【詞匯講解】

1. vexing adj. 討厭的

如：His silly chatter would vex you.
他那無聊的閑扯會使你煩惱。

The boy kept vexing his mother with question.
那小孩不停地問他母親問題。

2.nocturnal adj. 夜的，夜間發(fā)生的

如：Nocturnal animal such as bats and owl only come out at night.
夜行動物，如蝙蝠和貓頭鷹只在夜里才出來。

3.expertise n. 專家的意見，專門技術

如：But the areas of our mutual cooperation continue to expand. We have already agreed to cooperate more closely in trade, technology, investment, and exchanges of scientific and managerial expertise.
但是我們彼此合作的領域還在不斷增加。我們已經商定在貿易、技術、投資以及科學與管理專門知識的交流等方面更密切地合作。

And the scientist in Boston will be able to call on the expertise of the scientist in Shanghai, and all of it in a matter of seconds.
同樣，在美國波士頓的一位科學家，也將能夠向上海的一位科學家要求提供專門知識。而這種聯(lián)系只需要幾秒鐘的時間就可以接通。

4. nerve-racking adj. 傷腦筋的
5. fleeting adj. 飛逝的(疾馳的，短暫的，急走的)

如：The author has managed to trace many incidents in which the long arm of confidence brought the heroine in fleeting touch with the members of the family.
作者設法追溯了許多事件，在這些事件中，由于離奇的機遇，使女主角與這一家庭有了短時間的接觸。

A faint or fleeting indication; a trace.
模糊的暗示模糊的或一閃即逝的暗示; 跡象

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