trustworthy-elly
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单词每日一背(都是些
time
新闻词汇)
█anonymous [?ˋnɑn?m?s] adj.
匿名的,不知名的
【反】
known, named
So he went on his own fact-finding
mission, leaning heavily on a 49-page white paper
submitted
last month by three anonymous
high-tech firms. (TIME, Feb.27, 1995, p.31)
所以他继续其真相调查工作,埋头审阅一份厚达
49
页的白皮书,这份白皮书是上个月由
3
家匿名的高科技公司提出
的。
█at stake [?t stek]
危急存亡关头的,有可能丧失或受损的
【同】
at risk
At a
news conference,(U.S. Undersecretary of Defense)
Perry declared that the credibility of the
international community (NATO) was at
stake. (TIME, June 5,1995, p.38)
在记者招待会
上,
(美国国防部长)佩里宣称,北约这个国际组织正面临信任危机。
< br>
█blunt [bl?
nt] adj.
直言不讳的
Clinton’s
summation was startlingly blunt: “It is better to
have reached no agreement (on Japan’s
opening it domestic market) than to
have reached an empty agreement.”
(TIME, Feb.21, 1994, p.41)
最
后克林顿语惊四座,直言不讳地总结说:
“
(在日本开放其国内
市场这个议题上)与其获
得形同一纸空文的协议,不如不要协议。
”
█burgeoning
['b?
d
??ni?] adj.
正快速发展的
Genetic
information
is
the
raw
material
of
the
burgeoning
biotechnology
industry,
which
uses
human
DNA to build specialized proteins that may have
some value as disease-fighting drugs.
(TIME, Jan.16, 1995, p.54)
基
因信息是目前正蓬勃发展的生物科技工业的原料;
此工业利用人类
DNA
制造特化蛋白质,
而这些蛋白质或许可作为治病药物之
用。
█coherent
[koˋh?
r
?
nt] adj.
前后连贯的,有条理的
【反】
muddled, incoherent
Curry… impressed Clinton with his
ability to fashion a coherent policy
messag
e that synthesized
the
often conflicting interests of the party’s
traditional and moderate wings.
(TIME, June 5, 1995, p.22)
科
里就是有这个本事,
能够把党内保守派、
温和派往往都各不相让
的利益结合在一起,
做出
一份有条有理的政策报告,令克林顿大
为赞赏。
█ fashion v.
制作
synthesize v.
综合,合成
conciliatory [k
?nˋs?
< br>l
???
t
?
< br>r
?
] adj.
有和解之意的
The
executive
director
of
the
Christian
Coalition
told
a
prominent
Jewish
audience,
in
a
conciliatory speech, that calling the
U.S. a “Christian nation” is wrong…
(TIME, Apr.17, 1995, p.13)
在
一场有意化解对立的演讲中,
基督教联盟的执行主(蟹)席告诉台下那群犹太名流说,将
美国叫做
“
基督教国家
”
是不对的。
conscious [ˋkɑn??s] adj.
意识到
……
的
【同】
aware
Times
Books
recently
announced
that
it
will
publish
a
book
of
socially-
conscious
poetry
by
former President Jimmy Carter. (TIME,
July 18, 1994, p.9)
时代图书公司最近宣布,将出版一本由前总
统卡特所写的社会关怀的诗集。
conventional
[k
?nˋv?
n
??
nl] adj.
传统的,
一般的,
普通的
【同】
traditional
【反】
unconventional
The voice-recognition technology will
not be on conventional desktop computers only; it
will be
available in any sort of
electronic information processing device. (TIME,
July 17, 1995, p.44)
语音识别技术不仅将运用于一般的台式电
脑,任何电子信息处理装置都用得上。
critical
[ˋkr?
t
?
kl] adj.
重大的,据关键地位的
【同】
crucial
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“We have only the foggiest idea,” the
independent daily Segodnya complained last week,
“who is
actually at the helm in this
country, who is making the critical
decisions.”
(TIME, Jan.9,
1995, p.50)
立场独立的《塞戈尼亚日报》上周抱怨说:
< br>“
谁是真正的国家领导者?谁做出重大决策?我
们所知甚
少。
”
█ foggy adj.
模糊的,朦胧的
crucial
[ˋkru??
l] adj.
关键的,重大的
【同】
critical
Understanding social cues, creating
works of art and spawning inventions are all
crucial mental
tasks that bear little
relationship to how well a person can fill in a
printed test form.
(TIME,
Sept. 11, 1995, p.60)
许多重要的心智活动,像理解一些社交
上的暗示,
创造艺术品,孕育新发明,其实都和填写
考卷的能力
没什么关系。
cunning
[ˋk?
n
??] adj.
