activate
使活動;激活;使活化
The burglar alarm is activated by movement.
這防盜警報器一動就會響。
The gene is activated by a specific protein.
這種基因由一種特異性蛋白激活。
mode
(設備的)模式,工作狀態
Switch the camera into the automatic mode.
將照相機調到自動拍攝狀態。
promise
promise sth to sb
promise sb sth
許諾;承諾;答應;保證
The college principal promised to look into the matter.
學院院長答應研究這個問題。
'Promise not to tell anyone!' 'I promise.'
"你要保證不告訴別人!" "我保證。"
destruction
摧毀;毀滅;破壞
the destruction of the rainforests
對熱帶雨林的破壞
weapons of mass destruction
大規模殺傷性武器
a tidal wave bringing death and destruction in its wake
海嘯以及隨之而來的死亡與破壞
The central argument is that capitalism sows the seeds of its own destruction (= creates the forces that destroy it).
主要論點是資本主義播下了自我毀滅的種子。