VOA慢速英语:Flying Car Moves Closer to Reality

词汇讲解：

1. vehicle n. 交通工具, 车辆
例句：No vehicles are permitted into the park.
公园内禁止任何车辆进入。

2. turn n. 转变;变化;转折(点)
例句：The sick man has taken a turn for the better.
病人病情转好。

3. publish v. 出版；公布
例句：The only daily newspaper in the city did not publish yesterday because of a strike.
昨天市内惟一的日报因罢工而没出版。

4. characterize vt. 是…的特征, 以…为特征
例句：A mister is characterized by greed.
守财奴的特点是贪婪。

5. practical adj. 实用的
例句：Your invention is clever, but not practical.
你的发明很巧, 但不实用。

6. garage n. 车库
例句：Outside this door is the garage.
汽车房在门外边。

7. convertible adj. (汽车等)有折篷的，可折叠的
例句：That new white convertible is totally awesome.
那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了。

8. weigh v. 重达
例句：This marble ramp weighs one ton.
这个大理石台阶重一吨。

9. permission n. 允许, 许可, 准许,批准
例句：I have obtained a written permission from the chairman.
我从主席那里获得了书面许可。

10. climb v. 上升；增值；升值
例句：The price of grain climbed back.
粮价逐渐回升了。

11. takeoff n. (飞机的)起飞;(航天器的)升空
例句：The plane crashed shortly after takeoff.
飞机起飞后不久便坠毁了。

12. appreciable adj. 可预见的, 可估计的
例句：I can find no appreciable differences in the witnesses’ descriptions of the accident, they seem the same.
在我看来, 证人们对事故的描述没有什么明显的区别, 都是一样的。