和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:NASA: Newly Discovered Planets Could Hold Life Forms(翻译)

2017-02-23来源:VOA

词汇讲解:

1. astronomer n.天文学者,天文学家
例句:1994-The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan.
1994年的今天,天文学家亚历山大·沃兹贞宣布首次发现了外太阳系的行星。

2. habitable adj.适于居住的
例句:Making the house habitable was a major undertaking.
把这所房子收拾得可以住人,那可是项大工程。

3. survive vi.幸存,活下来
例句:Those organisms that are most suited to the environment will be those that will survive
最适宜该环境的微生物将会存活下来。

4. launch vt.发射; 发动
例句:NASA plans to launch a satellite to study cosmic rays
美国国家航空航天局计划发射一颗卫星上天,对宇宙射线进行研究。

5. infrared adj.<物>红外线的
例句:Infrared detectors have many uses
红外探测器有多种用途。