1、Vocabulary & Phrases (T3) I. Vocabulary lap ( v.) :(of waves,etc.)move or strike gently with a light,splashing sound such as a dog makes in lapping(波浪)拍打;泼溅 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- divert ( v.) :turn(a person or thing)aside(from a cours
2、e,direction,etc.);deflect转移;使(人或物)转向;岔开,使偏斜 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Antarctic ( adj. ) :of or near the South Pole or the region around it南极的;近南极的;南极区的;南极地带的;南极周围的 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
3、 Trans—Antarctic (adj.) : crossing or spanning the Antarctic横贯南极的;横贯南极地带的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- parka ( n.) :a hip—length pullover fur garment with a hood,worn 1n arctic regions风雪大衣,派克大衣 --------------------------------------
4、 glacier ( n.) :a slowly moving river or mass of ice and snow that forms in areas where the rate of snowfall constantly exceeds the rate at which the snow melts冰河;冰川 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- acc
5、essible ( adj.) : that can be approached or entered;easy to approach or enter能够接近的;能够进去的;易接近的;易进去的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- trap ( v.) :catch in or as in a trap;entrap诱捕;计捉 ----------------------------------------------------------------
6、 inexorable ( adj.) :that cannot be altered,checked,etc.不可变的;不可抗拒的;无情的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- graph ( n.) :a diagram consisting of nodes and links and representing logical relationships or sequences of events(曲线)图,标绘图;
7、图表;图形 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- slab ( n.) :a piece that is flat,broad,and fairly thick平板;厚片 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- frigid ( adj.) :extremely cold;without heat or warmth极冷的,寒冷的,
8、严寒的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- snowmobile ( n.) :any of various motor vehicles for traveling over snow,usually with steerable runners at the front and tractor treads at the rear(机动)雪车;(履带式)雪上汽车 ---------------------------------------------
9、 rendezvous ( n.) :[Fr.]a place designated for meeting or assembling[法语]指定集合地;会合点 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hover ( v.) :stay suspended or flutter in the air near oneplace盘旋 --------------------------
10、 eerie,eery ( adj. ) :mysterious,uncanny,or weird,esp. in such a way as to frighten or make uneasy神秘的,离奇的,怪异的;阴森的,恐怖的,可怕的/eerily adv. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hummock ( n.) :ridge or
11、 rise in an ice field冰群;(冰原上的)冰丘 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- collide ( v.) :come into violent contact;strike violently against each other;crash碰撞;猛撞;互撞 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- scen
12、ario ( n.) :a sequence 0f events esp. when imagined;an account or synopsis of a projected course of action or events(设想中的)未来事态;方案 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- controversial ( adj. ) :of,subject to,or stirring up controversy;disbatable争论的;引起争论的
13、 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tundra ( n.) :any of the vast,nearly level,treeless plains of the arctic regions冻原;苔原;冻土带 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- equator ( n.) :an imaginary circle a
14、round the earth,equally distant at all points from both the North Pole and the South Pole,dividing the earth's surface into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere赤道 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- billow ( v.) :surge,swell,or rise li
15、ke or in a billow(巨浪)奔腾;(波涛)汹 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pasture ( n.) : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( n.) :.ground suitable for grazing牧场 ------------------------------------------
16、 slash (v.) :cut or wound with a sweeping stroke or strokes,as of a knife(用刀等)猛砍,乱砍 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- blot (v.) :make blots on;spot;stain;blur(esp. used in blot out:darken or hide entirely;ob
17、scure)涂污;玷污;把……弄模糊;遮暗(尤用于bolt out:把……弄模糊;遮暗,遮蔽;掩蔽) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- noctilucent (adj.) :designating or of a luminous cloud of unknown composition。visible at night in the polar regions at an altitude of c.50 miles夜光云的;夜间发光的 ------
18、 shimmer ( v.) :shine with an unsteady light;glimmer闪烁;发出微光 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- translucent ( adj.) :1etting light pass but diffusing it so that objects on t
19、he other side cannot be clearly distinguished;partially transparent,as frosted glass半透明的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- buildup ( n.) :a gradual increase in amount,power,influence,etc.;expansion(在数目、力量、影响等方面)逐渐增加,扩大,扩充;集结 ---------------------
20、 methane ( n.) :a colorless,odorless,inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon,CH4,present in natural gas and formed by the decomposition of vegetable matter,as in marshes and mines. or produced artificially by heating carbon monoxide and hydrogen
