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旋元祐Time时代杂志核心单词 普通词 名词 724-733(mp3)

724.hybrid (n.) 混合,杂种

The TV-PC hybrid idea is attractive to computer makers,although most would prefer to add TV reception to their PC lines than into the TV business.(TIME,Aug. 12,1996,p.26)
大部分的电脑制造商比较倾向将电视的接收功能加到他们的电脑产品上,而不愿涉足电视机这一行,但对他们来说,将电视与个人电脑结合的想法,还是很有吸引力。

注:line (n.)系列产品

725.hypocrisy (n.) 伪善

[同]sincerity

Hypocrisy and selfishness seem to be the prevailing rules,complained Beijing’s official China Daily. (TIME,May 13,1996,P.13)
北京官方的《中国日报》抱怨说:“伪善与自私似乎成了普遍接受的规则。”

726.infidelity (n.)(婚姻上)不忠,偷情

If you rinse away its deliciously corrupt excitement, infidelity means the infliction of pain upon one’s spouse for the sake of fresher pleasure. (TIME,Sept.23,1996,P.60)
如果除去那种令人回味的堕落的刺激感,偷情意味着一个人为了追求更新鲜的愉悦,而让自己的配偶承受痛苦。

注:rinse (v.) 用清水冲洗掉;infliction (n.)
施加;spouse (n.) 配偶

727.instinct (n.) 1.本能;2.直觉

[同] 2.intuition

Now a dramatic discovery announced in the current Science suggests that the carnivores(dinosaurs)had a nesting instinct as well.(TIME,Nov.14,1994,p.78)
现在有一项轰动性的发现,发表在本期《科学》杂志上,这项发现指称肉食性(恐龙)也有筑巢的本能。

728.intuition (n.)直觉

[同]instinct

Sequels,like blind dates,inspire a certain terror. We fear they will be losers;we suspect they will never measure up to past loves—and often intuition proves true.(TIME,Nov.14,1994,p. 83)
电影续集,就像是一场别人代为安排、但却从未见过对方的男女约会一样,总让人感到些许忐忑不安。我们担心它们卖座差,怀疑它们无法达到前集引起的热潮,而结果证明直觉往往是对的。

注:sequel (n.) (小说、电影等的)续篇,续集;to measure up to符合,达到

729.knack (n.)窍门,高明的本领

Conner also possesses a knack for compromise. (TIME,May 15,1995,p.67)
康纳还拥有一项高明的本事——懂得何时妥协。

730.lag(n.v.)落后

Japan is now determined to make up for its lag on the info highway and give the U.S. some competition.(TIME,Mar.6,1995,P.66)
如今,在发展资讯高速公路上落后的日本下定决心迎头赶上,并与美国一较长短。

注:to make up for弥补,补回

731.Landscape (n.) 景色,地貌

Wallerstein took an ever growing readership through a dispiriting landscape of anger and grief,of children unable to fit in with peers, and young adults crippled in their own attempts at love. (TIME,Feb. 27,1995,P.53)
华勒斯坦笔下,有愤怒与悲伤,有跟不上同龄人的小孩,还有在爱情道路上跌倒的青年男女,营造出令人心情惨淡的世界,从而获得愈来愈多读者的肯定。

注:dispiriting (a.)令人沮丧的,令人意志消沉的

732.legacy (n.) 传承,遗产,影响

“He’s much more comfortable with it,” says a top aide,”and he’s come to the view that foreign policy will be an important part of his legacy.”(TIME,Nov. 18,1996,P.30)
〔克林顿的〕一位高级助理说:“他现在在外交方面比较得心应手,而且逐渐认为外交政策将会是他的功绩中重要的一部分。”

733.Legitimacy (n.) 合法性,认可

And royal legitimacy was conveyed by Princess Diana in the Caribbean surf.(TIME,July 1,1996,p. 56)
黛安娜王妃在加勒比海的海浪中展现比基尼泳装,比基尼自此被王室认可。