前两天的20个单词我不费力地就全部记住了！
这是我目前找到的最有效的单词学习方法~~~超级开心~~~
每天10个托福词汇精解。
有趣，不枯燥。用英语解读英语，学单词和它相关的文化。
（此系列文章适合英语六级以上读者）
incubate
When a chicken sits on an egg, it incubates it. To incubate means to keep something safe and warm so that it can grow.
The word can be used metaphorically to mean to keep something safe in order for it to have time to grow. You incubate a plan or an idea before bringing it into the world, or, metaphorically speaking, hatching it.
Premature or particularly small babies are placed into an incubator when they are born. This warm, clean environment helps them to grow.
v. 孵化，培育，潜伏
鸡坐在一个鸡蛋上，它可能就是在incubate那个蛋。Incubate什么东西就是保持什么东西安全、温暖，让它可以生长。
Incubate也可以被用作引申含义，比喻保持什么东西安全得以生长。你可以incubate一个计划或者创意，也或者你可以隐喻孵化什么东西。
早产儿或者超小婴儿会在incubator里养育一段时间。Incubator也就是保育箱里温暖、干净的环境帮助小婴儿们成长。
antonym
A word that has the exact opposite meaning of another word is its antonym. Life is full of antonyms, from the "stop" and "go" of a traffic signal to side-by-side restroom doors labeled "men" and "women."
Most antonyms are pretty obvious, like "good" and "bad," or "black" and "white." Some words can be transformed into their antonyms simply by adding the prefixes "un," "in," or "non," as when "likable" is changed into its antonym, "unlikable." The word antonym iteself takes the Greek word anti, meaning "opposite," and adds it to -onym, which comes from the Greek onoma, or "name." So antonym literally means "opposite-name."
n. 反义词
一个表达与自己词义相反意思的词就是“反义词”。生活中充满了反义词，比如交通信号的停和行，比如洗手间的男和女。
大多数反义词都是很明确的，比如好和坏，黑和白。有些词可以添加un，in，non这样的前缀就变成了它们的反义词，比如当likeable变成反义词时就是unlikable。反义词这个词本身是从希腊语的anti来的，anti的意思是相反的，并在anti之后加上了-onym，来自于希腊onoma，也就是name（名字）。所以antonym字面意思就是opposite-name（相反的名字）。
我就特别想说，antonym自己的antonym是synonym。
saddle
A saddle is a leather seat for horseback riders. If you saddle something, you either put a saddle on it or you burden it with something else. If you buy an expensive saddle for example, you may be saddled (or burdened) with debt.
A saddle makes a horse's rider more comfortable and secure -- and if you ever ride a camel, you'll also sit on a saddle. As a verb, to saddle means "to put a saddle on an animal," although it also has the figurative meaning of "to burden." Your excessive spending might saddle you with debt, or your position as the oldest of eight siblings could saddle you with too much responsibility.
n. vt. 马鞍；承受
Saddle就是放在马背上的皮革的座椅喽。如果你saddle什么东西，那么你要么是放置一个马鞍，要么就是在为它要负担其他的东西。比如说你如果买了一个很贵的马鞍，那么你可能为它背负上了借款。
Saddle可以让骑马的人更舒服也更安全——如果你骑过骆驼，那你应该也是坐在saddle上面的。作为动词，saddle是给什么动物配上鞍的意思，它也可以是引申喻义，给什么套上鞍（负担）的意思。你无节制地花钱可能会让你背负上结款的枷锁，或者你是8个兄弟姐妹中最年长的一个，那你应该也会背负太多责任的重担。
in the saddle
Be in the saddle means having control of something. For example, you can say, I'd like to assure people the government is firmly in the saddle.
saddle...with
To cause (someone or something) to have (a problem, burden, responsibility, etc.).
--- His actions have saddled the company with too much debt.
--- My boss saddled me with the task of organizing the conference.
--- The company is saddled with an enormous amount of debt.
--- She is saddled with a reputation for not being dependable.
erosion
The Grand Canyon is a monumental example of erosion -- the entire canyon was carved by the flow of the Colorado River, which slowly dug the canyon out of stone over the course of eons.
Erosion is the wearing away of sand, soil, or rock by water or wind. But it also has a metaphorical sense. The erosion of standards for behavior in society means that our grandparents would be shocked by what passes for good manners today.
n. 腐蚀，侵蚀
大峡谷是纪念碑式的侵蚀地形的例子——整个大峡谷是被卡罗拉多河在漫长的岁月中把石头逐步雕刻而成的。
Erosion是沙、土壤、岩石被水或者风逐渐侵蚀消失的过程。它也有喻义，被社会行为标准的侵蚀可能会让我们的祖母被今天的礼貌标准给惊呆了。
in the course of
Also, during the course of.
In the process or progress of, as in the famous phrase from the Declaration of Independence (1776), “When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands ...” These phrases have been criticized as needlessly wordy (in or during alone are adequate), but they have an emphatic rhythm that keeps them alive. [Mid-1600s]
wear away
to gradually disappear or to cause (something) to gradually disappear or become thinner, smaller, etc., because of use
--The paint on the sign had worn away.
--Even a trickle of water will eventually wear rock away.
often used as(be) worn away
The table's finish was worn away.
allure
If you find yourself making eyes at that stranger across the coffee shop, chances are there is an allure about him or her — something mysteriously, powerfully attractive and tempting.
