1.COMPUTER security is?a contradiction in terms.
PHRASE短語自相矛盾的說法If you say that something is acontradiction in terms, you mean that it is described as having a quality that it cannot have.
【搭配模式】：contradictioninflects
A public service run for profit — acontradictionin terms if there ever was one.
以營利為目的的公共服務機構(gòu)——這是典型的用詞上的自相矛盾（如果真有這種說法的話）。
2.gadget
There is little evidence that these?gadgets will be any more trustworthy than their desktop counterparts.?
N-COUNT可數(shù)名詞小器具；精巧的小玩意 a small device or machine with a particular purpose
...kitchen gadgets including toasters, kettles and percolators.
烤面包機、水壺、滴濾式咖啡壺等廚用小家電
...the latest gadget for the technology obsessed: pocket-sized computers that you write on with a pen.
面向科技發(fā)燒友的最新玩意兒：可在上面用筆書寫的袖珍電腦
3.paranoia
That requires a kind of cultivatedparanoiawhich does not come naturally to non-tech
firms.
N-UNCOUNT不可數(shù)名詞疑懼；多疑 countable or uncountable an extreme and unreasonable feeling that other people do not like you or are going to harm or criticize you
?There's a lot ofparanoiaaboutcrime at the moment.
4.counsel
This is not a?counsel?of despair.
PHRASE短語將自己的意見保密;不暴露自己的意圖 If you?keep?your?own counsel, you keep quiet about your opinions or intentions.
Guscott rarely speaks out, preferring to keep his owncounsel.
古斯科特很少發(fā)表意見，他更喜歡把自己的看法埋在心里。
5.disclaimers ； butt up
such as cars or domestic goods, the industry’s?disclaimers?will increasingly?butt up?against existing laws.
N-COUNT可數(shù)名詞不承擔責任的聲明Adisclaimeris a statement in which a person says that they did not know about something or that they are not responsible for something.
【語域標簽】：FORMAL 正式
Thedisclaimerasserts that the company won't be held responsible for any inaccuracies.
免責聲明書明確聲明公司將不對任何差錯負責。
butt up：to have one side or edge touching something, or to put something in this
6.condensed ; interstellar
it?condensed?,around 4.6 billion years ago, from the same cloud of dust and?interstellar?gas that gave birth to the sun and the rest of the solar system.
ADJ-GRADED能被表示程度的副詞或介詞詞組修飾的形容詞(液體)濃縮的Condensed?liquids have been made thicker by removing some of the water in them.
【搭配模式】：usu ADJ n
...condensed mushroom soup.
蘑菇濃湯
ADJ形容詞星際的?Interstellar?means between the stars.
【搭配模式】：ADJ n
【語域標簽】：FORMAL 正式
...interstellar space.
星際空間
7.debut
Now, though, the date of life’sdebutmay be pushed back even further.
N-COUNT可數(shù)名詞(表演者或運動員的）首次登臺，初次露面；（歌手的）首次錄音The?debut?of a performer or sports player is their first public performance, appearance, or recording.
【搭配模式】：oft with poss
Dundee United's Dave Bowman makes his internationaldebut.
鄧迪聯(lián)隊的戴夫·鮑曼首次亮相國際比賽。
...herdebutalbum 'Sugar Time'.
她的首張專輯《甜蜜時光》
8.pore ; gradient
Microscopic?pores?in the rock might have served as natural cell walls, and the chemistry of the water could provide exactly the sort of energy?gradient?that a primitive living cell would have needed to go about its bio-chemical business.
N-COUNT可數(shù)名詞（植物表面的）氣孔The?pores?of a plant are the tiny holes on its surface.
【搭配模式】：usu pl
A plant's lungs are the microscopic pores in its leaves.
植物的肺就是其葉片上微細的氣孔。
N-COUNT可數(shù)名詞變化率The?gradient?of a graph or series of measurements is the rate at which one set of amounts changes in relation to another.
【搭配模式】：with supp
【FIELD標簽】：TECHNICAL 術(shù)語
9.scrutiny; implication
The find—which will face fierce?scrutiny?from other?palaeobiologists—has otherimplications, too.
N-UNCOUNT不可數(shù)名詞詳細的檢查(或?qū)彶?;仔細的觀察If a person or thing is under?scrutiny, they are being studied or observed very carefully.
【搭配模式】：oft prep N
His private life came under mediascrutiny...
他的私生活受到媒體的密切關注。
The President promised a government open to publicscrutiny.
總統(tǒng)承諾政府將接受公眾監(jiān)督。
N-COUNT可數(shù)名詞暗示;暗指;含意The implication?of a statement, event, or situation is what it implies or suggests is the case.
【搭配模式】：PHR with cl/group
The implication was obvious: vote for us or it will be very embarrassing for you...
弦外之音很明顯：投票給我們,否則你會非常難堪。
The implication that marital infidelity enhances a leader's credibility is preposterous.
婚姻不忠會提升領導人可信度的暗示荒謬之極。
10.well up?from the?crust
well up:(of a liquid) rise up to the surface and spill or be about to spill.
N-COUNT可數(shù)名詞地殼The earth's?crust?is its outer layer.
【搭配模式】：with supp
Earthquakes leave scars in the earth's crust.
地震會在地殼上留下裂痕。
