
█resort n 度假胜
evaluate [ɪˋvæljʊˏet] v 评估 assess
We must investigate evaluate and validate this discovery and it is certain to create lively scientific controversy
必须调查评估确认项发现肯定会科学引起热烈争议
█validate v 证实
evoke [ɪˋvok] v 唤起引起
Public polls record strong support for voluntary euthanasia a recent Morgan poll found that 70 of Australians were in favor but Dent’s death also evoked sorrow and anger
民意调查显示强烈支持愿安乐死——次摩根民意调查发现70澳利亚支持安乐死——邓特死然引发悲叹愤怒
█euthanasia n 安乐死
expire [ɪkˋspaɪr] v 期期满 run out
His work visa expires in August
工作证8月期
fake [fek] v 假装佯作
Johnson faked a pass and defender Latrell Sprewell was so fooled that Magic simply sashayed past him and laid the ball in
魔术师约翰逊做传球假动作骗防守斯普雷维尔球装进篮框
█sashay v（美口语）摇摆走
feature (in) [ˋfitʃɚ] v ……号召特介绍
Scientists and patients will be celebrating the promising new HIV treatments to be featured in Vancouver next week but animalrights activists almost certainly won’t be cheering them on
周温哥华推出艾滋病病毒种新疗法疗效似颇科学家病届时会事庆祝提倡动物权利士肯定会喝彩

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foresee [fɔrˋsi] v 预料 predict
The company expects to have a working prototype of this power train next year and even foresees limited sales to gottahave car fanatics in 1998
该公司期动力组样板机明年制造出甚预估1998年限量卖汽车狂
█gottahave 等got to have表示非买
foreshadow [fɔrˋʃædo] v 预示先兆 forebode
The fall of Danang late in the month produced scenes of horror that appeared to foreshadow what might happen later in Saigon…
月底岘港陷落幕幕恐怖场景出现似预示西贡演样场面
for(e)go [fɔrˋɡo] v 放弃 do without
But saying he wanted to appear above reproach and quell any controversy he announced he would forgo a 45 million advance for two books on politics
说想形象受损想息争议宣布放弃两政治学著作450万美元预付金
█reproach n 责备 advance n 预付版税
foster [ˋfɔstɚ] v 促进助长
In Rishi he suggests that by purveying shortterm cures but ignoring longterm prevention the typical Western physician was fostering a diseased system and beyond that a diseased world…
哲书中认般西方医生量提供短期治疗忽略长期预防等助长病态系统甚病态世界
█purvey v 供应
fret [frɛt] v 烦恼烦躁
In his 1994 book The Agenda Bob Woodward recounts an Oval Office meeting at which Clinton was fretting about how he could get his legislation passed
鲍勃·伍德沃德1994年出版议程书中写椭圆形办公室次会议克林顿法案关伤脑筋
█recount v 详述
hamper [ˋhæmpɚ] v 阻碍
Hong Kong’s cultural and intellectual development has been hampered no doubt by its lack of political development
香港文化知识发展疑政治缺乏发展受阻碍
harass [həˋræs] v 骚扰
Getty claims that animalrights activists made harassing phone calls to his hospital bedside while he was recovering
盖提说医院康复时保护动物士电话病房骚扰
harbor [ˋhɑrbɚ] v 持（感情）
And he still harbors a grudge against Bolduc who attempted to bring the semiindependent medical services under his control
博尔杜奇心怀怨恨博尔杜奇想半独立医学服务部门纳入辖范围
█grudge n 怨恨满
harness [ˋhɑrnɪs] v 驾驭利
The CIA and Defense Department are about to harness some of their most sensitive technologies against a new enemy cancer
中央情报局国防部正算运手中某灵敏科技器材付癌症新敌
haunt [hɔnt] v（幽灵般）萦绕……脑海中 plague
Until the IRA and the Protestant paramilitaries give up their vicious beating the legacy of the years of violence will continue to haunt Northern Ireland and the faces of the children of war will continue to show fear
爱尔兰军基督教准军事部队成员停止残暴攻击行动年暴力活动留影响继续笼罩着北爱尔兰战时童脸庞露出惊惧神情
heap (on) [hip] v （某）加（称赞侮辱） pile on
For survivors of the massacre the most gnawing injustice is the blame heaped on the victims by military officer who accused them of being agents of communist North Korea yet refused to say how many died
（光州）屠杀幸存者说令感痛苦军方死难者加诸罪名指控北鲜间谍愿透露底谁令军队开火确切死亡数
█gnawing adj 令苦恼令痛苦
hobble [ˋhɑbl] v 妨碍难运作 hinder
Low points out Thailand’s poor education system only about 30 of teenagers go on to secondary school half the rate in Malaysia will hobble its ability to move up the valueadded chain

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罗指出泰国教育体制良——读中学青少年约30马西亚半——会妨碍高附加值产业升级
ignite [ɪɡˋnaɪt] v 点燃激发
He (Clinton) is pleased to have frozen the North Korea nuclear program but wants North and South speaking to each other to stabilize the Korean peninsula where he still fears World War III could ignite
冻结北鲜核计划令克林顿觉满意希南北鲜展开话稳定鲜半岛局势然害怕第三次世界战战火会点燃
illustrate [ˋɪləstret] v 阐明 demonstrate exemplify
The Ebola affair and the emergence of AIDS illustrate how modern travel and global commerce can quickly spread disease
埃博拉病毒事件艾滋病出现说明现代旅游全球化商业活动疾病快速散播
immerse (oneself) [ɪˋməs] v 热衷专心 engross
A President need not immerse himself in the details of foreign policy to conduct it successfully
总统成功驾驭外交领域需亲问外交政策细枝末节
imply [ɪmˋplaɪ] v 暗指含……意意味着 suggest
Homicide may imply abuse but abuse does not imply homicide
杀许意味着虐虐意味着杀
incorporate [ɪnˋkɔrpəret] v 合入纳入 include
Early on sumo was incorporated into Shinto purification rituals after which it became court entertainment
相扑早融入神道教净化仪式中成宫廷娱乐
induce [ɪnˋdus] v 引发
In one classic 1950 study …pregnant women suffering from severe morning sickness were given syrup of ipecac which induces vomiting and told it was a powerful new cure for nausea Amazingly the women ceased vomiting
1950年项名研究中实验者够引发呕吐吐根糖浆制剂组早晨患严重妊娠呕吐现象妇女告诉新强效止吐剂奇妙停止呕吐
█syrup n 含药糖浆
indulge (in) [ɪnˋdʌldʒ] v 心欲享受恣意
They indulge in a manic idealization of their young it is the obverse of child battering but sometimes has equally fatal effects
狂热孩子理想化乐疲孩两极端时具相毁灭性果
█obverse n（表里）相物fatal adj 致命具毁灭性
inflict [ɪnˋflɪkt] v 施加
The biggest impact of the US economic restrictions is the damage they inflict on American businesses
美国济制裁导致击美国商界制裁蒙受损害
instill [ɪnˋstɪl] v 逐渐灌输注入 implant
Both writers were emerging from a Victorian tradition that saw children’s literature as a didactic form whose function …was to instill a respect for adult values and behavior
两位作家挣脱维利亚时代传统时代童文学具文载道功教导童尊崇成价值观行模式
█to emerge from脱离终结（某困境）didactic adj说教
intervene [ˏɪntɚˋvin] v 介入
The Clinton Administration is faced with redefining when the US should intervene abroad and whether it should be done alone through the UN or through permanent or ad hoc alliances
克林顿政府必须重新界定美国时干预外国事务美国否应单独出面干预通联合国干预通常设联盟专某目设零时联盟干预
intimidate [ɪnˋtɪməˏdet] v 威胁恐吓 browbeat
I heard a top Clinton aside trying to intimidate Jay by yelling at him and I heard Jay without losing his cool raising his voice right back and demanding that his questions get answered
听克林顿名高级助理声嘶力竭恫吓杰伊听杰伊愠火立提高音量反击回求方回答问题
█yell v 吼
intrigue [ɪnˋtriɡ] v 激起（某）奇心 fascinate
Senators Daniel Inouye and Robert Byrd intrigued by stories of psychic successes pushed hard during many years to keep Star Gate going

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参议员丹尼尔·伊诺耶罗伯特·伯德灵媒成功事吸引年直力推动星际门计划致中断
█psychic n 通灵灵媒
isolate [ˋaɪslˏet] v 孤立隔离 cut off
Those who were both religious and socially involved had a 14fold advantage over those who were isolated or lacked faith
宗教信仰参社交活动健康状况孤独信仰强14倍
jeopardize [ˋdʒɛpɚdˏaɪz] v 危 threaten endanger
Her doctor advocates aborting all but two of the (eight) fatuses warning that continuing the full pregnancy will jeopardize the health of both mother and bodies
医生张腹中8胎留两余掉警告说果继续8胎留肚子里危母子健康
█abort v 堕胎 fetus n 胎
lapse [læps] v 陷入（某种状态） slip
The risk …was that without immediate surgery Bradley would quickly lapse into a coma and die
风险果立动手术布莱德雷会快陷入昏迷致死亡
█coma n 昏迷
lobby [ˋlɑbɪ] v 游说
Malamud 36 spent the past year shuttling among 30 countries lobbying companies that initially dismissed the project as unwieldy and unworkable
36岁马拉默德年里奔走30国家开始认定计划容庞行公司进行游说工作
█unwieldy adj（组织体系）庞杂运作良
locate [ˋloket] v 寻找 find
According to CIA documents that TIME has obtained two agency officers went to Alexandria Virginia in May 1981 and asked a psychic to locate a group of POWs on a map of Laos
时代杂志中央情报局文件显示1981年5月两名情报员前弗吉尼亚州亚历山德里亚请灵媒老挝图指出群战俘位置
█psychic n 灵媒 POW prison of war缩写战俘意
loom [lum] v（危险）迫
While the political stakes of the devaluation (of the Peso) are enormous for Zedillo they loom large as well for Bill Clinton
（索）贬值赛迪略政治前途关系重克林顿言日益逼问题
loot [lut] v 掠夺搜刮 plunder
Hundreds of Vietnamese had swarmed over the walls and were looting the warehouse the office the snack bar
越围墙数百名越南仓库办公室吃店搜括番
manifest [ˋmænəˏfɛst] v 表明显露 show
As Francis Fukuyama predicted the West triumphant faces the sheer ennui of normal life ennui that manifests itself in an eccentric taste in heroes
福山预言西方战面着部班生活聊赖种聊表现英雄奇特胃口
█ennui n（法语）聊
marvel [ˋmɑrvl] v 表示惊异赞叹
Just three hours after receiving the medication I was able to talk again Bisla marvels
服药3时说话斯拉啧啧称奇
monitor [ˋmɑnətɚ] v 监视
The presence of 47000 US troops in Japan reassures not only Tokyo which is carefully monitoring its great neighbor’s rise to power but even China which along with other Asian countries is worried about Japan’s rearming
美国驻扎日47万名士兵方面东京安心（东京正密切注意强邻中国兴起）方面中国吃定心丸亚洲国家样担心日会重整军备
moonlight [ˈmuːnlaɪt] v 兼差兼职
He sometimes moonlights as a chef at Rover’s a French restaurant in Seattle
时西雅图家法国餐厅罗浮兼职厨
mourn [mɔrn] v 哀悼 grieve for
At Francois Mitterrand’s graveside not along ago the mistress mourned alongside the widow
久前密特朗新坟边情妇寡妇肩致哀
multiply [ˏmʌltəˋplaɪ] v 量增加
Most industrial pollution comes from small factories which have multiplied from 15000 in 1950 to nearly 2 million today

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工业污染工厂1950年工厂15万家现已猛增200万家
nurture [ˋnətʃɚ] v 培养养成 cultivate
The organizers hope that the infrastructure and awareness nurtured by this exposition will launch a boom in Net use
次博览会创办希博览会促成基础设施建设唤起网络意识促国际互联网蓬勃发展
outfit [ˋaʊtˏfɪt] v 配备供 fit out
General Motors is outfitting a convoy of 10 Buick LeSabres that are scheduled to make a test run next year on a modified stretch of I15 outside San Diego
通汽车公司正着手装备支10克LeSabre汽车组成车队预计明年圣亚哥郊外段改建15号洲际公路进行测试
█convoy n 车队船队stretch n 范围
penetrate [ˋpɛnəˏtret] v 透心思识破 grasp fathom
Little Women gently but firmly asks us to penetrate its 19th century disguises and discover something of ourselves hiding in the dim past
妇委婉坚定语气求识破中19世纪伪装发掘隐藏幽微真面目
phase (inout) [fez] v 逐渐引进逐步废
Called Integrion the partnership will phase in such activities as bill paying electronic lending and stock and bond trading beginning next year
名Integrion家合资公司预计明年开始陆续提供种费代收电子贷股票债券买卖等服务
plunge [plʌndʒ] v 进跳进
After drifting through interplanetary space for millions of years one of these Martian rocks ventured close to Earth 13000 years ago… and plunged into the atmosphere blazing a meteoric path across the sky
星际漂流数百万年中块火星岩石13万年前逼球头栽进气层空中燃烧划出道流星光芒
█drift v 漂流游荡meteoric adj 流星
proclaim [prəˋklem] v 宣称 declare announce
Whatever PETA says he proclaims is all lies and nonsense
表示反虐动物组织说骗胡说八道
prod [prɑd] v 刺激激励 stimulate
A museum planned for the site of the notorious labor camp Perm 36 will prod visitor into grappling with those horrific tales
预定恶名昭著劳改营柏姆三十六号成立博物馆会刺激访者面骇事
█to grapple with 设法解决（困难）
prompt [prɑmpt] v 促 encourage
Kim’s warning was prompted by a slump in exports and a rise in imports that forced the government to double its estimate of the country’s 1996 current account deficit to as high as 12 billion
金泳三会提出警告出口急速滑进口增加迫韩国政府1996年日常赤字预估提高倍高达120美元
█slump n 暴跌
prosecute [ˋprɑsɪˏkjut] v 起诉告发
We’ve tried to prosecute him but it’s hopeless because he controls the court system and the judges… He’s also protected under parliamentary immunity
尝试告发控制司法体系法官终究徒劳功受国会议员豁免权保护
█immunity n（责义务等）豁免
provoke [prəˋvok] v 引起激发
A first reading of this book provokes a mix of outrage and hilarity
初读书令感半气愤半笑
█hilarity n 高兴欢乐
prowl [praʊl] n&v 潜行（寻找窃取机会）
Reporters now regularly stroll the Internet for stories in the same way they used to prowl the corridors of City Hill The tradecraft is a little different but journalists are learning fast
记者现定期国际互联网浏览寻找报道题材常市政厅走廊伺机寻觅新闻出辙探消息方式改变记者学挺快
█tradecraft n 谍报术
quell [kwɛl] v 压制
Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto resorts to force to quell her own family’s challenge to her power
总理贝纳齐尔·布托动武力压制家夺权挑战
rebound [rɪˋbaʊnd] v 止跌回升反弹

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Among the good omens US and Japanese economies are strengthening and the Japanese yen is expected to rebound
兆头包括：美国日济正增强日元预期会止跌回升
█omen n 前兆预兆
reclaim [rɪˋklem] v 索回
Foreign Ministry spokesman Chen Jian even suggested a timetable of sorts saying that after China reclaims Hong Kong in 1997 and Macao in 1999 then Taiwan will be high on the agenda of the Chinese people
外交部发言陈健甚暗示份时间表说中国1997年收回香港1999年收回澳门台湾问题成中国民优先处理议题
reconcile [ˋrɛkənˏsaɪl] v 调解
Washington has blocked China’s membership in the World Trade Organization which Beijing wants as a venue for reconciling trade disputes and obtaining more favorable tariff treatment
华盛顿直阻挠中国加入世界贸易组织中国想组织调解贸易纠纷获更利关税遇
█tariff n 关税
recruit [rɪˋkrut] v 招募吸收
To find out Ho and one of his team Dr Martin Markowitz recruited two dozen men in the earliest stages of infection and placed them on combination therapy
找出答案研究组成员马维兹博士找24位处感染初期男性施鸡尾酒疗法
█therapy n 疗法
relate [rɪˋlet] v 叙述 tell
She would love to relate what happened that night Thomasson told Congress but felt she should talk first only to special counsel Robert Fiske
托马森告诉国会想说明天晚发生事觉应该先特顾问罗伯特·费斯克单独谈谈
relinquish [rɪˋlɪŋkwɪʃ] v 放弃 give up
Nearly onethird of those who relinquished triad ties were already in custody
脱离帮派13牢中
█triad n 帮派tie n 关系瓜葛custody n 羁押拘禁
renounce [rɪˋnaʊns] v 宣誓放弃
One in seven Taiwanese mobsters turned themselves in to police and renounced their lives of crime
17台湾帮派分子警方首宣誓告黑道生活
repent [rɪˋpɛnt] v 悔改
Specifically he (the Pope) suggested that the church needs to repent for its sometimes intolerant treatment of other faiths That notion shocked some bishops
换句话说教皇话中隐然指出教会应该偶宽容信仰做法忏悔想法令某教感震惊
restrain [rɪˋstren] v 抑制遏止 check
But Templeton reminds us that not all Mexican companies will be hurt if the government fails in its attempt to restrain prices
坦普尔顿提醒果墨西哥政府抑制物价努力失败会损害该国部分公司非全部
retrieve [rɪˋtriv] v 取回 recover get back
He lost his heart ot her almost at once Never did he retrieve it
立完全迷住想抽身
savor [ˋsevɚ] v 品味
Fully savoring Tsai Mingliang’s He Liu (The River) requires patience
充分品味蔡明亮河流需耐心
scramble [ˋskræmbl] v 争相抢夺
Rebecca Runkle a Morgan Stanley analyst who has watched toymakers scramble in the digital age calls the new CDROMS a strategic coup
摩根·斯坦利分析师丽贝卡·朗克尔目睹玩具厂商数字时代争夺战称张新光盘策略奇招
scrape [skrep] v 刮
No useful devices exist yet but the prophets of nanotechnology insist that it may be only a few years before cellsize robots swirl through the body scraping fatty deposits off the walls of blood vessels…
目前微细科技没运作装置微细科技预言者坚称短短数年许会细胞机器身体中旋转移动清血壁沉积脂肪
█nanotechnology n 微细科技制造分子原子材料机器技术
swirl v 旋转移动deposit n 沉淀物淤积物
seduce [sɪˋdus] v 诱惑 tempt
Over the past three months Microsoft programmers have released a stream of new products designed to seduce Net users away from Netscape

