时间:2019-02-27 作者:英语课 分类:突破英文词汇


英语课
1. Elysian /iˈliziən/
-- delightful 1; blissful; heavenly
Elysium是神话中勇敢及善良的人死后安居的乐土。埃律西昂(Elysium)希腊神话中英雄死后灵魂前往的地方,位于西方的尽头。
Students studying for final examinations yearn 2 the Elysian idleness of the summer vacation.
正在准备期末考试的学生渴望着闲逸快乐的暑假。
 
 
2. hector /ˈhektə/
-- 1. bully 3; intimidate 4 with threats
2. bluster 5
Hector是特洛伊人中的最勇敢者。赫克特(Hector),普里阿摩斯(Priam)的儿子,特洛伊(Troy)王子,帕里斯(Paris)的哥哥。他是特洛伊第一勇士,被称为“特洛伊的城墙”,不但勇冠三军,而且为人正直品格高尚,是古希腊传说和文学中非常高大的英雄形象。
The pickets 6 did not allow themselves to be provoked, despite the unruly crowds that gathered to hector them.
即使那些蛮横的群众集结去威吓他们,纠察人员也不允许自己被激怒。
 
 
3. herculean /ˌhɜ:kjəˈli:ən/
-- 1. very difficult
2. having or requiring the strength of Hercules
Hercules是一位有超人力量的英雄。赫拉克勒斯(Heracles)是希腊神话中著名的伟大英雄之一,又名海格力斯,罗马神话名为的赫丘利(Hercules)。他是众神之王宙斯与凡间皇后阿尔克墨涅的儿子,他神勇无比,力大无穷,生前完成了十二项英雄伟绩,被升为武仙座,他还参加了阿尔果斯远征帮助伊阿宋觅取金羊毛,解救了普罗米修斯等等,赫拉克勒斯英明一世,却最终遭小人迫害,难耐痛苦而自焚身亡,死后升入奥利匹斯圣山,成为大力神,有关他惩恶扬善,敢于斗争的神话故事,历来都是文艺家们乐于表现的主题。在今天的西方世界,赫拉克勒斯一词已经成为了大力士和壮汉的同义词。
Among the herculean tasks confronting large cities are slum clearance 7 and traffic control.
大城市所面临极困难的工作之一就是清除贫民窟和控制交通。(参考翻译怪怪的,后两者是个整体?)

adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的
  • We had a delightful time by the seashore last Sunday.上星期天我们在海滨玩得真痛快。
  • Peter played a delightful melody on his flute.彼得用笛子吹奏了一支欢快的曲子。
v.想念;怀念;渴望
  • We yearn to surrender our entire being.我们渴望着放纵我们整个的生命。
  • Many people living in big cities yearn for an idyllic country life.现在的很多都市人向往那种田园化的生活。
n.恃强欺弱者,小流氓;vt.威胁,欺侮
  • A bully is always a coward.暴汉常是懦夫。
  • The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble.那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊。
vt.恐吓,威胁
  • You think you can intimidate people into doing what you want?你以为你可以威胁别人做任何事?
  • The first strike capacity is intended mainly to intimidate adversary.第一次攻击的武力主要是用来吓阻敌方的。
v.猛刮;怒冲冲的说;n.吓唬,怒号;狂风声
  • We could hear the bluster of the wind and rain.我们能听到狂风暴雨的吹打声。
  • He was inclined to bluster at first,but he soon dropped.起初他老爱吵闹一阵,可是不久就不做声了。
罢工纠察员( picket的名词复数 )
  • Five pickets were arrested by police. 五名纠察队员被警方逮捕。
  • We could hear the chanting of the pickets. 我们可以听到罢工纠察员有节奏的喊叫声。
n.净空;许可(证);清算;清除,清理
  • There was a clearance of only ten centimetres between the two walls.两堵墙之间只有十厘米的空隙。
  • The ship sailed as soon as it got clearance. 那艘船一办好离港手续立刻启航了。
学英语单词
admirablement
Admiralty Range
Allium fistulosum
ammonium bromoplatinate
area of diversion
auxiliary lubrication pump
bark-lice
basis ionization current
blast of whistle
bottle-nosed dolphins
bottom balance endpiece screw
bullshit bingo
Carex pseudocyperus
carpilius convexus
casually
chain wall
channel interface processor
cis-uranium element
combine nuclear and gas turbine
compiler-level language
crime of genocide
dark arts
dismissest
elias bound
emergency supplies
external circumferential lamella
Fairvalley
ferroelectric material
fine-wool breed
five o'clock shadow
fixed base station
free flowing bulk material container
gilloflowers
globisporin
glycophyte
grasscourt
healthy foods
horseracing
hudibras
hydraulically powered impact hammer
Hydrobates
ideologising
immerged
inquiring
interplanetary discontinuity
intracycle
isonome
killfiled
Kolomna
liu i wu
liukiang movement
liver degraded
machine-independent job control language
maximum machining depth
may-june
mega-moles
military harbour
mounting machinery
narrow-bore tunnel
nutlings
offer comments
parsley seed
percolation gauge
perishes
phenomenologicaltheoryof elasticity
phonon structure
phytoseius rugatus
plastic laying machine
podosols
porpoise
preclusive effect
quadrune
rashies
Retzen
rijkeboerite (bariomicrolite)
Rings of Uranus
rushers
saxicola torquatas
set pulse
short-bore generator
shuford
simple cutting
skunk-cabbage
sky daddies
stagers
stoutheartedly
strong histocompatibility antigen
subscapular
thin-film circuit
to bilge
top contact rail
torture stakes
ultraviolet recorder
underwings
unlicensed prostitute
uterine horn
venatio
vertical time-section
whistle mouthpiece
windham
Zanthoxylum stenophyllum
zeroerror