threshold 1,起点,开端;2,门槛,门限
holistic 全面的,从整体着眼的
virtually almost
virtual in fact
mucus 粘液
by virtue of 由于
shrank 缩小,shrink 的过分
pool 集中备用的工人、钱或物资
syntax 句法,句子构造
grid grating铁栅、格子、电网
plume 1,to provide or deck with feather;2,to indulge in one's pride
counterpoint music in which one melody is accompanied by one or more other
melodies all woven into a harmonious whole 和音
metalloid 准金属,半导体
assume 呈现出,产生,担任do not assume a crystalline structure
undertone 含义,意味,弦外之音,hidden meaning of feeling;2,low voice
interdisciplinary 学科间的,跨学科的,交叉学科的
momentous 重要的,重大的
retouch 修补照片或图画,润饰
abandon n,纵欲,a thorough yielding to natual impulse
peptide chain 肽链
personable pleasant in person, attractive
lurid 炫丽的,耀眼的,可怕的 sensational; graphic; gruesome; horrible
deploy 1,部署,调度;2,施展,调动,利用 op. concentrate
vaudeville 轻音乐戏剧
quaver voice:quaver::hand:tremble,发颤音
broom 扫帚
byzantine op.straightforword
kit 工具 skit 讽刺文,小戏剧
crutch 拐杖,支撑;v.支撑
couch 表达,表示
sperm 精子
upwards adv.more than
drag 1.pull, haul,2. Protract
innerdirected directed by thoughts and action by one's own scale of values
snap 咬
endocrine 内分泌
class-ridden 阶级分化的
ridden 1,harassed,oppressed,or obsessed by
2, excessively full of or supplied with
cavalier disdainful,haughty
if even though纵然,即使, ex, it is nice, if expensive
physiology a branch of biology dealing with the functions of living matter and orgnisism
equilizer 均衡因素
anaerobic 无氧的
craven op. Valorous
dispose dispose of:to get rid of; to deal with conclusively
tract 1,短文,小册子,传单;2,一大片土地,地带;3,(消化等)系统 、道
unjustfiablily 不同于justice公正,不能证实地
fascism 法西斯主义
bearing 1,举止,行为;way of behaving2,关联,关系,connection,relevence
retinal 视网膜的
slain slay slew slain,杀戮
matrilineal 母系的
status quo 现状ex, myths about amazon were used as the arguments for the man-dominated status quo
bias v.使有偏见
rung 阶梯,梯子的横条
sorority a club of girls or women esp. in a college
hostess 女主人
trailblazer 开路先锋
assume 开始采用和进行、2,呈现
pretext 借口,托词
propound 提出(想法等)
notion idea,opinion
disclose 揭示出,透露
verge 1,n,边;2,v,接近,濒临于
pit against 使-与-竞争,以-与-抗衡
levelheaded 客观冷静的
faze 使惊慌失措,使震惊得说不出话来,daunt, to disturb the composure or courage of
retainer servant,侍从,仆人,retinue
compliant 屈从的
insofar as to the extent or degree that, 至于, 到-的程度
fungi 真菌
woefully 可悲的,忧伤的
interference 干涉,阻挠
radical 根本上的,2,激进的
focal focus的adj.焦点的
fusion 结合,融合
novel 新颖的,巧妙的 2,小说
travesty 滑稽模仿,漫画,v.歪曲,使滑稽化
indigenous 本土的,国产的,生来的op.acquired co.indigent
lest 以免,唯恐,免得
relative 有关系的,相比较的
stop short of 差一点
syncopation 改变音乐节拍(把弱拍子加强)
suite 随员,套房,一组乐曲,组合家具
roll 快节拍的音乐或回响重的声音 a heavy reverberting sound
strain 旋律,曲调
akin 血族的,同族的,同种的
get credit to 使-获得赞誉
cap n.无边帽,v.戴帽,覆盖,胜过
punctuate v.给-加标点,2,强调,3,不时中断 punctual 准时的 守时的
willy-nilly 不管愿不愿意,毫不犹豫的
piece n.块,碎片,v.修补修理,结合
herculean 需要大力气的,非常困难的
particulate n.微粒,a.微粒的
precious 宝贵的,珍贵的 specious 似是而非,外表美观的
steep a.陡峭的,v.浸泡
tangled 缠结的,复杂的,紊乱的
virtually almost
extreme 极端,末端,a.极端的,偏激的
unduly 不适当的,过度的 unruly 难控制的,无法无天的,任性的