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n. 发电厂; 发电站; 电动装置; 发电机;
[例句]In an electric power plant the heat converts water into high-pressure steam.
在发电厂里，热能将水转化成高压蒸汽。

2.meltdown

n. 彻底垮台;
[例句]Emergency cooling systems could fail and a reactor meltdown could occur.
紧急冷却系统有可能失灵，核反应堆有可能发生堆芯熔毁。

3.tsunami

n. 海啸;
[例句]The government encourages the growth of enterprises through tax cut in this financial tsunami.
面对金融海啸，国家减税以扶持企业发展。

4.vaporize

vt. （使） 蒸发，（使）汽化;
vi. 说大话，自吹自擂;
[例句]The benzene vaporized and formed a huge cloud of gas
苯蒸发了，形成了一大团气体。

5.rumor

n. <美>传闻; [古] 名誉; 咕哝; [古] 喧嚷;
vt. 谣传; 传说;
[例句]However, traders tended to discount the rumor
然而，商人往往不相信这一谣传。

6.stakeholder

n. 利益相关者; 股东; 赌金保管者;
[例句]New stakeholder pensions will aim to give all workers a retirement pension they can live on.
新存托养老金计划的目标是为所有工作者提供可以赖以为生的退休养老金。

7.cosmic rays

n. 宇宙线，宇宙射线;
[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。

8.scenario

n. （行动的） 方案; 剧情概要; 分镜头剧本;
[例句]In the worst-case scenario, you could become a homeless person
最坏的情况是你可能会无家可归。

9.sequentially

adv. 继续地，从而;
[例句]In other words, we have sequentially scanned this table, locking every row, a lot of times.
换句话说，我们顺序地扫描了此表，锁定了每个行，操作进行了很多次。

10.dominate

v. 支配，影响; 占有优势; 在…中具有最重要的特色; 在…中拥有最重要的位置;
[例句]The book is expected to dominate the best-seller lists
这本书预计会占据畅销书排行榜的榜首。

11.rod

n. 杆，拉杆; 惩罚，体罚; （责打人用的） 棍棒; 手枪;
[例句]Some of the best extensions are made from sections of rod tube or drainpipe.
最好的延长管中有些是用杆管或排水管制成的。