Day 11
1.fossil
A new fossil, if confirmed, suggests life got started quickly on the ancient Earth.
N-COUNT 可數(shù)名詞化石 A?fossil?is the hard remains of a prehistoric animal or plant that are found inside a rock.
2.condensed ; interstellar
it condensed,around 4.6 billion years ago, from the same cloud of dust and interstellar gas that gave birth to the sun and the rest of the solar system.
ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副詞或介詞詞組修飾的形容詞(液體)濃縮的Condensed?liquids have been made thicker by removing some of the water in them.
【搭配模式】：usu ADJ n
...condensed mushroom soup.
蘑菇濃湯
ADJ 形容詞星際的?Interstellar?means between the stars.
【搭配模式】：ADJ n
【語域標(biāo)簽】：FORMAL 正式
...interstellar space.
星際空間
3.debut
Now, though, the date of life’s debut may be pushed back even further.
N-COUNT 可數(shù)名詞(表演者或運動員的）首次登臺轿钠，初次露面返劲；（歌手的）首次錄音Thedebutof a performer or sports player is their first public performance, appearance, or recording.
【搭配模式】：oft with poss
Dundee United's Dave Bowman makes his internationaldebut.
鄧迪聯(lián)隊的戴夫·鮑曼首次亮相國際比賽。
...herdebutalbum 'Sugar Time'.
她的首張專輯《甜蜜時光》
4.swathe 耙饰；shores
The rock in question is a 3-kilometre-long swathe on the eastern shores of the Hudson Bay called the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt.
N-COUNT 可數(shù)名詞(土地的)一長條，一長片Aswathe ofland is a long strip of land.
【搭配模式】：usu Nofn
On May 1st the army took over anotherswatheof territory...
軍隊在5月1號又接管了另一長條領(lǐng)土句携。
Year by year greatswathes of this small nation's countryside disappear.
年復(fù)一年,這個小國家的鄉(xiāng)村面積正在一片片地大量消失榔幸。
海岸;河岸;湖濱 countable or uncountable the land along the edge of a sea, lake or wide river
?You can walk for miles along the shore.
?The boat was about a mile?from/off?(the) shore when the engine suddenly died.
5.basalt
It is mostly composed of pillow-shaped basalt, a type of rock formed when lava cools rapidly in seawater.
N-MASS 物質(zhì)名詞玄武巖?Basalt?is a type of black rock that is produced by volcanoes.
6.nodule ; intrigued ; hollow ; tube
Within the veins and nodules of the jasper that intrigued his boss, Mr Dodd found hollow tubes between 2 and 14 microns in diameter and up to 0.5mm long made of haematite, a mineralised form of iron oxide.
N-COUNT 可數(shù)名詞(植物的)根瘤，根結(jié)A?nodule?is a small round lump which is found on the roots of certain plants.
【搭配模式】：oft n N
...bacteria that live in rootnodules on certain plants.
寄居在某些植物根結(jié)里的細(xì)菌
ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副詞或介詞詞組修飾的形容詞被吸引住的;被迷住的If you are?intrigued bysomething, especially something strange, it interests you and you want to know more about it.
【搭配模式】：usu v-link ADJ
They areintriguedby her story...
他們被她的故事迷住了矮嫉。
I would beintriguedto hear others' views.
我很想聽聽別人的意見削咆。
N-COUNT 可數(shù)名詞凹陷處;低洼地A?hollow?is an area that is lower than the surrounding surface.
【搭配模式】：oft Nof/in/betweenn
Below him the town lay warm in thehollowof the hill.
在他下方，小鎮(zhèn)臥在溫暖的山谷里蠢笋。
...where water gathers in ahollowand forms a pond.
在那里水積聚在低洼處形成了池塘
N-COUNT 可數(shù)名詞管子;管;管狀物Atubeis a long hollow object that is usually round, like a pipe.
He is fed by atubethat enters his nose.
他靠鼻飼管進食拨齐。
...a cardboardtube.
紙卷芯
7.filament ; anchored ; lump ; haematite ;?corkscrew
Some of these filaments form networks anchored to a lump of haematite; others are corkscrew-shaped.
N-COUNT 可數(shù)名詞細(xì)絲;細(xì)線;絲狀物A?filament?is a very thin piece or thread of something, for example the piece of wire inside a light bulb.
VERB 動詞與…有緊密聯(lián)系;使扎根;使固守If something?is anchored in?something or?to?something, it has strong links with it.
【語法信息】：beV-edin/ton
【語法信息】：V-ed
【搭配模式】：usu passive
A united Germany must be firmlyanchored in NATO if Europe is to remain stable...
