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2010-11-30来源:和谐英语
1.recycle vt.回收利用;再利用

例句:Recycling of rubbish costs money and requires special equipment.
      回收利用垃圾的造价很高, 又需要专用设备。

2.reproduction n.再现,复制,生殖,繁殖,复制品

例句:Bacterial reproduction is accelerated in weightless space.
      在失重的空间,细菌繁殖加快了。

copy,duplicate,model,reproduction,facsimile
这些名词均有“复制品”之意。
copy普通用词,含义广泛,指精确的或不精确的复制品。
duplicate常指完全一模一样,可代替原件的复制品。
model可指按某物式样制造、按比例缩小的模型,也可指某物未制成之前做出的模型。
reproduction批按原物复制的产品,着重复制品与原物相似。
facsimile含义与copy大体相同,但较文雅。

3.specialty n.特制品,特产,名产

例句:Shell carvings are a specialty of the town.
      贝雕是该城的特产。

4.restore v.使恢复

例句:At present the doctor is giving him daily massages to help restore the function of his limbs.
      目前医生每天在给他按摩, 帮助他恢复腿臂的功能。

修复; 重建

例句:The old painting was damaged in the flood and had to be painstakingly restored.
      那幅古画在洪水中遭到毁坏, 必须精心修复。

5.concerted adj.共同筹划的, 合作的

例句:There has been a concerted campaign against the proposals.
      人们将采取一致行动反对这些提议。

6.further adj.更多的, 另外的, 进一步的

例句:If you wish for further explanation, you'd better apply in person to the director.
      如果你想得到进一步说明, 你最好直接找厂长联系。

vt.促进, 推进, 助长

例句:We'll do all we can to further your plans.
      我们将尽力促成你们的计划。