Chapter4 普通词 形容词、副词
acute (a.).1(感觉)强烈的，(事态)严重的；2(视觉 嗅觉等)敏锐的 同1.severe 2.keen
In the past, the(Mexican)ruling classes emphasized our acute differences with the Anglo－Saxons in order to affirm our separate identity.
过去(墨西哥)统治阶级刻意强调我们与盎格鲁一撒克逊人之间强烈不同之处。以确立我们本身与众不同的民族特性。
affable (a.)和蔼可亲的 同amicable
Indeed，Clinton was more than conciliatory when he met with Gingrich on Thursday and the new Speaker was affable in return.
的确，星期四克林顿与金里奇会面时显露十足和解之意，而金里奇这位新上任的众院议长，也投桃报李,友善相待。
affiliated (a.)(与某较大组织) 有紧密关系的，附属〔某较大组织〕的
Games’ sponsor Visa International and three affiliated banks are using Atlanta as a beachhead for the introduction to the U.S. of smart cards an electronic substitute for cash.
奥运赞助商维萨卡国际机构与3家合作银行，正利用亚待兰大作为在美国发行智能卡的立足点，以电子货币替代现金交易。
- beachhead(n.)滩头阵地，立足点
aggressive (a.)富有略性的，挑衅的同belligerent
Says farmer Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger：”Their whole foreign policy has turned suddenly much more aggressive，and that bodes no good for the nature of any people.”
前国防部长温伯格说：” 他们的外交政策突然整个变得更富侵略性，这对任何民族天性来说都不会有好结果。 “
allegedly (adv.)据称，据说， (证据不足的情况下) 遭指控地
Hard Rock creator Peter Morton sued Earl for allegedly purloining Hard Rock business plans. The issue was settled without a trial.
硬石餐厅的创办人彼得·摩顿控告厄尔，称其偷取硬石的营业计划。这件案子已在庭外和解。
- purloin (v.)偷
aloft (adv.)在高处，在空中
The bronze sculpture depict a man holding a pipe aloft as an offering to the Great Spirit.
这件铜雕表现一个将烟斗高高直举起，以供奉“大神“〔北美某些印第安部落崇拜的神抵〕的男子。
alternate (a.)交替的，替代的
The opposition says the government should concentrate on alternate energy sources and restrict the growth of industries like petrochemicals that consume a lot of energy.
反对党说政府应专注于开发替代能源土，并且应该限制消耗大量能源的工业如石化业之增长。
ambivalent(a.)感觉矛盾的
Gates is ambivalent about his celebrity.
对于自己声名大噪，盖茨的感情是矛盾的
assorted(a.)各式各样的同various
His personal arsenal，including a Czech machine gun and assorted pistols，shotguns and Rifles, was stashed in the trunk of his car.
他个人的式器，包括一支捷克制机枪 各式各样的手枪 猎枪 步枪，全藏在车子的行李厢里。
·arsenal(n.)储藏的武器stash (v.)藏放
audacious(a.)大胆的同daring
Last year，after months of deliberation，Collins left his faculty post at the University of Michigan Medical School to lead the Human Genome Project，an audacious effort to decipher the complete genetic script contained inhuman cells.
去年，科林斯经数月的考虑.决定辞掉在密歇根大学医学院的职务，前往主持人类基因组工程，这是一项大胆的工程，其宗旨是解读出人类细胞中的全部遗传信息。
·decipher(v.)译解(密码)
austere (a.)(人)严肃的，(东西 生活)朴实的
The Puppet master(1993)and last year’s Good Men Good Women，with their austere poignancies，played all the best festivals，though they remain a coterie taste.
《戏梦人生》与去年的《好男好女》，以朴素而尖锐的风格打进各大影展，然而这些影片仍只有少数内行人能欣赏。
·poignancy (n)尖锐，深刻Coterie ( n.)(具排他性的)小圈圈，集团.
avant-garde(a.)前卫的
Kosuke Tsumura，another Miyake student，launched his K-Zelle line in 1992 and two years later debuted in Paris with avant-garde Mad Max costume.
三宅一生另一个徒弟津村小介于1992年推出了K-Zelle系列，两年后首次在巴黎推出前卫的《冲锋飞车队》服装展。
benevolent (a.)仁慈的
Ruthless company-downsizing drives and continued layoffs，coupled with rising pay for top managers，have made their bosses look a good deal less benevolent.
无情的公司缩编举措,不断的解雇员工，加上付给高层经理人员的薪资节节上涨，使得他们的老板看起来不再那么慈祥。
·layoff (n.)解雇；a goad deal 常，极其
bewildered (a.)迷惑的，张惶失措的同perplexed
One thing that has observers bewildered is how the White House， could have put forward Foster’s nomination without getting the abortion issue squared away in advance.
