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herbicide['?:rbisaid]n。 除草剂
例句 To control the development of the Spartina; there are various methods; such as burning; flooding; shading plants with black canvas or plastic; smothering the plants with dredged materials or clay; applying herbicide; and mowing repeatedly。 有许多种方法可以控制米草属植物的生长,比如焚烧、水淹、用黑色帆布或塑料布遮挡、用疏浚材料或黏土使其窒息、喷洒除草剂,以及反复修剪等。
horn[h?:rn]n。(牛、羊等的)角;喇叭;警报器
例句 Because of the natural weapons like horns; hunters avoided deer and reindeer。 因为鹿和驯鹿拥有犄角这一天然武器,因此捕猎者会躲避它们。
同义 trumpet(n。 号角;喇叭)
horticulture['h?:rtik?l??r]n。 园艺,园艺学
例句 Because the Dutch specialized in dairy farming; industrial crops; and horticulture; the country was more productive than some other regions in Europe。 由于荷兰人专注于乳品业、经济作物种植和园艺,所以这个国家比欧洲其他地区更多产。
household['haushould]n。 家庭,全家人 a。 家庭的;家喻户晓的
搭配 household appliances 家用电器;household word 家喻户晓的词语
例句 1。 In the thirteenth century; people in this area went from living in scattered independent households to living in large towns。 在13世纪,这一地区的人们开始从分散的独立家庭转变为到更大的镇子上居住。
2。 If you are constantly on the move; you cannot afford to accumulate large material surpluses — this rule limits the variations in accumulated material goods between pastoralist households。 如果你一直在迁移,就无法积累大量的剩余材料——这个规则限制了田园家庭间的物质累积。
humidity[hju:'mid?ti]n。 湿度;潮湿
搭配 relative humidity 相对湿度
例句 1。 Compared to the normal growing season; high temperatures; low humidity; and different day lengths of the dry season may bring difficulties to some crops。 与正常的生长期相比,干旱期的高温、低湿度、不同长度的白昼会给庄稼生长带来困难。
2。 The landscape of the city becomes a heat island readily because of greater water runoff and special climatic conditions such as low relative humidity and increased air turbulence。 由于这个城市较大的径流量和特殊的气候条件,例如较低的相对湿度和逐渐增强的气流, 这里形成了热岛地貌。
3。 Living in this area; people have to tolerate the relatively high humidity in summer。 生活在这个地区,人们不得不忍受夏天相对较高的湿度。
husbandry['h?zb?ndri]n。 耕种,务农;(对资源的)管理
例句 1。 Since the prices of livestock were high; peasants were encouraged to improve their animal husbandry techniques。 因为牲畜的价格很高,所以农民被鼓励提高动物的饲养技巧。
2。 People living in this area specialized in livestock husbandry and dairy farming as well as in cultivating industrial crops and fodder crops。 居住在这一地区的人们在牲畜饲养、乳品业以及经济作物和饲料作物的种植方面都很专业。
3。 This article introduced an interesting theory about plant husbandry。 这篇文章介绍了一个关于园林管理的有趣理论。
hyper['haip?r]a。 亢奋的;高度紧张的;超…的
例句 1。 Mines and irrigation ponds can be avoided from becoming contaminated by planting hyper accumulating species in certain areas。 通过在特定地区种植超积累植物品种,可以使矿山和灌溉池塘免受污染。
2。 This experiment begins with the planting of plants that are hyper accumulators in this area。 这个实验以在该地区种植超积累植物开始。
illuminate[i'lu:mineit]v。 照亮;阐明;启迪
例句 1。 First; a path that connects the cloud and the ground is formed; then a strong current of electrons follows it from the cloud to the ground; and it is that current that illuminates the path as the lightning we see。 首先有一条将云和地面连接起来的路径形成,然后强电流会沿着这条路径从云层传向地面,我们所看到的闪电就是被电流照亮的这条路径。
2。 The light illuminates the scales of the fish。 灯照亮了鱼的鳞片。
派生 illumination(n。 照明)
imitate['imiteit]v。 模仿,效仿;仿制
例句 1。 According to Aristotle; humans are naturally imitative as we take pleasure in imitating persons; things; and actions and in seeing such imitations。 根据亚里士多德的说法,人类天生喜欢模仿,因为我们会通过模仿他人、事物、行动,并在看到这样的模仿时感到愉悦。
