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VOA慢速英语:Nuclear Crisis in Japan Raises Worries About Radiation Risks
例句:Bone china damages easily.
骨瓷容易破损。
This cloth damages easily.
这件衣服很容易坏。
break,destroy,ruin,wreck,damage,spoil
这些动词均有“破坏,损坏”之意。
break普通用词,指某物因被打破或撕破而受到破坏,可指有形或无形的破坏。
destroy多指彻底地、毁灭性地破坏,含导致无用,不能或很难再修复的意味。
ruin多指因外部原因而受到严重破坏或毁灭,侧重破坏的彻底性,也可用于引申意义。
wreck侧重指船只、车辆、房屋等受到严重破坏或完全毁坏,也可指计划、健康受到损害。
damage多指对无生命物体的损害,造成降低价值、破坏功能等后果。
spoil强调不仅会削弱力量、精力或价值,而且会导致不可避免的毁灭。
2.raise v.唤起;激起;惹起
例句:This book raised my interest in the study of history.
这本书引起了我研究历史的兴趣。
3.acute adj.极大的, 严重的
例句:There's an acute shortage of water.
这里严重缺水。
4.ionizing adj.电离的
5.contaminate vt.把…弄脏, 污染
例句:They are contaminating the minds of our young people with these subversive ideas.
他们这些颠覆作乱的思想是对我们年轻人的精神污染。
6.significant adj.重要的, 重大的, 可观的
例句:This is a significant contribution to knowledge.
这是对知识的重大贡献。
Your success today may be significant for your whole future.
你今天的成功对你的整个未来可能是重要的。
7.dilution n.稀释
例句:In the east, the water is mainly oceanic with relatively minor dilution from direct monsoonal rainfall and runoff from small streams.
东部水域主要为海水,而直接的季候雨及小溪溢流,把海水稍为冲淡。
8.psychological adj.心理的; 心灵的;精神上的
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