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reservoir
水庫；蓄水池
儲備；儲藏；寶庫
The universities constitute a reservoir of expert knowledge.
大學是專業知識的寶庫。
repertoire
（總稱某人可演出的）全部劇目，全部節目，全部曲目
The Royal Shakespeare Company also have many modern plays in their repertoire.
皇家莎士比亞劇團的演出劇目中也包括很多現代戲劇。
revenue
（政府的）稅收，歲入；（公司的）收益
Taxes provide most of the government’s revenue.
政府收入的大部分來自稅收。
rhetoric
雄辯言辭；煽動性語言
How far the president will be able to translate his campaign rhetoric into action remains to be seen.
總統在大選中作出的冠冕堂皇的承諾能夠兌現多少尚待觀察。
replicate
使複現；重複；複製
Researchers tried many times to replicate the original experiment.
研究者們作了很多次努力，試圖重複這一實驗。
radiation
（核）輻射
Many servicemen suffered radiation sickness after the early atomic tests.
很多軍人在早期的原子彈試爆後患上了輻射病。
resistance
抵抗；反抗；反對
resistance to disease
抗病
regime
政府；政權；政體
The old corrupt, totalitarian regime was overthrown.
腐敗的舊極權政府被推翻。
組織方法；管理體制；體系
The regime in this office is hard work and more hard work.
該事務所的管理方式是讓人努力再努力。
resilience
彈回；彈性；恢復力（= resiliency）
Facing the military threat of ISIS, the people of Syria demonstrated great resilience.
面臨伊斯蘭國的威脅，敘利亞的人民展現了強大的恢復力。
remnant
殘餘（部分）；剩餘（部分）；零頭；零料
the remnants of last night’s meal
昨晚的剩飯
ramification
可能的後果；衍生結果；派生影響
Have you considered all the ramifications of your suggestion?
你考慮過你的建議可能帶來的各種後果嗎？
(stuck) in a rut
（工作、方法等）刻板乏味，墨守成規，一成不變
I need to change jobs - after 15 years here I feel I’m (stuck) in a rut.
我要換個工作了——在這裡呆了15年，我感覺刻板乏味極了。
resurgence
復甦；復興；再次興起
The creation of independent states has led to a resurgence of nationalism.
獨立國家的建立導致了民族主義的復甦。
revelation
暴露；被揭示的真相，被揭露的內情
a moment of revelation
真相大白的一刻
railing
（通常指金屬或木頭的）欄杆，圍欄（或柵欄）的豎杆
Tourists pressed their faces against the palace railings.
遊客們把臉緊貼在宮殿柵欄的欄杆上。
rationality
合理性；（常複數）合理的行動（或見解、措施等）
be beyond/past redemption
無可挽回；無可補救；不可救藥
refinery
精製廠；提煉廠；精煉廠
There were two huge oil refineries on the coast.
海岸邊曾有兩個大型煉油廠。
rout
擊潰（敵人），使徹底潰敗
rapprochement
（與敵對群體或敵對之人達成的）和睦，和解，恢復友好關係
There are signs of (a) rapprochement between the warring factions.
交戰雙方有了達成和解的跡象。
riff
（爵士樂或流行音樂的）重覆樂段
The song is punctuated by long guitar riffs.
這首歌中穿插著很長的吉他演奏的重覆樂段。
resolution
決議；正式決定
to approve/adopt a resolution
批准／通過決議
決心；決定
[ + to infinitive ] I made a resolution to give up chocolate.
我下決心不再吃巧克力了。
ravine
峽谷，深谷
recalcitrant
（人）不守規章的，桀驁不馴的；（動物）不馴服的
reprise
再次演唱；再次演出；再次行動
I was to play the doctor, reprising a role I’d done years earlier.
我演一名醫生，重演我多年前演出過的角色。
restorative
有恢復作用的事物；使恢復精力的事物；促進健康恢復的事物
After a hard day at the office, a hot bath is a welcome restorative.
在辦公室辛苦工作了一天後，泡個熱水澡真是舒爽提神。
repercussion
（尤指壞的）影響，反響；惡果
Any decrease in tourism could have serious repercussions for the local economy.
旅遊業只要出現任何一點衰退，都可能會給當地經濟帶來嚴重影響。
refute
駁斥；反駁；否認…的正確性（或真實性）
to refute a person/theory/argument/claim
駁斥一個人／理論／論點／說法
reside in sth/sb
（權力等）歸於…，屬於…；（性質等）存在於…，在於…
The power to sack employees resides in the Board of Directors.
開除僱員的權力屬於董事會。
reproach
（尤指因為某人沒成功或沒達到預期目標而）責備，責怪，批評
His mother reproached him for not eating all his dinner.
他因為吃晚飯時沒有把飯全吃完而受到媽媽的責備。
render
使成為；使變得；使處於某種狀態
[ + adj ] His rudeness rendered me speechless.