令观察家莫名其妙一点是，白宫敢提名福斯特，却不事先解决堕胎议题。
·to square away把(难题)处理掉;摆平(以放手进行其他事)
bizarre (a.)怪异的同weird
Floods.Droughts.Hurricane.Twisters.Are all the bizarre weather extremes we’ve been having lately normal fluctuations in the planet’s atmospheric systems？
洪水.干旱，飓风，龙卷风。究竟这些近来我们看到的怪异气候极端现象是不是地球大气系统的正常变化？
- extremes (n.)(行为 情报上的)极端；fluctuation (n.)(气候 市价等的)变动
blatant(a.)大刺刺的，极明显的，公然的
What the network didn’t know–and didn’t bother to find out –was that Jammal was a hoaxer and that large segments of its program were based on blatant and ludicrous pseudoscience.
该电视台所不知道的 也未曾特意去探究的，就是詹玛尔是个骗子，而且该电视台的节目大部分都是根据明显的,可笑的伪科学来制作的。
blue-chip (a.)(在同行业中)最获利的，最赚钱的
Such entreaties(to safeguard the patents of manufacturers) have become essential for Americans blue-chip companies as they charge into the vast markets of China and its East Asian neighbors.
恳求保护其产品专利权，已经成为美国绩优公司挺进中国及其东亚邻国广大市场时，必然要做的事。
·entreaty (r.)恳求，乞求，Charge (v.)冲锋，向前冲
capricious (a.)1(性情)善变的，反复无常的；2(事物)变化无常的同impulsive mercurial同unpredictable反dependable
Earthquakes…are capricious beasts ruled by what physicists refer to as nonlinear dynamics，which means precise forecasting of when and where they will occur is impossible.
地震是变化莫测的凶残杀手，受物理学家所谓的非线性力学的支配，这表示要精确预测地震将于何时何地发生是不可能为事。
·nonlinear(a.)非线性的
chronic (a.).1(疾病)慢性的；2(行为 恶习)习以为常的，积习成癖的同persistent同habitual
Psychiatrists stress，however，that a few injections of medication and some sessions with a psychotherapist are just the beginning. Pedophilia is a chronic disorder.
然而心理学家强调，药物注射及与心理治疗师交谈不过是个开始，因为恋童癖是种慢性病。
·pedophilia(n)恋童癖
compatible (a.)相容的，兼容的 反incompatible
No one except Microsoft executives disputes the fact that Microsoft is，in fact，a monopoly at least in IBM-compatible computer-operating systems. Some 8 out of 10 desktop computers run the Microsoft software.
事实上，微软公司至少垄断了与IBM兼容的电脑操作系统，这一点除了微软的各主管，没人会有异议。10台台式电脑中约有8台是用微软的软件在操作
- dispute〔v.)(对事实等)怀疑.持异议
compelling (a.)极吸引人的，令人无法抗拒的
Winfrey，42,had a troubled childhood，but her genius was to realize that those troubles and similar ones experienced by ordinary people all over America — could make for compelling television.
42岁的温弗里童年并不愉快，但是她的天分在于能意识到她的问题，以及全美普通百姓面临的类似问题，都可以成为精彩感人的电视题材。
complacent (a.)自满的
That does not mean that the people of Kwangju are growing complacent or law enforcement agencies less vigilant.
这并不代表光州人民已志得意满，也不代表执法当局放松了警戒心。
·vigilant (a.)提防的，带戒心的
confidential(a.)机密的反public
Although labeled “privileged and confidential，”copies of the telephone survey are mysteriously ending up in the hands of reporters and environmentalists in both Alabama and Missouri.
这份电话问卷的副本虽己注明”仅供特定人士观看，机密”，但神不知鬼不觉，最后仍落入亚拉巴马与密苏里两州的记者与环保人士手中。
·Privileged( a.)仅供少数人知道的，机密的;to end up.最后变成
congenial (a.)(人)意气相投的；(环境)令人愉快的同agreeable
If we really mean to lead，and to bring about a world more or less congenial to us，we should stop pretending that we can do the job on the cheap and by remote control.
如果我们〔美国)真有意领导世界，并使世界变得多少令人顺眼一些，那就不要再欺骗自己说这件工作不必花大钱,远远地发号施令就可以做到。
Consistent(a.)前后一致的
TIME–CNN polls have shown a consistent majority of voters—56％ VS.34％in last week’s survey favoring creation of a full-fledged new party.
