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词汇:
bin:to throw something away; container for waste
a litter bin; Shall I bin these old shoes?
grab: to take hold of something or someone suddenly and roughly
He grabbed his child's arm to stop her from running into the road.
distortion:to change something from its usual, original, natural, or intended meaning
My original statement has been completely distorted by the media
Assemble: to come together in a single place or bring parts together in a single group:
We assembled in the meeting room after lunch.
At the staff meeting, the manager told the assembled company(= everyone there) that no one would lose their job.
Binocular: Binocular Vision
distinct: clearly noticeable; that certainly exists
There is a distinct smell of cigarette in here.
manifest: to show something clearly, through signs or actions
The worker chose to manifest their dissatisfaction in a series of strikes.
coherence: the situation when the parts of something fit together in a natural or reasonable way
There is a coherence between the first and the second half of the movie.
plausible: seeming likely to be true, or able to be believed
a plausible explanation/excuse
interpretation: an explanation or opinion of what something means
The rules are vague and open to interpretation.
provisionally:for the present time but likely to change
a provisionally government
stretch goal:
a high and difficult level of success that an employee must achieve if they are to be considered to be doing their job in a satisfactory way
Stretch targets should provide the benchmark under which a person's performance is deemed to be "poor"
additive: a substance that is added to food in order to improve its taste or appearance or to keep it fresh and stop it from decaying:
food additive
contravariant:
restrictive: limiting the freedom of someone or preventing something from growing:
He is self-employed because he finds working for other people too restrictive.
duable: If something is doable, it can be achieved or performed
If something is doable, it can be achieved or performed
stall: If an engine stalls, or if you stall it, it stops working suddenly and without you intending it to happen:
A car may stall due to the driver braking too suddenly.
lightweight: weighting a little or less than average
I need a lightweight jacket for the summer evenings.
encumber:to weigh someone or something down, or to make it difficult for someone to do something:
When you are walking 30 miles a day, the fewer encumbrances the better.
mitigate: to make something less harmful, unpleasant, or bad
It is unclear how to mitigate the effects of tourism on the island
句式:
it would be impractical to ...
take the form of ...
is equivalent to...
due to the presence of
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