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3月微软程序设计师推出批新产品吸引网络者远离网景
shatter [ˋʃætɚ] v 粉碎 destroy
The Nintendo 64 shatters the convention of twodimensional horizontal scrolling video games
天堂64破传统电视游戏机二维空间水卷动模式
shell [ʃɛl] v 炮击
They shelled and blockaded Visoko where Canadians (peacekeepers) were posted
炮轰封锁加维部队驻扎维索科镇
shun [ʃʌn] v 规避 avoid
In an era in which management gurus strive to push decision making down the chain Email has made it easier for middle managers to shun responsibility by bucking decisions up the ladder
时代理权威力推动决策权责放电子邮件中级更轻易决策推逃避责
█strive v 努力做buck v（口语）推卸（责等）
shuttle [ˋʃʌtl] v 返穿梭
For three years the West has sought a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Bosnia while sending in UN peacekeepers to shuttle around a war zone and provide humanitarian aid
3年西方国方面通外交途径寻找波斯尼亚战争解决道方面派遣联合国维部队穿梭交战区提供道援助
snap [snæp] v 毫留情面说
During rehearsals Love and guitarist Eric Erlandson snap at each other
彩排时洛夫吉手埃里克·厄兰森互相数落方措辞非常尖锐
snap up [snæp ʌp] 争相抢购
They (moviegoers) snap up copies of Winston Groom’s 1986 novel on which the film (Gump) was based…
阿甘正传影迷争相抢购该电影原著——温斯顿·格鲁姆写1986年说
spell [spɛl] v 意味招致 signal
It has become commonplace in this digital era that electric communication will spell doom for authoritarian regimes
数字化时代电子通讯专制政权敲响丧钟已通常说法
spur [spə] v 刺激激励
PC sales are likely to pick up too spurring demand for Asianmade components like disk drivers and monitors
电脑销售状况会转刺激亚洲制造元件例磁盘驱动器显示器需求
█to pick up （情势健康成绩等）转
strand [strænd] v 进退两难束手策
The role is oddly similar to Schwarzenegger’s persona in Last Action Hero someone who plays a superman at work but in the real world is stranded without a script
角色施瓦辛格魔鬼英雄中扮演角色出奇相似银幕扮演超真实世界里筹莫展知措
█persona n（戏剧说里）角色物script n（戏剧电影等）脚
strangle [ˋstræŋɡl] v（）勒死抑制阻挠
The members of the larger patriot movement are usually family men and women who feel strangled by the economy abandoned by the government…
较爱国组织成员通常觉生计压喘气政府遗弃家庭男女
stride [straɪd] v 跨步
But Chiappe’s foot had been so badly burned he could baely hobble let alone stride around looking for ancient dinosaur hones
（古生物学家）恰普脚严重灼伤连跛着走吃力更说跑跑寻找古代恐龙骨头化石
stuff [stʌf] v 充满装满 cram
Browsers brought order to the chaos of the World Wide Web a corner of the Net stuffed with text sounds and pictures
浏览器处国际互联网角充满着文字声音图片3W环球网混乱世界变井然序
stumble [ˋstʌmbl] v 摔倒喻失败
In January she stumbled in her men’s fall collection showing loose garments in prison stripes Jewish groups protested that they looked like concentrationcamp grab
1月时（川久保玲）栽秋季男装系列时展示囚服条纹宽松衣服犹太团体抗议说服装起集中营衣服
subsidize [ˈsʌbsɪdaɪz] v 予补助金

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FelPro also subsidizes tutoring for children having trouble at school and helps with college counseling
FelPro公司补助学业困难员工子女家教费申请学方面提供咨询
surf [səf] v 浪网遨游
But it’s not hard to imagine millions of people a few years from now surfing the World Wide Web through their videogame players with sonic and Mario at their side
难想象数年会数百万利游戏机音速少年玛利亚陪伴畅游3W环球网
surge [sədʒ] v 急速升暴涨 increase
Sales of Japanese cars equipped with CDROMS and satellite navigation systems are already surging from 306000 in 1994 to a projected 750000 this year
配置光盘驱动器卫星导航系统日车销售量正幅升1994年306万辆增加年预计约75万辆
█project v 预估
surpass [sɚˋpæs] v 超越凌驾
Star Wars demonstrated that revenues from filmrelated action figures magnets and whatnot could rival a movie’s ticket sales and in at least two cases Batman and Jurassic Park even surpass boxoffice revenues
影片星球战显示：电影相关动感玩偶冰箱吸铁杂七杂八玩意收入足票房收入匹敌少蝙蝠侠侏罗纪公园两例子中相关商品收入甚超票房收入
█revenue n 收入whatnot n 种种东西等等boxoffice adj 票房座
swarm [swɔrm] v 蜂拥
The beggars who swarm through other Indian cities are almost nowhere to be seen making Surat by many standards a picture of India’s prosperous future
印度苏拉特市没城市样乞丐蜂拥入许标准苏拉特市呈现印度片美前景
tamper [ˋtæmpɚ] v 篡改
Before Java allows any line of code to be executed it determines whether the command is a legal one using powerful encryption to ensure that the program hasn’t been tampered with
爪哇执行项命令前会先判断命令否合法程中会利效编码方式确定程式没遭篡改
█encryption n 译成密码密码化
tap [tæp] v 开发利
Eager to tap international aid before the PLO gets it all Hussein hinted that he might agree to terms of a full peace treaty even if Syria is still haggling
（约旦国王）侯赛急着想觅国际援助免国际援助巴解组织独占暗示叙利亚签订全面条约争休意该条约条件
█haggle v 讨价价争
tempt [tɛmpt] v 诱惑
Even with the price cutting that started last week and is likely to continue through the holiday season the (32bit) systems are still far too expensive to tempt consumers used to paying 100 or less for a game machine with plenty of good software
32位系统游戏机周开始降价长假期间维持价变惯100美元更低价钱买部配备许软件游戏机消费者言贵难承受
tip [tɪp] v 倾斜
The new finding tips the balance steeply toward the birdasdinosaur camp
次新发现认鸟类恐龙学派带压倒性优势
topple [ˋtɑpl] v 推翻倾倒 overthrow
Then toppling him would have meant US occupation of Iraq which was untenable for America its allies and the Arab world
时推翻萨达姆美国占领伊拉克美国盟国阿拉伯国家接受
█untenable adj（理立场）难获支持
torment [ˋtɔrmɛnt] v 折磨 torture
The Bosnian Serbs torment them humiliate them take them hostage
波斯尼亚塞尔维亚折磨侮辱作质
█hostage n 质
trail [trel] v 尾追踪 follow
He got three speeding tickets two from the same cop who was trailing him…
收3张超速罚单中两张尾警察开
trigger [ˋtrɪɡɚ] v 触发
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and leg movements triggered by the Parkinson’s medication Ldopa
开刀缓治疗帕金森氏病药剂Ldopa造成手脚移动
█temper v 缓
tug [tʌɡ] v 力拉 yank
Dan Farmer is a computer programmer with a gold ring in his eyebrow a curly shock of orange hair and a tendency to tug on the beard of authority
丹·法默电脑程式设计师眉毛挂着金环头蓬乱卷发喜欢拉权者胡须
█curly adj 卷发a shock of hair蓬乱堆头发
uncover [ʌnˋkʌvɚ] v 揭发发现 discover
The specialists did not uncover any noticeable deviations from the norm
专科医师未发现值注意异状
underline [ˏʌndɚˋlaɪn] v 强调 underscore
The President used a news conference to underline once again his opposition to the Housepassed welfare bill and to vow to fight for the confirmation of Dr Henry Foster as Surgeon General
总统利记者招会次强调反参院通福利法案立场誓言福斯特医生出卫生局长命案获确认奋斗底
unravel [ʌnˋrævl] v 弄清楚解开（谜团秘密等）
It was an extraordinarily productive year for the genetic engineers racing to unravel the secrets of human DNA
急着想解开类DNA谜基工程学家言收获丰厚年
unveil [ʌnˋvel] v 首次发表（新产品计划） reveal
Last week IBM and a group of 15 US and Canadian banking behemoths unveiled a venture that aims to provide a full range of financial services to the banks’ 60 million customers at the touch of a telephone button or the click of a mouse
周IBM美加区15家重量级银行宣布成立家合资公司目标银行6000万客户提供全方位金融服务客户需电话键鼠标切办妥
vanish [ˋvænɪʃ] v 消失 disappear
It’s a bad idea to let Cruise vanish for almost an hour in the middle of his picture
影片中克鲁斯消失时实明智
verify [ˋvɛrəˏfaɪ] v 证实 confirm
If the results are verified it is a turning point in human history suggesting that life exists not just on two planets in one paltry solar system but throughout this magnificent universe
假结果证实误说类史转折点表明生命存太阳系里两颗行星遍布整浩瀚宇宙
warrant [ˋwɔrənt] v 视……正认 merit
Though Targ has not yet published her results she describes them as sufficiently encouraging to warrant a larger followup study with 100 AIDS patients
塔格医生尚未发表实验结果描述结果会令精神振名正言做次较100名艾滋病受试续实验
█followup adj 续补充（调查报道）
whip [hwɪp] v 击败 defeat
Newly ascendant to the No 1 world ranking after last week’s Australian Open Agassi is likely to be surrounded by fellow stars (at Atlanta) but Michael Chang who whipped Agassi in straight sets in the semifinals at Melbourne is less certain to appear
周完澳洲公开赛新登世界第宝座阿加西亚特兰奥运会乏明星级手澳洲公开赛半决赛中直落三局痛宰阿加西张德培确定会参加奥运会
█ascendant adj 升straight adj 连续间断
wreck [rɛk] v 破坏
Tull feeling only jealousy and hatred attempts to wreck Barry’s career and his posh life
心中嫉妒恨意图尔企图破坏巴利事业优越生活
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addict (n)瘾者 (v)……瘾
Oprah who once confronted her own childhood sexual abuse on her show last week broke down during a program featuring female drug users and revealed that she had smoked cocaine in the mid1970s and become an addict (TIME Jan 23 1995 p 63)
奥普拉节目中坦言童年遭性虐事实周女吸毒者现身说法号召节目中精神度崩溃透露70年代中期吸卡成瘾
■to break down（情感精神）崩溃
Adversary (n) 手 [] opponent enemy [反] ally
Diplomacy without force against an adversary without scruples is useless (TIME May 151995 p48) 肆忌惮手进行外交话没实力作盾行
■scruple (n)道德顾忌
advocate [＇ædvəkit] (n) 提倡者 [＇ædvəket](v) 提倡张 [] (n) proponent (v) recommend
That＇s because much of AIDS research would be impossible without experiments that animal advocates consider unethical (TIME July 8 1996 p 39)
艾滋病研究部分非赖动物实验行动物保护士认种实验违背道德
alert (n) 戒备 (v)警告提醒
The Pentagon saw no evidence that Pyongyang was preparing for an attack and did not order the 37000 U S soldiers stationed in South Korea to a higher alert level (TIMEMay 5 1997 p 30)
美国国防部相信壤局准备发动攻击没令驻守韩国37万名美军士兵提高警戒
anecdote(n)轶闻事
Princeton astrophysicist David Spergel offered a telling historical anecdote in an address to colleagues at the American Astronomical Society＇s January meeting…（TIMEMar．61995P．76）
1月份美国天文学会普林斯敦学天体物理学家戴维·斯柏格司事做场演讲演讲中讲代表性历史事■telling (a)力
antidote (n) 解毒剂（解决问题）策手段 []cure remedy
Jessica Dubroff＇s adventure…might have worked as a cuteuplifting antidote to the shaming mess of the O J Simpson trial（TIMEApr 21996P．39）
杰西卡·杜布罗夫险事许成丢现眼辛普森案丑闻剂俏皮振奋心清凉剂
■mess (n) 麻烦困境
arbitration (n) 仲裁
A clause added to athletes’entry forms stipulates that competitors’ disputes be resolved by the Court of Arbitration for Sporta 12member body set up by the International Olympic Committee in 1994．（TIMEJune 31996p 17）
运动员报名表土条规规定参赛者间争议应12组成运动仲裁法庭解决法庭国际奥委会1994年设置■stipulate (v)（合约等）规定载明
arrogance (n ) 傲慢
But Fidelity the biggest fund company of all known for its arrogance and aggressiveness is under unprecedented strain (TIME Sept 30 1996 p 44)
全球傲慢态度富进攻性著称富达基金公司面空前压力
■strain (n) （面困境产生身心）压力紧张
assets (n ) 资产
Mutual funds have topped 3 145 trillion in assets…(TIME Sept 30 1996 p 44)
基金资产已超3145兆美元
autonomy (n) 治（权）性 [] independence
It＇s no longer the authoritarian family of the past … So young people can now enjoy autonomy within their parents＇ home (TIME July 14 1997 p 37)
家庭前专制现年轻父母家里享权
beneficiary (n ) 受益 [] recipient
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stringent restrictions aimed at limiting outofwedlock births (TIME Aug 25 1996 p25)
新法律规定福利政策放50州政府接受福利金救助者必须两年找工作辈子领取5年福利金时受严格限制期控制非婚生子女数
■to turn over （工作责等）移交wedlock (n) 婚姻outofwedlock 私生
bid（n．v．）努力尝试 []attempt
Because of pressure from the USBeijing believesit lost its bid to host the 2000 Olympicswhich went instead to SydneyAustralia （TIMEMar 251996P．14）
北京相信美国施压中国法获公元2000年奥运会办权输澳利亚悉尼
blockbuster (n)非常畅销受欢迎事物
The Soul of Chant in any event has risen to No 10 on the classical charts not a blockbuster like Chant but enough to make Milan（Records）Chairman Emmanuel Chamboredon rejoice．（TIMEMay 221995P．72）
样圣咏魂张专辑升古典音乐排行榜第10名没圣咏张专辑样热销足米兰唱片公司董事长钱伯敦感高兴■rejoice (v)感高兴
bloom （n．v．）盛开繁盛 []blossom
long with the wastewater came a strain of cholera that found a home in huge algal blooms stimulated by unusually warm ocean waters and abundant pollution．（TIMEJuly 81996p 40）
种废水夹带种霍乱病毒病毒异常温暖海水量污染刺激滋长群海藻中找温床■strain (n) （动植物）品种algal（a）海藻 226
capacity (n) 职位
My job is to help our clients expand their perceived range of possibilities Saffo says．Of coursein that capacityhe acknowledgesyou can affect outcomes（TIMEJuly 151996p 40）
工作帮助客户扩展视野解更性萨佛说承认种角色然影响结果■perceive (v)察觉见
casualty (n)伤亡 []victim
The first casualty of the new Haiti policyhoweverwas not the Haitian military but Lawrence PezzulloWashington’s special envoy to Haitiwho was forced to step down (TIMEMay1994)
然实行新海政策第牺牲者海军方迫职华盛顿派海特佩祖洛
celebrity (n) 声誉名流 []star
A master at elevating his own celebrityCalvin Klein may be one of the most recognizable names anywhere in the world．（TIMEJune 171996p 19）
卡尔文·克莱恩知名度高手世界广知名字
censorship (n) 审查制度
As Internet pioneer John Gilmor once saidThe Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it．（TIMEJan 151996P．51）
国际互联网先驱约翰·吉尔摩尔说：国际互联网言检查视种伤害会想法子避开
■route (v)安排路线
chunk (n) 块
Magellan underperformed because Vinik put an enormous chunk of the fund in bondsbelieving that stacks were overvalued．（TIMESept．301996p 44）
麦哲伦基金表现差劲医维尼克相信股票指数高估笔资金投注债券
clamor (n)喧嚷 (v)吵着…… [](n)uproar
As Okinawans’clamor for the expulsion of U．S ．bases growsTokyo and Washington are listening (TIMENov 61995p 14）
着美军基扫出绳呼声日俱增美日政府开始正视问题
cliche (n) 陈词滥调
She challenges the cliche that women are more indirect than men and that tentativeness reflects a lack of confidence．（TIMEOct．31994p 60）
常说女言行男直接犹豫决表示缺乏信心种陈词滥调挑战
■tentativeness (n)犹豫
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It seemed odd when the Dick Morris story broke open that the PresidentFirst Lady and Vice President placed calls of consolation to Dick Morris．（TIMESept．231996p 60）
迪克·莫里斯事情曝光时总统第夫副总统电话安慰点奇怪？
context (n)背景环境
We are concerned about what kind of China will emergesays Singapore＇s Lee．The problem is of such gigantic size that it is not solvable in the Asian context alone．（Mar 51996p．16）
关切会出现样中国新加坡李光耀说问题太庞亚洲解决
conviction (n) 信念
It（the discovery）would…strongly support the growing conviction that lifepossibly even intelligent lifeis commonplace throughout the cosmos．（TIMEAug 191996P．40）
项发现力支持日渐盛行信念生命甚包括智慧生命遍宇宙稀奇事
counterpart(n)相（物）[]equivalent
She（Albrightthe US ambassador to the UN）was at times less successful winning over her counterparts at the U．N．whichlike Napoleon＇s armytravels on its stomach（TIMEDec．161996p 37）
（美国驻联合国奥尔布莱特）赢国家驻联合国支持时较利联合国破仑军队样难控制
■to travel on its stomach：破仑治军注重士兵伙食部队均配置厨艺精湛厨师里讽刺联合国注重口腹欲谁常开宴会吃支持谁
*编者注：翻译成棋逢手旗鼓相等*
cult (n)教派引申崇拜
Following the trail trod recently by（Jackie）ChanChow（Yunfat）is already a cult idol in the US （TIMEMay 61996p 63） 成龙趟出路周润发已美国崇拜偶
■trod 行走踩踏tread式
curfew (n)宵禁
Officials ordered a curfewto no avail （TIMENov 281994p 46）
官员令宵禁效■to no avail 完全没
delinquency (n)（债务税款）拖欠
He made the＄6000 payment covering seven years of delinquency after being offered the Cabinet post (TIMEJan31994P．17) 提名入阁偿7年间付税款6000美元
demise (n)逝世
The Houston Post was sold to the Hearst Corp．which immediately shut down the 110yearold papera rival to Hearst＇s Houston Chronicle．The Post’s original owners blamed its demise on the rising cost of newsprint．（TIMEMay 11995p．21）
休斯顿邮报卖赫斯特公司赫斯特立份已110年历史素赫斯特旗休斯顿纪事报劲敌报纸结束掉邮报原老板份报纸寿终正寝咎新闻纸成断增加
dilemma (n)两难困境
A panel finds that corporate and public policies in the US do not ease the workfamily dilemma （TIMEMay61996p52）
专题讨组发觉美国企业部玫策政府公政策皆缓解工作家庭法兼顾困境
disguise （n v）伪装
Clinton feels so physically isolated at the White House that he slipped out of the compound…five or six times last year．（Hillary Clinton does the samebut more often and usually in disguise）（TIMEFeb 71994p 24）
克林顿觉白宫憋受年溜出白宫五六次（希拉里样溜更频繁通常乔装出）
■compound (n)围墙房子院
dismay (n)丧胆惊慌
For its partMexico will have to abide by an austerity plan thatto the dismay of most Mexicanswill give the US unprecedented say over the country＇s economic policies．（TIMEMar 61995p．25）

