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fit
v.合...身; 适合于；符合；适合 adj.适合的; 恰当的
The notion that an artist could or would dash off an idea in a fit of spontaneous inspiration was completely alien to these deliberately produced works.
一旦灵感突现，艺术家常常会摒弃之前的一些想法，这些与经过精心制作的作品截然不同。
exhibition
n.展览；展览会
exhibit
v.展现, 展览
exhibitors-exhibitor
n.展示者; 参展者
From the very beginning, music was regarded as an indispensable accompaniment;
从最初开始音乐就被视为必不可少的伴奏，
when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition in the United States in February 1896,
当卢米埃尔的电影在1896年2月美国首届影片公映展览上放映的时候，
they were accompanied by piano improvisations on popular tunes.
影片便用当时的流行曲临场钢琴伴奏。
efforts-effort
n.努力; 成就
African American graphic artists took their place beside the poets and writers of the Harlem Renaissance and carried on efforts to increase and promote the visual arts.
在哈莱姆文艺复兴时期，非洲裔美国版画家曾与诗人，作家齐名，并通过自身努力发展视觉艺术。
dominated-dominate
v.支配, 控制
dominant
adj.占优势的
dominance
n.优势; 支配
To take an extreme example, farmlands dominated by a single crop are so unstable that one year of bad weather or the invasion of a single pest can destroy the entire crop.
举个极端的例子，在单一作物的农田中，一年的恶劣天气或单一害虫的入侵就可以摧毁所有作物。
dinosaurs-dinosaur
n.恐龙
While there are a dozen or more mass extinctions in the geological record,
在地质记录史中，曾出现过多次大规模灭绝事件，
the Cretaceous mass extinction has always intrigued paleontologists because it marks the end of the age of the dinosaurs.
白垩纪的大规模灭绝曾让古生物学家着迷，因为它预示着恐龙时代的结束。
detailed-detail
n.细节；详情 v.详述
The group conducting the study concluded from a detailed analysis that impacts from meteorites can indeed be hazardous.
经过仔细分析，小组研究结论为陨石冲击有危害。
depression
n.衰退； 消沉
depressed
adj.沮丧的
When not in use, the fins are tucked into special grooves or depressions so that they lie flush with the body and do not break up its smooth contours.
当鱼儿们不使用鱼鳍时，会将它们折回到特殊的沟槽或者凹陷的地方，与身体保持同一平面，以维持它们平滑的外形。
charged-charge
n.指控,费用 v.对...索费；控诉；使充满；充电
recharge
v.再充电于; 再控告
Nor does the hypothesis that infantile amnesia reflects repression-or holding back-of sexually charged episodes explain the phenomenon.
婴幼儿期遗忘症是婴幼儿（早期）性（朦胧）冲动被压抑的表现，这种学说也不能很好地解释这种早期的遗忘现象。
beliefs-belief
n.相信; 信念
These laws are universal in their application, regardless of cultural beliefs, geography, or climate.
这些定律是普遍适用，不管文化信仰，地理或气候。
basin
n.盆地；盆；水池
There seem to have been several periods within the last tens of thousands of years when water accumulated in these basins.
数万年前，雨水曾在多个时期聚集下来。
adopt
v.采取；收养
adoption
n.采纳；收养
Although early colonizers of the islands probably came from agriculture-based societies, they were obliged to adopt an economy based on fishing.
尽管早期海岛殖民者或许来自农耕社会，但仍要适应渔业经济活动。
vapor
n .水汽, 蒸汽
evaporate
v.使蒸发; 蒸发
evaporation
n.蒸发; 消失
As the water that collects in the bottom of the nest evaporates, the water vapor rises and is heated by the incubating bird,
当被鸟巢底部吸收的雨水蒸发时，水蒸气上升并被孵蛋的鸟的体温加热，
which adds significant humidity to the incubation environment.
为孵化环境增加了很大湿度。
reveal
v.露出, 透露, 显示
He later worked on similar jobs across the length and breadth of England all the while studying the newly revealed strata and collecting all the fossils he could find.
后来他仍从事类似的工作，行遍全国，不断地研究那些新出现的地层，同时收集他所能发现的化石。
typically
adv.代表性地; 典型地
typical
adj.典型的, 象征性的
The cave paintings focus on portraying animals without also depicting the natural environments in which these animals are typically found.
洞穴壁画注重刻画动物本身，而不会同时描绘这些动物所处的自然环境。
turbines-turbine
n.涡轮
Responding to environmentalists concerned about birds killed by wind turbines, analysts point to other human developments that are even more dangerous to birds.
就环境人士关于风轮机伤害飞禽的考虑，但根据分析指出，其它人类发展对飞禽造成的伤害更大。
transformed-transform
v.转换, 改造
transformation
n.变化; 改适
The ensuing rapid expansion of irrigation agriculture, especially from the 1950's onward, transformed the economy of the region.
从20世纪50年代起，灌溉农业开始迅速扩张，地区经济模式得到彻底改变。
