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旋元祐Time时代杂志核心单词 进阶词 形容词、副词 848-857(mp3)

848.runaway (a.) 增长快速的,势不可遏的

Since the runaway success of his book Ageless Body, Timeless Mind in 1993,he has written one best seller after another,selling an astonishing 6 million copies.(TIME,June 24,1996,p.46)
自从1993年以《超时空身心》一书一举成名,他接连写了好多本畅销书,销售达惊人的600万册之多。

849.saturated (a.) 饱和的

Its new Microsoft Home division,for example,is an attempt to leverage its position in the market for business desktops, which is becoming saturated and move into the so-called SOHO(small office,home office)market.(TIME,June 5,1995, p. 32)
例如,微软家庭部这个新部门的成立,就是企图利用微软在市场上的地位,在逐渐饱和的商用台式电脑市场上攻城掠地,并进入所谓索霍(小办公室、家庭办公室)市场。

注:Soho:纽约曼哈顿岛休斯顿大街以南一地区,以先锋派艺术、音乐、电影、时装著名

850.savvy (a.) 精通的

In Moscow and St.Petersburg,…we call find only 100 people here and there who are Internet-savvy.(TIME,Feb.17,1997,p.47)
在莫斯科和圣彼得堡,我们东找西找,大概只能找到100人熟悉国际互联网。

851.seamless (a.) 无接缝的,组合完美的,浑然一体的

By creating a seamless global-economic zone, borderless and unregulatable,the Internet calls into question the very idea of a nationstate. (TIME,Jan. 15,1996,p. 51)
国际互联网创造出一个绵密无缝的全球经济区域,这个区域没有界限,无从管制,从而使人们对民族国家这个词的定义心存疑惑。

852.sinister (a.) 邪恶的

Our statesmen used to revile Hitler,Mussolini-large and sinister enemies,who wanted to take over the world.(TIME,Oct.27,1997,p. 60)
我们(美国)的政治家曾经攻击希特勒、墨索里尼——这些庞大邪恶的敌人都想统治全世界。

853.sleek (a.) (人)时髦阔气的;(汽车、房子等)造形典雅豪华的

More than half a million people will reside in Putrajaya and surrounding suburbs,and sleek commercial buildings will accommodate 135,000 workers. (TIME,Dec.4,1995,p. 26)
50多万人将会居住在〔马来西亚〕普特拉吉亚及其郊区,典雅豪华的商业大楼将容纳13.5万名工作人员。

854.stark (a.) (对比)分明的

That courthouse seriousness,however,is in stark contrast to the playful tone that Barksdale has set inside Netscape.(TIME,Sept.16,1996,p. 44)
但是法院里的严肃气氛与巴克斯代尔在网景公司内部营造的轻松气氛,形成鲜明对比。

855.staunch (a.) 坚定的

A staunch conservative on monetary policy,Tiemeyer nonetheless has supported European integration.(TIME,Feb. 24,1997,P.41)
提特迈尔在货币政策上是坚定的保守派,却支持欧洲统一。

856.steadfast (a.) 坚定不移的?

[同]firm

An innocent person…will remain steadfast in denying guilt. (TIME, May 22,1995,p. 51)
无辜者必然宁死不肯承认有罪。

857.torrential (a.) 猛烈的,汹涌的

The flow of money into mutual funds this year is torrential,and has already set an annual record.(TIME,Sept.30,1996,p.44)

今年流入共同基金的钱潮称得上是波涛汹涌,而且已经创下年度纪录。