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墨西哥言遵行紧缩国家支出计划赋予美国墨西哥济政策前未发言权墨西哥民感惊愕
■to abide by 遵行奉行austerity (n)（国家开支）紧缩
disruption(n)中断混乱运行失常
Similarlyclimate disruptions may be giving new life to such ancient scourges as yellow fevermeningitis and cholerawhile fostering the spread of emerging diseases like hantavirus （TIMEJuly 81996p．40）
样正常气候变化助长新兴疾病汉病毒扩散际古老灾病黄热病脑膜炎霍乱度爆发
dissident (n) 异议分子
His Open Society Fund backed the dissidents of Czechoslovakia＇s Charter 77 and Poland Solidarityhelping topple totalitarian regimes in those countries．（TIMEApr．211997P 23）
开放社会基金支持捷克宪章77波兰团结工会等异议团体协助推翻国家极权政府
doom(n)灭亡命运劫数 []fate
After the comet hit a second jolt from volcanoes may have helped send the dinosaurs to their doom．(TIMEJan．91995P．59）
彗星撞击火山爆发引起第二次剧烈震动加速恐龙劫数
edge (n)优势利位
With a new 41to39 edge over DemocratsRepublicans in the California state assembly should have been able to oust veteran Democratic speaker Willie Brown and install one of their own （TIMEFeb．61995p．15）
加州议会改选4139票占优势议员应资深民议长布朗拉台议员取代
■oust (v)逐出赶走
expertise (n)专门技术
And across Asia the company（IBM）is deploying a new generation of salespeople who plan to offer IBM＇s hardware and software and also Big Blue＇s expertise insetting up business networks in underdeveloped areas．（TIMENov．41996P．50）
IBM正整亚洲雇佣新代销售员提供IBM硬软件蓝色巨专门技术尚未开发区建立商业销售网
fiasco (n)（准备计划周详没面子）彻底失败 []debacle
Rusk was second only to Lyndon Johnson as an architect of America＇s greatest foreign policy fiasco：the divisiveultimately fruitless war in Vietnam（TIMEJan．91995P19）
场引发国分裂徒然功越战美国史外交失败场失败责者首推约翰逊（总统）腊斯克■divisive （a）引发造成立
flaw (n)缺陷缺点 []defect
The researchers found that these executives failed most often because of an interpersonal flaw rather than a technical inability （TIMEOct91995p 30）
研究员发现失败际关系非专业问题
foul (n)犯规合法
Chinawith seven top women banned from Atlanta on drug chargescried foul when an American and an Australian who had flunked drug tests were allowed to enter their countries’ trials （TIMEMay 131996p 13）
中国7名顶尖女控禁药禁止参加亚特兰奥运会美国澳利亚位未通禁药检验选手参加国资格赛时中国立刻指出犯规行
■flunk (v)没通（测验）
franchise(n)制造商授予某特定区销权 (v)……特许销权
The 8megabyte behemoth matched Netscape’s franchise browserNavigatorfeature for featureand at a much better price—free．（TIMESept．161996P．40）
套占8兆空间巨软件网景授权领航员浏览器项功相匹敌价钱更诱——免费
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And according to the Los Angeles TimesGerchasa jewelrystore ownerhas been suedat least 34 times in recent years for complaints including allegations of fraud and failure to pay creditors（TIMEFeb．61995p 56）
根洛杉矶时报报道珠宝店老板格恰斯年少指控34次诉包括欺诈欠债■complaint (n)（法律）控告 allegation (n) （尤指未证实）指控
frenzy (n) 狂乱发狂狂热
As the stars step from their limos and navigate the red carpetthe crowds erupt in full frenzy（TIMEJuly 221996P．42）
明星步豪华汽车走红毯时群瞬间陪入片疯狂
■navigate (v)（口语）行进走
friction(n)摩擦 []conflict
The Administration wants to fight for the US computerchip industrybut it does not want trade friction to topple Japan＇s fragile reform coalition government．（TIMEJan．101994p 9）
美国政府想国电脑芯片业争权益想贸易摩擦动摇日矢志改革脆弱联合政府■coalition (n)联合政府
gear (n)（供某种途）工具装备服装
The state of Louisiana spent＄79000 in 1968 for riotcontrol equipment．This included such useful civilian gear as machine guns and an armored personnel carrier．（TIMEFeb．271995p 11）
1968年路易斯安州花79万美元购置防暴装备包括机关枪装甲运兵车等关民装备
(n)齿轮（汽车）档位
into gear 搭齿轮开动运转喻进入运作状态
into high gear（汽车行车）开高速齿轮喻事物正火荼进行
Campaign ＇96 is roaring into high gear．（TIMEMar．131995p 66）
1996年竞选活动闹哄哄进入白热化阶段
■roar (v)（火车等）轰响着快速前进
glamo(u)r (n) 魅力魔力 []glitter
The scene would be repeated the following week in Seattlewith cyberczar Bill Gates adding his virtual glamourand soon in the most touristed spots in the US and a score of other countries．（TIMEJuly 221996P42）
礼拜样场景西雅图演遍会加网络帝尔·盖茨逼真魅力久美国热门旅游胜约20国家会重现幕
gratification (n) 满足 []satisfaction
Notes Worrble＇s SprechialWe＇re taking a principle of instant gratification and applying it to a game （TIMEOct 71996p 40）
华波公司斯派基亚说：采取立满足原应电脑游戏
gross (n)总收毛利
Its restaurant at Disney World in OrlandoFloridaclaims the world＇s highest grossat＄45 million in 1995its first year．（TIMEJuly 221996p43）
该餐厅佛罗里达州奥兰迪斯尼世界分店1995年开业第年总收入4500万美元创全球高总收入纪录■claim (v)获赢
guise (n) 外表伪装
For the boysMattel＇s new offering is a computer mouse in the guise of a Hot Wheels carcomplete with flashing lights and revving engine（TIMENov 111996P．36）
美泰公司男孩提供新产品Hot Wheels玩具车造型电脑鼠标闪烁灯光隆隆作响引擎音效■to be complete with 具rev (v) 加快（引擎）转速
guru (n)师专家权威
Ide is now Sony＇s guruinstructing engineers…in the art of merging home electronics with information technology．（TIMEFeb．241997p 42）
现井出索尼宗师正指导工程师致力融合家电器资讯科技
gut (s) (n)（口语）胆量毅力
Yet Haiti＇s military…believe that the US lacks the guts for a sustained occupation It＇d be just like Somaliasays a senior Haitian officer．Clinton will run away when the first US soldier is returned in a body bag．（TIMEMay 161994 p 47）

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海军方认美国孬种敢长期驻军海名高级军官表示：局势演变索马里样第具美军尸体装进运尸袋送回美国时克林顿会逃夭夭
handicap (n) 残障障碍
Enjoy life he（Magic Johnson）says．Live．I＇m not just talking about people with HIV or AIDSbut about people with problems or handicaps or whatever．（TIMEFeb．121996P．38）
享受生命乐趣魔术师约翰逊说努力活说感染艾滋病毒艾滋病说生活遭遇困难残障问题
haul (n)段时间距离
As portfolio managers knowthe value of diversity may not be obvious in the short runbut it is the wisest policy over the long haul（TIMEJuly 151996P．41）
正价证券营者知分散投资价值短期明显长远聪明策略
havoc (n) 肆蹂躏混乱 []chaos
The real threat for people…may not be a single diseasebut armies of emergent microbes raising havoc among a host of creatures．（TIMEJuly 81996P．41）
类真正威胁单疾病群新兴微生物许生物肆虐
■an army of 群a host of 许
hedge (n)预防措施（v．）预防
Tokyo＇s joint security treaty with Washington allows its defense budget to remain lowand it abhors even thinking about developing a nuclear hedge against North Korea’s（nuclear）capabilities．（TIMEFeb 281994P．45）
美日安全条约日国防支出直保持低日甚愿意考虑否发展核力量抗衡北鲜核武器
heed （n．v）注意留意
As she heads to court this week to contest her estranged husband＇s petition for custody of the couple＇s two young boysClark should take heed of a similar case decided last fall in Washington（TIMEMar 201995P．40）
周克拉克前法庭分居先生提出两子监护权诉状抗辩时应该留意年秋天华盛顿判定类似案例■estranged （a）（夫妻）分居
petition (n )（法院提出）请求诉状custody (n)监护
hegemony (n) 霸权
Judaismthe first faith to crack Christian hegemony is today deeply rooted in the USalthough it is being eroded by secularizationlow birthrates and high levels of intermarriage．（TIMEJan．301995P52）
犹太教历史第欲破基督教独尊位宗教然受世俗化低生育率高通婚率击日渐式微美国旧根深蒂固
■erode (v)逐步毁坏
heyday (n) 全盛时期
Apple makes 33﹪profit on every dollar of sales．Compared with nearly 25﹪for Microsoft．In some respectsthe power Microsoft wields over the computer industry may exceed IBM’s in its heyday（TIME June 51995p．32）
苹果电脑销售1元33﹪利润相微软25﹪利润某方面微软电脑业影响力恐怕超IBM全盛时期■wield (v) 运操
hub (n)中心 []center
Their view is thatgiven Singapore＇s position as a hubthey＇ve got to have the best information tools （TIMEFeb．171997p 46）
法新加坡居营运中心位必须拥先进资讯工具
hurdle (n) 困难挑战 []challenge
The biggest hurdle for Chevron will be getting the crude to market as production increases from 30000 bbl to 700000 bbl．a day by 2010 （TIMEJuly 41994P．54）
着原油日产量3万桶增加2010年70万桶雪芙隆公司面困难原油送市场■crude (n)原油 bbl 桶barrel(s)缩写
hybrid (n) 混合杂种
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into the TV business．（TIMEAug 121996p26）
部分电脑制造商较倾电视接收功加电脑产品愿涉足电视机行说电视电脑结合想法吸引力
■line (n)系列产品
hypocrisy (n) 伪善 []sincerity
Hypocrisy and selfishness seem to be the prevailing rulescomplained Beijing’s official China Daily （TIMEMay 131996P．13）
北京官方中国日报抱怨说：伪善私似成普遍接受规
infidelity (n)（婚姻）忠偷情
If you rinse away its deliciously corrupt excitement infidelity means the infliction of pain upon one’s spouse for the sake of fresher pleasure （TIMESept．231996P．60）
果种令回味堕落刺激感偷情意味着追求更新鲜愉悦配偶承受痛苦■rinse (v) 清水洗掉infliction (n) 施加spouse (n) 配偶
instinct (n) 12直觉 [] 2intuition
Now a dramatic discovery announced in the current Science suggests that the carnivores（dinosaurs）had a nesting instinct as well（TIMENov．141994p78）
现项轰动性发现发表期科学杂志项发现指称肉食性（恐龙）筑巢
intuition (n)直觉[]instinct
Sequelslike blind datesinspire a certain terror We fear they will be loserswe suspect they will never measure up to past loves—and often intuition proves true．（TIMENov．141994p 83）
电影续集场代安排未见方男女约会样总感许忐忑安担心卖座差怀疑法达前集引起热潮结果证明直觉
■sequel (n) （说电影等）续篇续集to measure up to符合达
knack (n)窍门高明领
Conner also possesses a knack for compromise （TIMEMay 151995p67）
康纳拥项高明事——懂时妥协
lag（n．v．）落
Japan is now determined to make up for its lag on the info highway and give the US some competition（TIMEMar．61995P66）
发展资讯高速公路落日定决心迎头赶美国较长短
■to make up for弥补补回
Landscape (n) 景色貌
Wallerstein took an ever growing readership through a dispiriting landscape of anger and griefof children unable to fit in with peers and young adults crippled in their own attempts at love （TIMEFeb 271995P．53）
华勒斯坦笔愤怒悲伤龄孩爱情道路跌倒青年男女营造出令心情惨淡世界获愈愈读者肯定
■dispiriting (a)令沮丧令意志消沉
legacy (n) 传承遗产影响
He’s much more comfortable with it says a top aideand he’s come to the view that foreign policy will be an important part of his legacy（TIMENov 181996P30）
〔克林顿〕位高级助理说：现外交方面较心应手逐渐认外交政策会功绩中重部分
Legitimacy (n) 合法性认
And royal legitimacy was conveyed by Princess Diana in the Caribbean surf．(TIMEJuly 11996p 56）
黛安娜王妃加勒海海浪中展现基尼泳装基尼王室认
lieutenant (n) 助手 []secondincommand
Gates had been warning his top lieutenants that the Net could change everything about the way people used computersperhaps even the fact that they needed an＄89 copy of Windows to make their machines work．(TIMESept 161996p38）
盖茨直警告高级助手：网络电脑方式完全改观甚需

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89美元套视窗软件运作硬件
limelight (n) 公众瞩目焦点光采
From the gossip columns to the Oscar preshow promenadethey（supermodels）are stealing the limelight from Hollywood＇s film goddesses (TIMEApr 171995p 66)
报刊闲话专栏奥斯卡颁奖典礼开幕前名悠闲走进会场超级模特抢莱坞众女星光采
■promenade (n)（悠闲）散步里指两旁众注目悠闲走
literacy (n) 读写力 cf illiteracy
In additionliteracy among Malaysia’s 20 million people is a relatively high 80﹪English is widely spokenand a greater percentage of Malaysians study abroad than do residents of any other Asian country．（TIMEDec．41995P．26）
外马西亚2000万口中识字率相较高达80﹪国民广泛英语亚洲国家相出国留学例高
loophole (n) （法律）漏洞
There may be consumerprice shifts once tax shelters and loopholes vanish．（Apr 171995p 26）
旦合法避税手段法律漏洞消失消费品物价变动
■tax shelter 合法减免税手段设立慈善事业基金
lure (n)吸引力诱饵
Some people wonder what lure the words Chow Yunfat could have on a movie marquee in Dallas or Denver（TIMEMay 61996p63）
怀疑周润发三字摆达拉斯丹佛市电影院广告板少吸引力
■marquee(n)（戏院门口）顶篷放广告板处
lyrics (n) 歌词
At one point in the meetingTucker rose from the audience and delivered a 17minute attack on violent and misogynistic lyrics in songs recorded by TimeWarner performers．(June 121995P．37)
会议中塔克观众席中站起针时代华纳公司旗歌手录制歌曲中涉暴力厌恶女歌词发表长达17分钟抨击演讲
■misogynistic (a)厌恶女
maneuver(n)（度难关解决问题）技巧手法
Many feel Kennedy’s commitment was a desperate political maneuver to lift himself out of the calamity of the Bay of Pigs…（TIMEJuly 251994P．58）
许觉肯尼迪做出承诺种慌择路政治手法脱离猪湾惨剧阴影
■commitment (n)承诺．保证desperate （a）孤注掷拼死搏
calamity (n)灾难幸
mania (n) 狂热热中（忠）
Gates confessed that the Internet mania…had taken him by surprise．Millions of people were communicating via computers using software standards and application programs that Microsoft had no hand in developing（TIMEJune 51995P．46）
盖茨坦承国际互联网激起热潮确令吃惊数百万正微软公司未着力开发软件标准应程序通电脑互通讯息
■hand (n)插手参
manipulation (n) （操赛）正手法
Onaruto acknowledged that a series of such manipulations allowed him to propel a wrestler named Kitanofuji to the title of grand champion in 1970 （TIMESept301996P．30）
鸣户承认通连串样正手法1970年名北富士选手送横纲宝座
mayhem (n) 失控脱序暴力横行 []chaos
Natural Born Killers isn’t an attempt to profit from murder and mayhemsays Oliver Stone．(TIMEJune 121995p 32）
闪灵杀手部戏意利谋杀暴力情节赚钱奥立佛·斯通说
melodrama(n)通俗剧
Half his other movies show him chainsmokinghe keeps three cigarettes going at once in his most recent melodramaPeace Hotel．(TIMEMay 61996p 62)