You've probably noticed that allure contains lure, from the German word luder meaning "bait." A well-made lure is so alluring to a fish that it won't notice the hook. First used in the 15th century, this word has even landed its own fashion magazine — "Allure," which tries to tempt people to buy it by putting powerfully attractive people on the cover and hoping you'll believe that if you buy it, you'll have some allure as well.
n. v. 诱惑，吸引
如果你发现你禁不住地去看咖啡馆里远远的一个陌生人，那么你应该是被ta给吸引了——很神奇的吸引力。
你应该已经发现allure中包含了lure，这个词根来自于德语的luder，意思是诱饵。一个制作精良的诱饵可以让鱼儿一不小心就上钩了。这个词最早在15世纪被使用，并且这个词甚至拥有了一个以它命名的杂志——Allure，这本杂志试图用封面上很有魅力的人物形象引诱大家相信你买了它就能够跟它一样对别人有allure这样的魅力。
研究了下发现，原来这件事情也是分很多派别的，其中一种派别区分就是你是用bait fishing还是用lure fishing。
bait就是真的小虫子啊啥啊的好吃的——对来说。Lure就是上图这种假的。好像有些人会因为是去钓什么品种的来决定用lure还是用bait。我今天时间不多，不能仔细研究下去了。
我觉得吧。。。如果我。。。一定是lure fishing。。。因为我不想deal with哪些可怜的要被鱼吃掉的小动物。。。而且lure又比较好看！
有时间又感兴趣的可以戳这类看bait vs lures, which is best: https://www.fix.com/blog/bait-versus-lures-which-is-best/#:~:text=In%20many%20ways%2C%20fishing%20with,more%20water%20in%20less%20time.
突然想起来allure beauty award winner，这个很有影响力的奖项颁给的护肤美妆品都一直卖的很好。原来这个奖项就是allure这个杂志发起的。
impending
If something is impending, it is about to happen. If you hear thunder in the distance, you might go inside to escape the impending storm.
The word impending often refers to something threatening or frightening: impending doom, impending disaster. Something that is impending hangs over you — you might say, "I was so distracted by thoughts of my impending failure in my exams, I couldn't study." A synonym is imminent.
a. 即将发生的，迫近的
如果什么东西是impending的，那么它很可能要发生。如果你听到远处的雷声，那么你最好就要进屋去躲即将到来的暴雨。
potassium
A light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occuring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite
n. 钾
alkali metal group 碱金属家族
oxidize 氧化
carnallite, kainite, sylvite 分别是光卤石，钾盐镁矾和钾盐——这种看中文都看不懂的就忽略吧。。。
resilience
Truly, your resilience, or ability to bounce back, is not just admirable, but foolhardy, some might say; who else could have survived an attack by a rabid toucan and then gone on to become a world-renowned bird breeder?
The noun resilience stems from the Latin resiliens, "to rebound, recoil." As a character trait, resilience is a person's ability to recover quickly from unfortunate circumstances or illness. Runners who fall during a marathon only to pop back up and dash through the finish line show some serious resilience. Or Silly Putty that can stretch and stretch without breaking, and then come back to rest inside its egg-shaped carrying case -- that's resilience, or elasticity, for you.
n. 恢复力，弹力，顺应力
有的人会说，真的，你的恢复力，或者说你的反弹力，不仅仅是令人钦佩，也是挺牛X到有点傻X的。谁能在被一个狂躁的巨嘴鸟袭击后还能转身就成为一个实际知名的喂鸟达人？
prior
Generally you should eat dinner prior to brushing your teeth. Use the adjective prior for things that exist earlier in time or that happen first in time or order.
This is a formal word that is often used in legal language. A prior claim is a person's right to something that is considered more important or valuable because it came first. If you're looking for a less formal synonym, choose the word previous. Prior is from a Latin word with the same spelling.
一般来说呢，你应该先吃饭后刷牙。Prior是用来表达发生的比较早的事情。
Prior经常会被用在法律用语中。A prior claim是说一个人对什么事情的优先权利，更早发生会更重要或者有价值的。如果你想表达同样的意思，但希望非正式一些，那么可以用previous。Prior的拉丁文拼写和英文的一样。
subsidy
A subsidy is a grant of financial assistance. Many school districts, for example, offer a subsidy to low-income families for book fees and lunch costs. The family pays a set amount and the district makes up the difference.
The noun subsidy comes from French and Latin roots that mean "help and aid." Subsidies are most often offered by the government, but individuals can offer subsidies as well. "The parents offered to give a subsidy for students to go on the ski trip. The deal was that if the kids earned half the money, the parents would pay for the other half."
n. 补贴，津贴，补助金
A subsidy是一笔财务上的援助金。很多学区都会提供一笔对低收入家庭的补助，用以减免书本费和午餐费。接受补助的家庭需要支付一定比例的金额，余下的由学区补足。
名词subsidy来源于法语和拉丁文的词根，意思是帮助。Subsidies一般是政府提供的，但是也可以由个人提供。“家长会对学生提供滑雪旅行的补贴。这个交易是说呢，如果学生们自己赚到了这个旅行的一半的钱，那么家长就会补上另一半”。
