时间:2019-02-27 作者:英语课 分类:突破英文词汇


英语课

 1. panic /ˈpænik/


-- unreasoning, sudden fright that grips a multitude
Pan是恐慌之神。潘(Pan),是希腊神话里的牧神,牧神潘是众神传信者赫耳墨斯的儿子,而名字的原意是一切。掌管树林、田地和羊群的神,有人的躯干和头,山羊的腿、角和耳朵。他的外表后来成了中世纪欧洲恶魔的原形。喜欢吹排笛,因为排笛能催眠。潘生性好色,经常藏匿在树丛之中,等待美女经过,然后上前求爱。在古希腊神话中,半人半兽的潘是创造力、音乐、诗歌与性爱的象征,同时也是恐慌与噩梦的标志。潘同时也是摩羯座的守护神。
A panic ensued when someone in the crowded audiorium yelled "Fire!"
当有人在拥挤的礼堂中大喊“着火了!”时,一阵慌乱随之产生。
 
 
2. philippic /fɪˈlɪpɪk/
-- bitter denunciation
Philippics是狄摩西尼斯所发表的攻击马其顿菲利普王的议案。狄摩西尼斯是古希腊著名的演说家,民主派政治家。他极力反对马其顿入侵希腊,发表《斥腓力》(Philippics)等演说,谴责马其顿王腓力二世的扩张野心。喀罗尼亚战役后亡命海外,公元前323年返回雅典组织反马其顿运动,失败后自杀。
In an hour-long philippic, the legislator denounced the lobbyists opposing his bill.
在一小时的抨击性演说中,立法者抨击那些反对他的议案的游说者。
 
 
3. plutocratic 1 /ˌplu:təuˈkrætik/
-- having great influence because of one's wealth
Plutus是财富之神。普图鲁斯(Plutus),古希腊神话男性神祇之一,为财富之神。其名常与罗马神话中的冥王普路托(Pluto)相互混淆。
A handful of plutocratic investors 2, each owning more than a thousand shares, determined 3 the policies of the corporation.
少数有钱的投资者决定着公司的政策方针,他们每个人都拥有超过1,000股的股份。

adj.富豪的,有钱的
n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 )
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
学英语单词
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.cu
airborne warning and control system aircraft
albuminous nephritis
algotherapy
anastomosed stream
antero-lateral
atlanta journal - constitution
atrial systole
beaver furs
bemol
biomass energy section
Boursault
branle
break bulk operations
Brevibacterium flavum
callicebus personatus
camposporium cambrense
christentums
clam (cyclina sinensis)
conductive bed
continental break-up
crowbar
Culan
d-al
Davisson L.
Desmethylmethadone
diaphragm spindle
disembogued
eadishes
eccentric valve seat grinder
economic need
electrical impulse compacting
environmental disruption
fast search
feelins
fenestrated hymen
fireclay insulating refractory
forced-air hardening
fracci
frous-frous
gate element
gayatri
hair cracks
heart piece
high-power generator
hung parliament
incident dose
inferior cardiac nerve
initial creep rate
inversion illusion
ion-implant
Khemmarat
kohinoor
kumpulainen
live out of
lorenzetti
machine finish paper
Mae Klong
maisy
manufacturing technical directive
media psychology
mercantile navy list
micropolar elastostatics
mitigated measles
nnh
non-tuberculous mycobacteriosis
nummie
ophthalmic surgery
parochial vicar
plug bottom ingot mould
point of loading
portunus pelagicus
potassium chlorplatinate
precharge gate
pseudodipteros
railway in operation
raised note
remanent strain
requicken
resistance type liquidometer
resistent
rigging-angle connector
ripple filter
Ruffigne
run into a fix
Scutellaria tenax
signal
sleeping rooms
sodium nucleinate
steal a marriage
subprime
Symphoricarpos
tetralines
tinplate
toga
transfaunation
tsadik
umbilical granuloma
wage index
young hopeful