Day 18-China and America Tortoise v hare-生词梳理

Tortoise['tɔ:təs]

n.龟,乌龟(等于testudo);迟缓的人

hare英[heə]美[hɛr]

n.野兔

reassess英[riːə'ses]美['riə'sɛs]

vt.再评价;再课税;再摊派

away from远离,离开;避开痛苦

reappraise英[riːə'preɪz]美[,riə'prez]

vt.重新评估;重新评价

1.V-T If you reappraise something such as

an idea or a plan, you think carefully about it and decide whether it needs to

be changed. (对想法或计划)重新评价;重新评估

dashing英['dæʃɪŋ]美['dæʃɪŋ]

adj.时髦的,华丽的;雄赳赳的;劲头十足的

v.急奔;猛掷(dash的ing形式)

carapace英['kærəpeɪs]美['kærəpes]

n.壳;甲壳

1.N-COUNT A carapace is the protective

shell on the back of some animals such as tortoises or crabs. (龟、蟹等的)甲壳

2.N-COUNT You can refer to an attitude that

someone has in order to protect themselves as their carapace.保护壳

painstaking英['peɪnzteɪkɪŋ]美['penztekɪŋ]

adj.艰苦的;勤勉的;小心的

n.辛苦;勤勉

1.ADJ A painstaking search, examination, or

investigation is done extremely carefully and thoroughly.十分小心的;极其仔细的

2.ADV十分小心地;极其仔细地painstakingly

Aesop英['i:sɔp] n.伊索(希腊寓言作者)

admonition英[,ædmə'nɪʃ(ə)n]美[,ædmə'nɪʃən]

n.警告

1.N-VAR An admonition is a warning or

criticism about someone's behaviour.警告

profile英['prəʊfaɪl]美['profaɪl]

n.侧面;轮廓;外形;剖面;简况

vt.描…的轮廓;扼要描述

vi.给出轮廓

1.N-COUNT Your profile is the outline of

your face as it is seen when someone is looking at you from the side. (面部的)侧面轮廓

2.N-UNCOUNT If you see someone in profile,

you see them from the side.从侧面

3.N-COUNT A profile of someone is a short

article or programme in which their life and character are described. (有关某人的)简介

4.N-COUNT If the police make a profile of

someone they are looking for, they write a description of the sort of person

they are looking for. (书面的)描述

5.N-UNCOUNT进行描画profiling

6.PHRASE If someone has a high profile,

people notice them and what they do. If you keep a low profile, you avoid doing

things that will make people notice you.高关注度

assemble英[ə'semb(ə)l]美[ə'sɛmbl]

vt.集合,聚集;装配;收集

vi.集合,聚集

1.V-T/V-I When people assemble or when

someone assembles them, they come together in a group, usually for a particular

purpose such as a meeting.集合

2.V-T To assemble something means to

collect it together or to fit the different parts of it together.聚集;组装

throng英[θrɒŋ]美[θrɔŋ]

n.人群;众多

vt.群集;挤满

vi.蜂拥而至;群集

adj.拥挤的

swap英[swɒp]英[swɒp]

n.交换;交换之物

vt.与...交换;以...作交换

vi.交换;交易

1.V-RECIP If you swap something with

someone, you give it to them and receive a different thing in exchange.交换

2.N-COUNT Swap is also a noun.交换

3.V-T If you swap one thing for another,

you remove the first thing and replace it with the second, or you stop doing

the first thing and start doing the second.调换

consultant英[kən'sʌlt(ə)nt]美[kən'sʌltənt]

n.顾问;咨询者;会诊医生

短语

Management Consultant管理顾问;经营顾问;治理顾问;业务顾问

Course Consultant课程顾问;课程销售顾问;课程销售代表;课程咨询顾问

Sales Consultant销售顾问;早教顾问;业务顾问;客户代表

dwelling英['dwelɪŋ]美['dwɛlɪŋ]

n.住处;寓所

v.居住(dwell的现在分词)

dwell on详述;细想

1.V to think, speak, or write at length细想;详述

dwelling house住宅

dwelling placen.住处;寓所

dwelling environment居住环境

subject英[ˈsʌbdʒɪkt]美[ˈsʌbdʒekt]

n.主题;科目;[语]主语;国民

adj.服从的;易患…的;受制于…的

vt.使…隶属;使屈从于

hegemony英[hɪ'dʒemənɪ;-'ge-]美[hɪ'dʒɛmoni]

n.霸权;领导权;盟主权

Thucydides美[θuˈsɪdɪˌdaɪz]

n.修西得底斯(古希腊历史学家)

trap英[træp]美[træp]

vt.诱捕;使…受限制;使…陷入困境

n.陷阱;圈套;[建]存水湾

vi.设陷阱

befall英[bɪ'fɔːl]美[bɪ'fɔl]

