(单词翻译:单击)
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appropriation
拨款；挪用
The mayor approved the appropriation of the new school.
市长批准了新学校的拨款。
apt
恰当的；有……倾向的
Everyone at present was very excited at his apt remark.
在场的每个人都为其恰到好处的评论而兴奋不已。
arrogance
自大；傲慢态度
I would on no account authorize in my child the smallest degree of arrogance.
我决不允许我的孩子有半点傲慢的态度。
assurance
保证；保险；确信
The only complete defense is the elimination of nuclear weapons and assurance that they will never be produced again.
唯一完整的防御是消除核武器，并保证它们将永远不会再生产。
athletic
运动的，运动员的
He is taking part in an athletic meeting.
他参加了一个运动会。
attendant
服务员；随员
Sally is too flighty to be a flight attendant.
莎莉太轻浮了而不能胜任空姐这一职务。
authorize/ise
批准；授权给
I have authorized him to act for me while I am away.
我授权，我不在的时候，他顶替我的职务。
avail
有用，有利
They made great efforts, but it was all to no avail.
他们付出了很大的努力，但这一切都无济于事。
bald
秃顶的；光秃的
Too much knowledge makes the head bald.
知识太多催人老。
bankruptcy
破产
The company is reported to be on the brink of bankruptcy.
据报道，该公司处于破产的边缘。
behavioral
行为的
The behavioral sciences have been slow to change partly because the explanatory items often seem to be directly observed and partly because other kinds of explanations have been hard to find.
行为科学之所以发展缓慢，部分是因为解释性的要素可以很容易直接观察到，部分原因是其他类型的解释很难发现。
blunder
犯大错；做错
The police blundered badly by arresting the wrong man.
警方抓错了人，犯了荒唐的大错。
brighten
使闪亮；使生辉
The new carpet brightened the room.
这张新地毯使房间增辉不少。
capsule
太空舱；小容器
The capsule failed to separate from the earth satellite.
太空舱没有和地球卫星分开。
carefree
无忧无虑的；不负责的
How wonderful it would be to be young and carefree again!
能够再次年轻，变得无忧无虑是多么美妙啊！
chronic
慢性的；长期的
Is your disease chronic or acute?
你的病是慢性的还是急性的？
circulation
流通；循环
Police say a number of forged banknotes are in circulation.
警方说一些伪钞在流通。
clearing
结算；空地
This is the unorthodox view of a German soil scientist who has shown that burnt clearings in the Amazon, dating back more than 1 000 years, helped create patches of rich, fertile soil that farmers still benefit from today.
德国土壤科学家的非正统观点是，1000年前亚马逊曾烧焦了的空地都变成了富有而肥沃的土地，农民们至今受用。
词组讲解
1. on no account 决不
eg. But on no account will it tolerate any hint of organised labour evolving into a political force.
不过，它决不会容忍任何劳工组织发展成为政治势力的迹象。
eg. On no account should they reckon examination as the only means of stimulating pupils to pursue knowledge.
他们无论如何也不能把考试认为是激励学生学习知识的惟一手段。
2. on the brink of 濒于，濒临；在……的边缘
eg. A country once on the brink of famine has turned itself into one of the biggest exporters of farm produce.
这个过去濒于饥荒的国家摇身一变，成了最大的农产品出口国之一。
eg. Now, it appears to be on the brink of another stimulus.
如今，中国似乎正处于出台又一轮刺激政策的边缘。
3. in circulation 在流通中的，传播中的
eg. We must constantly adjust the amount of money in circulation.
我们必须对货币的流通不断进行调节。
eg. To clarify, what matters is not the amount of dollars in circulation but the amount of capital.
说白了，在资本循环中重要的不是美元的数量而是资本的数量。
