新东方专业四级英语词汇：功夫英语雅思托福考试高频词常刷不断

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新东方专业四级英语词汇：功夫英语雅思托福考试高频词常刷不断剑10T4P31890年他提出进化是不可逆的：“一个有机体不能够回归到它的祖先已经实现的阶段，即使是部分回归。”－剑11T2P1112.irreversible adj.不可逆的In 1890 he proposed that evolution was irreversible: that 'anorganism is unable to return even partially to a previous stage already realized in the ranks of its ancestors'.

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111.intact adj.完整的

Because of the way the ship sank nearly all of the starboard half survived intact.

由于船沉没的方式，几乎所有的右舷一侧都得到完整的保留。

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112.irreversible adj.不可逆的

In 1890 he proposed that evolution was irreversible: that 'anorganism is unable to return even partially to a previous stage already realized in the ranks of its ancestors'.

1890年他提出进化是不可逆的：“一个有机体不能够回归到它的祖先已经实现的阶段，即使是部分回归。”

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113.terrestrial adj.地球的，陆地的

Nevertheless a good number of thoroughgoing land animals later turned around abandoned their hard-earned terrestrial re-tooling and returned to the water again.

然而，一大批动物完全变成陆地生物之后又回心转意，放弃了来之不易的陆地特征，重新回到水里。

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114.thermodynamics n.热力学

Ageing in this case must occur according to the laws of physical chemistry and of thermodynamics.

在这种情况下，根据物理化学和热力学规律，老化一定会出现。

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115.be keen to 热衷于，渴望

Simon Colton the designer of the Painting Fool is keen to make sure his creation doesn't attract the same criticism.

“绘画愚人”的设计者Simon Colton热切地想要确保他的创作没有受到同样的批判。

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116.occupation n.职业

They are highly welcome as part of the increasing professionalization of this and many other occupations.

随着消防科学和其他职业的不断职业化，这些课程广受欢迎。

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117.obstruction n.阻碍，障碍

Then on 16 June 1836 some fishermen in the Solent found that their equipment was caught on an underwater obstruction which turned out to be the Mary Rose.

然后1836年6月16日，索伦特海湾的一些渔民发现他们的设备被海底的障碍物卡住，而这个障碍物正是玛丽玫瑰号。

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118.probability n.可能性，概率

Early 20th-century biologists came to a similar conclusion though they qualified it in terms of probability stating that there is no reason why evolution cannot run backwards-it is just very unlikely.

20世纪初期，生物学家得出一个相似的结论，尽管他们已经认同返祖显现的可能性，并且表示没有理由解释进化为什么不能反向进行，但是他们表示可能性极低。

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119.cease v.停止，结束

Whales (including the small whales we call dolphins) and dugongs with their close cousins the manatees ceased to be land creatures altogether and reverted to the full marine habits of of their remote ancestors.

鲸鱼（括我们叫做海豚的小鲸鱼）和儒艮以及他们的近亲海牛都不再是陆地动物，而是恢复了与老祖先一样的海洋习性。

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120.inexorable adj.不可阻挡的，无法改变的

Although the same law holds for a living organism the result of this law is not inexorable in the same way.

尽管同样的规律也适用于生物体，但是这一规律的结果并非同样无法改变。

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121.propulsion n.推进，推动力

From the 1840s until 1869 when the Suez Canal opened and steam propulsion was replacing sail clippers dominated world trade.

从19世纪40年代到1869年，随着苏伊士运河的开通，蒸汽动力取代了帆船，快船成了世界贸易的主导。

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122.hinterland n.内陆地区

When the US explorer and academic Hiram Bingham arrived in South America in 1911 he was ready for what was to be the greatest achievement of his life: the exploration of the remote hinterland to the west of Cusco the old capital of the Inca empire in the Andes mountains of Peru.

当美国探险家和学者Hiram Bingham1911年到达南美洲的时候，他已经准备好了迎接他一生最大的成就：探索库斯科西边的偏远内陆地区，而库斯科是位于秘鲁安第斯山脉的印加王国的旧都。

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123.navigability n. 耐航性，适航性

Opened in 2002 it is central to the ambitious £84.5m Millennium Link project to restore navigability across Scotland by reconnecting the historic waterways of the Forth& Clyde and Union Canals.

法尔柯克水轮启用于2002年，它是雄心勃勃、耗资8450万英镑的MillenniumLink项目的核心。该项目通过重新连接Forth&Clyde和联合运河的历史航道来恢复苏格兰的航行能力。

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124.enigma n.谜团

Alan Macfarlane professor of anthropological science at King's College Cambridge has like other historians spent decades wrestling with the enigma of the Industrial Revolution.

