第二周 生物科学
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单词
价格降低
push down prices
drag down prices
Slump：力不从心地下滑。
Drop，fall无感情色彩
Slip、：偷偷下滑
decline
slash costs / prices / fares,etc. 大幅度降低成本、价格、车费等
opp: boom, boost
V. 攫取；揩油；中饱私囊:
»He regularly charges passengers more than the normal fare and pockets the difference. 他经常多收乘客票钱,把差额塞进自己的腰包。
3. 挣；赚下:
»Last year, she pocketed over $1 million in advertising contracts. 去年,她从广告合同中赚了100多万元。
.In 2016 they pocketed about €6m ($7m) from subsidiesand selling their surplus electricity.
These places are blanketed with blue photovoltaic (PV) solar panels.
'liken sth / sb to sth / sb(formal)
• to compare one thing or person to another and say they are similar把…比作…:
»Life is often likened to a journey.人们常把人生比作旅程。
14.robust=strong
Stark=clear
Blue murder：强烈抗议
havoc=damage=disaster
de∙regu∙late=decontrol deregulated financial markets 放宽了管制的金融市场
opp. overregulate
regulator：监管部门
24.inter∙mit∙tent=continual
26.con∙straint=restriction = limitation
27.'cling to sth /cling'on to sth
• to be unwilling to get rid of sth, or stop doing sth 不愿放弃；坚持:
»Throughout the trial she had clung to the belief that he was innocent. 在整个审判中,她都坚持相信他是清白的。
»She managed to cling on to life for another couple of years. 她顽强地又活了几年。
30.fos∙ter=encourage=promote
2.(especially BrE)to take another person's child into your home for a period oftime, without becoming his or her legal parents •代养,抚育,照料(他人子女一段时间):
»We couldn't adopt a child, so we decided to foster.
我们不能领养孩子,所以决定代养一个。
32.pene∙tra∙tion=expansion
37.precipitous=abrupt=hasty
bol∙ster ◙verb[VN]
•~ sth (up)to improve sth or make it stronger改善；加强:
»tobolster sb's confidence /courage / morale增加某人的信心/勇气/士气
45.ˌnib∙ble
◙verb
1.~ (at sth)to take small bites of sth, especially food小口咬,一点点地咬(食物):
»He nibbled her ear playfully.他开玩笑地轻咬着她的耳朵。
»She took some cake from the tray and nibbled at it.她从盘子里拿了块蛋糕慢慢地吃着。
2.[V]~ (at sth)to show aslight interest in an offer, idea, etc. (对…)略微表现出兴趣:
»He nibbled at the idea, but would not make a definite decision. 他对这个主意略感兴趣,但还不愿意作出明确决定。
◘nibble a'way at sth
• to take away small amounts of sth, so that the total amount is graduallyreduced慢慢地削弱；蚕食
»Inflation is nibbling away atspending power. 通货膨胀正在慢慢地减弱消费能力。
noun
1.[C]a small bite of sth 一小口
2. nibbles[pl.]small things to eat with a drink before a meal or at a party (餐前或聚会中的)点心,小吃
»cardiac disease / failure / surgery 心脏病；心力衰竭；心脏手术
cardiac arres 心脏停搏
cardiopulmonary resuscitation心肺复苏
pharma∙ceut∙ical制药的；配药的；卖药的:
»the pharmaceutical industry 制药业
Pharma：制药公司
genomic sequencing:基因组测序
insulin medication胰岛素治疗
inpatient住院病人
outpatient门诊病人:
»an outpatient clinic 门诊部
con∙cus∙sion脑震荡:
contraceptive避孕药；避孕用具；避孕措施:
A fraction of sth:一小部分…
A host of5.[C]~ of sb / stha large number of people or things •许多；大量:
»a host of possibilities多种可能性
bulk主体；大部份: »The bulk of the population lives in cities. 大多数人口居住在城市里。
»a bulk order 一份大批量的订单
»bulk buying (常指以低价)大量购买
block∙bust∙er (informal)something very successful, especially a very successful bookor film / movie •一鸣惊人的事物；(尤指)非常成功的书(或电影):
»a Hollywood blockbuster 一部好莱坞大片
deride=mock
lu∙cra∙tive adj.赚大钱的；获利多的:
»alucrative business / contract / market 利润丰厚的生意/合同/市场
onset
• the beginning of sth, especially sth unpleasant •开端,发生,肇始(尤指不快的事件):
»the onset of disease / old age / winter 疾病的发作；老年的开始；冬天的来临
exacerbate=aggravate:
cava∙lie 漫不经心的；不在乎的:
»The government takes acavalier attitudeto the problems ofprison overcrowding 政府对监狱拥挤不堪的问题不闻不问。
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