As a description of the next music director of an orchetra that has hitherto(迄今) been led by musicians like Gustav Mahler and Pierre Boulez, that seems likely to have struck(罷工) at least some Times readers as faint praise(昏厥的贊美).

This top-down(自上而下的) conception(理念) of the fashion business couldn't be more out of date or at odds(和...不相稱) with the feverish(瘋狂的) world be described in Overdressed, Elizabeth Cline's three-year indictment(起訴) of "fast fashion".

describe---v.描述雳锋；記述袜蚕；形容鳞溉；作圖

definition---n.定義；規(guī)定肪康；明確

picture---n.描述沟优；描繪敢朱；寫照

admit---v.讓...進(jìn)入玲昧；接納；承認(rèn)

In a society that so persistenrly celebrates procreation, is it any wonder that admitting you regret having children is equivalent to admitting you support kitten-killing?

admission---n.承認(rèn)罪裹；入場費饱普；進(jìn)入許可；坦白

The scores were then used in conjunction with an applicant's score on the Graduate Management Admission Test, or GMAT, a standardised exam which is marked out of 800 points, to make a decision on whether to accept him or her.

He studied the results of 9323 MBA interviews, conducted by(由...負(fù)責(zé)的) 31 admissions officers.

adopt---v.采用状共；采納套耕；通過；收養(yǎng)峡继；吸收

adoptive---adj.收養(yǎng)的冯袍；有收養(yǎng)關(guān)系的

There are also stories about newly adoptive—and newly single—mom Sandra Bullock, as well as the usual "Jennifer Aniston is pregnant" news.

Worse, the crucial(重要的) income to feed yourself and your family and pay the bills has disappeared.

essential---adj.絕對必要的；至關(guān)重要的碾牌；基本的康愤；本質(zhì)的关划；根本的 ?n.必需品；不可或缺之物

FTC's decision is essential to data security.

key---adj.關(guān)鍵的翘瓮；主要的

significant--adj.重要的；有意義的

decisive---adj.決定性的

overriding---adj.最重要的裤翩；高于一切的

quote---v.引用资盅；援引 ? n.引文

quotation---n.引用；引證

cite---v.引用踊赠；考證

restore---v.恢復(fù)呵扛；使復(fù)原；歸還筐带；交還今穿；恢復(fù)；重建

Surely it should be obvious to the dimmest(最遲鈍的) executive(管理者) that trust, that most valuable of economic assets, is easily destroyed and hugely expensive to restore(重建)—and that few things are more likely to destroy trust than a company letting sensitive(敏感的) personal data get into the wrong hands.

restoration---n.恢復(fù)伦籍；復(fù)位蓝晒；歸還

What puzzles the author is that some bosses fail to _____

[A]see the link between trust and data protection.

[B]perceive(意識到) the sensitivity of personal data.

[C]realize(意識到) the high cost of data restoration

[D]appreciate(承認(rèn)) the economic value of trust.

revive---v.(使)復(fù)蘇；(使)恢復(fù)帖鸦；(使)再次流行芝薇；重新上演

And, unless banks carry toxic(有毒的) assets at prices that attract buyers, reviving the banking system will be difficult.

recover---v.恢復(fù)；重新獲得

resume---v.重新取得作儿；恢復(fù)(職位)

enable---v.使能夠洛二；使成為可能；準(zhǔn)許攻锰；許可

empower---v.使能夠晾嘶；準(zhǔn)許

permit---v.許可；準(zhǔn)許

endeavor---n.(尤指新的或創(chuàng)造性事物的)努力娶吞；嘗試 ? v.努力垒迂；盡力

But it goes further than that, It signals a change in what has, until now, been a key element of scientific endeavor(努力，試驗).

strive for---奮斗妒蛇；爭取

essay----v.嘗試娇斑；試驗

A discovery claim becomes credible(可信) after it____

[A]has attracted the attention of the general public.

[B]has been examined by the scientific community.

[C]has received recognition from editors and reviewers.

[D]has been frequently quoted by peer scientists.