Hamper (pp. & pt. tackled)
vt.妨礙,束縛,限制;使困累
n.(有蓋的)大籃子;阻礙物,足械;[航]船具
The bad weather hampered rescue operations...
惡劣的天氣阻礙了救援工作的進行。
That may hamper his efforts to run for president.
這可能會對他競選總統(tǒng)造成一些妨礙。
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Interact (pp. & pt. interacted)
v.相互作用;互相影響;互動
While the other children interacted and played together, Ted ignored them.
當(dāng)別的孩子相互交流、一起玩耍的時候,泰德對他們不予理睬。
This can sometimes lead to somewhat superficial interactions with other people.
這有時可能會導(dǎo)致與他人的交往流于膚淺。
Millions of people want new, simplified ways of interacting with a computer...
數(shù)以百萬計的人們想要新的簡化方式實現(xiàn)人機交互。
Atoms within the fluid interact with the minerals that form the grains.
液體中的原子與形成顆粒的礦物質(zhì)相互作用。
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Magnitude
n.巨大,廣大;重大,重要;量級;(地震)級數(shù)
No one seems to realise the magnitude of this problem.
似乎沒有人意識到這個問題的嚴(yán)重性。
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 had a magnitude of 8.3.
1906年舊金山地震的震級為8。3級。
America and Russia do not face a problem of the same order of magnitude as Japan.
美俄兩國所面臨問題的重要性與日本的不可同日而語。
The time delay would be smaller by eight orders of magnitude.
如果按8個數(shù)量級來看,延時量會顯得小一些。
劇情百科
John的婚前生活,無論是以前的軍事生活,還是后來回國治療遇上無解的Sherlock的偵探生活。John都是在緊張,刺激和危險狀態(tài)下生活。回到平靜生活反而令他有點不習(xí)慣,所以對于鄰居的請求一方面是套近乎,另一方面也是因為John的本能,想找點危險的事做。
考考你 Q&A
Q: Please use the word or phrase you just learnt to complete the sentence beblow.
1.Visitors are shown spacious rooms with wood panels and _____ paintings.
來賓參觀的是寬敞的房間,里面有木擱架和風(fēng)景畫。
2.Some also think that deleveraging is _____ _____ _____.
還有一些也認為減債會比預(yù)計提前完成。
A:本期答案見下期
上期答案:
1.Provincial barriers to trade hamper the efficient allocation of resources.
各省的貿(mào)易壁壘阻礙了資源的有效分配。
2.He never reads individual user profiles; he only sees data in the aggregate.
他從來不閱讀單個用戶的個人資料;他僅僅整體研究這些數(shù)據(jù)。