剑桥雅思3_THE ROCKET – FROM EAST TO WEST

1.military (adj. n.) 军事的、军队

  →army

  → battlefield

 e.g.: rockets for military use

 

2. concept (n.) 概念、观念

  → conception

  → perception

e.g.: the concept of the rocket

 

3. mechanism  (n.) 机制、原理

  e.g.: the mechanism behind the idea of propelling an object into the air

 

4. propel推动

e.g.：The concept of the rocket, or rather the mechanism behind the idea of propelling an

object into the air, has been around for well over two thousand years.

 

5. breakthrough (n.) 重大发现、突破

  e.g.: An intellectual breakthrough, brilliant though it may be, does not automatically ensure that the transition is made from theory to practice.

6. automatically (adv.) 自动地

  e.g.: An intellectualbreakthrough, brilliant though it may be, does not automatically ensure that the transition is made from theory to practice.

 

7. accelerate (v.) 加速

  反义：decelerate

e.g.: Prodigious efforts accelerated during two world wars were required.

 

8. sophisticated

人：精明能干的，善于诡辩的，老于世故的，

物：精心设计的

e.g.： Prodigious efforts, accelerated during two world wars, were required before the technology of primitive rocketry could be translated into the reality of sophisticated astronauts.

 

9. discharge (v. n.) 排放

  →emit/ release

  e.g.: In reaction to the backward discharge of bullets, the gun, and hence the boat, move forwards.

10.. exhaust (n.) 尾气

exhaust gas废气

exhaustive全面彻底的

e.g.：Cylindrical in shape, made of wood, and hanging from string, it was moved to and fro by steam blowing out from small exhaust ports at either end.

 

11. compound复合，合成

e.g.：It is probable that, some time in the tenth century, black powder was first compounded from its basic ingredients of saltpeter, charcoal and sculpture

 

12. stability (n.) 稳定

   → stable (adj.)

   e.g.: A small iron weight was attached to the bamboo shaft to increase the arrow’s stability.

 

 

13. incentive (n.) 动力，激励

   →motivation

   e.g.: The incentive for the more aggressive use of rockets came not from within the European continent but from far-away India

 

14. aggressive侵略的。过分的

e.g.：The incentive for the more aggressive use of rockets came not from within the European continent but from far-away India

 

15. complete with 配备

   e.g.: The Americans developed a rocket, complete with its own launcher, to against the Mexicans.

 

16. insert (v.) 植入、插入

   e.g. : A long cylindrical tube was propped up by two sticks and fastened to the top of the launcher, thereby allowing the rocket to be inserted and lit from the other end.

 

17. humble (adj.) 谦卑的，卑贱的

   e.g.: The modern day space programs owe their success to the humble beginning of those in previous centuries.

 

18. previous (adj.) 以前的

   e.g.: The modern day space programs owe their success to the humble beginning of those in previous centuries.