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0580 battle [?b?tl]

n. 戰(zhàn)斗

例 We must ?ght this battle through to victory. 我們必須把這次戰(zhàn)斗打到最終勝利。

0581 amaze [??me?z]

v. 使…驚奇，使…詫異

例 It never ceases to amaze me that the candidates that spend the most money on media ads get our vote. 總能讓我感到詫異的是，在媒體廣告上投入最多的候選人會(huì)獲得我們的選票。

0582 exact [?g?z?kt]

adj. 1 準(zhǔn)確的　2 精密的

例 When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to ?ll in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. 當(dāng)短文讀到第二遍的時(shí)，你需要用你剛才聽到的單詞填空。

0583 exactly [?g?z?ktli]

adv. 確切地，正好

例 Each corner had a guard tower, each of which was exactly ten metres in height. 每個(gè)角落都有一座警戒塔，每座塔都正好10米高。

0584 settle [?setl]

v. 1 解決　2 定居

例 The ancient way to settle a quarrel was to choose a leader from each side and let them ?ght it out. 古時(shí)候人們解決爭端的方式是雙方各選出一個(gè)領(lǐng)袖，讓他們倆一決雌雄。

0585 prevent [pr??vent]

v. 阻止；阻撓

例 No one I know came up with any reliable way to prevent the crushing pain but some books say to try stretching exercising and warm baths. 沒有一個(gè)人想出任何可靠的方法來抑制這種劇痛，但一些書中說可以嘗試伸展運(yùn)動(dòng)和熱水浴。

0586 discovery [d??sk?v?ri]

n. 發(fā)現(xiàn)

例 The Hubble Telescope allowed astronomers to make signi?cant discoveries about our galaxy.哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡讓天文學(xué)家在銀河系中有了重大發(fā)現(xiàn)。

0587 educate [?ed??ke?t]

v. 教育

例 Becoming educated should not require giving up joy but rather lead to ?nding joy in new kinds of things. 接受教育不應(yīng)該是放棄快樂，而是要從新的事物中找到樂趣。

0588 educator [?ed??ke?t?]

n. 教育工作者

例 Confucius was a great philosopher, an educator, a politician, as well as the founder of Confucianism, which still has a tremendous in?uence over people today. 孔子是中國古代偉大的哲學(xué)家、教育家、政治家，也是儒學(xué)的創(chuàng)始人。儒家思想至今仍對人們有著重大的影響。

0589 appearance [??p??r?ns]

n. 1 出現(xiàn)　2 外貌

例 The lady is not so careful about her appearance. 這位女士不是很在意自己的相貌。

0590 current [?k?r?nt]

adj. 目前的

例 More than 80 per cent of Americans believe that their current family is as close as the one in which they grew up, or closer. 超過80%的美國人認(rèn)為，他們目前的家庭關(guān)系和他們的原生家庭一樣親密，或者更親密一些。

0591 currently [?k?r?ntli]

adv. 當(dāng)前

例 Tobacco use continues to expand, especially in the developing world, where currently half of the deaths due to tobacco occur. 煙草使用仍在繼續(xù)擴(kuò)散，尤其在發(fā)展中國家，目前由煙草造成的死亡半數(shù)發(fā)生在那里。

0592 honour [??n?]

n. 榮譽(yù)；榮幸；尊敬

v. 尊重（某人）

例 Though he gained so much honour, he said he was only a scientist humbly. 雖然已獲得如此多的榮譽(yù)，他仍謙虛地稱自己只是位科學(xué)工作者。

0593 brilliant [?br?li?nt]

adj. 絕妙的

例 Her brilliant performance redeemed the concert from complete failure. 她的精彩表演使這場音樂會(huì)免遭徹底失敗。

0594 wealthy [?welθi]

adj. 富裕的

例 Because many believe that they, or at least their children, will eventually be wealthy, voting for taxes on the rich may feel like voting for taxes on themselves. 因?yàn)樵S多人相信他們或者至少他們的孩子最終能夠成為富人，所以投票支持對富人征稅就好像投票支持對自己征稅一樣。

0595 wealth [welθ]

n. 財(cái)富

例 One should not equate wealth with happiness. 人們不應(yīng)把財(cái)富等同于幸福。

0596 prove [pru?v]

v. 證明

例 As a composer he proved himself adept at large dramatic forms. 身為作曲家，他證明了自己在創(chuàng)作大型戲劇方面的卓越能力。