对于成立另一个正式政党，TIME与CNN合作的多项民意调查一致显示有过半数选民同意，如上周的调查即是56％鲜赞成, 34％反对。
Conspicuous (a.)显著的 反inconspicuous
But the White House sees any conspicuous effort to placate Jackson as dangerous to its efforts to win back disaffected white moderates.
但白宫认为任柯大张旗鼓安抚杰克逊的举措，都不利于白宫挽那些对政府不满的温和派白人的心。
·placate(v.)安抚;disaffected (a.)(对政府等)不满的
Consummate (a.)造诣极高的，技艺精湛的
But he did have a consummate technical command of his instrument which…gives his performances an irresistible strut and swagger.
但他的弹奏技巧的确非常高明，使他的演出显得神气活现，盛气凌人，令人无法抗拒。
·strut (n.)神气活现，昂首阔步；swagger (v.)大摇大.摆地走
daunting(a.)令人畏惧的同Intimidating
The Rosens instead plan to blow away the field in part because Harold and his team of engineers have solved a set of daunting technological issues just in the past year.
但罗森斯打算扫平群雄，独占鳌头，部分原因是哈罗德和他的工程小组在过去一年里，已解决了许多棘手的技木问题。
·To blow away (尤指运动场上)彻底打败(敌人)； the field指某比赛中所有的竟争对手
eclectic (a.)兼容并蓄的，兼采各种不同观点或方法的同diverse
Adams eclectic，pop-oriented music…is a radical departure from the expansive minimalism that marked his earlier stage works.
先前亚当斯的舞台音乐，以全面的简约主义为特色，如今他的作品博采各种风格，走流行音乐取向，代表对先前风格的彻底背弃。
eligible (a.)合格的
He may not be eligible because of a failure to make himself available for Davis Cup play in recent years.
他的资格可能会有问题.因为他近来一直未参加戴维斯杯赛。
enigmatic (a.)谜一般难解的
The last Stalinist’s (Kim II Sung)sudden demise leaves his realm more enigmatic than ever.
最后一位斯大林主义者金日成的猝逝，使他的国家变得更难以捉摸。
epic (a.)雄浑的，大规模的
After an infernal global odyssey and an epic chase by U.S.intelligence agencies，the mastermind of the Trade Center bombing is captured in Pakistan.
美国情报人员历经又气又恼的全球奔波和大规模追缉后，终于在巴基斯坦逮到世界贸易中心爆炸案的主谋。
·infernal (a.)令人恼怒的odyssey ( n.)长期的冒险旅.行
exuberant(a.)兴奋难抑的同lively
“We think，” says an exuberant Larry Gilbert Cyber Cash’ s vice president and general manager, it’s going to be the core of electronic commerce on the Internet.
电子货币公司的副总裁兼总经理赖瑞·吉尔伯特兴奋难抑地说： 我们认为，这将成为国际互联网电子交易的核心。
exultant (a.)雀跃的，欣喜若狂的同delighted
For the men and women who fought and won the war in Europe，V-E. day meant the exultant，resounding vindication of good against evil.
对第二次世界大战期间参加过欧战并取胜的男男女女而言，德国投降日是对邪不压正的一项令人雀跃的伟大证明。
注:resounding (a.)轰动的，极大的(成功)vindication.(n.)证明
fanatic (a.)狂热的(n.)狂热分子 同(a.)fanatical同(n.)extremist
The two fanatic Puerto Rican nationalists who tried to assassinate Harry Truman in 1950 attacked him when he was living across，the street in Blair House while the White House was being renovated.
这两名狂热的波多黎各民族主义分子，于1950年试图暗杀杜鲁门。当他们攻击杜鲁门时，因白宫正在翻修，杜鲁门住在白宫对面的布莱尔旅馆。
feasible (a.)可行的，行得通的同practicable
Reading to children is easy，affordable and feasible for parents no matter what their level of education or economic station in life.
不管父母的教育水准 经济地位是高是低，念书给孩子听都是容易 负担得起且可行的事。
feeble (a.) 1性格软弱的，不敢采取强势作为的；2.虚弱的，脆弱的同ineffectual
Soldiers will vote in the next presidential election for a leader who will protest more vigorously the feeble overall reforms of the present government….
下次总统选举时军人支持的候选人，将是敢更大声反对现政府软弱的整体政策改革的领导者。
fervent (a.)热烈的，强烈的同ardent
The Sony Playstation has acquired a fervent following.
索尼公司的”游戏站”游戏机推出后获得强烈的响。
forthcoming (a.)即将来到的
Whether more money will be forthcoming is an open question.
是否会有更多经费尚未确定。
fractious(a.)倔强的，难驾驭的
Italy’s embattled Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi reigned on Dec.22 after serving just seven fractious months.
