12 Flashcards
Consecutive /kənˈsek.jə.tɪ̬v/
Adjective. 形容词 连续的 Consecutive events, numbers, etc. follow one after
another without an interruption.
This is the fifth consecutive weekend that
I’ve spent working.
Dime /daɪm/
Noun. 名词 10分硬币 an American or Canadian coin that has the value of
ten cents
10 dimes are equivalent to 1 dollar.
Nickel /ˈnɪk.əl/
Noun. 名词 5分硬币 a US or Canadian coin worth five cents 20 nickels are same as 1 dollar.
Penny /ˈpen.i/
Noun. 名词 1分硬币 in the US and Canada, a cent or a coin of this value Buy a TV now and it won’t cost you a
penny (= will cost nothing) for three months.
Source /sɔːrs/
Noun. 名词 来源,出处;信息来源 the place something comes from or starts at, or the
cause of something ; someone or something that
supplies information
Experts are trying to track down the source
of the contamination in the water supply.
Shortcut /ˈʃɔːrt-/
Noun. 名词 近路;(做事情的)捷径 a quicker way of doing something in order to save
time or effort
I know a shortcut to town.
Validate /ˈvæl.ə.deɪt/
Vt. 及物动词 证实…是对的;批准,认可,使
生效
to prove that something is correct; to make
something officially acceptable or approved,
especially after examining it
The data is validated automatically by the
computer after it has been entered.
Trivial /ˈtrɪv.i.əl/
Adjective. 形容词 微不足道的,琐碎的;没有价值
的
having little value or importance I don’t know why he gets so upset about
something so trivial.
Subsequent /ˈsʌb.sɪ.kwənt/
Adjective. 形容词 随后的,接着的 happening after something else Those explosions must have been
subsequent to our departure, because we
didn’t hear anything.
Familiar /fəˈmɪl.i.jɚ/
Adjective. 形容词 熟悉的;常⻅的 easy to recognize because of being seen, met,
heard, etc. before
The street was familiar to me.
Souvenir /ˌsuː.vəˈnɪr/
Noun. 名词 纪念品;纪念物 something you buy or keep to help you remember a
holiday or special event
He bought a model of a red London bus as
a souvenir of his trip to London.
Database /ˈdeɪ.tə̬.beɪs/
Noun. 名词 (计算机)资料库,数据库 a large amount of information stored in a computer
system in such a way that it can be easily looked at
or changed
We’re linked to the online database at our
head office.
Inclined /ɪnˈklaɪnd/
Adjective. 形容词 倾向于…的 likely or wanting to do something No one seemed inclined to help.
Utilize /ˈjuː.tə̬l.aɪz/
Vt. 及物动词 使用;利用;应用 to use something in an effective way The vitamins come in a form that is easily
utilized by the body.
Employ /ɪmˈplɔɪ/
Vt. 及物动词 使用;利用; 雇用 to use something; to have someone work or do a
job for you and pay them for it
Sophisticated statistical analysis was
employed to obtain these results.
Reproduction /ˌriː.prəˈdʌk.ʃən/
Noun. 名词 生殖;生育;繁殖 the process of having babies, producing young, or
producing new plants
We are researching reproduction in
elephants/the reproduction of elephants.
Aquarium /əˈkwer.i.əm/
Noun. 名词 水族馆 a building, usually open to the public, that holds
many aquariums
Let’s go to the Bay Area Aquarium next
month!
Stream /striːm/
Noun. 名词 溪流 water that flows naturally along a fixed route
formed by a channel cut into rock or ground,
usually at ground level
There’s a bubbling stream that flows
through their property.
Mature /məˈtʊr/
Adjective. 形容词 成熟的 Mature people behave like adults in a way that
shows they are well developed emotionally.
He’s very mature for his age.
Counterpart /ˈkaʊn.tɚ̬ .pɑːrt/
Noun. 名词 作用相同者,相对应者 a person or thing holding a position or performing a
function that corresponds to that of another person
or thing in another place.
The minister held talks with his French
counterpart.
Fate /feɪt/
Noun. 名词 命中注定的事;命运 what happens to a particular person or thing,
especially something final or negative, such as
death or defeat
We want to decide our own fate.
Numerous /ˈnuː.mə.rəs/
Adjective. 形容词 许多的,大量的 Many We have discussed these plans on
numerous occasions.
Descendant /dɪˈsen.dənt/
Noun. 名词 子孙,后代 a person who is related to you and who lives after
you, such as your child or grandchild
We owe it to our descendants (= people
younger than us who will live after we have
died) to leave them a clean world to live in.
Rationale /ˌræʃ.əˈnæl/
Noun. 名词 根本原因;基本原理 the reasons or intentions that cause a particular set
of beliefs or actions
I don’t understand the rationale for these
restrictions.
Expedite /ˈek.spə.daɪt/
Vt. 及物动词 迅速完成;促进;加快 to make something happen more quickly Something needs to be done to expedite
the process.
Offspring /ˈɑːf.sprɪŋ/
Noun. 名词 (动物的)幼崽,崽兽; (人的)
后代,子女
the young of an animal; a person’s children In the case of the guinea pig, the number of
offspring varies between two and five.