0597 affordable [??f??d?bl]

adj. 買得起的

例 “This time, there is no debate about whether all Americans should have quality, affordable health care,” said Barack Obama. 貝拉克·奧巴馬說：“這一次，關(guān)于是否所有美國人都應(yīng)該享受優(yōu)質(zhì)的、負(fù)擔(dān)得起的醫(yī)療保險(xiǎn)問題，再無爭議。”

0598 visual [?v????l]

adj. 視覺的

例 Music, mime and visual imagery play a strong part in the productions. 音樂、動(dòng)作和視覺影像都會(huì)對影視作品產(chǎn)生重大影響。

0599 soul [s??l]

n. 心靈，靈魂

例 He dedicated himself body and soul to the education of young men. 他全身心地投入到了對年輕人的教育事業(yè)中。

0600 claim [kle?m]

v. 1 聲稱　2 宣稱對…的所有權(quán)

n. 1 聲稱　2 所有權(quán)

例 The product claims that it can make you thin without dieting. 該產(chǎn)品聲稱能夠讓你不節(jié)食也可以瘦下來。

0601 economic [?i?k??n?m?k]

adj. 經(jīng)濟(jì)上的；經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)的

例 In the current economic climate, we must keep costs down. 在當(dāng)前的經(jīng)濟(jì)形勢下，我們必須保持低成本。

0602 economy [??k?n?mi]

n. 經(jīng)濟(jì)

例 Workers of every rank are told these days that wide-ranging curiosity and continuous learning are vital to thriving in the modern economy. 如今各個(gè)層次的工作者都被告知，廣泛的好奇心和持續(xù)學(xué)習(xí)是在現(xiàn)代經(jīng)濟(jì)形勢下取得成就的關(guān)鍵。

0603 economist [??k?n?m?st]

n. 經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家

例 James Heckman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, has examined how the returns on education break down for individuals with di?erent backgrounds and levels of ability. 諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)得主經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家詹姆斯·赫克曼，針對教育回報(bào)率在不同背景和不同能力水平的人群中的分布做過調(diào)查。

0604 economics [?i?k??n?m?ks]

n. 經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)

例 The idea is to spread social democracy and economics outwards from Europe. 該觀點(diǎn)主張將歐洲的社會(huì)民主和經(jīng)濟(jì)制度向外傳播。

0605 economical [?i?k??n?m?kl]

adj. 經(jīng)濟(jì)的，節(jié)省的

例 The survey results suggest that the magic of air travel has been replaced by travellers’ desire to reach destinations at the most economical price. 調(diào)查結(jié)果顯示，航空旅行已魅力不再，取而代之的是旅行者要以最經(jīng)濟(jì)的價(jià)格抵達(dá)目的地的愿望。

0606 production [pr??d?k?n]

n. 生產(chǎn)；產(chǎn)量

例 Increasing water shortages prove to be the biggest obstacle to boosting the world’s grain production. 日益嚴(yán)重的水資源短缺已被證明是阻礙全球糧食產(chǎn)量增長的最大障礙。

0607 productive [pr??d?kt?v]

adj. 1 富有成效的　2 多產(chǎn)的

例 Instead of trying to get children to work hard, why not focus on getting them to take pleasure in meaningful, productive activity, like making things, working with others, exploring ideas, and solving problems? 與其力圖讓孩子努力學(xué)習(xí)，為什么不集中精力讓他們樂于做有意義的、富有成效的活動(dòng)呢，比如手工制作、與他人合作、探索思想和解決問題 ?

