泥吧的部落格

hemisphere/ˋhɛməs͵fɪr/  noun[C] 

原句: They left Melbourne for the Gulf of Carpentaria on August 20, which is

         wintertime in the southern hemisphere.

意思:1.one half of brian,divided between left and right.

        Ex.the left hemisphere of the brain

           2.one half the Earth,divided between north and south by the eaqutor.

        Ex.What is the largest city in the southern hemisphere?

synthesize /ˋsɪnθə͵saɪz/ verb

原句:Doing this will enable you to organize,synthesize,and present information in

        such a way that it best reflects your personality.

意思:1.to produce a new substance as aresult of a chemical or biological reaction

          involving two or more simpler substances.

Ex. Green plants synthesize carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water.

        2.to combine different ideas, styles, or systems into a single idea or system;

Ex. The final chapter attempts to synthesize the arguments.

3.to produce sounds using a synthesizer.

Ex. synthesized sounds/melodies

assimilate /əˋsɪm!͵et/ verb

原句:Do I want to be speaking for the entire time or do I want to allow the audience time (short pauses) to assimilate what I have said?

意思:1.to help someone feel that they are part of a community or culture rather

         than feeling foreign.

        2.to take in an idea or information and make it part of your knowledge so that you can use it effectively.

Ex.Picasso assimilated an amazing variety of techniques in his art.

詞類變化:assimilation (noun) 食物的吸收

allot /əˋlɑt/ verb

原句:Make sure that you have enough material to present for the time you have been allotted.

意思: to give someone part of an amount of something that is available,or to decide

         that something will be used for a specific purpose.

         Ex. How many students finished the test in the allotted time?

scramble/ˋskræmb!/ verb

原句:You do not want to find yourself in the situation of scrambling for information

         while you are presenting.

意思:1.to climb somewhere using your feet and hands.=climb

        Ex.She managed to scramble over the wall.

        2.to hurry or try very hard to get something,often competing with other people.

        Ex.Companies are scrambling to recruit skilled workers.

       3.to mix together the white and yellow parts of and egg and cook it.

       4.if pilots scramble,they hurry to their planes and take off quickly so that they can attack an enemy.

       Ex.They finally scrambled home with the only goal of the match.

片語:scramble home: to manage to win a game that you nearly lost.