vi.降临

vt.降临;发生

incumbent英[ɪn'kʌmb(ə)nt]美[ɪn'kʌmbənt]

adj.现任的;依靠的;负有职责的

n.在职者;现任者;领圣俸者

Sparta英['spa:tə]

n.斯巴达(希腊南部的古代城邦)

accommodate英[ə'kɒmədeɪt]美[ə'kɑmədet]

vt.容纳;使适应;供应;调解

vi.适应;调解

venture英['ventʃə]美['vɛntʃɚ]

vt.敢于

vi.冒险;投机

n.企业;风险;冒险

consensus英[kən'sensəs]美[kən'sɛnsəs]

n.一致;舆论;合意

短语

Washington Consensus华盛顿共识;华盛顿共识;华盛顿共鸣;盛顿共识

Beijing Consensus北京共识;北京共识;北京共識;北京共识

1992 Consensus九二共识;九二共识

1.N-SING A consensus is general agreement among

a group of people.共识

Robert Zoellickn.罗伯特·佐利克

stakeholder英[ˈsteɪkhəʊldə(r)]美[ˈsteɪkhoʊldər]

n.利益相关者;赌金保管者

prescription英[prɪ'skrɪpʃ(ə)n]美[prɪ'skrɪpʃən]

n.药方;指示;惯例

adj.凭处方方可购买的

prescription处方

Prescription drug处方药;处方药;处方药物;医嘱药品

Positive Prescription时效取得;确定时效;取得时效;得时效

1.N-COUNT A prescription is the piece of

paper on which your doctor writes an order for medicine and which you give to a

pharmacist to get the medicine.处方

4.N-COUNT A prescription is a proposal or a

plan that gives ideas about how to solve a problem or improve a situation.方案

one size fits all

一刀切;一体适用;万全之策

realm英[relm]美[rɛlm]

n.领域,范围;王国

wont英[wəʊnt]美[wɔnt]

n.习惯;惯常活动

adj.习惯于

vi.习惯,惯常

vt.使习惯于

distill美[dɪs'tɪl]

vt.提取;蒸馏;使滴下

vi.蒸馏;滴下;作为精华产生(等于distil)

numerical英[njuː'merɪk(ə)l]美[nʊ'mɛrɪkl]

adj.数值的;数字的;用数字表示的(等于numeric)

mnemonics英[nɪ'mɒnɪks; niː-]美[ni'mɑnɪks]

n.记忆术

viral英['vaɪr(ə)l]美['vaɪrəl]

adj.病毒性的

rendering英['rend(ə)rɪŋ]美['rɛndərɪŋ]

n.翻译;表现;表演;描写;打底;(建筑物等)透视图

vt.致使;表演;打底(render的ing形式)

vi.给予补偿(render的ing形式)

mouthpiece英['maʊθpiːs]美['maʊθpis]

n.喉舌;代言人;送话口

1.N-COUNT The mouthpiece of a telephone is

the part that you speak into. (电话的)话筒

2.N-COUNT The mouthpiece of a musical

instrument or other device is the part that you put into your mouth. (乐器的)吹口; (器具的)衔口

3.N-COUNT The mouthpiece of an organization

or person is someone who informs other people of the opinions and policies of

that organization or person.代言人

envoy英['envɒɪ]美['ɛnvɔɪ]

n.使者;全权公使

special envoy特使;救灾使臣;使臣

imperial envoy钦差大臣;钦差;出使郎官

Cultural Envoy中国园林在海外;文化使者

1.N-COUNT An envoy is someone who is sent

as a representative from one government or political group to another.使者;代表

2.N-COUNT An envoy is a diplomat in an

embassy who is immediately below the ambassador in rank.公使

3.N a brief dedicatory or explanatory

stanza concluding certain forms of poetry, notably ballades (尤指歌谣的)结尾诗节

Metropolis英[mɪ'trɒp(ə)lɪs]美[mə'trɑpəlɪs]

n.大都市;首府;重要中心

Metropolis Plaza新都广场

Metropolis Hotel大都市酒店;大都会酒店;桃园大都会旅馆;大都会旅馆

International Metropolis国际化大都市;国际大都市;国际性城市;国际化都市

bolster英['bəʊlstə]美['bolstɚ]

n.支持;长枕

vt.支持;支撑

1.V-T If you bolster something such as

someone's confidence or courage, you increase it.增强

2.V-T If someone tries to bolster their

position in a situation, they try to strengthen it.巩固

3.N-COUNT A bolster is a firm pillow shaped

like a long tube which is sometimes put across a bed instead of pillows, or

under the ordinary pillows.长枕

bolster up援助,支持

bolster plate护索板;支承板;压床垫板

booster英['buːstə]美['bustɚ]

n.升压机;支持者;扩爆器

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