0608 productivity [?pr?d?k?t?v?ti]

n. 生產(chǎn)率

例 The greatest savings in time and productivity can come from how and where you work. 能否最大限度地節(jié)約時(shí)間和提高生產(chǎn)效率取決于你怎樣工作、在哪里工作。

0609 producer [pr??dju?s?]

n. 生產(chǎn)商

例 A working woman may face a crushing “poverty of time” and look for help elsewhere, creating opportunities for producers of frozen meals, child-care centres, dry cleaners, ?nancial services, and the like. 職業(yè)女性可能面臨嚴(yán)重的“時(shí)間不足”，進(jìn)而從其他地方尋求幫助，這就為冷凍食品生產(chǎn)商、兒童托管中心、干洗店和金融服務(wù)等類似產(chǎn)業(yè)創(chuàng)造了商機(jī)。

0610 growth [gr??θ]

n. 1 成長　2 增長

例 Thanks to slowing population growth, land currently ploughed up for crops might be able to revert to forest or wilderness. 由于人口增長放緩，當(dāng)前已經(jīng)耕種過的土地可能還有機(jī)會(huì)恢復(fù)成為森林或荒原。

0611 skeleton [?skel?tn]

n. 1 骨架　2 提綱；框架

例 The traditional textbook merely serves as a skeleton here, and you need to do a lot of extra reading. 在這里，傳統(tǒng)教科書只是作為一個(gè)提綱，你需要額外做大量閱讀。

0612 thumb [θ?m]

n. 拇指

例 “Central banks hate doing that because it puts them more under the thumb of the finance ministry,” he said. 他說：“央行都不喜歡這樣做，因?yàn)檫@會(huì)使它們更多地受制于財(cái)政部。”

0613 opera [??p?r?]

n. 歌劇

例 Do we have to get the opera tickets in advance? 我們是否要提前把歌劇門票買好？

0614 rocky [?r?ki]

adj. 巖石的

例 No man has ever set foot on that rocky island; it’s impossible to land there. 沒人涉足過那個(gè)巖島，不可能到達(dá)那里。

0615 profit [?pr?f?t]

n. 1 利潤　2 好處；利益

例 Some fast-food companies sacrificed their own profits by trying to give customers better value. 一些快餐公司試圖帶給客戶更好的價(jià)值感，犧牲了自己的利潤。

0616 profitable [?pr?f?t?bl]

adj. 贏利的；有益的

例 Breakfast has the potential to be very profitable because the margins can be high. 早餐有可能成為非常有利可圖的產(chǎn)品，因?yàn)樵绮偷睦麧櫬士梢院芨摺?/p>

0617 nonprofit [n?n?pr?f?t]

adj. 非營利的

例 EdX is a nonprofit enterprise founded by Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to o?er courses on the Internet. EdX是一家由哈佛大學(xué)和麻省理工學(xué)院 （MIT） 共同創(chuàng)建的非營利性機(jī)構(gòu)，在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上提供課程。

0618 increasingly [?n?kri?s??li]

adv. 越來越

例 Across the rich world, well-educated people increasingly work longer than the less-skilled. 在發(fā)達(dá)國家，受過良好教育的人要比那些缺乏技能的人工作更長時(shí)間。

0619 frequently [?fri?kw?ntli]

adv. 頻繁地

例 In a severe recession, while some people trade down to fast food, many others eat at home more frequently to save money. 在嚴(yán)重的經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退期間，有些人會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)而去吃快餐，還有很多人會(huì)比以前更常在家吃飯來節(jié)省開支。

0620 frequent [?fri?kw?nt]

adj. 頻繁的

例 Some people su?er from repeated, frequent headaches. 有些人會(huì)反復(fù)、經(jīng)常性地頭痛。

0621 origin [??r?d??n]

n. 1 起源　2 身世

例 The origins of universities can be traced back to the 12th to 14th centuries. 大學(xué)的起源可以追溯到12到14世紀(jì)。

0622 indicate [??nd?ke?t]

v. 指出；表明；暗示

例 It can be a little confusing the first time you try this, so we describe each step below and indicate where to pay special attention. 初次嘗試時(shí)可能讓人有些迷惑，因此我們在下面對每一步進(jìn)行了描述，并指出了要特別注意的地方。

0623 indicator [??nd?ke?t?]

n. 指示物，指標(biāo)

例 The answer is that the economic indicators have a basic fault: they show no difference between resource uses that sustain progress and those uses that will hurt it. 答案是經(jīng)濟(jì)指標(biāo)有一個(gè)基本缺陷：沒有對維持增長的資源利用和那些會(huì)傷害經(jīng)濟(jì)增長的資源利用進(jìn)行區(qū)分。

0624 indication [??nd??ke??n]

n. 跡象；標(biāo)志

例 Some students have this mind-set believing having to work hard is an indication of low ability. 一些學(xué)生抱有這種想法，認(rèn)為需要努力學(xué)習(xí)是能力低下的表現(xiàn)。

