Cambridge English IELTS 7 Flashcards
submarine
潜水艇；海底的
limb
肢、腿
phantom limb 【幻肢感】
code name
代号
pioneer
先驱
navigation
导航
SONAR (SOund Navigation And Ranging)
civilisation
文明
human civilisation
entwine
与…密切相关；缠绕
manipulate
操纵；使用
The history of human civilisation is entwined with the history of the ways we have learned to manipulate water resources.
sophisticated
见多识广的；老练的；复杂巧妙的
aquaduct
输水管
sophisticated engineering efforts such as dams and aquaducts
quadruple
乘四；四倍的
fivefold，sixfold etc.
warrant
许可证；是正当/恰当
in regions where new projects seem warranted
collateral
附属的
collateral damage 附带伤害
The cost is in the collateral damage of the very methods of food production that have made the food cheaper.
partrige
山鹑
externality
外部效应
transaction
交易；义务；办理；事务
feasible
可行的
thriving
兴盛的；兴隆的；茁壮成长
The government needs to create sustainable, competitive and diverse farming and food sectors, which will contribute to a thriving and sustainable rural economy.
dedicated
专注的；投入的；献身的
dedicate
dedicated work
The disappointing results of many conventional road transport projects in Africa led some experts to rethink the strategy by which rural transport problems were to be tackled at the beginning of the 1980s.
The disappointing results of …
tackle 着手办理
heritage
遗产；继承物；传统
Forests are one of the main elements of our natural heritage.
deterioration
恶化；堕落；退化
soil deterioration
combat
与…战斗/斗争；防止；减轻
combat forest fires
combat global climate change
preparatory
预备的；作为准备的；大学预科
preparatory work
joint action
联合行动
Their (experts’) initial task was to decide which of the many forest problems of concern to Europe involved the largest number of countries and might be the subject of joint action.
recreation
消遣；娱乐（方式）；重建；重视
As a whole, European countries see forests as performing a triple function: biological, economic and recreational.