坐困愁城的意大利总理贝鲁斯科尼，上任已7个月，却一直无法顺利施政.因而在12月22日辞职。
·embattled (a.)陷入困境的
frantic (a.)万火急的，着急的
At time when American businesses are frantic to set up shop on the computer networks those networks and the telecommunications systems that carry their traffic are turning out to be terminally insecure.
当美国商界拼命在电脑网络上设立站点之际，赖以传送他们产品讯息的网络和电传系统却日益显得极端不安全。
·terminally(adv.)末期
full-fledged (v.)经过充分训练的，发展成熟的；正.式的，完全合格的
Brown dwarfs are not quite big hot enough to ignites the nuclear- fusion reaction that would make them shine as full-fledged stars.
棕矮星的体积还不够大，热度也不够高，还不足以引发核聚变反应；棕矮星必须经过此一反应才会发光，成为成熟的星星。
furious (a.)(速度 活动)激烈的，用力的；愤怒的
There was Australian sculptor Henry R Pearce who rested his oars during an Olympic heat in Amsterdam in 1928 to let a family of ducks paddle across his path then picked up the stroke at furious pace and won by 20lengths…
澳大利亚的轻艇选手伯尔斯在年阿姆斯特丹奥运会的一场预赛中停下了桨，让一家子鸭子游过他的航道.然后拾起桨拼命划，最后以个船身长的差距赢得比赛。
genetic (a. )遗传上的
In fact the diversity among individuals is so enormous that the whole concept of race becomes meaningless at the genetic level.
事实上人与人之间差异极大，就遗传的层面来讲，种族这一概括性的涵义也就变得毫无意义。
giddy (a.)(速度 高度)令人头昏眼花的；非常快乐的.异常兴奋的
Clark and Andreessen find themselves riding the decade’s giddiest economic bubble counting their stock options and cutting deals with everyone from telephone companies to Hollywood.
克拉克与安德里森发现自己正享受着90年代最快速的经济增长，一面算着自己的优先认股权，一面谈着生意，从电话公司到好莱坞，都是生意对象。
·stock option优先认股权，通常指企业给予内部高级.主管的一项特别权利.让他们可以在特定期间内用.特别优惠的价格购买该公司的股票或债券。
gorgeous(a.)很美的同beautiful
The decline in estrogen often coincides with many life changes. Your children grow up and move away You don’t look as gorgeous as you used to，and your husband leaves you for a younger woman.
雌激素的减少，往往伴随着许多生活土的变化：孩子长大，搬出去了；你不再年轻貌美，丈夫弃你而去，投向年轻女子的怀抱。
heady (a.) 令人兴奋的，飘飘然的，心花怒放的
In the heady days after Netscape’s ballistic initial public offering in August last year the stock shot from＄27 to＄71 during its first day of trading—Barksdale preached humility the company’s cramped halls.
去年8月网景股票公开上市后，股票迅速增值，在第一个交易日就从27美元跳升至71美元，在那段飘飘然的日子里，巴斯迪尔在公司狭窄的大厅里谆谆教导公司员工要谦虚一点。
·public offering(证券)公开发行；shoot (v.)(价格)暴涨;preach(v.)倡导，鼓吹(理念 善行)cramped (a.)(空间)狭小的
illiterate(a.)不识字的
The Chinese in Singapore were the descendants of illiterate，landless，peasants from Guangdong and Fujian.
新加坡的中国人都是来自广东和福建的目不识丁 无田无地约贫苦农民的后裔。
incessant (a.)不停的，不断的同 constant 反intermittent
Off-screen，the couple’s marriage was marred by Amaz’s drinking, gambling and incessant philandering.
在实际生活中，这对明星夫妻的婚姻却毁在阿玛兹酗酒,赌博与风流韵事不断上。
·off screen (adv.)(影视明星)实际生活上；mar(v)..破坏，糟蹋：philandering (n.)玩弄女人，拈花惹草
incumbent(a.)现职的
Ronald Reagan crushed Jimmy Carter in 1980 in part because the incumbent Carter had been flummoxed by tine taking of American hostages in Iran.
里根之所以能在年击败卡特当选总统，部分是因为美国人被伊朗挟持为人质的事件，让在职的卡特总统不知所措。
·flummox (v.)使惊慌失措
indignant(a.)愤愤不平的
It drew nearly 800 letters from readers (many predictably indignant)，the fourth largest mail response to any story this year.
这篇报道引来近800封读者来函(其中有许多可想而知是非常愤慨)，是本杂志今年激起读者来函第四多的一项报道。
inherent (a.)固有的，天生的同intrinsic
Says Cardinal Edward Clancy，head of the Roman Catholic Church in Australia：” With the introduction of the principle inherent in euthanasia our society as we know it begins immediately to unravel.”
