Lesson 38
第38課
adolescent
n.青少年 a. 青春期的,青少年的
It is reported that over 40% of the adolescents are smokers in China.
據報道,中國有超過40%的青少年吸煙。
Parents should pay special attention to the psychological development of their children when they are in adolescent period.
父母在孩子青春期時,要特別注意其心理成長。
aerial
n.天線 a. 飛機的,航空的;空中的,架空的
An aerial cableway is set up across the Yellow River.
一條架空索道橫跨于黃河之上。
bias
n. 偏見,偏袒,偏心 vt. 使有偏見
His experiences bias him against businessmen.
他的經歷使他對商人抱有偏見。
bizarre
a.奇形怪狀的,怪誕的
The frost made bizarre patterns on the windowpane.
霜凍在玻璃窗上形成了奇形怪狀的圖案。
certainty
n.必然的事,確定的事實;確實,確信
I can say with certainty that he is right.
我可以肯定地說他是對的。
chord
n.和弦,和音;弦,心弦
The little boy touched the right chord and I gave him ten dollars.
小男孩觸動了我的心弦, 于是給了他10美元。
clamp
vt. (用夾具等)夾緊,夾住,固定 n. 夾頭,夾具,夾鉗
The Columbian police are going to clamp down on criminal activity in this area.
哥倫比亞警方打算嚴厲打擊這個地區的犯罪活動。
definitive
a. 最可靠的,權威性的;決定性的
Professor Li Siguang made a definitive speech on the formation of rocks at the seminar held in Paris.
李四光教授在巴黎舉辦的研討會上對巖石的形成做了權威的發言。
depict
vt.描繪,描述
Hemingway depicts the horrors of war in his works.
海明威在他的作品中描述了戰爭的恐怖。
eject
vt.驅逐,逐出;噴射,排出;彈出
Vesuvius ejected a lot of lava and ashes when it erupted last year.
維蘇威火山去年噴發時,噴射出大量的熔巖和火山灰。
elapse
vi. (時間)消逝,過去
Two years have elapsed since I entered the university.
我進大學讀書到現在,已過去兩年了。
elite
n. (總稱)掌權人物,實力集團;(總稱)精英
The Oxford University and Cambridge University have educated the political and scientific elites for the British society.
牛津大學和劍橋大學為英國社會培養了政治和科學方面的精英。
feast
n.盛宴,筵席;節日 vi. (on)盡情地吃,宴飲
On April 11, the former NBA star Rodman invited over 1,500 people to his birthday feast.
4月11日,前NBA球星羅得曼邀請了1500多人參加他的生日盛宴。
feat
n.功績,偉業,技藝
Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge is a marvelous engineering feat.
南京長江大橋是了不起的工程偉績。