时间:2019-02-22 作者:英语课 分类:留美老师带你每日说英文


英语课

   More imminent 1 is an asteroid 2 large enough to create a global catastrophe 3 which is estimated to occur every 120,000 years.


  较迫切的危机是:有个小行星的体积大到能够引起全球性的大灾难,而这种灾难预计每12万年就会发生一次。
  小行星引起的大灾难
  学习重点:
  1.imminent 逼近的、即将发生的
  imminent (adj.) 逼近的、即将发生的
  eminent 4 (adj.) 出众的、卓越的
  prominent (adj.) 突出的、显著的
  2.catastrophe 大灾难
  catastrophe (n.) 大灾难
  catastrophic (adj.) 灾难的、悲惨的
  disaster (n.) 灾难
  calamity 5 (n.) 灾难、祸害
  3.estimate 估计、估量、评估
  estimate (v.) 估计、估量、评估
  estimation (n.) 预测、估计
  evaluate (v.) 对...评判
  4.occur 发生
  occur (v.) 发生
  occurrence (n.) 发生、事件、出现

adj.即将发生的,临近的,逼近的
  • The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
  • The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。
n.小行星;海盘车(动物)
  • Astronomers have yet to witness an asteroid impact with another planet.天文学家还没有目击过小行星撞击其它行星。
  • It's very unlikely that an asteroid will crash into Earth but the danger exists.小行星撞地球的可能性很小,但这样的危险还是存在的。
n.大灾难,大祸
  • I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.亏得你我才大难不死。
  • This is a catastrophe beyond human control.这是一场人类无法控制的灾难。
adj.显赫的,杰出的,有名的,优良的
  • We are expecting the arrival of an eminent scientist.我们正期待一位著名科学家的来访。
  • He is an eminent citizen of China.他是一个杰出的中国公民。
n.灾害,祸患,不幸事件
  • Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us. 再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。
  • The attack on Pearl Harbor was a crushing calamity.偷袭珍珠港(对美军来说)是一场毁灭性的灾难。
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