2。 The author indicates that almost all the children imitate their parents' behaviors。 作者指出,几乎所有的儿童都会效仿其父母的行为。
3。 He had been trained to imitate the artist's style。 他受过训练以模仿这个艺术家的风格。
同义 copy(v。 模仿,效仿)
派生 imitation(n。 模仿)
impress[im'pres]v。 给…深刻印象,使铭记 n。 印记
例句 Modern attitude to Roman civilization is diversified; ranging from the infinitely impressed to the thoroughly disgusted。 当代对于罗马文明的态度十分多元化,从印象极其深刻,到完全厌恶。
impressive[im'presiv]a。 给人深刻印象的;感人的
例句 1。 This impressive display is clearly visible when the light illuminates the forest floor。 当光照在森林的地面上时,可以清楚地看到这令人印象深刻的景象。
2。 Although the size of the aquifer is impressive; the rate of water addition of the region is also affected by the climate。 尽管含水土层大得惊人,但这个地区的蓄水率仍然受气候影响。
3。 The destructive power of nuclear weapons is impressive。 核武器的破坏力令人惊叹。
同义 stunning(a。 给人深刻印象的)
要点 作者通常会用impressive来描述那些令人印象深刻的事物,起到强调的作用,比如the impressive size of the aquifer,这里impressive用于强调含水土层之大。
include[in'klu:d]v。 包括,包含;计入
例句 1。 Some animals; including large swimming predators and soft…bodied animals; ate detritus or algae。 包括会游泳的肉食动物和软体动物在内的一些动物都会吃碎石和海藻。
2。 Many incomplete skeletons were found including a complete hind leg that features a foot with three tiny toes。 许多不完整的骨骸被发现了,其中有一只完整的后腿,其特征是脚上有三个细小脚趾。
3。 Luckily; the fossil includes a good portion of its legs that were strong and ended in long feet very much like those of a modern pinniped。 幸运地,化石中有其完整的腿部化石,它的腿长而强壮,末端的脚与现代的鳍脚亚目动物相似。
要点 include与contain都有“包括”的含义,但在阅读时应该注意它们的区别:include强调被包含者只是整体中的一个部分,而contain则着重表达“内含”的意思。
inexpensive[?inik'spensiv]a。 廉价的,不贵重的
例句 1。 Because they were able to import inexpensive goods; they had money available to meet the demand for other products。 因为可以进口低价的粮食,因此他们有钱购买其他产品。
2。 Although photography made accurate images inexpensive and widely available; it lowered its perceived value in relation to the fine arts。 虽然摄影能让精准的图像变得价格低廉,且能被广为使用,但却降低了它与美术相关的感知价值。
3。 Whatever the final answer to the water crisis may be; it is evident that irrigation water will never be the abundant and inexpensive resource even in the agricultural boom years of the mid…twentieth century。 不论对于水资源危机最终的答案是什么,很显然,即使是在20世纪中期农业发展蓬勃的时期,水资源也从来不是充足而廉价的资源。
要点 inexpensive既可以表示某件商品的价格低,也可以指某一事物没有价值。
infantile['inf?ntail]a。 幼稚的,孩子气的
例句 1。 An explanation for infantile amnesia involves incompatibilities between the ways in which infants encode information and the ways we retrieve it。 婴儿期失忆的一个解释是这与婴儿编码信息的方式与我们检索信息的方式不协调有关。
2。 It is evident that through the early infantile activity the preliminary stage of the later trouble may be noticed。 显然,通过早期的婴儿活动,可以在初始阶段就注意到日后的问题。
ingredient[in'gri:di?nt]n。 成分,要素;(烹调的)原料;(混合物的)组成部分
例句 1。 In order to create a machine to replace the horses; the inventors succeeded in combining these ingredients by putting the engine on the wheels and the wheels on the rails。 为了发明一种可以取代马匹的机器,发明者们通过将不同的部分组合起来实现了这一目的——他们把发动机安置在车轮上,并把车轮安置在铁轨上。
2。 The weather map became an essential ingredient in the American newspaper。 气象图成为了美国报纸的一个基本要素。
同义 element(n。 成分,要素)
要点 ingredient表示某事物的组成部分或者成分,因此在阅读中,读者应注意相关组成部分与整体的联系。
inhabit[in'h?bit]v。 居住于,(动物)栖居于;占据
例句 1。 Many colorful birds and animals that inhabit the rain forest do not rely on other forms of signaling except the visual。 很多栖息在热带雨林中的颜色鲜艳的鸟类和动物不会依靠除视觉以外的方式来传递信号。
2。 The study of the combination of plant species that inhabit a particular area has b