托福阅读词汇解析(3)

　　· 沙洲

　　· What took my breath away was the almost one kilometer-long sandbar that stretched away from the island itself.

　　· cement

　　· concrete

　　· 水泥

　　· All that growth takes lots of steel and cement and hence pours carbon into the air—but in time it should drive down emissions.

　　· minute

　　· extremely small

　　· 微小的

　　· Huge

　　· I mean, come on dad, I don’t know who you are, or where you are or what you do or anything,but come on, be a dad for a minute. For as long as it takes not to write that sentence.

　　· pore

　　· hole

　　· 孔

　　· Previous theories to explain the delay have considered the late arrival microquakes asaftershocks or as a consequence of redistribution of fluids in pore spaces.

　　· plug

　　· fill

　　· 填充

　　· Empty

　　· All you have to do to set it up is just plug it directly into your nearest USB port and it will thenplay through your computer’s soundcard and speakers.

　　· dissolve

　　· 溶解

　　· In fact, by acknowledging their presence and providing a channel for them to dissipate, we can dissolve our emotions gradually.

　　· percolate

　　· 渗透

　　· In a typical software system, function calls flow downward from higher-level components tolower-level ones; whereas events percolate up in the opposite direction. Figure 1 illustrates this pattern.

　　· porous

　　· 多孔的

　　· The porous nature of an oak barrel allows some evaporation and oxidation to occur in wine, toconcentrate its flavor and aroma compounds.

　　· permeability

　　· 渗透性

　　· The idea behind enhanced, or engineered, geothermal systems is to inject water undergroundto enhance the permeability of rock, allowing for the release and capture of more heat.

　　· porosity

　　· 多孔性

　　· The firm also designed a development it calls the Sliced Porosity Block, under construction inChengdu, in central China; jagged gorges are scooped out of the buildings to carve pathwaysfor sunlight.

　　· proportion

　　· percentage

　　· 比例

　　· "Under our plan, the proportion of modern weapons and technology used by the army mustradically increase between now and 2020," he said.

　　· consist of

　　· be made up of

　　· 包括

　　· A simple way to do this is to look through the real names of the users and match those names which consist of one name followed by a space followed by another name.

　　· crystalline

　　· 透明的

　　· But love without strength is incomplete. It is for you to unlock the paradox of duality and shift upward into integral crystalline vibration.

　　· exception

　　· 例外

　　· Although there are races where turtles are lined up on a track and others that allow adults toparticipate, these are the exception rather than the rule.

　　· basalt

　　· 玄武岩

　　· As they approached the shore, a lanky, suntanned, salt-encrusted 26-year-old stepped out with a splash and clambered up onto a jumble of broken basalt.

　　· solidify

　　· 凝固

　　· In fact, I recommend you do a blog if you’re not already — it’ll help solidify your thinking, build areputation, find people who are interested in what you do, demonstrate your knowledge andpassion.

　　· volcanic

　　· 火山的

　　· All places at the pacific trench, (the pacific ring of fire) should be evacuated now, because therewill be earthquakes and volcanic explosions.

　　· lava

　　· 火山熔岩

　　· We flew over the lava flowing into the sea and the moment I saw it I knew I had to come back atnight to capture the majesty of it.

　　· surface tension

　　· 表面张力

　　· Once they hit the edge of a cone, drops are propelled towards its base, the least curved region, because of the pressure difference caused by surface tension.

　　· cavity

　　· hole

　　· 洞、腔

　　· This is dialysis in which patients filter their own blood by periodically injecting fluid into theabdominal cavity, which is later drained.

　　· crevice

　　· 裂缝

　　· If an ant finds an outstanding hole--such as the inside of an acorn or a rock crevice--it recruitsanother scout to check it out.

　　· drain

　　· 排干

　　· The boat drifted helplessly along the drain until some people saw him.

　　· cling

　　· 附着

　　· Despite the low rate of success at the market, parents cling to the hope that they will find asuitable match for their offspring.

　　· instantly

　　· immediately

　　· 立即

　　· Whenever you start worrying, instantly shift your focus to what you can do about the problem right now. If there's nothing to do, let it go.

　　· exist

　　· 存在

　　· Maybe you’re dreaming me; maybe we only exist in each other’s dreams and every morningwhen we wake up we forget all about each other.