Lesson 88

第88课

snatch

n.抓住

Freeze onto that bag or someone in the crowd may snatch it.

把手提包抓紧，否则在人群中可能有人把它抢去。

ditch

n.排水沟，沟

A ditch is a long, narrow place dug in the earth to carry off water.

沟渠是在地上挖的细长构造，可用以排水。

reform

v.改革

Without the reform of the economic management system our industry will rot.

没有经济管理体制的改革，我们的工业就会逐渐衰退。

stepmother

n.继母

Mary didn't get along with her stepmother.

玛丽和她的继母处得不好。

whirl

n.旋转

To free electrons, something has to make them whirl fast enough to break away from their nuclei.

为了释放电子，必须使电子高速旋转而足以摆脱原子核的束缚。

visible

adj.可见的

The shore was barely visible through the fog.

从雾中几乎看不见海岸。

rod

n.竿

They plopped this rod into a beaker of water and hit it with a laser beam from below.

他们让这个翼状杆落入盛有水的烧杯中，并用激光束从底部击中它。

grief

n.悲伤

She went nearly mad with grief after the child died.

孩子死后，他悲伤的几乎疯狂。

carve

v.雕刻

Your future is like that block of stone, your future has greatness inside it, but you have to carve the greatness out.

你的未来就像一块石头，你的未来拥有无限可能，但是你需要通过自己的努力将它雕琢出来。

feast

n.盛宴

The king invited them to a feast last night.

国王昨晚邀请他们参加盛宴。

em

置于单词前表示“进入…之中，包围”

embrace

拥抱（em+brace进入怀抱）

embed

安置；嵌于（em+bed安置）

empathy

感情相融的（em+pathy进入感情）