irrational
不合理的;荒謬的
She was prey to irrational fears.
非理性的恐懼折磨著她。
jerk
痙攣;猛拉
He jerked out the knife that was stuck in the wood.
他猛然抽出卡在木頭上的小刀。
junction
接合;交叉點
The hydro-power station stands at the junction of two rivers.
水力發電站建在兩條河流的交匯處。
leaflet
傳單
He was standing at the door of the theatre handing out leaflets.
他站在電影院門口,發傳單。
legislator
立法者
Most of the legislators followed the lead of the governor.
大多數的立法者聽命于政府領導。
liability
責任;債務
If your liabilities exceed your assets, you may go bankrupt.
如果你的債務超過你的資產,那么你可能會破產。
linear
線型的
The linear equation is so difficult that few pupils have worked it out.
線性方程很難,幾乎沒有學生能解。
literal
文字的;逐字
The literal meaning of "ponder" is to "weight".
這個單詞的字面意思是“重量”。
luminous
發光的;明亮的
The hands on my alarm clock are luminous.
手放在我的鬧鐘上,可以發光。
malpractice
玩忽職守;不法行為
Various malpractice by police officer are brought to light by the enquiry.
警察的各種瀆職行為經調查已揭露出來。
mastery
掌握;精通
Her mastery of the piano was quite exceptional for a child of her age.
她精通鋼琴,這一點是她這個年紀的孩子很少見。
Medicare
醫療保險
The Medicare cost is estimated to be one billion dollars.
老年醫療保健費用估計為十億元。
merge
合并;融合
The two marching columns moved closer and finally merged together.
這兩個游行縱隊越走越近,最終合并在一起。
methodology
方法學,方法論
The intent of the new Harvard Center on Media and Child Health to collect and standardize studies of media violence in order to compare their methodologies, assumptions and conclusions is an important step in the right direction.
哈佛大學成立了新的媒體和兒童健康中心,通過收集和規范媒體暴力的研究,比較他們的方法、假設和結論,這是朝著正確方向邁出的重要一步。
miniature
微型的,小規模的
In the museum there is a miniature of the ship Mayflower.
在博物館里有一個“五月花號”船的微縮模型。
minimize/ise
最小化
The explorers tried their best to minimize the dangers of their trip.
探險者們竭盡全力來減少他們在旅行中碰到的危險。
mountainous
多山的;巨大的
The plane flew over mountainous country.
飛機飛過多山的國家。
mourn
哀悼;憂傷
The whole nation mourned the death of a much-loved king.
整個民族為這位深受愛戴的國王的死而悲嘆。
multicultural
多種文化的
This country has previously witnessed two great struggles to achieve a truly multicultural democracy.
這個國家曾目睹了實現一個真正的多元文化民主的兩大努力。
naive
天真的,幼稚的
You weren't so naive as to believe him, were you?
你不會輕易相信他,對嗎?
notable
顯著的;著名的
The novelist's first book was a notable achievement.
小說家的第一本書是一個顯著的成就。
nutrition
營養;營養品
Instant noodles do not have enough nutrition, so people just consider them as junk food.
方便面沒有足夠的營養,因此人們只是把它們看作是垃圾食品。
obedient
順從的,服從的
He is an obedient and well behaved child.
他是個順從的,循規蹈矩的孩子。
obesity
肥大,肥胖
A diet that is high in fat and sugar can lead to obesity.
高脂肪,高糖的飲食可能會導致肥胖。
oppress
壓迫,壓抑
The rich oppress the masses by their control of the political and judicial system.
富人通過政治和司法制度在欺壓老百姓。
optic
光學的;視覺的
IBM has produced electro-optic modulators 100 to 1,000 times smaller than comparable silicon photonics modulators.
IBM公司已經生產了比同類硅光子學調節器小100到1000倍的電光調制器。