他的粗暴無禮讓我無言以對。
翻譯；把…譯成
She is rendering the book into English from French.
她正在把這本書從法語譯成英語。
給予，提供；表達；表演
The singers rendered the song with enthusiasm.
歌手們熱情洋溢地演唱了這首歌。
retrieve
找回；取回；挽回
We taught our dog to retrieve a ball.
我們教狗撿球。
restore
修復；使重定；使復職
The badly neglected paintings have all been carefully restored.
那些由於嚴重疏忽而損毀的畫作得到了精心修復。
revive
（使）甦醒；（使）復原；（使）復興；（使）重新流行
to revive someone’s hopes/confidence/fortunes
使某人重新燃起希望／重樹信心／時來運轉
relinquish
放棄；拒絕
He has relinquished his claim to the throne.
他放棄了繼承王位的要求。
rejuvenate
使年輕；使恢復活力；使青春煥發
She felt rejuvenated by her fortnight in the Bahamas.
在巴哈馬群島度了兩週假，她覺得自己變年輕了。
rebuke
斥責；指責；訓斥
I was rebuked by my manager for being late.
我因為遲到而遭到經理的訓斥。
reckon
想；認為，以為
I reckon it’s going to rain.
我覺得天要下雨了。
認為；把…看作
I don’t reckon much to (US of) their chances of winning (= I do not think they will win).
我認為他們獲勝的希望不大。
計算
Angela quickly reckoned the amount on her fingers.
安吉拉掰著手指頭快速計算了一下數量。
redeem
彌補；補救；抵消
A poor game was redeemed in the second half by a superb performance from Anthony Edwards.
安東尼．愛德華茲在下半場表現絕佳，使得本來糟糕的比賽場面大為改觀。
贖回；買回
She managed to save enough money to redeem her jewellery from the pawn shop.
她設法存夠了錢，把自己的首飾從當鋪贖了回來。
reclaim
取回；拿回；收回
You’ll be able to reclaim the tax on all equipment that you buy.
你們採購所有設備所付的稅款以後都可以退回。
reconcile
調和；調解；使一致
It is sometimes difficult to reconcile science and religion.
有時很難調和宗教和科學之間的矛盾。
rummage
翻找，翻尋，亂翻
She rummaged in/through all the drawers, looking for a pen.
她把所有抽屜都翻了個遍，想找支筆。
reiterate
反復地說，反復講；重申
The government has reiterated its refusal to compromise with terrorists.
政府重申拒絕向恐怖分子妥協。
retort
（憤怒或風趣地）反駁，回嘴
[ + speech ] “That doesn’t concern you!” she retorted.
「那不關你的事！」她反駁道。
be riveted
（因感到有趣而）目不轉睛地看；（因害怕而）動彈不得，呆若木雞
It was an amazing film - I was absolutely riveted.
那部電影太精彩了——我完全被吸引住了。
revoke
撤銷；廢除；解除
The authorities have revoked their original decision to allow development of this rural area.
當局原來決定允許開發這一鄉村地區，但現在他們已經收回成命。
repudiate
拒絕，不接受；否認；批駁
He repudiated the allegation/charge/claim that he had tried to deceive them.
他們指控／譴責／聲稱他企圖欺騙他們，他對此進行了駁斥。
reprieve
暫時解救，暫時緩解；（尤指）取消關閉，暫緩中止
The threatened hospitals could now be reprieved.
面臨關閉危險的那些醫院現在暫時逃過一劫。
revere
尊敬；崇敬
Nelson Mandela is revered for his brave fight against apartheid.
納爾遜．曼德拉與種族隔離制度進行了無畏鬥爭，贏得了世人的崇敬。
rhapsodize
大加讚揚；熱情讚美
He’s always rhapsodizing about/over the joys of having children.
他總是熱情讚美為人父母所享受到的天倫之樂。
reinforce
加固；使更結實
The pockets on my jeans are reinforced with double stitching.
我牛仔褲的口袋縫了兩道線，很結實。
強化，加深，進一步證實（觀點、看法等）
The final technical report into the accident reinforces the findings of initial investigations.
對事故作出的最終的技術性報告進一步證實了最初的調查結果。
增援；加強…的力量；給…增強裝備
The garrison is to be reinforced with/by another two battalions of soldiers.
守備部隊將得到另外兩個營的增援。
recapitulate
扼要重述；摘要說明；概括
Finally, the teacher recapped the main points of the lesson.
最後老師又概括了一下這一課的重點。
respite
暫停；暫時中止；暫時緩解
We worked for hours without respite.
我們一刻不停地工作了好幾個小時。
raid
突襲，突擊
The nomads raided the enemy camp and captured over 100 camels.
遊牧部落突襲了敵人的營地，掠走了上百頭駱駝。
（警方）突擊檢查，突然搜查
Police officers from the organized crime division have raided businesses in central London.
有組織罪案調查科的員警已經突擊搜查了位於倫敦中心的一些公司。
