Chapter 3

Question 1

stomp your feet

Answer 1

美 [stɑːmp jʊr fiːt]

跺跺脚; 跺脚

Question 2

stomp

Answer 2

美 [stɑːmp]

v. 迈着重重的步子走(或跳舞、移动);

[例句] He turned his back on them and stomped off up the hill.
他转身不理他们，噔噔噔地爬上了山。

[其他] 第三人称单数：stomps 现在分词：stomping 过去式：stomped 过去分词：stomped

Question 3

spout off

Answer 3

美 [spaʊt ɔːf]

喋喋不休; 夸夸其谈;

Question 4

onerous

Answer 4

美 [ˈoʊnərəs]

adj. 费力的; 艰巨的; 令人焦虑的;

[例句] The terms are too harsh ( or onerous) to accept.
这条件太苛刻，没法接受。

Question 5

volatile

Answer 5

英 [ˈvɒlətaɪl] , 美 [ˈvɑːlətl]

adj.
1. 易变的; 无定性的; 无常性的; 可能急剧波动的; 不稳定的;
2. 易恶化的;
3. 易挥发的; 易发散的;

[例句]There have been riots before and the situation is volatile.
以前曾发生过暴乱，现在局势不太稳定。

Question 6

hinge on

Answer 6

有赖于; 取决于;

[例句]The plan hinges on a deal being struck with a new company.
该计划完全取决于正在和一家新公司洽谈着的一项交易。

Question 7

upfront

Answer 7

美 [ˌʌpˈfrʌnt]

adj.
1. 坦率的; 诚实的; 直爽的;
2. 预付的; 预交的;

[例句]There may be more upfront costs for architecture and planning as well as consideration for interoperability and security.
和考虑互操作性和安全性一样，架构和规划同样需要更多的先期投入。

Question 8

upfront analysis

Answer 8

前期分析

Question 9

soup-to-nuts

Answer 9

全面的；一应俱全的；

Question 10

tie sth. in

Answer 10

When ideas or statements tie in, they agree or are closely connected, and if you tie them in, you make them agree or connect closely.
（使）相一致；（使）有联系

Question 11

set out to do sth.

Answer 11

打算; 着手; 出发去做某事;

[例句]She has set out to seduce Stephen.
她已经开始勾引斯蒂芬了。

Question 12

heavy-duty battery cables

Answer 12

重型蓄电池电缆

Question 13

chassis coating

Answer 13

底盘涂层

Question 14

chassis

Answer 14

美 [ˈʃæsi]

n. (车辆的) 底盘，底座，底架;

[例句]He would attach a cable around the chassis of the car and winch it up on to the canal bank.
他会把钢丝绳拴在汽车底盘上，用卷扬机把汽车吊到运河岸上。

[其他] 复数：chassis

Question 15

and so forth

Answer 15

诸如此类; 等等;

[例句]The patient can have apples, apple juice, apple sauce, and so forth.
病人可以食用苹果、苹果汁、苹果酱等。

Question 16

make up

Answer 16

组成，构成

Question 17

make up for

Answer 17

补偿

Question 18

decompose

Answer 18

You can further decompose each subsystem into a set of interconnected components (and, perhaps, sub-subsystems)

Question 19

delineate

Answer 19

美 [dɪˈlɪnieɪt]

v. (详细地) 描述，描画，解释;

[例句]Biography must to some extent delineate characters.
传记必须在一定程度上描绘人物。

[其他] 第三人称单数：delineates 现在分词：delineating 过去式：delineated 过去分词：delineated

Question 20

nail down

Answer 20

美 [neɪl daʊn]

[词典] 弄清; 确定; 确定（协议）;

[例句] It would be useful if you could nail down the source of this tension.
如果你能弄清这种紧张的根源，将会大有益处。

Question 21

scalability

Answer 21

美 [skeɪləˈbɪlɪti]

n. 可扩展性；可伸缩性；可量测性;

[例句]This results in scalability and performance issues for the SOAP processors.
这导致了SOAP处理器的可伸缩性和性能问题。

Question 22

in the vicinity of

Answer 22

[词典] 在……附近;

[例句]There’s a factory in the vicinity of the school.
学校邻近有个工厂。

Question 23

Systems Modeling Language (SysML)

Answer 23

系统建模语言

Question 24

cascade

Answer 24

美 [kæˈskeɪd]

n. 小瀑布(尤指一连串瀑布中的一支); 倾泻; 流注; 大簇的下垂物;
v. 倾泻; 流注; 大量落下; 大量垂悬;

