Day 8

The wind blowing across Wildpoldsried towards the Alps lazily turns the turbines on the hills above.

1. blow

verb (used without object), blew, blown, blowing.

(1).

(of the wind or air) to be in motion.

(2).

to move along, carried by or as by the wind:

e.g. Dust seemed to blow through every crack in the house.

(3).

to produce or emit a current of air, as with the mouth or a bellows:

e.g. Blow on your hands to warm them.

(4).

(of a horn, trumpet, etc.) to give out sound.

(5).

to make a blowing sound; whistle:

The siren blew just as we rounded the corner.

2. lazily

adjective, lazier, laziest.

(1).

averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent.

(2).

causing idleness or indolence:
e.g. a hot, lazy afternoon.
3. turbine
noun
(1).
        any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor
The south-facing roofs of the houses, barns and cowsheds are blanketed with bule photovolatic (PV) solor panels.
4. cowshed
noun

(1).

a shed serving as a shelter for cows.

5. blanket

noun

(1).

a large, rectangular piece of soft fabric, often with bound edges, used especially for warmth as a bed covering.

verb (used with object)

(2).

to cover with or as with a blanket:

e.g. wild flowers blanketing the hillside.

(3).

to obscure or obstruct; interfere with; overpower (usually followed byout):

e.g. An electrical storm blanketed out the radio program.


Andthe things it is based on-subsidies for investment.

5. subsidy

N-COUNT补贴;补助金;津贴

subsidy is money that is paid by a government or other authority in order to help an industry or business, or to pay for a public service.


the grid-are anathema to electricity markets and business models developed for the fossil-fuel age.

7. grid

(1). N-COUNT网格;(地图上的)坐标方格A

grid is something which is in a pattern of straight lines that cross over each other, forming squares. On maps the grid is used to help you find a particular thing or place.

(2). N-COUNT(输送电力等的)系统网络

A grid is a network of wires and cables by which sources of power, such as electricity, are distributed throughout a country or area.

(3). N-COUNT赛车起跑线

The grid or the starting grid is the starting line on a car-racing track.

8. anathema

N-UNCOUNT十分讨厌的人(或事物)

If something is anathema to you, you strongly dislike it.

e.g. Violence was anathema to them.


Few greens would mourn them.

9. mourn

VERB悼念;哀悼;向…致哀

If you mourn someone who has died or mourn for them, you are very sad that

they have died and show your sorrow in the way that you behave.

e.g. Joan still mourns her father


...fossil-fuel-era incumbents in the generation and transmission business.

10. incumbent

N-COUNT现任官员;在职官员

An incumbent is someone who holds an official post at a particular time.

e.g. In general, incumbents have a 94 per cent chance of being reelected.


and thus for the efforts to decarbonise the electricity supply  that justified their promotion in the first place.

11. decarbonise

Verb

(1). remove carbon from (an engine)


Robust carbon prices would give renewables further advantages

12. robust

ADJ-GRADED强健的;健壮的;坚固的;结实的

Someone or something that is robust is very strong or healthy.

e.g. More women than men go to the doctor. Perhaps men are more robust or worry less?

ADJ-GRADED(观点等)强烈的,坚定的,坚决的

Robust views or opinions are strongly held and forcefully expressed.


The EU's emissions-trading scheme is a perennial disappointment: still, hope spring eternal

13. perennial

ADJ-GRADED(尤指问题或困难)永恒的,持续的,亘古不变的

You use perennial to describe situations or states that keep occurring or

which seem to exist all the time; used especially to describe problems

or difficulties.

ADJ(植物)多年生的

A perennial plant lives for several years and has flowers each year.

e.g. ...a perennial herb with greenish-yellow flowers.

14. eternal

ADJ永久的;永恒的;永远的

Something that is eternal lasts for ever.

e.g. Whoever believes in Him shall have eternal life.

ADJ无休止的;没完没了的

If you describe something as eternal, you mean that it seems to last for ever, often because you think it is boring or annoying.

e.g. In the background was that eternal hum

ADJ(真理、价值、问题等)永恒的,不朽的

Eternal truths, values, and questions never change and are believed to be always true and to be relevant in all situations.

e.g. ...the eternal truths of the Indian subcontinent


In rich countried governments have imposed renewable on electricity systems that had no need for new capacity

15. impose

VERB强制实行;强加

If you impose something on people, you use your authority to force them to accept it.

VERB把(看法、信仰)强加(于…)

If you impose your opinions or beliefs on other people, you try and make people accept them as a rule or as a model to copy.

VERB使遭受,使承受(压力、痛苦等)

If something imposes strain, pressure, or suffering on someone, it causes them to experience it.

e.g. The filming imposed an additional strain on her.


...what the market required has produced gluts and pushed down prices.

16. glut

N-COUNT供过于求;供应过剩

If there is a glut of something, there is so much of it that it cannot all be sold or used.

VERB充斥;使供应过剩

If a market is glutted with something, there is a glut of that thing.


In European the glut of renewable is more starkly seen for what it is.

17. starkly

ADJ-GRADED(选择、陈述等)严峻的,令人不快的

Stark choices or statements are harsh and unpleasant.

e.g. UK companies face a stark choice if they want to stay competitive

ADJ-GRADED(对比)鲜明的

If two things are in stark contrast to one another, they are very different from each other in a way that is very obvious.

ADJ-GRADED光秃的;简易的;荒凉的

Something that is stark is very plain in appearance.


Wholesale electricity prices have slumped from around...

18. slump

VERB急剧下降;暴跌

If something such as the value of something slumps, it falls suddenly and by a large amount.

e.g. Net profits slumped by 41%

N-COUNT不景气;萧条;衰退

A slump is a time when many people in a country are unemployed and poor.

VERB(因疲劳、生病等而重重)倒下,跌倒

If you slump somewhere, you fall or sit down there heavily, for example because you are very tired or you feel ill.

e.g. She slumped into a chair


The result has been havoc for the old-style utilities.

19. havoc

N-UNCOUNT大破坏;大毁坏;大混乱

Havoc is great disorder, and confusion.

e.g. Rioters caused havoc in the centre of the town

PHRASE给…造成混乱(或破坏)

If one thing plays havoc with another or wreaks havoc on it, it prevents

it from continuing or functioning as normal, or damages it.


... and grid businesses from indebted and loss-making conventional generation.

20. indebted

ADJ-GRADED感激的;感恩

If you say that you are indebted to someone for something, you mean that you are very grateful to them for something.

ADJ-GRADED负债的

Indebted countries, organizations, or people are ones that owe money to other countries, organizations, or people.

e.g. America's treasury secretary identified the most heavily indebted countries.

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