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Lesson 17
第17課
abnormal
a.反常的，異常的
El Nino has resulted in the abnormal weather in many parts of the world.
厄爾尼諾現象已經導致了世界很多地區的氣候反常。
amplify
vt.放大（聲音等），增強；擴大，詳述，進一步闡述
The radio signal can be amplified.
無線電的信號可以放大。
Can you amplify (on) your statement so that we will understand the overall problem?
你能否對你的說法加以進一步說明以使我們理解整個問題？
bewilder
vt.使迷惑，使難住
Some unclear and confusing road signs bewildered drivers and they even did not know where to make a U-turn.
含混不清的路標使司機一頭霧水，他們甚至不知道該在什么地方調頭。
The twists and turns in the cave soon bewildered us.
蜿蜒曲折的洞穴使我們很快便失去了方向。
commentary
n.（廣播員對球賽等的）實況報道，（電影的）解說詞；評論，評論文章
Stop shouting! I can't hear Huang Jianxiang's commentary about the football match.
別吵了，我都聽不清黃健翔對這場球賽的解說了。
Most housewives never show a slight interest in political commentary.
大多數家庭主婦對于政治評論沒有一丁點興趣。
concise
a.簡明的，簡要的
Your comment is quite concise and to the point.
你的評論簡明扼要、一語中的。
contaminate
vt.弄臟，污染
The air we have to breathe every day has been badly contaminated.
我們每天必須呼吸的空氣已遭到嚴重污染。
defy
vt.（公然）違抗，藐視； 使成為不可能；挑，激
The tabloid in England defies the censure of some people and keeps on publishing the Page 3 Girl - a picture of a pretty, scantily clad young woman each day.
英國的這家小報不顧一些人的指責，繼續刊登第三版女郎-- 即每天在第三版刊登一幅著裝性感的摩登女郎的玉照。
diminish
vi.變少，變小，降低 vt. 減少，降低
Time will never make our love diminish.
時光不會使我們的愛情稍減分毫。
With the popularity of TV, the number of movie viewers has diminished sharply.
隨著電視的普及， 電影觀眾的數量急劇下降。
duplicate
n.完全一樣的東西，復制品 a. 完全一樣的，復制的 vt. 復制，復印；重復
Duplicate construction at low levels has been a hot issue and a hard nut to crack in China.
中國的低層次重復建設問題是一個棘手的熱點問題。
Is this a duplicate or the original?
這是復制件還是原件？
entrepreneur
n.企業家
Born into a poor family, Li Ka-Shing had endured many hardships imaginable before he finally became a famous entrepreneur.
李嘉誠生于蓬門蓽戶，不知吃了多少苦才最終成了著名的企業家。
extravagant
a.奢侈的，鋪張的；過度的，過分的；（言行等）放肆的
It's quite extravagant for a student to spend 2, 000 yuan on a dress.
花2000元買一套衣服對于一個學生來說也太奢侈了。
Most inexperienced young people tend to hold extravagant hopes for the future.
大多數未經世事的年輕人都對未來抱有奢望。
foster
vt.收養，養育；培養，促進 a. 收養的
People who cannot have a baby of their own sometimes foster a child.
不能生育的人有時收養別人的孩子。
The Summit Sessions held in Shanghai could foster better relations and cooperation between the six countries.
在上海舉行的峰會會大大促進6國之間的友好關系與合作。
hoist
vt.舉起，升起，吊起 n. 起重器械；舉起，升起，吊起
The child was quite interested in watching the sailors hoisting the cargo onto the ship.
小孩饒有興致地看著水手們將貨物吊到輪船上去。
immerse
vt.使浸沒；（in）使沉浸在，使專心于
The naughty boy immersed himself in water for quite a while, which frightened his parents a great deal.
頑皮的男孩長時間地將整個身子浸沒在水下，把他父母嚇個半死。
Nowadays in a world full of material desires very few men can immerse themselves completely in research work in a true sense.
在當今物欲橫流的世界里，很少有人能夠真正潛心鉆研學問。
infectious
a.傳染的，有傳染性的；有感染力的
Mind you! Hepatitis is a highly infectious type of disease that may be passed on in the food.
千萬當心！肝炎是一種可以通過食物傳染 且傳染性極強的疾病。
Her infectious laughter filled the room.
房間里充滿了她那有感染力的笑聲。