来自剑桥国王学院的人类学教授Alan Macfarlane像其他历史学家一样花费了数十年的时间来全力攻克工业革命这一谜团。

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125.neuron n.神经元

We now know that the decisions humans make can be traced to the firing patterns of neurons in specific parts of the brain.

现在我们知道人类所做的决定是源自大脑特定部分的神经元的放电模式。

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126.advent n.到来，出现

According to archaeological evidence at least 5 000 years ago and long before the advent of the Roman Empire the Babylonians began to measure time introducing calendars to co-ordinate communal activities to plan the shipment of goods and inparticular to regulate planting and harvesting.

根据考古证据，至少在5000年以前在罗马帝国到来之前，巴比伦人已经开始计时，引入日历协调公共活动，计划货物运输，特别是管理播种和收割。

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127.competitor n.竞争对手

In the end the firm was forced out of business and the ship was finished by a competitor.

最后这家公司被迫破产，船由一家竞争对手建造完成。

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128.elevation n.海拔

Cusco lies on a high plateau at an elevation of more than 3 000 metres.

库斯科位于海拔超过3000米的高原上。

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129.dismantle v.拆除

This had been dismantled in 1933 thereby breaking the link.

1993年这一施设被拆除了，从而切断了运河的连接。

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130.affluent adj.富裕的

For industry to take off there needs to be the technology and power to drive factories large urban populations to provide cheap labour easy transport to move goods around an affluent middle-class willing to buy mass-produced objects a market-driven economy and a political system that allows this to happen.

为了让工业腾飞，需要科技和能源来推动工厂的发展，需要大城市的人们提供廉价劳动力，需要便捷的交通转运货物，需要富裕的中产阶级愿意购买大规模生产的产品，需要市场驱动的经济和政治体系，所有的这一切为工业革命提供了发生的可能性。

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131.iconoclastic adj.打破旧习的，破坏偶像的

These discoveries have led to the field known as neuroeconomics which studies the brain's secrets to success in an economic environment that demands innovation and being able to do things differently from competitors. A brain that can do this is an iconoclastic one.

这些发现导致了神经经济学这一领域的出现，神经经济学研究大脑在经济环境下成功的秘诀，而这需要创新，需要和竞争对手有所不同。能做到这样的大脑才是打破常规的存在。

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132.successive adj.连续的，依次的

They based their calendars on three natural cycles: the solar day marked by the successive periods of light and darkness as the earth rotates on its axis.

他们的日历是基于三个自然周期的：太阳日，以地球自转时连续产生的日照和黑暗为标志。

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133.prestige n.声望，声誉

Willis's company was active in the tea trade between China and Britain where speed could bring shipowners both profits and prestige so Cutty Sark was designed to make the journey more quickly than any other ship.

Willis的公司活跃于中英两国间的茶叶贸易，其速度可以给船主带来利润和声誉，因此设计了Cutty Sark号使其航行速度比其他船只更快。

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134.precede v.领先，在之前

When Bingham and his team set off down the Urubamba in late July they had an advantage over travellers who had preceded them.

当Bingham和他的团队于7月底沿着乌鲁班巴河启程时，他们已经比那些领先他们的旅行者更有优势。

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135.regeneration n.重生，重建

When the project was launched in 1994 the British Waterways authority were keen to create a dramatic twenty-first-century landmark which would not only be a fitting commemoration of the Millennium but also a lasting symbol of the economic regeneration of the region.

当项目于1994年开启的时候，英国航道管理局渴望建立一座引人注目的21世纪里程碑，这不仅仅是对Millennium项目恰当的纪念，也是该地区经济复兴的持久象征。

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136.criteria n.标准

While this was the case for England other nations such as Japan the Netherlands and France also met some of these criteria but were not industrializing.

然而这些只是英国的情况，其他的国家比如日本、荷兰和法国也符合其中一些标准，但是它们并没有在工业化。

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137.utilize v.利用，使用

Each of these three functions utilizes a different circuit in the brain.

这三个功能每一个都在大脑中使用不同的回路。

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138.conspicuous adj.显著的，显而易见的

And for those living near the equator in1 particular its waxing and waning was more conspicuous than the passing of the seasons.

而且，尤其是对于那些住在赤道附近的人们来说，它的阴晴圆缺比四季流逝更明显。

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