Lesson 47

第47课

reward

n.报答

As a reward for his bravery, the soldier was given a gold medal.

为报答他的勇敢，这个士兵被授予一面金匾。

ornament

n.装饰

To get down to it, you have to cut away what is not true, what is inflated, beside the point, excess, ornament.

更直接点，你们要去掉不真实的，除了这点还有膨胀的，过量的和装饰的。

pledge

v.发誓

They pledged themselves never to tell the secrets.

他们发誓绝不泄密。

spare

v.饶恕，宽恕

We will not pity nor spare, nor have mercy to the enemy.

对敌人我们不会同情，不会宽恕，也不会发慈悲。

violence

n.暴力

The policeman had to use violence to arrest the murderer.

警察不得不使用暴力来逮捕凶手。

swell

v.膨胀

But stars like our sun swell into bloated red giants when the nuclear fuel in their cores is depleted.

但是，像太阳这样的恒星，核心的核燃料耗尽时，就会发生膨胀，成为胀大的红巨星。

saucy

adj.无礼的

The girl was saucy to her mother.

那女孩对她的母亲没有礼貌。

output

n.产量

We should phase the input and output of the machine.

我们应该使机器的输入功率和输出功率的相位同步。

instinct

n.才能

He has an instinct for always doing and saying the right thing.

他有说话做事永不出错的本领。

herd

n.兽群

Like Plato, he saw the public as a great beast or a bewildered herd, floundering in the ‘chaos of local opinions’.

跟柏拉图一样，他认为大众是野兽或者是迷路的羊群，在“局部意见的混乱”里苦苦挣扎。

act

置于词根前表示“行动，做”

activate

使…活动，起动(act+ivate 使…活动，起动）

enact

实施，颁布(en+act 实施，颁布）

interact

相互作用(inter+act 相互作用）