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BBC在线收听下载:天文学家发现含七个类地行星的行星系统特拉普1号
词汇讲解:
1. discovery n.发现,发觉
例句:I felt I'd made an incredible discovery.
我觉得我有一个天大的发现。
2. exist vi.存在; 生存; 生活
例句:He thought that if he couldn't see something, it didn't exist
他认为自己看不见的东西就不存在。
3. increase vt.增加,增大,增多
例句:The population continues to increase
人口继续增长。
4. encourage vt.促进; 支持; 鼓励
例句:When things aren't going well, he encourages me, telling me not to give up.
事情进展不顺的时候,他鼓励我说不要放弃。
5. alliance n.(国家、政党等的) 结盟,同盟
例句:The two parties were still too much apart to form an alliance.
两党分歧甚大,还远未能结成同盟。
6. advise vt.(商业) 通知,报告
例句:The minister advised him to leave as soon as possible
部长建议他尽快离开。
7. oppose vt.抵制; 反对,抗争
例句: Father does not oppose the idea at all.
父亲丝毫不反对这个想法。
8. construction n.建造; 建筑物; 解释
例句:He'd already started construction on a hunting lodge.
他已经开始建造一间狩猎用的小屋。