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半电影里烟离手甚娱乐电影饭店中次时抽3根烟■chainsmoke (v)根接根抽烟
memoir(n)回忆录
Warren Zimmermannthe last U．S．ambassador to Yugoslaviawho published his memoirsOrigins of a Catastrophelast weekwrote that the Serb leader was responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of Bosnians…(TIMESept 231996p 35)
美国前驻南斯拉夫沃伦·齐默尔曼周出版回忆录灾难源起里面写位塞尔维亚领袖造成数万计波斯尼亚丧生■catastrophe (n) 惨剧幸
moderation (n) 适度节制 []restraint
But as Clinton has soared in the polls by emphasizing moderationGore＇s standing with the Presidentsays a senior presidential adviseris unparalleled (TIMEJune 171996．P．30)
克林顿强调温政策民意支持率升高根位克林顿资深顾问说法戈尔总统心目中位
namesake (n) 名物
Martina Hingis charms the fans and reminds them of her namesake（TIMESept．161996p 19）
辛吉斯迷倒球迷想起名网坛前辈
newsletter (n) （机关）部刊物 []bulletin
Not all the fund companies are that competitivesays Eric Kobrenthe publisher of the newsletter Fidelity Insight (TIME Sept301996p 48）
〔富达基金〕部刊物富达观察发行克布伦说：非家基金公司竞争力
obsession (n)偏执迷恋沉溺 []fixation
Carl Lewis has always had an obsession with image that made wouldbe fans a little uneasy（TIMEJune 241996p66）
卡尔·刘易斯太意形象点想成运动迷目
■wouldbe(a)想成……未
onset (n)发作
Then the physicians must ensure that less than three hours have elapsed since the stroke＇s onset．Otherwise the risk of bleeding into the brain is too great（TIMESept．161996P．48）
然医生必须确定中风发作时间没超3时否脑溢血风险会非常高
■elapse (v)（时间）消逝
outfit (n) 套服装
It is picture of his twoyearold son Matthew dressed in a red plaid outfit and sitting in front of a Christmas tree…（TIMENov 211994p 92）
张两岁子马修片穿着褶边红色套装坐棵圣诞树前
(n)公司机构 [] organization
Today and tomorrow any ambitious entertainment outfit must be an allpurposeuniversaljoint conglomerate for two big reasons．(TIMEMar 271995p 54)
基两理雄心远娱乐事业机构天明天必须满足种需求全球性型综合企业
parallel (n) 相拟事物较 []equivalent
If there is an explanation for Zhirinovsky’s unique appealperhaps it is to be found in the parallel between the young boy who grew up feeling rejectedhumiliated and despised and a nation that has just emerged from seven decades of dictatorship feeling abuseddeprived and defeated．（TIMEJuly 111994p ．38）
日里诺夫斯基伙子成长程中饱尝排斤羞辱瞧起感受刚脱离70年独裁统治国家正感受虐受剥夺事成果解释日里诺夫斯基拥独特魅力许国家间相似性寻答案
■to merge from…摆脱（困境）
peer (n)辈侪
Johnson had to quit basketball thensupposedly for the sake of his own health and definitely for the peace of mind of his peers（TIMEFeb．121996p．39）
时约翰逊必须退出篮坛表面原健康实际球场球员安心
perspective (n) 法观点 []view
Even more interestingfrom a business perspectiveis the socalled intranet

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—the collection of networks that connect computers within corporations—that both Sun and Microsoft have targeted as a rich area for growth (TIMEJan 221996p 44)
商业观点更引兴趣谓部网连接公司部电脑网络系统目前太阳微软焦点准富广阔前景领域
pinnacle (n) 顶点高峰
We asked each to select his or her choice of the five greatest Olympians and to tell us precisely the qualities that place them at the very pinnacle（TIMEJune 241996P．52）
求挑选出认5位伟奥运选手明确告诉运动员登巅峰特质
plight (n) 苦境
Gorbachev seemed fully aware of the military＇s plight only two months ago when he warned the Russian parliament that no army in the world is in such a poor state as ours (Jan 161995p 50)
戈尔巴乔夫似两月前全面解军方困境时俄国国会提出警告：世没国家军队国更穷困
poise (n) 镇静沉着
While she（Hillary Clinton）provided little new information on the tangled Arkansas land deal or her controversial commodity tradesthe real message was her attitude and her poise．（TIMEMay 21994P65）
纠缠清阿肯萨斯土交易案身备受争议宗商品交易案希拉里没吐露什新消息真正传达世反倒态度容
■tangled (a)纠缠清复杂
portfolio (n) (投资者持)投资组合(银行等投资单位持)价证券财产目录
Johnsonalong with other Fidelity executivesinsists that the company＇s homegrown style of managing portfolios doesn＇t need much fixing （TIMESept 301996P．46）
约翰逊富达公司高级坚持公司创价证券操作方式需太修正
precedent (n)先例
One problem is that if the US tries to kill leaders it doesn＇t likechances are someone will try to do the same to the American President There is precedent for such concern（Sept231996P．35）
问题果美国设法刺杀喜欢外国领袖美国总统法炮制种顾虑先例循■（The）chances are…许
predator (n)猎捕者掠夺者
It turns out the pesticides had all along been doing less damage to the invader than to its predators（TIMEMay 271996p 67）
结果显示杀虫剂入侵者天敌造成伤害反直高入侵者身
predicament (n) 困境 []dilemma
This sort of predicament is what the Founders designed representative democracy to solve．(TIMEJan 231995p 14)
种困境正初建国者设计议会民制度解决
prohibition (n) 禁令
The tyrannicide game changed in 1976 when President Gerald Ford issued an Executive Order banning political assassinations．All Presidents since have extended the prohibitionthough Ronald Reagan must have had his fingers crossed when he went along（TIMESept 231996p 35）
1976年福特总统颁布行政命令禁止政治刺杀行动刺杀暴君游戏改变位总统延长禁令时效里根决定步趋际祈求运气（二次刺杀）
■to have one＇s fingers crossed 祈求运
prophet (n) 预言者
The prophets of this healing offensive are photogenic and mediafriendlybut here their common traits end．They speak in different tongues to reach different audiences．（TIMEJune 41996 p．44）
领导波新疗法趋势众先知相媒体保持良关系相似处仅止持调种听众听

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■offensive (n) 进攻攻势photogenic (a)镜头适拍trait(n)特点特性
prototype (n) 样板
Somedaysay the futuristsour streets will be filled with computercontrolled cars so smart they will make the prototype I＇m riding in look like a braindamaged Model T．(Nov 41996p 52)
根未学家说法天道路会布满电脑控制车辆车辆非常聪明相形现坐辆样板车辆脑损伤T型车
psyche (n) 心灵
Suharto has such tight control of the Indonesian electoral process that neither Megawati nor her brother can hope to govern the country any time soon．But she holds a crucial place in the Indonesian psyche（TIMEOct61997p 21）
苏哈托国选举程序控制严密梅加瓦提兄没希短期执政梅加瓦提印尼心目中占重位
rally (n) 群众会聚会（v．）召集团结
Last monthwith a group of nine other AIDS patientsGetty sat down in the middle of a driveway and blocked traffic outside an animalrights rally in Washington（TIMEJuly 81996p 39）
月华盛顿市举行次声援动物权益群众会盖提9名艾滋病患者聚起会场外围条马路中央坐挡住车流
rehearsal (n) 排演
The performancehoweversuffered from an obvious lack of rehearsalwith the pianist and the conductor…unable to agree on basic matters of tempo．（TIMEJuly 251994p．71）
场演出明显没彩排进行利拍子基问题钢琴师指挥家步调致
retaliation (n) 报复
Questions still linger about whether retaliation could have been a factor in Kennedy＇s death．(TIMESept．231996p 35)肯尼迪死否报复素天法断定
■linger (v)徘徊流连
reversion (n) 复
Hong Kong＇s reversion may have the biggest effect on bilateral relations．（Nov181996p 31）
香港回中国[中美]双方关系影响
rhetoric (n) 辞令浮夸实话
Such highlevel contacts could do much to soften Chinese rhetoric against the USas did the historic Beijing visits of Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon in 1971 and 1972 (TIMEJuly 221996p 37)
样高层接触缓中国美国严词抨击19711972年基辛格尼克松访问北京历史旅达效果
sensation (n) 轰动事物
The game’s eyepopping graphics were an instant sensation：DKC not only became the bestselling game of 1994 but also ratcheted up pressure on the teams deigning games for the new machine．（TIMEMay 201996P．58）
游戏里令惊奇图形效果马造成轰动DKC成1994年畅销游戏时逐渐加重新机器设计游戏工作组压力
■eyepopping（a）（口语）令惊奇
ratchet (n) 棘齿轮(v)棘齿轮样步步推动
setback (n) 挫折失败
Impressionist and modern art auctions continued to disappoint．At Christie’s and Sotheby’sartworks that were estimated to reap bewteen＄160 million and＄215 million instead brought in＄101 million—a stunning setback for the already shaky art market．(TIMEMay 231994p13)
印象派现代艺术作品拍卖持续低迷克里斯蒂索斯两拍卖行先前预计拍卖16亿215亿美元艺术品结果拍卖出101亿美元已摇摇欲坠艺术市场实严重挫折■shaky (a)稳摇摇欲坠
siege(n)围城包围
Though seahorses are under siegethey are not yet on the verge of extinction so any ban on their fishing now would harm traditional livelihoods（TIMEJan 131997p43）

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海马然四面楚歌目前濒绝种严禁捕捞会影响渔民传统生计
skirmish (n) 战斗
One of the fiercest skirmishes in recent months has been over the market for socalled Web browsersin which MicrosoftNetscape and Sun all compete（TIMEJan 221996P 43）
月场激烈混战中谓3W环球网浏览器市场争夺战微软网景太阳等公司投入场竞争
smash (n)轰动热门物
In the 1989 boxoffice smash God of Gamblershe（Chow Yunfat）munched on chocolates （TIMEMay 619p 62）1989年极卖座赌神中周润发口中嚼着巧克力
■boxoffice (a)票房卖座munch (v)力咀嚼
spell (n)段时间[] period
Unusual weather such as dry spells in wet areas or torrential rains in normally dry spots tends to favor socalled opportunistic pests…while making life more difficult for the predators that usually control them．（TIMEJuly 81996P 40）
异常气候例雨区出现数次干旱常干燥方倾盆雨利谓投机性害生物生存时控制生物数目天敌愈愈难生存

■favor (v)（天气事情等）……利
spoiler (n)选举中选拉低票数搅局者
Though radically different in ideology（the presidential candidates）Perot and Jackson both yearn to advance an ambitious agendaeven if that means playing the spoiler( Mar 131995p 91)
佩罗杰克逊两名总统候选意识形态南辕北辙想提出份志必竞选计划明知做选■yearn (v)渴
stagnation (n) 景气停滞
Economists say the nation＇s anemic savings rate of 4﹪in contrast to Germany’s 12﹪and Japan＇s
17﹪is a key reason behind the stagnation in many workers’wages since 1973 (TIMEMay 221995p 35)
济学家表示该国储蓄率低4﹪相德国日分12﹪17﹪该国许工薪资1973年停滞涨原
■anemic (a)贫血疲软力衰弱
stake (n) 赌注投资利害关系
The financial stakes are enormous as well．P&G has already invested＄200 million in developingstudying and testing olestra (TIMEJan 81996p31)
金钱投注相惊宝洁公司已投资2亿美元脱脂油研究发展测试
staple (n)成分常出现容
Both Miles Davis and Quincy Jones experimented with rapjazz fusion in the ＇80sbut a decade later it is becoming a staple（TIMENov 211994P．108）
80年代迈尔斯·戴维斯昆西·琼斯尝试融合饶舌爵士风格实验新音乐形式 10年种音乐形式成司空见惯东西
stereotype (n)刻板印象
Those who are urgently trying to reach females end up reinforcing sexist stereotypessuch asGirls like cooperative gamesnot action(TIMENov 111996p 36)
急想进女性市场结果强化性歧视刻板印象例女性喜欢合作游戏喜欢动作游戏类说法
■to end up 结果变成
stewardship (n) 理
In the next few weeks parliament must still consider the fate of（the central bank chairman Victor）Gerashenko and vote on the economic stewardship of Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin．（TIMEOct．241994P．43）
未周杜马需考虑（央行总裁）杰拉申柯留问题总理切尔诺梅尔金否济理权投票表决
stigma (a)污名耻辱
As long as the stigma and discrimination exist around AIDS out therewe＇re going to have to treat it differently from other diseases．（TIMEJuly 41994p 60）

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继续耻辱歧视心态艾滋病必须区病疾病
stroke(n)中风
Of all the medical catastrophes that can befall a personsuffering a stroke is one of the most terrifying．（TIMESept．161996P．48）
类罹患种重疾病中中风怕
■catastrophe (n) 惨事幸befall (v)（幸灾祸等）降
stroll（n v）溜达散步 [](v) wonder
A stroll through the center of the city reveals the transformation nearly everywhere．(July 4 1994 p 50)市中心走趟出改变遍处
suspense(n)悬疑
In Savannah these dayswhen people talk aboutthe Bookthey are referring not to the Bible but to Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evilthe bestselling suspense yarn by journalist John Berendt．（TIMEApr．31995p 79）
萨瓦纳市谈起圣指真正圣指午夜善恶花园新闻记者约翰·贝兰特写畅销悬念说
■yarn (n) 事奇谈
symptom (n) 征候前兆
All this activitymany scientists speculatemay be a symptom that overall tectonic pressure in the region is increasing（TIMEJan．311994p 45）
许科学家推测切活动加诸区壳整体压力逐渐增强征兆
■speculate (v)推测tectonic (a)壳构造
threshold (n) （事物）开端
Those who will really pay for the fiasco are Mexico＇s emerging middle classwho had come to believe they were finally on the threshold of prosperity（TIMEMar 61995P．34）
真正场济危机付出代价墨西哥正崛起中产阶级批先前直终富起
(n) 门槛限制税起征点
Through a long chain of intermediary companiesMurdoch’s Australiabased News Corp．would own the remaining 24﹪of the voting stockjust under the federal threshold(Apr 171995P．45)
通系列中介公司默克澳利亚营新闻公司取剩24﹪投票权股权例刚贴联邦门槛限制（25﹪）
transaction(n)交易买卖
The company＇s CyberCoin system will allow online microtransactions of as little as a quarter．（TIMEOct．71996P．40）
家公司网络硬币系统网络进行低025元微量交易
transmission (n)传递
After doctors determined that AZT could block the transmission of HIV to the fetus in some pregnant womenresearchers wondered if they could make the therapy more effective．（July 81996p．39）
医生确定AZT某孕妇身隔绝艾滋病毒传染胎研究员想法子加强种疗法效果■block (v)围堵阻挡fetus (n) 胎
treason(n)叛国（罪）
He was sentenced to 15 years for high treason （May22 1995 p56）严重叛国罪判刑15年
upheaval (n) （社会等）变动动乱
Or are they a precursor of the kind of climactic upheavals that can be expected from the global warming caused by the continued buildup of CO2 and the other socalled greenhouse gases？（TIMEJuly81996P40）
者说某种气候剧变前兆种剧变预测源断增加二氧化碳谓温室气体引起全球性温度升■buildup (n) 逐渐增加
velocity (n) 速度
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle states that you cannot know a subatomic particle＇s exact position and its exact direction and velocity at the same time．（TIMENov 281994p 78）
根海森堡确定原法时知道亚原子粒子确切位置确切方速度
venture (n) 险活动风险事业 (v)险前

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No fan of the United NationsDole opposes US participation in U．N．peacekeeping ventures and in nationbuilding exercises in thirdtier countries like Haiti and Somalia．（July 81996P．29）
尔联合国没感反美国参联合国维持险行动第三世界国家海索马里建国活动
■tier (n) 层
visionary (n) 远见
The steadfast visionary who began his career by bringing land reform to his island had started to win more equal ground for Taiwan in the world＇s eyes (TIMEDec251995 Jan 11996p 54)
位实行土改革开始政治生涯坚定理想家已开始世目光台湾赢更公位
watershed (n) 转捩点开启新发展关键 []turning point
In a watershed decisionthe US Supreme Court sharply restricted the ability of the Federal Government to fashion affirmativeaction programs．(TIMEJune 261995p．23)
美国高法院作出项划时代判决明确限制联邦政府制定鼓励雇少数民族妇女赞助性措施方面权力
■fashion (v)制造affirmativeaction 鼓励雇少数民族妇女赞助性措施
windfall (n) 意外财
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited Washington last week and came away with a windfall of＄311 million…（TIMEFeb 281994p 13）
哈萨克斯坦总统纳札尔巴耶夫周访问华盛顿带着311亿美元意外收获离开

