hypotenuse n. (直角三角形的)斜边 [例句]: The hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is the side opposite itsright angle。 斜边是直角三角形直角相对的那条边。 impeach v. 存疑,归咎,怀疑 [例句]: The Parliament decided to impeach the President。 国会决定弹劾总统。 Many people impeached the judge for taking bribes。 很多人控告法官受贿。 incognito adv. 微行,用假名的 n. 微行者,匿名者 adj. 微行的,改名的,匿名的 [例句]: He didn’t want to be recognized, so he travelled incognito。 of her style。 她善於运用似非而是的隽语和反语。 Do I detect a tinge of irony? 我觉得这话有点儿像反话吧? jejune adj. 空洞的,不成熟的 [例句]: We were surprised by their jejune responses to our problems。 他们空洞的反应让我们很惊讶。 kinetic adj. 运动的 [例句]: Kinetic energy is the energy arising from motion。 动能就是由于运动而产生的能量。 British astronomer, physicist, and mathematician noted for his workon the kinetic theory of gases and his investigations into therelationships between mathematical concepts and the naturalworld。 詹姆斯,詹姆斯·霍普伍德1877-1946英国天文学家、物理学家和数学家。以气体动力学的研究和探索数学同自然界之间的关系著称 kowtow n. <汉>磕头 vi. 叩头 [例句]:Their actions tell us that unless politicians kowtow to theirparty’s special interests they will not be elected or they willhave no effect。 他们的举动告诉我们,除非这些政客向党内特殊利益磕头,否则他们就无法当选或者不能发挥作用。 laissez faire n. 放任, 自由主义 [例句]aissez-faire ideologues and Roosevelt haters cried that he was putting the country on the road to communism。 自由资本主义的理想主义者和罗斯福的政敌叫嚣他正把国家放在通往共产主义的道路上。 lexicon n. 辞典,语典 [例句]:In my lexicon, those are not the same things at all。 但我认为这根本不能混为一谈。 loquacious adj. 多嘴的,饶舌的 [例句]: Jack is a silent boy, but loquacious on his favourite topic。 杰克是个安静的男孩,但是一碰上自己感兴趣的话题,就变得非常健谈。 lugubrious adj. 可怜的,悲惨的,悲哀的 [例句]:There’s this image in the public consciousness that they’re just a bunch of lugubrious, free-spending bodies mindlessly moving cheek to jowl and wasting the public’s money, but that was not the Congress that I saw。 在公众的意识当中,拿些人(议员)是一群可悲的,挥霍无度的躯壳,他们说话不经过大脑,浪费公众钱财;但是我实际看到的议会不是这样的。 metamorphosis n. 锐变,变质,变形 [例句]:The social metamorphosis occurred in China is remarkable。 中国发生的社会变化是值得注意的。 She’s undergo quite a metamorphosis since you last see her。 自你上次见到她以来,她已完全变了一个样子。 mitosis n. 有丝分裂,间接核分裂 [例句]:Mitosis, the process of cell division, is the fundamental mechanism by which all living things, from the lowest singlecelled creature to the most complex organisms, including man, perpetuate themselves。 有丝分裂,细胞分裂这一过程。是所有生物,从最低级的单细胞生物到更加复杂的有机体,包括人类,生生不息最根本的机制。 moiety n. 一半,一部份,应得之份 [例句]:That older system also was working badly. It was restricting purchasing power to a shrinking moiety of the population, and losing its progressive momentum very rapidly。 更古老的系统也不顶用,它将购买力限制在一组数量不断缩小的人群,快速失去前进的动力。 |