【经济学人双语视频】03.太空战：未来战争的下一个前沿

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【经济学人】太空战：未来战争的下一个前沿 mp.weixin.qq.com

Some things are not seen to insist but insisted the will see hope.

有些事情不是看到希望才去坚持，而是坚持了才会看到希望。

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重点单词和严谨句式详解

为庆祝阿波罗11号登月成立50周年，“经济学人”将连续四周更新以“探索太空”为主题的视频。

An attack on a country's satellites could be catastrophic and many worry that space may become a new theater of war.

对一个国家卫星的攻击可能是灾难性的，许多人担心太空可能成为一个新的战争战场。

catastrophic adj. 灾难性的；考研常考词

[root] cate向下+astro星星 + ph + ic(adj词性结尾)= 星星陨落的

[E2E] Something catastrophic is very harmful or disastrous.

[e.g.] A tidal wave caused by the earthquake hit the coast causing catastrophic damage.

地震引起的海啸袭击了沿海地区，导致灾难性的破坏。

[e.g.] The company filed for bankruptcy in January in the wake of California’s catastrophic wildfires.

在加利福尼亚灾难性的野外大火之后，该公司于1月份申请破产。Reuters Mar 8, 2019

filed for bankruptcy 申请破产

in the wake of adv. 紧跟着；随着;

[e.g.] In the wake of developments in science and technology, man has become more capable of conquering nature.

随着科学技术的发展，人们征服自然的能力也越来越强了。

theater n.剧场; 戏剧界; 戏剧效果; [军] 战区;

become 这个单词的过去式，过去分词都是become哦！！！

当年的小行星撞地球对于当时地球上绝大多数生物都是catastrophic

If debris from one act of destruction goes on to destroy further satellites, a chain reaction could ensue, rendering some orbits unusable.

如果是来自破坏行为的碎片进而继续摧毁更多的卫星，这就可能会发生连锁反应，使得一些(卫星)轨道无法使用。

debris n.碎片，残骸;

[root] de分开 + bris(=break)裂开 = 破成残骸的；

[E2E] Debris is trash scattered around after a disaster, like shattered glass on the road after a car accident.

灾难发生后，debris 散落在周围，就像车祸后道路上碎玻璃一样。

scatter v.散开 scatter - scattering - scattered - scattered

scattered adj.分散的;

shatter v.打碎 shatter - shattering - shattered - shattered

shattered adj.破碎的

[e.g.] Analysis of ocean currents, based on where MH370 debris washed up, narrowed that circle to a small arc.

根据MH370碎片被冲刷的地方分析洋流，将该圆缩小到一个小弧。The Guardian Mar 6, 2019

如下图，房屋拆迁后满地的debris

ensue v. 接踵发生，继而产生; ensue - ensuing - ensued - ensued

[root] en进入；使得 + sue顺序 = 使…顺序(发生)

[E2E] If something happens after something else, it will ensue, meaning it will follow after or be the result.

[e.g.] If the Europeans did not reduce subsidies, a trade war would ensue.

如果欧洲人不减少补贴，便会发生贸易战。

[e.g.] Police say a man tried to flee from officers at the scene and a struggle ensued.

警方称一名男子试图从现场的警员手中逃离，随后发生了一场斗争。Washington Times Mar 8, 2019

多米诺骨牌效应

render v.给予; 使成为;

[E2E] 它是make的同义词：cause to become

rendering - rendered - rendered

[e.g.] It contained so many errors as to render it worthless.

它错误太多，所以使得它毫无用处。

[e.g.] Whether in motion or seated, the figures are rendered as unfixed, their contours repeating like flickering, sequential frames in a stop-motion animation.

无论是在运动中还是坐着，图形都呈现为不固定，它们的轮廓像定格动画中闪烁连续的帧一样重复。Los Angeles Times Mar 9, 2019

其实，rendering除了是render的现在分词，还是一个名词，而且意思和render完全不一样!

rendering n. 翻译, 表现, 描绘，渲染

Anything that's been interpreted in an artistic form is a rendering — a song, a drawing, a theatrical performance.

This phrase may well have been a rendering of a popular Arabic expression.

这个短语可能翻译自一个阿拉伯语常用表达。

[e.g.] A department sketch artist produced a rendering of the girl in the hope someone would recognize her.

一位部门素描艺术家做了一个女孩的描绘图，希望有人能认出她。Los Angeles Times Mar 7, 2019

我们常听的3D渲染就是3D rendering