Unit 8

Question 1

永劫不复，堕入地狱

Answer 1

perdition

Question 2

细心的，小心翼翼的

Answer 2

meticulous

Question 3

磨练，训练

磨刀

Answer 3

hone

Question 4

开创性的，创新的，革新的

Answer 4

groundbreaking

Question 5

单薄的
微薄的，不足的，少的，小的
苗条纤细的

Answer 5

slim

Question 6

波浪起伏的，不平静的

不连贯的，支离破碎的

Answer 6

choppy

Question 7

普遍接受的，公认的，规范的

正统信仰的，正宗教义的

Answer 7

orthodox

Question 8

不屈不挠的，果敢的，坚定的，不畏缩的

Answer 8

unflinching

Question 9

牢固基础，基本事实，基本原则

Answer 9

bedrock

Question 10

阻止，阻碍，阻止，妨碍

Answer 10

stymie

Question 11

包住，裹住，盖住

Answer 11

envelop

Question 12

方程

相等，等同看待

Answer 12

equation

Question 13

向某人反复灌输，讲述

Answer 13

drum sth into sb

Question 14

脱离常规，反常现象，异常行为

Answer 14

aberration

Question 15

可行的，行得通的

Answer 15

feasible

Question 16

强调，突显

下划线

Answer 16

underline

Question 17

堆积，积压

Answer 17

pile up

Question 18

成倍增加，迅速增加
繁殖，增殖
乘

Answer 18

multiply

Question 19

复苏，复兴

Answer 19

resurgence

Question 20

把……准备好

Answer 20

prime

Question 21

投资以振兴

Answer 21

prime the pump

Question 22

财政的，国库的

Answer 22

fiscal

Question 23

v. 使增长，使兴旺

n. 帮助，激励，增长，提高

Answer 23

boost

Question 24

（粗制滥造的）大量生产，大量炮制

Answer 24

churn out sth

Question 25

许多，大量

Answer 25

mountains of sth

Question 26

最后结果，结局

Answer 26

upshot

Question 27

v. 把……排除在核心之外，使靠边，使退场

n. 兼职，副业，球场的边线

Answer 27

sideline

Question 28

从旁观者的角度，置身局外

Answer 28

on/from the sideline

Question 29

弄脏，污染

Answer 29

foul

Question 30

咀嚼，嚼碎

Answer 30

chew through sth

Question 31

飞速惊险的

Answer 31

breakneck

Question 32

评定，核定，判定

看法，评价

Answer 32

assessment

Question 33

合作的，协作的，协力的

Answer 33

collaborative

Question 34

降低，削弱（质量）
降低……的身份，侮辱人格
降解，分解

Answer 34

degrade

Question 35

分组，小组，子集

Answer 35

subset

Question 36

难以区分的，模棱两可的

Answer 36

blurred

Question 37

n. 超越目标，讲话（或行动）过火

v. 超过（原计划），突破（预计费用）

Answer 37

overshoot

Question 38

难以捍卫的，站不住脚的，不堪一击的

Answer 38

untenable

Question 39

大量减少，耗尽，枯竭

Answer 39

deplete

Question 40

靠……过活，依赖……生活

Answer 40

live off sb/sth

Question 41

变卖，变现

清算，清盘

Answer 41

liquidate

Question 42

肇事者，引起问题的事物

罪犯

Answer 42

culprit

Question 43

技艺，武艺，功绩，英勇事迹

Answer 43

feat

Question 44

说到点子上，正中要害

Answer 44

hit the nail on the head

Question 45

几乎没有

Answer 45

next to nothing

Question 46

副产品

意外结果，副作用

Answer 46

by-product

Question 47

使天平倾斜，使结果倾向某方，起决定性作用

Answer 47

tip the balance/scales

Question 48

（把……）转变为

Answer 48

translate sth into sth

Question 49

发生，出现

Answer 49

play out

Question 50

按照某人自己的条件、主张

Answer 50

on one’s own terms

Question 51

偏向（或偏重……）的

（信息）歪曲的，不准确的

Answer 51

skewed

Question 52

最大的，最好的一份

Answer 52

the lion’s share

Question 53

靠……维持生计，设法过活，勉强应付

Answer 53

get by on/in/with sth

Question 54

独创力，聪明才智，心灵手巧

Answer 54

ingenuity

Question 55

使两事物分离，隔断

Answer 55

de-couple

Question 56

v. 使失色，使相形见绌，使丧失重要性

n. （重要性，权势等）丧失，黯然失色，暗淡，日食，月食

Answer 56

eclipse

Question 57

淹没

使不堪承受，疲于应对，应接不暇

Answer 57

swamp

Question 58

使……数量增加

Answer 58

ramp up sth

Question 59