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abysmal (a) 底极差劲 []dismal
There is no ignoring Cuba＇s abysmal state In the three years since Soviet aid was virtually elimianatedthe island＇s overseas buying power has dropped from 8 billion to 2 billion
古巴糟糕处境容忽视苏联援助形废三年古巴海外购买力已80亿美元降20亿美元
allout (a) 全力彻底
Digital change has evolved from an amusing walk toward the future to an allout sprint
数字技术进展已着未愉悦漫步变成拼命前刺
※sprint (n)（长距离赛跑中）刺
antagonistic (a) 敌相容
The antagonistic ants have been harassing (the US) peoplemostly in the Southfor decades
美国特美国南方已处处作蚂蚁骚扰数十年
apace (adv) 急速 []speedily swiftly
After a 32year career pioneering the development of California＇s Silicon ValleyNoyce moved in 1988 to Austin to head Sematecha government and industry research consortium working to keep the US．apace with Japan in semiconductor manufacturing technology
诺伊斯引领加州硅谷发展32年1988年搬奥斯汀持Sematech机构政府企业联合组成机构宗旨美国半导体制造技术方面快速日
※consortium (n) 联合机构
appalling (a) 怕遭透
In an appalling demonstration of the mistreatment of recruits and their meager food rationsin March 1993 four sailors on Russky Island in the Fat East died of malnutrition
入伍士兵受遇稀少食物配1993年3月骇揭露月
远东区鲁斯岛四名海军士兵营养良死亡※meager (a) 微薄
astute (a) 精明 []shrewd
Lawrence Korban Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan Administrationcalls Powellas astute a politician as I＇ve met．
里根政府国防部部长助理科尔布称鲍威尔见精明政治物
awry (a) 背离正确方异常
Scientists are studying how genetic abnormalities that make hormone levels go awry may play a role in sexual orientation．
科学家正研究会导致荷尔蒙分泌异常基变异性倾影响
※abnormality (n) 异常反常
（go）ballistic (a) 勃然怒
In shortdo household pets really have a mental and emotional life？Their owners think so but until recentlyanimalbehavior experts would have gone ballistic on hearing such a question
简言宠物否真心智活动情绪反应？持肯定态度直动物行专家听问题概会勃然怒
benign (a) 害利
Private cars will virtually be banned—Mahathir envisions an environmentally benign metropolisand replaced by a public transport system combining busesmetrostrams and ferries．（TIMEDec 41995P．26）
马哈蒂尔拟想出环保市私家轿车准驶入城取代套结合公汽车铁电车渡轮公运输系统
breezy (a) 轻快忧虑
Invented at a time when optimism was in the air and hedonistic pleasures were beginning to be celebrated the breezy little bikini shows no sign of growing up or growing old（TIMEJuly 11996p 56）
乐观义弥漫享乐义开始盛行时轻薄短基尼问世时日基尼完全没长时迹象 ※hedonistic (a) 享乐义
bulky (a) 笨重
They include the most bulky medalistUS superheavyweight freestyle wrestler Chris Taylor…and the most petiteamong there mothlike Chinese gymnast Li Lu．
中包括块头奥运奖牌—美国超重量级式摔跤选手克利斯·泰勒
体型娇—中体态蛾中国体操选手李露
※petite (a) （女）身材娇


cameo (a) 短暂精采
He（Magic Johnson）made cameo appearancesfirst at the 1992 NBA AllStar Game and then as a member of the USA’s Dream Team in the

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Barcelona Olympics．（TIMEFeb．121996P．39）
魔术师约翰逊两度短暂露面次1992年NBA全明星赛次入选巴赛罗
奥运会美国梦幻篮球队
canny (a) 精明 []shrewd
The next step after getting a job was to find a women to marryand Kennedy has settled this matter as wellfinding someone chiccanny and appealing
事业步讨老婆肯尼迪解决找位时髦精明迷妻子
chagrined (a) 悔恨懊恼
When Bush lost the 1992 electionMilt was chagrined
布什输掉1992年总统选举时米尔特懊恼
comely (a) 漂亮
Jacqueline Joyner came into the world in 1962 in godforsaken poverty in the town of East St．LouisIllinoisand was named after the then President＇s comely wife．
杰奎琳·乔娜1962年诞生伊利诺州东圣路易市家中贫洗名字取时漂亮
总统夫名
※godforsaken (a) 帝遗弃悲惨
consecutive (a) 连续 []successive
Employees work 10hour daysfour days a weekwith rotating day and night shifts．At the end of each threeweek cycle they get five consecutive days off (TIMEMay 61996p．52）
员工天工作10时星期4天轮值白班夜班3礼拜循环5天连假※shift (n．）轮班（制）
cutthroat (a．)（竞争）激烈 []ruthless
It＇s cutthroatbut not enough to concern game guru Enowho predicts a booming futurein online games
〔电脑游戏软件〕竞争激烈足游戏软件师伊诺担忧预测网络游戏未会发展蓬勃
cynical (a) 愤世嫉俗觉世间私利 [反]idealistic
CynicalcoolLennon was the eye of sanity in the Beatlemania hurricane．（TIMENov．20
1995p 52）※sanity(n) 神智清醒
列侬愤世嫉俗冷静种甲壳虫热飓风中静飓风眼
deadpan (a) 扑克脸孔带感情
Cook was a Cambridge undergraduate preparing for a career in foreign service when he joined the comic quartet known as Beyond the Fringewowing West End and Broadway stages in the 1960s with his deadpan surrealism（TIMEJan 231995 p 13）
60年代库克加入名非流外4喜剧团带情感超写实义风格赢伦敦西区剧院美国百老汇热烈喝采时剑桥学生正算事外交工作
※quartet(n)四组fringe (n）边缘位置理念怪异极端般接受少数 wow (v)（观众）高声
demure (a) 矜持 []reserved
Demure and sexy at the same timeBrigitte Bardot at 21 stunned in a gingham bikini in the movie And God Created Woman．（TIMEJuly 11996P．56）
矜持性感碧姬·芭铎21岁时帝创造女片中穿件格子布基尼
迷倒众生
dubious (a) 存疑确定 []questionable uncertain
Wallerstein insists thatI have never told people to stay together at all costsand opposes tougher divorce laws for being of dubious value for the children（TIMEFeb．271995P．53）
华勒斯坦坚称：未告诉厮守终身反制定更严格离婚法孩子言难断定中失
edgy(a．)焦急焦躁 []tense
The incident prompted the military to fortify the position and strengthen the troop force there．Stillthe soldiers remain edgy．（TIMEDec 51994p 83）
次事件促军方该驻修筑防御工事加强兵力士兵心中焦虑安
※fortify（V）：修筑防御工事……
eerily (adv) 怪异
Your clone might be eerily like youor perhaps eerily like someone else．
克隆体会出奇出奇
※clone (n)性繁殖系体复制（）
engaging (a) 吸引趣
In a series of engaging dramasRyder grew up on film and matured in her skills（TIMEJan 91995p64）

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莱德拍摄系列动电影程中成长起演技日臻成熟老
engrossing (a) 全神贯注趣
Our discussion of sexual fantasiesadultery and homosexuality was so engrossing that more than four hours had passed before we noticed the time
性幻想通奸性恋讨实太趣已4时没察觉
feisty (a) （然年老病身）精力充沛强硬 []spunky
Clinton has not named a replacementbut one possibility is Madeleine Albrightthe feisty ambassador to the UN．who would be the first woman in the post（TIMENov．181996p 31）
克林顿目前尚未提出新选奥尔布莱特位强悍干劲驻联合国果没错第位出职务女性
fickle (a) 1（）变2（物）善变 [] 1capricious [反] 2dependable
Fashion is ficklefads are fundamentalcareers are often brief Except in Japan．There not only do quality and creativity reignbut stability rules (TIMEOct．91995p．47）
流行瞬息万变短暂时尚根特性职业寿命常短日例外里导致流行品质创意稳定性
formidable (a) 优秀杰出
The small central African republic（Burundi）didn’t have a national Olympic Committee until 1993but it has had formidable runners for several years…（TIMEJan．81996p．13）
布隆迪中非国直1993年成立国家奥委会年直拥批非常优秀赛跑选手
graphic (a) （叙述）生动栩栩生 []explicit
Theater in the U．S is filled these days with graphic homosexual stories．
美国戏剧充斥着鲜活性恋事
grassroots (a) 民间基层
His message…has helped make the Christian Coalition one of the most powerful grassroots organizations in American politics．（TIMEMay 1 51995p 28）
张助基督教联盟成美国政坛力民间组织
hilarious (a) 喧闹极笑
Easier to access are such lesstrafficked（Web）sites as Ren＆Stimpy creator Spumco（wwwspumcocom）with its hilarious Japanese pizza commercial．
较容易进入较少网网站创作出林史亭史盘柯里面令笑破肚皮日萨广告
hip (a) 行时髦 []trendy
Friends quoted in the press say Bessette is hip and determineda natural socializer who knows how to get what she wants．
媒体引碧瑟朋友话说碧瑟时髦意志坚定天生社交高手知道想东西
impromptu (a) 兴时起意 []spontaneous
The following day Coetsee paid an impromptuunannounced visit to the world＇s most famous political prisoner
翌日科特西没预先声明情况兴走访位世著名政治犯
invincible (a) 1敌2（精神理念等）屈顽强 [] 1unbeatable
Some analysts were saying Netscape had an invincible lead in the browser business even against Microsoft．
分析家说网景浏览器市场拥敌领先优势甚微软手
lackluster (a) 乏善陈
Sasser triumphed in their first debatebut Frist turned his lackluster performance into another sign that he wasn’t a smoothie from the big city (TIMENov 211994p 54）
第场演讲中萨塞获胜弗利斯特表现然乏善陈解面城市滑头子 ※smoothie(n)油嘴滑舌
malign (a) （影响）害恶意[]harmful [反]benign
Presenting fouryearold information and focusing on just one of China＇s hundreds of orphanagesit boldly concludes thatthe pattern of crueltyabuse and malign neglect…now constitutes one of the country＇s gravest humanrights problems．
份报告提供4年前旧资料焦点放中国数百家孤院中家武断结说孤残忍虐恶意忽视中国严重权问题
※grave (a) 严重
maverick (a n)合流俗（）特立独行（） []outsider

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Maverick director Ann Hui should feel flush now：her sweetminorkey family drama Summer Snow just won four of Taiwan＇s Golden Horse awardsincluding Best Picture and Best Actress．（TIME Jan．291996p．42）
特立独行导演许鞍华现应该钱温馨品女四十刚赢4项金马奖包括佳影片佳女角
※flush (a) （口语）钱minorkey较规模
mercurial (a．)善变 []volatile
In contrast with the mercurial CampbellChretien projected a calming image to votersbuttressed by his plainfolks persona．
性格善变坎贝尔相克雷提昂选民稳重形象民作风更加强
种形象 ※buttress（v）支持加强
microscopic (a) 非常微
LSD first won fame for its powerin microscopic dosesto induce hallucinations and a psychotic state LSD首度声名嗓仅服极少药量产生妄想精神病药力
※hallucination (n)幻想妄想psychotic (a) 精神病
nascent (a) 初期刚开始 []budding
The country’s nascent green lobby has found an ally in the 25member Supreme Courtwhich has ordered several polluting factories to close．（TIMEMar 251996P．46）
该国新组成环保游说团体找肩作战盟友25高法院该法院已令家造成污染工厂关门
nimble (a) 1动作敏捷2聪明伶俐机警 [] 1sprightly 2alert
I don＇t think you＇d he interviewing me on this topic if we were any less nimbleGates told TIME．You＇d be writing our epitaph(TIMESept．161994p 41）
盖茨时代杂志说：假动作稍慢点问题访问现应该正写墓志铭 ※epitaph (n)墓志铭
noholdsbarred (a) 达目极限制
Cramer is a hedgefund manager who for years has written a noholdsbarred financial column for a succession of magazinesmost recently the twoyearold Smart Money．(TIMEMar．61995p73）
克拉莫家投机性投资集团理数年陆续家杂志金融专栏撰写文章笔理直陈毫隐讳家杂志创刊两年智慧钱
oblivious (a) 浑然觉〔反〕conscious
Chinese citizens have greater freedom today than they have had in 50 years．To be oblivious to that is foolish．(TIMEMar 251996p 15)
中国民天享远50年连点太愚蠢
ostensible (a) 表面〔〕alleged
Some of the funds were not doing as well as they ought to have beenand many were wandering far from their ostensible mandates (TIMESept 301996p 48）
基金会表现预期差已远远偏离投资公开交付务
※to wander from …偏离（正途题）
palatable (a) 1美味2愉快接受〔〕 1tasty 2acceptable 〔反〕unpalatable
The Clinton Administration has no intention of withdrawingbut it will reduce U．S．intrusivenessand do everything it can to make the situation more palatable（TIMENov181996p．32）
克林顿政府意撤回驻军会减少民众干扰竭切力量整情况较易接受※intrusiveness (n)入侵干扰
paltry (a) 微足道
In 199384﹪ of its diversified US equity funds outperformed the marketin 1994 about 51﹪didlast year the figure dropped to a paltry 21﹪．（TIMESept．301996p48）
1993年美国84﹪限类股股票基金获利率超市场增长率1994年例51﹪年滑落微足道21﹪※outperform （v）（表现）……更出色
provisional (a) 时暂时
Iraq was in provisional compliance with that significant UN requirement．（TIMEOct．241994p34）伊拉克暂时遵守联合国项重求※in compliance with遵守


replete (a) 充满
It was clear that the concept of Hong Kong is replete with ambiguity（TIMEMar 171997P．22）明显香港概念相晦涩明※arnbiguity(n)充满歧义含意模糊

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resilient (a) 韧性十足快创伤中恢复
But the Japanese economy is so big and resilient that while it might staggerit could absorb the quake’s blow（TIMEFeb61995p 45）
日济非常强韧性十足次震日济许呈现稳终会挺击※stagger (v)摇摇晃晃蹒跚
riveting (a) 趣引入胜
The words were powerfulbut not as riveting as the three Polaroid photos that Edwards later took at the West Los Angeles station house．（TIMEFeb．131995P．44）
文字叙述非常力说引入胜爱德华西洛杉矶车站拍3张宝丽莱片
runaway (a) 增长快速势遏
Since the runaway success of his book Ageless Body Timeless Mind in 1993he has written one best seller after anotherselling an astonishing 6 million copies．(TIMEJune 241996p46)
1993年超时空身心书举成名接连写畅销书销售达惊600万册
saturated (a) 饱
Its new Microsoft Home divisionfor exampleis an attempt to leverage its position in the market for business desktops which is becoming saturated and move into the socalled SOHO（small officehome office）market．(TIMEJune 51995 p 32）
例微软家庭部新部门成立企图利微软市场位逐渐饱商台式电脑市场攻城掠进入谓索霍（办公室家庭办公室）市场
※Soho：纽约曼哈顿岛休斯顿街南区先锋派艺术音乐电影时装著名
savvy (a) 精通
In Moscow and St．Petersburg…we call find only 100 people here and there who are Internetsavvy．（TIMEFeb．171997p．47）
莫斯科圣彼堡东找西找概找100熟悉国际互联网
seamless (a) 接缝组合完美浑然体
By creating a seamless globaleconomic zone borderless and unregulatablethe Internet calls into question the very idea of a nationstate (TIMEJan 151996p 51）
国际互联网创造出绵密缝全球济区域区域没界限制民族国家词定义心存疑惑
sinister (a) 邪恶
Our statesmen used to revile HitlerMussolinilarge and sinister enemieswho wanted to take over the world（TIMEOct．271997p 60）
（美国）政治家攻击希特勒墨索里尼——庞邪恶敌想统治全世界
sleek (a) （）时髦阔气（汽车房子等）造形典雅豪华
More than half a million people will reside in Putrajaya and surrounding suburbsand sleek commercial buildings will accommodate 135000 workers (TIMEDec．41995p 26）
50万会居住〔马西亚〕普特拉吉亚郊区典雅豪华商业楼容纳135万名工作员
stark (a) （）分明
That courthouse seriousnesshoweveris in stark contrast to the playful tone that Barksdale has set inside Netscape．（TIMESept．161996p 44）
法院里严肃气氛巴克斯代尔网景公司部营造轻松气氛形成鲜明
staunch (a) 坚定
A staunch conservative on monetary policyTiemeyer nonetheless has supported European integration（TIMEFeb 241997P41）
提特迈尔货币政策坚定保守派支持欧洲统
steadfast (a) 坚定移 []firm
An innocent person…will remain steadfast in denying guilt （TIME May 221995p 51）
辜者必然宁死肯承认罪
torrential (a) 猛烈汹涌
The flow of money into mutual funds this year is torrentialand has already set an annual record．（TIMESept．301996p．44）
年流入基金钱潮称波涛汹涌已创年度纪录


trailblazing (a) 开路先锋胆创新
Thanks to Morrison＇s trailblazing successblack women are not only writing more their books are being bought and read in droves （TIMEJune 171996p 41）

