托福阅读词汇解析(10)

　　§ notoriously

　　§ infamous

　　§ 众所周知地

　　§ Derrida famously, notoriously, said "there is nothing outside the text," right? What he meant bythat, of course, is that there's nothing but text.

　　§ deficient

　　§ scarce

　　§ 缺乏的

　　§ sufficient, adequate

　　§ It makes more sense to me to study dietary supplements or vitamins in populations who are deficient.

　　§ micro nutrients

　　§ 微量营养元素

　　§ Some soils are notoriously deficient in micro nutrients and are therefore unable to support mostplant life.

　　§ serpentine

　　§ 蛇纹

　　§ The elongated, serpentine body that allows land snakes to slither through dense grass alsoserves aquatic snakes in propelling through water.

　　§ calcium

　　§ 钙

　　§ What you eat and drink, from childhood on, is critical to the amount of calcium in your bones.

　　§ tolerate

　　§ stand, bear

　　§ 忍受、忍耐

　　§ I know it’s easier said than done, especially if you have been there for years, but work takes somuch time of ours that I don’t think we should tolerate something unfulfilling.

　　§ survive

　　§ 生存

　　§ die, extinct

　　§ Millions have migrated to the cities because they could not survive in rural areas.

　　§ depletion

　　§ 消耗

　　§ This decreases the device thickness and depletion voltage and consequently reduces material quality requirements and cost of the detector material.

　　§ harvest

　　§ 收获

　　§ This would introduce only a small number of GM plants into the environment, so farmers couldchoose not to harvest them while still benefiting from their pathogen-detecting ability.

　　§ interrupt

　　§ 阻碍

　　§ If we interrupt the thought and push it aside with another distraction, the urge should go away.

　　§ symptom

　　§ 症状

　　§ Therefore, for every solution for a symptom, there should be one or more directives that contribute to the ultimate solution.

　　§ chlorophyll

　　§ 叶绿素

　　§ This could be estimated at 1000 litres of hydrogen for 330 grams of chlorophyll per day whereasfor example colza produces roughly only 1000 litres of oil per hectare . . .

　　§ tissue

　　§ 动植物的组织

　　§ They did, indeed, have higher initial levels of lactate dehydrogenase, an enzyme associatedwith tissue breakdown, so this possibility should not be discounted.

　　§ patch

　　§ (表面上)与周围不同的部分, 补丁

　　§ However, while the patch may slow the spread of the virus it may not be enough to stop it.

　　§ pigmentation

　　§ 色素沉着

　　§ Along with related genes discovered earlier, "the variants described in this report enableprediction of pigmentation traits based upon an individual's DNA, " the company said.

　　§ stem

　　§ (花草的)茎

　　§ These spiral vessels are part of a banana plant stem.

　　§ stunted

　　§ 成长受妨碍的

　　§ Sometimes I can’t help thinking that Mao must be kicking and laughing in his crystal casket at night because he had so successfully stunted generations of Chinese and might even havealtered our DNA.

　　§ herbaceous

　　§ 草本的

　　§ To their surprise, Ms Sagot and Dr Stevens found that all four of the most sociable species areamong those forced to use herbaceous plants, and thus to build ramshackle homes.

　　§ exhibit

　　§ show, display

　　§ 显示

　　§ He always wanted us to exhibit our work together – and now we are.

　　§ slender

　　§ 纤细的

　　§ Behind the rotunda the slender trees with yellow leaves down drooping, and through them just a line of sea, and beyond the blue sky gold-veined clouds.

　　§ discoloration

　　§ 变色、褪色

　　§ Aside from the possibility of increased heart rate, trouble sleeping and discoloration of teeth,there's another a way that a cup of joe can be detrimental to your well being.