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
Abaete
Abbott, Lyman
abort program assembly
af afc
Aunis
automatic flare out altimeter
automatic spot welding
baron tweedsmuir
basommatophora
beaking
Beggar's Opera
bifunctional vector
billy-blind
book value
C1-continuous problem
calosomas
cecftis
cerebrovascular
chemical scrubbing
consumable arc-melting process
cor tomentosum
cystic duct
deficient number
destains
diffusion alloyed brass powder
directory inquiries
double nursing
DVR-MS
elastic after-effect
entry call
estuates
European night
ever after
Fitero
fort-royal
fundamental solution matrix
gallery-type
gollopping
hertzlers
high resolution chromatographic separation
holy city
intergalactic bridge
kiawe
killigrews
kmetia sesbaniae
Liebknecht, Karl
light-gathering
limnic landform
Lubuskie, Województwo
mail order company
megabasite
metal braid
monitor position
musculi pterygoideus
nebularization
newcombs
Nobel
off-the-beaten-tracks
old rondo form
onoue
open flow system
ozonating
ozone sickness
Pagny-sur-Moselle
pallet width
partial evidence
people-centred
perilaryngitis
plane-strain toughness
port security boat
post-Fordist
Presidential Assassination Statute
pressure safety valve
QPAT
quill pulling machine
quotable
red-emitting phosphor
reenlist
repeated boad
repile
rhizoctonia rot of gambo flax
rocambolesque
rotary phase changer
sandararac gum
secretinase
sixpenny bit
Smith & H.
solid transport
squints
statical equilibrium
subsaline
suetlike
supportedly
surface arcade
Svendborg Sd.
the reverse side
titanium aluminium molybdenum alloy
tritical
tune-in promotion
uredo microstegii
variable length record format
vining and shelling