5.1 Flashcards

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draw upon

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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

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register

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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。

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fashion

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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。

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transmission

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…foreign television transmissions.

…外国的电视节目。

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regiment

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Schoolboys and schoolgirls should not be regimented.

对中小学的学生不应管理太严。

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primacy

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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。

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passive

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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。

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champion

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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。

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grip

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The entire community has been gripped by fear.

整个社区已被恐惧笼罩着。

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the rest is history

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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。

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in any case

in case

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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?

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justice

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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

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bear

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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。

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case history

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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。

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arguably

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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

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whereupon

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Mr. Jones refused to talk to them except in the company of his legal colleagues, whereupon the police officers departed.
琼斯先生拒绝在没有法律界同事们的陪同下和他们谈话,于是警官们离开了。

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odds are against

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He reckons the odds are against the plan going ahead.

他认为该计划不太可能进行下去。

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call upon (to)

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A business person with guanxi has a wide network of contacts that he or she can call upon to get things done.
一个有关系的商人拥有广泛的交际网络,依靠这个网络,他或她才能搞定每一笔生意。

调动 号召

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bear on

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How does the news bear on this case?
这条消息同这案件有什么关系?
对…有影响:
Those are matters that bear on the welfare of the community.
那些是影响社会福利的原因。
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protest

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When we tried to protest that Mo was beaten up they didn’t believe us.
当我们坚持说莫遭到了毒打时,他们都不相信。

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first and foremost

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t is first and foremost a trade agreement.

它首先是一项贸易协定。

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command

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His command of English was excellent.
他的英语相当出色。
The country should have the right to defend itself with all legal means at its command.
这个国家应该有权动用它所掌控的所有法律手段来捍卫自己。

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know one’s way around

goes a long way toward

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He knows his way around the intricate maze of patent law.
他通晓错综复杂的专利法。
Being respectful and courteous goes a long way toward building a relationship.
对人恭谨、彬彬有礼是建立关系的重要因素。

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primitive

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The conditions are primitive by any standards.

这些条件以任何标准衡量都是简陋的。

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sensible

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Wear loose clothing and sensible footwear.

穿宽松的衣服和实用耐穿的鞋子。

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be set to

be set on

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Roberto Baggio was set to become one of the greatest players of all time.
罗伯特·巴乔有可能成为有史以来最伟大的球星之一。
She was set on going to an all-girls school.
她执意要去一所女子学校读书。
They watched the sun set behind the distant dales.
他们远观夕阳落下山谷。