Words
- Dialectics: 辩证法 (Materialist Dialectics: 唯物辩证法)
- Meteorite: 陨石
- impact crater: 陨石坑
- megaton: 百万吨级
- Blast: 爆炸产生的气浪
- Ejecta: 废物, 渣
- Debris: 残骸
- geological: 地质学的
- Sediment: 沉淀物
- Deposite: 沉淀
- Asteroid: 小行星/星状的
- Comet: 彗星
- Glassy: 呆滞的/光滑的
- slosh: 溅出
- stratosphere: 平流层
- rodent: 啮齿动物
- Burrow: 洞穴
- B.C.E: Before Common Era, 耶稣诞生之前, 公元前
- Provision: 供给
- Divorce: 分离/离婚
- crossbar: 横梁
- tank: (尤指故意)输掉(比赛); 倒闭; 破产; 彻底失败;
- Mantissa: 浮点数的数值部分
- Alphanumeric: 数字和字母并用的
- Obviate: 消除
- syllable: 音节
- Delve: 深入 (delve into)
- laboriously: 费力地/辛苦地
Writing
- stunning conclusion: 令人震惊的结论
- generate some controversy: 引起质疑
- …Coincided with…: …和…同时发生
- subsequent to: 在…之后
表示促进, facilitate/facilitation
- A second major objective was facilitation of changes both in programs and system configurations.
ease of..: 表示..情况的缓解, 例如ease of reprogramming when changes are made in a system configuration.
- design criteria: 设计标准, 可以用来代替objective.
- The following principles are established and adopted
- The B5000 system achieves its unique physical and operational modularity through the use of …, modularity是模块化.
- …是可行的, 可以用: It is feasible to…
- prohibitive: 代价高昂, 令人难以承受
- expenditure: 代价/花费, 代替cost
Speaking
- Things didn’t go as plans.
- It’ only a matter of time.
- Not a chance: 不可能
- Hi, Glad to see you (打招呼)
- You must be kidding me. (惊)
- general knowledge: 常识
- You’re such a …
- That’ s kind of neat: 不错
- We’re getting sidetracked.: 我们偏离话题了
- Get very much out of …: 从…获益甚多
- do something beforehand: 事前做某事
- common practice: 习惯做法