正文
VOA慢速英语:2000 Years of Computing History, at a Museum in California
例句:School reopens in September.
新学期九月开始。
2.addition n.增加的人或事物
例句:They've just had an addition to the family.
他们家里刚刚添了一口人。
3.curator n.管理者,管理人,图书馆馆长
例句:The curator conducted us round the museum.
馆长带领我们在博物馆各处参观。
4.calculate vt.vi.计算, 估计, 核算
例句:Have you calculated the result?
你算出结果来了吗?
I calculated that the trip would take two days.
我估计这段路程要走两天时间。
calculate,count,compute,reckon
这些动词均含有“计算”之意。
calculate通常指要求细致精确和复杂的计算,以解决疑难问题,多用于自然科学、生产部门或要求专门计算的场合。
count指逐一计算而得出总数。
compute一般指已有数据的,较简单但数字长的数学运算。
reckon通常指较简单的数学计算,也可指心算。
5.portable adj.便于携带的; 手提式的; 轻便的
例句:I have a portable typewriter.
我有一个便携式打字机。
The portable device easily knocks down.
这种轻便装置容易拆卸。
6.ubiquitous adj.<正>普遍存在的;似乎无处不在的;十分普遍的
例句:We were plagued by the ubiquitous mosquito.
我们被无处不在的蚊子所困扰。
7.currently adv.当前;目前;眼下
例句:Our contracts are currently under review.
我们的合同正在复查。
She is currently appearing at the Liverpool Playhouse.
她目前正在利物浦剧院演出。
相关文章
- Schools that Removed Police Officers Bring Them Back
- Learning New Words: Parts of Speech and Suffixes, Part 2
- What Are Dangling Participles?
- Learning New Words: Parts of Speech, Suffixes
- What Does It Mean to 'Hit the Nail on the Head'?
- Lana Del Rey Song Teaches about Figurative Language
- With and Within
- Singers, Politicians, Doctors among 2022 College Graduation Speakers
- Venediktova: Ukraine's First Woman Prosecutor
- Are You Guilty of 'Sitting on the Fence?'