澳大利亚天主教领袖 红衣主教克兰西说：”随着安乐死这种行为里固有原则的引进，我们所熟悉的社会立即开始瓦解。”
initial (a.)首度的，最初的，开始的
Clouds and dust from the(cornet’ s)initial impact and gases from subsequent volcanoes could have spread around the globe，blocking sunlight and altering the climate killing off the dinosaurs.
(彗星的)第一击所产生的烟云和灰尘，以及随后火山喷出的气体，可能布满整个地球，遮天蔽日，改变气候，使恐龙死亡。
·block (v.)阻碍
integral (a.)必需的，不可或缺的同basic..同fundamental
When people understand that being gay or lesbian is an integral characteristic，they are more open-minded about equality for gay Americans.
当人们知道男同性恋或女同性恋倾向是人类不可或缺的心理特质后，对于美国同性恋者的平等权就更能坦然面对。
intricate(a.)复杂的反simple
A touch of paranoia is not a bad thing to bring to the computer-software business，where shifting alliances，rapid technological charges and intricate co-dependencies make plotting long-term strategies hazardous.
踏入电脑软件这个行业，带点妄想并不是件坏事，因为在这个行业里，业者间分分合合，科技日新月异，互依的关系错综复杂，制定长期发展策略反倒危险。
·a touch of些许，微量;hazardous (a.)危险的，同dangerous
invalid(a.)无效的，作废的
If it is prove that the President—elect’s campaign received drug-trafficking money，he should resign because his mandate would he invalid.
如果证实总统竞选活动曾收受毒品走私所获得的金钱，那么当选总统就该辞职下台，因为选举授子他的权力将属无效。
invariably (adv. ) 必定地，不变地
Known as one of the best golfers in Taiwan’s officialdom，Lee Deng-hui can break 80 on a good day. His drives off the tee are almost invariably long and true.
李登辉被认为是台湾官场最高明的高尔夫球手之一，状况好时能打出低于80杆的成绩。他从球座上挥出的长打几乎都是既远又准。
lavish(a.)铺张的，奢华的同extravagant
The lavish dinner that, chef John Folse prepared for a private party of Procter & Gamble executives tasted rich enough to make a cardiologist apoplectic.
大厨福尔斯为宝洁公司高级主管的私人聚会所准备的奢华晚餐，丰盛的程度足以让心脏血管专家脑中风。
·apoplectic (a.)中风的
lethal(a.)致命的
Too often they have found the one-drug approach allows a few malignant cells to survive and blossom into an even more lethal tumor.
他们发现单一药物的治疗方式往往会使一些癌细胞存活下来，并且演变成更要命的肿瘤。
·malignant (a.)恶性的，癌的
lucrative(a.)可获利的，赚钱的
With concert fees reportedly in the＄40,000，plus range the show seem a lucrative proposition.
据说每场音乐会的酬劳超过4万美金，所以这表演看来是笔赚钱生意。
·proposition (n.)(拟议中或正在兴办的)事业，生意ludicrous (a.)可笑的，滑稽的.同ridiculous
The surgeon denounces that allegation as ludicrous.
这名外科医生痛斥那项指控，指其为荒诞滑稽。
·allegation (n.)法律用语，(尤指有待证实的)指控
malicious (a.)怀恶意的，居心不良的
Earlier in the week Nichols was charged with “malicious damage” to the Alfred P. Murray Federal Building.
本周早些时候尼古拉遭人指控罪名是”蓄意破坏”穆拉联邦大楼。
mock (a.)煞有其事的，假装的
Clinton, he reported with a tone of mock confidence, was at a prayer breakfast across town with religions leaders.
他装出很肯定的语气报道说，克林顿就在对面城镇与宗教领袖举行祈祷早餐会。
(a.)模拟的，演习的
The Pentagon revealed that three weeks ago Army Rangers and Navy Seals had conducted practice runs for an invasion of Haiti：Staging a mock attack on an isolated airfield at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
美国国防部透露,周前陆军突击部队和海军“海豹” 特种部队已针对入侵海地进行了数场演习，也就是在佛罗里达的埃格林空军基地对一孤立无援的机场进行模拟攻击。
mundane (a.)世俗的，平凡的
(Film critic)Libby’s columns serve as a continuing account of her amusingly mundane life and the peripheral role that movies play in it.
影评家利比的专栏文章，是在不断描写自己那平凡而快意的生活，以及电影在她生活中所扮演的次要角色。
·peripheral(a.)周边的 次要的
optional(a.)可选择的，非强制的反mandatory 反compulsory
China is not Haiti or Bosnia places where America’s involvement may be desirable but is ultimately optional. China is not optional.
