单词
Bond villain
issue a Bond villain' laugh
The James Bond novels and film series feature a number of villainous characters who serve as primary antagonists. Each story normally features a main villain bent on world domination or destruction who seeks to defeat or kill Bond, often with the assistance of secondary characters. Bond typically confronts the villain during the story's climax and exposes the evil plot.
barn
n.仓房,牲口棚
be blanketed with
n.bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
synonymous：cover
anything that covers there was a blanket of snow
synonymous：mantle
a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor
v.cover as if with a blanket
snow blanketed the fields form a blanket-like cover (over)
adj. broad in scope or content
blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
photovoltaic
n.光电的
manure
n.any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material
v.spread manure, as for fertilization
synonymous: muck
be handsomely rewarded for
pocket $7m from subsidies
be anathema to
令人极其讨厌的事
incumbent
adj.在职的,义不容辞的
n.教区牧师,教会中的任职者
decarbonize
脱碳
government pour $150bn into supporting such investment, with America, China and Germany taking the lead.
subsidy-driven growth
perennial
adj.经常出现的;长期的;持久的
adv.经常出现地;长期地;持久地
a perennial disappointment
hope springs eternal
rebate
n.a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
synonymous：discount
a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together
synonymous：rabbet
v.give a reduction in the price during a sale
cut a rebate in (timber or stone)
join with a rebate
vt. 减少；打折扣
vi. 退还部分付款，打折扣
n. 折扣
glut
n.the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
synonymous：oversupply,surfeit
v.overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
synonymous：gorge,ingurgitate,overindulge,englut,stuff,engorge,overgorge,overeat,gormandize,gormandise,gourmandize,binge,pig out,satiate,scarf out
supply with an excess of
produce gluts
starkly
adv. 严酷地；明显地；毫无掩饰地
He was starkly unable to achieve coherence
the black walls rose starkly from the snow
be havoc for
n.violent and needless disturbance
n. 大破坏；浩劫；蹂躏
vt. 严重破坏
synonymous：mayhem
A continuing drought has wreakedhavocon food supplies in Zimbabwe.
write off
n.(accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset
synonymous：write-off,write-down
the act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset
synonymous：write-off
v.concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody
write something fluently, and without hesitation
cancel (a debt)
reduce the estimated value of something
Renewables have a disruptive punch above their weight.
at first blush
乍一看；一瞥
grid 输电网
doldrums
n.a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
synonymous：stagnation,stagnancy
a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
cling on
坚持
insulate
protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material
We had his bedroom insulated before winter came
place or set apart
deployment
n.部署;调度
clean-energy paradox:
subsidies foster deployment of renewables; renewables depress power price, increasing the need for financial support.
be offered shorter-term fixed prices with a higher subsequent exposure to variable wholesale prices, which reduces the incentive to invest.
cannibalise its own competitiveness away
cannibalism is the act of an organism eating others of its own species.
The more renewables are exposed to competition by contracts pegged to wholesale prices, the more people will shy away from them as well.
eat into demand
incipient
adj.开始的,初期的
icon
n. 图标；肖像，画像；圣像；偶像
from dromedary to duck
n.单峰骆驼 鸭子
grumble
n.a loud low dull continuous noise
synonymous：rumble,rumbling,grumbling
a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
synonymous：grumbling,murmur,murmuring,mutter,muttering
v.show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
We grumbled about the increased work load
precipitous
adj.险峻的, 陡峭的
bolster
vt.支撑;加固
援助
给予必要的支持, 鼓励
支持，鼓励(某人)；改善，加强(某事物)
you are so yesterday. out-dated
upheaval
n. 剧变；隆起；举起
a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
synonymous：turbulence,Sturm und Drang
a violent disturbance
synonymous：convulsion,turmoil
(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
synonymous：uplift,upthrow,upthrust
disturbance usually in protest
liken to
vt. 把…比作；比拟
liken the upheaval facing utilities to that seen in the telecoms industry a generation ago
broadband 宽带
nibble
vt. & vi.啃;一点一点地咬(吃)蚕食
vt.啃出(洞);一点一点咬出(洞)
vi.(对提议、建议等)显出略有兴趣的样子
blockchain
A block chain, or blockchain, is adistributed databasethat maintains a continuously-growing list of data records hardened against tampering and revision. It consists ofdata structureblocks—which hold exclusivelydatain initial blockchain implementations, and both data andprogramsin some (for example,Ethereum) of the more recent implementations—with each block holding batches of individualtransactionsand the results of any blockchainexecutables. Each block contains a timestamp and information linking it to a previous block.
The block chain is seen as the main technical innovation ofbitcoin, where it serves as the publicledgerof all bitcoin transactions. Bitcoin is peer-to-peer, every user is allowed to connect to the network, send new transactions to it, verify transactions, and create new blocks, which is why it is calledpermissionless. This original design has been the inspiration for othercryptocurrenciesanddistributed databases.
crowdsourcing
群众外包（英语：crowdsourcing）是互联网带来的新的生产组织形式。《连线》（Wired）杂志记者Jeff Howe于2006年发明的一个专业术语，用来描述一种新的商业模式，即企业利用互联网来将工作分配出去、发现创意或解决技术问题。通过互联网控制，这些组织可以利用志愿员工大军的创意和能力——这些志愿员工具备完成任务的技能，愿意利用业余时间工作，满足于对其服务收取小额报酬，或者暂时并无报酬，仅仅满足于未来获得更多报酬的前景。尤其对于软件业和服务业，这提供了一种组织劳动力的全新方式。
thermostat
n.恒温(调节)器
stall
n.厩, 畜栏
摊, 棚
熄火, 停止转动
vt. & vi.(使)熄火, (使)停止转动
vi.拖延
vt.搪塞
Although voters give little thought to electricity markets when they are working, they can get angry when prices rise to cover new investment--and the scream blue murder when lights go out. That suggests progress may be slow and ftful. And it is possible that it could stall, leaving climate risks largely unabated.
fitful
adj. 一阵阵的；断断续续的；不规则的；间歇的