托福閱讀中的熟詞僻義（2）

　　熟義:n.儀表板,面板

　　僻義:n專家小組

　　It should be a great panel!

　　這將是一支很棒的專家小組!

　　tap

　　熟義:V輕拍,n.水龍頭,栓頭

　　僻義:V開發(fā)

　　The rate of movement may be very slow: in the Indus plain, the movement of saline(salty) ground waters has still not reached equilibrium after 70years of being tapped.(TPO12 – 3: WATER IN THE DESERT)

　　移動速度可能非常緩慢:在印度河平原，經(jīng)過70年的開采，含鹽地下水的移動仍然沒有達(dá)到平衡。

　　promise

　　熟義:V./n承諾

　　僻義:n有希望,有前途( promising:(形)有希望的,有前途的)

　　V.有望做某事

　　At the same time, operators of the first printing presses run by steam rather than by hand found it possible to produce a thousand pages in an hour rather than thirty. Steam also promised to eliminate a transportation problem not fully solved by either canal boats or turnpikes.(TPO 6 – 1: POWERING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION)

　　與此同時，第一批印刷機(jī)的操作人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，用蒸汽而不是手工，可以在一小時內(nèi)印出一千頁紙，而不是三十頁。蒸汽機(jī)還有望消除運(yùn)河船只和收費(fèi)公路無法完全解決的運(yùn)輸問題。

　　nature

　　熟義:n自然

　　僻義:n.天性,本質(zhì),本性( human nature人性

　　Pluto is not included in either category, because its great distance from Earth and its small size make this planet's true nature a mystery. (TPO 16 – 3: PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM)

　　冥王星不屬于這兩類，因?yàn)樗x地球很遠(yuǎn)，體積又小，這顆行星的真實(shí)性質(zhì)是個謎

　　spell

　　熟義：拼寫

　　僻義：一段時間

　　Escape involves such actions as aestivation, a condition of prolonged dormancy, or torpor, during which animals reduce their metabolic rate and body temperature during the hot season or during very dry spells.(26 – 2: SURVIVAL OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN DESERT CONDITIONS)

　　逃逸包括夏眠(一種長期休眠或麻木狀態(tài))等行為，在此期間，動物在炎熱季節(jié)或非常干燥的時期會降低新陳代謝率和體溫。

　　readily

　　熟義: adv. 樂意地

　　僻義：adv. 容易地;無困難地=easily

　　Exhibitors, however, wanted to maximize their profits, which they could do more readily by projecting a handful of films to hundreds of customers at a time (rather than one at a time) and by charging 25 to 50 cents admission.(TPO 2 – 3: EARLY CINEMA)

　　然而，放映商想要最大化他們的利潤，他們可以更容易地做到這一點(diǎn)，一次向數(shù)百名客戶放映少量電影(而不是一次放映一部)，并收取25至50美分的入場費(fèi)。