笃学奖-Topic4-B17445-甘比精读

1. cardiac arrest: 心跳停止.


2. cardiopulmonary(adj):of, relating to, or affecting the heart and lungs(心肺的).


3. grubby(adj): dirty; slovenly.

   Synonyms:messy, filthy.

   Example:His friend to the north, Paul Kagame, is another authoritarian with grubby hands, feted nonetheless.


4. Sevenfold(adj/adv):(adj) comprising seven parts or members.

                                                   seven times as great or as much.

                                         (adv) until seven times as many or as great.

    Example:He who kills another and hides the body shall pay a sevenfold fine and have seven blood-avengers.


5. GE healthcare : 通用电气医疗集团.

   Siemens:西门子.

  Medtronic:美敦力医疗产品公司.


6. wearable(adj/n) : (adj) capable of being worn; appropriate, suitable, or ready for wearing.

                              relating to or noting a computer or advanced electronic device that is incorporated into an accessory worn on the body or an item of clothing: wearable gadgets embedded in fabric.

                                (n) Usually, wearables. something that may be worn or carried on the body, as an item of clothing.

                               Example: The wearable computer is yet another gadget in the open- ended development that unites evolution and revolution.


7. deride(v):    to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.

   Synonyms:  taunt, flout, gibe, banter, rally.

   Example:   I am angry with all those in France who jumped at the occasion to deride the American justice system, and America in general.


8. backdrop(n/v): the background of an event; setting.

   Synonym:scenery

   Example: Parliament is not just the backdrop to the Palliser novels but really their subject


9. hedge(n):(n) a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow.(篱笆)

                     (v) to enclose with or separate by a hedge.

   Synonyms:  evade, stall.

    Example:Eventually he found a place from which he could see through a gap in the hedge.

   hedge fund: 对冲基金.


10. ultrasound(n) :Physics. sound with a frequency greater than 20,000 Hz, approximately the upper limit of human hearing.(超声)

     Example: I had just felt her move a few hours (6hours) before my ultrasound.


11.mammogram(n) : an x-ray photograph obtained by mammography(乳房X光摄影术).

     Example:  “We get sidetracked by efforts to focus on getting every woman a mammogram,” she recently told The Daily Beast.


12. spell(n/v): a word, phrase, or form of words supposed to have magic power; charm; incantation.(咒语)

    Example: The spell was written by a previous owner of the textbook, the self-dubbed Half-Blood Prince.

     Synonyms: while, bit, piece.


13. concussion (n) : Pathology. injury to the brain or spinal cord due to jarring from a blow, fall, or the like.(脑震荡)

    Example: Never mind that a CAT scan taken after the incident confirmed that he had suffered a concussion.

    Synonyms: injury, shock.


14. mole(n) : a spy who becomes part of and works from within the ranks of an enemy governmental staff or intelligence agency.

     Example: She was briefly outed by Red as a mole and then allowed to recede into the background again.

     Synonym:spy.


  15. contraceptive(adj/n):  (adj) tending or serving to prevent conception or impregnation.(避孕的)

                                         (n):a contraceptive device, drug, foam

          Example:  In fact, 54 percent of women who had abortions had used a contraceptive method, if incorrectly, in the month they got pregnant.

         Synonyms: condom, pill.


16. menopause (n): the period of permanent cessation of menstruation, usually occurring between the ages of 45 and 55.(更年期,绝经期).
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 Synonym: midlife crisis.

 Example: The results held even after controlling for differences in persistence of symptoms, as well as age and type of menopause.


17.onerous(adj) : burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship.(费力的)

     Synonyms:  heavy, crushing, grievous; irksome, galling.

    Example: The pair had argued, and the assistant ceased performing this most onerous of duties.


18.cavalier(adj/n): (n) a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.(骑士,漫不经心的)
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                            a man escorting a woman or acting as her partner in dancing.

                           (adj): haughty, disdainful, or supercilious.

                           Synonyms:  indifferent, offhand, uncaring, thoughtless, condescending.

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