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例句：It has been predicted that the Earth will tilt on its axis,causing catastrophic famine and disease.
      有人曾预言地球会导致大荒灾和疾病。

2.recommend vt.推荐, 介绍, 赞许某人[某事物]

例句：Can you recommend a classmate who can take up the job?
      你能不能推荐一位能承担这项工作的同学?

3.inevitable adj.不可避免的, 必然发生的,不能防止的

4.complacency n.满足,自满,得意

例句：Complacency is a drawback to progress.
      自满是进步的障碍。

5.indicate vt.标示, 指示, 指出

例句：She indicated where I should go.
      她指出了我该去的地方。

象征; 表明或暗示…的可能性

例句：The snow indicates the coming of winter.
      这场雪表明冬天来临。

6.upstream adv. adj.向上游(的);逆流(的)

例句：The ice blocks up the river, making the upstream water unable to flow.
      冰把河道堵住了, 上游的水流不下来。

7.predominantly adv.占主导地位地;占优势地;显著地

例句：The workforce is predominantly male.
      劳动力中男性占绝大多数。

      These people are predominantly Russian Orthodox by religion.
      这些人大多是俄罗斯东正教信徒。

8.contamination n.污染；弄脏；毒害

例句：panic about food contamination
      食物污染的恐慌

      tests for pesticide contamination in food
      对食物中农药污染的检验

9.eclipse n.(日、月)食; 日蚀;月蚀

例句：There was a total eclipse showing up in the sky on July 22, 2009 in China.
      2009年7月22日，中国的天空上呈现了一场日全食。

消失, 黯然失色,（重要性、权势等的）丧失, 暗淡

例句：During the seventies, her acting career was in eclipse.
      在七十年代, 她的表演生涯黯然失色。