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
achromia
acridotheres tristiss
adconductor cathode
anomalous sea level
archaeons
atco
Ban Khok Sila
bare fiber
be founded upon a rock
behavior of elements
benefiting qi for tranquillization
bodyfat
bridge-breakage-fusion-bridge cycle
broad foot
busted
Cajari
candela/metre2
ccaat
Changzhou
chlamydoblastomycosis
cleaning fan
convoluted glands
cost of maintenance
counter value
critical range
crude ash
cyma reversa
dambala
desiccation
developmental stage
dgh
double-bladed knife switch
drive bracket
dwarf pelvis
fish and prawns au gratin
flow program
fluctuating effective rate of return
for majeure
forced feed agitator
full-duplex communication line
genetic transcription
ground reaction
haemartoma
High Church
high power relay
hollow-forge
hose-apparatus
hosehead
inductive limit group
informedly
instructional apparatus
interceptor automatic control system
jillaroo,jilleroo
lawnmower parent
leporinus
levitation vehicle
low temperature quartz
maledictine
mandatory arbitration
mass-flow bin
mast head span block
meer
min cut
mineral thermometer
minitype voltage regulator diode
moon rat
motor-operating mechanism
municipal loan
nondeferred
overplease
Paeonolum
pal(a)eoichnology
persistent existence
petro-state
pipeman
pleroceroid
Pollenfeld
poromyid
post-investment
power station auxiliaries
receiving activity
reciprocal-lattice vector
release rod adjusting screw
Rillo de Gallo
roundnesses
salt-seeding
scrive board
skip filled furnace
sky island
space-borne telescope
state-formation
stereo exposure
tontise
trial course
tubular bus-bar
Twihard
unisa
wagemen
whisk broom
width-series
wife's
Yi Hsing