Day 10精读打卡

Vocabulary

1. turbine 涡轮机

A turbine is a rotary mechanical device that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful work. The work produced by a turbine can be used for generating electrical power when combined with a generator or producing thrust, as in the case of jet engines.

2. Bavarian

巴伐利亚自由州(德语:Freistaat Bayern)也常被称为拜恩、拜仁,是德国面积最大的联邦州(占全国面积1/5)、人口第二大州(次于北莱茵-威斯特法伦),首府位于慕尼黑。

“巴伐利亚”来自其拉丁文名称Bavaria的音译。巴伐利亚最著名的品牌有BMW(宝马),特产有啤酒,景物有新天鹅堡(迪斯尼城堡原型),还有欧洲最古老的钟楼。

Bavaria (/bəˈvɛəriə/; German: Freistaat Bayern [ˈfʁaɪʃtaːt ˈbaɪɐn]; Czech: Bavorsko) is a free state and one of 16 federal states of Germany.

3. photovaltaic

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4.handsomely

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5. anathema

Anathema, in common usage, is something or someone that is detested or shunned. Its other main usage comes from the New Testament and refers to a formal ecclesiastic excommunication. However, in the Old Testament, anathema referred either to something (living or inanimate) that was consecrated or something denounced as evil or accursed and set aside for sacrificial offering.

6. have a point

  正确;中肯;很有道理;有一点。

  例如:

  Maybe he, and they, have a point.

  也许他和他们都有这样一个观点。

  But I have a point.

  但是我有一个点。

  I want them to have a point of view and character.

  我想让这些照片带有自己的观点和特色。

7. decarbonize

To remove carbon from something, especially from an engine; to decoke.

To reduce or replace fossil fuels by renewable energy in energy production systems and processes

8.perennial

Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, or all the time.

a perennial stream

(botany, of a plant) Having a life cycle of more than two years. Compare annual, biennial.

(figuratively) Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; permanent; unceasing; never failing.

1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

The perennial existence of bodies corporate and their fortunes are things particularly suited to a man who has long views…

(figuratively) Enduring; lasting; timeless.

His artwork has a perennial beauty.

(figuratively) Recurrent; appearing or recurring again and again.

Change is a perennial theme in politics.

9. glut

Noun

1. the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall

Verb

1. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself;

"She stuffed herself at the dinner"

"The kids binged on icecream"

2. supply with an excess of;

"flood the market with tennis shoes"

"Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"

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10. grid business

电力行业

11. marginal cost边际成本

In economics, marginal cost is the change in the opportunity cost that arises when the quantity produced is incremented by one unit, that is, it is the cost of producing one more unit of a good.[1] In general terms, marginal cost at each level of production includes any additional costs required to produce the next unit. For example, if producing additional vehicles requires building a new factory, the marginal cost of the extra vehicles includes the cost of the new factory.

12. merit order

The merit order is a way of ranking available sources of energy, especially electrical generation, based on ascending order of price (which may reflect the order of their short-run marginal costs of production) together with amount of energy that will be generated.

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13. intermittent

1. stopping and starting at irregular intervals;

"intermittent rain showers"

2. stopping and starting at regular intervals

14. doldrums 萧条

1. a state of inactivity (in business or art etc);

"economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation"

2. a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific

15. insulate

1. protect from heat, cold, noise, etc. by surrounding with insulating material;

"We had his bedroom insulated before winter came"

2. place or set apart;

"They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"

16.mandate

1. a document giving an official instruction or command

2. a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they ar able to stand by themselves

3. the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory

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17. subsidy

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18.pegged to

On the Peg to Currency Basket Exchange Rate Regime

    论钉住一篮子货币的汇率制度

19.utility

[U] 功用,效用 quality of being useful

[P] 公用事业 any useful service for the public, such as supplies of water to the home, the bus services, etc.

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20.dromedary

单峰骆驼

The dromedary (/ˈdrɒmədɛri/ or /-ədri/), also called the Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), is a large, even-toed ungulate with one hump on its back. The dromedary is the smallest of the three species of camel;

安妮导图

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反思

文章涉及的两个领悟由于知识积累薄弱,略懂皮毛,导致文章第一遍通读下来的感觉是:都看懂了,却又什么都没抓到。除去生词阻碍,理解文章最大的阻碍还是思维,做思维导图也是无从下手,甚至都不是很懂安妮的导图,挫败。由于荔枝用不了,没能听成安妮的解读,还是处于自己摸石头过河的混沌中,希望明天把辅助文章攻下来,在更大且完整的context下能够理清一些思路。

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