狡猾的,精明的
【同】
crafty
Perhaps
the most cunning Disney trick is to take fairy
tales in the public domain and reinvent them
as corporate property. A
billion-
dollar example is Beauty and
the Beast…
(TIME, May 2,
1994, p.72)
迪斯尼公司最精明的盘算,
或许就是
将童话故事搬上大众舞台,
且将其改头换面,
成为公司
资产。耗资
10
亿美元排成的《美女与野兽》就
是个例子。
dazzling
[d?z
?
l
??] adj.
令人目眩神移的【同】
stunning
With computers doubling in speed
and power every couple of years and
with genetic engineering’s
dazzling
feats growing more and more routine, the battered
American faith in technologic progress
has been growing stronger and giddier
of late. (TIME, May 27, 1996, p.67)
随着电
脑的速度与功能每两年就增加一倍,
基因工程领域中惊人的成就变得司空见惯,
美国
人在科技发展方面备受打击的信心,近年来已逐渐增强,并有异常乐
观的趋势。
█ batter v.
连番猛击,毒打
dedicated
[?ded?
ke
?
t
?
d] adj.
专注的
In Singapore, dedicated Net users are
planning to maintain unfettered access by junping
borders
and dialing services in
neighboring Malaysia. (TIME, Sept.23, 1996, p.27)
新加坡的网络迷正计划跨越国界,
使用领国马来西亚的拨号服务
,
以确保网络上的自由使用
权。
desperate [ˋd?
sp
?
r
?
t] adj.
迫切的
Bereft of
patrons, desperate to rescue his economy, Fidel
Castro turns to an unusual solution:…
(TIME, Feb.20, 1995, p.50)
由
于资助断绝,而又急于挽救该国经济,卡斯特罗转而求助于一项罕见的解救之道:
……<
/p>
█ to be bereft of
丧失(希望、喜悦等)
determined [d
??
t<
/p>
??m?
nd] adj.
坚定的
Author Joe
Kane came across a determined priest, a Spaniard
who had spent years teaching a tribe
of
hunter gatherers, the Huaorani, how to survive
outside their rainforest habitat.
(TIME, Mar.25, 1996, p.70)
作
家乔
·
卡内遇到一名性格坚毅的西班牙籍教士,这名教士花了好
几年时间教给华欧拉尼族
人离开世居的雨林区之后的生存之道。华欧拉尼族以狩猎,采集
为生。
disastrous
[d
?zˋ?str?
s] adj.
灾情惨重的
【同】
terrible
The
Kobe quake was only slightly bigger than the
Northridge tremor but more disastrous.
(TIME, Jan.30, 1995, p.34)
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神户地震的规模仅稍大于诺斯里奇地震,造成的灾情却严重得多。
distinct [d
?ˋst??kt] adj.
不易混淆的,独特的
Many
scientists consider the Khoisan a distinct race of
very ancient organ.
(TIME,
Jan.16, 1995, p.54)
许多科学家认为(南非)克瓦桑族是一支独
特的民族,渊源非常久远。
dominant
[ˋdɑm?n?nt] adj.
主宰的,强势的
【同】
pre-eminent
Now as then, the splintering of a
Saddam-less Iraq would leave Iran the dominant
gulf power, an
unpalatable solution.
(TIME, Sept.23, 1996, p.35)
现在的情况和当时相同,
没有萨达姆
·
侯赛因的伊拉克会四分五
裂,
波斯湾就只剩伊朗称霸,
这种解决方案令人无法接受。
p>
█ splinter v.
使分裂;
unpalatable
adj.
不好吃的,令人不快的
doomed [dumd] adj.
①
注定的,命定的
He
started
at
the
top,
of
course,
but
the
fact
that
he
is
staying
there
has
frustrated
the
popular
wisdom that an early
front runner is doomed to fall. (TIME, June 5,
195, p.29)
他一开始就领先,这时理所当然的事,但让一般人不解的是,<
/p>
他此后一直保持领先,因为一
般人都认为刚开始当选希望最大的人
最后必定会败下阵来。
█ wisdom n.
看法;
front runner
比赛中最有可能夺标的人
adj.
②
注定要失败或毁灭的,劫数难逃的
At the beginning of May 1945 it was
clear to even the most zealous of Hitler’s
followers that his
“Thousand Year
Reich” was doomed. (TIME, May 15, 1995,
p.52)
1945
年
5
月初,即使是希特勒最狂热的支持者,也都明白
“
千年帝国
”
已是劫数难逃。
drastic [ˋdr?st?
k]
adj.
剧烈的
【同】
radical
The
New
Deal
welfare
safety
net
installed
in
the
1930s
and
augmented
in
the
Great
Society
programs of the 1960s has been hauled
off for the kind of drastic restitching that
France, Germany,
Italy and Sweden have
been laboring over for the past year or more.