中国不是海地，也不是波斯尼亚。美国介入那两个国家，或许不是赔本生意，但要不要介入终究可自主决定；要不要介入中国事务，则不是美国能选择的。
perennial (a.)长期持续的 同constant.同continual
As she did in her perennial best seller，…Tanner argues that the sexes baffle and bewilder each other, not because they have vastly different psychological makeups，but because they have distinct conversational styles，
正如坦纳在其历久不衰的畅销书中所述，她坚称男女两性会对对方感到迷惘，捉摸不透，并非因为双方在心理特性上有极大的差异，而是因为截然不同的对话风格。
·baffle (v.)使困惑，使张惶失措make-up (n-)特质，.性格
placid(a.)平静的同tranquil
The flooding provoked the largest evacuation ever mobilized in the Netherlands：250,000people were forced to flee their homes in Limburg and Gelderland, two placid southern provinces of willows and windmills.
这洪水造成荷兰有史以来最大规模的疏散行动，万人被迫逃离位于林堡和盖德兰的家园；这是南部两个恬静的省份，四处可见杨柳和风车……
- evacuation (n.)撤出，疏散flee ( v.)逃出
poised (a.)准备好做…… 同 all set
China its treasury bursting with foreign reserves and its stock markets surging，is poised for stable growth.
中国的国库外汇充盈，股市畅旺，已经具备稳定发展的条件。
·to burst with充满
precarious(a.)岌岌可危的同uncertain同unstable 反stable反secure
We are in a very precarious position because investors’ confidence is disconnected from any hard-hitting analysis of what is underlying the economy.
我们正处在非常危险的状态中，因为对深层经济因素的坦率分析已将投资者的信心搞得支离破碎。
·hard-hitting (a.)(对难题或争议)大胆直言的
predominant (a.)主要的
In the two small Central African nations of Rwanda and Burundi where politics is still dominated by the ancient rivalry between the predominant Hutu and minority Tutsi tribes pure tribal enmity was behind the bloodshed.
位于中非的两个小国卢旺达 布隆迪，其政治仍为居优势的胡图族和居少数的图西族间的世仇对立所左右，这次的流血事件背后纯粹是种族仇恨在作祟。
·enmity(n.)敌意，对立
Prestigious(a.)有名望的
Privileged and smart，he had been accepted by the prestigious All-India School of Medical Sciences at 17.
条件优越再加上聪明，他岁就得以进入极负盛名的全印度医科大学。
·privileged (a.)(因有钱或居上流阶层而)比别人占优势的
presumably(adv.)据推测，大概
The government also unveiled an emergency plan to lower the yen by, among other things spending more on public works which would presumably stimulate the economy and thus perk up demand for imports.
政府也宣布了一项紧急应变计划，以让日元贬值，其中最重要的措施就是提高公共支出，此举大概可刺激经济，进而增加对进的需求。
·to perk up使……振作
prone (a.)倾向于，易于
The tactic is only moderately effective and has side effects that can be as bad as the disease itself，leaving patients drained of energy and prone to sores and other infections.
这种方法疗效平平，所产生的副作用可能和疾病本身一样严重，耗尽患者的精力，让患者容易产生疼痛，受到其他感染。
quaint (a.) 因样式古老 罕见而吸引人的
When a trend went out of style，we used to be forgiving of it and think it was quaint…
当流行不再流行，我们总是宽大为怀，认为它还饶富古趣。
rampant(a.)猖獗的
They said that tax evasion is rampant that the yakuza，Japan’s mafia，has its hooks in the sport；and most stingingly，that many of the matches are fixed.
他们指出逃漏税相当猖獗，日本的黑社会也插上一脚；最尖锐的指控是许多场比赛在赛前已确定胜负。
·stingingly (adv.)(言词)刺伤人的，尖刻的;fix(v.)以不正当手段操纵(比赛 选举等)
rash (a.) 鲁莽的
Many of the rash killings are truly senseless. Last week a 14-year-old Brooklyn girl was charged with stabbing her 13-year-old boyfriend to death simply because he wanted to break up with her.
冲动下的杀人行为，有许多真的是毫无道理可言。上星期布鲁克林区一名14岁女孩，被控刺死其13岁的男友，起因只是男友想和她分手。
·senseless (a.)无意义的，非理性的；stab(v.)刺捅
requisite (a.)必需的，不可或缺的同required
TIME has picked 50 with the requisite ambition, vision and community spirit to help guide us in the new millennium.