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莫里森成功开疆拓土黑女性仅更辛勤写作书籍销售量读者群幅
增长 ※in droves成群结队量
ubiquitous (a)
The city＇s seemingly ubiquitous statues of communistera heroes…have been disdainfully torn down．Gone too are the metronomic boot clicks of the goosestepping guard outside Lenin＇s tomb……(TIMEJuly 41994P 50）
市原似处见产义时代英雄雕已漫心中拆掉列宁墓卫兵踢正步发出节奏皮靴撞击声已消失
※disdainfully(adv)轻蔑metronomic (a) 节奏机械呆板
unfathomable (a) 深测难理解 [] incomprehensible
For most adultsthe very idea of considering children as sexual objects is an unfathomable deviancy．（TIMESept．2199p．41）
数成年言童视性象匪夷思反常行
unfettered (a) 受拘束 [] unconstrained
We don＇t live under freeunfettered capitalism．Isn＇t that why we have antitrust laws？(TIMEJune 51995p 52)
非生活受束缚资义体制制定反托拉斯法证明？
unscrupulous (a) 道德原择手段 [] unprincipled
Arguing that Gregorian chants cannot be arrangedEMI called the former monksshameless and unscrupulousand refuses to pay (royalties)．(TIMEJuly 251994P．73）
EMI公司坚称格利高里圣歌改编指责改编圣歌已俗僧侣耻格拒绝付版税※arrange (v)改编（乐曲说剧）
virtuoso (a) 师级精湛(n)名家巨匠
Yamamoto calls himself a nomad in the fashion worldbut he brings a visionary Eastern quality to whatever he touches．Last year he rang virtuoso changes on the ancient art of kimono design（TIMEOct 91995P．47）
山〔耀司〕称时装界游牧民族梦幻东方特质带进设计里年服设计门古老艺术进行师级精湛改革
voracious (a) 贪婪 〔〕insatiable
If we（banks）are dinosaursthen we＇re putting competitors on notice that a new breed has evolved with a voracious appetite for expanded market share．（TIMESept．231996p 42）
果银行行灭绝恐龙正昭告竞争者种新品种恐龙已演化出胃口想占更市场 ※breed(n)（动植物）品种
wayward (a) 听话性〔〕unruly unmanageable
Four times out of fivethe cause of a stroke is a wayward clot that blocks an artery and robs the brain of oxygenrich blood．（TIMESept．161996p 48）
中风发生十八九起安分血块堵塞动脉脑部法获富含氧分血液
whizzy (a) 快速出色
Netscape and Microsoftwhose Webbrowsing software dominates the marketare currently engaged in a lifeordeath struggle to be the first to introduce the newest and whizziest Internet embellishments．（TIMEAug 121996p 27）
网景微软两家控网络浏览软件市场公司正进行场殊死搏斗抢先推出新出色国际互联网改良产品※embellishment(n)（更趣更迷）装饰物
wistful (a) 渴企盼
When Michael Jordan successfully returned to the game last yearthe original M．J．felt somewhat wistful
飞乔丹年成功重返赛场时老招牌魔术师约翰逊忍住跃跃欲试

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abide (v)忍受〖〗endure
In factinterviews with Travers suggest little more than that she couldn＇t abide journalists and had little patience with people who yearned to elicit trivialsimplistic or selfevident answers from her
实际特拉维斯受访中透露忍受报社记者受专问琐碎简单问明问题
◇yearn (v)渴elicit (v)(……)诱出(回答笑声等)
abscond (v)(带着钱等)潜逃
The owner of a Kobe sportinggoods store was arrested after allegedly absconding with ＄64000in advance payments for Air Mazes (athletic shoes)
神户家运动品公司老板涉嫌卷款潜逃捕款项Air Maxes运动鞋预付金64万美元
adapt(v)改编改写
It should be a snap to adapt a John Crisham thriller
格利森惊险说改编成电影应该件容易事
◇snap (n)容易事
aggravate……恶化
Sanctions are not a sensiblechoicesaid Foreign Minister Qian QichenThey would only aggravate the crisis
外交部长钱深表示：制裁非明智抉择会危机恶化
annex(v)吞(土)
He has threatened to restore Russia＇s imperial bordersannex Alaskainvade Turkeyrepartition Polandgive Germany another Chernobylturn Kazakhstan into a scorched desert
扬言恢复帝俄时期疆界吞阿拉斯加入侵土耳次瓜分波兰德国尝尝切尔诺贝利核电站事件哈萨克斯坦成荒凉焦土
◇scorch (v)烧焦成焦土
apprehend(v)逮捕〖〗catch
After the US embassy receives a tipAmerican agents and local police apprehend Youself in Room at the Su Casa west House
美国馆收线情报美国情报员警方苏凯撒公寓16室逮捕尤瑟夫
assail (v)攻击〖〗attack
Tensions between the two groups exploded last Decemberwhen People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals assailed an AIDS treatment that involved taking immune cells from a baboon and then killing it for autopsy
两团体紧张关系年12月终爆发时反虐动物组织(PETA )攻击种艾滋病疗法种疗法狒狒身取出免疫细胞然杀死拂拂作解剖
◇baboon(n)狒狒autopsy (n)尸体解剖
beef up (v)加强〖〗strengthen
The Vietnamese defense budget has recently increased nearly50％largely to beef up its air force with an eye toward protecting the reserves
越南国防预算增加50％增强空军武力目保护矿藏
bolster (v)增强〖〗strengthen
The danger is that otherwise healthy men will take sildenafil to bolster their sexual performance and then become psychologically addictedunable to achieve an erection without it
危险健康服sildenafil增加雄风养成赖心理服法勃起
brandish (v)(意)挥舞
AmEx clients could brandish their cards in 37million upscale establishments worldwideVisa cards open 11million doorsMaster Card 123million
美国运通卡者意挥舞手中卡片370万高消费者户分子维萨卡广开门接纳1100万客户万事达卡1230万名者
◇upscale (a)高消费阶层
breach (v)突破攻破〖〗violate
But in 1995rising temperatureallowed Aedes a Egypt mosquitoes to breach the coastal barrier and invade the rest of the country
1995年气温升埃斑蚊突破海屏侵入国家区
bristle(v)林立树立＼stand an end
A mountain range bristling with antennas harbors a maze of bombproof underground arsenals and shelters served by a tunnel 4km long
天线林立山脉中隐藏着迷宫般怕炮击军火库4公里长隧道外界连接防空洞
◇harbor (v)隐藏maze n)迷宫arsenal (n)军火库brush aide(v)漠视理会(问题等)〖〗ignore I saw him(Kennedy)brush aside the doubts and point this nation toward great adventure


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chasten(v)(娇正行)惩罚()变乖〖〗discipline
These chastening experiences have caused governments to be more reluctant to provide the military contingents upon which the UNentirely depends
尝苦头国政府更愿提供部队联合国联合国完全赖部队执行务
◇contingent (n)代表团派遣团
chide(v)责备〖〗scold
In his last public appearanceduring the 1972World Serieshe chided major league baseball for not having a black manager
次公开露面1972年总冠军赛时时抨击甲级队联盟连黑领队没
churn out(v)量生产＼turn out
In one bedroom police found eight (software)coping machines that could churn out 130floppy disks an hour
间卧房里警方查获8部软件复制机器机器时生产130片软盘
click (v)发出喀嗒声(n)喀嗒声
Its (Netscape’s)killer application was a program that made navigating the Net as simple as pointing at what you wanted to see and clicking on it
网景公司厉害应软件遨游网络简便鼠标想
clobber (v)猛击痛击〖〗hit
What researchers now realize is that to treat the joint disease they don’t have to clobber the whole immune systemjust certain portions of it
现研究员解治疗种关节疾病需猛攻整免疫系统需针某部分进行
coincide (v)时发生
Disney＇s Toy Story is being given an especially big push to coincide with its video releasebecause Disney felt it had underestimated the marketing possibilities then the film was released in theaters last fall
迪斯尼电影玩具总动员录带发行时发动超强促销攻势迪斯尼觉年秋天该片电影院映时公司低估市场潜力
confine(V)限定〖〗restrict
The coastal mountain ranges of Costa Rica had long confined dengue fevera mosquito born disease accompanied by incapacitating bone painto the country＇s Pacific shore
长久哥斯达黎加登革热(种蚊子传播疾病伴软弱力骨骼疼痛症)直海山脉限制该国太洋岸区
◇incapacitate (v)虚弱力consolidate(v)合
Murayama is pressing a more substantive gambit：to get the USto consolidate some bases on Okinawa
〔日首相〕村山正推行较实际策略求美国绳岛基合
□ substantive (a)实实质
contravene(v)触犯〖〗break
Proponents of the North American pact (NAFTA)argue that nothing in the agreement will contravene the GATT accordif it is ever reached
北美贸易协定支持者辩称项协定实现丝毫会关税贸易总协定相抵触
culminate (v)达(极点指某件事情结束)
There it (the Olympic torch)began an 84day24000km odyssey that will culminate in Atlanta＇s Olympic Stadium at the climactic moment of the July 19opening ceremony
奥运圣火该开始84天长达24万公里旅程全程高潮7月1s日亚特兰奥林匹克运动场开幕典礼
◇odyssey (n)长期旅程climactic(a)高潮顶点
dabble (v)涉猎浅尝
But Bonnie Lu Nettleswho dabbled in astrologybelieved it (their relationship)was fated in stars
占星术涉猎托斯深信关系星象中早已注定
debilitate (v)()衰弱〖〗weaken
More than half the 122patients in one study showed significant improvement without debilitating side effects
项针122名患者研究中超半数病情显著改善没出现身体衰弱副作
decry (v)非难贬抑〖〗condemn
Abuse experts also decry the argument that a man＇s obsessive love can drive him beyond all control
研究虐问题专家谴责种点：男爱太深会失理性
◇obsessive (a)沉溺法拔
deluge (v)……量涌〖〗flood
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unable to get it to roar
迪斯尼交互公司接许父母投诉电话买狮子王动画光盘没办法光盘运作
despise (v)鄙视
We don’t despise the veterans of America＇s 90＇s warthe Gulf Warwe merely pity them
鄙视90年代参加海湾战争美国老兵怜
dissemble (v)隐瞒(真正意图)掩饰(心感受)
They discounted his (Clinton＇s)womanizing and his dissembling about the draft because they like his energy and intelligence and the fact that he wasn＇t George Bush
克林顿排闻兵役问题遮掩意喜欢克林顿干劲智布什
◇discount (v)予重视disregardwomanize (v)(口语〕玩女draft (n)服役征兵
diverge (v)分歧〖〗part
Their paths diverged when Ben went East to get a master’s degree in business and Harold started building satellites on the West Coast
东部念商学硕士哈洛德西岸制造卫星两分道扬镳
diversify (v)样化〖〗branch out
Says…a Nissan dealer who now also sells Fords：We＇ll never sell Toyotasbut there is definitely a move to diversifyConsumers want variety
名兼售福特汽车日产汽车销商表示：绝卖丰田汽车确实股力量求产品元化顾客总希商品五花八门琳琅满目
don (v)穿截〖〗put on
Today’s bikini offers more supportand the bodyconscious woman is able to don a bikini in confidence
天基尼体支撑担心身材女士敢穿
dub (v)命名〖〗name
Many tore down traditional homes and uprooted venerable trees to build concrete dream houses using nearly every square meter of the plotThe new architectural model was dubbed the monster house
许拆老式建筑挖起老树方米建筑梦中水泥屋种新式建筑称怪物屋
◇plot (n)：土
elude (v)逃避〖〗escape
But where Clinton imposed sanctions on firms doing business with Cubahe infuriated allies like Canada but eluded a certain Republican trap
克林顿古巴生意公司施加制裁激怒加样盟国避开某种圈套
entertain (v)抱(信念感情)〖〗harbor
Many progressivewesternized Albanians had continued to entertain hopes for a rational settlement of the crisis
许改良派西化阿尔巴尼亚原直抱危机会理性化解希
entitle (v)资格权利
Ever since Franklin Roosevelt sat in the White House six decades ago…one US tenet has never changedif you are poor and eligibleyou are entitled to cash paid by the Federal Government to improve your life
60年前罗斯福总统入白宫美国项信条始终维持变：穷符合资格权领取联邦政府支付现金改善生活
epitomize （v)作典范代表）
There are hardly any major designerswho have not been influenced by the kind of American style Calvin epitomizes…
设计师中鲜受卡尔文代表种美国风格影响
evaporate (v)蒸发消失〖〗disappear
When Bill Clinton ran for president four years agohe missed no opportunity to distance himself from incumbent George Bush＇s foreign policy Once he triumphedthoughClinton＇s differenceevaporated like dew in July
4年前克林顿竞选总统时错机会显示总统布什外交政策方旦选克林顿布什7月露珠样消失
extol (v)宣扬
A brochure promoting investment opportunities in Kwangju touts its reputation as the Vanguard of Democracyand extols those citizens who sacrificed so much against the past unjust regime in order to recover its freedom
促进光州投资机会制作册子中民先锋名宣扬光州夸耀光州民恢复光州抗公正旧政权做重牺牲
flout (v)抗拒违反〖〗defy
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a road in a national forest and then filed a criminal complaint against forestservice workers who tried to stop him
年7月4日奈县行政长官理查德·卡弗践踏联邦法律推土机国森林里开出条道路试图阻挠林局员提出刑事诉讼
flush (out)(v)……赶出隐蔽处
Only a week after ordering the Mexican army to flush out the Chiapas rebels from their mountain hideoutsMexican President Ernesto Zedillo abruptly changed course and called off the troops
墨西哥总统塞迪略令军队恰帕斯叛军赶出山区根星期突然改弦易辙召回军队
foil (v)阻挠受挫折
It＇s been a long time since the USwas on the right side of a good coupTake this latest foiled attempt on the part of the Kurds and the CIA to knock Saddam Hussein out of power in Iraq
久美国没外国成功政变中押宝次说吧：库尔德族美国中央情报局合作想推翻伊拉克总统萨达姆政权企图受挫
garner (v)获收获〖〗gather acquire
That was also the day the initial public stock offering for Netscape Communicationsa company that had yet to turn a profitinstantly garnered＄2billion on the strength of one idea(World Wide Web)
天网景通讯公司股票首次公开市网景没开始赚钱着3W环球网概念汇集20亿美元资金
gobble (up)(v)口猛吃狼吞虎咽
After watching everyone from Microsoft to Meca Software gobble up onlinebanking customersbanks have became eager to prove that they＇re not headed for extinction
眼微软麦加软件等公司举抢夺联网银行顾客银行开始急世证明非意等着市场淘汰
◇to head…for……〔某方)前进
grab (v)怠匆匆胡乱做某事(吃饭喝饮料等)
Barksdale slipped into a suitgrabbed a quick breakfast and pointed his Mercedes toward Netscape’s MountainView headquarters
巴克斯代尔穿西装草草完早餐然开着奔驰车直奔位山景城网景公司总部
gridlock (v)交通堵塞
Japan＇s Intelligent Transportation System master plan calls for fullyautomated cars to be plying the island nation＇s dreadfully gridlocked roadways by the year 2010
日智运输系统总体计划求公元2010年前全动车辆岛国拥挤堪道路中穿梭返
◇ply (v)定期返……间
grill (v)长时间问许问题盘问〖〗interrogate
Detectives who grill suspects in Homicide (TV series)do it with verbal cunningnot strongarm bullying
杀出电视连续剧里警察巧妙言词盘问嫌疑犯非动粗威胁
huddle (v)挤成团〖〗cluster
At 10a ma USCoast Guard plane appears
Hoping not to be seenpassengers huddle on the floor of the boatwhich is slim with vomit and seawater
早10点美国海岸警卫队飞机出现船客发现全挤船底舱里里布满呕吐物海水粘糊片
◇slimy(a)粘糊糊
hurtle (v)飞速前进〖〗plunge
He was about to send a company with＄6billion in sales and 19641workersall＄70billion worthhurtling in that direction
率领着家销售额达60亿美元拥19641名员工总价值700亿美元公司循方全速前进
impede (v)阻止〖〗hinder hamper
In many areas there was nothing to impede the terrible mud slides because the wildfires of 1993had destroyed all the vegetation
许方物阻挡怕泥石流1993年数场野火烧毁植
indict (v)起诉〖〗charge
Then last week Murayama got an agreement from the US that American servicemen wanted in serious crimes can now be taken into Japanese custody before they are indictedrather than afterward as was previously the case
然周〔日首相〕村山取美国意犯重罪行受通缉美国军起诉前交日警方羁押必前样必须等起诉
◇custody (n)羁押监禁
infringe (v)侵犯(法律)〖〗violate
The Indiana Democratwho was worried that the ban might infringe on the rights of law abiding gun ownershad already voted against the bill


