一年恢复英语水平计划10

mislead---v.误导;使误信;将...引入歧途 convey---传达 celebrity magazine---明星杂志 It turns out that peculiar(奇怪的) way of conducting(实施) the expriments may have led to misleading interpretation(解释) of what happened. leader---n.领袖，领导者;首领;指挥者 Japan was, and remains, the global leader in automotive-assembly(汽车装配产业) productivity. plead---v.请求;恳求;为...辩护;提出...为理由 First, the object of our study pleads for definition. "Dare to be different, please don't smoke!" pleads one billboard campaign aimed at reducing smoking among teenagers—teenagers,who desire nothing more than fitting in. leading---adj.卓越的;最重要的 However, many leading American univerities want their undergraduates to have a grounding in the basic canon(准则) of ideas that every educated person should possess(具备). lead someone on---误导(某人);蒙骗(某人) lead up to---导致，逐渐导致;使话题(渐渐)转向;为...作准备 Instead of including that paragraph, she added one that described Lengel's(伦格尔) crabbed(暴躁的) response to the girls so that she could lead up to the A&P "policy" he enforces. take the lead---带头，为首;起带头作用;领导 intend---v.想要;打算;企图 Either Entergy never really intended to live by those commitments(信守承诺), or it simply didn't foresee what would happen next. intend to do/intend doing sth.---打算做某事 sector---n.(经济的)部门;行业;领域 But many within the public sector suffer under the current system, too. account---v.说明;解释;导致;把...视作  n. 账目;账户;描述;叙述;解释;说明 It is painful to read these roundabout accounts(拐弯抹角的解释) today. Many,like the Fundamental Physics Prize, are funded from the telephone-number-sized bank accounts of Internet entrepreneurs(互联网企业家). accountant---n.会计师，会计 account for---占据;解释;说明 What might account for this strange phenomenon. 怎么解释这一奇怪的现象呢？ Dr. Myers and Dr. Worm argue that their work gives a correct baseline, which future management efforts must take into account. leave sth. out of account---不考虑 The need of training is too evident(明显的); the pressure to accomplish a change in their attitude and habits is too urgent(迫切) to leave these consequences(结果) wholly(充分) out of account. on account of---因为，由于 description---n.描述;形容 explanation---n.解释;说明 When Laim McGee departed(辞职) as president of Bank of America in August, his explannation was surprisingly straight up(坦率). consumer---n.顾客，消费者 These labels(品牌) encourage style-conscious comsumers to see clothes as disposable(一次性的)—meant to last only a wash or two, although they don't advertise that—and to renew their wardrobe(衣橱) every few weeks. consumption---n.消费;消耗 But despite some claims to the contrary(相反), laughing probably has little influence on physical fitness(身体健康). Laughter does produce short-term changes in the function of the heart and its blood vessels(血管), boosting(增强) heart rate and oxgen consumption(消耗). But because hard laughter is difficult to sustain(持续), a good laugh is unlikely to have manageable(可做到的，显著的) benefits the way, say, walking or jogging does. consuming---adj.消耗的;消费的 consumerism---n.消费者权益保护;消费主义 client---n.客户;顾客;委托人 But there are few places where clients have more grounds(理由，基础) for complaint(抱怨) than America. environment---n.环境;周围状况 enviromental---adj.环境的;有关环境的 And they aren't likely to get any taller. "In the general population today, at this genetic(基因的), environmental level, we've pretty much gone as far as we can go, " says anthropologist William Cameron Chumlea  of Wright State University. environmentally---adv.有关环境的 environmentalist---n.环境保护论者;环境论者 surroundings---n.周边;周围环境 atmosphere---n.大气层;氛围 situation---n.状况;形势 essay---n.论文;杂文;散文;(学生就某门课程所写的)论说文，短文 Unfortunately(遗憾地), these critics are virtually(实际上) forgotten. Neville Cardus, who wrote for the Manchester Guardian from 1917 until shortly before his death in 1975, is now known solely(唯一) as a writer of essays on the game of cricket.(板球) article---n.文章;论文 As a News Feature(新闻特写) article in Nature discusses, a string of lucrative(报酬丰厚的) awards for researchers have joined the Nobel Prizes in recent years. matter---n.(有形的)物质;(某一类型的)物质(印刷或阅读的材料)  v.要紧;有关系;有影响 Anyone who has toiled(长时间辛苦的奋斗) through SAT will testify(证实) that test-taking skill also matters,  whether it's knowing when to guess or what questions to skip. as a matter of fact---其实，实际上 substance---n.物质;实质;重要性 stuff---n.材料;本质;要素 material---n.物质;材料;原料 fund---v.拨款，为...提供资金  n.专款;基金;资金 fundamental---adj.基础的;根本的 fundamentally---adv.从根本上地;基础地 "The traditional rule was it's safer to stay where you are, but that's been fundamentally inverted(改变了)," says one headhunter. nonfundamentalist---n.非原教旨主义者 underfund---v.对...资金提供不足