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旋元祐Time时代杂志核心单词 普通词 名词 694-703(mp3)

694.disguise (n. v.)伪装

Clinton feels so physically isolated at the White House that he slipped out of the compound…five or six times last year.(Hillary Clinton does the same,but more often and usually in disguise.)(TIME,Feb. 7,1994,p. 24)
克林顿觉得待在白宫憋得让人受不了,因此去年就溜出白宫五六次。(希拉里也一样,只是溜得更频繁,而且通常是乔装出去。)

注:compound (n.)有围墙的房子或大院

695.dismay (n.)丧胆,惊慌

For its part,Mexico will have to abide by an austerity plan that,to the dismay of most Mexicans,will give the U.S. unprecedented say over the country's economic policies.(TIME,Mar. 6,1995,p.25)
对墨西哥而言,将不得不遵行这个紧缩国家支出的计划,赋予美国对墨西哥经济政策前所未有的发言权,尽管墨西哥人民大多对此感到惊愕。

注:to abide by 遵行,奉行;austerity (n.)(国家开支上)紧缩

696.disruption(n.)中断,混乱,运行失常

Similarly,climate disruptions may be giving new life to such ancient scourges as yellow fever,meningitis and cholera,while fostering the spread of emerging diseases like hantavirus. (TIME,July 8,1996,p.40)
同样地,不正常的气候变化也可能在助长新兴疾病,如汉他病毒,扩散之际,使那些古老的灾病,如黄热病、脑膜炎及霍乱,再度爆发。

697.dissident (n.) 异议分子

His Open Society Fund backed the dissidents of Czechoslovakia's Charter 77 and Poland Solidarity,helping topple totalitarian regimes in those countries.(TIME,Apr.21,1997,P. 23)
他的“开放社会基金”支持如捷克的“宪章77”以及波兰的“团结工会”等异议团体,协助推翻这些国家的极权政府。

698.doom(n.)灭亡的命运,劫数

[同]fate

After the comet hit a second jolt from volcanoes may have helped send the dinosaurs to their doom.(TIME,Jan.9,1995,P.59)
彗星撞击后,火山爆发引起的第二次剧烈震动,可能加速了恐龙劫数的到来。

699.edge (n.)优势,有利地位

With a new 41-to-39 edge over Democrats,Republicans in the California state assembly should have been able to oust veteran Democratic speaker Willie Brown and install one of their own. (TIME,Feb.6,1995,p.15)
加州议会改选后,以41比39票占优势的共和党议员。应能把资深的民主党议长布朗拉下台,由共和党议员取而代之。

注:oust (v.)逐出,赶走

700.expertise (n.)专门技术

And across Asia the company(IBM)is deploying a new generation of salespeople who plan to offer IBM's hardware and software and also Big Blue's expertise insetting up business networks in underdeveloped areas.(TIME,Nov.4,1996,P.50)
IBM正在整个亚洲雇佣新一代的销售人员,提供IBM硬、软件以及“蓝色巨人”专门技术,以在尚未开发地区建立商业销售网。

701.fiasco (n.)(因准备或计划不周详,而很没面子地)彻底失败

[同]debacle

Rusk was second only to Lyndon Johnson as an architect of America's greatest foreign policy fiasco:the divisive,ultimately fruitless war in Vietnam.(TIME,Jan.9,1995,P.19)
这场引发国内分裂、徒然无功的越战,是美国有史以来最大的外交失败,而这场失败的主要责任者,首推约翰逊(总统),再有就是腊斯克。

注:divisive (a.)引发不和的,造成对立的

702.flaw (n.)缺陷,缺点

[同]defect

The researchers found that these executives failed most often because of “an interpersonal flaw” rather than a technical inability. (TIME,Oct.9,1995,p. 30)
研究人员发现,这些主管之所以失败,往往是因为“人际关系不好”,而非专业上有问题。

703.foul (n.)犯规,不合法

China,with seven top women banned from Atlanta on drug charges,cried foul when an American and an Australian who had flunked drug tests were allowed to enter their countries’ trials. (TIME,May 13,1996,p. 13)
中国有7名顶尖女将因被控使用禁药而被禁止参加亚特兰大奥运会,而当美国与澳大利亚各有一位未通过禁药检验的选手得以参加她们国内的资格赛时,中国立刻指出这是犯规行为。

注:flunk (v.)没通过(测验)