621.repent v. 悔改
Specifically, he (the Pope) suggested that the church needs to repent for its sometimes intolerant treatment of other faiths. That notion shocked some bishops.
换句话说,教皇话中隐然指出教会应该对其偶有不宽容其他信仰的做法忏悔,这想法令某些主教大感震惊。
622.restrain v. 抑制,遏止
【同】check
But Templeton reminds us that not all Mexican companies will be hurt if the government fails in its attempt to restrain prices.
但坦普尔顿提醒我们,如果墨西哥政府抑制物价的努力失败,也只会损害到该国的部分公司,而非全部。
623.retrieve v. 取回
【同】recover get back
He lost his heart ot her almost at once. Never did he retrieve it.
他几乎立即就被她完全迷住,从此不想抽身。
624.savor v. 品味
Fully savoring Tsai Ming-liang’s He Liu (The River) requires patience.
要充分品味蔡明亮的《河流》需要耐心。
625.scramble v. 争相抢夺
Rebecca Runkle, a Morgan Stanley analyst who has watched toymakers scramble in the digital age, calls the new CD-ROMS a strategic coup.
摩根·斯坦利的分析师丽贝卡·朗克尔目睹了玩具厂商在数字时代的争夺战,称这张新光盘是策略上的奇招。
626.scrape v. 刮除
No useful devices exist yet, but the prophets of nanotechnology insist that it may be only a few years before cell-size robots swirl through the body scraping fatty deposits off the walls of blood vessels…
目前微细科技还还没有可运作的装置,但微细科技的预言者坚称,在短短的数年之内,或许就会有像细胞大小的机器人,在身体中旋转移动,清除血管壁上沉积的脂肪。
注:nanotechnology n. 微细科技,即制造分子或原子大小的材料或机器的技术; swirl v. 旋转移动;deposit n. 沉淀物,淤积物
627.seduce v. 诱惑
【同】tempt
Over the past three months, Microsoft programmers have released a stream of new products designed to seduce Net users away from Netscape.
过去3个月以来,微软的程序设计师推出一大批新产品,以吸引网络使用者远离网景。
628.shatter v. 使粉碎
【同】destroy
The Nintendo 64 shatters the convention of two-dimensional horizontal scrolling video games.
“任天堂64”打破了传统的电视游戏机和二维空间的水平卷动模式。
629.shell v. 炮击
They shelled and blockaded Visoko, where Canadians (peacekeepers) were posted.
他们炮轰并封锁加拿大维和部队驻扎的维索科镇。
630.shun v. 规避
【同】avoid
In an era in which management gurus strive to push decision making down the chain, Email has made it easier for middle managers to shun responsibility by bucking decisions up the ladder.
这个时代,管理权威大力推动将决策权责下放,电子邮件却使中级主管更轻易就能将决策往上推而逃避责任。
注:strive v. 努力去做;buck v.(口语)推卸(责任等)