mechanic
n.
技工,机修工
mechanical
a.
1.机械的 2.(喻)机械似的,呆板的
mechanics
n.
1.力学,机械学 2.基本原理,构成法
mechanistic
a.
机械论学说的,机械论的
mechanism
n.
1.机械装置 2.机构,机制
machinery
n.
(总称)机器,机械
1. Because thanks to these schools our early mechanics, especially in the New England and Middle Atlantic states, were generally literate and at home in arithmetic and in some aspects of geometry and trigonometry. (NETEM 1996 Passage 4, paragraph 3)
正是因为有了这些学校,我们的早期技工才普遍能读会写,并精通算术及部分几何和三角,这种情况在新英格兰和大西洋中部各州尤为可见。
2. Given this optimistic approach to technological innovation, the American worker took readily to that special kind of nonverbal thinking required in mechanical technology.(NETEM 1996 Passage 4, paragraph 7)
有了这种对技术革新的乐观态度,美国工人很快便习惯了机械技术需要的那种特别的非语言的思维方式。
3. His colleague, Michael Beer, says that far too many companies have applied re-engineering in a mechanistic fashion, chopping out costs without giving sufficient thought to long-term profitability. (NETEM 1998 Passage 2, paragraph 5)
他的同事迈克·比尔说,太多的公司已用机械的方式进行重组,在没有充分考虑到长期赢利能力的情况下降低了成本。
4. An important factor in a market-oriented economy is the mechanism by which consumer demands can be expressed and responded to by producers. (NETEM 1994 Passage 1, paragraph 2)
市场型经济中的一个重要因素是反映消费者需求以及生产者对消费者需求作出反应的机制
5. The exact mechanisms involved are still mysterious, but the likelihood that many cancers are initiated at the level of genes suggests that we will never prevent all cancers.(NETEM 1994 Passage 4, paragraph 4)
导致癌变的确切机制仍是个谜,但许多癌症始于基因这一可能性表明我们将永远不能预防所有癌症。
6. New ways of organizing the workplace - all that re-engineering and downsizing - are only one contribution to the overall productivity of an economy, which is driven by many other factors such as joint investment in equipment and machinery, new technology, and investment in education and training.(NETEM 1998 Passage 2, paragraph 3)
企业重组的新方法--所有那些重新设计和缩小规模的做法--只是对一个经济的整体生产力做出了一方面的贡献,而这种经济的发展还收到许多其他因素的驱动,如设备、机械上的联合投资,新技术,以及教育和培训上的投资。
puzzle
v.
使迷惑
n.
1.谜 2.难题
dazzle
vt.
1.使迷惑,使倾倒 2.耀眼,眩目
n.
1.耀眼的光 2.令人赞叹的东西
dizzy
a.
头晕目眩的
drizzle
n.
细雨
v.
下毛毛雨
embezzle
vt.
盗用,挪用
puzzle的近义词:
delude
vt.
迷惑,蛊惑
bewilder
vt.
(使)迷惑
plague
n.
1.瘟疫 2.令人讨厌的人或物
vt.
1.折磨,困扰 2.使染瘟疫
plagiarism
n.
剽窃,剽窃物
plagiarize
vt.
剽窃,抄袭(亦作:plagiarise)
Often they choose - and still are choosing - somewhat colder climates such as Oregon, Idaho and Alaska in order to escape smog, crime and other plagues of urbanization in the Golden State. (NETEM 1998 Passage 4, paragraph 12)
他们常常选择--现在依然这样选择--一些气候较冷的地区,如俄勒冈、爱达荷和阿拉斯加,为的是躲开"金州"加利福尼亚)的烟雾、犯罪和其他城市化进程中的麻烦问题。
radical
a.
1.重要的,基本的 2.激进的,极端的
radio
n.
1.无线电通讯 2.收音机 3.电台
v.
用无线电通信
radioactive
a.
放射性的,放射引起的
radioactivity
n.
放射性,放射现象
radiate
v.
1.传播,散布 2.发光,辐射
radiation
n.
1.放射 2.辐射 3.放射物
radiant
a.
1.发光的,辐射的 2.容光焕发的
例:
radiant with joy 因高兴而精神焕发。
radish
n.
小萝卜
radius
n.
半径
radium
n.
镭
(注:一般ium结尾都表示一种化学元素,如aluminum 铝)
1. Mr. McWhorter acknowledges that formal language is not strictly necessary, and proposes no radical education reforms-he is really grieving over the loss of something beautiful more than useful. (NETEM 2005 Passage 3, paragraph 5)
麦荷特先生认为正式语言并非不可或缺,也没有提出要进行彻底的教育改革--他其实只是为那些美好事务而不是实用品的消逝而哀叹。
2. An education that aims at getting a student a certain kind of job is a technical education, justified for reasons radically different from why education is universally required by law. (NETEM 1999 Passage 3, paragraph 2)
旨在使学生胜任某种工作的教育是职业教育,它存在的理由与法律所规定的普及教育之间有着根本性的差别。
3. Anything from cosmic rays to radiation to diet may activate a dormant oncogene, but how remains unknown. (NETEM 1994 Passage 4, paragraph 3)
从宇宙射线、辐射到日常饮食,任何东西都可能激活一个处于静止状态下的致癌基因,但如何激活尚不为人知。
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