歐洲要保持穩(wěn)定，德國必須統(tǒng)一并固守北約昨寞。
His basic outlook remainsanchored in the liberal tradition.
他的基本觀念依舊扎根于自由主義傳統(tǒng)瞻惋。
N-COUNT 可數(shù)名詞（一）塊A?lump of?something is a solid piece of it.
【搭配模式】：oft Nofn
The potter shaped and squeezed thelumpof clay into a graceful shape.
制陶工人把黏土塊捏塑成優(yōu)美的形狀。
...a lump of wood...
一塊木頭
They used to buy ten kilos of beef in onelump.
他們過去常買10公斤重的整塊牛肉援岩。
haematite:?noun uncountable specialized
a common dark red or grey rock from which iron is obtained
N-COUNT 可數(shù)名詞瓶塞鉆;螺絲開瓶起子A?corkscrew?is a device for pulling corks out of bottles.
8.resemblance ; hydrothermal ; vent ; crenellated ; tectonic ; laden
The team contends that these bear more than a passing resemblance to the networks of bacteria that live in hydrothermal vents—towering, crenellated structures that form in the deep ocean above the boundaries between tectonic plates, where superheated mineral-laden water spurts up from beneath the seabed.
N-VAR 可變名詞相似之處;類似之處If there is a?resemblance?between two people or things, they are similar to each other.
【搭配模式】：oft adj N
There was a remarkableresemblancebetween him and Pete...
他和皮特之間有著驚人的相似之處歼狼。
Our tour prices bore littleresemblanceto those in the holiday brochures.
我們的旅游報價和那些度假手冊里的價格相去甚遠(yuǎn)。
hydrothermal:?adjective ,relating to or denoting the action of heated water in the earth's crust.
N-COUNT 可數(shù)名詞通風(fēng)孔;排氣口A?vent?is a hole in something through which air can come in and smoke, gas, or smells can go out.
Quite a lot of steam escaped from theventat the front of the machine...
大量蒸汽從機器前部的排風(fēng)口冒了出來享怀。
There was a small airventin the ceiling.
天花板上有個小小的通風(fēng)孔羽峰。
ADJ 形容詞(城墻)有雉堞的In a castle, a?crenellated?wall has gaps in the top or openings through which to fire at attackers.
【搭配模式】：usu ADJ n
【FIELD標(biāo)簽】：TECHNICAL 術(shù)語
...crenellated turrets.
有雉堞的塔樓
ADJ 形容詞地質(zhì)構(gòu)造的;地殼構(gòu)造的?Tectonic?means relating to the structure of the earth's surface or crust.
【搭配模式】：ADJ n
【FIELD標(biāo)簽】：TECHNICAL 術(shù)語
...the tectonic plates of the Pacific region.
太平洋地區(qū)的地殼構(gòu)造板塊
ADJ 形容詞裝滿的；滿載的 If someone or something is?laden with?a lot of heavy things, they are holding or carrying them.
【搭配模式】：oft ADJ with n
【STYLE標(biāo)簽】：LITERARY 文
I came homeladenwith cardboard boxes...
我抱著一大堆紙箱回了家。
The following summer the peach tree wasladenwith fruit...
第二年夏天桃樹就結(jié)滿了桃子梅屉。
...heavily-ladenmules.
馱著重物的騾子
9.remnants ; microbes ; coiled?
Well-preserved fossil remnants of these microbes have been found at many sites younger than Nuvvuagittuq, and they closely resemble the coiled and branching tubes that Dr Papineau and his colleagues have found.
N-COUNT 可數(shù)名詞剩余部分;殘余部分;殘跡;殘存物The?remnants ofsomething are small parts of it that are left over when the main part has disappeared or been destroyed.
【搭配模式】：usu Nofn
After twenty-four hours of fighting, theremnants of the force were fleeing...
戰(zhàn)斗持續(xù)了24個小時后值纱，該部隊殘部打算溜掉。
Beneath the present church wereremnants of Roman flooring...
在現(xiàn)在的教堂下面是古羅馬時期地面的遺存坯汤。
Obedience by women towards men is aremnantof religious teaching.
女人對男人的順從是宗教教義的殘跡虐唠。
N-COUNT 可數(shù)名詞微生物A?microbe?is a very small living thing, which you can only see if you use a microscope.
ADJ 形容詞卷著的;盤繞的?Coiled?means in the form of a series of loops.
【搭配模式】：ADJ n
...a heavy coiled spring.
重型螺旋彈簧
...special coiled kettle flexes.
特制的電熱水壺加熱圈
10.intriguing ; hydrothermal ; plausible ; cradle
Such a find is doubly intriguing because hydrothermal vents are seen as a plausible?candidate for the cradle of life.
ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副詞或介詞詞組修飾的形容詞有趣的;引人入勝的;奇怪的If you describe something as?intriguing, you mean that it is interesting or strange.
【搭配模式】：usu ADJ n
Thisintriguingbook is both thoughtful and informative.
這本引人入勝的書既有思想性又富知識性。
hydrothermal:adjective,relating to or denoting the action of heated water in the earth's crust.
ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副詞或介詞詞組修飾的形容詞（解釋或說法）似乎真實的惰聂，貌似合理的An explanation or statement that is ?plausible?seems likely to be true or valid.
A more ?plausible explanation would seem to be that people are fed up with the Conservative government...
貌似更加合理的解釋似乎是疆偿，人們已經(jīng)厭倦了保守黨政府。
That explanation seems entirelyplausibleto me.
那個解釋在我看來完全說得通庶近。
N-COUNT 可數(shù)名詞發(fā)源地;發(fā)祥地A place that is referred to as?the cradle of?something is the place where it began.
【搭配模式】：usu sing
Mali is the cradle of some of Africa's richest civilizations.
馬里是非洲一些最悠久的文明的發(fā)祥地翁脆。
...New York, the cradle of capitalism.
紐約，資本主義的發(fā)源地
11.pore ; gradient?
Microscopic pores in the rock might have served as natural cell walls, and the chemistry of the water could provide exactly the sort of energy gradient that a primitive living cell would have needed to go about its bio-chemical business.
N-COUNT 可數(shù)名詞（植物表面的）氣孔The?pores?of a plant are the tiny holes on its surface.
【搭配模式】：usu pl
A plant's lungs are the microscopic pores in its leaves.
植物的肺就是其葉片上微細(xì)的氣孔鼻种。
N-COUNT 可數(shù)名詞變化率The?gradient?of a graph or series of measurements is the rate at which one set of amounts changes in relation to another.
【搭配模式】：with supp
【FIELD標(biāo)簽】：TECHNICAL 術(shù)語
12.scrutiny; implication
The find—which will face fierce scrutiny from other palaeobiologists—has other implications, too.
N-UNCOUNT 不可數(shù)名詞詳細(xì)的檢查(或?qū)彶?;仔細(xì)的觀察If a person or thing is underscrutiny, they are being studied or observed very carefully.
【搭配模式】：oft prep N
His private life came under mediascrutiny...
他的私生活受到媒體的密切關(guān)注反番。
The President promised a government open to publicscrutiny.
總統(tǒng)承諾政府將接受公眾監(jiān)督。
N-COUNT 可數(shù)名詞暗示;暗指;含意The implication?of a statement, event, or situation is what it implies or suggests is the case.
【搭配模式】：PHR with cl/group
The implication was obvious: vote for us or it will be very embarrassing for you...
弦外之音很明顯：投票給我們,否則你會非常難堪叉钥。
The implication that marital infidelity enhances a leader's credibility is preposterous.
婚姻不忠會提升領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人可信度的暗示荒謬之極罢缸。
13.well up from the crust
well up:?(of a liquid) rise up to the surface and spill or be about to spill.
N-COUNT 可數(shù)名詞地殼The earth's?crust?is its outer layer.
【搭配模式】：with supp
Earthquakes leave scars in the earth's crust.
地震會在地殼上留下裂痕。
Day 12
邏輯導(dǎo)圖
神句翻譯
1.The team contends that these bear more than a passing resemblance tothe networks of bacteria that live in hydrothermal vents--towering, crenellatedstructures that form in the deep ocean above the boundaries between tectonicplates, where superheated mineral-laden water spurts up from beneath the seabed.
團隊認(rèn)為投队，這些生活在熱液噴口的細(xì)菌網(wǎng)絡(luò)所承受的在構(gòu)造板之間的深海之上形成的高聳的有雉堞的結(jié)構(gòu)枫疆，是其中過熱的礦物填充的水從海床下方噴出。
2.Such a find isdoubly intriguingbecause hydrothermal vents are seen asa plausible candidate for the cradle of life.
這樣的發(fā)現(xiàn)是令人興奮的敷鸦，因為熱液噴口被認(rèn)為是生命搖籃的合理候選人息楔。
3.Although the sorts of bacteria apparently found by Dr. Papineau and his colleagues are too complicated to reveal much about the very earliest organisms, the suggestion that hydrothermal vents have played host to life for so long is a strike in the theory’s favor.
雖然帕皮諾博士及其同事所發(fā)現(xiàn)的的細(xì)菌種類太復(fù)雜，無法透露其是否是最早的生物體扒披，但喲管熱液噴口對于生命所起到的主導(dǎo)性作用的建議是得到理論上支持的值依。