0625 forecast [?f??kɑ?st ]

n. / v. 預(yù)測；預(yù)報(bào)

例 We need to be able to forecast events weeks or months ahead of their occurrence so people can mitigate their worst impacts. 我們需要能夠提前幾個(gè)星期或幾個(gè)月預(yù)測到這些事件，以便人們能夠減緩這些事件的最壞影響。

0626 blame [ble?m]

v. 責(zé)怪；把…歸咎于

n. 指責(zé)

例 The blame for this accident attaches to the man who destroyed the signal. 這次事故歸咎于那個(gè)破壞信號(hào)的人。

0627 region [?ri?d?n]

n. 地區(qū)

例 The immediate problem is poverty. Most of Africa is urbanising at a lower level of income than other regions of the world did. 饑餓問題迫在眉睫。非洲大部分地區(qū)都在以低于世界其他區(qū)域的收入水平進(jìn)行著城市化。

0628 regional [?ri?d??nl]

adj. 地區(qū)的，區(qū)域的

例 “Our target audience was males aged 17 to 25,” says Marcus Spurrell, Adidas regional manager for Asia. 阿迪達(dá)斯亞洲區(qū)經(jīng)理馬庫斯·斯珀雷爾說：“我們的目標(biāo)受眾是年齡在17至25歲之間的男性。”

0629 direction [d??rek?n]

n. 1 方向　2 說明，指南

例 While it may be common for university researchers to try their luck in the commercial world, there is very little tra?c in the opposite direction. 盡管大學(xué)研究人員在商界試試運(yùn)氣的現(xiàn)象可能很普遍，但商業(yè)人士到大學(xué)里工作的現(xiàn)象卻少之又少。

0630 former [?f??m?]

adj. 以前的；前

例 To achieve the objective, we should change the former faulty understanding of development.為了實(shí)現(xiàn)這一目標(biāo)，我們應(yīng)該改變以前對發(fā)展的錯(cuò)誤理解。

0631 formerly [?f??m?li]

adv. 以前

例 The planet can today support far more people than it could formerly, and the potential exists for everyone to be rich. 現(xiàn)在我們的星球可以養(yǎng)活比以前多得多的人，并且人人富裕是有可能實(shí)現(xiàn)的。

0632 trick [tr?k]

n. 花招，騙局

v. 欺騙；欺詐

例 Today’s shaky economy is likely to produce many more such tricks. 今天搖搖欲墜的經(jīng)濟(jì)形勢下可能會(huì)產(chǎn)生更多類似的騙局。

0633 tricky [?tr?ki]

adj. 1 難辦的，棘手的　2 詭計(jì)多端的

例 Regulating sugar will prove particularly tricky because it goes beyond health concerns; sugar, for so many people, is love. 對糖進(jìn)行管制會(huì)特別棘手，因?yàn)樗搅私】捣懂牐惶菍芏嗳藖碚f，就是愛。

0634 soil [s??l]

n. 土，土壤

例 We must restore forests and soils to reverse the environmental trend here. 為了扭轉(zhuǎn)這里的環(huán)境惡化趨勢，我們必須恢復(fù)森林和土壤。

0635 protein [?pr??ti?n]

n. 蛋白質(zhì)

例 In spring, chickens start laying again, bringing a welcome source of protein at winter’s end. So it’s no surprise that cultures around the world celebrate spring by honouring the egg. 春天，雞又開始生蛋，在冬季結(jié)束時(shí)開始給人們提供蛋白質(zhì)來源。因此，世界各地的文化中通過供奉雞蛋來慶祝春天的到來就不奇怪了。

0636 reshape [?ri???e?p]

v. 重塑；改變…的形狀 / 結(jié)構(gòu)

例 If there is any good to come out of these crises, it is that we have an unprecedented opportunity to reshape the rules and institutions that guide the international economy. 如果說這些危機(jī)可以帶來什么好處的話，那就是我們有一個(gè)空前的良機(jī)，去重塑那些指引國際經(jīng)濟(jì)的規(guī)則和機(jī)制。

0637 average [??v?r?d?]

