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1. authority

权威，当局

Mexican authorities noticed a large number of

hospitalizations and deaths among healthy adults.

墨西哥当局注意到，在成年人中有大量人住院。

One authority says that these intensely powerful mental

events can be not only harnessed but actually brought under

conscious control.

一位权威人士说道， 这些极其强大的精神事件不但可以约束，还可以

有意识地进行控制。

2. equivalent

等价物

The digital credential would be a

＂

voluntary trusted

identity

＂

system that would be the high-tech equivalent of a

physical key

，

a fingerprint and a photo ID card.

该数字证书可 以成为一个＂自愿受信身份＂系统，从而成为物理密

钥、指纹以及身份证的高科技等价物 。

3. alternative

替代物

They tend to keep a tighter hold on their purse and consider

eating at home a realistic alternative.

他们更愿意握紧自己的钱包，把在家吃饭作为一种现实的替代。

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4. substitute

代替物

Devoted concertgoers reply that recordings are no substitute

for live performance.

忠诚的音乐会爱好者回答道，唱片并不能

`1

代替现 场表演。

5. community

具有共性的人

（社区，…届）

The approach would create a

＂

walled garden

＂

in

cyberspace

，

with safe

＂

neighborhoods

＂

and bright

＂

s treetlights

＂

to establish a sense of a trusted community.

该方法能够在网络空 间建一个＂有墙的花园＂，具有安全的＂邻里关

系＂以及明亮的＂街灯＂，从而创造出一 种安全社区的意识。

6. transaction

交易

The individuals and organizations can complete online

transactions with confidence.

个人和组织能够充满信任地完全在线交易。

7. mentality

心态

It seems clear that such a scheme is an initiative push

toward what would eventually be a compulsory of Internet

＂

driver

＇

s license

＂

mentality.

< br>该计划看来明显是一个最初的推断，最终将形成一种英特网强制性＂

驾驶执照＂的 心态。

8. skepticism

怀疑

The plan has also been greeted with skepticism by some

computer security experts.

该方案也遭到了电脑安全专家的怀疑。

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History and news become confused

，

and one

＇

s impressions

tend to be a mixture of skepticism and optimism.

历史和新闻变得令人困惑，人们开始产生一种怀疑与乐观相混合的 印

象。

9. executive

高级管理者

But Edward Dolman

，

the chief executive

，

says

：

＂

I

＇

m

pretty confident we

＇

re at the bottom.

＂

但是首席执行官爱 德华·多尔曼说道：＂我完全相信现在已经是在底

部了。＂

10. irony

讽刺

This episode crystallizes the irony that

，

although American

men tend to talk more than women in public situations

，

they

rarely talk at home.

该情节体现出一 种讽刺，那就是，籍贯美国男性在公共场合比女性说

话多，但在家里，他们很少说话。< /p>

11. preference

偏爱

The first and more important is the consumer

＇

s growing

preference for eating out.

首先并且最重要的是消费者不断增长的对外出就餐的偏爱。

12. predominance

优势

Just as inevitably

，

the retreat from predominance proved

painful.

不可避免的事，这种从优势地位退下来的感觉是痛苦的。

13. pattern

图案，模式