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Lesson 22
第22課
allege
vt.斷言，宣稱，硬說
Students occasionally allege illness as the reason for absence.
學生時不時會稱病缺席。
ascribe
vt.（to）把…歸因于，把…歸屬于
After Brazilian's being defeated by the Bolivian, the helpless chief coach of the Brazilian Football Team ascribed their failure to bad luck.
巴西足球隊被玻利維亞隊擊敗后，無奈的巴西隊主教練將失敗歸結于運氣不佳。
cling
（to）緊緊抓住（或抱住），黏住，挨近；依附，依戀；堅持，墨守，忠實于
The pretty model wore a silk dress that clung to her figure and walked gracefully on the stage.
漂亮的模特兒穿著一身緊身綢緞裝，儀態萬方地走在舞臺上。
The old generation tend to cling to their traditional values.
老一輩人往往恪守著他們傳統的價值觀。
complement
補充，與…相配 n. 補充，互為補充的東西；編制名額，裝備定額；補（足）語
Love is the complement of the law.
愛的精神是法律的補充物。
Roses in a silver bowl complement the handsome cherry table.
銀碗中的玫瑰更為這張漂亮的櫻桃色桌子添彩。
conserve
保護，保藏，保存
We must conserve our forests if we are to make sure of a future supply of wood.
為保證未來木材的供應，我們必須保護森林。
We now have a global shortage of water, therefore we have to learn to conserve water.
現在是全球化的缺水，所以大家必須學會節約用水。
cumulative
累積的；漸增的
The cumulative effects of many illnesses made grandpa a weak man.
多種疾病長期的折磨使祖父虛弱不堪。
destiny
命運；定數，天命
Do you believe marriage is the result of destiny?
你認為婚姻是命中注定的嗎？
Destiny brought us together.
命運把我們連在一起。
distort
歪曲，曲解；扭曲，使變形 vi. 變形
Metal distorts under stress.
金屬在壓力作用下變形。
Stop distorting what I said.
不要曲解我的話。
empirical
a.以經驗（或觀察）為依據的，經驗主義的，經驗的
Many empirical results supported the hypothesis.
很多經驗性結論都可證明假設成立。
expedition
n.（為特定目的組織的）旅行，出行，遠征；遠征隊，探險隊，考察隊；迅速，動作敏捷
The Anglo-French Joint Expedition captured Beijing and set fire on the Imperial Garden Yuanming Yuan.
英法聯軍攻占了北京，把圓明園付之一炬。
Quite a few Chinese scientists have made several scientific expeditions to Antarctica.
已有很多中國科學家對南極進行過好幾次科學考察。
flap
n.片狀垂懸物（如口袋蓋等）；擺動，（翅的）振動；激動，慌亂 vt. 使拍動，使飄動 vi. 飄動，拍動；（鳥）振翅（飛行）
Butterfly effects means that a small change at one place in a complex system can have huge effects elsewhere, e. g. a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago.
"蝴蝶效應"的意思是在一個綜合系統中，某處發生的一種小變化可以在別處產生大效應，比如，一只蝴蝶在里約熱內盧拍動翅膀，可能會造成芝加哥的天氣變化。
The sails were flapping gently in the wind.
船帆隨風輕輕飄動。
Everything was going on smoothly; there was no flap.
一切都很順利，沒有慌亂現象。
hamper
vt.妨礙，束縛，限制 n. （有蓋的）大籃子
Many modernists think that rhyme and metre hamper the poet's free expression.
很多現代派詩人認為韻律妨礙了詩人的自由發揮。
hypothesis
n.假設，假說，前提
This is only a sort of scientific hypothesis which has not been proved by experiments.
這僅僅是一個尚未被實驗證明的科學假說。
indefinite
a.無限期的；不確定的，含糊的
He gave me an indefinite answer.
他含糊其辭地回答了我。
