托福阅读词汇解析(1)

　　· Synonym

　　· 汉译

　　· Antonym

　　· saturate

　　· soak

　　· 浸泡

　　· wet

　　· In the setting of a nuclear power plant accident, potassium iodide pills are given to saturate thethyroid gland and prevent the uptake of radioactive iodine.

　　· abundant

　　· plenty

　　· 足够的

　　· Scarce

　　· But as Solomon and colleagues suggest in a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, it is not true for the most abundant greenhouse gas: carbon dioxide.

　　· circulate

　　· to move around within

　　· 循环

　　· Jokes began to circulate about why he was so late, with the consensus being that he was, after all, an Egyptian, a people not known for their punctuality.

　　· ordinary

　　· usual

　　· 普通的

　　· extraordinary,unique

　　· It looked like an ordinary cat, so they decided to find another one to put in the cage.

　　· meteoric water

　　· 大气水

　　· Ordinary meteoric water is water that has soaked into the ground from the surface, fromprecipitation (rain and snow) and from lakes and streams.

　　· precipitation

　　· rain and snow

　　· 降水

　　· “We have a long paleorecord for precipitation, and you see that there was almost a switch. Themonsoon was either on, or it was off, with very little in between,” said Levermann.

　　· incredible

　　· unbelievable

　　· 难以置信的

　　· What's almost as incredible as the reality of a new, independent South Sudan is that thereferendum took place at all -- not to mention on time and without violence.

　　· stream

　　· 溪流

　　· But when chemicals are applied on your skin, they are absorbed straight into your blood stream without filtering of any kind, and no protection against the toxin.

　　· solid

　　· hard or firm

　　· 固态的

　　· liquid, gaseous

　　· To be able to look at a situation and use logic and reason to analyze the facts and develop anopinion or solution is to have a solid foundation for success in all aspects of life.