《时代》杂志挑出了50人，作为我们在下一个1000年处事的榜样，他们都具备了不可或缺的雄心,远见和关怀社会的精神。
resurgent(a.)复活的，复苏的
The President’s Russia policy, he charged, was based not on recognition of Moscow’s threatening, resurgent nationalism but on misguided romanticism.
他指责总统的俄国政策不是建立在对莫斯科已复苏且具威胁性的民族主义的了解之上，而是建立在错误的浪漫主义上。
robust (a.)健康的，强健的
Last week an Atlanta fertility clinic announced that the woman had given birth to two robustly healthy boys.
上星期，亚特兰大一家不孕症诊所宣布，这名妇女已产下两名强壮健康的男婴
- fertility (n.)繁殖力
sentimental (a.)多愁善感的
Americans have sometimes sought a kind of moral cleansing in children’s adventures. It is part of an American theology of redemption by kids–a sentimental reassertion of the nation’s conception of its own innocence.
美国人有时想借着孩童的冒险旅程，来寻求道德的涤清，这个习惯源于美国人深信儿童可以带来救赎——这是一种温情主义式的重申，强调美国人纯真一如孩童。
·theology(n.)(某一种)神学理论；reassertion (n.) (宗教)救赎；.reassertion(意见 观念)再次被提出，重申 redemption (n.)赎回, 偿还, 拯救, 履行
sheer (a.)完全的
It’s true that farmers there will suffer as protective trade barriers fall. But a deeper source of their discontent is sheer, longstanding poverty.
的确，一旦废掉保护性的贸易壁垒，那里农民的日子将会难过，但农民心中更多的不满，来自长久以来未曾改善的赤贫处境。
simmering (a.)(争吵 暴力)即将爆发的
A major pact was signed by the two leaders(of China and Russia)and the Presidents of Kazakhstan，Kyrgyastan and Tajikistan to quell long simmering disputes along Russia’s southern border.
中俄领导和哈萨克斯坦,吉尔吉斯斯坦与塔吉克斯坦三共和国总统签署了一项重要协定，以解决俄罗斯南疆长久以来一直不甚平静的边界争端.
simplistic (a.)过分单纯化的
His lack of leadership allowed the reform forces to fragment and be swamped by such simplistic nationalists as Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
由于他领导无方，导致改革阵营分崩离析，并被日里诺夫斯基这种总把事情看得太简单的民族主义分子搞得晕头转向。
·fragment(v.)分裂，破碎；.to be swamped by.–(麻烦 物件等)大量涌至，应付.不来的
simultaneously (adv.)同时地
A couple of mathematical models…suggested that HIV would have a hard time simultaneously undergoing the minimum three mutations necessary to resist combination therapy.
根据几组数学模型，艾滋病毒要同时发生最少三种突变才能对抗混合治疗法，但要发生这样的突变并不容易。
snap (a.)仓促的，突然的
Snap decision making…is a survival skill if you are a hunter.
当机立断是猎人的一项求生技能。
speculative (a.)投机的，热衷于投机买卖的
American investors pour speculative money into Mexico then snatch it back when times grow hard and Mexico needs it most.
美国投资者抱着投机的心态投资墨西哥，然而一旦形势变坏，墨西哥急需资金时，却突然撤回。
·snatch (v.)攫取，抢走
sporadic ( a.)零星的，时有时无的反continuous
Once inside Grozny，Zarakhovich was struck by the large number of armed citizens，many of whom were making sporadic checks of entering cars.
一进格罗兹尼市，札拉克维奇就被大批的武装市民给吓了一跳，其中许多市民正在有一搭无一搭地拦检进城车辆。
sprawling(a.)蔓延的，广大的
Chen and Zhang have both said they can not imagine shooting films outside their sprawling homeland.
陈凯歌与张艺谋都说无法想象不在自己幅员辽阔的祖国拍片。
stationary (a.)静止的，固定的
Agriculture boasts its kudzu, the miracle vine promoted as a soil protector in the American Southeast and now despised as an unstoppable weed，able，as Tenner reports to overwhelm almost any stationary object.
“葛”素有”魔藤”之称，在美国东南部曾被奉为土壤保护者而大率推广，现却被贬为除不掉的杂草；农业人士夸，他们所引进的葛，依照特纳的说法，几乎可以爬满所有静止的物体。
stringent (a.)严格的..同rigorous
The House approved and sent to the Senate for its expected approval a stringent ban on gifts from lobbyists.
众议院通过了一项针对游说者的赠礼所制定的严格禁令，并已送往参院审认，可望也会通过。
sublime(a.)卓越的，出色的同heavenly
By the final shot，of a sublime Beauty and her transformed Beast borne magically aloft and soaring through the clouds，the audience is as enchanted as the characters.
