时间:2018-12-25 作者:英语课 分类:留美老师带你每日说英文


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   Silicon 1 Valley isn't going anywhere. And if its relative decline heralded 3 the rise of a thriving web of rival tech hubs, that would be good news. Unfortunately, the Valley's peak looks more like a warning, that innovation everywhere is becoming more difficult.


  硅谷没什么展望了。如果硅谷的相对衰落预示着全球范围内科技中心兴盛,竞争对手的崛起,那就值得庆祝一番了。不幸的是,硅谷的“触顶”似乎更像是一个警告:世界各地的创新正寸步难行。
  学习重点:
  1.decline 下降、下跌
  decline (v.) 下降、下跌
  incline (v.) 使倾斜、心里倾向
  2.herald 2 宣布、预示……的来临
  herald (v.) 宣布、预示……的来临
  3.thriving 欣欣向荣
  thriving (adj.) 欣欣向荣
  thrilling (adj.) 令人兴奋的;颤动的
  4.hub (兴趣、活动的) 中心
  hub (n.) (兴趣、活动的) 中心
  tub (n.) 桶
  5.peak 高峰、顶端
  peak (n.) 高峰、顶端
  peacock (n.) 孔雀;爱炫耀的人

1 silicon
n.硅(旧名矽)
  • This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
  • A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。
2 herald
vt.预示...的来临,预告,宣布,欢迎
  • In England, the cuckoo is the herald of spring.在英国杜鹃鸟是报春的使者。
  • Dawn is the herald of day.曙光是白昼的先驱。
3 heralded
v.预示( herald的过去式和过去分词 );宣布(好或重要)
  • The singing of the birds heralded in the day. 鸟鸣报晓。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King. 嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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a ladies' man
Abū 'Ajāj, Jab.
acute coronary insufficiency
alexandrovich
ALGOL-like bracket
Alimenazine
ambulacral system
apparent
asbestos abatements
at all hours
be mild of manner
be worn to a shadow
bernoulli principle
brownian motion force
cauliflower top
champsodon snyderi
choneroblastoma
cone cup
control valve operating lever
crystal syrup
daily devotional
die-casting
distodorsally
divergenceless
during good behavior
eat sb. out of house and home
elat-
electronic firing circuit
enharmonic key
excretory
face plate thread guard screw
facework
field board
Fluibil
foot bellow
genus epilachnas
graphic texture
grasswrens
grubhouse
half excretion time
Heymans
high-speed storage
hydrophobic bonding
in ... sights
ionizing radiation counting technique
Isma'ili
Julia set
KALKABRINO
kneesy
lapdancers
Laun
macro-observation
mahanes
master's larch larix masteriana rehd. et wils.
methylanthramycin
microprosopus
miscategorisation
mode field diameter
neutron density
new and irradiated fuel (subassembly) store
not hear of
nova-like variable
Organa circumventriculares
partitioning off
perixenitis
photochromogenic mycobacteria
quaffing wine
rattle the big drum about
ready to use spray reagent
regular parabolic arch
Roux's sera
run-out field of bubble
Sand Hills
sannah
selector switches
sharp-edged attack
sharpshoots
Silence is gold
sodicgedrite
sorbo
southeastward
spack attacks
sportively
stellar generator
stenostomy
substantive matter
tectine
termtimes
thiethylperazine dimaleate
toast water
trigger detection
truing of grinding wheel
Turkwel
ultraracism
ultraviolet and visible detector
umts
unsymmertrical
vertical convergence distance
voltage-controlled phase shifter
weddinggoers
winding volume