21、over a nickle catalyst甲烷;沼气 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- landfill ( n.) :the disposal of garbage or rubbish by burying it under a shallow layer of ground埋入地下的垃圾 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
22、 paddy ( n.) :rice in the husk,growing or gathered稻,谷 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- termite ( n.) :a kind of insect found chiefly in tropical areas,very destructive to wood,textiles,etc.,which makes large hills of hard earth白蚁 ------------
23、 biomass ( n.) :the total mass or amount of living organisms in a particular area or volume生物量 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- extinction ( n.) :the fact or state of being or
24、becoming extinct;dying out,as of a race,species of animal,etc.(动物的)灭绝,绝种 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rip (v.) :cut or tear apart roughly or vigorously撕,扯 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sp
25、ectral ( adj.) : of or like a specter;phantom;ghostly鬼怪(似)的;幽灵(般)的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- skirmish ( n.) :a brief fight or encounter between small groups,usually an incident of a battle小规模战斗;前哨战 ----------------------------------------
26、 aquifer ( n.) :an underground layer of porous rock,sand,etc.containing water,into which wells can be sunk含水层(能对水井提供重要经济价值的水量的地下岩层) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- chlorine ( n.) :a greenish—yellow,poiso
27、nous,gaseous chemical element with a disagreeable odor.used as a bleaching agent,in water purification,in various industrial processes,etc.(symbol C1)氯(符号C1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- chlorofluorocarbon ( n.) :any of a series of gaseous or
28、low—boiling,inert,nonflammable derivatives of methane or ethane,used as refrigerants and solvents,and as propellants in aerosol products[化]氟利昂 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- disrupt ( v.) :disturb or interrupt the orderly course of扰乱;破坏 ------
29、 ultraviolet ( adj. ) :1ying just beyond the violet end of the visible spectrum and having wavelengths shorter than approximately 4 000 angstroms紫外(线)的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
30、 molecule ( n.) :the smallest particle of an element or compound that can exist in the free state and still retain the characteristics of the element or compound[化]分子 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- equilibrium ( n.) :a state of bal
31、ance or equality between opposing forces平衡(状态);平均;相称 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- exponential ( adj.)[Math.] :of or relating to an exponent:involving a variable or unknown quantity as an exponent[数]指数的;幂的 ------------------------------------
32、 axiom ( n.) :a statement universally accepted as true;maxim格言,箴言 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cumulative (adj. ) :increasing in effect,size, quantity,etc.by successive additions;accumulated累积的,堆积
33、的;累加的;(作用、大小、数量等)渐增的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sustenance ( n.) :one’s means of livelihood;maintenance;support生计;支撑;支持,维持 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ozone ( n.) :n unstable,pale—blu
34、e gas,O3,with a penetraring odor(an allotropic form of oxygen,formed usually by a silent electrical discharge in air,and used as an oxidizing,deodorizing.and bleaching agent and in the purification of water)[化]臭氧 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d
35、epletion ( n.) :the gradual using up or destruction or capital assets,esp. of natural resources资产(尤指自然资源)的折耗,耗减 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- deforestation ( n.) :the act or action of clearing (1and)of forests of trees毁林,滥伐森林 ----------------
36、 precedent ( n.) :existing practice resulting from earlier precedents先例;前例 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sober ( v.) :make or become self—controlled,calm,serious in thought,etc.
37、使)变清醒(或冷静、严肃、庄严等) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- weaponry ( n.) :the design and production o{weapons武器设计和生产 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- deploy ( v.) :spread out or place in accordance wi
38、th a plan展开;部署 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- leapfrog ( v.) :jump or skip over跃过;越过 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- obsolete ( adj.) :no longer in use or practice;discarded;no longer in fash
39、ion;out—of-date已废弃的;已不用的;过时的;老式的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- simplistic (adj.) :making complex problems unrealistically simple;oversimplifying or oversimplified过分简单化的 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. Phrases at stake: to be won or lost;being risked 在胜败关头,冒风险 例: This decision put out lives at stake.做了这么个决定,我们的生命就凶吉难保了。 10






