address
熟義:n.地址
僻義:V.解決; 向…致辭,演說
e.g. You can address this problem with a single gateway event engine.
e.g. an address to the European Parliament 致歐洲議會的演講(向…致辭,演說)
novel
熟義:n.小說
僻義:adj.新奇的
It’ll be a novel experience that can be a subject of future conversations and, yes, a promiseof a next date.
它將成為一次新奇的經歷,可能成為你們今后的談話的一個話題,是的,也是下次約會的一個約定。
Novelty n. 新奇;新奇的事物
Though it may be difficult to imagine from a later perspective, a strain of critical opinion in the 1920s predicted that sound film would be a technical novelty that would soon fade from sight. (TPO12 – 2: TRANSITION TO SOUND IN FILM )
雖然從后來的角度很難想象,但20世紀20年代的一種批評性觀點預測有聲電影將是一種技術上的新事物,這種新事物很快就會從人們的視野中消失。
sound
熟義:n.聲音,語音,噪音v.聽起來
僻義:adj.健全的,合理的,有效徹底的,健康的
There are sound reasons for being skeptical of theories like this one(TPO 18 – 2: THE MYSTERY OF YAWNING)
對這樣的理論持懷疑態(tài)度是有充分理由的
weather
熟義:n.天氣
僻義:V經受風雨,度過難關
Groundwater is stored in the pore spaces and joints of rocks and unconsolidated (unsolidified) sediments or in the openings widened through fractures and weathering. (TPO 12 – 3: WATER IN THE DESERT)
地下水儲存在巖石的孔隙空間和節(jié)理以及未固結(未凝固)的沉積物中,或儲存在裂隙和風化作用加寬的開口中
might
熟義:may的過去式
僻義:n.力量,威權( with might and main:盡全力)
By the seventeenth century, however, other European powers had taken over, as the Italian cities lost much of their economic might. (TPO 25 – 2: THE DECLINE OF VENETIAN SHIPPING)
然而,到了17世紀,隨著意大利城市喪失了大部分經濟實力,其他歐洲強國取而代之。
game
熟義:n游戲比賽
僻義:n.獵物
The early explorers and settlers told of abundant deer in the early 1800s and yet almost in the same breath bemoaned the lack of this succulent game animal.(TPO 4 – 1: DEER POPULATIONS OF THE PUGET SOUND)
早期的探險者和定居者在19世紀初就談論過大量的鹿,但幾乎是在同一時間,他們都在哀嘆這種多肉的狩獵動物的缺乏。