托福TPO词汇：Colonizing the Americas via the Northwest Coast

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　　新托福之TPO阅读重点单词语境记忆22

　　Colonizing the Americas via the Northwest Coast

　　Stretch 伸展

　　I walked up and down the aisle to stretch my cramped muscles. 我在楼道里走来走去以舒展痉挛的肌肉。

　　She went to stretch her legs after lunch. 她午饭后出去散步了。

　　Glacier 冰川

　　The glacier calved a large iceberg. 冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。(calve冰山崩解)

　　The glacier dislocated the great stones. 冰河搬动了巨石。

　　Southward 往南的，在南方的

　　We were sailing southward. 我们正向南航行。

　　Even now there might have been time for the southward mach. 甚至在这时，也还是来得及向南行进的。

　　Crumble 崩溃

　　The masonry of the old building began to crumble. 旧楼房的砖石结构开始崩落。

　　Even if the seas go dry and rocks crumble, my will will remain firm. 纵然海枯石烂，我的意志永不动摇。

　　Persuasively 口才好地;令人信服的

　　This essay argues so persuasively. 这篇文章很有说服力。

　　He spoke a very persuasively but I smelled a rat and refused his offer. 他说的头头是道，但我觉得有些可疑，于是拒绝了他的建议。

　　Archaeologist 考古学家

　　My uncle is a nonprofessional archaeologist. 我叔叔是个业余考古学家。

　　One of the girls had a father who is an archaeologist. 有一个女孩的父亲是一位考古学家。

　　Submerged 水下的;淹没

　　The car was submerged under 20 feet of water. 汽车沉在水下20英尺处。

　　The river overflowed and submerged the farmland. 河水泛滥，淹没了农田。

　　Barrier 屏障;障碍

　　A large crowd crushed past the barrier. 大群的人挤过了障碍物。

　　The age barrier appeared insurmountable. 年龄障碍看来是无法逾越的。

　　Influential 有权势的;有影响力的

　　As a writer she was hugely influential. 作为一个作家，她有巨大的影响力。

　　He is a very influential man in the government. 他在政府中是个很有影响力的人。

　　Sizable 相当大的

　　It is evident that they suffered a sizable economic loss as a result of the war. 显然，他们由于战争遭受到相当大的经济损失。

　　A large number of factories reported sizable increase in output as compared with the previous year.大批工厂都报告说，和前一年相比，产量有很大增长。

　　Impetus 推进;促进;动力

　　The treaty gave a fresh impetus to trade. 这条约使双方的贸易又推动了一步。

　　Children need an impetus to study. 儿童学习需要动力。

　　Paleoecologist 古生态学家

　　According to paleoecologist Edward, the past million years show three momentous changes. 古生态学家爱德华认为，在过去100万年间出现过3次重大的变动。

　　His father is a paleoecologist. 他的父亲是位古生态学家。

　　Radiocarbon 放射性碳元素

　　All living things contain radiocarbon. 所有生物都含有放射性碳。

　　The material in this beach has been dated by radiocarbon. 这个海滩上的物质经过放射性碳测定。

　　Watercraft 水运工具

　　He won the first prize by his outstanding watercraft at swimming. 他凭借高超的游技获得了游泳比赛的头奖。

　　The old sailor was respected because of his experience with watercraft. 老水手的驾船经验丰富，受到人们尊敬。

　　Alaskan 阿拉斯加的

　　Alaskan huskies pull dogsleds. 阿拉斯加的爱斯基摩狗拉雪橇。

　　It will drain the oil reserves in the Alaskan region. 它将消耗阿拉斯加地区的石油储量。

　　Continental shelf 大陆架

　　Peninsula 半岛

　　Dalian is in the south of the Liaodong Peninsula. 大连位于辽东半岛南部。

　　I had walked around the entire peninsula. 我走遍了整个半岛。

　　Gulf 海湾

　　There is a gulf between the cities. 这两座城市之间有个海湾。

　　Iraq has been drained of its strength by the Gulf War. 海岸战争使伊拉克元气大伤。(drain耗尽)

　　Refuge 庇护所

　　They took refuge in a cave yesterday. 他们昨天是在一个洞里避难的。

　　A further 300 people have taken refuge in the US embassy. 又有300人在美国大使馆避难。

　　Deglaciation 冰消作用(由于全球变暖等原因造成冰川体积和面积变小)

　　The impact of Greenland’s deglaciation on the Arctic circulation. 格陵兰冰川的消退作用对北极环流的影响。

　　Little known about climatic conditions in the tropics during the last glacial period and the deglaciation that followed. 人们对最后一次冰期热带的气候条件以及随后发生的冰川消退知之甚少。

　　Caribou 北美驯鹿

　　He heard the squawking of caribou calves. 他听到有一群小驯鹿尖叫的声音。

　　Wolves dine on moose and caribou. 狼以北美驼鹿和驯鹿为食。

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