时间:2019-02-27 作者:英语课 分类:突破英文词汇


英语课

 1. panic /ˈpænik/


-- unreasoning, sudden fright that grips a multitude
Pan是恐慌之神。潘(Pan),是希腊神话里的牧神,牧神潘是众神传信者赫耳墨斯的儿子,而名字的原意是一切。掌管树林、田地和羊群的神,有人的躯干和头,山羊的腿、角和耳朵。他的外表后来成了中世纪欧洲恶魔的原形。喜欢吹排笛,因为排笛能催眠。潘生性好色,经常藏匿在树丛之中,等待美女经过,然后上前求爱。在古希腊神话中,半人半兽的潘是创造力、音乐、诗歌与性爱的象征,同时也是恐慌与噩梦的标志。潘同时也是摩羯座的守护神。
A panic ensued when someone in the crowded audiorium yelled "Fire!"
当有人在拥挤的礼堂中大喊“着火了!”时,一阵慌乱随之产生。
 
 
2. philippic /fɪˈlɪpɪk/
-- bitter denunciation
Philippics是狄摩西尼斯所发表的攻击马其顿菲利普王的议案。狄摩西尼斯是古希腊著名的演说家,民主派政治家。他极力反对马其顿入侵希腊,发表《斥腓力》(Philippics)等演说,谴责马其顿王腓力二世的扩张野心。喀罗尼亚战役后亡命海外,公元前323年返回雅典组织反马其顿运动,失败后自杀。
In an hour-long philippic, the legislator denounced the lobbyists opposing his bill.
在一小时的抨击性演说中,立法者抨击那些反对他的议案的游说者。
 
 
3. plutocratic 1 /ˌplu:təuˈkrætik/
-- having great influence because of one's wealth
Plutus是财富之神。普图鲁斯(Plutus),古希腊神话男性神祇之一,为财富之神。其名常与罗马神话中的冥王普路托(Pluto)相互混淆。
A handful of plutocratic investors 2, each owning more than a thousand shares, determined 3 the policies of the corporation.
少数有钱的投资者决定着公司的政策方针,他们每个人都拥有超过1,000股的股份。

adj.富豪的,有钱的
n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 )
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
学英语单词
adorning
Agapetes praestigiosa
airspace control system
allyl dioxide
and-or delay
anterior uveitis
anti-corrosion coating
asshelmets
bobwire
bosh brick
breathing intensity
broad-headed bug
calefactive
chaffier
CIDAC
conveyor track
counting system
cross stiffness
DIS/SEC
disharmonic folding
distant-reading tachometer
docudramas
dot-corn
dried peeled prawn
dust proof switchgear
E.U.A.
Egua
electro-corundum
expiration file
fend ... off
food supply industry
foreloper
freewheelings
friction brake
hand hose line
hardwired control
Heteroglocales
in good order
intake air
Kenite
Kimasozero
Konyne-HT
Kopenhagen
kwangs
Kygynin, Mys
long lost
Mandrosonoro
Manica, Prov.de
mercury thiocyanate
mercury-contaminated
metal inert gas shielded arc welding
milli-gram
mixite
modulo 2 sum
nodal route vector
nodelman
nonsolid color
Orahovac
otosclerectomy
packer bin
passenger flow collector-distributor point
phablet
Phoneutria
plywood container
polymatroidal
ponycart
precious little
precoital stimulus
procrastinatrix
Quimbonge
radiological clock
read file program
refractilities
resonance build-up delay
right of way rules
secret remedy
secundine dike
seed selection science
serving spoon
sieve region
skow
smockage
sniperscope
SNSE
space?time convergence
specific optical rotation
sporodochium
static discharge head
statistical interpretive language
sticking-plaster
tangent screw
temperature pattern factor
thermal transmissivity
toll TV
trim your sails
tryngites subruficollis
Ustilago maydis
vacuum tweezer
vaginal cavity
visceral layer of pericardium
wassiras
winch-head