第二周 生物科學(xué)
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單詞
價格降低
push?down?prices
drag down prices
Slump：力不從心地下滑。
Drop，fall無感情色彩
Slip、：偷偷下滑
decline
slash costs / prices / fares,etc. 大幅度降低成本、價格、車費等
opp: boom, boost
V. 攫?。豢?；中飽私囊:
?He regularly charges passengers more?than the normal fare and pockets the difference.?他經(jīng)常多收乘客票錢,把差額塞進自己的腰包。
3. 掙；賺下:
?Last year, she pocketed over $1?million in advertising contracts.?去年,她從廣告合同中賺了100多萬元。
.In 2016 they?pocketed?about €6m ($7m) from subsidiesand selling their surplus electricity.
These places are?blanketed?with blue photovoltaic (PV) solar panels.
'liken sth / sb?to sth / sb(formal)
? to compare one thing or person to another and say they are similar把…比作…:
?Life is often likened to a journey.人們常把人生比作旅程。
14.robust=strong
Stark=clear
Blue murder：強烈抗議
havoc=damage=disaster
de?regu?late=decontrol deregulated financial markets 放寬了管制的金融市場
opp. overregulate
regulator：監(jiān)管部門
24.inter?mit?tent=continual?
26.con?straint=restriction = limitation
27.'cling to sth /cling'on to sth
? to be unwilling to get rid of sth, or stop doing sth?不愿放棄；堅持:
?Throughout the trial she had clung?to the belief that he was innocent.?在整個審判中,她都堅持相信他是清白的。
?She managed to cling on to life for?another couple of years.?她頑強地又活了幾年。
30.fos?ter=encourage=promote
2.(especially BrE)to take another person's child into your home for a period oftime, without becoming his or her legal parents??代養(yǎng),撫育,照料(他人子女一段時間):
?We couldn't adopt a child, so we?decided to foster.
我們不能領(lǐng)養(yǎng)孩子,所以決定代養(yǎng)一個。
32.pene?tra?tion=expansion
37.precipitous=abrupt=hasty
bol?ster??verb[VN]
?~ sth (up)to improve sth or make it stronger改善；加強:
?tobolster sb's confidence /courage / morale增加某人的信心/勇氣/士氣
45.?nib?ble
?verb
1.~ (at sth)to take small bites of sth, especially food小口咬,一點點地咬(食物):
?He nibbled her ear playfully.他開玩笑地輕咬著她的耳朵。
?She took some cake from the tray and?nibbled at it.她從盤子里拿了塊蛋糕慢慢地吃著。
2.[V]~ (at sth)to show aslight interest in an offer, idea, etc.?(對…)略微表現(xiàn)出興趣:
?He nibbled at the idea, but would?not make a definite decision.?他對這個主意略感興趣,但還不愿意作出明確決定。
?nibble a'way at sth
? to take away small amounts of sth, so that the total amount is graduallyreduced慢慢地削弱；蠶食
?Inflation is nibbling away atspending power.?通貨膨脹正在慢慢地減弱消費能力。
noun
1.[C]a small bite of sth?一小口
2. nibbles[pl.]small things to eat with a drink before a meal or at a party??(餐前或聚會中的)點心,小吃
?cardiac disease / failure / surgery 心臟病；心力衰竭；心臟手術(shù)
?cardiac arres?心臟停搏
cardiopulmonary resuscitation心肺復(fù)蘇
pharma?ceut?ical制藥的；配藥的；賣藥的:
?the pharmaceutical industry 制藥業(yè)
Pharma：制藥公司
genomic sequencing:基因組測序
insulin medication胰島素治療
inpatient住院病人
outpatient門診病人:
?an outpatient clinic 門診部
con?cus?sion腦震蕩:
contraceptive避孕藥；避孕用具；避孕措施:
A fraction of sth:一小部分…
A host of5.[C]~ of sb / stha large number of people or things ?許多；大量:
?a host of possibilities多種可能性
bulk主體；大部份:??The bulk of the population lives in cities. 大多數(shù)人口居住在城市里。
?a bulk order?一份大批量的訂單
?bulk buying?(常指以低價)大量購買
block?bust?er?(informal)something very successful, especially a very successful bookor film / movie ?一鳴驚人的事物；(尤指)非常成功的書(或電影):
?a Hollywood blockbuster 一部好萊塢大片
deride=mock
lu?cra?tive?adj.賺大錢的；獲利多的:
?alucrative business / contract / market 利潤豐厚的生意/合同/市場
onset
? the beginning of sth, especially sth unpleasant ?開端,發(fā)生,肇始(尤指不快的事件):
?the onset of disease / old age / winter 疾病的發(fā)作；老年的開始；冬天的來臨
exacerbate=aggravate:
cava?lie?漫不經(jīng)心的；不在乎的:
?The government takes acavalier attitudeto the problems ofprison overcrowding 政府對監(jiān)獄擁擠不堪的問題不聞不問。
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