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旋元祐Time时代杂志核心单词 进阶词 动词 878-887(mp3)

878.breach (v.)突破,攻破

〖同〗violate

But in 1995rising temperature,allowed Aedes a Egypt mosquitoes to breach the coastal barrier and invade the rest of the country.
1995年气温上升,使埃及斑蚊突破沿海的屏,侵入这个国家其他地区。

879.bristle(v.)林立,树立\stand an end

A mountain range bristling with antennas harbors a maze of bombproof underground arsenals and shelters served by a tunnel 4km long.
天线林立的山脉中,隐藏着如迷宫般不怕炮击的地下军火库,以及有4公里长的隧道与外界连接的防空洞。

注:harbor (v.)隐藏maze n.)迷宫arsenal (n.)军火库

880.brush aide(v.)漠视,不理会(问题等)

〖同〗ignore

I saw him(Kennedy)brush aside the doubts and point this nation toward great adventure.
我看到肯尼迪不顾这些质疑,把国家带往险境。

881.chasten(v.)(为娇正行为而)惩罚(人),使变乖

〖同〗discipline

These chastening experiences have caused governments to be more reluctant to provide the military contingents upon which the U.N.entirely depends.
尝过这些苦头,各国政府更不愿提供部队给联合国,而联合国完全依赖这些部队才能执行和平任务.

注:contingent (n.)代表团,派遣团

882.chide(v.)责备

〖同〗scold

In his last public appearance,during the 1972World Series,he chided major league baseball for not having a black manager.
他最后一次公开露面是在1972年总冠军赛时,当时他抨击甲级队联盟连一个黑人领队都没有。

883.churn out(v.)大量生产\turn out

In one bedroom police found eight (software)coping machines that could churn out 130floppy disks an hour.
在一间卧房里,警方查获8部软件复制机器,这些机器每小时可生产130片软盘。

884.click (v.)发出”喀嗒”之声(n.)喀嗒声

Its (Netscape’s)killer application was a program that made navigating the Net as simple as pointing at what you wanted to see and clicking on it.
网景公司最厉害的应用软件,让遨游网络简便到只要按一下鼠标,就可以想到哪儿就到哪儿。

885.clobber (v.)猛击,痛击

〖同〗hit

What researchers now realize is that to treat the joint disease they don’t have to clobber the whole immune system,just certain portions of it.
现在研究人员了解到,要治疗这种关节疾病并不需要猛攻整个免疫系统,只需针对某部分进行即可。

886.coincide (v.)同时发生

Disney's Toy Story is being given an especially big push to coincide with its video release,because Disney felt it had underestimated the marketing possibilities then the film was released in theaters last fall.
迪斯尼的电影《玩具总动员》,在录像带发行的同时发动超强促销攻势,因为迪斯尼觉得去年秋天该片在电影院上映时,公司低估了它的市场潜力。

887.confine(V.)限定

〖同〗restrict

The coastal mountain ranges of Costa Rica had long confined dengue fever,a mosquito born disease accompanied by incapacitating bone pain,to the country's Pacific shore.
长久以来哥斯达黎加的登革热(一种由蚊子传播的疾病,伴随使人软弱无力的骨骼疼痛症),一直被沿海山脉限制在该国太平洋沿岸地区。

注:incapacitate (v.)使虚弱,使无能为力