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desire
n.欲望, 要求v.想要, 请求
desired
adj.渴望的,想得到的
desirable
adj.值得向往的
undesirable
adj.不受欢迎的
In face, one of the strongest factors in the selection of plantation land was the desire to have it front on a water highway.
事实上，选择耕地的最主要因素是能够在水上公路上呈现。
compared-compare
v.比较；与...比较
comparison
n.比较
comparable
adj.比得上的
comparatively
adv.相当地
The origin of multicellular forms of life seems a relatively simple step compared to the origin of life itself.
与生命本身（的形成）相比，从单细胞生物发展形成多细胞生物，已经算是个相对简单的过程了。
communication
n.沟通, 交通
communicate
v.沟通；交流思想
The first is the broad area of communication, which includes imparting information by use of language,
首先就是广泛的沟通，包括使用语言传递信息，
communicating with a group or an individual, and specialized line communication through performance.
与团队或个人交流，通过表现直线交流。
citizens-citizen
n.市民; 公民
Not only did they cater to the governor and his circle,
他们不仅迎合了州长及他的圈内人士的需要，
but citizens from all over the colony came to the capital for legislative sessions of the assembly and council and the meetings of the courts of justice.
也迎合了从所有殖民地来到首都来开全体立法会议和司法会议人们的需要。
center
n.中心；中心点 v.集中
As Philadelphia grew from a small town into a city in the first half of the eighteenth century,
18世纪上半期，菲律宾从小城镇逐渐发展为城市，
it became an increasingly important marketing center for a vast and growing agricultural hinterland.
随着农业腹地逐渐崛起，菲律宾商业中心的地位变得愈加重要。
benefit
n.利益, 好处v.有益于; 有助于
beneficial
adj.有益的; 有帮助的
Economic growth would benefit everyone by raising national income and expanding opportunity.
国民收入提高，人民机会增加，经济增长将造福所有人。
arch
n.拱门, 弓形v.使成弧形, 拱起
Roman builders perfected the semicircular arch made of separate blocks of stone.
罗马建筑工人将石块砌成的半圆拱建筑进行完善。
analyze
v.分析
analysis
n.分析; 解析
analysts-analyst
n.分析者; 分解者
Structures can be analyzed in terms of how they deal with downward forces created by gravity.
分析建筑物的时候可以看它们如何处理重力造成的向下力.
worth
n.价值, 财产 adj.值钱的
The companies building the canals to transport coal needed surveyors to help them find the coal deposits worth mining as well as to determine the best courses for the canals.
修建水道来运输煤块的那家公司需要调查员帮他们找到值得开采的木炭沉淀物，并决定出对水道最好的方案.
trace
n.痕迹；微量 v.跟踪; 查出
The importance now placed on attractive and harmonious home decoration can also be traced to this period,
现在的重点集中在大方，和谐的居家装饰上，而这一概念可以追溯到以前，
when Victorian interior arrangements were revised to admit greater light and more freely flowing spaces.
维多利亚时期，当时的内部设计需要采光，以及更多自由的流动空间。
texture
n.质地, 纹理
textural
adj.质地的; 组织的
Another method of determining soil texture involves the use of devices called sediment sieves, screens built with a specified mesh size.
另一个确定土壤质地的方法一种叫做沉淀物筛子的设备，它的屏幕是用特殊大小的网眼构成的。
surfaces-surface
n.面, 表面
subsurface
adj.表面下的; 地下的
Leaves develop chlorosis; stems are short and slender, and anthocyanin discoloration occurs on stems, petioles, and lower leaf surfaces.
氮缺乏植物表现出了刚才描述的许多症状：叶片黄化、茎短而细以及发生在茎、叶柄以及下叶表面的花青素变色。
rays-ray
n.射线；光线 v.放射；显出
Helium nuclei have also been found to be constituents of cosmic rays that fall on the earth
氦核是地球宇宙射线的组成部分。
(cosmic "rays" are not really a form of radiation; they consist of rapidly moving particles of numerous different kinds).
（宇宙射线并非真正的辐射，它包括各种快速移动的颗粒）
permitted-permit
n.许可证 v.允许
Ekman and his colleagues more recently obtained similar results in a study of ten cultures
艾克曼和他的同事们在对十种文化的研究中，
in which participants were permitted to report that multiple emotions were shown by facial expressions.
新近获得了类似的结果，在此研究中，允许参与者述说面部表情中能表现的多种情感。
perfect
v.使完美 adj.完美的
Grainy and quaint though they are, the photos show that the cat was dropped upside down, with no initial spin,
尽管有些模糊和古怪，照片显示猫从高处坠落，没有在空中旋转，
and still landed on its body clockwise, the rear and tail twist counterclockwise, so that the total spin remains zero, in perfect accord with Newton's laws.
最终还是脚着地，后半身和尾部逆时针扭转，整个旋转保持为零，完全符合牛顿定律。
master
n.主人；师父；硕士
The painter or master who is credited with having created the painting may have designed the work and overseen its production,
作为画作创作大师，他们或许会参与设计，监督制作流程，
but it is highly unlikely that the artist's hand applied every stroke of the brush.
但要说每一笔都亲力亲为，这种可能性极低。
