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
abnormal condition
abstraction and simplification
Adige
Adinandra hainanensis
adorated
agv
altimeter corrections
artemisia lancea
artificialvision
assecuration
at least
automatic digital network (autodin)
bank of oars
bank robbers
Bekesbourne
bridged-t net-work
brunies
carburetted hydrogen gas
Chegguet
chronotaxes
Cinamiodil
connotates
constant composition index
convergence domain
corallitic
counterfraud
dense powder
describe you
desideus
direct call facility
driving sheave
embedded database
enravishes
face the countryside
family Reduviidae
fatherhood
fell short
ferroso-ferric oxide
final arrival notice of ship
forfeiters
front vertex focal distance
frosted glass lamp shade
ganjitsu sechie (japan)
histamine metabolism drug
hungback
i-measures
intelligent terminal
Jahrom
job bank
juvenile reflex
kalapati (philippines)
kitab
krehalon film
lancet fish
laurinferol
loss severity
magnetic observation
main field winding
main purpose rule
marquenching
maser medium
measurement space
metaconta system
mixtamycin
monoband coil
nested-if structure
nonpregnancies
omnitheist
Oud-Loosdrecht
paleoneurology
paramutations
pasture brakes
pathergasia
pest
phosphorene
phytoplankter
Plains Apache
point-plotting technique
proactive aggression
rarotic
redenounced
Redondo, I.
searcher beetle
sell sth to disadvantage
short-handedness
Shueki
SIGART
skew arch
sour dock
Spirochaeta anodontae
spruce needle rust
sticky-tapes
succulent fruits
sulfated bitter spring
sulfite cellulose waste lye
text information
top-grade
uniarticulate
Viazac
wired cast glass
yearlings