[例句]The women have lustrous cascades of black hair.
那些女子拥有瀑布般乌黑亮泽的秀发。

[其他] 第三人称单数：cascades 复数：cascades 现在分词：cascading 过去式：cascaded 过去分词：cascaded

Question 25

an airplane collision avoidance system

Answer 25

飞机避撞系统

Question 26

transponder

Answer 26

美 [trænˈspɑːndər] n. (发射机) 应答器，转发器; [例句]It is studied that intermodulation products of transparent transponder satcom system with interference. 研究了有干扰时透明转发器卫星通信系统中的互调分量。

Question 27

off-the-shelf

Answer 27

美 [ˌɔːf ðə ˈʃelf] adj. 1. 成品的；现成（用）的； 2. 流行的；畅销的； 3. 已准备好的； 4. 准军用的; [例句]Off-the-shelf hardware Ogg Theora decoder chips become available.. 现在已经出现了可用的硬件Ogg Theora解码器芯片了。

Question 28

run into (problems)

Answer 28

[词典] 1. 遇到（问题、困难等）; 陷入（困境）; 2. 偶遇; 碰到; 3. （车辆） 意外撞上; 4. （费用或数量） 高达，达到; [例句]They agreed to sell last year after they ran into financial problems. 陷入财政困境以后，他们于去年同意出售。

Question 29

phenomenal

Answer 29

美 [fəˈnɑːmɪnl] adj. 了不起的; 非凡的; [例句]Exports of Australian wine are growing at a phenomenal rate. 澳大利亚葡萄酒出口正在以惊人的速度增长。

Question 30

miss the mark

Answer 30

美 [mɪs ðə mɑːrk] [词典] 未做成某事物；未达到目标; [例句]Far too often, job seekers miss the mark. 往往，求职者都忽略了这一点。

Question 31

set aside

Answer 31

[词典] 1. 留作…之用; 留出…用于; 2. 放弃（信仰、原则或情感）; 3. 置…于不顾; [例句]Some doctors advise setting aside a certain hour each day for worry. 一些医生建议每天留出一点时间来解决烦心事。

Question 32

word processing documents

Answer 32

word文档

Question 33

presentation slides

Answer 33

PPT

Question 34

spreadsheets

Answer 34

excel

Question 35

propagate

Answer 35

美 [ˈprɑːpəɡeɪt] v. 1. 鼓吹，传播; 宣传; 2. 繁殖; 增殖; [例句]They propagated political doctrines which promised to tear apart the fabric of British society.. 他们鼓吹能颠覆英国社会结构的政治学说。 [其他] 第三人称单数：propagates 现在分词：propagating 过去式：propagated 过去分词：propagated

Question 36

blazing

Answer 36

美 [ˈbleɪzɪŋ] adj. 酷热的; 炽热的; 极其愤怒的; 感情强烈的; v. 熊熊燃烧; 闪耀; 发亮光; 怒视;(怒火) 燃烧; [词典] blaze的现在分词; [例句]Quite a few people were eating outside in the blazing sun. 不少人在外面的炎炎烈日下吃饭。 [其他] 原型： blaze

Question 37

blazing speed

Answer 37

非常快的速度

Question 38

algorithm

Answer 38

美 [ˈælɡərɪðəm] n. 算法; 计算程序; [例句]This is the same algorithm used for functions, procedures and data types. 这与函数、过程和数据类型使用的是相同的算法。 [其他] 复数：algorithms

Question 39

be bound to

Answer 39

美 [bi baʊnd tu] v. 一定要; 决心; [例句]If this is set to Bind, then the data will simply be bound to the control. 如果它被设置成了Bind，那么数据就会简单地绑定至控件。

Question 40

leave a trace

Answer 40

留下痕迹; [例句]This way I won't leave a trace.. 这样我就不会留下痕迹了。

Question 41

end-to-end

Answer 41

adj. 衔接的；不断的；首尾相连（的）；头尾相接；端对端; [例句]This is a very secure and reliable protocol that provides end-to-end security sessions between two parties. 这是一个非常安全和可靠的协议，它提供了通信双方之间的端到端安全性会话。

Question 42

traverse

Answer 42

美 [trəˈvɜːrs , ˈtrævɜːrs] v. 横过; 横越; 穿过; 横渡; n. (在陡坡上的) 侧向移动，横过，横越; 可横越的地方; [例句]I traversed the narrow pedestrian bridge. 我走过狭窄的人行天桥。 [其他] 第三人称单数：traverses 现在分词：traversing 过去式：traversed 过去分词：traversed

Question 43

unwieldy

Answer 43

美 [ʌnˈwiːldi] adj. 笨重的; 笨拙的; 不灵巧的; 难控制(或操纵、管理)的; 运转不灵的; 尾大不掉的; [例句]They came panting up to his door with their unwieldy baggage. 他们提着笨重的行李气喘吁吁地来到他门口。