大学英语四级词汇 082

useless 无用的，没有价值的 user 用户，使用者 usual 通常的，平常的 usually 通常 utility 效用，实用 utilise 实用 utilize 利用 utmost 极度的，极端的，极限 utter 完全的，彻底的说 vacant 空闲的，空缺的

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Kill them all. You know I did and that was tough to live with, er, for a long time. I was angry, because the, the, the way we prosecuted that particular mission--you know, send the Tank Company down this crowded road that was already covered in burni

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When we change a liquid into vapour, and cool this vapour till it is liquid again, 将水加热成水蒸气, 然后对其进行冷却直至再次液化, we are said to distil the liquid, and the apparatus for doing this is called a still. 这个过程就

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Thus by heating liquids we cause them to evaporate, or change into vapours or gases; 因此, 可以看出：我们能够通过加热液体使得它们蒸发, 变成水蒸气或气体； and by taking away heat from these gases, or cooling them, we tu

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I'll take what you got got got I know it's not a lot lot lot Cause I just need another hit You're the thing that I can't quit You got what I want want want Here and then you're gone gone gone If you told me that we were through You know that I would

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Lesson 70 Evaporation 第70课 蒸发作用 Let us fill a small kettle with water, and place it on the fire. The water will soon begin to boil. After an hour or so we shall find the kettle quite empty, although no one has touched it since it was plac

英国学生科学读本 第70期:蒸发作用(2)

The finger which is wet with alcohol will be dry before you can count ten, while the finger which is wet with water may take a minute or more to dry. 在你数到十之前, 那根沾有酒精的手指就会变得干燥, 而另外一根沾有水的手指

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当年是铁路把美国的大西洋海岸和太平洋沿岸连接了起来。今天要谈的习惯用语就是从那个年代流传至今的。今天学的习惯用语也是诞生在一百多年前。当时大多数美国人还过着乡居生活，但