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VOA慢速英语:气候变化使美国人损失数十亿美元

2017-10-30来源:和谐英语
1.insurance

n. 保险费; 保险,保险业; 预防措施;
adj. [体] 巩固球队领先局面,使对手不能因增加一分而成平局的;
[例句]The insurance company paid out for the stolen jewellery and silver
保险公司赔付了遭窃的珠宝和银器。

2.drought

n. 旱灾; 干旱(时期),旱季; (长期的) 缺乏; 枯竭;
[例句]Drought and famines have killed up to two million people here.
旱灾和饥荒夺去了这里200万人的生命。

3.hurricane

n. 飓风,十二级风; 飓风般猛烈的东西; (感情等的) 爆发; <英>飓风式战斗驱逐机;
[例句]Hurricane Andrew was last night heading into the Gulf of Mexico.
昨晚,飓风“安德鲁”进入了墨西哥湾。

4.conclude

vt. 推断; 结束,终止; 议定;
vt. 缔结; 得出结论; 推断出; 决定;
vi. 终了; 作出决定或达成协议;
[例句]Larry had concluded that he had no choice but to accept Paul's words as the truth
拉里断定自己别无选择,只能当保罗的话是真的。

5.attribute

vt. 认为…是; 把…归于; 把…品质归于某人; 认为某事[物]属于某人[物];
n. 属性; (人或物的) 特征; 价值; [语法学] 定语;
[例句]Women tend to attribute their success to external causes such as luck.
女性倾向于将她们的成功归因于外部因素,比如运气。

6.vary

vi. 变化; 不同,偏离; [生] 变异;
vt. 使不同; 使多样化; [音乐] 变奏;
[例句]The cost of the alcohol duty varies according to the amount of wine in the bottle
酒税税额随酒瓶容量的大小而有所不同。

7.prioritize

vt. 优先处理; 按重要性排列,划分优先顺序;
[例句]Make lists of what to do and prioritize your tasks.
将要做的事情列出来,然后决定其优先顺序。