adj. 平均的；普通的

n. 平均水平

例 Americans eat out nearly four times a week on average. 美國人平均每周在外就餐近4次。

0638 income [??nk?m]

n. 收入

例 A law passed recently allows many students to pay no more than one tenth of their income for their college loans. 最近通過了一項(xiàng)法規(guī)，允許很多學(xué)生用不超過自己收入十分之一的部分去償還助學(xué)貸款。

0639 load [l??d]

n. 1 負(fù)荷　2 負(fù)擔(dān)

v. 把…裝入；承載

例 High blood pressure imposes an extra load on the heart. 高血壓會(huì)給心臟增加額外的負(fù)擔(dān)。

0640 benefit [?ben?f?t]

v. 對…有益

n. 利益，好處

例 American parents are becoming more doubtful about the benefits technology is said to bring to their children. 據(jù)說科技會(huì)給孩子帶來益處，但是美國的家長們現(xiàn)在卻越來越懷疑這一點(diǎn)。

0641 jewellery [?d?u??lri]

n. 珠寶

例 When Ratner took over his father’s chain of 130 jewellery shops in 1984, he introduced a very clear company policy. 1984年，拉特納在接管他父親的130家珠寶連鎖店時(shí)，提出了一項(xiàng)非常明確的公司政策。

0642 duration [dj??re??n]

n. 持續(xù)時(shí)間

例 Sleep duration has declined from some 8 hours in the 1950s to 7 in recent years. 睡眠時(shí)間已從20世紀(jì)50年代的約8小時(shí)減少至近年來的7小時(shí)。

0643 legal [?li?ɡl]

adj. 合法的

例 Foreign ownership of forests is legal in Japan. 在日本，外國人擁有森林是合法的。

0644 illegal [??liɡl]

adj. 違法的

例 Owners of films, music and computer games obviously have to protect their rights and prevent illegal copying, otherwise everyone would get all sorts of content for free. 電影、音樂和電腦游戲的所有者顯然應(yīng)該保護(hù)自己的權(quán)利，防止非法復(fù)制，否則每個(gè)人都能免費(fèi)獲取各種內(nèi)容了。

0645 communication [k??mju?n??ke??n]

n. 交流；溝通

例 People with e?ective communication skills and the ability to work individually or as a part of the team are welcome. 歡迎有較強(qiáng)溝通能力、能獨(dú)立工作或具有團(tuán)隊(duì)協(xié)作精神的人加入我們。

0646 communicate [k??mju?n?ke?t]

v. 1 交流，溝通　2 傳達(dá)

例 According to surveys, employers have expressed a preference for students who have received a broadly-based education that has taught them to write well, think critically, research creatively, and communicate easily. 調(diào)查顯示，雇主更喜歡受過廣泛教育的學(xué)生。這種教育教會(huì)他們有效寫作、批判性思考、創(chuàng)造性研究，以及順暢地溝通。

0647 industrial [?n?d?stri?l]

adj. 工業(yè)的

例 Scholars generally agree with the idea that inequality in the information society is fundamentally di?erent from that of an industrial society. 學(xué)者們一致同意：信息化社會(huì)中的不平等與工業(yè)化社會(huì)中的不平等有本質(zhì)上的區(qū)別。

0648 industrialisation [?n?d?stri?la??ze??n]

n. 工業(yè)化

例 When the frontier vanished about a century ago, America found new economic mobility in industrialisation. 約100年前當(dāng)邊遠(yuǎn)地區(qū)消失（所有地區(qū)都已開發(fā)），美國人在工業(yè)化中找到了新的經(jīng)濟(jì)流動(dòng)性。

0649 valley [?v?li]

n. 1 山谷　2 流域

例 The Nile Valley keeps a temperate climate throughout the year. 尼羅河流域一年四季氣候溫和。

0650 bubble [?b?bl]

n. 氣泡

例 There are di?erences between today and the dotcom bubble of a decade ago. 今天的情形與十年前的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)泡沫有許多不同點(diǎn)。

0651 regard [r??gɑ?d]

v. 看待；將…視為

n. 1 注意　2 尊重

例 The last announcement of a new iPhone by Tim Cook was generally regarded as competent but uninspiring. 上一次由蒂姆·庫克發(fā)布的新一代iPhone手機(jī)被認(rèn)為有競爭力但不具有啟發(fā)性。