在这部影片的最后一段，一名出色的美女和她那位已经弃恶从善的野兽，神奇地被高高举起，向上高飞，冲破云霄，这时观众就像剧中的角色一样也着了迷。
·enchanted(a.)陶醉的，着迷的
subsequent (a.)后来的反prior
She spent her first eight years in what is now Slovakia，and after her parents’ divorce and her mother Melanie’s subsequent marriage to a Swiss computer executive，she moved to Trubbach，Switzerland.
8岁以前她都生活在现在的斯洛伐克共和国，在父母离异及母亲米兰妮再嫁给一名瑞士电脑公司主管之后，她搬到瑞士的杜鲁巴赫。
tantalizing(a.)令人迫不及待的，吊胃口的
It is a tantalizing but daunting target.
这个目标让人既期待又害怕。
tedious (a.)冗长而乏味的同boring
To do this，the scientists will have to track the locations of hundreds of aftershocks，a lengthy and tedious process.
要这么做，就表示科学家必须查出数百次余震的发生位置，而这过程将是冗长而乏味的。
tentative (a.)初步的，未完全定案的 同uncertain反firm
Still it’s easy to understand the tentative sense of hope and excitement that has spread across the AIDS community in the months since the Vancouver conference. Ho’ s speech provided the first concrete evidence that HIV is not insurmountable.
尽管如此，温哥华会议之后几个月里，艾滋病学界一时间弥漫着希望与激动，这种感情是不难理解的。因为何大一的演讲首次提供了明确的证据，让明艾滋病毒并非不可攻克。
·insurmountable(n.) (障碍)不能克服的
thrilling(a.)令人兴奋的，刺激的同exciting
Susan McCray…struggles daily to convince her students that learning can be thrilling for its own sake as well as a ticket to a better life.
麦克瑞每天都在努力让学生相信，学习不仅是获得更美满生活的手段，其本身也足以令人入迷。
trivial(a.)微不足道的同insignificant
There is no evidence of criminality in Whitewater–but that doesn’t mean it’s trivial.
白水案并未发现任何犯罪证据，但这并不表示此案无关紧要。
tumultuous(a.)骚乱的
Later the Kennedys visited France and the welcome was tumultuous.
接着肯尼迪夫妇访问了法国，欢迎的场面有些混乱。
turbulent (a.)动荡不安的
In a turbulent world，peace，law and some degree of order will have to be established before the human race can begin seriously to tackle the great problems and opportunities of the next century.
在一个动荡不安的世界上，人类必须先建立和平,法律和某种程度的秩序，才能开始认真对待下一世纪的重大问题和机会。
·tackle (v.)解决.处理
untapped (a.)未被开发的反exploited
On the contrary this is an age of uncommonly universal productivity in which the spread of education, affluence and the means to communicate has released untapped mental powers in every corner of the planet.
相反的，这是个生产力全面爆发的不寻常时代，因为教育,财富与传播工具的普及，让全球每个角落潜藏的心智才能都得以释放出来。
·affluence (n.)富裕
vaunted(a.)炫耀的，自夸的
His most vaunted exploits were exposed as largely fictitious.
他最自豪的功绩，戳穿后才知大抵都是虚构的。
·exploit (n.)伟业，功绩fictitious (a.)虚构的，想象..的
versatile (a.)多才多艺的
He was the Beatles’ most versatile singer and not just as a balladeer.
他是甲壳虫乐队中最多才多艺的歌手，不只是个民谣歌手。
viable (a.)可行的
Barksdate knows that long-term success lies in turning Navigator into a viable alternative to Windows.
巴克斯代尔知道，长久的成功取决于把”领航员”转型成可以取代“视窗”的代用品。
vocal (a.)大声说出主张的
In a blistering op-ed article in the Los Angeles Times，Ross Perot，NAFTA’ S most vocal adversary declared the devaluation would cost the U.S. thousands more jobs and as much as＄20 billion in lost investment capital.
佩罗是反对设立北美自由贸易区最有力的干将，他在《洛杉叽时报》上写了一篇充满火药味的专栏文章，指出贬值将使美国丧失数千个工作机会．并流失高达200亿美元的投资额。
·blistering (a.)（言词）充满怒气的，尖酸的；op-ed (n.) (报纸的)专栏文章
with a vengeance彻底地，完全地
The communist northern tier of a peninsula once known as the Hermit Kingdom has lived up to that name with a vengeance.
这座半岛一度称为“隐士王国”．如今这个半岛北部的共产党国家就真的成为不折不扣的隐士王国。
·tier（n．）层 段 （133——163）