mechanic
n.
技工,機修工
mechanical
a.
1.機械的 2.(喻)機械似的,呆板的
mechanics
n.
1.力學,機械學 2.基本原理,構成法
mechanistic
a.
機械論學說的,機械論的
mechanism
n.
1.機械裝置 2.機構,機制
machinery
n.
(總稱)機器,機械
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)
正是因為有了這些學校,我們的早期技工才普遍能讀會寫,并精通算術及部分幾何和三角,這種情況在新英格蘭和大西洋中部各州尤為可見。
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)
有了這種對技術革新的樂觀態度,美國工人很快便習慣了機械技術需要的那種特別的非語言的思維方式。
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)
他的同事邁克·比爾說,太多的公司已用機械的方式進行重組,在沒有充分考慮到長期贏利能力的情況下降低了成本。
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)
市場型經濟中的一個重要因素是反映消費者需求以及生產者對消費者需求作出反應的機制
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)
導致癌變的確切機制仍是個謎,但許多癌癥始于基因這一可能性表明我們將永遠不能預防所有癌癥。
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)
企業重組的新方法--所有那些重新設計和縮小規模的做法--只是對一個經濟的整體生產力做出了一方面的貢獻,而這種經濟的發展還收到許多其他因素的驅動,如設備、機械上的聯合投資,新技術,以及教育和培訓上的投資。
puzzle
v.
使迷惑
n.
1.謎 2.難題
dazzle
vt.
1.使迷惑,使傾倒 2.耀眼,眩目
n.
1.耀眼的光 2.令人贊嘆的東西
dizzy
a.
頭暈目眩的
drizzle
n.
細雨
v.
下毛毛雨
embezzle
vt.
盜用,挪用
puzzle的近義詞:
delude
vt.
迷惑,蠱惑
bewilder
vt.
(使)迷惑
plague
n.
1.瘟疫 2.令人討厭的人或物
vt.
1.折磨,困擾 2.使染瘟疫
plagiarism
n.
剽竊,剽竊物
plagiarize
vt.
剽竊,抄襲(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)
他們常常選擇--現在依然這樣選擇--一些氣候較冷的地區,如俄勒岡、愛達荷和阿拉斯加,為的是躲開"金州"加利福尼亞)的煙霧、犯罪和其他城市化進程中的麻煩問題。
radical
a.
1.重要的,基本的 2.激進的,極端的
radio
n.
1.無線電通訊 2.收音機 3.電臺
v.
用無線電通信
radioactive
a.
放射性的,放射引起的
radioactivity
n.
放射性,放射現象
radiate
v.
1.傳播,散布 2.發光,輻射
radiation
n.
1.放射 2.輻射 3.放射物
radiant
a.
1.發光的,輻射的 2.容光煥發的
例:
radiant with joy 因高興而精神煥發。
radish
n.
小蘿卜
radius
n.
半徑
radium
n.
鐳
(注:一般ium結尾都表示一種化學元素,如aluminum 鋁)
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)
麥荷特先生認為正式語言并非不可或缺,也沒有提出要進行徹底的教育改革--他其實只是為那些美好事務而不是實用品的消逝而哀嘆。
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)
旨在使學生勝任某種工作的教育是職業教育,它存在的理由與法律所規定的普及教育之間有著根本性的差別。
3. Anything from cosmic rays to radiation to diet may activate a dormant oncogene, but how remains unknown. (NETEM 1994 Passage 4, paragraph 3)
從宇宙射線、輻射到日常飲食,任何東西都可能激活一個處于靜止狀態下的致癌基因,但如何激活尚不為人知。
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