0652 regardless [r??gɑ?dl?s]

adv. 不顧；不加理會(huì)

例 Regardless of how it’s sold, the popularity of bottled water taps into our desire for better health, our wish to appear cultivated, and even a longing for lost purity. 不管瓶裝水的營銷方式如何，它都是利用了我們對健康的追求、對個(gè)人修養(yǎng)的期望，甚至是對失去的純真的渴望才流行起來的。

0653 romantic [r???m?nt?k]

adj. 浪漫的

例 If you ask Japanese students to list the positive attributes they expect in a romantic partner, they rate highly things like loyalty, commitment and devotion. 如果你讓日本學(xué)生列出他們期望情侶具有的積極品質(zhì)，他們大部分會(huì)列出忠誠、奉獻(xiàn)、投入等。

0654 grassy [?grɑ?si]

adj. 長滿草的

例 The girl walks to the end of the city centre where she sees a dirt path that leads up a grassy hill. 小女孩走出了市中心，在那里，她看到一條土路一直通向一個(gè)長滿草的小山丘。

0655 agreement [??gri?m?nt]

n. 1 一致　2 同意　3 協(xié)議；一致意見

例 Outgoing and sympathetic people are often better at negotiating an agreement, aren’t they? 外向且富有同情心的人往往更善于談判達(dá)成協(xié)議，是嗎？

0656 agreeable [??ɡri?bl]

adj. 1 和善的　2 怡人的

例 Agreeable people boost your con?dence and allow you to relax and feel comfortable. 和善的人能激發(fā)你的自信，讓你感到放松和舒適。

0657 astronaut [??str?n??t]

n. 宇航員

例 Time slows down more as you move faster, which means astronauts someday may survive so long in space that they would return to an earth of the distant future. 你移動(dòng)的速度越快，時(shí)間就會(huì)放慢越多。這意味著，宇航員有一天可能在太空中生存很久，以至于他們回到地球時(shí)，已是很遠(yuǎn)的未來。

0658 mathematics [?m?θ??m?t?ks]

n. 數(shù)學(xué)

例 Faraday used no mathematics at all to prove his rule. 法拉第根本沒有用到數(shù)學(xué)就證明了他的定律。

0659 mathematician [?m?θ?m??t??n]

n. 數(shù)學(xué)家

例 In his old age, the mathematician developed a fantastic enthusiasm in anthropology. 老年時(shí)期，那位數(shù)學(xué)家對人類學(xué)產(chǎn)生了極大的熱情。

0660 separate [?sep?re?t]/[?sep?r?t]

v. （使）分開；分離；劃分

adj. 分開的；獨(dú)立的

例 When you live in an apartment building, where only wall separates you from your neighbours, everyone needs to be considerate of each other. 如果你是住在公寓大樓里，你和你的鄰居只有一墻之隔，那么每個(gè)人都需要互相體諒。

0661 separately [?sep?r?tli]

adv. 分別地

例 The new couple choose to keep their money separately. 這對新婚夫婦選擇分別保管自己的錢。

0662 separation [?sep??re??n]

n. 分開，分離；隔離；分居

例 What’s less clear is whether divorce and separation rates rise in a recession—financial pressures mean couples argue more but make splitting up less a?ordable. 經(jīng)濟(jì)蕭條時(shí)離婚和分居的比例是否會(huì)升高并不十分明確。經(jīng)濟(jì)壓力使得夫妻更經(jīng)常爭吵，但也讓分開更難以承擔(dān)。

0663 shelter [??elt?]

n. 1 遮蔽　2 住所　3 防空洞

v. 1 保護(hù)　2 躲避

例 The organisation says that animals must have food, water, shelter, health care and the ability to reproduce. 該組織表示，動(dòng)物必須有食物、水、棲息處、醫(yī)療保健和繁殖能力。

0664 symbol [?s?mbl]

n. 符號(hào)

例 Many people mistakenly believe that money is a symbol of a person’s status. 許多人錯(cuò)誤地認(rèn)為，金錢是一個(gè)人地位的象征。

0665 symbolise [?s?mb?la?z]

v. 象征

例 The sword hasn’t had a military function for a hundred years, but is still part of an o?cer’s full-dress uniform, precisely because a sword always symbolised “an o?cer and a gentleman.”劍不具備軍事功能已經(jīng)一百年了，但它仍是軍官的正式制服的組成部分，正是因?yàn)閯σ恢笔恰败姽俸图澥俊钡南笳鳌?/p>

