fit
v.合...身; 適合于;符合;適合 adj.適合的; 恰當(dāng)?shù)?/div>
The notion that an artist could or would dash off an idea in a fit of spontaneous inspiration was completely alien to these deliberately produced works.
一旦靈感突現(xiàn),藝術(shù)家常常會摒棄之前的一些想法,這些與經(jīng)過精心制作的作品截然不同。
exhibition
n.展覽;展覽會
exhibit
v.展現(xiàn), 展覽
exhibitors-exhibitor
n.展示者; 參展者
From the very beginning, music was regarded as an indispensable accompaniment;
從最初開始音樂就被視為必不可少的伴奏,
when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition in the United States in February 1896,
當(dāng)盧米埃爾的電影在1896年2月美國首屆影片公映展覽上放映的時候,
they were accompanied by piano improvisations on popular tunes.
影片便用當(dāng)時的流行曲臨場鋼琴伴奏。
efforts-effort
n.努力; 成就
African American graphic artists took their place beside the poets and writers of the Harlem Renaissance and carried on efforts to increase and promote the visual arts.
在哈萊姆文藝復(fù)興時期,非洲裔美國版畫家曾與詩人,作家齊名,并通過自身努力發(fā)展視覺藝術(shù)。
dominated-dominate
v.支配, 控制
dominant
adj.占優(yōu)勢的
dominance
n.優(yōu)勢; 支配
To take an extreme example, farmlands dominated by a single crop are so unstable that one year of bad weather or the invasion of a single pest can destroy the entire crop.
舉個極端的例子,在單一作物的農(nóng)田中,一年的惡劣天氣或單一害蟲的入侵就可以摧毀所有作物。
dinosaurs-dinosaur
n.恐龍
While there are a dozen or more mass extinctions in the geological record,
在地質(zhì)記錄史中,曾出現(xiàn)過多次大規(guī)模滅絕事件,
the Cretaceous mass extinction has always intrigued paleontologists because it marks the end of the age of the dinosaurs.
白堊紀(jì)的大規(guī)模滅絕曾讓古生物學(xué)家著迷,因為它預(yù)示著恐龍時代的結(jié)束。
detailed-detail
n.細(xì)節(jié);詳情 v.詳述
The group conducting the study concluded from a detailed analysis that impacts from meteorites can indeed be hazardous.
經(jīng)過仔細(xì)分析,小組研究結(jié)論為隕石沖擊有危害。
depression
n.衰退; 消沉
depressed
adj.沮喪的
When not in use, the fins are tucked into special grooves or depressions so that they lie flush with the body and do not break up its smooth contours.
當(dāng)魚兒們不使用魚鰭時,會將它們折回到特殊的溝槽或者凹陷的地方,與身體保持同一平面,以維持它們平滑的外形。
charged-charge
n.指控,費用 v.對...索費;控訴;使充滿;充電
recharge
v.再充電于; 再控告
Nor does the hypothesis that infantile amnesia reflects repression-or holding back-of sexually charged episodes explain the phenomenon.
嬰幼兒期遺忘癥是嬰幼兒(早期)性(朦朧)沖動被壓抑的表現(xiàn),這種學(xué)說也不能很好地解釋這種早期的遺忘現(xiàn)象。
beliefs-belief
n.相信; 信念
These laws are universal in their application, regardless of cultural beliefs, geography, or climate.
這些定律是普遍適用,不管文化信仰,地理或氣候。
basin
n.盆地;盆;水池
There seem to have been several periods within the last tens of thousands of years when water accumulated in these basins.
數(shù)萬年前,雨水曾在多個時期聚集下來。
adopt
v.采取;收養(yǎng)
adoption
n.采納;收養(yǎng)
Although early colonizers of the islands probably came from agriculture-based societies, they were obliged to adopt an economy based on fishing.
盡管早期海島殖民者或許來自農(nóng)耕社會,但仍要適應(yīng)漁業(yè)經(jīng)濟(jì)活動。
vapor
n .水汽, 蒸汽
evaporate
v.使蒸發(fā); 蒸發(fā)
evaporation
n.蒸發(fā); 消失
As the water that collects in the bottom of the nest evaporates, the water vapor rises and is heated by the incubating bird,
當(dāng)被鳥巢底部吸收的雨水蒸發(fā)時,水蒸氣上升并被孵蛋的鳥的體溫加熱,
which adds significant humidity to the incubation environment.
為孵化環(huán)境增加了很大濕度。
reveal
v.露出, 透露, 顯示
He later worked on similar jobs across the length and breadth of England all the while studying the newly revealed strata and collecting all the fossils he could find.
后來他仍從事類似的工作,行遍全國,不斷地研究那些新出現(xiàn)的地層,同時收集他所能發(fā)現(xiàn)的化石。
typically
adv.代表性地; 典型地
typical
adj.典型的, 象征性的
The cave paintings focus on portraying animals without also depicting the natural environments in which these animals are typically found.
洞穴壁畫注重刻畫動物本身,而不會同時描繪這些動物所處的自然環(huán)境。
turbines-turbine
n.渦輪
Responding to environmentalists concerned about birds killed by wind turbines, analysts point to other human developments that are even more dangerous to birds.
就環(huán)境人士關(guān)于風(fēng)輪機(jī)傷害飛禽的考慮,但根據(jù)分析指出,其它人類發(fā)展對飛禽造成的傷害更大。
transformed-transform
v.轉(zhuǎn)換, 改造
transformation
n.變化; 改適
The ensuing rapid expansion of irrigation agriculture, especially from the 1950's onward, transformed the economy of the region.
從20世紀(jì)50年代起,灌溉農(nóng)業(yè)開始迅速擴(kuò)張,地區(qū)經(jīng)濟(jì)模式得到徹底改變。