551.embody v. 体现
【同】represent
Just as the 1889 Paris Exposition gave rise to the Eiffel Towel, this (Internet) world’s fair will leave behind a structure that embodies its vision of the future: a transoceanic railroad of high-speed fiber-optic links.
就如同1889年的巴黎博览会时建起的埃菲尔铁塔一样，这次的网络博览会也将会留下一项能体现未来远景的实体建设：就是一条以高速光纤线路所连结而成的越洋“铁路”。
552.emulate v. 仿效
【同】imitate
Warner and Paramount, the two newest entrants in the network derby, see Fox not as a nemesis but as a network to emulate.
华纳和派拉蒙公司是新近加入电视台竞争的两位角逐者，在他们眼中，福克斯公司不只是强敌，还是效法的对象。
注：entrant n. 参赛者； derby n. 竞赛； nemesis n. 强敌
553.engineer v. 策划，创造，设计
Gerstner and Thoman, however, have engineered a corporate future that takes more from their corporate customers’ body language than their own.
不过戈斯纳与托曼所要创造的公司（IBM）远景，却得视客户而非他们自己的身体语言而定。
554.enlist v. 招募
The U.S. should be hard-nosed on nuclear proliferation and intellectual-property rights, and may find it advantageous to enlist friends and allies support in that endeavor instead of going it alone.
美国在核武器扩散以及知识产权这两个问题上应该采取强硬的态度；而为了达到目的，美国如能得到友人与盟邦的支持，而不是单独奋斗，可能是最有利的。
注：hard-nosed（美俚）坚毅的，执拗的，精明而务实的
555.envision v. 预见，想象
【同】imagine
Andreessen, Barksdale and Clark envision a future Netscape product that will assume many of the computer’s operating-system functions, browsing local files as seamlessly as it browses today’s Web.
安德里森、巴克斯戴尔和克拉克想象网景未来的产品，将具备许多电脑作业系统的功能，能像现在浏览3W环球网一样，毫无阻碍地浏览个人档案。
注：assume v. 担任，负担； borrow v. 浏览
556.eradicate v. 根除，拔除
【同】eliminate
Several days later, however, Clinton reversed himself again, saying it was more important to safeguard vital social programs than to eradicate the deficit in the relatively near future.
数天后，克林顿的态度有了180度的转变，说保住重大的社会计划比在较短的时间内消除赤字更为重要。
注：reverse v. 使倒转，彻底改变
557.erupt v. 爆发
Then a controversy erupted over an unnamed woman’s decision to abort one of two healthy fetuses because she felt unable to care for twins.
接着爆发一场争议，争执点在于一名不知名的妇女，因为自觉无力抚养双胞胎，而决定拿掉腹中两个健康胎儿中的一个。
注：abort v. 堕胎； fetus n. 胎儿
558.escalate v. 升高
His Zucca line does well at home, but the escalating yen has kept it out of the export market.
他所设计的“祖卡”系列在国内卖得很好，但持续升值的日元使它无法打开外销市场。
注：line n. 系列产品
559.escort v. 护送，伴随
At some Spanish resorts tourists who flouted the law would be sternly escorted back to their hotels by the Civil Guard.
在西班牙某些观光区，游客若违反这条法律，就会被国民卫队毫不客气地护送回旅馆。
注：resort n. 度假胜地
560.evaluate v. 评估
【同】assess
We must investigate, evaluate and validate this discovery, and it is certain to create lively scientific controversy.
我们必须调查、评估并确认这项发现，而它肯定会在科学上引起热烈的争议。
注：validate v. 证实