0666 repay [r??pe?]

v. 1 報(bào)答　2 償還

例 Many people are forecasting that Greece, despite its bail-out package from the EU and the IMF, will be unable to repay its debts in full and on time. 許多人都預(yù)測，盡管希臘受到了歐盟和國際貨幣基金組織的援助，但它依舊不可能按時(shí)足額地償還其債務(wù)。

0667 oral [???r?l]

adj. 口頭的

例 The language and style you use when making an oral presentation should not be the same as the language in style you use when writing. 你做口頭陳述時(shí)所用的語言表達(dá)和風(fēng)格應(yīng)該和你書寫時(shí)用的語言表達(dá)和風(fēng)格不一樣。

0668 original [??r?d??nl]

adj. 起初的

例 Our original plan was to go to Spain, but it was too expensive. 我們起初的計(jì)劃是去西班牙，但是去那里太貴了。

0669 spacecraft [?spe?skrɑ?ft]

n. 宇宙飛船

例 The new spacesuit is really a small spacecraft with room for food and water containers, and a waste-collection system. 這款新的航天服就是一個(gè)小型的宇宙飛船，擁有食物儲(chǔ)放空間、 水容器以及垃圾清理系統(tǒng)。

0670 deadline [?dedla?n]

n. 最后期限

例 People who forget about the deadlines have to pay a high interest on their credit card debt.忘記最后還款期限的人要為信用卡債務(wù)支付高額利息。

0671 dairy [?de?ri]

adj. 乳制的

n. 乳品廠

例 Modern techniques for producing and shipping food led to greater variety and quantity, including a tremendous increase in the amount of animal protein and dairy products available, making us more vigorous than our ancestors. 現(xiàn)代技術(shù)在食物生產(chǎn)和運(yùn)輸中的應(yīng)用，使得食物的種類和量都大大增加，比如動(dòng)物蛋白質(zhì)和奶制品產(chǎn)量的劇增，進(jìn)而使我們比我們的祖先更加精力充沛。

0672 global [?ɡl??bl]

adj. 全球的

例 Global warming is a trend toward warmer conditions around the world. 全球變暖是指世界范圍內(nèi)環(huán)境溫度升高的一種趨勢。

0673 condition [k?n?d??n]

n. 條件

例 In the coming years, instead of radio reports about road conditions and high way tra?c, news reports will talk about tra?c jams in the sky. 未來，新聞報(bào)道將會(huì)討論空中的交通堵塞情況，而不是報(bào)道路況和高速路的交通情況。

0674 cable [?ke?bl]

n. 電纜

例 When the mother realised that cable TV was costing her $500 a year, she decided that network TV wasn’t so bad. 當(dāng)這位媽媽意識(shí)到有線電視每年要花費(fèi)她500美元時(shí)，她開始覺得網(wǎng)絡(luò)電視并不是那么糟糕。

0675 adjust [??d??st]

v. 調(diào)整

例 Higher education should be adjusted to the practical needs of society. 高等教育應(yīng)適時(shí)調(diào)整，以適應(yīng)社會(huì)的實(shí)際需求。

0676 adjustment [??d??stm?nt]

n. 調(diào)整

例 You might not achieve all of your objectives in a single negotiation, but over time opportunities for adjustment and renegotiation might arise. 你可能無法通過一次談判就實(shí)現(xiàn)所有目標(biāo)，但隨著時(shí)間的推移，就可能會(huì)有機(jī)會(huì)調(diào)整和重新談判。

0677 design [d??za?n]

v. 設(shè)計(jì)；籌劃

n. 設(shè)計(jì)，布局；構(gòu)思

例 For architects, computer-aided design has become essential but in some ways has cheapened the design process. 于建筑設(shè)計(jì)師而言，電腦輔助設(shè)計(jì)已經(jīng)不可或缺，但也在某種程度上貶低了設(shè)計(jì)工作的價(jià)值。

0678 designer [d??za?n?]

n. 設(shè)計(jì)師

例 Mr. Nabrit is the chief designer of the latest bike model. 納布里特先生是這一最新款自行車的首席設(shè)計(jì)師。