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pores-pore
n.細孔
porous
adj.多孔的
porosity
n.多孔性
Consolidated (or cemented) sediments, too, contain millions of minute water-holding pores.
而堅固沉積物同樣也擁有以數萬計的微孔來容納水分。
peak
n.山頂；最高點
Cave art seems to have reached a peak toward the end of the upper Paleolithic period, when the herds of game were decreasing.
在后期舊石器時代獵群數量減少時，巖洞畫藝術似乎達到了頂峰。
occasionally
adv.偶爾
occasional
adj.偶然的
occasions-occasion
n.場合, 機會
Wind turbines occasionally cause migratory birds to change their flight patterns and therefore may interfere with the areas where birds of prey prefer to hunt.
風力渦輪機偶會會讓候鳥改變飛行模式，猛禽的獵食區域也會受到干擾。
threatened-threaten
v.恐嚇；威脅
threat
n.恐嚇, 威脅
It has been estimated that an additional one-fourth of the Earth's land surface is threatened by this process.
據估計，四分之一地球表面遭此過程威脅。
issues-issue
n.文章；問題v.發行
They offer sympathy when someone experiences difficulties or is subjected to discipline,
當有人遇到困難或遭受懲罰時，人們會心生憐憫，
are quick to lighten a serious moment with humor,and try to resolve issues that threaten to divide the group.
會迅速通過幽默的話語緩解緊張氣氛，試圖挽救即將要分崩離析的組織。
hind
adj.后面的
The large hind legs were used for propulsion in water.
在水中，強大的后肢力量起到推進作用。
gills-gill
n.鰓
Because they are always swimming, tunas simply have to open their mouths and water is forced in and over their gills.
因為金槍魚的游動從不停止，它們必須張著嘴使水流經它們的腮。
generations-generation
n.一代；產生
Enormous changes in materials and techniques of construction within the last few generations
近幾代建筑材料和科技的巨大變化使得包圍空間
have made it possible to enclose space with much greater ease and speed and with a minimum of material.
更加簡單、快速，并且用更少的材料。
frontier
n.邊境
The ocean bottom-a region nearly 2.5 times greater than the total land area of the Earth-is a vast frontier that even today is largely unexplored and uncharted.
幾乎比地球陸地總面積大2.5倍的大洋底部，是一塊至今尚未被探索和涉足的廣大區域。
fort
n.堡壘, 要塞
Found a disturbing change in the animal life around the fort during the period between his first visit in 1825 and his final contact with the fort in 1832.
蘇格蘭植物學探險家大衛?道格拉斯發現了他在1825年第一次的探訪和1832年的最后接觸之間出現在溫哥華堡附近令人不安的變化。
federal
adj.聯邦的
Sectional jealousies and constitutional scruples stood in the way of action by the federal government and necessary expenditures were too great for private enterprise.
小群體的嫉妒和對憲法的顧慮阻礙了聯邦政府施政，必要支出對于私營業主來說太過高昂。
emit
v.散發；發出
emission
n.散發；發射
They sought ways by which one atom or molecule could stimulate many others to emit light, amplifying it to much higher powers.
通過原子或分子刺激發光，增加能量。
data
n.數據（復數）
Linguistic, archaeological, and biological data connected the islands to Egypt.
語言學，考古學以及生物學數據將這片島嶼與埃及聯系起來。
cultivated-cultivate
v.培養; 耕作
cultivation
n.耕作；（細菌等）培養
The culture of that time, based on archaeology and linguistic reconstruction,
通過考古學和語言學的重建發現，那個時候的文明擁有廣泛的植物儲存，
is assumed to have had a broad inventory of cultivated plants including taro, yarns, banana, sugarcane, breadfruit, coconut, sago, and rice.
包括芋頭、紗、香蕉、甘蔗、面包果、椰子、西米和稻米。
conventional
adj.傳統的, 約定的
conventions-convention
n.大會；協定
Conventional computer models of the atmosphere have limited value in predicting short - lived local storms like the Edmonton tornado,
傳統的大氣計算機模型在預測短周期風暴，例如埃德蒙頓龍卷風時用處不大，
because the available weather data are generally not detailed enough to allow computers to discern the subtle atmospheric changes that precede these storms.
因為現有氣候數據通常并不詳盡，電腦無法辨別出風暴來臨之前的細微大氣變化。
attempts-attempt
n.嘗試；攻擊v.嘗試
Although governmental attempts to eradicate fairs and auctions were less than successful,
盡管政府清除定期集市和拍賣的努力不成功，
the ordinary course of economic development was on the merchants' side, as increasing business specialization became the order of the day.
但當不斷出現的商業分工成為當時的通例時，常規的經濟發展路線還是站在了商人一邊。
assumed-assume
v.以為; 認為
assumption
n.設想, 假定
The first Europeans to reach the area assumed that the islands' original inhabitants must have drifted to Oceania, perhaps from Egypt or the Americas.
據率先到達該地的歐洲人推測，該島嶼的原始居民一定是從埃及或美洲前往大洋洲。