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名印第安州民议员早投票反项法案担心道禁令侵犯合法持枪者权利
inhibit (v)阻止抑制〖〗restrain
The highly popular Prime Minister is committed to ending political corruption and trimming the vast web of economic regulations that inhibit imparts push up consumer prices and infuriate the US
名深孚众首相承诺消灭政府贪污削减济绵密网制规定规定抑制进口抬高物价激怒美国
◇trite (v)调整削减
invoke (v)引求助召唤……浮心头
He invoked the names of John’s parents and said how proud they would have beenonce again many of those present were brought to tears
提起约翰双亲名字会骄傲类话场许次热泪盈眶
jolt (vn)剧烈摇晃击
He added that a surge in shortterra rates could jolt the stock and bond market…
说短期利率急速升击股市债券市场
languish (v)(株久困境中)受苦受折磨Chicken sales are down at markets and restaurantsand caged birds languish unsold in pet shops
市场餐厅鸡销售量落千丈宠物店鸟笼里憔悴鸟问津
leverage (v)(事情)变容易(事惰)更利进行(n)手段影响力〖〗facilitate
We also try to energize the remaining people around increasing topline growththat is getting close to your customersexpanding the business you＇re good at and looking for opportunities to use technology to leverage the work
鼓励员工公司更创收接客户扩展擅长业务找机会利科技项工作更利进行
◇topline growth公司常财务报表balance sheet(资产负俊表)income statement(损益表)第行(top line)revenue(收)行(bottom line)纯利topline growth 指营收增长bottom line指损益情形引申总结
mimic (v)酷似呈现……形象〖〗imitate
A rapid expansion of hot gas would mimic a nuclear explosion
热气快速膨胀会产生酷似核爆炸效果
molest (v)骚扰调戏〖〗abuse
Don＇t molest cropswomen or prisoners of war
损坏庄稼调戏妇女虐战俘
mushroom (v)快速增长快速蔓延
Faced with a mushrooming crisisYetltsin last week called for a new effort to sterns crime
面危机急速恶化周叶利钦采取项新措施抑制犯罪活动
negotiate (v)利通成功越〖〗navigate
Trying to negotiate the curve around a sea of red inkAmtrak announced that it would cancel more than a fifth of its service throughout the nation and trim500employees
安然度亏损连连危机美国全国铁路客运公司宣布减少全国15营运业务裁减5500名员工
◇a sea of量red ink赤字亏损trim (v)削减
nibble (v)(口)咬
Rats and cockroaches nibbled at the torn flesh on his leg as he spent his nights in a bare brick cellunheated even when the temperature fell to 7C
空物砖造牢房中夜温度降－7℃没暖气嶂螂老鼠啃噬腿伤口
◇bare (a)〔屋)没陈设空荡荡
nudge (v)轻推
Officials are trying to nudge the economy toward such highervalue goads as electronics and machineryBut so are competitors elsewhere in Asia
政府官员正试图济推诸电子机械等更高产值产品亚洲区竞争手做
override (v)效推翻(决定)〖〗overrule
He persuaded Ronald Reagan to get the Philippines’Ferdinand Marcos to leave office but lined up votes to override Meagan’s veto of a bill imposing sanctions on South Africa
说服里根菲律宾马科斯拉台里根否决国会提出制裁南非法案纠集议员推翻否决
◇to line up：组织
peg (v)断定
Scientists pegged the age of the carbonate globules at 36billion yearsstrongly suggesting that they formed in crevices of the rock while it was still part of the Martian crust
科学家碳酸球年代认定36亿年前力说明石块属火星壳部分时裂缝中形成
◇crevice (n)(窄深)裂缝
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Masayoshi Esashi is perched proudly on the cutting edge of technology
Esashi骄傲致力先进科技研究
◇on the cutting edge of……致力先进……precipitate (v)加速(坏事)〖〗bring about hasten
At the same timethe overbuilding binge that glutted America’s skylines with vacant buildings has pushed the construction industry into a depression and helped precipitate a general credit crunch
时抢建热潮美国天际线充斤着闲置楼轮廓促建筑业陷入萧条加速体信危机
◇binge (n)节制狂热行动crunch (n〕短缺足
prescribe (v)开药方规定
Oregon adopted the only measurein the USto allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication to terminallyill patients
俄勒冈州采取美国境仅见项措施准许医生开致命药立病入膏肓病
◇terminally (adv)末期
pursue (v)走(路)
An increasing number of marital therapists believe it is their job to save the relationship rather than simply help each party pursue his or her chosen path
愈愈婚姻治疗师认职责挽救婚姻关系非简单帮助双方走路
rankle (v)愤慨痛苦
Not only have Washington＇s harangues on human rights rankledbut there have been other sources of friction
华盛顿权问题作文章令方快直摩擦源
◇harangue (nv)长篇说教
ravage(v)破坏蹂躏
UNICEF plans to use that time to step up public health and education programs in 14war－ravaged countries
联合国童基金会算利段时间促进14受战火摧残国家公卫生教育计划
◇to step up促进提高
recede (v)退
During the past 100yearsthe sea level has risen 1ftalong the USAtlantic Coastcausing beaches to recede between 200ft·and 300fton average
100美国西洋岸海面已升1英尺造成海岸线均退200300英尺
rehabilitate (v)反恢复
Abu A1rub said he committed the crime on behalf of the militant Islamic group Hamas to rehabilitate himself after being accused of collaborating with Israel
阿布·阿尔鲁表示控色列勾结犯桩罪行示支持哈玛斯民兵组织清白
◇collaborate (v)(敌国)勾结通敌
reiterate (v)重述重申〖〗repeat
Even before Secretary of State Warren Christopher traveled to Brussels to reiterate U Scommitment to the Contact Group plan …the Pentagon was urging Clinton to cut his losses and compromise with the Serbs
甚国务卿克里斯托弗俞布鲁塞尔重申美国实行接触团体计划承诺前国防部已促请克林顿减少美国损失塞尔维亚妥协
relish (v)特欢(做……)〖〗enjoy
They relish citing examples of overzealous enforcement (of federal regulation)：the sheep rancher who was fined＄4000for shooting a grizzly bear that was attacking him…
特喜欢引严厉执行联邦法令例子例牧羊场射杀想攻击灰熊结果罚款4000美元
◇overzealous (a)份热心
rendezvous (vn)会面约会〖〗(v)meet
Leeson had left Kuala Lumpur to rendezvous with his wife Lisa in the Malaysian resort town of Kota Kinabaluand there…he boarded the plane in his own name
里森先离开吉隆坡马西亚度假胜哥基纳巴卢妻丽莎会面然里名搭飞机
◇resort (n)度假胜
repeal (v)废(法律)〖〗rescind You can outlaw techniqueyou cannot repeal biology
立法禁止(某项)技术废生物学
◇outlaw (v)宜布……非法禁止
replenish (V)补充补满〖〗refill
The challenge for every prisonerparticularly every political prisoneris how to survive intacthow to emerge undiminishedhow to conserve and even replenish one＇s beliefs
名犯尤政治犯面挑战毫发伤生存保持原威重现江湖保持甚完善生信念
revile (v)谩骂痛斥〖〗hate despise
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(peacekeepers)for standing by when women and children are shot
时波斯尼亚穆斯林痛斥维部队眼见妇孺遭射杀袖手旁观
revitalize (v)予……活力复苏〖〗revive revivify
While the California company reported a healthy 10gain in thirdquarter profitsmost of its toy lines are matureand for them to growthey must be constantly revitalizedparticularly in the US
家加州公司第三季获利稳定增长10％部分玩具已达市场成熟阶段增长势必断赋予新生命力特美国市场
rig (v)正手法操(赛选择等)作弊
In late February he carne up with tentative agreements on improved medical care…along with proposed reforms intended to make elections harder to rig
2月旬医疗保健体系改进方案选举更难舞弊建议改革方案作出初步意
scurry (v)急匆匆走
Like an array of antsHaitians by the hundreds scurry up and down the dusty bans of Massacre River with their gallon plastic jugs·
群蚂蚁样成百海马萨克河尘土飞扬岸边跑跑手中着加仑容量塑料壶
shell out 付款〖〗fork out
Before longMeeks had shelled out more than ＄25000in legal fees
没久米克斯已付出超25万美元诉讼费
simulate (v)模仿模拟
Medican Osakabased software companyis selling a popular video game in which players simulate the experience of AIDS from HIV infection until death
阪家Medic软件公司正销售种极畅销电子游戏盘玩者游戏里模拟体验艾滋病患者染艾滋病毒直死亡全部程
solicit (v)请求征求
When the White House close new Democratic National Committee membersit did not bother to solicit Jackson＇s opinion
白宫寻找民全19委员会新委员选时未特征求杰克逊意见
spawn (v)(量)生产引起
The result wars one of history’s headiest corporate ascentsas the ubiquitous Netscape Navigator browser helped spawn the world＇s starling online stampede
结果创史公司业绩攀升速度快纪录网景浏览器造成争先恐网热潮震惊全世界
◇stampede (nv)蜂拥前量涌
spearhead (v)作……先锋〖〗lead
As president of the International Green Gross／Green Crescenta private organization intended to help coordinate global environmental initiativesGorbachev hopes to do nothing less than spearhead a drive to save the planet
国际绿十字绿弯月旨协调全球环保行动民间组织戈尔巴乔夫身组织席希做外带头发起拯救球行动
stifle (v)压制遏制〖〗repress
Critics charge that Gingrich is playing rightwing politictrying to stifle funds for cultural projects that he and his allies dislike
批评者指控金里奇正玩右冀政治戏试图帮厌恶文化项目筹资金
synchronize (v)……步……致
Seven persons were killed and at least 36injured in synchronized dawn attackswhen two explosiveladen vans blew up at British army checkpoints near Londonderryin the northwestand Newryin the south
两桩时发起拂晓攻击造成7死亡少36受伤时两部装满炸药厢型车分西北边伦教德里附南边纽里附英军检查站引爆
torpedo (v)破坏〖〗sabotage wreck
Neither Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor the Arabs have torpedoed the search for Middle East peace
色列总理塔尼亚胡阿拉伯未破坏寻求中东努力
tout (v)吹捧吹嘘
Even fashion editors who tout couture＇s more fanciful currents on the pages of their magazines venerate Sander
杂志力吹捧更奇巧服装设计风潮时装编辑尊敬桑德位时装设计师
◇couture (n)时装设计(业)fanciful (a)(设计等)新奇venerate (v)尊敬崇拜
traverse (v)横越〖〗cross
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away
想穿间房间必须先爬道狭窄通道通道里排灯泡光线幽暗堆积尘土先前费功夫清干净
◇crawl (v)(缓慢)爬行
trudge (v)步履艰难走
As the Israelis and Palestinians trudged toward accommodationhope for progress shone on another front as well
色列巴勒斯坦步履维艰迈解时条相互峙前线亮起解曙光
trumpet (v)力宣传
In Los Angele this week Sego will be trumpeting the arrival of a 32bit version of Sonic the Hedgehoga soaring game called Nightsand a Net Link telephone hookup…
周世嘉公司洛杉矶推出32位版音速少年迅速走红游戏午夜名网络连接电话连接装置
underscore (v)强调〖〗underline
To launch his fall lineand celebrate 25years in the businesshe (Issey Miyake)put on an extravaganza in Parisa longlavish show that underscored a strong reason for his enduring career：complex technology made beautiful by artistry
推出秋季系列服饰庆祝进入行25年三宅生巴黎举行场盛时装表演场耗时极奢华时装表演正说明时装界屹立动原复杂科技产品美化艺术华
◇line (n)系列产品extravaganza (n)豪华演出
unravel (v)散开瓦解
His struggle against his homosexuality was unraveling both his marriage and his academic post in a religious school
性恋倾中挣扎婚姻宗教学院教职双双亮起红灯
usher in预告宣告……〖〗herald
By answering such questionsLewis and other researchers hope to usher in an exciting new era in materials scienceone based not on petroleum products like nylon and plastic but on proteins synthesized by livinggrowing things
路易斯研究员希通回答问题宣告材料科学界令激动新时代材料科学基础尼龙塑料等石化产品鲜活正生长东西合成蛋白质
vilify (v)污蔑诋毁〖〗malign
They branded her an apostate appointed by imperial forces to vilify Islam
指责帝国义者派低毁伊斯兰教叛教者
◇apostate (n)背教者脱者
vindicate (v)证明……正确合理辩护〖〗justify
Those who were responsible for the operation now seemed desperate to vindicate their judgment in the face of overwhelming criticism
次行动责者面势挡批评声浪急想判断作辩护
◇overwhelming(a)压倒性法抵挡
wink (v)眨眼眼色
Nintendo won＇t say anything about its Internet plans right now except to wink and sayas Lincoln doesthat itwill be making announcements in the near future
眨眨眼然林肯样说会久宣布天堂目前愿国际互联网方面计划发表意见



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advent (n) 出现 [] arrival appearance
But with the advent of the dripdry shirt and the frozen breakfast burritoit became possible for any fellowno matter how dometical1y challengedto get out of the house on his own （TIMEMay 61996P．53）
伴着洗干免烫衬衫冷冻墨西哥馅饼早餐出现会做家事家伙够着力点切然出门班
animosity (n) 敌意仇恨 []hostility
It is almost entirely the product of animosity between two men leading rival parties who are deeply jealous of each other（TIMEMar 271995p．36）
说全两敌团体龙头老互相仇视造成双方深深忌恨方
antecedent (n) 前例先声 []precursor
In 1937working in his kitchenStibitz cobbled together a primitive adding device out of drycell batteriesmetal strips from a tobacco canflashlight bulbs and telephone wires．Many consider it the earliest antecedent to the digital computer（TIMEFeb 131995P23）
1937年斯蒂兹厨房里数节干电池香烟罐取数条铁片数闪光灯泡数根电线草草制成部原始计算机许认数字电脑先驱
▲adding device计算机to cobble together草草制成
aura (n) 气氛光晕 []air
Redford’s festival created an aura that welcomed young directors and persuaded Hollywood to do the same （TIMEJune 171996p 45）
雷德福德影展制造欢迎年轻导演加入氛围促莱坞效法
behemoth (n) 庞然物组织庞机构 []monster
The deal may spur more competition for Microsoftbut it removes the threat that the government will try to break up the behemoth （TIMEJuly 251994P．13）
笔交易许会微软公司带更竞争解政府欲拆散庞公司威胁 bulwark (n) 防御工事提防
One country＇s louseof courseis another＇s bulwark against [fill in the ism：communismnationalismimperialismcapitalism]（TIMESept．231996p 35）
然国家说恶棍国家抗〔什义填：产义民族义帝国义资义〕长城 ▲louse (n) 虱卑鄙
bump (n) （路面等）隆起部分喻困难
Says Christensen of Thailand＇s progress from low tech to high：It＇s a long journey．There will be bumps along the way（TIMEAug51996p 42） 克里斯坦森说泰国低科技提高高科技程：条漫长旅程路会许困难
carnage (n) 屠杀 [] slaughter


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The once shabby alleys leading to Provincial Government Plazasite of the worst carnage in 1980are now lined with trendy boutiqueswhile a sprawling shopping mall has just opened under the plaza（TIMEDec 111995p 20）
通省政府广场（1980年屠杀惨烈方）巷弄度凋敝堪现两旁排列着时髦服饰精品店条杂乱商品街刚广场开业
▲shabby (a) 残破破旧trendy (a)时髦
catalyst (n) 触媒催化剂
But the innocence and trust of the young that most adults celebrate and nurture are powerful catalysts for the sexual fantasies of pedophiles．（TIMESept．21996p 41）
孩子天真邪信赖部分成歌颂悉心培育刺激恋童癖士产生性幻想两诱
censure (n v) 责难 (n) condemn (v) condemnation
As he demonstrated in the awardwinning This Boy＇s Life（1989）Wolff knows exactly how to find and then walk the line between selfcensure and selfpity（TIMEOct．311994p 81）
正沃尔夫1989年获奖男孩生书中展示清楚知道责怜间界线懂悠游间
charisma (n) （众信服）超群魅力 []magnetism
Because of his high profile and charismaand because of his own admission that he engaged in numerous unprotected sexual encountersJohnson has probably done as much to educate the public about AIDS as anybody（TIMEFeb．121996p．40）
高知名度独特超群魅力加公开承认数清危险性行约翰逊普艾滋病教育贡献绝少 ▲high profile高知名度

chic (n) 流行 (a) 时髦
Now Chinese chic has become Hollywood＇s latest mania．Ang Lee is an Oscar front runner for his first studio filmSense and Sensibility （TIMEJan 291996p 40）
莱坞流行中国热李安第次制片公司拍理智感情成奥斯卡奖热门选 ▲front runner赛中夺标者 studio (n) 电影制片公司
conglomerate (n) 型综合企业
Few American communities of any size have more than a single newspaperwhich is frequently owned by a distant conglomerate （TIMEFeb 101997p 56）
美国乡镇份报纸远方报业集团拥
contingency (n) 突发状况 []possibility eventuality
The doctorwho is something of a gadget freakwas equipped for any contingency（TIMESept．231996P．43） 位爱器械成癖医生备应付突发状况装备
▲freak (n) [修饰语连]（……）爱者
contraption (n) 奇妙设计 []gadget


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For quick acceleration and hill climbingthe turbine is linked to a flywheelan energyproduring and energystoring contraption that is at least as old as the first potter＇s wheel．（TIMESept．231996p 41）
瞬间加速爬坡涡轮机连接飞轮飞轮种制造储存量奇妙装置历史初陶工旋盘样久远
corridor (n) 口密集带
It was for Asia the celestial event of the decade：total eclipses…occur somewhere on the globe every one to two yearsbut rarely are they visible along such a densely populated corridor （TIMENov61995p．21）
亚洲说10年天文盛事：全球两年会发生日全食少样发生口稠密区
coup (n) 成功成
In an impressive coupshe was on the September cover of both Vogue and Harper＇s Bazaar（TIMEDec．261994P．157）
登时尚哈泼两份杂志9月号封面生涯中令赞叹巨成功
dearth (n) 缺乏 []lack
And though Hou is proud of his filmshe thinks the dearth of commercial films is hurting Taiwan cinema（TIMEJan．291996p 43）
侯孝贤电影荣认商业电影缺乏正损害着台湾电影业
detractor (n) 恶意批评者诽谤者 []critic
Barbie may not be everyone＇s favorite companion—detractors love to hate her plastic perfection—but the fashion doll with the impossible figure has long been the most popular girl at Mattel．（TIMENov 111996p 36）
芭娃娃许心爱玩伴——批评者喜欢攻击塑料制完美造型——身材应天时装洋娃娃长久直美泰公司受欢迎女孩
dominion (n) 支配
The deal immediately raised questions about whether Gates who has near monopoly control of the PC software industry and is moving aggressively into computer networkingis planning to extend his dominion into graphic images as well．（TIMEOct．231995P．66）
项交易立刻引起疑问：否盖茨已独占电脑软件工业积极进入电脑网络领域算控制图形图领域？
downsizing (n) 公司裁员缩编
He（Major）eased off on the giant welfare cuts and industrial downsizing（TIMEMay 121997 p 35）幅削减福利支出企业界裁员缩编梅杰放慢脚步▲to ease off 缓
episode (n) 插曲事件
Although civilian rule was restored to South Korea in 1993the wound inflicted by the Kwangju episode has yet to heal．（TIMEDec 111995P．20）
韩国已1993年恢复文统治光州事件造成创伤抚
errand (n) 差跑腿


