时间:2018-11-27 作者:英语课 分类:新概念优美背诵短文50篇


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The American Revolution was not a sudden and violent overturning of the political and social framework, such as later occurred in France and Russia, when both were already independent nations. Significant changes were ushered 1 in, but they were not breathtaking. What happened was accelerated evolution rather than outright 2 revolution. During the conflict itself people went on working and praying, marrying and playing. Most of them were not seriously disturbed by the actual fighting, and many of the more isolated 3 communities scarcely knew that a war was on.


America's War of Independence heralded 4 the birth of three modern nations. One was Canada, which received its first large influx 5 of English-speaking population from the thousands of loyalists who fled there from the United States. Another was Australia, which became a penal 6 colony now that America was no longer available for prisoners and debtors 7. The third newcomer-the United States-based itself squarely on republican principles.


Yet even the political overturn was not so revolutionary as one might suppose. In some states, notably 8 Connecticut and Rhode Island, the war largely ratified 9 a colonial self-rule already existing. British officials, everywhere ousted 10, were replaced by a home-grown governing class, which promptly 11 sought a local substitute for king and Parliament.


 



1 ushered
v.引,领,陪同( usher的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The secretary ushered me into his office. 秘书把我领进他的办公室。
  • A round of parties ushered in the New Year. 一系列的晚会迎来了新年。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 outright
adv.坦率地;彻底地;立即;adj.无疑的;彻底的
  • If you have a complaint you should tell me outright.如果你有不满意的事,你应该直率地对我说。
  • You should persuade her to marry you outright.你应该彻底劝服她嫁给你。
3 isolated
adj.与世隔绝的
  • His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
  • Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。
4 heralded
v.预示( herald的过去式和过去分词 );宣布(好或重要)
  • The singing of the birds heralded in the day. 鸟鸣报晓。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King. 嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 influx
n.流入,注入
  • The country simply cannot absorb this influx of refugees.这个国家实在不能接纳这么多涌入的难民。
  • Textile workers favoured protection because they feared an influx of cheap cloth.纺织工人拥护贸易保护措施,因为他们担心涌入廉价纺织品。
6 penal
adj.刑罚的;刑法上的
  • I hope you're familiar with penal code.我希望你们熟悉本州法律规则。
  • He underwent nineteen years of penal servitude for theft.他因犯了大窃案受过十九年的苦刑。
7 debtors
n.债务人,借方( debtor的名词复数 )
  • Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors. 债权人可以获得逮捕债务人的令状。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Never in a debtors' prison? 从没有因债务坐过牢么? 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
8 notably
adv.值得注意地,显著地,尤其地,特别地
  • Many students were absent,notably the monitor.许多学生缺席,特别是连班长也没来。
  • A notably short,silver-haired man,he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.他个子明显较为矮小,一头银发,每周都会和他的员工一起打几次篮球。
9 ratified
v.批准,签认(合约等)( ratify的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The treaty was declared invalid because it had not been ratified. 条约没有得到批准,因此被宣布无效。
  • The treaty was ratified by all the member states. 这个条约得到了所有成员国的批准。
10 ousted
驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 ); 革职; 罢黜; 剥夺
  • He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
  • He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。
11 promptly
adv.及时地,敏捷地
  • He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
  • She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。
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adjustable spring gauge
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albor ovis
alerting service
alternate route
Amorphophallus rivieri
AOB
athwart ship force Q
availing
Bangalored
bear yourself
biophylaxis
bispectral
bitcoin
boom
burned
calcium hydroxides
calibrating terminals
capitalist industry
caudate branches
celestial coordinate system
Cellular telephony
cellulose-base fibre
checkout rack
co-pay
colo(u)r gamut
continuous velocity log
counselorships
cultual
cycloplegica
desalinizing reactor
DHST
dreamhole
falloff
fibrin thread
frenne
frequency-shift converter
geomagnetic longitude
Germano-
glytamic
grade up
helvin
homotheties
inlet steam pressure
intensity determination
isolation analysis
Jewifies
Lespedeza cyrtobotrya
Li-An
lighttight shield
living force
loran triad
major organ
marine fishing industry
mediterranean regional project
minor-loop feedback compensation network
mtrnas
Noorden treatment
nucleus Bordach's
oblong screen
optical network performance
Paraphlomis intermedia
piercingness
pit-mouth
polloks
prepare oneself for
privacy settings
program gain
put someone out to pasture
ragueneau
rar
reap-man
research potential
ribbed bottom
rough gas
rumberry
Salvor of Human Life
schobers
secondarly
sehring
service expense
showrunner
slave flipflop
spam filtering
starting valve
stem/leaf ratio
stowne
succession tectonics
super long play
swishing
synchronome impulse clock
take a holiday
tangoceptor
tantulocarid
temperature conversion table
transcriptional gene silencing
tropacocaine
union of india
updraught ventilator
vector hardware instruction
whal eie