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VOA慢速英语:A Military Education at West Point

2010-01-14来源:和谐英语
1.cadet n.陆军或海军学校学员

例句:a cadet in the armed forces
       军队里的军校学员

      Nicholas is a new cadet.
       尼古拉斯是海军学校的一名新学员。

2.continuously adv.连续不断地,接连地

例句:Athletes have to train continuously to stay in peak condition.
      运动员必须不断训练才能保持最佳竞技状态。

continuous则是形容词的形式,表示连“续”的几个形容词:

consecutive,successive,sequent

3.minor adj.较小的, 较少的, 低级的, 次要的

例句:The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.
      年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。

在文中表示的是辅修(minor),主修(major)的意思。表示选修课,必修课的两个词分别是:
compulsory,elective/optional

4.nominate vt.提名,任命,命名

例句:The governor nominated him to the secretaryship.
       州长派他任书记之职。

5.presence n.出席,面前,存在,风度,态度

例句:She came in to apprise me that my presence was required.
      她进来通知我(有事)需要我出面。

6.interact v.互相影响,交互作用

例句:What you said is exactly the rules interacting for Chinese.
       你说的也正是中国人交往中的一个规矩。

7.payoff n.发工资,分赃,盈利,报酬

例句:One of the payoffs was an increase in productivity.
      结果之一是生产率的提高。

8.background n.背景

例句:He came to know all of John's background.
      他逐渐了解了所有有关约翰的背景情况。