Chapter8 进阶词 动词
His father a carpenterdied when Paavo was 12and the boyeldest of five childrenhad to quit school and work as an errand runnerpushing a heavy wheelbarrow through the streets．（TIMEJune 241996p 66）
帕沃父亲位木匠12岁年世家里5孩中老必须辍学找份跑腿工作推着重独轮车街跑
ethnic group 少数民族
According to several statistical measures of intelligencepeople of Asian and especially Chinese descent consistently outscore other racial and ethnic groups（TIMESept111995p 60）
根项智力测验统计显示：亚裔尤华裔项测验里领先少数民族绝少例外▲outscore (v) （表现）……出色
excursion (n) 出游涉
Crichton’s other major excursion into cuttingedge science involves the trendy field of complexity （TIMEOct21995P45）
克赖顿涉足尖端科学领域包括日风行复杂理
▲cuttingedge (a)尖端先进trendy (a）时髦走流行尖端
fad (n) 时流行时尚 []craze
Her legacy can be seen in every presidential candidates who discuss their marital problems on TV to the fad for crash diets （TIME June 17 1996 p27）
影响力电视谈婚姻问题总统候选风行时快速减肥食谱包▲crash (a)速成
feat (n) 事迹成 []accomplishment
It’s worth noting that establishing growth at a company the size of IBM—with＄72 billion in sales last yearit is the 18th largest on the planet—is no mean feat（TIMENOV．41996p 49）
值提IBM种规模公司—年720亿美元营业额排名世界第18企业—促发展绝非易事▲ no mean起容易
fold (n) 控制范围原意羊圈
Republicans want to slash that rate（of Medicare）dramatically Bill Clinton＇s advisers believe this is the issue that will bring elderly Americans back to the Democratic fold next year （TIMEMay 221995P．36）
想幅削减（医疗保健方面）预算例克林顿顾问深信举正美国老明年选举时重回民怀抱
forum (n) 公开讨场
She helped bring such topics as child abusehomosexuality and marital dysfunction out of the closet and into the public forum．（TIMEJune 171996P．27）
虐童性恋婚姻障碍原属私密谈议题搬出供众讨
▲to bringout of the closet……隐秘状态转公开dysfunction (n) 机障碍
fray (n) 争争吵骚动
Members of the NASAled team arrived in Washington fully prepared to enter the fray （TIMEAug 191996P41）
美国航空航天总署领导研究组备抵达华盛顿准备投入场战
gadget (n) 精巧器械 [] appliance


Chapter8 进阶词 动词
To see about this technology for myselfI spent some time using one gadgetPhilips Magnavox＇s WEBTV（TIMEMar 101997P．49）
亲身体验项科技成果花时间中种机型飞利浦Magnavox牌网络电视
gambit (n) 手段招式 []ploy tactic
Specter＇s prochoice gambit may be less appealing when women are reminded of his role as Anita Hill＇s grand inquisitor during the Clarence Thomas hearings．（TIMEMar 131995P．66）
克拉伦斯·托马斯听证会提醒妇女斯佩克特安尼塔·希尔案法官会走支持堕胎步棋功效折扣
▲prochoice (a)赞成堕胎相反词prolife
geek (n) 电脑狂怪胎
Programmers who find the market for Windows software increasingly crowded and unprofitable see fresh opportunities to make their mark in Java．The geeks are buzzed…It＇s like a whole world just opened up to us．（TIMEJan．221996p 42）
程序设计师发现视窗软件市场愈愈饱愈愈利图爪哇程序里够占席新商机电脑玩家疯狂整世界眼前敞开样 ▲to make one＇s mark 扬名成功
glut (n) 量供求 []surplus
The House of Representatives last week passed a series of legalreform bills intended to discourage frivolous lawsuitsof which there is alleged to be a glut（TIMEMar201995p．13）
星期众议院通系列司法改革法案遏止关紧官司说官司已泛滥步 ▲frivolous (a)意义重


gorge (n) 作呕厌恶
In the interest of participatory journalismI swallowed my rising gorge and tried（Doom computer game）again（TIMEDec 181995p 60）
写篇亲身感受报道硬咽愈愈强厌恶感玩遍毁灭战士电脑
游戏 ▲in the interest ofjournalism (n) 新闻写作
hacker (n) 黑客电脑程序专家
The transformation that has set Microsoft on the road to a Netbased future has also completed Gates’ beatification as not just a great hacker but also a worldclass CEO．（TIMESept161996P．41）
微软转轨迈通网络未世界道路举完成盖茨神话仅超级黑客更世界级总裁
▲beatification (n) （天教）教令宣告某死者功德已升天列入真福品位资格受家尊崇
hardler (n) 处理者手
Some captured radio operatorsordered by the North Vietnamese to ask for more agentsmanaged to signal to their CIA handlers with code words that they were being held．（TIMEJune 241996P25）


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北越俘虏线电发报员北越命令发出增派情报员求成功密码告知中央情报局联络俘消息
haven (n) 避难 []refuge
MeanwhileNATO Defense Ministers approved a plan of intensified retaliation against Bosnian Serb violations of ceasefire and safehaven agreementsa move that some fear may only widen the war．（TIMEOct．101994p 19）
时北约国防部通防止波斯尼亚塞尔维亚破坏停火安全避难区协议制定加强报复计划举恐怕会更加扩战争
heretic (n) 异端
He has been called a fascista heretic and shenjingbinga lunatic（TIMEFeb 201995P 61） 直称作法西斯分子异端神病
holdout (n) 拒合作者拒参加者
The R．S．V．P．s are inand 196 of the 197 nations invited to Atlanta have said yes．（Even
holdout North Korea is wavering．）（TIMEJan 81996P 13）
根收回函受邀197国家里已196答应参加亚特兰奥运会（连唯说北鲜开始犹豫）
▲RSVP法文répondez s’il vous pla î t（请回复）缩写回函意waver (v) 意志动摇犹豫决
hookup (n) 连线装置
MCI and the Japanese telephone company KDD donated an estimated＄20 million to the cost of the 45megabitpersecond data hookup．（TIMEMar 111996p 35）
MCI公司日电话公司KDD捐赠约2000万美元建设条秒传45兆位资料连线装置
iconoclast (n) 反抗破传统者
Yet this unbending iconoclast lived a life of such relentless personal rectitude and brought such unmatched excellence to his many Olympic races that he won far more of our experts’ votes as the greatest Olympian than any other athlete．（TIMEJune 241996p．66）
性屈挠破传统终生着严谨清廉生活项奥运赛项目中创造出伦成绩获专家选票荣膺伟奥运选手
▲unbending (a)坚定屈挠relentless (a)屈挠rectitude (n) 操行端正正直
indignity (n) 屈辱 [] humiliation
This son of a Georgia sharecropper endured unspeakable indignities and taunts to become baseball＇s first black player（TIMEApr 281997p 100）
佐治亚州佃农子忍受法言喻屈辱嘲讽成第位黑棒球选手
▲taunt (n) 嘲笑奚落
insurgent (n) 叛军 [] rebel
Politicians had no credibility with slaptogether committees of insurgents（TIMEMar 241997p 29） 政治物乌合众叛军委员会前毫信度


Chapter8 进阶词 动词
▲to slap together草草拼凑slaptogether形容词义
interlocutor (n) 话者
Without AmericaGreat Britain and France cannot sustain the political balance in Western EuropeGermany would be tempted by nationalismRussia would lack a global interlocutor （TIMEMar 141994p 73）
没美国英法法维持西欧政治均势德国民族义诱步入歧途俄罗斯缺少位全球级话伙伴
juggernaut (n) 怕抗拒力量
Many Americans see Japan＇s economic juggernaut as a continuation of war by other means．（TIMEDec 21991p 70）
许美国认日怕济力量种形式延续战争
lever （n ）手段方法
The US has abandoned the trade weapon as a lever to improve human rights in China．（TIMEJune 131994p 13） 美国已贸易武器作改善中国权手段
minimalism (n) 简约义
One could even argue that Klein＇s elegant take on minimalism has came to define the look of the late 20th century in the US（TIMEJune 171996p18）
甚说克莱简约义优雅尝试已宰20世纪晚期美国穿着
▲take (n) （俚语）尝试努力
nausea (n) 恶心反胃
The FDA has approved the firstever vaccine for hepatitis Awhich afflicts up to 150000 Americans annually with feverachesnausea and vomiting．（TIMEMar．61995P ．25）
美国食品药物理局已批准史第甲肝疫苗美国年15万染肝炎伴发烧疼痛反胃呕吐症状
nostalgia (n) 乡愁怀旧情
Popular for its satirical toneAll My Children tried to capitalize on viewer nostalgia last Januarywhen it celebrated its 25th anniversary．The show spent a week reviewing in flashback its quarter century on the air（TIMEMay 291995 P．73）
讽刺风格备受欢迎电视节目孩子年1月欢度25周年试图利观众怀旧情绪节目造声势该节目花星期播放25年中回顾片段
▲review (v) 回顾flashback (n) （说戏剧等）倒叙
novice (n) 初学者新手 [反] old hand
While some nations immediately supported the ideaothers completely missed the point of Malamud＇s vision：to make the fair a publicworks project that focuses on what the Internet can offer expert or novice．（TIMEMar．111996p 35）
国家二话没说表态支持国家完全没抓马拉默德着眼点：博览会成公工程工程重点国际互联网专家新手提供什服务
omniscience (n) 全知


Chapter8 进阶词 动词
（Deep）Blue＇s omniscience will make it omnipotent It can playfightwith the abandon of an immortal．(TIMEFeb．261996 P．42）
电脑深蓝知永消失豪情恣意嬉戏情作战
▲abandon (n) 放拘束
outlay (n) 费支出
But those hoping for new or even replenished foreignaid outlays should not hold their breaththere will be little money to throw at problems（TIMENov 181996p 33）
果希新外援助费甚补足差额应该期高没什钱解决问题 ▲to hold one＇s breath（焦急兴奋等）屏息
paranoid (n) 迫害妄想狂者偏执狂者
Andy Grovethe Intel CEO…has distilled the essence of competing in a hightech world down to a single sentence：Only the paranoid survive（TIMESept．161996p 41）
英特尔总裁葛罗夫高科技界竞争真缔浓缩成句话：偏执狂生存
▲distill (v) 蒸馏提炼
pariah (n) 社会唾弃者 [] outcast
For decades South Africa was an international sports pariah．（TIMEAug 19199p 51）
数十年南非直国际体坛弃
pestilence (n) 瘟疫 [] plague
Soon the bikini was causing international incidents．France＇s Mediterranean neighbors reacted as if some pestilence were spreading．Italy and Spain forbade bikinis on their beaches．（TIMEJuly 11996p 54）
没久基尼惹出国际事件法国中海邻国反应仿佛瘟疫意利西班牙禁止境海滩出现基尼
pilgrimage (n) 圣旅长途旅程
They（Religions）tell us that something is waiting for us on the other sidethat death may be a pilgrimage and not a destinationthat the afterlife is a warm awakening after the fretful dream of life．（TIMEAug 81994p 68）
种宗教告诉某物彼岸等着死亡代表条长途旅程开始非终结世场温馨苏醒脱离充满烦恼梦现世 ▲fretful (a)苦恼
ploy (n) 策略手法
It was a familiar ploy for Sun＇s Joywho helped foster the growth of the Internet itself in the early 1980s by shipping free Internet Protocol software with every Sun computer （TIMEJune 221996p 44）
策略太阳公司乔伊说点陌生80年代初期部太阳公司出产电脑中载入免费国际互联网需通讯协议软件促进国际互联网增长
precursor (n) 先驱前辈预兆前兆 [] forerunner


Chapter8 进阶词 动词
Under the tutelage of Dan LenoLondon’s most beloved comedian and a precursor of Charlie ChaplinLizzie became a star…（TIMEMay 291995p．52） 丹·莱诺伦敦受喜爱喜剧演员卓林前辈利齐丹·莱诺调教成熠熠明星
prowess (n) 事英勇
Japanese corporations were quick to seize the chance of putting their technological prowess on show（TIMEMar 111996P．35）
日企业抢先抓住机会科技领出展示番
pundit (n) （常出现媒体）专家权威 [] expert
Some pundits speculate that many computers are obsolete before they＇re even designedwhich goes a long way toward explaining why the ATM at my grocery store never works．（TIMENov 111996p 16）
专家推测许电脑设计出前已时原颇够解释什买东西家日品商店里动提款机没正常
▲to go a long way toward… ……作帮助
qualm (n) 良心安
They have no qualms about bestowing their inner life on a dozen members of the next generation （TIMEMar 101997p 41）
心思想分赠十数代成员点觉良心安
rancor (n) 怨恨伤痛 [] bitterness
The nuclear material was made in Russiaand both Washington and Almaty（Kazakhstan＇s capital）knew they had to gain Moscow＇s approval for the unprecedented transfer．It did comeand apparently without rancorin June （TIME Dec．51994P 38）
核物质俄国制造华盛顿阿拉木图双方知道：前未转行动必须获莫斯科首肯年6月莫斯科真答应显然答应带怨恨
rebuke (n) 斥责训诫 []reprimand
In a surprising and embarrassing rebuke to the Justice Departmenta federal judge rejected the government＇s antitrust settlement with Microsoftthe world’s largest computer software company．（TIMEFeb．271995P．11）
名联邦法官司法部作出份令该部意外难堪谴责性判决判决中驳回政府世界电脑软件公司微软反托拉斯协议
redoubt (n) 避难庇护 []haven
In the past decadean economic megaboom on this offshore Nationalist Party redoubt has produced one of the world＇s largest nest eggs of foreignexchange reserves．（TIMEDec．251995Jan 11996p 54） 10年国民海避难历超级济繁荣已积累出全球数数二外汇储备
remnant (n) 残余物
The setting [of the wedding] was one of the wildunspoiled sea islands off Georgia—to visitorsthey seem like remnants of the New World as it was before its discovery．（TIMEOct 71996p 42） 佐治亚州外海数座未遭破坏原始海岛婚礼点中座海岛访客眼中海岛新陆未发现前块净土▲unspoiled (a)未丧失原然美
reprimand（n．v．）斥责训诫 [](v)admonish


Chapter8 进阶词 动词
The Navy claims it punished Meyer with a letter of reprimand that effectively ended his career（TIMEAug 151994p．37） 海军局声称已纸训诫函惩罚梅尔事实梅尔纸训诫函结束海军生涯
rigor (n) 折磨严厉
A committee of Taiwanese curators and university scholars…examined the works that were ready to be crated and requested that certain pieces considered too fragile to withstand the rigors of travel be withdrawn （TIMEApr 11996p47）
台湾博物馆馆长学学者组成委员会检视装箱宝物求中认太脆弱堪旅途折腾作品撤
▲curator (n)（博物馆等）馆长crate（v．）箱子装
scourge (n) 天谴灾难
Earlier this centurybreakthroughs in antibiotics inspired similarly confident predictions that the ancient scourges (infectious diseases) would soon be eradicated．（TIMEMay 271996p 67）
世纪早期抗生素方面突破引发样乐观预测古类认天灾流行病消灭▲eradicate (v) 根消灭
shackles (n) 束缚
As for Ted Turnerthe merger liberates his lofty ambition from the shackles of cashstrapped circumstance（TIMEJuly 291996p 43）
特纳言次合展雄心壮志受资金短缺束缚
▲merger (n) （组织）合lofty (a)祟高
spinoff (n) 副产品
The filmwhich links Michael Jordan with Bugs BunnyDaffy Duck and the rest of the Looney Tunes stablehas generated more than 200 spinoff items that Warner is hoping will eventually pull＄1 billion（TIMEDec21996p 70）
部结合迈克尔·乔丹兔宝宝达菲鸭华纳疯调卡通系列中动物电影已衍生出两百种副产品华纳公司希副产品赚进10亿美元
▲stable (n) 属物品
swap (n) 交换互惠资金
Electronic Artsa leading producer of games for personal computers and videogame machinesannounced it will acquire Broderbund Software in a＄400million stock swap．（TIMEFeb211994P15）
制造电脑影游戏机游戏软件厂商电子艺术公司宣布总值4亿美元股票交换买波德邦软件公司
tabloid (n) 专报耸动新闻配量图片报 [反]broadsheet
But public male heterosexualitylike water seeking its own levelhas settled down in the tabloid bottomlands where it does its best to provide low entertainment（TIMESept．231996P60）
水低处流样关男性公众物异性恋消息已沦落报报屁股里充斥着低级趣味
thrall (n) 控制奴役
If nothing else the sense of crisis and impending doom that Asahara cultivated has kept his followers in his thrall（TIMEApr 31995P．30）


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提（奥姆真理教教）麻原真晃营造出危机意识末日气氛已教徒唯俯首 ▲impending (a)发生
traction (n) 原意轮胎抓力引申攻击柄
Dole has even been unable to find traction on defense spending (TIMESept 21996P．23）
尔甚直未国防支出找做文章方
trauma (n) 创伤
What does seem clear is that pedophilialike many sexual disordersmay have at its root some childhood sexual trauma．（TIMESept．21996p 41）
清楚恋童癖患者许种性错乱者相病症源童年时性创伤．
twist (n) 创新举新发展
The 1996 world＇s fair is no exceptionbut it also has a decidedly eveofthe21stcentury twist：the whole event happens in cyberspace．（TIMEMar 111996p 3 5）
1996年世界博览会例外次确实项21世纪前夕创新举：整博览会电脑网络举行
variant (n) 变体变种
Over the yearsthere have been women wrestlersincluding a renowned nunand a variant so bloody that the sport was briefly banned（TIMESept301996P．29）
漫长历史中女子相扑中出位著名丘尼选手种极血腥变相相扑度遭短期禁止

venue (n) 会场点
If New York City is the premier venue for political fund raisingBob Dole appears to be its unchallenged star．（TIMEApr 171995P13）
果说纽约市募集政治捐款佳点尔似纽约市募款高手
volatility (n) 反复常稳定 []instability
And the Kuala Lumpur stock exchangethough the world＇s 15th largestis plagued by volatility and frequent rumors of trading by politically linked parties．（TIMEDec．41995p 26）
吉隆坡股票市场全球排名第15变化太厉害时常政商勾结交易传闻饱受伤害
writeoff (n) （债务）勾销
In November 1994 the corporation（Sony）took a＄3．2 billion writeoff for five years of studio mismanagement．（TIMEFeb．241997p 42）
1994年11月索尼公司出32亿美元笔勾销电影部门五年营善欠债务 ▲studio (n) 电影制片厂

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