5.1 Flashcards
draw upon
People carrying more weight could have more energy and nutritional stores to draw upon.
一是体重越大的人体内携带的可利用能量和营养物质更多。
=draw on 利用 总结
register
Voters wish to register their dissatisfaction with the ruling party.
选民们希望表达他们对执政党的不满。
V-I If a feeling registers on someone’s face, their expression shows clearly that they have that feeling. (面部表情) 流露
例:
Surprise again registered on Rodney’s face.
罗德尼的脸上再次流露出惊讶的表情。
It will only register on sophisticated X-ray equipment.
只有在先进的X光设备上它才会显示出来。
fashion
There is another drug called DHE that works in a similar fashion.
另有一种叫作二氢埃托啡的药作用相似。
The custom has been fashioned out for a long time.
这个风俗已形成很久。
transmission
…foreign television transmissions.
…外国的电视节目。
regiment
Schoolboys and schoolgirls should not be regimented.
对中小学的学生不应管理太严。
primacy
The political idea at the heart of this is the primacy of the individual.
其核心的政治观点表现在这里就是个体第一。
passive
Passive resistance involves showing opposition to the people in power in your country by not cooperating with them and protesting in nonviolent ways. 非暴力的
例:
They made it clear that they would only exercise passive resistance in the event of a military takeover.
他们声明假若发生军事接管,他们只采取非暴力抵抗行动。
champion
He received acclaim as a champion of the oppressed.
他作为被压迫者的捍卫者而受到了赞誉。
grip
The entire community has been gripped by fear.
整个社区已被恐惧笼罩着。
the rest is history
We met in college, the rest is history.
我们在大学相识,接下来的事大家都知道了。
in any case
in case
The concert was sold out, and in any case, most of the people gathered in the square could not afford the price of a ticket.
音乐会的票已售完,再说,聚在广场上的人也大都买不起票。
She’s nervous about something, in case you didn’t notice.
她对某些事情神经兮兮的,难道你没注意到?
justice
We are a minority and must convince people of the justice of our cause.
我们是少数,必须让人们相信我们动机的正当性。
The photograph I had seen didn’t do her justice.
我看到的那张照片不如她本人。
No one article can ever do justice to the topic of fraud.
没有一篇文章能恰如其分地处理欺诈这一主题。
I don’t think he did himself justice in the game today.
我认为今天他在比赛中没有充分发挥出自己的实力。
法官
bear
They bore the oblong hardwood box into the kitchen and put it on the table.
他们把那个长方形的硬木箱抬进了厨房,放在了餐桌上。
She bore him a daughter, Susanna.
她给他生了个女儿,叫苏珊娜。
Travelling north on 309 to Centre Valley, bear right at the fork onto Route 378 North.
经309道向北去中央谷时,在378道北的岔口向右拐。
case history
I took her to a homeopath, who started by taking a very long and detailed case history.
我带领她去见同种疗法医师,作为医疗开始,这位医师记录了非常长而且详细的个人病例史。
arguably
She is arguably the most powerful woman in the world today
她可以说是当今世界上最有势力的女人