private
adj.私人的,私立的
Early cinema allowed individuals to use special machines to view films privately.
早期电影院可允许个人使用特殊设备观赏电影。
physical
adj.身体的,自然的,物质的 n.体格检查
physicists-physicist
n.物理学者
Sensitivity to physical laws is thus an important consideration for the maker of applied-art objects.
实用工艺品的生产者会着重考虑这件工艺品对自然规律的敏感性
gathering-gather
v.使聚集
Four specific activities have been identified as major contributors to the desertification processes:
导致沙漠化的主要因素有四个:
over cultivation, overgrazing, firewood gathering, and over irrigation.
过度种植,过度放牧,过分砍伐,过度灌溉。
dyes-dye
n.染料;染色v.染,染色
Petrochemicals such as dyes, fertilizer, and plastic are also manufactured from the petroleum.
石油还可用来生产石油化工产品,如染料、化肥、塑料制品等。
decline
n.下降;衰退v.下降,下跌
Partly this decline reflected the low level of births during the depression and the war, but it was also caused by changes in Canadian society.
因处于战争年代,再加上经济危机,出生率水平降低,但也因加拿大社会结构改变有关。
consisting-consist
v.组成,构成
consistent
adj.一致的,并立的
The total volume of water in the saturated sample must therefore be thought of as consisting of water that can, and water that cannot, drain away.
饱和溶液中水的总容量因而必须被认为由能排走和不能排走的水(的容量)组成。
tunas
n.金枪鱼
Because they are always swimming, tunas simply have to open their mouths and water is forced in and over their gills.
因为金枪鱼的游动从不停止,它们必须张着嘴使水流经它们的腮。
responses-response
n.反应,响应
The Fore also displayed familiar facial expressions when asked how they would respond if they were the characters in stories that called for basic emotional responses.
此外,问卷中还给出了一些人们熟悉的基本表情,要求答卷者回答如果你是故事中的人物你会作出哪种基本表情。
specific
n.特性adj.特殊的,明确的
specifically
adv.特别地;具体地
Plant communities assemble themselves flexibly, and their particular structure depends on the specific history of the area.
植物群体可以自由地聚集,他们特殊的结构取决于聚集区域的具体历史。
promote
v.晋升;促进
promotion
n.晋级,增进
The killing of birds of prey by wind turbines has pitted environmentalists who champion wildlife protection against environmentalists who promote renewable wind energy.
针对风力涡轮机对猛禽造成伤害的这一事实,主张保护野生动物的环保主义者和主张发展再生能源的环保主义者各持己见。
audience
n.观众,听众
They not only hide the real face of the mask wearer but they often evoke powerful emotions in the audience---anger, fear, sadness, joy.
他们不仅隐藏面具佩戴者的真正表情,而且常常唤起观众的强烈的的真实情感:危险,恐惧,悲伤,快乐。
acorns-acorn
n.橡树果
Although oaks produce thousands of acorns, the investment in a crop of acorns is small compared with the energy spent on building leaves, trunk, and roots.
尽管橡树可产数千个橡子,但比起植种橡树来讲,橡子投资力度要少的多。
traditional
adj.传统的
tradition
n.传统,惯例
If a pot has no bottom or has large openings in its sides, it could hardly be considered a container in any traditional sense.
如果壶盖没有底,或是侧面没有开口,那么从传统意义上来说,它很难被称其为容器。
stability
n.稳定,稳定性
In the years following 1820, after several decades of relative stability,
1820年后,国家经历了数十年平稳期,经济稳中有增,
the economy entered a period of sustained and extremely rapid growth that continued to the end of the nineteenth century.
这样的增速一直持续到19世纪末。
spot
n.斑点,斑块v.点缀,认出
The pale, smooth desert plain provides a perfect backdrop for spotting meteorites, which are usually dark brown of black.
对于观察陨石而言,光秃秃的沙漠平原为最佳场所,因为陨石通常为深棕黑色。
sculptors-sculptor
n.雕刻家
He urged musicians to follow the example of the sculptors, painters, architects, and scholars who had rediscovered ancient art and literature.
他呼吁音乐家以雕刻家、画家、建筑师以及学者为榜样,因为他们重新发现了古代艺术和文学。
obtained-obtain
v.得到,获得
Blues were obtained from indigo, which was widely.
蓝色来源于靛蓝色,且应用广泛。