专业英语大学高级英语第六册 unit1 新单词

retarded[ri'tɑ:did] adj.智力迟钝的, 发展迟缓的

A substance that retards or arrests a chemical reaction.

反催化剂延缓或阻碍化学反应的物质

Lack of sun retards plant growth. 光照不足则植物生长缓慢。

retarded retarded adj. 智力迟钝的, 发展迟缓的

retarded field and retarded potential迟滞场与迟滞势

mobilize society to open nearly 100 training courses for mentally retarded children, hearing and speech training courses for deaf children and work-rehabilitation centers for the mentally retarded and establish a community rehabilitation network of severa

动员社会举办弱智儿童培训班、聋儿听力语言训练班、精神残疾工疗站等近百个,建立了多层次的社区康复网络;

A photon leaving the sun will be "retarded" by the sun's gravity.

离开太阳的光子因受太阳引力而“减速”。

A retarded child needs help, not pity.智力迟钝的孩子需要的不是怜悯,而是帮助。

At diplomatic functions he grinned constantly, causing people to wonder whether he was all wise or mentally retarded.

在外交场合,他总是咧着嘴笑,弄得别人不知他头脑是否清楚。

China started special education for the mentally retarded children in 1979.

中国于1979年开始对弱智儿童实施特种教育。

Far from the world and together they entered upon the long retarded romance of their commonplace and uneventful lives.

他们远离了尘世,一起开始他们平凡而安稳的一生中那段迟暮的爱情生活。

Her death was retarded by five years because of good treatment.

由于良好的治疗,她多活了五年。

Her younger daughter was mentally retarded.她的幼女是一个弱智儿童。

In other words the important diffusive motion is migration of the radical segment retarded to the low diffusivity of the whole chain.

换言之,重要的扩散移动是自由基链段的迁移减慢为低扩散系数的整个分子链的迁移。

offset['ɔfˌset]

vt.抵销, 弥补, 用平版印刷vi.形成分支n.补偿, 平版印刷,支派,弯管,[计]偏移量

Hedge can help them offset inventory loss when commodity price fall.

在商品价格下跌时,套期保值能够帮助他们抵补存货价跌的损失。

He raised his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.

他提高售价以补偿材料增加的成本。

Higher mortgage rates are partly offset by increased tax allowances.

抵押款提高了，其中一部分可由免税额增加而抵消。

elaborate[i'læbəreit]

adj.详尽的, 复杂的, 精心的, 精美的v.详细地说明, 用心制作, 推敲, 变得复杂Orthodox Christian churches often have elaborate steeples.

传统的基督教堂都有精致的尖塔。

The curtains had an elaborate pattern of flowers. 窗帘上绘有精美的花卉图案。What you've told me of your plan sounds most interesting; would you care to elaborate? 你给我讲的这个计划很有意思，你能详细地谈一谈吗？

16世纪90年代进入英语，直接源自古典拉丁语的elaboratus，意为体力生产；最初源自古典拉丁语的elaborat，意为非常详细的。

frivolous['frivələs] adj.轻佻的, 妄动的,琐碎的, 无足轻重的

If I could intrude a note of seriousness into this frivolous conversation ...

我真想说一句，叫他们谈话放严肃些 ...

I think there is a kernel of truth in these otherwise frivolous comments.

我认为在这些本来是无关紧要的评论中含有一定的真实性。

At 18, he's still rather frivolous and needs to grow up.

他到了十八岁仍然很不懂事，很不成熟。

alluring[ə'ljuəriŋ]

adj.迷人的, 诱惑的动词allure的现在分词形式

They spent money allured by the tempter of advertisements.

在广告的诱惑下他们花了钱。

I had seen photographs of women that streamlined their shapes and made them look so alluring that you knew it was all a trick, that once the spell was broken, and they moved, you would see that they were just ordinary women.

我见过有些女人的照片。她们使自己的身体呈流线型，看上去如此迷人，明摆着是唬人的。这层魔障一旦被打破，她们一走起来，就能看出她们也不过是些寻常女子。

to wit adj.即

He will leave at the end of term, to wit 30 Juy.

他要在期末离开，也就是7月30日。

He and all his family-- to wit, mother, father, three brothers, and one dog-- are waiting for me at the station.

他即其全家，即母亲，父亲，三个兄弟，还有一条狗，都在车站接我。

customize['kʌstəmaiz]