诱人的，迷人的，有吸引力的

Answer 59

alluring

Question 60

不间断的，持续的，长久的

Answer 60

perpetual

Question 61

根深蒂固的，不容易改的

Answer 61

entrenched

Question 62

使逐渐小幅增长

Answer 62

ratchet

Question 63

胜任

Answer 63

be up to sth

Question 64

暂时性问题

Answer 64

blip

Question 65

燃烧

Answer 65

combustion

Question 66

促进投资

Answer 66

boost investment

Question 67

污染地球

Answer 67

foul the planet

Question 68

击中要害，一针见血

Answer 68

hit the nail on the head

Question 69

扭转局面

Answer 69

tip the balance/scales

Question 70

注资（以促进生产）

Answer 70

prime the pump

Question 71

设定刚性边界

Answer 71

set rigid boundaries

Question 72

驶入波涛汹涌的水域（进入艰难阶段）

Answer 72

sail into choppy waters

Question 73

故作镇静

Answer 73

whistle in the dark

Question 74

继续努力

Answer 74

sustain human endeavor

Question 75

将社会正义置于繁荣之上

Answer 75

place social justice above prosperity

Question 76

靠利息生活

Answer 76

live off the interest

Question 77

转换成平均数

Answer 77

translate into average

Question 78

施加沉重压力于……

Answer 78

put a heavy strain on

Question 79

强调我们对经济增长的依赖

Answer 79

underline our reliance on economic growth

Question 80

靠吃面包屑生活

Answer 80

get by on the crumbs

Question 81

长期存在的幻想

Answer 81

a sustaining myth

Question 82

盲目的消费主义

Answer 82

mindless consumerism

Question 83

precise and careful

Answer 83

meticulous

Question 84

pioneering

Answer 84

groundbreaking

Question 85

thesis

Answer 85

core idea

Question 86

get into dangerous situation

Answer 86

sail into choppy waters

Question 87

heated

Answer 87

intense

Question 88

firm challenger

Answer 88

unflinching opponents

Question 89

government

Answer 89

establishment

Question 90

undaunted

Answer 90

unflinching

Question 91

be fooled by the mistaken view

Answer 91

trap in our false illusion

Question 92

block

Answer 92

stymie

Question 93

persistent illusion

Answer 93

sustaining myth

Question 94

force into our heads

Answer 94

drum into us

Question 95

mean

Answer 95

equal

Question 96

stress

Answer 96

underline

Question 97

produce a tremendous amount of cheap consumer goods

Answer 97

churn out mountains of consumer goods

Question 98

cannot function without……

Answer 98

march on……

Question 99

put more emphasis on……than on……

Answer 99

put A above B

Question 100

take away most

Answer 100

have the lion’s share

Question 101

can barely make ends meet on the leftovers

Answer 101

have to get by on the crumbs

Question 102

进一步加深分析

Answer 102

hone one’s analysis

Question 103

增加GDP

Answer 103

ramp up GDP

Question 104

推动政府政策

Answer 104

drive government policy

Question 105

消耗/用尽大量资源

Answer 105

chew through massive quantities of resources

Question 106

为全球经济提供动力

Answer 106

power global economy

Question 107

消耗储存的能量

Answer 107

liquidate resource stocks

Question 108

经济倒退

Answer 108

ratchet back economy

Question 109

全球渔业

Answer 109

global fisheries

Question 110

最近出乎意料的变化

Answer 110

recent turn of events

Question 111

暴跌

Answer 111

tumble