Deceive vt./vi.欺骗,蒙蔽
If you smoke and you still dont believe that theres a definite link between smoking and lung cancer, then you are certainly deceiving yourself. 如果你抽烟,并且仍然不相信抽烟和肺癌之间有必然联系,那你肯定是在欺骗自己.
Sincerity is the base of friendship.Good friends shouldnt deceive each other.真诚是友谊的基础.好朋友之间不应互相欺骗.
Discard vt.丢弃,抛弃
Today,one out of five discarded plastic soda bottles is recycled in the United States.在今天的美国,5个被丢弃的塑料汽水瓶中有一个得到回收利用.
Outdated theory should be discarded.过时的理论应当抛弃.
Drift vi.漂流,漂;漂泊,流荡 n.漂流物,漂流;趋势,转移;大意,要旨
Most of the worlds volcanoes are found at the boundaries of the great drifting plates that make up the earths surface.世界上绝大多数火山都位于巨大漂流板块的交接地带构成地球表面的.
The Arctic is an ocean covered with drifting packed ice and hemmed in by the land masses of Europe, Asia,and North America.北极是一片海洋,为漂流的冰块所覆盖,四周被欧洲,亚洲和北美洲所包围.
Encourage vt.鼓励,激励,怂恿;赞助,促进,助长
Nowadays the Chinese government has designed quite a lot of policies to encourage private investment.现在,中国政府已拟订了 许多政策为鼓励私人投资
Some psychologists believe that those who are encouraged to be independent in childhood are more likely than others to become motivated to achieve. 有些心理学家认为,那些在童年时期被鼓励要独立的孩子与其他孩子比较起来可能被激发做一番成就.
Exclaim v.呼喊,呼叫;大声说
When the result came out that Beijing won its bid for the 2008 Olympic Games, all the Chinese people exclaimed with excitement.当北京申奥胜出的结果出现时,所有的中国人都激动地欢呼起来.
Finance n.财政,金融; 财源,资金,财务状况
Finance vt.为 提供资金,为 筹措资金
The government will finance the building of the new roads with the taxes it collects.政府利用它所征得的税收为修建新路提供资金.
Finance for the National Health Service comes from taxpayers.国家卫生局的资金来自纳税人的税款.
Are new taxes needed to increase the nations finances?需要征新税以增加国家的 税人吗?
Gross a.总的,毛的;严重的,显著的;粗俗的,粗野的;臃肿的 vt.获得总收入
GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product. GDP是国内生产总值的缩写.
Her manners and language are too gross for a lady.她的举止和语言对于女士来说太粗俗了.
historical a.历史的,史学的
The British constitu- tion is to a large extent a product of the historical events.英国宪法在很大程度上是历史事件的产物.
The sequence of historical plays by Shakespeare is still the masterpiece in todays literature.莎士比亚写的一系列历史 剧仍然是名著在当今文坛