和谐英语

VOA常速英语:Mapping Mountain Range Found Under Antarctic Ice

2012-01-10来源:VOA

词汇讲解:

1. analyze vt.〈美〉分析, 分解, 解释
例句:The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.
教师设法仔细分析我们失败的原因。

2. expedition n. 远征; 探险; 考察
例句:The scientists will go on an expedition to the South Pole.
这些科学家们将要去南极考察。

3. evidence n. 证词; 证据; 迹象
例句:The room bore evidence of a struggle.
这房间里有搏斗过的迹象。

4. outfit vt. 装备,配备;供给
例句:The mountain climbers were outfitted with the latest equipment.
登山者用最新的设备装备起来。

5. survey n. 测量; 勘察
例句:They are surveying the land before it is divided into house lots.
他们要在土地被分割为住宅用地前先勘察这块土地。

6. scattered adj. 分散的;稀稀拉拉的
例句:He lay asleep with his clothes scattered about.
他躺着睡了,脱下的衣服四处放着。

7. flow vi.流, 流动; 循环;垂; 飘拂
例句:The river Thames flows into the North Sea.
泰晤士河流入北海。

8. revise vt. 修改,修正
例句:He revised his story to make it shorter.
他修改了他的故事,把它缩短了。

9. melt v. (使)融[溶, 熔]化; 溶解;(使)消散, 消失
例句:The ice will melt when the sun shines on it.
当太阳照到冰的时候, 它就融化了。

10. profound adj. 深深的;深刻的;深切的;深度的
例句:Her parents' divorce had a profound effect on her life.
她父母的离异对她的生活有很深的影响。