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VOA常速英语:Climate Change Blamed for Dying African Trees
词汇讲解:
1. disappear vi.不见, 消失;不复存在
例句:The snow will soon disappear when the warm weather comes.
天气变暖时, 雪很快就会融化。
2. conduct vt. 实施;处理;经营,管理
例句:They hired agents to conduct their affairs.
他们雇请代理人来处理他们的事务。
3. survival n. 幸存, 生存
例句:The doctor told my wife I had a fifty-fifty chance of survival.
医生告诉我的妻子, 说我活下去的可能性只有50%。
4. shift vt. 转移;移动,搬移; 替换,更换;变动,改变
例句:A sunset like this shifted its tints every moment.
像这样的日落时时刻刻在改变着色彩。
5. outweigh vt.在重量上超过;在重要性或价值方面超过
例句:Her need to save money outweighs her desire to spend it on fun.
她省钱的需要比她花钱娱乐的愿望更重要。
6. emission n. 排放,散发,发出(气体、光、热)
例句:Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions.
大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
7. relocate v. (使)搬迁,迁移
例句:They’ve relocated our bus-stop.
他们把我们的公共汽车站迁到另一个位置了。
8. indigenous adj.土生土长的;生来的, 固有的
例句:Kangaroos are indigenous to Australia.
袋鼠为澳大利亚本地的动物。
9. double vt. 是…的两倍, (使)加倍
例句:The baby doubled its weight in a year.
那婴儿一年中体重增加了一倍。
10. avert vt. 防止,避免
例句:There must be immediate action if chaos is to be averted.
要避免混乱就必须立即采取行动。
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