(TIME, Aug.12, 1996, p.25)
“
新政
”
在
1930
年代大张社会福利安全网,
到了
1060
< br>年代又因
“
伟大社会
”
的各项计划而更为
扩大,如今这张安全网已经取下,准备大肆缝补,就像
一年多来法国、德国、意大利与瑞典
这些国家大费周章所做的修补一样。
█ augment v.
扩大,加强;
to haul
off
撤下;
restitching n.
重新缝补
eccentric [<
/p>
?kˋs?
ntr
?
k] adj.
特立独行的,行为怪异的
【同】
odd
The
eccentric, fact-based best seller Midnight in the
Garden of Good and Evil sparks a rush to see
where it all took place. (TIME, Apr.3,
1995, p.79)
这本风格特异、根据真人实事改编的畅销书《午夜的善恶花园
》
,激起一股人潮,涌向故事
的发生地一探究竟。
elevated [ˋ?
l
??
vet
?
d] adj.
崇高的
It turns out,
however, that not every man who reached the
pinnacle of American leadership was a
gleaming
example
of
self-awareness,
empathy,
impulse
control
and
other
qualities that
mark
an
elevated EQ. (TIME,
Oct.9, 1995, p.30)
然而,
结果是,
p>
并非每个攀登到美国最高领导层的人都是具有自觉、有同理心,能克制冲动
< br>及其他高情商特指的闪光典范。
enduring
[
?n?dur??] adj.
持久的
The plain,
undecorated object, representing the enduring role
art has played throughout China’s
history,
takes
pride
of
place
in
the
sumptuous
Splendors
of
Imperial
China,
which
opened
last
week at New York City Metropolitan
Museum of Art. (TIME, Apr.1, 1996, p.47)
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这件朴实、
毫无雕琢的物品代表着艺术在中国历史上扮演的历久不衰的角色。
上周在纽约大
都会艺术博物馆开幕的
“
中国帝王瑰宝展
”
盛展中,这件物品展示在最主要
的位置。
█ to take pride of
place
(在一组事物中)被视为最重要的;
sumptuous adj.
豪华的,昂贵的
explicit
[
?kˋspl?
s
?
t] adj.
明白表示的,直言的
But the
y won’t be able to
filter the Internet. They’re explicit about that.
(TIME, Feb.17, 1997, p.46)
但是他们无法滤到国际互联网,这点他们已明白表示。
formidable [ˋf?
rm
?
d
?
bl] adj.
(敌人)但对付的。
(工作)艰难的
“Perot as kingmaker, ” he says
tactfully, “is a more formidable proposition than
Perot as candate.”
他委婉地说道:
p>
“
佩罗替人抬轿助选,要比他自己出来参选更难缠。
”
█ kingmaker n.
有权使人当选者
proposition n.
(口语)要对付或注意的事物
fragile [ˋfr?d??
l] adj.
(情势)脆弱的,禁不起外力冲击的
【同】
unstable
A
revenue-
generating franchise is the
most fragile thing in the world … No matter how
good your
product, you are only 18
months away from failure.
世界上最不可靠的,莫过于来
自特许经销
权的收入。产品再好,也只有
18
< br>个月免于淘汰的安全期。
futile
[ˋfjutl] adj.
徒劳无功的,白费力气的
【同】
pointless
Indeed,
for
all
the
world’s
governments,
…
attempts
to
control
the
global
flow
of
electro-information are not only futile
but counter productive as well.
试图控制电子资
讯的全球流动,不仅枉然而且会带来副作用,对世界各国政
(
蟹
)
府而言,这
是毋庸置疑的事。
genuine
[ˋd??
nj
??
n] adj.
1.
真的,非伪造的;
2.
真诚的,非
伪装的
【同】
e
【反】
fake
It is a
challenge to portray a forsaken woman in a way
that evokes genuine sympathy; but Stevens
manages.
把弃妇描写得令人由衷生起恻隐之心,不是
件易事,但史蒂文斯做到了。
hefty
[ˋh?
ft
?
] adj.
重大的,猛烈的
Chow Yun
Fat is angling for Hollywood stardom; this time
next year he could be in any of three
hefty action films.
周润发正设法到好
莱坞摘星,
明年此时,
他可能已在拍
3
部火爆动作片中
的一部。
█ angle v.
钓鱼;
to
angle
for…
指(用暗示、手段、诡计等)谋取,博取;
stardom n.
明星的地位或身份
hostile
[ˋhɑstl] adj.
