一年恢复英语水平计划45

acceptance---n.接受;赞同;忍受;容忍;承受

But it takes collective scrutiny and acceptance(集体的审视和接受) to transform a discovery claim into a mature discovery.

clothe---v.为...提供衣服

clothes---n.衣服;服装

Towards(临近) the end of Overdressed, Cline introduced her ideal(典范), a Brooklyn woman named Sarah Kate Beaumont, who since 2008 has made all of her own clothes—and beatifully.

lure---n.诱惑力,魅力;诱饵   v.诱惑;引诱;哄骗

And since these messages have an agenda—to lure us to open our wallets—they make the very idea of happiness seem unreliable.

marine---adj.海洋的;海产的;海运的;海事的   n.水兵;海军陆战队士兵

But saying "these figures are conservative"(Line 1, paragraph 3), Dr. Worm means that____.

[A]fishing technology has improved rapidly(迅速地).

[B]the catch-sizes(捕获量) are actually smaller than recorded.

[C]the marine biomass has suffered a greater loss.

[D]the data collected so far are out of date(过时).

norm---n.标准;规范;行为准则;通例;常规

John Donahue at Harvard's Kennedy School points out that the norms of culture in Western civil services(西方行政服务部门) suit those who want to stay put(呆在原地) but is bad for high achievers.

numerous---adj,众多的;许多的

This scale(量表) took numerous factors into consideration.

numerical---adj.数字的;用数字表示的;数值的

orchestra---n.管弦乐队;(剧院或音乐厅的)正厅前排座位

If Gilbert and the Philharmonic are to succeed, they must first change the relationship between America's oldest orchestra and the new audience it hopes to attract.

privacy---n.隐私;独处;清静

Brendon Lynch, Microsoft's chief privacy officer(首席隐私官), blogged: "we believe consumers should have more control."

illusion---n.错觉;幻想;假象

Advertising creates an illusion of happiness rather than happiness itself.

illustrate---v.说明;表明;(用例子、故事或图表)说明

Wilt Chamberlain is cited(被引用) as an example to illustrate the change of height of NBA players.

pursue---v.实行;执行;寻求;追求;追赶;追查

Rather than cloaking(掩盖) his exit in the usual vague excuses(含糊的理由), he came right out and said he was leaving "to pursue my goal of running a company."

pursuit---n.追求;寻求;追赶

insist---v.坚持;强调;坚决要求;坚决认为

And that's the problem with a social cure engineered(引发) from the outside: in the real world, as in school, we insist on choosing our own friends.

insistence---n.坚持;强调

One reason why it is hard to design and teach such courses is that they can cut across(抄近路) the insistence by top American universities that liberal-arts educations and professional education should be kept separate, taught in different schools.

consist in/of---存在于...中

persist---v.坚持;保持

persevere---v.坚持不懈

uphold---v.支持;维持

previous---adj.早先的;以前的

previously---adv.以前;先前

primary---adj.首要的;主要的;最早的;原始的

primitive---adj.原始的;发展水平低的

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