《新闻单词灾难篇》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《新闻单词灾难篇（9页珍藏版）》请在金锄头文库上搜索。
1、For personal use only in study and research; not for commercial usemisery miz?rin.痛苦,悲惨的境遇, 苦难例句 :After a year ofmiseryhere, Im finally shaking the dust of this town off my feet.我在这个市镇受了一年罪，总算离开这里了。War begetsmiseryand ruin.战争是苦难与毁灭的祸根。He looked the personification ofmisery.他那副样子可谓是苦难的典型。magnitude m?
2、gnitju:d n.大小 ,重要 ,光度 ,（地震）级数, （星星）等级例句 :Numerical data linearly ordered bymagnitude.按量值大小直线形排列的数字数据You havent realized themagnitudeof her achievement.你没有认识到她这一成就的重大意义。The magnitudeof the epidemic was frightening.这种流行病传播范围之广令人惶惶不安。estimate estimeit n.估价 , 估计v.估计 , 估价 , 评价例句 :He is highlyestimatedamo
3、ng his colleagues.同事们对他的评价很高。They estimatedthe number of visitors at 10 million.他们估计参观者人数为1000 万。My estimateof the length of the room was 10 feet.我估计房间的长度为10 英尺。fatality f?t?liti n.死亡,灾祸 ,天命 ,致命性例句 :There have been ten swimmingfatalities(ie Ten people have lost their lives whileswimming) this summer
4、.今年夏季已有十人游泳遇溺。There was a strangefatalityabout their both losing their jobs on the same day.他们两人同一天失去工作，真是天意叵测。propensity pr?pensiti n.倾向 ,习性例句 :A disposition to feel, do, or say; apropensity.意向感觉、做或说的意向; 倾向A propensityfor being displeased with anything that is not perfect or does not meetextremely
5、high standards.完美主义对于任何不完美或未达到最高标准的事都有不满意的倾向magnify m?gnifai v. 放大 , 夸大v. 赞美 , 颂扬例句 :Telescopes and microscopesmagnify.望远镜和显微镜能放大。This lens canmagnify20 diameter.这个透镜能放大20 倍。The microscopemagnifiedthe object 100 times.这台显微镜将物体放大了100 倍。vulnerable v?ln ?r?bladj. 易受伤害的 , 有弱点的 , 脆弱的例句 :She is very young
6、 andvulnerableto temptation/fraud.她很年轻，易受诱惑易受骗上当。The potato isvulnerableto several pests.马铃薯易受几种害虫的侵害。devastate dev?steitvt. 毁坏 , 使荒芜 , 使震惊例句 :She was devastatedby his death.她因他去世而悲痛欲绝。I was devastatedby the news of the wreck.我获悉失事的消息感到十分震惊。Our Embassy wasdevastatedby three bombs of NATO.我们的使馆被北约的三枚
7、炸弹炸毁了。triple tripl adj. 有三部分的 , 三倍的v.（使）成三倍n.三个一组 ,三倍之数 , （垒）三垒打例句 :Composed of three parts; threefold;triple.三倍的，三重的，三部分的由三部分组成的，三重的The plan has atriplepurpose.该计划有三个目的。He is a triplemurderer.他谋杀了三个人。minimize minimaiz v.将.减到最少,贬低例句 :Arrange the icon of allminimizeapplication across the bottom of th
8、e screen.沿着屏幕的底部排列所有最小化的应用程序。He minimizedthe value of her contribution to his research so that he got all the praise.他极力贬低她在那项研究中的贡献，从而独获全部奖励。To minimizethe risk of burglary, install a good alarm system.安装可靠的报警设备以减低被盗的风险。ample ?mpl adj. 丰富的 ,宽敞的 ,充足的例句 :Amplesunshine and rainfall are bringing the cr
9、ops on nicely.充足的阳光和雨水正使庄稼茁壮地生长。Existing in great quantity orample supply.丰富的，富裕的大量存在或充足供应的The house has an ampleparlor.这座房子有宽敞的客厅。retard rit :dretardantvt. 妨碍 , 迟延 , 拖住vi. 受到延迟n.阻止 , 迟延 ,减速例句 :Cold weatherretardsthe growth of the crops.寒冷的天气妨碍了庄稼生长。Lack of sun retardsplant growth.光照不足则植物生长缓慢。retrof
10、it retr?fit v. ( 飞机等）式样翻新, 改进n. 翻新 , 改进The paper analyzed the necessity,retrofitmode and its comparison for unattendedsubstation, and explained that the integrated automation is the inevitable tendency of retrofit for unattended substation.对无人值班变电站改造的必要性、造的模式及改造模式的比较作综合分析,说明综合自动化是无人值班变电站改造的必然趋势。embe
11、r emb?n.余烬（常用复数）, 最后时刻 , 最后部分例句 :Only theembersof the bonfire remained.那篝火只有余烬尚存。The dyingembersof a former passion can still be seen in his article.往日激情将熄的余烬仍可从他的文章中看出来。prune awayv. 修剪掉 , 删除例句 :His writing would be improved if hepruned awaysome of those unnecessaryadjectives.如果他删掉一些不必要的形容词，他的文章会好些。
12、precaution prik ?:?nn.预防 , 预防措施例句 :The report is scathing about the lack of safetyprecaution .该报道对缺乏安全预防措施一事严加指责。All this wake the local government to the need for safetyprecaution .所有这些使当地政府认识到必须采取安全预防措施。You should take an umbrella just as aprecaution .kindle/ ?k?ndl;ndl/ k?vI, Tn (cause sth to) catch fire（使某物） 燃烧 , 着火 : This wood is too wet to kindle.这木头潮得点不着 . * The sparks kindled the dry grass.有些火星把乾草给引着了 .(fig 比喻 ) ( a )