带敌意的
【同】
antagonistic
【反】
receptive
Unlike most baseball-playing countries,
Cuba has no professional league to cream off its
top talent,
and hostile relations with
Washington keep its elite from migrating to the
U.S. major league.
(TIME, Feb.5, 1996,
p.13)
古巴与大部分棒球国家不同,
它没有职业棒球联盟
,
所以不愁顶尖高手被挖角。
它与华盛顿
交恶,所以棒球精英也不会移民去打美国甲级联盟。
█
to cream off…
挑出(最好的部分)
,提取(精华
)
immense
[
?ˋm?
ns] adj.
巨大的
【同】
enormous
His
influence in the 1980s was so immense that
Taiwanese distributors once asked a Hong Kong
director if there was a role in a film
for Chow Yun-
fat, and if there wasn’t,
they’d commit to a deal.
周润发在
80
年代的影响力非常大,过去台湾的片商曾问某香港导演,某部电影中有没有周
p>
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润发的角色,如果没有,他们要求替他写一个角色进去,否则生意免谈。
█ to commit (oneself)
to…
答应,保证
imminent
[ˋ?
m
?
n
?
nt] adj.
迫近的,即将发生的
The
time will come when the U.S. will subside to
become but one of many Great Powers. It is
inevitable, but it is not imminent.
美国终有一日会衰退成众多强权中的一员。
那是必然的,
可
是却不会很快来临。
█
subside v.
消退
inaugural [
?nˋ?ɡ
j
?
r
?
l]
adj.
就职的
After
the oath, he gave an inaugural address designed to
reach out to all Americans, to rally the
nation to work together for a great
common future.
宣誓后,
他发表了以全体美国
人为对象的就
职演说,呼吁全体国人团结起来,为大家伟大的未来一起努力。
intact [] adj.
完好如初的
【同】
in one piece
But
psychologists,
psychiatrists
and
other
scientists
are
bitterly
divided
over
the
idea
that
the
memory of repeated abuse can be
completely wiped out and then recovered, virtually
intact.
但一再受虐的遭遇是否可自记忆中完全排除,
进而完全康复,
与受害前几乎没有两样,
对这
< br>一点在心理学家、精神学家和其他科学家中存在着巨大的分歧。
lingering
[l
??g?
r
??] adj.
流连不去的
What
remains
largely
unspoken
is
the
lingering
hope
that
such
a
mission
might
experience,
somewhere
beneath the desolate Martian surface, a close
encounter with organisms that are alive
today.
而尚未说出口的宿愿,就是希望这一项任务可以在火星荒芜的地表下,与
现在还活着
的生物进行近距离接触。
mean [min] adj.
卑劣的
This
bill
is
mean.
It
is
downright
low-down.
What
does
it
profit
a
great
nation
to
conquer
the
world, only to lose its soul?
这个提案太卑鄙了,简直是无耻透顶。这么打大的国家如果失去
了灵魂,就算征服了
全世界又有什么用?
█ downright adv.
十足地,彻头彻尾的;
low-down adj.
(口语)低贱的,卑鄙的
obscure
[
?bˋskj?
r] adj.
默默无闻的
【同】
unknown
He
’d
met
Marc
Andreessen,
who
as
an
undergraduate
programmer
had
helped
create
the
then
obscure
browsing software Mosaic, which made it easy to
navigate the World Wide Web.
他和马克
·
安德里森见了面,安德里森在大学读电脑时,帮忙设计了当时尚默默无闻的
“
马赛
克
”<
/p>
浏览软件,可在万维网中轻松寻找资讯。
obsolete [ˋɑbs??lit] ad
j.
落伍的,过时的
【同】
outdated
Indeed, your average computer is
virtually obsolete by the time it is skipped from
the factory to
the retail store.
实际上,一般的电脑从工厂送到零售店的时候,可以说已经过时了。
ominous [ˋɑm?n?s] adj.
不吉祥的,不详的
【同】
meanacing
Observers are not surprised that
business is flourishing despite the ominous
political situation.
尽管政治形势恶劣,观察家对经贸如此蓬勃发展并不意外。
ostensibly [
ɑsˋt?ns?bl?]
adv.
表面上
At 3:33
a.m., it touched down at Marseilles, ostensibly
for a refueling stop.
凌晨
3
点
33
分,这艘船
停靠马赛港,表面上是为了添加燃料。
outspoken
[a
?tˋspok?
n] adj.
率直的,不客气的
【同】
forthright
When
he
(Magic
Johnson)
tried
to
make
a
comeback
in
the
fall
of
’92,
the
fears
of
some
outspoken N.B.A. players forced him to
call it off. 1992
年秋季魔术师的约翰逊想重返
N.B.A.
,
但由于一些直言不讳的球员(怕被染上艾滋
病)
,使他打消了这个念头。
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